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1354 The Publishers' Circular P^-31,1% I...
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Books Kkckivkd : From Messrs. W. Blaokwo...
From Messrs . "Wells Gardner , Darton , & Co . — ' The Three Cups , or the Girls of St . Andrew ' s . ' ^ m ^ k ^^ b ^ K ^ K dlb A ^ A ft
B ^^^^^ y the author of ' Marty ^^^ and the Mite ^^^ -boxes . ' A tale -with a strong Church of England tone , founded on the Chinese proverb ' When have
you three cups to drink , drink three cups . ' The chapter in which a Christmas home is described , ft ¦ « M ft ' a M ¦ a a d A a 4
including its hearty Church service and the subsequent Sunday school festival and carol-singing , gives the little story a very seasonable ring .
From the same . — ' Great Britain for Little Britons . ' By Eleanor Bulley . This volume , which is
declared to be * a book for children to read to themselves , ' gives , in the form of question and answeran immense mass of information as to
each of , the counties of England , followed by chapters on "Wales , Ireland , and Scotland . The woodcuts interspersed through the volume are
well executed , but the number of them might have been increased with advantage . The authoress contrives to minglein a pleasantgossiping
fashion , a good deal , of history and topograp , hy , while old customs and remarkable people also I find a corner in her gallery . At times she Beems
i to have scarcely a sufficient sense of the relative importance of things , as in her reference to St . Albanswherealthough she gives up half-a-page
to the city , , she , says not a word of its magnificent Abbey , or , as it is now entitled to be called , its Cathedral . At times , too , her definitions lack
exactness , as when she says that the Archbishop of Canterbury rules not as a king but as a bishop over *^^~ W " ^^ ^^™ one ^^ ^ " ^^ ™^ - ^ p half *—^^ ~«^^ —^ h of ^^ v ^^ m Eng ^^ - ^^ p ^— ^ Br ^ Br ^ B ^ f ^ land b ^ b * ^» p ^ p ¦ I ^ v ^ h , b and ^ m ^^ r ^ BV ^ BV ^ -- ^ " the ^ — " ^»^ A ¦ — rchbishop ¦ ^» ^— — — ^~ - ^ ¦ ^ of
York rules over the other half . This , even if true in a very limited sense , is not strictly accurate , and under the same county we are told
that Canterbury is the capital of Kent . Taken as a whole , however , the book has the merit of combining CJ instruction - and entertainment - in a very „
genial fashion . From Messrs . Griffith . < Sfc Farran . — ' Glimpses of
the British Empire . ' By J . It . Blakiston , > 1 . A . A sketch of the British Empire , giving , in a brief but compendious formthe outlines of the
history of the various nations , , of the geography , the natural products of the countries , and the chief characteristics of the people . The book ,
although intended for school use , is written in such an easy and popular style that it might be read with advantage by ihose whoso school-days
have long passed away , but who have failed to keep pace with the growth of our Empire . From the same . ' History Kejuler' Part I . By
, H . Major , B . A ., B . Sc . A book specially adapted to meet the requirements of the Education Departmentas stated in their lateyt circulars to
, the Inspectors . It travels over the History of England up to the time of William the Conqiferor , and gives descriptions of the manners and customs
of the people , and biographical feketchew of the chief personages . From the same . — 'The Oruiao of Uland his
ysses Men / By C . M . Bell . A volume of ' tales and ad H HfH ventures Wh from A the Odyssey for boys and g irls . ' ^¦^^^ J
Mrs . Bell ^ —for we gather ^ from ^ the ^ preface that it ^ is a book written by a mother for her childrentakes care to point a moral to her tales , and
. eites the legends of Homer as containing the traces of a higher light and of that recognition I of the Creator which gives the pages of the poet ID ^** " ™ " ^"""™ 1 * "" ™™™ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' '
mer an e interest legends apart of mythi from cal personages their attractiveness . The stories as II
I to in not make Mrs learnt . Bel them the l ' s welcome Greek hands al are phabet to young sufficientl while readers y to popularised those who have I I
are familiar with the Od yssey v v , they mr will g ive * ** wvmg some who I I hours » - * /\ H un' r ^ leasant 1 w «« «>^ T" amusement rf * * -W % W « - « «« W ^« *««^ »> ^ H
