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    I *«ic 1 lOOO 880 The .¦. ***/ Publisher...

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    5ooks Eecbived :— From Messrs. Bailliere...

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    I *«Ic 1 Looo 880 The .¦. ***/ Publisher...

    ic 1880 The Publishers 11 1 Circular t

    I II Ttfr *« tV , I ? lOOO . ¦ . ***/ JL U . U » UUAO V / JU . l / LLXCUJ . QQ 995-

    5ooks Eecbived :— From Messrs. Bailliere...

    5 ooks Eecbived : — From Messrs . Bailliere & Co . —Fothergill's ( J . M . )

    1 Aids to Diagnosis , part 1 / semeiology , designed for students preparing for examinations . The which wholframe offer to the

    observing signs diagnoser a patient , ' are s h e ere noted ; how the kind of -+ ' - hairhow the earsthe shape of the

    forehead |^ ltiV « * — , the , respiration in relation , — to the pulse —not the pulse alone—all tell something , or

    From give the warning Bazaar . A Office very curi . —' ous The little Plum book : its . History % J \** T J , Varieties - — , Cultivation , and Disease . ' By f / D .

    T . Fish . An illustrated guide to the cultivation of the Plum , prefaced by an interesting historical sketch of the popular fruit-tree and a description

    of ^ its chief vari JL eties A . as grown in various countries JU . As regards productiveness and as a source of revenue to the fruit cultivator , the author

    maintains that plum culture pays as well as , or better th ? m , any other garden crop , the yield per acre for plums having been estimated as averaging £ 50

    executed per annum , and . The the illustrations directions for are planting admirabl and y tending v v ^_ — ^^ are as excellent as in the similar volumes

    from the ' Bazaar' Office which we have previously noticed . From Messrs . Bell & Sons . —Ewing ' s * We and

    ^ « the v World : a Tale for Boys / An {^ interesting Darrative of supposed life in a counting-house , and then — at __ -sea _ , made still _ - more ____ attractive — by tinted

    making plates or his engravings first trial . at One * going shows al the oft , young ' barefooted fellow , which is the mode among sailors , especially in

    warm climates . We may note that one of the hands is made to answer * Aye aye , Sir ! ' when called . This answer is only made when an order

    to do something is given , to show it is understood . The volume is tastily bound , and has a dedication in which a well-known name is introduced .

    From the Church , of England Sunday School Institute . —' Reasons for Believing in Christianity . ' By the Rev . C . A . Row , M . A .,

    Prebendary of St . Paul ' s . The papers contained in t lec his tures vol , delivered were at ori St ginall . Paul y read 's Cathedral as a co to urse what of

    the author terms ' busy people , ' a category in rea whic ders h in woul all d probability class themselves * the majority and which of Mr our . 7

    , who Row are in his so preface deeply enga defines ged as in including the discharge * those of the active duties of life as to render it impossible

    that they should devote themselves to a number appeals of special to what dies . ' is Tho often book termed , in other ' a popular words ,

    au in di treating ence , ' and in t his he author thesis avails of those himsel facts f ch which iefly persons of ordinary information can verify for

    t thomsel ho evidences ves . Mr of Christianity . Row ' s ability ond as as a a defender writer on of tho theory */ ¦ which makes the supernatural ITan

    work essential of this part kind of re comes ligion from , is so his wel pen l kn with own . special hat a authority , and in its present form it is well suited

    for the widest circulation , as it is portablo in shape to tho and reader so well who pri wishes nted as to to master give no its trouble - argu

    monts . Fro Register m the same / tho —The ' Church specimen Sunday copies School of tho Hymn ' Class

    Book / Catechisms for tho Young / and tho the * Services Institute of Song are all / which moderate have reached in price us from and

    ^ the ell » as Services the words , of Song of a very / variety including of popular tho music h , as

    on eaered subjects , are specially worthy of ymns

    com"loaaation .

    ¦ " ^ ^ ^ - ^ ^ ¦ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ¦ ¦ ^ M ^ W ^ MMHiWMV From the same . —* Pirst Thoughts : being a Text and Commentary for every day in the Christian

    Year . ' New edition . A variety of the birthday book or diary , giving on each left-hand page a text from the Bible with a short meditative

    comment , and on the right hand a page ruled for manuscript . The comments are selected from the writings of well-known divines , but in the

    note in which the author acknowledges his indebtedness to various authors , we see that he still describes the Bishop of Bedford as ' the

    ¦ ! Rev -1 . Walsham ^^ m ^^ ^ « How w / a lapsus . pennce which 4 9 m he « may "be glad to have pointed out . From the same . — Bethlehem to Olivet / a course of

    lessons Palmer . on Notes the life of Sunday of Jesus School Christ . Lessons By John so arranged as to enable the same subject to be

    dealt with on a graduated system in all the classes from the most advanced down to the most elementary . The notes , while brief , omit few points

    which require explanation , and the questions appended to the lessons are well calculated to enable the teacher to test the children ' s progress

    and to create an intelligent interest in the subject . Lesson papers to be used by the children , giving the questions and blank space for the answers , are

    issued JL . to accompany the book . * From Messrs . Diprose & Bateman . — Diprose ' s

    Annual for 1881 . ' The writers of this varied and attractive budget of iales and sketches include James Greenwood , W . C . Bennett , and Hawley

    Smart ; and the general design of the work is , in the editor ' s words , to exhibit ' not caricatures of individuals __ . _ , but . _ re __ j ^ presenta __ _ _ tives of _ classes ; aand

    therefore nobody need wear one of the caps unless he chooses , however perfectly it may fit . A sketch of the Gladstone familyand of the

    Premier in particular , finds a place in , the Annual . From Messrs . Griffith & Farran . —* Julia

    Maitland / by Mary and Elizabeth Kirby ; ' Lucy ' s a Campai t School gn / / b b y y Mary Emilia and Marryat Catherine ; ' Grandmama Lee ; ' Harry ' s

    Florence Relics / by Wilford C . E . . Bowcn These ; volumes ' Holiday all Tales bri / htl by bound and illustrated , may be safel , y ordered gy ,

    either as Sunday-school prizos , or to form a little library of fiction for the nursery or the schoolroom . They are capital specimens of the good

    wit young hout , for being the publication goody class of of which literature the house for the of Griffith and Farran has made itself a worldwide

    reputation . From tho same . — ' Heroes of History and Legend / by A . W . Grubo , translated from the German by

    John v—r a ~ . — Lancelot - — Shudwcll p . A work which has not , as far as wo know , any actual counterpart in English literaturo , and it comes to us therefore

    as a bond fide addition to our store of useful works for educational and homo use . The translation ¦ was — _ , j wo . aro told , undertaken at the request ^ of

    Dr . T . R . Armitage , chairman of tho British and a Forei popular gn Blind form Association a brief outline , in of European der to provi history de in

    to bo embossed for the use of tho blind . While no one will grudge Dr . Armitage ' s friends the book which he has , tho translator says , compared

    w lad ith that tho ori art g edition inal , and has revised been provided throughout in ordinary , we are typograp g J mj \ J Iik PU ¦¦ * Y * hy II , for ™ ^* *• * it ** is ^^ * a . » * most ¦ ™ ** vr * m interesting «¦—••—¦ -w — — . — — » _ fand

    may valuable bo accepted work , and as its a guarantee popularity of in its Germany intrinsic merits .

    From ments the same of Kno . —* wled The ge Nursery for Little Companion Folk / / ' Frag ' The - Picturesque Primer / ' Easy Reading for Little ||

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1880, page 995, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111880/page/7/