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    ! Magazines.—The Extra Contributions In ...

    and a very large store of verses , anecdotes , notes on useful subjects , correspondence , odds and ends , & c «—The series ' of sketches entitled * Fortunes ¦ ¦

    made ^^^^^ ^^^ g ______ ^_^ in •^—b ^__* Business V __ r ^_^ __¦ Jl » * i t * ftp ^ ^ h ^ p « , ' P ^ pr now ^__ M > ^_^ * p » ^ p ¦¦¦¦_ » ^ a * - *» ppeari ^ i- ' ^ p * p ^ ^^ ^~ _> ^^ n g ^^ ^ p *^ " i n " ^^^ London ___ » ^ ^^ ^^ ¦¦ ' ^^ ™ Society ( Kelly & Co . ) , this month supplies an account of Sir William Armstrong , Mitchell , & _ A ^ p » ^ ppp—^ ppppt «¦ _¦ P ^ pM PpjpM pM . & pm pm

    Co . * Our Big Salmon , * by Harold Vallings , is an anglirg story of considerable merit . Miss Helen Zimmern # m- ¦ j ± contributes - an ¦ - able »» - » - articledesi - gnated ¦

    ^ t _ p ¦ J * *» *^ " , * ^ , ^ ^ ir % *_* ___¦• ** " ¦» ¦ ¦^ p' v —* ^ r ^ p ^_— _ p — —p——— —« ' ^— _^_—_ __ — — ~— - — , v — ' ^ ^— —p— f ^^ " ~ ^ ^^ ^^ 4 Sharp , Sharper _ . , Sharpest __ .. _ . ' It ^_ p » deals m __ with mm the . _ i English version of Herr C . M . Seyppel's amusing

    skit slrit . , shown shown in in a a pretended -nretended document document dating datincr from irom tho days of the Pharaohs , which was made to resemble an ancient and timeworn document . Miss

    Zimmern makes a very clever study of the matter . ' Oxford Memories ' and * Sentenced to Siberia ' are also readable papersin an exceptionall

    very , y good instalment of this popular periodical . — - Walford ' s Antiquarian ( George Kedway ) this month contains several items of high interest and

    merit . The editor writes ' With John Milton at Chalfont St . Giles '; Mr . Maskell finishes his careful study , entitled ' William Thynne , Chaucer ' s

    First Editor , ' which is a distinct enrichment of the history of our early literature ; tho ' Palace of the p ^ pf ^^^^ ^^ P ^ Savoy l ^^_^ ¦ ^ ^ f W ^ ' will _ Ji > ^*» ——¦ ¦ be l _ l ' ^ P" read ^—» ^—F 1 H ^— ¦ — ' with — — - ^ — ' much ¦—^ ¦ - interest ^—¦ - — - -- » - , J and - — '

    we would anticipate the same for ' England in I 1689 , ' a continuation of Mr . Greenstreet ' s paper . The noteworth' History of Gilds' by Mr . C .

    Wai ford , F . S . S y ., advances , not perhaps , with rapidity , but with a large amount of interest . — The frontispiece to Fireside ( Home Words Office )

    is ' Mentone : Olive Gatherers at Work , ' which illustrates a pleasant little paper on the subject , by G . H . Pike . There will pi ~— be found i in the present h

    pp ^^ p w ^ pp _ r * V p ^ p _ pr pMp * ^ g ^™ p ^^ mw dK ^ H ^ ppp ^ Pp * ^ p ^ p ^ ppp .. ^ ^ . ^ ^ pp . ^ i ^ ^ ^^— ^^— — ^^^ ^^ ^^ — " ppi ^ ^^ ' —^ - ^^— - ^— —— ^^ —^ ^ ——— — - r-- ^_ - --- ^ - ^— ° - ^ part of ' Fireside ' quite a host of entertaining stories , sketches , ani anecdotes . —The Ladies ' Treasury ( Bemrose & Sons ) seasonably gives

    a suitable account of the marriage of H . R . H . Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenborg . The article will be read ¦—» by ladies with i much ¦— i

