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    pec. 18, 1885 The Publishers' Circular r...

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    is brought up by her aunt , Miss Matnrin . This lad ^ k ™ ^^ y has — — — — reason — — ^^ ^^ ^ to ^^ ^^ ¦ believe ™ ^ ~^~ ^ ~^ "her ^^^™ ^^ ^^» ^ niece ^^^^ ^ - ^ v ^^ v ^^ v illegitimate ^ - ^ ^^ ^ h ^^ k ^* ^^ ^^ ^ fc ^ " ^* ^ " ^ ^* ^ MMF ,

    but keeps the knowledge to herself . In due time Dolores meets and loves with all the ardency of her H fresh young na ¦ ture one Dick Bou ¦ veriewhose

    h ^ p ^^ a ug mrm- ht y a nd ^ j — - ^ — ari — ^^^^| stocra — ^ - » — —^ — ^— t i c ~^ " ~ moth - ~— - ^— ^^^^^— er —^ ™ ^^ , —^^— thoug ^^^^ " —~ " ^^ ^^^^ » h ~^ " ~ ^^^ agreeable ^^^ *^^^ , M » ^^^ " ^^ *«^ W ^^ ^ B ^ at first , will not hear of the match when by a chance contretemps she discovers the true stale of

    the case , and she rudely and scornfully forbids it . The girl , to save her aunt and still faithful lover from disgracebravely runs away from home

    andas luck has , itmeets with her fatherwho , eventu , ally not only clears up the mystery of , her birth but discloses to the world that he is the

    real Sir Richard Bouverie supposed to have met with a fatal accident in Switzerland many years before . Thus all obstacles to Dolores' wedding

    are removed , and the unfeeling mother , horrified to find that her husband is no longer a baronet and rich , is consigned to well-merited obscurity .

    [ Flitting throughout the work , too , are other characters—the straightforward AudreyPonsonby , the satirical Anthony Vyner , the coquettish Mrs .

    Wemyss , and the foolish , absurdly named , Sir Chicksy Chaucer . The story gains in intensity and interest as it progressesand had the authoress

    , been more conservative in her undoubted power of depicting love-making scenes it would doubtless have been even still more effective . Much

    light and shade are lost in this way . But the character of the heroine Dolores is depicted with great i ¦ tendern h - «^^ B ess and true feelingand the novel

    Bg _ ^^» ^^^ a E — »^ whole ^ ^^ ^»^» " »^ is 4 ^ a ** decidedl ~^^ r ^^ *^^ ^ bV ^^^^ ^*^^ y ^* ~*^ p ^^»* leasant ^*^ ^^ ^^ ^*^ ^^ " ~™ and ^^*^ , T ^ readable . ^— From the same . — ' The Life of Henry Fawcett / by

    Leslie Stephen . The volume is a notable work in many respects . Two features are especially

    con flnnfroimious spicuous . . These These are are the tne remarkable remarkable interest interest which surrounds Mr . Fawcett ' s life , and the wellknown capacity of his biographer to give that

    interest a prominent and permanent form . The products of Mr . Stephen ' s busy literary hie are numerous and important , and we think that this memoir of his friend 1 \ iawcett ¦ ¦ will rank high f % among

    . 1 p H \ jf JLA A * - * . 1 " i ^^ JL 1 A KJ •*¦* - ¦* ^> 4 A J *» - •* »» ^^ v ^ *^* rf — — ^ ^ — —— —— r ~ jj the best of his books . Henry . . Fawcett ___ . was born * at i S r ^ JfjW alisb -A r t- Iv u ^ i- * i ry Am W A in * X JL 1833 ^^ ^^ *^ . , Mr ^» . * . -ft . . Step r ^_^ laf ^^ •«/« hen - « ^«/* - » tells ¦»» ¦— i—«— the — story - ^ of

    his early life , and of its high promise , in remarkof abl the y interesting early symptoms language of . blindness He speaks , of the feeling hopes ly

    of of rrecoverv ecovery . , and and ot of the the sad sad accident accident which wnicn for ror ever destroyed the sight of the future statesman , who who nobl nr » V ) y lv earned earned his his hierh high position Dosition , , despite despite tms this

