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    ¦ Cloyne , and Ross . "With a preface by his son , ¦ Bobert ¦ ¦¦ Samuel Gregg K D . D . Bishop t of Cork ,

    but Cloyne ^ the H «^ V ~— — most — if - —— , we and — ~~ eminent — Boss — ~— ~~ ^— be ^ . —^— preachers - " — — Ire ' ^^^ v ^^^*^ % , i l tt an ^^ ed ^^^ d , ^^^^ has ^^ to ^ not , ^ B use ^ pro ^^ onl ^^^ ^^ ™ ™ what du y of ^ ce ~~ the d is some almost Irish of , , may perm

    an Hibernicism , of the English Church . Bishop Magee lastit , is for hoped example iving , whos way e dangerous to convalescence illness is has at

    been , one of its most , g striking contributions to , the Church on this side the channel ; and the elder Bishop ^^^^— _> 1 ^^ ^__ h ~ C W ^ f Gregg ^—^™ _ b ~^^ ¦ _ % H ^ k —his ^^—• ^ son ~™ ^^ _—™ , H "W who _^^™ ^^ ¦ edits ~^ ^ ™ ^™ ¦ " ^ ¦ this —» " — " — ' volume W ~—^ ——^ , H

    now fills his father ' s see of Cork—was for many years one of the most famous preachers on the other . The sermons here given were delivered in

    Dublin , chiefly at Bethesda Chapel and Trinity power Churc m ± - ^_^ v » ~^ ¦ —— h and , and »_» _ - ^™ vi » are —¦ gour ^^ k - ^^ »^^»— marked ^ of ¦ - _— —» language ^™ « i ^— b H ^ y h ™^^ ~^ much ^^ P ^^ ^ . ^ The ^^ argumentative ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ editor ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ~^ , w in ~™

    describing his father ' s pulpit work , tells us that he always appeared to him to preach better in his own pulpit than anywhere elseand that ' he

    , never liked preaching special sermons on special occasions . ' The power and versatility which * characterise nearly all these discourses not only

    make them eminently readable , but render them well fitted for use as aids to other preachers . From Mr . Infield . — ' American Detectives . ' This

    is a pocket volume of 372 pages , which gives us twenty-two narratives of actual occurrences in the experience of a police officer in the United

    States . An ' amateur detective , ' audacity of thieves , clever bank robbery , deluded detective , remarkable —> kiv prison % trapp -w aw mir ing i mk a detective

    v ^ - * r ^ ^ ' - —* _»» — —_ - » —^ v — - _» ~^ r *^ - ^*^ escape ^^ **^ —— '" - ™ ¦* ^ r , v «*_» *» __ ww ^*» ~ " ^ ™* ^^ ^ 0 ~»^ " V ^^ , V burglars' tricks upon burglars , & c , which are among the titles , promise well for the reader ' s amusement .

    From Judy Office . — 'A Pair of Madcaps , ' by Ernest Warren . 50 Illustrations by Hal Lud-I low . This is termed on the title-page * A Story

    of Impulse . ' It certainly savours of the 19 th ¦ century with its in clever its more illustrations advanced will modes serve of to life fill , and , , upJL

    thing half-an frivolous -liour on is a desired railway by j the ourney reader , when . some-From Messrs . MaclehoseA Sons ( Glasgow ) . — 'A

    Graduated Course of Instruction iu Linear Perspective , specially adapted for students preparing for the second grade examination of the Science and

    Art princi Department ples' which / by the David book Forsyth sets forth , M . A are . The put into clear language o tj and based upon A a series of

    preliminary definitions , while illustrations are added wherever they are needed , to make the rules clear to the student . Either for private study

    or as a class handbook the work may A be com- mended .

    From Act , Messrs ' 1883 , . with Marlb Preface orough , Index . & Oo , and . — ' Exp Bankruptcy lanatory Notes , by John Bae , LL . D ., F . S . A ., Solicitor of the

    Supreme Court , editor of * Caxton ' s Statutes of Henry VII . ' & c . & c . The proverbial coach and four has been driven through so many Acts of

    Parliament make all Statutes that it affecting is of essential the general importance commerc to e of tha country as simple and intelligible as

    possible . This end is secured , as far as the New Bankruptcy and concise Act is lanation concerned of , the by Mr various , Rae ' clauses s clear I exp

    which in themselves number 169 , and are in I many instances technical in their phrasing . Mr . Chamberlainthp editor reminds ussaidin his

    speech on the , third reading , that he , would , stake his reputation as a statesman upon . the success or failure of the measure , a boast : which was

    II perhaps a trine unwiee in the . face of previous

    — = ^ : leg any islative case the failures intention in the of same the Act direction is good ; , but and in it deserves ' bold

    sive and strong Mr . Kae . ' s eulogy as ' , comprehen-From ' Gazetteer Messrs . of Oliver the World & ' Boyd Thi— , s is Edinburgh the wk fourth . - ^

    edition of a geographical , dictionary — " — ^ which v * -AvUtLi is moderate the information in compass which , while ordinary it appears inquirers 1 to give will all

    look for . The statistics are brought * r ^ " - *> down v * . u u lij to the — — latest _______ moment _ . _ - — . One _^ — distinguishing — — — ^^ — h ik feature /\ % (/ of

    Messrs nunciations . Oliver and even & Boy etymol d ' s gazetteer ogies . _ of forei is that v n VCJL p r o .

    are given ; and we may add , _> as an item g which names "" 1-. OS is not - ^ put forward — irt — the preface ^ — ___ -. , -, that ___ _ - where - , a . * v ^ A \ y the l / il ^ forei O of town _ such K *> . _

    gn name a as Munich or Saragossa differs from that which in England

    found we we are are in accustomed accustomed the work . to to An use use , , atlas both both of names names 32 colour may _ n » v ed be ho maps is part of the copy we have seen .

