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    Feb. 15, issr The Publishers' Circular *...

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    Books Keceived: — Fro J^ ^ \J M A14 The ...

    Continental , is fully utilised , and the result is a volume \ whi — — ch — —— will well repay the perusal of _ the ___

    y J } M *»* "v " L tl X are general engaged i reader in teaching and the . 1 or careful preaching S % 1 stud . . y of all -m t ivho - »

    From Messrs . O . Kegan Paul & Co . — ' The King ' s Stor of the y Book Journey . of B / y Mark An of effective Evans the . amp Part lification of II . the Stories and

    exp ^ T xnlanation estame lanation nt , describing oi some some oi the tne nat parables parables ural features oi tne of New . w the ow country ^^ l ^ * ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ p ^ v ^ Mt W amidst ^*^^^ ^^^^^ which Christ — spoke f ^^ — , ^ K and ^^ ^¦ ^^^ from ^^^ ^ ¦ ^^

    which He drew so many of the images used in His teaching . The author does not attempt to g most ive ' simp S strong le ¦ p meat hraseology to babes in order ; ' in fact to — " make , . ____ he ,- uses himself v - the _

    un ^^ J ^ y ^ d j p *_^ erst V *^ ~ m — o o d , as , for instance £ J ^ J - , when , in app _ lying .. the story of ' The Friend at Midnight , ' he tells children that they are to pray to God ' for bread

    , not for goodies . ' A . map and a few illustrations are added to the volume which is admirably

    fitted for young readers . Prom Mr . Poole . — ' Hymns for Children of the

    children English Church some in . ' narrative A series form of simp and le some verses after for the fashion , of the hymndealing with the chief

    events of the Christian year , . Although the idea is not altogether a new one , there are so few books o — f sacre — - d ^ poetry ^ reall ^ y fitted for „ young readers

    and learners that this little volume will doubtless meet with a cordial welcome . It is modelled on the Church's year , commencing with Advent

    Sunday , and supplying a poem for each Sunday and Saint ' s day . From Messrs . Relfe Brothers . —* Pirst Principles

    of Euclid , being an Introduction to the Study of the Tajlor First . An Book attempt of Euclid to ' make s Elements Euclid . ' not By T only . S .

    intelli plan on gible which but the attractive author to has childre worked n , and proved the , he tells usto be so successful that * from being

    the driest , and most distasteful lesson of the difficulti week , Euclid es seemed became to one vanish of , the and p the leasantest results ;

    firs exceeded t step his is to most give sanguine his pup expectations ils , by means . ' H of is ca metric rdboard terminology figures , some so that acquaintance when they meat with with

    geowords to old introduce friends w and ; definitions and them & he , to then a , th simp UAtU ey proceeds / le recognise llog step ism them by step as

    formulated metric out sy -, llogism ~ his . ^ as * a v simp , and W le a propositi chai n JLV of sy * on J -7 such . fS In J * sy J ¦• " order llog , ** a isms gee f ^ UKr to

    ori carry ^ work rry ginal out but numbering his simp plan Dlan l he he makes lilrxn of the does does propositions his not not interfere infer fern rrangement in with with Euclid the fhfi ' s

    as them luera to , , and a the ~ « ^ l ordor explains exDl oinipi ains y j of difficulty them thorn -UO . . In Tn » in own U all all Wll which these t . hp miVLllgqLUVll a he matters mntt groups . ftrs V

    a practical test is the best means of pronouncing clearness on the value of statement of such a system we , can but as ive far hi as h Praise to the little book . goes gg

    From » dories f cret the and tho Religious other Sketches Tract Society , ' a bud . get — The of homel Wife ' y s

    01 tt an without , inexperienced first her of which young —tolling wife of who the gets troubles into

    ^ JJ l er > tr avag o— 5 int brother husband "iuuuvi . ' money iiiyjxxvjf s knowledge which niiii . il , and ought uutiib lends to \ . \ j ^ 8 ed

    trnt ta ates tt the olmne n U ' Anoth for nouse ^ r of of -keep the tabs ing— forcibly gives its illus title

