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      From -«Fc » » Messrs Pp-Pp P- . Pf W. Ec...

      a School decided At * r * AM , South > r \ need nexifl Kensingto for fnr a book Vir n Museum ? of r » f this this . kind kind There fur fur was --

      nishing- rather more information than is , given in the ordinary class manuals for art students , and yet stopping far short *¦ of the detailed %

      C % 1 J * * - y V «/ * - * lj */ vj * •« - / r- ' * " * rS * - * v ^ v v ^ jl . *^ - »_» . v ^ x . ^^^ wwwm ^ a technicality of the more elaborate works intended for medical trainingSuch a want Mr

      . . Sparkes has supplied . The plates in the present l / i , \^ kjV / liU volume * v /^ tii . Llv / are t < wx V i exceeding * * —> r-ii-i- ' - h— l - y T good tafc ¦*— »¦ "v ^ " ^>« , - emp % ^*** j « i * ha h »«^

      -sising those points which the young artist especially requires to take note of , ' and the accompanying descriptions are clear , concise , and , so far as we have been able to detect , perfectly accurateOne point which we notice about

      . the book is the admirable way in which it is bound , each page lying back perfectly flat , and thus its suitability for the i 4 ose intended ¦* is

      greatly % J LA . \ A ~ kJ J- % JtJ enhanced * - * - *•* . % J * JVK * F Jk JL A . \ . SY XV The / a . va . jl work v ^ purp ^ v « . , we - ^ v ^*^ v ^ may jlju * is *¦ / jl- » add - ¦^^ - v v . , is -A . t—' approved by the Science and Art Department .

      From Mr . Spencer Blackett . —A cheap edition , in ¦ M a boards T » . r _ r ( HI t i ^ . » . , of VJ' M . ¦ Miss r f •* - * ' ^ Minnie k . ¥ _ ¦ ^ if ri J » -fc ^—^ Young ^ K— v _ ^ * - & & r ^ '^ s " 7 interesting ^""^ vim w -fc n 1 f * - > -

      novel , * Jack Urquhart ' s Daughter . The chief attraction , as many readers will no doubt remembercentre VV ^ JLJk l / X \_/ k s J round -l . v- * . Cosy Urquhart a tAiaMix the /

      jXlV ^ i-l- Wyl l , * _ V ^ v « xa ^/\_^ k 7 j ^»/ _ v- | wy , »; jljw ^ Captain ' s daughter , and this is well sustained to the sad conclusion .

      From the same . —* Newton Dogvane , ' by Francis TTranp Francis . is . with wit . Vi illustrations illnflfrfi . f . inns b lnv John . Tnnn Leech TiP » f » r » . n _ . This TTiia

      is a most , amusing book , with y precisely that amount of sporting flavour which gives piquancy and zest to the action . The plot , perhap lltVKJWI sis not Jk ^ Xjr particularly l ^ bVA »¦* ¦¦¦ strong JLJkfa & but this % S . a _& . is

      ¦ more ^ JV ^ JL . than , . » - •—* compensated W V A . ^ a ^ J . » . i ^ . * for V BkJ «^ A , by V / the , " ^ V- « - W stirring Ak _ f JLIw * VAJVV chara & M'cter VI / V / A of ^* A . the WJt-Jk *^ incidents . * . JU * . ^^ . a . "» - >* . v ^ A « A . w - / . We ff *—r follow Jft . ^ . ^ JkJk ^^ r VV the WA . JLS r * ¦ >_

      fortunes of Newton Dogvane with interest to the ujLiV conclu XX V ** ¦* - ** - « ' - **¦* sion - » jl v ^ jljl « , laug Jh «^ v «^ . u & hing i ^ AAAhK over x _ r * ^ s a . his m * a * - * earl ^» i *«» jl . jl y y aj inno ^ i ^ V -

      cence , rejoicing in his acquired experience , and triumphing in his marriage at the 1 closeThe

      V A . A . % ¦•* " » r l > Jr JLJL JL ¦« ~ - - j * - « & is ^ jkJkA «_ -WA > ^ - ^«^> ta & v- » *** r w ^ - * 4 J x—*^_^ Jfc ^_^ kJV / . J ^ * — * . * story should *^^ achieve wide popularity among sportsmen .

      From Messrs . Griffith , Parran , Okeden and i "Welsh . — ' Who is Vera V by A . E . Schlotel .

