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    — ^ the West . ' Music on the water , music in the rater ! mosic | MW —under ¦ ¦ — - —— the water -- — —j / exclaims the

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    autho-ri has ty in roceeded o these matters from hi . s Anything , pen is sure , therefore of respec , which tful

    attention p . Examples of music are given in illustration of the letterpress . —

    From the same . — ' The Countess Daphne / by Bita , 3 vote . Love , and music ; these this story is isentence two

    full of . Here s a or : — They were glad with the gladness which never comes tuat

    twice twice only soands to to any any once heart heart in . . every Their Their human souls souls echoed echoed life . to to All tbe the of magic music happiness that that rnni ; most life I ][ I . P ¦_ Tcn could _ TTl , _ A _ , hold £ M ^ » £ * aB i » . » > "* ^ - » » . was ^ hour wv m A . « M * « W gathered ^>^ wi iv * ^ p ^— and « pmw garnered bb ^ b ^ i ^ imi * rmm ¦ into mmm * r * r that ' » w

    one exquisite . Some ¦^ Illlin of \ fm the ?» **¦•¦ •» chapters ~ * - —— r- ~ TT ~ T ~ i ~ have ^ Bt ^ PF v ^^ mottos ^ p )^^^ v py >^ i » # - in »»• musical jj » nw ^ ^ " » have music such

    to notation ¦_¦ ¦ ¦ head MI JMM ^^ L , them p 0 ** others Pj # **^ v . Occasionall ^ r ^ . ^ Fi ^ i ^ * ^^ —^ g ^^ ^ ^ y j t w * h ™ e ^^ f ^» e as ^ w ww poets w rw ords ^^ ^ v ¦ — ¦ give » whi »» ¦ - — us c h to characterise l

    the author uses a chapter impy a rare familiarity with the prince of instruments . One is JM called 4 h ¦ the Amati ¦ ¦ ' s story ¦ ir ¦ m another -mr ~ ¦¦ ¦ » the

    ¦ W g ^ BJ ^^ P ^ V ^^ P ^^ P * " ™ •»«¦¦ ™™^^ — ^ w vr ^^— w , — - ^ ™ ^ ™ — . . — Strad ' s story ( story of a Stradivarius violin , of course ) and so on .

    From the same . — ' Friends and Foes in the Transkei / by ences Mrs duri . Prhchard ng the Cape . An Fronti Englishwoman er war of ' s 1877 experi -8 - .

    ' Although the details of the campaign hare been already . . . presented to the public by ... special correspondents , there are many links in the chain of events which immediatelpreceded ¦

    the ^ L ^^^ B ^^ M ^ war ^ rf ^^^^ P ^ H ^ V ^ B , B ^^ V that ^^^ r ^^ V ^ Q ^ can V ^^ F ^^ " ^^^ ^^ ^ onl ^^ V W y ^^ p ^^^ b ^^ be ^^^ ^^ B ^^ v supp ^ BB ^^ l ^^ i ^^ ^^ b ^^ i ^^ v li ^^ p ^ ^ e w ^^ r ^^ d v ^ i ^ P ^^ b ^ v ~^ y ^ r ^^^ y m those ^^^~ ^ HB ^^^^ ^^^ who ^^ ^^^^ ^^ P were on the spot at that time / From the same— ' Seasonal Dimorphism of

    Butter-. flies . ' This is the first part , with coloured plates , of a series of studies in the theory of descent , by Dr . Aug . WeismannProfessor at the University

    of Freiburg ( in Breisgan , ?) translated and edited by Mr . Meldola , secretary of the Entomological Society , with a prefatory address by Mr . Charles

    Darwin . The phenomena here investigated have , we find , been before the world just fifty years . The part before us is an octavo in grey wrapper .

    From the same . — 'Hans Brinker , or the Silver edition Skates / illustrated by Mrs . Mary of this Mapes * popular Dod work ge . . A The new

    engravings , graphicall , y depict canals and the houses which skirt them , sledges , drawbridges , ice ——w - wvwv boats wf , and iau \ 4 of x > r ^ course vvwAUvj , skating i # in » waM ^ galore ^ b * -w *«_ rt & v . So ^/ v earl ^»*» -w « ¦ y

    as page 4 the heroine and Hans are seen flying along hand and hand , the maiden almost endowed vith ¦—~ wings " •* 'Q | M , which TO MAVM turn W % * A «¦* out V « M >«^ to « Vf be W ^ - * r the ^»« ¦ .- ^> T arms wv » wam . * ' of " ^« a m * w

    the windmill carious indi metallic stinctly head seen . In of the the women illustrations is not forgottenPerhaps the prettiest gear icture is that of

    . p a woman going along on skates with her baby ' s arms held about her neck , self-possessed enough

    In the very torrent , the tempest ( Hamlet ) of her course , to turn and kiss it . Prom Messrs ¦ . Maoniven it Wallace ¦¦ Ed ¦ in ii

    burgh . — - ^ " —w Maclaren ^ r ^ i (» n NVMV » M ^ ' s 4 Life » " » ^^«^^ of ^^^ David ^ W ^ p ^^ ' ^^ as ^ - ^^^^ - ^^ reflected " , ^—¦ hold in his librar Psalms of , is Exposition the new volume In it of D vid him House lf

