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    438 The Publishers' Circular Mdy tfc ^f

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    Books Received :— Fr 4 Om Precept Messrs...

    Modern Discovery and Knowledge . From ^ Rehoboam ^_»^ P «^ ^ - ____» ^_ r ^ 0 ^^ ^ h ^^ b ^»^ b to " - * — » ^ Hezekiah _™^»— ^^__ w ^— - ¦ ¦¦¦ — ¦ - , with _______ the __ — contemporary — _ - ^ ^ j __ _ . ___ . __ ii _ t ^ - __ - _ -- ^___ - ^ . ^_ r ^__ " ^_^ m m

    illustrations Prophets / , By second Cunning edition ham * . Geiki We ^ * e , are D . D not . With mir-i prised h _ f ^ fe » w ^_ f ^*^_ i to ^_ f ^_^ ^ find *^^*™^ " ^*^ that ^^ — - _•—*¦ - » Dr ™ — . — Geikie — — — — — ' s books - — ~ ~ ^ on — the _ - -

    Bible are reaching a second edition , for they are unique in the admirable way in which he deals descri - _« ptivel k y ¦ and ¦ connectedl —¦— y with the great

    -M ^_ ^^ ^__» - ^^ _ r r ^* ___• w ^ " * ^™ I _ _ - — — w _—— - --- ' — — ~ » - —— — - _ - p _ K ~ facts of the Bible narrative ; introducing , as he goes along , all those side-lights which investigation ¦¦ and stud ¦ l ¦ have i ¦ of late ¦— i years thrown —¦ upon ¦— —¦— the

    sacred ^ g ^ p ^^^^ ^—^^ ** _ ^* _^_ text _ - _» y V . It ^ ___> _— is m - — sometimes - — - — — - — ' ^ _¦ m — ~ - said m ~ ^ - that . ___ the MV a ^ - _* Old _ ph — ' « * Testament Scriptures are unfairly neglected in thes ^ ft ^ ^^^^ e ^^ day ^_— ^ »^ » _ s _ r ^ in !¦ — ¦ ^ fa 1 _ -- ™ vour w ^_ r _ ¦¦ — M ¦ — " ~ of ^^ - the ^^^—^ vr G _ ¦ - - — ospels ^ »*_^ ^ v - —_* — - __¦ - _ r and ^*_ f __ i - ¦¦ -v _ v Ep «^ bv _ __ > h h _ f i _¦ stles v _ r ^^ __ - _» L - r _ ^^ _^^_ _ _ _ ___* __

    of the New . If this , is so , and we believe there is some ground for the complaint , a perusal of Dr . Geikie ' s books ought to be sufficient to turn the

    scale in the other direction . From to Messrs «_ . Kerby & Endean bh . —* Comfortabl _»_¦_» e

    _^^ ^_ r »___ iii a _ a _«^_ - ^^ -t _ r a _ r ^ B r _• _^ a _ a _ - ^_ r _¦> pbv w ^^^ r ^___^ v ^ n ^ ^_ r w ^ m _ v ¦> ^_ r ^^ _» »_^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ ^_ _ v ^ - " Words in the Time of Sickness and Suffering / Second Series . A . book of hymns , texts , and short prayers and meditations , admirably fitted

    for use in a sick room . i From Messrs . F . I-. May & Co—May ' s ' British

    , A and Irish Press Guide for 1882 / A handy and fv ' com ^ ' ^ ^ ' ^ ™ ™ ¦_ pact MV ¦^ ' ^ - ^ p " ^ newspaper " ^^_ " —¦¦ ^ - ¦¦"» ¦ W ^ '_ ™ _ . "_ - ^_ i directory ^ ™ ^ _» ¦_» " _^ — ¦ - ^^ _» ^ for ^ "_^ - ^^ the ^ *__» V United ^ B ^ ^_^ B K - ^ ^^ ^*_ h in tabular

    Kingdom , containing , form , full details of the principal newspapers and other serials published in London and the provinces . The

    characteristics of the various publications , their ^ price , date of issue , and other details are care-; fully and concisely given , and the book is

    admir-. ; ably arranged for purposes of ready reference . From The Religious Tract Society . — 'Th i e

    ' *^ ~» _»^» —~^» ' ^^ »^_^ ^^ ^^— ^^^^^^ J ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^*^ ^^ ^^^ *^ ^^ F " ^^^ **_ ^^ I ^ V " Reli ^ B ^^^ b & A gious A Topograp ^ V _ fe _ h h y of Eng ^ h ^^» land d A . * B -m . y S . R . Pattison . The author of this work has , so far as we are awarestruck upon an oriinal idea in

    giving us a sort , of religious gazetteer g of England , ehowing , under each place named in alphabetical order - — ¦— v the ^¦ - ¦ remarkable —»^ ¦ ¦ » -w ¦_ . _^__^ bv v- _• »* events iv » a v » connected j i tr » with » i » fc — ' , ——^ ^^ _ ^*_^^^ ^ g ^ ^ ^^ ^^ m ^_^ . ^ ^ ^— ' ^•^* * _ *^__

