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    \ l "- Feb i, r883 The Publishers' Circu...

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    Books Received:— From Mr, Arthur Boardma...

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    are first g effort lad to . be The able hero to congratulate of his song , a him Tillage upon boy his , wanders into a care on the sea-shore , hears a voice

    speaking discover it of and the in secret the of effort the to cave find , the determines clue enters to upon tale fro the m wanderings , year to year which . form The the poet b ' s urden fancy of has the

    woven a pretty story , and his verse flows easily on , so that a book of considerable dimensions proves easy readingand its interest is well sustained .

    The songs introduced , into the narrative are book epeeiall which y tuneful , if unambitious , and Mr . , Rose is well has worth produced reading . a

    From The Religious Tract Society . — * The Religions of the Ancient World . * By George

    Eawlinson the Camden . This Professor volume of , b Ancient y Canon History Rawlinson at , Oxfordiswe learn from the prefacebased upon

    lectures , delivered , by the author at , Oxford , and already printed in a more ephemeral form in the pages of the Sunday at Home . The countries

    whose faiths are here shadowed forth include Phoenicia Egypt , Assyri Etruri a , and aG Bab reec y e lonia and , Pe Rome rsia , India and , , , ______ , _ ; j .

    although the author has written in a popular style in order to make his book attractive to eral ¦• readers t it is Jt of hih value >/ as an jla histori fc

    ' gen p cal 5 ~* - work v _ »—_ . ^^ qiiv —« The ^> ' «> , « illustrations * —> «« r Xa ^ A _—iMfagB g * , ¦« taken V » m . « . _ , ^ mJ from * •>_> —4 _ ancient _ _ ihj % * ^~ r » monuments and coins , "will add considerably to

    of the interest readers of the to volume whom , especiall such a y work in the as eyes this will young be invaluable , as a basis for further studies .

    From book 'Walter for boys Smith , by Caroline .. —' T _ e M U . pward Halle tt . Path A . ' very A

    useful little book , full of friendly counsel for boys , on duties the and reli responsibilities gious life ; setting , and before teaching tliem them their in

    a homely way , how to overcome ¦ their difficulties st and yle temptations the aptness . of The illustration simplicity and of the the author directl ' s

    personal , appeals made to the young , readers , are y among the chief characteristics of this useful little book .

    From a series T . Fisher of short tTnwin Essays . — with - « The illustrative W * y to Fortune Proverbs ;'

    and Anecdotesfrom , sources . Third edit . The A « o subjects subiects dealt dealt , with with many in in this thia pleasant _ lp _ fl _ nt little little

    to book , or include hinder , most the aspirant things which for fame would and contri fortune bute , una and he ne is is thus thua instructed instructed on nn what what , he ho ough oticht fc to to do do .

    its and letter value on -writing what ; money ho , little ough , and t things to leave its , solf value undo -hel ; ne p earl . , opportuni Time y rising , and - , , ties

    ccronse »* os ; ; ) the these is se ikel , , and it y to ei be other f ¦¦ \ useful thw top tnninx , are ics amp , on nn ly wh xeh illustra i iph ch good frncul ted ;

    the onuseions »» u like men . , Authors there bad company are of eqtfally all , school getting usefu s are into l chapters laid debt u , nder and on i

    culled culled contribution from trom , a a variety varietv and proverbs oi of sources sources and , in in anecdotes ord order er to to en en are - - * ¦¦

    force the particular truth selected , for illustration . From MessrsWardLock & Co— 'ThMar

    ricd Women . ' s Property , Act , , 1882 : . its - important e - consequences . ' This handbook to what was ftom

    a social point of view the most important Act passed to be in during the hands the last of all parliamentary married women session and oug of all ht

    who contemplate matrimony , for it sets forth in the clearest fashion what the Act does and what it does not do . Before describing the operation of

    the statute the author gives a retrospective glance the at the holding position of property of married -m and ¦ then women ¦ shows in respect how their to

    status — — ™ - — is affected g j » — — by ~ - ^ the , j — — — — measure — — — — —^ — which — » ^ - — ^^^^ ^ r has w w ^^ ^^^^^ - ^ r at ^ ^^» length been inscribed upon the statute-book for their relief . The monsrrous injustice and

    inequality of the old state of things , under which the ne wife eds was no , ins in istence the eyes and of the the law wers , a m iven ere ci to pher the , pog

    husband when looked , at calmly seem to have been utterly unworthy of a civilised country , lhat a remedy has at last been found for the evil is a

    matter for satisfaction , and to alL who are concerned with the law on this subject we can commend this handy little manual .

