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    April 2, 1888 THe Publishers' Circular 4...

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    would thus have been lighter . It is a story of great interest , and -we can confidently promise our readers much amusement and hearty

    enjoyment in its perusal . From Messrs . Cassell & Co . ( Limited ) , —The

    valuable collection of educational works which these publishers have issued under the title of ' Cassell ' s Modern School Series' has been ~ ~

    ^^^^^ ^^^ v ^^^ t ir ^ ¦* i ^ k ^^* ^^^ ^ b *^ w ^^^ ^^^™ ^ k ^^ a ^ ^^^ b * ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^™ ^^ >*^ ^^* ^^ ^ ^*^ ^^ ^^ ^ a ^ v ^^ , v ^^^^^ m ^^ M ^*& ^^^ v —n— ^^^^ strengthened by the addition of a highly useful little book called ' The Laws of Everyday Life , ' the author being Mr . H . O . Arnold-Forster . The

    volume is designed for use in elementary and ! night schools as an introduction to the study of I political economy , and its contents are dislayed in such form as readilto make captive

    the p attention of the il . It y will be foundwe pup , believe , of much real benefit and assistance . From MessrsField & Tuer . — ' The Dawn of

    . the Twentieth Century . ' This is a little volume purporting to have been written on the 1 st of January % _ J l _ Ti _ M _ m . « J H ^ f _ y , ^ ^ 1901 L . ^ rf' V / ¦» - . ^ It » - *• " contains ^ - * ^ - ^ m m ^ rm ** r- ^ m . m rn ^ r the «¦ ^ * ^ ^ w * imag ^ ¦» » fc ^ yifc inary - » - ¦¦—^ v ^^ ca . ^ T

    reports for that year of the various ministers of State . The Queen is not dead , but has abdicated in favour of the Prince of Wales .

    The several reports of course exhibit the state of the country , with the events 1 hat have more recently taken place , and in this way an interesting form of hecy is indulged ir > . The

    prop book presents many ingenious topics of study , and no doubt its perusal by politicians will be widespread .

    From Messrs . Griffin & Co ., Portsmouth . —Lord Brassey has very effectively followed up the

    earlier publication of the * Naval Annual . ' The second issue is as replete as the first with infor-¦ ¦ mation 1 % JU m . i m m . m m m . \ concerning ^ / -y ^ j ^ . ^ . x ^^_> 'A . JL JL - ^ *—¦ b & the ^^ . * -- * v _ s * state — ' * - ' « - ^* *> \ y of ^_^ J » - the « - > * ¦ A ^_^ navy a . * «^ 4 >> v j , m includ j * ^ . ^ . - ^_^ ¦* . « . ^ ^_/ k -

    ing illustrated descriptions of the war ships which have recently been constructed . Ships belonging to foreign nations are likewise described . There is no manual connected with

    any department of government service more complete or more useful . From MessrsHarrison & Sons— ' Feuilletons '

    . ., by C . E . S . These little stories , reprinted by permission from the World , have evidently been written and constructed on the lines

    adopted by the late Mr . Greville Murray . They are in every respect delightfully racy . But why , we wonder , should it be thought necessary in all sketches descriptive of society ways and

    manners to introduce so much laxity of language and suggestive incident ? - From ~~ - * ' - * , m m ^ Mr ^ U ^ kA . *• John ' ^^ M r m Hey ^ krfta ^ ¦ - ^ _ y wood ww V- ' ^ - ^ ^ " ** . —* The - * - *—^ - ^ Clergyman >— ' a ^>> a % ^ t * m . a ¦»*» » » ' s »_/

    and District Visitors' Handbook , ' by the Rev . R . Adams , M . A-, now in a fourth edition maintains its place as a unique aid for parochial visitation . For istering results it is

    simreg plicity itself . From Messrs . Hurst & Blackett . — ' Joy Cometh

    in the Morning , ' by Algernon Gissing . This is a story of country life , not remarkable for any great originality of incident , but decidedly interesting from a certain force of unaffected descriptive

    power that the author possesses . The scene opens with an accident to the mail coachan accident which caused Roland Westgarth , whose f arm has been % broken r >¦ **¦ fcrf thereby -mr to be

    — - •»^|^ sr m ^^_^ m ^ v m . r — — , *« wwiky r ^ ^^ ^^ * . ^ ^ j » ^ " ^ -- ^ . ^ —r —~ . j * . - ^ r- w ** r j , ^* ^^ Ts ~* ^«* domiciled for a considerable period at the country village of Nether Faintree . From this circumstance spring all the succeeding events of the story . Roland Westgarth on

    hisL first appearance m _ ajkes _ a ... aecid . edly

    favourable impression on the reader . He is young , — handsome —¦^ ' * r ^ ¦ * —— ¦» ¦» - »¦ a ^ -Ki ^ , « and h »» j - ^^ fc li ia . a ght ^ k » fc ^^ -hea «~& v / vwa rted ^ 4 ^^^ kH ^ , « an mi n .. mi d his m r n *¦ r « h _* x i * ^ >

    periences are followed with interest . But , unfortunately , he is also weak and unstable , and when , after making love in a pretty and ^ natural fashion which is sure to take the fancy of all

    romantic readers , to honest womanly Mary Bransford , he fickly transfers his affection to her sister Lenathe interest departs and a feeling of