    , worst of man ' s deprivations . The story of the final 1858 c Fawcett alamity is went told out thus shooting : —* On with September his father 17 ,

    on Har , nbam Hill . Harnham Hill commands a view of the rich valley where the Avon glides between KJXJ U TV \ J \/ JLX the \ J AJkXJ great fr * V ^ t * % , bluffs KS * . UAAU of V ^ Jfc the v ** ^ - * chalk ^ . ffc ^ -j ^^ —— downs — ¦* - ¦ - - — — and

    beneath the unrivalled spire of Salisbury . It is one of the loveliest views , as Fawcett used to for say , in the last South time of The Eng party land mt % . was »» He now crossing saw it a

    A \ yjL < 1 < AJIW A * - « fcJ KJ » - *» »* . * X' . » - * - * * v ^ w * r * . *> sv •*—— — — — O flew turni acros p field s a , and fence pu into t up land som where e partrid Mr ges . Fawcet which order to

    vent had n this ot the from ri g appening ht of shooting again . , Fawc In ett advanced preaf some terward thirty s ano yards ther in front rose of his and party flew toward Shortly s him . His father was covey suffering from incipient

    cataract cataract o of f one one eye eve . . He He therefore therefore could could not not see see his eon distinctly , and had for the moment forgotten thus fired their at rel a bird ative when chang it e wa of s positi nearl on in lin He e y

    with his son . The bird was hit by t ^ „ , , # * M * t part of the charge , for it was " c ( n *^ / ' ^ lv shattered" A few pellets diverged and striicK

    . Henry Fawcett . Most of these entered his chest , ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - - - ~~——^_ MBBB ^ MMfMMMM ^^ B ^ M ^ WMp ^^ WMMB ^^ p ^^ MW ^^ B ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^* '

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    hut , parsing through a thick coat , only inflicted a . ^ trivial ^— — - * " — —— ' ^^ wound " " ^— — ^^^^^ ™ ^ mw . Two ~^^ w w ^^ of ^^^ ^ ik them ^^^* i ^ fc ^^ ^ b- ^^^ b went » w ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ higher A ^ v ASb ^ L ^ L ^^^^ b . M ^ He ^ k ^^^^^^

    was wearing tinted spectacles , to protect his eyes thr from ough the ea glare ch glass of the of the sand spectacles . One shot , making passed in each a clean round hole . Their force was partly

    spent spent , , and and was was further further diminished diminished by bv the the resi -raai st at--ance of the spectacles ; they might otherwise have reached the brain , and inflicted a fatal injury . As it wasthey passed right throh the

    , remaining , permanently embedded ug behind them eyes , . Fawcett was instantly blinded for life . ' After

    speaking of the results of this painful misfortune , Mr . Stephen traces with care the course of Mr eluding . Fawcett his " - ¦ ¦¦ d s ea -w »»» univers lin ataK s wi ity th I h n »— dian - ^ a ^ politic affairs k / al lif and e , his in- <

    - |^ j m * g •*¦* * « m . « s ^_» - » a « v < v * ' v ^ w ^^^^ A ^ »^ «_ -wa ~ B <^ MM' fi " governorship of the Post-office . The book should be of great interest to Englishmen in all parts of the world .

