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    • I - I Books Kbcbited :— From Kessrs. A...

    studies in which long hours are weekly spent / The ground-plan of the work is to present the

    authors in chronological order , the greater und the lesser poets of each century being adequately represented . In his preface the editor discourses

    p whom leasantl he y , and criticall idl y in witha review l , upon and the on authors reaching the name passes of Shakspeare rapy he thus ; picturesquely

    describes him : — £ We cannot think of Mm without amazement . His works are , next to the Bible , the most precious and prices ] es 8 heritage j . i « ; viv «* £ to $ « 3 of K ) L ! imaginative iuia ( jiuuiivv genius yfiuuni , what n in new * i * 3 yv islands worlds muiuo they uu ^ jr

    open rounded by us perilous In one seas play , with we delicate are magic spirits singing , sur and - stately harping council - in our board ears ; of in lcinsrs the next , or , listening we are sitting to the " roar at the of artillery roniul beleaguered uvi Vt citiesin nnviiuvt another uui faces ate two

    tMWlACry IUIIJUI UUlCM ^ i / ilK'a ; ( iijl our mvca reddened blasted heath by tlie in glare a fourth of the we witches watch the ' caldron elves under upon the the y how ellow perfec moonlight t in lit ; their viu , dan kind niiut cing is i their the wiu opicnuipui splendour ringlets to \* tri the tuc e wind loveliness ivi . ciuiot And

    UUW p ^ ii ^ ruu ; a or * and of -a those . b Crcssida ever ' - : changing Ktt scenes ; wh ether a pft , as in M * Troilus Mft % ' W Upon drink the delight ringing of plains battle of with windy Troy *

    ; or it * * As Yen e Like It' we watch tlie wounded our peers dee , r stumbling wearily beside the rivulet under t ^ e waving boughs of \ Ji b the l / JitJ Forest I' WV 5 l ( of Ul martlet A Ardennes 1 UCUUCS , ; or UL to in 111 and * Macbeth i * JLH fro -Ul > in the * see OTO the l » UU

    air empleihauiiting ' about the castl "* e of Inverness flitting ; or in * Cymbclin * eager e ' take and J Bhelter uliet * assist under at the tlie uic noble lighted i ^ Briton i > c \ t jutto 's cave in in ; the iuu or in hall utvii * Romeo of the

    nuu u uiiuo iiAsi ^ i «< nn k a * . u masque uv ; kjl nuc a K < conspiring Capulets ^ ok _ ^ ^ ; or senators with m & in ' Julius pApA the p Capitol Caesar ^ Ph- ' of stan _ Home d thr > A . on Sometimes ged ¦ with in the the electric lightning \ J UXM ilame " sometimes of the poet to ' s genius be slumbering feems to in be the 1 blazing dew \\ » ¥ -

    ¦ dr VII . op I M . li ^ U Jj ^) , ^ VfUlVVlUiVO VJ W OlUUIVUAill g M . I * . V « V > As ~ 3 Ma . ny lovers of true poetry "will be pleased to find thcutDrFarrar ives Wordsworth v ? uiiii the uuu lace which vr iiiv ^

    iiitbu ; j- / a . . J-: < iiiai g j ^ nca vjauov * < p jjiavo u . we believe lie richly deserves as an epoch-making poet H ^^ P - *^ ^ P . p ^ ^ Pp ' and ^ P ^^^^^ P ^^^ ™ ^ as ^^ ¦ V * the *^ PPF ^ " W ~» r greatest £ ^^ % ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ poet r ^^^ ^^ ^^ of ^^^ ¦ the ^ PP" ^ PP" ^^ ™ epoch ~^ ¦ H ^ P ^ P »~ * " " ¦ he ~~^ ^ " ~ - »

    began . ' la looking at the book as a whole we are inclined to think that one of its special and distinctive merits is the wide and discriminating

    selection from the minor poets of each century whose works are so seldom drawn upon in such collections _ — _ _ _ — rand __ whose __ names _ _ are but little ^ known

    to young , readers and learners . In this _ way 'With the Poets ' may bo commended to children of a larger growth as being well calculated to

    give them pleasure and refreshment in many a spare half-hoar . Coming as it does from Messrs . Suttaby's housethe book isit is needless to say

    a pretty piece , of work as , regards paper and , print , thft toned paper , wide margin , and red borders forming a fitting garniture for the verses

    enshrined within . From MEmuemParis— 'Bibliograp ¦ KJ hic

    . 4 * JLV & U JLU » . « | JUJAAA . Terq «*• V * ^ ^ i . V * AA , -J- * M / A . 14 J . A ^ I J ^'' n **• - ' **» V / des bibliographies , * par Iveon Vallce . This handsome volume of about 780 pages royal octavo ,

    is divided into two parts . The fire » t part consists arrange of f > 94 ^ pages acco , rding and is to occup au thors ied ' " names with the , of titles 6 , 894 ,

    bibliographical works . The second part contains the same names of books , more shortly given , and arranged according to the subject-matt « r of the

    volumes . Mr . Leon Valleo acknowledges that : Ae Ce plan n ' est pas facilement scientifique li les 1 £ , maia rensoi il gnementa per met a qui i | UI chacun Tin

    : ; r t « ^ ressent c | ierch ZK se 3 procurer pi , | € 8 -lAUJJL do ' ceax ai Una ^ llCUICl qui a n ' nimplifler ont C > pas J VUBUI Tbabitudo le J ^ lACUIirH plus possibl dea I O gisinda e III lea - - syatemea bibliographiquea .

