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    f ¦ * May i, 1886 The Publishers' Circul...

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    MAGAZINES, $ c.

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

    E . Vincent Briton , and * The Tourer on the Cliff / by ^ L » W ^ Emma •^^• " ^ * p ^^ . ^ p > ^ P »^^*^~ ^^^^ ¦¦ Marshall ¦ w ^^» - ^^ pw ^ p>—^ ^ pp ^ ^ P" ^^ v . pr Those ^ pppp * ^^^^ B ^ p ^ n ^ ^ f who V V ^^ i ^ H ^^ pY remember P ^ M ^^ flpP ^ pppM ^ p ^ ^ MMppPM P ^ pT ^ "p Op ^ B the * 4 p >^ b ^ B * fc ^

    former author ' s ' Amyot Brough'" will look forward with interest to reading his present work , nor are they likely to be disappointed W . ' Sue ' is

    ^ Bp ^ pp ^^ r ^ p >—~ — — — m m ^~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ™ ™ ™ p ^^ p * ^ p ¦ ^» —^^^^™ ~ "r *^» ~ "r ^^— r » ^^^ — " ^ p * ^^ p ~ ™— »~^ p » a story of Cornish life , told by the writer with a fidelity to local customs and characteristics which evidences no mean observation and study .

    There is a qnaintness , too , about the narrative—a humorous touch here and there , probabl P ^ P » — ~ y ^ lW very ^* g much ° " ™~ hei ~~~~ ¦ — g P ^ Pp ^ K htened ^^ ~ " ^ Pf ~^ ~~^^» *^ P" - ^ r ^ mm in ^^™ " ^^ P" ^^ effect *^^ P ^ PWPP ^ P ^ P" ^ PP' ^ P * b P ^ p » y W the ^ PP" ^^™»»— ~^ p ^

    dialect—which should render the book to the * more studious of readers infinitely fascinating . PP Abner " ™ —~ Tregenna — ^ p *^^ p ~~ ~— w , ^ m the ™~ ¦ ¦ ¦ ~^ m ~ central - ^^ *^ p ~ — ~ - ™ ^^ p ^^^ b ^ ppi ^ v ^^ m male aPP >^ p ^^ p ^> ^*^^ ^^ P ^ K ^ F ^ fi ^ p ^ B gure IpBPk ^^^^™ PPP . ^ pp » , V ^ is P » PP . PP "

    excellently drawn , and if Sue herself be scarcely so interesting , it is prdbably because she has cot so strong \ ly marked h h a character PiP fc . The

    — ^^^^^ M —^—^^ - ~ _ ^^^^—^^ v — — ^ p- ^^ ^^ p ^ p > ^^^ ^^""^^ - ^ " ^^ ^^^ P ^^ p' ^ ¦ PB * ^^ P ^^^ PJ ^^^^» PP ""^ ^ p ^^ brothers also are good . Mrs . Marshall ' s story is of a different nature , but after its fashion hardly less -- — - attractive - ____ , — . _ ^ It __ is founded m m ^ p ^ on a Gloucester v - ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ , ^ , ^ ^^^ ^^ , ^^ ^ B ^^ ^^^ ^^ p ^ " ^ p * ^ ppp * ^^ ^^ T ^ r »* ^ p * ^^

    shire legend . The latter work , in addition , is furnished with some neatly-executed illustrations , which is surely a new and commendable departure

    in shilling works of this nature . From Messrs Smith , Elder , & Co . —' Portia , ' by

    the author of ' Phyllis , ' * Molly Bawn , ' and other stories , has now been published in a cheap twoshilling H form . The story will be remembered as

    £ ^ »~^^ ~~ ¦ ¦ ¦ ™ ^^ ^— ^^^ ^ p ^ p ^ " ^ ^^ pv ^ p 1 ^™^ - ^^ - ^^^ - ^ p ^ ^^^^^^^ p a ^ pp ^ pr ^^^ - ^^ v ^ . V ^ pv ^ pp ^^ " one of the happiest efforts of a writer whose chief forte lies in the portrayal of dainty love-making , and for — readers - ~ ^ ~^ ~ - ^ — " — — ™ who — ^— " are ^ P' ^ ^^^ ^^^ partial PP ^ pP ^>^ P ^^ pt ^ " ^ pb ^^ *^> ^ p ^ to ^^ P ^^^ B this ^ pT ^^ ^^ b pK W ^^ p form ^^^ ^ . ^ p ^ p ^ . ^^^^^ . ^ p ^ of ^^^ p' ^^ K

    literary feast , it should undoubtedly prove most captivating reading . From Messrs . Swan Sonnenscliein P Pr 1 & Co . —

