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    544 The Publish ers' Circular june i, 18...

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    BOOKS FOR THE ROAD.

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    Among The Forthcoming Publications Of |

    were followed with the greatest minuteness , and questions were put with eagerness to elicit

    the Before fullest leaving information the n on oble every Marquis possible and point the .

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    Edinburgh and of the Highlands of Scotland . The Life and Times or Queen Victoria . —

    Those TTinstfi who wTin purchase TkiirnliaRfi the tViP . nrst first part narfc of of this f . Tiis great firrp . at Cassell new work & , Co issued . ( Limited from ) the will press have of littl Messrs e hesi- .

    tation in making up their , minds to continue to get . ¦ B ^ Bi ^ BjB ^^ ^^ ^ it P ^ ^ B ^ V month ^^ B . ^^ P ^^^ r ^^» ^ W ^^* ^ . ^ ^^ V after ^^^ ^ F ^^^ B ^^* ^^^^ ^^ " ^ ^ month ^^ ¦ ^ ^^ B ~^^~ ^ B ^ ^^ H *^ " ^^"" ^^ V ^ . V The ^*^^^ V *^ " ^^ ^^ " ^ work V W ^^ " ^ ^^^ V i ¦ promises BT ¦ ^^ ™ ~ " ~ ° " ^ -- ^^¦ ™~~^ " v ^ v ~ - ^ " ~ - —

    to be one of the handsomest of its kind . As a ~ record of Her Majesty ' s happy reignit in all

    likelihood dta a ^_ ^ H ^ . ^ ^ M will ^ ^ h ^ H be ^ K the . ^ H V most V important A * JL V _ « ' book ^/ , ^ Bj connected with the celebration of the forthcoming

    ened j ^^* ubilee B >^ ^ b ^ ^* V > by P >^ , its a ¦» aj claims profusion »—^ ^ bb ^^ « . wsrv to * ¦•*¦ ^^ " popularity of - ^^ ^ b > beautiful n ^ - «^ »* w ww « r ••¦» ^ being rvaak ^ illustrations b ^ b > ^ «¦>« v > strength ^ ¦ ^ a ¦» v . - ^^ - ¦> Arv . -

    Tlie presentation plate issued with the first part is worthy oi being framed and preserved .

    Grant ' s Memoirs . —The y second volume of this important work has now appeared ,

    bringing up the autobiography to the conclusion of the American War . An extremely interesting

    account General Lee is g ' s iven surrender , amongst and other of the matter conditions , of

    that led to this momentous , event . While looking « h ^» *^ bb ^ wv at v the v ^*» a » ^^ excellent ^^^ b ^ m ^ r ^ r ^»^™ ^ b » < b »^ b » ^ r engraving - ^^ ^^^* BBh « a » 'wv bt ^ v ^*^ vast of ^^ ^ p * McLean v ^ ttm ^ ^ r . ow ^ m ^^ ^^ bv «»^ ' w s **

    House at Appomattox , it is almost difficult to conceive ^ b ^ ^^ r ^ fe ^ t ^^ ^ Mr *¦• ¦ ^ r that ^ r ^¦^^¦¦^^^ v ^ v such v ^ r ^^^ ^ i ^ ifl * ^ v important ^^^^^^^^ b ^^ ^^ r ^^ w ^ v ^ f ^^^^ v negotiation ^^ a ^ ^ r « g ^^ ^«^ ^ r ^ w ^^ r ^ r ^ b ^ ir ^ «»^ b w s ^ tw took v ^^^ ^ . ^ d ^ b ^ B

    place at this small quiet looking abode . Towards and Lee himself he does , General not fail Grant even shows to comment every justice on the ,

    disadvantage at their meeting of his personal with appearance that of in a a roug man h handsomel travelling suit attire , compared dsix y ,

    tfeet eet nigh hifirh , . and and ot of iaulxless faultless iorm form . . Another Another attractive portion of the work to which we may ^ g draw attention is General Grant ' s estimate — - — —

    character of President has excited Lincoln som , and e degree of a of man discussion whose the then Secretary for War t the ¦ Hon ¦ ¦ 1 ¦ . E . M , .

    - — — —— — - — — — — — — g - — — — — — — , j —^ m ~ — ~— - —^ — ^ p ^^—^^^* - » ^ ^ " ^ - ^^ mv ^ v Stanton . * Mr . Lincoln gained influence over men by ^ # making f ^ J them feel . __ . that _ ,-- it - _ was _ a p l ^ easu — — ^ — r __ e _

    to serve him . He preferred yielding his own wish to gratify others , rather than to insist

    public upon having dutyhowever his own way he . had .. what . In he matters wished of

    J . in the , least offensive , way . Mr . Stanton , never questioned ^ his own authority ^/ to command - —

    unless resisted . He cared nothing for the feelings of others . In factit seemed to be

    I p t leasanterto was generall him to y disappoint supposed , than that to th gratif ese two y ...

    officials formed the complement of each other . The Secretary was required to prevent j _ _ . — —— the — .

