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I Books Received :
I I I with R esponsibilities titled the ' The detail Eng s / of the lish the aim Ci machinery ti of zen which : his where Bi is ghts to by and our I ^ onstitution - * : * . *;«« work work s s and and the the broad broad lines lines upon uoon
I I wh C _ ich it , bas been constructed . The volumes in II I j t gencie will 3 treat by which of the ci course vil and of cri leg minal isla local tion justi ; of of ce the are the
1 II adminis relations JL ; ni * tp tered red between . , whether wnetirer the greate imperial imperial r , system or or local of ; the 01 im tne - I I local perial self Government -government and is the preserved subdivisions alongside by which of it ; ^^ 11 ¦ _ ¦ m m 1 bod _ ¦ and ^__ a ~_> * -A its « ^ ^ M functions ^ L m ^ «* ** ^ « *^> *— and ^ tb ^ «^ l ^ fc
I I of stitution the electoral and development y , ; of the great scheme con ^ - of national income and its disbursement ; of State I interferen ce with the citizen in his trainingin
, his labour , in his trafficking , and in his home ; ¦ 1 II and of the dealings ^ m ^ - of the State with that part of
Oil * - * V / A «'"* ' O *¦ I n I ui of property the tiii' relation * v »» which ** -- — between is — , perforc — Stat e , political e -and Church —the which land ; in and is entwined
1 bulks so largely our history , I I those go closely relations with of our the organisation State that ; are and other lastly than , of
1 H domestic . 1 From the same . — ' The Poor Law . ' By T . W . Fowle
1 M . A ., Rector of Islip . The author of this , I ¦ I country volume , , has as had a considerable clergyman in practical London experience and the
of the working of the English Poor Law , and he II Law here g Pri ives nc us iles an / account and then of what proceeds he terms to discuss ' Poor
II Poor Law history p , Poor Law reform , Poor Law administration , and Poor Law statistics . He treats the whole subject fairly and fullyhia facts
and figures are supported by references which , will I enable any reader to test their accuracy , and his ¦ H ^¦ ^¦ H suggestions ' ^^ H MM — —— ^ w ^ m ¦ —^ and V — " ^^^ w - ^^^ ^ remarks BV ^^ ¦— — ^ " —^ ^» ^« ^^ ^^» are " ¦ ^^ ~^^ always - ^^^ ^™ » - ^ ^^ V characterised " ^^ » ^ ^» ^ W ^ ^^ ^ BF ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ WVV
I by common sense and by an evident desire to look II at the matter in hand from all points of view . II From the same . —* ThirtYears : being Poems New
¦ I and Old / By the author y of 'John Halifax , I hi Gentleman gher princi . ' p Few les or authoresses have written have with appealed a more to
HI m the steady Bteadv wr aim iter and and of resolve resolve this very to to mak m acceptable alc e peop nfionlft le volume better !> At , f \ pr than thnn , in ¦ I which she ¦ gathers together & the 1 verses of &
H " - w ¦ . «« VUVA K 9 UVCUUIV ^ VAV » V * A OV W VT more 1 UVA . W H h ¦ I them than vuera a to 10 quarter her ner husband nuaband of a century . . The lhe ' s growth verses verses , are are and in in dedicates nea nearl rlv
fvery case brief and homely , and touch upon y a ¦ I draw wide n rangd from domestic of subjects life , althoug and from h nearl the y beautien all are of
nature . Here and there we find a hymn or tt inst a cred poe ances m on the a Wicred inspiration theme , is but soci in al the rather majority than of
h « there tincti crea on , , . if if There indeed indeed are it it is in a fair fair few translations to to dra < Ww w such annh hero a a dis r and 1 i « - . h •«««» , , ana and a a few lew sets sets of of words words written written lor for music munic .
but a « a whole the volume is filled with ntl , " » PSJ o ? g 8 * of a . n home ( l telling life , of breathing intensely a human pure and experiences elevated gee « iue ita
, joys and ita sorrows . Frw » Meiirii ne . MaomiUon & Co—• Sir Thomas
f ?^ ¦ Hesaw Roligio . Macmillan Medici / & and c . Co This . ' s , admirable the new H bv r ^ *" * the ^ ' ao Golden ! en Treasury TrAflulirir / '^ contains nta ina a preface nMk A .
