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    mantine that could withstand such influence . The novel , however , is undoubtedly a good one , and stands little in need of such adventitious

    aid . Granting that the main incident is improbable—that a man would hardly write ah opera under the control of a dead friend : —

    this is more than compensated for by the truth and vigour of the writing and the fidelity to life with which some of the other events are

    related . There is nothing unnatural about bright , honest-hearted Kate Noel , the most lovable character in the two volumes we think

    , , or in the actions of the stern , ' unflinching Godfrey Clive , \ omnipotent as a critic though

    he may be . 1 Sven the * inspired' composer , Aubrey Devenish , is actuated in his doings by impulses that are very human ; and much as

    one may deprecate his treatment of liis wife and mad infatuation for Lady Marcia , similar cases have frequently occurred in real lifeand

    have we ca read n recog thi s ise story this wi fact th . keen For oursel interest ves , , , and we though we may confess to a feeling that it was

    mainly the doings of Clive and Kate Noel that excited our -sympathy , we never paused until the last page and satisfactory conclusion

    were reached . From the same . —* Tent Life in Tiger Land , ' by

    J . Inglis . From the well-expressed title of this book the reader might expect a spirited story . He will not be disappointed . In perusing the

    . account of the sporting recollections of one of the pioneer planters of the Indian frontier , we are forcibly struck by the excitements and

    episodes of real jungle life . Hunting scenes in those regions have been very frequently de-, scribedbut never more fluentlyor with more

    , , sportsmanlike * go , ' than is found in the manner of Mr . Inglis . The book contains , or ratlier consists of , a group of stories of the

    author ' s life and experiences on the frontier . The account of the general aspects of the country and of the people who inhabit it is

    ma . rked by the rare quality of astute observation . It ; is a spirited and most fascinating

    book , although no claim is laid to literary , excellence . As a matter of fact , the stories are genuine , and hence their chief value . The

    coloured illustrations are novel and striking in effect . From Messrs Mimi •¦» . James f ¦ ¦» »¦ ¦¦ Maclehoge ¦»¦ ¦» &

    SonsGlast »» -m , ¦*—*» *^ - — " *^ ^ p ^ «* a »^ ¦ ^ .- ¦» ¦» - ¦ * -v ^ ¦ I *^» » »¦ ^^ p «^ ^^ > i ^« p * »^<^ *^ ^* MJ ¦ ** M , ^ w / f Jl t > VK ^ s > go * w . —A neatly 4 B and *^ ft soberly ^ M ^ H -bound < V B ^ Volume ' I ^^ ' conveys —^^* ~^ r — — ¦ — v h h ¦ pi much ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ 1 ¦ — ~— ^ ^ ^ - ¦ interesting ^~^ — — -- - " - ¦ ' ^— - ^ — -m r — — ' HH information r - - I — — ¦ . ^^^ ^ p ^ . V ^ K ^ Hl ^ PB ^ V ^ ^ P" ^ 1 ^ ^^ ipr W ^^ . PM relating V ^ H ^ P ^^ ' ff ^ ^ P ^ ' ^ PP ^ ta * P »^ *^ P ^^ ^ B ^^ k

    to one who formed a prominent figWe in Scottish clerical life . This is the * Life of ¦ William . B . BobertsonB " ^—^ . D ¦¦ - ¦ ¦¦ . h ' by James r Brown pB *>

    w F ^^ ^— ^^ — ^— ^ ^ ^^ ^^ " ^^ — — ^^ ^ — , — ^ , ¦ ¦ » - - ^^ ^ . ^ ^ p *^ ^ pip ^^ v ^^ ^ hipT ^^ ' p ^¦ i ^^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^^^ W it , M P . D . For many years Dr . Bruce Robertson

    ¦ ft j occupied the pulpit ¦ at Irvine , and the place is =

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    life were marked by ill ^^ -health ^^ ^ , and ^^ much of his . ! time was spent on the Continent . Subsequently he lived with his sister at the Bridge of Allan

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    Of Dr . Robertson it inay truly be said that he was a man of a- thoroughly Christian dispositiongenerous in his tendenciesand always

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    shrewd humour interwoven in the meshes of his graver self , and which , every now and then exhibitedto his ¦ companionshi ¦ p ¦ a strong

