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    9 6o The Publishers' Circular Oct. 1, 18...

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    lar paper on the Art of Acting '; James Sime ¦ writes on the vexed question of * The Crofters ' ;

    and ' The J . Little Henry Schoolmaster Shorthouse gives Mark the . second Bat where part so of ^ much ^^^^^^¦ v ^ v ^ B ^^^ p ^^ ¦ ^^ B that ^ fc ^ ^ b ^^ ^^ ^^ 0 ^ is B ^*^ K BvA meritorious ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^* *•* ¦ ^^ ™ ¦ and v — ~~ —~ — attractive ~— *¦ - — - ^ ~— - » ¦ ~»— — ¦ ¦ exists ¦ ~~ — — ~™~ —» - ~ ¦ ,

    it is difficult for us to continue to single out what may be considered striking excellences . "We v V ^^ have A 4 h ^^ W ^ w no m mk - * m ^ hesitation mk m ^^ ^— ^ ^ — ^ — — — — — in - — say — - m ing — ~ ^^^ that — —— — this — — yearl * —— ' — - — - y

    instalment of the * English Illustrated Magazine ' is about the most instructive and the most entertaining as well as the handsomest magazine volume

    that has yet been produced for the season . From Messrs . Fraxicis Orr & Sons .- — 'The

    Standard Series of School Songs / by James Allan and Alexander Patterson . The names of the gentlemen who have arranged these songs are

    well known in connection with the popular ' Glasgow Select Choir . ' They are arranged for three equal voicesand will be found cleverl

    , y adapted for their purpose . From The Religions Tract Society . —Numbers

    37 , 38 , and 39 , of the weli-known * Present-Day Tracts' comprise * The Christ of the Gospels , ' by Henri Meyer , D . D . ( a religious study ) ; ' Ferdinand

    Christian Baur , and his Theory of the Origin of Christianity , and of the N " ew Testament Writings / by the Rev . A . B . Bruce , D . D . ; and ' Man

    Physiologically Considered / by Alexander Macalister , M . A ., M . D ., & c . From Mr . William Rice . —Friedrich Frobel

    performed a good work when in 1843 he published his ' Mothers * Songs , Games , and Stories / and the Misses Frances and Emily Lord have done a wise

    and deserving service to the people of this country by rendering into English the original work . How A child many booh things learns m and an ' s gladly hands too can . do ,

    These lines , taken from the pages of the volume , may in a sense be considered as the text for the purpose of 'Mothers' SongsGamesand Stories /

    , , For the home education and amusement of little , even very little folk the- book is one of the most useful that a matron could have . It

    abounds with lessons to be taught in simple prose , happy rhyme , and sparkling music . We should say that it is the very book that is wanted in

    young English families . The translators appear to . have ( Jone their work sympathetically and sensibly . The publisher , too , has brought it out

    in an appropriate and attractive form , making a good book for the season of gifts . From Messrs . George Routledge & Sons . —Lad

    Violet Grevilie ' s The Secret of Barravoe / which y forms one of the excellent series of Ludgate Novels published by this firmcertainlhas one very

    commendable characteristic , —that y the reader is not likely to ' lay it down without perusing it to the successful ending , even if he indulge in the

    pernicious habit of ' skipping . ' It is in truth an extremely interesting little storj ' , told with much vigour and power of expression . We are inclined

    to think ourselves the hero was somewhat of a fool , but that is merely a question of opinion into which we need not enter . All men are foolsfor

    the matter of that , when they are in love ; and , , no doubt , this is sufficient justification for hi » conduct . Headers whose tastes incline towards

    the delineation of Irish life and character should buy this little volume , read it the last thing at night , and then go to bed , when they will

    probably see visions and dream dreams . Higher praise ' than this to a large section of the fictionloving public we could scarcely give .

    From Mr . Aug . Siegle . — ' The Peri' is the story of a young ^ _ — ¦ - ~—_^_ woman - - - _ - ¦ . — , a scu — l — pto ^^ r , M who ^^ had no ^ ¦ ^^ soul ^^ « ^ , and ^ j ^ ^ ^^ m

    consequently exhibited none in her avocation until the same was vouchsafed to her through , her love for a young man . The jdea of the title

    is taken from the Peri languishing outside Paradise . The story , which runs on well-worn lines ,

    is is written written bv by ( Clara Jlara Dressel Dressel . , and and translated translated with -with a fair amount of ability from the German by George Douglas .

    From Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co . — 'The Dictionary of National Biography / Vol . IV .

    Edited by Leslie Stephen . When the first volume of this gigantic undertaking appeared nine months ago the critics admitted its value , but doubted if it would ' keep time / and if the

    high level of excellence attained at the beginning would be preserved . A satisfactory reply may nowwe thinkbo safeliven to both doubts .

