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    TtIO8 The Publishers' Circular Oct. i, l...

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    and Foreign Possessions ^ , ' b y Rev . John ^^^ P- Faunthorpe , M . A ., F . B . GS . This little work is intended as a handbook to the same publishers '

    * Atlas of the British Empire / Infape of the fact that it has now reached a fifth edition , few words of ours in its praise i . are required X . For scholastic

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    From Mr . George Redway . — ' Mountaineering relation below the of Snow solita -Line ^ pedes < . / by tri M an . tours Paterson in . Snow This - ryv -u __

    donia and elsewhere * contains some clever bits of narrative and descriptive writing , which must appeal powerfully to the likiug of mountaineering

    people Bh . The JS ^ Bi ^ M book ^ ^ B is M attractive d from . » a literary ^ _ point of view , and is rendered more valuable by the etchings of Mr . Mackaness .

    From Mr . T . Smith , 132 Fleet Street . —Mr . Smith deserves credit for the usefulness of the

    contents and the general appearance of his book entitled' Successful Advertising . ' That the author is a spirited exponent of the uses of

    advertisements and the abuses to which prospective advertisers are liable is amply testified by the published H — inti —~ mation —^ — — ¦ —— — that *^_~ —^_^ ° " ^^ - ^» ^ B ^ the ^ B ^ ^^—^^ - ™~ volume w ^^ ¦ i *__ - ^» ^ K ^ K ^ a ^^—* ^ has ^» " ^» ^ k ^ BJP Bb * ^ reached BB ^ B ^ B ^^ BB ^^ ^^ »^ B » ^^ ^^^ Bl

    an eighth edition , a degree of success which is not common in the ordinary run of the book trade . From Mr . Walter Smith ( late Mozley ) . —No

    genuine lover — ' — ^ -- ¦ of * — " ^— tastefull — ¦ ' ~~™^ , — y — — ¦•_» ^— produced BBVBB ^ p ^ B ^ ' O-B ^ ^ BJ ^ B ^ ^ » f ^ books ¦ *(_ W ^ p *~ could Reader fail ' s Shakespeare to offer ~~ some / meed Mr i . Smith of ¦ praise i f 4 has to * just The

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    -venience sented , and of ihe readers group . ing The of firs the t p volume lays for contains the conthe comedies : ' The Tempes bw t h ' 'Two Gentlemen

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    From Messrs . Swan Sonnensohein < fc Co . — * Queer Stories from Truth , ' by E . C . Orenville

    to murra Murrav ld wit y . . i 2 Znd an nd . seri seri eisy es es . . assu This 1 ins rance is is a a collection collection and artistic of of stones stories vigour , which la very characteristi — ____ _ _ — — _ c of _ __ . tho __ ^ _^^^ - ^ author ^ bv ^ ^_^^ _ t ^ ^ a - ^^ ^^ ' s ^^ st wt ^ j ^ j / j ^ le ^ ^^ . ^

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    partakes and it has somewhat evidentl — ™ - —~ y of - ' been - - the " ^ p » the ,- _____ form - ^ ^ ^* author \ ^^ of - % . an ^ * ' s intention allegory ^ -. - » j ^ a JL ^ x ^ , , to draw comparison —~ «~ - — — — between **^ ¦ *^ - ™» » » - * ^^ ^» many -ptj-i ^^^^ -B w ¦ ¦ of ^^ ** the % _/ ^_^ i ^ rharac — _ * * . w ^ t V ^/

    -to ters instit and ute thos a e resemblance of Faust , as between well as in the other novel ways and the drama . The ' New ~ "" ¦ " ¦ - Marguerite ¦» -wb _ - ^ Bk ¦ ^ - « ¦ * . a . ^ rf ^^ ' ¦ in J » * « a V , young W . . ^^ «__ A » - ¦ ka . , «

    pure-mind t bad ed , aa worldl d singularl associates y refine and d girl even , thrown tuall mtrri amongs od to a vicious ¦¦ y unprinci ¦ led # K , husband . On y

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    Gfc I * and . variety , , to become wearisome , and monotonous ¦ ,

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    form of fiction , no by them « a Kew Marguerite ' will be heartily welcomed . From the same This . — ' German translation translation Evenings from i , ' by J . l

    jLowdell -jowaeii . . J . nis is is a a rom the tne uerman German beriodica of several l literature short tales . The that contents have appeared have — been in

    judiciousl r y selected , and the work of translation * ** *^ vc LI carefully donewhile that the public is not ¦ " slow lVJi

    tJ ' , ___ » ** U- )| tested tested to appreciate bv by the tne ftLct ia such . ct that tnat excellence a a second second is edition edition sufficientl _ rr __ n has has y Hpph been

    atcalled German for languag . To those e this eDgaged volume should in the stud be especiall y of the attractive . y

    From ( London the : St J . . Masters Q-iles Printing & Co . ) . — Co ' Looking * ., Edinburgh for the

    Church' is issued as a reprint edition of the late man Provost Looking Burton foT ' s the abridged Church ' Presb . ' The yterian new Clergy issue is

    revised and edited by the Eev . Francis Kitchin , M . A ., of Muthill , Perthshire . The book offers attractions to those who like to investigate modern

    church problems , and this is a good reason for its republication . From Mr . . Elliot Stock . — In more <¦ than b one " If 1

