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    -scri bed with care and detail down to its fortunes in the buildings last great and Civi of the l War picturesque . The glimpses scenery of gi the ven old in

    ttne he plat plates es add add much much to to the the interest interest of of the tho volume volume , aand which nd would would is handsomely , it if the the eye eve printed were were on not not thick depeivod deceived toned bhv paper the the ,

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    the stands ilLustrated it is a gift luxurious -books volume of the season for the . libra As it shelf . ry

    From Messrs . G-eorge Routledge & Sons . — ¦ 'Memoirs of « A Vidocq , the French Police Spy , ' ^ ^ . . _

    written shankis b y himself ^— the , and latest illustrated ^ ^ additions b y to G . Mes Cruik srs - . , among Routledge ' s crown octavo series . In this

    translation expressions used by the celebrated detective which are too strong for English ears have been softened down or omitted .

    Fro * m Cruise P ~ ft the of same the . Mid — P 'Tom ge . ' These Cring K le PB powerfu ' s Log l / stories and the biy ^^^^ ^ . ^^ .. . ^ ^ _

    Michael Scoi t , in ornamental cloth , are among the new volumes of the Kailway Library . From the same . —* Ben Jcnson ' s Plays and Poems , '

    edited by Professor Morley , is the latest issue in Messrs . Rourledge ' s ' Universal Library . ' From Messrs ¦ ¦¦ + Simpkin ¥ ¦ wt im ¦ Marshall nrakpavw .- So Co ¦ ¦» . —

    - —— pMyhi ^ MM * m . r m *^ m m m- ^ — . p » — — , v " ^^ m m — , w » - ^» - ^ Eason ' s Almanack for Ireland for 1885 , ' by issue Charles of Eason this well , jun -known ., twelft annual h year con . The tains current within

    ing jts 200 a length pages y article much valuable on * American information Railways , includ , ' of - which the editor remarks : ' It is difficult for

    ordinary invesiors to get unbiassed information regarding of America xxiii American Railways railways is an . Mr invaluable iiitukuuii . Poor / ' s Manual sourc uuuilkv e

    ~~ uijgnu n j . taiji < ru ro jo < a * i jiu of informationbut it is out of the reach of the , , | general p ^ ¦ ¦ - * * m % M * p public K » X \ , / m ^ j * m I ^ , * by f ^ -r W * reason " ^^ ^ " r < r ^^ A J * of ^ p . ^^ its A ^ * - ^ 9 size - ^ * ¦ pm ^^^ ^ and smt m m ^^ ¦¦ vt price m ^ ^ ^^ ^^ . m '

    from My figures the annual have in reports almost every of the case various been taken com-1 panies P ¦ which PM were readil 1 B fu ¦ rnished ¦ -- to me on

    application <^ P > ^^~^ , w r ^ " ^ . ' p' . ^ . ^ ^ W ^^^ ^^^ P ^ P * ^^ . ^^^ " . v ^^ y ^^ ^ ^^— ~ ' — ^— ^^—— — — — from MrBOTeixbnerin Leipzi—Stolls

    mL ie * M : ^ Gotter thologie . nnd . / 2 . vols JHerocn . The des , clasaischen exact ti tle of Altertkuma g this . work

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    fopuldre Mythologie der Grzechen und Homer . The author , Mr . H . Stoll ^^ ™ , ^ m is ¦ ^^ professor pr ^ ^ ^^ v ^ ^^ w ^^ pp ^ ip ^ ^ pjpp ^ p ^ p at ^ p . *^ pF ^ ppp the ^ ppr vm ^ v ^ p ^ ppr

    gymnasium prepared an abstract of Weilburg account . Many of Grreek years and ago Roman he relig j ion and mythology for the ¦ use of Pppjpr schools Pj f \ .

    This ^^ was so well ^ ^ m — — — - ^ received — - ^^ P ^ p » # ^^ ^^ ^^ that ' ^^ the ™ ^ ^^ " ^ author ^^ ^ ' ^ ppr ^ p >«^ p has ^^^^ p » V ^ ^ V which been en is couraged intended — - ^ » to - ^— to ^^ provide Bpr «» produce ^ p ^ W ^ ^^^ ^ " ^ the ^^ ^ " *^ Ph ^ PP the * culti ^* T I P » ^^ present ^ v » ated ^^»^ ^ ^ P ^ ^ 'P ^^ ^ section PP ^ ^ pT work ^ p ^ ^»^^ ^ » 4 b ^ p . >

    day shall of the . fairl Part public y reflect of the with the plan a knowled concise is to mr guide ge mythology of the the reader present which to

    read those ^^ M for classical — himself — ^ authors ~ about ^ ^ H ^ r ^ p » ^^ ^ v ^—^^ the ^ in ' ^^ ^ whose - gods ^^^ r IMpl ^ pl ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ and ^^^^ page ^^ ^^^ " ^^^ heroes ^^^ s ^^^ ^^ he ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ , ^^^ may and ^^^^ ^^^ ^*^^ the — — ideas — " — ^*— -- ^ about — — ^— ^ r - ^ — them ^* « ^ ^ p ^ - ^^^ which v pf ^ ^ * ^^^ WPk ¦ prevailed K ^ ^ ^^ XV **^& ^^^ " ^ in ^ * p » the ^«** v ^ P ^ best r ^ ' ^ pjp » p ^ pT ^ ppv

    days of ancient Greece and Rome . "With regard for to the their Greek names deiti and es the where Greek custom spelling has is iven used a g

