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    * From *— ^*- ^^—W ^ Mr ^¦^¦^V^W . M W E...

    ¦ parts beg ^^• K ^^ F ^ fc V inning PM » r of ^^* ^^~ the ^ " ^™_ ™ that ^^ ¦ subject *^^ ^^ " ^* *^^ study ^^ ^^ ¦ ^» which . ^^ __ ^» The ^^ ^^^_ P can ^ k ^ ^ author ^^ -T _»__ onl ^^ •^ f ^^ - ^— y m avoids be h ¦ ^^^ under __>_^ » * all — ^—

    -stood by help of the higher mathematics / The book is thus very simple , and very clear . From 4 Messrs ¦ . Sampson ¦ LowMars tonSearle w- _— ~_~ ~ -r -v -r ¦

    — ^ ^^ ^^ j ^^^^^^ _ — — - — — — ^^^ — - — — — , — —v ^_ - — — — — , ^ g ^_^•__ ^^ , — & Bivington , Limited . —* Rejected of Men : and other Poems , ' by A . Johnson-Brown . The ieces combined in this little book are all

    marked p by depth and fervency of thought , and some by fine poetic feeling . The author sings in ¦ a ¦ minor key M but he sings —— sweetl — - y ¦ ¦¦ and his

    aim A ^ _— - is al — — way — - — s , lofty . These A ^ — poems - - — — - ^ / , y are — ^»— wel p —*— ' —»^ l - calculated to soothe the spirit in hours of trouble .

    From the same . —' Jack Abbott ' s Log : a Yarn of the Merchant Service / by Robert Brown . 2 fl vols . A rattling tale of the seabrimful ¦ of l

    adventure ^^ V - - « - — and told » - J - with — _ — much — spi r ^ it , — . _ - *_ r _— There ^^ W ^ TS - ^ — " ^ _•* ¦* is _ " __ a good deal of love too , the course of which does not run very smooththough all comes

    right in the end in the good , old fashion of stricken romance . shi There which is a is exceedingl description of a hic plague and

    a * IVaVil find' of gold p ^/ , j " 111 that VU 1 O will UAV ^ VjUlUg thrill y ' the grap fZf iaiL hearts / LJLK /) , OiLXVA of old and young ^ < j who have the sp irit — of adventure — — — — - — ~ --

    in for them a vacant . Jac hour k Abbott . is a capital companion From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —' Plain Tales

    I from the Hills / by Rudyard Kipling . Since Mr . Bret Harte electrified the reading world with his splendid renditions of frontier life in

    California , it is questionable whether any sketches quite so fresh in matter as these tales from ^^ ^^ ~™ ^^ ' ^^^¦^^ the ^^ r ^^^^ m - ^^^ ^ Indian ^^ fe ^^ h ^^ H ™ _ ^^ ^ F ^ ^^ P ^^ B ¦¦¦ hills ¦ _ ^^ " ^^ V ^^ ^ have ^»^_ ^^ r ~^ T -r - ^^^ appeared i ^ rp ^ p By ^ m ^ f - ^^ WB ^^ B ^^ V ^ cf ^ ^ fe ^^ B . V ¦ ^ Mr M ^ W ^^ . V

    Kipling has the supreme advantage of breaking up perfectly new ground ; he is not like so many mf literary beg fj inners in England forced to

    recast stories ^ that have been told _ J a thousand times . India , indeed , has yielded its due quota ± of fiction , j but Indian stories ____ have _ — _

    hitherto been chiefly concerned with the period of the mutiny , and had little that was really characteristic _ of _ the country and its

    peop le . Comparatively few attempts ^ have been made to describe the daily life of the soldier and the civilian in India in the piping

    times of peace . This is what Mr . Kipling loiters essays - . in vhhkb He barracks keeps ¦ and clear 1 ball _ of ¦ -rooms ¦ tented not fields omitting ¦— ¦ , and ¦ 1

    to give _ - —— r ^ v ^^ many ^ w- *^ ^ n V " * _^ ^_ a —^ ^^ ^— vivid _ ^ m *_* ^™ " —~_^^ g »^^ limpse - _ — - — - ^ * " ^ " ~ — of ^ , -m native - — — ~— _ ~— races - ^ ^ ^^ " ^ m and their ways . The tales are hasty and sketchy . Nowhere is there any elaborate

    portraiture nor any strenuous and sustained ing effort , careless at construction manner . the But book in its is lig very ht , d good

    ashreading . Mr . Kipling hardly shines as a philosop to plain her story and -telling moralist he , is but beyond when he all doubt sticks

    If succ Private essful . Mulvaney He has humour does not , too quite , and talk pathos the . dialect 1 _ - - ^» _ * of -vr v ^ the «^ —L ^_ ^^ r Emerald _^ fc ^» ^ ~* ¦ ^ m ^_ " ^» b _¦ ^ ^* -vb _ Isle _ h m p—i ^^^ - , f he ""»^ - ^_ ^ is — 1 ^ ¦ - a " - _ gen , ^ " ^ u ¦ in ~— - el — y m

    amoosin cuss / anql ' Lispeth' shows that The Mr . Ki book pling piques can curiosity draw tears , and when readers he will chooses look . for its author's coming works with interest .