    ^ B— ••* *»*» > m ¦ ^ « a «^^» *^ mm •¦**^^ - > ^ t ^ w ^^> w mr ^^ ^^/^•^ mrm » ^ ¦ » ^ - ^_ c ^ ^^ ¦^ w «» ^ kav > ^ c ^ — ^ v way I I II Mr . G-. Li . Gomme ' s ' Literature of Local Institu- 1 tions V «_ ^^ . 1 F ^_ T ' has ^ B _^ V ¦¦ ^^ V-BF g V ^ g ^ k ^ iven W ^ " ^ BB > iBm us ^>^ **** greater JjBBk ^ BJT BJ ^ BJ W ^ T ^^ B sati ^ fP Bj ^ BJ Bj « ^ s B _|^ faction sBk » _ W ^ Bj * r V ^ ^^ b * ^>^^ than ^* Bk 4 > «* Br . rf _ any \_ BJ | * M | f

    of tha previous volumes of the * Book-Lover ' s Library / To some extent this may be attributed to the comparative newness of the subject

    bibliographically considered . Hitherto , curiously , enough , the best book on our local institutions has been written in a forei ¦ gn language BBt . / We refer \

    to -m- ^*» w q * *^^ * Geschichte ^~^ - ^^_ - - ^^^ ^^^^ — r v ^^ — ^ ^ b ^ - ^ r ^^^ - und ^^^ ^^ ^^»^^ B heutige ^^ ^^^ v ^^^ ^^^^ ^— B ^ BBL ^^^ Gestal ^^ ^*^* ^^^^™ ^ " »^^» B ^ B ^ k ^^¦ ^^ t per ^ " ^ B englischen — B Communalverfussung ~^^ ^*^^ ^ ^^^¦ ^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ - ^ ^ - * ^^ ¦ ^^ r 4 ^^ ^ * ^ v _« I _ -. __ ^ b ^ B ^ M ^ BI BBlh / V b ^^ B * y Gneist ^¦ pl _ BBB # « b ^^ ^ W ^*^ ^ If . Vf This ^^^ ^ PV ^~ ^ ^^ B ^ work * * ~^ ^ — has

    not been translated . Mr . Grorame intimates , too , wise that Professor been inve Kovolefsk stigating y the , of su Moscow bj ¦¦ ect , and has it like is

    probable B r ^» ^_ r ¦ " ^ P— ' « J ^ B > ^ v ^ B > that B . B > -B >^ Bj ^ his ^^ ^^^ ^ B * . _ Bgk projected . BJ ^ ^ ^ B ^^ B Bb ] B ^ ^ b * ^^^^ ^|^ ¦ work B ^ B * V ^ Bj ^ h ^ ^ BT may " ^ P * ^ B * , ¦ appear ^ " ^^ in English . Some of the American local institutions ¦ hare been t well attended t to faf in this respect

    throug * ¦ i ^ v ^_> r *~ r h - *** ^ j — the very * ^ v ^ k operatioas 1 « * ^ S ^ * fc « -W * . * - W ** b of »^ - » >^« k ^ / VT the > *> a ^ John ^ —» w "_¦•• — Hop — — — — ki ns University ^ - ^ v ^^^^^ - ^ V ^ BF ^^^ ^^^ ^^ V _* B B . > ¦ ^ Mr ^^ * " ^» ^^^ . ^ G ^^^_ rV - ^ l ^ r omme ^^ ^ ^^ ^ B ^ b ^^ B ^^_^ ' s B ^ pF book . ^^ F ^^^^ ^^ r # BI BB g V ^^^ h ives ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ details of

    the literature of local institutions generally , of the Shixe , of the Hundred , of Municipal Governmen shi 11 t and % , of Guilds Parish 1 , of At the the Manor present , and time ot the when ? Town the

    question lation ^™ __ > " ¦«— — J p L _ . r ^ F- — ^— JU UV of " ^_» ^^ _ J of _ the m - w ~ . K _• __ -i local . JiKJ country ^_ » - » ~_^ V . ^__ government B X «_ . - k . t- 1 ' , y * . the M B . AW ^_«^^ ^^ f » S comp " ^ B I . ^*» V . kFV - _ iV ag ¦ B « ^^ - ilatio ^ « itates » *¦ ¦ */» ^^ — * - _ n ^ " ^^ ^ , should the *• -v leg be

    ishighly serviceable to inquirers . From MrTFisher Unwin—* Germany 1 / by S . j

    -M-. _ L ^ -f * M . A . IT-, A . . _ JU . ____ U ¦ - > . » 4 ~ -L ^' -. *_ V- / -L __ L TV __ LJL __ L . * V _ * VX | J . a .- __* w -v- T — J This Earing J- * . L lkF forms M . \ J -Gould J . L 11 U one V ^ t Ji , M of V # A . A the LAV ., an V excellent k d -Vl A rthur L * t series 1 UJ . O 1 V i l man of \ # A volumes » , * M — ' . A - . J ___ - _ Ly _______ - __ tho

    issued under the title of The Story of N have ations had . ' None interesting of them , it materia uiai may / Ci ia safely l to i / deal «^ be « ' said vith ¦¦ ,

    iKivu unu more iuui o laioioatiii ^ i vy tlian the volume under notice . The history ot the i / i * t » German \^ ui uiuu nation ucMviiyjii o should xx \ jvi . y \ JL have iiatc cijui an . « additional *^_ vv **^ - — de

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1886, page 1108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101886/page/58/