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      latest hour a long , suntegible , ate except . * the *• tiA on least least the esteemed esteemed principle ; : that and and the this tins choicest manual manual blessings is is there

      there-fore _ to be welcomed for its warnings as well as f Tf or its XW 0 hints ^ B + mmmr- ** . w It — supp — " - g- r ^ lies — full —«™ details ^ v wvv *> w of vc * the > r ^» j ^^ the the hlof rii

      injuries anatomy and of diseases eye aescriDes describes , of p the ysi at at eye oo , gy and optical son , the

      defects f «> tfi . and and aiso also some some length lengtn the tne op practical _ J-L tjp hthalmoscope ^ t % , ^ P and a «» 7 •¦¦» - » - ¦ ' valuable - —~ - and — - —— — — spectacles ¦— chapters ^ r- — — - — . in * w _ One — the ™ - of ^ y book mr the ^^ ¦^^ ~ mm most con ^• ' ^¦» ¦»—

      -sists of practical suggestions for the care of eyeconsideration IJ sig || l ht | gj ^ , l whi | gv c h pVmpjpt may of - ^ r ^— all ^~ be literary — - ^ - ^ commended - ^ - — ¦ ¦ ¦ m ^ toilers ^ r — — ^ rppp * ppst to and VaW ¦ ^ B > the w moilers pa ai special ^ pr a > 4 P ^** da ) r Pha * . y

      The author gives a hint which is well worthy of consideration , when he sa } s that type should not be made with reference onlto perfect and

      good day ^ li a a > ght 41 . , as a vast amount y _ of reading « ¦) eyes is m don * m e in artificial light and by imperfect eyes . He also

      hits on an evil which even in these days of typographical improvement cannot be too strongly insisted onwhen he says : — ' The quality of type

      is to be considered , as well as the size , for print of b fairl 1 ecause y mmmr good blurred rr size v is and often r indis wvw very t r inc ¦ ¦¦ t try ^ r . ^ ing The vvbf to u P the V a HBri li h t eyes w of QP ^ V ^ P ^ V ^^^ ^ " ^ ^ p ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ¦ ^ " ^^^^ ^ p ^^^ p ^^ " ^^ ^^^ *^^ q ^^^^^^^^^^ y ^ ^^^ v

      the paper and of the ink too , has its influence on the general effect . Bright white paper , particularlif its surface is glazedis dft 77 liT » and

      y , g irritating . It is on account of the quality rather than the size that it is that one type is often ' found — »~ »™^^» ¦ " a ^ P ^ great P ^ T ^ ^^^ p ^ ^ p » deal ™ ^ ' ^ ^^ - ^ ^» p f ^^ ^ leasanter ^ ^^ ^»^ ww . ^ - ^»^^»^» ^ r ^ . r ^^ to ^^ - ^^ ^ read ^ - ^^ ^^ . v ^ p . ^ than ^^ VBMV ^ rf ^ ^ b ^ another ^^ . ^ M ^ p ^ Vr ^ Bi ^ ^ P' ^ . » . W

      Some cheap publications manage to combine all of the defects referred to in such a degree that a more paternal government than ours might well suppress r them as enemies to society . ' In this

      " * ~^ f" m ¦¦ " ¦ " ^ p' ^ . ^^ pF-p ^ p ^ p ^ ^^ . v ^ pp ^^ emmm ^ .-pvpvw ^ prpqpr ^ ^^ PW ^ pr ^ pr <^ - ^* ^ r V ^ ^ p ^ p » TaV ^ phPV ^ P ^ protest there is much truth , and those who are acquainted with the low-class publications issued ¦ for — — ¦ boyB —¦¦—¦ and ^^ ¦ ¦ ¦¦^^ girls jipi ¦ know ^¦ full t well ft tiw that they are «< w ^>

      mm < p | mmm y w ^ *»^ n . » ^^ K * j ^* bp *«« ^ m ^^ s w ^ calculated to ruin the eyesight almost as surely as they defile the minds of the young readers .

