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    i2 92 The Publishers' Circular Nov. i, 1...

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    be the father of Therese , being- one of the most prominent and clearly emphasised characters in

    name the book . The , to -work him of the translation French edition has been owes its - formed by Mr . Henry Llewellyn Williams , - per who

    has fully for reflecting the most the part spirit succeeded of the ori in g very inal . faith-From » P » ¦ " Messrs . Swan SoDnenschein PP»—l ^ B * * PP » PP- . f & Co . —

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    have the same quality of vigorous description lished which » p * » b < was ten so notable . in Nor Wallace does ' s it york show , pub the - bw pbp years ago ¦

    same p ^ v ^ p > ~ p ^^ - ^^ r -m ^^ m freedom ^ pp ~ ~^^~ ¦ ™ . * p » w "p » " ~ - ^ " »^ pp » ¦ * from - ^ — ^ H ^ ppf , ^^^ "pf the — * ^ pp . p ^^ stronge — — ~^ p- *^^ p ^ —— r — ™ -r ~ forms ^— — ™ ~ - » ^— of —^ — political bias . » Considering ¦— the ever-changing

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    the British cannot jhelp observing the aspects of Russian national life , for the traditional

    allayed hostility . , or The rather book jealousy Jbefore , is us far , ignoring from being its political bias , is one that throws modern light

    especially upon the subj in e dealing ct ; its , information with the progress being fresh of , Nihilismand the expansion of the Kussian

    Empire . , These subjects alone would make the qualities book valuable of the , bu > ' t translation in other respects of Tikhomirov the graphic 's

    woi books \ k should of the season give it . a high place among the From the same . —' The Sport of Circumstances '

    by Louis B . Armstrong . There is much enter , - taining incident in this novel , and many oi the characters are forcibly drawn . The constant use

    of full the y emp present loyed tense , is apt , however to becom , unless e monotonous very , skil . - Mr . Armstrong's humour occasionally verges on

    says the g one hastl of y . the ' We characters lunched . in ' L the or ' , my churchyard . dear , ' re- , '

    p a ing ddresse lies the Mrs d rep . , app Puddock ly arentl ' how , y to could for whom the you purpose the eat remark your of insp food ir is

    along with the worms ? ' From the same . — ' Lucy Carter : a Story of Middle

    scarcely Class Life complain , 'by Thomas of want C . Junior of variety . Readers in this can ¦ novel ^ " ^ ' ^^ . ^ The ~™ ¦ * T ~^ characters ^ ' ^ ^^^^^ " ^™^ P * ^» " b - ^ - ^— ^^ p » - ^^ -j ¦ « m comprise ^ pppr - *^ ^^^^^ pi ^ H h ^^ ^ w r ^ . « ^ pp . ^ ^ a v ^ heroine ^ p ^ ppp > - ^ ppr pipb - ^ pp ipjpa p . Pt ^ PB | ^ B ^ F ' who * W fV 4 ^ ^ m , . H

    goes after to a fashion the East- whi end ch to seems practise popular philanthropy nowadays ; a , brave but humble herowho struggles manfull

    and - — - successfull ' ^ T ^ P- - — - — - — v — — — ¦ ' - y ~^ against - ^ —P' ^™ ~^^ , W the W V 1 ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ 1 ^ disadvantages ""^ F ^ PP | p II VPK | HPK PPPP > - ^ t ^ I \^ PPPhi ^ Pt ^ ^ - ^ p # P >« of . tfP . ^ PF ^ Pp his p . .. p ^^ y W birth ; a drunken doctor , one Dr . Pestle , who

    down eventually stairs puts ; Mrs an . KiHick end , to the himself superintendent by falling of

    ascetic a crdche clergyman in Watney , named Street Francis , Shoreditch , who possesses ; and an an unpleasant butperhaps scarcely unjustifiable

