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structor . ' It gives a condensed parallel view of history and literature in England and the
United States from the time of the Roman invasion to the present . We think the book a good one of its kind , but we are bound to say
that American writers generally receive far more attention than English . For instance , we are told what is most interesting and
important concerning Mr . Julian Hawthorne and Mr . W . D . Howells , while Mr . Thomas Hardy and Mr . R . D . Blackmore are not even
mentioned . Nevertheless the book is useful for purposes of reference , From Messrs . Hachette & Co . Paris . — ' Edmond
, Scherer , ' par Octave Greard , de l'Acadfrnie Francaise . ' Scherer is one of the few men who will bear testimony in future times concerning
the crisis of human thought in the nineteenth century . Theology , history , philosophy , belleslettrespolitics social science—he dealt with
, ^ , all these subjects , and gave to each his closest examination . ' So writes Scherer ' s biographer , M . Greard , in the preface to his loving study of
his friend ' s mental career . In England , Scherer is perhaps best remembered by his « Etudes Criti — — — que - — s de Lit - t - erature ' and his * Etudes _ - _ sur .--. - la
j ^ , Litterature Contemporaine . ' He was at one time Professor of Exegesis at the Evangelical School of — Geneva . In 1849 he gave oin his
resignation to the president of the Oratory . He felt that he could no longer teach , having ceased to believe what he taught . He
explained the state of his mind to a friend in a letter , which was published . Excommunication was the result .
From Mr . William Heinemann . — ' The Bondman , ' by Hall Caine . Fourth Edition . Few recent novels have had such a high success as
' The Bondman , ' and few have so well deserved it . Those to whom it was iLaccessible in the three-volume form may now have it in one
handy volume at a popular price . No doubt in the cheap edition it will have a fresh run of popularity .
From Messrs . Hodder & Stoughton . — ' Sharpened Arrows and Polished Stones , ' by C . W . o Bibb ^ k ^ ^ h — r - ^^ . Witri v w «* " ^» "" ~ - an ^ * r ™ ^ Introduction ~ - ¦ - — by ^ * the — Rev - ~ - ^ » .
A . J . Gordon , D . D . The author of this book had a threefold purpose in view—first , that it should serve as a handbook of illustrations for
the preacher , the teacher , and the Christian worker ; second , that it might be the means of arousing some sleeping Christian to a higher
sense of his duty to himself , his fellow-men , and his God ; third , that it might lead some un-P saved ^ J ^/ % J ^ ^^ ^ - ^ * soul ^* X ^ «^ V Jft * to »• ^ - * the ^ « . — ^ s tiuth — - ¦_ -. — . — — . _ If --... — it -- - fail — - — in any — _ one v , _ _
of these , it will not be the author ' s fault , for the book ia written with much earnestness and jm not a little power . The --- abounding - « texts .. are . _
m v ^ *• * v ****** ^* *» ^^ r ^^ — aptly and forcibly illustrated . From Messrs . Hurst & Blackett , Limited . 4 j ^ ^ ^^ i Secret ^ , ^_ y ^^ » U »> . of -rf- — the V — - Hiver , _„ , ¦__ , ' by Dora _ - - - Russell __ ... „ .- _ .
2 vols . Kathleen Wynford , the heroine , is the only child of the wealthy owner of Northbridge HallYorkshire . Almost at the very opening
of the , story Mr . Wynford alioots himself , leaving his daughter a fortune of £ 80 , 000 . Just ^ before comuiitting " ¦¦ r —« - suicide - - — - — he - had - had an
^^ q ^_ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ f j ^ ^^ « K ^* r ^—* ^ ' ^ " * — — — £ j ____ __ . interview with a mysterious stranger ; but Katie is left in ignorance of the motive that leads to the act of t * elf-destruction . Close to
the Hall is a cottage belonging to Mr . Wynford ; in this cottage lives a lady who sedulously avoids >^^ Vt imr association ¦ ¦ with her » ~ -- i nei ¦ ghbours . Katjie
^^^ ^ ^^ jl e *^^ ^ v ** ** r ^^ ^^ ^—^»— ^ ^^ " - ^ - - - - - ' — t _* i , however , accidentally makes the lady ' s acquaintance while seeking shelter from a
thunderstorm . The lady , whose name is Mrs . Lee , introduces Katie to one Captain Dundas .
He is exceedingly handsome , pays Katie attention , and the two become engaged ; Katie all the while being ignorant of the fact that her
lover had eloped with Mrs . Lee , who was the wife of a brother officer . Mrs . Lee is so much chagrined ! ~~ - at - t - he desertion V -- of r the gallant K
— ^ - ^^ —^ - ^ V ^_ _^_ - ^ ^^_ ^^^^^_ ^ V ^^ p ^^ ^ , ^ ^_^ ^ t ^^ T ^^ ^^^ P ^^ P ^ I *^ B W captain that she drowns herself . Subsequently Katie discovers that her father had committed a forgery in his youth , and that the stranger
who visited him on the morning of his death had just been liberated after undergoing twenty years' penal servitude for the crime .
Finding that her father had prospered on money unlawfully obtained , Katie resolves to make restitution , seeks out the man who has
been robbed , and hands over her fortune . There are some touching scenes at this stage ; but Katie comes out of all her troubles bravely ,
and marries happily . The story is interesting , and is well told . From M . Calmann L 6 vyParis . —* L ' Esprit
, d'Alphonse Karr . ' It was a happy idea to collect the * good things , ' or many of them , from the collected edition of Alphonse Karr . ' s works
which consist of no less than fifty or sixty volumes , as we see by the list which is printed opposite the title-page of this — book _ . It is
preface AJ » d by a humorou XO s letter from ~ Karr to the publisher , in which he plays upon the word espritand gives passages from celebrated
, writers which set forth the various interpretations which may be put upon it , with a view of showing that the author need not be accused of
suffering examples of his own * wit' to be published . In English we should , of course , call the book ' The Spirit of Alphonse Karr '
, but esprit means also * wit , ' hence the * open letter' to Karr ' s publisher . A secondary title calls the volumepem — ees ( thoughts ) . In effectit
j 7 ~ ^ O / , is a collection of thoughts and maxims , which in these busy days will be welcome to many a reader . We are reminded of the sharpness of
Karr ' s pen by the wasps ( jjucpex ) on the cover . From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , Searle & RivingtonLimited ______ . —* O _ ur Pleasant _
« i * - — , j 4 Vices Our / Pleasant by Milner Vices ' Macmaster be a first effort . 3 in vols fiction . If ( and we do not remember having met Mr .
Mac-master before ) it is distinctly a clever and promising one . The author writes fluently and clearly ; 7 his style is brightand he has a
pretty sense . of -- ' humour ^ - . The O descri , ptions of Australian life are uniformly excellent , being evidently given lrom personal knowledge—at
any rate they are wonderfully true to nature . The characters , too , are well imagined and well developed ; some of them indeed are really
admirable portraits . The story would perhaps bear compression . At times it seems as if the plot were not . quite equal to the demands of the
three-volume novel . But , on the other hand , the ntory is of only secondary importance . It is in the characters and not in the tale that we
are most interested , a circumstance which of course implies a high compliment to the author . Mr . Macmaster is capable of good
work . From the same . — ' Ardis Claverden , ' by Frank R . Stockton . Those who expect only fantastic
humour from Mr . Stockton will perhaps be a trifle disappointed with his present story ; but ' such as take pleasure in seeing a writer of fiction
rise to a Huatained imaginative effort will experience a very lively satisfaction in it . It has t
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Nov . 15 , 189 a The Publishers' Circular 1503
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1890, page 1503, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111890/page/17/
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