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      I ciu - Z -, , v ](] t d cv of of machinct fiction fiction is and not n the model most M . P ., S ana ylvius Hog , I ^ it his name euphonious ever

      . I I ^^^^ H - } \ V ar c must . l of , not even forget in _ _ that — to B _ 1 ~_ i ¦ ¦ . mention ^ L same ^ Hbi A " BB *^^ B > * "fc the world ^ P 4 # ^ ^^ fc Bt , terribl B I J « J of —B ^ *& m y fiction J ^^ K weird ^ m- ^ P— -B , J ^ m . ^ B ^ Bi . winds the volumeand bears

      I nurittion which up , I the n-. vkward . title of * Frrett-Flace . ' We should

      I think ' The Legend of Dr . Trifulgas , ' or ' The I Punishment of Dr . Trifulgas , ' would read better ,

      I at least in English . This fearful story of dread-I ful retributionfollowing on a life of selfishness

      I is worthy of , Wilkie Collins at his very best . , I X h ' booktoois thoroughly seasonable ; because

      I both stories , inculcate , self-sacrifice and love to I others , and , although such teaching is never out

      I of place , it is never more appropriate than at the I season when Christians everywhere do celebrate I tlie Advent of the King of Love .

      ¦ Fwm Messrs . Crosby Loekwood & Co . — ' Our I Temperaments : their Study and their Teaching , '

      I \ , y Alexander Stewart , F . KCC . S ., Edinburgh . I lliis popular outline is a novelty in the study of human attributes and emotions . We do not think

      I that the ground has been covered before . The I I work ; : c ! i eptal accomp > le in lished more b ways y Mr than . Stewart one . is From , therefore some- ,

      what slight materials , joined to his own observa-Ti ' , i » s . ho has constructed a practical guide , by the ^^^^ H study J of *^ which — " — ' , the — ~ ^^^ author ^* - bi bi »— ^—^ b ^ ^ ^ b . says ^ - * . ~ m * m f , m persons HW ^^^ J ^ ^~* J ^^ ^ » Pt _/ curious ~ » ^ . ^ ^ ¦ A *< * W ^^ fr ^ - ^

      I in this mattei may know the temperament of any I cue by looking at him , and associate with it I certain mental attributes and traits of character .

      I The sanguine , the nervous , the bilious , and the I lymphatic temperaments are referred to . We I think it rather dangerous to form hasty

      judg-I I Srewart incuts under , especiall the y conditions as such judgments spoken of are by apt Mr to . I I l sharu . « formed of common ¦« - b »¦¦ y persons JL sense fc possessing Neverth 1 a very eless indifferent we have

      H . ' ... . » . » . » . v ^ . __ . _» v > A . A . KJ \ S . _ A _ V- / V \ - / A \ J M . k \ J 1 . \^ KJ kj YT \_/ 1 A . ( V 1 >—' I I ii " ' ; » k hesitation to the attention in commending of every genuine this interesting student of I human nature .

      1 > ^ '' m tliain . '• Messrs an - Ang . S lo ampson -French Low Romance & , ' Co b . — y * Miss Half -KdwardsThis t i is i a i leasantl ( in ti written

      s 4 « - " i ; y . which - > ' > , «* thoug ^* . > e . h jl jl no doubt a ^ u pK ' deficient - ^ < - * ' <> y y for »* uttV the 'U inajo "liijoiity rity of oi hction fiction--reHdcirs reHdcrs in in incident incidentis is character oh-A . n \ cU > .-r-,

      t -li ; ( it 1 h . should y a grace render 11 of sty it le and acceptable refinement , to LU the of thoug quieter 111 ' LtJ ht

      UIl'l more vum discriminating DHICLO very VLJXJ' O of , ^ CUpijClUiU critics . In I > llt 5 itsel l | » f it f' » rms a . striking — — ¦ illustration of how a story i

      " " " ^* i ' "lade character fnaracter interesting , which whirdi jl v ^» «^ j without ua . i to tr » v ^ most most i » \ ^ possessing k . x * nmnl . \ ~ r i r ^ m le ft rpaiti seoms . a v > jv sing » may r « Ajttu as m le . s

      ( 1 ( hilicult iy for its a task main , as interest writing a novel some peop that torm shall of loA not r e-] llJ ] i ; ; i 11 i ^ 11 J » f ^ Miss l \ ir ; ,... liotham D . ii upon Ed f .-ii wards i however i i has

