On this page

• Text (1)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    m- - - •• ' *? j Dec ^ p ^ ^»* •*«• • . ...

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    From M. Fe"Lix Alcan, Paris.—* L'Art Au ...

    From the same . — Rbslyn ' s Trust , ' by- r Lucy C . liillie . A healthy novel , free from horrors , and

    -written in a natural and easy style . The character sketches show an accurate knowledge of the human heart , and the incidents

    are described with considerable ability . The novel is well adapted for the school library or for family reading .

    From Messrs . Dean & Son . —Corner ' s ' History of Scotland' and History of France , ' new

    editions , revised and extended . This re-issue of old favourites will be welcomed by teachers and parents as reliable summaries of leading

    forcibl historical e manner facts narr for ated the in use a clear of young , simp people le , and . The ^ BHB * ^^*^^^ ^^^^ more BB' ^^™^^^ ^^^ ^^™ ™ practical ^ r- ^ r 1 —^^^^ ~^^ ° " ^" ^^ - ^^» ° " ™~ ^^ ^ - ^ and ^™~ - ^ ^^^^^ ~^^^^ . entertaining ~^^ ^ v ^ B ^ ^ b ^ ^ v ^ ^^ Wf ^ B > ^ B" ^^ B ^ Bto ^ B >^ B * B ^ JBk feature *^ B » ^ BB 1 BJ ^^ B ^ B 1 ^^^^^ ^^ ^ B ^ s ™™*^

    of the customs , manners , laws , and government of the two countries are kept well in the foreground ^^ Bi ^ K — - ^ m ^ ~^^~ - ^^^— - ~— — , ^ m whilst — - — — — — — a — - ^ tedious ¦ — — —~ - ¦ —¦ ^ r ~^ b ~ - ^ v ^ recital ^^ h ~^™— ^ b * ^^^ ~^ v ^^ b—^ v ^^^^ of - ^^ r ^^ BB the ^^^ ^^^^^ . ^ B ^ details —^»^» ~^^~ ^^ ^^^^^ — ¦ - ^—

    of political matters is carefully avoided . The contents of both volumes are brought down to datewhilst bibliographies and portraits have

    been , added . From Messrs . ! De la Hue & Co . —The Diaries ,

    Pocket Books , and Calendars of this firm are so well known that we scarcely need do more than — r 1 -m ^ r ¦* ^ call ^ b ^ m ™» jb , bb ¦ ¦ attention w ^^ v ^* — » - » ^ . ^ bb — to ir ^^ them bjb- BB >« Bh " >¦* — - — . The ^^^ — — - ^_ r ' Improved b ^^ j ^* j , * - ~ - ^_^ v ^^ ' ^ b *

    Desk Diarj ^/ edited by Mr . W . God ward , is produced in a very compact and handy form , and contains Interest TablesStatistics ; and a

    variety of useful information , . Some of the ¦ diaries are extremely dainty and beautifully finishedand are well adapted for presents .

    The ornamental , Desk Calendarin leather frame , and the Waistcoat-pocket , Calendar , in vulcanite case , are exceedingly neat and useful .

    From Messrs . Digby & Long , London . —' Within an ^^^ r ^ B ^^^^ " » ^ Ace ^™ ^^^» ^^ T ^^ m" , ^ B ' b ^^ y M M * ¦ ark ^—^ ^ ¦ ^ Eastwood ^^^^^— - ^^ ~^ ~— —~ w —^^ r ~^^ ^^ ^ . ^ ^ This ^^^^^ ^^— ^^ v ^^ - " ^^ story " ~^^ ^^» ^^^ ^^™ ^ is ^^^ ^ " ^^^ ^ ri ^^ ^ " ^ g ^ L ^^ B htl ^^^ ^^ ^^ y J

    described on the title-page as * a modern sensation . ' It opens with an account of a condemned prisoner in a Russian cell ; all the

    horrors of execution are staring him in the face . He is eventually led to the gallows and , before a crowd , is hanged in company with

    other criminals . But the executioner did not perform his work thoroughly , and the hero wakes up in his coffinwhich is in the rooms

