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    throughout the book . After sundry vicissitudes the children find a . comfortable home at an ¦ ) asy ^ BV * BT lum WP ^ ^^ VPBBPBV , for BBB ^ "P ^ BflB sailors BV *^ ^ BF ^^ B 1 pB ^~ -PpW . BBB BBP ' / I orp ^ RBP' BV B ^ V hans ^^ P ^ ^^^ ^ P ^^» " ^^ in PPB" ^^™^^~ ' the ^™ ¦ ^»~ north ^^^^^^ -v ~ of

    England . The writer fittingly concludes the book with an appeal to her juvenile readers ' sympathies on behalf of the little one $ whose

    fathers have gone down to an ocean grave . T From ¦ the same . —•* P ht u *^ p" ^ p tt ' s Notions' by Mrs .

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    dener / < the School Girl , ' ' the Young Man , ' unsengtational ' the Widow , ' an written $ « Somebod in a y chatty Else . ' sty They le"Sad are

    marked by a great , variety of incident without , any attempt at elaborate plots . Each story carries with it a sound moral . The book

    reflects considerable credit on the writer ' s descriptive powers , but fails to kindle the reader ' s enthusiasm or to sustain unbroken

    attention . From . Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston & Co . —

    ' This The is < Open a brilliant Ddpr , ' by and Blanche powerful Willis romance Howard of . modern life in Germany . The title of the book

    is taken from a grim saying of ISpictetus to the effect that the ' door is open' by which any man * fe . - ¦ * BBBl BBB BB A BBB _ fe

    may escape from the pageant of life , and that therefore , if he elects to stay , whatever ^ happenshe has no riht to whine . The hero

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    He is attended by a faithful valet called Lipps , who tends him with more than a woman ' s care , and does his best to shield his master from the

    petulant selfishness of his mother , a thoroughly frivolous old woman , who , since his accident , has ~^ v practically BT ~^ B ^ v ^ - -w ^ BP . - ^ ^^» ^ BP ~ ^^>^ v ^^ ^^ m P / discarded ^^ - ^ m BP * B ^^ ^ BP' ^ pP ^ BT ^ BB ~^ p ~ VBI ^ ^^^ B > her BBBl ^^ " ^^ ^^ Bb son > " ^ P" ^^« BBf to ^ B > ~^ pT dote ^ BP ^ B * ^ pp' ^ BP * ^ T upon ^ BPVBl B ^^ ^^ b ^ ^ B ^ - « B

    a dog . The freaks and foibles of this pampered little brute , upon whom the Countess von Kronf els makes all her household waitare described

    with — —^ — — —~ dry ¦ " ~— ^ — ^^ — humour ^^^ ^^ ^ ¦ ¦ — - ^— ^^— — - ^^^ ^ b ^ v . ^^^—^^ ~^^ r Count - ^ " ^^ «^ r ^^^ - ^^ r ^^* ^ m ^ r- ^^^ p ¦¦ Hugo ^^ w w ^ B ^^ B 1 ^^ i ^ ^ B ^ , ^ PJ ^ is B" ^ BP ^ ^^^ *^ at P ^ ^^^^ " ^ PjB' hear ^ " ^ B" ^ BB' ^^^ " ^^ ^ t ^^ ^^ P" a ^*^^» noble fellow , and the audacious cynicism upon his ^^ li —— ps ¦ - ¦ - ~ - ¦ - is ^^ ¦ ™ cont ^ ~ | ~ ^^™— ' ^^ i ^ nually ^^^^^ ^ " ^ - ^» ^ ^ 'BBBl W contradicted ^^ pff ^ B 1 P ^^^ ' ^ P SPBI ^ IP ^^ Bf ^ IP 1 ^ ' ^ fcp' ^ 1 * " « pP ^ BP ^ pB b B" ^ P ^ y » lrindl B ^^^^ ^^ BBB ^ riBB / ^ BB ^ B >^^ y W

    deeds which give it the lie . The manner in which new interests and fresh hope came into the poor ¦ ¦ fellow i 's life is »¦¦« most beautifull ¦ BhBr

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    -and Romance ^ revised , ' by one Miss -volume Betham edition -Edwards . This . is New _ an interesting story of two young English people

    who who , . for for very verv different diflFfirPint reasons rftai-ioTia- , had bar ! resolved TftsnlvftH to give up the claims of ordinary life and go into seclusion . Cameron 0 oye is a bright ,

    attractive attractive but who resolves girl girl , , who -who to has has train talent talftnt for a and and Protestant means mfians , nursing ^ ^ *^ PPP"P" ^ PP ^ ** sister '"' «*• ¦ ¦ " ^ P' ^^ «*¦ . W ¦ ¦ Millison » ypBBBi « BJ piBf pBfla JB , BB ^ ^ h ^ pB «^ BB ^ bB Methold » . » J , b 1 » ^^ V «/ -W ^ ^ bvT P * V % * is pTi , rppT the ^^ H ^ jT W son * S ^ P *^ « P"PVb

    of a Dean of the English Church , who , iii ment consequence , resolves of to his enter father the Romish ' s arbitrary priesthood treat- .

