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    Hugh Conway , and Gaboriau , is enough in i itse t , ap > l l f f . one nnft would wnnld t think hink , to to un nnsfittl settle e the the brain hrain of of

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    that he has a style comparable to that of Daniel Defoe , surely the climax to exaggerated , } £ well-intentioned , praise has been reached .

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    man Whyte in the hansom cab on the St . Kilda road is carried with much ingenuity and unabated interest throughout the work , and the mystery is sustained to the last . No

    doubt , too , the story is forcibly descriptive of Melbourne life , though one could gladly dis-¦ t 4 f with W W fc kb the mf dfcfc k existence bb b ? fe of Mother fcHk r fe Guttersni ¦¦ » »¦ PkT

    pense ^ ^^^ ^^ W- ^^^ ^«^ ^^^^^^ ^ u ^ ^^^ " ^^ ^^ h ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^~ *^ ^*^» ** i ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ k ^ -. ^—r * ^^ " ^^ ^» ^ AA ^ pe y r ^ a ^ and her constant imprecations—a character that , strange to say , seems to have been selected by n r w the ** ^ " ^* ^^* colonial ^ v' ^^ ^^ ^~* -fc * -m * ^^^ ^ k press y r ^ b . ^ h ^ ¦^ r" ^^ ^ as ^ w — - worth v w ^™^ ^ b » % ^ . ^ ¦» y * of ^ k ^ «¦ the ^ s d »^& - ^^ ^ hi * ^ h jb » g ^^^ hest ^^^» ^^ r *^^* ^*

    praise . The delineation , however , is too forcibly obtruded , and the treatment , though realistic , I is rough . Mr . Hume ' s work is sure to be widely

    I read , and among the lovers of sensational fiction it should achieve great ^ popularity . ¦ From Messrs fe . Hodder i 1 & Stougliton ¦ . —The new | M

    ^ « ^ k ^* r M ^ M «^« B ^^ ^^ mm ^ w + ^ ^ b > P *^ V ^ HM ^ H * ^^ 'V ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ a ^^ T r *^ T ^^ ^^ ^^ g JP ^ ^ H ^ » ^ i ^ «»^^ V ^^ ^^ ^^^ r ^ ^^ - v v features which appear in the 1888 edition of Hazell's 'Annual Cyclopaedia' are numerous and valuable . Many of the articles appear to have been . partiallor whollre-written and brought

    P ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ tjb > 1 m ^^ s vw * ^ ^^ ^ b ^ »^ tf ¦ «^ ^ b y ^ if ^ fe v * ^ k ^ b ^ k .. ^ » i ^ k y v ¦ ^^ ^ . ^ * ^ k ^^ «^ «^ ^^^ dk ^ bb ^ v ^ b * ^ m * ^^ -f ^ ^ ^^ ^ k ^ ^ , ^ ^_^ ~ ~ ^ f up to date . That the book marches with the time is shown by articles such as * Copyright j in Government % X _/ XL &\ AA Publications' ? Congo l £ Railway -A . ViA ¦ '

    IJ . U Eiffel •^ . ¦^ ~^ j- J V ^ •• T Tower r «~« A . » i ^ , ' W ' Leo -w «^« . R _^ A A XIII ~« . vyt ¦» - " ^ l « "ir - * A \ S ., ' . l ^ « , B - «~ k urmah X ^ >_ y . J . L 1 X ^ , ' 4 Thibet m- % . * . *» ¦« C ^ B 7 7 , , ' i ' Socialism , ' & c . Considering the short time

    this work has been in existence , the editor and proprietors must be complimented for bringing out ^ fe ^^ *^^ ^_* ^ a If volume « ^ k ^ T ^ 1 W ^>^^ ^ krf ^ d ^ —II | l ~ which V V ^ k ^^ ^ ^^ . ^ ^ ^^ has ^^ ^ ft « k ^^ I I I established ^ kH ^ K _^ ^ tf ^« W «^ k ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ fe _^ K ^ k ^^ ^ k ^^ hk so ~ ~^^^ strong Fl T ^ k * ^^ ^^^ ^ h ^^ jB ^ bk

    a claim to public support . From Mr . Thomas C . Jack . —Mr ¦ . John Walker m ^^ ~ - ^ - ^ m ¦ m ^ ^ bvifV *^^ ^ 4 ^¦ b * *«^ m ^^ ^ # ¦ ^^ v **^ ^ b ^ V ^^ ^ " ^ f ^^ m , ^ m ^ ^ V ^ p ^ ^^^ ^ - *>^^ vv ^^ f ^ ^^ ^ - ^ ,

    has followed up his previous volumes on agricultural subjects by a highly economic manual on * Farming to Profit in Modern Times . ' This in the present day is a ¦ matter of no slight

