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    Nov. i, t88& * Tite Publishers' Circular...

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    -T ti rancis onate " r having egard been to 3 ais publisher father ' s of memory the Athen , John & uni

    for fifty years . The history of that great critical journal is well described in the pages of these volumes — — — , but — " ~ - — — - ~ for — - ~~ ordinary - ^ ¦ ~ ~^^ r * - ^ — ^ f ^ readers ^^ - ^^ ^^ -- ^ » v "" ppw ^ v ^ v ^ b ^ the w ^^^^» ^ mr charm ^^^ ^ . Bf ^ h PBp ^ v ^ m ^ k 4 B ^ h of ^^^ « t ^»

    the book is to be found in its extra-mural information . Many will be thankful for so concise ™~ ¦ — - ™ - a — — compendiu ^^ ~— ¦ ¦¦ — ^ " - ~~^ ~^ " —™ m —^^ " of ^ ¦— the " ^^ •»•» - ^^ events - **_» - w - ^ pr ^ tm ^ pv v ^^ in ^* ^ p * - ^ b the ^ v ^ k ^ b ^^ pr world V w ^^ ^^ ¦» ^~ s ^*

    of letters , art , and science daring the period referred to . From ' — Messrs . Gilbert & Rivington . —* Victoria

    ^— — ^ ' — — — — ¦ " — " - ^^ ' ^^ ^™ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^»^ ^^ - ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ m ^ p ^^^ mag ^ » ^^ ^^ ^ k ^ ^^^ 4 ^ ^ ik ^^^ if Cblonna , ' by the Hon . Alethea Lawley . The life of this wonderful woman of the Reformation ¦ has often ¦ been ¦ b presented to mf English

    — — ^^ '—~ ^~^~ ^ ^ - ' - ~ r - ^^ ' *^ r - ^ ~^ w ^^ . v v ^^ ' ^^ w ^ - »^ * m—m ^^ - ^^ ^^^» ^^ r ^* - ^ m 4 ^^* hg ^ ^^ ^ b ^ i r «^ ¦» readers , but never in a more attractive form . ¦¦ Born —^ in ¦— ~ 1490 ^^^ ^ ¦ ^ " i , y ¦ she - ~ ^^ ^^ ^ saw ^^ " ^^ ^ ^ » the ^^ ^^»^^ ^ h ^ ^ fierce . ^ ^ fc ^^ *^^ ^^^ ~ i ~ ^ and ^^ v ^* ^^^ v unhol ^^ ^ 4 n ^ m ^* ^ ^^^ ^^ y w

    strifes waged by popes , kings , and sovereign princes for temporal and spiritual . She

    ¦ — — the —— ' ~ birth ~~~ ^^ — ~~ ¦ ¦ and ^ ^^ ^^ ^ progress ^ ^^ ^ " w ^*^^ - ^ v ¦ «^^ ka of r ^^ ^^ ^ B the ^^ ^ F «^ ^ ii 1 — Kef power 1 ^^ ^ " ^ ormati ^^^ ^^ ^ ' ^^^ on ^ " ^* ^ fc , and —— — — from — - ^ — her - — — lofty — - ^ —* ^ ^ m position m ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ as *^ ™* r v scion ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ j ^ t ^ m of ^^ m * the ^^ d ^^ ^^^

    mighty Colonna , and wife of the brilliant - Pescara * - \/ WV « M * M'y , she MA ^ V was TV fc * f ** 7 brought V \* * - *^^ *¦*¦ * - * into 1 UUV / the VliV / ¦ hottest U' ' -U U \ - / O U part L / iVlU

    of the conflict between r Papacy and Protestantism . Her cultivated mind favoured the

    via media , and she rendered that party powerful support . She will also be

    remembered as the poetess of the period , as well as the close friend of Michelangelo . From Messrs ¦ . Hurst & Blackett . *— ' The Track

    ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ' ^ " ^ - ^ " ^^ ^^ p ^^ - ^>^^^ . p ^^^ v ™ ^ - ^^ r ^«^ v ^ p ^^ r ^ ^^^^^ B ^ i ^^^ H ^^ v ^^^ b ^ i ^ p ^ ^ f ^^ ^^ v ^^ r ^^^ v ^^ i ^^^^ ' ^^^ B ^^ P ^ p ^^^^ ^^^ P ^^^ p ^^ ^ B ^ B * ^ p ^ . f ^ b ^ Bh wbtfVV ^^^*^ p | ^ ^ q ^ qi ^ b ^^ bf ^^ pp * dh ^ V of the Storm , ' by Dora Russell ; Readers of fiction are pretty well accustomed to the

    wayward actions of luckless heroines ; but even the most experienced , we venture to think , will regard with astonishment the indiscretions