      refo Another Another rm is matter matter the use on on of which which over wide the the author antiinr p nleads which leads for fnr he condemns —'— Mwy , becau wvww s w e v ' % as mw * the w »»^ eyes v . j « # «« must Mawwrfc pages be * # ^ , moved auvt t w «* in iu

      cession reading upon to bring the the yellow image spot of of each the retina word , in if suc the

      page pace is is very verv wide undo , the thet external ft ^ xternftl muscles Tarmolefi of of the the And aaa eye- it ball is is are better battm fati gu to to e divide di d vido by following each enrh page ruum the into int lon o g double dnnlila lines ,

      co much — lumn ' - ^ -- » sound MVIUIU / Th sense OV e re JU 3 V 7 is as 1 t hus well WCXX , as as OB our valuable ICUUOI readers / IO information MJkJLl will \ JJkMMMCMKA see \ JkA , in

      this little work . From Mr . James "Weir . — 'Lord Maskelyne ' s Daughter — / bRosa MKettleauthor ' edition

      k ~ crown ^""' V » octavo tJJ y J ^ WUO of *» over JJUL . AJJDM 330 pages 'iV , } « B « , A « ULK a story \ # J . B s % of J \ A ± l . A the \ J * Am . wna ^ CKthfiBL erjLilorder Border , the t . hft thirteent thirteenth h volume volnme 01 of the the

      ut ftriea — a similar . The shape author , another says she dozen hopes volumes to bring of the out

      — " ¦¦¦ mm BUMMJJK } OUUbUU UUOOU . 1 VMUtUCO V * i blW ^ ' s editionwhich will include * Lowell n or * te ^^* * ^* m rj t' 'Over \^ V % Jf , the M & K 7 Furae JL || XAv | ' BUUi and * M Sir -U - Fr L JlOUJk ank JL Der ** wA - ,

      ^^ t ;* tales of the Welsh Borderland , of Dorset , •** < rf Deronshirt , respectively .

      fc" * ** . J . t » Tbitaker . ~ The I > ajily Round ; * w » i of fcion the > Prayer and Praise / adapted to the

      •""¦¦^ Christian year . ' No one * probably , |* vnaw Mxe aro ae that that comp of th ilations e present " wfcoa volume e aim , w is & much t in UVnul ^ wwihb . © . ¦ . ¦» ¦ . ¦* well 11 fitta nil i

      •^ , and : yefc the compact and - ) Sgjl Wbieeiiia aeema to havealeppe 4 into a ¦ fj ^ j * ijff *^ 'ft unoccupied tMd - ii ^ aatUtol place . in It ite is a languaf t one © practical ^ Th *

      arrangement is that of a verse from the Bible , a meditation —— ¦— - ¦—w ^ « — i ^^ -v ^ p ^ upon ^ jr - * r ^—» it ^ » r- adapted tivnawpf « r ^ ' ^• W to ^ r ^^ the ^ fjk ^^ p ^ Pk season ^ ^^^* V 1 ^^^^* p « of ^> r . S the WwM ^ p ^

      Church ' s year , a prayer which may be said naturally to flow from the text and the meditation —• ¦—¦ —— upon -ww ^ - -w pppw i ^ t —¦ , and PJ isp _ pips a ^ , ^ verse T ^ T « V *> V ^¦ 'V , of ^^^ which »» pBa *^ TaIW we W » ^^ give ¦&« T ^ p ^ IV a

      specimen , as showing better than any words of ours the quality of this daily companion . The day — — - ^ m is - — ' — Tuesday — k w ^ — ' r ^ m — ^ — ' — ^ m ^ in F » ^^^^ ^ Passion ^^ " ^ P ^ P ^^ PP » PTP * ^ PP" . BP ^ F week ^ » ^ pT ^ P ^ pVPlV : T ^ ^ B

      O Make Love , all most patient aool athirst , give for me thee grace ; I That parched my dry lip , that fading face ; , That thiiBfcwere all for me .