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    , * P * cially love to paint . The shepherds ' * taif or taUiar ™& the sword , flceptxe , and the lyre are equally

    to his hands . That union of the soldier ¦ ** ? 1 wy the strikingl poet gives brough the lif t e out a peculiar in that charm chapter , and of

    ¦ « S Book words of of 8 Amuel David hom y , which " caUs and beg aftar tl ins giving , " The the * . bo swan the

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    t he % mi g hty . men whom , David ' ^ V ^ m ^ had ^ ^ . "' ~ m , ^ ¦ I From Mes ¦—¦ srs . Maemillan ¦ ¦ ¦¦!!¦¦ ft Co— ' Degeneration . fc ^ VmVl :

    —» — - —— -- — - — ma w w ^¦ v ^ T . ' * « V 4 i- » l > lViI Lankester a Chap — — ter F . B ^ Darwinism . - 8 ^ . Fellow ^^ tw ^ / of by Exeter Profes College sor R Bay

    Oxford ( Na . tur ™ Thi ~ e — , ^ Seri - " s ^ , y ¦— volume __ - ^^ e »» _ s y , ' is ^¦ y >» , , f the o Biaa ¦¦ rming . •* pr address vv « 'b t ^ > one bi ^ « a ^ # ** « m ^ B ^ ^ m of /** which »» "v * t ^ ^ h , » ^ pfSJb e ^^^ publisher > r ^ Professor ^ k ^ - ^ TP Jm * " ^ > Aa , t W ^ ^ ¦? ^ " ' ^ ^ p ' s

    Lankester delivered before the British Association at Sheffie — ld — — , i ——— n ¦ August ( ^^ Q mmmm w last iimpj bi , b ; and b ^ b » bi m ^ m ¦ forms T « tr ^ p i aw ¦« a valuable T Tf ifiTHf Tf

    — fes contribution — " sor - ^ — ¦ Lankes ¦ —— " to - ^» w te — ^^ r ' "s ^ science practical Bf « wp ^» vav « B of living result ^ VwVB * things , n as B » V ^ Hf . far JfeMSkK ' Pro a VaV - s ^ Br

    Englishmen to the eral la concerned ws of evolu , is ti on hat w a e s we a as re likel liable to — — degenerate —— — gen ¦¦ ¦ as ¦ to ¦»• and , he b cites \ r cases in y

    which » he believes ^^ w ^ p- *>¦ *• - ** - we progress « are B V " * alread M 9 , ««••«¦ «^>« w on > the fc _ r wow down - ward incline : —* As compared with y the immediate

    forefathers of our civilisation , the ancient Greeks , we do not appear , ' he holds , ' to have improved so so tar far as as our our bodily bodihr structure structure is is concerned enncernAd . nor nor

    assuredly so for as some of our mental capacities , are concerned . Our powers of perceiving and expressing beau •—¦ ¦ ¦ ty of farm have ce b rtainlnot in ? -

    creased ^— — — - ^^ since m —^ - the ——— m days - ^^ of m ^ the ' ™ ™~ Parthenon » ^ w ^>^^^ m ^^ m ^ r »^ and um- y ^ w A mpf p *^ w hr ^^ o - dite of Melos . In matters of the reason , in the development ¦ ™ - ™~ * ' ^ ^ ^^ H ^ ¦¦ ' ^ ¦ - ^ of ^»^» intellect ¦ ™ ^ ^^ ^»^^^^ ^^ ^« , we - ^^ may ^ P ^ P ^ B ^ W ^ y ^ seriousl »^ ^^^ B > ^^« F ¦ W 4 VP * y inquire «« PV ^ M ^ P »^*^ B * ^ # "

    how the case stands . Does the reason of the average man of civilised Europe stand out clearly as an evidence of progress when compared all the with

    that that of of the the men men of of byegone bve ^ one ages a ^ es ? ? Are Am all the in fn--ventions and figments of human superstition and ^ foll — ^^ ' — y _ g , w the " ^ ¦ ^^ *~ self - ^ ^^— -inflicted ^ ^ I ¦ - ^ ^^^ ^^» torturing ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ P ^ k ^ v ^^^^^* PJ of ^^ ^» ^ mind ¦^¦¦ t ^ Bi ^ PVBk ^^ Vaft , the ^ APBP *^^ ^ re B ^*

