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    < * ¦- ¦ O From ^-^^M V^^V -Mr ' Messrs ...

    ——— From the same , —« The Dramatic Year ( 1887 r-88 ) , ' edited by Edward Fuller . The principal contents of this volume relate to plays produced

    on the American stage , of which many comprehensive and admirably written notices are givenbut in order to impart secial interest to

    it on , this side of the Atlantic p Mr . William Archer contributes a judicious and accurate r veaii esiimS / mS . of of * The Thft Season Season in in TjO London -ndon / . ' It It is is par ¦ Dar- -,

    ticularl well expression -known y instruc of actor op tive inion s and to in con plays the trast , with case the of the Ameri se views veral can entertained by the English critics . As instances

    of this we may note Mr . Irving ' s portrayal of several characters ; and the respective

    impersonations of Mr . Bichard Mansfield and Mr . Bandmann io * Dr . Jekyll and Mr . Hyde . , The

    contributors , in addition to Mr . Archer and the Editor , are Mr . H . M . Ticknor , Mr . G . E . Mont-MrCTCopelandMrJBanken

    gomery , . . . H . , . . Towse , and ]^[ r . Lyman Weeks . From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —The second

    volume of tlie neatly bound edition of Charles Kingsley ' s works that these publishers are now issuing le ' s consi inion sts ofy is e Hypatia ual to a , ' which of the deceas in many ed

    no peo p elist ' s op creations , . q The prin ny ters are Messrs . B . & B . Clark , of Edinburgh , who have turned out their work with a high degree of

    typographical excellence . Froin Messrs . Kegan Paul , Trench & Co . —* On the SensesIn IJiJ stinctsand Intelligence ^^^ of

    A «^ A- nimal * X ^ r Fu / VAAUVf s , with ^ f , - ¦ special - v ^ J . ^ -Vrf' */ fc reference _ r , «^ va ^ . i- ^ - . m . ^ to . a »^ ^^ . Insects ^ **^ % ^ " ~> -- / by - * - * — Sir Sir John TnVm Lub T , riKhr bock » r » lr _ Bar "Rn . rt t . . This This . thp the . latest latest

    ,, , volume of the ' International Scientific Series , ' can fairly be said to be unsurpassed in interest by of its predecessorsThough the author

    has any here gone out of his ordinary path , and it may even gently be hinted has strayed into

    others with which he is scarcely so well acquainted , the ability and steadfast purpose he

    has " smoo has broug " t hrnn hed crVih a ht wa to to diffic bear "hpar ultie upon nnnn s that his to worlc work a write have have r of less exact y would have appeared

    insurmountable AVk / tij v «» vwi / . energy x ^* - *^_ y Sir r ^ k / John ^^ . fc ^ - Lubbock ^ - < fc ^ « - ** ^^ ^ " ^ very MsAl ^ -F * - ^ ' ^ frankl *• " * " ~ * . ^ . » y acknowledges that his description of * the

    mechanism of the senses , and the organs by means of which sensations are transmitted / has

    been derived from a close study of various works and memoirs bearing on this subject ,

    and it is partly with the intention of saving others interested in the matter the labour of

    searching out the same information that he JL has ^ CA /*^ written V V A . JL ( -S Li V ^ - «¦ - « - C a ^ U portion * - ^ V ^ JL » - * J . V- * A . J . of X- ** - this VAAAkJ book V- ' V- * V ^ A ^ . Coming ^— ' V ^ r - » -Jl * AAAW . to V V >^

    his own observation of animals , the author is on familiar ground , and the result of his inquiries

    ¦ will will pvflv ever be hfi wp welcome » lr « OTnfi . We Wft pay drv him him no no slig alip * ht lit , compliment when we say that chapters of this volume volumft are are as as interesting interesting trom from the the naturalist naturalist ' s s

    point of view as anything he has ever written , and the entire volume will enhance the

    popularity of a series which has already gained a wide reputation for the accuracy and originalit svlitv of of its it , R work work . Over Ovtvr a a hundred hnndrfid illustra illustrations tions

    are y included in the text , and afford clearness and realistic force to its meaning .

