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    vancement instead of the glory and advantage of France . M . Lalanne has added many useful notes

    relating to his excellent the history translati of the on ; and Fauriel his introduction manuscript , , is an able answer to M . Thiers' whitewashing of

    Emp everything ire . relating to the men and things of the From the same . —Mr . Philip Garth has published

    poems * F . S . C to and the world * Aopouri before . ' I under n his present the disguises volum of e , * Ballads and Poems from the Pacific , ' we find the

    same graceful treatment and poetic fervour that we and have , som associated e of his with efforts his are previous especiall contributions y noteworthy ; .

    T * Change he follow ' : — ing lines are taken from a poem on With outstretched handsin dark and gloom

    , , Uncertain We grope shades our way beside we know a tomb not "where ; Oh ! birds , your wailing seems ; despair !

    The The shadows cold white fall and moon day gleams is past o , 'er the hill ; The last faint whispering notes—the last ! — Tremble and cease , and all is still .

    From Th . e * Pall Mall Gazette ' Office . —We have to acknowledge the receipt of a capital ¦ litt — ' — — — —~ le ^ book ^* ~* ^^ — ~ " ~™ for ^~ ~ " young w —^ ~»~ * ~« ^ «_ h peop w *^ ^ r ^** m ^ le _ h > ^^ , v namel <^_& ^ -v * — - > w * ^ b- y w , m im Di ^^* r A ^ ck ^ s ^ ~» Doy ^^^ ^^ w le -fc ^^ 0 'Pw s *

    Story Comic of Tommy English and Histor the i Lion es , wi . ' th the startling From the Press have No 21 of the Pall

    j-. jl Mall wiia uud Gazette sam Of nil e o JL ' IDij Extra a we \ VC , bein llilVD g a ¦ ' Popular J . . Zj 1 . Ul L Guide 11 B ' J . ail to the — ' — ^ " ^ ^ New ~ ^ " ^ * w House " ^ ¦ ^ m- -- \ - of -A Commons v *> JK A -L m M 9 % J % ' which ~ » m \ A . M J A _ . contains X JL \ t / M AMi A 1 J a V ^^ ^** ^^ ^ ^^ . ^^ ^ *^ ^^ , *^^ ^^ ^ . **

    record verdict Members of of , all the and the Elections full new information consti in tuencies 1885 , respecting * . Mema . ' abou the

    From fifty Messrs -fourth . volume Kegan of Paul The , International Trench , & Co Scientific . —The Series' has made its appearance in the form of a

    liighly interesting and valuable treatise on ' The Mammalia in their relation to Primeval Times / bProfessor Oscar Schmidtof StrasburgAs

    *~> y J X XV 1 UOOV 1 \ - r &\ , lI , A . KJU 1111 HU . L , \ JX . ( OtiaOUUl g . . Xi . O ' may the author be imag in ined the scientific m the h world igh position the book held con b y - ,

    i tains much food for thought and reflection , and in some ways throws fresh light on our present knowledge of this important subject . Broadly

    speaking , the work may be said to be divided into two introduction parts , w to hereof the subject the first and consists the latter of a general treats

    of the subject itself . In the , former we have the positi considered on of the mammal henomena s in the of animal kingdom the , pconvergence ,

    distinctive characteristics of mammals , the extension of palaeontological science since Cuvier and the strata of the tertiary formation ; in the latter

    we find what is the gist of the whole book—a special comparison of the living mammals with their ancestors . The work is illustrated with

    fifty-one woodcuts from drawings by the Professor ' s daughter , Miss Johanna Schmidt . From Messrs . Seeley & Co . —* A Short History of

    Napoleon the First , ' by John Robert Seeley , Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge . It is a fortunate

    circumstance that a short history of Napoleon has been I undertaken and accomplished by a writer bo hi — „ g g- ^ hl — -y qualified _^ . — .- _ — as Professor — _________ Seeley — - ^— _ ^ is - — for ___ such a

    task ; for it is a feat of no ordinary difficulty , not matter onl , y b ut also connection with relation with the to compressing the putting to

    gether of matter in a form that leaves no distressing hiatus . In connection with this fact , the write eminent au ' ( th juiic Li or fe says ui of Napoleon xi : — ' When ) ' in I twelve ivv undertook civr to ui of

    the wiiio *• uiio one Encyclopaedia ^ na > Britannica npuiouu ^ , " I thought page pa I oo was s CffiL . . :

