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    Books Received :— Ftom > The Vaa-T^ Baz ...

    . pawnbroki extent , a volume ng experience of . sketches , and althoug from h the . there life is of of

    necessity they lift the a vein curtai of n sadness from the in ni many ght side of the of the pages life , of the great city , and will well repay perusal :

    From Messrs . Groombridge & Sons . —* The , Bee-¦ I - keepers Alfred J ^ J a ^ # ^ rffc Watts ' Manual % WV % ^ JW . Se ^^ / ^* b venth w y ^ r *«» Henry vaaa * edition •^ ' •^ rm ^ ^ r Tay - i ^ vw . v lor The ^ . w - ^ Revised number —— v »^ m » -w ¦» ™ by of ¦— - —

    editions which this work has passed through is a sufficient proof of the position it holds in the estimation of the bee-keeping publicand it is

    I sufficient to say that the new issue is , not simply a reprint , but has been carefully revised and ¦ modernised in accordance with all the

    improvements which hav &«* been introduced in apiary ' management . The illustrations add largely to the usefulness of the work .

    From Mr . John Hodges . — 'The Imitation of Christ , ' by Thomas a Kempis . Mr . Hodges is issuing and continuing his * Churchman ' s

    Shilling Iribrary' under-the wider and more comprehensive title of 'Hodges ' s Christian Classics , ' each volume being in demy 16 mo . with a limp

    , cloth cover . The popularity of the ' Imitation ' is so great that a well-printed edition , such as the present , would always command a ready sale ,

    but the series is to include works less frequently met with in convenient pocket editions , not only . by English divings , but by writers of the

    Gallican and Latin Churches . , > From ^ V ^_ r — — the - — same . —* The — — Inner ~_ ^_ ^ Life ^^^^ _ ^^ ^^ ; j or ^^ r ^^ , — S ^ m , ^ p ^_^ iritual ^ ^^ _ ^ ^^^ - _ r

    Guidance in the Ways of God . ' Adapted from the French of L'Abbe Baudrand . This work , forming i ™ ~^ — — i ^^ m one ™ of the — series — —^ — ~* - —^ just b ^ r ^ v ^ " ^^ ^^ ^ referre ^^ ^^ F *^ fc ^^^ ^^ " ^ K ^ d ^^^^ i to ^ F ^^ r ¦ , ^ p was ~ " ^~ ^^

    originally written , it is scarcely needful to say , for Inembers of the Roman Church , but it is here tftfjfoslated with a distinct view to its use

    bEnglish Churchmenand to this endthe editor y tells qs in the preface , , its expressions , have sometimes been slihtlaltered aiicicu It forms lete

    uovu o »* g j £ iiv . y ij . . j . u Aujiua a n very very comp cuiupiowo treatise on what ' may be termed the religious life — ¦~^ ^^ , y using — ^^^* that — phrase w— ^ w " ^ —w ^^ in » ^ ^ its ^ *» w *^ widest y v ^^ - * r ^ ^^ w ^ j ^ # sense Tn r ^^ jk ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ as ^ ¦**

    applied to Christians generally , and not simply to those who have retired , from the world . The various sections of the book deal with the

    Principles of the Inner Life ; the Hindrances to the Inner Life ; the Exercises of the Inner Life ; on ' the Progress of the Inner Life ; on the Fruits of

    the Inner Life ; and Spiritual Maxims for the Inner Life . From Thinking Mr . Jonn ; or Hogg Practical .- 'Plain Self- Living Culture and : Moral High

    Mental , and Ph , ysical . ' By W . U . Davenport , Adams . This volume , which is inscribed by respectfu permission l admiration to Mr . Gladstone of a , noble 'in profound career and ami

    I a stainless character / deals with the subject j Culture under the , ' •" three Mental distinct Self-Culture heads / of and 'Moral 'Physical Self-Self i ^ -Culture avui' Under 1 / uudi the iau first ujlo have chapters

    v .. ^ v .. ^ . . q i / we wo nave cuiipiurn » conduct on hi life at . hom Under e , life the in second tho , world the author , character instructa , and

    nis s pupils pupils how how to to read read , , and and gives fnvea them them courses <» mirs «« of *> f lish reading biograp in Eng hy li sh poetry lish fiction , Knglihh travel history and , di Eng

    trcovery , English , theology , miscellaneous , English literature literature and ana science science , and and scientific acientifin text t ^^ t--books hnnk »

    tion while . For he also bis dissertation adds a chapter , on on hysical English self com -culture posi- ;

    Mr . Adams adopts the well-worn p motto' Mens , sana practical niHi /* fi /> in corpore and onsf use iidA sano - ful fni hints Vi * «* and . fa i The T gives 'U ^ . book U ~~ a goo is : „ , 4 marvel _^> « many . 1

    , brekui louflly th copious of read , i and and says its . much ; advice for seems its author for the - s A V ¦ ' ng ; —« ___

