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    Books Received :

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    Messrs . illustrations . . , numerous From the same . — of ' the Cousin cheapest Emily and 's Pictures most attrac HrfcliUV and

    -II Tor StarlOS ies . . ' V One / IIO UA LAAO VU 6 » J / VOU C ** AV * " » UW « consists tive children of 64 's books ' measuring we have seen 12 b latterl y 8 £ inches y . It ,

    printed verse wrse commencing commencing in large pages type with , , of * A a reading for ava- app ajj ^ in Ao le ' prose ; , ushered uoucicu and

    in page little by . ' dog a The Christmas , and binding a baby carolier is face a handsome barefoot enframed g in ilt in cloth the the snow . title- ,

    From Messrs . Houlston & Sons . — ' A Short and t Simp he Rev le Catechism Edward of Greenhow Old Testament M . A . History The author , ' by

    . , Ot schools of this . * . w ** in cap - relig — ital - » — - ^ ious littlo I ' ll ! knowled — therefore manual - -- ge ^ is had _ in the jl the . inspector # diocese le __!_ of of _/*

    Llandaff of forming , and an he op has inion as to the amp best mode means of the . knowled 1 IT which 1 1 he 1 here 1 _ under T

    takes imparting to supply . The ge plan he adopts is to give - the class — ¦¦ or — child — a reading lesson from the Bible

    I and UUV v ^ then »» " >* to supply the teacher * , f with a series of , I I arranged questions in based three on parts the : lesson I . The . Histo The ry work of the is

    II Patriarchs ; II . From the Bondage in Egypt to the II I ] to Death the of Eeturn Samson of ; the III . Jews From from the Birth the Bab of Samuel lonian y

    I II clearl Captivi y ty printed . It . is admirably arranged and very From the same . —* Leaves of Healing for — the

    fu Bereaved lly-printed / edited little by volum Arthur e of Guthrie poems . , h ^ ymns A beauti , and - prose passages , drawn from a variety of sources ,

    and all calculated to give consolation to the in mourner his selections . The editor in the has best been sense eminentl of the y catholic words ,

    whom and in he every lays under case he contribution acknowled . ges the author From lous Messrs Littl i e . Housekeepers Kerby & Endean ¦ K / : > ¦ What . — th ' The did Marvel \ and

    -¦ _ ¦ w * . v m y V * KJ ^/ A » VS \/ LVA JLAU * w VAAV ey T X * AA Ulli \ 4 Edition How they . The did authoress it , ' by Ida of -Joscel this attractive yne . Second little work is evidently of opinion that ' it ' s never too

    early Carl v to to lear lear n n ' and nnrl she kVia here ViorA phroniplfis chronicles the tTi « various children stages passed , of in learning progress to throug cook and h which to perform some other domestic mviv dutiesApart from the interest

    which - » the vmav narrati uutivui ve will . li . uai excite v jlx , it v / iia will lmu doubtless luiux vmu housewives serve to " stimulate / and to lu little remember ouidiuuci people to that ai become / education ' gude is in

    to i-1 be carried » . w , auu forwai 1 in the kitchen u : as ouuuauuu well as in the school-room .

    From »« " 7 * Songs Messrs " ~ 6 » and *» uv . S Etchings jLi ampson iA : Ai » ugo I in in * ow ijunuo Shade , Maraton and nuu Sunshine uuuouiuo , & Go ., . '

    « ever there was a dainty book , this is one . from Messrs . Macmillan & Co . — ' A Handbook to

    Jackson gpdern . Greek Professor / by Blackie Edgar Vincent appears as and the T . god G - . Poetical wher of effort enort this little to to demonstrate demonstrate volume , which the tne claims to be of a

    r-j ^ wu importance importance or Jackie " <« ero ' s Greek preface , and —that to show it — is to not quote a Professor patois , a ™ ° ngrel —hybrid waiu of vi degraded dialect miuaocu in iai legiti

    " ^ ' sense - "j the , , or word uoKrauuu , but the same language any uujr Acgxn in --Jjch * 8 t . ¦ Paul raujL < d * elivered 6 iiverea his ms discourse aiscourse to to the tne A

