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    Books Received :— From ^^^^ ^^A T^^R ^ ^...

    ¦ — From Messrs . Ghatto & Windus . — ' J \ Taiden Ecstasy' by T . O . volume Hake . of Under this title Dr .

    Hate gives us a poems of which the Dancing names are irl the Visionary Betrothed Firs , Actress t love , Heart Spirit -hroken ' s kiss ,

    Shep Child herdess of g romance , , Lost , Self angel , -conscious , Poetess , , Maid , the of song Sun- , , worshipper ¦ nrnrshinner . . Our Our space sr > ace will "will only onlv allow allow us us to to

    quote a on line one or two who . mourns They are for a a fragment death on from the a poem

    field of battle : — The She She spring dares dares is not no snapped t stir stirsh she , asunder e feels feels her her are blood blood its ties ia ia shed shed ; : , , ;

    So Alth dies ough she as she tier fall lover not dies dead , . She stayeth still below :

    As Must lon she as blood within is death left to ' s flow narro ? wing grasp survive I She geeme g th . still alive ;

    I I The TliR Re slo slow sleeps w dull dull , she pang ram hath ? awarded awarded her bosom as as her her only lot lot cleft ! ! ; I I He To is her in death the world and suffers fs left . not ;

    I Prom Messrs . Hamilton , Adams , & Co . —' Bible I Incidents arranged for Travellers in the Holy

    I Land , and for use in Schools . ' By Thos . Stirling . I F . S . A . The title of this volume scarcely explains I its plan . It is in reality an itinerary of the Holy

    I Land , and of other countries mentioned in the I Bible from north , to south ; and under each place I is given a brief record of the events recorded in

    I the Bible as having occurred within it , -while in I the margin is a reference to the passages in which I the incidents are described . The first part of the

    I -work was , the author tells us , prepared for his I own use when journeying through Palestine' , and I he has since added the chapters which deal with

    I I Tellers other , Bible the book lands -will . undoubtedl Apart from y , its as Mr use . Stirling for tra-^ sug gests E J , be — — hig £% hly w interesting — ~— ~ — — - — — — ^^ J to children — ^^ ^^ ^ if ^ theymJ

    I are taught to find the places in an atlas and then I to look into this little manual for a record of the ¦ I events which occurred there . The modern as

    ¦ H I and well the as the book ancient seems names to have of the been places comp ar iled e giv with en , I much care and exactness . No better illustration ^ Bl - i * . .

    n ¦ I in could the be ense given of Jerusalem of the contents , under than which is furnished wo find a B comp I' lete - ~ clironicle ** i . jL »\^ of / liil all the l / events that 1 / occurred ltA !

    I mo the in the writing writinor cit v y from oof . v f tthe } ie the jiV- ' Epistle Enistle VA time of of of IJU Melchisedec Ur St St VUIO . . James James U ( IU the the WO down ^ Less Less ... ^ to * - * .

    a . d . 62 . , From inspectors My . ' Examination John Heywood Papers . — for ' Hor Pupil Teacher Majesty * ' s

    munition eo mprising Question the whole s set of for the Pup Government il Teachers during Exa . - , 1880 with Answers to ArithmeticAlgebraand

    , , , f j 'Ta ^ risuration mmar 1 tSThe Papers Q uestions , and Solutions . ' By A . of Park the , Eucl RIt id . G and . S .,

    l . ' ? « - *^ tho - con ' -I .-o i clearness - . j lts that tititle of tl we e its of or need this this armngoment onl work work y add so so iully fullv our anl ' test upscribes describes imony

    V 1 jtion that it is calculated to bo most , usefu our con l in - Pcliools '*¦"" " * ior for testing testincr tho tho senior senior classes elasses . and and to to all all

    I 8 eT S < ° 11 , S nnd Vll ° " « . are ii aiixious endoavollrl to mensuro " ng to educate their , j ^ rogress them-^ y so me Lrustwoilh — « wj iuJ standard

    I I < r ?^ lrK > 8 r 8 . W . & y A BUHlUdlU . K . Johnston . . . —' Scientific I mnT Ex P lained > showing how somo of tho

    H I Jin \ x ; Y ^ m l ^ P ° rtan ' . Watr " t articles n . . Since OliJ of CO commerce tho L / 1 O days VHJS when WIICU aro made good gOOU , '

    I . p , ' . h , r - P hy y » s in wrote sport Snort his made made now almost Seien Science ™ forgotten in in Earnest Enrnost book '' ,

    I bo we ™ i - beon Bteadi ] y moving on towards tho , I 8 K ir 1 ™ ? ° ation lt is stiU f scie trUG ntifi > fts c knowled Mr - Watt ge , remarks but at the in t 1 iow oi