    , something very like contempt , not to say irritation , arises . Indeed it must be said that the story " ^ — - **~ *^ i - suffers ^^ — ™ ^ . ^^ ^^^ ^ b _^ ^ somewhat * ^^ ¦* m * ¦ ^^ » ^ i » ^ p **^* ^^ ¦ fro ^^ . ^ ¦ ^^ m i possessing Bt , ^ ^^^ w *^ w ^ f ^^ mt ^ w ^ r ^ k ^^^ bflk ho ^ k ^ k ^^^ hero A ^ h ^^^^ k ^^

    of sufBcient calibre to enlist the sympathy of the on-lookers ; for though the clergyman of the parish , the Rev . Edward Copeland , is doubtless intended to personifall that is noble and

    y good , his character seems wanting in width , and with the best of intentions he is continually exhibiting a i strange T h fc absence f f 4 h k k of J tact | f . It is

    ^^ ***^* *^*^~ ^~ r ^^ ^** ^~ ^^ ^»^ VBK ^*^^ W * m ^* ^^ L ^^^^^ A WML ^^ " > ^ ' r ^ . ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ , ^ k * ^^ ^ ^ * , ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ' ^^ * m * therefore on the women of the story that the chief interest depends . Mary Bransford is delightfully depicted , and the portrayal of her

    love experiences shoves power of observation and dexterous skill . We may warmly recommend ¦^ ¦ ^ - ¦ - ^ w * - ^ -- » * Joy »^ ^^ ^ r Cometh x—*¦ - —* * ^ - ^ ^ ^*^ j . in aaa , the ^^^ . ^ ^^^ Morning . a . ' - * . ^ - ^ - ¦ - m .- * - a * . * . c ^ ' as *<*«» a « . « r read J . ^ x ¦ - v- » . -

    able story of rural life , agreeably written , and fall of human interest throughout . From ¦ Messrs . Lecene - ^ brf . * & Oudin fcfcifc Paris ¦ . — 'Les

    *—^ - ^ - ^ ™ — — mmv- ^^» - ^^ . ^» - ^* - ^^ ^« ^ ^^ . ^^ ^^ - ^^ - ^^ ^ i ^ ^^ mr ^^^ r ^^^ ^^^^^^ , a ^ M ~ ^*^^ ^ - » P ^ ' - » ^ - ^ » ta ^ Grands Maitres de la Litterature Russe , ' par Ernest Dupuy . This volume is devoted to prose writers . The great masters it deals with

    are Nicolas Gogol , Ivan Tourguenief , and Count Leon Tolstoi . These novelists are now so well known to the English public through the medium of translations that M . Dupuy ' s

    careful studies are likely to find wide acceptance . From MessrsSampson ! Low & Co— ' The

    . . History of Portugal , ' by Edward McMurdo . To go back to the earliest beginnings of a nation ,

    to to note note its its struggles struggles and and initial initial effort efforts s after after a a wider form of existence , is always interesting , ^ and inf ^ j * ^ - ' ^ we v v ^¦* therefore ¦ * - ^ ^— ^ " ^ >^ v . feel indebted i * & . . » ^ - wrs « xf to « the author / «\ J A ^ fc vA "^^ ^ ^^ ^*^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ' ^ ^* ^ ^ ^ ^ ' ^ ^^^^ ' ^^ ^ ^ _^ ^^^^^ ^^ .

    for his endeavour to penetrate into the ancient history of so important a country as Portugal . Much of the credit , however , belongs to Miss

    Mariana TVTa . riana . Montpiro Monteiro- , who "who has has translated t . rnn si nt . p > rl the t . Vip > various Portuguese records necessary for the purpose . The present volume carries the history

    from trom the the commencement commencement of ot the the monarchv monarchy to to the the reign of Alfonso III ,, and we conclude from the last page , though nothing is said on the

    titlepag r > a . crft e to to that that effect ftfTect , , that that , this this is is the t . hp » first first , of nf a series . As furnishing an account of a comparativelobscure period in historical literature

    y , the author ' s volume is e-xtremely welcome , and we trust that he may be encouraged to pursue nnrsiif ! his his task tii . sk" . Rather T ? . fl . t , hf > r more mnm . attention n . t , tf * ntTnn to t . n the t . hp »

    revision of the work would be an advantage , but no doubt this will be fully looked after in

    the succeeding volumes . From r- \ dfr ^« ^ t Messrs ^ m * v ^^ m ^ 4 ^ P ri r m * v . ^ Macmillan ¦¦¦ w ^^ v ^ " ^ v i ^ h ^^ bi * wb & vr Co vr . m —The Jm m » third / J | JL Xfk . ^ ^ *^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^ , * ^ ^ ^ ^^

    volume of the collected edition of Lord Tennyson's poems has reached us . This contains- the exquisite * Idylls of the King . ' In general

    appearance nfiaranne and and finish finish , the thft volume volume maintains main tains the high character of its predecessors , and it augurs well for the worth and suitability of the

    new new edition edition when when completed completed .. From the same . — ' Letters of General C . G .

    " Gordon to his Sister M . A . Gordon . ' Nothing shows so much the inner nature of an individual as his correspondence . This may seem a

    somew what hat commonp commonplace lace remark remark , , bu hnt t , iit t i ih s non nnn p e the t . hn , *«

    April 2, 1888 The Publishers' Circular 4...

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 2, 1888, page 347, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02041888/page/13/