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    •M. I^Evt Emg , &Q. From Of A Messrs War...

    inclined partment to of intermeddle knowledge . with All ^ vhich the same we are , there not is a great deal of curious old-world lore' in

    this too faithless volume ; to but consult we are the afrai wh d eel that of we Pytha are - goras with advantage . Miss Baughan thus

    the closes present her work age something : ' Go , little of work the wisdom , and teach bequeathed us by the past . '

    From Messrs . Belfe Brothers—« English History Notes based 1 ____!! , 1689 _ _ - Professor T 1 -fc 727 *• ___ , ' by P . Freeth T 71 Bri T" *__ _ , ht 1 M ^ J _ . A . TT This ' _ J book of ^ . Jl ,

    England upon , ' has been written J . F . with g' a s special * History view to the requirements of candidates for Sandhurst

    t he arr Woolwich ame . A which great is feature calculated of the to book facili is - tate the retention , of the facts noted . For this

    purpose are details — — treated being — Irish — — . separatel , Scotch given — — — , on y home — in the short , an rig d ht fo sections - han gn d affa page ; the irs ,

    while the left _ - hand _ - __ pages _ - contain _ g |~ j only short « j headings student ' s in own bold notes type . , The leaving book space has thus for the all

    the advantages of an interleaved copy . From the same . —Latin Grammars are not what

    they used to be , and the rising generation is to be Primer congratulated ' by the Rev thereon . Edmund . A * New Fowle Easy may Latin _ be

    taken as , an instance of the way in which , the difficulties of the Latin tongue can be smoothed over - ^^ r - ^^ ^^ for « fe ^^^ ^^ boys r \ r ^^ / **^ ^ and ^ v »^» ^*^» girl ^ p ^ h ^ " ^ ^» "s ^ rf . nowad ^»^ ^^^ » ¦ » ^ i —^™ ays ^^ - ^ j *¦ . v The ^^ ~~——¦ ^^ ex — - ¦ -

    p of lana the tions last part m cl may early throw put , and light the on ' Difficiliora much that ' is puzzling to older heads unaided by a teacher .

    From the same . —* Selections from the Best Latin Authors , ' b — y the Bev . Edmund Fowle and the

    a Rev knowled . Walter ge E of . Whitaker the different , is ca sty lcu les lated of writing to give , so far as it — c an be obtained by ^ the study ^ of

    book mere will extra hel cts p the At any scholars rate , over the use the o difficulty f such a they f ^~ ee — — l _ i _— n the _ translation of a fresh author by

    the ^ number of examples contained in it . Many ^ the of t differences he notes bring between out in the an Latin , admirable and Eng man ner h

    idiom . From The Religious Tract Society . — ' Old Wang ,

    the the Rev First . John Chinese Ross Evangelist . This is in a brief Manchuri sketch a , ' by of a devoted convert to Christianity combined

    and with h abits number of of th e cts Chinese respecting , and the a s customs tartling statement of the enormous difficulties Christian

    teachers have to contend with in the ' Celestial opportunity Emp - XT I ire . ' •/ Mr of r . Boss severely , in •/ his castigating preface < j t-J , t takes he dail the y + r

    press for its lack of interest in the story of missionary enterprise . From the ¦ ¦ F ¦ same *¦ . —* The Family Foe ; or , A Cit } r

    ™ ~ ^^» without Th —] — ** ^^ . e - aut ^^^^^ ^ ' h Walls oress ^ -- —v ~~ rr w , , ' wit by h Mrs the . aim C . m Nugent of showing — m Jackson how ^ M . the ^ V V ^ M . ^^ enemies ^ . ^^ ^^^ ~ — ^ K ^^ b ^¦ H pq ^^^ ™ of ^^* r ——¦ domestic ^ - ~—~ ¦ ' ^^ ' " - ~ - * - peace m — — m — ay - ~ W be

    cona quered striking and story annihilated well adapted , has succe for working eded in peop telling le . From the same . —Mr . Edward P . RiceB . A . of

    Bangalore , has published a brief but , beautiful , / monograp missionary rumrf im h for of more his than father hal , a f —~ a distinguished century ~~ - _ in -

    | * min Southern ^^^ 4 ^ jk ^—* ^ Rice ^ n . m ^ ^ . w India ; "n ^ or — " ^* . , " m ^ m ^~— Fifty *** The r — ^^ ^— book ^~ ' — Years - ^^^ ~ - ^ , ^^ is — - in — entitled —— the — ^ . , — Master * Benja ^ ' - s

