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    N0T. ,, 1884 The Publishers' ! Circular ...

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    Book &O S B Jlx Eceived Tajmlil \ Xlu : ...

    one of legends , another of nimes , beside a general b index rerum . "We must not forge - - t _ to _ say _

    that _ , ^^ ^ ^ ^^ there . ^ w — - — — — are a number — of quaint _ _ illustrations — . . — ^^ from "*** old ~ —sources . Mr . Folkard ' s ' PJant-Lore ' ax of than M V 600 f 4 * % »* Y closel Y * ^ V ^ A ™ i

    is an octavo ^^ more ^ y printed pages . From Messrs BBBB ¦ .. _ . James Macl _ . _ e _ h _____ . ose _ & Sonsof

    1 J _ \/ » -m fc ^^»— — — — , Exercises Glasgow . , — D * ialogues German , Grammar and a Vocabulary , with Cop , ' ious by Clemens ^^ ^ ^_ , ^ . __ . __— Schlomka - , M . A ., Ph . D . The — - publishers ^ - — — — ~ —

    to the University of Glasgow here give us a German grammar based on the principle of ' line upon ** T ~ line , precept A A upon _ k precept -L <_ L •/ for the author

    contrives to introduce into the exercises an average of about twenty new words in each day ' s lessoD , and no word is employed until its _____ use ____ as _ a ____ part ___ __ of __ r __ .

    fa speech U * * ' shion bv —— * in has 4 — which been ^ m the ^^ exp pronunciati ^ * lained * ___ — ^ . on The _ p _»« _ . of the descri ^ A - German a _— ptive — __ letters is described is cleverand the stress which

    is laid upon the interchange , of sounds between German and English letters will virtually serve as a kind of' Memoria Technica' which will assist the

    Th pup ere il in is committing in fact thro the ughout German the words book the to memory impress . of ^^ « v * ¦ individual ^» ^ " ^ —¦«¦• ^ v ¦ «— ¦ 1 m — and ¦•¦ ^ - —— — ^ orig --- ™ p f ^ D inal ^^ thoug ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^_!^^ B ht ^^^^ ^^ ¦ app m m ^ lied ^^^^ ^^ » for ^™ ^^ ^^* the ^^ ^ " * " ^ b '

    benefit of the pupil , and it is easy to see that the book is the fruit of a teacher ' s practical experience .

    From Messrs . Marpon et Flammarion , Paris . — 'Le Saucisson a pattes' ( The sausage with paws ) , a new novel by M . Eugeneis a lively and amusing

    chronicle of Hctitious ml «__? Parisian , life . The author which is so well we need known onl by instance his piquant La Chiffarde romances th , at of y

    we have little more to do than to announce , the for appearance it aa expectant of a new work public . from Satccisson his pen , to a s pattes ecure

    Beau is to a Frangais great extent j of an Fil- account a-beurre , of and the of exp the loits re of - nowned society of the Chauffeurs , names too

    colloquial to be translated here ; but there is also a romantic story interwoven with the more comic part of the book , which shows that the author can

    appeal to the tender emotions of his readers as veil as to their faculty for laughter . From tions Measra for the . UNTisbet Children & / by Col— H . ' Sunday M . Barclay Occupa . A -

    amusement collection _»__ . n * of of /_ most young _ ingenious people on inventions Sundays _ . for ** Some the t -m of the — games ^^ y — ¦»¦—_¦ ¦ ^ n-r suggested w ^ ^ r « Mb M-K ¦ ** " * m * ^ t ^ r •^ V mig " « « - B ^ b ht ^ ^ ^^ ¦ perhaps - * ¦ »^ - > ^^^^ ^ -W ^_» ¦ tend " ~ -T —™ « n > to w ^^

    into irreverence the child , so ren that ' s own the book hands oug ; but ht not it will to be furnish given ; is 18 a mother taken tak _ I _ , in in with the _ . hft flpiiA selection many ^ iinn valuable of nf r _ lans l _ i . n hints H to fn , be Via and tried t . _» . , «< if care will " _ cill

    accomplish rather than its a purpose dull day of in making the p nursery Sund . ay Sunday a brig , ht - school — — teachers W too / will 11 find t some UVVIl & of VTJk the / 4 ' / -