    * H » enian 8 from the Hill of Mars in the'first cen-¦ Jvt "with only such 1 trin slig 8 with variations { t in the as the course of al 1

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    broken spoken oroKen continuity continuitv languages of oi which usage usasre have . . ' The The enjoyed plan nlan an or of un the the

    language volume is , and first not to merel train y the to appeal ear and to tongue the memory in the ,

    the vided rules for , the being student educed . from the materials pro-From Messrs . Macniven & Wallace . — ' Gathered

    Carriden Clusters . from The Scripture philanthrop Pages , ic ' by lad Lad y y who Hopo has of penned this attractive volume describes it on the

    title-page as ' a book for parents , teachers , and children , ' and it is the result of an effort which she made at a country house to relieve Sunday of

    some of the dulness which ^ had been associated with tf it in the minds of the young folks in the schoolroom ¦ —^ - and - the » ^ - nursery - » -- ™ r ~ — _ . It ' - ~ is -m- -- ^ in - ^ effect - _ - - ^ ^ v - ~ an ^^ ^^^^ interest ^ ^^^ H ^ p ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

    -ing one record who is of evidentl a domestic y thorou Biblo ghl class y acquainted conducted with by the sacred volumeand who succeeds in making

    it eminently attractive , to little people . All who have to do with the religious instruction of children will find this book of immense service .

    From the Office of ' Hand and Heart . '— 'Puzzledom for Fireside Amusement , ' by oP One of - - ^ the ——

    —Old Boys , with a preface by the Eev . Charles Bullock , B . D . A collection of charades , conundrumsacrosticsenigmasanagramsrebuses & c

    for homo , amusement , . Mr , . Bullock , writes a , pre- , face in favour of popular recreation conducted on Christian principles , towards which this volume ,

    handsomely printed and bound , will form no unimportant contribution . From Messrs . C . Kegan Paul & Co . — ' The

    Crayfish ; an Introduction to tho Study of Zoology / by T . H . Huxley , F . R . S . Whatever Professor Huxley writes __„ is not __ only secure . of an audience __ , ^ ^

    but is sure to be worth reading . , and this popular manual of zoology forms no exception to the rule . It is nothe assures us in the

    prefaceintended as a zoolog , ical monograph on crayfishes , , but rather his desire was ' to show how the careful study of one of the commonest and most

    significant of animals leads us , step by step , from everyday knowledge to the widest generalisations and tho most difficult problems of zoologyand indeed

    of biological science in general / Tho , work is admirably complete , and tho illustrations which abound in its pages serve to make it as r attractive — —

    as it is full of interest rj . * From the Beligioua Tract Society . — 'A Yacht

    Voyage round EDgland / by William H . Gr . . Kingston . The tendency to indulge in foreign travel and to ignore the beauties of our own island

    has been frequently condemned , but is still unpleasantly noticeable , and Mr . Kingston has therefore performed j . a very t > useful task in descri — - f i

    bing what may be seen by coasting England from I one end to the other . The book , like all Mr . Kingston writes , is cast in an entertaining form

    and is full of gossip and incident , but at the same time he has contrived to include a vast amount of information about the places at which his

    yachtsmen drop their anchor . , The book is , moreover % / , prettily got up and freely illustrated , and it is worthy of the attention of a larger circle of

    primaril readers y than written the . boys The for descri whom ption apparentl of the y Wels it was h and , . — , Scottish _ - - _ - __ „ , , , r- r coasts - ^ — — — v _ . , , are - ^ . speciall _ =- ^ - — ^ — - -- y ^ J worth — J — y M of ~ - notice ' - — , H

    as they introduce us to spots which lie somewhat off the beaten track of the tourist . From Mr . Walter Brnithi ( late Mozley & Smith ) . —

    ¦ ¦ ' " Catechism , '¦ ' ... for ' , .. Church lii , ' , " ,, Schools , , f . ' / compiled I , :. / witl , \ ZM *;

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    7 J _ ^ ' " ... '"" ' ''" ' XB s _ The Publishers Circular s-Feb . 2 , i 880 ^ : : ! f

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 2, 1880, page 83, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02021880/page/11/