    roligion which have occurred there . Thus , if we turn up Bedford , we find ' a note of John Bunyan ' s work in the little country ¦ hv ¦ town and of his

    im-— — - ^— — — ^_ - — _ w - ^— - ^— ^ v ^^ r — v ^~^ m ^ ^ " ^^ ^^ ^_ ^ . ^^ ^^^ T ^^ V . ^^^^ ^ ^^^ ¦ ^ ^ " ^ V prisonment in its gaol . Bemerton is associated with George Herbert , who spent his days in » I ^ 1 its bi parsonage ^^~ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^» . Berkhampstead t ^^ m ^^ ^_ * «^ tfk ^^ — ^ ^ ^ p _« * i ^ B _ f _ rf ^ . ^^ ^ fc ^ ¦ ^^^ h is Ur noted A 41 ^^ ^* ^^^ ^¦•^ fc as ^ W ^ F ' ^ F the ^ v ^» A ^* F

    C I ^ ' has rth among place of its Bishop associations Ken and the of Cowper fact that . Reading it gave j ¦ birth Dr .- . Mars to Archbi -- h ; and m ^» & v - hop eo > < n ^ Laud we w w - ^ r mi , / Charles ? ht fc ^ ^ jr throug Simeon «/<¦ h , and the

    V volume __„_ , finding ___ j not _ - » a _ only under «•_> . « ^ - _ __ well » «^ go -known ___ , A . ^^ ^^ A % places * * ** ^* , ( ¦< ; , ch but ronicled under many which spots must little ever known rescue to fam them e , events from

    the oblivion . we The hav work e been seems able , if to we test may to jud have ge from been fully pages and — carefull " — — doneand the resul , t is a volume % a

    whi ch forms a welcome ^^ ^ y _ t ^^ ^ ^ -m ^ addition ^ , f *^^ - " ^*^ *» ** ^^ to *~ our 1 ^ »• » ** shelves m ¦>_ ' ¦ * v ^ a and • - ¦ * _ * which may fitly find a place in the portmanteau , ot of every everv tourist tourist who who likes liken to fn r »__ rrv back htuAc his hin mind minri

    to the past history of the places carry he visits . From the same . — ' Children ' s Flowers : the iMenda

    of their Hambles and Play . ' The author of this charming little book disclaims any intention of giving in its pages ¦ a series r of lonsons ¦ in botany

    £ J - — simp ^^ v ' - le — - aim — r- - -- ^™ m oeing ^ " ^ - ^— to " ^ ^~ ^ " inte " ^ " ^^^ ^ rest ^» ^^ ^ S' ^ i littl ^ ^^ ^ _ i _ MT e !_ peopl " ^» ^^ *_^^« J _ e T ^ k _ l in , K the beauties of the flowers and to help them to read - - - the — messages — — » W HK — —^ of - ^ ~^ God — - ^_ r " —» in ^ _ P _ . — nature » _ M _> —I ^_ - —i" _* - ^^ , H but ^ h ^ - ^^ M ^^ ^ at W ^^ the ^ A ^ ^^

    same time she may be credited with having infused into her work a good deal of sound know-I led ge in non-technical language . She treats I mainlv of the wild flowers tn >>« fnnnrl tn tha

    field uenon delion and , , buttercups uuLLerc the hed ups , , ge- me the roW : primrose primrose the daisy , , , chickweed ch the iptw dan ^/

    me the -not wil , d hawthorn hyacinth , blackberry , harebell , , wild clover rose , fo water » et * - . cress tains , , violet foxglove and , honeysuckle heartsease , , stinging poppy , , - nettle pi ^

    dock dock tells , in heather heather homel , y grass _ language rrass . , and and of holl hni the lv y ^ natural and nvtri she cV »_ character . not ^^* only __ - istics of each - — — little — plantbnt — — of — the association t

    ^ , r — - * _ - »«~ - > w * - * J * - f \» , i * 4 ^| yriy VAiO s personal _ . 1 and _ . ! histori •__ r __ cal , which 1 1 in course of time have become interwoven it it is is "with its history . Fora

    prize prize or or present present admirably admirably fitted fitted , , and and those fhn __ children teachers who for a adopt strol the l m wise *— tlie — — habi spring — £ t of taking or their

    afternoons to lace read when a chapter mi the X ght , flowers do from wel r l it to Tat * consult - - some ' - » " ~ " q quiet ¦* its j **»»« v * p ages summer a resting A " MlitJcf , JJUli or

    A p word of praise is dtre are td actuall the tasteful y before illustra them ^ . tions and to the pretty and appropriate binding .

