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    Obituary.

    I from time . European In 1865 the journals Chimney also aiso , which that Corner of 01 is a the was prominent Lad started i / Magazine , feature and / wtc the of management the The j publication which of wiuw even this attended was at the intrusted preset

    to to and ventures Mrs Mrs Girls . . . Leslie ? led Leslie Weekly Mr , , as . , Leslie was was Pleasant on to m Hours as further the , the publications x Lady *«« y '* s ' of s Journal Wit . In and , . rap edited Cliatterbox - id uo succession ouwcao success by Mrs In . leslie he addition ; issued am ; ended the to the PmJb ail all £ w S U

    Monthly , the Sunday Magazine , -Budget , . these k published which Leslie popular appeared was among the a Commissioner Blustrirte from the Germans time Zeitung to from of time the the , an in Unite U illustrated his nited d journals States States pap , . books to er He the in also of Paris G published travel erman Expositio , , and which reprints other n at of once of works 1867 the became . . novels arwU ] fr

    Commissioner from the State of New York to the Philadelphia Exposition of 1870 .

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    From "by bv Charles Oh Mr arlfis . David E E . . Pascoe rascoe Bogue . second second . — ' The edition edition Dramatic . , This lius List vore work , '

    is d vivum oubtless a ' tAvww Men be * of s \* eagerl the n Time y J road , *** ' *• for » not — ¦**¦ the w onl — - ¦—— stage y ^ j by , actors and will and

    from J public actresses » A VUU UAUlfV materials . , The but Jt « UIAk biograp / by supp * J % - » m ^ the r I ^ - li T hies m ed v very *™ by are if numerous their obviousl subjects — — V p y laygoing written , and

    portion there being is som consequentl in etimes the notices dealt y far a with , s well more trange in - a known summary absence —^ — performers than fashion of pro- , while others \ have f space they

    11 u « JLNS -J VShLVA fcJ *«« jV w •» - ¦>* - ™— — — — — ' £ * . « ^ deserve . This , however , is a defect which time be and congratulated experience will on correct having , and produced Mr . Pascoo a useful may

    and readable book . From b A V & 4 ~& Messrs ANbWUM * ** . " » William w * o ^^»^^* fc Collins - ^ r ^ y ^ » » » »»' v Sons ^ -w — wr & w Co - ^ - — . — ^ ¦ « y ,

    ' History of Holland and Belgium / by "W . C . Pearce understood . The even history b of Europe who is so have imperfectl in other y y persons

    a respects work as received , Mr . Pea a rce liberal has here education lied , that deserves such a cordial welcome . The author supp points out in his

    preface the strong claim which the annals of the Netherlands have upon the attention of Englishmen ; and his sketch of the country may be

    commended as presenting a faithful picture of international history . From the « Field' Office . — The Rural Almanack

    and Sportsman ' s Illustrated Caleudar for 1880 . ' In addition to a very useful compilation of ordinary almanack __ __ , _ matter _ . _ . and _ . _ . ___ . _ some _ — cap __ „— ital — _ — .. — , illus — — __ r -

    trations , and a reprint of the , Acts of last _ Session ,, _ _ _ interesting to country gentlemen , there is a complete list of yacht clubs , and reviews of the

    past and other season sports in the . cricket Like all field which , the comes hunting from fiel the d , Field officethe almanack is well printed and

    seems to have , been very carefully edited . . From Messrs . Gall & Inglia . —* The Fifth Reader , '

    new to edited meet number b the y Thomas requirements of the Morrison 4 British of the , Benders M Education . A . , ' This provided Code is a .

    The contents include selections from standard and authors woodcuts both in wherever prose and th vers are e , needed with diagrams to illusey

    lesson trate the on the text . princi Each pal chapter words introduced has its spelling in it and at the close of the ----- Reading — — ^— y ^ , questions ^* m - * r— -m * m wn -v ^ im > i « « are ^« b * - ,

    the furnished . The are well book chosen is thus . very complete , and passages From Messrs . Griffith So Porran . —* Eight ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ Months ¦

    in an Ox Waggon : Reminiscences - - - — of — r - Boer V ^*^ Life ~ - ^ ^^ m ^ rm ^^ ^^ " ^ / W *^ F by E . F . Sandeman . The work which Sir Garnet Wolseley " ^ " ™ ^ -- ^ —* ^^ j ^ has v --- ¦— - ^ - ^ rr f ^ r- been . " ^ * - ^^ ^^ ' try ™^ — g ing pbi ¦ - " — t ™ V *^ a to i ^^ ^^^ accomp ^^ ^^^ ^^^ * ^^^^*^ ^^ F lish »^ PB . ^^ F ¦ " ¦^ M - appa ^^*^ F U ^ 0 ^ f ^ F ^ vW

