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    ¦ ' 6<>4 The Publishers' Circular Aug. 1...

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    I Books Received :

    claims that it will , if fully used , be sufficient for a pupil who desires to pass successfully an

    Oxford or Cambridge Local or a London University Examination , and as it contains 739 questions , to which full answers are given in the subsequent

    pages , it may be imagined that it contains nearly all that a student can be expected to master from the first part of Accidence to the most advanced

    parts of Syntax . ¦ Fro ^ - ¦¦ <¦* ^ ta » m P . M the " ^ ^ " same " » " - . —* The Lincoln - _ _ . Pocket , Guide _^_ ' by -

    Sir C . H . J . Anderson , Bart . This handy little volume must have proved a boon to the visitors who - M W crowded --- into _ the -- city - of _ Lincoln _ .. _ . during the

    , recen __ t congress ___ -qf the __ Archaeological Institute _^ , and it will bo welcomed by all tourists who desire to make the most of their time in and around

    the beautiful Minster . The author has successfully hit upon the happy medium between the antiquarian and the popularand while he

    , neglects no bit of history that is worth noting in the city or the county , he gives all the needful information to enable the pedestrian to see

    everything that ought to he A seen . There is < -i capital map as a frontispiece , and wood-cuts are scattered through the book .

    From the Sunday School Union . — ' The Age of the Great Patriarchs from Adam to Jacob . With NotesCritical and Illustrative' bRobort Tuck

    ^ * fc . A . Lond "V , ¦* . Vol w * . I . From mw ^ the . * , Creation j-s y to . the . , offering of Isaac . A handbook for Sunday school teachersin which the author * has directed his

    , attention more especially to bringing out those essential and permanent moral and religious principles which find embodiment and

    illustration in the early traditions and histories of the human race . ' The work is able and suggestive , and the plan of giving marginal notes of the

    subjects of the paragraphs , with references and authorities for the opinions advanced , is calculated to aid the reader very materially . Copious notes

    are added whenever *> they are needed to throw light upon any vexed questions , and there are some excellent maps .

    From the same . — 'The Rescue of Child-Soul / by the the Ke Revv . . W W . . Jb F . . Crafts Crafts . A A .. M M . . This This somewhat somewhat .

    singnlarly titled book is , evidently of American origin , but it is none the less welcome on that

    account , and will be useful to teachers and parents who desire to attract the children whom they have to instruct or bring up . The writer

    claims to honour as , the one prominent of Christianity place ' s which highest it gives titles to children ----- - in ¦ - its system _ , of in b instruction vh » ¦ * fl and jk ffL he h

    insists — — — — strong —_ . l .. y on the _ - _ m importance ^ ^ m m ^^ »^» ^^ r ^ ^* ^^ ^ of , ^ vmr beg ^ ^^ v * in - *^ princi ning p at les the into earliest the young period mind to . insti A l feature right

    of which the the volume strange is a idea ' Childhood s of children ' s Dictionary are amp , ' in ly thei illustratM r purpose . , The and wood the book cuts , are desp ro ite ugh its but peculia serve - ritieshas ¦ much i i ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ sound vi mfc sense wj in its counsels flkJv Pt as to

    - — , y ~* ^ " — - ^^ —» ^^ ^ . ^ ¦ ^ mgr ^^ m ** * ^^ m > ^^ bl k k ^ ^^ \^ ^^ 9 ^ J ^_ f 9 * J ^* V * . f % / X ^ the best methods of reaching young heads and influencing young hearts . From Messrs ¦ . Vizetell ' ' — " ^ ^ " ^ ™* ¦ i ii y ^ m & - ^^^ ¦¦! Co ^ t ^ -m * m . — 'Fromon w > L > A ^^ x ^ mm t »^ the ^^ m m ^^

    Daudet Younger , translated and Risler from the Elder the / fifti by eth Al French phonse These edition — volumes ; * Maugars - - for — ~^_ m _ Junior two - ^ . v of « , a wv ' series by Andre of - translations mmr Theuriet m 4 m * W fm . ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ p ^ *^ j ^ ^ r ^ *** ^ ^^ * J * K ^

    of popular French novels , which we are told in the advertisements prefixed to the books , has been Buch undertaken works — b in the — order English to test public ^^ ¦ the appreciation The W suggestion of

    that because " ^ ^ y J Eng ' ^ " ^ lish " Cj theatre ^^ — » mr » - goers » (• m . ^ . W ^*> have «> ^ . P ^ ^^ liberally T *^ i * % *^*^ ** **¦ ^^ ¦»*

    W (^^^ supported azzzzz ^ z ^ mmn tne .. ' ^^?" Upera " i" '™ JSouffe of our gay neigh ' ' < - » -

    ^ patronise bourg doubtful doubtful , Eng compliment comoliment their lish li novel terary to to the the -readers Parisian pArisian wares , are is storytellers sfr perhaps \ mrf likel aiu y .. to a