    • • ¦ ¦!¦• . . most part to be based on experience and common fati tity sense gue and , at and , for quality instance the necessity of , mental when for he work says rest , : will ; ' go The govern to quan bed

    you when are you Useless are tired . up ; and and recover the effort your to lost work power when , fatigue has commenced results in utter prostration ; appetite for work is as necessary as appetite \

    'XL V f Jt ^ " "» w for food / From ' Sir Messrs Joshua . S Reynolds ampson ' Low ( Cheat , Marston Artists ) . & A Co com . ^ - J j

    pact crown octavo , in tasteful limp cloth , with | seventeen illustrations from famous paintings . The I work begins with a list of books on Reynolds , ! and a chronology of his life . The volume itself i ^ j

    of course , a biography as seen in the artist ' s , works , the most famous of whjch come under notice in the order of production . An index [

    closes the work . | From the same 1 . —B . Brown ' s ' Notes on the Northern I

    from Atlantic authentic . Comp sources iled . for Earl the trad use ers of discoveries travellers || post j ^ - ^ -office — packets ^ ------- , establishment - — ____ y _ _ — _ of __ , steam _ . s _ er — - , 1 J j

    vice , dangers of the voyage , physical geography , animal life , icebergs , fisheries , whale and seal catching , & c , are the heads of the chief divisions .

    Here are a couple of interesting ' notes * : — The * Great Western' starred from Bristol > on her first New voyage York jl ujl on the the viio 7 th 23 of rd April ( 1838 The or President 1839 ) , and ' made reached ftTe

    i ^ cvv . on un . ^<> iu . ..... xuc ' icmuchu urouv n * c voyages voyage in to April New 1841 York . ,, but was lost on her homeward - Fro *¦> * ** r m * -a » the v * 4 w National ^ h « *<• w »^^^^> j > % io ^ Temperance ^ to ~ i ¦ r ^^ ^^^ it-- T Wf Publication ^ k *¦* P *^ *> V »» W * V—

    Depot . — ' Little Blue Jacket , and other Stories . ' By M . A . Paull . A budget of little tales for little folksall illustrating the vice of drunkenness

    , or the virtue of temperance . In the first story , which gives its title to the volume , the hero becomes transformed from a blue-jacket into a

    paymaster—a process which will perhaps seem a little strange to naval readers—and in each case temperance brings its own reward .

    Orell , Fiissli , and Co ., Zurich . — ' Switzerland Illustrated . ' A series of crown 8 ro . handbooks of some 40 pages eachwith tinted

    latesen-, p , gravings , and a map of the district on the cover of each . Those we have seen are No . 1 . Arth-Eigi rail ; 2 . Uetliberg rail ; 3 . Viltznau-Rigi

    rail ; 4 . Rorschach-Heiclen rail ; 5 . Waldensweil-Einsiedeln 7 . Interl / iken rail ; ; 8 . 6 . The Thun Upper and the Engadine Lake of . Thun Their

    extreme lightaess and convenience for packing , will commend these useful guide ? . From ¦¦ Mr ¦¦¦« iWii Edward Stanford Hi Miy — ' Tourist ' s Guide

    , 0 L A V ^* Jl * > . V <*> W % r * T .+, ^* m , W * m * m * , m- ^^* k ^>« . - * - ! K * A . A KS * S * -r ^~~ ~~ to the West Riding of Yorkshire . ' By G . Phillips Bovan thor ' s , aim F . G . is S ., declared F . S . S . Second in the ed preface ition . to WW The be au to

    -VklV *¦ K > * . ** » AJk 4 U \« VVJU 1 VVt All I . AAV L / 1 . V > 1 Cit V ^ ^ ¦ ot fitting supply accompaniment a cheap and portable to a cheap guide tour book , or as , in

    ¦ volumo other her words word all s that , , to to the gi * rive ve tourist in in a a hand handv can y really little little need pocket Docket in j uiu order ri to i / v / viinwiu enable xiiin him to iv / iiiuxvc make uio his holiday iiuiicinj trip IA 'Jf with »»• " — j j

    same as littl time e waste to see of all time that as oug possibl ht to be e , seen and . at F ull directions are iven uu for ji vyi . excursions ^ iuoiuuo both wn »* by »* j rail Uri

    uiivviiviig » ' " g ^ nua and road . The descriptions are concise and un- U encumbered by unnecessary details , and the maps |

    are admirable . H From all Elections the same . from —* The the Parliamentary Passing of the First Poll Book Reform | | of

    List Act A a in of - _ 1832 t all nnn Candidates to ^ . ^ Jul "Fl y 1880 mnn within , wit *"^ . h that *> n Alp p A eriod 1 admirable habetical I . — l ^ / | t-tnn By || l III

    ¥ ¥ . . H H . . McCalmont McCalmont . , B BTJ . C .. L L ... , M M .. A A . . A A very verv adroirawcJ | th and e population useful pa , rliamentary number of handbook members , , number supptyinK of' j I |

    electors m each , constituency ; the memwrpj ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 2, 1880, page 568, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02081880/page/8/