    of Miss Lucy King , daughter of a somewhat improvident clergyman in the north of England . This young ~ - ___ lady - having learnt PBf ¦¦¦ of the

    death storm — — ' ~ at of sea — her ^ , is lover _ . persuaded — , __ Jack - » y , , Munsters under ^ ' ^ F ^ S ^^ ^ PBT— the ^ F , * during m ^ p ^^ lea JB _ — * . B of . ^ a ^^ helping her parents ¦— into marrying a man

    much - ^— ~ " BJ ~ " - ' older B ^^^ V ^^ than ¦ " ^^^^ ^^ f- herself *~ ** ' i ¦ , w and ^~ ^^»^^^ r ^»> for ^ ^^ ^ M » 'whom *^ ¦¦ Br ^ Bt ^ pBJK ^ B ^^> she JB |^^ B ^^ B > B ^^^ Bf ^ BB has ^ Bj ¦ ¦ ¦ very . ^ B ^^ no r real attachment . This is a state of affairs that very frequently happens ¦ " in ¦— fictionand we are »

    now — Bk # qu ite prepared ^ M ¦ ^^ ¦ ¦ for ^ " ^ ^~ " ^~ the ^ " — ^^ reappearance ^^ ^^ , i ^^ ^^ ^ p ^ f —1 |— ^ p- ^ pk , PH ^ B ^ - ^ f B ^^ ^ r ^ fe T P 7 of ^^^ ^^ the ^^^^^ ^ supposed dead lover , with all the interesting complications that must necessarilensue .

    But for so bold and imprudent a step y as the separation of Lady Harley , nee King , from her husband and her secret departure to

    Hampstead , where she holds , frequent meetings with her old loverand finally ¦ ¦ ¦ on ¦ his **» - ^ being wounded

    by ' ~~ ~^— ' a jealous ' " ^ - " ^ — , rival - »* " ^ - ^^^ , »^ xeceives ^^— P-v ^ , H 1 ^ •*« . him ^> B ^^ F ^^ into ^^ J * ^ P » -p » P *^ the ~ * ^"' ^** same JW * - ^ T ^_ B ^ p ^ n ^ B house ' - ~ HA ^— — —~ ^ " ^ , we - - ^~ - were » » ^ ' ^ —~ ' ^ s ¦ ** carcel " ^ PF Mi m B - ^^ - ^* - «^¦ — y ¦ prepared pw ^^ - ^ ptf' BJr Pk'vrpPBk "P ^ pr ^ tf ^ pm , £ nor A JIB ^^ ^^ do ^ rfPl , ^^^ we V V ^ h ^ — pm p ^ dpfe ^* ^^_ ¦»__ ¦ ^ _

    think very much of Mr . Jack M unsters' conduct in thus exposing his love to the chance of adverse ¦ ^ ^^ ^ * ^^^ ¦ ^^ " ^ p ^ r criticism —^^ *^ h ^^ v ^^ w q ^^^ ¦ "V t—n ~ ^^^ mm ^ m ^ . ^ * Perh ^ b ^ ~^ r ^ pi ^ ^^ 4 ^ aps ^^ p . H ^^ # ~ VN ^ B * it ^ BBi ^ B ^ would V f ^ p ^^ ^ B ^ PBI BB j ^ k *^ Pv have ^ Bw ¦ ' ^ . ^^^^ V ~ ^ k ^^ been v ^^ v ^ w ^ ' ^ B ^^^ J ^ J ^

    as well if Lady Harley had paid more attention to the counsel of hex aunt , Mrs . Cranley Forbes , worldl ¦ ¦ ¦— y-wise and objectionable in s

    ' - -w- . ^ ^^ ^ / ^™^ i * ' " ^ ¦ PM - »^— -- ^^ -vh ^ r ^^ - p ^^ - ^^ pp « - ^^ , PBh ^ n ^ W I mm' ^ ' ^ fc ^ ' « P ^ * W * m ¦ many — JP ) ^ tfPV ¦**¦¦ T way f ^ ^ . i ^ f W Pti , ^ as that lady was . Por the rest , ' The Track of the — - —— - - ~— Storm - - ^ — ™ ~~ - ^ p ¦— - / m ** if - - ^ not p ^*^ ^ a ^ - ^ - a fBTPv story p-v ^ - ¦— ^^ w of - ^^ *—• remarkable ^^ «^ p » i «^ b ^> p ^ j ^ m ibbi ^> «^ b ^ *¦• ^^^ " cha ^^ j ~ r . w « w -

    interesting xacter or intensi the ty re , lias ader the , without merit of raising pleasantl any y turbulent " ¦ ' ~ W ""~* ~^ ~—— - passions —~— V *« - - *^ — ^» " — - ¦ - ^¦•^^ ; PH and * Pi > I WP" ^ in *» ^ many ¦ B »^^ B > B > # VJB , ^ H respects JBJ , ^^ pT Bfc . ^^ K ^ -p ^ pT ^^ it J * B V

    appeals to poor humanity with no slight force . From hai ( Messrs London . Kelly : Sampson A Walsh Low , & Limited Co ., Limited , Shang ) . — -

