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    Books Beceivbd :— From Rn/Ii* # Messrs »...

    • ———imtmm >—^—^———^ m ^^^ m ^^^^— ' _ . __^_____ ^————^^ ^^ . -. ) l £ v engravings TfllBh alleys fcir W A , hig W her are T-W ri ^ ' valleys beautiful IV ^* ^ W wm — j » m , & examples » c . ¦— The r ^ * f of orty woodcute or fifty

    illustrationand make a kind of drawing-room table-book of , the work , and an agreeable assemblage visited of the jtMwi localities -reminiscences . The following to those who will have have

    its interest for English people : — Wlr We ^ found h' in at Samuel FlUgen Margreiter , a capital , example who keeps of the the Gasthaua Tyrolean BU aum Ul Stern jSWTUi . Both JOUbU he uv and ituu of his iua wife wuo mueiolans were nwo members urouui / c and * a of w in their Lud ui »» - -

    travels wig Rainer they ' s have company acquired Tyrolese a good knowledge , of English . Trav in that ellers city to from Munich its nearness have noticed to the Tyrol that ,

    Tyrolese minstrels , are almost nightly to be heard at one or other of the great beer-drinking places . Even there scepticism is sometimes expressed

    as to the minstrels being genuine by Tiroler . It may , therefore , be some comfort to those who heard Mr . Margreiter and his companions in

    London and the provinces , to learn that there was ' no deception . We are tempted to make another short extract : —

    40 At miles the by edge 30 , of stand South all -eastern the great Tyrol peaks , within of the an Dolom area ite of formation since Dolomien . The at region the wiA ^ s close i \ has \ ¦ of been the last i known century % to % geologists described **^* —¦*

    the MflUW mineral * - ^ vrjLV ^* AA which * V »* « w w was to bear rj v . his waavs name «« tjw vs and ^« - * v - * identifi . j »» mv »» ed it with this mountain formation . , Altogetherwe have here a capital introduction

    , to an unhackneyed district . From Messrs . Hodder & Stoughton . — ' Hymns

    for the use of Christian Associations , Evangelistic Services , & c . ' New and enlarged edition . A re-^ issue ¦ n ^ mr ^^ ^ m of ^^ ^» * a j ^ ^ h » ymn j ^ t ^^ K r T -book " ** ^^ ^^^ t ^ ori ^^^ - ginall hk * ^ m ^ ^^» ~ y w comp - ** ^^ » ^^ ^^ iled »^ ^^ ^^ in ^ - — ^ 1862 — ^^ *^ - ^—

    for the use of Young Men ' s Christian Associations , and subsequently published in a revised form in 1875 under the superintendence of Mr .

    W . Edwyn Shi , pton . The preseut volume has many additions , including some of Dr . Bonar ' s beautiful hymns .

    From the same . —* The Human Body and its Functions , ' by H . Sinclair Paterson , M . D . A second series of lectures delivered by . Dr . Paterson before

    the Young Men ' s Christian Association during the first quarter of the present year . They are intended to form an introduction to the study of

    physiology , and , while calculated to be of infinite service to those who cannot go further in scientific investigationthey are also well fitted to form the

    stepping stone , to degree researches . The functions of the various parts of the human organism are fully describedand the best means of

    securing their healthful , development are set forth . From Messrs . W . & A . K . Johnston . —Johnston's * Natural History . ' The object of this little

    handbook is to give clear and concise information concerning each animal depicted on Messrs . Johnston ' s largo Natural Hisrory Plates . The

    —— f ^^ v ^^ — ^^ — M ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ compiler claims to have united scientific accuracy with simplicity of stylo . We give two examples : —

    often The with Spider fear , though is a harmless reviewed and { often tic ) with a useful disgust creature , and . Insects of Ho our i 8 consideration , the and exterminator the , skill and Ingenuity of many he email displays and are annoying worthy

    . European The Tara spiders ntula , , or its Wolf length -spider being , Is 14 the inches larges . Found t of the in Italy deadly , Gh curable eece % , and by Texas . Its of bite sweating poiaonous Legend , still not

    that Named " ¦• ' *¦ - " - ¦*" the . / ; f after v one « -. tho ~ { sic v ) city kjj bitten of means AlAVUtlAO T falls arentum \ JK into £ } VV , a in JLLVkMMfo mania Italy . . . AJKJQXJlkKA for dancing Bays DIIJO ) , . We believe that the name comes from Taranto

    in Sicily , more obviously the source of tarantella , the name of the dance . Tarentum , like Troja , fuit .

