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    sept , i, 1882 The Publishers' Circular ...

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    Books Received :— From Messrs. Bemrose &...

    of the Episcopal chapel opened under the license of one of the Scottish Bishops ; and the story of

    his experiences comes to us in the form of notes contributed by himself and by a sister -who ulti-¦ ¦ mately comes from the - ~ South - to - keep - house , _ - for

    » r — ^ — — § — _ — — — _ _ ^_— — _ — him , ^ and proves herself a helpmeet in various other ways , such as playing the harmonium and training B ^ . ^^ ^ B < BBT W B" ^^ B ^™ ^^ ^^ B ^^ B the choir — — . His ™— ^— congregat ~— " ~~~ ^^ n ^ H ^^— — ^ B ~^ Bh - ~ w i ~~ on - ~— ¦ — includes ^ B ^ — - ^ P- ^ " ° " ^^ * " ~ - —~ the ^^ " ^^

    usual proportion of young men and young women who , after the manner of their kind , fall in love with each other ; and an aesthetic lady artist

    attempts suicide by drowning , because a local coal-merchant marries ' another . ' A bank failure occurs — just in time to prevent the father of the

    aforesaid _ v coal-merchant g from committing matrimony with a designing elderly lady who plays a prominent part M . in the plotand finallywhen we

    J ^ J . , , - - - take leave of the ' minister , ' lie is himself marry ^^ b ~ ing . _ . ^ K ^ a W young ^ Bk __^ from B ^ fel ¦ . ^ B . B ^ Bh ~ lad . ^ B . the bL y , * Presb who I ^ H ^^ h . ^ B- , H ^ h . ^ with W > . L B ^ BK ^ Bh her ^ h ^ h ranks W ^^ k ^ b k ^_ I rother _» There V I , has ^ m ~ - -

    come ^ over ^ .. yterian ^ ^^ . is plenty of incident of the type with which novelreaders — — are familiar , while there are also many

    pages filled with dialogues on Gregorian tones , choir difficulties , troublesome members of the congregation , and the thousand and one little

    matters of controversy which occupy the thoughts of clerics and clerically minded young ladies . From Messrs bbtbbb ¦ . b"b Ward r ¦» ¦ Lock ~^«~ & Co ¦ 1 . — ' Strugg bbm les

    ^^ w n ^^^ ^™^~ ^ " ™ ^ . " ^»^» ^^ ^^^ ^^^ " ^ ™ " ™ ^ ° ^— ^» «*^™— , — — —^ — — — — , ^ - ^ — — ^» — - - — — ^^^> ^™^ = ~^ and Triumphs : or , Recollections of P . T . Barnum . ' Written by Himself . Mr . Barnum ' s latest speculation in the purchase of Jumbo from the

    Zoological Society of London is only a link in the long chain of efforts by which he has succeeded , not only in making for himself a came in the

    world , but in amassing what is , we imagine , a very considerable fortune . He has , we learn , already passed the patriarchal age of three-score

    and ten , havirg been born at Bethel , in the State of Connecticut , on July 5 , 1810 ; and his father was a tailor , a farmer , and sometimes a

    tavernkeeper . His early training was a little rough , but his organ of * acquisitiveness' was , he tells usspeedily developed . He began commercial life

    by , opening a retail fruit and confectionery store in a part of his grandfather ' s ear ri age-house at Bethel . His next venture was as a journalist ; and

    the result of his performances as editor of ' The Herald of Freedom' was , that he was lodged in jail for libelling some of his fellow-townsmen .

