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    Tan. 18, i g8 4 ^ The Publish ^ ers' Cir...

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    or for the general reader it -will be an invaluable companion .

    From to the V same These . — volumes * The Modern intended School for elementary Readers , '

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    -quirements Firs vimfc t Reader Reader of , is is the already already Education in in us its Department nrtn fifth edition edition . ; : The me the

    Second in its fourth ; the Third in its twentieth thousand : the * Fourth — — — — in its third edition ; 7 and

    the tUv u Fifth ^ ' * J in »• its — — seventh thousand - —proofs fairly tvU conclusive vl % ** ' ¦* * w of w — a -- quickl - ^ y ^/ advancing -- - - - ^^ popularity » JL ^ . well mad

    The selections , in prose and verse , are e , words urnrrf and fl every with with explanations ex * reading planations ' has , , and ana its its its table list list of oi of words woras difficult with witn

    their syllables marked as a spelling lesson . ¦ From ¦ ¦ the same 1 hf . — ' The Modern Geographical

    1 ^ Rea ^ to ¦ | ¦ [ m [ ¦ I 1 fulfil || ^ ders « ^ ^^ ¦ " ^^ , one ' yr a I . _ w ^ J _/ . ^ f ^ of ^ ^ to ^ ^ . p- ^ « ^ w the VI ¦ mr * A » w . latest ¦» » -p ^ P » The mi ~— ^ ^ * ~ p ^— * " * — ^ object _ educational ~ ! ^~ " — ^ _ - ~ . « ¦ _ — ' ™ — » — of _ J * w this x 1 ~ _ schemes ¦ — — _ - ^ ^ £ ^^ J series ¦— B J — - — — - — — of - is _ _ . ^ ^ ... at * in other words if of

    teaching ' doing two the things pupil some once definite , ' or , subject while , he ig learning Jj i Pk to r read . In this case there ¦ - ~— is a

    readingbook ¦ T ^^ PI ^ pj ^ | j for ^ » ^ ^^^ each PJ p ^_ ^^ ^^ of ^ P ^ ^ P ^ the - V — ^ ' ^^ six — —— - ^ Standards — — — — ' of the — — He — vi sed £ V Cod ^^ J ^^^^ Q e \ S of ^ p * t » 1882 p ^ ^^ " ^^ ^^ , W and the — lessons — _ . _ are hout — _ car _ eful _ note ly _

    grad worth uated for . * their The excellence illustrations . througare - y From the V same ¦ ¦ . » — Cassell -- ' s Historical -- Readers __ . _ . __ . , '

    ^ p ^ ^ This ^^ J J ^ series ^* W ^^ V commences " » ' ^ with ^ a book — of stories for children , from EDglish History , prepared to meet the requirements of Standard III . under the Code

    moment of 1882 . , and It brings is so simp the l record y phrased down as to to the win present favour even from the youngest reader . The book for the

    tive higher Britain Standards down is to a 1880 complete and history from its illustra Primi - - tions ^ v ^ p i ^ ^^^ h ^^ r of ^ 9 ^ ^ " ^ the ^ v ^^ " ^ ¦ ^ Parliamentary ^^^^ " ^^ " ^^ ^^ " ™ i" ^^ ^^ " ^^ i ^^ ^ ^ ^^ — — m , events — " ^ ~~ — among of ~ — our ~^ — — — times ~^ ___ are — a — —

    p Commons icture of , Mr and . Disraeli a portrait addressing of Mr . "W . the E . " House Forster . of From the same . —* The Shakspere Beading-book . '

