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    April 1,1882 The Publishers' Circular 29...

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    ¦ Books M M^J X^ A^. *J Received ^& ^ ^ ...

    the book is equally plainspoken , and indicates the LUC ¦ various » *** v~— ' symptoms itj — c—of diseases to which women liablewith such clearness that the

    patient are speciall may y almost , make a diagnosis of her own The aim of Dr . Weatherly ishowevernot

    reader - case to aorW supersede . to tr . know know the wnen when practitioner advice advice is is , reai reallv but iy , to wanted wanted enable , , , and and the

    and the book attention may to be detail commended which mark for the its evident pages . care

    From the same . — ' The Anniversary Text-Book . ' This little volume is for those who wish to have of and other

    some remembrance birthdays anniversaries . On ono side of the page is a verse of Scripture Wtmaf t mt »* - -- and - - - sacred - poetry , opposite is a

    I ^ birth space J ± ^* is provided m to — ™— be — commemorated for the nam e . of It ^ the I | is person ^ a neat — whose — and — - attractive little volume and a suitable birthday

    gift . From ^ - fc ^ , J A ^^ h ' ^ Mr mMaraa ^ aaaW *^ mr . ^ Jolin ^^^ — — — Hey ^^ V wood — — . - — ' Lancashire Folk-_ m m m mtm « « m m

    Lore : ' illustrative * of the . * superstitions , beliefs * *^ and practices , local customs and usages of the le of the County Palatine . Compiled and

    j kinson peop edited b F y . R Joh . A . n S . Harland A volume , F . S of . A curious ., and J and . T . enter Wil - - taining mjm a , notes of the traditions of the county m which

    is ^ ^» «^ now ** —— ^^^ more — — — - — commonl — - — — y associated — - with hig h chimneys and cotton famines than with charms and spells and fairies . The work is divided into

    chapters treating of superstitious beliefs and devil practices demon ¦ in ¦ general s & c ; divination charms and miscellaneous spells ; the ¦ ; ;

    folk ^ v ^ v ^ r * aw - lore , v ™ - ^ w ; •^^^^—^^ miracles ~~~ ~— , j — — g ; omens ^ — — and predications — ; witches and witchcraft ; and local customs and , usages — ^ — . . To — _ natives — — . ____ of or residents _ in the County _ ^

    j | Palatine the work will have a special interest , but all readers who care to go below the surface and trace out the ways Vof our ancestors will find

    || I nient much , in to these entertain well- them stored , and pages not . a little amuse-J From the same . —' Lancashire LegendsTraditions

    , , ' P ing ageants a rare , S tract poits on , & the c , with Lancash an A ire ppendix Witches contnin / & c - , j ! & c ¦ ^ B ^^^^ y Joh mt ^ a ^^ r aw ^ aa n ^ mt ^ a ** a Harland ^ kvm ^^ ar ^ aai at V ^ B » Mam mmw & a » aal ^ W ^~ , V F am ^ a ^ . ' S ^**^ . * A aw * ^^~ . ^~ , V ^ and ^^ ^» - ^^^^ J ^^ - ^ . T ^^^^^ . ^ v Wilkin ~ ~ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ w ^ - - - ^

    ! i i | surviving son , F . R . A editor . S . This Mr . AViHci volume nson is dedicated to the Chectham l ^ y its Society , of which , his late colleague , , Mr . IFarland ,

    a was vast a mem amount ber . of It anti represents quarian , research it is needless , nnd to ever say y , variety of legend is carefully recorded . A memoir t t * ion f Mr and . Harland affection , written bMr with Wilkinson evident is apprecia prefixed

    to local -- t he anti uu volume Illil / VllUU , an form d the y s the i . portrai Ul . a frontisp fl JIAIllOUll t of iece the , ) well JO The AiJU L - known ll > l first 'A ^ U

    I part w > th of ~ the ""« the - « quary * ji ancient * t » work * y ± \ Jt , mansions M consists * lS bile ixuubioLfi of of legends the *^ county v . . associated with MILi inuu

    I H HI panned S ^ ealog -- ; ica next I »« l follows notices V- 1 . 1 U MIM . UI an M of . ty I account \ JliCf the \ JM . princi IllVv of loca V pal . UU l pa 11 WJ p g , ersons eants ,

    'ncluding the Prestonfield ; the third section is c « voted an to account local sports of the and pastimes ; the fourth

    ^ " ves uh and sixth contain a collection old punishments of rhymes ; and the P ^ erbs ^ nd notes of Tniscellaneous superstitions

    I and observances . rom ' Homo AXTords » Publishing

    Office—. I r ! -V -h Iore - ® « author « iuur than of oi Conquerors this tnis little little , ' temperance temDeranee by Frederick story storv Sherl is is . , ock wo wo .

