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    with disapproval reserve , ; a her nd brother treated , a b s y harp the -witted country attorney ladies , to whom Ravenhill was said to have owed his

    Lor estate d Harvey ; the E , arl Mr . of and " Alderston Mrs . Compto , Lady n Lei Alderston gh , & c . ,

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    Fro to m Hi Messrs g f ^ j her Things — . NIs C 7 " , bet ' by •» & Captai C JL o . — n * Seto Stepp n ing Churchill Stones .

    Second edition . Captain Churchill is 3 if we remember rig li htl stic y , one k of and the laymen in this who little have book taken he up evange

    makes free use of notes , of sermons and addresses scattered throug-h books , magazines , and news-> pa JL pJL ers' , which — have been apposite 1 . JL to the subject 1 /

    rel in ance ig hand , ions the . top Christian His ics suc chapters h life as , and faith deal the , conTers with like , a and ioh series , he assu has of r-

    gathered together many forcible illustrations and quotations . From Jk Mr . David ah KTutt . — A School r ^^ v German

    ^ mm ¦«• > r a «« M ^ MH >^« V Maw *^« r ^ ^^ h * m * m m *""^ w *^ * ^ ^» - ^ a > » -dk ^^ ^^ ah ^^ i ^—• ^ >««» . » " - » The Gram present mar . ' B edition y H . W . of Eve this , M . widel A . Second y used Edition school . - book has received a full revision by a distinguished

    G enlarged erman . professor The new , and authorised has also been spelling «/ considerabl has i ^ been y adopted JL , and Mr . Eve pro JL mises to supp JL . ily . / at eome

    future time a brief philological appendix . The v Eng advantage lishman of , who obtaining is at the a grammar same time written a master by an of

    the other language , is obvious . From Kegan PaulTrenoh . & Co . —* The Vicar

    of Wakefield / bj Oliver , Goldsmith , , with a preface and notes by Austin Dobson . This charming " volume belongs to the Parchment libraryand if

    with JMr . Dobson in the preface , we hold it , neces- , Goldsmith sary to app ' s l te y xt the — ' The words reputation of Mr . Burchell of bodks to is ' a H , ^ ^ b ^^ ^ ^ ^^ <|* ^ k A ^ - ¦ ^ h ^ Bft ^ B

    ' Raised greatness not of by th their eir beauties freedom / from we can defect at but the T > sam y the e ' , % ime modify them in speaking of the publisher ' s

    its share freedom in this The from edition anti defect , foT as it for ^ is ¦— the - " — as ^— greatness i ^ noteworth »^^ — ^^ ¦ ^^ ^» ""^ of ^ y ^^ ¦ fo ^ its ^ r ¦^ fc

    beauty int . cover are well que mated paper to , uncut the oft- ed read ge , tale and qua and if its structure is not immaculate , if , as the ,

    editor editor sa savs ys . , in in the the world world around drouricl us us events flvents do rln not n ^ t if succee persons _ — d each do not other — answer in if such to — their le - convenient _ - — h ¦ ¦ do ¦ ¦ names — not - ^ - - »— ' — ^— - sequence with v v ^^ ^^ r ^^ " ^^ such W ^^ F ^^^ L ^^^* ^ H ^ , !

    d ness opport rop on the une grass cop precision ies plots of , letters with peop such which obliging they now especi heedless -a-days ally - ! desire to conceal—why in these very particulars '

    rea lies der the . charm As to which the bibliograp Goldsmith h still y of has the for tale many , Mi a . Dobson is inclined to agree with Mr . Ford ' s

    sug-• gestion not only in , as the is practica Natimm ll l y Review certain of , the May MS l . left , th the at author ' s hands in an ¦ incomp h lete h ¦ statebut that

    an ent — ire chapter is wanting — ~— — — — — . ^^ - ^ The — — - — ^^ ^^ - , _ secret ^ - ^^ *^ - ~ w- ^^ v ^^ r ^^^ f ^ ^ tarfV of ^^^ its cies success and condemned , which contradicted the judment Johnson of the ' s prop editors

    he-, g ¦ a who biding — rejected y truth it fulness - - , lies - - _ , Mr ¦¦ of — . its - ^^ — Dobson — princi _— ^— m ~ m- ^ holds pal v ^ ^^ v ^ r c —m r - haracters ¦ ^^ - , ^^ —^ r ~^ r in ^^^ »^ ^^^ ' t ^^^^ h ^ i ^» fQ a , V

    its its sweet kind ied ly and cheerful sane hum humour anity iece , . its ' with Sir practical . Caldecott the vicar wisdom has in , .

