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LOCKWOOD'S SERIES OF CIVIL SERVICE HANDBOOKS , j * The work of the Civil Service Commissioners has called into existence a series of Civil Service the Handbooks work of , publis experts / ied who by have Messrs themselves . Crosby passed Lockwood throug $ Co h ., the which competitive have the examinations exceptional merit to which of beiriq they volumes offer a practica will be found l guide to . have For many general points use of , but usefulness especiall not y found for candidates in ordinary for educational examinations works , these . ' I Publishers' Circular . ^ A HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH LITERATURE : Being an Outline School of the s Rise , and and Students Progress generall of Eng y . lish By H Literature . A . Dobson , arranged , ( Board for of Examination Trade ) , Editor Candidates of ' The , Public Civil Service History of England , ' and Assistant-Editor of ' The Civil Service Geography , * Second Edition , Revised and Extended . Pep . 8 vo . 35 . 6 d . cloth . * An excellent handbook of English literature . ' —Athenaeum . * The For truth aim of of the criticism writer has , it , is we about think the , been best successfully book of the accomplished kind going . *— . Westminster His facts are well Review arran . ged , his dates are trust-I worthy * , his criticisms are free from eccentricity , and express generally the common verdict of men of letters . '—Spectator . THE PRECIS BOOK ; or , Lessons in Accuracy of Statement and Precisenesa of Expression . For Civil Service Students , Self-Education , and Use in Schools . By W . Cosmo Monkhouse , of the Board of Trade . Second Edition , Revised . Fcp . 8 vo . 2 s . 6 d . cloth . Key to the above , fcp . 8 vo . 2 s . 6 d . cloth . service * This . '—Contemporary manual cannot fail Review to shorten . and make more pleasant the novitiate of anyone proposing to enter the public the work * Mr . before Cosmo us Monkhouse . The examp has les done given intending , and the candidates hints and for suggestions appointments are all under excellent the Crown . ' —Civil real Service service Gazette by undertaking . exercises ' Mr . he Monkhouse gives are ' s well expositions chosen . '— are Scotsman very clear . , the rules he lays down are distinct and intelligible , and the examples and THE CIVIL SERVICE GEOGRAPHY , General and Political . By the late Lancelot M . Dalrymplb Spence . Revised by Thomas Gray , of the Board of Trade . I Sixth Edition . Fcp . 2 s . 6 d . cloth . ' ' A A thoroughly good manual reliable for practical , as well purposes as a most , adapted ingenious to , the compendium present state of Geography of knowled . ' ge — . Civil '—Athenaeum Service . Gazette . THE CIVIL SERVICE HISTORY OF ENGLAND : Being a Fact-Book of English History . By F . A . White , B . A . Third Edition , Corrected and Extended by H . A . Dobson , Board of Trade . With Four Maps . Fcp . 8 vo . 2 * . 6 d . cloth . [ venient * We for do use not . '— remember Athenjeum having . seen anything of the kind at once so compendious , complete , accurate , and con- t White ' Th and ere Dobson is no ' other s book hand . '—Civilian book on . English History at present before the public which can compare with Messrs . THE CIVIL SERVICE FIRST FRENCH BOOK : Being a Practical First Course of French Grammar , with Exercises combined . By Achiixe Motteau . Second Edition , Enlarged . Fcp . 8 vo . Is . 6 d . cloth . % * Key to the above , fcp . 8 vo . 2 s . 6 d . cloth . * Its arrangement is admirable . '—Standard . * A clear and compact little treatise . ' —Civilian . ' ' There Well arranged have been on numberless an easy , simple French plan Lesson /—Scotsman Books published . , but we have not noticed one more likely to be of benefit to students than the one before us . '—Civil Service Gazette . THE CIVIL SERVICE ENGLISH GRAMMAR : Being Notes on the History and Grammar of the English Language . By W . V . Yates , Windermere Grammar I * We School cannot . call Fcp . 8 mind vo . Is . 6 d single . cloth work . which would render so much assistance as is offered here to the student \ preparing- to undergo examination in grammar and language . '—School Board Chronicle . V imd * Syntax On our , which first glan are ce so th seldom rough adequately the volume represented we were struc in works k by i of ts a completeness moderate cost . , The are here important most full subjects y and clearly of Etymology treated , tile section on the origin of language and analysis of sentences being especially comprehensive and lucid . '— Civilian . THE CIVIL , " LITERATURE SERVICE , and PROGRESS CHRONOLOGY . From the Creation of the OF World HISTORY to the Conclusion , of the Franco-German War . The Continuation by W . Douglas Hamilton , F . S . A ., of H . M . Public Record Office . Fcp . 3 * . 6 d . cloth . 4 Accurate , wide , and thorough . Most useful to those who are reading up for examinations . ' —English Churchman . THE CIVIL lish Spelling . SERVICE With Rules and ORTHOGRAPHY Exercises . By E . S . H . B . Second . A Edition Hand y Revised Book of Corrected . Fcp . Is . 6 d . cloth . * An excellent practical manual ...... . The system is both sensible and effective . ' —Public Opinion . THE Mystery CIVIL : It 3 Pri SERVICE nciples Popularly Exp BOOK lained , - KEEPING the Theory of Double ; or , -Entry Book Analysed -keep ing m i > y > an Experienced Book-khhpbb ; Third Edition . Fcp . 8 vo . 1 * . 6 d . cloth . most * We cordially have never recommend seen a the work book which . '—Civil expressed Service with Gazette greater . force and plainness the mode of keeping accounts ( 864 1 » ° London : CROSBY LOCKWOOD & CO ., 7 Stationers ' -Hall Court , Ludgate Hill , E . C- I

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