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    438 The Publishers' Circular May i , l 886

    Iflrtiictojef, Set. From Mr. J. "W. Arro...

    iflrtiictojef , Set . From Mr . J . "W . ArrowsmithBristol . —In ' A

    , Primrose ^^^^ « Dam ^^ p ^ . e' Mr ^ a m ^ . Mervyn ^ ph ^ m- L ^^ . Hawkes ^ t ^^^ 4 has V written an exceptionally clever story . He tells usin the preface to his little volumethat for

    some , years he has been closely associated , with the political press and parliamentary work , and we can well believe him . Here is a description -W

    of the editor of Ttfe Volcano , a Radical newspaper established 'to promote the cause ' : —' Mr . Hiram Watkinsthe editorial chiefbegan his career in

    , , a Derbyshire coal-mine , and had since graced every department of literary life . His forte lay in leading articles ( all subjects ) , art reviews ,

    musical and dramatic criticism , children ' s gossips , humorous stories , pathetic poems , and literary notes . He considered he was good in other

    branches of literature ; but in the few we have specified , he admitted himself to be unsurpassed . ' Mr . Hawkes evidently has no very high opinion

    of the journalistic world , and probably his ideas on the subject are very much the same as those of Mrs . Dunsterthe laundresswho ' had been

    , , known to observe that she was prepared for anything from " them litery kar-ak-ters ; " and , as a matter of fact , if she had discovered six journalists

    some morning all hanging in the passage , she might have thought it more eccentric than usual , bub she would not have screamed / The book is

    one that should certainly be read . From the same . —Another interesting little story ,

    scarcely faultless in construction , and perhaps in some respects improbable , is * The Mark of Cain , ' by Andrew Langwhich forms the thirteenth

    ^ j r ^ , — volume of the Bristol Library . It chiefly concerns the doings of the Hon . Thomas Cranley , a thorough-paced villain , somewhat after the type

    of the Spider in ' The Silver King , ' who , after irrevocably disgracing himself in society , takes one more downward stepX , , and does not hesitate

    at murder . Of the ingenious way in which he accomplishes his purpose , and of the equally adroit method in whicli he ___ is _ . _ eventual _ _ lbrought — —

    to justice , we must leave readers y to jud — — ^^ j ge for themselves . The * flying man , ' we may remark * , who furnishes such importan ^ t evidence — — —

    at the trial , is a trifle extraordinary , though such madmen have certainly existed ; and in other ¦ ways _ Mr . Lang mig -j htwith a little care - ~ ad —— — .

    van-^ — ^ ^ - i , — — — — , v — — - — - — tageously have improved his plot . From Messrs . Blackie & Son . — -For a school prize

    we could not speak of a more appropriate book than * Historic Boys : their Endeavours , their Achievements , p and their - — Times - ~ - — , j ' by g E - — .. _ . _ S ¦ - — . ^ p - Brooks — ¦ ~^ p * - w ¦ ™ " ™ - ^» . PJ

    As the author rightly says : ' The world ' s historic boys and girls have been many . In every age and clime may be found notable - examp - j ^ les of young ^/ q

    people who , even before they reached manhood or womanhood , have , for good or evil , left their impress on their time / The sketches given in the

    volume consist of stories in which the chief incidents of the young heroes' lives aro deftly interwoven . The subjects are selected from different

    Brian ages and of cl Munster imes , consisting ; Olat' of of ' Norway Marcus ; of William Rome' ; of Normandy ; f Baldwin of Jerusalem ; 7

    Frederick of Hohenetaufe ^ y n ; Harry of Monmouth — ; Giovanni of Florence ; Qxtlil of Tezcuco ; Louis of Bourbon ; Charles of Sweden ; Van

    Rensselaer of Renssolaerswyck . The book has some telling illustrations by R . B . Birch and John Sehonberg .