    -falsehood iterated substitution for truth , w of hic wrong h disfigure for ri ght , modern and of civilisation ¦ —are these evidences of ? In

    such ™ ^^^ ~ ^~ ^^— i respects ™ ^^ f ^^ ™ ^ ^^ r ^^^ we ^^^ - ^ hare ^ ™ ^^» . «^ - ^ v at ^^ ^ ^^ least ^^^^ ^^ p ^ v ^* w ^^^ ^^ v reason ^^^ p ^^^^ ^^» progress BBP ^| V ^ to ^^^^ Pfc ^^^ fear ^^^ ^^^ ^^^* ^ P ^ that ^^ . ^¦^^¦^^ W we may be degenerate . Possibly we are drifting , tending ^ m ^ BT ^ " ^^ " «^^^ i ^ PHB j to ^ r ^^^ the ^ v ^ B ^^ - ^^ condition - ^^ - ^^ ^ p ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ B ^ r ^ B - ^ r ^^ am of - ^ w ^— intellectual ^»« B ^ ^ p ^^ ^^^ . h ^ bv ^^ ^ p vnv ^ Barnacles p ^^ i ^^ PpV ^^ flBBp ^ BB ^^ Br ^ v ' ^^ v ^ r

    or Ascidians / This , it must be admitted , is not a very consolatory reflection in these days of hi kBlK hl *^*^^ V ^ V W polished F civilisation P iPF but p ^^ p pi Mr B . Lankester 7 V ^ PV V lV ' s

    moral ^^^^^^ V g ^^ y is BP ^ ^^^ H that ^^^^^ ^^^^^ P ^^^ ^ v ^^ the ^^^ ^^^ ^^^» tendency " ^» ' ^^ " ^^ P ^^^^ PT ^* ^^^ w ^^ , ^ p to ^^^^ ^^ degeneration ^ pa ^^^ ^ . r ^^^^^ . V ^^ P ^^ ' ^^ B ^^ V ^^^^^ V ^^ p ^ . V can ^^^^ W ^^ F be and ought to be resisted , and his secret of the best means of defiDg the downward movement

    is W ^ t ^ F' ^^ p * P to ^^ r ^^ ^ H ^^^ be HV ^ ^^^ found —^ - ^^ T - ^^ v - ^^^^ in - ^^ ^ v y J our —* ^^^ ^^ p ^ K own ^ FW ^ ¦ " ^^ p ^ power ^^^ ^ P ^ P ^ B *> ^ p ^ p 1 ^^^^^ ^ to ^ ^ H ^^ V ^ know ^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ p ^ ^ i «^^ H ^^^ the ^^^ ^^ P ^ V ^^ V causes of things . Whatever view may be taken of the Professor » i ' s theories - » » p ^ there can - b we think ^^ ^ m ^^^ m ^ m ^^ ^^^ ^» *^ ^» " ^^ ¦ ™ ^» w . ^ ^^ ^^ - ^^^ ^ ^^ p ^ ^ " ^ , w ^»^™^» ^^ - ^^ v ^^ ^^¦™*^^™^^ , . *» ^^ ^^ . ^^ p ^ - ^^^ , y

    be no question as to the ability which he displays in his treatment of a singularly interesting subject .

    From the same— 'Science Primers : Introductory / by Professor Huxley , F . B . S . The movement in favour of a more general provision of ¦ the means hh

    jmJB T ^ r % pV 4 h ^ p * -ah PJ . BJ AAiKVa «¦ > PJak **¦* W ~> * bX T btbb V ^ ^^ a > w- » ' »^ - % ^^» ••¦ ^ v ^^ ^ rw ^^™» of education in natural science , which has led the pjjpj authorities ^ ot mtmim ^^^* at w ^ ^*»» pr of ¦*»»^ our ^^ ¦ " ^¦ ^ great F 7 i public ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^ schools ^ ^ - ¦ ¦» to ™ " ^ g ive

    increased attention to the subject , has also created a demand for manuals for students such as those ¦ which are to be lied bMessrs . Maemillan

    & _^^ £ ^ ^ B Co ^^^ m ^ . B ^ BP" ^ in ^^ ^ Bl ^^ their . W ^ VP supp P ^ V ^ * HB Science ^ HHr ^^ -. ^ ^^ " ^^^ ^^ r y v Primers ^ i ^^^^ p ^ h ~«^ ^^ v ^^ s plw . ' B ^ pv ^^^^ Professor ^ . ^^ " ^^ ^ w .. ^ r ^^^^^ P >^>^ V ^ r ^^^ v Huxley , who is , with Messrs . Boscoe and Balfbur Stewart T » J ^ ^^ VVI ^ pWPPk «>¦ , to W ^^ superintend W ^ p ^ | ff ^ V ^ B ^ ^ B »^ Bflm V ^ nB ^ the ^^« BK ^ IBr publication BV ^^ B *^ ^ V ^^ B ^^^ ^ IBW ^^ p- ^^ a ^ of ^^^^ the ^ - ^ pp

    series , gives us in this little volume a general introduction on the relations of nature and science , followed by a series of clear explanations of to elementary material objects facts and of p the rinci mineral ples in relation kingdom , first and

    living bodies , and secondly , in relation to immaterial objects or mental phenomena . The advantage of securing men of the highest intellectual to present ¦¦ ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' scientific ¦ " ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦* i" ^¦¦ ¦¦ ¦» ' truths ¦»• " ¦¦>¦ ¦ to

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1880, page 369, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051880/page/9/