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    * • * • From W. H, Allen & Oo.—' History...

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    m— - —— ' ' " ' " - "''• •¦• " v ' • • - - ^ m if 860 The Publishers' Circular August 1 , 18881

    * • * • From W. H, Allen & Oo.—' History...

    * * From W . HAllen & Oo . — ' History of the Indian

    , ¦ ¦ Mutiny «¦« a ** m , ' by ^ T . R * Wb . . E —^ T" ^ . Holmes ^^ Tb" " , 3 >* b rd edition ^ 9 9 M 9 . Students of history "will be glad to see that a b new b edition bbbif —the bbubb third bbvbbbb « bbbi —of b Mr m ~ . Holmes bWbbbb bb » bvbbbbb bb ' work bb ¦ «¦¦

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    opportu-^ " **» " * - ^ w' «» —»• ^^ p * ^"'^ ¦^^ v , ^^^ » . ^ p ^^ ^ ^ T _ i"a g ^^ _^ v ^^^ a Jw . ¦* - * w aa 4 wb « ^ ' W W ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^*^* nity of playing the part of executioner . ' Both in his case and in that of Kavanagh , who so nobl * " - *» . ^ # * " - *¦ ^ y opened ^ " ^ r- * ^ - ^ ^^ ^ J ^ communications ^_^ ^^ - - - — - ^ 1 T ^ A ^ u * % . »*^ i ^ - *• ^ k V ^ ^^ m * S between ^^ ^^ ^ » w ^^ ^^ ^^ Outram ^ i ^ ^»^ ^^ ¦ ¦ k v »

    and Sir Colin Campbell , he mixes extravagant praise with the bitterest condemnation . He accuses Kavanagh of possessing ' a vanity and self-importance # almost ¦ 1 ¦ / amounting i to insanity ¦ '

    r ^ ' ^^ ^ ^^» ^ * >^ ^ m ^ r ^^ - ^ ^^ ^^«^^ ¦ ^¦ ^ ^ . ^ 1 --a ^ S *^ p ^^ ^ ^* M " ^ mi ^ ^ . ^^ b ^ ^^^ fe &^ 7 ^ % ^*^ ^ K ^ - ^ v ^^ vrWA ^ ^ ^^ f , to prove which he quotes Kavanagh ' s words of his great adventure , For less than this names have havft descended rJ p . sp . pndprl . fro fro m m age acre * , to t . n age acr & as a . s if if never nftvfir to tn

    be obliterated from the heroic pages of history , ' and Mr . Holmes says that Kavanagh's act '

    remains unsurpassed by anything history can show . ' Although Mr . Holmes' volume is not likely to displace more elaborate works , still ,

    to one who has not read those , this book will give an interesting and sometimes thrilling description of the incidents of the Mutiny .

    From Mr . Spencer Blackett . — Miss Adeline Seijeant ' s capital story , * Jacobi ' s Wife , ' has

    appeared as a two-shilling railway volume . The story is marked by that rare quality which keeps the reader ' s attention fixed until the last

    page has been read , until mystery has been dispelled , and happiness reigns supreme . From MM . Orell Fussli & CoZurich—The

    recently opened line of railway ., leading . over the ' — celebrated ^» ~— — — ' - " - ^ — *» - -- - — >— ¦» . Briinig . — -j- a . ¦> m « . - * ^ ^^ - . Pass ^ u «^» . » •¦ ' has i * -m «^ v <^ been » v ^ ^^ ( ¦*_• Jt . jfc p r * " ^ ictu ^* ** ***

    -resquely described in the English language in a new number of those charming books issued under the serial name ' Picturesque Europe . ' The title of the Guide is * The Briinig Railway

    from Lucerne to Interlaken . ' The author is propriate Mr . J . Hardmeyer . . The illustrations are

    ap-From Messrs . S . C . Griggs & Co . ( Chicago ) . — by ' The Charles Aryan Morris Race : its The Orig stud in and of Achievements anthropology , '

    is at all times one . of absorbing y interest : to be able to go down to the depth and see the source of our origin to follow it through its

    developments ; and note its grand stature mazy . In this book we are brought face to face with one of ¦¦ the vast ¦• branches li & A of the parent stem

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    during the recent age of mankind would be equivalent civilisation — —^ — - —— ^ - *¦ — ¦» «¦ to >_^ ^ an ^ v &^ a attempt «^ v ^» ¦» ' ^^^ - » - * »^/ fc ^ to f V- * write TT Ail ^ , / the L / AJIU history JLJL JLt *? W * T of V *

    . ' Yet here we have a concise and plain history . The origin is shown clearly , and the various striking traits which distinguish the

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    * • * • From W. H, Allen & Oo.—' History...

    . tributionv to the- literature of anthropology . I There are 347 pages , and appended is a careful I and necessary index . ' i I

    From Messrs . Crosby I * ockwood ¦ & Son . —' The Foreign Commercial Correspondent' by Conrad I

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1888, page 860, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081888/page/10/