    ^ B ^ •¦*•• *^*» ^* •^^ M ^ PApr ^ p «^ ^ ip"P ^ , ^ gave ^ fpfafpV P ^ p ^ fpf r ^ ^^ ^ . ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ " - " ¦ ^^ pr ^ . p' B ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^— ~^ " ~ i ^ —¦""— *¦ "" - » ¦ ™ —r —^ ' BBPft ^ feeling of humanity . Dr . Brown ' s work is a fo ^^_ ~ ll— ^ rcible ^» - ^^ ^^^ ¦ ppP p ^ b "p ^^ tribute ' ^^ ^^ p" p ^^ PPaT PBprppp ^ p » to Pa' ^ p ^ his " ^^^ ^ merits ™ ^ p" ^^ . ^^^ as " ^ ^ ¦ pastor " ^ — ' — *^~~ ^ - ¦ , poet ^ M— — — - ^ , «¦

    preacher , and friend , and a laxge number of readers will be interested in its perusal . Two v portraits accompany B J ; he volume j one taken in

    v B ^^ p" ^ P ^ ' ^^^ m ^^ ^^^ . ^^ p ^^ " pp ^* ^^ w ^^^ ^^ p ^ p ^ pp ^ ^ fcp ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ pp ^ P ^^ PJ . ^ P ^ 1 *^^ g i ^^» ^^ " ^^^ ^^^ ¦ ¦¦ ^ v ^ P ^^^^ 1 ^ ¦ ^^ _™ ^ — — ¦ ^ ^ p- ¦ ¦ ^—^ — —^^^ ppp ^ later years by the late Mr . Robert Herdman , "RR .. SS . . A A . . , the the other other in in 1870 1870 ..

    , From MessrsMacmillan & Go— ' io in

    I j um axM . ^ ooM . a . » i » i . tiiv » J-u- » -i . j . qMJ . % ju * - *\ s . Essays jluooc ^ jtxli Criticism , ' , by Matthew Arnoldjj will be gladly welcomed in volume form as a permanent

    addition to the collected works of tlte ripe thinker and scholar . The essays are reprinted from various books and magazines . They include

    ' The Study of Poetry , ' ' Gray , ' ' Keats , ' ' Wordsworth' < B / < Shelley' ' Tolstoi' ' Amiel '& c

    , yron ,,,. The a great criticisms «¦ . •& are ' , too m well "tt ^ known pp * to require comment . It is well that they have been

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    Molloy , D . D ., D . Sc . Popular lectures on scientific subjects do not as a rule hit the mark . From the tongues of men of known reute in

    special sections they are usually worse p than incomprehensible ; from the tongues of sciolists in the ¦ compiling --r K world ¦ they ¦ are positively

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    the book is devoted to a consideration of lightningthunder - » and pp p * lihtnicondu pwpj . ct TApr ors p ^ . # » . The

    ^—— - -p- —— m m , - ^ - — — —^^^**^^ ^^ — ' , — " ¦ ^ - ^ - ^ ^— ^ " » Bifc g p ^* p » p * - ¦ ^^ ng -ppb ^ a fc » ^^^ ^ p * ' Jfc ^ pp- ^ Tfc *^^ Jb , Ps »/ V pipn i . pv ^ ^^ p * disquisition on the latter subject is expressive - in its — practical m — — ' " ¦* ™ - ~ ~~ ¦ importance » pp ^^ B ^^ ^^* ^^ ^^^^ —^ ^^ ^^^ ^ . We ™ •^ i ^ also fcp" * ^ p" ¦ pjrf - ^^ pplu find ^ pb flp »^^ " ^*^ p * p p lee *^ ^ b ^ » lfx

    tures on the storing of electrical energy , on recent progress in the storage battery , on the immensity iJLii / iOi and cMixx of the Ulic '

    how uu . V t he ' ujr elect ric m . source ou c u yc rrent \>\ . is prod sun OUU u s 9 ce energ KJLX d , l on . gJ y , , th ^ JX e g r—y l' ac — - ~ iers ^ ^ - ^ " — of - ^ the ^ *— - — Al _ ^ p . ps ^ r — ' , and — -W ^ p-PPT ^ 'v- other -p— - ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ^ p ^ 4 pJ ^ cognate ^ P ** " — f *^ « h * V" *** ^ pP' subjects Vp ^* *« i ^ p r ¦ *^ ^^ ^ - ^ ii'fS . ^

    A work of such exceptional value should commend itself to many readers . The illustrations are plentiful and apt .

    From Messrs . Marpon et IFlammarion , Paris . — Tavernier , < L'Art du Duel . ' This book , of which

    . a a the new titl edition edition e nas has a ji manual ust ust been been of published TmbliahfirL the art of , is is duel . , as as - l — ing t ^ J . Tlie w —~ UW conveys * ' contents ' *• ' " * - ^ ** ^«* * . ¦ . , . ¦*••» . *» bear r *™* ' ' »_» " «^« i *» . p reference " » . ^^ . » . *¦/ , » . ^ B ^ jpt ^ aV ^ t ^/ v ^ to ¦ t / V' the ¦ i / J . WJkVt' arms "VW-lfc ljiffft * ,

    seconds , and general conduct of the affair . Wh articulars en it is ..- ^ to touch - be -B a ing duel the ¦ # with i choice Sword il of s , h w e learn the

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1888, page 1440, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111888/page/14/