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    924 The Publishers' Circular Augtt?t , >...

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    ; enli will be htened likely views to lay of down himself the book and with the world more g

    about him . The translation is admirably done . From the same . —• Charity Organisation , ' by C . S . Loch , B . A . ( Social Science Series . ) In

    ; this to the slig London ht volume Chari Mr ty . Loch Organisation , who is secretary Society , deals with the * social and other conditions '

    ; under which in his opinion ' charity can take " . prepared deep root as and an develup essay . f ' or The delivery book was ore first

    meeting in Paris , and the author thinks it ; Charity might have organisers been fuller will , find but it even eminentl as it y useful stands .

    From the same . —* The Last Master of Camandro ; ¦ being m ^^ ^^ ^ " ^™ VK the ^* ^ m—m v Story w- ^ r — ' ^— ^ m of — — the — — Revenge — rj of - ^ — Ronald — — — -

    ; Sinclair Sinclair , , ' an by artist Thomas , falls A . Pinkerton in love with . Ronald Mary ' j ; . 'Fleming tends to ; be the in Master love with of Camandro her , and succeeds also pre in - ¦ effecting ¦¦ her ruin . According to Scottish " — law

    ^ however - ^ V ™~ - ^ " - ^^ ^^ ^» ^ ^ B ^ B ^ p ^ B , he — ^^ ^^ is legall — y married ' — ^ ^ to her — . ^^ He for — " - - , sakes her and subsequently marrijss another woman under the impression that M ^ Lry is dead .

    But she is not dead , only confined in an asylum for the insane . The Master of Camandro ^ makes ^^^^ ^^ ^ ppP ^ pr ^ k ^ Bb ^^^ r ^^^ f great ^ H ^^ ^ m * ^^ . p" ^ y ^^ f improvements ^^ B ^ B »^^ k V ^^ ^** ^^^ w ^*^ ^ fciw *^^ . ^ p ^ ^™ ^^ ^ " ^ ™^ on ^^ p ^ ^"™^^» his " ¦ ™ ^^™ *^^ estate ^ "p ^ ¦ ™ ^ p * ^> p *^ v ^^ ^ fe ^ r , w v so ^^ ^*^ that ^^ ^ b ^ n ^ b ^ p ^^

    his heir , the second wife ' s son , may have it ; free from all encumbrance . Sinclair watches ¦ 1 ; pleted the impr steps ovem in ents and , " and tells when the master they are that ___ com his _ -

    blow son ** " ^™ ^ v ^ " ^^ is ^^» kills ^^^ illeg ™ r ~^ v m ~^ ^^ ' the itimate - ^ — ' master — — — . ~ This — . Mr is . the Pinkerton revenge p — . writes The — — _^ ; ' with with clearness clearness and and vigour vigour , and and his his la latest test story storv

    , ' will add to his reputation . , From *^ pP »^ " ^^ . ^^« Mr . David 1 Pr Stott . — ' The Morals and ¦

    " ^ pl ^ S . Manners VSPVPJ ^^^^ V *^ V ^^ of ^^^^^ P ^ ^ the ^^^ ^ ™ - ^^^ Seventeenth "^ *^ " ~ - ^^ " ~~ ~~ — Century — — , bei — ' ~~ ng th — —~ e . Characters ^^^ p v ^ p ^ pr ^ . ^^ v ^^ ^ i ^^» ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ¦ ¦ ™ of ^^^ ¦ ¦ ™ La ^^ — Bruyere — ^ m ~~ ~^ ' : and — ' Doctor — ~ Antonio " ~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ^~ ^ , j ' fW ¦ ^ m ^ fc tF 1 rt ^"'•

    . , Authors * by Gr ***** . D ^ ' ^ Series . RufiBni ^ ^ ' ) . The ( ' Masterp bibliop ieces hile is so F * or well eign , looked after in these days that he is in imminent

    danger of suffering from a sheer surfeit of the ; good literature thing produced s thrust upo in n so hand m . y Ne a form was arid good at

    , so cheap a price as to-day ; and it is encoura-\ ' ging make to the think best that of the the efforts world of ' p thoug ublishers ht and to

    s imagination accessible to all classes of readers ^ are t ^^ ^^ —I |— meeting ^—^* mm * ~*^ ~^* - - ^ ~~* ¦ " ' ^^^ fc ¦ with " » ' success ~ ' ^ F' - ^ -- ^ - — . _ There — -- is -. a — growing ^__ - , _^^ ^^^^

    tendency to explore foreign fields , and an increaswriters ing desir . e T to his m ake a t heal he t h c y quaintan and a hopeful ce of for si gn gn

    , and we cordially welcome these * Masterpieces of Foreign Authors , ' which Mr . Stott is bringing out . The volumes are daintily , indeed

    1 charming He will all exquisite be ly , got gloomy up and : r paper a eade real r , prin who luxury t , w ill n to no the binding t ta eye ke .

    up the pretty books delighted with their appearance contents , and . Nor eager ly exp ar ds tan thes t r especti initial n v olu thei mes r , reg

    at least , are his hopes likely to be disappointed . La Bruyere ' s work ia a veritable mine of wisdom , and the style is always felicitous . Indeed La

    j authors Bruyere who was hel one ped to of g the ive French seventeenth literature century that ¦ distinction of style which marks it to-day . The