    * Chinese Account of the Opium War , ' by E . H , - Parker . This neat , well-printed little volume <

    form of which s No . it 1 of treats the Pagod is exceptionall a Library . y interesting The subject . In its main lines the story is practically a

    translation of the last two chapters of the ' Sh 6 ng Wu-hi , ' or ' Military Operations of the

    Present Dynasty , ' but for the benefit of European readers the dates have in some instances been altered , while the wearisome

    portions have either been entirely omitted or cleverly summarised . The author very truly remarks on the powerful testimony afforded by

    the story to the marvellous faithfulness with which the Chinese endeavour to perfect their ¦ histories v »^ ¦^ V ^ PP' B ^ V ^» ^ pT ^^ P > ; PB Pfc and ^ f ^^^ ^ P ^^ . from p ^ P > ^^ ^ p ^ P ^ . ^^ V this VT ^^»^^ ¦ P ^ I point B ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ of ^ BP > ^^^ view w ^ v ' ^ ppi V W ? ^ alone ^^^ V ^* ^ p ^ ^*^^^* ^ tpT , ^ H !

    as well as for other reasons , Mr . Parkers work is deeply attractive . From Messrs ¦ ¦ . Sampson Low & Co . Limited BBBPiB . —

    - ™ ^^ ^ " ^ ^—^^^ BPWI ^^ ^^ ^ ™ « H ^ B ^ rP ^ ^ T ^ r ^¦¦¦ ^^^^^^^ ' ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^^^ " ^ ¦¦^ ¦¦^^ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^ " ¦ W ^ ^^^ ^ , V ^ "" ^—^^ - ^ B ^ BB" ^ P ^ ^ " ^^ ^^ BP . V ^ * The Tyranny of Mormonism , ' by Fanny Stenhouse . This , the autobiography of the wife of a Mormon missionary and elder who

    for many years lived in Utah , is keenly attractive as furnishing a closer scrutiny into the inner life of the community ; than we previously

    possessed . The story Mrs . Stenhouse tells gains force and graphic power from its very ^ realism ^^ ^ p ^ ^^^ v ^^^ ^^ - ¦ ¦ ^ BV ^^ M ^^ p . ^ PHkpBf Her ^ i ^ ' ^ ^ BBBB ^ account B ^*^^ ^ BjpP ^ B ^ F ^¦¦ B ^ ' ^^^^^ ^^ Bi ^ 1 ^* ^^ of ¦ ^ V ^ H the — - ¦ ^— —^~ - ' sad ^ - ^ - ^^ ^ v ¦ - ^^ p ^ M ~^^ ilgrimage ™™ m ^ m ^ ppl ^ BB ^^ ^^ ^^^ IBm PP' ^^^ MBBk ^ Bi ^^

    to Zion , with the many bitter disappointments and sad revelations—dimly foreshadowed , but scarcely realised before—that awaited her

    there , is told with almost painful intensity . The volume contains several illustrations . From- thesame . —' The Walks Abroad of Two

    _ Young PBBBN ^ B ^ Nat ^^ ^ BB . uralists Phi ^ . I ! ' translated - ¦¦ ^ H from ^ h the _ IK French apMBi ^ B of F «¦ . ^ L ^^—^^^^^ Charles . ^ S ^ b ^ . ^ , ^ B ^ F ^^^^ . » Z ^^ p ^^ p ^ Beaugrand . ^ S » ^^^ . - ^ ¦> . ^ In ^^ m " *^^^^ m this ^^— - , - - ¦ ^^ b ~^ y volume — David ^^^ — — ¦— - — ^ - ^ , ^ m Sharp which ' ¦ ^^ ^^™ , ^^^ — - ¦ ^ M . has ^ p ^ ^ B w - ^ t ^—mf . ^^ BP ,

    attained wide success in the land of its birth , an attempt is made to combine the more popular h i ~—~ i facts of natural ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ^— ¦ history ¦— i with ¦ i i some

