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    From Of Books Messrs Received . W. H :— ...

    vay terms as to l desi . In gnate this the way objects almost to everything "which the we

    are likely app to y meet with in daily life is designated , and laid before the eye by means of 850 diagrams ,

    besides plates . < From M . essrs . Macinlllan & Co . — Fielding . ' By Austin Dobson . A new volume of the publishers '

    Morl ' Eng ey lish . Mr Men . Dobson of Letters tells , ' us edited , in his b preface y Mr . Joh that n as the works of Yielding bava of late received

    abundant critical examination at the hands of a long Stephen line at of distinguished their head , he writers has here , with confined IVIr . Leslie his

    attention ntf . fintion mainly mainlv to to the the life life of of the the novelist novelist , , and and he is to be congratulated on having given us a very admirable biographical sketch . Certain

    dates , such as the time and place of Fielding ' s second marriage , and the dates of the baptisms of all the children of that ¦ marriage except the

    g ^ ^ v ^ ¦ w — ^— — ¦— — —¦— — — _ — — - — — - — — — — — M eldest ^^^ , he has been able to pubLish ^^^^ for the first time , thanks to the investigations of the lato Colonel J . L . Chester , and there are several other

    matters of interest on which the author throws fresh light . While , however , Mr . Dobson eschews the criticalhe intersperses his "biography with

    many interesting , comments which show his familiarity with and appreciation of the works of the author , and at the close of the volume he

    gives us a brief summing-up of his literary merits and achievements in the following passage , which our readers will thank us for quoting : —

    As a dramatist he has no eminence ; and though his plays do not deserve the sweeping condemnation with which Macaulay once spoke of them in the House of Commons , they are not likely to attract critics but those for

    whom the inferior efforts of a any great genius possess a morbid fascination . Some of them serye , in a measure , to illustrate illustrate his his career career ; : others others contain contain hints hints and and situation situations s

    which he afterwards worked into his noTels ; but the only ones that possess real stage qualities are those which he borrowed from Regnard and MoliercNor can it be

    ad-. .. mitted that , as a periodical writer , Fielding was at his best . the In spite work of of effective the great pass Augustans ages , his , essays and are remained not above far the below level

    of many of their leas illustrious imitators Fielding ' s humorous papers *** + + \ SA . VllO are ; « they Vll learned ^ V are t * A \ J ofte \ and Jm . VKJtLA n ingenious earnest WCL UvUV ; but ILT ; * they J it M . \ f must MMJL UUU are be W frequently a C * loiterer IV / t W- * t V . A

    biographical in literature who purposes , in these , can dayj honestly , exce find pt for it antiquarian worth while or to consu'tthemHis pamphlets and projects are more

    vain-. and able sagaciously , if only that at they social prove and political him to have problems looked , and curiously to have fitrive "w * avvii n , , C as * O far J _ CbL t as * 3 AJJl in UlUl him lay M . CVJ , to UV ^ set DVU the VJLX «^ 3 \ c ^ 1 rooked . V / V ^ CkOV 4 straight DbJ . O * l ^ ll U . .

    play .. .. It 8 that is not Fielding , however is really , by his memorable pamphlets ; , it his is essay by his s , or triad his of noveU uutvi ? and iii the surpassing study csi in in irony of ui 4 Jonathan itiiicii

    W ^ " ^• ild ij . ' In *^_ , , uj * - Joseph w _ uur dlu Andrews aji ^ jaiookixfe , ' we . uujr have i _ j . jiuijij the ai _ ^ first ^ -i _«_ mji sprightly _ * > » . last runnings found of its a fitting genius vein tbat , but after much yet uncertainty doubtful and , had at

    •~~* s "« WUJLJIVA XUD A 1 UWJLJU { 3 VOAU , , PL » UL » was VV t * O JOU UUUUtlUl <» 11 VX un U 1 I - " with dipciplined tho perfected ; in * Tom method Jones' and the perfect the assured plan expression has come , is There """^ is 'o an a . ii inevitable xucviiunMV loss tuna kjl of th uimb at jxiio fine waywardness wnywtuuucaa which yviuun

    general sometimes gain of the order result , and of untrained the full production effort , but which there results is tho of is - ~ the art uuv . . earliest vuiuc The highest definite ucuuiuv point and « uit is ttuuuuiibaiivc authoritative reached in * Tom manifestation » utn . Jones i . unoi / t * , ' which . «> ii of ui the AA _ _ _ . _ ; j -

    mqlern noveL Its relation to De Foe is that of tho ve It real rtebrate to the to ideal the — invertebrate one might ; almost to Richardson add , the , that impossible of tho . can be compared to no contemporary English work

    Of of its its own Own kind lHnri ; and nnri if if we woi seek Hf » p » lc for fnr its ifcn parallel "nnmilnl at nt ; the t . h « time t . imft ° the f publication masterpiece we of . must that go great beyond pictorial literature artist to who art— was to Fielding ' s friend .

    these After —— speaking two acknowled cwvxkuir of itavukvu the ged points masters luwmuuio of similarity of the between h and

    of the — »« pencil v , Mr . Dobson closes with vsa uuu a final pen iji ^ word auu of recognition H % *** - ' *^ - ' * - » of X ^ JL . Fielding JB . AVAVliK MSh as % jm + J the VAAXJ leg AV | k « iti U * mate MAtVUV pro T * -

    genitor of all the best writers who have since the essayed English to follow novel . in his steps as the writers of

    From t > ep T 6 » t lu , © a National most useful Temperance handbook of Publication ' Hints and ,

    i ' <» wiK — jr .. "i iui , ni ^ . 'i . ; , ' .. , ! + >' ¦ »»» ' ¦ " "m ' i null ' u .

