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    Books Received :— ^ 1 R Messrs —• For »*...

    From Messrs . J . O . Nimmo & Bain . — ' Robinson Travels Crusoe , 'by ' by Dani Jonathan el Defoe ( two Swift volumes ; 'A ) Sentimental ; * Gulliver ' s

    Journey , , ' by Laurence Sterne ; and ' A Tale of a beautifu Tub Uvl '^ , ' 1 /> A by l Jonathan editions ^ — — — , 7 with Swift illustrative . The success etchings - — of ^ , the of _ classical » ^ which * *

    j ventur glad Spanish to e congratulate into the field romances this of the house , earlier upon , has led Eng to lish a we similar story are - tellers and /¦— humourists . The four volumes _ __ — above ___

    -|^ f . 4 ^ J , jj KMM-m , — named jJUVi and press L / A . X / are * - ' * ' -work " finel — , y boun produced d of simp the as & authors ly regards in good O - — that - paper _ taste of — - , Defoe , y type and ,

    have etched portraits , by Flameng Hedouin , that of and Swift four iour by five rive Lalauze other otner , that of

    Sterne Stflme each b bv by these Ueaoum or other , , ana artists or or . The illustrations etcmngs etchings are admirable # y — — in their — charm of design and — — —

    dainti-It * v * •_>¦» »»» » ~*— ~— fy ~ 3 ness of execution , and altogether these are editions to be welcomed to the shelves of a gentleman ' s

    library . They include , we should add , memoirs and notes . From the same . —' The Imitation of Christ . ' Pour

    Books . Narrated from the Latin by W . Benham , B worth . D ., Vicar for of the - Margate - setting . of This such is an a jewel edition - as quite this - —

    Catholics reli . r »™ g ^— ious j y classic and even , dear it is ^ alike said to to Protestants those ^ outside and the pale of the , Christian , faith . , It is finely printed

    the enriched bborders of old desiand , fitting pages ly bound , with y a design in red , grey gn , , and gold ; the salient feature is , however , the ten

    illustrations by J . P . Laurens , etched by L . Flameng . The editor has done a service to users of the book by suggesting appropriate readings

    also for each supp Sunday lied a prefato of the ry Christian essay . year , and he has From Messrs »¦¦¦ b . Kegan Mfeteiir PaulTrench ¦ ¦> j &

    CoGar — "^ dner w ' s *~* ' Quatre ^^^^ m Bras ^ ^ h . w , Li , gny | ^ k ' a , mm and , J Waterloo ^* r ^^ % ^ . . ' The battle " — " ~~ - " of *« ' ^» Waterloo v * m * w k ^^^ * k , >^ ^^ has A * W •»* receded *¦ ^^ ^^ ^ - * ^*» ^^ * - * A into & A « - > >_^ the V A A ^^ past - * * - * *¦/

    the near field ly 67 without years . coming The traveller upon a may trace walk of it . across The i At very this landmarks moment of the the fine country trees are which disappearing bound the .

    | roads from Brussels to Nivelles , from Nivelles to leroi Quatr which e B ras 4 , almost uAuivo and from marked Brussels the site towards of the

    Char-| rooted rooted P ai gn -, , , up UD « and . 1 oy ) V mi order Oivi ght flr u be of nf iiiaL the tVi called xvcu A Government Prn \ 7 niu historic AT » nTnAnt ong yjx , . are buu Anyone Anvnnfl being cam ^ c * iii ~ -

    might drive from Brussels to Nivelles without thinking tumulus of which the battle , were it not for the great

    the « "umus memory wmcn of Belgian . Belgian its braves enthusiasm enthusiasm . Countless has has histories raised raised to to me moirs accou ii uui nts of ui witnessesand ,

    I , , < ., v ^ , a eye o _ ye--wnuet >» B « , , poems puviiia , , auu « theme , ren wor . ~ Such k 8 of fiction has utto been ucku have . the luc made flood nuuu . Waterloo of ui literature xxicrihturo iheir I that the ,,

    inevitabl appearance y causes oue of to a wonder new work what on can the subject remain

    u De oe said Billd . . Mr TVTt * . Gardner fini » rlnot » does r \ r \ exa not tw \<\ profess rwrvfaaa to f / -v g ive i-rra ! « s anything welcomed now b , but we reader reader think of ot that modern his book will

    j s , bring ;— " ing * " * into uj y every every one volume the moaera substance history niscory of ,, nnicti - " ¦¦ b testimonyd the enth

    i ^ "' Jgny as o m v » , of and auu ng patr ^ Waterloo W ° iotic aterloo '' imuHjr historians , ) ' ' an no no li li as terary terarv . tempering tempering Had meri merit ' Quatxe t , the the wealth wealth entnu Bras u-- ,

    ' j lu m C )^ lt ! and in tho ? n 8 otes e litera makes t « re it of an the anthology battle , — of -nay the

    rt du « W t - « r . 1 bibU aya ^ . C . rap P ai y- e ' ' * account ° « P ? » i » t ha- short been ( author , of not merel

    min the d h ' ^ l tl 10 ^ of ) ' ^ siting incident bo pro y - bein nently " that they thev cannot winnnh be h « overlooked rt ^ A-rl ^^ lr ^ H / Time T »; ™

    eo V ictor 3 n i /* i lm P ° rtance lead 8 , it follows make that a littl space e note is

    JS u ^ J defines ^ cited the site in of Mr Wa . G . terloo ardner to ' s be book like , K ^ ; ^^ two

    ^ === ^ = __ nicn tn ^ legs are the roads

    which lead away to Grenappe and Nivelles from I Mont S . Jean . He also s : —

    say These Braine villages ] a Lende are is connected a Belgian by village a road and about Ohain a league is another and . a half in length .

