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    From Messrs . A . So "W . Huke , G-reat Yarmouth . -Yarmouth is one of our most interesting towns

    _ and a reliable " 1 11 account of its ' l . .. ' lions 1 f ' may b e f ound , ¦ ¦ ¦ in which ' ^ An ^ ^ H . 44 V ^ Historical ^ the ^—^^^ ¦ — — third — edition Guide — — - - has to — — been Great — ' issued — Yarmouth ™ — — ¦ b - ^ - — ^ the ^— ^« v , v '

    of ] V £ essrs . Huke . y From MrTEuddiman JohnstonEdinburgh .

    * The New . . Electorate Map of the , United Kingdom / Iiittle time of has this been excellent lost by Mr . Johnston

    in the the electoral production divisions and boroughs Map which , showing return Members to Parliament under the Redistribution

    a of iDsefc political Seats lett Act erpress map , 1885 ; wi giving . th It abundan is useful a first t - details exp class lanat examp regarding ions le , and of

    parliamentary representation generally . From Messrs scul . Lee & i Shepard d , Boston hi , U . S . A .

    of —As Michael a p Angelo tor , panter is und , an ying ; but tect few , the read fame ers are acquainted with the intrinsic beauties of his

    poetry angelo . Buonarroti The ' Selected / with translations Poems from from Michel various - j sources ^ m ^^ ^^ _ j _ ^ k ^ ^^ ^^ , V edited — ^ ^ by ^^ Ednah — — ^ D . ^ Chen ^^ ¦ ¦— ^ ^™^~ ey ^^ , W ¦ should ™ ^^ ^^ *^ r ^» r ^ " ^» ^ ^ be ^^^ " ^^

    widely appreciated as an invaluable guide to a new and attractive source of enjoyment . Mr . Cheney has performed the task of editor with

    much taste and care , the result being the pro-! duction of high of eulogiums a book . that is in every respect worthy

    j From Eecent Messrs lHomeric . Sampson translations Low , Marston have bulked , & Co . — y , very

    largely in the literature of scholarship . The names of Messrs . Butcher and Lang , Mr . H . S . j Wright , and Mr . "W " . C . Green are particularly

    I familiar in this branch of learning and poetry . It must be generally admitted , however , that Mr . I did Way renderings has found of Homer place for . When himself his by translation his

    splenj of the ' Odyssey ' appeared , its advent was greatly i applauded , as it showed many unusual qualities of a most commendable character . For this

    reason alone a considerable amount of interest has been centred in * The Iliad of Homer done into English Verse / Books I . —VI . by Arthur S . Way

    M . A . All classes of Hellenic , scholars have , and united the in general giving a op cordial inion seems -welcome to be to this that work when ,

    the will remainder be esteemed of Mr as . the Way finest ' s work and has most appeared accurate it English version of the * Iliad . /

    From Messrs . J . & R . Maxwell . — ' OuidaV latest story , * A Rainy June , ' which is sure to be fairly

    form popular of letters for som to e time and from to come an , ill is -matched arranged in the le who are spending their honeymoon at an English coup

    dissension country house are during sown a which month promise of rain . in Seeds time to of teristics become a of tang the led gro author wth . are The evident familiar charac in the

    construction and telling of the story . -rom been the issued same . under —A very the comical title of picture ' Fables -book ¦ % and has

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    large demand . , Prom 3 the ~* aw same ortuio , . — —» ' Wh nuu o was wtia then I / lieu the UJLAO vji Gentleman ejuuiuijAOfU ? *'

    & ( good vols . ) novel by Oompton , althou Beade gh the . author This is has decidedl given y better works to the public . The story is cleverly Ma uiua , it is ingenious , and it is absorbing . We

    - toe ™* libraries say that . the book will have a long run at i *^^ . .