    From , the same . —Frequently enough it is right to ¦ say that the art of story-telling for children i 8

    disappearing ; but if books written and illustrated so well as ' The Joyous Story of Toto ' continue to

    be published , there can be no fear that young people will not have sufficient amusement . The

    author in the present case is Laura E . Richard s the artist , E . H . Garrett . Both have done their

    work so well , and so happily , that the result is an unusually engrossing story which no child who

    has got over the first stages of reading will be willing to lay down . Parents , and all friends of

    little folk will find it a capital book for reading aloud . From . Messrs . W . Black-wood & Sons . —Loretto

    School ^^ > ^ m ^ m and the ^ whole ^ ^ educational a ^ ^ ^^ bod ^ K ^ M y of ^^ Scotland ^^ > are to be congratulated upon having so earnest a

    representative as Mr . Hely Hutchinson Almond , M . A ., whose ' Sermons by a Lay Head-Master , ' have just been published in volume form . These

    discourse m " s , the author says , represent only part ^* of ^ V the religious and moral teaching given to boys at Loretto School , of which he is the head-master .

    Of volumes of sermons it may be said we have enough and to spare , but there certainly appears to be a want -with regard to collections of good

    school sermon ** . This may be due to the difficulty of preparing such addresses so as to fix the attention of young tm lads . Mr . Almond , we venture ^

    to say , has not only succeeded in meeting this requirement , but has prepared models which should undoubtedly be useful to those who folio ?

    the same lines of thought . We quote the following passage from the first sermon , ' The Gifts of the Evil One ' : —' Look forward to your future _

    ^ j — — — lives . You may find yourself in company where you will be tempted to adopt a light or slighting tone about principles which in your heart you

    reverence ; to smile at the filthy jest , often veiled in subtle innuendoes ; perhaps to move your lips assentingly at the chorus of some vile song ; or

    perhaps to eat and drink more than you ought to dangerous do on occasions nearness of to festivity the pit of ; vice or to . dall You y ¦ will in

    gain by all this , of course you will : you will gain the reputation of good-fellowship . You will make what are called friends ; you will increase your

    results popularity from by the a ha agreeable ~ bit of acquiescence ease of manner , and which is tarnished by a habit of resistance and protest . '

    From Messrs . Blackwood & Bons . — ' The Shire Highlands r- -j — ( » - East — — — - — — Central —^ ~ —¦ - — —¦ - ¦ ^ ^ Afr —¦ ^^— - ^^ ^—m i ^ ca - ^^ ' ^* pi ) m ¦ as - ^ ^ ^ fc ^ Colony - ^^ - ^^ 4 ^ ^^^ r 4 ^ B W and ^ mi - ' ¦ "

    Mission , ' by John Buchanan . Books relating to African fields , already tolerably familiar to readers of travellers' volumesmust

    necessarily possess some distinct characteristic , that will commend them to special attention . The book now ' - — ,,. . before - _ - _ - __ v- _ - ^ . us - ** - — — , althoug ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ *^ « r- « b ^ h mm «* unpretending ^^^ fcW m * M m * + ^ S ^ J ^^ m * ¦ t ^** rf-j P p " 4

    in style and size , is intrinsically of great value . Mr . Buchanan ' s observations hare been carefully ¦ made . We particu P ¦ i ¦ ¦ larl 4 noto tli ^

    usefulness and interest - ^ — — —^ - of his ^^ P remarks ^^ ^^^ ^^^ P «^^ - " ^ IW ^^ ^ PM y H p % ^ BJ ^^^ p ^ p ^ ^^^ T the ^ S ^ customs of the inhabitants , and upon upon the products of the locality 1 --- in -- - which -- ,. —„ h he has fc ¦ vt resided 1 # pi pr - « h . As

    — _^ - _ ^^ ^_ ^^ — . v ^ ^ w « p , ^^ - ^ ^ m * > ^ ^^^ pi * ^^ "W V the author is a planter at Zomba , he has boon able to give a large amount of information respecting coffee growing in East Central Africa .

    The quality of the coffee is referred to , also the prospects of the region as a field for its production . All this information is new h « ; h andbeing tho

    results of observation — - — — — - ^ b y ^ - —— a ~ — - ^^ practical ^ m - ^^ w ^ ^ rf ^ P P » 4 % ^ h ^ V ^ man , Pm W *^ F ^^^^ *^ , P ^^ P ^ p | k it is likewise authoritative . Dealing with a countr y that isperhaps ^ the most interesting —VT in BPipq all th «

    , m .... __ , — . . . ^^ ^^^ __ ^^ ^^ ^ m ^^ ^^ ^^^ . —Jf- - ^^ ^ ^ ^^ _ j ^^ ^^ » ^^ ^^ * Pb ^ - ' ~ dark continont in so far as missionary enterpriso is concerned—it is the bind of Livingstone—wo

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1886, page 438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051886/page/12/