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    I of Merit / « Our Children's Party , ' and « Who Stole I the General ' s Top-Boots ? ' Further chapters of the two serial stories are included .

    The Paper and Printing Trades' Jouraal ( Field & Tuer ) is , as usual , full of interest , practical tical matter maifpr . and nr \ rl of of amusement flTrmsftmftnt . . To To thoge those who who

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    ' On a New Universal Language ' may be especially commended . In the midwinter number of The Century : Magazine ( T . Fisher Unwin ) the variety of subi jects is not aftvs so remarkable a »» -a * . nor so hi ¦ h-toned as

    |; ¦ mi usua ^** ^* a # - » . m ** j l . p * . * " Notwithstanding , JL \^ ^ % ^ f ^^ r _^ ^_^ r r r w jv ju ^^ v «*^ this ^** « p-- . a * there - ^^ a * . - *«* - ^ - ~ - are * . » .., . g C Jfc ^ * one a - ** ^—* - * - or - ^^ ^ m' ^ -v two « ^^^ p ^^ - articles which will command attention . ' One" is Theodore Roosevelt ' s ' Ranch Life in the Far

    West , ' a contribution which gives spirited pictures must of the confess great that cattle 1 the country doings and of the its brave scenes pioneers . We

    of the West are not always creditable to the cause of civilisation . There is a good deal of bullying red-handed cowardice not infrequently evident in the work of extirpating kS the natives . Will

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    selfsacrificing missionaries ? Mr . Roosevelt ' s article on the subject is temperate , fall of life , and eminentl - *^ S ' **» «¦ - ¦ - « k 4 . ^ " ^^ JTh ^ L " ^ ^^ . y J descriptive ^ k ^ TL ^ h ^ Vs ^ X ^^ - ^ b . ^ V . ^ ^^ rfk ¦ ¦ * 4 ^ ' . . ¦¦ From - ^ k ^ ^ . h .. ¦> ^ ^ a ¦^* literary « ppp ^ pp > ^^ « p ^ ^** ^^ 'W ^ p- r stand - ^ . ^ -v vwm * . h .. p * ^ . ' ^ vh

    point Mr . James Russell Lowell's study of Walter Savage Landor is the piece de resistance of the number fc *» it is preliminary ¦ ± to ¦¦ a number Bk » l ¦> Pk - « ¥ of letters r

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    by J . W . Riley ^ , in the ^ dialect made familiar hy the works of Bret Harte and others . Longman . BV ^^^ ' s Magazine —N"y » J ( LongmansGreen & c

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    ring , ' which promises to add credit , when complete , to the editorial power of selection . Mr . William Archer lies a second f \ ak B 4 portion 1 of his ai * Anatomy & ¦> al

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    many will find it convenient to buy them as they are published in monthly form . The tracts deal in H aftaft an PfcW ak orthodox aiPaa » "W ^ a , way VV-VV with W - all « or jp nearl al . « kf all X hases 41 A 1 ¦&/ P ^ J |

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    remember the eminence of the writers . The . latestpart is * The Authenticity of the Four Principal : Epistles of St . Paul , ' by F . Godet , D . D . f 7 C \ J . .

    Number 52 of the New Biograpliical Series ( a . R 4 » , W . « T ¦ — . S "Sw , ^ . ) M is A ¦^ p' devoted ^^ V » ^ w * » ^^ "ar ' ^ a' -h *^ to ^^ - ^ a- Daniel — Wi - lson , 177 ^ - 1858 - ^ - "* " « - r , a |

    Bishop of Calcutta . The new and enlarged form of the Leisnire Hour ( Religious Tract Society ) increases the claims of that popular periodical to public favour .

    Not "NTr-f . only rvni-u- i i « s a \\\ th e p naao age larger 1 « rp * er . , but V > nt . the the paper r > ar > er is is better better , so that a marked improvement ' in the printing of trie ' illustrations is observable . The literary matter

    follows the same lines which have secured the fa Mr vour Leslie of the Keith public continues . In a his : second promising instalmen story t ( (

    . * Great Grandmamma Severn . ' The Rev . Canon- j Creighton , in continuing the * Story of the English Shires' tells of GloucesterThe local histories

    , . tive should influence have a good Reminiscences and pleasantly acquired of ¦ a Rei educa gning - ¦ , '

    i \ . i < T \_ y J . I IX TL-4 . V ^ A JL V- /^— ' . - * - V- / * .- » - ¦ . - «¦ ------ *¦ —* ^ - / ^> - »¦ - * ^ - * * - < - ' - > - » - — - —w — — — — ^ t . — — »* - ^ - ^ Prince ^ , ' by - _ the a . Jlev « --. ^ . John a-,. a . Kelly ^^ * pa . « « , is ah entertaining ¦ J *** i review of the autobiography of the Duke of Saxe- j

    by Coburg t ^ J -. the i tJJlV- * - writer Gotha » ' 1 * UV . ' - L . . who » » A - " ¦ -- ¦ ^ ' — new calls ^^ »_«/ - » . -- ¦* -- story herself . M .----W JV . fc ^ ' ^ - » * -ft . Princess — John ^— * , —«—— Stran . — , Sarah — — -W -U ge -a _^ ^ , ' |

    livel Winter indeed , is begun . , and gives promise ¦ of ' being . ' very i y , * Marcus Stratford ' s Charge -V ^ orRoy ' s Tempta- |