    ^^^^ ^ ¦ " ^ P ^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ P' ^ ' ^^^ V ^^ B pr ^ p * ^ p ^^¦^ P ^^^ v ^ p ^^^ ppp ^ p ^ pP ^^ Bpp ^ p ppv ^^ p ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ P ^^ P ^>^ PP ^ BPP ^ pJ ^ P ^^ P ^ ^^^^ p' ^ PJp ^ ^ J The principal figure in ' The Bliss of Revenge / by T . Evan Jacob , is the Rev . John Bryanson , head-master of the ¦ ¦ Norton ¦ » Grammar hto School ! !~ h

    and his tyrannical — ^^ — — ^^ p ^^ treatment ^^ P' ^^^ ^ - ^»« ^^ ^^ P ^ ^ " ~~^ of ^^^ the . ^^ P ^*^^ P ^^^^^ P ^ P' peop ^^^^ ^^^^ p- ^^ PB le » - ^^ P' ^ pjpp about ^^ p ^ pp IM » —^^ ; p | him furnishes the chief interest of the story . This is well broug i ht outthoug tf h occasionall 1

    the ^~ language ^^ " ™ ™ r ^^ ^^ ^^^ used r ^* ^^ p » ^ p ^ ^ w Jp ^ . ^ . is ^^^ ^^ ^ ipP unnecessaril ^^ p" ^^^ p ^ . P 1 , V ^ PP ^* ^^^ ^ . ^^ ^^ P 1 P ^^^ h y ^ P *^^ h strong ^ . pP ^ M ^ ^ p # ^^ PJp *^^ ^^ ^^^ , ^ ^ pi . p ^ and _^ pi ^ p > ^^^ y w might with advantage be modified . When one master -- ~ - - j thoug - - ^^ h — very - — much —— — — —~ - enraged — — - ppj — — takes — ——

    —, - - ~ - . , -j to calling his educational superior ' an unmitigated cad / ' an insulting cur , ' and a few

    other epithets of like nature , before a roomfull of boys , finallv ending up with the remark that he * would as lief ask the devil for a

    testimonial / it may well be wondered from what source the author derives his ideas of scholastic life and manners . Butthis defect apartthe

    story is a fairly interesting , one , and the , four hundred and odd closely printed pages offer no less a testimony to the industry of the author

    than a treasure to the inveterate fiction-hunter , which the latter will scarcely be slow to take advantage of .

    From the same . —The collection of ' Queer Stories from Truth' forms a veritable mine of amusing literature . These little fictions have a graceful

    charm that is all their own , and nothing could be better , in their different ways , than the story of the ^~ " ** ^ v' Rorymore - »« V ^ p * *«* - pJL W pi AA ' ^ w ^ fe X ^ D _ f - * iamonds 1 VJV B ^ M X ^ JL-K ^* m **^ , 4 with V 1 ** ** A * ¦ its p 1 * % * " - ' extremel V pP" " ^ ^ p * pik ^^ 'AMpB ^ P * y W

    arristic finish , and the narrative of ' Mr . Chucker ' s Pantaloons , ' and how he tried to change them in the railway train . Allhoweverare goodand

    much of their attractiveness , proceeds , from , the easy , unpretentious fashion in which they are related .

    From the same—Two volumes of more than ordinary thickness , and one volume of unusual thinness , comprise Mary 0 . Rowsell's new novel * The

    , 8 ilver Dial / Why this should be— "why , that is to say , the story could not' have been published in

    three uniform volumes—we are at a loss to k _ _

    tell , but as the result is a good one , we thank-^ full ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ~—^ y g take ^^ r ^ r ^^ B ^ p *^^^ - ^^ m what - % pp ^^ pi ^^ p ^ Bp ^ pf ^^ p ^ the ^^ p ^^^^ pv ^ Pp * gods ^ p ^^ K ^^ PP ^^^^ ™ provide pp ^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ™ ^ — , ^ mand don ' t