    If anyone will take the trouble to walk from Braiue elsewhere TAlleud calls along the road the , he broken will in way an , ' hour as Hugo

    sueand cessivel Plancenoit y approach , there Hougomont being about , La a Belle mile Alliance between , each—which is not quite what the plan in the book

    before us conveys . A capital index makes' Quatre Bras' & c . a valuable book of reference . From Mr . "Walter h ¦ Smith ¦ ¦ h *—' Rest b »¦ y h the Way . '

    — — — — — — — - ^— ^—^^^^^^ ^ m ~ ^ ^^ - ¦ ^^ —m ^^ v ^^ - ^^ - ^ ^^ — ^— ^^^ v W ^ B ^^^ ^ By C . M . Hallett . A volume of * Plain Headings for the sick and troubled , ' on the Father ' s love , prayerthe Grood Shepherddark hoursthe thorn

    in the , flesh , comfort in a great , sorrow , , the cure for regrets , the lessons of the Cross , and the life of the world to come . The tone of the readings

    is simple , cheerful , and sympathetic ; and it would be difficult to desire anything better calculated to comfort the sick and sorrowful . District

    visitors and others who are in the habit of reading to sick people would find this a most useful pocket volume .

    From Mr . Elliot Stock . — « The Year-Book of the Church . ' Compiled from official sources and to edited the b Churches y Charles of Mackeson London , ' editor & c . of The the ' ' States Guide

    -, man ' s Year Book / the ' Annual Register , ' and the * Companion to the British Almanac , ' have long given — the world - all it needs in the way of

    annuals ^ ^ containing complete and official records ^ of the movements of the great State machine and of — — the — — - progress J— — — f J — — ¦ of — political parties , wbut the ^^

    such Church official of Eng or even land semi has -official altogether chronicle lacked of any its doings . The Bishops , it is well known , have in

    their drawers numberless returns filled tip by their clergy at visitation times , but , with the exception of the brief summaries given in their

    from charges these , the documents Church . at largo Even the reaps Roman little Church benefit and the other Christian bodies have contrived to

    antici now for pate the the first Church time that in this we matter have , to and acknow it is - ledge any attempt to meet the need , as far as the

    national communion is concerned . The work which the Editor of the « Year-Book of the Church' had to do was , therefore , not merely to .

    the tabulate framework and com of pile such , but a to volume draw out and for its himsel - f ; ¦ manent ^^^^ l LJ ^ M ^ S K M lac J e as V V a JV standard VV tr b B v book of reference ; — < ^^ must per — ; ^^^^^ f ^^^^^^ f p ^^^^ pk ^^^ p ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ p ^^^^^^^*^ ^^ " ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ ' ^^ *^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^

    depend leteness very largel of the y , not matter only included upon the accuracy in its and but comp upon the degree to which it is held , by pages those , best KM qualified Jk \ S to form ¦* an »* w»— »*¦ inion — —— — to — — supply what

    Churchmen KS V ^ V ^* 1 » - •* - ¦» M * . * need ^ - » . W ^ . ^^ To ¦ - enable op j » - our _—^ , readers - j ^ - % to form the an op ' Year inion -Hook on this ' latter with point , a we brief may rk say & umk that of

    Church work and opens progress , classified under a variety oaffas of heads , and this utterances utterances is followed of oi by many

    pages ¦ and other of of the the eminent letters letters Churchmen and ana bsummaries uisnops Bishops of the debates and proceedings / ¦*^ 'j * in ; the y Convocations — — -

    tllU VmW /* J ••* - * v . * r v ^ ^^ »» »«¦»» " * — - — — an nnA of d Canterbury the fh « ****** Diocesan F ) in ^ ftfln . and n Con Can [~ York ferences florences , the ; : by bv Church a a brief brief Con account account gress ,, ,

    partl Church y statistical in Ireland and , Scotland partly , descriptive the United , of States the , _ — _ ¦ ma a m Field m * * ^ ^ *

    the Coloniesand in the Mission during bearing 1881 ; by on a classi ecclesiastical , fied list or of ecclesiastical relig the ious book questions s of events 3 881 ;

    b of y the a register of tabulated the princi from pal day to day ; by an obituary year of , well-known Churchmen , clerical and .

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    May ,, , 88 a lhe Publishers Circular 3 8 ,

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1882, page 389, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051882/page/9/