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    among amoner which which are are three three hitherto hitherto unobserved unobserved likenesses of Goethe . At the end is a list of the letters of Goethe which refer to Lavater ' s

    * Physiognomische Fragmente . ' Unpublished letters of Goethe form part of the appendix , furnishing altogether an interesting

    contribution to the literature of Goethe and Lavater . I - From »¦ - ¦ ¦» ^— ' -K Messrs t <» Mh >« k . ^^ m * » - - <• . - »• Sampson r ^ t-if VWS > b >* J ^ pmT - ~ - f Low i * k ^ M ^^ W & ~ UKT Co ^>>^ X ^ . — * Real JL UV / tV ¦* - *« Bh ~»~ ^ m BK ^ BBBB BB * B > ^ fl ^ BP *^ . ^ B BB BBk » > .

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    From the same . —* A Life of Matthew Fontaine i Maury , TJ . S . N . and C . 8 . N ., Author of Physical Geography of the Sea and its Meteorology / compiled by his daughter , - Diana Fontaine Jtfaury « BP ^ BB Corbin . The BBB flVBV long title of this mono ¦— ¦ ¦—

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    main a lasting monument to his zealously applied genius . Any life of such a man could not fail to possess some interest ; and in the present case we have a record direct from the

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    terest . From the same . — ' Beyond Compare , ' By Charles Gibbon . A stolen will and a false will form

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    Njaro region . Mr . Thomson's great knowledge of wild life in Central Africa has been well employed in this work , and we presume we are indebted « - »¦ tVBp to « BB > Miss BBBl ¦* Harris ¦ - Smith for the scenes of

    B *« " * ""• ^ B' *^ IBP- ^ BP- ^ . ^ . T » V , «^ *^^ . »* | Blp . | ^ V . ^ B b' « V * bW ^ -b ^ bT bN . ^ 1 B , * . . < . & ^ . J . W ^^ bV B &^ » » * 4 _^ "h . ^ ^ . pT Vbbb' * ^ - ^ ^^ iBBflT ^_ pP B > B » softer emotions . The story relates to a youngfellow who , tired of the artificialities of civilised life , sets out to study the natural simplicity of aborigines aborigines . . A A chief o . hip . f presents r » r p . sprits him him with with his his

    daughter Ulu , whom young Gilmour thinks he might educate and ultimately marry . The arrival » - * ¦ ¦¦¦¦ * - »•» - » " -w — of - ^ -r * - a » .- » - *» missionary «^ a . B-k * . r ^ rt ^ r m . - ^ r J . A ( VV A . » * , Mr ~ ft . I-M- A . . Kenned ^ L . m . V- » 1 . A -V J " *^ " ^ - * y » , « and - * V -i . ^ "^^ his A ..-. * . - ^*

    daughter , however , complicates affairs . After manyaffecting and exciting situations Ulu dies , and Gilmour ultimately marries Miss Kennedy . This is a story showing marvellous power in creative idealism and descriptive ability .

    From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —Mr . Thomas Hardy ' s fiction is invariably delightfully fresh , and b ¦•—» the bbbbb reading Vili bIK public will welcome If A 1 with bV

    - - — v — - ** r ^ v _ c ««> ** ¦* >« S W ~^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^^ T « a . A ^ T . V ^ \^ ~ " X ^ * W Jfc " - ' *—heartiness the five stories he has produced under —~ - »•¦» w . ¦»_* •» the -cf » .- . »• - title « f > v •*/ ¦>¦ ^ . b » ' Wessex V T -w ^ -VaT <>_* Th - »•¦> Tales JLUIAVUi / Real AVVM ^ A life A . « h ., ¦ , V ^ seems >^ VV / 1 AAU ^ J " . 1 A * ¦ . BAh « . BB ^^_« . B »

    to have inspired most of the stories . Superstition , coincidences , and sorcery arc laid under contribution . In one delightfully brisk

    smuggling story the author is seen at his best , a fascinating female smuggler being- a somewhat novel character in fiction fc We fancy --V we inhale

    — * "W v -v — -w- -Baw * ww- «^ v-art * 4 k J » ** --. - * UJt ^^ « J-V ^ A A . T W ^^ VV | A V T " » » ^ - »* * V * JkAMfAVp the ocean breeze , see the green fields and listen to gently rustling leaves as we mingle with the

    honest and homely characters whom Mr . Hardy has depicted in \ these charming pag . es .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1888, page 650, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061888/page/12/