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    * Geoff , ' 3 vols ., by Gertrude Forde . This is a delightful novel , and one which combines a skilful mmt i lot with vigour ¦ of styleand hih tone

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    Guide to Fishing in Norfolk Waters , ' by Robert Moll . Most of the books published on the Norfolk ib V b m 9 ^ ^ ¦* ^ Pftp 4 i ^ l |— » * ^ B roads ¦ ^^« P p . ) ^_^^ k > m < J contain -m ^ . ,, ph «^ « k ^^ kP ^^ ^ h ^ B » but r ^^ V ^ mr little ~ m * ^^ ^ p ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ . ^ ^ reliable ^ — — mmw mm ^ fe ^^ p r" ^ . P ^^ " ^ . ^ in a ¥ A - ^^^^ m * ^ ^^^^ ^^^ *^» ^

    formation for the enthusiastic angler ; henje the need of a guide of the above description . The best fishing stations , river distances , varieties % of fishand the proper ¦ baits ¦ ¦« b to be [

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    a pictorial review , ' conducted by Francis George I Heath . The new volume ( for 1889 ) of tin ' s I attractive magazine is full of short essays and I

    Bj ^ B ^ B ^* ^ S at * ^ I Wt ^ mm * *^ J * w ^ - ^ ^ ^* .+ mmm ^ - ^ j ^^^ b , n ^ tf ^ af a ^ A ^ ^ - ¦ i * ^^ ^ ' i ^ - ^* - *~ ^ ^^ ^* ^*^ - ^ ' B' ¦"—^ ^^ ' ^—^^ ** ^ - ^ ' " ^ - ^ n—r W J a ^ - * ^* - ^ — — — h pleasant sketches relating to science , art . ^^^ literature , & c . The quantity of interesting ; and jvnrl nlpvf clever ^ r ni ictures rinrps should shnnld certainl r . firha . i r . 1 y v mak makft e the tiie

    volume very p popular amongst all classes of readers . & * . J 4 h »* V ^ i >' HA > > na / Jmt k ^/ in Jm . mK Jb . the **>* ^ w' coming ^ BiB \ y M \ m mi ^ ± m _^ ^^ Christmas ^^ ¦ M . ** *** mHr * -T VW * . Va ^^ # fc—* P season ^* T ^^^ "W ^ f hJ ^^ AJb . « Under ~ fc IJ - » ¦*• * ~ - ' ~

    the able editorship of Mr . Heath , the magazine ought to circulate widely ; it is full of interesting and out-of-the-way information .

    From Mr . LewisCardiff . —* The Illustrated ( I , Church Congress Handbook ' for 1889 , edited by hv the tVi p Rev "R . PiV . Charles nharlpis Mackeson Ma . pkfisnn . and find issued issued

    , under authority . This well-arranged and freely illustrated manual opens with a brief historical sketch of previous Church Congresses , and the

    work wnrlc that that , was was done dnnfi at nt them them . It Tt g mives vfts a a list list or of Congress preachers and their texts from 18 M to 1888 ; and this is followed by a comp lete

    programme of the meeting , & c , in connection with the Congress at Cardiff , which assembles to-day . An historical account of Cardiff ami

    its associations is given , and also of Llanri . ilr Cathedral and its monuments , followed by biographical sketches of readers and speakers who trated have promised by to twenty take part portraits in this Congress A guide , illus to

    tiatUU KJJ some J 3 UI 11 C UVV ^ lll / J JJUiUAOlU ^ . XX glAiVlvj the churches of the district and a list of the special services during the week are given in the _ concluding _ ^ j pages £ 2 of _ „ this admirable — _ _

    hand-_ ___ book . ^ From *• -- ¦*¦• ~\ -r m m jfc Messrs ^ pMVMMb ^* r •>••* *< b * * * a ^ . f S » aP tpw ampson ¦^ 'uukr ¦** ^^ ahai Low saik ^ v -w -r -r , h Maraton aa ^ vaHa ¦» ¦> •¦¦ ¦ ** ¦ w ^ tf aM ^ B & ¦ Co the .,

    Limited . —* Friesland Meres , and through Netherlands : the Voyage of a Family in a Norfolk Wherry' bHMontag *

    htyillustrated X 1 U 11 U 1 IV ¥ » . Mr 11 J . , j Doug HJJf y hty JLJL . . is XIJ . alread VUVMg y u U favour Doug JU' »^ » ^ ably - - ^ ' knoyvn by his pleasant and picturesque descrip-

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    11 1200 The Publishers' Circular Oct . i , i 8 g l

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1889, page 1200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101889/page/68/