      , i The size of the copy before us is fep . Svo ., the type long primer , and the binding plain morocco , gilt ^^^ — — -v ed ¦— - - —— ges ^ h ^ "w . v This - ^^ a » a * pT is aw the w a « w more iMiw ^ r * ^ p * expensive ^ p ^ pSB w ^*«« # ' » ^* v form ^^• mt Mtm ^ of ^^ Jm ¦ f

      the * Daily Round / There is also a cheaper edition , the price of which commences as low as three shillings . Between this and the morocco-bound ^ large ¦ ¦¦— ^ type edition ¦ » ^^^ are ••¦ . several « k ^^ r varieties ¦«¦>¦> a >^» - of

      bind-— n -w J T ~ *^^— prs-m »» ^» r V -w ^ ^»^*» » V » W w *» F *^ p > ¦¦^¦» ing , so that the fancy or convenience of all classes of customers is provided for . From Messrs . "Wyman pr ppppppppj & Sons ppt . — Convict Life /

      ^^ pp * ^*^ ^^ —^^*^^ ^^ v ~^ v * pr ^ pr ^^ pr v ^ pp ^ ppr ^^^ v ^ ^^ m pr' ^ p ^ . ^ ppppppr ^ pphbt ^^^^ ^ V ^^ ppppppp ^^ p ^ ^ sp * 1 ^ pr ^ ^^^ r w ^ pt ^^ pf 1 ^ ppppppp 1 pbvppp '> ^ p ^ pb a revised and cheaper edition of a ticket-of-leave man ' s revelations concerning convicts and convict prisons . This workformerlan iPPPPPPPf octavohas

      ~ ¦ ~~ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^ PiPP ^ r - ^^ ^ v ^^ p ^ p > ^ ^^^ v ^ ^ 'Mppr V V ^ PP ^ ^ PPT ^ v ^ wh , « PV ^ ^^ v ^ pippppppr ¦ ^ pr ^^ ( p » y ^^ " ^^^ ^^ ^ r ^^^ v t ^ PT , W ppP ^^ PJP ^ p * now assamed the garb of a * railway book / Being full of most curious particulars as to life in " — —^— penal p ^ p * ~— ^ " ^^ pppr ^ pp servitude ipjpr - ^ P * ^ pr pp ^ ^ r * pp ^ PH ^ ^ P ^ , w the ¦ p ^ 'PPJPr ^ kind pPVPV ^ P ^^^ B ^^ pPar of ^^^ p * men ppippbppv ^ r ^¦ tpPV those . ^ r ^ p ^ p . ^ pr pp ^ ^ who V V « VPP »^ pTr

      are enduring it are found to be , how some do their work and others escape their share , how the wardersofficers and governors r to

      those ~ r ^^™ ^ p- » » ipw who ^ ' ¦¦ ^ pf- ^ pv »^ are , ^» - "»^ under " ^^ pff ^ pf ^ ppv ^^ ^ ppp ^ them p ^ pp *^ ppv jaam « pr pt the ^ p' « pv ^ ppiv ^ . ^ ^ rascalities p" pp * p appear ^»^ ^^ p' ^^ ^ pv ^ ppptpp ^ of ^ v >^^ criminals and of those who are , equally bad without ^ p- ^— ^ the ppf ^ p ^ ^ r name »™ ^ mm pi ppjpp ^ . p ¦ ; V altogether ^ ^^ F *^ ^^ ^ P . ^ . P 1 ^^^» the . » r ^^^ ^ p » book IPap ^ pv ^^ ^ pppv contains V ^ P » ^^^ pp ^ pp »^ . p ^» ppp ^ much ^ pp « h * VBJ ^ T'Pap *

      matter for thought , beyond the interest the narrative inevitably has . Magazines ppp ^ pp 1 . —The Anti 1 —~ quary ¦ - — pi ( PL St *~^ p ^ - ock ) edited b PP ]|^ Mr »