    ^ m ^ . «>* ^ h ^ ^*^ | ^^^ ^"'^ ^^'^ ^^^ ^^ « - ^ v ^ v ^^ r ^> v ^ k M ^ rmr m ^ «^ ^ k- ' ^ k X' - ^^ v ^ - ^ \ y 9 ** s m * ^ ^*^ ^ ^^ moment . Mr . Walker ^ has treated his subject in a very practical and characteristic manner , and it is needless to say the question of

    machinery is duly considered . Having spoken of arable land , grass land , and mixed land , he proceeds to a consideration of the management of live stock . Then we have a useful calendar

    for each month in the year , and finally an appendix containing , amongst other matter , some excellent hints on the diseases of cattle .

    To the practical farmer Mr . Walker ' s work should prove of undoubted value . From Mr . Calmann LeVy , Paris . —* Prosper MerimSe ' and « Hugh Elliot . ' These two

    biographical and literary studies are by the Comte d'Haussonville , of the French Academy . That ^^ ** * t « h ^ V % ^ on ^* T ^ ^ M ^ k . **^ 6 ^^ rim ft A A ^ W- ^ 6 ^^/ e ^ krf' , which ¥ W » ^ ** ^^ » <¦ occup ^_^ ^ kkS ^ k ^ ^<^ V ^ . ^ ies ^ X ^ b _ # two « k / V V X ^ - ^ thirds - / * A ^ L \ rf % b ^ J of V ^ ^

    the volume , is made additionally interesting by examples of his letters to the autre inconnue , whose name is given by the biographer ; the name na . nnf * of of the th « first first , inconnue innnnnufi dops does not not annoar

    appear to be revealed . * Hugh Elliot' is a sketch of the life of an exceptionally able and highspirited manwho represented 1 this country AkOb as

    9 ** r bT *^ ^ ^ ^ 4 * - ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ** w ^ . K , M m v ^^ ^^ ^ M ^* ir V *^ ^ ^^ iw ^ pr ^^ ^* ^ r ^ k ^^ v ^ ^ -T ^ ^ Al ^ ^*^ ^ k ^ ^^^ , ^^ A V ^ Tf I r " ambassador at the court of Frederick the Great , also at Munich and at Copenhagen .

    The The times times were were very verv anxious anxious for for those those who who governed England . At one period of Elliot ' s dinlonnatin earfvar he was sftnt on a . mission to

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    Mirabeau . with aview , it is said , of averting- a threatened alliance ^ between France and Spain against this country .

    From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston & Co . ( Limited ) . —Readers who are not sportsmen will find « The Pytchley Hunt alkHt 1 AAA Past and

    Pre-W * ^ ^ ^ m M . " ^ ^ S ^ . ^ b W ~ " ~~ il ~ ^ B- ^ V *^ ^ b ^ - *_& <• ^ - ^ J ^¦ ** , ^ k «^^ f *«^ ** ¦ » I ^ T ¦ ^ Jb ^ Jb ^ ^^ ^/ sent , ' very good readiner . Sportsmen who are not readers must pegrforce get the book if they

    have have any anv desire desire to to kno know w something something ac accurate curate abqiit the historic hunt , which gained its name ^ froin m * ^ k **^ ^ UrJ ^^^^ Pytchley ^ b ^ W ^ -r ^^^ ^ v ^» ^ k ^ w ^ Hall ^ i » i ^^ kB ^ ^ ^^^ w , h o ^^ k ^ ^ n b ^^ e ^ k ^ o ^ |— f kVfev the ^^ ^ ka ^ —| | — Eliza «* h ^ rfv ^^ rf ^ ^ iw ^ v b rii . r ethan ^ b ^ ^ b' ^* - ^ ^ VW i * ^

    • stately homes of England . ' The work was written by Mr . H . 0 . Nethercote , who at the time of his death had been a member of the

    Pytchley Hunt for over fifty years . When Mr . George Payne became the possessor of ^ P ytchley in 1829 , he pulled down the old house and subsequentl « i > sold the estate to Mr b . Jones Uoyd

    who W — - *¦ ™ B ^^ - * m left ^ ~ t , i ^ ^^ ^ w * ^» - ^ it M k ^ y J to ^ . ^ his ^^ ^^^^ ^ - ^ ¦** daug - «» ^ . ^ ' ^^ . ^ . ^ ^ hter ^ M V ^ kf ^ k ^ ^ t # and ^ . ^ ^^¦^¦ B » d ^ V her ^^ . ^ ^ k ^ m husband ~ l f" PatakV —^>^^ b \^ bV \ ^ V ^ ^_ , ^ Lord and Lady Wantage , whose property it now , is . Every kkB kk of kb Mr bvk . Nethercote k k ' s book is