    Service , ' and it gives an impressive and

    uxscimodest nating sionary . , description genial Mr . Bice , scholarly was of a the , man and life of most and robust . labours devoted piety of mis and a -

    abundant common sense , and he accomplished remarkable in many departments and most beneficent of missionary work enterprise . He loved a

    the dence natives and his and entire gaine career d their in India complele from confi his - « arrival , there in the year 1837 until , he died in

    harness patient splendid continuance at examp the le post of in of Christian well duty -doing in 1887 . fidelity His , was son and a ,

    written who is this also memorial an honoured volume mi with ssionary , icu has - ous good taste and equal literary skill consp .

    From Messrs . Hoberts , Son & Co . —The new editionbrought up to dateof the ' Universal

    Hotel and , Boarding-House Guide , ' has reached us Hotels . Special Pensions attention & c . of is Paris given . th The is y aim ear t of the he , _ _ ~ _ - -- — - _ - — — — _

    book a handy —to and provide reliable the guide traveller to the and chief tourist Eng with lish , | Continental , and foreign hotels—is fairly well I

    carried and out , but eral the information is somewhat | B meagre gen . , From Messrs ¦ . Soper B & Drowley . — ' Anstru ¦ h - I

    m ther world ^^ ^ ~^^ ' s ^^ M ^^ BVH W ^ gard ^^ ^^^ ife V ^^* ^ . ^ *^ , en ' b , y ^ v - ^ r ** ^^^ Josep ^ full ^^^ ^^ v ^^ of hine ^^^^^ F bees ^ VH ^^ Michell ^^ *^^ P , ^ large ^^ ^^^ . * dropp An ^^* ^^^ ^^*^^ ol ^^ ing rv d - |

    '' ¦ for popp crowns ies , and , tree quee pe n o ho ll nies y , hocks and p , inks with , and butterflies goldi - - locks" a girl reading under the shadow of a .

    purpl , e beech , and a man engaged in sketching and the picturesqu herothe e name old house ' of one . Behold is Ella my Estcourt heroine I ; ,

    and Miss th MichelL e other opens is ili Ph her p Anstru graphic th , charming r . ' Thus , and touching story . Ella , the only daughter [

    of Dean Estcourt , is a girl of great beauty , w refined hilst stil cha l r acter her , and ens hig bec h omes intelli the gen o c e ; and wife , j . yg

    of a brilliant soldier on , the verge of forty ^ J , who had won golden honours in the Indian Mutiny . To the stern -matter-of-fact soldier society

    seemed a giga , ntic sham , and all its women | forms f lirts , do of lls selfi , or hness embodiments of hter the most of subtle had \

    he ever loved s unti . l No his daug fell on Eve sweet Ella . He tries , but vainly eyes , to stifle the new

    emotion ; but , much to his own surprise , his unal love l o 3 »/ r ed - l happ y re 1 . 1 , ci procate ess follow d , and the a marriage few months «_? . Then of

    jealousy suddenly invades the sanctuary of home filled , with and s g loom icio . n When deepens too until late th to e h prevent ouse is |

    a fatal ending , the husband discovers that his t unwort hat a secret hy fears , involving are utt " neither erly groundless the honour , and nor j

    t conclusions he constancy at which Ella , he is had the oa so u rashly se of t arrived he dir . T ^^^ m ^ he v ^— - *^ r grief ^ p ^ pfc ^^ ^ h - *^ - ¦—— , « distra — i ¦ -- ^ " - ^— — ¦ - c p tio — - — ' ' n ¦—¦ , w an ¦ ' d — frenzy — ° — ^ w of ~—~ - the

    alleviated colonel on by th his is faithful discovery wife are 's full only forgive partly - Poor ness for brave the hideous Ella dies susp a icions martyr he had to her cheri creed shed , , j j

    person that , a pro to mise whom is it no was less gi binding ven is because dead . The the | i book is marked by great charm of delineation , |

    is an powerful d its appeal and to altogether the sympathies healthy of . the reader | I From the same . —* Not for the Night-time' by

    .. Theo . Gift . A series of highly-flavou , red , * blood-curdling' stories , dealing in horrors :

    quite beyond the region or probability , but

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    I ^ II May is , i 8 « 9 — The Publisher ' s * Circular 541 _ - _ t ^^ . ^ . r *

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 541, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/31/