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    I Books Received :

    room or public reading . Although in schools where English literature is adequately

    repreabsent sented in from ths the syllabus scheme —and of it oug institution ht never which to be any pretends to educate Englishmen— ¦¦ Shakspere may

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    general the reason idea commonl of the whole assi of ed his for dramatic their works lect , being ^ 7 that their length y puts * gn them outside neg the

    range this difficulty of an ordinary , Mr . course Bo wen of here lessons g , ives lo us meet an abridgment of seventeen of the plays which are

    most ir throug . nfth likel Ii' h ItaIv the y to tn volume interest int . p . r & a has h young vmm satisfied cr readers readers us , and and that a a he glance £ ? lance has done his work carefully and conscientiously .

    can specimens Apart scarcel from of be the pure doubted desirability English but as that of reading g the iving use lessons students of such , it a volume must y tend to increase , the public

    knowledge of and love for the master ' s works . From Messrs . W . CollinsSon & Co . — Laing ' s

    History of English Literatures , , for Junior Classes / A nice little compendium , with illustrative extracts ^ v — —^ - ^ - — — which — — —r — any — ¦ — - ^ - grown m — man may ~ ^ m be — g ^__ Jlad to

    The read , and an first index lace of at some which 400 we illustrious the names book . offers very an account p of ' bottled light open / from Smiles

    Life of Stephenson , and the ' last moments of Goethe / from the celebrated Life by George Henry Lewes . At the same opening of the

    leaves there are some biographical particulars which are sure to interest many of our readers , and which we do not remember to have met with

    before : — ^ educated ^ Xj ^ S ^^^ amuel s ^ V W ^ s *^ for Smiles ^^ a the v m-m ^^ , medical 4 ^ AM born vX'iV . ** ^ rfm-aj A at profession ^^ A ^^ Haddington M , ^^ w ^* JA ^ J A A , ft IV and * *^ ^ for * in . % ^ 4 L 1816 some % mJ ^^ *** ^ , time ^ was A ^«> 4 \ J

    pra medi ctised cine , as and a s became urgeon secretary at Leeds . of In the 1845 Leeds he and abandoned Tliirak He Bail retired way , and in 1866 lat . terly of the South , Eastern Kail way .

    Only the biographies are named in the Handbook of English literature under the name of ' Smiles . ' I American authors are not forgotten in Mr .

    Laing ' s roll of names . From Messrs . Griffith & Farran . — 'Poetry for the

    Young . * This is a famous collection . There are I about Eng — m » lish four — — language hundred ^ j g m , j of arra — the — ¦ nged ^^^ w — choicest ¦ in " —¦ »™^™ ¦ ¦ four poems ^ ^^ divisions ^ v ^ in ^ ^ v ^ 1 ^ the ^^— B ^^ , h

    which aro graduated for different ages . Part I * is Part intended ¦ — II ^ -. . . for — for Standard . _ infants — , _ , v , .- ¦¦ — s and ¦ III ¦ ¦ ¦ — . for — —VI Standard » ^^ - v « i ^ Part ^ ^ i V 1 s I III . — dBb rf ^ . 9 IV for . ; ' — ; ^ ^ ^^ ^

    Standards and Part IV V . . is and for VI pup . il and teachers for pup and il for teachers training ; I colleges . Some fifty pages towards the end of

    Then the volume there are are occup short ied biographical with explanatary notices of notes the . writers of the poems ^ - and —¦— an ¦ - — — ' ¦ ¦ index ¦¦ of first lines

    comes - - — - — - - after — - that . A , part fro m its «^ uso ^ ^^ *» in ^^^ gf schools m ^ ^ 0 4 ^ ^ A 4 V m * M Young wo are ' sure will that be found in many an a acceptable home 'Po book etry . for the ,

    From * Home "Words f Publishing : Office . — Scripture Echoes in our Church ' s Collects for

    Sundays and the days connected with our Lord ' s the history Rev . . With John H P ymns . Hobson orig , inal M . A and . selected Thin volume . ' By

    furnishes a fresh illustration of what has been termed the Scriptural origin of the Book of Common -- — Prayer — ¦ for it takes each ¦ i collect ir in

    suecession — and — - - - shows - ^ — — — . , _ — how — - , — — its — — - — peti m - ^ —r - ^ tion - —» - —^ s and «^ ^^»» ^^ ^^ allusions »^ ^ *« . v «^ r ^« ^^^ & are , for the most part , exclusively scriptural .