    ' ¦ . present apart from work it g , other therefore qualities , has . a The literary translation interest by j , -, ? Miss DQctor Hele Antonio n Stott ' is is a brilliant all that love it stqry should with be . thewarmth of which mibe

    ! , « colpuring ght : ex-J \ j , - . , . author done pected . ; . . ; Many from .:-. , ;; the of . / the ' , Italian . fleacription ,, ; . temperament ¦ . ; ? .. ajre . excellentl ¦ . . of its y ¦ PSSSS ? n 'mi ... ' . ' . f ' " .. "i " j . . 1 . , . .. '

    From Calendars Messrs . ' . The Taylo sam r ples Bros of ., card Leeds calendars . — 'Card

    which Messrs . Taylor Bros , have sent us are really exquisitely 90 got up with floral devices imr Sk and

    ^ ± ^ J m \ —•— v ^» A ^ S ^? CVl | H _ to 1 landscape , 0 orace office or or scene snop shop s , and walls wans would , . Messrs messrs prove . . Taylor Tavlor ornaments Bro Bros *

    comp have lete this sets season of samples prepared which books they containing will for- , ward lication 1 * The mi * ¦ »

    appreciate on app these calendars . . public are sure to From thrown Messrs Across . Trisohler ( the Keep ¦ & Co it . — Quite ' A ¦»¦ IV New ) Darkest IV Light

    and Africa doleful , ' by F experiences . C . Burnand y — - . in After — ™ - the his Dark - «^ recent — Continent * » trying - *» * . M ^^ ( J y Mr . Stanley ^ f will no — doubt -- _ . __ relish _ a laug —_^ , - ' — ^ k h — , y and v ^ vma v «^ his AhA AkJ ,

    good friend Mr . Burnand has thoughtfully taken beg care inning that he mildl shall y have with one the —one low , nay chuckle , many of

    to satisfaction a shriek and of deli ascending ht . We the have scale not musicall heard y g whether Surgeon Parke attributes the explorers '

    rapid recovery from his recent indisposition to doubtless Mr ouoDiess . Burnand there ' s skill is is as an entertainer in in it it , but

    a * mere sometning something .. ' Mr Mr . B M ,. and is no we amateur would ' jokist not ive '; much he knows for his the business sense , of , g

    humour of the rhinoceros that could withhold f fro ormances m shaking . The its present heavy sides effort 1 over is delicious his

    perso delicious — , that we «^ ~ - regret — — — ~— - Mr — ™ - . ^~ Stanley ^^»™~^^ ^ ^ -m ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ does ^ ^^^ ^ tf ^ b ^^^ , ^ B not write a book every week that Mr . Burnand might burlesque it . The book would make a

    capital present to Emin Pasha . From Mr . Tf Fisher Unwin . — « Scotland from

    the Earliest Times to the Present Century , ' by John Mackintosh , LL . D . The history of Scotland cannot be satisfactorily compressed into

    some three hundred and twenty not very large , nor very closely printed , pages . North Britain is not one of the happy A . JL % Jcountries that are

    without annals ; it has a past of very great and very peculiar interest—a past a complete description of which would fill many . ; volumes . It

    need not be expected , therefore , that Mr . Mackintosh ' s book is exhaustive , but it is in the main an accurate outlineand it is

    conscientiously written . For a , Scotsman Mr . deals Mackin with tosh the is troubles singularl between y impartial England , and and he

    admirable Scotland with . Perh a s ap te rn however sense of , the best tice chap tha t ers is in the book are those , dealing with the

    Reformation and the Covenanters . The least satisfactory is that dealing with the modern literatu &/ V % A re ^ - / of X ^ *• »» Scotland — » ^ - ^ V ^ *» . « - ^ f — - — -v »» . . We * f ^ rf- ^ notice * x ^ »^ Jfc ^^ »»^ that ^/ « kji ^* s ¦ # Hug — — * v » h ^ h "" Miller

    is writers not so as much Hogg as and mention Dr . ed Tulloch , though receive such attention history of , Scottish the form lite er rature a long the notice works . of * In Hug —— any h

    HipUV volume Miller / A J V o * n KJVV g the ht / VUAU whole to 1 A AiUVlUVUAV receive is to be recognition UA commended 4 V »» V / A ** - *^ ' v . . The O

    From the Messrs Right . Hon "Ward . William , Lock & Ewart Co . — ' The Gladstone Life of , MPDCL & ' by Barnett Smith .

    excellent excellent This iTJL . . . JL , . is , JL / . . \ - the / . . JLJ ' ' Life Life . . , , twelfth ULVy c ' . . , , of of Mr Mr edition George V . . V Gladstone Gladstone 3 WlgV of Jl / CMUVUi Mr , , ttie the . S m copy copy ith ' s --

    Ward right of & Lock which . has It is been the best purchased biograp by hy Messrs of the .

    ex-Premier in existence . Fro Makepeace m the same Thackeray . — < Vani . ty A ^ ai . . iijcp r / by edition William or

    « ? Vanity v : o « ifv Fair Wn \ r / with wifh a biographical hiooriinhirfl ;! iht ^ wucwv ^ OduCtlOn " by Mr . G / T . JBettany . '' ... k

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    924 The Publishers' Circular Augtt ? t , l 890

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1890, page 924, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081890/page/22/