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    by changed whose — influen ^ i Cameron ce the marry tenor ing jQ 3 a N > / hem son Mfe ^ ??« th ras e

    family , and Millison becoming so captivated with a widowed daughter as to renounce ^ the priesthood striking characters to rnanry in t her ^ hef . boo 0 ae ^ is of an ol theinmost ^ L nurse

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    humbur , and witlml a true and simple piety . The'Authoress shows , however , a very common lack ' of acquaintance with some phases of English

    reli — _ gious l _ J ^ life _ ^ . ^ when «^ * " she says , ' The ^ p ^ pb ** K excellent \ 9 . * - ' . ' bbb ^ : woman , although a Methdoist , possessed a catholicity of spirit reajly wonderful in anyone

    brought up on Bunyan and Baxter . ' Methodists are not broug PBP PB ht up | W on Bunyan ¦¦ and Baxter ¦ ; and

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    such trifling flaws , the story is very pleasant and readable ,- ¦ ¦ . \ < From ¦ ¦ Messrs 1 1 . Macmillan bV Bi & Co . - ^ r * Schwartz ¦ -b 1 h '

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    entertaining , distinguished y fidelity to nature , and lit up by genuine linmour and sympathy . The romantic and tragic JjLstory of poor ' Schwartz' a grizzly canine crossbreed of

    , forei *« k ^ gn blood B ^ BH B 1 H , will ^ ^ K ^^ be H read ' BH with ^ h A BJB special . A SpI : interest b % m by lovers of dogs . The story of the dastardly theft committed by ' young-Mr . Barter' ilia

    dingy ^ m London bV * i office ra ^" a contains ¦ * ^ several ptf 1 ** ~ - well ^ *¦ - drawn characters , varying from the ' soul of ^ M ^ A a ^ H ^ b H ^ " ~ ' ^ BBBP ^^ H b A A

    honour' to the cheat and rogue . The two rustic stories of Black Country life which follow are delightfuland ^ be read ^ as a tonic for

    overwroug , ht energies may and low spirits . The plain , matter-of-fact way in which two brawny farmers engage in a pugilistic encounter to

    settle their rivalry for-the affections of a winsome village lassie is extremely amusing ; whilst Aunt Jenny's ' successful attempt to reproduce

    ¦ BJ sleep Sk ing A - potion A 4 business m from 4 « * L ' .. Homeo aBBBh and Juliet , ' without its tragic sequel , is described with' that artistic skill which Mr . Murray at

    his best never fails to exhibit . From the same .- ^* Bobbery f under Arms / by

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    Oli phant ^ ; atfd * A London ^ Life _^^^ , ' by Henry . ! James . No four novels could well be more unlike than ¦ 1 the h above ih ¦ ¦ ¦ bufc they have P ^ " ~^^ at least

    one — ' — — — characteristic ~ — — — — — — - — ^^ in common , ^ BV r ' ' ^^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ P *^ " ^^ ^^^ ^ and ^^^^^» ^ that ^ BB ^ ^^^^ ^^^ B | P » ^^^^ VJTV r *^ ^^ be described as real ability . , We are g may lad ,

    therefore tneretore , , tnat that they thev have nave all all tound found f theix their way into Macmillan ' s popular one-volume P series ™ ^ ' ^ ' ^ V ' ™ of ' ^^ ^ work » » - ^ P ^ » - " "" - ^ P s ^ P- of ^» BHBB fiction B ^*^ -P *^ ^^ " ba ^ V ^^ ' p ^ b ^ B . BJI am * Bobbery » BBBJ ^ p * ^^ pV P ^ gpT B- ^^ ^| B * mUt ^ W unde VV ^ B «^»^ P > ^ P ^™« ^^ r ™ * M . A ^ m A ppj ^ Ni «^ ha ^ . —

    Arms , ' or , in plain English , bush-ranging ^ , is ^ the ^ best story of \ Australian life which we have ever come acrois . Mr . Hardy ' s * Wessex Tales BIVp ^ '

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    Oliphant ' s * Neighbours on the Green ' are shrewd and life-like sketches in which pathos and ^~^^ ^~—* ^ ^ ' humour ^^^— ' vr ^* p ~«^ r ^^ « r "p » p" -abound ¦ pi r «^ ^^ HPF »¦ " m ^ t ^ m ^ wapq . pv ajpferv Mr ^ BBw * pbi . pp Henry p > W « fl 1 PJP 4 ^ bp' pb ^^ pv pB % af James ^ kav fppBjpb ^^ p ^ ^ p ^ r 9 ^^ is ipapppp T ^ a ^ tf' ^ v

    sort of photographer in fiction who knows how to manage the side-lights with-a skilful handand this lends a startling ¦»» air B « BBB of BP reality

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1889, page 782, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071889/page/16/