    Can it be an Englishman who has written this handbook ? From Messrs . Orosby Iiookwood So Oo . —De

    , . n Fivas ew edi ' ' ti Grammaire on , the forty des -fourth Grammaires much enlarge ' . An enf d ?? t

    Dictiomaire with thoroughlv considerable re de vised VAcademic , so as to of , correspond which , an with ediH tJ

    witn 1877 . consiaer The alterati aoie inoamcations modifications ons and additions was waJ igan s—Sr ^ ? D adding uuuiMg nearl i ± vniiy y fifty uivy pages pogoa to tu the Uie book D 00 K . resS Which wM < a ; ' - ?

    sold , nevertheless , at the accustomed price , . From * Hundred Messrs . Greatest wivuuvHv Sampson Men 1 Low 1 , portrait Marston , & Oo

    xjluuua su .. U . VU fJKTL Ulal 0 c COl ollect lfilMlAm / nT Class V . —History . This portfolio has an hS . duction by Dean Stanleyat the head of its

    , letterpress . The portraits are—Herodotus a bust Demosth from I % — ^ - ^ k m ^ Rome «¦ ^ a «« . ^ l ^ ^^ . « 4 ; Thucy f ^ L « f ^^ k « r dides t ^ L he Lib . ** b , ' ust Ad from ^ L - —— in _ the ** th A »* v , Louvre JLJviivrfi * I-

    ^^ enes , r ^^ o ^^ m . *^ ^ e Louvre Duke Cicero , of in sti Wellingt pple after on ' s a collection bust formerl ; Tacitus y in the *

    Plutarch Plutarch an un-idealised , , from from an an likeness ancient ancient ; bas bas Montesquieu - - relief iAf ; Montaigne Mnn , a :. line engraving in the medallion manner Voltaire

    ; line line old engravings engravings mezzo-tint ; ; engraved ana and uriopon Gibbon ; Diderot , , the tne only onlv & Leasing known known ' '

    portrait . Besides these are a youngDante ; Milton as a child ; and Luther , in death .

    From the same . — Sylvan Spring / by Francis G . Heath . A crown octavo of 446 pagesin extra

    binding i * ¦« a , decorated ¦* . 1 with ¦ a 1 ¦ leaves in green , and flowers in gold % j , its own leaves being — ed w —ged O with »» * v « 4

    gold . It has just one hundred wood eDgravings . of the flowers and ferns of spring , leafy head and tail pieces -- and coloured figures of no less —— than

    ^ , ¦ J — — — va ^^ . v ^^ thirty-six flowers which belong to spring . These last are chromo-lithographic imitations of drawings by Mr . Hulme , the artist and author of Familiar

    Wild Flowers . ' Of the sixteen full-page wood engravings , fourteen are from drawings by Mr . Harrison Weir , Mr . Birket Foster , & c , and

    among the artists of the drawings for the smaller woodcuts are Messrs . J . C . Horsley , J . Gilbert , & list c . of At birds the and end flowers is a cop two ious index words , which itself a are long in

    themselves almost enoug , h to commend a book which is full of them . From Messrs ri Macniven Mb 4 & Wallace ww ~*»* w ¦¦ . — ' The

    f t i jl w ** . jl r — n _ * - ^ . * wv »<> w ***** «^^ w w - — Man on the Top of the Ark and other Gospel C and Parables blAKA ingenious JLXX £ ^ 1 > UL , ' b y 14 . O Alex attempt Clf U L \ J . JLJLJ Macleod . yj \ J to K /\ J found XVUllVA Symington on V ^ Ul Old x ^ m v * . Testament ^ . ^^ A clever doc

    b triDes Histo Beek y climbing ry . shelter The some to man within parables the who top and of thou teach the who ght i ark ng to when , and Christian save refused the # himself flood to

    lllustration ilhiHtration came O \ 3 v ? iV . , died -ICJLv vl of of of hunger the the X \ JxXx foll foll . XX , and y v vLXAV of of cold those those W X . W , , % is who who " instanced a ** - *** seek seeK **» san salva as an

    c-tion by their own means instead of accepting the drawn way ord from ained the b Brazen y God . Serpent The other and parables the Cities are ot

    A . Refuge . From Frnm Mr TVTr . Thomas Thnrnfla Murby "MTurTnr . — — ' Frinciples PrincioleS of oi Agj AgTl »

    Board TCoard culture / Schools Schools by Albert . North North Carey Tawton Tawton , Head . . Master The xne oujw obj of ect * tne - oi

    this expressly expresaAy work is adapted auapteu to , suppl to to y a the tiiu text- requirements i book -c » iuijio on »« wu agriculture vw of — tne ,

    South Syllabus Kensington of the . Science The work and is Art clearly Department arranged , , and affordguide to the treatment m

    tho soil and s a to practical the growth of crops and the cultur of live stock .

    From Frank National West ; Temperance or , the Strugg Publication les of a Village Depot J ** The m in the the story world world of , a his his national success success school in in the tne -boy tas task ' s * efforts being w >»&" a to « . w x » «

    local p lvshed gramm by h ar , i ^ - initial school feat at a of competitive gaining a P lace exanJ "» : ^ tion . Qne of the schemes adop ^ AJojW ^ .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1880, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061880/page/10/