    pp ^ pP m- _ pj ^ •¦^ fc ^ p ^ 1 ^ * pp ^» ^—p' PpWV _ p » —p > —> ^* p ^ ¦* ¦ ^ p' * p— ¦—— p ^ ¦ — ^ ppr ^^» — ¦ - ~ " — » ^^ ' - ¦ - ¦•— —• - ^ ^~ " - - ^ ~^ __^^ - — ^ ^ p ^ attention LJ , as it is not only a record of the event , but also fully describes the costumes and the character of the ceremony . In addition to some

    capital literary matter , the subscribers to tho * . Ladies' Treasury ' are given some fine embroidery designs and latest fashion plates . —We observe in

    the Antiquary ( Elliot Stock ) the first part of ' Notes on London Wall , ' by John E . Price , M . A . which promises to throw a good deal of

    light , upon an interesting subject . Besides this Painters the current under ¦¦¦ part James ¦* of tho ! I i . magazine ' by Alfred contains Beaver * N ; ative Two

    . PHI . 1 . flf pTpi >&«*¦ **¦¦ * . i ^ « ¥ pb WNp ^ ¦*> ' — ** . «¦* PAjpniTj -ppip ^ **^ - ^ ppp . pp » p . » ^ pr p ^^ ¦ p »» , V — m ' — — - — ' — — - ^ — — J " — Old Reli gious Plays h , ' by L PUP * . Toulmin ^ p » VMm ^ pi Smi ^ P > hd pK th ; the p » third part of * Early English Inventions , ' by T . * Fairman « WPM * PtPV pl > ai **»•¦¦¦¦¦ PpbfVtV W ^ Ht Ordish ' . ppp' «¦!• ^ M' —p ¦» "pp- ¦»*¦• ; « f ¦ the »¦» . «^ ¦'' p- second ^^ ^ P » ^^ " — ' part ¦— ' ^ - " - — of —T 'An ' ~ ^ -- » - E i p ¦— ' i — sod ~ — e' - ^

    of Mediaeval Nihilism , ' by Hubert Hall , & c . — Sunday Talk ( Rlliot Stock ) is an excellent little work V ¦ pr ^^ p » r ^^^ ^ pj pp ^ ; this w ^ pkpj . pb wwpff «¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ . ¦>¦ . month ^ pP ^ «¦ . ^ p 1 »¦ wp » 'W s ^^ contributions ^""" _» ^ p »^ ^ P" — — -ww _ -pr —** w ^^ ¦ ¦¦ - ^» i ¦ —^^ include - - ppk — - - ^ pp- — — — — — * ^^ PB a — ~^ iPi part ^ m ~— — — ¦ ¦ - ^—_ _ _ ^^ — A - ^ ¦ ^ . ^ flpfe _

    of Miss ^ M . C . Partridge ' s story ' Sylvia Clifford , ' a paper on * Izaak Walton and his Friends , ' bAlexander pfp ^ f >« Lamont b and - ¦ - other ¦ -pi ¦ suitable - » - t items -- ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦— .

    ^* p ^ y w pf ^ ^^ w ^ p « f ^ 4 f > BTfe ^ PV pWpp ^^ p ^ p" * w ^ " pp" . ppj . ^ . w . » ^ ^ w »^^ " »^^ 'p ^ p' p | W ^ . ' ^ , v " ^ . ^ —^ " — - ^^ ^ . p' " — — pp" — ~— - " ^ p" —^^ - ^ ^^— ™— ¦^— ^^ ^ —The story * Madame . ^ ^ ppp » pp . ' s Grandda ^^ p _^^ . a * " ¦ ught <*¦ er , ' b y the author of ' The Rose Garden / reaches its ^ f p ^ ou ^ p ^ ^ m pfp rth « »^ pip- ^ ¦¦ c p ^ . p » h # p . ¦ *» ap ^ t ^^ e ^^ p r ^ in •—p—^^ th — — PPP - ^ > e — Monthl — — - - y ^ H m Packet -- - BA - PB --- ^ ( _ Walter i . h PP ^ 1 PB P — Pi - ^ —^ . _ . «¦ ^ ^^