    ^ fiieve , tho Editorial Secretary of the Church of I Trih NRht * 1 ^ Tem perance Society , and his aim is , as

    H I ^ drn " ii # nkennese v he exDeeted ex transformation p work ected s , among to tf > snhow how the of the tli tho labouring « mischief misfhi Cock popula Tavern which which

    -I I t fmtrormation ^ JJ ^ hwib Tavern in tho , and lives scarcel of y less of marvellous the chief

    »^ ' - ' "s in mo lives oi some bohio oi wio cmei <

    characters of the tale , are among its most conppicuous incidents . There are several

    illustrations . s From Mr . F . B . Longley . — Reggie ' s Boastand

    other tales intended — Stories -- — . ' to — B v y illustra ___ F ^_ . ^^^_ ¦ maar M ¦ Maaar . Holmes te vr tar the ^ ar ^ . ^ . evils arr- * r taW A » Vfe bud of intern get , of - ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ T *^ ^ V ^^^ P % ^^ ^ k ^^^ V

    p total eran abstinence ce , and to set a rule forth of life the and necessity a national of making habit . The fetory which gives its name to the book is

    tra sensat gic i enough on , for to it satisf tells y of the the most son ardent of a country lover of squire ^ - g , who goes g j to — London - — to — A — walk * . - ____ ^ the ^ —^ ^^ ^ h ^^ osp ^^ - ^ ^ ^ i m tals * kW ^ aa ^ ^ W ^ , ^ ** «***^« aa * aa _

    excessive boasting of drinking his ability , and to who resist within all tem a few ptations months to is taken into custody by the policeand by a

    curious coincidence is brought past , the door of whom St v v — . aam - ^ mr James ^^ ^ m he a * 9 ^ ¦ ^ a- p am ' s layed aaw h Hall ^ m ^^ ' » mm wi mf W at th m * mW , mM ) the in aW ^ ^ the moment V ^ aaja ~ m ^^ country ^^ ^ a ^ ^^ * W ^ when ^ V V is A i ^ T leaving ^ K ^ the ^ ^ k ^ P V <¦ fj girl ^^^~ ^ a ^^^

    a concert billiard . -roo This m ' assault fall / followed , led to b an y a abandoned conviction life for and its usual result—emi | gration ; but the sequel |¦ 9 I

    does heroi not ne of lift the — — the - tale cloud - never , and _ - marries — * Gracie - - — -m while ^* mw * —— Manton ^ a- - ^ her ^^ ^ ar- ^^^ , ' ^ aH the ^^ UaT ^* I time lover dies in , his exile . ,

    some-From Messrs . Macrnillan & Co . —' The National Budget aw——^ a : the National Debt : Taxes ^ — and — — ^^ ^ Rates ^^^ ~— !¦ ™ ^ mr ~— —^ . * * r '

    By Alexander Johnstone Wilson . Another volume of ' The English Citizen Series , ' which is well — — — calculated — — — — — — - — - to — m ~ g ^^ h ^ h ive — the — — — - ^— general ^^^^ b ^ — — ^ ~ " ^ ^^~ ~~ reader ^ ^ ^ v ~— ~~ - ~ mar ^^» a ^^ - ^ aw m fair ^ r ^^ . ^^ ^ " aa ^ p

    knowledge of the social and economic problems of the age . Mr . Wilson , whose long training as a writer and thinker on public questionsgives him

    , peculiar ^ a \ facilities — Mat am . a Ma , for ja ^ . dealing ^ a * ^ Mt with * . Mm such a subject a as National Taxation , has brought together in a comparatively brief spacea vast - _ - amount .. __ __ of

