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    From Messrs. Artaria & Co., Vienna.—' Th...

    a manual for students , entitled , * Painting in Oil ^^^ ^^^ ' . ' ^ It ^^ b ~ m ^ is ^^ b v ^ k ^ ^ an % ^^ V ^^ ^^ K except ^^^ ^ ifr ^^ h ^^^^ ^^^^ H ^^ T ^ b ional ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ H ^^ b ^^^^ i' ^ f ^ B ^ l ^ y W pretty W ^^ ' ^^ k ^^^^ ^^^ ^ B' W book I— ^ - ^ ~^^ T ^^ b- ^^^ , p and ^ . " ^^^ ^^ m ^^^ ^ B ^ r ^ V is ^^> . ^¦^'

    the fourth of the series of art manuals which has structions struct been ions written are are dirpn direct by . the t , and and same to to author the fchft nnrnnsft . The . . in A A - purpose

    chapter on harmony of colour is perhaps the best in the book ; it contains notices of the latest scientific theories on the question .

    From Mr . Julius Groos , Heidelberg ( London : Sampson Low , Marston , & Co . ) , * Spanish

    Conversation Grammar , ' by Charles Marquard Sauer . I Fourth Edition . Herr Julius Groos of Heidelberg who has devoted thirty years of an active business —<¦ ¦ i -v life to publishing ¦ kk works * for facilitating | k

    ' ~—~ - ~ ~ v v' - * - * ** - * ^^ - *^ - ^^ * ^ ^^ ^ . ^ r ^^ r ^^ ^^^ a ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ . ^^ h ^ v * x ^ ^ ^ ¦ * ^^ - *** r ^^ ^* - -Tr ^ v' ^^ b ^^ ^^ ^ m ^ u ^ k ^^ L w ^ k the study of modern languages certainly merits the * ¦ —¦ ¦» ¦^ - ' gratitude *¦& Jt « - *» * . A » - ¦ - * -v- ^ . ^^ of v ' -M . teachers V V ^ -- » . V ^ JL -M . ^ A . ^ ¦ » and «^* l J V « . students h . ' ^> ¦ ^ . & V . K . * - * M . * « - k _^ .- It JL ^»

    might be supposed that the series of Conversational Grammars having been so long before the public the excellence of these publications

    ^ vould ere this be unusually recognisedand that to call attention to them would be almost ^ a work of supererogation . But a very long time indeed is ¦» required before good

    edu-^ ^ ~ ~ ^^ ^ ^ '—^ ' ^*^ ^^^ ^ - ^ ^ ' ^ ^^ - ^ ^^ A \_ ^ A . A . X—p X- ^ «^ - ^ V ** ' Jta V ^ -fc X—• any ^ ^ ^ - ^ J ^^ ^*^ V— ' X- ^ V ^* V fc . V-V cational book can become known to a large number of teachers or students and find

    acceptance with them . When once , however , this is the case the fortune of the book is made and it is difficult to displace it . This indeed

    is one reason why new gramma-s and methods of teaching languages are so long in gaining public favour . Teachers become attached to

    the books they have used for years , and are not ; often disposed to take up new ventures . We '

    are are all all creatures creatures of of habit Tm . bit . , and anH snmpf sometimes . im ^ s arp are not willing to take the trouble of inquiring into ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ the ^^ ^^*^^ ¦ ^ " . ^ merits - ^ * ^—^ ~ - ^* ** "*^ of ^ m ^ ^ k _ a ^ r- ^ U new A iji ^^^ — " system >^^ W * ^ J * - ^^^ LA Ji , a althoug ^ TT JL ^ - ^ Jki J * ^^^ ^^^ b ^^^ k h JL JL the ^^ JL ijk ^ tJ

    doing so might save ourselves and others an iniinite amount of time and trouble . We are led to these remarks by the publication of a fourth edition of Sauers * Spanish

