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    vnv ic. 1882 The PubKsliers' Circular ^ ...

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    Books Rbcktvbd:— Prom 1 Messrs —— — * —¦...

    it need hardly be said , are high examples of bold handling of the various scenes and incidents

    of life in the country . Each of the plates—for we may so call the engravings , which are laid on India paper i —has its separate leaf of verse in

    —— j . _ l , illustration .. The paper of the book is a , marvel of sumptuousness . But we shall not be doing justice to Messrs . Dalziel ' s beautiful Christmas

    volume if we do not add that their engravings have a various human interest about them which ¦ may ^ ^ ^ ^^_ be - — - — indicated - — - by m quoting ^ — — - ^— , first — — — the — — ^^ motto — h —— ' - « - ^ " - to

    one of the letterpress leaves : — Gree A woman n mountains perished in Vermont in a snowstorm she bad while an infant passing with over her the wbo found alire and well ; in the morningrefully ,

    Wli wrapped U was WEK 3 in the 1 IU mother OU » C OrlllX ' s clothing « CU 1 U — 1 / 11 C _ U UL Ulll g , ca _ iH Cl Ul J y and then , by way of contrast : —

    Inez Dro is p smiling down by , if W you apping call , at there Cadiz grins ; English Sue ; All Wait the world for the o ' sailor er , the , always pretty trim smiling and ladies true ; & c .

    ' Sunshine and Shadow ' in the latter half of the volume is a happy rendering of an effect which is perhaps more ¦ often seen in reality than in a

    picture ¦ nipfiipft . ' * liustic Rustic Jnctures Pictures , ' eexternallv xternally , . is is an an im im--perial quaTto in vellum , bevelled edges , ornamente bp d with gold and colour ; the edges ¦ of the

    ^^ ^^ ^ b ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^*^ v r ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ h ^^ ~™ ^^^™ ^ ™ — ^ ^—^ ^^ *^ —™ ^*^ ^^^ ^^ J ^ " ^ — " ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ ^^ ™ ^^ ^» - ^ ~ *~ ^» paper in their first simplicity . ¦ ¦ Fro ^^ ^ ^^ m _ i Messrs __»_» ^^ ¦ * m ^ ™» *™^ ¦ . W S W ^^ impkin ^™ ^__^_ w ^^^ - — — , Marsb ^ w _™^ - — - »^_ i » - — - f . ^__ aU Bv ~_< _ p w , v & - ^ r ^ m Co - ^^ - ^^ . — 'J — - . —

    K . M . Guide to Davos-Platz . ' This , the second edition of Mr . Muddock ' s little handbook , is furnished b ¦ h with —m —» m anal - ytical notes - - on the foodwater -

    ^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ climat ^ p ^^ ^ ^^ - ^^ - ^ ^ e of Davos — — — — ^^ J — am — Pl atz — — — and at the — , end of , the book are found tables of meteorolog , ical observations and of the weatherin considerable ¦ detail ¦

    f ( fcljl \ JKA * J % Jki I 1 VA V JL % / m . M % - » W * ^ _ . v _ r aa ^** _ , a _ _ - _ . ^ sXa * *¦— l-J _ . * - ¦* _* . _• _ _•_• * v ^« - _ v * _ . *_* _ . . with The ^ V ^ m ^ ^ b ^^ main ^ hotels ^ k ^ v ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ¦ ¦ part —^^ r , v excursions *^^ ^™ r ¦ ~ of " r ~ " ~ —~^ — the - ^ ~ - ¦ — J , . — E . us M — m . Guide ents ^ t , m dietary ' is occup ^^ scale ied ,

    about the air the , the quality water r > f , milk & c , , butter of Davos , beer ; , bre and . ul we , honey hear , wine & fci cwhich inay be obtained . At the end is

    a ^ vocabulary ^ ^ r , w ^^^^ ^ " ^ » , J ^ " ^ ^^ ^~ ' ^ which — § J g ives — — the ^ — German for the commonest wants of a visitor ; among which , as Davos is a winter lacewarm water is one . The

    German suggested p for this , is warmer Wasser ; but if kochtndes Wasser were asked for , it would

    bring hot water instead of that which was merely lukewarm . ¦

    m ^ m From Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co . —O'Donovan ' s 'Merv Oasis , ' 2 vols . Mr . O'Donovan , the

