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    Books Received :— From Messrs V Vv W . V...

    the due attacks to the fact made that upon the him party were conflicts , Mr . Seeley of his hold time s ,

    were mainly about persons , and hence he became mixed up in conflicts with people who , like Fox , ^ reall ^^ ^ w — y ^^ ^ »^ agreed g- ^ m with — — him — — ¦ — on — — matters — h ~_ - -w ¦ ~^_ —^— -r ° ^^ of —¦ _ _ ¦ principle m ^ v ^_ _^^_ - ~ - ^^ _^ - ™ _^ ¦ _ : ™ ~^^ . __ __ •* . m m _ _ - , _

    Mr . Seeley closes this very interesting- introduce tory chapter , -which forms , in fact , a brief but carefully-writ ten and discriminative essaT , on to Wal his pole opinion and s his of life contemporary and works authorshi , by a reference and

    to his more private and personal life . p , The extracts from the letters are linked together in an easy pleasant fashionand the highest

    , praise may justly be given to the -way in which this far from easy task has been performed . The subjects traversed are so variedthe characters

    moving acroBS the scene so notabl , e , and the vigour and freshness of Walpole ' s opinions on men and things form such attractive reading ,

    that it is difficult to lay tho book down . The traits plates of with Wal " which pole it after is illustrated Sir Thomas include Lawrence

    por-Laurence Sterne _ , , Reynolds himself , the Lady , Gertrude FitzPatriek , the Lady Caroline Montagu , the three Ladies "Waldegrave , the Duchees of

    Devonshire , and Mrs . Montagu—allafter Reynolds . From Messrs . J . S . Virtue & Co . ( Limited ) . —

    ' Picturesqu ^¦^^ h & e Palestine ^^**^_ __ _ : Sinai ^_ — _ a and Egy > pt , ' edited . _ » *_ by Sir Charles Wilson , B . E ., K . C . B ., F . E . S ., assisted by the most eminent Palestine

    explorers . The literary pages of this noble volume are contributed by the Rev . C . Pickering Clarke and Mr . Stanley Lane-Poole , the first of — — whom — deals — — —

    with Sinai and the second with the Land of Phil Goshen e . , The Cairo illustrations , Memphis include , Thebes ei , ht Edfu full . - and _ gpage

    steel engravings , in addition to the vignette which forms a first title-page , an engraved map of the two countriesand more than 150 finely executed

    wood engravi , ngs , some of which fill a complete page while others are introduced in the letterpress . The magnificence of the mountain scenery

    of the Sinai district affords scope to the artist for many sketches of singular beauty , and the desert scenes are scarcely less picturesque . To the

    Bible student the connection A . of the J . plates with the events of Old Testament history which occurred in their midst will add materially to the

    interest of the volume , and in the letterpress m ) the traditional sites are carefully noted . The same may mlbe said of the small section of the book

    devoted to the Land of Goshen , which gives us an interesting historical description of Zoan , the capital j ^ — — of ~~ — the Hy ksos —— — Pharaoh — ___ who .. „_ _ . made — — _ Josep _ , _ - - ^ h his

    regent , and the scene of the oppression when the Egyptians * made the children of Israel to serve with rigour * ' and while we learn from the printed

    page that tj the , brickmaking is still carried forward JL . tions exactl — ~ " ~ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ii a ^ . ^ y ^ . » H in glimpse ^^ MV the ^ ' —¦¦— ' ^^™ ° " ^_ " same —^ of V »^ the ^^™ ^ way ^^ ""^™ work — » , " ^^— we _ ¦ »~^^~ have in ^_ ^—^ progress ^ mr ^^_ in w— ^^^ b the ——p - ^ f — ¦ . _ — illustra ¦ — Here ¦ ¦ ^— ¦¦— -

    too is the Virgin ' s Tree , tinder which , tradition E says gypt , the . When Holy Famil we reach y rested the chapt on their er on fligh Cairo t into we

    are met by a complete change from the dead Poole past to reminds the living usthe —and decay yet ing , — as present Mr . . Lane The

    scenes in the streets , and bazaars form tho subjects of some graphic sketches , fail of the strangely Btrancftlv-r - » costumed nsf , iiTnfifl traders traAfuva at at . thei f-. h « 5 r stalls atollh . and at \ A

    the no less strange purchasers . The mosques , , with and domes their , beautifull are broug y ht ornamented out with marvellou walls , p s illars dis- ,

    then tinctness the and canal delicacy scenery m , many the pyramids of the plates ,, and , and the ¦¦

    . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ A gardens oi the city come in for their share of brings notice . the In Sp the hinx nex before t division us in of a the fine work plate Memphis and we

