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    nted the number , at 1 , 680 copies daily , Addison ______¦ I ] himself IJ 211 JDC _ . « * - * declared ^<» ww— — — — that __ at its commencement his ^^ H __ distributed "I i _ 1 _ ______ . ___! 3 000 t \ i \ £ ~\ ** d - __ ! - J A _ !___ . ___

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    ¦ I ing in writing is an art which vanishes with the I I ] critics Tatler and and other Spectator humori ; ' and sts have he continues made their : * Other mark

    I ¦ I appeared in English / literature After comparing , but no second him with Addison Lamb , has he I ' the superiority of Addison consists in this

    I that says , he expresses the humour of the life about I him , while Lamb is driven to look at its oddities I from outside . ' This is high praise , but few who

    I knov Addison ' s works will be inclined to dispute I its justice . I From Messrs . Houtledge . —Morley ' s Universal

    I Library : Vol . 8 , 'A Journal of the Plague I Year , ' by Daniel Defoe ; Vol . 9 , ' Two Treatises I I on by Civi Sir l Robert Government Filmer / ' b s y * John Patriarcha Locke / , preceded with an

    I introduction by Henry Morley . We gave some I I details first announced of Messrs , . Koutl and these edge ' s two scheme neat when and it well was

    -I printed volumes more than justify our anticipation I I th that ose the whose ' Universal book-buy Library ing powers ' would are be a limited boon to .

    I I Profes ters , gives sor Morl a sketch ey , in of his Defo bri e ef and introductory Locke and chap their - I for io surroundings tlie . The excellence of the type used

    I nne reprints reprints will will mak make e them them doubly doublv welcome welcome .. I I I is Such sum a yast of a a ' library shilling improvement ' a as volume this , published , with the a neat sixpenny at cloth the modest cover issues ,

    I which were the talk of upon the town and of the trade I a year or two ago .

    I From oi Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co . —Hare ' s Cities

    I I Ita columns 01 l Italy ltalv . Mr A A . A few fe . J . mon TYi C . Hare th t . Vi s ago sum 's ' we wa Cities noticed not . ip of . ftfl Southern in in these ihp . sa

    i I I I I ™ is 'Cities duovotea y y evoted . and of Central to t Sicily Sicilv o Florence Florence / / Ital We We . y Siena Siena / hav hav of which e e , and and now now the oth oth before before first er er towns towns volume us us-the tha of of

    , , I ^ Uie Tuscan JEmilia y and and Umbria the Marche ; while , the with second some embraces towns of I UmOTia 18 and n . nH of n-f the fVio T Roman ?^» v . «« f ^ nmt ^ n ^ nn ' Cities ^ i + lna

    gives of fw Northern us * , in one Italy volume , ' also : , now prominent published Campagna places , . in 2 of vols the ., « "lVlera mera , , Piedmon Piedmon t t-. and nr \ c \ Lombaxd T / MnKawiv the th ^ other rwt V \ AT »

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    add graphicall that Mr y . placed Hare ' s before two books the are eye . als We o enriched should

    by citations from authors ancient and modern , Eng rities lish . The and six forei volumes gn , and are by sure references to have to a autho lac - e p

    among the guides of the leisurely traveller , and in the libraries of those who would be well informed about Italy of the present day .

    From Messrs . Swan Sonnensclieiii ft Co . —

    ' South Africa : a Sketch-Book of Men , Manners , and Facts . With an Appendix upon the Present Situation in South Africa and upon the Affairs of

    Zululand , the Transvaal , and Bechuanaland , with especial reference to the Boer Mission to England' by James Stanley Little . Two

    volumes . , An important contribution to the history of the South African colonies , appropriately dedicated to the members of the Empire

    Club . Mr . Little aspires to be descriptive rather than critical , and he has , throughout this interesting volumeamply redeemed the pledge

    , g duty iveri would in his allow preface him — to lo do abstai so , from n , wh pronouncing enever his arbitrary — or — conclusive — — __ op j- inions _ upon the vexed

    questions —political _ and social—with ^ which he has been called upon to deal . He gives us a most interesting and instructive picture of life

    in the Cape dominions as it really is ; tells us of the natural characteristics and products of the colonies ; of the domestic customsthe life in

    society , the prospects and experiences , of immigrants of tlie different classes of society , the commercial undertakings and the sources of

    colonial wealth , the agricultural capabilities of South and the Africa feeling , the of political local world statesmen of the on colonies imperial ,

    point questions mother on country which and the we : in relations shall fact , look there of the in is vai colonies scarcel n for y to infor any the

    m . ation ¦ in these . -m well * * -stored . -i 4 books t . Th mi at he is * a fo vigorous llies and i writer fashionable ¦ , full ¦ y able vices ¦— to of deal our with own the country social

    ^ » - ^^^ * h ^^ ^ of ^^ r Ti r - the mr ^^ rt ^^ ^ ir ^ m ^^ colonies ^ v # ^ v ^^ ^ ^ " ^~~ " ^^ ^^^^ ^* N ^» , Mr . Little ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ shows ^^ in many M to incisive treat comments with clearness on things of which it is and needfu thus l purpose , ,

    while his book bristles with facts and with solid m livel and jm ~ V ^ S * valuable y _ W and » - ^ J ^ J > ^^ k trenchan *^ - ^ information ^^ ^^ ^^ a / w »^ t y ^ sty » - — ^ , le —• it »¦ ¦¦¦ is that -w ^ written — - — — it — — is — eminentl in such — _____ y a

    readable . AH who wish to put themselves in Africa possession and of of the a genuine true position idea of of life the in questions South which are constantly cropping up , will do well

    to read these — — volumes ^ j . X JL , *— » •*¦ r From MrEdward Stanford . —* Facts Around Us : '

    . periments Simple Readings , by C . Lloy in _ h Inorganic _____ d Morgan _ b , Science _ r ^_ F . G . S . ; This with * — little Ex ^^_ T ^^ fc - and the

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1884, page 167, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021884/page/15/