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    P ^--^"^^^^ -''- ---^ 1038 The Publisher...

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    y . [ pages -, 7 . It is wellin the midst of the productions of our English housesto be reminded that

    , , our Continental rf ~« I 1 1 nei g hbours 1 _ 1 _ are ____ not . _! idle 'II , and "I Messrs — . Kacbette __ __ . & «^ Co _ . ( who t may now be 1 said . _ to dKAW have ^^ almost « WAJU » a - ^^ w * ^ r n ^^ mrw aturalised ^ m m . i ¦ ¦ ¦¦ h i w -V — themselves 9 r ^ a * ^ ar ¦»— — -w v- ^ t - ^ p- nr amongst ¦ ¦> ' ¦ »¦ »^ - — ¦>» - >» r w us ¦ b ^ v ^ ar , * f ¦¦ have ^ ¦¦¦ " ¦ " ^^ a »*» goodl f ^ ^^ ^ " ^ y -. f ¦¦ ^ show *^ — ' » - »¦ ¦ " w of »*¦ ^ " > the ¦¦ - «¦• «* - p pr icture «¦ ^ v « r ^^ — »*¦ work » » V' 4 b A & of fi # J the ( if I f ^ artistsTheir edition of FroissartChronicles is work of

    printing French ^^ h ; and . Raphael pj new : sa vieson osuvreson ~ m ~ ~— ' s temps h - ^— ' by Eugene a magnificent Muntzis another i chromo choice

    production __ ^^^ ^^^^^ v ^ ¦ ^ ¦¦• ^^ - ^ ^^— ^ pg ^ HB y ^» - . As A — a spe — — — cimen — — — — of , y what « I — — is — —— — —~— done ^ , ^ m — in « the iV - , ^ m gay ^^ cap ^~^ ^ ital ^ ^ t ^ ^^ in * the » % ^^ ^ way , ^ F ^ ™ ^^ ^ ^ of ^ ¦ J ^^ « ^^ * illustrated ^^ «« ^^ B - ^^^ d ^ ^^ . B ^ Jfc ^ Bfc ^ L ^ F ^ LTtjB ^ . journalism the annual volume of Le Tour du Monde may be cited as worthy to rank with our /* % 1 I 1 ^ i" rTT" ^ ¦>« ^ v 4 - TV ^ . * "V iwl * V Tl Y i i - « yv ¦¦¦* -- — »

    own efforts in the same direction . [ Vide pages 1249—1251 , and Illustrations 105—108 . From from Ban aand a and ana Heart Heart Office omce we we receive receive the tne annual annual volume volume of oi ' Hand nano . and ana Heart Heart' / aa

    weekly paper , intended by the editor , the Rev . Charles Bullock , to supply a cheap illustrated ¦ weekly h journal » ' for general hk reading . r Fictio ¦— n ¦ news ¦ essays ¦ ""^ reports - ~ - of Church ¦¦ ¦¦ events ¦¦ notes on

    the v w ^^ p - ^^ ^^ current ^^^^^ v ^^ ' ^^^^^ v ^^— ^ top ^ '' ^ r ics ^^— ^^ of ^^ " ^ each ~~ ' ^ ~—¦ week " ~^ ^^ ~ , and ^^^» ~ a strong " ^ — — " ~ " , J infusion "" ^ " ~ , J ^ ' — — of ~ T ^ g biograp , ^^ m- ~ — hical — ^^ ^ " sketches — ' •— ~^ r , with — " * ' "' " ^^ , » full ^^>^^ ^^ ^ - ^^ page ^^ m ^^ m portraitsand occasional plates of considerable artistic meritmake up the contents of the

    paper , and , in its annual issue it makes a goodly volume , suited , for the table of the working men's club or for the parlour of the cottage home . The editor very wisely makes a strong

    feature of the pictures , and hia plan of putting a striking engraving on the first page is a good stroke of policy . All such efforts to promote the circulation of wholesome literature

    are worthy of success , and in this case they seem to have attained it . From the same office we have * Home Words for Heart and Hearth' for 1880 a monthly illustrated magazinewith

    a good staff of contributors ; the Day of Days Annual , ' for 1880 , more specially fitted , for Sunday reading ; and last , but by no means least , the annual volume of ' The Fireside / a

    magazine for family reading , with some of the later writings of the lamented Frances Ridley Havergalon whom the editor furnishes some interesting papers in his ' Leaves of a