      ¦ PPPPplPP ^ v E . ^ PPPP ^^^ Walford ^^ r ^^ -w ^ ^^^ , n ^ p- ^^ ^ sumptuous ^^ v ^^^— ^ r v ^ pv ^ ^ ^ v in ^ P" ^ ppr ^^ P- paper ^ PPPPP V , *¦ ^ PP ^ pPaipPV and ^^ ^ PP * ^ pp ^ y print f pIHPIP ^ PBP ^ PP , illustrated ; the Churchman ' s Shilling Magazine ( « Houlston ^ ¦—» ^ ' ^ ™~ - —» ^ - ^ — - ) W 7 , with ^^ ^ 17 ^ ^^ articles - ^^» - ^ p ¦ - ^ p" ^^» - of ^ p ^ - ^^ various T ^ ppnppj ppv - ^ pp wppppt ^ interest ^ i ^^ PP' ^ P' ^ p-ppp . ^ PF'PPW ^ P- V ,

      among which are verses on Ober-Ammergau ; Bemote , embosomed in the Tyrol hiBa . > ¦¦ Ammergau is in the Bavarian hihlandsthe

      ¦ ^» ^^^ pppp ^ b ^—^^ ' ^ P' ^^ 1 ^ ''^^^ ^ p ^» ^~^ ^~^^^~ ^^^ p ^ p * ^^» ^ pppp ^ ^ pppt w ^¦ ^^ ¦^^ . •^ . ¦ a . " . . " P « pB ^ g | pkPPPBJBf . ^ v . >^ i W , * J ^ pajp >^^ Tyrol is farther on . The writer has probably taken ^" ¦ ¦ ¦ " ^^ P » - ^^^ a ^^^» finger —¦ " ¦ P ^ pPfc ""*~ —^ - ^ post PP > ^^ ^ " ^ " inscribed ^ ^^^^^»^^ ^^ p" ^^ jpp v ^ pf- ^^ ~^^ ppr * nach ^ pp ^ lppr ^ P 1 ^^^ PP * Tirol f . P ^ P » ^ p ^ ppp » ' ^ pr' ^^ pr ™ , ' ^ as HPT . ^ pT ppi V A _ * M pfc ^^^^ pk ^^__~ ^

      naming the country it stands in . —The Paper and Printing Trade / Journal , combining a rare dislay ¦ of typeand —™—~ collection of information and '

      p ^^~ ^ ' j - » - i ^^^ j pv " ^^ , i i r ^^» " ^^ ^ ^^^ ' ^^ - ^^ - ^^ r ^^^^ ^ pf- ^^ m ^ pr ^^^^^ pppi ^ p ^ ^ pp » ^ ppp ^ ipp ^ pppp' ^ p ^^ ^ pp » ^^^^ v ^ pr ^ r ^ ^^ ppp ) amusement Glasgow , 1874 ; ' - Report 9 *; the of Etcctro the Mitchell -metaUvrgico Library and , ¦ m Electric ^—^— - ^ ^^ - ^^ ^ p- ^ ^^ - ^^ ^ Li ^ mmmmw - ^ g - ^^ m ^ ht ~^^ ^ Journal ^^ p * ~^* " ^ r ^^ ^ r ^ ^ r 1 ¦ v ^^ ; ^ a bpphi Rhodes ^^ r ^^^ F" ^ " ^ p ^ v w ^ pp ^ f ^ f ^ pf ~ ' Journal ^^ P' ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f- ^ f ^ 1 ^ ^ f of ^ «

      American Banking ; American Art Review , No . 6 . ( Sampson Low , Marston , & Co . ) , with five page plates and engravings in the text ; 'Jobsoa ' a Enemies' by E (•—^ » T ^ F- Jenkins ( Strahan & Co . ) Book PFF V . ;