    his suppl rustic a seat pret , ty the frontisp ladies on his right , and the chubby rogues , ' Bill and Diek , in the

    foregr ing ound illustrative , and Mr . notes Dobsori comp ' s fort lete y pages the work of interest . The - text of the story is printed from the 5 th edition ,

    the last published in Goldsmith ' s lifetime . From Messrs . Seeley & Co . —* Horace Walle

    and His World : ' select passages from his read Letters ble , edited nd charming by L . B . jSee k ley , M . A l . A very

    ma over ke ^ a w the hich a correspondenca . suggests how of nrach , great ana may men voume be yield done , raore wh to at - is , in effectthe best sort of autobiograp VH ™ - ~» hy . Mr .

    See g ley modestl — — , — y sty les himself - — — — the ^^ editor ^ I I W ~~ of the - ^^^^ —^~ W vo iece lume of , auth but orshi he may for be credited which those with who a genuine to use pp

    , , his strong own inc word linati s , on have for such not emp both lo amp yment le l e as isure the full d exp ^^« M w l tm * oration v ««> v « ^ mr *• of v ^ « the •^•^^ v mine ~ - ~^ m ^ m - % r of ^ - * - ^ facts <« MIW % ^ M-r and WAJk V ** fancies A ( # 1 J ^^ * Vfc ^ in •¦ J- *

    Horace "Walpole ' s correspondence may be grateful . pole Having his briefl continental y touched tour on , hi the s entry earlier into life Parliament of

    Walas me , mber for Callington , to which he had been House elected of Commons in absented which , and ended his career in 1768 in Mr tli . e

    Seeley proceeds to , give some account of , his hou literary se-bui and lding artistic and his tastes essay and s in habits authorshi , his p

    which included \ j , not merely the it — writing * i — of the j ^ , t volumes hus antici but pating the production Mr . Ruskin of ' s the per printed formances page as j

    his own publisher . Of his effbits as a master printer , Mr . Seeley says : in til Not 1757 i content establi "with shed writing si priuting and - collecting in t" b ho ooks grounds , Horace of ,

    IVI , ) U 3 VUM 1 UIU \ U Wl ^ 1 UKUI 5 press - |» COD J . U VHP ( J 1 UUUUO VWilliam Btra ^ wborry IU > binson Hill , ; The tlio first last Tho printer mas em Kirgate ploye < , l whose by him name was work will vvui ¦•^ . » m rv often + . prin jfji AJK be * illustratio « ted vv ¦¦ ^ vj found . i at % mv • thi vuio in s the press Mr ¦ Its > w v- > 1 following ** ' other was ¦ Mm » B * > Q \ A - extracts * ray M * J > k ' f s m ' Odes xy . v « tvj The ( 7 includ ' w vf •« first ***** ith 1 _

    Wal Bentley |) ole ' ! s s own ' Royal ns and . Noble Authors production /* ' Anecdotes s of e St Painting rawberry , Kngra Hill -vers ' and , and * Fugitive Tragedies Pieces *; his ' ' besides Description several of

    HerKert works K / Vkl % TT U by \ t ' s other . jr JAte JU * . A * * authors o . translation ( JD « A \« , such Ji ; t . « £ JJLV as of & V Bentley V Heutzner *• AVVVO ' s , ' ' a Luoan » T " T ravels . V » Vi * ; ' / Lord » V and « »«» collections Lord JUVJLL 4 Whit WV JUAV worth W of VTJ . U ! 4 ' s 0 * Acco « iA . m ^ VJ \/ unt M . K 4 « W of l ^ frfendld fc . Russia « a . WUM 3 « 9 JMl , ^ These ' as OKI veil V Ull as BM- * K smal » l ^ - »» - l - '

    Hill' editions venae are now * by pundry Bcaroe and command . ! Mgh ' s trawberry pricea . Of the criticism heaped upon Welpole . Mr ; Sqeley

    . the gives chared an impartial of political account terg , and iversation defends . , him M « ny from > <) f

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1883, page 1438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121883/page/11/