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    0OBRESPO3STDENOE. I To Editor of The Pub...

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    Books received :— From Messrs. ZBlackie ...

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    • , ¦' . ¦;¦¦; , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' , . "'' {¦ ' , ' ^ 'W & W M I 7 IO The Publishers' Circular August if 1884

    0obrespo3stdenoe. I To Editor Of The Pub...

    0 OBRESPO 3 STDENOE . I To Editor of The Publishers' Cibcitlab . ^

    THE BOOK-WORM . I Bear fe Sir h vr —Either - Mr . T Bowden __ . _ has _ made __ a . mistake .. _ . _ _ or he . _ has . _ . — secured . _ ___ _ an undeveloped specimen ¦ of

    the recognised « k ^^ ^^^ ir book Mk ^ p »« ^ ^» ^^ * p » ^^ ^ - ir worm ^ ¦ ^ ^ r ' n by ^ ' »^^ ^^ ^ , m anyone , - ¦ for - ^ j i' . ^— — , ^» whereas — " — ^ " ^ after — — " ^ ^ - reading your woodcut i _ j Mr __ . William . represents Blade a s mere , ' * Enemies .. maggot . _ of — — , the ¦ — Books ____ — real . ' insect — In October _ would ^ * ^ last ^ readil — __ - ^ — , , ^^ ^ I ^ ^^ y was ^ v ^ fc LJV ^ j e . » h to discover 1 fine *? le \ of the * 1 called »* 1 in little 1 J J * work entitled . < 1 -. t «« .

    fortunate from the Invisible enoug World , * and a very published examp , to the best of my so- recollection worm , about a 1840 . Having previousl ' News y had some correspondence ¦¦¦ with Mr ____ . Blades __ as _ to the . __ origin of _ the __ _ insect _ . ____ ^_ I felt __ _ a peculiar _ interest _ in the

    I ^ capture UK «^ F ^ n * % r - ^» im . ^ , ^ and — - ^^ — did r- all — — in my — power — to prolong its little life ^^ . On the eighth , day I abstracted from _ _ the — . av case ^ A 4 V j every ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ H scrap p ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ H ^^ of ^^ ^^ tha ^ V ^ B ^^^ ^" old ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ¦ , W damp ^ ¦ ™ ^^ ^ p ^ paper H H ^^ ^^ , W and —^— - ^^ ¦ substituted - —— —^ - - ¦ - - — ¦— ' * ' — — ' ¦— a — p H ^ iece ^ ¦ ^^ " ~^^ of ¦ - ^^ ^— ^ new ^^^ - ^ v W ^ Dutch - ^ ^ . P ^ hand - ^—^ ¦ - m " ^ ¦ -mad ¦ — " ^— I ^^ e —^ , m in ~ order " ^ ~^ ^^ ' ^^ ^^ to ^ V ^^^ test ^^ ^^*^ J L

    whether specimen ^^ _^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ — ^^ ^^ or , v which - not ^^»» - ^ - the suddenly - — ' —^ worm — — — — ^ m began ' fed ^^ J upon to — droop — the — » J , and __ paper . - __ in — . a _— very The __ — - ^ _ short experiment _ — _ whi _ , —„ le — „ . wtis rolled _ . ^ successful ^ over „ _ — and __ — ; died but _ — ___ . it That — cost _ __ , ^ , was w me ^^*« r the ^ my A «^ J | I

    published first of its b kind y Mr I . book Blades had ever , and is is seen neither neitner I am ; but surprised I at once to find recognised a maggot t the taking little fellow the p it it lace b does does y the of a enlarged most small interesting drawing j

    scarcel insect insect— — y fo tor a r third tn the 6 of uooK the --worm worm size of your smallest a a worm worm drawing nor nor , a a of maggo maggo a pale t , , , resembling resembling almost transparent as as , cream a a very very colour small , cased louse louse in . , ! a horny-looking skin , with a number of very fine , hair-like legs , two long and two short * feelers ' on the

    head , and two shorter oaes at the tail , quick and decisive in its movements . It was a subject one would specimen never tire for of illustration stud ¦ ying , . and With my chief ¦ apolog regret H ies for at the the present length of moment this letter is —m * that I am unable to send you a I I

    ^^^ ^^^ - _~ - ^ V ^^ ^^^^^^ ~^ P- ^ - ^ m - ^^ ^^ B - ' ~ ~ - — ~ ^ - — —~ " — ^^^ - Believe — ^ ^ — ~ meDear - - — — Sir w - ^ , — I ^^^_ «Faithfull , y , and obediently yours , I VANDYKE BROWN . ' I

    Books Received :— From Messrs. Zblackie ...

    Books received : — From Messrs . ZBlackie & Son . — ' Simple Lessons

    in small Water quarto Colour volume / by Vere in emblematicall Foster . Marine y tinted . A clothwith 12 facsimiles of original sketches in

    colour , by Edward Duncan , numerous illustrations in mister pencil . , In and the practical coloured lessons lates the by learner an experienced is taken p

    on a kiud of voyage round Oreat Britain in which he sees—the Bass Hock ; a smack off Whitby ; an outward ¦ v » m > -bound ¦ shi mt p hv at Gravesend ; a yacht race

    at lurid p ilot ^^ R v y ; de ^ effec ^^ fishing ^ " » ; boys ts ^^ w « behind ^*^ m boats ^^^ fishing —r »—^ — coming a water — in a calm - home l ogged — ——~ ~— - ; ; a sunset vessel shi m p taking — ; at - - home - ^ sea — - — a - ,

    ward bound , Isle of Arran , & c . ; a dead calm , b tance oats , & & c c . . ; The Eddystone uncoloured light head , vessel and in tail the ieces disp

    , of barge the race book , Bri give ghton such boat objects s , surf as , a a b li uoy ght , a breeze Dart , various kinds of craft , one or twoanchors , ' pulley

    blocks 1 sheav . ' ( , It ' pulleys may be are noted unknown that . ) at sea The blocks letterpress have shows the pupil how to produce the various effects

    exhibited . He could hardly receive a series of lessons in a more agreeable manner than in Mr . Vere Foster ' s new water-colour book .

