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    I . , , I I II Dictionary , and Guide / has reached a . sixth edition . A good KJdeal of the matter has been

    also rewritten an index , while and new separate drawings alp have habetical been added lists of ; the French and German equivalents X . Amateur

    workmen actual tradesmen should it find should the bo volume invaluable useful . ; to From Messrs . Sampson LowMarston & Co . —

    In no publication have we , seen more , telling descriptions of the state of affairs in the sister isle than in * Notes on Ireland , ' by J . Baker

    Greene , LL . B . The writer ' s notes have been made from personal observation of the political , socialand economic condition of the country .

    An introduction , is supplied by Professor Gold win Smith . As the book costs only a shilling , it should hare a good run .

    From Messrs . E . Marlborongh . & Co . —Canoe voyages »/ LJ generall £ J y form fairly pleasant subjects t » T

    for narration . * Watery Wanderings 'Mid Western Lochs / by T . H . Holding , is the latest addition to the numerous works of this description . The

    title is good , and the stfcry in some instances is sprightly . It should interest the friends of the voyagers immensely . A little attention to

    accuracy in the spelling of names of places should have been a consideration with the writer . The illustrations effectively brighten the story .

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    Tales' reminds one of ' Wilson ' s Tales of the Border . ' If the new series of novels has a success equal to the latterthe publishers will have no

    , reason to complain . Mr . Mawson has made a very good beginning by publishing ' A Marked Man' by Faucet Streetsa remarkably worthy

    story , that readers will not , be slow to appreciate . From Mr . D . Van Wostrand , New York . —One of

    the handiest of handbooks is a * Handbook on Mineralogy , ' by C . J . Foye , A . M ., P . H . D ., professor of chemistry and physics in Lawrence

    University , Appleton , Wisconsin . Conveniently 1 determination grouped for read , descri y reference ption , the and contents classification give the of

    minerals found in the United States . A good index is appended . From Mr . "William PatersonEdinburgh . —

    Mr . G . S . Heatley , M . R . C . V . S ., who , has been so successful in describing the ailments and cures of the horsethe dogthe sheep — the oxand the

    » , v ?* , M . , , cow , in the various volumes of * Every Man His Own Vet . ' series has now added to the collection a manual that is equal in usefulness to any of

    the others ; namely * Veterinary Medicines , and How to Apply Them . ' It is the very book for those who are often in emergencies puzzled with

    questions of the character explained by JMLr . . Heatley . From Messrs . Kegan PaulTrench & Co . —In

    the winter of 1885 M . , Arsene Darmesteter , professor of the History of the French Language , and of Old French Literature at the Sorbonne ,

    delivered in London a short series of lectures in French , on some questions of philology . His ¦ subject ^ J ^^ W <^ ^ rf ^^ ^^ was W » ' ^— 9 ^ ' The ^^ ipfc ^ B ^^ Life ^» w ^ ^ ^^ ¦ of - ^^ ah Words 1 ~^^ *^ ^^* w ** as w ^ ktf the * r ^ m - ^^ ^ S ^ r- ymbols w m m mt - ^^ ^^ - ^ r ^^

    of Ideas . ' Under this title ProfessorDarmesteter ' s lectures have now been published in English , trans ¦ lated directly from the original manuscript .

    The lecture - s have , / not yet been tJ published M . in French . Owing to the author ' s nationality and course — — — of — — - stud ^ yhis pages deal - - ^ very -- largel — tj y with

    the " ¦* idioms - __ of , the French jl v ? language ^ . Comp •/ lete adaptation to English , philology could not be

    lectures effected without Investi rewriting gators in * the the . who science le group \\\ of \ I

    . acknowledge on a perusal of Professor Darme g - I I steter ' s book that he has done undoubted service to I

    the 4 » !• * * - » . universal "b ^ ma m « -w ** j-a ^ -h 1 progress «^« a ^ % . Mm % a ¦ . "« ** of ^ v ¦•» exac ^^ mm *^ . a . t p hilology ¦_ _ 1 1 . In B ^ BH general born the ( 2 sub ) The jects society spoken of af ^ Irords are : ( 1 and ) How 3 vords I

    are words die , . , () How I I n From Messrs . Banken & Go . Drury Ccrurt . —A II

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    papers it is stated . , have already appeared in || the news- l |

    From Th © Religious Tract Society . —A new I of edition Demaus , revised ' ' William by Mr T . yndale Eichard hi h ' Lovett || , in M . the A .,

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    is marked by the evidences of careful inquiry and I a cri long tical time acumen held . its Demaus place ' as life a standard of Tyndale ¦ authority hi * sfor . I

    The late author did not live to accomplish his I intention to himself issue a new and revised I edition of his book , but ' the work fell into good [ I

    hands when , it was undertaken by Mr . Lovott . II The facsimiles from the rare volumes in the I British Museum are welcome in the new edition . I

    From Messrs . Thomas Bichardson ¦ & Son . — A collection of stories , original and translated , by I

    Francis Good Hint Winterton for Hard , Times appears ¦ / which under is the the title name 'AIB of the first narrative . -Outwardly , the appearance H

    will of the find little the volume contents is far a trifle from ro * being ugh , but lacking readers in H H entertai ^^ ^ m ^ m mr ^ h ^ ^^ v «* ^ m nment - ^ ^^*^ m ^ r Vi ^ t V ; M ^ indeed b . ft ^^ ^* w ^^ ^ k ^ ^^ , « ^ here ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ir ^ and J ^ ^*^ ^^ w there ^ v ^^ ^^ w ^ v we * - — - come - - H h ^^^^ h

    across very spirited "bits of writing . The stories H are six in number . I ) ¦ Petrarch )¦

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    work . ¦ From Mr . T ^ aii , am Stevens . — ¦ The new Tolumeof the Favourite Fiction jp icuon Series ¦ conta cu wuiuv ins eigM

    taining me stories laiuiu 'j ^ . , avoume all The j . cl ntj everl names uainea y written are are ¦ oenes « Th and jl jeio e ' thoroug juhuuivu Haunted hly H— enter ouse 1 'A - ! ¦ » »

    Strange -A Poor House Little , ' Sp ' inster Punch ¦ ¦ , ' and ' Ludiey Jud ' y s / Widow ' The , i > asi Tle . Keiign o-n of of Terror ToTror ¦ / ' ' ' A A Modern Modern Juliet Juliet / , ' anu and ' A * - h

    Doctor ' s Crime . ' H From Messrs . Swan ¦ Sonnenschein & Co .- ' Under the title ¦ ' The Bankruptcy of Iu ^ ia

    Edi H name yndman tor suggested of ¦ has the published Nineteenth by Mr , . in James Century a collected Knowlos ) Mr form . H , - , ! ¦ } V ^ H U

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1886, page 1238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101886/page/16/