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    by side -with the other great seats of learning . From Mr . P . Leypoldt , New York . — ' Libraries

    and Headers , ' by W . E . Foster ; ' Libraries and Schools ; Books for the Young , ' by C . M . Hewins . N " o better evidence of the love of literature which

    pervades the United States could be adduced than the fact that no less than three books come to us < at v ^^ - ^^ once - ^^ r ^^ - ~ - " ^ " " ^» , « all ^ m ^^^ m ^^ treating ^^ ^^ " " ^^ ^ i ^^ ^^^ B ^^^^^ ^ h ^ k of - ^^ ^^ the ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ use - ^» " ^^ ' ^^ ¦ r of ^^^ ^^^ books - ^™ ^^» — ' — i . ^ They " ~ — — ^ w

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    , , of a community . ' Libraries , and Schools , * & c , is a collection of addresses and papers on the important jk aid which libraries may % 0 render in the

    work of teaching , and tells of a number of successful experiments which have been made in this direction . « Books for the Young * gives us

    classified lists of works which are recommended , and the ages for which they are suitable are designated by letters attached to each title .

    From Mr . Paterson , Edinburgh . —* Halkett and I « aing * s Dictionary of Anonymous Literature , '

    vol . 2 . It is a pleasure to receive a second instalment of this most valuable work so soon , comparatively speaking , after the publication of

    the first , and are led to hope that the completing portion of it may soon follow . Volume II . brings the numbering of the columns ( two to a page )

    from 871 to 1761 . Each column , on aa average , contains the names of fourteen books . Thus the portly work which lies before us traces and

    ass The igns alhabetical the authorship of of abou the t volume 12 , 500 is works from . FA to p NY . The range labour involved in collecting

    the the information result is a must book which have been no library enormous of , any but position can afford to be without .

    From The Beligious Tract Society . — ' Our Eastern Sisters and their Missionary Helpers . ' By Harriett Warner Ellis . The object of this

    work is to trace the missionary effort of women in Eastern countries from its rise down to the present jl daymf , when more than twelve _______ societi _ es _ . _ in

    Great Britain and about twenty in America are engaged in it . In the introductory chapter we have sn interesting account of the views held b

    the native Indians of the female sexand then the y . movements of the pioneers in this , great department of Christian missions are described . The

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    on the natives at the mission stations abroad . From the same . — ' The Master ' s Service . A Prac

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    make the volume still more attractive . From A Book the same for . Parents — ' Christian , Pastors Ministry and Teachers to the Young . ' By .

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    roli public gious worsh services ip ; the for best the m young ethods ; of preach conducting ing to children these are ; itnd the severa catechetical l heads and under class which instruction the work

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1883, page 428, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051883/page/8/