    « From ¦ — — ' Messrs ™ ¦ ¦ ' - ~^ — " — from ~ " —— . — Smith ¦ "' - Animal ¦ — ¦ — - , Elder ™ - Life ^ — — -- ^ — , ^^ ! & ^ w Co - ^« r- ^_ r . v —* Notes ^ k . 1 ^^ W ^ ' * J * and T ^ J " i »

    Jottings Buckland , M . A ., H . M . Inspector . By the of late Fisheries Frank author of * Curiosities of Natural History / & c . , ! Vew — — - men ¦ - - ~ - — were more genuine - j - - lovers - i of nature than j

    _____ _ _ _ —— — — — —— — - — ^ r —— ¦ _ ' ^ —v ^ - ^ ^__ -r ^ ^^ 9 ^_ k Vw 4 « -V ^_ C j fessional the late Frank and private Bucklan ^ , may d , whose be said whol to e hare life ^^ , bee pro n - j devoted -- to its -- stud - y m . The pTesent H ¦ volume - »

    in-_ — — — — _— — ^ r - " ^^ — — — — ^ " - ^ -- — ^ ™ ^^^ - _ p ^ v ^ . ^^^ ^ ^ p ^ f J from dudes - _ - _ . M time . . the . interesting A to time to papers Lan d and which <^ __ - . Water ___ he __ . contribntcd , and other j papers ™^— and with the illustrations it forms not

    ^ m- - , — - - — - — - — — — — - — — — - ^^ _ ^^^^ ^ ^^^ v ^^ - ^ - only a most readable and attractive book but a ple & sant and characteristic memorial of its author . . His -- * ----k * ^ k ^ subjects ^ V ^^^ ^^ I ¦ ^ V 4 1 *^ ^ W vary V ' » - ^ ^ F from ^ v ^^ ¦• Bb ^ ' ^ An » ^^ * K Elep ^^ .-. r ^^ ^| K V hant __ * « ^ * - ¦ «^ in - » » ^ Albany _ ft ^ K ^ ^_ r w * -. V J

    Street' ( where he lived ) , up to the structure of the whale ; and he writes in such a genial descriptive ¦¦ ¦ sty ¦ le that 0 the papers |« v are _¦ » as » w n attractive -i » » as -- a ¦ - p j iece

    *^ ^ - *^ ^^ ~ - ^_ . » r ' ^ ^^ — — ^ mr p " _ ^ p _» ^_> _ ^ _* — ^____ - ^_ -v ^^ - ^ ^» _— ^^ r ^^ ' ^ —^» ^ _— — — of fiction . It is a book which will be secure of a large circle of readers , for it appeals not only to the scientific but to the popular mind . j

    From Messrs . Ward , Lock , & Co . — ' Pogs and I

    Althoug Cats , and h this How is to one Manage of a Them series . ' of Il handbooks lustrated . I j speciallcoucerned with what are ferinpd ' rural I

    y dom affrti estic rs , ' its animals contents whom will appeal Thackeray to all . lovers so feeling i of the ly I I _____ th _

    addressed in his ' cane-bottomed chair , ' and ¦ ere I are but few who will not find in its pagts some- I thing to interest themThe history UivarietiesI

    l » 111 LCX . 0 It > lLVIU . . Illot- « J i , habits tJilllg _ and diseases ; of the dog - nnd | the , cat are I carefull , y described , and the several with witn breed wjui which s are i I I

    the faitiifu f : iiMi book fnllv lly abounds illustrated illustmted . The in in the the * ilia pictures nictures * to which dogs and I cat ratss , like like their their masters masters and and mistresses mistresses , , are are uou heir , , i I

    are the k . A ^ doctor ^ full , »^ JF * » y ^ v ^* described . ' s work ir v ^ J . with , and >* - ¦ » their » . to - »** th -. os own ¦—¦ ¦ e who hands - prefer the to sug do - I I % / y _ * v >_ _ - ¦¦_> * __¦¦ _ . a % I

    gestions for treatment will be valuable . I From How the to Breed same . — and Bees How , to Rabbits Rear , Them and on Tigeons bouaa : i I I

    Princi - p r-. lace - , p to . les / the A keep comp ing lete <¦ . of handbook i bees , or rather , in in the t . > to a nrst niou t * e- I farming l-ni-mJncr which TvYi \ oh tt _ av with with proper uroper nianagem nw ^ "' I

    become similar , guide a reall is y may iven remunerative to the breeding emp loymont and rew . a - .

    in p IIIVIUI iuureS g of -O pi include IUC geons 1 UUO and g not UUU rabbite only V « - _ T > , » animal n < t ~ l , p in i eiic but « t . d ! ¦ ca - mgrttw « « " ' ' » » f I I I

    th « insectthe birdand the , of ing iii | t the t i hem iieiu mechanical . . , » Such ucn a c _ app , handbook ubuu liances vw necessary ^ J ^ lor fZ ir . ' w r & B II I

    intelli ca . rpful gent reader purtuit ' with but the of means what is I ini « D ? * » | tIW * II number y > f owes talten apaia mere g ^^ L ^ JI

    438 The Publishers' Circular Mdy Tfc ^F

    438 The Publishers' Circular Mdy tfc ^ f

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1882, page 438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051882/page/10/