    Four , volumes , have appeared y g regularly , and the general average of merit in the articles has been steadilrising . Of coursea great deal of

    y , this is due to ' the man behind the scenes , ' for a careful examination of the work reveals the thoroug h hness ~ of Mr . Step m k hen ' s editorial ¦¦ f -

    vision — — . ^^^> — — To ^_— hold — ' ^^— the - - ^^ ^ hundred - ^^ ^ r " ^» _ ^^^^ ^ i ^ ^ v ^ v ^^ r writers r ' ^^ r " ™ ^™ ^^ -m ^ ^^ ^^ » who ^^^ ^^ super . ^^ ^^ com ^ ^ m ^ ^^ ^^ - pose his staff in check must be a task to which ¦ driving — — — - _^__ the — ^^ ^^ ¦ ^ horses ^ ¦ ^ - ^^ Hi ™ - ^^ - p ^ r of ' ^^ ^^ the h ^ ^ ^ nv w sun ** w ^^ m would w » ¦ - *^ » + i h be r ^^ ^ h ^ a ^» v ^ mere fr ^^ ^^ ^ k ^^

    joke . However , the said hundred writers are here made to run in harness very well together . No doubt it miht be possible to ick a fault here

    and there—to g hint that this articl p e is too compressed or that too diffuse ; but that would be ungracious and unfair . A work of this sort must

    be regarded as a whole . To notice particularly a few articles . Dr . Garnett ' s * William Beckford / author of ' Vathek / strikes us as about the best ft *

    — — —~ — " - ^ ™ - ^^ ^ ^ V . *^ ^^ -. ^ « v ^ ^ ^^ iqv ^^^ w ^ r ^ fcj ^ »*^ ^ irf ^ ' ^^ i ^^ ^^^ * ¦^ i ^^»^» ¦ ^^ ^^ ^ iv V in this volume . It is , indeed , a perfect gem . Full and accurate information is conveyed with the most — — admirable — — —— —• — - — - ^ _~— w ^— — — literary ^ m ^ ^ ^¦^ ^ M 'fcji ^ ^ w skill p ^ rf' ^ h ^ v ^ «« b - " ^ . ^ Dr ^ m ^ r ^^ . V Gosse ^ fc *^* ^^ P ** " ^^ ** ' s P «^

    ' Aphra Behn / though scarcely so interesting as that extremely piquant character deserves , is still a very ¦ thorough iece of work . Herefor the

    ¦ first ™ - — time W r — " »~ - ' ^ ' ^ bm ™ ^ the p W ^ ^ true ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ birth ^^ ^^^ ^^ lace ^^^ of ^ n ^^^ . ^ that ^^ , a ^^ ^^ rf ^ lad *^ . ^ i ^^^ is given . , The ye , legal and politi p cal biographies y , seem to be specially good . Examples of such are

    * J . P . Benjamin / by Mr . J . A . Hamilton , and * Jeremy BeDtham / by Mr . John Macdonell . A very — - ~ m p w— leasing -- — — — — F M feature ^— — ^ in ^ ^^ the ^^ ^^^ work . ^^ ^ ¦ ^^^ is —^^ the ^»* ^ m ^ ¦¦ " ^^ ^ absence ^^» - ^^ T ^^ ^^ ¦ ' -- ¦ —

    of exaggeration in the estimates of character , and the total want of flowery or showy writing . Thus in the editor ' s * BishoBerkley / and

    Professor ^ " — Jebb " ' s ' ^^ Bentley ^ " »— ^^ r ™^ ^^^ , ^^^^*^ the ^ ^^ P ^^ ^^ faults ^ p ^^^ ^^ ih ^^ " ^^ B ^ in ^ B ^ ^^ B ^^ theories W H ^ h ^^ F ^**» ^ i *^» ^ M and ^^ ^» nature of the men are pointed out as well as the qualities that made them eminent . It must not

    be supposed , however , that the biographies though judicious are dull . An interesting life like that of James Gordon Bennett ( Mr . Robert Harrison ) has due prominence iven to that which makes it

    g interesting . From Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co . —The

    Rev . Hilderic Friend , F . L . S ., whose contributions to the literature of a kindred subject we have before noticed , does not see ^ vhy the services of our Church , especially of certain kind , should not

    be made more frequently attractive "by the use of flowers and fruits . Nor do we . He has there-* fore The written Ministry a of neatl Flowers y com p with iled a litt view le vo to lume pro- ,

    selytising the people , and , causing greater attention to be paid to this matter . In many ways the study of botany seems to harmonise particularlwell with the study of the Christian life .

    The secret charm of such a studMr . Friend has well brought out , and the entire y work is written

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1885, page 960, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101885/page/44/