    U A ^^« v ** __ h V # _ t --L . r » 0 , C » VV ^ , J *__ IAA JLA-A-BV-. U . ILV occupa ^ -V . ^ * ** ^*** Minutes tions _^ * useful at the for end filling of a up lesson the . occasional odd five

    Frojn punboyne the same . A . — very « Sammerland pretty story Grange , but , 1 one » . * by which Lady jt 1 l 18 Ifl difficul n ioth ***«!* t to A _ - ^ class * " ! ^ —___ .. tinder o . _ _ 3 _ — _ . _ _^ __ of X ? the 4 . \_ ^ . usual .. « . ^ heads \~ . — . _ - _ . _» 3 «

    for ft is servants certainly and neither _ intended be any best _ for described _ children nor ,

    the nove uo ordinarv ordinary l in very , rule rul smal ©_ it it l may com opens onnns pass with \ iri , th thoug a a newly newlv h , contrary --married married as to a

    lighter ^ ° up le . married The heroine , to farmer , Grace 3 is , ft a clergyman natured ' s

    Ionian o" " whos ' wou « household . iaj » a a ju . ; jut is the , , j » bri » sunny ouu ht uj centre - * uaiiuou of P * W 8 h , work andinterestsround which g gather

    J « e lads and lasses ' who subsequently , pair joiFinto 1 * K > TOeS of thfti-p nwn T 3 * v « mr tiv _ uHA thn . t . A . ri _ tPH is

    ^ S tue book / * ? is ly hopefulness cle « ired < auray . , and the key-note » of

    From The the au same thor . — descri 'Up High his / b book y the Rev . O . title Everard - . page

    as Friendly Words' to those within and to those certainl without — - y m . the get f ^ — Fo — the — ld ¦— ¦ -m- of largest _ Ch — |^ K rist ^ > v -mr ' share W ; -- but - » W ^ - ^ * of - ** those - ^ « bis -V *>» V withou counsel ^• r ' ^ r * * m *^««* V ^^ t V . '

    The which volume stands is alone divided , and into would ten chapters form a , suitable each of address for a mission service . Mr . Everard ' s

    y sry trations Je is . simple , and he makes large use of illus-Fro Macritchie macritcnie m the same . — Drift Leaves , ' by Margaret S .

    poems , simp . . le A A , sometimes small small volume volume rather or of hymns hvmns sentimenta and and sacred sacred lbut on the whole fairlgoodthough they lack , the

    y , and ' go ' the which — lines _____ characterises here — — — __— ____ and __— ____^ ... p- ^ there ____ , ^^ _____ Miss ^_^ . ^^ are __ v ^ __^^ Havergal __ halting ^^^ - ^ ^__ ^ __^ ^ ^^_^ ^^_ . ^ ' s Among verses ^__^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ,

    the ' Given best , ' and pieces ' Hope are . ' ' In the Sunday School , " From , the same . — ' Ivy Leaves : selections - » - - | p ~ k ^ from the

    pri pretty Poems nted idea of scroll , Frances prettil -wise y with Ridley carried — ivy - ^ mm Havergal ^ - out leaf «^ v — ^^ . ornaments ^^ Each ^ ^ . ' V- _^ ^ -B A ^ page V > ^^ _^»*» very ^_ r ^ in - > is ^ ^ M ^

    from light one and of dark the green popular ^_ - - ^ — — , and writers - every — — — ¦ ¦ , h page ymns ^ m w ™ ^ ^ v has p ^ p or ^ b » - ^ ba a poems ^ pp ^ ^ verse " ^^ ^^ ^ p *^ ^^ * % * , va

    Calendar apportioned month to the . A morniog brief preface and evening signed Frances of the A . Shaw points to the symbolism of the ivy as

    experiences set forth in the of life Bible . , The and verses as illustrated , it is needless by the to say , are simple and beautiful .

