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    8i8 The Publishers' Circular " August i,...

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    layof ' grace Morley ' s Universal Library , . ' The worjc is prefaced as usual by an introduction written by Professor ¦ ¦ ¦ Henry ¦ i i Morley . In this Htk J ^ H ^ r an interesting

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    of Knowledge Fiction , ' issued . —The by admirable this society ' Penny , has received Library ¦ an " ¦ addition •¦ m ^ sv ^^ m ^ ^ r ^ b ^^ ^^» ^ in ^ m ^ the v ^ ^ a ^* r ¦ ^ form ^ ^^ ^ fc > ^ ¦ ^ of x ^ ^^ a m nf story p ^^ V ^^ ^ k T by W ^ r J Charles ^^ IT ^ ¦ ¦» * ' ^» ^^ « - ^

    the Gibbon narrative , entitled of a * hopeless Paying the love Penalt affection y . ' even It is - tually leading to crime . But justice is served

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    of fiction in this series that many have preceded it . From ^ m ^ ^ l . ^—* — — — Messrs «^ m ^^ - ^ r ^ v ^ h- ^— — . ^ v Walker w v ^^ v bv ^ b ^ v ^ a & - ^* mw Laycock ^ Hb ^ v > w _ w ^^ ^ i ^ ^^ ^ N ^ , a Leeds — — ¦ ^~ r \/ ^<_^ . 1 ^ . —The T ^ . A V /

    second volume of * Ralph Thoresby , the Topofirst Atkinson graph volume er : , has his we now T commented own appeared '\ and Tim . on In the es , ' noticing painstaking by D . the H .

    , disp labo lay ur a ed nd . profound The author knowled has ge evidentl that the y work been animated by a thorough love of his subject

    its and and elaborate concluding has spare stud d volume nei y . ther A confirms t perusal ime nor the of dili the impression gence second in ,

    we then formed . The opening chapter contains s o ucatu me a 8 cco JOeodiensis unt of Thoresb ; or , y The ' s gre Topograp at work , hy ' The of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of

    Leedes , ' with various letters concerning the w fur ork ther , including on in t one he volume from Dr . Johnson find a ; but e

    lengthy description of the publication of the magrvwm account of op its us , reception followed . by A a section chapter of g the ivin book g an

    to which we may refer as being of exceptional and interest is that headed ' Acquaintance , Travel ,

    valuable Correspondence matter , and . ' for This the fairl antiquarian y bristles in par th

    ticular ticular well-kn the th own e introduction introduction men of the of of time references referents will o to to ssess so sn many manv irresistible charm « Short Excursions and p Further

    . Correspondence ' supplies attractive reading of like ¦¦ ¦ kindwhile a « - ^» later ¦ chapter treats of A the

    I * — was was Vicaria in inttended ended ^^^ LeodieiisisS , ^ to to " ^ lorm form - ~ » Thoresby - ^» v * , _• « . \/ part r > a . aov art < i > ' s v or of las ^ A . t an an ^ book . V , * K - *< historical histori W KJ > , which _^ . ^ ca J A . A . V l ^/

    companion to the 'Ducatus Leodiensis ; ' and the book is brought to a conclusion with a highlyinteresting ancl its account ultimate of the Musaeum

    Thoresbyanum dispersal . From Messrs . Ward , Lock & Co . —Looking over in the one latest volume edition and excellently ' The Anti printed quary , ' comprised an almost

    painful sense of * newness ' comes over , reader —solidity and thorough workmanship on the one hand seem to be so powerfully contrasted with

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    ficiality smartness of , and treatment , it might on almost the other be . said This , super im *

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    northern and beautiful thoroug of h their realisation ofview kind , are of wanting situation two in of from grasp th a

    point * . One or em he hardl has y corroborate received from for the the text reader . In the other impression respects

    the and edition presents is in worth a handsome y of warm volume commendation one of Sir , Walter Scott ' s best works .

