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    From Mr . Elliot Stock . —* Glimpses of Animal Life , ' by William Jones , F . S . A . In seven gracefully written f m ^ s bmb 4 b and mhw ki leasing < mk t # chapters this book

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    also abounds in curious facts gathered ^ from the by-ways of natural history , as well as in anecdotes JV mV A mJ ^ p ^ k > m ^ « w ^ - * f ~ r which V V i * Jm < ^ h ^ ¦ mh j ^ illustrate ^ m > jm . ^ imfc p ^ ., / v / ^ 1 ^ J % J \/ in a a remark ¦ r nf i ^ ir ^ k ^ mm . abl r ^^ ^ m > e ^* r ^ , _ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ** - ** * ' ^ " ** ^*^ ^ ^ —

    manner the instincts and intelligence of the brute creation . Such a volume can scarcely fail to promote kindness to animals , and yet

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    J ^ J | ^ J ^ ^ ^ ^ B ^ I ^ iVmt ^ m ^ P * m ^ v ^ prn ^ ' ^ mapm' V VF m |^^¦¦ ^^^ «^^ f ^ ^ H ^ Vs * ^^^ mm ^ m ^ ' ^^^ ^ p 'General Boulanger : a Biography , ' by F . Turner . This is a pleasantly written , but some people will think a much too eulogistic , account of

    the life and achievements of the distinguished French soldier and statesman who is at present ¦ I a dweller in our mh midst . It certainly mh is an error rfmk

    V ^ VI ^> w V V ^ w * A A ^ m ^ ^ mi ^ *^ ^ % - ^ ^^^ ^ fe ^ hA ^ ^ u *« k r . ^* V p . *^ Vbf ^^^ ¦ —l i ~ WV « « fc « m 4 % mm « m » *^^ mjffv < mjm - «^^ ak 0 m , ^^^ - I of judgment on the part 6 f Mr . Turner in the

    very first sentence of his preface to speak of H the tne ' * herculean nercuiean stragrarles straggles , , colossal colossal triumphs triumnhs H H

    and marvellous career ' of his hero . The note , H , I x ^^^ > ^ f mi * exaggeration ^ mm' ^^ mp ^ m ^^^ ^ mHmh ^ pmmm ^ ^ 'i ^ ^^^ ¦ ^ ^ ¦^ ' ^^ ^^» " ^ mw ^ ^^ . ^ mv which v ^ ••¦ mmm ^ ' ^ p w ^^ Bk is ^ m ^ mm !^ thus ^ pr ^ mm ^^ ^ mmm «^ ¦ struck « ¦ ^ fc" mmw ^ k ^ mb ^^* mm ^^ m ^ * at ^>^ # V ^^ | the T ^ ^^ ^^ ^ I I mmmmmmmmmmmmj outset is laid aside when

    happily Mr . Turner H of enters General on his Boulanger animated ' s and military graphic career description and H H

    political exploits . It is maintained in these H pages P >^ m ^ vmmfe - ^^ - ^^ that ^ m *^ m « v ^ the ^ —^— ^^ - destinies - *^ mfc ^ m * 'm ^^ v ^ mam ** ¦¦> «^ m ^^ of >^ -mmw immmmi France ¦ *¦» VJ ^ mr *^ ^ m ^ - ^^ ¦ ^ have m * m TT » ^^^ never J ^^ ¦ ^ « ^ H ^^^^^^^ m

    before been delivered up to such a ' collection H of miserable mediocrities , nonentities , and H lace mki i -hunters ' like those who i are now in H

    p Mr - mm , a ^^ > -m . ~*^ Turner - » - ¦ ^ b «* * N v *^^ ^ r ^ i ^ ^ believes " 1 * - * p ~ ¦ ¦ »«« m * Fmfe ^ | ^ mb' tfm that ^^ . fl ^ tmv vhm ^ ¦ ^ mvV Boulanger ¦ V-Vk ^ m . ^ . ~ Bi— m ^ mv ^ m ^ ^ ¦ T ^^^ mr ' s ^* personal m »« mmb * power p , _^ ^ | ^ y f m ; . l H ¦ mmmmmm ^^ l qualities would not have placed him where

    - he is so rapidly had France possessed one H reall mh y great mmh IHr man ¦ . ' He alw ir 'appeared k / to f me H

    to ^^^ . r m ^ v ^ m be » ^^ r a ^^~ *^^ predestined ^ - ^ ^~ ^^^^^^^ ^ ^ ' ^^ ^ ^^ .. ^ mi man ^^^ ¦ ^^ p ^— , ays ^ w a Bk * ' leader ^ h ^ vm' W ~* Vm ^ ^ mmr ^^>^ ^^ who ^^^ r ^^ m ^ m ^^ r was ^ m ^^ L ^ L V J H mWmWmWmWmWmWmWfl ¦ ¦ w ^ anted himk i » t and kk therefore ~ ~ mk h produced mii ib 1 vmi «^ m mjrm at « h exactly ~ - the

    rig m ^^ m ^ ^ ht - ^^ ' ~| moment ~^^« o , mj ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^ p- ^ with p »^^ ¦^ m' ^ m _ ^ mm . ^ that ^^ ^^ ¦ mp mathematical ^ ~ ^^ "b * ^^^ mm ^ * * ^ m > ^ m > m precision ^ ymy ^^^ r Vm' ^ w W m ^^ J ^ . ^^ V . H ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ H | whicli mr w , ¦ pi *¦ ^ m * mm > mm » — has fc ^ ^ m- » ' ¦¦ al ¦ * ^ w » » ays ¦"' J PW been p ^ p * - - ^^ ^^ ™ mi one ^^ ^^ m » « r of ^^ - mb Natur pm . T mb'v V ^ - ^ - ^ e ^ . p- ' s »^^ chief ^ mp ^^^ . mW "^> ^ L ^ ^^^^^^^ H |

    characteristics . ' Mr . Turner states that he has H seen General h and defe Boulanger atand that alike he in has the had hour of ^|

    triump , many ^ M forming mmi opportunities ^<* ^^ mto ^ ^ ^^ p . ^ ^^ ^ ^ — m mmh . a m *^ . fair ^ ^~ ^ i ^ 'p ^ , * ^ v » both estimate ^ ta ^ PmP ^ m ^ m » ^ N « m ^ m * in iPm > ^ m ^ v ^ mpr public of ^ . ^ ^^ m > his « b ^«^ p ^^ and ^ character ^ p ^ . ^ m ^ ^^ vrfpi ^ private kpw ^ m ^ i ^ * v *^^ ^^« . , He - ^ in m ^ j ^ ^ mmmmmmmm ^ m ^ m ^ m ^ m ^ m ^ ml | |

    adds that the man who has within the short the space most o $ commanding three years rendered figures in himself the politics one of of ^ ^ ^ J | | Europe h and split France into two hostile i H

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1889, page 1202, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101889/page/70/