    • ported for while for the the majority English of stage the French have been operas utterly im ' worthless wortniess far iar their meir book dooks

    as as as as * * s' have nave been been onn musical cerned , and setting have for depended their attraction entirel s y the upon French their con

    novels merits . of Whether such writers Eng as lish Daudet readers have will , enter far hi with gher

    any great zest into sketches of French home life is a matter on — which it would be dangerous ^^^^ Cj w to Vv but >• i in wise • •

    pronounce ; any case a choice has been sent sent stories stones made by as as the a a sample sampl publishers e of ot what wnat in issuing they thev intend intend the pre to in

    supply . From Messrs . "Ward , Lock , & Co . — ' Money :

    How How to to Get U-et . , How How to to Dave Save , , and and How How to to Use use it \ t >' by Edwin T . Freedley , new edition . The editor , describes his book on its title page as * A Guide

    to Fortune' and he quotes as his motto tne wise counsel of Burns : * To catch Dame Fortune ' s golden smile .

    And Assidu Assiduous gather ous gear wait wait by uupon Don every her her wile ; : That ' s justified by honour . ' The larger — work - — — of — __ Mr — — . Freedley — .- on which this — — is

    based , has { j passed . _ throug _ h many , editions , and in the present case it is brought down to date by careful revision . After several chapters of

    useful counsel on business habits more specific instructions are given as to commercial transactions ^— —¦ - ^ ™ ¦ , m ¦ and ™ " ¦—^ ^^ v ¦ especiall ^^ w w " ^^ ^ i ^ ^ ^^ ^ b ^ y m , as h ^ w ^^ r to v ^^ banking ^*^ ^^ ^^ ^— ^^ ^—^ ^^ hh and ^™— ' — — bill ' — — — -dis — -

    counting , and the work closes with some incidents from real life in the United States , and some cautions as to the most common causes of failure

    in business . From the same . — 'The Cow : a Guide to Dairy

    Management and Cattle Rearing . ' Remembering that milk is one of the main sources of nourishment to no inconsiderable portion of the

    community , and that on its purity depends the well-Eng being - ^ ' fS land »• of » -w » the annual ^ mrm-Ji * great - * ¦ vm * JV ^ l j » y army produces »»^ ^ . ^ s ¦ ^ s ^ of fc * . ^^ ^/ young n ^ , » a ^ children guide ^» »*• —¦ ¦^~ —¦ to — which the

    management which needs of no the recommendation cow and the dairy . is Both a volume the amateur cow-keeper and the professional grazier

    will the will making find find amp flmnl of le fl butter instructions instvriir » and t \ inns cheese in in thpRA these are pages naffes also , fully ana and describedThe JL illustrations JLM ^ % \ tj include JL Vi / engravings

    \ Av cJ f ^^ JL m ^ J ^ S \ Jm % . ^ L A ^^ A . 14 * J ^ JL , Jm vJI S JLa M M . M ^/ ^&\^ L ^^ A- * r ^\ ^^ ^ J of nearly all the principal varieties of cows and diagrams showing the several dairy processes .

    Messrs . Whittaker & Go . — ' The History of RasselasPrince of Abyssinia" BDr Johnson .

    It OVlUU members would , y - « - JL 1 of UV be the interesting V / i , vast J . JL *_/ » congregation *^ kJAX 4 to < AC « . * ascer " ^ y tain who " ^ . how assembl many — ed

    yesterday listen listen IIIUIUUOI to to Dr » Dr A afternoon . . Luldon Tiiddnn D VaDli CUniZlCgllHUH at . and nnrl St . who who Paul looked looked ' s » r Jl Cathedral JiVy uu UD at at « tno the to up

    fine statue of Dr . Johnson , which occupies a distinct prominent idea place of the not work far fro which m the this pulp great it , have master any

    of Dictionary English did would . Some doubtless familiarity be claimed with Johnson on all s sidesbut question whether would oe

    , we many found selas » eiu . B ' who or ui his ma could uvuor other boast works wua of hm . . having xu In order uauoi read to ijv his revive *« - >» ' B ¦ - * its 8 " Whi t

    little taker now almost shilling are issuing forgotten the t volume populari ' Rasselas and ty ' , in as Messrs this one shape of . thei it r -

    pockes , oug if ht decline VtW to fin < J many to accept purchasers Bos well and ' s readers somewhat ^ . t- E ful ven

    -MM . we Tf g ; AJL « AC ? IAJ OWtVUM JL / V / O IF UAA W wv *»*** w * --to some thia pa edition negyri , c there on the can work be quoted no question in the as preface to its

    merit , and it ought not to be neglected .

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    ¦ ' 6 <> 4 The Publishers' Circular Aug . 16 , 1880 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ~—__

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 16, 1880, page 604, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16081880/page/8/