    ¦ ~^ r - ^ r ^— ¦ ¦¦ ^^ ^— ^^« ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ v - ^— - ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^» ^^ ^ ^» ^^ — — - — — - ^^— - ^— v ^^ ^ h ^^ ^^^^^^^ "i ^ ^»^ amount of human character study . Tn this way it is hoped to initiate an interest in zoology which shall eventually lead the reader

    to consult the more weighty and scientific works . From this point of view the book is worthy of very hih commendation . The style

    is . readable * v and «/ g light , without being in the 4 / slightest degree flippant ; and the information is deftly and unobtrusively finterwoven with

    the narrative . The volume contains upwards of one hundred beautiful illustrations , which prh serve ^ V 1 ~ ^* m T ^*^^ very * ^^^ ' i ^ F ^ •/ effectivel ^ p , ^ r pr ¦¦^^ ^^^^ ^ h ^^ P ^^ V ^ ^ ~ 1 ~ ^^ B ^ y to ^^ | ^ bring ' ^^ - PF ^^^ ^^ , ^ * ^ J > out « ^^ ^— ~—r the - ^ WT **^^ ^ ' meaning IH ^ ^^ ta ^^ ^ ' ^ . ^ r ^^ V ^^ ^^ K ^^ ^ i ^ ^^ ^ J ^^ fe

    of the text . As si gift-book it should be particularly worthy of attention ; and we can well imagine the happy faces of the young- lads

    into whose hands it should chance to fall . Dr . Sharp ' s labour as translator has been performed with excellent h choice f - ^|^ v ¦ of Fi language f hi and

    MO ^^ pF V ^ > P 4 d ^ v ^ B * ^ n ^ b *^ k ^ P PF Jt , ^ f ^ ^^ . ^ B ^^^^ ^^ ^^ i ^^^ p ~* m ^ ^ mm V ^ ^ . pB ^ ^ F ^ ^ ^ ifp ^^^ -H - ^^ p- ^^ - ^« ¦ " — — - ^ " ^ ^^ p ^ F ^ pk ~ m— v— ^ m * ^ - ^ BBBB . p I W V ' ^ ^^ V ^ # ^ B a thorough appreciation of the original . ^ From K ^^ ^^ p ^^^^ ^^ aw ^^^ B the P ^^ ^ h ^^ h ^ B ^^ y same ^^ P ^^^ y p ^^ B ^^ h ^ B ^^ . P * — ' * Science ^ - ^^ ^^^ . * ^^^ ^^^^ mr ^^^ ^^^ ^ and ^^ ^^ ^^ " ¦ ^^ ~^ Geology ^^¦ ^ ^^^ ^>^ — ^^ ^^ f ^^ b . F ^ in ^ ^^^^^ relation h ^ ^^ ^^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^ p ^ PP * ^^^^ F p ^ # ^ f

    to the Universal Deluge , ' by the Rev . W " . B . Galloway , M . A . The author of this work presents Jgf much - ^^ m ^^ V ^ fl ^ « ^^ pP ^ Jk valuable * of W ^*** *•¦ P ^ F ! PK > t the &^^ V W ^^ F <^ ~| » and B ^^^ V ^^ hi P « ^ t ^^ BH ^ instructive ^ « P— in ^^ I l | l ^^ ^ B ^ the ^^ - ¦ ^«^ ^ - f f * — info - ^ ' *— ¦ ¦ - " ^ - . rmation ^^^^ ^ . ^~^ V - ^^ - « ^ k ^ F ^ ^ . k i ^ KV in . » # tk ^ ph

    favoi ^ r belief Universal Deluge as opposed to the opinions of some modern geolog Bta ists who are inclined to substitute ¦ ¦ what

    P ^^ fp ^ ^^^ f ^ t ^^ V ^ Bb 'B ^^ 1 Bf ^^ ^^ P ^^^ V IB' P ^^ P / PJ P ^ ^ B ^^^ Pb ^ V ^^> ^^^ . ^ ^^^ ^^* ^^^ V ^^ . ^ . >^ i ¦ ^^ v « F «^ ~— ^^ ' ¦ ^^ ^ ~ f i ^^ - ^ ^ h ^^ v - ^ v v ^ . ^ K F ^ r ^^ r' ^ pr pa ^ is known as the Glacial Theory . Mr . Galloway reasons out his subject with conspicuous clearness and abilityand though many readers

    not agree with his , deductions , the . majority may will certainl -p ^^ ^^^ JK ^ r pl rnr «^ ^ k ^^ ^ 4 y w be Vfe ^ Pfc »^ impressed pi « ^ fc . ~ . ^¦ fch- ^ fi r ^ m -m , ^ ri * wi * - **^ 1 ¦ by " J the ^— —f .. ^^ -fp— / deep — - - -w I - - ^— thoug f ^^— -w - ^ a * f ^^ — ht ^ ^^ and ^^ ' ^ p' ^"" ml 1 *

    extensive reading the volume displays . Where necessary a number of descriptive diagrams are included . ¦ T '

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1888, page 1355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111888/page/17/