      ^ FFVPPPP *^^^^* ^ P ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^ P' ^ PPT , W I Pi ^ y ^— ¦ ' ^^ — ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ^^ - ^ F ^^ JF- PJ P' ¦ " ^ B—^ T ¦¦ ¦ ^ FW ^ F ^ ^ Fp ^ ppPF -W ^ P » PP' JP ^ P , » ^^ " — ^ p »* P ^ F ^ P ) PF ^ ^ pi ^ p ' Excelsior' ( Sunday School Union ); Hymns for Centenary gatherings' ( Sunday School Union ) with tunes ' Who ¦ ' ¦¦ ~^~ was the Founder of Sunday

      v w *¦ ^^» pp . ^ ^ ppp >^ ppp » - ^ - ^ ; - — ¦¦ ^^ ¦ i ^^ - ^ p »« - >^— - « -. ^ - ^ f » wwrnviai vnv r ^» w ^ fp ^ w—pm ^ ppj—fw ^ y Schools - ^ ^ _ ? ^ ' ( Moxon v ^ pph a 0 ^ ppk ) , b ^ pt y S jpv . . R ^ b ^ b ^ . Townshend ^^^^^ pk ^ Mayer ; ' Political Map of Ireland' ( Stanford ) , by ¦ E ¦ . Shaw ' - ^^ ' ^™ ™ ^ - ¦¦¦ Lefevre ' ' — " ~~ ^^ " ' " - ^ ; W * Hymns ' ' ^^ r ™^ P ^^ WP * for ^^ ^ P ^ P » Chjci ^ PBT ^ PPPPPPPV PPPVPai « > aVFP ti * PP |* pPW * ^ PPP a > Asro PPPJPPPPPPJPPP VIBPV ^ -

      ciations / & c . ( Hodder ) , new edition ; Britiah Trade Journal , May 1 st ; 'Education- / Trinity College ^ p « ^ r ^ ^ ^ p *^ v ^ ipr ^ Journal ^ ^ r . ww v ^^ r ^^ ( m . W . Reeves « i . ^^^ w ^ pr v - ^ avvvar ) V ; V * Penny >•¦« ^ aj a ^ aApaBBB v Grammar - ^^ w ^ m ^ ttmtumamm mm ¦ ppt-ajpMVA , %

      Geography , Penmanship / & c . ( Ward , Loek » & Co . ); Christian Treasury ( Groombridge ) , May ; Cape r Mon - » tht ( Juta f Cape Town ) > H April PPMippPi mph ppppi mm ipap > ; pb Victoria p" f

      Magazin IV i AppF ^ pr ppsr ^ ppq ^^ e ^ p ( ^ Faithfull ^ . p ' ^ y - ^» p » ^ p' I > ~™—^ - ^ - , ^« ); - ¦ ^ p- School ^ ppr ^ pf ^^ pp > ^ PPf Newspaper ^ ™* ^ ppppp ^ , - ( Collins ^ " ^ " ^ ^ ^» v ^ ) ^— ; Young Jr ^( Murby ); Ira * er * s Magazine (

      Longmans , Green ^ - ^> i . , & atk- * Co ***** ' . ) ; Yo " »^ ung Eng a «* land » tV ( Houlston W a . & ¦^ gasaT Co " . «•¦ ^ arpj . * ) jp ; m . Printer fval m -W 9 ~*^ ^ ^ ¦ " - ^ mv * tmm Reg ^ " ^ ^ m ister ^¦ 'i ^• . ¦^^ , « May p _ -wpvjbbf « jv < ^ vv 6 ^ " ; m , ' p Political ^^ ^ — — - —^—¦• ^^ - ^—

      —Map of England , also of Scotland' ( Stanford ) , by for E . Shaw May -Lefevre ; Blackburn ; the © Welcome ^ As the ( Partridge Crovr ) JPlie * part || » 11

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1880, page 371, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051880/page/11/