    Conversation Grammar , ' whic ^ h we have just received from its indefatigable publisher Herr Julius Groos ^—^ ^ - ^ ^~^ - ^ of ^**^ ^^ Heidelberg - ^ - ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ta ^ a ^^^ ^^ a w ^ . This _^ L L A A ^ f new A A ^^/ v v edition ^^* V ^ , ^ 1 1 / A V ^ JL JL is JL <^ J not A A V */ L m a ^ A >

    mere reprint , but has been most thoroughly and : carefully revised bv two editors Professor W . Rohrich ¦ ¦ of Stuttyart •¦ j JL and DrJWriht of

    Heidelberg - " — ' » - * ' - — *» — - ^^ - » » v ^ *_ . The » »_» »^ < ^/ . ^ reat ^_ a < * . ^ , and * . JL JV V , important * . M S JL . K * J . advantage V » JL * g j ^ 1 J . *_ V ^ / & which the system of conversation grammars over all others with which we are

    possesses acquainted is this , that the authors of each grammar never lose si <^ ht of the primary object * - ¦ ' ^ - ' I " * - " " »^ ¦ " in » . m-m . learning * \ jv * & . k * a > 1 w _ a K ^« living 1 1 ¦» A . A A , language JL UV A . A C ,, \ A . « . « . f \ , viz » A JLi . that 1 1 1 L 1 U

    the pupil should be enabled to speak the language which he is learning . At the present day when rapid and frequent means of communication between various countries brings

    into personal contact persons of different nationalities it becomes daily more advanta-^ geous ^ "¦ " " ~ ~ , y " and - ~ m ~ - ^ ^ » indeed » ««^»^ -x ^*« - almost Cbl 111 V- / *~ J \ J € absolutel .+ ks * ' * j A LA W V > 1 y ! necessary Jl Jl V ^ V- * V ^< « O ^ J C * Jk J

    that we sliould be able to converse with foreigners in their own language . Every day shows only too plainly the defects of our oldfashioned ¦— ^ ¦*_/ system t of an exclusivel iV \ j 1 classical

    or —^— ' commercial - - - v- » » ¦* - . j kj \ - education * ^ , a A I v ^ A . C » A A from *^ s 1 U which . I » V > - A y V the V- / *« t each JO Jl V >« -4 , - ing of modern languages was ( with perhaps the exception of French ) rigorously excluded .

    From Messrs . Hirschfeld Brothers , Bream ' s Buildings ¦ " ¦ ' -------- O ' , Fetter - % ^» - * % ^ jl Lane ^ . ^ jjc ^/ k i \/ . i —* Notes o . ^ \ s ¦ k . v > - » » v on ^ i - Diseases * - ^ a n ^ tto \> . n of v / i b

    Women , ' y James Oliver , M . D . ( Edin . ) , F . H . S . E . in this little volume the author lays before the reader some of the results of his

    own experience . As Assistant Physician to the Hospital for Women in Soho , this has been of no inconsiderable kind . Dr . Oliver writes

    clearly and with remarkable frankness ; he has

    From Messrs. Artaria & Co., Vienna.—' Th...

    evidently the courage of his opinions and is not afraid to speak kj outHis work ¦ alludes to

    AJLX ** V till , 1 . f 4 ilVA UV ^ > . fVflitlk V ^ V » * - » . n " T t- * * N ^ Jt - » - »» ** VCVLwkJ V \_/ many topics of much medical interest , and his views vifiws are arft worth worth y v of of attentive attentive consideration consideration ..