    From Messrs . Frederick Wame & Co . — 'A Wilful Young Woman , ' by Alice Price , author

    . think of * M , has y Namesake done an inj M ustice arjorie to . ' her Miss heroine Price . , The we term ' wilful' undoubtedly conveys a reproach

    but if all young women were as steadfast in a , ri Sy r ^ f g dney V ht ^^ b- ^ b ^ b | ~|— direction V Alwyn J ^^^ h ^^ V V F Jm *^^ , V the V ^¦ ^ ¦ as »^ ^^^ adjective I — the > ^ ^^ ^ B ^ ^^ heroine ^ ^¦ » ¦ * ^«^ wouid ^^ " ¦ ™ ™ ^ of ^^ Wm soon ^ - ^^ this * m ^ «—^^ come ^ ^ ^ st —^^^^ ory ^ b ^ to ^^ ^^ ,

    be looked upon as a higji compliment . Sydney Alwyn the very indeed first our is a sympathies most lovable are character warmly . enlisted From on her behalfand each one of her succeeding

    actions but adds , to the earnest admiration we feel for her . Such stories as this ; simply and ¦ unaffec * ^ » % _ tif m n ^_^ ¦ ^ h ^ t m ^ edl ^^ - ~ t r y •/ ¦ relating « k - ¦ im" * ir ir a ~ ~ O ^^_ the n ' ~ - ^ .. r trials ^^^ b . ^^^^¦ f ^ m ^ ' and ^ * ^« ^ a *^ experiences ^^* ^ b ^» > L ^ ^^ ^^ ^~ ^^ ™ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^

    of an affectionate , pure minded girl , w ^ hose disposition is quick to detect suffering , and her influ mind en to ce resent toward inj s u the stice mor , have al impr infinitely ovemen more t of

    avowedl readers than y written nine- with tenths this of obj the ect reli in g view ious . works We can in every way award cordial appreciation to

    • A Wilful Young Woman . ' From jl Frederick jb ^^<*^ "W . Wilson t ir ir & ^^ Brothers « h > ^^^^^

    ^ . ^ - * * -jljl . ^^ ^ ^^ ^*>^^* ^ w ^ w - ~*~ ar ^ ^^ » " ^ -, is Glasgow a pleasantl . —* Di y gia written : Her little Love story and , Troubles whereof , ' the scene is laid in Venice . The heroine , a

    sent F man femal rancois to of e the water her K rig napen c - hoice h carrier t-about , , the , Marco eve all unworthy nt e , uall nd a s y gondolier happ marries lover il , . j The and the ing

    best-drawn character is , that of an impecunious y patrician , whose manoeuvres to obtain credit are somewhat amusing .

    From Mr . J . Vincent , Oxford . — The New Ctium in Queensland' by Walter tUVV / S * S Tyrwhi UUiUV tt ^ MA ¦ .

    Jl his \^ UV is ^ OUOXUtlVA an accoun , , *~ t 'J , writ TT ten in . una . JLJX mbitious , form ^ . ' - ^ ¦• - , of ^ k ^ ^ k the ^ J * ^* ^^ r ^ author ^ mf ^ ^ ^^ ^ a ^^ ^ k ' s v ^ ' p Mi r e ^^^ rsonal ^ L *^^ ^^^ ^ ^ k ^ . fy ^ k experi *^^^ dh ^ ji f ^^ ¦¦ ^ j ^ j ^ enc ^ , ji ^^ ik ^^^ es ^^^ 1 ^^ ^ i h ^ n ^ fc Queens ^* Vj ¦• ^ ^*^^ ^^ — — -

    land the Bush , and . As such ordinary it should life be of of great colonist value in to to k e now rsons something about to e of migrat the e existence , who would the desire

    difticulties ^/ ^^ A ^^ A X . ^ V V and 9 * mJ \^ r ^ surrou m ^ . i * ^^ & 4 A lAfch ndi r ^ n gs T n n ~ _ t hey ^^/^^^ bJLtUr have T IW T _ TT . r to , A ^^^ k ^ k e ^^^ xpect ^»^^^ ¦* . The author had to thoroughly ' rough' it

    himse 4 sh ] if own , w ^ ithou round t the , ' and advantage the narra of tio being n of i hi n s exp y way

    erimore ences i > no , p . s practical should shonlrl prove Tvrr readers » vfi of of . much mnnh assistance n 5 iSist , fi . nf * R to to his his

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1887, page 818, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081887/page/16/