    rently without any very satisfactory results—. among immediate the interest Boers in to the this Transvaal livelbook will of g travel ive an J y , IMWI diwiki 1 > ¦! i in ¦ i i ¦ ¦¦ ' , ¦ ¦ lj '¦ ' •¦ l " " r' ' '

    in which the author tells his story of Boer life H 31 its scenes and incidents . The adventures of Mr ' 9

    as Sandeman ^ hJ *^ ^ a killed t * . > -J ^^ . -an i-a ^^ , and wer ^ r- ^ fm * - *¦> when e so IF ^ * N realistic < % A at >^ ^^ I v last j ^ » ^ ^^ he that ^ I « ^< fe . arrived it he 1 . ^ . -was in reported London I il l ^^ l

    the hall porter at his club almost jumped out of I his box , and was unable to speak to him for I astonishment i _ *_ i j _ . member * i _ of /* the _ i _ club _ t i i t - 119

    kind enough : to a tell the worthy janitor having that been he 1 1

    G > ft' U * " * ***«• ¥ ilff M had 1- - . 1 himself T- ? 1 D seen _ . Mr TIT .. . Sandeman Ct J l ying dead t i in . tlie . H I Transvaal show ™ ^— m ^ v h ~ h - ^ that v ¦ w »^ " ^ the W . This ^^ author ^ ^ ^ ^ —w fact —— ¦ ¦ ^^^ " ^^ ^ adventures will ^ b ^ b ^^ in ^ ^»^ m itself ^» ^ tf vq ^ ^ ^ h ^ K ¦ be fS ^ ¦ ^/ ¦ enough ^^ ^^ ^ ^ II to 111 I H ^^ l

    ' s were far remoied I fro have m some the commonp exciting lace reading , and in those combination who desire with to h ( 1

    a vast amount of information as to the mannere I and customs of these strange colonists will find it I in the volume before us . As to the impossibility I

    them of meeting to resume , the wi their shes independent of the - — - — Boers — — position by ^ allowing ^ ^ v ^ ¦ * , Sir f | V . ] ^^ I Sandeman is entirely at one with Sir Garnet I

    "Wolseley , and he says , * Now that the Transvaal 1 has been annexed by the British , the question of I whether the act itself was justifiable or not lias I

    no further importance , for what has been done II to cannot the ¦ be responsibilities undone without imposed loss of on preBti the Imperial ge . ' As I

    Government ¦ by the transaction , his remarks are the he reverse hesies of pleasant that for the UUD the expenditure British ratepayer mil Mill be > 'v , I i I

    as U perial enormous w ~ r » ^ 1 . ¦ X v ^ 1 - / Government pro - jJ *^ n lU >^ - , ^ p ill and ^ / OlV * aa will ^^ / O \ j lJ . almost i XC ^ have ia . li mavm ' */ to entire X ^ «~* be CAUCUUJUU V * ¦• V borne l * . y » . ' Of b 1 ^ y » the v the - _ - _ nlti Jni- - 1 _

    mate author ¦ benefit ¦ seems of to the have arrangement little doubt to but the he Boers candi our !| y pro admits quo that for at the present loss of they the havo independence , no absolute vk qn & & I I

    they so highly valued . I From « Hand and Heart' Publishing Office .-1 ¦ The Royal Lawthe Words of the i / iiKing / n » I

    other auoavujiii ¦ Sunday xjuw Tales ; , ui or , , illustrating i / ue vv wnia ui Bible o iiiufji Truths , ty Emma Marshall ¦ . A volume of taking tales , eacjj I

    fi illustrating iJlnfif tted ¦ . rnf for . Ino reading ' some snmA lesson lpH to < ir » children n from frnm the tha , or Bible Hible as * , a and Sunday Vt wen i « f I book' for | those who are old enough to read

    themselves . I From Past ¦ | Messrs and Present . Hodder / by & an Stoughton Old Resident account . " Afr . of ! ^ ti ' » « ¦

    author author climates country ¦ underUikes undertakes , , its productions history to to give e , -ivo , geograp a a resources concise concise hy , , account exp populate loration * w 1 - m ¦ ¦ trihps tribes ¦ manners nrnnnnrs . customs miafrmiM languages lflno'iiaO'CS . , COlOB coiou '• •

    | the tion ¦ ¦ , size and , of Christian the , ' dark missions continent , . This / , is re undortnko , merobeii it m' f » ?

    ¦ admitted admitted t one y dint volume , , of a a ; somewhat somewhat compression but the author heavv heavy , contrived , task task Mr . W to to . Moister nnaw to store ^ , ii- m and it will

    ¦ while less book prove with it will a of vast interest much mass practical ' of the facts gentlemen , use to en who ? 8 ra 8 » ^ B

    ¦ hom yelling ^ at \ n ease dangerous / and prefer regions to done have for all them their * ^„ m

    utforoiation is admirably classineq , «« " ^ JM - -- ^ rs ^^ M

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 2, 1880, page 82, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02021880/page/10/