    First Courthope series Bowen ; second appropriatel series ; third y series inscri . bes Mr these . H . excellent books to Mr . Irvyig > whom he justly

    styles ' the most ingenious actor and true lover of Shakspere ' s Plays / Mr . Bowen argues that Reading-books should give lessons in reading

    tft best / d reading books , are and the that Authorised for this purpose Version the of two the Bible and the Plays of Shakspeare . The plays

    selected are carefully accentuated for purposes ¦ of emp school has work is , so but that for they public will be reading useful and not onl for y elo for

    cution classes , . In the first series the plays given are : * A Midsuminer Night ' s Dream * , ' * Borneo and Juliet T 1 / " ¦ - ** * ¦ ¦ ¦•• ^ m nrw • % ^ w -w «« ttt ^ r * *

    and ' The * Richard Merchant 11 . / ' of Richard Venice III . ' ., In ' * King the second John , ' series we have « Henry IV . ( Part I . ) ' « Henry V . '

    ,, and 'Much 'Twelfth Ado About Night Nothing . ' In , the " As third You series Like the It , ' plays are : * Julius Csepar / * Hamlet , ' 'Macbeth , '

    The Coriolanus type is clear , ' The , and Tempest illustrations , ' and * are Hen introduced ry VIII . ' hero and there . This series miht almost be

    g make styled a 'The most Young acceptable Folk's S present hakspere to , ' and any it boy would or girl .

    Prom ceste edited the by same C . . J — . EUicott The ¦ Commentary . D . D ., Bishop for of School Glou s , - '

    r and Bristol . St . Matthew , ' by E . II . I volume Plumptre belongs , I ) . D . form The s set a contribution of books to of which a some this - i wnat

    novel kind to school literature , for it gives

    , "¦ at known — to ^•— - * young # ¦ v > ^ m ' New ^* " ** readers *« Testament « k ^^«^ V « . « fV in ««« b ^* separate «>« # Commentary VVIMlHWMVtM sections I * / edited ^^ the V ^ AV ^ Vft well by U J -

    Bishop department and comp EUicott lete of edition . sacred The of p literature lace the taken work is in b so y its the high special larger that

    this new issue needs no commendation at our hands . For Sunday School Teachers and other Bible Students who may have been unable to obtain

    will the Commentary be specially welcome in its orig . inal form , this re-issue From the same . — ' The Intermediate Text-book of

    Physical Science / by F . H . Bowman , B . Sc , F . K . A . S ., F . L . S . Illustrated . Dr . Bowman tells

    us undertaken in the preface to meet that a thi want s work pointed was vi out rtual b l y y Professor Huxley , of a text-book of physical

    science science , , to to enable enable those those who who have have not not received received a a of scientifi the ~ — — p J c ¦ henomena — training - ^ - » " —~ — — to of — ¦ " - ^— acquire the ' ^ W ¦ ' - ^ ' - ^^ universe - ™ ^^ - ^^ ^— a general ^^ ^^ ; ^ m and ~^^^ ^^^« ^^^^ knowl his ^ B BV ^ B ^ B ^ obj ^»* B edge |^ H ect ^^ " ^^^ ^¦ T

    an has intermediate been to supp posi ly tion a manual between which the will elementary occupy class-books - used ~ - at school m- -- —~ - s and v - the H m HV ore ad-— — — — — ™~_ _ —^ ^^ - ^ ^^— ^ ^ PV ^^^ Bl

    vanced text-books used at colleges and universities . Another aim which he has had is to meet the case of students at Mechanics'

    Institutes and Young Men ' s Christian Associations , who set out upon the investigation of scientific mattersand who seed - L- a manual - - r - for home - ~ r H use as

    an accompaniment — — , — _^ to the living _ , voice ^_^ of ^—^ V " ^ ™ the ^ f ^^^^ T " teacher seems . to For be well all these adapted various . Its purposes definitions the book are

    terse and clear ; and , after laying down the funand damental — — — the — - ^— — general ^ r ^^^ M princi ^^ properties U ples K ^ ^^ of ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ scientific ^ of ^^^ matter ^^ — ^^ ^^ ^^ investi ^^^ and ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ laws ^^^ gation ^^^^^ ^^^^ of ^^^^ ^^ ,

