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      «. ——Purposes Age ¦ 0* Of R* A Ward Chri...

      « . ——purposes age ¦ 0 * of r * a Ward Christinas , Xock gift , & than Co . their have new few edition boots of which Ivan will hoe , win oi which greater we favour spoke recentl for the y in our notices of new books . It forms a volume of a projected series of Scott ' s novelswith

      illustrations by eminent French artists , which bids fair to form an important contribution to , the

      more luxurious reprints oi fcir waiter s worKs . lne tollowmg illustration represents tne J 5 iacK

      Knight hammering at the castle postern-gate , within which De Bracy is making his final resistance . Tne Child ' s Instructorof which we have spoken month by month in terms of hih

      , g praise , now reaches us as a goodly volume , the statement on its title-page that it is ' profusely illustrated' being letelborne out ban inspection of its after pages . The lessons are

      concise , simple , and comp made intelli y gible even y to young children by the numerous pictures , and it ought to form a near approximation to the Utopian * Royal Road to Learning . ' Another of

      the publishers' serials which are being issued in volumes is Amateur Work , edited by the author of ' Every Man His Own Mechanic' The illustrations , including copious plates and

      the diagram aeries — - **• . * s , ) m naturall ; * ( and ^ JLAVK J in . JLA y form addition CW « I . ^> L ft . \ JJL a *~ rM strong . M . to t / V- ' the iiAJk feature \/ hundreds a * . \« AJ . \ AA in 'v ^ x ^ m . *^ this of V- 'Jfc aaa illustrations . ' practical v « hj v * . % ^ i % sm . ¦ v- ^ ** and . » -- ^ worked w w v useful ^ ^ . a * , ¦ x- ^ ¦* -- * with ** boo . « . «/ . »« k the «^ ( «* th . ^^ - e letterpress « . - »^ second w v- ^^ a . J- ' * . " ^< ' ^^ of «*^ , «

      jarge sheets are stitched in after the manner of the dressmakers' patterns in the fashionable journals familiar to lad iy readers . For all Tf who wish to turn their hands ¦ to any form 1 i of

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      in in advertisements advertisements , . * it it must must be be seen seen to to be be appreciated aDDreciated / . ' JNo No publisners publishers have nave done done roore than Messrs . Ward & Lock to supply useful literature in a marvellously cheap form , and

      Amateur Work' is one of their many successful ventures . [ Kide pages 000 , 000 .

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      . Messrs. Warne A, Co. Have What Might N...

      . Messrs . Warne A , Co . have what might not unfairly be termed a Century for young people and m 8 t varied . Nicholas , the two half-yearly volumes of which , with their highly-finished engravings

      pu zine f wxuriance ° r , and vanea - for w « the the UJlu letterpress letternresa young JT humorous VfULUg produced JJJL Ul . , is torm form LH _ b y * -4 . no quite n on KJIL uite means this Vili a a library librarv side O 1 . absent KXK 3 the \ jllKJ in in either themselves themselves Atlantic ni / ltllll from / lU can ^ CJtll , . letterpress Youner x compare \ j oung \ JUXjJOjl tolks folks . XJ or with VYll illustrations ot of all all St KJV . . ages aeres Nicholas X ? tWWI are are . No provided nrovided in All maga the K 1 IO

      J ^& ches us once of its more production , and will or continue the variet to y do of so its , we contents suppose . , as Aunt long Louisa as the ^ worl Picture d lasts -Book . Its ;

      n y-four coloured pictures mated with its nursery alphabet , ' Who killed Cock Robin ? ' * The ^ , esired ^^ 4 LCjI . W oman b |\ 1 T tiny Tin who * W readers % «/ vr lived « * J * - * . •***** \ in a or-w ^ Shoe ^~ v ¦»*¦* j-t * the ^ - , ' > - and i ^« rf ^ > b ^^ * j- The w publishers v-i . ¦«« L-v Thro i t r * Vfc >—k ^ e ^ i- ^ ' Little story — . X . ^ «« -- — books X Dogg -v v ~ v > -v 1 »^ *** ies m-w-r ^ - y find ¦ make - * - » ^ A Sidney a M it ^ p « a ^^ ^ volume i ^ C ^ TB * ^ f to 4 ^« M be «^ I

      J *** ft ^ om y Home , by Annie . Among Keary , same handsomely bound and - illustrated we , and JDlclc ' s ral rey ry , or and a I Jw ° tt * ro Stories 111 those b who y Silaa are K familiar . Hocking with * , a the group author of tales ' s previous of street essay life , s which in the will sam need e field no . in For troduc little - I 1 * IIUj I'M » ¦¦¦¦ Iv / i cdoab spen \ £% & t *>¦ n llf ^~ - nie ^_ ___ _^_ JM __ _ _ ^ k ^ k & . . — . work — with — a _^> . _~_ j * . ^ J iia _ A ^ k . j —» . k w 4 . auhs I ' ••** ' & *—k b *^ v—k v hwii * r ^ ^ k -w" v wtci r ^ rf ~ v - «« w « i iv ^ *~^

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1883, page 1199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121883/page/23/