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    ' Doubt' is a tale containing a well sustained plot within a simple narrative . The character

    of Richard Crosley , a country gentleman , who , imperfectly overhearing a conversation between

    - his his old wife friend , doub Jack ts 'her Forsy fidelity th and , Mary is a Crosley strong psychological study of a man who , clinging to

    nope hope against against the tne evidence evidence oi of his his senses sense ? , acts ants the part of the unsuspecting husband tha , t he may give his wife achanceW returning to him

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    climax in which he dreads that she is about to leave him . The pictures are bMrMaurice

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    to Mr . Rider Haggard ' s ' She '; one in which the conceived conceived hero . . conf It it ronts is is his an an wife interesting interesting is very tale tale stron , and and gly

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    tropolis , the publishers conceived the idea of gi is suing vre — well — — annu — - ¦ arranged a —»¦» lly a *^ work exhaustive tak 4 that should information primaril / y

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    nevolent , aspects of the , metropolis , are also valuable afforded ; and and much the book -needed , as a record whole , of supp London lies a

    public life . A map showing the area covered by the information accompanies the volume .

    From Messrs . Hazell , Watson So Vinoy . — ' A Dictionary of Photography , ' by K . J . Wall , » supplies in a convenient and excellently

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    issue Chirur gical Januar Journ y al no , ' w of lies which before the , bi presents -annual I I

    a number of features that should render the I publication very attractive reading for those I

    to who including are engaged the in proceedings medical work of . the > In Liverpool addition 1 Medical Institutionthe magazine contains a

    known number Liverpool of original men papers , such contributed as l > r . jWilliam by well-CarterMr . Beginald HarrisonDr . Karl

    Gross-I reviews maim , , D of . books James "by Barr Byrom , and Brani , discriminating well , M . D ., I I

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    hig xLitany hly valuable we we uavc reports a » iiu . uuuci of medical , ; . . . antft . jiMg aiirg ^ ical - ^ casesseveral of which present distinct features

    of prac , tical importance . The entire number is worthy of high praise .

    From the same . —A second edition oi a very useful little work in * Questions oil the English

    Language set at the Matriculation' Examin-^ a ^^^^^ tions ^^^^ ^^^ p ^ r of ^^ ^ b « the ^ r ^*^ ^^ University ^»^ ^^ j ^^ m » ^ i ^ . ^ ^ r ^ m , ^ m w of ^ r ^"" ^ London ^^^ ^^^ ^»^— ^ v ^ i ^ , T ¦ 1858 ^^ ^~ ^^ - — 1 —~ $ ~^ 89 ^^^ ^ / y

    collected and arranged by F . W . Levander , Q F uestions . R . A . S ., has have been been broug published ht down to In date this , and the include those set at the Matriculation

    Examination held in January last . Several new features have also been introduced , including a

    number of useful * Hints to Candidates . ' . " ' --From t Messr o"f the s . Longman Corps of s , Royal Green Eng & ineers Ca . — ' ' His by - |

    Whitwort ory h Porter , Major-General Royal , Engineers . 2 vols . It is a somewhat remarkable circumstance —¦¦—¦ t" that General Porter » - - —who has

    - % , ^« . 4 ^_ f ~ ~ " -i . r www ** ^^^^ *^ * »»< w ¦> ^^ " « ^^ »^ ^ i ^^ vv- ^ ^ - «^ ^ ^^— - —— w been an officer in the Royal Engineers for upwards of forty years—should be the first to

    chronicle the achievements of ^ hat famous and l ga ong llant & go Corps found . t Other heir , historians branche ^ s and of the nearl service y all

    tth he « crack crack regiment reorfmftnts s can can boast boast or of a a more more or or less less satisfactory account of their exploits ia the battl r " ~ ^ W ^^ *&** es ^^ T 9 ^ of ^^ ^ M the ~ ^^ past m *^ w « ihtf ^ r . v Engineers mmmm ^ ^ m ^ F ^ M ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ of one ^ ^ ^^ sort ^— , Tor

    another have formed a part of tbe arined forces of England and since in the the days tracted of si William eof t the he Conqueror

    Middle Ages , they play pro ed a foremo ges st part . Ifc Tf , was ««« no nnft . howe linwp . v vfir er until nnt . il the thfi year vear 1697 1697 that that

    the Corps received , its , present title , and with it . official recognition as a distinct branch of the

    g army lobe the Since Royal then Engineers in almost have every been part intima of t the ely associated with tjie milittriumphs of the

    ary British Empire , and yet these two volumes contain the lirst attempt to describe the great services which the Corps on many fields has

    accomplished . Concise and authoritative as General ^•** ^ rm J » % «* J » w jl . . Porter ^^ « . v ^^ a ' pv s book fk ^>^^^ opii . « i mw s , « « he k « k ¦¦¦¦ - ^^ ^ m <» a * ak ¦»» es - ^* •**¦ ^ no ^ ^ jp . , c - ^^ a l > aim «< v —w i i

    that it is exhaustive . He does not , for instance , d •^*™ e ^^ « s ^ r cr ^ - ^ *^ «« ibe ^^^ ^ n ^ t ^* *»* he 4 ^^ p vi ^^ a ^ vr ¦¦¦ . r ^ t »^ w w v * hich « 4 b ^ ^^ p . ^ e the vi ^^« ^^^ Royal m - ^^ ^ g m ^ w ^ En ^^^ n g ^ ineers ^^^^^ it - ^ ^ " r

    have taken in our wars in New Zealand , and Jie ' confesses that he soon discovered . that the records of the Indian branch of the Corps . were j

    so numerous and full of . picturesque interest as to demand separate treatment . Tti ^ in ** pressive annals therefore of the Royal Engineers

    in India still remain unwritten , and General

    Porter is of opinion that the tatfk ought to be

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1889, page 236, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031889/page/26/