    From Bethel he migrated to New York , and here started as a showman , his first investment in the business —^— pi i bj VMbV fa which bbMbb he VfcB has since ¦ conducted with —¦ such ^ ^ avw " ^ . b ^ , ^ w *^ ^ " > *¦ ^» * ^* ^ w ^ " > ^ ^^ " *^^ ™^^ ^ ^^** ^ " ^^^ —^ ™^ — ^ ^ ^^ ^~^ ^~^^ ' ^ ^ ~ ^ ~ ^^

    remarkable of the reputed success ago , being of 161 Joice years Heth . Much , a ne money gress ; Barnum was * made h h then , but cast unfortunatel about for y Joice more .. — died 4 talent , and / Mr and . b

    was fortunate ^ BJ ^ BV ^ B ^ B ^ BBVI ^ B ^ . p BBI ^^ ^ enoug B » ' ^» r * ^^^ ^ *^ F ^^^^ h ^^ ^^ to ^^ ^^^ ^*^ find — — a -y jugg ^ - — ler — _ who proved his — nex - ^ ^ W ^^^^^ t tolerabl BV ^ investment P" ¦/ ^^* BBT - ^ B y * B . BB » bb * ^ BB remunerative ^ B » W W - BT ¦ The B- ^^ —* America ¦ . — A - ~ " . circus n — Museum . — was *

    with its varied curiosities followed in due course ; and then , after arranging his bu & iness affairs for a long ^^ r- H" ^ v ^ p ^^^ L absence ^^^^ B B ^^^ p B ^ T B ^^ p * ^^ ^ BV > ^^ V ^ , ^ B he 4 ^ bVI ^ B ^^ engaged ^ B ^ F ^ B ^ " bV ^^ K ^^ ^^ B ^^^ V ^^^^* General ^ B | l ^ B ^ ^^ ' ^ H' ™ ^>^ B ^— ^^ Tom ^ - ^ BB ^ B ^^ ^ «^ ^^ h- Thumb b ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ - — v - — , g

    and in 1844 started ' to test the curiosity of men he and - ¦ 'honestl - ¦ women mm tells on the v « jr us # other A letter side ¦¦ ¦>¦ of of b the introduction bi Atlantic bb ¦¦ , ' as to

    the — America - *^ ^^ p ^ *^ a y w vb n ^^^* Wb > Minister m ^ M »» . w ^ m J * , with «» ^** " *^ ' ^^ j ^ which - ^* *^» ^^ Mr * m ^ -- w . « ^^ . Barnum ^ - ^ ^ - « ' ^ ^ ¦¦ for had — - liitn ¦ been * >¦ a ^ . Bi ¦ ^ a J ^ r ' Royal ^ cute mkt ^ f ^ S W "UV enoug ¦• command ^^ ^ b ^ ^ w ^ b h fl * vibT to # bhv ^^ v provide to ¦* ^ - ^ present v «^ b »» ^ b ^ *^^ ¦ ' ^* - himself > ^ " Genera ^ b » » ^ ¦^¦^ " ' ^ , bt *^ secu » l »^ Tom - i r e d

    n T ext hum speculation b to the Queen nt £ 200 . J a enny night Lind , and formed from that his 4 ate up Mb to BV B the Y bM b 1 b 882 I ^ B ^ H when V W BB BJBB Jumbo B crossed " ^ P- - ™» f the

    — " — — . ' •^ - « ^ r year W ^«^^ p B ^ m ^ «* ^ b ^ ^ b ^ , ^ ' - » — " — — » ^—» ^^ < — — the Atlantic qrorld at , as his he bidding may fairl , the y be greatest termed showman , has never in " been n . t a lr »« ft for tnnthrifH for his exhibitions . BlB B ^^ F

    J *» kis final ^ ^^ ^ B ™^^ 1 paragrap > ^ b ^ ' ^^ F "J ^^ F ^ ^^^ WF h B ^ ^ , B' ™^ written ^^ ^^ " ^ " ^^ ^^ *^ ^ B ^ at ^^ " ^ the ^^ ^ "B ^^ V residence — I — — ^^ — - ' of

    land land his wife , as as * recently recentlv a friends as as at South the the l 1 oth . p 5 th , of of Lancashire July Julv last last , . Eng -Mr Mr - ..