      Mlr ( Vi x '" * » ' ii ' - : <> s tre unted of . attiu unselfish ii this -hed / iiiou difficulty to feeling ono - another . to lu Two forsake , determine , young the iiic peop , in an le ,

      < lll < ' v ; uii " « ' , i L > H n of this icuiiii wicked ^ world iur « iih . the e man pomps jji ^ uips b J ( MI : -ii £ the Kornish priesthoodth , il bdovo y

      1 Ul U her I- ) «• life *< - > ji to the iiUi 5 work U [ JL 11 of M 11 a Protestant , , LI 1 O e g r 1 deaconess J U y J uuv «" - . ''"' li -beta - ^ m ^ ke u . v themselves uit / Hiorivffi to i . o the * continent tum / inuiiLw wiioi here u , Would m « , ,

      I'Hiii . jl y j Holemn Hcem ^• vuuMouu suc ksod h renunciations and iiini , as < ir- > iLcciuviib accident are more has ii < i ^» it ii appro the liiuj - ln t on t , , , , , y

      i S : ( t ^ * ' ^ hroncli heir hoU way -. l . to their The respective reader now destinations probably s an end to Llu ^ ir misfortunes . Thrown into

      a < UI M ; i ' ' eat < MlK d ; . rs sal co too mpany muc they h for discover ono anothor that they to seek e * ire Irrz— —^

      either the confines of a Roman Catholic Training College or the quietude of a Protestant Deaconesses '

      Institution—or that , as a cynic would say , if they must show some self-denial they had better by far exhibit it to each other—and mutual happiness

      is the result . Not at all . On the contrary , they find out that their attachment was but a boy and irl affair after alland they speedily fall in love

      g elsewhere . Miss , Betharn-Edwards' novel is interesting , as we have said , hut perhaps her characters are a little bit too transparent and

      amiable . Probably the best-drawn character is that of Madame Jeannie d'Harcourt , a highsouled r * ^**^ i i m ^^ ^^ ^^^^ young y ^^^ ^^ v . t .. ^ ^^^^ ¦ widow w . & " ^^^ ^ * v ¦ who v *^ ^ ^^ r , v ¦ in ~^ ~ * a ^— ^ situation *—~^ — — — — of

      some delicacy , expresses her sentiments with much refinement of feeling and language ; but the nurse b ¦ Ann 1 Brindl ta -Bk | Bh f eis BV not BM- badldelineated ,

      ¦ albeit « B * A ^ i ^^ - ^ ^~« 1 % *¦ ¦ her » "" - ^ " - " , frequentl ^ ~ ^ . BV «*»^ _^ ^ c y "X * i ^ -B » - ^^^ reiterated , * ^ m ^ ^^ V ^ B ^^ •_• dislike ^*^ ^ — y J " — — of the French nation and arguments with the somewhat gushing Cameron Joye are apt to become

      wearisome . From JJi the J same ¦ . — ' Clare of Claresroede ¦ BBWb"B ^ il : a Romance -r - - '

      » _ ^ J ^ ^ M . . JW ^ J m * ^ + ^ J * lJV bL J ^ M " , J A ^ - *^ - ^~ \ Smt ^^ ^ . ^ " * . ^ bV * ~^ * ^ k . ^^^ . ^ B * 1 1 I ^^ ' *¦> ^ ^ — — — , b of ^ M ^ y Naseb ^^_ . ^ Charles B ^_ BJ B . ^ ^ | *\ % ^ y ~ W , U this ^/ Bi G ^ ^ . - ibbon ^ story ^ . ^ W 'V ^^ . ^* J Opening deal ~* m ^ —— ~ »¦ Bi s " ^ with " ~ at ¦ the a ¦ portion battle

      of English history which is prolific of interest . Mr . Gibbon is an old and experienced writer of roman \ f \ WJJ 4 ce B % and bVA with % ¦ Bfc ^/ B . B . such B ^ B > ^_^ B > material * Bi Bi <^^ V -B « -m ^ BB -Bk . B _ B -BB as ^*^— I ^ -V this to — his ^ ^^^_ ^ ^^ ^ \^^ , * * V ^^^ * ^^

      hand for a framework he may be relied upon to produce a highly absorbing and captivating work of fiction 4 Bi » . Sir FBBB » Aubrey rfBI BB Clarean adherent of the

