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    ¦ ¦ ¦•— ' *¦ -- --.-.-- , . - . - - . . > ^ beicg that he was % resident of Windsor in his early years ^ t , * and knew the ___ locality ___ _ „ - _ wtll - __ . '' H __ - e - _

    collected much material , yand made many inqui were ries not ; but in afty at the « ay time read of y his for d publication eath his papers . He

    bequeathed all his materials to me with the expressed for publication desire , but that th I ere should was prepare no other the stipula play

    tion . I found on making use of the collections that it would be " necessary to refer more particularly to the work of former editorsand I

    have therefore made- the notes as full as possible , , Mr using . Stanford other material . ' . Shakspearean s than those scholars -collected as well by

    as lovers of choice volumes * should give , a warm interest reception . to the book . ^ Tie notes are of great

    From Messrs . Burns & Oates . —The scheme for the publication of a ' Bibliographical Dictionary

    of the English Catholics / from the breach with Rome , in 1534 , to the present time , by Joseph ¦¦ Grillowis undoubtedl ¦ ir -w » a good . one . The other

    ^¦^ " ^» ^ p ^^ w * , v > » " ^^ ^^ *^^ * ^^ ^ v ^ ^ r ^ v ^^^^ y v w ^» ^^ ^^ ^* v „ ^^ 1 ^ 4 * ^^ v _ ^^** «^ ^^* ^^^ % * ^»^» ^* ^ b title of the book , namely , * A Literary and Biographical History of the English Catholics '

    conveys perhaps armore comprehensible idea of the scope of the work , of which the second volume has just been published . Alphabetically tbe

    new volume extends . from Dacre to Gradwell . properl The personal treated history ought of to the form English a subject Catholic of ^ no it

    y , , ordinary history . Mr importance . Gillow ri to ghtl students y say ^ th of at the the ' nation lives of ' s

    eminent and even of obscure men not infrequently throw considerable light on the great controversies , and without them the mere description of a work

    could give no true idea of its purport / As the unaided work of Mr . Gillow , tliH dictionary is very creditable — — nil the more so when we note

    t hat , in the present , instalment ,. there are about three hundred and thirty biographical notices , and seventeen hundred biblicgraphicil notices .

    Perhaps it would be well if the author got more extensive aid from the clerical members of the Church ; the work would then proceed with

    more rapidity , and become more comprehensive in its character . From Messrs . Ch . apm . an & Hall . —George -

    Mere-^— ^^~ ~^ w •^—^^ r—^^ ^ p ^^^ n ^^^ pv \ ^^^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ « ^ ^™ ^^^^^ — —r ^ - ^ ^ v ^—^ ^— ^ — - ^ — - - | g _ , _ dith * s . novels , new edition , ' The Adventures qf Harry Bichmond . ' About twenty years ago i / Lr . George -thk Meredith *~—^~^^ - ^ tr ¦¦ ¦ published »~ 1 a volume of poems

    which ^_ . ^^ - ^^ w ^ , ^^^ PT is T— now ~ r— ^^ ' — scarce ^ — . ' ^~^ ^^ We ^ — — mention ^ it here ^ B ^ , be- , cause the title ' Poems of Modern Life and the it two

    of Eng the lish most Koadside charming ' sums ch up aracteristics , as were of , Mr . Meredith ' s prose works—the loving delineation cf

    the humours beauties and of vicissi English tudes landscape of tbe and road of , and the amatory — " ~ w — ^^^^ m ^ w -m ^ *^ v ^^ m scenes ^^» ^^ ~^ r ^*^~ — *— , y which ' * ~ — --- ^ for - ^ — ^ refinement . _ — and - _^ , _ subtlety . _ ^ j

    are truly admirable . Of tire latter , the sylvan the scene — ^—^* v ^ ¦ German ^^^« in " ^^ *^ ** ^^ * ^^ ^ . Ha *^^ ^~^ i" r princess ^ ry . — ~ ¦— Richmond — — — , is a — , ' notable — between — ¦ examp the hero le . and In

    the novel now before us the reader is taken from Eng » states ** ^ ^ UW V ^ lish fc ¦ U which V W ^ 1 * ground ** ^^ ^ have rf »*^ ^^ p » ^ to " ^ now ^ - * ori ^^ vv e almost ^* of ^«»^ - ** the r *^ - * r disappeared - ^^— pre ^ ^ m ^^ ^ - t ty ^^ »^ ^ — — German — - ^» , -m * and - ¦ w - ~

    finds himself there in the sdciety of highly bred ladies and gentlemen , whoso elegant amusements , as describedare a striking feature of the book .

    The statue scene , , which comes in here , will dwell * in Ilicliard the memory Feverel . ' In the * relation Harry Richmond of father / and as son in

    ¦ gives » - ^ ^^ ^ w ^» -M occasion ^ ^^ «^ V I ^^^^ ^ " ^ » for ~— ^ , ma . ny ~ - ^ - a . pussage -. of humour and of tenderness .