    Latin form to them , the Greek is restored . Thus , instead instead — ~ " ~ of of ¦ ' ' Minerva Jup ~*^ ¦ " ™^ P » W *» iter ^ PP ^ ^^ ^ P » , V ' ' ^ Zeus ^^^ PP we " ^ — ^ ¦ "¦ ' read ; ^ instead ^ ^^^ ^ . P" ^ " Pallas ^^^ ^ P ^^ ^ ^ of ^^ ^ P ^ Athena * Juno *^^ ^^^ ^ PP ^^ ^^^ , H ;

    -Her « ; instead of ' Mars , ' Ares , and so forth . This is undeniably a step in the scientific direction . The forty or fifty illustrationsfrom well-known

    statues in the great galleries , of Europe , are an elegant and compendious collection of classical figures and groups which will commend themselves

    to those who do not know German . Stall ' s 'Mythologie' is in its sixth edition . From ppj Messrs ¦ . Trubner ppim & - ^ v ^ p Co . — ' Rebilius Cruso :

    ^ PB * ^ ppv " ^ p » ¦ ^^^^ pppp ^ p * ^^ m ^— ^ ^ pp * ^ mm » ^ pvpv ^^ - ~—w * w ^^ w ^ p ^ ^^^ - ^^ p- ^ r ^ ppp . ^ ^^ " - *^» ^^ ^» . ^ " ^ ^ ^— ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ p * Robinson Crusoe in Lati ^^ n '; a book to lighten tedium to a learner . By Francis Wm . Newman , Emeritus Professor of Lati — n in ______ University College __ _ London .

    This -- volume ---- of a hundred pages is , it ^ is i , scarcely needful to say , by no means a literal translation of Defoa ' s complete work ; rather it is a

    paraphrase done into thoroughly charming and graceb ful La the tinity Professor on the princi that we ple advocated ht to elsewhere teach b y — — —^ ougy

    Ttwdern ^ j La-tin and , study the characteristic ^ j litera - ture of the language afterwards . The reader of ' Rebilius ¦ — ^^— — - ^ ^ p » ^^^ ^ m ^ PT . ^ ^^ PPT Cruso ^^ P ^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^^^ r ^^^ ^^^ ' may ^^ r ^—~^ - ^ m ^^ g be - ^ f ^^ r curious ^ ^^ - ^ " ^^^^^ - ^ " ¦ — ^ ^ to ^^ - learn ~ whence T — ~—

    the ' Rebilius' was derived . Professor Newman tells the late us that Professor he is indebted Hewitt Key to his » for former this equi colleagu valent e ,

    for the word ' Robinson / Professor Key also approved of ' ignipulta' for a gun , not as strictly grammaticalbut as being i good enoug fj h to pass

    with f— " | — Latins —— — — — , who " ¦"" " — " — were — — — familiar j-K ^\ with the word f : adopted ^ ' ^^ catapulta ^^>^^ ^^ pr M ^^ pr ^ ppP ^^^ ^^^ p ^ * eannones ^ H , ^* ' " ^* ^^^^ and ffP >^ plPl ^ PPF *^ fc . ^ ^^^ v ^ i ^ fro ' for v m ^^ - w cannons ^^ ^^ the ^ ^ w ¦ ^^^ ^^^ same ¦ i and ^ ^^ —^ — ~ authority * p ^ m istola' f he or

    by pistol a . Fren The ch book translator before who us , althoug executed h antici a similar pated task on different i lineswill ~ - not lack a welcome t %

    ^^ r --mr r ^ v ^^»^ - ^ ^ p > ^ pb' ^^ ^ p »~^ . ^ ^ - ^^^^ ^ ppp ^^^ ^ p ^ " ¦»^ ^ — ¦ ¦ ¦ w ^ , g — either from scholars or schoolboys . From Mr . T . Fisher TTnwin . —' Charles Dickens

    as I Knew Him : the Story of the Reading Tours in Great Britain and America ( 1866-1870 ) , ' by George Dolby . The greatest charm in the books

    of Charles Dickens is their fidelity to real life ; and the conviction is ever and anon forced upon the reader him in that the , printed although the are characters ¦— ¦ s - — trange — ¦— ¦— brough - — and t— — — — at t before times _ - .

    grotes e >* v . * er « A A met » A que W »« w , unlike i t h , yet in they page M" fact ^ C 3 are to — — anything real and — * m sketched which he fro has m nature . In this book , for which the English

    public see Charles have Dickens good reason as he to was thank not Mr in . his Dolby famil , we lifenor in hie moments % vi of -w- retirement w ^« , _____ but as h y

    «« A V , MM VTA . M ¦ m- * ** "V « . «^ V *» " »• - •* •¦ - « - — vn— ,. , _ , — manager was ' , he he was roa travelling d , ' when , with from the on © end author of Britain as his down

    t to he the States other . , and It is across iven the to Atlantic but few , men up and to bear such a f strong / h lig »¦¦¦* ht g as -i . ^ t ** 1 that t ¦ ¦ ¦—— — which — ¦¦ — — —— is ¦ - "here — — - thrown

    -PsS \^ »¦ ' * A 1 _ p « b * WJ * a ^^ »^ _ v »^ ¦ " * - » ' -- ' - -- upon the great novelist , and but few public

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    Dec . 31 , 1884 The Publishers' Circular I 5 OI

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1884, page 1501, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121884/page/13/