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    From Messrs. Burns & Oates.—' Aroer: T &...

    say in a few words that it is a work that should be in the hands of all students of history .

    Prom the Stationers' Company . —* The British Almanac and Companion for 1389 . ' In this

    very useful work we get the calendar , monthly notices , principal fairs , and Sunday lessons ; astronomical facts and henomena ; with

    fullinformation connected with p the Royal households , the ministry , and public officers , Houses of Parliament ¦ i Universities r & c . ; also Acts of

    Parliam ™ — - ~ ~~ — — ent — ^ ™ ~~ passed ~ — * ~~ , ^ m ~^^^ ~~^^^* in ~ ^^ p ~ *«^^™ » the ^» r ^^ " *^^^ p - ^* ' las —^^ - , ^ B ^^ t ^ ^^ " ^^^ session ^ ^^ ^^ r ^ v ^^™ *^^ ^^^^ & v ^ . ^^^ c ^^^ . ^^ w ^^ Bf ^^ A r ¦ »™ necessary and well-arranged index gives us the points on which to lay our fingers . The

    only objection is the small type used ; if possible , we should like to see a more readable type employed .

    From Mr . Elliot Stock . —' Tales and Sketches in Prose and Verse / by J . W . Wood , F . S . A . This

    charming collection of idyls is one of ^ he most delightful books conceivable . It is the work not only of a large-hearted manbut of one

    who closely watches the details , of life and learns his lessons and applies them in a practical manner . The ¦¦ verses are i great in number f

    — ~ " ~ ^ — — — —¦ - ¦— " ^^^ — " ^™ " ^^ w ^^^ ^^» ^^» ^^ ^^^ v ^ . v ^ fc ^ ^ H ^ K ^ P ^ ^ 1 ^ ^^ f ^^ ^^ ^ k ^^ v ^ M ^ B ^ 1 ^ " ^^»^^> - ^^ n ^ ^^ ^^ and very diversified in character . They are in couplets , lyrics and didactic sketches . The stories and are not a whit less

    prose entertaining than instructive essays , i From Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co . —

    Part 4 of * Our Celebrities , ' the new fine-art publication , contains portraits of Sir Philip Cunliffe OwenSir Charles Russelland Mr .

    Edmund Yates , ; the letterpress , as usual , , Ibeing supplied by the editor , Dr . Engel . The literary excellence — — — ¦— — ¦ - ^^ - ^^ and - ^^ ~ ^^ ^""^ ^ artistic ^^ ^ '" ^ - ^ ^^ ^ wm' - ^ r ^^ v ^^^ finish ^^^^ ^ m ^^ " ^^ ^ m ^ ^^^ ¦¦ so w *^ ^^ observable ~^ f I t . ¦ i ^ k ^ ^ . fc w ^ r ^ ^^^^ ^^» ~ i i ~ ^ in ^ ^ " ^^

    the first number of the periodical are admirably maintained . M . Walery ' s fine workmanship in — — —— the — — ~ w taking - — —» -w—w ^^ H ^_ h ^ k of - ¦ ^^ ^ the ^» ^^^» ^^ portraits v ^^ ^^ ¦¦¦ ^ ^^ ¦ ^ d . ^ ^^ T ^ ^ is ^ fc ^^^ F cl ^ r ^» e ^ i ^ arl «^ b ^^ *^^ y -m recog ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ta ^ V ^ % -

    nisable , and Dr . Engel has managed with happy knack and dexterous touch to hit off the salient features in each individual . * Our Celebrities '

    should find its way into every drawing-room . From the same . — ' The Root of All Evil , ' by

    Alec Fearon . This is a terrible story . Old Farmer Parsons , who is so avaricious that he would slaughter a city of lehas two

    daughters , Nellie and Annie . peop An , old aunt dies and leaves the two girls £ 400 each , the

    survivor to take the whole , with reversion to the father in case they died before him without issue . The father is one of those monsters

    that ordinary humanity cannot understand . He deliberately poisons one daughter—Annie , and , with the utmost unconcern , allows the -fo

    other nthfir , . Nelli Mftllift e . , to tr % hp be condemned r » r > nrlfinrinfv ^ to +, n death ri i ^ at . h for r his crime , but a merciful Providence saves Nellie ¦ ¦ from ¦ ¦*»*¦—¦ the scaffold t mi b —she dies in prison .

    — — —~« " ^^ " ^^ ^» ~^ - ^ ^ v r-m *^ —] — 'm ¦ m ^ hbt" ^^ ih ^^ h r >^ ^^^ P 4 ^ h ^ ^**^ - ^ ^^ ^ fc ^ a «^ ff ^* 4 ^ ^^^^ f . ** ^^ p ^^ - \^ r ^* r ^^ ^ r The fearful story is absorbing in its ghastliness , and teaches the great lesson of the uncertainty of circumstantial evidence

    . Fro the m Messrs Dayes . of TTnwin the . Yeare Brotliers 1889 . — : * a Ep London hemerides Al- :

    manack curious , prof in the ytable Olde , and Sty entertayninge le , containing matters many /

    posies together , ep with igrams certai , merry n proverbs sayings , , & poems c , al ^ , o or a Kalendar for 1889 .