    -i . . From Messrs . Ckatto A "Windtas . — 'In the Middle Watch / by -W . Chirk MusselU Under

    -: this title Mr •; . Gliark Bussell ; ; , has collected twenty . r - ; j ; six . papers ^ A on the life of a sailor' , and stories . ^

    about the sea . Among the subjects are tuga , : lights at sea , a ship ' s wheel , t ) eal puntmen , the nautical ~~ ' — ' — " ~~ ^™ . — drama » — ¦ , V alarm ^ ^ ^ ^^» I ¦ B , . v at ^^^^ ^¦ ^ - sea - ^^ ^^^ , J a ^ ^ close . ^^ ^^ ^^ V ^ p ^^ v ^ shave ^^ ^^^^ ^^ p ^ p- ^ - ^^ , ^ M the ^ B ^ ^ P ^ . ^ p > : ( ^

    at direst sea , of a wild all sea night perils , & c , . shi One ps' names of the , entrance papers is ' } entitled * Sea Stories' and deals with the

    proi ductions of various writers , who have described " life as experienced on board a vessel . It ii ' pleasant to find our greatest limner of the sea .

    doing justice to his brethren of the craft . Herman Melville , eminently the poet of the sea ; Danathe scholar of the deep ; j George ~~ Cupp — — les \

    a great , painter of it and of vessels ^ ~ ' ^^ ways ~ ^ ; and , y , Michael most most highly hierhlv Scott prized Drized , who handled bv by Mr Mr . . Ulark Clark a coarser iiussell Ttus & br all ush . . , The Tha are : ' ;

    Marryat inimitable are fun also , too warm , and ¦ ly recognised genuine seamanshi ; and amateur — p of ;

    - Altogether writers ^ abou this , t seafaring is a paper ^ j life % of ^ y rare are literary shown . up in- . > , i terestit doesfrom the of [

    , proceeding , as , pen one whose delineations of the sea in its various moods form a gallery of pictures which ( , for their

    variety , vividness , and truth , are probably unequalle 4 . From . Mr . David Douglas Edinburgh . —Thi !

    , li d Thomas eghtful Bailey little Aldrich story , ' has Prudence been added Palfrey to , ' Mr by . [ Douglas ' s popular series of pocket editions of ?

    American , authors . > From Tbe ' Gardeners' Magazine * Offlce . — \

    Mr- Shirley Hibberd , the editor of the Gardeners ' Magazine , has just issued the Garden Oracle and » Illustrated - » - M Flbricultural ¦ » PB «» Year-Book for ^ ^^ " * ^ — ^^^ ^— — ^^ ^ - ^ — — — — ^ ^ ^— ^ r ^^ ^^ ^^ ™ ^^ ^^^ " ^ ^ ^ V ^^ ^^ ^ n ^ r ^ IV ^^ . ^ i ^^^ ^^ . «^^ ^^ ^^ r ^ P 9

    1886 . ' The little handbook is thoroughly prac- ; tical . It contains a complete register of the plantsflowers & cintroduced during the past

    year lants , also , and a a selection treatise , , on of herbaceou their culti s vation and Al . p The ine p almanack , contains a complete list of the members

    of the new Parliament . FromMessrsGriffithFarranOkeden &

    . . , , , Welsh . ^—The pleasant poesy of Mr . Douglas : B . W . Sladen well deserves the lively appre- ;

    ciation which has saluted its appearance' in ' print . New editions of two of the poet ' s volumes : < have recentlbeen called Vv * forand Illlvl have been

    published Farra 4-AC * V As n , & in Co y J a . *~^ choice Thfli ^** V ^** volumes form A A JL by V ^ A . , Messrs are ¦ ' Australian JkA . Griffith V * Uwv 1-fc , ; * - ; _

    Lyrics * and ' Poetry of Exiles . ' In both there ; ra will re be depth ' found of many poetical exquisite feeling verses and , showing often a a ]

    spri their ghtliness perusal L . of Quits M fancy , separabit , which ( being LJ gives , an a zest answer to ^ i to those who . consider colonial independence

    . desirable ) closes with these beautiful lines : ' Dear land of my adoption , Fever not - t

    Thy Tbo rigbt mother ban of d ber from youngest thy parent , fairest , nor , child despoil ; " But With ratlier all thy be members united in knit thypelf in close , communion ¦

    More And strivo closely to round draw her thy , till sisters , in , after east and years west , , , , The Shall childre be foufld n— worthy older , w to iser assert , mightier their — voice , ; Parli

    3 deplete ieside th fro eir m mother every corner , in a of the ament realm . j ' From the same— 'Siegfried ' s Crown / bMrs '

    , y . O . Hunter Hodgsou , author of * A Holdier ' s '; Daughter * ii \ t »• i ^ iJ « - /« 1 . 9 / is <¦ * - > a * J" 6 * - > tory i ^ vr & t of w » . artist 4 « ijk tiuu A life && v ^ , y tenderl «/ iUia . j > vwA J y y

    4 syinpathetic in tone . Tho scene is laid in ' . r ^ G 6 rnmny , so tb » t an opportunity is given for !!

    sonne giood delineations of tho loving home-life df ] j the Fatherlands ' ' ^ ¦ ^ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ afc

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1886, page 107, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021886/page/13/