      The rrhp > interest int . prfist , of nf this t . Viis novel nnvftl turns turns upon nnnn a mattpr matter of parentage . The hero , Athelstane Morgane , who wVin has has al alwflvs held hfilcl Tiimsp himself . lf entitled ftntit . lftrl to t . n the t \\ f * .

      ways ' name he bears , learns , on the revelation of his motherthat he is in reality the son of Oscar

      Caston , her former husband . The disclosure also makes , him out to be the brother of his

      own wife , Vera Verge , the actress , otherwise Caston fin . at . nn . However Howpvpt . eventuall fivftnt / imllv matters mattftrs are n . rft satis sn . tis -

      factorily cleared up , ; Vera is y found to be his cousin not his sister , and with , the conclusion of the story husband •^¦¦^ and « v ¦—» wife are happ Bt

      ilreunited V ^ ¦* - - » » A ^/ . KJ V \^ The JL . J p *^ lot Kr * n _ r b < V afford & . A ^* . ^ ^ s opportunity I f A - » . V ^ r WV A . ^— ' Jt Jk «^ w for p _ r ^ « . ^ y some w X ^> vigorous descriptive writing , and this is cleverly turned \ J XJ ^ M . AA ^_* V ^^ to ^ V ^ account « - ^ # X— ' ^ air X _^ % >•» ajl «_ r . Exciting -m- ^^ ail ^ . ^ jb ¦ » - * — —¦ h » scenes i « v ^/ ^^ a . ^ . v'V > ' of ^ - ^ ¦>» Russian ^ k V * - * . ka / ltj A \ i % t % 1

      life , illustrative of Nihilism and the existence of secret societies , are introduced . The various characters , in the portrayal of which the author shows considerable skillare striking

      and powerful , but hardly consistent , . On the whole * Who is Vera ? ' is an entertaining novel

      and a decided advance , we are disposed to , think , on the author ' s previous work .

      From the same . — Ayrton's « Child-Liife in Japan , and Japanese i- ^ rphS ^ M / Child Stories ^¦ % *¦*?^ ' Mr x « -a . Ayrton i :

      OVJLJL ^ - ^ % ^ « pi «» A ^ s j ^ m * Wk- ^ m , rr - a \^ m . jl . Jfc _ j JL . % J ^ r M . JL says KJW Y j * * The object withw hich the following pages were were written written was was that that young vounc folks folks who who

      in England see and handle so often Japanese objects , but who find books of travels thither too long and dull for their reading , might

      catch a glimpse or the spirit that pervades

      the " Land of the Rising Sun . "' A portion of the book is derived from

      translations from Japanese tales . There are seven full- ( small quarto ) illustrationsdrawn

      and page engraved by Japanese artists . The , titles of of these these sho show w m in very verv concise o . atip . isp way wav the t . hft in in -

      terest of the book for children , and , indeed , for all of usthe titles Snowballing

      ' Musical XV / X CWA . JL - ^ JM Boys K +. U . * , Among AJLAJ Top UV / JLL -sp & inning 1 / JU 1 V fJLUJ , Play / O are Cktl . Ks ing KJi ~ lV with / * T ILfMIXXA Pup lJ ^ - , - pies , Boy on Stilts , & c . The opening words of

      the author are a key to the attraction of his book : ' In almost English home ill are lAi

      Japanese ^ w *« . ¦*¦ * fans * *^/* , in « - * ^ >* - » our */ every ^ - ^ shops v ^—« J- _ y AJ Japanese JJLC | X lUAJh ^~* dolls . y ^ \ y and . Vf balls *¦ and other Vrf nicknackson our writing VAAi

      -«^ r . ^»>^ **** ^ -- « . ' «^ . A . ^ - V ^ Jb *^ AVA * A 4 MfVU ^ I- 'l ^ ^^ V V ^ * S . tables *** . bronze crabs i or lacquered , V ^ U . V pen « - -tray , on which whifih is is outlined on tl in fid an an extinct extinrrh volcano vnlna . no ' ' & & r c . Mr Mr . .

      , Ayrton ' s book in its new and cheaper edition is especially appropriate in a day of increasing devotion ^^ fc % - ' * ^— ' w . a » >^ »* to w v ^ Japanese V ^ ^ . * # »»^ « - ^* *—t V- * N ^ ^ - ^ art " Vffi *^ , of V ^^ U which IT t M J . ^^ - *—* we V « ^ - » . have * - - •* * ^_»* a » . V

      sign in the establishment of a journal specially devoted to this subject . From MrOtto SarrassowitzLeipzi—* Die

      Reichenauer . Sangerschule , Beitraege , g zur . Geschichte der Gelehrsamkeit und zur Kenntniss

      mittelalterlicher Musikhandschriften , ' von Wilhelm * ^^^~» - ^^ j > ¦ ^ . 'fc Brambach » - ^¦ ^ ¦ ^* j * ^/ k «\/ XA « . —* Zur ^ ^ kC-A . Bibliograp mM ^ F Jk f ^^ A ¦& V ^ r fib A . \ MI i ^ AAA hie , V * ' des V >^ V /*~*

      Henricus Hembuche de Hassia , dictus de Langenstein , ' von F . W . E . Roth . ~ These two essays form the second Beiheft or supplementary part to the ^^^ Centralblatt ^^¦^ x i % */ fur

      JBibliothekswv-a- r y ~» - «^ v- * - *^ w ^ ^ r «^« a . w w ** sv \ s v > % s % s w w 0 , — vi / vi / i / is * % s ** s imsu wesen , a bibliographical publication of great value , to which we have often had the pleasure of referring in commendatory termsThese

