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    his unconventional opinions were in his his thinki own , ng and as he in his fearlessly living *

    The expressed them here , selected heedless are of all jeers characteristic or ridicule . and , papers needless to say , at this late hour all well ,

    worth reading , Tne essays on ' Civil Disare obedience full of ' and startling on * Life things without startling a Principle ly said , '

    while the articles od John Brown , are perhaps ** , such as only Thoreau could have written . In an — — - ^ introductory — ¦ ~ " ~ ' ~— note " ^^ - ^ mr -mm there mr ^^^^ m -mm ^^ ^^ p- ^ is v ^ -t r ¦ a mmmr just ^^™ ^^ mm and v . ^ v ^** v ^ fc ^^ B ^ abl *» ^^^ mw e ^^

    estimate of Thoreau both as a man and as a writer . From 'Mr . David ¦ Stott . —* Essays on Men

    ^ pb ^™ - " — ^ — — ~ r " ~™ ^^ m ^ " ^ -mm ^» ^» W ^^^^^ —^ ^^ ^ v ^ J v ^ P ^^ ^»^^ ^» " ^» ^ B ^ ^»^^™ and Women , ' by C . A . Sainte-Beuve , edited with a critical memoir by William Sharp . We do not think Mr . Stott could have made a fitter choice for

    the third volume of his excellent series of * Masterpieces of Foreign Authors / than these essays by j Sainte-Beuve . The ¦ ¦ great ¦ -mr h - » French —— ¦¦ -mm mi - critic -mm h b is

    vinced too — ^ — little that — known Eng — — — lish — in readers Englan — - ^ v ^^ have d , yet ^^ ^ only m ^ we ^^ ^ mmwr are to ^^ make ^** ^ con ^^ ^^ — - his acquaintance to like him and to wish to

    know more of him . His qualities as a writer are best described by the word charming . Thoroughly Frenchhe is never dull and never

    heavy , yet he never , sacrifices matter for manner . The pen that moves so lightly is in fact an instrument __ - - that v _ ^_ probes _ - _ - I — —— very ~ —^— ^^ deeply — —^ H ^ g .

    No critic goes more surely to the core of his subject than Sainte-Beuve , only he works with great art and is careful never to bore or shock

    his reader . The volume before us is a fair sample of his work . It includes essays on Pascal , BossuetRousseauJoubertand other great

    and memorable , characters , . , One of the most sparkling in the ' collection is that on the Abb 6 Galianithe brilliant little Neapolitan who

    proved , such a treasure to the gay world of Paris about the middle of the last century . But we need not specialise where all is first-rate . Mr .

    Sharp ' s critical memoir is very good , lucid , interesting , penetrative , and in all essentials just . We observe he is as much in love with

    French methods of criticism as he is averse to English methods , and his own style is scientific . The translationwhich is the joint work

    of Mr . William Matthews , and Miss Harriet W . Preston , is satisfactory , and the book is well printed and bound . A portrait of

    Sainte-J Beuve . is given , X From the same . — ' The Familiar Letters of James

    Howell , ' edited by W . H . Bennett , 2 vols . If it be well to observe a correspondence between an author ' s thoughts and the dress in

    could which be they more appear appropriate before than the this public latest , nothing addition to the dainty and elegant ' Stott Library . '

    ing Thackeray and praised found them Howell ' hig s letters hly , and interest what - Thackeray relished is not likely to come amiss

    to Mr . the Bennett great body furnishes of cultivated a readable English biograp readers hical . introduction .

    From Mr . T . Fisher Unwin . — 'A Mariage de Conve » ^ m- nance i ¦ ¦ ^~ ^ ——* *^ m ~^* - ~ mm- , ^ m ' by w ^^ M C ™ . iw F ™ . Keary — - - - — - — ^^ ( ^^ ^ H . - Ogram ^^— ^ —

    Matuce ) , a second edition of a capital novel , forming volume seven of Mr . Unwin ' s tastefully got up * Novel Series /

    From Messrs . "Ward , Lock & Oo . —* On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Beefs ; and Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands

    and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H . M . S . " Beagle , "' by Charles Darwin ,

    I with maps , plates and illustrations , and a

    critical introduction to each work by Professor John & AAJk WJuddThere is now ff happily no # need

    V V » » . V »***^ - % . « * -- > A-BVJL * - * - ** mW MV A ~»«** Bt'k'A * . J JuA ^ MM ^^ mf ^^ m to praise any work of Darwin ' s , and we will , only say that the present book is equal in paper ,

    print the' Minerva , and binding Library to / the and preceding that Professor volumes Judd of ' s introductions are terse and to the point .

    From Messrs . Frederick Wane & Co . —* Lady Maude ' s Mania : a Tragedy in . High Life' / by George Manville Fenn . Mr . Fenn ' s tragedy is

    comedy so broad that it borders very closely upon farce . It is none the less acceptable on . that accounthowever . A very comic character

    is the unfortunate , Lord Barmouthwho has the and gout , is is obli starved ged to by take his wife food and surreptitiously by , the doctor in ,

    his own house ; nor is his son Tom much less amusing . When the two are together , as they often are , they may be depended on to cause

    explosions of laughter . Lady Maude ' s mania is not a deadly one , and though the Countess is sometimes a tyrantthere is generally lots

    of fun . e / , ^_ j tr From . Messrs . F . V . White & Co . — ' Blind Fate /

    by Mrs . Alexander . 3 vols . Mrs . Alexander wields a facile pen , and * Blind Fate ' is in her readiest and easiest manner . The intending

    reader may be assured that he or she will have no difficulty in getting through it . Although the story «/ . is essentially conventional _ - _ ~ , yet at -Mrs .

    Alexander to carry the contrives reader to make along it interesting smoothly , zxnd and pleasantly to the end . Here and there the

    scenes are touching , in particular where Colonel Callander kills his beautiful wife in consequence of the mischief-making of his mother . On the

    whole , the book will not disappoint Mrs . Alexander ' s admirers . From the same . — Margaret Byng' by F . C .

    Philips and Percy Fendall . 2 vols , . Though undoubtedly clever , * Margaret Byng' can scarcely be called a pleasant story . The

    heroine who gives the title to the book is not a character to call forth either the affection , or admiration of the reader . The daughter of an

    adventurer , she develops into an adventuress herself and becomes an accomplice in xjrime . She separates from her husband because his

    income is too slender fotf her elegant and expensive tastes , and with a hundred pounds in her pocket makes her way to Monte Carlo . Of

    course she tries her luck at the gaming table , and , of course , she loses . When she is penni-Ie 8 « she takes to such questionable courses as

    only persons in her desperate position attempt . For holding her peace , regarding a murder of which V V 4 H V ^ H d *« she W ^ m « has m been •¦ m ¦ a witness W » r I ^ m she *—^ " — — - ~ - hi ^ receives - ^^ ^ m * —m * — - ^— £ 5000 —r —r — ^ ^^ % ^^^^ " ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ " ™ * ^^ ^ " ^ ^*^^ ™ —^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ , ,

    and with final som l e y force loses and her life the . incidents The book are is cleverl written y managed , but there is little that is agreeable . From Mr . C . W . WhiteheadPreston . — ' The

    History of the Parish of Ribchester , , in the Rev County Jonath of Lancaster anShortt , * by A Tom volume C . Smith that will and

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    in much anti curious quities , informatio and the p n resent and volurqe the material contains for many us to have a romance done . thei The r work joint well authors --- . While seem there to

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1890, page 1425, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111890/page/25/