    grumble . And the truth is we have found ' The Silver Dial' very captivating reading . "We like to ^ p * - ^» - be p % ^ ^^ carried ^ pf ^ jm ^ m ««^ ^ ^ pr ^^ p » back p ^ pr »¦ v ^ pmbpv into ^* ^* m ~~ ^ p ^ the p ** - ^ p ^ - ^ past np- k ^ h ppjt ^ , » away , m ~ - —— ^ g from — — the

    present feverish age of excitement and false glitter , to find ourselves amid honest Strasburg burghersfair-haired blue-eyed maidens ¦ 1

    worshipful ppjpp ^ p ^ p >^^ a ap burgo ^^ ^^ p ^ pj ^ fep' ^ P ^ PPBpP P , A m ^ fc asters ^^ P" ^ P >^^ * PiP ^ Pfc ^^^^ B ^ P and ^ ^ p' ^ pp ^ ' worth ^ ^^^ ^»^ Pt 'Ppp' ~^^ y ^^ horol ~^~^ ^ ™ og ^ " ^ p ^ " — ists , , and this ^ L Miss Rowstjll has very effectually done . There is not P ~ much » P sensation P > 1 in 1 these 1 three volumesit is P ^*^^^ ^^^ p ^^^^^ ppj ^^ pp ^ pf p ^^ p p ^ p ^ pBj pppp ^ p | p ^ ^ p ^^ p ^^ p ^^^ pp ^ pr ^^^ ^ ppP ^^^ MPl p ^ p . ^ P ^^^^ ^^ P ^^^^ B ^ . ^ P ^^ P' ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ * ^~^ — — , —

    true , and if the reader looks for that he had far ^ abundance better ^ P ^ P ^ pV Hp > A ^ ^ p » V ^^ W go P ^^ B ^ p ^ - ^^ elsewhere of ^^ ^ Pf charming - ^^ ^» PtfP > P ^ Vppf p ^^ fc ^ fc , but ^ PJI ^ k ' detail PP there ~^ ~^~ ' - ¦ —^^ , P | and ^ Is in PP" the - ^ its p loves lace " an of

    Conrad Dasipodius and Sabina von Steinbach , the kindliness of Dr . Bruno , the vindictive nature of JRadegund Pk von b Steinbach fr and the feelings of the

    honest P ^ P ^ P ^ ^ P P ^ pP' ^ P ^ BP ^ B ^ ^^ p ^ w ^^ P ^ old ^ pi ^^• pP ^> burgomaster * ^ ppP ^^^^ p ^^ P ^^ P * ^ k' ^ P ^* PP > ^^ fr P > ^ P ^ F ^*^ PF ^^ p * , ^^<^ are * , PB ^^^ P ^ P V ^^ admirab - ^ w ^ P >^^ ^^ P ^^ ^ ^ pv - ^ l y delineated ^ pH ^^ p — . From A - r T Mr k « b . Willi W W kk > am Wk Stevens «« « ¦ . *«»• ^ p . ^ m ^ . v —Volume - ^ p- - — ¦— ¦ —¦ —— III . w of — ' ^ piM *^ . ^^^ p ^*^^^^ pita ¦^¦^

    the Sister ' Favourite 3 and half- Fiction a-dozen Series other ' novelettes contains * of Dan an ' s interesting pp- ^ nature biPV . They are all healthy in tone

    # ^ p > pl * pT ^ p * ^ p » «^ ^^ ^ *^ bk P ^» . ^ p * »»¦«* ^ ^ " ^ - ^^ ^ . pp ^* / ^ ^^~ ^^ ^* - - ^ - - ^ ~~ —^ — ^ g , and admirably related , and dealing for the most part with that very familiar story of man ' s love for woman of which the world fc never ¦» - ' ¦» n' — seems to — —

    ¦ B-V-r-L If VJJUAUlAA \ JJL . IT «~ LAV > 4 . X VA . AV / »¦ X ^ .. *^ - ^^ w—* grow * tired , they should be assured of a hearty welcome from a wide circle of readers .