    From Messrs . Ward So Downey . — The Story of Thomas Carlyle / bA . 8 . Arnold . The author

    of this short biograp y hy is a porfervid admirer of Carlyle . Few , if any , who read the 371

    pages in which Mr . Arnold s enthusiasm finds

    vent will question his sincerity as a eulogist . p ITahapp leasing ily 1 to his those book who is love likely Carl to yle prove the leas most t . he has done his best to

    For unwittingly make if pears his not hero to sentimental have ridiculous been . denied he The has sense him a passion . of He humour is for nothing plati

    aptude ; his prose has ; neither finish , nor ease - , nor vigour . His remark that Carlle ' was

    y never softly mealy' illustrates at once his sense of style and his originality as a critic . His

    good taste and tenderness towards others than his — - hero ~ - - ^ are ^^ - *— - —— not - ~— — ' less h ™ - — happ - ^ " - — w ^^ «^— il —¦ — y w exemp - ^ v ^^^^^ - ^^ ^^ p ^^^^ v ^^ w ^ lified ^~^^ m ^ pi . a * - ^^ ~^^^ in ^^^^^ b ^^^ ^ his K ^ ^^ » ^ f

    dismissal of Jane Welsh and Edward Irving as ' dramatic animals . ' Mr ¦ i . Arnold r iv seemingly

    " ^¦^ — ^^^ ^^ " ^^ ™ . ^^ ^^ ii - » -- ^^ _^^ . v ^_^^ ^^ p ^ p ^^ . ^ -- ^ ^^^^ ^^» — ' ^^^^^^— ^^^^^ ^^ i ^^ ¦¦ W *^ - ^^* ' ^^ ^ i ^ B ^ k MW ^^^ V VB ^ h ^* T means well , but in trying to retell a story of Carlyle ' s life he has undertaken a task foT

    which he is as yet unequipped . His book , however , is not without interest . It could not beseeing - ¦— —^— that it is brihtened with numerous

    - — - ^— , ^ m m — h ^ h ~~ ~ ' " ^^ ^ ¦ ""~ — ^^^ ^~ ^^ ^~ g ^ H ^ K ^ ^^^ " ^^~^^ ^^^ " ^ » ™ ^^ '"^ - ^^^^^ «^ ¦¦ ^¦¦ ^ ^^»^^ h ^^ ^^^ " mt ^ ^^ ^^^ l ^ rf extracts from Carlyle ' s works , and from Mrs . Carlyle ' s diary and letters . But where did Carlyle speak of youthful dissipation as a

    * leprous Armada ' ? Can it be that Mr . Arnold has never heard of one Armida ? From the same . —* School Board Essays' by

    E manuel Kink . This is a collection of thirty , - oce humorous sketches on a variety of subjects that have attracted the attention of the author .

    They axe bright , and , if not of a high order in regard to wit , they are pleasantly free from acidity . They are admirably adapted to while

    away any wearisome time . The number of essays ( thirty-one ) may seem an alarming quantit i ybut they — are — — given in 132 i — pp . large #

    U + / f * j ^ ^~ B— |— — " » type . From the same . — 'A Prince of the Blood , * by

    James Payn . This book is too well known to make it necessary for us to give a lengthened ^» ^ w— —^— ~— —^ notice ^^ ^ - ^ i i ^~ - ^^ . ^ " The ^^——^ ^^^^^^ - ^^^ two - ^^ r ^ r ^ - ^^ r pairs m ^^ r ^^^^^ ^ BT ^^^ *^^^ of ^^^ r ^^ b ^ unfortunate ^^ r ^^ v ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^^ ^»™^ ^^ ^ b ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^¦ ^^^ ^—

    lovers — unfortunate on account of the inevitable money—are scarcely types of people , but they are creationsand it must be

    remembered that no creation , ever emanated from a novelist ' s brain that could be considered impossible . The terrible Mr . Norbury almost

    reminds us of the indomitable Sir Massingberd . Every character throughout is as true to life , though not commonplaceas could sketch

    it . This is the new edition , in pen one volumeand will meet the requirements of lovers of , IVJr . Payn ' s works .

    From MIessrs . "Ward , Lock & Co . — ' Amateur Work / illustrated , edited by the author of

    ' Every Man His Own Mechanic' With supplement containing designs and working drawings to scale for various pieces of workuseful and

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    that every household might with great profit to itself possess . It cannot be too highly recom-^ mended b ^«> 4 B —i _~ . ^ k ^>^ ^^^ ^ h ^^ v ^^^^ , ^ m especially ^^ v ¦ h V ^ i ^^ ^^^* ^^^^ ^¦¦¦^ ^ . ' ^ V . ¦ * P ^ ^^ b W in ^* ^^ ^^ b view V ^ v ^^^^ V v of ^^^^ ^^^ the ^^ ^^ b ^ i «^^ ^^^ fact ^^^ ^^^* . « ^^^^ V ^ that ^ . ^ . ^^^¦^ ^^^

    there is increased demand for real excellence in all mechanical and scientific work . Also a more general feeling thatin order to keep up

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    information in this ponderous but excellently arranged work that we cannot specify items . strongly We can , commend however , receive it . it with pleasure , and : : - ~ -A

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    t 570 Tte Publishers' Circulai * Dec . 6 , 1888

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1888, page 1572, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121888/page/78/