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    if 9i8 The Publishers' Circular - Nov ^^...

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    a largo circle of readers will probably be found for vv ^ ^ m a « composite - ^ ^ v ^ MfcM HV ^^ B ^ ^ W * ' work V V ^^ ^ B m *^ like V » » V ^^ - this ^ — — — , J — in which — — we ' have

    extracts from Thomas a Kempis , Addison , Cowper , I Goldsmith , Johnson , Defoe , Watts , Baxter , Robert I HallWilliam JayMatthew HenryBunyan

    Irving , , and other worthies , of the past , , and of , many eminent men—chiefly Nonconformist divines—of the presentall bearing upon the

    intermediate state and the , glorified state . From the same— 'The Gentle Heart / A Second

    Series of ' Talking to the Children . ' By Alexander Macleod , D . D . A very beautiful series of what may be fairly termed ' Talks to Children '

    treating unconventionally and simply many sacred , subjects , and illustrating them by stories drawn ¦¦¦ i from a wide variety of sources . Those whose

    business it is to preach to little people will do well to consult Dr . Macleod ' s tender thoughts ; while mothers will find in the volume many

    choice Sunday readings for home congregations . From the same . — ' Paterson ' s Health Studies . ' The

    practical quality of Dr . Paterson ' s lectures will be seen from our extract . We laid hold of the bookandopening it at randomcame upon the

    , , , following on the means of ' getting to sleep / for those who do not find it come : — I think uuluoit in would vruuiu help if when desire to induce

    x . litiy us us , , u . wueu wo wo u . «& ii « iaj muuue sleep after we the began manner to breathe we notice deliberately sleeping , people and very do . much They ( Vuse uoc ) ; » a lengthened icugi / uciicu inspiration xuspxiai / iuu , , followed luuuwcu by u , y u a suux somewhat « wutti >

    sleep abrupt , I expiration begin breathing . If I in sit that down way in , my and chair let my and head wish rest to lightly on the back of the chair , and I can go to sleep in a

    very verv few few minutes minutes .. The divisions of the volume are Food and Appetite ; Exertion , muscular and mental ; Work ,

    production and prevention ; Rest and sleep ; Fastness ; A merry heart ; Germs of disease ; Bational principles of medicine .

    From Home "Words Publishing Office . — ' My Bible Study : for the Sundays of the Year . ' An

    interesting memorial of Frances Ridley Havergal . It was , we learn from Mr . Bullock ' s preface , the custom of the - g ^_^_ ifted authoress w ~ - -r -- ¦ - and hymn-writer 4

    — — — — — . — — — ^— W » ^ " ^™ ^ - ^^ M to join in what is termed ' The Christian Progress Scripture Reading ajnd Prayer Union , ' the members of which agree to read the Old and

    New Testament in arranged portions daily , morning and evening , throughout the year . On Sunday ^ g mornings — - ¦ ^^^ m — she - — - ^ made -- ¦ w- — it — a ~¦ i—r point ^ - ^ r — that ^ p ^ 1 ^ " *^ - ^ r each - ^^ ^ i ^ . > ^ r ^ m ^ m

    member of the family should at the breakfasttable select a text from the chapter which was appointed for the reading of the dayand should

    give m W some — ^^ thoug — ^^ hts — ¦ ^^ ^— upon ^^^ B ^ B ^^ ^^ it ^^ . ^^^ ^^ Mr ~ " ^ " 1 ^ m . , g ^ Bullock 1 ^^ ^^^^ " ^^^ ^*» ^ b ^ K ^^ p , ^^ v B it ^ ^^^^ seems , asked Miss Havergal to send him , week b — y ¦ week - — — ~ - ^ on ** - ~— a w post m ^ ^^ ^^ ^ card ^^ wv- ^ v ^^^ , B the ^ F—» ^ ^^ text ^* " ** ^^ * r which w w ^ m # « ^^^ l ^ she IVAAV chos v ^ k ^ u e ^^

    ami her reflections upon it , and in this volume he gives , in facsimile of her MS ., the cards or sheets for the year . The book will have a special interest

    for r _ all . 11 who 1 admired 1 i Miss -m «• • Havergal tt 11 ' s writi .. . ngs , ap . irr from the merits of her comments on tha I texts , which are by no means slight .

    From 1 L * ys Messrs of Ancient . Longmans Rome / , by Green Lord , Macaulay & Oo . — , wall IUuatrations bJ . R . Weguelin . This is I

    a now and elegant y edition of a world-famous book , consisting of the spirit-stirring narrations oi ' Horatius Codes / and ¦ - ¦¦»¦ ' The . in —• - Ba ¦ ttle of the Lake

    R ( V illu 8 , ' the tragic ~ ' ^ " ^ » story ^^ h ^ W ^ l of ' Virg II ^ ^ inia ^ V ^^ H ^^ ^ / and VHt ^^ ' . ¦¦¦^¦^ JW The ^* i ^ ^^ Pn >)> hecy of Capys / Few works by Macaulay are so well worth reperusalfor in it he has

