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    Books Received:— From The Bazaar Office....

    ' / Animals Gun ^ j ^ V ^^^^^^* in ^^ ^^^^^ , Great and on Britain the — Sport / Illustrated theyjafflkd ^^ ^^ ^^ . ' ¦ By for » J ™ . ^ the J — .

    Manley , M . A . This volume , we learn from the preface , consists mainly of articles reprinted from the Countryand hence the somewhat discursive

    , ' charact lained . to While which however its author it is refers thus rather is easil a y book exp of jottings on spor , t than , a systematic and formal

    treatise on shooting , there is much method in the arrangement of the volume , each chapter being devoted man ' s ki ndl some attentions - particular w - » - — ¦ object of the partrid b

    sportsp and » heasant ^ m- — »^ rook ^ v — s s , being hares — y m — treated , rabbi v — - — — ts ^ ^ in ^— , ^^ quails succession grouse ^»^^ , ^^ w - ^^ ip oodcocks ^^ ^^ , . The H ^ ^^ v ^^^ , author sni » ^** BA ges pe ^^ ^ '' , V , is full of his subject and his notes on the names

    and characteristics of the birds , in which he traces their their names etymology , will back give to the the work probabl an interest e origin even of

    for those who never handle a gun . The illustrations , for the most part , represent the sportsman at the critical moment of firing at the various

    birds whose characteristics are described in the accompanying letterpress , and for those who are at skilled tractio ns . art they will have their own special

    From Messrs . Cecil Brooks & Co . — 'Egypt for the Egyptians . ' A list of the contents of this work will be our most useful notice : Sovereign ,

    consuls , Reform party in Turkey ; Invasion of Egypt ( which is ' Our invasion of Egypt , ' in the book itself ); Origin of Egypt ¦— ' s difficulties " — ——— —— — - — - ;

    Ad-/ J (^ QJ — — — — — y — vent of Ismail , his schemes ; More loans ; After the The fall Egypti of the an Mouffetish slave question ; A protest ; Exit ; Inquiry Ismail ; ;

    Kural property in Egypt ; Wild finance ; A Suzerain and his vassal in difficulties ; Some Egyptian fj ^ m ¦— — ' * correspondence ~» r ~^ — " ^ - ^ »—¦ " B ~ — ' ^» # BW ¦* ¦¦ ^ P- > J »^ ^ - * ' ¥ lp » ; «¦ S T **^ peculation ^ tmT ^ " ^ ¦ ^* ^**» ¦¦ 4 »¦¦ ' ¦*¦ ^ - ^ ^ f" ^ in " » ^ - ^ " » ^ E »» " «* " » gypt HH w ffMT ^ . v

    We may add , that although the work may be led called geand a political the handling pamphle of t , the the subject research make , know it a -

    contribution , to history . Prom the — ¦ " ^ ^ Charing ^> ¦ v ^ * ¦ ¦ ' ¦ w 0 m - ^ b ^ b ^^^^ M Cross ^^^^ fc ^ p *^ w ^ Publishing tvBv ^ p ^ b p *^ ^> w ^> - >«^«>^^ b ^> to « i > h > i > h ^^ Company ^ k ^ r ^^ *^*» r ^ W ^^^ m ^ M v .

    — 'Illya : a Poem , ' by Henry Rolfe , jun . We can its writer scarcel ' s y fame prophesy . Here that is a stanza this work as a specimen will add : — to

    And ' Look with not me surprised , perhaps if , there I am are wild few and thoughts rough , refined ; Unto Yet thy has loveliness my heart not of feeling to be blind yet enough , . And

    Than perhaps from mine the life inclinations I live might are perhaps more kind seem ; For Though I have I not resume humanity with men resigned a rugged , mien

    And care that you alone would otherwise me , deem . ' From Messrs . Gall & Inglis . — « The Sixth Reader /

    4 edited edited first bv by series Thomas Thomas of what Morrison Morrison the . publishers , M M .. A A . . The The term last last their ot of British School Series / furnishing a Beries of

    readings in prose and verse on a wide variety of and subjects there . is Many at the of the top chapters of each a have list illustrations of the chief ,

    and their word notes s accentuated and used meanings anal in the . for lesson Appended and pronunciation exercises divided to each consisting into , followed lesson syllables of are by a ,

    series - — w of **^* question . MTMUIAJ yses UVU s on UUU the . VA text VAVAWVU and VVAJUIUVAU on the points V * of or grammar grammar oonnppfWl connected wi wi th th it ir . At At the the * oinsp dose of nf

    the work there are useful tables of Latin and Greek roots .

