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Hsetoieto£, &C*
Messrs . Macmillan & Co . — ' Washington prom hbadded to the
Square tasteful I Gtfrj V *~ S- * * " ¦¦"" / edition " by Henry of this James author , as s wo een rts now being IJ
published degree , th which . e attractive It is have a story characte rendered possessing ristic the s , o in f Am a sty marked le eri can atter
m novelist so deservedly popular in this country ; jL an A .-M d \ J * ¦ it * forms a worthy companion to the volumes ^ ^
that have preceded it . From _ ^ _ III IK the M I ^ L ^ B ^^^ P P same ** ^ " ^^ ™—>^^^ ^^^ . ^ — ¦ It ~™* would - — ^^ - — ~~ r — — — be — — ¦ somewhat — ——~~ - — — ~ — — - — — ~» - - lat — —~ —~ - e — in —— — the - ^^ —^^~— ~^^ v - • * k nri i t * T ~ t t ^ v t % 1
day to criticise ' A Tale of a Lonely Parish , ' by F . Marion Crawford , of which a new and neatly bound edition in one-volume form has now been
issued . The story , it will be remembered , turns on the fact that a young and beautiful woman ,
whose husband is serving his sentence at Portland for forgery , takes up her residence at a small villageand there allows herself to
, be regarded as a widow . The squire of the place falls in love with her , and , equally as one
might have expected , the husband escapes from his confinement and makes his appearance to annoy her . Though hardly in Mr . Crawford ' s
best style , the story is an interesting and welltold one . "What it principally suffers from is want of ingenuity in plot . It is quite plain from
" ™ C 3 w * T X m . the first that John Short , Mrs . Goddard ' s youthful admirer—for she has two—will marry ^ Nellie her daug - - hter ; and as - the _ -. framework ___ of - the tale at
— j _ . _ ____ the best ^ is but frail , this transparency of motive considerably detracts from its interest . Another noticeable feature is the prominence given to the
character of the Honourable Cornelius Angleside , and the abruptness with which after the first two chapters he disappears from the scene , never to
return , not even in the subordinate position of John ' s best man . In reading the book we considerably regTetted his absence , for his presence
would have imparted a very desirable degree of lifo and variety to the novel which is now wanting . But take it for all in all , the story , as we have
said , is a most interesting one ; and readers whom cruel destiny has not led into the paths of criticism will doubtless be charmed with it .
From Mr . Thomas Murby . —Many useful hints will be found in * Instructions in Reading the Liturgywith m , a-a appendices VW * r >» r on t _ r m- * misapplied
emphasi 8 f- * in ; % reading » V w * -r the m ^ -f M ~ m ^ - » sacred » ^«* ^^ Scri ^ jt . ^ ptures . ^ * -J « .. w m ~ r H _ r M . , ^* and ^_ . » ^_/ . * on _• . * pronunciation / by the Kev . John Henry Howlett ,
M . A . A fourth edition has now appeared . From the same . —The songs in Murby ' s Juvenile Tonic v Sol > w _* , -fa m i ^ t Part - »_ «^ w a . v Song *»_/ \ yufak ^ Book - »—^ x ^ *_ r * mi seem ih ^ v ^\^ ' a « a to i ; v / be p ^ - ' v ^ * selected _ r \ , / j . ^/ x ^ i > \ - ^^ - » . c
with due regard to capacities and taste of young singers . From second Mr edition . William of the Paterson handlittle , Edi book nbur ' g Pater h . —A
-y son ' s Guide to Switzerland ' has been published . From works Messrs published . George in Morley Routledge ' s Universal & Sons Library . —Few ' have been / i more \ interesting after their fashion
13 i ; in tho <^ v ^ . u latest ixj . ji . Kj volume lutuiDDUiug , the ' Popular / vi i / nuii Songs xctiai . x j . yj of Ireland Aruiana , , ' collected collected b bv Thomas Thomas Crofto Orofton n Croker Oroker .