    - ' ¦ ! •¦ - . - ; w — : ¦ attempting taken —« ^ H ^^ Bi ^^ ^ B ¦ ^ V ^» ; h t I ^^ m was » » ^ m what ^^ ^^^ attempting ^— ^^ ^ mr - ^ r was - ^^—^^ - ^ difficult ^^^ [^ jl what - ^—^ - ^ — — - ^ ; was but » - r —¦ - -- ^ impossible I was g *— — — — — misr - - ¦— . — ' I m , / 1 ^ ?

    fa A c p aragraph will show quoted what from his Professor object was Seeley , and ' s it pre is - 7 satisfactory to that he can now look back

    upon its achieve say ment as an accomplished fact : ' Nothing - certainl •» i . y l could t be 1 more lifeless f * -VT than 11 a

    mere achievements chronolo ; g bu t I thoug alogue ht that of a N narrati apoleon v ' s almost as brief as a catalogue would not be

    uninbroug teresting ht together , and still cause less and useless effect , if , trace it successf d develop ully - ment fluence clearl of the y , a and ge upo showed n the man conv , incing and of ly the in an

    full upon his age ared . ' The h a volume useful , inde which xis is divide very d care into - two y p arts p , the , chapter of the first , being devoted

    to Buonaparte , General Buonaparte , the First Napoleon Consul , the ; the Empero second r , division Rebellion re , fers and to Fall Napo - bei

    leon 1 How ' s p far lace Napoleon in history was , the Favoured various chapters by Circum ng - ^ stances j \^ ^ JV * T T f ^* fc-, ^ , % ' ' ^ How * - - ^— ^^ » » ^ far ^ ^ ~ - Napoleon ~— " ^ ~ J *^ ** ^^ ~^ ——^ was - t— Shaped m ^ by Qf

    Circumstances , ' and ' What Napoleon was in Himself . ' From Mr . Elliot Stock . —That religion should not

    be worth separated anything f at rom all , our it should daily character life—that ise , a ll our thoughts and actions , and impregnate , so to

    true speak . , In our this ver we y existence see the difference —is undoubtedl between y a very real reli that gion can and be put one on ¦•¦ that - and ¦— ' has off ¦» no like ¦¦ vital a garment ity , a reli . g The ion

    I (_ 1 J U U I \_ . M A-A " ^ * ^ 1 / - * * - ** V ^ —» ^ - ~» ^—^ * *— — " ¦ ^ - * *¦ " W « ~~ " — ~ — aim of Dr . Charles Stanford in his work on ' The " Wit and Humour of Life' has apparently been to show that a subject which many might consider

    frivolous and conveys is yet teaching fraught with that deep is no reli less gious wholesome meaning because it is on the surface light . It is not the

    purpose of religion to make us gloomy and dethere spise is the good things in by everythin which g we could are we surrounded but see it — ,

    life and accord for wit ing and ly there humour is a . place We and have a purpose found Dr in . Stanford ' s book very interesting readingand

    thou ' A Question gh we are / inclined might advantageousl to think the y last have chapter , been , curtailed , since it has little to do with the

    subj with ect , th us ere on are this doubtless point . many Anyhow who , will the disagree general tone of the book is excellent .

    From Mr . T . Fislier Unwin . — ' A Short History v of the Netherlands ' ( Holland and Belgium ) , is by

    Alexander Young . A book of this nature a welcome ment of con his tribution torical literature mcxaiiuiw to a very interesti Mr i Young ng depart has t -

    IHtJUt \ Jl llia \ AJX . l ^< hL . . _» j .. . . j- v «*** - »»^ b perform eing comprehensi ed his task v wit e , .- h and marked yet _ , 4 the ability not a * b » works too , his aa di of ^ ffuse work 4 . ,

    Motley All Belg readers ian , but savants are recent acquainted have ly the thrown researches with new li of ght Dutc upon h Mr and the . su Mr bject . Young of the , while history acknowled of the g Low ing his Countries indebtedness ; and - j

    ta to tr * ken Motl Mntlftv full ey , advantage Prescott PrAsoott . , Davies Davies of later , . and and authorities Grattan Orattan , , , and has nas particularl a symmetrical y of and original scholarl documents meed y work of 01 . , written His must must book wi be do th is ii

    grea * rrGa iven t t power cower to the . . fine A A special special meea off the praise praise volume as II g appearance regards hel illustrations laining that and a work printing of this , but descri we cannot ption » < ,

    should p comp have been issued without an index . ' From the same . — ' The Broken Shaft' is one of the 11 ' * , hav - read __ J 1 this __!_•„ Ghost 4 ** % l _ . _ . * A . II' ' ,, ' n ' l

    best stories annuals from their we very e number , have year gone . || out of _ II : , ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1885, page 1629, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121885/page/13/