    , — historical ^ and ^ statistical ^ information ; and has treated what might at first sight seem to be a dry a —m - — nd m ~ m - ^ heavy ~^ m * ^— — - ^ — - w subj —— - — - ^ m \ ect ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ in ^ — a — ^ very ™ ~^ ~ - w attracti ^ ^ ^ ^^ i ^^ " ^» ~^ aw ~* w ^^ ve » ^ a ^ manner aaw * w ^ av ^ w ^^ ^ waaw m ^ aw -aaar ^ am . ^ p

    After giving a succinct account of the financial history scribes the of sources the country from , which Mr . Wilson the revenue clearl of y the

    decountry is now collected , and then gives a detailed account of the objects on which it is spent , and of ' the way the money % j goes n . ' Altogether < j the

    book is an admirable one , and ought to be read by all who wish to discharge their duties as gocd citizens .

    From * Of - ^^ r the ~ Messrs mi ^ ^ m *^^ ~* a ^ m Imitation * ™ ™ " — ^™ ^™ —^ . ^ w ^™ ^™ - ^ m * Keg ^^ - ^^ ¦ of taw an ^ Chri i ¦—¦ Paul — ^» — — st ~ ^^ . ^ r 1 , Trench a F ^ ew ^^ ^ — wor ^ ^^^ , —^* k ^ aaaw & s - * - aaar h . Co ^ am ave —* w ^ w aw . ~* aar — ^ v ^ v m ^ ^^^^

    more lasting hold than the ' Imitation ' upon the with religious its red mind borders , and this red simp ed le but and artistic chaste edition cover , ges

    , , , " will form a welcome Easter gift-book in circles where the teaching of the old monk meets with favour .

    From . Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co . — ' Life of the Prince aai m % % Consort f / peop BV le ' s edition . Sir Theodor aaatf e

    ag ^^ ^ aJma ~ Aaa w ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ * ^ —n ^^ T ^ am ^ V V ^* ^ " ^ H ^ ^« ^ m * " ^^ — —— — - ^ " — - ^ r' »» - ^ ^ " —^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ~* a ^ ^ - ^^^ ^|^ ^ p - ^^ Martin ' s Life of Prince Albert a few months ago was - onl — y procurable J ^ in five volumes , reach of them ^ m \ l __ ft _ _ M at «« . ei m am I "I hteen L ¦* J" * l S * mwm- ^ shillings ^ kft ^ mllK ^^ H - | Tho " I ft * M *^ work 4 ha ^ mTm * * -m < a ^ « has L

    now published ^ . ^ been issued ^ ^* g ^ in five parts ^^^ ^* . at sixpence each ^ ^^ ^^ , which V w ^—^™ v ^ fc ¦ * a ^ amm are ¦ ^^ ^^ to ^ " ~— ' be b had - — — — - , bound — " — — - ~ - — together — — ^ r-m ^ — — , w for four — ~

    -andsixpence . The book is greatly increased in value and interest by a copious index . From it is seen instantly the great range of public

    occurrences which como CJ undtr notice C- ' . One Ma of them , f assassination um ^^ mY or a ^ a ^ a ^ m ^ mf ^^^^ exam V ^^ F v ^ v ^^ ^^^^ " ^^ p ^^ ^^ le ^^^ ^^ , ^^^ and of ^^^ ^^ Sir perhaps ^^^ ^ Robert ' ^ ^^ ^^ ^~ not ^ ' ^ ~~ Peel - * the - ~ ^ —^ 's —~~ earliest private ^^^ " ^~ ^ ^ ^ " ^ — , sec ia the re — -

    pag tary ing . Wo makes must the add uso that of tho a curious index laborious freak of . Each Wnawmw - ^^ " part am of the mm book has its - - separa ^ - ta ¦ pag ^_ ¦ ^__ ing .

    a Each ^ mmmw ^ MOI entry W ^ ^ but ^ * aW ^ mW the in " — the ^ ' ' ^ index *^ " ^ " ^ themselves ' ^^ — — names - ~ — ^ a do — part _ not . as show well the ^ as page , pages

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1882, page 291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041882/page/11/