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    Blessington , ' * Illusions and Fanaticisms of an Epidemic Character / ' The History of Irish

    Periodical Literature , ' and ' The Connection of the Kingdom of Ireland with the Crown of

    England . ' Dr . Angus Macdonald . —On the 10 th inst .

    this well-known medical practitioner died at his residence in Edinburg ¦ hat of the age of 50 .

    The 4 ^ ^ b i iiij ^^^ deceased ^ fc ^ i ¦ ^^ ^^^ m - ^^ ^™ ^^ - ^^ - ^ —™ was - — ^ he author ^—j , j several j medical worksrelating especially to the diseases of

    women , and children «— ' A . . •/

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    iSctrietojs ? , &*? t From Messrs . Field & Tuer . —* The Corpse in the

    Copse is tjie ; story or the of a Perils young of man Love who , ' by go Lewis ^ s to Lorraine s tay at a , country house and falls passionately in love with

    the daughter of his host . Simultaneously there Springs up in his bre ' ast a deadly animosity for another of the visitors in whom , he intuitively

    recognises a rival , and after some time he determines to kill him . He therefore comes over from France for the purpose , and , armed with a trusty

    gun co ^ se and which indistinguishable his rival frequents disguise . After , repairs some to time the necessarily - ¦ - spent in waiting hh he sights b the —¦ foe —¦ and h

    — — ^^ g — - — — — ^^^^ ^ , — — v ^^^— — —m ~ ——— ~™ - —^ ^^ r ~^^ v ^** — - ™* —^ r ^ m duly brings him to the ground , but is much surprised at the unusually loud report of his gun . After this he hastens with all speed back to

    France . From the newspaper a day or so afterwards he discovers , much to his surprise , that another man had given himself up for the murder .

    It happened that he and this other man had been posted within a few yards of one another and had fired simultaneously . To make matters comp j [ lete

    it was not the rival ^/ at all they had killed ~ , but a , Creole girl dressed like a man , who had come over on her own account to take the life of the villain

    who had betrayed and deserted her When the story closes the hero is on the point of death ; and so all ends happily .

    From Messrs . Griffith , Farran , Okeden , & "Welsh — — — .. —• The — Last — - - Day — ^ g s ~ of — Our w - — Lord i — ^— - — — ' s - —— Ministry V 4 . »^^^^ " ^^ ^^ b ^ V ^ " ^ W ^ ^* ¦ tb , ^ B '

    by the Rev . Walter Farquhar Hook . M . A . Fiftylive years have elapsed since the sermons contained in this volume were ¦ delivered ¦ - - ¦ - - > during - ¦ - m - _ m ~ ¦ fc Hol fe &

    Week in the Church — - — — ~ - of the Hol — y Trinity , Coventry ^ m ~ ^ ^^^ ^^^*^ " ~ y , The Rev . W . R . Stephens , in a preface to the new edition of the sermonsjust issued bMessrs

    , y . Griffith , Farran , & Co ., says : In those days , the doors of parish m— - ¦ — _ ... _ churches — _^ . — _ _ „ — — — —r ^ remained . — _^ — v — _^ . ^_ , T as ^^^ a ^^ rule ^^ ^^ ^"^ , ^ K closed ^ ^ ^^ ^^^*

    from Sunday to Sunday , and even during the season of Lent services were rarely held , except on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday . Many

    customs , however , traditions of a more pious age which had died out in England , had been preserved w in the - poor and oppressed n-r •» Eiscopal

    Church — of Scotland — — — H ^ . ^^ When ^^ Mr BT ^^ H ^ . ^^ Hook * " ^^ i~——r ^ ( as .. ^^^^ pv p B ^^ ' he " ^^^^ ^ h ^ ' then ^^^* B ^ J ^ w ^ HW J ^ k was ) visited Edinburgh in 1825 , during Lent , he was surprised to see a congregation on Friday in

    Bishop Sandford ' s church of more than one hundred persons , dressed for the most part in mourningan old-fashioned way of marking the '