    Wit partiality h this for material exceeding and the the bounds assistance of his of office a few . minor characters _^_ - ^ pbbI tli ^ e author l has constructed tm ~ - ¦ a

    telling . __ . _ ., _ . ^^ narrative v _ p , _ ^ p ^ *~ ST . , V w- - ^ P — ^ PJ ^ - B ¦ ¦¦ P . P « PP' ^^< P ^ ^» * P"i WlPfc pVfeP ^ P- « HV * . P ^^ » ^ . P' ^ ^ pT » ^^ ^¦ ' ¦ 4 ^ B ^ ^ " ^ "P * ^ p" ^ " " ¦^^ F From the same . — ' Doonan : a Tale of Sorrow and

    th of at Joy Enderby , ' by Melville I ' says one Gray of . the * How girl I characters do hate

    in this amusing novel , speaking of a male

    admirer . Enderby , however , seems fully to merit I ¦ bets _ ^ __ dislike and ^_^ ^_ . ^ 3 ^_^ ~— , since ¦¦ - _ . & that we H . — . ^ m . A- find she ~ * - « h hincTlater must ~ J ~ ^ PBP * p » B P . W be ^ PPPBk . ^ p ^ bro on * - ' , ^ pp > P ^ making bPhPl ^ . 1 J | to I

    submission yet ^ and she vowing . shan No wo ^^ 't be man ^ the has 6 rst ever . conquered Nevertheless ught me I I

    , he Pka rather fails A a H an in A exemplary his « M ¦ object ^ being and subsequentl , proving B ¦ ¦ of ^ y consider turns T . out - able assistance in aterrible shipwreck . The chief

    character of the story is Doonan Kemplay , who marries a man older than herself , for whom she has no love . Naturally , matters do not run very

    intervention sinoothly at first of . an , and old throug lover h a the serious treacherous misunderstanding is caused but ultimately the

    cloud clears away and sunshine ^ and brightness guid succeed at . first The , gains story considerabl , from being y * in somewhat interest when

    lanand once from the dire thence ct plot proceeds of the narrative effectivel is unfolded y to the , close . ' Doonan' certainly gains nothing from

    11 the closeness author of says ^ b revision ^ that ^ , . on Sp rf u retiring , eak ing ^ m to of the the b . pph drawing . h eroine ^ - , after dinnershe placed C ^ l several CW , of

    1 room KiTschn UUU 1 iXJ er -LiCl ' s " Album . IJ . lJ . VX , , Leaves OilC- ' " IJAc with t ^ - an excellent VCiUi . touchy and in a style that left nothing to be

    desired . ' I From Mr . "Willialn Stevens . —The new volume

    o ( the ' Favourite Fiction Series , ^ which has come - to hand ¦ , contains ' The House in the m PPP ' ^ pIpp . » ^ ^ PPk ' _ - " A ^^ M *^ h ^ h . - - ^ M ^ M ^ ^

    Close , ' and six other stories , / fhese are of a kind familiar of what and for want very warml of a bett y acceptable er wordwe to readers call , , may

    and ' emotional though ' li in ght one literature or two . instances All are interesting the plot , seems somewhat weakthis disadvantage is

    more than compensated * for by the large amount of human interest that is infused into the narrative . Each story is more than equal in

    length to an ordinary one-volume novel ; and thus in the entire work readers have quite a wealth of fictional enjoyment set before them .

    From 3 VTr . T . Fisher TJnwin . —We have here a very beautiful volume of pretty little gems

    of poetry . ' The New Purgatory and other verses Poems which / by E . may K . Chapman be respectively , is a denominated collection of

    author narrative ' s genu and ine lyric humanity , but , all which through is prominent it is the . In the ' New Purgator 3 r' the worst characters

    who ever lived on earth are become angels the of lig author ht and ' s love idealism . In is a shadowed Poet ' s Footsteps and in ' 4 Unfrocked ' hex spirituality is , manifest .

    Want specifica of lly space mention unfortunatel or quote y forbids from us the to verses ¦¦ ¦ . T They b are briht little s of

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    rh out yming , thoug it h is , always that in on . the the first strict syllabl art e of of

    Thus double * overhead and treble ' and rhymes ' foreshadowed that the accent ' are falls not ,

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    one that will admit of the elision of the e ' that precedes the consonant and one that will not . Those that -fj wil ft f l admit tf of apiFW the elision should i

    **^^ ^ ^ V ^ p- ^ fPIipb dFla ^ V ^ b ^ f" fffpift ^( pr ^ v " « fTfT * * b ^** . ^ ^ ^ p ^ ppj ^^^ gp ^ > ByH ^^ ^ f 4 ^ fK pJHp ^ h ^ ^^^ ^^ -f pT ^ p ^^ ^^ --pT ^^_^ ^ b _ p ^ L W ^ J f & m AT ^ ft ^ L » ^ L ^ H ^ L ^ F LL JL ^ t , "fr 11 always be so used . ^ I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1887, page 1292, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111887/page/18/