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    Llc\)Icuj^, Sec. From Mr. J. "W. Arrowsm...

    A under handsome the title small of quarto the volume ' Orient has Line been Guide issued :

    The ehap boo ters k for ia profusel Travellers y and by finely Sea illustrated and Land , and / contains besides a plentiful supply of maps of the

    line many * of countries steamers in hare which ports the of celebrated call . The ' edi Orient torout ship under is in good the hands supervision - M when of it —¦ - has the been - Rev ¦ . broug W . ht J .

    m one ~ W ^ ^^ ftie ^ who . ^^^ ^ , ^^^ auth - take or — s up of the ' A ' History — Orient — Guide of London ' will — ~ . ' at Any — once - ^ —— - admit that it is as interesting as it could possibly

    / work be . Besides of reference it may . We fairl are y be certain called that a permanent the price can hardly cover the cost of production .

    From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —In one way the ' Sermons' of Mark Pattison are especially

    interesting t . They were at Oxford delivered when for the the Univer most - sity parmany was years first beg ago inning to , feel the changes

    worked upon it by an impatient and somewhat the intolerant Universi outside ty had publi stood c . still It was that argued she was that no

    longer in conformity with the wishes , and requireold ments -fashion of h ed er and supp out orters of date that an her d com teachi letel ng was at , py

    variance with the necessities of the age . With this view many of the sermons of the late Rector of Lincoln have to do—notablNos . III . IV .

    and V . ; and it is interesting to y contrast the , line , of thought taken on that occasion with the prevalent op — inion — of — — the present XT day — when a —still

    further advance ^ towards radicalism •/ , in educational matters , and what may be termed the practical side of knowledge , has been made . Mark Pattison ,

    as one of the old school , evidently felt very bitterly the concessions that had been made to public opinion ; the fact that j instead of leading f ^ j the van

    the j ^ — — University — y was — being , — reluctantl — — — — y forced by , the dictates of popular clamour . According to his reasoning , knowledge was to be cultivated

    its for practical the sake utility of knowled ; this was , not the hig account hesb form of of education , and it was this that the University ,

    as a chief centre of learning , was called upon to give . That she had fault * , he sorrowfully admitted—that she failed , indeed , to afford in the

    highest degree this most ideal form of education , he hampered agreed b ; y but the worldling that all ' s knowled citi bono ge — should what good be

    will it do ?— »/ how much in the outside world ^? will it fetch ?—he indignantly repudiated . These sermons are particularly engrossing ; and that

    they ment , are lucidity distinguished of expression by hi , g and h scholarl clear y forcible treatreason ¦¦¦ ~ ^^ . ^^ « i . ng <¦« . » k ^^ , m we v v ^^ ^ need ^^ ^*^ ^^ ^ ii n hard ^ b 4 K ^ j ^^^ ' ^ j ^ l fv y v ¦ say r *^ . ¦ v . The . ^^ # *^ ^^ late w ^^^ w ^^ v Rector ^» ^ ^^ w w ^^ ^^

    of of Li his ncoln day , ; it and has now been that well he observed has gon , was e , it would man b © indeed difficult to where the present

    ration shall find such say another . gene From Folk Messrs . J " . & B . Maxwell . — 'Pike County

    American , ' by E stories . H . Mott supposed , consists to be of told a collection at a village of tavern some of which are amusingbut all

    participate , in that flavouring very of exagg , eration which seems so essentially characteristic of this

    iorm form however of of , humour humour will they . None None be grateful the the less less to on on a large this this account account body of ,. reeulers - " *• — V >^ . Probably •«• Pb ^* Kr * M *> S + Y , the VUV ^ mos JiAAV ^*^ t V humorous AJI « 4 * AA \ # Jk VTMM stories WbVA IVW

    are those of A Horticultural Experiment' and ' Panama and Koturah / but all . are of so even a nature that it is difficult to make a selection .

    Interwoven with the stories are a number of tho fading 014 Settler characters , a . species in the of village * oldest , among inhabitant which , ' ; ^

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    - . - the Squire , aud the Sheriff , are the most note- i worthy . All these engage in ' yarn-spinning' at i

    frequentl their nig y htl as y not gatherings by their , and interruptions in other , ways help , as to ? enliven the ' proceedings . The work is illustrated

    by F . Opper . From Messrs . G-. Routledge & Sons . — ' Men of .

    the Reign' is a collection of memoirs of disp tinguished resent reign Eng . lishmen It is thus who a comp have lement died during to ' Men the ;

    of the Time , ' which includes only notices of living o c tavo rsons , of more ' Men th of an the 1 , 000 Rei pages gn' is , containing a stout crown , at a rough estimate - — - a ¦ bout -w- »*¦ 4 B 000 livesAccording to

    — ^^ y —— — , — rmr — ^ , - ^* - ^ m ^^ ^ B . ^ « ^^ . V ^ Jita ^^^^^^^ fc *^» A ¦»• Bl ^ »*^^^ the interpretat preface ion , ' sometimes to our des we i have and g allowed iven a liberal it to includ — e —¦ - such ¦ - ~^ persons H— ¦ ^™ - —¦¦ ¦ " ^^ ^^^^ of - ^^ ^ v forei ^^^ gn ^^ p ^ g ^ - ^ i ^ ^^ gn VH ^ ^^^ m birth V ^^ r ^ b ^ M •^^ fc ^^ ^ as ^ W ^^» have ^^ H ^ V ^ U ^ V W ^^^ '

    reall examining y identified the work themselve ' we find s with an apt Eng illustration land . * On who in _ the was name practicall ^— of J . J y . an Mechi ¦ Englishman , of the * . Mag He ic receives Strop / .