    the Appended pages to of this the illustration Bible a hynin of the is g collects iven vhich from H formsin in effect euectof , II

    It iorm is , , a volume , , an an which ampiincaxion amplification will be suggestive the tne pmrayer * i * to » H II II preachers teachers ^ •*¦ . a . j * . ^ k Lb » ni in «« and Sunday WJ ~ full m *¦ + *^ 9 ^ schools > of - » j" » 1 ^ ^ - hel i >*"* I J" ^ pful where »^» V ^ ^ ± matter ^ . ^ the A . ¦_ for — V v ' 4 all All 1 ^ ^ H

    Book _ is used , - Prayer 1 I I From Mr . J . H . Hou . gh . ton , Louth . — 'HowtrtH

    Write English / by A . A . Reade . Asa njle ofl « H would object hardl is to y teach look for amusement lish in a book vhose , I

    little rule are work so , chosen the ex Eng tracts from which com various position illustrate writers . In that this tba 9 II

    the thing casual to his reader taste . is Thus almost , one sure page to alone find some ofFen - II ll « les of ui style from irum Macaulay ttcauia

    Sir examp examples Walter Ralei styio hCarl leand from , , ShaksDearp onakspeare D ifl ua On anomer another page page g are , cue the y , names names of oi a Gibbon sennoL iibbon 9 I I

    Macaulay Wendell , Holmes Lord Melbourne in connection , Motl with ey , methods and Oliver of I I

    cons writing of alcohol ; another . , Precis page writing gives us , controversy the pros , and and I I each have their share of

    essays attention . I From Mr . John Heywood . — « Nookg and Corners I

    of Lancashire and Cheshire : a Wayfarer ' s Notes I Genealogical in the Palatine and Coanties ¦ Rescriptive , Histori . ' By ca James l , Legendarr Croston , I

    F . S . A . Manchest , er often vies with the southern I metropolis in its ¦ contributions to antiquarian lore , and in the energy with which its local antiquaries I

    make their researches ; but in the volume before I a us — — record ( published — — of - deep — — — b y interest subscri — — ^^ ption to ^^ ^^^ those ^^ ) ^^ ^^ ^ we ^ ^^^ ^ have ^ for ^ " ^^^ ^^ ' whom » not ^^» ^^» ^*^^^ mr onl the ^ ^ i ^ r y ^ B I ^^^^^^^^^ h

    all past that has is attractions worth ¦ ¦ noting , but i an n the illustrated district history traverse of } b a y lace the author on ¦ ¦ the , so table beautifull as well y printed as as the to library claim

    p upon shelf . Mr . Croston has literally left no stone un « H turned certain »— ~ m in of mmr ~ order his » v i discoveries to verify his and facts the r and result to » ¦¦ make is - i H H ^^ ^^ ^— ^* — ' ^^^^^ - ^^ ^ *^ ^^ ¦ - ^^ w mr mw * » ^^ •^^^ , *^» ^ m v ^ * s m ^ ^*^ ^* *** ' ^ * ^^^^^^

    worthy monument of his learning and his industry . H From ¦ MessrsMacmillan & Co— ' The Electorate

    . . and the Legislature . ' By Spencer Waipole . AtaB moment liamenta ¦ ¦ when procedure an important affecting modification at least of of Par the -

    ¦ ¦ two discussed uikcu chambers »» ou ry buy y the tut of the responsible respousiLn Leg , islature e uroveruiucui Government , is being one actively attrarf w of tbi " ^ h

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    from privileges subject the and works , has his of bee own the n compil contribution greatest ed with authorities to the rewrfM oDt ^ ° H jB

    , of worthy its . more Of recent the various proceedings schemes is equall sugge « t / « J d ^ f fj < vH H talk whlcb

    putting been the an ban end © of to n the early unlimited session ' for * j H

    years as to past the obstructi Mr . Wai on pole itself every gives he some holds account that ^ ^ , « *? H H onl 1111

    th © y House a symptom of Commons of the . ' increasing Opinions J will ??^ P" ^ ° TH ™ ¦ differ taking on steps this to point prevent , but the as to the waste necctB oi % ^ U

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    be far better done if WJ assembl hand are with acquainted which with they the have history to d * 0 ^ I ^ ^

    present y volume is , it is announced , 0 D ^ ^ ^ = l jj ^ ^ B H

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 16, 1882, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16011882/page/10/