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    :j S2 The 'Publishers' Circular June j ,...

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    From Messrs . Dawson Brothers , Montreal . — * ' Parliamentary Government in Canada , ' a reprint

    of a lecture delivered by Mr . C . C . Colby , M . P ., is a good contribution to the subject of federation . Just iow the lecture should be of much value to

    politicians . From Messrs . Griffith ., Parran , Okeden , &

    Welsh . — ' Still a Wife ' s Sister , ' by A . E . Schlotel , 3 vole . The author of this novel labours under the disadvantage of not being particularly conversant

    ¦ with the English language , and this , by inducing a somewhat stilted form of conversation , heightens the melodramatic form in which the story has "been

    originally moulded . But despite this drawback , the merits of' Still a Wife ' s Sister ' far outbalance _ its faults . The plot is full of incidentthe

    , characters are for the most part forcibly drawn , and the human interest is great . The central figure in , the narrative is TJiyrza Ambras whosuffering

    , from a love disappointment , retires from the world and , under the title of Sister Seraph , devotes herself to good works ; but it must be

    confessed that we like tier very much better . when she is as other people , and that we are unfeignedly relieved when , at the end of the

    story , she emerges from her retirement and marries the man of her choice , even though he be her late sister ' s husband . Perhaps the most

    successful character in the book is that of Dr . Penson , a man who is everybody ' s friend and seems to have been especially created for the

    purpose of administering comfort and help to those about him ; but the novel as a whole is an . interesting ono and should enlist many friends .

    Prom Mr . John Heywood . —Candidates in the Government science examinations , and all who

    interest themselves intelligently in the proper study of machinery , should atonce get * Examples of Machine Construction and Drawing , ' by

    Thomas Jones . The two copy-books seem to answer their purpose effectively , and are remarkably cheap .

    From Messrs . Hodges , Figgis , <& Co / , Dublin . — The practical M . interest which Her Excellency m / the

    Countess of Aberdeen takes in the welfare of the Emerald Isle is shown very foxcibly in the exhibits of Irish manufactures at the Edinburg QJh

    International piled a * Guide Exhibition to Irish . Her Exhibi Excellency ts ¦ in the has Women com ' s - Industries Sectionand already the work has

    , reached a second edition . The compilation shows much care in its arrangement , while it presents a great deal of information regarding the

    interesting subject of which it treats . Doubtless the success of this little "volume is to some extent due to the tasteful way in which it has been

    produced by the publishers . From Home "Words Office . —* The Queen ' s

    Resolve : "I will be good , " 'by the Rev . Charles Bullock , B . D . The author has here made use of his experience in book-work , and has given

    us a jubilee memorial volume of unusual excellence . The volume is replete with anecdotes and incidents , is attractively illustrated and

    handsoanely bound . It deserves to be successful . From Messrs . Crosby Lockwood & Co . — Two

    exceedingly useful volumes in * Weale ' s Rudimentary Series ' have had a success as great as any of these universally known manuals . We refer

    to ' Locomotive Engine Driving / of which a

    seventh edition has been published , and ' Stationary fig

    Engine Driving / which has reached its third i edition . Both volumes are written by Michael j

    — — — ^ j — — ^ ^ . ^^^ ^ Reynolds , and are models of what the scientific ' manual should . be , for the fVtcts are stated clearly . '

    and are aided where necessary by admirable engrav- ! ings . It is lamentably true , as the author points | out in the preface to one of these little volumesi

    that , many of the men in control of engines know , ; comparatively little of the nature of their charges ; 1 and as the direct tendency of these books is to !