p . **** . I From Mr . John Hogg . — ' The Freemasons' Manual' I
exhaustive B V ^ F y Jeremiah I - . - — K _ ^^ ^ _ - _ volum * ¦ How I B ^^— ^^^^^ e . on A the third ^^ b 1 . ^ ^ ^^> i institution ^^ 1 editio . ^ — ^ . ^ A ^ ^ — n of ^ _ ^ J and " Mr ^ ft ^ T . history How ^ m ^^ F ' . s I I VIBI of freemasonry and its mysterious rites . To those I
who are still outside the magic circle the book I may be commended , while to all who have I been initiated in the craft it will need
at our handsso lete are its details no of eulogy I branch oranch or of the tne , Ord urd comp er er and ana of ot the the cust custom oms s connected connected every I I I
with it . I From Messrs . Crosby Lockwood & Co . —' Sewing I
Machinery / By J . W . Urquhart , C . E . Even the I steam-engine scarcely worked a greater silent re- I volution -- ¦ than that which the sewing ¦ - ¦ machine " ~ -- — ¦ . 9 has tf I
— _— v - — - w - ^ — —^ ' - — — ^ H ^ H -. ^» " ^ ^ ^—^^^ B ^^ J ^^^ H accomplished , and it fairly deserved to be treated I as it is in this volume , by a writer , who is not I
merely able to describe its history through its I various stages of development up to its present I perfection - but is also qualified ~ ~ to deal ___ with _ — ^ it in I
j . _ , j — — — — — — — __ — . __ p ^ pj its scientific aspects . The ^^ genuine American face I of Elias Howe , naturally claims a place among I the illustrations with which the work abounds , I
but the picture-pages are chiefly devoted to I plates of the various machines , and of their sepa- I rate parts . The several forms — of — the - -- domestic - III
x .. _ instrument are first fully described , and then the I author gives directions for adjusting each class of I machine . As a contribution to specialliterature , I
Mr . Urquhart ' s work is worthy of all praise . I From the same— ' Engine - driving Life . ' By I
Michael Reynolds . The second title of this I volume , ' Stirring Adventures and Incidents in I the Lives of Locomotive Engine-drivers / gives a I fair descri the
ption of its contents , for it sketches I engine-driver from his ' prentice days down to the later years of his career . The writer evidently draws __ . __ v _ * from _ _ _ the . ^ i ¦ ¦ - ^» life ¦ ' and he gives fcTf a grap wk hic
descri — _ ption of the ^^ dangers r- - ^ m , ^ m ^ ~ r ^ ^* ^^ and ^ " ^ ^ ^^ ^ B ^^^ ^ excitements " * ^ ^^ *^^ T ^ B ^ r— ^ — r * of what is in reality a profession calling forth the highest qualities of perseverance , endurance , and
heroism . A very practical appendix to the book is suppliod by the addition of the report of the Kail way j Servants' Orphanagewhich presents ~~^ a
read ciation . — — — - y means . — of a - —» w for — most ^ - ~ - the **• deserving ~*^ public ^^ W ¦ ^^ ^ to r ^^ k 1 ^^ , and show *~ *^ ^— ^ hard ^^ # their *^* W" ^ - ^^ working ^^ ^*^ appre ^*^ ^~ - ^ - body of men .
From Measrs . LougniauuGreen & Co . ¦ 'Faiths and Fashions iioaivuD' BLad Violet GrevilleA
volume ouu jL of essaj . . s republifihod » y j jua >\ y jy \ in juiru a col vudwiic lected form . . *» , and apparently taken from tho pages of some
social journal . La ^ y Violet discusses a "wide variety of topics , and indulges in much plainspeaking . Writing on * the religion of tho Demos '
¦ dissent ^ she i ^ ^*^»^ ' ^^ asseHa B' ^ and ^ ^^ ^ f «« that infidelity A ^ ^ a ^^ x ^ ^^ ¦ * it y , % ' comprises ^ and *»» v _^ Ai her ^ J ^ A remed two ^ S m m Jl ™ divisions V 41 y W ^ for * ^^ ^ the for
the evil beautifu is ' moro l , life forgetfu , more l ness honrt of , more self depth on tho , love part of the clergywho «« v nowshe declaresutterlfail to
»"»» w vm *^ m . £ ^ j j , *> MV ' , y *^»* V ^« V > X > A « JWA V *• r , j ** ^ UV « , A y T *• - ¦ ' * reach the poor . Lady Violet ' s definitions are ters ^* ^ r «» p ^ o ^^ ^ and ^ J ^ p IV ^^ « forcible h % ^ 4 P » ^ b fl ^^ fl ** . % Tho ^ B * *¦ A ^ V ' ^ chief V % 4 i A V Jk use ^^ J ^ AVI and Ail VI meaning ^|||^^« JV " * ^ " ^ of ^^ f
of Hitualism / she eaye , is ' to supply a . want wi the ll female agree w breast ith her ' here but , althoug we doubt h many whether persons theyl 1 -= $ \
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1880, page 1354, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121880/page/14/
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