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    758 The Publishers' Circular • July* , 1...

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    George Weatherley . Most of the number is occ ^—* ^^ ^ - ^ u - * p W * S - i M . ed - \ S ^~<* . b ^ " ^ y ^ a ' ^ thrilling »/* - ^ i- A . . * . * A . *—* b ~ " story » + * ** -K . T *• T , y 'A »^ fc . Bag ^_— w ^& of ¦ s- ' — -

    Diamonds . ' Some bright and original verses , entitled * Honeymoon Stream , ' by James F . Sullivan , will give much pleasure to readers r—

    ' And say a young miss ( as it's often they do ) Comes paddling along in her little canoe ; And say a young mister , unplighted and free , Comes puntin' all lonela stranto she

    y ger , That artful old current , as sly as can be ( With a kind of a wink , as it passes , at me ) , Goes lidin' and edgin' and driftin' the pair

    g Kight into a nook in that backwater there I They may paddle and shove , but there isn't no art

    Can manage to force the two wessels apart , And , surtin as winter is followed by spring , It ends in the mister a-buying a ring . '

    The remainder of the literary matter , coupled with graceful illustrations , makes a most entertaining summer number .

    From the same . —A volume of selections from Addison and another Volume containing four

    of Plutarch ' s * Lives ' just added to the popular ' National Library ' show that the character of

    this collection—the cheapest and best in the language—is buoj'ant with success . From The Clarendon Press ( London : Mr .

    Henry Frowde ) . — Johnson ' s 'Lives of the Poets—Milton , ' has appeared in the Clarendon Press Series of English Classics . The preface ,

    w whir hich , h cmrnps comes from from the tViR pen r » pm of nf the tVi < = » pcWtnr editor , Mr l \ Tr .. C . H . Firth , is the best critical and bibliograp <_ 7 X hical study */ of the subject * Jwhich we have

    ever seen in compact form . Mr . Firth reminds us of the origin of the famous * Lives ' when the booksellers of London in 1777

    employed Johnson to write the work in opposition to some Scottish rivals ; he agreeing to do so for two hundred pounds , althoueh he

    afterwards got two hundred more . This is by the way , however . The critical remarks of Mr . ^ Firth ¦^^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ~ ¦ ^ are ¦! ^^ ^^ the . ^^^ « t ^» *»» . honest ^ h ^^^ ^_^ ^ ^^ ^^^ *^^ ^ k ^ fruits ^ L ^ W il M rf ^ ^^ ^ . ^ of ^^^ ^^_ stud in f ^ b' ^ h ^^ ^^^^ y V , K and ^ i ^ . 1 ^ A ^> " ^ ta > ^ a L ^^ V ^ like K ^ k ^ ^ 'm ^

    compliment may be paid to his notes . He justly thinks that Johnson ' s criticism though out of date is of permanent value . Certainl

    it has exercised X a wonderful influence y mJ upon English scholarship , and will continue to do so . Many will gladly welcome this new

    edition of his Milton . Jj ^ rom Messrs . G-riffin & Co ., Portsmouth . — FlagsNational and Mercantile' iled by

    James , GrifRn . The class bwho , m comp this beautiy fully got-up manual w ^ ill be found most useful are officers of the Koyal Navy , the mercantile

    marine , and yacht squadrons . The book contains the flags of all nations , the signals used at sea , & c . ; also no fewer than 360 * house flags and funnels' of the principal ships of the

    mercantile marine . The flags , & c ., are beautifully printed in colours . From B . Herder , Freiburg in Breisgau . — ' Abrid k fcj Mi ged ¦ MVh Bible K History of h the k Old r and New

    *¦ tfvab >« . ' ^«^ ' ^ tai ^ « - ^^ k . ^^^ ^ r * . ^ ^^ ^^^ , ^ 1 ^ ^ Hb ^ f ^^ ^ # ^^^ J 4 . V V «» ^/ ^^ ^^^ ' ^ ^ J ^ ^ _ ^ ^ ^ f ^ . ^ ^^ Vt ft ^ m ^ , ^ f y Testaments , ' by I . Schuster , D . D ., translated from the German . In this little book the whole Bible History is comprised in the short compass

    of 95 pages , with 43 pretty woodcuts . Although exhibiting signs of German extraction , the book is written in clear and intelliible English . The

    verses scattered through the volume are simple and touching , and add much to its value in teachiner children . Althoue-h intended for Roman

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    Catholic schools , it contains nothing which should prevent its use by Anglicans .

