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    440 The Publishers' Circular May 1,1886 ...

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

    From the same . —More than once we have been bored ¦ * " ~ ^^ " — ~—~ ^ - ^ b ~^» y ^ m the ¦ —^^™ - « . * ponderous ^ s ^ sr ™ ^^ p ^» - ^ r ^ p » ^^ h ^^ p * * .. ¦ - ^ b ^^ b p ^ bv language ^^ " ^ bp ™«~ ~ ¦ ^ ¦¦ v ^^^^ ¦ b » pb . h ° " ™~ of ~^«~ — v » arious ^ ^ - — ^ - ^ guides « vb & — — - - —

    to cities and towns ; but in * London of To-day , ' by Charles Eyre Pascoe , we have what is correctly termed an illustrated handbook for the season ;

    that is to say , a volume which directs both townsmen and visitors quickly to the best sights , hotels ,

    residencesrestaurantsentertainmentsshopsexcursions , exhibitions , , and , so forth , of , the metro , - polis . With Mr . Pascoe ' s work in their hands , no one need be at a floss as to where to livewhere

    , to buy , where to laugh , or where to cry . The volume is copiously illustrated , well arranged , and written in a style so interesting that it may

    at any time be taken up for casual perusal , and will assuredly give pleasure . From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . — ' The Fall of

    Asgard : a Talc of St . Olaf ' s Days , ' by Julian Corbett . Two vols . In writing of other works we have alluded to the great charm of Norse

    stories—to the powerful attraction these stalwart heroes of old carry with them , and of the absorbing interest with which the doings of Vikings

    and—% ^ j o o Scalds are imbued . ' The Fall of Asgard ' differs from some of the books ^ we have previousl XT y spoken 17

    of , seeing that it is an original production and not a translation . Mr . Corbett has acted bravely in entering upon such a comparatively unknown

    field of work , and his undeniabl IT e success % / is therefore the more to be commended . He has given us two volumes which are perfectly redolent of

    the bygone age which they depict , the pages being marked by freshness of style , originality , and scholarly treatment . It is easy in a story of this

    nature , where much depends on study and research , to make a parade of such learning , but Mr . Corbett has avoided h h this error bb and bbWBibb is vbbv «¦

    thoroughly natural and — — — —^ v unpretentious — — — — ^—^ ^^— — — —^ p- —^^ throug ~ m ^ ™ ™ , - ^ - ^ p' ^ m hout " ^^^ - ^^» . The work , too , is marked by much delicate refinement . The death of the high-souled

    Gudrun is told with excellent effect . Many of the characters who appear in its pages are of men who really m existed , such — " — — — as ~« - ¦— ¦ St - ™— w . ¦ ¦ Olaf ¦ —~ ^™^™ — , Olaf « b ^ bb b »» -b ^ ^ b >

    Haraldsson the Thick , Grimkel his bishop , and Sigvat his scald , Erling Skialgsson , Earl Swend and his — sister — ^ — —all ~^^ — - — these - ^ r ~ ^^ - ^^— — * - ^ r ™~ are ™ ™~ *^ bbi ^ b ^ - SBh mentioned ^ B ^ ^ Bb . -bbB' *¦¦ ^^ bm > **¦ - -m ^ BJHr ^ Bi ^ b ^ - « ir * Bj b W ^^^ y W

    the chroniclers of history ; others again are either little known or are invented to supply the exigencies of plot . With the writerwe may certainl

    , y express the hope that his story ' may do something towards removing those vague misunderstandings of Korse antiquity ' which some people

    otherwise very well informed , possess ; and just , as certainly do we believe that it will have miseffect .

    From Mr . David OTutt . — « The Wellington College French Exercise Book / by A . L . Calais , B . L .,

    supplies in excellent form a series of exercises which should prove exceedingly useful to all teachers of the Parisian tongue throug ¦ f hout the

    - - ~— — — — — — - ^ -h ^^ — - —¦ ~^— - ~ - ^ -m * ^ r ^^^^ —f — country . It is specially adapted to the arrangement of the ' Wellington p ^ i — ^~ French p ¦ ¦ ^ ^^ »¦ ~~ — * — — — Grammar ^—^ w —^ ¦ ¦ »™ " ~» ^ m pi ^^ ^ ^¦ h' ^ pb / f . but T ^^ F ¦ 'Tfc ^*^ r efficientl

    can equally as y be used with other instructors in accidence . From Messrs . Keg an PaulTrench & Co . —The