    . five special months corresponden of the t of 1879 the -8 Dail 1 at y Merv Ncw . 8 , These spent volumes contain an years account of that sojourn and

    of wanderings round and beyond the Caspian Sea . The author ' s experiences of the ' Russian settlem — ents — ^ ^_ ^ p ^ s ^^ p on —ll— ^^ ^^ t ^^^ ^ h ^ ^^ e ^^^^ ' ^ Kastern ^ m ^^^^ m v ^ i ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^» ^ i ^ B ^^^ - ^^ Casp ^^^ i i i h ^ ian ¦ ^ . ^ ' ^ ^ " ^ littoral ¦ — — ¦ ^ - ^ -- —w ^ — are ____ also T

    narrated tions between , with Russians slight notices Turcomans of the and border Persians relawith a view of making , clour the attitude , of the ,

    Merv Turcomans . The book is , however , mainly of occu op p inion ied with on Merv the proba itself , ble and course with expressions of events ,

    whether An appendix military contains or political a number , in its of nei documents ghbourhood in . facsimile-which exhibit the literary stylo and the

    handwriting of the chiefs of the couutry , and convey an idea of their asp t irations . Mr . O'Donovan ' s

    . bo tuting book ok , , whip which two portl h extends nx ^ y ndfl volu to . o mes About -n . bnut octavo 1000 1000 , is pa miiros enlivened ges . , consti consti by --anecdote and details of personal adventure which

    all have y re the adable double , and effect of giving of making the reader the work an idea goner of the the circu cirf'iim mstances sfxinp «< j under nndnr which tvhir » h lette lfif . fftrs rs to to a grea irreatt

    dail are sometimes written . The illustraft tions . y consist paper of a portrait of Mr . 0 ! Donovan from

    port photograp from Tiflis h , an to engraving Baku , of ono of his of the Russian great pass seals - ^ BK «>^^^* ' * ' ^^*'"^^^ "M «»» B » . »>> MW Bj > MMBJa »»—M »_ JB——^— - - | | || ________ _ . . . " ' ' '

    the of Merv Russo , and -Pers ¦ ¦¦ of ian ¦» a *¦ map fronti Biar , no er ~ VB less —tha than t is 3 to feet by of 2 , tne ^> f

    country which - " — ^ lies — _ east __» ^ M ^ and south ^ ^^«^ B _ w ^ W of _ T V the ^^ ¦ say PkB ¦ 7 ^_ Casp . > , ' ^^ ^ ian V # * . ^—' j We ustice regret j ^^ J to that work our which ^ " space ~ BBI ^ ™ ^— is ^ P' does ^ P undoubtedl ^^ B * ^^ ^ P » * " ^ ^ not P *^ '_ ' ^ P- ^ admit i « M ^ ^*^ " ^ » B ^^ BV ^ T of ^ BF ^ BBS doing ^ PV ^ B ^ the S ^^ - ^| p %

    most important a contributions to our knowled y among ge of Russian iiussian operations operations in in Asia Asia , and and which which , as ah such such .

    is sure to command an extensive , sale . , , From Book Mr : . being Walter Notes Smi Historical th . — « The and Student Explanatory ' s Prayer

    on the Bcok — | f ~ of — — Com , mon - ^ Prayer ^™ ^ ^^ ^•™" to — ^ " ^ the ^^^ i __ end M _ r ii *| B of «• ^ ^ bT the * j , * Commination Service / By the Rev . G . W . Wall , M . A . —The aim of the author of this useful

    little book — was - ^ - — — in the —— — first ^ - ^ —^— ^^ ^» instanc ^ P ^ ^ V _ l ^ B " ^ IP ^ e very W ^ P ' ^ to assist ^ fc *_^ ^ pp . bP W ^ bV pupil-teachers in , preparing for the examinations , in religious \ knowledge "which they have to

    on entering I - — — - — — the — —— -- -- training — — ¦ — pa * . - ^ ^ colleges ¦ ^ ^ b- ^^ ^» »^ ^ r . ^^ " While v w _^ ^^^ , ho pass ^ ui m w - r ^ ever _ ^_ , the it manual _ be is commended — admirabl — — — y as — — fitted _ a - ^ _ r ^ suitable ^ r — - for - » - ^ -BV such com B > BIBB a - purpose , may ^ ^ — ^^ ^^^ ^ pV ^ fcp ^ ^

    racter panion Book , the of for its history all se who veral , wish meaning parts to , understand being and Scri clearl ptural the broug Prayer cha ht

    out . y From Messrs ™ a — - ¦ ~ - h . " Ward ^» ^ » _ ¦ , _ Lock bpjpp" - ^ - ^^ m _ ^^¦^¦ ^ , h & ^^ p ^^ Co _ r ^^ . _> —' Popular ^^ b . ^ Bp ^ Bar **¦» ^ *^ b > ^_^ ^^

    of Scientific ^^^^ nearly ei Recreations ght hundred . ' This pages handsome royal octavo volume , will , be an endless source of pleasure to young people

    of a scientific turn of mind . It embraces natural philosophy , astronomy , geology , and chemistry . It is actuallan enlarged mt translation of M

