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    the this Wei , we hts have and here Measures the princi Act pal of 1879 enactment to com s of - lete the g circle of information . The , words

    p public ' sixth has edition not ' been on the slow title in -page its appreciation show that of the a useful book .

    From the same . — ' The Civil Service Geography , ' by the late Lancelot M . Dalrymple Spence ,

    comp As leted sistant and Secretaries edited by to Thomas the Board Gray , one of Trade of the . Seventh Edition . The fact that seven editions of

    this compendious and useful manual have been its called fitness for for may the be accepted for as which a sufficient it was proof oriin of - purpose g

    ally designed—to serve as a manual for candidates preparing nothowever for Civi be l Service examinations that it is . It must l

    handbook , for , the supposed ' cramming * of a simp sufficient y a number of facts to meet the requirements of the

    Civil Service Commissioners ; it is on the contrary alike a very for carefull school y arranged useand and serviceable accurate wo also rk for suited the

    table of the newspaper , reader , who wishes to refresh his mind . Mr . Gray has brought the book well down to date .

    From Messrs . Longmans , Green , & Co . — ' History of the Establishment of British Rule in India' by the Rev . Sir Greorge W . CoxBart . M . A .

    This instructive , little volume iswe lear , n , of a series of English History Reading , Books , , framed to meet the requirements of the Education Code

    of 1880 , and already adopted by the Liverpool School Board with the sanction of Her MajeBty ' s Inspector ^ k m m * sm m ^ ^_ r - *^ «« -w ^ k > ^ for - " - ^ . ^ that ^ f ^^ njqt % f district ^ um ^< h ^ mfimt ^ t ^ r «^ . The a ^ k m , * + «^ - necessary ^^ •*** m ^ - * ' r ~ r p **«<> e wrf » j | brev ri ^ «• V * ity f

    of Sir George Cox ' s work has not prevented him from giving a succinct and trustworthy sketch of a great h h subject r *^ r b and it will ¦ ¦ at least ¦ ¦ be sufficient ¦— ¦

    to ™ ™ ^ P ^^ g ^^ ive - ^^ i ^^ - young ^^^ p ^ »^^ - ^^ r ^ U 0 ^ . readers * , ^ V ^ . ^ H . ^ . ^^ " ^^ P ^»^ an ^ . ^ W intelli ^^ ™ ™ ^— g ^»^ en ^^^ t ^¦ ^ conce ™ »¦ ^^ p ^ " ^ " ^ tion " — ^^ ' - ^^ of the gradual assumption of British rule in India , and ¦ of the ¦ numberless ¦ struggles with the ¦ native ¦ ¦ ¦

    races — - — — —m . - — ~ - The w — - ^^— ^— —* history ^ v ^^ ^™ ^ " ^^ h r ^ W ^ p ^ i" ^ ^ " ^ ^ B ^ is r" * P ^ •—^ T broug « T ^ B ^ ^ " » ™ ^ " ^ ^~ JV ^ B . ht JF ^""^ ^^ ' do ^^ wn ™ " ^ ^ B ^ - ^^ to t ' he — ^ ' close ^» " ^ ^— w of the Mutiny and the substitution of the direct government of the sovereign for the rule of the

    East India Company , and prefixed to the work is a table "marking the chief epochs in the process ' of subjugation V *—* of the emp X ire . By •/ a wise arrange O-

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    along with harpies , the obscene birds . Altogether , we over shall the re no - telling be surp or ri retailing sed if man of y these a punkah stories wavos .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1881, page 210, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031881/page/10/