< md now issued with y a few words of introduction , b y Professor Henry Morley . It would be idle to B pcak of ¦ the iJIV geniality tS llMA Kj of UJUlU of \ ± these UliVJkJVJ the
A — " «^ KJMJ . l . y KJA . many y J . songs UKSi-l LL * J , , l / JLlf rollicking tliat doa — pervades ^ vt tu udd humour them txicui , , , the for . njj . mellowness has iiaa not uuu every ovoi , so reader roauci to speak an an ,
^ | finite at of gusto once ol / of and Oi l the U . warmth typ til ical ? Irish But song there 1 with is XO another all its
^ y ay ~ v ^ looking « u -I at the IMJ . LLL matter I JLfUb and LUC C that iXllKjUJLLOM is the , ( "ght u these ""•¦ v « u UMIy national J VIlttA melodies IJIClfUJDi } cast LaOl / on V-U Irish XliOll
' liaracter amd peculiarities—a by no means \ in-|»» however portant , as subj a mer ect e of collection inquiry . of songs Even , considered the volume , IOCm a » " iv ^ ^ ml r . 4 . utuign J _ l * ii /» i -T
ta ^* " ° imi reaaing .
i From Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co . —Many people of older growth might indeed find interest and
instructive profit in the ' Reading Books for School and Home / two succeeding volumes of which lie before us . These useful little manuals
are compiled on a wholly novel system , the idea being to convey in simple intelligible language practical lessons on the everyday objects around
us . Tbus one of these volumes—the second series—treats of ' The Clothes we Wear , ' * The Houses we Build' ' The Rooms we Furnish ;'
, while the third series or volume discourses on The Fuel we Burn / ' The Metals we Smelt , ' and ' The Forests "we Clear . ' The conception of these
manuals , and their copious illustrations , we think excellent . As children naturally wonder about the existence and manufacture of the things
about them , the information , when conveyed to them in pleasant , agreeable form , free from anything like pedantry or affectationcannot fail to
, be'interesting , and consequently useful . From Messrs . Swan Sonnenscliein & Co . —
A very noticeable flaw in ' Old Iniquity , ' by Phoebe Allen , lies in the naming of this novel . "W e strongly suspect , indeed , that the authoress
was too intent upon finding an effective titla for her book to consider very greatly the appropriateness of it . ' Old Iniquityl ' as portrayed in the
J . » ' , J . v story under the insinuating name of Smith , is a mo $ t impossible character , whose actions constantly exhibit a desire to be outrageously worthy
of the name that Miss Allen has bestowed upon him . It would be interesting to know what the authoress ' s conception of a really bad man is , for
surely this ' attenuated pumpkin , ' ' bilious-looking monkey / and ' weird little old mummy / as his nephewonce removedcalls himcan hardlbe
her beau , ideal of captivating , wickedness , . This y apart , however , the story has many good qualities , and individual portions of it exhibit considerable
talent . The varying incidents of the courtship between the nephew and Elizabeth Laurence , the heroine of — — - the - ^ -- narrative — ¦ — — — - — - ^—¦ — mm , « who — ~^ r w has ^~^—m ~ m - ~— ~—^ r been ~^— ~^^ ^^» ^^ . ^ . k ¦ adopted ^ k ^^ V feB ^^^ " BJ ^^^ m ^^^ ^—^^
fcby one Mrs . Grey , and labours under the stigma of doubtful parentage , are sympathetically told , and the character of the latter ladespeciallin
the opening chapters , is the best delineated y */ , JTT in y fc / the book . — - Eventuall - — - ___ . y matters _ _ _ . _^ I come ¦ quite — —— ^ ^ -w ^ ri b » g ^_ p ^ ^ ht ^ ^ b * , « the ~^ pT ^*^ m ^^
heroine finds her own people ( who are , of course , well bred and wealthy ) , the nefarious designs of * Old Iniquity' are thwartedand all ends happil .
, y Miss Allen ' s story , though it fails to realise the promise of the earlier chapters , yet forms very interesting reading , and for readers who can
excuse much improbability of manners and action it should possess great attraction . From the same . —Under the auspices of the
Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching , this firm has now issued Part II . of * The Elements - _ - of — n Plane — Geometry — - g . ' - It —^ m contains - _ - - ^^ H « — ¦ W * t ^ T
the portion of plane geometry treated of in Euclid , Books III . to VI ., with some additional matter . The first partit will be remembered —
i ., —» , corresponded to Books I . and II . of Euclid . Both volumes have been prepared by a committee appointed by the Associationand for teaching
, purposes are worthy of very high consideration . From Messrs . A . Spottiswoode , Jones & Co . —
' A Cruel Necessity , ' by Evangeline F . Smith . It is not altogether a usual circumstance for a wealthy nobleman to go down to a country village
and there occupy the position of church organist , condemned to the drudgery of taking pupils , nor do high-born ladies commonly discover that they
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^^ ' ' ' ' - ' " xs _ August 16 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 877
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 16, 1886, page 877, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16081886/page/15/
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