    From the same . — Rudiments of Hebrew Gram mar / tran translated slated from from the the 7 7 th tn Latin Latin edit edition ion of of Vosph vosen-.

    Kaulen ' s ' Kudimenta , ' by H . Gabriels . This short Hebrew Grammar appears to supply the want so often felt by theological schools for i

    - a manual giving such a knowledge of Hebrew will suffice for a better understanding of the

    Holy Scriptures than can be acquired by those who are entirely ignorant of the language in which the books of the Old Testament Canon

    w ^ ere written . From Mr . John . Heywood . — That exquisite

    story the ' Swiss Family Robinson' is very appropriate indeed for school reading ; it has been edited for that purpose bMr . Alfonzo

    y Gardiner . The same editor has supervised for Mr . Heywood ' s * Literary Reader ' a

    representative selection from Lamb ' s ' Tales from Shakspeare . ' From Messrs . Hurst & Blackett . —Miss Jessie

    Fothergill , the clever author of ' Kith and Kin , ' has acted wisely in republishing her Lancashire story 'The Lasses of Leverhouse , ' which

    appeared r > eared originall orie-inallv y , . we we understand understand ^ . some sott »< = » fpn ten years ago , but was only locally known . A wide array of readers will ive a hearty welcome to

    the story for Us quiet g descriptions of village life . The author ' s characters command

    affection , and the liveliness of her style gives sustained pleasure . From Messrs . Sampson Xso ^ r & Co . ( Limited ) . —

    'A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages , ' by Henry Charles Lea . The author of these volumes has long been recognised as a diligent student of Church history . His previous works

    have testified to the care and laborious energy he brought to bear upon the subject . In his

    present effort he deals with a topic that , above all others in connection with ecclesiastical matters , is most , interesting . It may be said also to possess a popular element , for the proceedings of the Inquisition are fringed with that

    atmosphere of gloom and that gruesome horror which is so attractive to the mind of the

    general ral reader reader , , and and affords affords to to most most . peop r » f » rmlA le a a . mys mvs - . terious blood-curdling excitement . However , to these lovers of the horrible Mr . Lea ' s volumes

    are scarcely likely to prove satisfying . The author has taken a thoroughly scholarly

    interpretation of his subject , rather than a popular view , and though his book is pleasantly written and never can in a way be accounted dull or

    wearisome , it is to the intellectual side that he has directed all his energy . Book I . treats of the origin and organisation of the Inquisition .

    Under this division appear chapters on the inner working of the Church , the influence of heresy , the Catharithe Albigensian crusadesforms

    of persecuti , on , the mendicant orders , founda , - tion — ^^ — of ^~ ^~ the ^^ ^ ^ ^ " . ^ ¦ Inquisition ^ ™~ ^ "I " ^ ^ »^* ^» ^^ *^ ^ w ^ , W the ^»*« ^ . ^ inquisitorial . ^ ^ . ^ - » ^ ^ ~ - r *^ ^ ^ i ^^ ^ ^*^^ ^ k process w *—r A , ^ , f" *!_!* ^^/ # ^/ - ' , V

    various kinds of sentences , confiscation , and the stake . In Book II . we find a consideration of the ^ ^^ ^^ ~~ Inquisition ^^— ^~ w ^^™ ™ ^»^ ^ ^^ ^^ ™ ¦¦ ^ ^ in ^ ^ the ^^ ^^ ^^ * several ^^ ^^ » ^^ ^ ^»«^ f a lands jhi ^; ^^ v ^^ . 1 ^^ of ^^^ n _ Christen x ^ Jfcjfc JL J | ty / ^ / ^ ,- * * a -

    dom , instructive and thoughtful chapters being given on Languedoc , France , the Spanish peninsula , Italy , the Slavic Cathari , Germany , Bohemia , and the Hussites . The concluding book ,

    iormmg forminsr Volume Volume III III . . ot of the the work work , . takes talc « s up nn the fha subject of special fields of inquisitorial activity , and under ¦ rdki this heading the spiritual Ai Franciscans

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    758 The Publishers' Circular • July* , 1...

    758 The Publishers' Circular July * , 1888

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 2, 1888, page 758, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02071888/page/12/