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    read , and even those who are unable to look at tbings from , the standpoint of the society named

    after the great apostle of Free Trade will rise from its perusal with well-informed minds on many of the problems which are awaiting and

    "urgently demanding solution . From Messrs . Dean & Son . — ' The Victoria Cross — ph ^ pppi ^ pph ^^ m pppipb ^ . ^ pppApb ¦¦ A _ ^

    ch in apter Afghanistan in the history . ' By of Major the British W . J . army Elliott which . A

    will will the have have ranks an an / attraction attraction Major Elliott for for many man describes v readers readers in grap outside outsiae hic ¦ style M & W Wt ^^ the WA 4 »^^ incidents « p *«»«^ ^**»^^ ¦ ¦» ¦*¦• ' which »» ¦»¦» »^^ - » won » -w — for — — — each — of the — -

    heroes named in the volume the distinction so earnestly coveted and so dearly prized alike by

    officers officers and And men men . , and and it it is is easy easv to to see see as as we we read read of these ' deeds of daring' how the cross has come to be regarded as the decoration par excellence of

    the English soldier . Portraits of the gallant men and pictures of the scenes on the field amid which H they performed mv their several feats will add to the

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    adventure and criminal prowess which are so widely circulated . From the same— 'Baring Deeds Afloat : Koyal

    . Navy ^__ . ' B ^_^__ y Major ^^~ ^^ PPi ^ W ^ m— *^ PP > . J ^^ P ^ . ^^^^ Elliott PPP" ^^ P » ^ Pi ^ A . In ^ BPpB this ^ h P & volume « M , which forms another issue of the publishers ' ' Deeds of Daring Library / we have the story of

    Admiral Benbow ^ s famous action ; an account of the mutiny and recapture of the ' Hermione '; and a narrative of the defence of the Diamond

    Hock . If it would be a mistake to say that the glory of the British Navy has departed , it is at least true that its past is very unlikely to be

    equalled in deeds of personal bravery , for naval warfare is now little more than a competition of highly * finished ' machineswhereasin days gone

    , , by , the old wooden walls witnessed scenes of heroism at least as striking as those of the battlefieldand the present volume is an illustration of

    what , our sailors JL did and dared . Major Elliott I has done his work well ,-and has produced a most stirring and inspiring story .

    From Mr . James G-emmell , Edinburgh . — 'Life of Robert Smith Candlish , D . D ., Minister of St . George ' s Free Church and Principal of the New CollegeEdinburgh . By Jean £ . Watson .

    * An interesting biographical sketch of the famous Scottish minister , giving a complete record of his pulpit work and of his

    important speeches in the General Assembly . In regard to his sermons we are told that the Doctor had his favourite discoursesand did not hesitate

    to give them to his own people , again and again at intervals , "while it is added that they were generally appreciated more highly on their

    repetition than when they were originally delivered . As to his mode of sermon-composition , it is said that , although written generally at the close of a

    busy week , his sermons must necessarily have previously taken shape in his mind , for otherwise their ^ r t . iv ^ ¦ ™ symmetri t ^ ¦ ~ ^ ^^ ^^ — — — --- cal __ . _ character — _ — ___ . _ __ ^ ^ — ^_ no ^^^^ ^^^ part ^^ ^ ^ ^^_ ^_^ being ^ ^ ^^_ ^ g ^^^^ ^^^^^ in ^^ ^^^^^

    excess and no part defective - could not have been so invariaibly mainbiinod . And this is mado still more probable by the small number of erasures

    or interpolations to be found in his manuscripts . As a rule they are clearly written , in a very minute ^ ¦ B J | ft •* •¦ T ^ % ^ ^ . ^ rounded ^ h ^^ ' ^ K « . ^^^ ' ^^ ——^ hand — — " — —* - " ¦ , -m with — » ^ » - ^ - ^ ^ all ^* p ^^ tho ^ v ajk aft ^^» " cap ^ ta > ^ » B ^ ital Vk ^* ^ ^ * s * #

