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    Feb lt ,ss2 The Publishers' Circular 09 ...

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    Books Heceived : From Messrs. Bemro^E & ...

    of such a book , especially to youog preachers ; I for ness vhile it leaves them ample room for originality

    of treatment , it gives them a firm and logical basis to work upon .

    fjom rjm tific ; Biessrs a Industries * - ** - * " * - '* . W Exp articles . & 4 lained A . of K , *¦ . showing Johnston u how . — some ' made Scien of / -

    the Alexander important Watt . Vol . II commerce . We were are ableif By remem UlVtk * ber rihtlyto speak — in high terms —¦ , of

    the we ~ yv w ^ first I ^ volume ^ •» - — - g ^^ of _ 1 } v Mr / JtT , . Watt 11 T - i . A > ' s usefu /»_ y l work — — 1 , and — - 1 it is a satisfactory justification of the praise we

    afforded to his useful little book that he has been as - — _ ked —¦ — ^^^^ to ^ industries c ^ ex ^^ ^^^ tend ^ —— it which , and to — ^ treat ^ — of clai — a — further ^^ to — ^^^^ ^ the ^ ¦ ~ - seri w ^ ^^ title ^^ ^ es - ¦ - w ^

    of tho can lay m of' scientific »¦ # ' In the present volume -w -v he deals

    amon Ill heese ^ V g ot preservation » . - ^ her ^ — ^ — ' things , of with food — - the scientific electric — - — — li agriculture V g ht ^^ , g ases »• ^ ' ™ ^ - ^ , ,

    stained c , glass , the telephone , , electrotyping , artifi- , cial manures , and in all cases his descriptions are

    articles admirably diagrams clear and are concise added , in while order in many to make of the the various processes plain to the uninitiated . To

    hand those sueh who a have work no as this scien will tific be encyclopaedia most usefulfor at in days , like thesewhen the application of scien ; -

    tific knowledge to , the uses of every-day life is met reality with incapacity on every to understand side , ignorance not onl m y oans the , in in

    ventions , which We see around usbut the newspaper articles in which they , are constantly referred to .

    From 'Myth Messrs and Science . Kegan : ' an Paul Essay , Trench by Tito , & Vi C gnoli o . — . The ' International Scientific Series / to which

    in this volume itself work . , The belongs the author present , is first becoming being discusses its a valuable thirty the ideas -sev library enth and

    human sources of sensation myth , animal and perception sensation , and his perception deduction , from 'it is the impossible premises that which man he should lays down have being had that

    universal primitive tuted that Idea intuition it w is ^ , slowl since **' of his ^^ a intelligence perfectly \/ UA rational is so consti and any - condition ~•»¦*•¦*• a y ¥ developed -x > t vavkvvi . fro ^ JL m the Ull \/ animal UiJlftii CvA .

    reflex from , phenomena and into he rises a to humanity from the the type single which which to is m the mythicall ore specific or less y , exactl

    y corresponds to them . ' To quote him went a ^ iin , through he concludes the regular that « the evolution bwhich of myth it

    process , y iwwive resol was v formulated ed u into into all an the the and sciences sciences simplified and and until rational rational it arts arts was .

    | science passing and was through before thus transformed it \> an took ulterior the into defi sta a nitive ge positive of form myth science of and ,

    I —~« 'w * v xwvn tuc VIOAIJU . II / 1 VC 3 JU 1 U 1 KfX . a IV I I to purel argue y intellectual that 'th conception e problem of . ' of So myth he proceeds , which ^ luues ludes every everv achiftv achievement « 7 n « nf . nf + the ! ia human human under ««^^ r -

    standing ntothe problem and fills of civilisation all sociology / , is The transformed learning of author is is

    » " ~ ^ < « Klesty « umor as a disputant evidenced eviaenced is a in in pleasant every everv page nacre feature , . and And in his his his ' ^ Wresting tfce treatise al .

    Nation Temperance Publication I Jr >!\ Norman « j « man Wlnes Kerr ~ W~~— : Scri / r rv ptura tt > t l and Total rr \ Ecclesiastical ^ t abstainers i •• . '

    ^ ^ Perhaps accuse , M . D . Dr . F . . L Kerr . S . of adopting a l * " ™?* on his title-page when he describes wine

    j irH " ) to * ex plain Sc "Ptural , for the , ' and benefit it may of those therefore who are be 2 Jf ° f that his adho 8 ion to the total abstinence

    S tly on Wi t l ^ ' Ollt the the 1 > references octor only imp to wine lies his found inten in - t fartk ! f ad the charftcter of the liquid thue

    gen bed . ^ He draws a clear distinction betweezi ^^

    the fermented wine described in the Bible as a poison and the unfermented -wine which is

    declared to be not a poisonous but a nutritious and heart wholesome of man beverage / and under which the latter ' maketh head he glad classes the

    tho Cana wine . On made the b practica y Christ l question at the marriage Dr . Kerr feast states of juice that the can result bo preserved of his investi unfermented gations -rf krf and is that unintoxi grape

    mm have eating been by a varioty w and ~— — — - ^ - — still . . — of ^ — are — processes — ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ in ^»^ ^ , ^^ some ^ ^ fc ^ ^ A ^ in ^» of ^^ ^ Eastern ^^ a which a ^ b ^ ^^^ ^ X * ^ countries , and , he says he is , using vogue such wine now ,

    mad closes e with by himself an appeal three to the years clergy ago . to use The unfer book - mented wine for sacramental purposes .