    ~ ~ ^ b ^ p # — — ^ , ^^^ ^^ , ™ ^~ - 'P ^ . ^ ' ~^^ p « ^^^ m p ^ b >« p « ^^^ Avon Edition of Shakspeare ' s Works , vol . viii . This volume contains * Troilus and Cressida '; Coriolanus' ; and * Titua Andronicus . '

    From Messrs . Philip & Son . —* Descriptive Catalogue of Scientific and Technical Books . ' This is a volume of more than two hundred ¦ pages devoted - **^

    »» — — — — — — _ -p—v ^ pp ^ pt v * ¦ Ur - »*^ V ^^ P ^ a * ^^ ' p > P ^ to recording technological works , that is , books on industrial arts and the sciences which are related to them . We shall most readily show the scope

    of this useful work of reference by enumerating a I few of the headings under which the names of the

    books are arranged . Of these there are about a hundred and fiftyif . Among t ^> them we find assay -w-w » m y - ,

    ing , bricklaying , blasting , candles , chemistry colours , cotton manufacture , distillation , dyeing , ,

    explosives explosives , , furniture turniture , , noroiog horology ^ v , , jioinery oinery , , leather leather , naval architecture , oyster culture , paper manufacture & c & c . The work may be called a

    skeleton , j cycl — - , opaedia — of manufacture and trade . « -w From - ^_ - — Messrs . — ^ b ^ t- — . — Q - ^_— - -. - P . — Putnam - ' s Sons - . —' Humour — — = ^^ in m ^ j ^

    Animals / by W . H . Beard , is a volume as novel and amusing in its contents as it is handsome in its external appearance X . X - It embraces a series of

    studies in pen and pencil , accompanied by lively descriptions in prose , forming as a whole one of the cleverest and most grotesque boois on the

    animal ¦ H i ^ K world - _ ^ BBPJ that _> i we h ave seen . The «¦*¦^ sub ¦ ¦ . ject fl is peculiarly fascinating both for old as well as ydiing folk ; and we should say that IMr . Beard ' s book will

    be long and widely popular . From Messrs . Reeves & Turner .- —Collections of

    parodies are to be esteemed for many different reasons , the chief being that parodies give a better idea of the popularity of verses than anything

    else . No poem or rhyme that is not strongly impressed upon the public mind is thought worthy of being parodied , so that in a good collection -we

    find maoy interesting proofs of the hold which certain poets have gained upon public favour . Volume II . of ' Parodies of the Works of English

    and American Authors , ' collected and annotated by Walter Hamilton , is in this respect a most valuable compilation . The parodies relate to the

    works of Shakspeare , Milton , Dry den , Watts , Tennyson , Longfellow , Hood , Bret Harte , Matthew Arnold , Poe ., and others . The volume may be

    recommended as one of the most curious contributions to the aspects of poetry . From the Religions Tract Society . —In a neatly

    compiled little volume , Dr . Macaulay , who is perhaps best known as the editor of the Leisure Hour , gives some account of the life and character

    of Whiten " eld , the evangelist . The * Whitefield Anecdotes , ' as the brochure is called , is especially interesting , not so much for the actual merit of

    its work as for the side light of information that it casts upon the life of the famous reformer . Unambitious to rival the attempts x - — of the —best

    known biographers of G-eorge Whitefield , such as Dr . Gillies , Mr . Philip , and Mr . Gladstone , the present JL work yet , / furnishes in unpretentious -J ,

    fashion much interesting information which is hardly to be found in these volumes . From Mr . J " . SampsonYork . —A Bohemian book

    translated into the Eng , lish language is a novelty that seems to call for more than passing notice . Mr . W . W . Strickland has adapted from the Czech

    three stories of Viteslav Halek . * Under the Hollow Condition Tree or ' ; Pensioned ' Poldik the Off Scavenger * are the titles '; and of ' the On

    stories , which , along with , twenty-eight lyrical pieces , are issued in the form of a volume convenient in sizeand well printed . Mr . Strickland

    disclaims any , anticipation of a wide circle of English readers , but wo are under the impression that their fine simplicity is sure to gain

    admiration from readers who have sympathy with the quiet annals of humble life . Owing to other attributesnotably the style of the authortho

    stories should , be interesting to many readers . , From Messrs . Seeley & Co . —Two littlo volumes ,

    alike distinguished by merit of contents and

    neatness of binding are * Sue ; or , Wounded in Sport , by

    440 The Publishers' Circular May 1,1886 ...

    440 The Publishers' Circular May 1 , 1886 I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1886, page 440, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051886/page/14/