SSwL \ cot L n ^ ^ ° \ t Thl i ? nhilh of ** . datefl * foll The <> connected wed appendix by a note with on Sir the Thomas chrono dis - - t fthei emains 7 uiius of Sir Thomas ©
h t lfl «« l ^ ° , 7 rt v F » » tch u f extracted oi oir rnomas from the Brown iirown the Proceed © by dv - ^ , instituteext
H tito ^ : ^ ** forraw y ^ iwwvyxva * editors of jft ,, 5 mere % tV > I
Medici . There is a list of English editions of the Religio Med'ci , of the French , German , and
Dutch translation , with bibliographical remarks . Foreign editions of the original are also noted , . and the libraries where the rarer copies are to be
found . The various English editions of the Letter to a Friend are also enumerated , and this new edition gives collations of some of the older
editions . At the end of the book , some 150 pages are occupied with critical and explanatory notes , and an index .
From The National Temperance League . — * The Voice of the Pulpit on Temperance . ' By
various authors . A series of sermons by preachers of various religious bodies upon the evils — _ of drunkenness — ___ and the virtues _ of temper — _
i-ance and total abstinence . When we say that five of the discourses are by Canon Farrar , odo b — y Canon — - Basil —^ - . __ Wilberforc __ ___ e , one by Pr . . JVIaguire ryj
^ # ^ , one by Dr . Paterson , and that the other authors are well-known authorities on the subject , we shal ~ l have given r- - our — readers a fair idea of tha
ability and eloquence with which the case is put . From the same . — ' The National Tempernnco
League ' s Annual for 1882 / Edited by Robert Rae , Secretary of the League . This volume is a year-book of temperance workand something
more , for it contains a series of , paper 3 by wellknown authorities on various points of interest connected with the ori hh in and ¦— progress of the
- ^^ - ^ v ^ . p ^»^» ~^~ - ^^ - ^^ - ^^ ^— " ^ » — ^ ^ p' — ^^ —— — - — - — — g ^^— — — — - — m— - —~ m m — - — — — — temperance movement—a reprint of some of the principal articles on the subject which , havo appeared during the past year , and many
interesting facts and statistics bearing upon temperance and the vice to which it is the popular antidote . A portrai A . t of Mr . E . Baines forms a frontispAiece
to the volume . From Mr . 3 «\ Pitman . — ' Birds and Flowers for
Little Folks . ' The words by the Editor of ' Birds and Flowers . ' Set to music by Albert Hersch- I field . A pretty volume of children ' s songswith
, the music on one page , and facing it the words of the Fong , with a picture border , in which tho birds — — — _ and — _ __ flowers __ drawn ___ by ^ , the inimitable _ ___ pencil j .
of Giacomelliarc , introduced . It is a volume _ which , if Christmas , had not well-nigh left um , would be entitled to rank as 'A Christmas Book . '
From Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co . — 'Journals of
Caroline Fox . ' This is a euper-royal octavo volume of between 300 and 400 pnges , handsomely printed in the old style , and bound in
simple boards , with a vellum back and ubtrimmed I edges . Miss Fox , was a member of the Society I of Friendswhose reminiscences include
interesting notes about , a surprising number of eminent men and women . Besides the immediate recollectionsthere are accounts of notabilities which
Miss Fox , has taken down from the narration of I o Hester thers— Stanhop € . g ^ Dr . e , W and olff ' s the account lady ' s of remarks the Lad en y
books which she has read are not tho least interesting part of the book . Thus , we have I Miss Fox ' s impressions of EothenWilhelm
, Meister , & c . There are even anecdotes of parliamentary encounters which have been witnessed by the author . We must content oureelves with
two short extracts . The . . . historian Met Henry is Halltm flno looking , his so wliite n Henry liaired , and daughter of vi be il .
features tweo xua n uiatAJt glxty reminds tt * u and u » me » a seventy uuu oi Cnrier iw . Something (| and wiiiivmwuou Goethe - in , all the jjijmm man is so lino clear of ^ j - - I *&>
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 16, 1882, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16011882/page/11/
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