    of a physician , who had , got hold of the body for purposes of study . He makes his escape , ¦ rejoins MB « ^^ B ^ ^*^ r B < B ^ B >^ W > ^^ B ^ his "B >^™ .. * ^^ . ^ friends ^ P ^^^^^ ¦ ^^ " » ~^ m * " ¦ ^^ ^ " m ~*— , and " ^» ¦ 1 ¦ ~— ~— once ^*^ r ^^ ^» B ^ - ^^ " more - ^— ¦¦ ^^^ " ^^ B ^ enters ^^^ ^^^~^^ ^^ ^^^ " ^^^^ on ^^^ ¦¦« ¦ ¦ an ~^ - ~ •'

    adventurous career . The scenes and incidents which follow are on a similar level of sensation to B ^ ~ - | f the ^ b * B *** ^ fc »* opening ^** V *^ ^¦ B' * B ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ BJBk chapters ^ i ^ ^ " ^ ^ BT ^ B B ^^ " ^^» " ^ B ^ ^^ " ^ ; J ^ and ^ ' ^ ^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^ " without ~ " ^^ ' ^ ^»^^ 4 > r - ^_ v * ^ v letting b ^ ^^~ ^^ — ^™ ^ — - ^^^ M

    out any more of the secrets of the plot , we will only say that the hero and heroine emerge into the \ J bV JL * | i- * sunli P ^ f ^ B ^ Bk Ji J * J ± g VVk ht ^ B ^ K ^^ ^ at . 1 ^^ ^^ last i & Vj'V B ^_ T ^^ . B 7 The BBB , PlA ^^^ story Bka ^ ^^ ^^^ ««> f ^ is M B ^^ powerfull V *^ ^ B' W ¦ V «^ - B » Bl BI B ¦ » « B < y

    written in a sharp , clear , ringing style , and some of the descriptive passages are telling pieces of composition .

    From the same . —* ~ Pen and Ink Sketches from Nap An entertaining les to the -Bfc North record l Cape f of 1 , ' by personal r i Emil i - ^^ y A ¦ impressions . Richings ¦ ¦¦ B ¦ 1 .

    ^ M ^ B . ¦ ^ B ^ B W ^^ f 4 ^ J ^ B ^ ^^^ F ^ B . V" ^^^ B" B 4 0 B . Bl ^ Bm ^^ Vj ' ^ ' ^ ' B ^ ¦ ' ^^ ^ c ^^ ~| ~ ^^ V B >« ' ^^ ^™ »^^ * ' ^^ ^~ —^ ^^ ~ ^ l ^— ^— ' - *^ » —^' derived from visits to some of the most notable ¦¦ writer p Bf laces J ¦ ^ J ^ ^ ^^ ^^ in may BVBjBBVr BrfW Europe B be * * V ^ b * cougratulated ^¦^ ^^ , ' chiefl ¦ " ^ Bl | ^» " - ^ y ¦ ^ cities Bl ^ ' ^ B ^ " ^ ^ on ^ B" ^ in — having — Ital — — — y —~ ^ . ~^\ \ pro The ^^

    -duced a pleasant , suggestive , and instructive book . From Messrs * bF Eyre -BJV So B , BJ Spottiswoode FB 7 JB ¦— ¦— . —* The

    BWfc . Vb W A -L ^ ^ iB » BjB » fc ^^ * MbT BB . - » . « SVB ^ BV ^ ^ ^ ^ — » W — — — — — Public General Acts ^ passed in the fifty-second Victoria and Bf fifty ' -third The b ^ years practical BJ Bjl BJ WJV B of BW VB BB result 1 the rei of gn the of f Queen ¦ ourths *

    J ^ ^^^ B ^ y B ^^ b bI M * . * l * " * B ^^ B | » ¦^ »**• ^ ^^^ B * ^ ' ^ - ^ ^^ ^ ^— ^ " ^ B- — — —— - - ^ - — - ' — ~ " - se-sion of the present Parliament is here

    summarised General Acts in a are complet kept e separat and handy e from iorm the . Jjocal Ine ( aBegr ¦ ; ¦ " ' ' , " . "~

