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    Books Received :— From -V M — — — Messrs...

    I \ L present , Ubmarine comparative warfare perfection , and to the of expert the machinery such an treatise will be of infinite valueThe

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    Sleeman „_ developments , ii geoond Colt commenced epoch dati his ng from experiments 1829 , when in New Captai York n

    Harbour . The practical test of this new and horrible form of warfare remains a thing of the

    II * - future fnhire . , but but the me interest interest attaching attaching to to this tms elaborate eiaoorate : work will not be lessened by the remembrance ; that up to the present . time the ghastly results suchmachines have not

    of the use of , been witnessed . j ¦ iMessrs . Oriffith & Farran . — ' Friendly

    | ! prom Counsels m to . the d t Deaf TN 4 % and . 1 Dumb TV T / b y the a 9 Rev T ^ . C sfm . [ M . Owen . No missionary work of recent years !• has been more praiseworthy than that which has

    opened out the consolations of religion to the j deaf and dumb , and this little address , commended in a brief preface by the Bishop of Winchester

    is one of the numerous efforts made to interest , these afflicted people . Mr . Owen evidently realises very acutely the trials of the deaf and

    dumb , and he writes to them affectionately and . earnestly as to the means by which they may use religious exercises and the means of grace .

    From Mr . John Heywood . — 'The Silver Controversy , ' by Robert Montgomery . A paper read on ' 14 th January 1880 , before the Manchester

    { Statistical Society , in which Mr . Montgomery asks for the rejection of the scheme of the bimetalists , who ¦ propose — — — ~ p ~ m - ^ ~^— ^— * An ™™ ¦¦ ™ ^ P" ^^ international pp ~ p «^^ ^» - ^^ ^^ m vbp ^ b ^ piaar ^^ ^™ ^^ ^ " ^^^ * p ^^» - *¦» agreement ™ ™ ^ aja ^ fe ^^ " - ™~ ~^ p ° ™ ¦¦ ^^ * p ^» ^™^^ ^ v # _ AT'B . Bi ^ ^ ^ b ^^ K ^» ^ ^__ ^^ ^ ^ K ^ k *

    between England , France , and the United States , to adopt the bimetallic system , on the ratio of 15 J ounces of silver to one ounce of gold , either

    being an unlimited legal tender . ' This scheme Mr . Montgomery holds to be unsound , unnecessaryhur ——— t vbbp fuland impracticable . Later on in flftB his

    ¦¦ i paper volv ' ^ g , W « a ho v ^ revolution —bj urges w — ^ , y ^ i ¦ ^ ^ K ^ that ^^^ , J » ^ dB for ^ any H ^ r « V , ^^''^^ r whereas « such F JK ^ r «^^ >^ # ^* ^^ scheme in * V *^ our **^ ** ^ " ** would mon ^^ H * i ^ « etary ¦ ^ < in ^^^ B ^ - system ¦¦ we now treat gold « a « as uiiw a commodity l iTn ¦ i — -- in

    adopting ff the ^ - " < k > ^^ bimetallic ww ^« h ^^ % « ^ | &^ oystem ^^ A we «^ w - should ' _ r ^~~ r ~ r ~~ violate , j a « value the old " ^ t " ¦ raditions * MTU * Va \ S ** K * of \^ m our \ J V % A policy L /\/* AV I b P */ y T fixing M 4 & J JUik the »^** V /

    of gold in silver and the value of silver in countries gold . Mr . where Montgomery a double ' s conclusion standard has is , th existed at the h & Vfl

    suffered from its use : — ' It is expensive , sch through emes the of financiers frequent uiJiV re rather vkbtJUA -coinages than biiuu . the lou It serves tastes uuioluu and the

    to vates wants the - - of - ~ * % s ¦»• the fluctuations " ' * uvi * xjL peop / » uann ' le * v / . iiaui . » of It price jl ^ is jlivv . variable which nxxiy . it , it if , and is ip uvpi desi aggra gned ^ uuu uvu

    toetal temper . is . tempted v . ^ iuptotl It varies away away and nuu wrong the tuo ly worse wuxdd , for one uuo tne left acu better i > .. ' ^^

    "J « ft the Bame . —* The Passion of Our Lord Wecoidinc l to StLuke ) ' Arranged b ilt the l / liv Rev uv ¦

