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From Mr . "William Masland , Saffron Walden . — We bave-received . the * Saffron Walden Directory
and Year-Book , ' a capital publication , distinguishable for its accuracy , excellent arrange- ; ^ men ^^^^^ L ^^^ r mm- ^^ t m *^ , V * an m * mm * mm ^ m- d ^^^ fc ^ moderat v *^^^^ k ~ i — ^^^» ^ b ^ v ^ - ^ hp ^^ 4 ^ e ^ h ^ price S ^^ r 1 ^^ ^^^ ^ ua ^ ^ m ^ w . v To ^ b ^^ ^^ r inh ^^ ki ^^ i ^ v ^ abitants rv ¦¦ 1 ^™ ^^ ^^^^^^—^» ^ ~^ mr in ^^ ^~^»
the neighbourhood of North Essex it should prove of the greatest service . From Messrs . J . Masters b & Co . — 'A Short
| ¦ _ A V ' - " ^ mmm ^^ ^» aMwav ^* ^^ » ^^ « _ ^^^^^^ - *^^»^ ^ - ^^ ^^ v - ^ v ^ r - ^^» - - ^ mw v —— — —v —— ¦— — - » - Church History , 'by Elizabeth Harconrt Mitchell . The object of this little book , which hag % we understandbeen revised by a Committee of
, Clergy , is to * furnish those who have little time for reading with a summary of events , connected not onlwith the History of the Church
y in this land , but as far as possible in all countries . ' For the most part this object has been very
faithfull fa . ithfullv y carried nairrifid out mif , , and and the the volume vnlumft in in its its entirety should prove of much service . A new departure has been followed from the usual
arrangement by dividing the matter into subjects instead of epochs . From Messrs . Mofifatt & Paige . — 'The New
Explanatory Headers . ' Book VI . of this series is a most interesting volume for scholars . The ¦ ^ selection ^^ ^ ¦ ^ h * s ^ . ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ¦» of ^^ ^» b subjects PV ^ V ^» ^^ JM ^^ ^^ ^^ *^^ F ¦ both ^ - ^ ¦ ^^ ^ p ~ in ^ ^ J » prose Bk . ^ ^ » ^^^ *^ -r ^ k ^ r ^ and > y ^ r ^ -a - * - ^ verse v ^— ' ^ fe * k >^ ^ . ^ ^ is » ^^
most practical for teaching purposes . Side beside with old favourites we find new items calculated to keep the attention of children alive
to passing events . The book is strongly bound ; it has illustrations , and is very cheap . From the same . —* The Art Student's Second
Grade Practical Geometry , ' by John Lowres , revised to date and partiy re-written by George Brown Rmwn of of the the * . Black Rla < rkVipa heath . t . Vi School RnVionl of of Art Art . is is ; nnp one
, , of the simplest , cheapest , and best books of its kind .
From the same . —MofEatt ' s 4 Handbooks for Students . ' In these books the amount of
information given in small space is marvellous . We have before us the * Merchant of Venice ' and * Julius Caesar , ' the plays of Shakspeare having ¦ MM been Tf selected ¦ »¦ as % f a commencement < l « a »¦ - of & the ¦ % /
Jh . M . m ^ V * 1 ^ N _ y X ^/ MM . * ' -M ^— ' ^ * ^ - ^ ^ m ^ - ^ ' J » . ^* ^— *_^ » m . « . . v ^ ^— ' >¦ . »• - « . >— ' ^^ * - * >^ r .. «¦> m « _ series . Preliminary matter in these books includes accounts of the purpose of the plays and the stories of the plots . Marginal notes
attaching : to the text are satisfactorily introduced . As a rule the notes are precise and well placed . We do not know of any school editions of Shakspeare ' s lays that can these
psurpass boolcs as aids in the mechanism of teaching as well as in the more thoughtful aims of private study .
From the same . —We have received some armirt abl ^ Mf *• - * M \ e . v liitle A ¦ *¦ * - * - A . V > book V * -r V ^ N ^ M s for . A- V ^ M . the » rf ' A ^ V r Standards ~ ' * ¦ » - - ^ 'J » - A ^ --fc -- *» . » . ^ -- ^ »_ r ^ in » Elementary » . ^ ^ v »«»¦• . * . a v > a ^^/ J > _ T
Schools . The * Standard Geography , ' by Mr . James Murray , is compiled with accuracy and skill skill it it is is issued issiiftrl in in pa tiart rts . s . and anrl is is about nhout , the the
; , cheapest we have seen . Moffat t ' s * Kindergarten Drawing Books ' supply suitable lessons for infantsMorTatt ' s * Drawing Copies ' are more
. advanced ; they are graduated , and are designed to meet the requiremtnts of the Drawing Hj'llabus .
From Messrs . James ISTisbet & Co . —* Jack florner the Second , ' by J . Jackson Wray . Pretty is hardly the word to apply to the story .
It is something more lhan pretty , it is tender and thoughtful . * Jack Horner the Second ^ ' is very different from the first hero of that name , and his story conveys many a useful lesson fur
little folk , who will also- be charmed with , the narrative of his adventures . ¦ 1
From the same . — Nor ' ard of the Dogger ; or , Deep-Sea Trials and Gospel Triumphs , ' by E . T .