    - ^ r ^^ v ^ V ^^ ^ w page K _ r *^ ar ^ M ^ . ^ - ^^ ^ . ^^^ ^ v ^^ V ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ^ k * r ^^ . ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^^ b ^^ P ^^ ^ . ^ ^ k ^ ^^ b . ^ Lfth _^ redolent V ^^ ^ m _ with ^ « the ^ healthful ^ ^ m . AB ^^ k ^ odours ^_ and ^^ cheering ^_ _ sounds of the hunting-field . As a book descriptive of the chase it is unrivalled .

    From the same . — ' Savage London , ' by Henry King . These lights and shadows pf riverside

    character and queer life in London dens do not lose interest through being anticipated by other works of a like nature . Mr . King ' s

    sketches are fresh and dramatic , displaying a rare power of observation of the roughnesses and kindnesses of the lower life in the metropolis .

    introduced The The sketches sketches to are are two varied varied waifs . . We We adopted are are , . for for by examp p -x an -amiVl old le , clothesman *— ' ™ ^^ »¦* ¦* - ^—r ^ -m .-M-m .-w a .-a . , ^ to v - % ^ « a ^ w tiny v &« k . * . j cri ^> . a- jb , pp y ^ r m ^ le ^ . x ^ gi h & . M . rl A . J . who » ^ *^ V ^ mends » T 1 * i _ i * U Vt . > J

    flags , to a bargee , to a betting man of rascally type , and so forth .- * Savage London ' is an ! entertaining - ' ——¦ — + *¦ — - v m- ^ -m . a . - « . -. ' « .. book »^ rf- >_»¦ »^ - . A . — . to ** *„ r read ^ . x . ¦ ^ «~ v ^>» , being R . ^ ^^ . » . » . _» k _ brimful ib . ^ ^ X iA 4 J- *^» . A of V * 'JL odd V ^ Vi V- » i

    information respecting things that the ordinary Londoner knows nothing" of . From the same . —Several works detailing the lots of are in existence * The

    Stanpoperas . dard Opera-glass , ' by Charles Annesley , is the newest . It is a pity that the author did not place it in the hands of a competent Eng ¦ lish reviser k before k offering ¦ it to the

    ^^^^ ^— ^^^ n ^ »— ^ ^^ - w a »*_* ^^^ ^^ r ^ -r ^ k ^ jb ^_^ k * . - ^^ ^^ » n ^ k ^ ^ J ^ t ^_ , jb ^ b ^ ^ k /^ k ^ ^ J ^ Jf ^^ | public ^^ . Notwithstanding literary drawbacks , the au . thdr ' s work shows a great amount of musical knowledge . The plots of eighty operas are described with acumen and ability .

    From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —Just in time for the opening of Parliament and the con- \ sequent revival of dilomatic international

    questions comes the ever p accurate and comprehensive ' Statesman ' s Year-Book , ' edited by Mr . John S . Keltie . The editor of this indispensable

    book , which has now been published annually for twenty-five years , has supplied a good deal \ of new matter in the 1888 edition : it seems

    bulkier , though no radical change has been made in its arrangement . All the statistical and other information has , it is no £ ed , been brought

    up ud to to the the latest latest available available date datf * . Reference Rpfftrp > nr » fi _ , how hnw--ever , is not always easy : Burma , for example * is is not not readil readilv y found found- . ! i

    — From .- - ~ . - ^ — — . the * » i»— - ^ r same -w w m- ^ -M- ^ - » . —Mrs * »^ . ^ - # . Oliphant x _^ ^ j » »*^ «„* «^ w *^ % / ' s i ^/ jb new , A ^^ » A novel ^ . ^_^ T ^ . Z A r "He J & JL ^ S J r *' Second / shows

    Sonno falling off in that grace of style and skHfulness in the art . of plot-interweaving which has kept up her repute us a writer for % a longer AAhbW period than is Akl usuallallotted )

    t o novelist v ^^ a jb _ - ^ » m ^ a s ^» - % of ^ either ^ - ' Jfc u" ^^~^ * V ^ sex ^ - *» . ^« A . -JI «^ VJL There 4 % « K ^ UCVAA is a y T | propose | T | T ^ f 0 V ^ V ^*** - in the present book ; but unlike the general run _

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    170 TlxePublishers ' Circular F « b . i ^ , i 8 S 8

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1888, page 170, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021888/page/16/