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    h execut andbook ed engraving in the al s p , habetical which being mann er , many with cases wellbird ' s-eye views , have the value of maps to some

    extent . There is also a coloured folding map , , printed on linen . F ¦ rom ¦ Mr . B . J . Davey . —' Philosophy ¦ of War b / by

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    expect . Take- the following extract : 1 scholars cvuumuo Those of . .. . our . . do wj visito not uuv rs need iivcu from to w be uc the reminded louuuueu State ? who of ui are the nuu words cl wurus assical of ui the A % ¦ _ oracle _ to 1 the * *_ ¦ iEneidae i m iiii make m . ¦ m

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    Mill on the Floss / JEneidae is , to say the least , peculiar . Again : re- The union Italians . and the Germans hare attained complete

    If we said that ' the Italians and the Germans had attained complete severance , ' we believe the statement would be found equallyif not more

    correct . What was the effect of the , war of 1866 . , to § ay nothing of that of 1859 ? We will give one more extract :

    There is but one writer of romances in this country who in juiw can terest write cou ( vui of ( tell the wic ?) story bwij a story ) iis » kept a . ep in iituive alive which by uy , the iue as in ( ynarration iiarravivu « Tancred of , ' the vik the ); of the characters in itand that

    writer prosperities is the present leading Prime Minister . () ; What we meant by indifferent workmanshiis

    seen in these few lines ; the parentheses are ours p . From Mr . W . "Wells Gardner , Barton , & Co . —

    TitcomVs « British Burma . ' Personal recollections of his episcopate , by the Bishop of Kangoon , writteu in a familiar manner , with numerous

    illustrations of inhabitants , houses , scenery , costume , pagodas , idols , & c . & c . From Messrs . HamiltonAdams & Co . — Night

    , , nnto Night : a selection of Bible Scenes , ' by the Eev . Daniel March , D . D . Seventh edition . The popularity of this work is sufficiently attested by

    II the fact that it has already passed through seven editions , and its graphic descriptions and the at-11 tracti reness of its subject matter , based upon some

    of the most remarkable incidents of Bible history , will not fail to secure a fresh circle of readers for this new issue . The ' scenes' are drawn from the

    Old and New Testament , and on both the author has shed all the light afforded by the writings of travellerspast and presentcorroborated by

    the results of , his own visits to the , spots described . From ' Home Words' Publishing Office .- ' The

    Sunday and Praise School b Gifk the : Kev ' a . Hel Charles p to Bullock Early Prayer B . D . This new edition - , y mr ~ - *~ of r mm Mr <> i «> pb « b . v Bullock mr w W m 'r s r ¦¦ . littlo dw volume , bH .. ¦ £ ^^ ^^^ —^ —^ ^ ' ^ ^^^^^^*^^^ p *^^ ^ pr ^^^ *^**^^^ ^^ pB ^ ^^ y ^^^ ^^ ^^^

    of prayers and hymns for children is issued in commemoration of the Sunday School Centenary , I By way of introduction ¦¦ vb ¦¦¦ there ipb pq is a chapter in # 4

    simple _ f m and attractive — - ¦ —— ^ r - < ^ ¦ ¦ ^ ^ m —^^ ^^ r —^ nq - ^ r language »^ , ^ pr ^^ ^^* by ** ' ^ V the ^* ^ P" ^ b . w editor * ' ^ ' B' ^ v ¦^ k p ** J , on *¦ ¦¦> ' Early Prayer , ' leading up to the prayers for morning and evening and special occasions . The

    I i followed hymns are by all a suited few pieces for children of juvenile ' s use poetry , and are for recitation at festivals .

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    H W ^ j _ ^ .. ___ , w- * - ^^ ^— ^^ -ww *~ - ~ " ^ ^ m - " - ^ ^ w ^ ^* - V . ^ BJB I most interesting miscellany ^^ , w | iich will be welcome ¦¦ I alike to ¥ readers and to vendors t of ¦ books . The

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    • ""^^^^^ li authors ; lists of new books ; courses ofreadii » . contemporary critical comments portraits ; characteristic . The close extracts print ' * £ !

    each number a storehouse of literary menwrobifa n ^ Z From ' The Jfcessrs Forbidden . Sampson Land : Low Corea , Marston ' three voyaffes , & Co ) - T ^

    , Oppert This is a book to make the mercantile man ' s mouth water . It is an octavo of between th m * bV * sBk #% ¦¦ and Butt & m four ^ L - ^ « f «¦ « m hundred 1 ^ « h «* bhva jJ ^« s ^ bT bb % jva — A u with ^ . ^ . f ^^

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    having dust — gold in the the richest river beds mines everywhere , the of province all ; and quartz that of Pieng ¦ # , Corean and AvOl ' an as

    Cs ' »~ n ^ v i silver , which is found in many places , is exceedingly fine . The author expresses it as his decided opinion - that - - no country on the Asiatic continent ¦»>¦ BUI WbVAJ

    approaches ¦ we - ^ observe , Corea has been in mineral twitted ^ J wealth in certain . Mr - — . quarters V Oppert VMU , with the use of the expression ' the Corea '

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    a writer than Mr . Kinglake is associated with ' the Crimea . ' From the same . — ' Around the "World with General

    Grant , ' 2 vols . With its eight hundred illustrations this bulky work may be called a microcosm ; in turning over the leaves we seem to travel

    c » round ( pace Mr . J . R . Young ) the world . Much as the surface of * this distracted globe' has been ^ ridden BM B > « V * WJ ^^ r ^ B ^ Bl over ^ t ^ Y ¦¦ ^^* . B > , V ^ American ^ ^^^ ^ i ^^^^ - ^« - ^ r ^^^ ^» ^ bf ^~ ^^ ^^^^* energy ^ BP ^^^^^ - - ^ r ^— ^ piBfe . here ^^ ^^ B ^^^ ^^ ^^^ gives ¦ * ^^ ^^ picture — s

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    customed the text ; there views again . Two we extracts are arrested will by serve unac to - show the curious interest of this account of General

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    and When some I one was thought in Denmark it might the Prince be pleasant Imperial for me was to there meet , of him his . family I but declined . Of of oi , saying the course niosu most I the did selfish not first want Emperor and tuiu to cruel see was jmen him « v a in or great any

    hisbrough tory genius genius . . , , t . incredible . one on He abused me disaste F rs ran bcjuqsii upon ce for his his country wua own ends to gratify *• , and —• than than his selfish the the first first ambition , the the especial esnecial . . . . The enemy enemv third of of America America Napoleon and ana was iwenj liberty worec .-

    doubted Think of how the the misery , war he would brought end , upon & c . France . ... I n ^ Here is something for English people to

    meditate : — invasion As to the politics did her of good Spain and , I I could do not neve see r see muoh tbaUny emrer .

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    G eo rge the IV ., who sea stood , or posed for the JUarquis of Steyne .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1880, page 368, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051880/page/8/