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    " Washington White A Adams leasant in addition England , ' to by the Richard publisher Grant ' s

    Just handy the . little book p pocket to read edition on a railway of America journ n ey authors . .

    From Messrs , 3 * letcner & Son , Norwich . — Christian Lyrics . ' too In a volume for the -which unites with - the tha merit t of

    a of about particularly not being 150 — Christian leg large ible type lyrics / we pocket find selected a collection to be the of

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    alread new edition found , at favour a lower . price Among , of the one authors , has of y Adelaide Aceiaiae

    Pro Heber the the cter pieces nieces , Mrs Trench . are are Hemans , Mrs mrs Long . . , Browning . crowning fellow Wesley , , KefcLe , , Cowper , Bonar , the A a .. , , -mmm mt » /> k «•« m m * m A *

    ' Author of John Halifax ^ , ' & c . There are also poems from , the tue the Lyra of Germanica % , ? and Ale Alexander we xander are

    frequent gtriad lad to to see see in the index name name . or We Mrs mrs . . cannot Cj . . jF . . doubt that many who Talue devotional poetry will be glad

    to possess ' Christian Lyrics . ^ Fro ^ j ^ ^^ m J I- ri ^ Messrs n ^^ ^^ - ^ — —— — . — Crosby - ^~ - " - — -- - ^^ Lo ——¦ — ck — -wood - - — — & — — Co — . —*

    Building Development Estates : , Sale a Rudimentary , Purchase , and Treatise General on Man the - agement £ — of Building - - — - Land / including the

    Forma-^ tion W _ -mm _ of _ „ —— Stre — — - ets , Sewers KJ , and , the Requirements ^ J of Tolume Sanitary 1 of Authorities Weale ' s Rudimentary , ' by Fowler b Series JCaitland j with . A a

    title r - ^^ ^ - ^— >^ which — — — literal — — — - ly carries its ^ contents - — - , on its face . The author first deals with his subject generally ; next treats of the work preparatory

    and O incidenta •/ ' l to the development of an »¦ estate ; then details the mode of procedure and the financial and business arrangements involved in

    sale and purchase ; and lastly gives a series of forms and tables connected with the transactions previousl H ^* ^^ ^ P ^ V ^ N ^ V ^^ P ¦ *^^ ri ^* y described ^^ V ^^ V ^ V ^ f H ^^ ^^^ p ^^ fT ^^^ . ^ V Diagrams ^^*^^^*^ ^ V ^ fr' ^ P ^^^^ k ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ v ^ ^^ v ^^ ' and ^ M *^^ ^>*^ B ^^ ' ^^^ other ^^^^ ^^ ^^ * v ¦ ^ V ™ ^ illus ^ i ^^^ ^ - ^ ^ v ^ -

    trations serve to complete the work , which will form a perfect vade mecum for all who have to deal with such matters .

    From the Religious Tract Society . —' Boy ' s Own Annual who have ; ' been ' Girl ' engage s Own d en Annual the production . ' The , of iters the

    * the ( Hrl artists ' s Own more Annual than ' number thirty . more The th contents an seventy offer , fiction and poetry , contributions on needlework ,

    new music , on correct clothing , cookery of the musi more c economical and ¦» ¦ ' answers me mrttm >\ sort to . correspondents There are also ri ' o p ften ieces th of

    most interesting ^ ™ " ^ ^ ^ m V part ^* ^^ — r ^^ of ^^^ ^^ a ^^^ 4 & m ^^ ^^ agazine r , r _ r ^^ *»^ ^ v ^ ^^ . ^ B 4 t ^* r The ^ . ^ ^ ^^ fi ^^ ction ^ ^ ^* v ** ^" , we ' domestic may add ' , stori does es . not In cons this ist department of mere ' society there ' or is

    one seen tal by e a cal moment led ' liobina ' s glance Cru at soe the , ' in engra whieh -vings , as , is a young ladis made to emulate the experiences k / VA / of

    our % f - —— old --my ^^^ friend y 7 *• - » » J »** Alexander ^* - * ^ . ' W V 1 AU 4 Selkirk IVMV W * AV . The . VAAV ' Boy V - * ^ - ' s •¦ matter fito Own Annual of "' —*> interest M ** \ J ' mJ , M is . V > UU not A for V /^ A- less the t . * « V / closel public |^ V * Ik / A * y * - . pack Among -A * - KJBAV ed ¦¦ K until — its * » +- *

    ries of adventure are Rousselet ' s ' Drummer nian Boy / Jules Mysterj Verne , ' 'Life ' s ' Godfrey among Morgan the Red , ' a Indians Califor- , '

    articles with 'Boy Life portraits on on natur board , on . il a stuffing history Training , birds on Shi our p and . ' public There animals men are ;

    The fusing « Boy bits ' s Own , Christmas Annual' carols has twelve with or music fourteen , & e . large folding plates , besides hundreds of engrav-^ Christmas S ; Our volumes notice of of the the Religiou contents s Tract of these Society two

    bjves ¦ fcach b tru ) ok t a consists hint of of the 800 variety or 900 they pages contain large ,

    quarto , in an emblematical binding . It is not easy ¦*¦ ¦> 'i ¦ - **_ y to » - ~*^ imag « ~ - — * m m r ^ mtm ine \ " ~ ^^ be ** - * v tter ~* r * r ~** r -wm companions w - * tr- mim . ^ W ^ ~ r -wmmr m - nr m ^ m-w for mWm ^* r mm the -mrmmmm -ttw long - *• ¦*** ^^*^^ b

    evenings than the Boy ' s and the Girl ' s Own Ann . ua ' s / Fro 9 m the 1 mmt same w ^ r . mf — ' The " ^ mm mm-mw -mmr Tract Magazine mmmmr mmm and mf mimM Christian mt rmmw f

    ^ mm mw —w - * mr * mwr —m *^ m m ~ w ^* mw ^ m ^^ ^^^ mmw ^^^ —mw * r ^—— "mmmm ^ v-rjMm ^ *****^ ** * mr —a ^ mrmw ^^^^ mmr mrjm' ^^ —^ m ^ m ^^ mrmmw Miscellany . ' Homely religious papers , tales , and poems , with some simple illustrations , making up a volume well suited for distributionamong the

    —, u poor or for a parish library . From the same . —* The Cottager and Artisan . '

    some One of of the Harrison best of p Weir icture s inimitable books for the animals poor , with and attractive letterpress .