    From Messrs . I . "Warne & Co . —Mrs . Alexander certainl ¦ p » p * T ^^ . p » . «_ p | f ^ . * . y W strike »» V W « Jk Ab - ^^ s »» rf a > tp « f very W * p » ^— W telling — ¦¦— ' — — — —— ^^^ note ^'"" ~^ when she

    opens her new story , ' Beaton's Bargain / in the Lyceum Theatre , with Henry Irving and Ellen Terry k laying 4 VIkK the «/» A leading parts ^— ¦—¦ - — in Much Ado

    about A V ** Jfc . * W Nothing p ¦ a /^« - * W I « . There w - ^ *^ ~ - ^» ^ - »» is f ^ nothing jn- ^ * - -: like riveting the attention of the roader at the outset , provided of course the 1 writer can sustain r the interest

    \^ ^ pV ^_/ ^ p > pp ^ ^ b p ^ p" ^ p * » "P ^ J ^ ^^ » » p ^ ^ k ^ rf ^ " * " ^ P * ^^^« H PB . V ^ PPI * ^ Pi " ^ - ^ — ¦ — ^ throughout ; and this Mrs . Alexander very ably contrives to do . ' Beaton ' s Bargain'is a very h

    readable little work of fiction ; and thougsome of the characters bear a strong family resemblance p \_ pP ^^ VvV *» J * * -, J Tt ^ to ^^ ^ , _^ r other ^ p , p- p ^/ ipv ^ p ^^ ^ pp brings r ^ p » n * ^^ ^ i ¦ ^ h ¦* 1 ^ we » ^^ i ^ ^ hav »— » pi . e - ^ p ^ been ' - — —— — introduced

    to in Mrs . Alexander ' s former works , they are so readil pleasant y forg and ive decidedl their sameness y human in the that delight we can of

    i / { j — meeting them again .

    F ¦ * May I, 1886 The Publishers' Circul...

    f ¦ * May i , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 441

    Magazines, $ C.

    MAGAZINES , $ c .

    The Magazine of Art ( Cassell & Go . ) has as a fronti ture sp ' The iece a Hay fine Wain reproduction ' Beyond of this Constable the contri ' s pic - -

    butions , are : ' Guildford . , ' by the Rev . W . J . Loftie ; ' Alexandre Cabanel' bAlice Meynell ; ' Some

    English _» _ Carriage « . ^ , ' b y , J -w- . y Hungerford - ¦¦¦¦ r * i Pollen t ~* _ 1 i _ ; ' T rr ^ i he _ _ Romance of Art : The Cottage Countess , ' by Julia

    by Cartwri Heinrich ght ; Lang ' Driving ; ' Celtic Horses Metai in Hungary -work : , Christian ' painted

    Period / by J . Romilly Allen ; ' Profiles from the French Renaissance : Charles IX ., 'by A . Mary F .

    Robinson ; * Poems and Pictures : Come , Swallow , Come' bHarold Boulton ¦ and »¦»¦ - ~ - » Charles - — ¦ Whymper ;

    \ ^ f \ j KM . A V * , y 7 . * . JH . ai-1 . v ^* x- * . p * - * v- / * -- * wv ^ *** . — - — — »/ m . ' Homos ' M Artist V- / 111 ^ , P and and * . MJ IM ^_« Artisan . their l > A A *_/ -I - « . , ' b Surroundings rv y « - « ** Lewis - » -- — - ¦ —— ¦« - * - F ^ . Day " * , ' b ; y •/ ' Japanese William

    St Anderson Johnston , F . R . C with . S . ; three A Royal engravings Artist / after by Alfred Her

    Royal .. and Imperial , Higbnoss tho Crown Princess o \ / f X G VJI erman V > I . ill t *; U y V ; . ' Needlowork Ji _^ v- ' \^ v- * A ^_'*» - ^ - ' * .- " ^ as " -- — Art — " 7 , ' b — y Katharine fro , .. _ _

    de drawing ^^ P * . Jp ^^ V P Mattos / P / J-pkJ * Bfc b" - ^ ¦ y ; Alexander — ' A - *^ p-- Lad y Gierowski of Old Germany ; j ' The / Chronicle rn a

    of Art : Art in April , ' & c . The ^^ i AJL ^^ J pVpi Art 4 Ph pik ¦ ' p Journal | p ^^ pT " ^ r *» » ^ p >^« a . i ^ lp » ( m "J ^ f . m S r ^* ¦¦ - * . Virtue ^ *•*¦ ^* *^< ^ " ^ & ' ^¦ p' ^ Co — - . ) m . — —

    ' Nausieaa and her Maidens / beautifully etched by attraction C , O . Murray in , after this G month . D . Leslie ' s part , . R . A Otherwise ., is a striking the

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1886, page 441, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051886/page/15/