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country , the remaining two being spent in town . Both the elder ladies are much attached to their
• niece , bub , while Emma is kindly and sympathetic , Mies Blake is austere and exacting . Emma would protect the young girl bub has not
sufficient force ot' character to make a stind against her imperious sisler . The consequence is that Mis = » Blake has things all her own wav .
At length her rule becomes unbearable and Anna takes flight , going to live with her mothers friends , who are very poor . Miss Blake pursues ,
finds her , and gives her the chance of returning to Monkshalton and affluence or remaining in London and poverty . Anna chooses the
latter , whereupon Miss Blake goes home indignant . She then quarrels with her sister , who , unable to bear the strain any longercurls
, up in a chair and dies . This story is written with a good deal of force , and has a sort of t painful interest that carries the reader - to __ the _
M . _ i last page . : From the National Temperance Publication
Depot . —* Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England , ' by Richard Valpy French . The object of this work is to ascertain the part which drink
has played in the individual and national life of the English people . Accordingly « An inquiry is instituted into the beverages which have been
i in use , the customs in connection with their j use , the drinking vessels in vogue , the various efforts made to control or prohibit the usesale
, , manufacture or importation of strong drink , ; whether proceeding from Church or State or both ; / the connection of the drink traffic — with
i the revenue , together with the incidental notices of banquets , feasts , the pledging of healths , and other relevant matter . ' It will
thus be seen that the work is at least comprehensive , and it is some evidence of its value that the present is a second and enlarged
edition . From Messrs . James Wisbet & Co . — ' Zionward :
Hymns of the Pilgrim Life , ' by the Rev . John Brownlie . The hymns by the minister of the Free Church , Portpatrick , display a genuine
poetic gift , and a devotional spirit that ought to commend them to many readers . From Messrs . Pickering & Chatto . — ' Rejected
Addresses , ' by Horace and James Smith ; edited with an introduction and notes by Percy Fitzgerald . A very prettily got up edition of the
* Rejected Addresses , ' with a capital introduction . The numerous notes will be helpful to the reader of to-day .
From Messrs . Smith , Elder & Co .--- 'Life and Writings of Joseph Mazzini , ' in six volumes ; Vol . 1 . The first volume of this new edition of
the collected writings of Mazzini consists of autobiographical and political matter . We are told as much of MazzinTs early life as is nece . s-
sary to a clear understanding of his later political actions , that is , he traces for us the formative influences which moulded him for
the fiery cause of patriotism which made him so long a central figure in European politics . It i . s unnecessary now to dwell on the literary
charm of these writings , which long ago 1 attained international renown , but we may remark that a re-perusal of this first volume
does not at all diminish our admiration for tho virility , eloquence , lucidity , and logic of Mazzininor for his purity and loftiness of
, principle . The volume b handy in size , is printed in excellent clear typo on good paper , ' and is well br > und .
From Messrs . Steven ** & Haynes . —* English Constitutional History from the Teutonic
Conquest to the Present Time , ' by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead . This is a fourth edition of Mr . Taswell-Langmead's well-known history .
It has been revised throughout , and notes and appendices have been added by Mr . C . H . E . Carmichael . It contains some matter of
importance that was not included in former editions , and fresh light is shed on points that have hitherto been obscure , particularly on
points touching the history of Scotland and Ireland . From Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co . —
* Life of Joseph Sturge , ' by Alexandrina Peckover . This sj'mpathetic biography of a good man is eminently readable , it sets forth the
chief facts of Sturge ' s life clearly , briefly , and modestly , A good portrait is prefixed to the volume .
From the same . —* From Dawn to Sunset , ' by George Barlow . « T he Pageant of Life' proved
that Mr . Barlow is a true poet , and if further proof were needed it would be furnished by the present work . Not that Mr . . Barlow ' s
. j poetry is always or even uniformly excellent . We think he is rather too facile and prolific to be always first-rate . There are times when he
does not write under the stress of inspiration ; but at its best his poetry shows the penetration and imaginative power which ever distinguish
the work of the born poet . There are many passages of exquisite sweetness and great force , passages that remain in the memory and
keep the soul aflame long after the book has been laid aside . Only poetry of a high order can do this , nor is it too much to say that Mr .
Barlow is one of the truest and most stimulating singers of his day . If he would always remember to condense his lambent lightnings
into a thunderbolt he would be doing himself and his readers more justice . We are glad he has the power A . ' , and grateful ' that he sometimes
uses it . ' From Dawn to Sunset' is a book that should be read by all students of humanity and all lovers of true poetry .
From 4 An Messrs Account . H of . Sotheran the Conduct & Co and ., 136 Proceedings Strand . — -
of the Pirate Gow , ' by Daniel Defoe . There now seems little doubt that the substantial pamp JL A . hlet giving * ' * _/* An Account of the Conduct
and Proceedings of the Pirate Gow , ' was written by Defoe . There is the internal evidence of style as to the authorship , and there
is the further evidence that when Gow was executed for * Murther and Piracy ' Defoe was in the employment of John Applebee , the
printer and newspaper proprietor whose imprint the pamphlet bore . This Applebee was printer of Newgateand from his office were issued the
, printed papers concerning condemned felons . It is known that Defoe was in the habit of interviewing any notorious criminal who might
be supposed to have a particularly interesting confession to make . It is not likely he would miss tho opportunity of speaking with Gow ,
and it is morally certain tha *» if he got the story of Gow ' s life he wrote it . So far as is knownthe pamphlet has never been reprinted
, until n ^ W y and the only original copy that can be found is that in the British Museum . The present is a reprint of the original edition , and
is limited to 250 copies , numbered and signed . Mr . John R . Russell furnishes a valuable preface . r 0
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Nov . 15 , 1890 The Publishers' Circular 1505
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1890, page 1505, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111890/page/19/
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