    Conse-, famous crated Life Passion . ' Whether Play as Mr . The Bullock Ober- w Ammergau ill meet with Blasp general hemy agreement / is a question in his which descrip we tion will of not the

    undertake to answer , but we must in justice note that Mr . Bullock ' s criticisms are apparently based upon opinions rather than upon his own observations , and this would scarcely be

    admitted 1 Hamlet' to of be Mr . a Irving fair method and Mr of . criticism Booth . , This even , howe in regard ver , i » to a matter such performances of opinion , and as the the

    handsome controversial volume ground has . very The much 'Fireside in it ' of and the ' hi Home ghest Words excellence ' have , which Christmas does not numbers trench , upon the latter latter oi of wnicn which is is already alreadv imprinted imDrinted as as m in its its zoUih 250 th tnousand thousand , a a circulation circulation lar large ^ e enough enouerh to to

    make many a modest periodical unspeakably jealous . , [ See Illustrations 73-75 . Messrs . Harrison & Sons have issued in good time their well-known annuals' Burke ' s

    Peerage , Baronetage , and Knightage for 1881 / and the 'General Armory of , England , fecotlan Scotlandd . Ireland Ireland , and and Wales Wales' bv by feu Sir * Bernard Bernard Bnrkft Burke . hooka books of of such riioTi admitte admitted d excellence excellence that tnat

    they need , no commendation , at , our hands . , [ Vide pages 1230 , 1290 . Messrs . Hatchards , in the * Forty Shires / by Charlotte M . Mason , present in a sing chief cmei le

    volume volume an an interesting interesting sketch sketch of of our our English English counties counties , , their their natural natural features features , , and and their their most industries JU touched -1 VSUU beautiful MWUUV ^ H A upon ^ k , while 11 U . buildings UUUUU ^ K m The some illustrations 1 CU of and U the 11 U prominent VIA characteristic . IOA . € to « V »/ the VJL ^ b 1 OV historical volume 1 U UVV scenes ^ H A 11 VO ^ , twent feature J in . J . A . the UI _ . JL K <_> y-one WUUULUU counties s in their in number , , and CA records && VL the VUU 0 A , include are ^ book B UVVIV fl also ^ H , . UIKI as some incidentally U a * whole * «• ^ T " — of M The ill the , | _ is . ^^

    one which supplies a large amount of useful information in a very readable shape . In p Story hrase of the Jesus narrative for Little of the Children life of Christ / Mrs , . and G . E provides . Morton a book puts into of considerabl the simplest e meri possible read t , not to

    them merely merelv . lor for The children children book recalls to to read read the lor for style them them of selve selves the lamented s , , but but also also authoress for for their their of parents oarents the ' Peep or or teachers teachers of Day to to series reaa , and w we cannot give it higher praise . [ Vide page 1203 .

    Messrs . Hodder & , Stouglitoii , in addition to their works of theology , publish , in » remarkably artistic binding , a story entitled ' The Two Miss Dawsons / which is a singularly little

    healthy periodical and , * The attractive Mothers bit ' of Friend fiction / , is with a reli the giou scene s magazine laid in well Scotland packed . with The tales publish and ers sketches ' daisies ,

    and and in a fiel prettily nrettilv d—a illustrated illustrated genuine id . . yll Its Its . The cover cover volumes has has a a charming charming of ' Men sketc sketch Worth h , , in in Remembering colours colours , , or of children children ' alread picking nicking y issued a »« will " ^ form excellent gifts for elder boys or young men . [ Vide page 1256 .

    Mr . Jobn Hoggr , in the ' Glass of Fashion / by the * Lounger in Society , provides what he terms 'A Universal Handbook of Social Etiquette and Home Culture for Ladies an <*

    r the style of the little pocket volumes which usually borrow that title , for it is rather a

    P ^--^"^^^^ -''- ---^ 1038 The Publisher...

    P ^ -- ^"^^^^ - ' ' - --- ^ 1038 The Publishers' Circular Dec . 6 , 18801

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1880, page 1038, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121880/page/6/