    From Messrs . "William Black-wood & Sons . — The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe /

    a publi Adap strong — — shers ted — cover for 1 * Educational use well in printed Schools Series . on A good ' volume published paper of the for in

    fifteen ^ pence ^ . , A few pages of notes ^ j exp ^ ^ laining , the meaning and giving the derivation of some of the more difficult words suggest that Defoe ' s

    but famous otherwise narrative the is to icture be put of to the educational adventurer uses on , the cover and in the p frontispiece are calculated to

    ordinary win a read story y - acceptance book . If boys for the can volume be taught as an to vend by taking * Robinson Crusoe' at * a

    lessonbook , the schoolmaster ' s work will soon bo deprived of many of its difficulties . From ¦— the ¦ same ¦ ¦ ¦—— w ~ . —* Our ¦ •—¦ Village ¦¦ ' by Miss Mitford .

    Another — - " ~ v volume - ^ of —^^* - the ^ ^ ' ^~ Educational - ^^ r- ^^^ r ^^^^ ^ , W ^ """ g ^ " ^^ Series ^^ ' " ^^ m ^^^ ^^^» ^ / ~ ^ F W con ^ ^ H ^ . ^ V ^»^ P - ^^ sulting ' Our Village of easy ' and and - interesting Village Tales selections / illustrated from

    | J happy with , some thought pretty to woodcuts turn ' Standard . It is Authors a decidedl ' to y

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    mentary such good schools account , but , and in not j > r ^ onl a te y families in public , these ele- I I little volumes will be gladly accepted as ' Readers . ' I

    Their superiority to many of the manufactured I ' Readers ' will be obvious , for they will create a I sustained interest in the daily lessons . I

    From the same . — ' The Tanglewood Tales / hy I Kathanisl ' Educational Hawthorn Series e . may This loe said volume to have of tie a I I

    stronger claim than its predecessors to le I i neluded in such a set of books , for while attrac- I tire in themselves the stories introduce the young I

    readers to the old classic lore with , which it is I d well ays . that The they charm should of the be familiarised story-teller is from doubtless early | I I

    familiar to all our readers , and this little book , I popular with its v well olume -executed in the school illustrations room . ¦ , will be a I

    From Messrs h' This . Cassell is a series & of Co lessons . — Introductory ¦ for ¦ Standard Geo I . - grap tional adapted y Department . to the newest . The regulations lessons ¦ ¦ ¦ number of the Educa forty is - - ,

    three + Vii » fto and iinri are *»!•« illustrated illnat-rui-. Arl in in a manner mannflr ¦ that that J 9 of eminentl Wi , ght y dep prac icted tical . in Thus no less ¦ we ¦ ¦ than have live the outline page Isle merel engravings the . second The first traces traces shows ¦ tut the it streams in the h

    third merely y adds : ; cue hills secuuu to streams ¦ on the Bwua fourth « w , ; & -- # > childis equ m ^« V * arked 11 i pped 3 ? s-a h towns learner 1 nf % map MM a , . railways the 4 > 1- « « Again . difference ^ 3 C •^ yVv , , Sec ^ . * - to « «¦ ¦ - ^ . . ¦ ; ; between lAA , point the ^ twrn fifth ATI out a is TYlftO a to fully ana flll the ** ^ H

    a picture , the same locality ¦ is presented map botn way as lessons a s plan on a . one village Althoug page is ; seen and h the ¦ ¦ in in book another a picture is but part and a ° sma * then ^ " I and vegetabi h m

    octavo octavo race products Tarftfi s of of of of man man are 80 80 are are or or the 90 90 dealt dealt su pages t > bj * u ec with with ¦ ¦ ? gs t ¦ , . of , a an their t nimal heir imal lessons clothing cl ana ? , the vegw & , vanou Uj ' ^ ^ B " - '

    commerceand modes of ¦ travel , described . ™ J ua view the type of rendering , employed 4 Vt everything is ¦ ¦ large as and * m ~~ plain tho —— as words PJJ us Vj «

    the ULM . KJ simp \ tj H" * - " lest V * » possible krjt ^^ J' < - > , ¦ . ¦ UT JLUVA-fo ^ , f - *~ wUb « n ^_ From rrom Messrs jiaessrs . . yield jtfieia as & Tuor u . ' \ ior .. — — ' Q ^^** «— da h

    Q Quads uads . ' for The Authors title ¦ ¦ - ¦ page , Editors of the and ' lott introduction Devils erprewJJ , eoii " ^ j by AndWTuerMrTuors

    worth quoting ¦ . . ; . . ^^ Quads , whioli oro Uttle metal blsaki ' ^ , ^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1884, page 710, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081884/page/10/