    From Efflngham "Wilson . — ' Mensuration made Easy , or the Decimal System for the Million , with

    ito application to the daily employments of the Artisan and Mechanic . ' By Charles Hoare . Fifteenth edition . The author ' s object was to

    produce an elementary work adapted to the capacities of the industrial classes and calculated to enable them to use the decimal system in their

    ordinary avocations . The book is very clear and concise , and well deserves the success which the publication of a fifteenth edition proves that it

    has attained . From Messrs . Wyman & Sons . — ' Leisure

    Readings . ' By Edward Clodd , Andrew Wilson , Thomas Foster , A . C . Ranyard , and Bichard A . Proctor . I With illustrations . This volumewhich iswe see 9 9 9

    , , , styled The Knowledge Library / consists of a series of essays contributed to the weekly paper Knowledge , of which Mr . Proctor is the editor . The !

    subjects of the papers , which are literary rather than scientific in stylo , include many astronomical matters ; the Later Stone Age in Europe ; Norman

    and Saxon Blood Royal ; the ^ Esthetic School ; Wage Betti W * V ^ r Hk ** ng ^ is ^ r w ¦ *^ ; and ^ and ^^*^ ^ ^ m ^ an ^ — Mathematics ^^*^ m interesting ^ ^*^ m ^ ™ ^^ ~ i «• - ^— ^ w ^ ^ f ^^ % ; essay ^^ — Fallaci — B on ^^ es The ^^^^ ^^ ; ^^ ^^ Winni ^ M ^ V ^^ H ystery W p ^ V ^^ f ^^^ ng ^ M W

    of Edwin Drood . ' Although magazine articles do not always lend themselves to reproduction in a permanent form these « iU CU brimfu ULlllllUl l of

    information J . J 121 IIlttJJUMl' 1 conveyed U 1 1 IJ IHUOU in papers pi ^ an CXO attractive are so and read - able shape that they are well and worthy of a place

    in the library of or ^ ry school household . / From the same . — ' Nature Studies . ' By Grant Allen

    Andre and Richard w Wilson A . , Proctor Thomas . Another Foster , Edward volume of Clodd ' rThd , , Knowledge Library B ' consisting of facts ¦ ih bearing t

    ^^^ v ^—^ ^ —wm - ^^ — — m —* - — — ^ p- —^^ ' — — - ^ — ^^ , — — - — — ^^^^^ m - - ^ - ^^ v ^^ V ^ ^^ " ^ ^^ B . H ^™ ^^ ^^ V ^ K in natura every l history case upon . Thus some wo interesting have papers by-path on the of ori ^^^* ^ B ^ *^ p g ppk in ^ . ^^ h ^^ of ^^^ v ^ . buttercups p v « h ^ w ¦ i ^^ v ¦ ¦ ~^ mw ^ ¦ ^ b- ^^ ¦ , v intelli ^ -w ^^ - ^^ ^^ r ^ ** v ^^ gence ^^^^ % ^ ^ ^^ ^^ in ^^ ¦ animal ^™ . ^ ^ v ^ v ^^ ^ ^^ ^ . ^^^^ BS I s ^^ V , ^ H the ^^ v B 44 V ^ 1 ^^

    colours beetle ' s of view animals of life , and , what a variety is a grape of kindred , honey top ants ics , , while ^ w ^~ ^™ ^^ b ¦ Mr ^« - ^^ m —^ . w Froctor ™ ¦ ^ " - ~™~ ^» " ^^ —* also — ^ - ^ —^ " ^^ r ^ r ^ eprints ^™— v— ^^ — — , _ , hits F ¦ * - y *^ interesting ^» ^^^« ^« ^^ flB ^^ ^^ f ^^^ H Wv ^ p ^^ h

    article on Darwin , and a paje »* on Newton and Darwin . The volume is bo thoroughly varied I that it can scarcely foil to suppl y pleasant reading I ,

    for many a spare haUi-hour . I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1883, page 99, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021883/page/11/