    ^_ J & QM *^_ M ¦ , J also mid ^^ see of the Steps fallen ^_ at Sakkdrah statue of — Rameses «^^^ said to II m be ., the the oldest Pyrapyrami twramid d of of Jh Ecrvnt gypt . while - whil « a ph characteristic tvrfu * t-Av \ fitxc * . and and taw

    clever illustration , , « A Silhouette on the Nile very / shows a group of slate-coloured buffaloes being

    watered . The next section of the volume carries us into * Vocal the Memmon region of , ' the stone Temp and le monument Courts of , the the Third grand

    giving Hameses subjects , the Mosque for very and fine Obelisk sketches of , Luxor while , the steel engraving of the citywi — th the — new ¦ — '

    *!_ J f ^ W ^ , - - ' » moon touching the rippling water with its light , ' is a perfect gem . The Leaning Column of Karnak — is also effectively eng - j-y . raved - — — . - The — — — closing ^ __ - __ _ - —^_ I _ \

    division of the book , Edfu and Philse , adds several more beautiful scenes to a volume which , for variety of illustration and readable description

    is well worthy to rank with the previous issues of , this unique set of "books . Such illustrations , in a day when jixa much engraving ju of ui inferior type is

    uay vrn ^ xx laoaj . viJjg a <* v i an a > u ijiicuui oy uc JO passing current as if it were g c high art , will do much to sustain the reputation of our English

    limners . From the same . —* Social Life in Egypt fj ^/ j ^ 7 , ' by Stanleyof

    Liane-Poole . This handsome table-book—a large quarto—forms a supplement to the publishers ' nobl - e volumes - - of'Picturesque - — - ^^ — _ — — Palestine ¦ - ~^ v " ^^ - ^ - ^^ ™ ' - ^^^ , ' the — ^ m ^ m ' ^^ illus ^^ ^ ^» ^ p ^ p ^^^

    -trations on steel and wood being worked on the same rich in ihe scale five . chapters Mr . Lane into -Poole which ' s letterpress the work is describes divided , ,

    the townsfolk , the countryfolk , life in the school and the mosque , and the European element in the popul g — ^ ation - " " ; while in — his " — — ep — ¦ - — ilogue — — B ^ H ¦ — " ^ ^ fc ^ ¦ * he mr— ^^ - advances B «^ V ' ^ ™ " ¦ ^ ^^ ~*^ * - ^

    fatal which some spot considerations are well in Mohammedanism worthy as of to attentive the , fu and ture perusal hence of . Egypt The the , ¦ j i

    E main gypt , cause lies , in of Mr tho . Laue hopelessness -Poole ' s opinion of reform , in the in V § position he 1 _ wri te » of il . £ the woman _ ric __* h . * Women J and in ¦ ¦ the the i 1 East are , ' V £ ; '

    s , ' man ' s toys poor man ' s •'• as drudges for . their Their morals education they - *~ are is entirel simpl y y neglected taught to ; 4 |

    make ~ " — - themselves ¦ — ¦ ' seductive — ¦ , ^^ to ^"'" ^ " ^ ^ their ^» ^^ ^ ^^ mtm ^ m husbands w * r «*^ w ^^ " ^ ^^^ M ^ pL ^ ^* ^ and ^ ^^ ^^ i thus learn only the arts which are most app , li- ; -j cable to other than % JbMM their i // l Jl egal objects tJ Their

    then whole V V % ^ AVA Vh / -h * W traces w * education »/ % V jm ^ ^ -v ^* - « * S r * the / ms *** +. »• - / * . * * » evil ^^ r is WJM v f . A - one effects VJMV AJ \ vast ,. V LM JA of VA blunder 1 JC this £ VM . € JtM 1 . . ( J \/ . low Av IL / 1 I ff V VV The conception VViA i ' . ^ author V XiivlX UVI \/ U > i < i ¦

    of the woman childre ' s n place of tho and peop function le , and in he the asserts world upon that . > ; ' the refining power of a ladis seldom possessed '

    ox exercised , in the East . . . y In a word , the finest , springs of society are wanting . ' From such a ' view it naturally follows , in the opinion of Mr . ' ¦

    Egypt Lane-Poole lies in , that the the uprooting only hope of the of Teal Mohammedan reform in i religionand with it of the social system which is 2

    inseparabl , y bound up with it . ' Until Egyptian § duties women and are raised influence to a and higher knowled better ge trained of their to % $ ' ¦

    exercise them , the mos , t determined are optimis - cari- # not «^ - expect % *¦ # to v-N ^ - discover Jfci " sweetness !¦ # and f & JlMk li 4 XOkmUI ght" in \

    « v ^ - ^ - ^ f ^ - ^ ^^ w ^ M » MVw » ^^ IT VVV 4 *> wMSf V ^^ * *¦* mens Egypt . of The engraving illustrations , from on the steel painting are fine of speci D - . j KoberfcsPortaelaAlma Tadein

    Goodall , , B B . . A A . . , , and E . J , . Poynter , B . a A , ., B and . A ., , F . addition to these platesthere are many full-page

    wood engravings and cuts , , representing the a . rchitecturo , natural features , and social customs of tlie country . The illustrations of tbe houses ,,

    furniture , and ornaments are most interesting , and there are many sketches of the most charao . teristic types of the national costumes , At a I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1883, page 1439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121883/page/12/