    Acts . A convenient index to facilitate ' " expeditious reference to any special subject of

    legislation , and tables showing the effects of the work of the session are appended , and render the book particularly useful . ,

    From Messrs . Griffith , Farran , Okeden & Welsh . — The Boy * s Own Poetry Book , ' edited

    by E . Davenport . This comprehensive and splendid collection outrivals all previous books of poetry suitable for recitation . Thebest

    . English and American poets are represented , whilst everything approaching coarseness and vulgarity bb M is carefully excluded . BT Boys will find ¦

    — — ^^^^ - *~ = — ^—^ ^ - ^ ^^ " ^^^» ^^^ ^ r * ^ " ^^ ^ B ^ ^ B ^ ¦ ^^^^ B ^^ ^^^ ^ B ^ ^^ ^^ ^ BJB ^^^ ^^ " ^^ ^^ " ^^ ^^^ ™ ^ . ^ " ^^^^^ ^^^ r m ^ - ^^ r w ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ " ^^——^^ ^^^ - ^^ ^^^^^» full gratification for their diverse tastes , and unlimited scope for the exercise of all kinds of elocutionary talent . Stirring tales of battle and

    heroic deeds- - , verses celebrating the favourite sports of boys , humorous pieces , school songs , and * lays of good counsel' for everyday life .

    indicate in brief the contents of this admirable book . From —¦ Messrs . S . C —^^ r- . G-riggs / & Co . Chicago

    —- ~ - - ^— — . ^ v w ™ - ^ B ^» ^^~ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ B ™ ^ ^"" " ^ B ^ F- - ^ ^— , ™ ^ H - ^ B ^^ * Vitus Bering : the Discoverer of Bering Straits , ' by Peter Lauridsen , translated from the Danish by J . E . Olson . This book appears

    to be a reliable history of some of the great geographical enterprises of the eighteenth century . The writer has consulted the archives

    and libraries of St . Petersburg , and other authoritative sources , in order to collect the particulars i ^ - ^ w ^ ir ^» ^* ^ b ^ m ^ - ^^^^ ^ ^^ . ^ r ^ bi n ^ Vj and ^^ f ^ b >^ b > ^^ r ^ ^ results b ^ ^^^ w r ^ w ^ iB > - ^^ ^^ of ~ i i ~ 4 . Bering ^ b ^ i ^^ - ^^ ^ B ^ ^ m b ^^^ b- Hta ' s . ^ expeditions —11 ~ ^^^ bb r ^ ^ t ^ ¦¦ ^^*^ B ^^ ^^ ^> ¦« ^—»— ¦ , m

    and to vindicate the explorer ' s character . The book contains much ( valuable scientific information , and several chapters of thrilling

    interest , and forms a suitable gift for boys fond of adventure . ' < Fro ¦ m H Messrs BBBBB B « B > B « B > BB . Harrison MiBBBB V «~« b & Vb Sons WBflW BBkBBB BBJB . W — ' The BB H ¦ Problem

    ^^ ^ B « - ^^ ^^^«_ ^> *^^ ^ ¦¦¦^ B * W ^^ ^ V ^ »^ BJP ^ ^^* ^ v « v - ^— ^^ - ^— V ^ - ^ ' of Roulette ^^^^_ and Trente um ^ ^ m— _ -et-Quarante _ - _ ^ , ' b y Prof ta ^ B ^ B * ^ Bl essor J . S . Bond . The author , after the experience of ~| ^ ^¦ Bjh a Bl life V B ^ B > * VBV -time V ^ " ^ B BlBa * ^_^ , * H endeavours - ^^ ^ kB > ^* "Vj ^^^ B , | » j W X ^ ^* B » « B > B ^^ to ^^ ^ bB ~ show BBB ~ B ^^ B ^^^ T V _ how ^_— -. * - * - the ^ —

    so-called 'games of chance' named in the title are subject to strict scientific laws . From Messrs ¦ ¦ Hazel ¦ ¦ *¦¦ ] Watson & Viney