    From Messrs . Griffith & OParran . — ' Tropical Headin intended g Books for the ; Books use of I . child II . ren III . ' in These the West are

    Indies and other regions where the climate and products customed similarl to in England y differ . They from are what printed we are in ac an

    make » g raeaDie the use manner of them , and attractive illustrated . The series in a has way the to ^

    sanction of the Bishop of Kingston , Jamaica . In tbe preface to the first book we are reminded

    that the little readers whom it is now sought to p or lease Christmas and instruct holly ; have they never know seen not ice hing , or of snow the ,

    chimney corner , of daisies and buttercups , of newly-mown hay , or of sheaves of wheat . They understand W WV ^ V ^ V ^^ 4 k P *^ WWV 44 ^ p ^ not ^ t ^ m ^^ V the ^ V ^ H ^ ^^ use ^ r ^ rw ^ ^^ of - ^^ ^^ a ^ 0 ^ spade ^^ B ^ ^« m m ~^ r , w and ^ v ^^ h ^ ~^^ m ¦ ^ hav H ^ vw w e ~^

    never tasted an apple . Book III . deals with English scenes , as a piece of foreign experience for the ' children of the sun /

    From Mr . John Hodgea . — 'The Tcherkess and his Victim : Sketches of the Moral , Social , and Political Aspects of Life in Constantinople / by

    A Resident of the Last Three Years . The author claims for these sketches that they are realistic , w not ^^ ^^ r ^ v ^ ideal ^* ^ . ^ v ^^ r ^ v ^ . ^^ , ^ m and ^ . tf ^ p ^*^^> ^^ " ^^ that ^^ r ^^^^ . •^¦ 0 ^ . ^^ r they ^^ r t ^^^^ B ^^ w contain ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ nothiug ^^~^^ ^^ — — r ^^ t which ^^ — — he

    has not himself observed or heard from credible witnesses . With this preface the book will naturallclaim i attention t at a moment when so

    much - ^^ ^^ m ^ m ^ v ^ ^ ^ v y v interest ^^^ v ^*^^* «^^^^^ ^ . ^ is p ^^ ^^ ^ v centred ^ m ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^* , ^^^ on ^^ ^^^ r the ^ ^ ^^ ^ action — — of the Porte , and although the book has much of the attractiveness of a bit of fiction , as its fidelity for

    the truth is vouched for , it may be regarded as a ¦ day fairl subject 9 b y y accurat day of the b in e story portrayal the Moslem is the # b of h i attempt what cap ital is going . made ~~ The - forward and main at

    last ^ w * **^ ^ crowned ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ m « v w ^^ k with ^^ 9 ^ ^ m ^ r ^ b success « ^» **^ ^^^^^ to ^ v ^ ^ r ^^ rescue ^ ^»^^ v ^ ^^ a beautiful — , slave from her cruel Turkish , ownerand interwoven with the thread of the work there , is much

    graphic description of life in the city of mosques . There are , of course , details in the book which it is scarceldesirable to mr ^ r lace before young readers

    A * + P ^^^^ these JV A ^ f ^** y y will *•»¦» - * r ^ *^ excite - m ^ ^^* little p m-r ^ *^ ^ r ^ r surp *•* - ^ w ^ - ^ ^ rise -v- » — among y—y — men — , who have any acquaintance with Turkish manners and customs .

    From Messrs . Jackson & Co ., Olney . — 'Olney and its Associations . ' A neat little 16 mo . " the wawm , last of which is ± devoted \ S to t / the W"W question ¦*^*« vw of

    JXbOI . page UOgv \ JM . fTlLL ^ il KJ \**\ J V * t W * V ^ >^ - » pronouncing the poet Cowper ' s name . It appears that he called himself ' Cooper / three hoops

    being on the family escutcheon . From Messrs . W . & A . K . Johnston . — ' Diocesan

    Map of Ireland ; Diocesan Map of Scotland / The map of Ireland about 18 x 24 inches , ives the name and boundaries of every diocese

    g in colour , the names and limits of counties , acreage , number of benefices , cathedrals , bishops ' residences , ancient see towns , & c . Scotland is

    similarly treated , only the sheet is larger , about 24 x 36 inches . From the same . —' Imperial Scotland / This is a

    wall map on four sheets , each about 24 x 42 with inches great , fully distinctness coloured . cities On it towns are indicated villages ,

    parishes , churches , rivers , , mountains , , , railways , , and canals , each made clear by a particular kind of mark .

    From the same . — Handbook of Magnetism and These Electricity are companions , ' 2 parts ; * to First or Steps accompanied in Geograph by six y /

    sheets each , about 42 x 24 inches giving pictorially and in colour , for hanging on a

    schoolroom wall , explanations of geographical terms , the elements of electricity and magnetism . Pictures such as these , hung up , would do some

    teaching , from the mere fact of being continually before the all-observing eyes of children . From volume the is same composed . —Historical of thirty Atlas -four , full 2 vols y co . to to loured One the ine

    maps map manss , , instead with with its its of index index giving of of thei names names r latitude referring retem and ng longitudeThe second volume consists of a summary I

    . of history to illustrate the maps . An atlas whicji Jl

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1880, page 679, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091880/page/7/