      king ^^^ A B >* ^ , ^^ is ^^ wrong ^ ^_^ ^ full ^ BP ^ ' y ^— »^ accused ^—^ » ^»— ' — » " , ^" r , J under ^ ^ ~ -- circumstances — — that justify the suspicion , of his having murdered the \ S J ^ ^ ^_ y _ Earl J ^_ -B | \ JV r ¦ ^ L of ^^ -Bfc Winston W ^ ¦ — T ^ — V * Hp ^ ~ ~ . 0 After BBfc ^ fc ^— »* " ^ — — some W — —^—^ — exciting -h— -r - bbbB >

      adventures , he manages to escape to Paris , but is there consigned to the Bastille at the instigation B of Bto the Bj J villanous W B BBBBBF » B BP Sir Linsley Sheldon ,

      lyj \ J 4 Lte ^ » V * - * -Bl *^ S - « ^^ . " ^ ^* « , ^ ^^ - ^ ^ - " — ~ " ^ J * who procures a lettre de cachet from Cardinal Mazarin . Some ten years later he is liberated from his captivity / and returns B V-BI bBI ¦ to England disguised

      ^ J ^ \^_/ A A . bL ¦ - ^ „ A ^ , _^ % „> ^ 4 J ^ J ^ J bI * ^ « -T m B ^ ¦> ^ ^^ m ^ ^ pT «^ . ^ -P- ^ r ^* — — BBK " ^ — — ^ -J as a hunchback , one Dr . Kimmel , his object beiDg to clear himself of the ¦ hideou B » B ^ s charge brought

      % ^\^ J V »/ < b 1 ^ S "i * i J ^ m -JL , * . A AJ ft **^ ^«* - * - »* ^^ - ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^* — . ^ v— — — -- — — — J -J " J against him and to look after his two children ^ whom he has left under the guardianship of a

      posi brother tion . -seeking The rest and of not the narrative over-scrupulous which abounds Puritan in exciting episode and thrilling , situations doctor doctor , is

      taken r . H . kfln up ur > with with the the efforts ettorts of oi the the > ^ oi oi--disant aisant to unravel the mystery of the murder , and the kj success KJ \ . \^ i V _> W KJ * - J with -f »»¦ - - ¦• -- which ¦» " — bw » i * j * " , p W ~^ iece * v b ¦ y / pr iece — — ' , he brings CJit

      home to Sir Xrinsley Sheldon . There are cominterest p lications X \ - > V / A . ^ J KJ * - ' ; - ( for Jk V also ^ M . T Sir -S M ¦ in — - Linsley b *—• the - >—» ¦ J - »• » matter - * wishes » - b . p ^ f - — - which b _ . ¦—r to ^ c i - ^ marry ¦ — heig hten Clarice — the ,

      doing with Sir the Aubrey unscrupulous so throug ' s Lord daug h influence b Marbury hter rother , and ; broug and w is hose in Clarice ht a to is fair t bear er is way in on upon love th of

      other young hand is attached to , Sir Aubrey ' s son , Walter -f T I % * 1 * - < ^ V A . . The » » i V > discovery *—¦ * «¦ k- ^ ^ - ^ v-c » ^^ * r of -v- *¦ - . Sir "—r — —¦ Aubrey - — . ^ — -- " ' ¦ -- — ' s — innocence — , /

      however , places matters in a proper light , and all tion ends of happ his ily novel . Mr makes . Gibbon use in of the an main incident construc which

      -¦ he works has —namel utilised y , the in idea at least of a one man of falsel his y previous accused

      vindicating his character in disguise ; but so art occasion istically that has it ho will emp be loyed none it the on less the welcome present

      again . From JL J \ . \ J UK tho tlH / same iJi \ lMLA \ . ' . m - — ' The - - »« . ¦* ' New b » --w-w - 7 — - — ealand -. — — - — - — Year - — - - — — Book ,

      1886-7 . ' This work , designed for tho use of intending fiicturers ¦ fiw > f . nr « rH settlers has h ;» . « been boon , touris revised revised ts , merchants up un to to date date , an rroni from d mun in u --

      -formation , furnished by the ngont-general and tho government Cooper lias performed of tho Colony the functions . Mr . 11 of . Stonehewer editor with

      great attention to freshness of matter . Contribu-

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1886, page 1371, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111886/page/13/