    , solemnity of the season ; and in Holy Week the Bishop gave an address every day on the incidents of our blessed Lord ' s Passion / These

    lectures were the result of Mr . Hook ' s determination to follow the example of the good Bishop of

    ra V h' JEdinburg ' ^ " ?— h ; and so great was their popularity —

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    — ... _ . . ... _ - that ' young men engaged in business usecf to ask permission from their employers to leave

    their offices in order to attend them . ' From Messrs . Hurst & Blackett . — ' The Egyptian

    Campaigns , 1882 to 1885 , and the Events which led to them / by Charles Royle . The practice of compiling histories of contemporaneous events as

    a rule commands little esteem . When we read such books we are continually being reminded of the leanings of , the historian either political or

    q-j A . otherwise , a circumstance that gives force to the conviction that no history—that is , history in its truest sense—of passing events can be written until

    the lapse of time has softened the asperities of debate and controversy , enabling inquirers to judge dispassionatel ^™^» ^— - ^^ j i —m — h ~^^ ^^ ^^ v ^ — — ~— ~— — y m ¦ between — ™ ¦ ^^ ^ v - ^^ ~^^ w ^^^^^ m ^ rieht ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ " *• ^^^ ^ and ^^^^ ^*^^ ^^^ B wrong W ^^^» ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ B ^^ H , ^ p between ™^^ ^^ ^^ * w ^ t ^ ^ B ^ r a >^ 4

    truth and error . Books such as Mr . Royle ' s , however , are very valuable as chronicles , and we do not hesitate to say that there could not be a better

    record of the events of which it treats than ' The Egyptian Campaigns . ' The author modestly disclaims the possession of special cjrialifications for

    the task of historian . Nevertheless , his long residence in Egypt gave him opportunities and advantages for carrying out the compilation

    which no one mingling actively in special diplomatic or military measures could possess in so wide a degree i ;_ J . Moreover , it T would ¦ be impossible X , for

    anyone living in England and having no residential acquaintance with the Egyptian people to * write such a history . Mr . K > yle begins his stoTy

    with a reference to the purchase of the Suez Canal shares in 1875 by Lord Beaconsfield ' s Governmentthe preludeas he saysof a more active

    interference , in Egyptian , affai , rs . Lord Beaconsfield ' s G-overnment , however , strenuously opposed any ^/ interference with — the — - government t ^ y — — — of — Egypt i—¦ ^/ j .

    After dealing with these matters and other diplomatic proceedings which occurred up to the time of the revolution of Arabi Pasha , Mr . Royle

    proceeds with the description and consideration of the action of Britain and . the other powers . The events of the brief campai I gn t _/ are yet % jfresh in our

    memories and need not be recapitulated ; but the relation supplied by Mr .. Royle is so fresh and vigorous that it will be read with pleasure by all

    who look into the book . Many documents , official and other , bearing upon the campaign are reprinted , and will be found invaluable by the

    future historian of our Egyptian troubles . The second volume of the book deals wholly with tlio operations against the Mabdi . This is , perhaps ,

    the most valuable part of the work , because it concentrates , for the first time , we think , the scattered accounts of the proceedings of the various

    columns and brigades . Mr . Royle concludes bis work with a description of the evacuation of the Sudan . Some there are , however , who think that

    the matter is not yet ended , and that another chapter or more may have to be written describing the final retreat . By military men

    especially , and to politicians , this book of Mr . , Royle ' a will b © found full of interest ; it is exhaustive and clear , while the narrative is so

    spirited that the attention rarely flags . Fro 1885 m Mr - . . F This -- . E ----- . LonKley volume -- ___„ . _ of . — ^ - hel 'The »_^ Preacher for the pul s Anal it yst the mf fc /

    motive — of — which _ , „ — is 'To _ promote ^ ^ ps m w —~ ^ ^^ ^ b a «^ bond ««* b ^» w ** v « fc of ' ^ p m ^ <* union ^* , % ^ ^** between to afford all assistance tho ministers and encouragement of Christ ' s Word in , thei and r

    work / is eminently useful for Christian teachers . Under the editorship of the Rev . J . J . S . Bird , B . A . a very large amount of instructive matter

    , has been brought together in the form of original ( #

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1886, page 158, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021886/page/16/