    , gra clotln n rleur 'd , , as yet it at were the same , in time a drapery with a p of ictureBque homely - iw s of effect i which vTuicii back to

    ne > ? - ? n ^ r in « . » vv his >*> , , Wars poems pwuAo of Troy , and carry vnirxjr in his us us wand movB , er

    -I vo ings luiuuio lum of e imw Ul ncl y udes uuco sses . ' Iv xv Besi y ry' des » auva nd the ? The xue Lays Armada / xrmacia proper . ' both hnfi tk ?

    of which may be said to have won an unrivalled , these in place this as the historical edition most p are icturesque ballads forty . -one The portions in ori number ginal of the designg , text for

    W have » A w eguelin W I been * ^ v aw * whos selected # ^ vl j ~ i e * % . ^ j » apparent » jJ for «*^ v ^ m illustration all object _« . a . J __ _ . A * has _ b been y Jfo _ f / i

    embody , , to the best of his ability , the vivid p ictures of the poet a ' s imagination < j " — " . The « -- ** v edition vvjitiyn is all the

    typograp and a other complete hy notes and one general of , containing the author get-up , and is everything , in introductory respect that of

    could be desired . , Messrs . Sampson Low - % ^ Marston * & Co « A

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    gallery of marine paintings as is found in the novels of this author . The book before us is full of

    des them ire , and to get yet on w we ith the pped story which great many wo - » -w u — ld n ot \ the lt

    u - ^ , - ^ . m , m * VW e after us pause - having to admire read a the book pictures , more i . especial It is something ly ^/ * a work « V * J » ,

    throug of fiction h it , to ag feel ain . that Such you is have the case reason here . for going schooner It was a yacht wonderful siiv ) / flying ujr and through vuiuugu beautiful the water waici sight to with see her her white ( the

    ovuwuuja ^ xug __ Al uxxc » ) , vrivll XIkSl WJilvC decks and B _* down bare ¦_____ to to A us our ^ , sometimes gaze — as they _ lijjted _ . seemed high ^ to on __ lean a green almost m swell np , behind which Yt iiiuu she OXJ 53 dashed uaoucu into UJ . UVJ foam Luaux emerald where w uciu it xv took bvnjA . her iici . , th that vaKix en sinking dUXHium

    Whole of a her long hull , high whilst , her - slender bright wake ridge trailed hid the [ though into the I toppling dare say seas she , found astern us , like a noble a long sight thread too , of with silver away oar ; the vast whole vt spread uuio beautiful ucauvutu of symmetrical hull uiui exposed canvas soaring it iv leaned icauca into the sky from , and 1

    her vuu , laying bare a broad . ckyvracu length of as ao shining copper away nwaj , and U dashing as full of off colour the seas as a in prism tall fountains . of foam which were

    From Messrs . Nelaon & Son . —Todd ' s ' California and its Wonders / A new edition of an interesting volumenicely printedpleasant in the handand

    gay externall , y with suitable , ornament . Among , the illustrations are engravings of great trees , the Yosemite — _ Valleywhich furnishes seven views ,

    a bullock-train , snow ^ , -sheds - , and seal-rocks . From Messrs . James Nisbet & Co . — ' The

    Consecrated Life ; or , Thoughts on Practical Religion / by the Kev . Ernest Boys , M . A . A sequel to entitled ^ b ^ * A ^ a volume ^^ ^^^ ' The ' ^ <^ J * ^^ of Sure « X meditations llLfi ^^ ^ Foundation Btf ^^ v ^ * m ^ ¦ ' w Ma m # ¦* b «^ y i ^ / w the Mr ~~ same ^— «¦ . Boys — author —~ m is , ,

    we gather from the tone of the work , a member of what it is the custom to term the Evangelical School the rel — , i and gious his life short will and be practical very generall chapters y wel on

    q if t _ j v corned . From MrDavid Wutt— ' A School & German

    M ~ Mr Vl'A ju ^ a . * ^^^ W W A ^ fc Al M V W . A A . ^ - *^ - * a ~ a *^\ s * - " v— - the Grammar author / of By this H . work W . Eye is , the M . A Head . The Master fact that of _ _ jM 1

    s guarantee University of College his fitness School to , supp London ly such , is a a sufficient manual to ;

    the and and student it ifc is is . , we wa of beli believe a eve foreign , , an an immense immense language advantage advantage to have its w difficulties \ % i « UVUlVlVU smoothed MiUVVV » V \« away ftJV TV % M J by J one »* W who " ** . " *^ is ——well

    acquainted with the idioms of his own tongue . clear The elementary and concise part and of the althoug Grammar h it is is admirably a difficult ¦——

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    aid of y , auch a work as this . From Atomic Messrs Theory . O / . b Kegan y Ad . Wurtz Paid , & translated Co . —' The by 01

    B r . aeminshaw ; nahaiir M ma . A . F T 7 . O fl . S . A A n nftw ew volume volume > S the eries publishers / -which ' ad is , m fast irable , placing ' International in the ScienUflo hands of

    foreign English students authors all on the scientific most important subjects worjw . ^ w ^ l

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1880, page 918, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111880/page/10/