    From Messrs . Q-. P . Putnam ' s Sons . —In the delightful series of ' Knickerbocker Nuggets / so elegantly * got up' and so beautifully bound ,

    the first volume of the * Essays of Elia \ has been issued . The refined genius of Lamb seems peculiarly appropriate to so dainty a production , and in their new settinwe can confidently

    g recommend the * Essays' to all admirers of the . deceased author . mS

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    . —«; . . —*—From by J BfejA ^ S oj ^ JE ib & ni Davidson Reeves . . —* The A useful Book of book Erin in , ' sdHHIIt with Primitive

    man IrelOTM |^ » HHravels . on open step s by step , ' until we are browHpito our own times . Acopious list

    of autho ^ oies r p given , while in an . appendix we have a list of * Original Planters' followed

    , by ( in Appendix C ) , ' -The Coercion Acts of the Century , * numbering 78 , and in another

    appendix we get the cost of coercion . The authorhowevermakes a curious mistakeHe

    , , . says in a note , * N " . B . —For contents , & c , see ¦ e ^ - " nd ™ ~ w of ^^ ^ " book g ^^ ^^ - ^^ ^ t ^ , j ' wh * F ^^ ereas v ^^ h . ^^ - ^ rf ^ r ^^ they ^ ^ baa ^ " ^ _ 7 ^ are ^ >* . ^^ p B ^^ laced blMW ^^^^ ^ rf ^ W at ^/ the ^ | ^ ^ - j

    beginning . The book is addressed to the democracy of the United Kingdom , but though it is excellently arrangedand full of useful

    information , it will scarcely , recommend itself to them by reason of its being marred with

    numerous doggerel rhymes . From bthe Messrs ^ author www » v ^ b > . Walte of * Ti — - * Cat ^ Smit » s ' This . J . & JifcK Innes is ¦— a . leasantl —* Pen , '

    wo rmr y * v ¦ " —— en story , in . - «^ - _ which » p ^ r an w »>• . agreeabl «<^ ! fi _ . » « e , p unaffected ft * ^ -Vj- ^ frCMi ^ J E 1 /^ y W style does much to cloak over jthe shortcomings

    . of a well-worn plot . Many of the characters are are exce excell llen entlv tly d drawn rawn , a and nd the t , hfi author author b hv her her

    of delica life , e perception rendered of the , interesting more touching . The , p y hases story closes amid an absorbing amount of

    misunder-. standing , but luckily this is all Cleared away , and Pen is left , aS she should be , perfectly contented and happy .

    From Mr . Elliot Stock . — ' The Dramatic Works of Mary Edw Eli in zabe Ather th A tone ther ' s edi ton e ed b These y his consist daughter of

    . ' Pelopidas ; or , r J'he Deliverance of Thebes * a play in five acts ; ' Philip , ' a tragedy in five acts , ; and 'A Farci-Comedy , ' also in five acts . Miss

    Atherstone naively tells us that these works were ret offered urned to them man y some manage of the rs , rejecting who unanimously managers ,

    however however , , had had the the courtesy courfesir to to send sr ^ nrl letters l Af . ^ rc commending them . The editress may console

    herself nersen wi witn th tne tlie undoubted undoubted fact tact that that a a managers manaoflr ' s refusal as as worthless wortniess of a piece . . Undiscernino Undiscermng does not ne - cessari manairprs ly stamp have ha ™ it

    oftenafterwards to their sorro managers wsent back plays , which ultimately have produced , colossal

    fortunes . From Elocutioni Messrs « k-t tf st ^ k ^ . : Marcus Select % ion rfh > " War ^ s in Pr & ose Co . — ¦ 1 ¦ ¦ d Garry Verse ¦ W ¦ ^¦ ' s

    ^^ " ^ ^*^ n ^ »^ »^» m ^^ ^*^ - ^ ^* W r ^ - ~ * ^^* A . ^^ ^^ y ^^ ^^ ^^^ p , J ^ ^^ P * J ^^ # an "" » adapted Jbtupert Rupert Q U for arry arrv Recitation . . The The author author and Reading , with with the th , ' « ed insi nn ited « io' b ht y t .

    that comes to him from long , experience in g the teaching of the elocutionary art , has made his selections selections with with great exeat care care , and and his his little Httl * work wnrt

    should undoubtedly prove useful , to those who purpose giving recitations . In a short introducti features on Mr . Gar his ry subject consid ers some of the leading

    From Messrs . Ward , Lock & Co . —* The Illustrated ~— « - — * - — - —»• History — " ¦ — — . p ^ -tw— . ^ j of ^~ r * . England -m-m ~~ m . ^^ . m * rMM .. ' ^* . , j - fro ••* V ^ JULJ m t UJL h AX e Earlie JLJC * A XX \> st ij U

    Times Dulcken , Ph the . D . year Occupying 1887 / a edited handsome by volum H . W . illustrated of oveT one with thousan varied d wo p oxlcuts ages , , and descri profusel ptive o y f the different ¦ oplelaces * . % ** \\ + and events that

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    of England our time / an . excellent In addition to the is Historj iven of the ' of history ^ of the nations summary of Europe , a g rranged in divisions divisions

    co corresponding rresponding : with with the the periods neriods of of been English been devo devoted history ted , . to to Much the the work work attention , which whinh lias is ia evidentl in in ' man mAmr y

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1888, page 1356, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111888/page/18/