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      Messrs. Hildesrieixxier & Paulkaer*S Boo...

      Messrs . Sodder Sc St ought on are about to publish the following booklets : ' He leadeth me , '

      thp the . xxm xxiii . . Psalm Psalm , with with coloured nrilourfid & « feo c . illustrations illustrations ;• ' Twilight Memories , ' verses , with illustrations in tint ; and the * Voice of Nature / lines printed in

      a sepia-like tint with initial letters , head-pieces , and page illustrations . We have seen earlycopies of these and can speak most favourably of their appearance . Each has its appropriate nictorial nnver . i-T ¦ m hh

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      Mr. Ernest Ifister's Booklets, &C, For T...

      Mr . Ernest IFister ' s booklets , & c , for the new season comprise the representation of an

      oyster shell in colour , inside which are leaves of particularly good sea-pieces ; a posy of buttercupsof violetsof meadow-sweetof

      winter roses , , each with , gilt edges , verses , , and pretty pictures ; several varieties in pictorial covers , with plain and coloured

      illustrations ; and * A Year of Golden Days , ' verses with appropriate little pictures , and space for MS . entries . ' The Birthday Wreath : a ' is a

      booklet 6 by 5 inches , printed in tint poem , with , wellexecuted floral designs in colour . ' Onward , 'the

      same size , is a Scripture text-book , with initial letters in sepia , and telling coloured illustrations . ' Bright Blossoms , ' ' Fair Flowers , ' ' Golden Leaves , '

      ' Love Lyrics , ' ' Snow Baby , ' and * Winter Jewels ' are booklets about 7 by 6 inches , of verses with pictures , in tasteful pictorial covers , with gilt ed . Of these' Winter Jewels ' distinguishes

      itself ges by the style , of its illustrations , although they are not coloured ; the ' Snow Baby ' is

      coloured and plain ; ' Love Lyrics ' consists of leaves of fine watermarked cardboard , on which are printed verses in tint , with artistic initial

      letters , and mingled with pretty sprays , landscapes , and flowers ; the cover is especially tasteful , and even the stitching is of ribbon instead of

      thread . Mr . Nister ' s new quarto books are ten in number—the 'ABC Book of Children ' s Names ;' ' Select Rhof Mother Goose' with humorous

      ymes , fresco-like pictures ; * All the Fun of the Fair , ' capitally illustrated ; Poe ' s ' Bells , ' illustrated in tint tint , the thft cover o . ovpr very vp . tv good PT » od : : Dail T > ailv y Text Tftxt--Book Book in in

      , tint and colour ; ' When All is Young , ' in colour and tint , attractive verses for children ; ' Jack in

      the Box ' ( as it were ) written and sketched ; ' There was Once , ' three nursery stories ; and ' Nister ' s Holiday Annual , ' 198 pages of pictures ,

      stories , and verses . There is also ' Old Father Christmas , his Picture Book . ' Of this , and especially of ' There was Once , ' just mentioned ,

      we wo may mav say sa . v that that we w « do do not not remember rftmombftr to to have have seen more beautiful productions for children . They are educational in the artistic feeling they

      display . We have scarcely left ourselves space to mention Mr . Nister ' s folio volume on the cathevlrals of England , which is a novelty , as presenting coloured views of them after water-colour

      drawings . The text is by C . Whibley , with a preface by Rev . Dr . Potter . Besides the coloured plates , there " • * W - * . ^_/ are CU JL V > minor 1 X 1 . liJI . Vy JL views T *¦ X- * ¥ » * - » in ¦* * -- » . the * - * *~» ^ - * text V ^ rf' ^ » vj , « and ^ v """ ^** engravings ^^ •¦* IT ) ^^ - >¦¦¦— m ^ -- »¦

      of details . This makes a fine presentation volume , the binding being emblematical in colours and tfold , with bevelled edges and gilt leaves . The

      lining of the covers is tasteful in a black and gold pattern . We must , not forget to name ' Sweet Nature , ' charming pictures , interwoven with *¦ h printed k ^ i in Jk JkJk new Jk-A combinations * jfc ^ *¦» *« . ^ of "monotint »¦¦* ^ -v —• — — —

      on poems 1 ^^ V ^ * » a - » , y tender , JL A A V * X **^ - * . tinted ^» # * » X ^ paper V ^ * * * ^>^ » » r ^ ( ^^ the - ^ . ^ . binding - *^~ r ~~ -- is bevelled 1 AX ^ Vrf * with Jk- * gilt Vh f / edges »«/ ta / »»^ and the ¦^ b cover fc itself - ¦¦ is

      so " - * ^* J arranged ^^ , % T T . A . */ as to * ^ c seem V- ^*» x- , of •^ V * - dull ^ . ^ v » * gold ^ ^ - ^ *^ ) - * ; * and ^ ^ " ^^ — * All > vrw Things Briht and Beautiful' atreasury of picture

      and song , g folio , stitched in anti , que leather cover ,

      Mr. Ernest Ifister's Booklets, &C, For T...

      with yellow edges . Altogether , we must congratulate Mr . Ernest Nister on the novelties he

      has prepared for the ensuing season .

      Messrs. Raphael Tuck & Son's New Booklet...