    From Messrs . Morgan & Scott . —The doubt regard that exists to the among good quite done a b number the Jewish of peop Mi le ssion "with

    y j Israel should sraei be shall snail largel be De y Saved saved removed , / a a by discourse discourse the perusal bv by Adolph Aclolpn of * All

    Saphir , B . A ., . D . D ., a very powerful work . From Teachers The in National infant schools Society will ' s find Depository invaluable . —

    assistance in A a thoroug H hl y practical ¦ and teachable Schools book , / entitled by W . ' Obj Taylor ect . Teaching The author for is Infant the

    C Normal ollege , Master Battersea in . the National Society ' s Training From Kicouard - - Mr . le Paul Chef de Ollendorff Gare / A tm , man Paris ufacturer . — < V » ' Vast and

    his wife , and — _ , _ . dau — _ ghter _^ . w— are -v m travelling . ^ m . ' » a »»« jw &* »>* ^« . « r b y e x ^^^ press « •« - —™ to towar a standstill ds Paris . at The a minor train station is unexpectedl while y there broug the ht

    young lady is protected from injury ; from a passing who train himsel by the f young incurs and some handsome danger . station This - incident master ,

    asks natura one an t ll he y her g station ives . The the -- -master —¦¦ ¦¦— father young ~ , to somewhat peop ~ visit le an at unwilling interest his home - l i y n , ¦

    a in dventurer Pari s . — encouraged There — — — ™— the ' ^ " ^ as young ^^ ^^ a prospective ^ i i— man ^ ^ ^^ m ^^ ^^ finds ^ ta ^^ ^^ son ^^*^ B ^^ a - ^» in flashy - ^^«^ law ^ ^^^^^» B . ^^ The station-master also learns that his own

    is brot intimatel her , a mau allied vais su with jet wh the adventurer he has . avoi We d , should add y that the troublesome brother had

    upset caused it the . stoppage Our read of ers the will express see that by try here ing ar e abundant materials for a romance here .

    From Dictionary Mr . "William of the Anonymous Pater son , and Edi Pseudonymous nburgh . — 'A

    Li Halkett teratur , e Keeper of Great of Britain the , Advocates ' by the late * Library Samuel . Edinburghand the late Rev . John LaingM . A .

    Librarian of , the New College Library , Edinburg , h , . After this important a considerable work interval has , been the third publ volume ished , its of

    mind alphabetical the distinguished order being attainments O to Tis . of Beari its ng orig in inatorsbibliographers will be glad to see that

    a work , ably inaugurated has not been allowed to perish from a want of judicious and active interest . The continuation of the book must ,

    to a large extent , be a labour of love . We cannot consider the dictionary as being fully comprehensive it would be unreasonable to expect

    that it should ; be so . Nevertheless , its strong claim to usefulness cannot be gainsaid , and this will be immediately observable by a glance at its

    V v ^ m ^_ v . w _ r ¦ W ^ T ¦ - ^ — ¦ — — - ~~ — " — — - — — ' ™ T T— B m » - — " pages of information , which form that a safe hitherto guide have to many been sources almost impenetrably obscured . Those who are making

    literary researches of any description should never fail to give strict attention to this dictionary before they finally abandon their inquiries .

    From by written Henry Mr . story George W . Nesfield of Eedw a scapegoat , is ay a . — . smartl * A It Regular y is and well fluentl Pickle worth y /

    * r jl . i—» reading . From the Scientific Publishing Co . —The

    usefulness of ' The Builders' and Contractors' Price practical Book and men Guide . The to Estimating 1885 issue ' has is familiar just been to

    published , edited by George W . Usill , Assoc . Mem . Inst . C . E . From Messrs . SmithElder & Co . —* The

    ¦ Leslie Dictionary __ —A Stephen of , National * » * M > Vol . M . , III Biograp «~ . ' , You h y / 4 come edited " ^ * , most ^ by *• carefully upon your hour . ' So the critic is . _ - ¦ — - - ¦ — , ^_^^_ . ^___ J ^^ fZifl

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1885, page 595, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071885/page/11/