    <•»• w ¦» " - «» « -w ^ - ^ «•• * - " v- ^^ -1 y r v w A _ h ^ a _ a , ^«> w . _ ^_ r _ - % . v ^ «^ r i « u _> - % ^ t ^ - »* I * ^^ & . ^*_ k > . _ Tissandier ' s * Recreations Scientifiquos / and must contain not far from one thousand engravings ,

    for nearly every page is illustrated , and many pages have sever . il diagrams . Le 3 t anyone should be repelled by the word ' scientific' we

    may mention that among the subjects of illustra , - tions are a ' trained seal drawing a canoe ; ' parhelia or J- mock suns sailing on landsea waves

    r W W _ V _« ^^ *«¦_ V VMb ¦ _• ^» ¦ »•• _» ; __> V « » _> » U ^ m V- * •» _ . U > - | i _ . XrB _ ; p _ 7 «— I _ P If IS r W ; banyan tree ; will o * the wisp ; Sr . Elmo ' s tire ; and , lastly of a mechanical carriage , thus

    described : — 0 / aim A dis m tinguished by name , gave savant in 1693 of a the description seventeenth of what century may , be garded the i parent of ii the ix velocipede and of the iiui

    u _ re lugoiucu as no ; no paiciiu »_ . vdWAevti-t ; auu ui ; bee bicy n cle seen . * in Some . Paris years a chaise ago , ' which he wrote , a servant , * there , by may pressing have : n alter . llA 7 Li nately au . iA 3 « jr upon u | A ^ u treadles ti cauicoj , caused \^ iuoou to iu progress jJtvgioo by L / jr turning bui uin ^ a ^ ^ K M ^ ^ a ) A * a A A — ^ K ^ A ^^ B >

    two of wheels small of wheels _ the chaise hidden . ' iii a frame behind the hinder pair \ A cloth binding , with emblematical designs , and ,

    ornamentation in gold , makes of * Scientific Recreations' a handsome-looking present for the youth of either sexand one of the cheapest that

    we have seen . , ^ Magazines ¦ « p ^ p ^^^ B ^_^ ^^ v ^ k _ ^ m p ^ w ¦¦ . v —The ^^^* ¦ - ^ ¦ ¦ GivF - ^ - " s ^^ Own - ^ " - T - — Pape ¦ ^ m r ( ^ L 56 Paternoster

    Row ) conamencos a new volume with the November issue . Among its articles is an appeal from the Countess of Aberdeen for the Girls ' . Homes

    founded in various parts of London , by a committed of which Mr . John Shrimptou is the on honorary 4 Girls' secretary Own Tours . There / -which is a will suggestive doubtless pape bear r

    fruit if mothers can be persuaded to let their Br daughters ewer con joi ducts n in — the The travel Kennel -parties Review which ( Norman Mrs .

    & number Son , Hart of a new Street candidate , Covent for Garden public ) favou is the r , first full of articles % interesting uii to all who care ^ # for _ h ^^ dogs

    Ui € * . . _¦_ , *___ ' i lutvy ^ . » * tS ** ¦** . * . « _ - « . *• o ¦ , whether Our ^^ mw m ^ Little Bi _ F « r ^ _ as r ^ ^^ amateurs On ^^^ " v » ¦ ^ es ^^ ( Grriffith ^ b ^« ^ or _ " ^ ^ pro ^» »^» fessional ' and ^ b ^ b ^ - *^ ¦ Furran i ™ - — - ^— —• — * fanciers - — ^ )^ , another —— . '—

    fi with rst number of a new of volume icture , is a genuine find a sketch rticle , really every suited page to those for p whv > , m poem its title , proclaims admirable

    it In to the be Church written . Sunday The p School ictures Magazine ure ( Church . — of England Sunday School Institute ) the Bishop

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1882, page 1169, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111882/page/9/