    From Messrs . Seeley , Jackson , & Halliday . — * Sintram and His Companions . ' A romance

    translated from the German of Be La Motte Fouque . Illustrated by Heywood Sumner . This ^ favouri — b p ¦/ w ^ w ^^ ^ h ^ te ~ mr 'fc" work w w —r ^ ^ pv ^ —m , mm which ^ ^ ^ mm —• ~ mr —^^^ bears mm ¦ ^ ^ . * * ^^ ^ mw the ^— ^ mmw ^^ mr date "mm ^^ ^ - ^ mw -m ^ mr of -mw ^— the mw — ^» ^^ year w ^^ ^— ^^

    before Waterloo , and was first done into English t in 1820 , is here reproduced with some clever illustrations . The drawing BH throug M hout is

    admirable ^ - — — —^^ , _ and - -- — - _ - — the head - - pieces — — to - ^^^— the chapters — - ^— ^^^» - and the — — border of the frontispiece are' worthy of equal praise for the quaiutness and originality of their

    design . From Mr . John Slark . — ' An Elegy o * fWritten in a

    Country Churchyard / by Thomas Gray . The artists' edition . This charming volume is a genuine artistic tribute to the English poet by a

    party of our American cousins , whose pencils have' given some lovely touches to the scenes suggested by the familiar lines . It is a worthy

    representation of serious American art , and the engraving of the plates is marked by consummate finish . Those who have only seen the efforts

    of Transatlantic artists which present the pictured equivalent of what may be termed the Americanthis isms beautiful of the printed book page for its will plates do well are thoroug to look hl y I

    in sympathy with the , associations of the mother country called up by Gray ' s verse . | From The Society ¦ m ¦ ^ ' ¦ - for mm * -mmr Promoting - ^ mr mmm-m- -mmr Christian mmmmmi -- -mw- ¦¦ I mi

    * mm mwt mtmr - n ~ mmmt m-mmmm --mmr m ^ mr mWr ^ mr « b me ^ b ^^ a > mm _ mrmm- —mm m-mm -m \ mmm- ^ m--- ¦ Knowledge . — ' Heroes ^ of Literature : English I Poets . * A book for young readers , by John Dennis . : We have an abundance of poetry books : here is a

    book about poets . For the work he has undertaken Mr . Dennis has many qualifications . His . knowledge m \ -m ^ of English literature isas he shows in

    the these ^— — ^ — discriminative -w » - ^ pages - ^ - ^^^ m ^ H ^ K , ^^ — both " ^^^^^ " — — W ^ deep mk — and ^— and critical varied faculty , and , he to possesses a suf- : ficient extent to enable him to act as a guide to ;

    other people . When we say that in a volume of : four general hundred idea of pages the , characteristics he contrives to of g the ive Eng a good lish ) '

    poets from Csednaon to Keble , we have said enough his matter to show within that mt a « jv moderate he has * m % jm been able mmmi s mmi to aud l condense mmmtmimm after &• >

    | l ooking W ** 4 % jm V carefull - * - ' *• ^ w , «•• y through m-mm * ^_^ ^ - ^ ^^ . his - **¦* -+ * pages compas - ^^^ r m ^ p ** we - **** , m can m ^ * -- credit . m . ^^ - ***** ; him with a conscientious fulfilment of his task .

    He claims for poetry a foremost place in the study of effort Eng of lish which literature the intellect as * the is hig capabl hest and eand noblest not

    merely nor chiefly an intellectual achi , evement . music * Language v ^ mmw m * ^ m * , mm ¦¦ painting wamr » j ^ ^¦ / mtm he mm i ^ fc ^ V ^ , % argues ¦¦¦ or ^*^ ^^ " ^ scul ^ ^^ , ^^^ ' has pture ^ " ^^ a ~^ m > ; -m wider and " mi " ¦ ¦ ¦ m ¦ compass poetry ^ — - ^ — ^— ^ m , v being —^ than — ~ —— - ^ mmwm ^ m

    less restricted than either of these noble arts , to I each among mmmmmmt of immWMt the which works mf she of is closel man m > . y linked Mr . ¦¦ - Dennis , stands proceeds supreme

    ^ ^ T ^ ^ g ive mm ^^^ a mm * m ^ r ^ m brief mw — ^^ ^ mm summary ^^^^^ —^* ~ mw —— - < ^ — of ^ ^ poetia — - literature — m , before — with the mt / mt mmmi Elizabethan tolerable \ i fulness period i , with and then all the deals great fairl names y and '

    w m- hich mmr mm ^ m" -mmr crowd mm ~ mp ~ ^^^ ^ " ~ mw w ^^^ the ^ ^™ ^ ^ rr * page ^^ ~^ m— - of w — ^ ~^ poet - ic lite ^» r ature from Spenser to the author of ' The Christian Year . [ I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1883, page 993, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101883/page/9/