    From ' The Messrs Shakspere . Palmer Flora : & a H Guide owe to ( Manchester all the Prin ) .--

    -ci pal Passages * W- ^ in which _ l ^ mention . is mad -i e of Trees . Plants - — — j Flowers — — , and . Vegetable — ^— — ' Productionswith ,

    Comments , and Botanical ~ ^^ j Particulars ^^ ^ ^~^ ^^ / ^^ b ~ y ^ Leo ^ ^*« , v r _ H . . Grindon . A charming contribution to whatif

    . we we a must dopt term the author ' Shaksperiana — — ' s spelling — ih ¦ - - — — . ' of Mr the - — . — Grindon poet _ - - ¦— ' s - ^^ name ^^ b ^^ ^ has , ^ B ^ B ^^ p ^ ,

    evidently bestowed much earnest work on the task , and shows abundant proof , not only o / a wide knowledge of the great dramatist ' s plays

    but of the natural history and rural associations , on which he so frequently drew . Mr . Grindon claims for Shakspere that while he is '

    preunveiled eminentl , y as the he poet has done of the , the heart many —no -hued man mastery having of human emotion — he is no less the poet ,

    botanist supremely he , of deli nature hted / in Thoug flowers h not and technicall has iven y a ' —— sweeter ¦ — — — —^ - ¦— —— ¦ . —— , , —^ more i — —— ^^ loving ^—» g ^^~ ^ ^^ ^ " ^^ f ^^_ , and ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ more ^ " »^^__ n ^^ ~ i ^^ , cop ^_^ ^^^ »—r ious ^* —^ » ^ ¦ ^ mention ¦ — ' g ^^

    —sing of p le lants writer and , not flowers professedl than y occurs technical in , any the worlu other has ^¦^ »¦ v ^ r seen * w ^^ ~ w ^^ . v ' The ^^—* ^»^ t ^ i ^ Old -b ^^ k Testament v ^_¦ ^ T ^ " c f 'T *¦! m Mi ^^^* writers ^ « v ^^ alone VP ^^ ^^ — ' our v _ ^^ __ P M ^ 1 W ** ^^ ** . »( ,

    author ' after him holds come , surpas two s him or three in this of the respect classical , and authors the % /» Eclogues ~* —Theocritu and V «& Georgics \ J | s in & the in Id later ylls , and times ¦ / Virg 9 —t — il hos —¦ — in e

    * V ^ " - ' _ ~ "t _ MWM «^ JLA V ^ * KJ ; A JL-l A . klf U VJk v ¦** *~~ s we stand may Chaucer call relativel and y Milton our . own Poets —next who in ord laid er themsel i / uiuioii ves out especiallfor botanical themes iyi

    yoo vuu vokicvicviij y ± \ Jx wiiaiuvu" . __<^»» --the Erasmus charm Darwin of all such , for allusions example as —we are do now not referred count ,

    to consisting in their purely spontaneous character . Mr . Grindon proceeds to take seriatim ' the flowers trees

    the of ot the trie cultivated wood wood , , ' the the fruits wild wild flowers flowers esculent , , the the vegetables garden garden nom and ;^ ,, medicinal medicinal herbs herbsto to which which , reference reference is is made made by dj ,

    his his Shakspere allusions allusions , and to to he the tha , devotes farm farm . the th succeeding « wilderness wilderness chapters and ana the iu to »

    book wayside and , the hearsay market-place , The and volume the shops ¦ is taste , and

    full plt _ fwjt y illustrated « mu . iiua , xBajr by names iia five uit / O etchings . . xuq , several vvjjlh __ - — of »— which # are of real artistic merit .

    From Messrs . Pork ©^ & Co . —* The Illustrated Congress Church ) Congress . With Handbook 12 full-page ' for illustrations 1883 wtiicn ( Re , nding ty

    dedicated Charles Charios in Mackeson TVTaolrfiBnn by and permission is . issued i This This to wi handbook handbook the th the Archbishop , , sanction which uvi ot oi ^

    th Canterbury v > M es e Prelates or « ury , , uuu and of «_» ueu the Opngress ilii mo Committeif w » . , dealwith the historically

    biogiapniof cally the s , and institution from the Congress — local and as stand it has point now . , reached The history tno _ . __ . _ . _ . _ . i it __ __ 1 . 4 _ l <^ 9 V In

    twenty-third year of its existence II' * J *** J ^ r

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1883, page 888, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101883/page/42/