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    have overlooked , or have not anticipated , the progressive development of religious thought

    Provision was made , so to speak , for the prosperous days of the Christian Church , but no account was taken of coming cloud and

    storm . No warning of change was given , and consequently no preparation made to assist the ¦¦¦¦ i inquirer in solving ^^^ the difficulties — that must

    inevitably confront him . Recognising the growing finition al tendency together , to and get to rid sink of all dogmatic creed * in de a -

    common historic , but vague , belief in Christ's personal character , the author sets himself to uphold the old principles of the Gospelwhich

    he maintains to be specially the duty , of Churchmen in the present crisis . Dr . Tait , therefore - takes - - ~— the sacred h seasons as an at-—¦ ¦ ¦ h #

    tractive — —*~ — — , y and — — — practical — — — — — —— — method —^ - — ~— — ^ rv ^^^ ^™~ of ^^™^» ™ ^^ stud ^^ —^ m" ^ " ^^» y «^ v ^^ to v ^ r carry out his purpose . He has treated the subject with great lucidity , with an admirable

    clearness of style , and , we also think , with an excellent spirit of devotion and piety . It is a book that one cannot read without advantage ,

    both from the point of view of knowledge and of earnest Christian faith . From the same . — ' Jessie and Mav ; orthe Fruits

    , of Disobedience , ' bv E . P . This little volume is intended to illustrate the value of the principle of obediencewhich lies at the root of

    happiness in the home , By scene and incident ; the fruit of disobedience is strikingly set forth . To the young the story will at once prove ,

    attractive and wholesome . ' From Ijibrairie Hachette & CieParis and London . —* Commercial Frencht ' , by mf Charles I

    Brown . In this volume we are furnished , with a new method of correspondence and conversation for business men and schools . A comp i le— te

    lesson is presented wherever the book is opened , and the plan set forth is well adapted to simplify the labours of both teacher and scholar .

    From Mr . John Hey wood , London and Manchester . —* The Local Examination History , ' by

    Robert S . Pringle , LL . D . This is the eleventh edition , revised and enlarged , of a most useful work . The portion dealing with the long

    rei work gn now of Quee being n Vi brou ctoria ght has dow bee n n to ex the tended sum , m the er of 1889 .

    From the same .- * Delecourt ' s French Ins 1 ructor . ' This book furnishes a practical method of acquiring a useful knowledge of the French

    tongue . It will prove valuable to those who are desirous of beginning French for commercial purposes . It contains models of

    composition by the best authors , exercises , notes , a good vocabulary , and a sjstem of French commercial correspondence .

    From Messrs . Hurst & Blackett , Limited . v Part ols . of We the fear Property that / the by Beatrice author ' s Whitb literary y , repu three

    tation , of which her novel * The Awakening of Mary Fen wick' bore fair promise , will not be sustained by ¦ her latest pro ITduction . The reader

    is wearied by an infinite number of trivialities . ; and put out of temper by the jerky , slipshod st 3 le . There is little attempt at constructing

    disappointing a plot , and the . end The of action the story of the is painful story takes and i place in the countrythe heroine is the

    narrator , who tells the story , of her life in the family I with whom she dwelt , She is betrothed to but is tormented

    Jocelyn Carew , by a spirit of j | uneasiness and jealousy , which in the end —«——^

    . ^^^ proves killed by to the be without overturning foundation of a dog . - Jocel cart yn and k ,

    thus thus redeeming the the love love feature affair attair is dolefully dolefullv the excellent terminate terminate tone s . which ' One n « . , pervades the novel , whiist praise is due to thp

    author for the life-like sketch of ' grandpapa , ' From Messrs . Hutohinson hhhv & Oo . —* The ¦ ¦ Thousand K ¦ ¦ m m

    ^"" ^ ™^ ^ mw ^ v ^^ v ^ ^^ ^^ w ^ r * ^^^ I ^ P ^*^ v ^ v ^^^^ v ^ v ^^^ p - ^^ ^ m ^ m ^^ r ^^ ^^^ ^^ r w ^^ ^^^ m ^^ ^ J ^ tffll I ffl by best «/ E . Poems W . Cole - in . the This — World ____ is a , ' volume selected of and very . arranged modest