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    Tract Society ) , and in chap . ix . we gain some insight into the progress of the plot which in all likelihood the undoubted skill of the author will

    lllVL'llllUVV-l Ll-H- / U . 11 V 1 V / L * . V t ^ V * fc- ' -i-.-.- * .. * .. * - v ^ - * . w . « .. »« -m - — — — — -. develop to the gratification of her readers . An C articl 4 j A . Ul \_> Jl \> e V entitled >» XX \ J A . \ J M \_/ V-t the L / x l W * - Problem « - --. ^— ' " ^ - ^ - * . v- * " a * .- * of v-- - » - the -- — - —> - * - » - Poor — - ^ -- -v — . y / by - — ^ j j

    W . J . Gordon , deals with the Glasgow foundry boys , and tells a very interesting story of pre- I vention and rescue in temptation . Other papers

    T \_ y X J . \ J A \_/ AX L- » y A a V * . A y ^ f t-i V- / * . « . V- ' J . A A \ J *— ' -v--v- » l ^ -- «_ ' » l >^ * - < jb •* - *• — - » . - ^— - * - - — — — j ~ - - *—jv — — — , j stories , and poems all of a cheerful or stimulating tive \ religious - . \\ rc * number nnmhpT tone v make up ¦ ¦ a characteristically instruc- i \

    . The G-irl ' s Own Paper and the Boy ' s Own j Paper seem to go on hand-in-hand , merrily and j usefullyAll the contents % are thoroug t / ¦« hlEnlish .

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    young yuuiii From : peop u ^ wuiVy the Religious ouojj \ . / V > ov Tract Society . we have also \\ , j ' received the usual monthlnumbers of Friendly i

    y Greetings , Child ' s Companion , Our Little , Dots Dots Trftp Tract . t Magazine TVEaeazine . and and the the Cottager Cottaeer and ana ;!

    , , Artisan . " t Lady Wallace ' s translation of Mendelssohn ' s letters Iz-iff / iyu i is now nnnr rather rothnr a n iinpfimrrinn uncommon book hnnl" but hut it it ,

    had a deserved populari . ty on its publication , not ( ( very many years ago . In Scribner ' s Magazine ( FWarne Sc Co ) we have a number of ¦ % the com j -

    I JL . ? T ( il U K ^ VJV _/ V _ ' V- ** * . i »» V- * X i C- * » v- * % ju xx i * . » * .. * ^ v ^ a _ * jl . *¦ ' *¦ * ^ - » ^* v- ' . j ^ nser ' s letters to Moscheles . As a letter-writer , Mendelssohn ' s style is very charming , and those j to his ^ friend and fellow musician a Moscheles rfb are

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    at Arms , ' by E . II ^^^ . and E . W . Blashfiold , is concluded in the . present number , and readers will ' acknowledoe fvokrirvwlorlo-o the fli p paper r » nr > nr to to be lie one one of of the the . best best his

    Vns-torical studies that have appeared in Scrih ? ier : I the illustrations are exquisite . M"r . Robert Louis Stevenson keeps W ± his fame as a gentle ist j

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    i » i : ljijl 7 iiiuaij 1111 | ji .. h i < tn i / in uia . in i .. jc j . ntocui nurn iiujjia - ber , which , however , is remarkable for a masterly * article * V pi - » JT . -h ' —i V <^ on ^—^ ^ ^ ' Vol W *^^ T a « . canoes Vm' -a ^ vbr . ft , ^ ft p ^^ *^^ r * , ' by I N ^^ . S . ' ^ 'Shaler aP * ¦ al «*/ ' al ^ a ^ aB , M a in " aB «^ which - V aft . a . ¦ | m ^^ — ¦ f

    the illustrations are most vivid . Mrs . Warren , who edits the Ladies * Trea-( " - ¦ Bemrose —^ 1 & Sons r ^ y Jl k / ) must th be \/ V / JtfS limented JLJ "i **

    sury U W « . Jb J ^ ^ -V A 4 . JI X ^ - / U*—• »» m ^/ ^ V M # , y * JV-I * k ^ » LV »« - > - V ^ comp * .-M . M . M A _> * M * S -S * -- ¦ upon the continued usefulness of that , magazine , than which there are few more popular publicationfor ithe tnc householdnotice off

    nons s or jiouseiiojn . . We we nonce no no falling railing ou in the variety or quality c . the contents , which

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1888, page 116, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021888/page/14/