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

    The foregoing- may be characterised as books . Of Of booklets booklets proper nroner Messrs Messrs . . Marcus Marcus Ward Ward & & c uo Co ..

    have a choice selection . Their shilling series includes « Songs and Lyrics for Sea and Land ' ( " A Life on the Ocean Wave' ' Home' and ' O ' er Hill

    ,, and Dale ' ) . Two little books that deserve a more than passing A . ^ t ^ mention ¦ ¦ are the * Shakespeare »—¦ ¦

    Sou-¦ ¦ WJ ( Ali . lf |^( J »^ j j . V * . * U V ^ l ^ fAi ^^ PV ^ * ^^ r>— ' »^ w *—» - ^^ - * - ¦ ¦* - •¦ ¦^^ »«»— . « - --w -w * ¦ venir a , ' a collection ^ H ^ m m A of M ^ wm the > ^ P ? poet ¦ Pft 's songs appropri - atelillustratedand ' Sir Roger de ¦ Coverley' a +

    C > v \ J \_/ AT y A . JL J . « - * K . * ¦ — ' JL . V ^« J *^ Xrf * ^^ ; a « . > V * -i ^^ fc *•¦ - a ^ p- ^» - w V- ^ te & ^— ' jl » - . w ¦ - — - - - - » - ^» — - - — ¦• - w , - *^ -r selection from Addison ' s Essays . A series of four ' Psalms and Hymns' should also be appreciatively

    mentioned .

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    8 io The Publishers' Circular juiy 16 , 1888

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    I ^ em ew ^ , & q . Frora Mr Wfe George ~^ ifl AllenOrpington ¦ ¦ . —* Thomas ¦

    ^^_ ^ L *^ f I * m ^¦ tofl ^ p ^ . ^^ ^^ * mr * % ^^ ^ Pft »^^ v ^^ ^» ^^^&^« , H - ^^ a . ph «^ * . n M ^ w ^^ - - »^ m *^~* - ^ ^ -- ^ — ^ *^^ p ^ Carl _ ^ _ . yle ^~ and John ^ ma ^ ^ m . Stuart *^ Nj . * Mill »^ c f ^ kw ™ t \ ^ P , ^ Pl , ' by ^ H Edward ^ i ^^^ K ^^ ^ 4 Jenks ^^ Kt * ^ , is an astute and careful analysis of character and work . The great difference between the

    two men was that Carlyle in a high sense was a poet , whilst Mill was essentially a philosopher of earthly mould . Mr . Jenks' book must be

    read thoroughly tb be understood ; it is so masterly and thoughtful that any description would convey but a poor idea of its strength

    and scholarship . From k r m Messrs otootata . "W . H p ^ b ^^ k . v Allen iwMi « & kv Co . v —Colonel ¦ m ¦ m * ^^^ j * ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ v ^^ ^ v ^ ^ ^^ p ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ V ^^ ^ /

    Laurie ' s ' Sketches of Distinguished Anglo-Indians , ' second series . The names of the subjects | t ^ 7 ^ i ^ f ^^ I ^ S ^ b ^ * tS r * J of *—r ^ mtm these w <^ 4 *^ ri ^ . *»* ^ . ^ . memoirs ^^ h .. ^ ^_^ n i- — i ^ jT . ^» ^ h . * k _ iv ¦ are ^ *^> . & ^^^ : rv S _/ . Davis ^ ^ ^ i ^ r v f ^ J

    ( Benares ) , General Sir E . J . H . Vivian , General Becher , Colonel Malleson , Sir J . Morris , Sir J . Fayrer , Hon . Sir Ashley Eden , Sir Auckland Colvinand H . WodrowM . A . Lord Macaulay ' s

    4 Great , Minute on Education , ' is appended to these longer notices . They are followed by ¦ twenty \ J T W V ** ^ * - * ¥ * Brief . ^ ^^ ^^ ^ *^^ ^^ ^ Notices » - ' ^ - ^ ^^^ fc ^^ - ^ - ^ ^ - * of -v- ^ - ^ Distinguished ^^ i ^ ^^ r- ^ r ^* 4 ^ - ^ ^ k W ^ A »» ^^ ^ ¦ , m ~ ^^^ V >^ Ang ^^ _ ¦¦ JL . ^^^ lo ^ ^^/ - —

    Indians , ' three * Supplementary Sketches , ' and by a collection of Anglo-Indian anecdotes and incidents . There are eight appendices , including extracts from Macaulay ' s * Unpublished