    From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , & Co . — Irving * — American — ^ j . ¦ By ^ j Men Charles - ~~ — — » of w ^ — » Letters - ~* m * Dudley m ^ - « ^ m . ' Vol W w r m arner mr . I . *^ Washington , m ^ author jmw m *^ m ^ »^ ^^ »^ of ^^ ^

    Mr 'M . y Warner Summer open in a s the Garden ' Ameri , ' ' In can the Mca Levant of Letters / & c ' . serieswhich has been projected in order to do

    for American , literary history what Mr . Morloy is doing for his literary countrymen in the ' English Men of Letters' seriesand he opens it

    well . If there ever was an American , writer ton whos Irving e position ^—y , f for - is thoug full — y h — determined his — __ - reputation __ _ —» . , it _ „ is Washing may , not _ -

    stand as high now as it did thirty or forty years ago , it is of a kind that cannot pass away until the — — - taste ^— —— — —^ - ^ ' for - ^ -r ^^ quiet m h »^ - ^ - ^ m - ^— - ^— ^ humour ^ h ^— ^—^ ^^ ^^^^ m ^^ T ^^ " ^^^ , J unaffe ^^^^ ^ " ^^^^ " ^»^^^ ^^^ c ^^^ ted ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ pathos WT ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ , J

    and , above all , pure English , shall be extinct . There is a quality in this work which will endure when greater work is forgotten . It was a happy

    thought , therefore , in Mr . Warner , who edits the series , to begin with a monograph on this favourite writer , with whom his genius as a humourist has

    so much in common , whom he understands thoroughly as well as heartily , and whom his critical tact will not allow him to overpraise . As

    biography , it relates the story of Irving ' s successful and beautiful life with admirable fitness ; as literary historyit indicateswith rare

    discrimination UU XI I / Vl C *» l T the XI | I » L VI real T , value AU IUUIVU and charm < 7 , y If I I / U of Irving » A ^ - ' v * A » ' s works , and their honourable p lace in AmericanII

    • literature . ? rom the same . — ' Low ' u Handbook to the Charities

    son of London . A new for edition 1882 . ' of Edited the orig by inal Charles 4 Handbook Macketo tho Charities of London / first published with

    the approval of the Prince Consort , and now issued with tho direct sanction of Her Majesty the Queen . It supplies detailed information as

    stitutions all to t the he objects princi of tho pal , i Metropol ncome philanthrop , officers is and ic , and its ban suburbs reli kers g , ious & c . and in of

    in the preface the Editor gives a brief summary , of the movements in the charitable world during the past . Writing of the most noteworthy

    characteristics year of modern philanthropic effort , Mr . Mackeson says : — Tho A MM >\ J Governmen V ^* V * V ^* M-M JL *» X > ¦• t V of *^* - the VLIV day VM * I has «»^ t ^ naturally *»«»^ w »¦» * * w «>^ , but - ^* - *» w wiaely w - — ^— - ^ ,

    resolved ing for the to saving turn tlie of pu pence blic through impulpe the to account agency of by the provid Post - ment Office of Ban post ks - , oftlce and it banking onfy necdw and an Btockbroking extension and supported develop- I

    teachers externally , to by effect the ad a very vocacy material of religious change and for other the , bet publio ter in I the habits of a lurpe section of tho people . But -while the

    ping State in ia to thus act fulfilling as the banker one of of ft « all highes whoa t © functions savings by are step too - OHIIU smal A l ABA in amount IIIIIVUIII / to V \* «~» attract W 11 «» V >«« the UUV ft attention HWV •¦•«¦«¦ - of - **• the waw finan mmmm-m-m-mv ciers ¦• - * # ¦ - — ' , * . lire

    further of aids Europe to by thrift supp , societies lying in the young and shape private m of en healthy and indiv women iduals and economical with going those ;

    lodgings to all habits and of food saving which and are principles so essential of self as -respect an assistance . The houses opened by several societies for the reception of ¦

    boarders system which engaged has during too long the day existed meet ; a trant and scarcely in our socinl less j | valuable ,, and certainly in no degree lcaajpaaftiifctol tjJl > a : JJ M ^ BMWi-MMaMWMWWWWWWWWMWi ' W *''""""' 1 " "" ¦¦¦¦ ¦ '" " ¦ ' » ' ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ »¦ ' ¦ ¦!¦¦¦¦¦ — ¦ "» —¦¦^¦¦¦ i ^ BI ¦ —»—^ W ——** M * ' nM

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1882, page 99, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021882/page/11/