    -^ r ** tes the > reapohsibility rA « TM-vf > uii-vii ;*¦¦* . ^ -c husbands 1 , ,, ^ 'u ^^/ i ^ and j fathers i ? .. * i famiT tO malcin & duo provision for their

    r NL th ° i . - — ' The Hive and its Wonders . ' —vt vui

    t '— . --., _ uuu . jv Aupviivv . i > i t % popuiivr

    the little Reli book gious by one Tract -who Society may , ' s we * Bee suppose -master , be / sty The led

    in story simp of le the and bees effective and their word busy s , and workings the various is told stages ^ j of their proceedings ^» - — g - ^ — fro - — — m —¦— the — ——— — ¦ sucki — —— ^ r — - — — ng — F ^ of ^^

    the sale flower are full up described to the preparation . of the honey for y From Mr . Edward Stanford . —• ' The Natural

    Wonders of New Zealand . ' Second edition . This volume offers us a description of the Wonderland of the Pacific ; its boiling lakessteam holes

    and mud burning volcanoes mountains , sulphur ; baths and prefixed , medicinal , to its springs pages , , is a capital map of the country on the scale of

    from 18 | miles the to country an inch itself . The , as work in the , we prefa gather tory , comes note intending visitors are informed that they can

    office obtain of any the further New Zealand information Almanac by appl , Queen ying Street to the , Auckland . The lake district of New Zealand is

    it appears , growing in public estimation as a , health resort , and since the first edition of this work was published , coaches , railways , and

    steamers have , we are told , made it accessible both to tourists and invalids . In days like these , when ocean and continent are so easil — y spanned — — — — —

    a trial of the wonderful medicinal powers ~ f ^^ of the , springs of New Zealand may yet become a recognised C- ? part JL of the London p AT hysician v ' s pre AT — -

    scription , and in any case the natural features of the country are sufficiently remarkable to make this little volume well worthy of perusal .

    We have also received : —Worthies of the World ( Ward , Lock & Co . ) part 4 , containing lives of William Ewart GladstoneGeoffrey Chaucer

    Martin Luther , and Lord Nelson , ; and from the , same publishers , the Illustrated Household Magazine (^— February )/ , which has , j in addition to the usual —

    amount of interesting articles , a noteworthy literary paper on . the late ' George Eliot 'Stoddart ' s Review ( X Philadelphia A . ) / for

    Februaryv—Lippincotfs Magazine for February , which has , among other articles of interest , Welshwomen , ' bWirt Sikes ; and ' A Country Tavern in Winter /

    y by Mary Dean ; * Power Centres' is the euphemisti Old Journalist c title of / an *? article hieh will on probabl newspapers y be , the by best ' An

    read paper of the number , . as it is , perhaps , the best reading—' Clericalism' ( Griffith & Farran ) a Sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of

    St . Paul , London , on the 16 th of January , 1881 , I by William Stubbs , D . D ., Canon Residentiary' The Approaching Judgment Day of Nations ;

    England at the Bar ; the Divine Verdict , ' published by the Scriptural Evidence Society—Firende ( 'Hand & Heart * Office ) — Sword and Trowel

    ( Burlington Passmore ) ( edited Remington by C & . ; II Co . . ) S new purgeon No . — — Hb The ? ne Book , domestic cyclopaedia ( Ward , Lock & Co . )

    part Shilling 4—Hand Magazi 8 f 7 Heart \ e ( Houlston ( Office ) ) part —S — porting Churchman Mirror ' s ( Etherington ) edited by Diomed—Monthly Packet

    ( Walter Smith ) edited by Charlotte M . Yonge—Every Man his own Mechanic ( Ward , Lock & Co . ) part 2 . —British Trade Journal part—Cape

    MuntJd ' Beeton y ' s Magazifie Great Book ( Juta of , Cape Poetry Town ' ( ) Ward January , Lock — & Co . ) new edition , part 3—Milliner and

    Dressmaker Journal ( Ward ( Ward , , Lock Lock & & Co . Co ) — . )— Sylvia Union ' s Home Jack ( Griffith pan Jbflta & Farran 4 b ) edited bG . A . Henty ¦ ¦¦ — The f

    K Welcome ^ h , fW ^^ n ^^ ^¦ v ^ r ( Partrid ^^* ^^^ ^~ ^ ¦ . y flh ^ B ge ^^ ^^^ «* & ^^ ^ b ^*^ h Co w ^^ y W . ) ^ i ^ 'V v part w ^^ b ^ ^™ — * ^« Beeton v ^ v ' s t i Illustrated on' ( Ward Encyclopaedia Lock & Co . ) of part Useful 16— Informa Prmtera -

    , Register—Christian Treasury ( Groombridge ) . m

    Feb. 15, Issr The Publishers' Circular *...

    Feb . 15 , issr The Publishers' Circular * i

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1881, page 135, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021881/page/11/