    — -j . U v ^ vir" Al of pretensions A view . , Generally which _ . !•_!_ is interesting speaking A , from » selections . its point of offed the hihest

    posed their poetrj' kind of are those . Here re poem as , however s which —— g , the — most — book e xa commend mp is les com - I h

    themselves who £ is separated to the J- , mind perhaps - of for a colonist life , from , of MAVf one his MVl | native landhis the

    forth his notion . In of what preface a collection comp of typical r sets . | poems should beand maintains that a volume i '

    of a thousand ieces , is sufficient for the pose . That which p is before us contains half pur of - Mr Mr . . Cole Cole ' s s ideal ideal selection selection . . It It opens onens annm . -

    priately with * Home , sweet home . ' appro Poems I about l animals andof , plants , and nat ie ure have a large l !

    we pace should , , call course a popular , many character pces , are by of Mackay what , ! Clement Scott ¦¦ G -- . - R ¦ . Sims ¦ ¦ Bre —^^^ -- t Harte & c At !!

    - ^— — - ^ - ^— — — ^— - ^^ - ^— - ^ ^— , ^— ^ r ^ ~— ™ , ^ m ^ ^^ v ^^ ^ p ^ ^ p . v ^^^ Btf ^ B ^^ ^^ , w ^^^^^ F ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ' the same time , one <^ an scarcely open the volume without meeting with such names as Goethe , Burger , Thomas Hood , Coleridge , & c . It is a ;

    pity that the * Burial of Sir John Moore ' is so incorrectly given . From Messrs . Iliflfe & Son . — ' Strange Clients '

    and other talesbSaumarez De Haviiland , . Variety of subject , and y a graphic style are the leading features of this thoroughly readable

    book . The stories are neither far-fetched nor unpleasantly sensational , whilst a bri f rht vein of humour contributes largely to the

    entertainment provided . From Mr . C . J . Jacob , Basingstoke . —* A History

    of the Ancient Town and Manor of Basingstoke , ' by Francis Joseph Baigent and James Elwin Millard . In a handsome volume of more

    than seven hundred and sixty pages , freely illust of ancient rated with documents maps , fa portraits csimile repr oduction nsand

    , , p , views stoke , have the authors made an of important this History and of welcome Basingcontribution to our knowledof one of the

    ge most la AU . nd 1 JV * . in The JL teresting 11 V > book WWV t * . is A . KJ towns based lk » rC ** J \> vA in \/ on U the V ori ^ A * £ south g ¦) inal 1 UMA research * of * - ' *¦ » " Eng - - - - ,

    conducted with unusual thoroughness and conof siderable information ability ; indeed to , eve have ry available been pat source iently

    appears ha and s always consci entiously close rela consulted tionships . with B asingstoke Oxford throuh the munificence of Walter de Merton ,

    College Bishop 1 / MJLWUglJ g in ill of / till that l / Rocheste UU 1 AJ IA University 11 UUI JLII \ sUltVs r , the s V / l founder II ho ni w as l V ji of native Merton ¦ - of

    V ^ V ^ A > V / g « - < t VU 1 O 1 UJ w KUV »» t * w » " b uc enefactor e ucioutui town of . B The asi lie ngs archives uioiavcn toke , and , , of its Merto uic mo i wn st n generous College w-- and c

    have iyiuia Millard . ru bee , , n and aiiu investi they tutsy gated have imve by also aiwu Messrs received reucivc . Baigent Bodleian ^ grea t- > . t

    the assistance British fro M m useum the authorities and the of Public the Recorrt , Office . It is the history , of an ' inland whicn market has

    never tow town n be in in en an an thickl agricultu n . Qrrip y populated , nlf , u ral ral district fHsfcriot , but , lias which gone »< on ~ in the quiet tenor of its for JLUl centuries ; i ^

    formed g reate Lll « 3 st l | UU a distinction portion 3 L IAJ 11 UI of the arising JLl ^ O ancient way W » y fro demesne m V /^ its " ^ " «'" having of - ' tne . of t

    attention seventeenth Crown of throug Eng century land h the / Basingstoke Since part which the middle has it p attracted layed » in e ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1890, page 246, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031890/page/28/