    , . ft *•** uu . ( XJUJVUy . > JIXAJLUllgvu y ^ , I . ¦ « ^ a . of Atkinson the sufferings , M . A ., D of . O . L Christ . The arranged ; Gospel narra as - a

    Jjwical service or oratorio , the extracts from y j * 0 te iw the sacr clergyman ed the . volum Pa , e ssion , being which Music interspersed are ofUac intended and with to be selec read

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    Poli--* jjwook ** Oatechism , and a gaming for 1880- ' 81 by ; Doctor a Retrospect Freeman an

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    and of their may civil assis and t their relig jud ious gmen rights t in and determining liberties ,

    them to support such candidates at the next election as will give their votes in favour of a ' liberal , a peaceful , an honourable policy in the

    Government of this Great Kingdom . { There is alarge amount of historical information on the ' development of the English Empireon its Laws

    Constitution , and Parliamentary , Government . , The writer ' s antagonism to Lord Beaconsfield ' s policy is plainly exhibited , and after condemning

    the Indian Press regulations as an Imperial menace to the liberty of the Press / he says : ' To-day it is dangerous to attempt to pass laws

    infringing upon the liberty of the subject , of the press , or of speech ; public opinion is the power of the peop ^ - 4 T le giving strength ^^ to the throneand

    is stronger than W the throne itself . If the Govern , - ment of Lord Beaconsfield desire to foster and augment an adverse spirit among the people ,

    they need march only a very little further on the road in which they now are , and I will not presum ^^ " ^^^¦ W e ^ V to ^ V ^^ answer V * V ^ . ^ B BV V V ^^ V ^^ V for V ^^ ^ V the ^ T ^ B ^ V ^ ff consequences ^^ ^ V" ^^^ ^^^ ^ BF ^ VfL ^ BB > ^ HT ^ M ^ pv ^ V W . Vf ' Doctor ^ B ^^^ ^ V ^ ^ W ^ V ^ H ^ ^^ V

    Freeman ' s indictment of the Beaconsfield Government is many-headed , and he quotes the Times in some of its most severe strictures upon the

    Premier . This is his conclusion of six years of ' Tory rule : ' Six sessions have gone , and there is no ¦¦ act passed in the whole six having Hf within its

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    rule . He has burked , meddled , or muddled over the few things he has attempted , and the six years have beenlike . _ the _ Premier _ himselfbarren

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    ' Hot-Air versus Hot-Water Baths for the Working Classes / by Richard Metcalfe . A plea for Turkish ^^ B ^ ^^ Bg JB ^ b « B B ^ t 4 P B ^ pT bVBBbVJ baths B ^ BBT ^ bP ^ BT ^ BT BBBBBBBP B ^ Bp- , H as BPi ^ Bi ¦ being BB - " ^ BBBF — | H better » — ~~ ^ B" " ^ adapted — » - ¦ - — ^ than

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    do the work of stimulating the healthful functions of the skin , which are directly promoted by the Turkish 40 ^ «* b ] b 4 b »*»^ V ^^ bbb * ¦ bath ^ 1 ^ ' -BB- p ^ vpi , m ¦¦ and - ^^— " ¦» " he ' ' ¦ ^ quotes ^^ ^ — —~ ^ the testimony — ^ ^ J

    of Dr . Shephard , the superintendent of the tion ¦ Colney ^ ^ ^^ jT m-Mt . # ' Hatch There " *^ " B ^ l ^* ^ ^^ ¦ Asy are BBBF ^ B-- , Pp ' lum he BBBP —> ^— , in ¦ says B- ^ BP BBi B support V ^ , ' more — - ^ — of clean - ~ " his ' ' conten skins

    -( relatively clean the ) artisans in the of ratio London of twenty tban -five there to one among used to be twenty years ago . This is a great

    move Sn the right direction . But more remains to be done yet . The true bath of hot air , and then of waterbwhich the - ¦ r ^^^ -T skin _ pw- ~ .- ^ is -- - - rendered -

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    life and will our be ignorance larger , our be means dissipated of resisting . Our climatic on changes and repelling disease multiplied . '

    From Messrs . Belfe Brothers— First Principles of English of History English by history T . 8 . T in ay which lor . A h concise owever '

    summary the author ' s personal opinions are expressed so freely , that unless the teacher happens * will to agree find

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 16, 1880, page 207, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16031880/page/7/