    From Mr . Thomas C- Jack . — ' Blackfaced Sheep , ' by John Scott ( editor of ' The Farming World' ) , and Charles Scottauthor of ' The Practice of

    , - Sheep Farming-. ' The writers here supply a book on an important subject . The blackfaced sheep is the most valuable ; and in the pages

    of Messrs . Scott ' s volume will be found an account of its history , distribution , and improvementwith modes of management and

    treatment of , the principal diseases . From -B _ Jk v- » * - ¦»¦ - *¦ Messrs - — m » » J' KJ J * . » fcJ . Jakeman -V A ¦ » Jl - W *¦ ¦ & *•¦ Carver wr ^ — - ^ ¦ Hereford — - ~ - ¦» - •¦» . -v - ¦ - ¦ » - *¦ . » . " >^» . . ^^ ^^ *^_^ ¦* ^ ^^ ^ ,

    I ( London : Hamilton , Adams , & Co . ) . —* Notes I on the Birds of Herefordshire , ' collected and I arranged by the late Henry Graves BullM . D .

    , ! These notes have been contributed by members I of the Woolhope Club ; some were , in fact , read at different field meetings of X- / that 1 JWW deserving

    tlU ^ LLll . ^ 1 V 1 J . U ll ^ lVi IllV /^ VlllgU JL 1 . V ^ . X _ y »^ J ^/ J- T J -- » - » - ^ bodj 1- of investigators . Dr . Bull's sudden death delayed for a time the publication of the book ;

    j but fortunately his papers were left in good order , and we are thus in possession of a most useful and accurate volume respecting one of the richest of English fields for the study of ornithologyThe classification adopted is that

    C 7 w' . J' of the British Ornithologists' Union , as found i in the Ibis Catalogue . While examining the at the

    : volume , one cannot help being surprised number and variety of the birds which enliven the fields and forests of Herefordshire . In

    these pages their names and appearances are chronicled with affectionate zeal . Poetic references abound appropriately in the book , and have k «» -M If been chosen ¦ with ¦¦ ¦ taste iI I kV while V ¦ b they V also h 11

    ^ . > ^ * m * * ^ * ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^ J ^ . ^ k X ^^ * ^ - ^ ^ * ^ J ^ W V ^ h ^^ ^ k *^^ ^ * ^^ ^^^ , « ^^ ^^ ^^~ ^ B ^ - ^^^^ ~ r ^^^ v ^^ ^ ^^^ show an extensive knowledge of books . Complete indexes and references make this mono-5- > r ^ r > h h on nn thp the -. birds birrlsi of of Herefordsh 14 ere ford shiire re one one of of the the

    grap most desirable books on English ornithology that could well be imagined .

    From the London Literary Society . —* They Twain , ' the original name of which , judging from the page heading , was * After the

    Honeynaoon , is a homely story of quiet incident , simply told , but by no means wanting in human interest . The author , Mary II .

    Pickersgill-Cuniiffe , may be congratulated upon a wellmerited success . From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , & Co . ( Limited )— Perfection in compact

    encyclo-. p ; i 3 ( lic arrangement seems to have been attained in ' The ; Pocket Encyclopiedia , ' in which , through

    a series of simple signs and symbols , is compressed the information that might be expected in nny of our voluminous reference

    books . The indications are easily mastered and remain in the memory . We have tested the volume , and find that it is what it professes

    to be . It is the most concise book of the kind that we know of . Leading points of information seem to be judiciously selected .

    From the same . — Diamond-mining at Kimberley has occupied the busy pens of many writers during the past year or so , but chiefly in the

    nevvspaper nnwvnnnpr press i ~ krrf ^« : . A very VPTV good fmn <] account JlP . COlin t , ap RD - - pears in Mr . Montagu Kerr ' s book of travels entitled ' The Far Interior' which was

    pub-V v » * Kj A . L A \ ^ f V & JL A A W * ¦ - *•* - * * * *^ ^—• » ^ - ^ " 7 , w " - " * *^ ~~ " " —» - - j ^ - ~— ~ - lished over a year ago . But tFie most complete description we have seen is contained in

    the book which is now before us , and which bears the title * The Incwadi Yami ; or , Twenty Years' Personal Experience in South Africa / by

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    3 oo The Publishers' Circular March 15 , 1888

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1888, page 300, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031888/page/14/