Mather . In this interesting volume an unvarnished account is given of the events ithat led to the founding of the well-known Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermenthe strules >»/ the
instijL ^ ^^ ^ b ^ m *^ ft — ^ - ***»« ^ m * ^ wt ^ - ^ mJm ^^ - ^ t a — ^^ — - , a ^ ^ ^ ^ h ^ * - ^ - * ^ - » gg »^ mk - ^ * -v — m *^ «^ — — — - » - ^ — tution underwent before being permanently established , and the subsequent successes that
havp have . at at . te tp nded . nded its it , s ministrations ministrations . . The The writer w ^ riter , . as as founder and director of the mission , writes from his own experiences and with a full
knowledge of the various difficulties encountered . His description of his first visit to the fishing rleet fleftt in in the thfi North North Sea Sea . and and the thfi evil evils s then then dis
dis--, closed , is admirably told and seems happily free from all exaggeration . Having once from personal knowledge seen the urgent need of
such a mission , Mr . Mather with characteristic energy threw his whole heart and soul into the scheme . At first he met with considerable
opposition—not so much from actual opponents as lukewarm friends , who thought the idea impracticable—but eventually , as a preliminary trial a fishing *¦ smackthe ' Ensi tab ' was hired ¦
VJ . A . « , VlW ¦ * . ^^« « - *— ' ¦ ¦ - * .- * - ¦ * . ^ ^> »• ' ^ -- .. *•* ^^ * - ^ , fc * * Jt ^^ »_ J A ^ iwr gn . » . » , « « v » »*«*¦ — * . » - « . - * - ^ - »_~» through the generous assistance of a friend , and the first start was made . How the mission further progressedwhat kind mJ > hel ¦ rallied ¦ i
Jl » W ^ M * % S ~ ~ ^^ M * f ^ r - ^ V ^ Wb A % _• " -J *— ' ^^^ VA , K W » - * . . ^ «^ V «^ ^ . m-jm . - ^^^ ^ . » ^— ' ^ pers Vur »—• J- ps-v ^ v ^ w — - — » _ r - >~ r ^ round its standard , and how from this time forth it gradually grew and became more and powerfulmust leave readers to lean
UJ more L / 1 C WfTCXlUl , ) we VY & U 1 UOU J . 1 ^ C *»\^ X \^ t * -V *\ - / J . O UU g g 1 V / U 1 ^ for themselves from Mr . Mather ' s interesting pages m ^/*^* . J HK VW . Enoug ^^ m * J Va ^ «^« B ^ h - T that fc * -A . Jk « -W K' we * * ^— ' ^ are " ^ ¦ - ^ ^ - ^ confident "— ' ^^ <& . * . -.. A . - *_ - * h ^_^ J . »^ the w ¦ « > ' * ' - } r will • i ^ mm —«
be attracted by the account , and will peruse it with attention throughout . Additional attraction is afforded to the book by the excellent
and life-like illustrations of J . li . Wells and C . J . Staniland . From Mr"William Paterson . —The generation
. of Scottish people who are now no longer young will read Hugh Haliburton ' s volume of * For Puir Auld Scotland ' s Sake' with
affectionate essays , sympathy . Younger people , who now crowd to towns and cities know little or nothing JR M * i !¦* ^/ ^ L ^ ft Mt M M kh of ^ ^ 4 , the ^ m * ¦ m ¦ \ M » - ¦* simp ^^ Jt M ^ r ^ le * ¦ ,, ^ old m , ,. J ^ ^ ¦ ^^ ^ rural K T . ^ ^ ' . ^ ^ life m * ^ ^ k ^ h' of ^« h ^ ^** r Scotland ^^^ r ^^^ ^^^ ^ m ± ^ ^ f ^ ^ * rf » . V
Moving northwards gradually , the hand of Mammon seems to have swept away old social traits which endeared , and whose memory yet endearsthe country to her sons . Away even
in tlie , far northwhere the roar of the Pentland Firth is , heard , the old amenities of social fc ^ p ^—W ^^/ M MtV m M rural . % * M M . ^ JV M . life MM * J ^ ^ hS , V we ? V ^^/ ^ are V M * ^^ told K / V «^ M ^ - % , V are ^/ MV *^ f fast . M m * ns ^^ lb becoming r * - ^ ^^^ ^ - ^ ^^ *^ m m 4 h ^ ^ J * ^
things of the past . Hugh Haliburton speaks tenderly of such associations . Even a stranger ¦ must feel M the warm influence J | of his mpath 10
^ * , ^ . M ^_/ V' M . ^ m / ^ J . ^/ & M * ^ T V ^^^ ^ AA & A A 1 A ^ A ^ * M M % _ , J ^ ^ X _^ *^ « A A P ^^ sy *~ -S F ^ V * ^^^ ^ * y f in such essays as those on * Herds , ' * The Old Harvest Field , ' « A Weet Hairst , ' and 'The
Farmer ' s Ingle . ' The virility of his national feelings is also manifested in papers such as « A Plea for Scottish Literature at the Universities , '
and * A Lament for the Language . ' Essays on Allan Ramsa } ' , Robert Fergusson , and Burns ' birthplace are included in the volume . English
readers will appreciate Hugh Haliburton ' s style , which is that of the true essayist , reminding us of the works of Hain Friswell in England , and the famous ' Delta ' of Mcuga in Scotland .
The translator of Horace has gained new credit by this delightful volume . Fro volu 4 International m me Messrs of . Keg the Law an , well ' b Paul y - Leone known , Trench Levi 4 International arw . & This Oo is . — a *¦ » » ^ imr mmmrrwmt
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jan . 16 , 1888 The Publishers' Circular i 7
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 16, 1888, page 17, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16011888/page/19/
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