Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1880, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1258

SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , & CO . 'S ^ NEW BOOKS ( CONTINUED ) . THE TWO ENTIRELY NEW BOOKS BY THE LATE W . H . G , KINGSTON AREThe Heir of Kilfinnan : A Tale of the ) Shore and Ocean , Fully Illustrated , ' Cloth extra , gilt edges , ~ Qy Dick price Cheveley 7 « . € d , : liis Adventures and Mis- W ' G > KlXGST 0 ^ adventures . Fully Illustrated . Cloth extra , gilt edges , 7 s . € d . ) beari THE ng on tire TJ title . MES -page , of the Nov well . 30 - , known soys of nnd these honoured two books name : — of ' Among W . H - . the G . Kingston first volumes , in losin to our g who "hand m every are these boy in companio Great Britain n , and — a ever kindly y English teacher -sp . eaking . . . In boy " , Dick we may Cheveley Bay , all " a the nd " world The Heir over— of has Kilfinnan lost a " good ( both friend from , a Sampson pleasant Low him and a to & firm Co gratify . ) conviction , Mr his . Kingston passion that , is the no quite t laurels exactly in his of in bes Nelson the t vein manner and . Dick Howe he is proposed are a poor one parson , day nor to with ' s so grace n precisely with his a head the stron . same g An passion result accident , for but enables the amply sea I his enough fill of , in them all conscience , whether . he Adventures will or not . , a " grea The t Heir authority of Kilfinnan has averred , " a tale , are of to shore the adventurous and ocean , , b s ut quit poor e a Dick roma ge nce ts the in miniature scene is , l and aid , in as the Irelan author d , but has wisel observed y no attempt in the preface has been , " co mad ntain e to s m make aterials capital for a out full of -sized the present novel . " unhappy Part of I add condition a fresh of regre the t country to his loss . Eoth , showing these how stories , despi may te t tak he e work rank they among had Mr done . , Kingston his pen ' was s best stil , l and as , vigorous if they b and e new his , I I fancy as keen as ever . ' ( They are quite new stories . — S . L ., M ., & Co ) I THE TWO ENTIRELY NEW BOOKS BY JULES VERNE AREThe Tribulations of a Chinaman . ) Fully Illustrated . Cloth extra , gilt edges rni , price Is . 6 d . JlILES The ^ , Steam ^^ House w i . — I . The Demon -r ^ of % VERNE . Cawnpore . Fully Illustrated . Cloth extra , price * Js . 6 d . ) Jules Verne ' s stories are , as the TIMES says , terribly thrilling and absolutely harmless . THE TIMES , of Nov . 30 , says of ' The Tribulations of a Chinaman * : * M . Jules Yerne stands , it may be moro supposed learned , in much more the of the sam schoolmaster e relation to . French Hi 3 miracles boys' as are Mr generally . Kingston made stood to to proceed English on . strictly M . Vern scientific e , however princi , is - piles ples , or up what such , a , with prodigious him , pass array for of euch facts . He that relates only the the most most sce astounding ptical of young stories read with ers the could gravest presume possible to doubt face , that and these marvels , if they have never actually happened , might not , under equal conditions , very well happen to him or startling learned some as one and ever el appropriate se , . an In d has his , nature moreover latest . work Miss , been , " Frewer The allotted Trib is a ulations the more tra than n of slator a common Chinaman , whose proportion skilful , " he is pen as of daring has illustrations become , aa ing the en of ious recognised the , and most as medium ' One for of transferring Jules Verne's these most wonderful original stories tales across the Is Channel sure to . be ' a great favourite . ' —Standard . * It is not likely that there will be many more thoroughly entertaining Christmas books Mancheste than this r GuARDrAX . ' . A more * That ingenious arch inve plot stor was of probabl stories for y never young devifed people . ' — has Scotsman in many . respects in this book excelled his previous efforts . * * Among In Jules the Verne man 's y ha droll ppiest tales vein told . '— of Whitehall the Flowery . Review Land , . none have approached this in quaintness of idea and piquant freshness of description . ' —Daily Chronicle . IMPORTANT WORK BY JULES VERNE . I The Great Explorers and Navigators of the Charts Nineteenth , Maps Century , & c . . Translated With numerous by N . Illus D'Anvebs trations . , Demy and Facsimile 8 vo . cloth Cop extra ies , of price Old 12 Engravings s . 6 d . ; gilt , edges Publisher , 14 * . ' s Note . —This volume forms the third of three volumes under the general title World of * Celebrated , ' and covers Travels a peri and od Travellers in the world / ' The s History first volume extending is entitled from B . * C The . 605 Exp 'to the loration close of of the the seventeenth century . The second volume treats on the 'Great Navigators of the Eighteenth 1 Century Great Exp '; and lorers the and third Travellers volume , of which the Nineteenth will bo published Century . shortly , will give an account of the Imp . 4 to . cloth extra , gilt edges , price £ 2 . 12 s . Qd . I The Etcher . This Volume contains Thirty-six Examples of the I Original Etched-work of Celebrated Artists , amongst others : Birket Foster , Robert W . Ill Macbeth , J . E . Hodgson , R . A ., Colin Hunter , J . P . Heseltinr , R . S . Chattock , H . R- III Robertson 4 The Etohkr , & c asserts , & e . its position ¦ with many examples , showing a good doal of technical accomplishment ftnd 11 considerable * * For Most original of pretensions the prints etchings are to hi , exceptionally The gh artistic Etciikh ¦ merit good , amongst . . ' ' — —Times Athkn monthly . ' ^ sum . magazines , is on a way to take a very forem ost | H m place ' . A — thoroughly Aoadbmy . ' praiseworthy enterprise , carefully conducted , and deserving of success . '—Spectator . I B London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SBARLE , & RIVINGTON , I [ I Crown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street , E . G . . ( 707 ) 1

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