    From Messrs . Swan SonnensctLein , Le Bas , & Lowrey . —The plot of * Glamour , ' by Wanderer , is somewhat commonplace . A young man , one

    Ronald JtConald Lascelles JLascelles . , brave brave , , handsom handsome e , , and and chi r » hi--valrous , is driven , by a series of overpowering ci circumstances rcumstances , into into marri marriage ace with wif . h a a . girl orivl for fnv who vehr . m m

    , , he has no particular affection . Afterwards -ho meets ¦ with " — ^^ an ^ old ^^ ¦— ^^ ¦ flame ^ ^ ™ ^ ^ ^ ^ m — » an ^ « 4 k accomp ^ Ljmw ^^ ^^^ ^ m » m r mw m ^ li ^*» ^ s 9 >~ r h 4 ^^^ e ^^ r d w and ^ v ^ p ^ b ^ P ^ w ^ fc

    beautiful woman of the world—and the result may readily be foreseen , though it should be told that the novel is a model of propriety throughoutand that nothing is said or done that

    , could possibly offend the feelings of the most fastidious . But though the plot , as we have

    stated stated , , is is somewhat somewhat old old . , th the e tnannftp manner m in which whifth it inhas hi — — g ^^^^^ h been praise mT ^ ^^^^^ ^ v ~ - ^ v worked - ^^* - . Interspersed ^^^^^ ^^ i ^^« ^^ - ^^^ out ^^^ ^^^ h ^^ ^^ ^ b p ^ y ^^^ v ^ the ^^^ th ^^^ . ^^ auth roughout ^^^ ^^^^ - ^^^ V ^^ L or ^ " ^^ " ^^^^ ^ is ^ V . ^^^ worth the ^^^^^^^ h ^^^ P three ^^ " ^ y k ^^ . 4 ib ^ of ^^ r ^^^^

    volumes , too , are some excellent touches of character . The description of the Stent clan—a body of city people into whose family the sister

    ' of the hero marries—though perhaps a trifle out 1 iagty of proportion good ; and to the the character general picture of the , is Marchese

    exceeddel la Kocca , a distinguished lady-killer , whose ; soft speech , and gentle , insinuating manners , only disguise a mean , selfish , and utterly dishonourable

    nature , is equally admirable , while the scenes of Italian life in which he appears are decidedly among —~ — - - — m - the — - ^ best -- ™ r —~ w ~ w - ^ in —^^^ the - ^^ ^^^^ - ^ book -- ^^ - ^^ -m ^ w . ^ ^ . Altogether n ^ " ^ ^^ - ^^ ' ^^ H ^ Bh ~^ W ^ W ^^^^ - ^^ ^ m * Gl -m ^ ^ amour . « ¦ ^^^^^™ ^^ p ^^ ^ " »'

    may be recommended as a distinctly interesting and readable novel , lacking , it is true , the feverish attributes which are common to so many of our modern novelsbut possessing infinitely more

    , solid worth and honest reading . From Messrs . "Ward , Lock , & Co . — -We are glad

    to see that these publishers have issued a cheap railway edition of Hawley Smart ' s popular novel , ' From Post to Finish . ' In its cheery , pleasantlywritten accounts of certain fictitious incidents

    connected with the race-course , the paddock , and the training' stable , it should obtain the support and interest of all sportsmen , and its claims on

    their credulity should be discharged without murmur . From Mr . Efflngham Wilson . —Financiers are at

    present very much perplexed about various praci ticai aspects of the question of bullion . We F w w w ould ^ r ^^^ F ^ rB advise F i MJ 9 9 those f tt % •¦ who w are interested in ¦— ^^ th mm « ^*^ ^*^ . ^^ " ^^^^^ ^^^ *^^^ ^** ^^ * ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ — ' ^ — ^— ^ ^^ ' ^^ ^^^ ' ^^

    i subject to read 'The Silver Question and the Gold Question , ' by Robert Barclay . The author is a F i direc « t V » tor T HW of f ~ « ft the I « »^ Manchester BV ^ . ^^ ««¦« ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ~ Chamber ~~ m - ~ ' ¦ T of Commerc —~ - - r- - < e -v ^*^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^ . . ^^ ^^ ^ — " ^^ —^ ""^ ' — ' ' "" " — ^ ^^ ^^ ,

    i and his work treats of bi-metalism , the nature of : ; money , the functions of money , the value of : A and money the , int historical ernational aspect trade , of for eign question competition . A , I j

    , ! valuable appendix is supplied . \ ;

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 18, 1885, page 1579, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18121885/page/11/