    Sniith ) , which , under the editorship of Miss Charlotte M . Yonge , contains some attractive historical pp »^ 0 p > ^| # p | j ^ ^ p ^ « pb . itfbp pmv _ studies rw "Apr pvh * ¦¦¦ " p . ^^ »^ p » , p . ^ ta . a notabl — ^ " ^ ^ ^* ¦* ' ^ y mM dh * Children — VPHpPHpk ¦¦¦ ^ --- pB - ^ of pffpi — -- l ^ pip the — pj — . pm — ^ R ^ - - ~ e — -pk *

    naissance' and * Cameos from English History . ' The ' Shakspeare Talk with Uncritical People , ' by Miss ^ feVp ^ W hflf / pp / Cons ^* i ^ ^^^ ^ p » P" * tance » # * p 1 ^^ p > pp 1 » ^^ ^^ O ^ hi ^ 'Brien * i »»» w » p » J * ^^ i ¦«¦¦ , « j is ^ v r ^ a w very w - — ¦—• ^ « good ^^ J ^ p- * pp item p ^ - * - - —pp- -w . — p In - ¦ — — -

    the Contemporary Pulpit ( Swan Sonnenschein & Co . ) the first place is given to a eermon on the ' Work of Forei ¦¦ ¦¦¦& gn ipp Missions (^ vpv ^ i / ¦ by - the Rev »» i— . . George

    « Body Texts ^ p ^ ^| ^ PpVJ , ^ P"PP M ^ for ^ p ^ . ^^ A ¦¦• . the ., ^^ p' ^"" Canon ^ ^¦ p * Church ^ p ^ .. p of . ' . ™ ¦ ¦ ¦ s «^ Year Durham -p ^ p > p ^»—p ~— ™ ' ^^ is . 'p ^ ¦—¦ a ' Outlines contribution ¦ ~— ¦ p— —n —r —— - on ^^^ J

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    by Finlayson the Rev , R . ev Edward . J . W White . Burn , Rev and . T Rev . Cam . J D ^ rfi th Bailey ; it ¦ contains subect full The references to sermon * ^ fl i

    e same j . —Rev . Canon Ra * Hn appearing son ' s continued in the p Monthl aper on y Interpreter Biblical topograX ( T . * & / Clark ) deals this month with the ' Earlv Cit

    of Babylonia . ' In the same useful publication ; ! I Jubilees second ppp pta I ^ - « . « k I . ^^ ^ P > ^ d part * ^ Ph ^ BJ ^ pfe of ^ p * ^ Pfc ^ FP ^ the ^ plpVk Afept ^^ I h Rev ^ 1 ^ . P ^ L ^ PB pj . with p W ^ J . |^_ J . Deane . * V ' s A ' Book of

    ' appears , along contributions from the Rev Kev . . able ( Georer Georg pens e e Matheson Mat of the neson Rev . . JD D J .. . D D Morison ... the thA Rev , Pair D . D . J t , ^ ohn the l ^

    Hutchison , D . D ., and the , Rev , . R . A . Bedford . M . A . LL . B . —There is much — to — commend — ——— * in the

    new , part of Eastward Ho ! ( Wells v >« . » w « . Gardner v * . ^ jj Lilc ' — Darton , & Co — . )/ . Opening IT ^ J with —« the »• . * . u fifth ^^ iU | j instal 1 . SlQljfll l - ment ^ . . * ' , A "VT Crusade S-i * t Peter -Tk i . i

    or ' A New , by the Hermit' i presents and entitled to ' its On readers the Ghouls r a store in the of City articles , ' the part and I I

    m *^ ^ ^ " ^ ^^ ~^ ^ ™ " - ^ ' ^ - ~ - ^— — " — *^^ ~~ ^ ^"^— "" - " — -pp » ¦ p * " ^ " ^ ppp » ^ p ^ ^ * ^ p » ^ hpV ^ b ^ p « A ^ ppp > \ J \ j £ 9 I II 1 II 1 stories , some of which show unusual merit . The I article Rev . Compton entitled Reade Conservative supplies Disestablishment an opportune ' 1 1

