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    CRICKET.*

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    and Singers / * State and Religion '—which silence every desire of contradiction , and force the reader ^^ a m ^ f irit of passive » - ^ /* '

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    804 The Publishers' Circular July 16 , 1888

    Cricket.*

    CRICKET . *

    Our last number contained a notice of the Badminton library volume on ' Boating . ' The volume before us treats of the greater national

    ¥ ^^ * ^^ » j * . j . -v ^ i * - ^ ^^^ % ^ ^ ^« r «*^* i ^ w a . ^« r « . w «^»« r ^ - ^ A » * # . * fc ¦^^ ^ ^^^* w v ^^* w - ^^ h <« ^ . r ^¦¦ -x ^ i » ^*^ — - pastime , which is within the reach ^^ of all classes , and is cherished as the most distinctive and

    characteristic of our manly outdoor exerciser The names of the contributors to this volume

    include those of W . G . Grace , A . G . Steel , the Hon . R . H . LytteltonR . A . H . Mitchell

    F . Gale , and Andrew Lang , . , The last-mentionedgifted writer begins

    , the volume with a history of Cricket , tracing its ltst i" > rocrrft « a from from the Mia earliest fia . rliftaf . times timfts . The Th «

    scholarl progress y tone of this contribution is as genuine as its interest is unbounded ; so much out of the WiAk WaW and «> w curious Ob information rfb having been

    ^ ^^ way * V W m ^ ^^ fc " ^^ ^^ ^ X ^ r * . » . «*^ ^^ «¦ ^¦ rf' ^ ¦_ > T "V ^ Jb V- ' Jfc ^ ^ ^«> W * ^^^ ^^ ^— ' ^^ ^ rf ^ k ^ gathered from recondite sources , not with the diligence of a mere compiler , but with the apt cognisance of facts which marks the work of the

    true man of letters . The early portion of the history is somewhat obscure , but , as Mr . Lang

    says , * "When once the eighteenth century is reached , Cricket begins to find mention in literature lit . < vrat . nrfl _ . [ [ Wfi We nrpwimfi Mr TVTt » . Lan Tinner means mpann

    distinctive and well presume -defined mention . ] g Clearly the game was rising in the world , and was taken up , like the poets of the period , by

    patrons rtft .+. rrma . Lord Tiorr ? Chesterfield C ! hPsat . fvrfiplfi , whom wTiom Dr T ) r * . John . Tr » V » r » - son found a patron so insufficient , talked about cricket in a very proper spirit in 1740 :

    " If you have a right ambition you will desire to excell all boys of your age at cricket . . . as well as in learning . " That is the riht style of

    fatherly counsel , but Philip Chesterfield g never came to " European reputation as mid-wicket-A * ^ « « Aim *^ B m ^ r TT *

    on , " like a hero of Mr . James Pay ^^ *^ n ' s . Lord ^^ ^ Chesterfield also alludes to *' your various occupations i jfc of Greek and cricketLatin and

    ^•¦ r ^^ ^/ «^» »_^ « j > w « - * J » ^^ ak ^ ^ - ^ - « - ^_^ i ¦•> ^» # ^ m / ~ ~ «^«^ ^^ ^~ i * m , ^~>^ k ^ b ^^ n . 1 * ^_ r ^ , * B - ~ " T t- ' ^ . A ¦ % jj j j t _ i > . pitch-farthing / ' very justly coupling the nobler language with the nobler Alreadin

    game . y the fourth , book of the " Dunciad , " line 592 , Mr XTXJ , . . Alexander ^ TVX ^ i ^ vai Jll . V 4 . ^> l . Pope JL \_ >^ J ^ 3 had J . JLClil 4 . sneered DHCC 1 OU at Ctb Cricket VllUiVOt . .

    At what did Mr . Pope not sneer ] The fair , the wise , the manly—Mrs . Arabella Fermoy , LadMary ¦ Wortley ¦ am Montagu JLiJk bK MrColley V /^ JL ^^

    ^ - ¦ v « ^ " ^ y 4 , 7 ¦* -T ^ fc- «^ w a . j ^— ' , **^ . ^* r w ^ - ^ aa «^«^« ^ - * , JL'JLJ . . « ^ .. ^ Y Cibber , and a delightful pastime—he turns up his his nose nosfi at at . thpm them and nnH at n . f . oirflrv one nn « and nnrl fiVArv -

    every every thing . ' Many quotations of this kind might be culled ¦^» ^^ from b b * AJk Mr tw ^ jb Lang 1— ^^ fJfc . m ^ Bfc ' s introduction Jk JkA which