    In other words , the author has aimed at the greatest which endeavour general usefulness he has our for hearty his labours sympat , h in y .

    ] ( al The phabet numbering has this , advantage of the books , the index in also the , being main | ^ H qumberod ^ p ^ H 1 ^ P ^ vW > H I ^ B ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ B ^^ ^^^^^ , ^^ that ^^^ ^^ " ^ " " ^ " ^^^ ^^ the v ' ¦^^^^'" ™ ¦ full ¦ ^~ ^ -- ^^ p i title ~ " » - ^ t ~ — - ^^^» fc of - ^ | ^ any — - ^— ^^^ m work ^™^» * " ^ i" ^»^ —^ can ^ p ^ p ^ ^ p >«^ p ^ p ^ v p ^ p ^ '

    ¦ ' thought infallibly as be to turned its place to . without the exorcise . \ of ; We have also repaired : —Arabian Nights ( Wardj

    ! JJ < ' - ' . tfi *& i k Co . ) $ * tt 9 , illnstrated by Millais ;

    falo Tenniel -w New -i— -.- » , Watson Yo him »!» rk — ) , and May Dalziel No —_ — . Journal — Modern ¦•¦ 'V of A Banking ge (

    Buf-»» — - ^ , y . -- —» » , y ^'^< — » - v , v *^ v » yw ^ i / vil / r / klll / i Hews ( Rhodes ( Leypoldt & Co ., New New York York ) ) new now No No ;— —JBeefaJ Literary *

    Dictionary of Science , , Art , Literature , . and Philo . sophy ( WardLock - r & - Co . ) part 10 NAT — trmtteED

    to Oxford «_ r \ ; this , . part , Contains / t a long , and i " nterest ^ "lofljj - ¦¦ ing - article on - —¦— Newspapers / also - ™ - ^ several p , ^^

    part of p ipi ^ % i v engravings — 6 v - ^ - ~ , , illustrated ui ^ - — — uovi ^— ^ p » - iiuuu . — —^ Ivan - by vjj ^ - - - Marie ^ Aunituj hoe pp ^ »— »^ ^« ( , Ward " ^ Lix jljij m * , . , , JpLvl Ei ^ Lock ou \ # IpV ^ py , , ^ and CVUvl ^ , ^ J ^^ & Scott tDCOlL page ^^ JWmMw Co . ) s . *

    —Concise Cyclopaedia ( Cassbll ) part 15 , ' Jacobi Jacquard & — c . to Lark / with engravings — . —The

    8 ^ , e ^ containing , Stoiy ' , of th Adventure 6 Mutinies * and at Peril the r ^ ( Cassell Nore o , Ports ) part ^ i ^ o - mouth a V and of tho . 1 . % ' A . I . i » i ^ . v-pm

    and 'Great , Harry f Bounty in contrast / the , & ' c Grreat . Eastera ' Magazines ron May . —Merry Englandas a new

    , honour candidate 1 * 1 among . for A public the 1 *« magazines favour A , deserves ¦* of the m the onth . « p , lace a and at of first urst claims claims attention attention its

    sigut sight by oy us pleasant pleasant exterior exterior . its readable type , and its ; varied yefc not over- , burdened contents . Nor is there any

    disappointment in store for us as we turn over the leaves of Eng Mr ¦ . lan Saints d Movement bury ' s opening / which article ho views on * as The a ¦ ¦ branch Young

    or offshoot -m of the great m Romantic ~ revival ^ » ^ which ~—^ r - ^—^ pp ^ pp ^ ^ p ^ p * ^ p ^^ p , affected all Europe during the first quarter of the century — Ph A A . " k Its - __ literature A PPt A PPP _^ , _ especial _ - m l — y in ___ regard __ ^ ' _ . . ^_ to w . ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ . ^ . _

    politics nections , its are social successivel influence touched , and its reli gious ^ and con the - conclusion at which the y essayist arrives upon , is that

    * The men who took part in it hiul too different and perhaps too inconsistent mo tires , as in effect they were bound to have from its nature , to bring

    it , to any complete end . It . lacked a general programme and a single purpose . Brilliant as was the talent of many who took part in itnone of

    them perhaps had that single .-honrted and , singleminded insanity of genius which carrits a move-^ ment » 4 B ^ ^ r v ^ ^ i * comp ^ v ^ . v pipm p ^ w *^ lete ^ - ** r ^ r ^ pr ly ^ mw to « pit ^ i ^ its m ^^ v goal f" ^ * ^^ v * . Uiit *^ r ^ v ^ tliero ^ ?¦» ^ *• ^ v ^ is pb ^ r ^ suffi ** ^^^* v -

    cient evidence to show that " Young England , " on detached points , was prophetic as well as enthusiafctic ,, an < l that it divined ^ nd helped the

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    , , onl of James which y a fo Sweilcer , ^ [ Carn feet ^ continues lowe dds r Llewell than his yn Snowdon illustrated and Dafy itself dd articles / , Mr are .

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    the be welcomed year /—The by Church many collectors Standard at ( this 1 Paternoster seasoa ot Buildiirta ) itho weeklNoe of the * P # r

    in publishJd his opjcctiorjs during gves us to April ything . Jhe y approaching editor . is catholic to p the

    an sensuoiiB or sensational in worship , for he condemns hlike the Salvation Army , the Romania Bach *

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1883, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051883/page/10/