    Minutes . ' The reader will find , we believe , that there are no existing biographies of the subjects of Colonel Laurie ' s ' Sketches . ' A

    portrait of Colonel Malleson forms the frontispiece to the volume . From Messrs . Bagater & SonsLimited—This

    , . house has sent out some new * Comprehensive Teachers' Bibles , ' fully keeping up the fame of the old firm in regard to binding

    and general appearance and convenience . The * Emerald 8 vo . ' Bible in turkey-levant is a

    mag-nificent book , and may be had in various other forms , ranging from half a guinea to twenty-eiht shillings . Cheaper and smaller

    g works are the * Ruby foolscap 8 vo . ' and the * Poarl 16 mo . ' These * Comprehensive Teachers '

    Bibles' are inimitable , and may be had in a variety of styles of bindings . . From ^ -. * . - »_*¦ — . — -jfc Messrs ^— ¦ T . » -w r ~ r w ^ r ^ ——¦ . Crosby ~* m ^ ^— - - -w »^» - ^ j Lockwood ^^ - ^ -n ^ -w » ¦ . » ¦ w w - *^ - - ^^ ^ , ^ h ^ & ry ¦ Son Fi ^ ^^^ 4 k ^ . — * The A J ^_ y echanics

    M' Workshop Handy-Book , ' by P . N , Hasluck , A . I . M . E ., seems to be an indispensable work for genuine mechanics as well as for amateurs . Mr . Hasluck ' s information is most

    voluminous , and his experience in writings of this character enables him to choose well , and to describe felicitously . The notes and

    miscellaneous memoranda are very useful . From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston & Co . — American Fishes : a Popular Treatise

    the Game and Food Fishes of North Amer upon ica with especial reference to Habits and Methods ,

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    of Capture , ' by G . Browne Goode . Not a few ^ E _« n — - g ya _ li fl TiT sh * ^ rea fc ^^^^ W' ^ d i- ' * . ^ - ' ers ^ PK ^ wi » ^ fc ^ l k l mm re ^~ - ^^ m m » m ember •*•*¦ •^•^•^^ ^«» - ^^ - —— Professo ^— - ^ ^— - ^» ^ r > w V ^ r J »

    Browne Goode as one of the United States Commissioners attending the International Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington .

    He also visited the Fisheries Exhibition at Berlin , and the acquaintances he formed in E tffefc will ibm doubtless i be lad ¦*» to v - ^^ - welcome the ¦

    ^ m ^^ m urope ^^^^ h ^ »^_ f ^^^ v w m m ^ m >^ ^^ r ^^ r ** r ^^ ^* ^*^ **^ m ¦ * t * ~*^ g ^ m * Mt ± ^ m' ^^ " ^» ^ v ^^^ ^^ -m ^^ «^ ^^_^^^^ - ^^ ^ , ^ ^ ^ - ^^ remarkably readable — popular , not harshly scientific—work which has come from his pen . ^ In ^_ ¦» ** m some PwS ^^ * m ^ ^ ^^ respects ^ k ^ . ^ >^ ^ h ^ ¦ ^^ ^^ J ¦ « w ^ Pt >^ the ^ tf' ^ - ^ work v v ^ - ^ ^^ ^ ^ is ^^ *^^ based n ^ ^ " ^^ *^^ ^^ ^*^ upon ^ - »^ m *^ v / ^

    Professor Goode ' s treatise on * Food Fishes ' published by the U . S . Government in 1885 . The author in the present instancehowever

    , , says that his new volume has been prepared for the use of the angler , the lover of Nature , and nnrl the t . Ti p general jyftnpTfli reader remrte * . T- hence hfvnr * . p » the t / hfi technicalities t , p . f . » hnina . litips

    , of zoological description are almost v ^ holly absent k- . A full b account ¦ — ~~ of American ~ ~ fishes h must iB ^^^ m s * ^^^ ^ h ^ ^^^^ ^ ' iV ^^»^^ te ^ . ^ v ^ k ^^^^—^^^ k ^^ ir ^^ i ^ r ^ n ^^ . ^^ ^ ir' — — ^^^^ ^» a ^ ^^ F ^^ ta ^^ ^ v ^^ ^^ ^^ . — ' ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ h ^ ^ i . f' ^^^^^^ i ^ i a i ^ s ^^

    be peculiarly interesting to the sportsmen and food economists of England . The extent of Prof . W Goode f iMifc | 's Wi reading i t is i ¦¦ marvellous tata ¦¦ i i rf and the