    ^ fe ^^ l w » ' "' ' '' us taKe tne trouble to H *^^^~~ ' .: '"'" ' " ••**"

    adds inquire so how much this to our or that comfort effect , our is produced enjoyment , which , and

    our wealth . We delight in clean linen but know not how soap is made ; we admire the varied hues oi of and out out finerv

    nues our our doming clothing ana nnery . , but but are are tints ignorant are of obtained tho processes ; we know by which that such the , prosperity charming ,

    certai of our n country manufactures depends but greatl alas y upon how little our success we know in of the thought , care , , and skill , , which are involved

    in various their production results are , or obtained of the mean ! ' To s by info which rm the the public ^ r mind — ^^ as to ^^ the ^ — ^^ scientific ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^ F' ^ industries ^ v ^ r—^^^ ~^ r ^^ ^^ f ^^ W ^ W ^^ 'f ^^ h ^ B ^^^ P ^^ V of ^^^ ^^ B the ^^ y ^^ B ^^ . ^|^ V

    Mr country . Wat is t the has obj wisel ect of thrown the work his before multi us farious , and information into a pleasant y gossiping narrative

    describing what are in processes reality and recipes materials for the , and home supp manu lying - , facture of many of the articles referred to . Thus ,

    under the head of fire-works , we have minute directions as to the way in which they are made , and in the same way ^ M th — ere —— is a - ¦ comp - ^^ ' -W ^^^— WV lete ~^ m- ^^ account ^ ^ ^ V - ^^ ^^ »^ " ^^« " ^»

    manufacture of the various of processes inks of of all photograp colours h of y . beer The candles , perfumes , and other articles , forms the ,

    subject of separate articles ; and the various , promaking cesses ^^ of ~ J , are electro dul - y ^^ J metallurgy described — ^^ . , silvering The ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ book ^^^^ ^^ glass ^ ^^ ^^ does ^ " ^^^ ^^ , ^^ paper ^ " ^^ F ^ not B ^^ ^»^ ^ -

    profess to deal with science in a dry or systematic vast way , amount but in its of reall discursive useful fa information shion it supp calcu lies a - y

    lated to give the reader an intelligent interest , in many things which , though often seen , are "but seldom understood .

    From — ' Mr Messrs . Caroli . S , ' ampson edited b Low y L . , O Marston . Seguin , , & 3 vols Co . . * The autobiograp U M . hy of Mr . Caroli was comp _ - jj . iled - _

    by him in the latter part of his life , and was intended for immediate publication . It was not , howeverquite completed at the time of his

    death . , Since that time the piles of MS ., letters , notes and journals , have beon lying in tho safe kee — _ _ p j £ ____ ing ^^ of _ an _ old __ cabinet _ _ in _ a _ country __ ^ rectory — _ ^_ .

    The whole of the original MS . has been revised and considerably shortened , while here and there ga CD ps IT have been filled up Xfrom notes which have

    been found , evidontly intended for the puipose . ' —Editor's Note . From tho same . — Eighteenth Century Studies , ' by

    Francis Hitchman . This is a collection of eleven essays . Tho subjects of them are John Wilkes , John Wesley , Charles Churchill , pardon and

    pool , ; David Garrick , Richard Cumberland , tho Cook ' s Oracle , Isaac Disraeli a . nd Bolton Corney , Dibdin - — — . — - - and - — — — tho — — — Rox ___ — lnng -- ^_ p he - — Club _ -. , f J _ osep _ --j li — Priestley — ______^ ? ,

    Dny , tho author of 'Snndford and Morton , ' and Erasmus Darwin . Of these tho paper on Wilkes has a spocial interest p-t tho prosent moment ns a

    1 A contribution to Parluimentaiy history ; that on Dr . ICitchiner will ha read hy many a one who does not care for books ; the controversy between

    Disrioli ( pdre ) and Bolton Cornoy is an interesting literary encounter ; the account of Day is welcome , ns dealing with a man of whom as little is known

    as his book ia widely popular ; and the o ^ say on Dibdin is one which "will be eagerly rvad by all who valuable as giving him his true place in literature .

    aro familiar with boolcs . This last is especially typogrnpliy He Ib learned ; but in if title his -pu books gcs aiul had in been all tlic publifilicd myHtcries in tho of orriinnrv it Is doubtful whether they would have sold

    at I'lllAllllI allfor . v way VV t ho * jr , is iv ono in uuu of tlio ill wo vyiiudhm rst of writers / uuj »»»/* . •»<* Ho « ji »» cannot v > ^ r . ^ .--. stil cvon ted spell , and correctly lumbering . and his style is painfully pompous ,

    , From ' Midd the y . same ' T . — 'M work y Start ' consi in sts Life principall , ' l > y a Young y of

    1 — letters addrespod to — Ins ¦——————— father by a young nna- \ 3 &

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    || i April i , 1881 The Publiskers Circular 25 I II

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1881, page 251, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041881/page/11/