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    Descriptions Of Scenery, The* Vivid Sket...

    i Browne , three volumes . There is a pleasant I tone about this novel which may be said to

    con-I stitute its chief charm—a country-like flavour , a j conies scent of with the the field first s en and trance green of meadows the little , girl which x > f

    six on the scene and never entirely deserts her , , no matter what her adventures and vicissitudes , until the close of the story . Perhaps this is due

    to the fact that much of the plot of the novel is laid in the country , and that throughout the author shows much appreciation of rural life and

    rustic scenery , but so it is . The plot , briefly , is as follows : the heroine is an unfortunate little girl r ? ignored ^ , thoug { ^ h not practicall X y deserted , by

    her father , and believed to be illegitimate . Sir Lionel Dampier , an English baronet , had , some IBeatri time before ce Ponsonb the story ysing opens ing on , the fallen Italian in love operati with c

    stage under the nam , e of Taglioni , and had proposed loveaccepted marriage . him , She ; , but passionatel unfortunatel y returning y did not his

    , inform . him of her previous . and private marriage . , when very young and inexperienced , to one Joshua Hallan American , a man of a particularly

    coarse and vul , gar disposition , whose sole object , as it afterwards transpired , was to turn her great vocal abilities to his own selfish advantage . Her

    first husband , however , according to report , was drowned while crossing the Atlantic ; and this , hardly lamentable accidentleft Beatrice free to

    marry again . The reader will , now perceive what is likely to follow After Beatrice ' s marriage to Sir CI _ Lionel T * _ 1 Joshua T l . _ Hall TT . 11 who 1 _ is I _ not dead J _ l but 1 i .

    has in some , marvellous manner , > escaped a watery , grave , turns up again ; the wife , more solicitous

    for her second husband ' s welfare than her own , runs away , and even leaves Sir Lionel under the impressionto which he is further instigated by

    , kind friend ** , that she has been unfaithful ; the only chi Id of their marriage—the narrator , namely , of the story—he sends away to a moorland castle

    in Scotland , and will ht > ld no communion with . It is the life of this little damsel which is now related . Eventuallyof courseall comes right ;

    the innocence of the , wife is full , y proclaimed , and by a somewhat trite expedient it is shown that she never was the lawful wife of Joshua Hall ,

    living fcince , that so that worth her y alread marriag y at e with the time Sir Lionel had a wife was perfectly validand the offspring of their union

    , — The the story narrator , as vre , aforesaid have alread —perfectl hinted y leg is itimate for the . most part very well told , an y d in some , portions

    bef exhibits n well undoubted if the author power had , curtailed but it would some of have the moro unnecessary incidentsso as to have brought

    t stru he ck narrative less frequentl moro y closel a note , y together of sorrowful , and fore had - boding at the end of each chaptera proceeding

    which For the is rest apt it , a is ftor a wort a time that , to certainl grow , monotonous deserve . s reading . , y

    From given the us same in ' . — El Mr Mag . Hug hreb h : E . 1200 M . Stutfield Miles' Ride has

    throug of he his h ex — ^^ M perience r" ~ arocco " " * ** " *^ ¦• " ¦ ¦** ¦** , s - ' *¦ on x ^ a the wa p leasantl ^^ A four ^^ M . Jfc . different V y , - written AJ * V Jl . V- Jk * \ J occasions V \^ account \^\ JV » J I \ J M , X fj

    1881 visited , and that 188 <> . country These —namel experiences y , in 1882 have , 1883 been ,

    if incorporated is is they uudera nuclei were tood tood descri into ptive one narrative of a single bo as visit to ; read but as it

    principal -s basework that tnat of the the the trip trio volume of of 1883 1883 . If forms forms there tt . be hheA notrl

    any notaing hing fresh particula particula discovery rly y of new new remarkable that that he he has has importance to to relate relate , , or or to

    «&> announce , u may yet be very gratefully conceded .

