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    contained Theatre onl . ' Cinquieme the first two Se rie . If s this on ^ Ibsen volume it would deserve y the thanks of essay all who are not ,

    victims of the Ibsenomania . These two articles deal with the best-known and most-admired dramas of Henrik ••¦ Ibsen i ¦ V Pifc . They fc are ¦ * Ghosts |^ af '

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    to M . Lemaitre ' s volume for a clear and dispassionate also contains exposition an article of full them of appreciation . The volume for

    the great talents of Kit Marlowe , with whose haustivel play of y ' Tamerlane deals . Four the of Great the thirty ' it very articles

    exin Alexander the book Dumas are the consecrated younger . These to play are s * Les by

    and Danicheff * La Comtesse / « Le Romani Demi-Monde . ' Amongst , ' ' L'Etrangere the other , ' essaysall of which are well worth readingwe

    would , mention as of special value those , on Emile Augier , Corneille , Catulle Mendes , and Anatole France . The author modestly assures

    us that he knows « no other language than his own . If this be really the case he has made an excellent use of translations from other

    tongues . His criticisms and judgment show a partiality clear insi . ght and the most perfect

    imi From Messrs . Crosby Lockwood & Co . — ' Every Man His Own Lawyer , ' by A Barrister . The

    fact eiht that editions this is work the best has and gone sincerest into criticism twentythat g can be passed on it . It has been

    thoroughly revised , and is considerably enlarged tion of , among the session the additions of 1890 . being Thus we the have legisla an

    abstract Housing of of the the Wo Bankruptcy rking Classes Act Act , , 1890 1890 , , the the Directors' Liability Act 1890 & c . & cand in

    addition certain sections , of the , work have , been entirely recast , and careful digests of many recent — enactments ^~ ^ ~— - — - ^ * ¦ ¦ ¦ ^^ p ¦ to ^— ^ fc ^»^ which ^ ^ - ^ - ^ p ^ « i ^ ^ ajp <^ ™^^ f ^^ public H ^ r ^ pt ^¦ p » ^»~ ¦ vi - ^^ ^ . v attentio ^ " - ^^^ - ^^ ^^ ™ i i ¦ q ^ p' r ^* ^ . ^^ n »^ *^ a

    has been largely directed are given . To any wishes man who to protect has dealings himself with the other book men is indis and

    pensable . , From Messrs . Sampson Iiow , Marston , Searle

    & Bivington , tiimited . — ' Over the Tea-Cups / and by Oliver desirable Wendell qualities Holmes Dr . . Holmes In certain is nnsur hig - h

    fcc . .., passed by any living writer . He has grace ,

    fancy , airiness , exquisite humour , and that dainty and distinctive literary touch which is

    the chief charm of Charles Lamb . He is not he an often ambitious fails writer to do . himself One feels justice , indeed that , there that

    is a deeper earnestness in his nature , than he chooses to reveal , and that he might with advantage to himself take much bolder

    imaginative nights . But , like Burns , he is content to be the poet and philosopher of common humanityand we would not have him different

    for the world , . Others may awe , it is for him to soothe ; others may speak sounding words about destiny , and tell us to hitch our waggon

    to a star , it is for him to point out the duty that lies to our hand , and to teach us to seek happiness in a perpetual — practice of the

    golden J . A rule . He is an unpretentious M . and familiar preacher . Sermons in these latter days have come to have a sinister sound to

    many people , but Dr . Holmes can point a moral without applying the lash . To him the supreme _— - _ - p _ — raise ^_ - _ — — is - ^^ h ¦ not - ^ r ~ m- immiti — —— gabl g—^^ L — - - e — austerity - _ ^^ , J - J

    and consequently he is able to preach peace and goodwill . * Over the Tea Cups' is as characteristic as anything he has done . The

    humour may be less exuberant than in his earlier works . It is evening , and one feels instinctivel — _ y ^ that the shadows —_ _ _ are length f-j ening ^ j .

    gloomy But at eventide , nothing there chilly is li in ght the . There volume is n . othing It is the production of one who can sit in the

    And evening as th sunshine ere is no and despondency be glad , in so its there warmth is no . falling off in intellectual force . The mental

    lost vision none is as of piercin its cunning g as ever . , The and book the hand deserves has to be widely readand we venture to say that

    few who take it up , will be disappointed . From — the ~— — h r same - ^ ^^ - ^ ^ h-w ^— ^^ v . — ' Stand - - ^^ i ^ - ^^ ~^ - I — — ^ Fast —— — — — , g - Craig ^— — - £ j Royston ^^ V by ^^ m

    William Black . 3 vols . Once again Mr . Black has given us a Scottish novel full of truth in delineation and force of characterisation . The

    story Black , if has perhaps written not quite is thoroug so strong hly as interesting some Mr . from b m ~ taaH first to last . , The W v w chief ¦ - characters - ~ ¦ are ^^^^—ij ^ . ^ .... ^~* . V ^ . V r ^^ F V ^ . ^ ^^^ F ^^~^ Qr ^^ *^^ ~^ ' ^*^ - ^^ ~ m ^ ^^^~^~ ™ ^— — —

    admirabl the Mairsie heroVincent Bethune y drawn Harris and is a without charming is hardl exception less heroine attractive lovable , and . . Old » K George 4 , Bethune is , a ™ natural - -- ~ y mr— and - < pathetic

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    are far West man are fine well bits described of , and introd of course uced . there The book is y one to be read scenery by Mr . Black ' a many

    90 " ~ admirers . From the same . — 'The Care of the Sick at Home

    and in the Hospital / by Dr . Th . Billroth . Translated by J . Bentall Endean . families Illustrated and .

    A A really reallv useful useful handbook handbook tor for jamines ana for nurses the . instruction It is intended and guidance , as the of tran all slator interested says ,

    in clearness the care the of causes the sick , nature , and states , and with symptoms much

    of various diseases and the main principles of as good well sick as - of nursing science . . It Mr is . a Endean work of has . hnmanity worthily

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    this Progress work , ' by is to Lowis give Jackson a condensed . panoramic object view of the development of Europe to fronl ima 'the

    tenth to the nineteenth century , ao

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1890, page 1659, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121890/page/17/