    From Years *^^ — - » ' — — Messrs —^ v / b — y y J *^ . . *¦ ^ M Partrid - — - . » Wey - » ^ p- ^ » ^ llaDd ^ ^^ ge NW » ^^ ~ —» fc & . w Co Th " »^» ^ " ^ . is — ^^ is « ' ""^^ These the ^ pf 44 * ^^ < Jubilee 1 ^ ^» T Fift ^ P ^ pT p » 4 b ^ p y ^^ p * m P A _ ft ¦ a ^» a a .

    an Volume ^^^ account * of of ^ the the London ^^ work ^ City from * Mission ^^ its first , beg and inning gives — ( at a meeting held in Dublinconsequent upon a

    letter written to the Bishop , of London by Mr . down Baptist to Noel the present on the condition day . The of chief the London originator poor of )

    the scheme was David Nasmith ; other workers soon gathered round him , a society was formed , house-to-house visitation was begun , Bibles were

    ladies distributed ' services , temperance were enlisted unions , rescue were work formed of , I I various kinds was commenced , and - organisations - cj — - u I

    too numerous to mention were planned and carried I Wey out . lland The 's staff narrative of missionaries is interesting is now in the 460 extreme . Mr . I J

    and though the Mission is not conducted on ex- , t members clusively Chinch furnish lines church , the workers life stories with of its I I may many

    useful hints . 1 Fro W" ^^ ^^ m ^^ " ^^ Messrs VP ^ TP ^^ P ^ ^^ P ^ V ^ P- IP ^ . BT . ^ W G - ^ B ^ W . V Houtledge . BP ^ V ^ T ^ B ^ p- IB ^^ B . ^ pVJ B ^^ P- ^"""""^^^ B ^^ & V ^ P TV ' *** 80 ** ^ " ^^ ns ^¦ " ¦ V B" *^ . V — ' Uni ^ " *^ ^^ *""

    versal Library . ' Among the latest additions to this cheap and elegant series of famous books are the *• *»•»• •¦ ' * Table - « . - » - f «<« r « a •> **• Talk «• « paM * w ' of « 4 , v « v- > ¦ Samuel rvw * *»» * - *» a . « p « k ^» V Tay . ASV M » I lor « b ^ p ^ "fc Colerid ^ fc- » v ^ p r m- ^ r ** ¦> «>«> ge ipK -v , >| >> and - »^«« i

    the * Decameron ' of Boccaccio . Coleridge ' s Table Talk' has a short biographical notice by Professor with Morley the , and well a -known particularl initials y interesting * H . N . 0 . ' preface The

    V V 4 . ^^ m AaiBBk vap * *¦*¦» ^ w * T WB ^ pp > p » t ^ pwbB . pBpTt v ^ p ' w W pv * « V pB pV * ¦ # pVi ¦ # ¦) *« V pp > v « p * Wb -jp ^ V ** ^^ V ^ bp ^ ^ bpbpp pi ^^ bj vjr volume also gives us The Rime of the Ancient Professor Mariner , ' and Morley » ' Christabel : ' . The ' Bbbi bpj Of f whole «— his - ' framework Boccaccio ¦ ¦ I - ^ P- bf - ^ p ^ bb /

    Bj M » «¦• the ^^ B * «^ W " « a Decameron ^ «^ ¦ OBB ^ PB * ^^ * . bI ^ b' W says * n ^ " ^^ is p »*^ here 9 * b g iven ^ - ^ - , with ^— — - ^ ^ forty ^^ - - of ^ its «^ -v tales have , been including given all none the of best them . Ten important more ; mi but ght

    the PIHB ^^**^ PF W ^^ book ^^ ¦ »^^^ ^^^ ^^» ^ gains ^* - ^*^ Bf ^^ V ^^ much ^^ ^^ , by the — — omission of the other bT ^^ — fifty illustrate . - Indeed - in their , the own novels - of the . the i Decameron drawn ir ¦ way sayng

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1884, page 1109, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111884/page/17/