      Messrs . Raphael Tuck & Son ' s new booklets come to us in such variety that our notice of them resolves itself into something vlike a

      cataery logue . Among those which are about 4 ^ by 3 J inches in size we find * George Eliot Calendar /

      illustrated in colour , with views in tint ( one of the quotations is very striking ) ; ' Angels'

      Whispers , ' verse , illustrated in colour and tint , in three bindings ; and * Young Love , ' verse , printed in tint on tinted boards , illustrated in colour . The j booklets next in size 5 b 4 ^ inchescomprise

      , y , ' The Lord's Anointed , ' ' Good Morrow , ' and ' Our Pets , ' selected by Helen Burnside , ' Clouds and Sunshine OUU & llltlc , , ' oc & l c > ., , illustrat XAiuoiij . a < i . ed c ;\ a , , txo as it iu were w ^ i . ^ , , in iu crayon VsLclj vji _ l ; ,

      ' God Speed , ' * Day Dreams , ' < Good Tidings , ' * Angels of Light , ' * Woods and Vales , ' & c , verses , illustrated in tint c Christmas Star' ' Wonderful

      ; , White Winter , ' & c , illustrated in colour . Of booklets measuring about 7 by 5 inches there are between twenty and thirty

      varietiesinclud-, ing 'Buttercups and Daisies , ' ' Homes of England , ' boards and plush ; Rambles and Rhymes , ' ' Songs

      of Moore , ' * By Wood and River , ' Devonshire Lanes , ' & c , illustrated plain in pictorial covers ; ' Frost in the Holidays' and ' Scattered Thoughts '

      , illustrated in tint ; ' Shakespeare Gems , ' ' Hemans ' Rural Walks , ' ' Sir M . Montefiore ' s Life , ' & c , & c ,

      illustrated in colour . ' Harbour Lights' and ' The Old Farm Gate , ' about 7 J by 6 ^ inches , are verses

      illustrated . ' Woodland Echoes , ' 8 | by 6 inches , is a booklet of verses , illustrated in tint , with a tastefullexecuted cover in colours . The xxiii .

      y Psalm ' is illustrated in colour and tint , with quasiilluminations , and bound in stamped calf . In small quarto , or about 9 ^ by 1 \ inches , we find an

      ' Alphabet , ' in colour and tint ; ' Rosebuds and Hollyberries , ' in colour and quasi-crayon ; and ' Through the Year' likewise ' Holy Childhood '

      similarly illustrated , , each in pictorial boards , . Lastly , there is a ' Pictorial Calendar for the Year

      1889 , ' with alternations of colour and crayon-like designs , in a cover of convenient limpness for the pocket .

      A. Messrs. Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, A...

      a . Messrs . Marcus Ward & Co ., Limited , are

      not behind their now numerous rivals in the production of illustrated books printed entirely in colours . The reputation which the firm has won

      for work of this description is a guarantee of excellence ^^^^ ^ & B ^ ^^^^ f ^^^ J ^ b J ^ . ^^^^ ^^^^ k ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ and ^*^ V Am ^^ V ^ W elegance ^^^^ W ^ B ^^^^ Hk ^^^^» ^ " ^ K ^ . ^ ^^^ ^ h ^ ' . * ' Young " ™ " *^^~ ° " . ^^™ ^ k ^^ ^ HV ^ I ¦ < Maids ^^ ^ " ^^ ^* ^» ¦ l | M I » ^ and v' ^ W «* ^™ ^*^^^ Old ^ Jr ^ fc ^^^^ B

      China' should prove one of the most successful illustrated books of the season . It comprises a series of exquisite drawings by J . G . Sowerby ,

      with original arid quaint verses by Francis W . Bourdillon . The volume is a small quarto of thirty-two and is made in two styles of

      pages , up binding equally pleasing to the eye . This is an I entirel X ¦ ^ * - A . ^ / J ^ A . ^ .- ' . ^ y W new ~ X-- ' * book W \ m ^ ^~ , r ^** ¦ , ^ as ? - ' ^ ' w ^ likewise ^ f c K ^^ . ^ ' ^ w * ' w w M p » j ^^^ is 4 » m ^ r * Th M ^ m « ree ^ V / ^ ta ^ Old ^ ' - _¦ ' * ^ .- ^

      Friends , ' containing ever popular nursery rhymes , illustrated in gold and colour by R . Caldwell . A somewhat similar collection of nurserhymes

      ry comes to us under the title * Little Boy Blue . ' * Imps' is a new volume of humorous sketches by

      Catherine n ^ . thftTinft ftp Seton . ton Flint Flint- which which should should e ^ ive vo rise rispi to to genuine merriment . , g 4 New Pfe w 9 editions ^ r ^ . ^ m * ^ ^^ ^ ^ » v ^ have mi » .-if been ^ ' ^^ ^ issued ^ » h- ^ ^ . ^ * - ^»* ^«^ v of ^^ . ^ ^^ those ^* ^^^^ ^ r books rv ^ ^^ ¦& ^ ^ ^^ - ^ ^ » *^^ r- »^^* « w -M -, »/ ^^^^ _ ^ r

      which- were last year so popular : * Evangeline , ' * illustrated Bubbles , by with A . M leaves . Lockyer in their ; ' Ski autumnal pping Time tints , ' by ;

      T 'I 1 . Pyna IJvnr * ; and r ^ tr \ r \ * 4 Oranges rSroTirr / ia and aY \ r \ Lemons T . cxY ^ nr \ Y \ a , ' by V \ tt the + V * a same cnv *\ £± author .

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 16, 1888, page 809, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16071888/page/11/