    JL' X Limited Ulll UUL . V 7 . — lw 7-L * . Hazell »»* - ' s Annual , j VV WVOVU for 1890 * - » V , ' edited *** v ^ , of by E th . is D . * Price cyclopaedic , F . G . S . dictionary This is the of fifth men issue and

    topics of the day ; ' it contains upwards of seven hundred double-column pages , and the information »« has BBl ff been WmT broug B - % ^^ Bjp ht . down BB BM to the latest

    ^ k ^^ - ^ B ^ B * B ^ ^ ^* T ^ . m- ^ ^* % ^ ^^ |~ ~ ^^ ^ ^ fS " ^^ ^ - *»» ^ B ^ » » ^^ **^ " ^ — — - ^ - ^ — - ^ - ~— possible date , namely , the 25 th of November . Evidently no effort has been spared by JMr . , Price _ b _ a _> ^_^ »_^ - and ww- >^ ^ - 'Wfc his Jk ^ At . ' large - » . » - ^/ a . »> b , ^ b ^ staff vw » i ~ w b »^ ibi of ^ •¦» contributors ^ - ¦—¦ " »^ ~ - — ¦ ^ - —¦ — ¦¦ ¦ —¦ — to — —

    render the volume not only reliable but useful to the widest possible circle of readers . There are Bf IBk upward WlB B BB s of three Bfc k Bfc ¦ thousand * ¦ IBB W # * B « l Bf Bl five hundred

    . «^ k ^ V" , ^ ^^ , J ^ ^ t- ^ L m _ T ^/ A ^^ ^ b ^ ^ B ^ * " ^ .. ^ ^ . ^ H BB ^ " ^ . ^ » ' ^^ ' — ^ ' - ' — ' ^ clear and pithy articles in the volume , and they •»¦ £ V ^ ^^^ W touch ^ m , p B , ^ B ^ ^^ bV Ab almost V ^ V # **¦ * M ~ ^ , ^ Bfc . P B ^ every ^^^ ^ ^^ ' B ^ J top ^^ ^ ta ^ W ic ^^ ^^^ . of ^ " ^ * B »* current ^^ B B" # B - ^ w ^ h » — , -m poli B— ' - ^ - ' - and

    tical , social and biographical , general interest . Amongst the subjects in this volume of ^^ * » ¦ special Vb M ^^ ™^ # ^* * * ** importance * ** ** Bl B * ' ^^ ^^ ¦ ' ^ " ¦ "Wfh BT V ., ^ ^ b ^ are « , ^ V ^ ^ b * County ^ B ^ ^^ B > M B > B > V ^ J Councils - *~~ " ^ — — - — ^ — ,

    ei Commission ght hours' , question Paris Exhibition , electric , lig H hting . M . , Stanley Parnell , State Socialism new biograp , and hies Strikes will ; be besides found the in above this ,

    many list . Colonel North , the * Nitrate King , ' and dul P ^ > B . . Bj ^ BA T Bk y m . Barnum figure jm « % M » W "«» fc B ^ ^ B ^ m . , the As BB » BBfc P ^^ * an ' B ^ V ^ greatest »* ¦ examp ^ T *» B ^^ f B , B ^ . Bl showman le B— ^^ BT of ^ B- ^ - ^ the — - - - - — ' on lat — » - — earth - — e — in - - , '

    telligence contained in the book , we may mention that the death of Martin Tupper which " took body 1 ^ It B ^^ ^ - ^ ¥ place of ^^^ Jb on the * B" P * B »* ^ November volume W ^^^ BBj BW iBBBll ^ bT . W 29 * B Hazell is . ^« BB > ¦ ^» T recorded ¦ " ^ B" B— . ^ " ¦ ' s ™ ¦ Annual — in ^ —~¦ ~ " the "" ''

    thdroughly deserves the popularity which it has . curate won ; its , a ^ information nd the utmost is clear pains , explicit are taken , and ac to -

    M- - - •• ' *? J Dec ^ P ^ ^»* •*«• • . ...

    m- - - ' *? j Dec 161 * ¦¦ 889 The Publishers' Circular igi ¦¦* 7

    ^ p ^ ^»* •*«• • . » •»* ^^ , - ^^ ^^ ^ p ^^ " ~ * — ¦ - ¦ ¦ ., ¦• . 1 .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 16, 1889, page 1817, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16121889/page/15/