    wi observant that thin he its has borders eye looked , and has upon in been such the by country time no means as with he neglect a spent very - f : ful of his ^ fc ^^ opportunities m * r ¦» ¦ ¦ ^— . » What — seems ^ ¦ to r have

    ^^ V ^ J ^ ^ ' ^* ^ **^ ^ " W *^ ^^ ^^ *^ « ^^ *^ ' ^ " ' ^ - ~ ^ ^^ ^^^ R ^ t ^ UV ^ ^ j of impressed the natural him princi resources pally of is the the country shameful , and waste the > , '

    ^ dep this lorable point condition of view , of indeed the , inhabitants his book . may JFrom be i ' ¦ ¦ - looked ^^^ ^^ ^ h — — ¦ upon r ^^ ^^ ' ^— ¦ as — ^^ - a — p — lea — for the civilisation of - ^— — | the ^^ ^ . ^^^ ^ j I

    conbtry , and the development of its numerous resources . The descriptions of Wazan and Fez are especially interesting , the former because it has not been so frequently visited by Europeans

    as to have lost its novelty . General readers will probably be surprised to learn that in Fez the different quarters of the town are set apart for

    separate trades as in Old London , one street ; being assigned to bakers , another to butchers , a third to tailorsand so on . ' The shops consist

    _ , — k 4 4 MB i of small . stalls with folding ^^ ^ doers ^ n , fastened ^ b y lock and key when the owner is away . The latter sits cross-legged , or more often lies at full

    length on a couch . You look in . Does he rise and bow , or bustle about , showing you the at-, tractions of his shop ? Not a bit of it ; he remains in just the same positionlooking very

    much as if he thought you a great , bore . If yon express a decided wish to buy something , he may coudescend to rise lazily and fetch , it ; but he

    would vastly prefer you should reach it down yourself . When you pay him , he slowly pockets the and his seat with sih

    me money munej , , iiiiu resumes icsuiucs aiio Dcau vrxiuL a a , g u ., ; no uu x obsequious smiling and washing of hands , or asking , " What ' s the next article ? " On the

    contrary , he looks rather pleased when you have gone and leave him in peace to continue his nap . ' At Fez the punishment for slander is cayenne

    pepper the person ; this who is gpok freely e the rubbed slander into , and the usuall lips of y proves most efficacious . When the Sultan wishes

    to to get take rid a of anyone of tea , he with politely him asks as the it is victim weli understood cup that the first cup will ; be poisoned ,

    this invitation is simply equivalent to a sentence of death . For much more interesting information we must refer readers to the pages

    of Mr . Smtfield ' s book , where they are likely to be rapidly absorbed . A map of the country adds still further to its interest .

    From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —* The Statesman reference ' s Year book -Book has , ' been 1886 . beyond This the indispensable range of

    criticism threo thirty years pages almost , ago chiefl . fro y m The due the present to time the of introduction issue birth , contains twenty of

    -Straits different new matter Settlements countries relating have , and to been Fiji the extended . Congo The and statistics Free broug State ht of ,

    up to date . No one who desires to take an affairs intelligent can interest afford to in be national without and international of tii tuv o

    iblACblLO ? Year-Book \_ Ctli . ' •> JI 4 . v » * . V * . * J \ J k / U UXLUVUU a OL copy KAJIJJ \ JM . From the Pall Mall Gazette' Office . —No fewer

    than 40 , 000 copies of the cheap issue of ' The been Best Hundred coldand Books we think by the the Best proprietors Judges , ' h have ave

    taken a wi , se step in publishing an edition printed cloth on much . As better this is paper per , haps and very the most neatly interesting bound in

    of all the Pall Mall , Gazette , * Extras , ' it is sure to be heartily received in tlxe Dew and more attractive and lasting form .

    From the same . —Dick Doyle ' s Book of ' Comic cover ISnglish . The Histories caricature ' has s been have published been coloured in a cloth with : — - _&

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1886, page 328, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041886/page/18/