    Mazzini a but column — was - - , who essential - and — — spent — — a l y half a a good forei of ^^^^ C ^ 9 deal ^^ g notice ^^ ner ^^^ " ^»^*^ of »* , ^» , ^^ d ^» time W oes while ^¦• i ^ l ^* among no ^ t ^ ^ Bv t Joseph ^^ ^^ r ^ Br come A us W ^^ ** , . j within the -w ¦ scheme — ¦^ . ^ . Some ^ b-a ^ of the memoi UAV 1 A rs contain W \^

    v « » w »* m — «^ a * — - » ^^ **« ^^ « r ^_^ r- ^^ ^^^ «^ A A . \> A » AA W ttJ «» - » VI * U amusing traits . It is recorded of Captain Basil i Hall of taking , in * notes Men of during the Kei dinner gn / considerabl that ' his habit sur-

    prised and rather annoyed Sir Walter Scott . y ' , From Messrs . Smith ., Elder , & Co . —In ' English

    Life in China / Major Knollys , of the Royal Far Artillery East , has d given us leasan his t experiences reading they in the -

    J-tXL J ^ iOiOl / , , an d / UU ver V O 1 y J p pACrtDiXUL ICd / UlUg LUtVy are itlO . . ¦ With combines ~— ^ i —^ - ~ - " ¦ a ^^— charming the — faculty * - ¦—r ¦ ~^ — sty of le ~—* —^ of observing - ^^ r ^ m **^ writing ^^ ^^ m v ^» ^ m ^ m ^ H ^» , details ^ v « B the ^ i ^ ^*^*^ p ^ # r Major _ r ^ and b ^^ w ^ ^ i ^^» ' .

    forei out-o gn f-th descri e-way i io nc n id s ents supplied genera by ll t y hose wanting indefati in - gable ' globe trotters' who draw on their

    imagination ^^__ _ r for ^^^_ the - larger - — - ^ - ~ portion — - ¦ — ~ of ^_ their . — " — ^^^^^ ' facts ^»^^ ^^ T ^— ^^ ^» ' ^^ B ^ and VWH . ^^ ^^^^ on - ^^^ m guide nee ~— d -books scarce r l for tell the remainder as - he d - . -r Maj in hi or Knoll v « i reface ys — — — ^ —^— — — y ^^ g — — — — — , — — — ^ — * - ^^ t ^^ t ^— ^^ " ^^ . ^^ *^ ¦ —^^ p ^ *^ ^^^ ^™ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ , ^»

    that the statements contained in his book have b been y day recorded in shorthaud on the ! spot Every , and taken page — bears down day the

    impress % j % / of freshness and vivacity + j x i ^ i , and after wandering with the author through the streets of ' our farthest British out-post / Hong Kong , and

    t additional hat' model Bri pcon tish of Republic interesting / Shang glimpses hai , with of life the in Hankow and Foochow—it is with regret that

    we put aside this delightful volume . Gunner Tommy Atkins must enjoy life in Hong Kong , for the Major assures us that ' the precautions

    wi taken sel b minute y the military and incessant combatant inasmuc authoriti h as es t are he conve y yance of each soldier to , China costs the

    Imperial Government about j £ i 00 . The men are strictly prohibited stirring out of barracks between 9 a . m and 5 p . m . during the hot season ; or if

    some emergency renders tho despatch of a mJU a K n mA uro immense ** p ean "A ^^ * - ¦ * or ^ ^» der * sun - ' * l •* y -parasol n Bi ^^ UW ecessar fc *» " . ^ *^ . A ' y , he JLJb Hero V ^ ^ is provided is « r Tommy - * fc ¦ ^^ »*• with * m ~ m '~ s * r

    dail eoft y punkah routine breeze : — 'At fanning 5 A . ar . him he . awakes 5 . 15 . wi Cup th of a > cocoa and a biscuit brought to his bedside by a

    coolie 5 . 30 . . The ( N barber . B . A silver coolie salver shaves is him dispensed still in with bed . ) . ¦ 6 . Bathing parade . 7-30 . Breakfast , , of which

    J 8 lb to . of 11 . beefsteak Nothing forms whatever an invariable to do , and component plenty to . ; hel nearl p him all to the do cooking it — the everlasting sweepingand coolies cleaning ¦ perform - ~~ - -up )»

    in f )^ % ^^ ^^ i ^ MI barra flV y W ^ r * rit cks m * ^^ w ** . m - ^^ - ^ 11 - ^ - ^^ - . ' — A , short ™ spell mm , — of school - - -- —* - - * m ^ M and ! ; I

    theoretical unanimous instruction repose on bamboo in gunnery mat ! ting Alter , ' 'Jtf & dtnper beimgU j I I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 2, 1885, page 1131, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02111885/page/15/