    *^ ' —»•— - --w ^ ^^ ^^ mm-r r . . . a ¦* h _ r A AA VA - ^^ Vrf * * - » ^^ ^ V ^ , Tl * * A VaS A M . from A ^ a literary ^ U M point A > of view A is A % essentiall _ ^ b ^_ y the ^* best part of the book . But we must refrain

    from levying loot . The claims which the practical portion of the ^ Af ^ 4 ^ ^** T work V W ^ m ^ ^ Am ^^ k present m *^ ^ L , ^^ P ^^ ^*^ ^ ^ »^ for A . ^ -1 ^ 4 b notice J ^ A *\ ^^ T ^ ff Amu ^ m * ^^^ % are ^ i * k ^^^ indisputable JB « * W JL ^*^ A P ^^ I ^ \ i ^ , ^^ ^ JU ^^^ ••» ^^^ ; A W m ^ K ^ A # M ^ B ^ K a * ^ ^ ^ k _«

    and indeed he would be a bold man who would . * The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes : Cricket . AGSteel l and lb the vii HonR JL * H JLJk Lytteltonith contrlbu

    By - tions » - * J ¦** . by > -- ^ . A ^ - * vvv . Langr » « « v , W . Gh * * X ^ Grace A A . « . , . R * JU . A V WJI . H . Mitchell , y w »» A W - * * ^ - # V /* and 1 i fLX IL / F "" - . Gale . London : Longmans , Green & Co . ,

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    Cricket.*

    enter the lists in the garb of a captious critic . Mr TVTiv . A A . . Gr O- - . Steel St . fipTI is ia rfta-n onsible onsible for for the the several sevfiral

    chapters on Bowling resp , ' ' Captaincy , ' 'Umpires , ' and a special chapter on the Australians . The latter is peculiarly seasonable at present , and

    that that . it it . is is written wri +. tfin with with spirit « nirit and and humour humour is is only what might , be expected . It is impossible to vv ^ avoid % A ) t v- ^^ vl quoting vjj \* m *\~ r vj . aa & the vaa % / following jv •^ . ' ^ . ^¦^^ » » ^ . ^^ . ^^ , respecting — - ^^»^ j ^ # - ^* *^ v ^ . ^ . ^^ ^ the vn v . ' ^^ « ^& ^ b & ^ A \ m ^ ^ M ^^^ H ^ B ^

    first . appearance of the . Australian . s in England . Mr . Steel speaks of the people of this country expecting mf to find the Australians ¦ black Vrf -Am as

    ¦ ^ mmT ^ Ljmm . M ^ T ^ A ^^ ^ I M B S ^ ^ tt V / T * B f ^ rf * T ^^ ^^ J ^ ^ a ^ w . ^ * «¦ ^^» l- ^^^ - » — — r-ar " ¦^^ r - * mr — % -VlkJ Arthur aborigines Ward . 4 ' < We putting remember his foot the in it late " on Rev this .

    subject mo . before ^ t * n some - ' of the ^ Australians t \ ¦ ** . One "V day V % VW V in ^ AaaV . the ^ 4 *^ 4 + ^ a * - Pavilion ** - « > V W 4 -fc * . *— ' ^ -J » . at «^ V «^ Lord ^^—¦ ¦» — »¦ ^ - -V- ' * . ' s P » rf the " */ *¦— - « mt writer ¦¦^^ kv-v ^ m , who * * . »* V ^

    had been chosen to represent the Gentlemen of ^^ ^ kt Eng ^ a % ^^ aw 9 * m \ + \ C ^ h land a ^ Ii ^ fAA ^ l ^ fc against ^^ V ^^ K " | M * ™ ^ w *^ *^ the «^^ k ^ ^^ visitors V ^ k ^^^ W ** V ^^ ^^ WK ^ *** in ^ m * A ^ a » - ^ forthcoming ^^ ^^ ^ mw ¦ ^^ ^ ^* ^^ ^ , ^ ^^ k ^ AWt ^ C ^

    match , was sitting beside SpofForth watching a W gam CkWAUVi e , JU in - ** . which TV AAAWA * A neither * W * VAAX / A was ** wr m ^ r taking v + •** ¦ m . . —— » y ^ part B _ r «^ w ^ v » .