    Barnum , admits that he has reached the evening , of life BK— A which «¦ , he addsBB , is well B > li g *^ htedm , howe « t ver —M _

    and his verdict is : that , ' though this is indeed * . the a beautifu - ^— te — - ^^ mperament — ^¦ r ^ v - ^ l , deli — ~— - ^^ - ^^ - ^^ g , v htful the - ^ h - ^^ ^ r world b resolution ^^ ^ b » ^^^ - ^ g ^ b ^ ^^^^ b ^ to ^ m ^^^ ^™ ^ b > , bb those and ^^ " ^^ b ^^^^ ^ ^ . the who ^^ v — i ¦ ^ bj » judg h hare ^ b- ^ b" ^ w ^ bb

    ment to make it so , yet it happily is not our " abiding place , " and he is unwise who sets his heart so firmly upon its transitory pleasures as to

    feel ^ ^ a reluctance Bm to obey ^ B , the B * call ^ ^ , ^^ when _ . his ^ A F ^ b >^ B . ather ^ Bi makes it , to leave all behind and to come higher up ^^*^ B MV * in ¦ ^ BV BB the ^^ B ^ ^ V ^^ B ^^^ T great ^^^^ h ^^^ ^*^ v ^ B ^^ T Future B | B ^^ ^ B ^ B ^^ ^^^ " " ^ ^"'^ , Vfl where V B 1 ^^ ^^ ^» B' B ^ b ^^^ r ^ ^ B . * Bl Il BJBB of ^^^ B ^ B that ^^ ^^ . BW ^ BV ^ V ^^ V which ¥ " B ^ B ^^ . BV ^ . ^ ^ p B /

    we now prize highly ( except our love to God and our affection for humanity ) shall dwindle into insignificance . ' The book is well worth reading .

    Prom the same . —* Ward & Lock ' s Popular History ^ B ^ ¦ « B * J of ^^ " B ^ v , ^ m and ^**^ W ^^^^ ^^ ^^ B Illustrated ^ " ^^ ^^ B ^^ i " —^ B ^ ^ B" ^^^ ^^ - ^^ ^ B" ^ B ^ ^ ^ Guide ^ B ^ » ^» - ^^ " ^^^^ B » ^^^ to ^ B * ^ B ^» , ^ B the ^ B ^ B ^ ^ " ^^^ Eastern B ^ B ^^^^ ^ BV ^ V ^^ B ^ ^^ F ^^ " ^^ B ^ ^ B ^

    Highlands , ' and Ward & Lock ' s Popular History of , and Illustrated Guide to , North-east Scotland . ' Two capital pocket * guides' published

    appropriately at a time when a jouin , -y to the north country is likely to be undertaken by many a tourist 1 . The first volume deals with Perthand ^ B » ^ B ^ ^ " ^ ^ BVB ^ Bl ^^ B ^^ ^ V ^ B ^ B ^ ^^ B ^^ ^ B ^ ^^» ^^ —^ ¦ ^^» » ™ ^— ™ " ^ " —^^ ^ BF ^ ^ ^^^ ™ ™ ^ —^ B' — T ^ B » ^— ^^ " ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ B ^ V ^ B » ^ V ^ B , ^ " ^^^ ^^^ B ^ ^ B- ^ B »

    Dundee , Arbroath Abbey , Glamis Castle , Brechiu Cathedral , Dunottar Castle , Lochnagar , Braemar , the Pass of Killiecrankie , and other famous

    * * sights siffhts ; : ' and and the the second second describes describes Aberdeen Aberdeen , . Dee Dee--side , Elgin and the Moray Coast , and the trip from Forres to Perth . Each book has a

    wellexecuted map and many illustrations , and these advantages are gained without any sacrifice , as either volume will go > wiih ease into the pocket or

    the wallet . ^ From ¦ P ^ ^^ B » - ^ . P ^^» b ^ Messrs B ^ M ^ BBB ¦ ^ BB ¦ ^ V ^^^ ^ ^ B ^ . ^ Wyman — ^ |^ V ^^^ & ^ Sons ^^ . —• Modern Dress ^

    and Clothing , in its relation to Health and ^ Lond D B ^ ^ isease ^ BB ^ Bl . p » , ¦> . ' M ^ B ^ - v ^^ B . ¦» R — y ¦ ¦ " ^^ " . — C T . . S ' Frederick . B » Eng ^ - HBB land . ^_ Pearse _ - . - The -- , M - . D doctors . , L . K . C are . P .