    From of the John same Halifax . — ' Two Gentleman Marriages / / by A the new author and nicely got edition , of a work of genius and

    fine feeling up ; should be in every library , From the - same VV . — ' The Water » » I of Life - n and other — ^ ^~^^^_ ^^_^ HH _ ^ PW ^ ^^>^ . « ¦ ¦¦ »™ ^^^ ¦ — ^» —^ " - ™ » - — - _^ - — - ^

    Macmillan Sermops / have by don Charles e well in Kingsley bringing . * out Messrs this . new and handy edition of Charles Kingsley ' s

    sermons . There could be no healthier reading . ^

    and The earnest book is soul the earnest and contains utterance of a lessons strong many

    that may be conned , with advantage to-day . From Messrs — — . J —— . — Masters ¦ — — — — - ^^ —*_ & ^^^^^ Co - ^^ ' ^^ . — ' The ^ a ^ p _^^ h ^ hv * Way 9 V ^ U ^ V W

    Austin Out : a Clare Northum . An brian interesting Pitman's and Story well , ' -to by ld storywith a good moral — — ; suitable — for " ¦ i

    readers ^ j , . cyj # ^^^ ^ **^ ~* ^^ young ^ ^* »^ " " w ^ - - From ~~— - ~^ - — — Messrs — - ^— — - — _ . _ ^ Methuen — — - — f — — & - ^ r ^^^ v Co - ^^^^ ^>^ p ^ . > y — ' ¦ ^ ¦ My ( ^ ^ Land ¦^¦^¦¦ P ^ W *^ V flb >^^ ^^ r ^ l ^ k of ^^^» i ^^_ fB i

    De Beulah ^^^^ Courcy ^ ^ / by ^ Laffan Mrs ^^ ^^ ) . . A Leith ^^ new ^ . ^ - edition Adams * ^ of ( this Mrs popular . R . S . work , printed 1 — in ¦ — clear — — —— type ¦— w J— - ^ " —¦ on —¦ " " —— good ^^ ¦ — ¦— - ¦— ¦ _ paper J *^ - »~¦ ^— ^ , and **• ^^ *^

    -well bound . From His Life Messrs and . Times James / b Nisbet James & Iverach Co . — ' St £ . . A Paul . A ; y _

    concise and forcibly written biograp , hy of the devoted great apostle much . time Professor and attention Iverach has to his manifestl subject y

    and the result is a history of the life and work , even of St the . Pau ' Life l that ' by may M M . Renan be ¦ read . Professor with i profit Iverach after

    has — - — - an eye — for the moral - ^ ^—^— ^^ p —rr ~ w icturesque ^ m «_ - ^ v ^ — ^ ^^^^ ^^ H ^^ - ^^»» - ^^ F , ^> and ^ ^^^ m ^^> B , ^>^> thoug ^ ^ ^* M * ^^ b ^ k ^^ H ^^^ B ^ h careful not to sacrifice to effect , is never dull and never tedious . A capital little book .

    From Andrew the Simon same . — Lamb ' The . Word Inculcates in the the School need / of by a thorough Christian training in schools . Parents

    and teachers alike will find the volume suggestive and useful . From Messrs . S . W . Partridge & Co . — ' Outlines

    of Prophetic Truth / by Robert Brown ( second and concluding series ) . This is a learned and thoug Mf htful book on a subject of very vital

    — —¦ ^ 9 *• ^» " ^ _^^ ^—interest . The author is a profound student ^ of Scripture , and his expositions are characterised by great clearness and acumen . In the

    ceding volume Mr . Brown dealt with the course pre of prophetic teaching ' from Creation to Rede — - — m ¦ p h _ tion — ; . ' in the present ^ f volume ~— — — - he —_~ — — deals -- - ^ ^^ _ v ^ ¦ _ ¦ with — — ¦ ^ m ^ .. ^^ B i it ^ pv ^^^

    ' from Redemption to the Final State / A book that Biblical students should not fail to read . Fro _ _ m _ the same - . —' Seven _ Years _ in Cey __^ _ lo „ _ n _ / b r-- y m

    — Mary and Margare _ t W . Leitch - . With ^_ ^ portraits ^ and illustrations . In these stories of mission life we have the experiences of two American

    lady missionaries in Ceylon . The experiences are on the whole well worth relating , and b - - esides - —~— - descri -- -- ptions _ _ of purely - - missionary - work Irarr

    __* - __ . —_ — . __ — _— — , — . _ _ —_ _ _ „_ — _ . —_ - ^__ _ ,, ^ _ . _ . we have many interesting glimpses of the country , as well as of its people and their habits . The book is well illustrated .

    From Messrs . Kegan Paul , Trench , Trubner & Co ., Limited . —* Introduction to Freshwater Algaewith an enumeration of all the

    British Species , / by M . C . Cooke , M . A ., LL . D ., & c . A cheap and popular handbook of the British Fresh-water Algaethat students of natural

    history will find extre , mely useful . Mr . Cooke explains that the whole edition of his larger work on the same subject is exhausted and

    cannot be reproduced , hence the publication of the present volume . The book is furnished with valuable platesand a glossary which will be of

    material aid to , beginners . From Messrs . Swan Sonnenaoheln A Co . —

    'Counsels and Maxims / by Arthur Schopenhauer . Translated by T . Bailey Saunders , M . A . 8 chopenhauer is never trite and never

    commonplace . Ever pregnant in thought , he is one of the most stimulating of writers , and even when We reject his conclusions we admire his resource .

    his acumen , and his conscientiousness . In his . ' Counsels and Maxims' there is much that will repay a careful study , and the attentive reader I

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    if Augusti , 1 ^ 90 The Publishers Circular 923

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1890, page 923, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081890/page/21/