    Mr . Ward coining up accosted the writer : " WellMrSteelI hear are going to

    , . , you play against the niggers on Monday ? " His JLCJUV face ^ V was V * MT « a I p pXV icture V V & J . V- ^ when W * JtJL X ^* . X S rw * pofforth | w ^ X _^ JU * . '™^ X . WJ . A . was TV « -V » s- » intro J . A « VJ . V ^ -

    duced to him as the " Semon nigger bowler . " ' 4 Mr . Ly Attelton contributes AtK V the chapters V Kon

    ~ Batting ^^^^_ - ^ , ' ' Fielding ^^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^_ _ / ' The ^ m ^^^^ ^ University ^^^^ . ^^ ^ ^ _ Cricket ^^ .. ^ ^ , Match' 'Gentlemen and s ^ w Players -w— ' 'Sing ir le

    ^^*^^« - ^ r ^^ ^ m * r . a * , * , , m ^ b ^ I ^^ ** «^ * . ^ ta' ^ * t . ^ m . ^— ' « k ^ ^^ ^ - *^ . » v . » - — ' , « r- >«* m * ^— k ^ - ^ c Wicket Dr / Grace and ' ' s Cricket share i Reform in the . writing ' of this j

    . l ~ ^ . ^*—*~ ^ «> V ^ w » ^ - * »—» > . J ^ *¦* Tf » ^— ' ^ i ^^ ^ f ^ Am . - ^ mT « T A . a * , ^ r AM ^ A ^ + mX ^^ -V ^ ^^ - ^ -v ^ volume is slight when one remembers his wonderful wonderful achievements achievements as as Jiinglan England d ' s s cham

    cham-pion . But his work goes straight to the point in the contributions ' How to Score ' and

    « Outfit tf Country . ' Cricket' is a capital subject for the + " , hft livel livftlv tiati of r » f Mr TVTr . F TT . Gale OaJft .

    This y volume pen will do good . It comes at the proper season . The reading is delightful as vi

    T "wrftl \ rell l jvh as practi TYrr » r » .+. i cal on } , and n . r \ r \ one rvnp > half T ^ jvl f envies p > np ! i 5 i the f . TiP ! pleasure of the young cricketer when he

    again and again ponders over its pages .

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    Ho ¥ e £ and Ttzws

    The correspondence of Mr . Motley , the | historian a * a ptuT ^ r - > wr ^ . l « . \^ mf At . . a * , of - ^ ^ r Jh the « s ¦& * m , - *^ f _ Netherlands o i ^_ r W >* A . ^ - * « h . ^ k « - < v « « . & - ^—^^>_ r , A is J . r » - * to « J \^ be f ^^ ^^ pub B ~^ ^ - ^ ' * - ' - j i

    lished in two volumes by Mr . Murray . Messrs . Cassell & Co . will shortly publish Mr . R . L . Stevenson ' s new story * The Black

    , Arrow . ' We are pleased to hear that Mr . Tupper , whose health was reported to have broken

    down some months ago , causing great anxiety to his friends , has now been partially restored ; he Via is is . howpsvpir however . unable nna . Vilpi to +. 0 follow follow his Vn » literary lifpira . rv '

    pursuits , with the , activity of former days , at which one can hardly be surprised seeing that his Jh ma \ next « b A > &•• birthday r >/ on the \ 18 iH th instant

    will * f **• a * . « . ^ v v be w * m his seventy - ^ r * - ^» . ** » - ^ ninth - ^ ^> V V , . ' - * A His *^ aw * V many >»*• % S -M , J ± JLAJ friends »•_/ ^/»» W ^ ¦» , T will will- we wr are a . rft hiitpi surebe hft "nl leased ftn . Rftrl to in li hear fiar that Min . h at at

    this , advanced age , the venerable p old gentleman still enjoys life , and is wonderfully happy and cheerful .

    It is pleasant to notice the diversions which occupy the leisure hours of publishers . Huntingarcheryand fishing are the chief

    out . m—lL . V * - door A X / JLJkJi jm ^ , m pastimes % JV * t VJLAV ^ A , ¥ , % of MIIJl London \ A JLJkKJ X * ¦* . publishers JL M Cm * ( JVA , % »* VJk JLKJ * while V ^* - ** - ^* golf predominates l / i in the north UAlt An interest , -

    fm ^ V ^ JVJU . VVAVAAAAIAU vvtJ 111 VlAv AJL V ^ JL . . L JLAX JLJI A vVii ^ S *** ** ing event occurred in connection with the

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 16, 1888, page 804, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16071888/page/6/