    motion , the author travels over the field of astronomical knowledge , mechanics , hydrostatics , pneumatics ¦ v v acoustics ¦ ¦ i i optics - ^ p » v electricityand

    molecular w ^ ^ ^ " ^ ^»— ^ v ^^ . ^ — ^ ^ ^^ p and , ^^^ - ^ chemical . ^ ^ p ^ ^» *^ ' ^ p' ^ , w p ^ pp' PBtp h - ^ ysics » ^ ^ p * , . w ^ ^ p A ^ ^ p ^ ^ ^ p « chap ^ ^ r V ^ p' ¦ , ter V ^ ppvf flkpV on ^*^ p * the Conservation of Energy brings the volume to a close .

    From the same . — CanseU ' s School Board Drawing Copies . ' A series of sixty-four examples of freehand drawingmounted on cardboardwith brief

    instructions as , to the best mode of drawing , each fi wherever " w gure ^^ r ^ m - ^ pp' ^^ - ^ p . ^ - ^^ ^^ Not drawing ¦ ^^ - ^^ r onl » ™ ^™ " ^ y V ^ PB is ¦ ™ under systematical ^^¦ ^ ' ^ - " - the "—»~ - ' ^^ " ¦^ ' ^ ¦— School ^^ " ^^ l ¦ y taug " ^ W ¦ Boards ^^^ TpVPVA ht ^^^™ ^^ , TpV " such ^* ^ , . P ^ . ^ P »^ but ^ PPlpP » ^ a W

    carefully-prepared series as this cannot fail to be valuable . The publishers also send us four capital sixpenny h b books of drawing copies with a space

    and - under r — — - . ^ v- ^^ ^^ consisting ^^^^ — each for — - - — the respectivel pupil to - p ^^ y reproduce — of pr - " - - ' ~^— 80 » — —~ - the ~^ Studies — ^^^ - ^» copy ^^^^ p ^ p ^ ^^ r ^» in ^ p ^^ - / ^^ ¦ ¦ Freehand ^»¦ ^™ ^^ - ~ ¦ ~^^ - ^ r" ^ j / ¦ b — y ^^ £ Charles — .. — . R ¦ yan ^^ _ — _ — _ ; ^ g ' 120 __ . _ _ __ ^ m . ^ Studies . ^__ ^^^ ^ r—^ mm ^ i » ^^^ - w in p ^ v ^^—^^^

    Freehand / by the same ; 60 Studies in Freehand / ^ Life b PPPPJP y PP »^ V ¦¦ ^^ P ^ K / . b ¦ V ^ P y . A Leitch ^ i ^ . ^ T ^ - ^ v . PT Elwes ^ ; - ^^ « and — ' ^ ^— . ' 64 These ^—^ Studies ^ - ^ are — — ^ " ^^^ among ^ in PP ..- PP ^ PPJ PP Animal PP »^ P'MP ^ P | the VPHPBPPT ' ^ . ^

    cheapest and best books of the kind which we have seen . From the same . —' Cassell's Graduated Copybooks . '

    A word of praise to this excellent set of copybooks , graduated from the wants of the infant school and Standard I . up to the advanced small-harid and

    will copies fitl of close invoices our and notices recei of pts Messrs in Standard . Caasell VIL & , Co / s educational y works .

    From Messrs . Ohatto & Windus . — 'A TooVb do Sketch better -Book than / b quote y Robert a few Buchanan words of . the We Author cannot ' s

    preface : — This volume of prose selections is in ' ended aa a comp L / anion vtlJ AvAJ to mnJ the uiv lately MvmWJMJ publ j ^ j m * v »** ished » " *>*•• volume w «^* u > vaiv of % ^« . has selections dvbvvvivai been o m from * X * + to MM

    personal the author and ' s descriptiv poems . Special e matter prominence , and will be chiefly interest given - ing to those who take an interest in the author as a writer

    of of poems Doems . . II Among tho contents is a memoir of David Gray , |

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 18, 1884, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18011884/page/9/