    T rmr « m *^ t ^ ^ p ^ J * ^ wr ^ ppr pv ^ « pr p * pvpb ^ ppr ^ p ^*^ ' ^ . p ^ * p * pv pppppppp pp >^ ^ pp « « p ^ v ^ pv "p ^ ^ T ^ " ^ bpp ¦¦ ' A ^ ppV ^ pp # Bktp / ^» V W ^ p . p ^ pL ^ J p ^^^ ¦ 11 ^ Y III . 11 ' Mrs . Compton Reade ' s story , * Clem , ' appears to 1 ¦¦ be ' ^ p ^ a ^» sketch ¦ b ^ i ^ — ^^— — - ^— of - ^ — considerable ' ^ f' - ^^ — — — — —¦—— —— - ^— - ^ p ^ ¦ ¦ power - ^ - » ' ^» p ¦¦ ^ pb . ' p How ^ iw ^ p ^^^^ the Ijrli ¦! 1 TT-v 1 ^ TT \ T" » b 1 r * * y ^ 41 I a ^ - ^ if :

    Dublin Poor Live , ' y Sir Charles A . Cameron will be read with interest just now , when so much , attention is being given to the subject of poverty in large cities .

    Books received for Notice : — Punishment — — — — , _ - — —~— ~_~ — — and — ~ — — Prevention — — - — — of — Crime — — — —_^_ _ - ( — 5 pp , — Iac ^ , fc vp ^ ^ p * - .

    millan ) . At Bay , a Novel ( Warne ) . To Be or Not to Be ( Routledge ) .

    Marigold Garden ( ditto ) . Marion , j or the — _ M —ystery j _^_ of Robesdale ____ _^( London

    ' Literary Society ) . Certain Smaller Treatises of St . Augustine I ( Parker ) .

    Lawn Tennis for 1885 ( L . U . Gill ) . Tricy mj cles of the Year 1885 ( Xditto ) .

    The Old Love or the New ( Win . Stevens ) . Audeography , the New Shorthand ( Bomrose ) .

    Sm / ± mr r Concise Guide to London ( Maxwell ) . The Lord is Coming ( Morgan & Scott ) .

    Case for Establishment Stated ( S . I \ C . K . ) . Egypt nnd Syria ( R . T . S . ) .

    Done in the Dark ( Office , 153 Fleet Street ) . Directory of Antiquarian Booksellers of the

    United States ( C . N . Caspar ) . Pamphlets and Magazines .

    Extravagance Silage Stacking and ( E . Mismanagement W . Allen ) . of the London

    School Board { Christian Age Office ) . Acts of the Apostles , Part 2 ( Blackie ) .

    From Magazine Messrs of . Cassell Art—Technical & Co . Educator Part 20 , Par — t wtue ltf—Ency ^¦* p * p * A 44 ^ i ^ w clopaedic ^ pp * M ^ p ^ V ** * p *^ i ^ ^ p" ^» ^ ^^ Dictionary 9 ^^ m ^ tTP > ^ p * - ^— ' —^ ' ^ — —— — ' — — — ^ j ,

    Folks—The Quiver . Longman ' s Magazine ( Longmans & Co . ) . Cornhill Magazine ( Sniith , Elder , & Co . ) -

    Sunday Magazine ( Isbister ) . Good m | ^ JTf ^^^ ^ . ^ Pp ^ PpTp > Word ^ T ^ pT I ^ . p ^ V s ¥ *^ ( S ^ ditto . n ^ ^ F *¦¦ ¦ Vp * ) . V

    English Illustrated Magazine ( Macmillan ) . Art Journal ( Virtue ) .

    From Universal Ward , Lock Instructor , & Co , .: — Part 1 0—Scientittc . . « 0 ! T » > . Medicine creations , Part Part 1 11 1— — Dictionary Beeton ' s B of ook V ° ™ ° *\ 7 t q

    Garden / - * j __ , , Part i- » a . 6 — Penny ^_ . Family TP ^ tTpiIv J Jourm OWr " ** * Sylvia ' s Homo Journal . -4

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1885, page 834, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091885/page/14/