    improve this condition of affairs they should j undoubtedly be encouraged and heartily welcomed , jj For educational purposes they are admirably ! j

    adapted . j From Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . —* The Pro- «

    fessor ' s Wooing , ' by the author of * Three Sisters ' ( Elsa D'Esterre-Keeling ) . 2 vols . This is a 1 and smartl quaintness j y-written of novel sty «/ , le revealing . The leading much ori character ginality — f j ;

    is ^ one Monsieur la Mie , who was * not one of yo = ar disagreeable , tight-buttoned pessimists , but one I of those kindlier , gentler disciples of Sehopen- > j

    hauer , who , with smiling resignation , view \ humanity generally , and you and me in particular , ¦ as « » " an ¦**» »»^ appalling «* vr n ^ - ' ^^ ^^ «» ^ — mm * , . M but w ^ ^^ ft ^^ not ^ b ^ i * >^ ^ # altogether ^ wd ^ w ^^ P 0 ^ ^^ . ^^ ^ ^^*« ft uninteresting ^^ ^ fc ^ cm , ^ n ^ «^ ^ r i ^ ^ r p ^ m * » ^ ' fc ^ j k

    p which henomenon certainl / y , The without courtshi his ps exactl of this y going gentleman out of , j his way to seek themdo not err on the side of \\

    , paucity , form the subject-matter of the story , ! and they are told with a vivacity and liveliness , and withal a knowledge of deeper character dis- ,

    played in a few cleverly-turned sentences , that renders their relation most entertaining and ;| interesting & V ^ K ^ U * A 4 readingAltogether A . / ViLl ' The XA Professor L \ fc V / % J fj ' s !

    * Ji * - ^ i'A . C » ¦* - V / LV \> 4 A A * U . 9 ^ . a . \ S ** J C ^ ^ V ^ J . , % ^ L > w -A . . y -. VyJ . 9 J "Wooing ' will very agreeably furnish occupation , " for an odd hour or so .

    From the same . —] VIrs . CashelHoey is so experienced

    and vigorous a writer , so stirring in tone and so time animated she in affords her descri so keen ptions and , while penetrating at the same an , | ¦

    analysis of many types of character with which we ¦ with are interest familiar to , that her we pages invariabl . In her y look latest forward work j

    of fiction , 'A Stern Chase / the fame high quali- ! ties that have raised her to her present distinguished position among women novelists are

    prominent as ever . Nothing for instance could , "be more characteristic than the swing and gof the \ hearty f appreciation I M . , so to speak X ' , of the situation — , ¦

    with which she relates the elopement from Cuba , of Ines de Nodas , daughter of a wealthy coffee ' planterwith a brave and handsome youn £ '

    , Englishman . One would almost have thougbt way that to with Jamaica the romantic , a villain young and disappoi couple nted on rival their ;

    left at Cuba , and an anxious father who , knowing nothing of the elopement , is waiting for his son to come home to England and there be married

    to the girl ho has selected for him , all the elements for a good plot were at hand . But woe betide the comp w lacent ¦—¦ reader ¦ ¦ ¦ who » » w rel ¦—w ing ¦ hk on 1 t his m ¦¦ j

    perspicacity as — we did , s hould ^ ^ ^ ^^ ' venture , ^^ ^™ y M ^~ to ^ ^^ foretell T — ^^^ m *^»^^ w what will take place , for assuredly ho will have a great fall . The event ¦ of 1 the h ¦ ¦ ¦ elopement ¦ h & h closes ¦ the ;

    ^^—~ m - - — — — - - — - - » - ^^ - ^— ~~^ v ^ v - ^^ w » ^ mv ^ . ^^^ v ^^^ - ^^^ p ^^ - ^ m * w ^^ g ^*» ^^ rm first of the three volumes , and from this point Mrs . Hoey suddenly diverges into quite an unexpected territory , heaping incident upon incidont

    with a celerity and a skill of literary construction that baffle the ingenuity of the most inveterate novel reader , and give him no time for reflection

    until , exicited and completely out of breath he arrives at the last page , and is permitted again to sink into mental repose—when he can . I

    :J S2 The 'Publishers' Circular June J ,...

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1886, page 552, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061886/page/14/