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    a p reach of all classes of the community . — ' Sunshine and its Measurement in the Britibh Islands ' is the title of an able article by R . H . Scott , F . R . S .,

    appearing in the current part of Good Words ( Isbister & Co . ) , in which may also be found ' Across to Connemara' bShirley ; * Pantomime

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    'Some Reminiscences of my Life , ' by Mary Howitt , and the ' Religions of the World / by ' the Rev . H . R . Haweis , M . A . Mr . Pajn ' s story

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    , Gordon , promises to show some skilful writing in connection with scenes in the American Civil War . —We notice in the Sunday Magazine

    I Isbister & Co . ) that Mr . Farjeon ' s ' Love ' s Harvest' gives proof of being a story of unusual power ; it reaches ik the ninth chapter in the

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    Fyvie Mhvo , Dr . Hugh Macmillan , Mr . Horace G . Groser , and Miss Clara Thwaites . Than the R bo ev trusted . J . G . Wood with nim , M contribution . A ., no better such writer could ' Th 110

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    F . G . S ., should be read attentively , and all the subscribers 4 Short Arrows to ' the are as Quiver well directed ' will find and as that telling its

    as ever in the present number . Leal and True / by Margaret Scott Haycraft , is a very entertaining little — —» - ¦ - — story ^^— ' ^^ — - — ^ m . -w —Sylvia — ^^ p - ¦ - ' s — Some — — Journa ¦ ¦— ' — ^ ™ ^ l ^ w ( m W » » ^ a . ^^^^ B rd ^ v . ^^ , ^ p

    Lock , & Co . ) gives to its supporters an especially : good sheet of beautiful needlework , and an ample supply of illustrations of the latest fashions , with

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    a complete story entitled 'Helen Hyde ' s Good Deed/—The Rev . Professor Blaikie , D . D ., has , written a very sympathetic article' In the

    , Waidensian at Home ( R Valley eligiou / s which Tract Society appears ) . in The the part Sunday also j j contains the additions to the Rev . Dr . Green ' s j

    papers Jews after on the the * Revised Dispersion Old Testament and ' The / Congo * The j Basin and its Missions' are other well-placed

    papers . —In the Leisure Honr ( Religious Tract Society ) we would point out four specially good , articles . They are the * Story of the English ,

    Shires : Durham , ' by Canon Creighton , M . A . ; 'An Afghan Weddiog , ' by T . P . Hughes ; * Spanish ' Folk-Lore , ' and * Art Pottery at Lambeth / I

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    ! Magazines . —The extra contributions in Longman ' s Magazine ( Longmans , Green , & Co . ) are * The ^^^^ ~^^^ A ^ K A & ^^ P ^ W ^^ A ^^ p 0

    Poor .. Collector , ' by P . G . . Hamerton ^^^ ; * M ^^ . ^^ y Garden ^^^ ^ Wall , ' by the Rev . J . G . Wood ; Balzac at the I Odeon / bCharles Herveyand * L'Affaire

    y ; Spiuks , ' by Bernard Hastie . Mr . Hamerton ' s exceedingly interesting paper shows sympathy with that large 4 h class of le whowhile devoted v to

    art ^^ ^^ ^ V ^ ^ P , are ^^ . . ^ ¦ ^ . ^ BP at ^^^ P the ^ . ^ ^^ ^ ^ . ^ *^* ^^^ same ^^^ ^ peop ^ p ^ p ^^ r time ^^ v v ^ v ^^ - ^^^ unable v ^ ^— ^— v ^ , r ' to ^ rm ^~ ^^ ^^^ satisf ^ ^^ - ^ v ^^^ p y ^^^ —^ ~^ their ^ ^^ p ^^ ™ ^^ v desire for the possession of treasures . Mr . Wood ' s description of his garden surroundings is written

    in that popular author ' s best style . —In the Cornhill Magazine ( Smith , Elder , & Co . ) we observe ' Impressions of Holland , ' * In the Pit of a Theatre fl / * Fireworks at Home and ¦ Abroad /

    ^ ^ P ^ p ^ | B ^* ^ IV ^ f ^» ^^^ ^^^ ' ^ ^ " ~ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ " ^^ " '" ™ ^^^ ^ » ^^» " ^ ^^ ^^ " - ^ ^^ ' ^^ !¦ ¦ ^""™ y » md tho ' Automaton ^ Chess-Player / All of these are brightly constructed papers . The serial stories , * Court Royal / by tho author of * Jolm Herring / |

    and 'Rainbow Gold / are progressing in a highly interesting fashion —Several important articles appear fj ff H ^^ J . ^^ ^ V ^ P ^ P tf ^ in ¦ W . ^ ¦ this ^ . ^^ fe >^ B . ^ BP month ^ . ^ ^^ . ^ F ^ ^ . p' »^ . »™ ^» — ^^ ' s ^ Time 1 ~~ ( ^ t Swan ^^ ~ ^ . " ^^ ^^ " ^^ ¦ Sonnenschein ^ . ^ ^ . ^ ^ " »^^» P . P ... I ^ P ^ ^^~^— r ^^ T ^ . ^ V .. ^ . » ^^^ r- ~ 1

    & ? Cradle Co . ) , in and which Spade al ' is so proceeding Mr . William . Stepniak Sime ' s writes story of the * Russian Storm ¦ ¦ Cloud 1 ¦ ¦ ¦ / Mr . E . G . Salmon

    ^^^^ - ^ p ^ ^^ fcp . " . ^^ pP ^> P . ^ ^ . » ^ P " ^ ^^¦¦¦ ^ r WB 0 ^ . *^ . ^ . p . ^^ . ^ . » ^ . » ^ ^— — - — ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ m ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ ^ ^ ™ ¦ . v ^ . p- ^ " ^^ —^ ^ ¦ ¦ ^ ~^ ^^ — gives * The Shop Assistants' Case / Mr . C . F . Gordon Gumming supplies the * Memories of Ningpo / ¦ ^ and ^ ^ 4 i ^ p ^ Mr HMrPjRVJ . ^ «^ i . H «^» . *^ . w w S ^^ . m * Ski ^ ^^ m pto v ^^ - ^ n - ¦— - Hi ¦— - - —^—— story ' — - ^ - ^ w of — —^ tho ^ — — - ~ - —— House — ' — ' ~ - ~ — of - ^ ^~

    Cavendish / These papers are of an unusually high order , and a peculiarly valuable article is that ^ «»> f *^ f 4 p v ^ r of ^^ * m » Professor p ^ " ^ ^ p * ' ¦ " ^^ ^^ ~^ ^^ ^ " » C ^^ " D . Yo ™— ' nge r 1 on — ' Racine /—

    Household Words ( C . Dickens & Evans ) gives us the continuation of its serial stories , * Changes and Chances / and * Through t -r- the Furnace ¦ -r / ¦¦¦ in " ¦— " «

    add *« pr «> " *^ iti ^^ on t ^ HP ^^ P ^ W to *^ . ^ T *» - which ^^¦ - ¦ W *¦ ^ ^ " - ~ there —^ ' are — — — - eleven A ^ " — --. comp — — - - let ~~ e stories —» - - ^ y ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1885, page 833, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091885/page/13/