    apparently determined to contest with the modistes ( — ^ to ^ - ^^ them ^ B ^ B ^^^ ^ the BB ^^ i ^ . J ) g ¦ ri all ^^ g - ht important — of W ^ counselling " — — question » __ . the of _ fai dress r sex _ _ , on and the it

    is warnings only fair received to say a that reasonable , if their amount suggestions of atten and - tionthe human form divine would be saved from , ^ B , »¦ - K & Bl ^ rifc 4 S - *

    inexorabl many of the y deman distortions ds , and which which are fashion unquestionabl at present y ¦ p bm- 1 , rej ^ « # - udicia ^ r- » - « - * - ^ ~ ~ ' l - — to - ~ — ~ health — — ¦ — and — - -- p ^« - hysica ^ j — l development « .

    Dr . Pearse does not hold a brief for ultra simcast plicity aside of art garment and fashion , nor does ; all he he ask desiderates the ladies is , to a

    due dnfi pnn consideration «* idfirat . ion of of the the claims claims ot of the the bodv body to to ¦¦ proper the ^^* ^ B ¦ Bf c ^ J beauty ^^^ m ^ k ^ IJ ^ H ^ treatment BfH ^^^ of ~^^^ f b ^ M the ^ kr B » ^ B ^^^ f , human B ^ Bl ^ .. and ^ B ^ B > ^ . ^ B > ^^ ^ 1 BI- « B * ^ above W B form ^ B ^ B » ^ " ^ ^ ^^ ¦ i when all ^ , ~^ he assisted - ^ ^ pleads — - ¦ ' ¦ — b — y for m a —

    reas figurement onable in costume obedience , as to contrasted the behests with of what its dis is - termed fashion . We cordially wish him success

    . in his crusade , and commend his common-cense book to public attention . Pamphlets ¦ —In The Story of the Preservation of

    _ jf 11 _ TSk •¦• . WK m \ * J * - " - * *• p ^ ' . — — — / — — — E ( Collingridge pping Forest ) , , ' we a lecture have ^ an by interesting John T . B account edford f the struggle to recover and protect tho public

    < ri broug ghts ht to to the a f satisfactory amous forest conclusion , which has . — just The Bed hei-n - J ford ^ ^ J ^^ ^ h , ^ p . ^ an ^> M T Sybtem *^ ^ T " *^ *^ ^^ ^ " ^ JW of ^»~ - ¦ Astronomy b ^ b ^ v . ^ - ^ v ^ «_ - bvb _ -b— *—^ — ^ m , w being - ^ ^ — — ^ ^^* p ^ new - — theori ^ ~ " es ^

    of the universe , explaining how sun , moon , staTB ford . , comets Ph . D . , ( & Vickere c , are ) , formed baa , ' reached by James a third

    Bedin edition a prettil . —Messrs y print . Simp ed tract kin , , Marftball the eloquent , & Co sermon ., issue in aid of the Choir bfc ¦ Benevolent ¦ i ¦ Fund »— - preached by

    Canon m ^^^ 4 g ^ V ^ v ^ ^^^ Farrar * ^^* " * ^ fc ^ ^^^ ^ in » ^ . ^ ^ Westminster *» - ^ - » - ^ ^— - - ^— - ^ — ' — Abbey — - — , ^ T , — under the title of Muaicin , Keligion and in Life /—In * There _ ^ - - - - -

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1882, page 795, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091882/page/15/