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    E,, l88o The Publishers' Circular ^

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

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    worked into the tale . Frank West having Universi Web are obtained ty , takes his the degr local ee scholarshi and becom es for rec tor

    of bis native parish . vjgm free bra the Clergyman from same ex . — travagance ' ' s Katie Wife ' s . Coun , Som and sel e marked / temperance and other by tales tales what , ,

    be termed ' naturalness / I nay T ?« wn Messrs Nisbet & Co . — ' Memorials of

    f iuiu ^ Frances / . nmmled jll be * iled »• read . Bidley as as , with the tne Havergal rr preiace preface eager jnionns informs . interest ' This rnu : ~ us us b is •_ y , , a by - vy many work ner her _ i . sjster siste which It u : ~ is i r ,,

    comp Miss Mari , a V . G . Havergal . Facing the title-Smile page is a of portrait her handwriting of the de f . ceased The work lad — — — y , is with partl a

    composed TIM copious wroious njm II * selections selections w of * ^^ an ^^ autobiograp ifrom roin —w — a a diary uiarj —| h y ; , , that which wnicu is , will there wiu - ^ - jjave have are y

    Miss peculiar Havergal i interest ' s works for . the There numerous are also readers poetical of

    moranda « pieces j \ . n « iTidA ^ u by » ^ as as * O hersel a a basis basis f and for tor prayers wavers various , , writers letters letters ¦* , from irom

    mevarious friends , an account of the Church Mis i sionar f Memorial ¦—¦ Fundin memoriam _ _ - - - _ p ieces

    from ning ¦ \^ J various mV ** y I ^ ^ quarters ^ — — , and — . — , views . Altogether — — — , it is an extremely well-filled volume of about

    400 pages , and is sure , we should say , to command an extensive sale .

    From Messrs . C . Kegan Paul & Co . — Health , ' b The y W author . H . Co of rfiel thi d s , volume M . A ., M who . D . ( occup Oxon . ies ) , F the . K . C post . P .

    of Professor of Hygiene , and Public Health at University College , London , and who is also Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for

    St . George ' s , Hanover Square , has not only the technical qualifications , but the practical experiencewhich entitle him to ¦¦ speak with autho ¦ ~ - -

    ¦ rity mr V 4 ^ ^ F on ^ B ^ V ^ r ^ f questions , W ¥ ^ fc < K ^* ^^ ^ b ^ v ^^ « w ^ of ^^^» ^ M ^ sanitary * ^ k ^ b ^ b ^ b ^^^^ ^ v - *^ sci ^ v ¦ ^ w ~ ence ^ w ' . ^ - He -- here — — gives us , from the shorthand writers' notes , the lectures which he delivered at the rooms of the

    Society of Arts , under the auspices of the Trades Guild of Learning , and of the National Health Societyand they seem to cover almost kiv # the whole

    ground ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ , V which ^~^* ^*^^ ^^^ . v ^^ r ^^^* . * oug ^ . V V ht *^^ ^^ r ^^^ to ^^>^ B <^^ be ^ k > ^ p ^ F ^ travelled ^ V ^^ V ^^^ ^^* ¦ qi ^^ ^^^^^ w ^ over ^ *^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ - b ^^ ^~ y those — who desire information on ttie subject . Having laid ~ - ~ the — ^—• ^ basis w « v ^ ^^ ^ fl ^^ of *^ r ^ b ^ his kjli ^ fl ^^ ^ instructions rf ^^ l ^^ ^^^ b ^ H ^ l ^^ ^* ^ ^^^ an * # ^ for ^ ^^ ^ ik the w ^ h «* ^^ preserva B »^ ^ . i' ^ r ^^* ^~ ' — - -

    tion the of circulation health by of dealing the blood with general iration anatomy nutri- , the tion , the di s gestive of the organs senses , the Dr , nervous resp Corfield syste proceeds , m and

    to treat organ of the health of . the individual . , and the valuable means of information promoting in it , regard and then to lighting gives some and

    warming houses and , ventilation townssmall , foods - and and drinks communicable , climate , diseases . The work , of pox the , National Health

    cannot ^ Societ annot y be be in instituting too too warml warmly v these commended commended courses , of aand nd lectures it it is is

    ^ nully satisfactory to find that they , are now form placed . before To those the who general clergymen public in an vestrymen accessible

    or a » d district sanitary visitors progress , are , as anxious this volume to promote , will fu social rnish , some i— nvaluable i ^ hintsand it might with advan

    -. «»«» j ^ jiijui . 0 auu iii uAiguv « » vju ou * « u - J jagd ? 6 e om be . publicl We entirel y read , , y agre in every e with parish the word in s the of ^ aon King sleyquoted bDrCorfield in his

    opening Wt , and lectoe will , in that some * Teaching mor y e . civili of sed this a kind and

    ^ * ^ H * try te of , be every held child a necessary , just as element necessary in as the reading ge school ,

    & SftS rr ^ neC * m , 68 ana sary arithmetic branch of , for that it " is technical , after all educa , the

    the tion ri " xvVt of which or art , of hear keeping so much oners ias self t now alive , named and

    before well / us To , made this art an Dr admirabl . Gcrrfield e contribution has , in the volum . e From W . Beeves . —Reeves' Music Primers :