    ; attended to , and the punctuation as accurate and precise as if intended for the press . Dr . Candlish published ¦ ¦ !!! maiiy volumes - - tho _ . _ r - _^ bost known of

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    From Messrs . Griffin & Oo ,, Portsmouth . NaW II from ' Seamanshi the es p tablishment , ' sixth edition whence . Not this a grea elabo t * rate *«

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    snip ship for promotion promotion naa no no learn learn from from . III so that if they happened to be asked a question , I on some point which had not come under their [

    observation , they were unable to answer it More than forty years later , we believe that the onl ppp W acc "p ^ P * essible p ^ p * book pp ^ V for an p ^ p ^ B Elishman

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    are strikingly shown by the present enlarged ( I j edition of Sir G-. S . Nares' * Seamanship . It is a III bulkdemy octavowith 420 engravings h & . Then III

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    others denoting the alphabet , the coloured lights 11 even ^ show ^ v ^ p' «« the n • * ^^ by way ww w different * m w in ••>¦• which v * « v * k ^ kinds ^«>* flags ^• . wfcBv * of . ^ * are . w « k vessels ^^ held «>» ¦¦ ^^ p »^ ' * in • a t squaring ' - ¦ ^ sea ^™ -- — ||| , — and n ail

    . vessel and sail ' s yards signal . s B eac also on signal depicted s , semap . Th hore e different signals , 11 j I parts of a shiare elaboratellainedrigging 11

    directions give p n , how to ship y masts exp , and , how toil sai DtalA l boats Ik / VfUiVtJ . i The Jk UV rule A lAfcV VA of the iUV road Jk V **»¦ * ** at " "" sea' U I think

    also given . There is one point where we I little tivbiu more vvumiimuiio contri completeness vance and auu migh oavcuojvu extension t yet be the ljl attained » v index ^ b » v . v— . mig Bj o ht » _ I I terms

    Th be u made s , e . g . to we act have as no a doubt vocabulary that a of kedge nara anchor l of « . I J I described and its uses explained in the of course it

    the the book book , , but but the the index index gives cnvea no no hint hint 01 it . . II From JL JIV ^ IM Messrs ilLOUIMBi . Griffith XiT * , 1111 VMX 8 Ub c Faxran Jb 7 IMAIWi . —' Th ^ - e Food — je dJ _ I

    eat J . Milner ; Why we Fotherg eat it ill , , and M . D Whenc . The e it chapters comes . new I I

    made up into book-form originally appeared , *« I learn They from furni the sh , preface in a simp . in le the but Burlington trustwort Maga hy shape **** , I I

    a detailed account of the work of the digerti ^ organs forms , of the food character and and then properties by of of the a / van : " * " I I

    chapter and tcr shal xdi the f l . hfl be , invalid int eating we ^ lid have , have hft in a a . skit d red ta . 2000 uced upon ^ , , the t . he when the way whole whole food | tho race race whicn djspep ¦ to w w " » I I

    same level of incapacity to digest ordinary edibles ^ . From the same . — The Care and Treatment of &* I in Private ' onel t

    Insane Weatherl feeling of y , Eng M . land D ., CM is Dwellings adverse . So long . to the By as conflncme the ^ ¦ ¦ in puw i . > , ^ I

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    many I private > r . Weatherl treatment y discusses is generally the pros ^ nn VA ( l ^ ^ ^ of n H vate vate treatment treatment ¦ in ¦¦ aaminiu admimbl »|/ BPirl ^^

    pri pri also ives a ¦ most useful m an an ' of e c the .-- pn - ' i- ^ i ~ Jl § l gsummary

    p p rovisions rovisions of ot the the lunacy lunacv laws laws . . __^ - ^ ^ : JR ^ H

    F - . ¦ ¦ S= * - ¦¦'- ¦ H • ' ¦ ^ 11 148...

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1882, page 148, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021882/page/12/