    Topics for Temperance Speakers , ' written by the Rev . J . Marshall Morrellwith an introduction

    by the Rev . Cation Ellison . , From Messrs . T . Kelson & Sons . — ' Mountains

    and Mountain Climbing / This is an interesting compilation of sulventura and experience among I the famous mountains of the world vi . The contents r — — — — — — - - — — — — - —* _— r ¦ ^^^™ ™ ¦ ™ ^ " ^ ^^~^^ «»^^ ^ r ^^ ^ bb ^ b ^^^^^

    comprise Vesuvius , theHarz , Pyrenees , Himalaya , & c . ; Norway , Teneriffe , Peter Botte , Athos , EtnaMont BlancChimborazoAraratSinai

    Hekla , ; also the mountain , s of Hawaii , and , of the , Indian Archipelago . The volume has 33 illustra-¦ tions , among — — »——^* which - — - ~—r ^— - ^^ r- — ^^— are — — — — found ~ -m- — - ^ — — — the ^ v ~ -r- ^^ m- m S — —^ r- pectre h ^^ —^ r - ^^ - - ^ m ^^ h —^ of - ^^^ ^ - ^ a the ^^ r ^^ . ^^ V ^^^^

    Brocken , the Cirque de Gavarnie , the North Cape , Peak of Teneriffe , Great Crevasse of Mont Blanc , panorama of the Andescrater of Kilaueawave

    Mount of fire , Hekla cascade , & c of . & lava c . , , The pass great in crater the Himal of , Vesu aya - , vius in eruption , Mount Etna from Taormina , and

    the monastery of Mount Sinai furnish striking views . From Messrs . "W . P . Nimmo & Co . —* The

    Voice of Wisdom : a Treasury of Moral Truths from the Best Authors . ' Selected and arranged by J . E . A volume of brief extracts — from a great

    ir - variety of writers ^ in prose and verse , ancient o and modern , arranged under their subjects in alphabetical order . At times we com © across

    passages for which no author ' s name is given and among them is the following on ' Impure Literature ' : — ' The vitiated literary taste of our

    age is alarming . The effervescence of knowledge is preferred to knowledge itself . IJow how can this taste for fiction and falsehood be met and

    corrected ? Certainly only by its natural antidote —the truth . ' In glancing through the pages of the work , we find a more frequent quotation of

    contemporary authors than is common in such books ; and Mrs . Oliphant , Mr . Spurgeon , Hugh Macmillan , De Witt Talmage , and many writers

    of current fame are drawn upon . Here is a sentence from the great Baptist orator on ' The Atheist ' : * The Atheist is the fool pre-eminently

    and a fool universally . He wouLd not deny God , if he were nob a fool by nature , and having denied m » v God it is no ~ marvel » < i that he iH becomes - --- a - ~ *^^ - ^^ ^ - ^ ^¦ ^^^^ " ^^ ^*^^» ^ ^^ ^ B v ^^ ^^ " ^^ i i— ^™ ^ " ^^ v ^ ¦ . * ^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ r- ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ' ^^ — ^ " — — " — —

    fool in practice . Sin is always folly , and as it is the height of sin to attack the very existence of the Most Hihso it is also the greatest

    g , imaginable foUy . ' The book is calculated to be very serviceable to preachers and teachers , for whose use it is specially designed by the editor .

    From Messrs . S . W . Partridge & Co . — 'His Handiwork . ' By Lady Hope . The good work

    accomplished by and at the suggestion of the authoress of tins little book is a guarantee of its interest as a record of reli hb ious h effort among h the

    masses ^ K ^ . ^^ ^^ ^_ ,- ^^ ^^^ . ^^ ^^ of ^ p —i r the ^^^ «« . ^^ v peop ^^^ f ~ i - ~ ^ m ^ i ^^ b le i— . ^ b ^^ Lad ~> — ^^ ^ g ^^ y ^^ - ^^ ^ Hope ^^ w ^^ . ^^^^ g ^^^ - * v ives —~ — — us - ^— v— some — — sketches of tho people whom she has reached in the Mission Coffee Houses which she has opened ,

    and at meetings of working men , and uses each of truth tho embodied graphic sketches in a scri as ptural an illustration text . To of all some who I

    are usuall engaged y supposed in work to among lie outside the peop the le range who are of reh relicriouB gious influence influence this this book book will will be be both botn en

    en-couraging and hopeful . From the same— Illustrated Sabbath Facts ; or

    . , by God the ' a Weekly editor _ Gift ^^ of the for s + British tho . ¦ % Wcairy ¦ w-r Workman . ' Comp ^* % . iled m An % 1

    illustrated volumo of sketches and anecdotes , illustra Sunday ting and the the blessing mischiefs of the which due follow observance in the of

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    ii i May i , i 8 » 3 Tke PubKshers Circular 377

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1883, page 377, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051883/page/13/