    ^^ . ^« ^^~ ~^^ ^ .. ^^^ V ^^—^ ^~~ ^ ^ P ^ ^ . ^ ^^< . - ^^ ' ^ mr ^^ ^ ' ^¦ r * * ¦ V ^^^^^ - ^^ " - * m * ^^—^^ ^^^ *^^ . , ^ p ^ h ^^ V ^^ - ^ P * ^ . ^ " ^ b V * ^ A ^ ,- * result richly graces every page . The old classic authors , Pliny , Ausonius , and others , are quoted ,

    whilp while . very vp . tv fp few . w modern mndftrn writp writers . rs of of any anv note nntfi stp are forgotten . We may say that the acquaintance with fishery •» literature shown is a striking

    feature of the book , Professor Goode ' s labours in America may be compared with those of Frank Buckland in England .

    From the same . —The author of * Sketches of Hospital Life / Miss Honnor Morton , errs slihtly in saying that rfeither fame nor fortune

    g is to be made by nursing ; fame surely has been won by Florence Nightingale and others whom we should remember . Miss Morton ' s ' Sketches '

    , however , are throughout lifelike and true ; her sympathies go forth freely towards the afflicted ,

    not not sentimentall aentimentallv y but but with with practical r > ra . ntir ! n 1 effect ftflFftot .. ¦ From - ¦ —* ¦ ^ " i ™ ^ Messrs ^^^^ 1 ^^ ^ mmr mmtmW ~*^ ^» ^** . Mac It ^ amt ^^ anmm V V ^^ mil ^ PM ^ k ^ B ^^^^ Ian ^^ ^¦ ' ^ f ^ k ^ Bb & ^^^ Pr Co ^^ p ^ ^^ pr . — Henry r — ^ . ^ » ^ JL V the ^^ ^ Jt V ^

    Second , ' by Mrs . J . R . Green . This is a brilliant addition to the series of biographies of ' Twelve English Statesmen . ' The fiof the first of

    gure the Plantagenets stands out in bold relief in the narrative . The great changes in England's

    Civil Civil JLaw Law w which ^ hich then then took took p ullace aof ^ m Tnn ark . rt the thn epoch as one of the most momentous in the country ' s history . Mrs . Green grasps the

    whole importance of the subject , and justly states that during Henry ' s reign the foundation of the United Kingdom was laidWe have

    . seldom , if ever , come across an historic monograph speaking in language so picturesque and yet faithful . Henry ' s heroic figure is almost

    before us in the life . Should the rest of the ' Twelve English Statesmen' be so graphically historiographed the series should prove one of

    the most important in the English language . From Messrs . Marpon <& Plammarion , Paris . — ' Les Plaies d'Epteles Anglais dans la vallee

    gy , du Nil , ' par Eugene Chesnel . The author finds in the ¦— — - » ¦ " »*¦ British — - —• ^ ** a >>^« . > i occupation -v ^ ^^ ^^ »^ m ~ r » - * # */ ^ b ^^ - a a one w a . j * . ^ - / of >_^ a . the « v Jk ^ A V ' - p 1 ^* lagues * ^> VSk fcifc V > »»^ of ^^ ¦ m ~

    Egypt , a plague which was foretold by Moses in the Book of Exodus . Mr . Chesnel made a jo ¦ u ¦ r ¦ n ¦¦ ey to Egyptwhich JP he traversed from Port

    J - * " —— id to -w S u e z , and ^ w m ^ s- " , from W »¦* ^ ^^ A . * AAV lexandria > ' ^ 'Jb « -v » ^^ A . M ^^ to V _^ L . rf » ¦* Assouan . V ^ m m » A ^^ * ¦ * , ( y ^ as ——•>** - he —•— ^ -- says PSf ¦ ** w p ^/ ) » listening < Pb a ps _ r «^ V /& A * AJ » kW , « questioning ^—| ¦ - * ^ bf |^ # »^ A . V ^ A ^ p . AAIC « k , and tLUJULVK o ^^ b ' * - ' -

    serving , receiving everywhere confirmation as to the malign influence of the English . The

    andria E . Cigyp ervHDtian tian the custom custom Suez --house house Cana , l A Arabi rabi Nubar Pacha Paoha Pacha .. , A Alex lex the --Government , of Egyptthe Nile and its bar , riers

    Pt , , are the m 4 affai dea A ^ kmW * l rs t with ^ K the - A from Soudan . * **~ m . ^^^ ta the —thes Anglop ^ - e and hobe _ othe point r topics _ of

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 16, 1888, page 810, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16071888/page/12/