    Biographical Series , No . 1 , « The Life and Works of Mozar plied t t he / b musical ¦ y Alf ¦^— red public kt Whitting with ham some ftbum . — c - apital Having WJh trans sup - -

    lations j— — — - — ^ of — - st and »•— . — ar ^ ^ d works ^ nr ^^ ^ v tt , b y con ^ ~ yr tinental ^^ VW ^^ * w *« authors y ^ | ^ jjfy on music and musicians , and with some equally ,

    w welcome elcome reprints reprints of ot American American works works on on the the art art ., Mr . Keeves seems to be entering on a new and more adventurous course , by issuing what he

    describes in old-fashioned style- as ' Music Primers M book essrs we . Novello / have —a title a , compressed E , wer by the , & Co way . and , In alread i the concise y present adopted account little by

    — - - — - - - — — — — j ^ - — - -w w- - — ^ v - ~— —*— m - ^ ¦ ^^^ ¦ ¦ - ^^ ^^*»** # - ^ p Wi ^^ r ^ MP ^^^ ^*^^^ m ^ # of the principal events in Mozart ' b life , culled chiefly from OalibichefFs Biography of the Composer — - and a short ¦— - — — ' summary i ¦ h h of the characteristics

    of ^ m- his , m princi — — — - pal - - ^— works — — — - — — — . Such ^^ g ¦ ~^ r a ^^ little ^^ - ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^»™^ book ^><^ r ^^^ ^^ r ^ V ^ B ^ y ^|^ is ^^ F ^ V M well ^ ^^ " ^^ ^ t ^^ P ^^ F fitted for school use , and as a companion to the concert ~~~ *~~ —¦ * Kr - ~ i ^ p' room ^^ ^ v ^^ ^ v- ^^ p ^^ ^ for ^ ~^ v ^^ those ^^^^ m ^ ^ v ^^ r ^^ who w v ^^ . ^ ^ i ^^ , w while w ^ ^ p ^ v ^ v ^^ ^^ p often ^ t ^ ^ v vr Vr ^ V ^ B listening 4 p ^ V H ^ F Sir v ^ 4 p ^ B ^ fr ^ B ^ P ^^^^

    to the great master ' s music , know but little of his history . From ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ Messrs ^ p ^ . SmithElder & Co t — '

    Shak-—— — — ^^ - ^ w ^ a ^«^ —^ w »^^^^^^»^^^^^« , ^^^^ mm ^^ m- ^ m ^ m , y ^ M ^ r ^ t ^ ^^ . ^ w * HIT ¦» speare ' s Knowl ^^ V ^ H ^ ^ H ed ge and Use ^^^^^^ of the ^ Bible . ^^^^ ^ / b y C . Wordsworth . This is the third edition of the Bishop of St . Andrews' interesting workwith an

    appendix containing additional illustrations , , and a tercentenary sermon . The book is dedicated ' to my childrenin the hope and with the aim

    that they may grow , up readers and lovers of Shakspeare as the book of man ; but still more readers and lovers of the Bible as the Word of

    God / We do not know that we can add anything more to commend Shakspeare ' s Knowledge and Use of the Bible to the thoughtful

    minded . From the same . — ' Selection from the Poetry of

    Elizabeth Barrett Browning / second series ; Selections from the Poetical works of Kobert Browning , second series . They are two poets of such rare

    quality , that their works are ' caviare to the general / It is therefore an especial privilege to » - ^ — have — — — » — ' collect - ^ - ^^ i ^ r- - ^^ ¦ ed — ¦™ ^ in ¦ m ii one ^^ ¦ ^^ or ^^ ^^ two ^^ w — ' ^ p' wp smaller fw . qwv ^ 'B ^ pr caskets ii ^ *~ . ^ w ^^ w ^ p * ^^» ^^ ™ r" ^*

    so many choice gems as , an average reader is likely to have time and attention for . These volumes are the more welcomethat copies of

    , any of Mr . or Mrs . Browning ' s volumes are seldom met with second-hand ; a mercantile testimony , which in certain cases is not without

    its value . Among the pieces in the selection from Mrs . Browning ' s poetry , is * Casa Guidi Windows / There may be no harm in stating that the bouse

    in which Mr . and Mrs . Browning lived was the Casa Guidi , in the Via Maggio , which leads south from the Arno . We believe that the Florentines

    have placed on it a tablet in memory of the illustrious sojourners among them . Thus begins ' Casa Guidi Windows ' : —

    I heard last night a little child go singing 0 beU 'Neath a liberta Casa , 0 Guidi bella windows t , by the church ,

    Since then we have had Garibaldians and third class passengers singing in the trains , Roma o la morte /

    From Mr . Edward Stanford . —* The Tourist ' s Guide to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles / by Walter

    H . Tregellas . Second edition . The interest in the West Country which has been created during the past fortnight by the visit of the Prince ana

    Princess of Wales to Truro to assist at the

    stonelaying of the cathedral will doubtless serve j _ ' -a

    E,, L88o The Publishers' Circular ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1880, page 411, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061880/page/11/