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    Boor ? And I^ Of

    Mrs . Molesworth ' s new Christmas story is called 'The Rectory Children . ' Like ' Little

    Miss Peggy and 'A Christmas Posy , ' it will be illustrated by Mr . Walter Crane .

    * r # # One of the most interesting books of

    the coming season will unquestionably be Mr . Hoi man Hunt ' s account of ' The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood — ' with illustrations

    by the author . , # # * *

    Mr . H . D . Traill is to contribute the next volume of 'English Men of Action . ' The

    subject is 'Strafford . ' The book will appear in November . All who are interested in education will

    be glad to hear that the biography of the Rev . Edward Thring may be anticipated before long . The author is the Rev . J . H . Skrine

    M . A ., Warden of trinity College , Glenal- , mond . Mr . Skrine was formerly assistant

    j master at Uppingham School . #

    i A new story for children , by Katharine S . Macquoid , entitled ' Pepin , the Dancing

    Bear / will be published shortly _ by Messrs . Skeflington & Son . Mr . Grant Allen has got something to tell

    us about ' Falling in Love , ' and he means to wind up his remarks on this ever-attractive subject with ' other essays treating of some

    more exact sciences . '

    Th . 3 author of 'Vice Versa' has written a new novel entitled ' The Pariah . ' Mr .

    Anstey ' s latest story will appear on the 15 th inst . in the orthodox three volumes .

    c * # * Mr . John BowerF . C . S . has written for

    , , the young people ' s section of the National Home Reading Union , a work entitled ' Science

    of Everyday Life , ' which forms a volume for the first year ' s course . The book is full

    illustrated , and will be published immediately y by Messrs . Cassell & Co .

    * The Spanish Government have offered a

    first jDrize of thirty thousand francs , and a second - ¦ — " ~ r ~~ of ~~~ fifteen — — ' — " ~ thousand " ~^ ^^ ^^ ~^~ -. ^ - ^ ^ ^»^^ ^~ ^^ -k' ^ b ^ francs ^ ^ kx- ^ BH for the - |^ - best ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^ , ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ J ^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^^^ p ^^ ^^

    essays on the ' Discovery of America by Columbus ¦ - ¦ . ' We understand i fck that the

    may —— —* — — be - — - ^— - ^— — written - - ^^ -m ^ - ^ in ^^ ^ ^ m *^ m - ^^ the ^^ * ^^ ^^^ - ^ ^ Eng ^«^ - ^ v ^ h ^ ^» lish fl ^ ^^^* ^^ ^^ ^ K ^ German ^ ^^^ | essays ^^ f 1 | ^ H f ^ ^ f w p ^^ French ¦ — — - ^ ' , ^ or - - — Portuguese ' —— ' ^ " ^ -- ~ W **\ * -- — ~* r r ^^ -m ^ languages —^ ^*^^ ^ ^ u ¦ ^ ^^^^ ^ - ' ^ r h ^^ " ^¦ ^ W * J . m , Definite . \~ ^^ HI ^ A JL » y ^^ ,

    information concerning the competition may be obtained on application at any Spanish

    Consulate . # #

    Another volume of tl e Personal M 3 moirs of the Duke of Saxe-Cc burg-Gotha—brother

    of the Prince Consort— may be expecte 1 immediately . #

    1 # #

    hagen The is German reported novelist ¦ to be writing , Friedrich ¦ ¦¦ his autpbio Speil-

    grap JB . ¦¦_ ^ - * w ^^^ ^^^ h fc ^ fc y , V . ^* w ^ m It ^~ ^ m ^ m- is ^ ^^ ^* to ^* ^^ ^^^ come ^^ ^^ ^ ' ^ out ^^ ^ " in ^ ^ 'r —— ' instalments ^^^ ^ in a new German magazine .

    * Messrs . Maclehose & SonsGlasgowwill

    , , ^ publish , in a few days , ' A Century of Artists , ' b hv Mr Mr . WiUiam William E J £ . . Henl Menley ev . . The The book book is ia

    des y cribed as a memorial of the Loan Collection of Painting and Scul ¦ ¦¦ ture - ¦— of the Glasgow w -

    Exhibiti ^ r ^^ ^^«^ « b ^^ B ^^^ ^ " ^^¦^^ on ^^^ Bf ^^ fc ^^ ^ of ^ ^^ ^^ fc ^»^» 1888 ipk ^ . ^^^ ^^^^ . ^^^^^ - ^^ Mr ~^~ - ^""" . p ^ Henley ' ^ ^ " — ' — has writt ^^^^ — en biographical notices of the artistsand the

    , book is enriched by a number of etchings and other illustrations .

    The same firm announce a work by Dr .

    R . W . Cochran-Patrick , Under-Secretary for r Scotland —I — - ^^ - ^^ - ^ ^^ ^^^ v ^ b ^ h ^ , H on - *— ' the — — industry — — W and trade of '

    Me'diaeval Scotland . I I*

    The National Society have in the press a I number of new story books for the young , by I the author of ' Mademoiselle Mori' Esme I

    StuarfcFrances M . PeardCharlotte , M . I Yonge , , and others . , - I

    # ? I ' A Sage of Sixteen / by Mrs . L . B . WalfordI

    author . < m of ' The rrw Bab - ¦—< h . ^ y ' s Grandmother v—vd - ¦ ¦ <« , ' will ¦ ¦ be , I . published by Messrs . Spencer Blackett & I

    Hallam this month . They also promise , in I November , a new two-volume novel by Mr . I G . A . Henty , called 'The Cur 3 e of Carne ' s I Hold . ' I

    I# * I * That skilful and unwearied maker of booksI

    , Mrs . Oliphant , has in the press ' Royal Edin- I burgh : her Saints , Kings and Scholars . ' The I

    volume will be illustrated by George Reid , I R . S . A . I # * - ¦ I

    * A new novel from the pen of Miss Annie I S . Swan ,, entitled ' Sheila , ' may be expected I

    in November . Messrs . Oliphant , Anderson & I IFerrier are the publishers . I # * ? ¦ Mr . R . M . Ballantyne has written a story I

    entitled 'The Eagle Cliff : a Tale of the I Western Isles , ' which Messrs . S . W . Part- I ridge & Co . will publish this autumn . I

    ¦ # Miss Hewetthead mistress of the Girls' I

    High School Nap , ier , New Zealandis about I to publish , through Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein , I

    & Co ., a volume of 'High School Lectures . ' I * * # , ¦ I

    ¦ Messrs . IVEorgan & Scott will publish , in the middle of the month ¦¦ ' The i Christian liif I

    — ^ — , — — — — — — - « - — v _ ^ , _ ¦ ^ ^ ^ - ^^ ^^^ Jb «^ ^^ * ^ ^ »^^ ^ ^ ^^^^ H ¦ of Portrait — a — hundred — —^ __ - Gallery — — — biograp - - _ . —^ ' -r ^^_ . — It — ^ _ ^ hical will — - ^ -w-w . « , consist ^ sketches ^^ ^^^ - ^^ w - ^^ ah 4 * - of ^^ »^ of upwards -x ^ ^^ well V » ^^ ^ - ^ I ^^^ H

    known Christian men and women of the I present day -y -illustrated - _ with ¦ portraits l . We I

    — ^ - — — - — — ^ j , —— — — — — — « r w - ^ m ^^ ^ " ^^ ^ H . ^^ tf ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ 0 ^ 0 V ' " ^ ^^^^^ H ¦ are glad to learn that almost every branch of the Christian Church is represented in the I

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1889, page 1140, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101889/page/6/