    Pres Pres ident ident was from ^ y required being in j ^ imposed the - more — u pon responsible . The __ _

    p others lace . of This seeing is that not injustice a correct was view - - not done wever to ¦

    a * guardian my estimation 1 » t o aid . Mr ^ b h im * . Lincoln -m ~ in th — b e did ful m - ^— fi -m not lme , ^^ — — . — — — nt require v » ^^^ o f —^^ T ^^^ m a , ^ M

    l passages public ished by trust as Messrs this . ' the . And Sampson book with abounds Low such & . Co interesting It . is

    pub-6 Beeton ' s Book of Garden Management . ' —A new edition has been issued by Messrs .

    War its present d , Lock form , & Co it . of has this undergon valuable e a work thoroug . In h m- — - —

    Among The Forthcoming Publications Of |

    revision entirely , re being -modelled c considerabl re-arran y ged enlarged and , and

    reconstructed' while the , multitudinous , infor-, mation in its , pages has been carefully corrected

    be up to of date the . greatest The result assistance is a book * to that all should who

    tak whether e an interest for t-J profit in horticultural or as a mere pursuits recreation . The , ,

    volume is of so bulky a nature that it would be impossible to mention in detail even the

    ing sli top classification g ic htest that , we is of not may threads of mentioned its say contents wi , th connected the and , subj but full ect there by of discussed even garden is not the a -

    The treatiseindeedis most exhaustive y . The . formation of , soils , the choice and selection

    of a garden site , , its arrangement , levelling and laying-outthe rotation of cropsthe

    matter of tools , the erection of hot-houses , conservatories , and , other horticultural build- ,

    are ings reviewed —all these in , systematic and a variety and of practical other questions fashion , while finally we have a series of chapters

    admirably dealing with gardening for every month of the year . After this it will be

    needless to say anything s further in praise of the publication ¦¦ B beyond that it is adorned tf with several rfcr iBr ir

    ^^¦ ^^ ^^ V W « ^^ ^ B »^ B . W ^^ ^ r W ^^ ^*^ B > ^ V ^ Bl VT ^ w ^^* *¦ ^ ^ V ^^ ^ B 7 ^ 9 * % ^ ^^^ v ^^ v ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ Br ^ v ^ . v T . ^ ^ pr ^ v ^^ ^ V " ^^ pBfe ^ Vk < WdBV coloured plates of garden and green-house

    flowers and six hundred engravings on wood .

    544 The Publish Ers' Circular June I, 18...

    544 The Publish ers' Circular june i , 1886

    Books For The Road.

    BOOKS FOR THE ROAD .

    At this season books suitable for travelling pleasure-seekers accumulate very rapidlyboth

    JL in new forms and new editions V ; for J . % it / ' , goes without saying that such works must be

    studiously kept ' up to date , ' or they are worse than useless . It is astonishing to remark how important an agent the cyclist has become in

    reviving sight of a ever class since of books the coaching which have day been s of old lost .

    Road books are now as essential as they were even then . Indeed , 'the X present day «/ cyclist •/ must

    be the awarded life of c the the road distinction . ' Animation of reinvi has gorating again

    was been fast infused becoming into the merel old y road a memory -side inn , of which the

    past . Now , in summer time the long-forgotten hostelries of sequestered towns and villages

    which railways have not touched , are once more , merry with the laughter of happy travellersglad

    to be free from the toils of life JL LK and to find them , 'GJ - selves amidst the charms of healthful , rusticity .

    the This least must interesting be looked <» upon of the as be cyclis % > ing b ts y ' no achieve means - _

    ments . We hold the opinion that , in whatever

    fai country l to possess they travel a Murray , no man . ' Amidst or woman all guides hould

    we Eng consi land A . d and er th Wales e famil as iar «/ being red vo -ithe lume most rela intelli t ing to

    gen forge t t an d he long lpful familiar of cicerone and 3 . trust Nor y must friends we ' Black' and * Baedeker /

    and With with any John of ston these ' s beautiful volumes in Royal his hand Atlas ,

    Johnston Map of Eng in lan a , strong ' issued and by Messrs readil . W accessible . & A . K .

    form his way , no to trave the ller picturesqu need be e at and a loss interesting to find

    places in our land .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1886, page 544, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061886/page/6/