      . Beihefte , which appear at irregular intervals , contain articles too long for insertion in the

      ordinary numbers of the Centralblatt . The first of the two before us is an admirable example of the thoroug % ^^— hness of Teutonic JLJLJL . research Wt ^ WX ^ VX .

      v ¦* - v * - * v w *_» v-r- » . ^ r ^* A ^ V / k ^»^ V ^ JL -J- V > M \ J \ J V ^ JL X ^ A-A . From the tangled skein of mingled Grecian and Carloving Jfc ian »« - ^/» . ^ . musica JJLAUIl / AVLV l theories JJL Herr V / 1 Brambach i 4 /

      ^ - * »>* ' •> •* - ^^ * * - »^— I . ^/* - *^ . ^ - » fc 7 JLJ .. X JUrXXJUL « h / t ^ V / AA draws the thread of the _ y \_ gradual ^ _ , development of modern church music , which he brings down

      to the time of Hermannus Contractus , one of the brethren of the Benedictine monastery of Reichenau , in Baden . The connection between the theory « -jfc i and *^^ b ^ practice of music i A in AJk the Middle ¦

      v- * ^^ v ** r ^^^ . w « w _> m . ¦ u'A w \/ h / A . ^— ' ^ V V ^ JL . m m m «^ kJ . V */ ^ . % / A-JL . V ^ * » A . V ^ X . <« k ^ V ^ Ages is then dealt with , and an interesting description of the writings and labours of

      Hermannus Contractus and Berno , the two foremost teachers at Reichenau , is given . The article concludes with VAA an exhaustive account

      *^* w -m-- * *^ J * . ^_^ N- ' ^ - ' AA \/ A % - « . «_>^ A ^ 'KJ' TT A . «^ VJLJL « . " j {» « m' LAU Ul T V > l * WV / ** . * . * «^ of the theory and practice of music in the _ thirteenth ¦•¦'""» — - " - »* ^^ x _ x-. ^ */— - * century ^^^_^« . A ^ . » 1- * A . w , and «^ VA ^> . ^<« . of V- ^ J * . the VJULV Reichenau JL . WAVA'V / JLJLt ^ V - * Sing K _* JLJLJL Ck ing A . JLJ 1 b ^

      School . Two appendices give a description of the Tone-system of Berno and Hermannus Contractus . A facsimile of a twelfth century MS . of - - musical m ^ m . notation 1 /|> W VAVfAA rules adds / VLU to the value VJL of

      ^ - ^ w ^ fc ^ m ^^ i ^ A . AAV ^ Mm « - * . JU ^^ kJ UVA U V-r i / J _ JL V > » - * JL V ^ VJ' JU Herr Bratnbach ' s essay . The second essay ( by F . W . E . Roth ) only claims to be a contribution to the bibliographof V 4 Henricus Hembucb JL \ S LJ e de

      Hassia * s ~^ -r w * - » v » , but AKJ'AAX exhibits / tMXiJV K / JLA y V great . XJLVUilVU industry . U ^ JkAJk and fc- » V *> ^ J pains 1 V- * ^ - * v - taking research and & JVJiJiVft classifies a large number JLJk ¦ ff

      of ww <••> writings . * *~* ^^ ^^•^/ 'X ^ B ^ of VJL V this « A , ) versatile >< V ^ JL t * f KJffcJ X M ^ L fourteenth ^^ kJ' « JU Jk . «> WJL U ^> century m B M , * -J * W - author , whose identity has not before now been

      so clearly established . From the Herder \ A \ ji ' sche hrf JLJk ^ J > Verlageliaiidlung JJLJL * -H JkJL ft Frei JL , -

      " — —• ^ - ^ *¦¦* *¦ * " a- *^ - * * nW »\^ JL , Jb •» ' ^> V ^ J * Jfc AMl ^ U ^ . fc JJfc ^ . < L A f ^ y , JL ^•• A . burg-im-Breisgau . —* Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaften * " - ' ^^—»•*"« . */^^ ¦ . « «• 1887 . v- ' ^ - ^ -8 ^ S ' ( » Year aM . ^^«^ VJL -Book - *—^ \ J ^ V A * . of V-r JL . JL Natural . ^ OW V *^> * ¦ . ^•—•

      Sciences ) . Besides what is usually included under this ^ heading jljbv ^ SJV ^^ MrBHerder's most useful

      annual «•«* - » ^ - » V ^ JL */ a comprises « a » JfcJ Ah an > « , JkT account ^ L JL . JWT . JLJt \ SK of \* m . \* progress tA . KJ » JLJLJL V ^* ? V UUV in the ¦»• " ^» " ¦ departments " - ' ¦• -w- ^ - ' - »* " •¦ . ^* aa ^ f a . a «/» . # of s-r m . hyg » A I ^ k iene AV / AA \^ , | ph h / AA ysiology f f ^ Jk' ^ jr Jfc ^^^ C ^ » y , exploration V >* <* UL K / J >\/« « j « fc /^ fc- % ^ - * - -y ,

      and commercial discoveries . Besides this , one section is a record of improvements and inventions of a mechanical kind . Thus we have an

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1888, page 516, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051888/page/18/