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    May 15, iSS 9 The Publishers * CJirfettl...

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

    there is much in these beautiful and impassioned songs of the Church to- justify- the

    comparison which was Ions : ago made between their gifted authoress and Madame Guy on . From the same . — Three Little Socialists / by

    Alice F . Jackson . Children will be amused and edified by this bright little story of the trial given to the * share-and-share-alike '

    principle of Socialism . The three youngsters , however , who try the principle manifest a highly developed precocity rarely to be found in real

    life . From the same . —* Rachel Davies ; orAfter

    Con-, formation , ' by C . V . R . This is supposed to be the experience of a girl who , with much

    resignation and fortitude , passed through a period of great trouble ; but the style , sentiments , and c experience ' of the book are decidedly more

    akin to those of mature age than to those of girlhood . From the same . — * Mrs . Smith ' s Lodgers' by

    , F i ^^^^^_ . E ^^_^^^ . Keade ^^ v ^ b ~ ^^ m . This ^ t ^^ r ^ m S A is ^ a capital A * ^ K book ^ h * V to - put into A the hands of hard-working girls to stimulate honesty of purpose and patient well-doing .

    From Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co . — 'The Ethics of Socialism , ' by Ernest Belfort Bax .

    This book , containing a series of essays on socialistic subjects , will be welcomed by the writer's sympathisers and coadjutors ; butat

    the same time , it presents little by way , of proposition or argument that has not already been advancedThe tone of the book is

    some-KJ \ jmi ± C 4 lVl T CIlllVVVA . l _» - J-J . \ - > WJ-IVS \ J-M . VUV KJ \ J \ J ] O . J . U OUilHy " what flippant , though Mr . Bax contrives to state his own conclusions with a good deal of

    force . From the same . — ' The Life of a Celebrated

    Buccaneer , ' by Richard Clyriton . Therp is considerable merit in the humorous fashion in which the author of this volume has described

    history , and under the guise of a story has depicted the political situations of this and previous years . But he should stick to his

    mock narrative , for , truth to tell , when he turns philosopher we find his reflections neither

    particularly original nor remarkably entertaining . In the comical gravity of Mr . Clynton ' s story the reader willno doubtfind much

    amusement , and as the , political , satire touches both parties alike , he should be in no fear of losing his good humour during the perusal .

    From the same . —* The Elements of Vital Statistics , ' by Arthur Newsholme , M . D . Dr .

    Newsholme , who holds the position of Medical Officer of Health for Brighton , experienced considerable difficulty , when he first undertook his

    official duties , in obtaining trustworthy guidance in the preparation of statistical reports . He states that his researches revealed the fact that

    the chief , if not the only , sources of reliable information were the returns of the Registrar-General and some scattered articles in the

    Encyclopaedias , and the transactions of learned societies . Moreover , a large mass of statistical information was current of an unsatisfactory •/

    and fallacious kind . He , therefore , was led to make a thorough examination and study ¦ of the ¦ whole ¦ ¦ i ~ ¦ subject i and the present

    y - *~ ¦ ^^ ^ v ^ ^ w ^ B ^^^ " ^^^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ » ™ ^— ¦ »^^^ ^^»^^ w ^^ r ^^^ ^^^ ^ , ^ f ^^ " ^—^^^^^ »^^^ ^^» ^ r ^^ r— ~^^^ ™^^ —^^ ^^^^ r ^ ' ^^^^ ^^ f- ^ p ^ ^^ w ^ ork is the result of the elaborate notes gradually accumulated during professional inq » . uiries which have extended over a term of

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    years . The book is distinguished T > y masterly res ~ ~ " — ¦ — earc ~^ r ~^^— —~ " ^ ¦ h — ¦ ^^^ , "W and - ^ - ~ ~ on ^^^^^ every ' ^^ - ^¦ m- ^ m page ^^^ v ^^^ h " ^^» reve ^^» ' ^^ ' - ^^ al ^ t ^ - ^^^ s w ^^^ t ^* h ^^^^ m e ^^^ ^ h ^^^^ an ^ v ^^^^ P ^ P ^ d ^ i ^^^

    of a specialist . It discusses the requirements of correct statistics , the economic value of population , male and female mortality at different

    ages , the influence of climatic and social conditions on the death-rate , the duration of lifethe relation which exists between

    over-, crowding and mortality , and in fact a wide range of questions which spring out of the statistics contained in th ' e Kegistrar-General ' s

    reports . The value of these reports , Dr . Newsholme declares , is increasing year by year , and he states that there is no country in the

    world which possesses so rich a mine of information on this subject as England , at least for all who know how to avail themselves of its

    treasures . The book is intended as a guide to junior Medical Officers of Health , but all who are interested in questions of sanitary and social

    reform will find that a flood of light is cast in these chapters on every aspect of the subject . The value is enhanced to the student by

    diagrams , statistical tables , and a careful bibliography of this new department of science . From Mr . Ellibt Stock . — < The Trade of the

    United Kingdom with the World , ' by T . J . Dymes , B . A . A little book on a great subject is always welcome in these busy days , especially

    if it contrives to state clearly and concisely the most important facts and aspects of the question with which it deals . In a volume of

    scarcely more than a hundred pages , Mr . Dymes has compiled from the Eoard of Trade Returns a brief but authoritative statement of the rr *"

    sources and supplies of our chief imports , and an abstract of our commercial intercourse with nation of the world . The book also

    every shows the distribution of our chief exports ,, and gives a summar y of our trade with each of the

    British possessions . The business transacted at each of the chief ports of the United Kingdom is indicatedand many facts of

    interest connected with , the food supplyj-the import and export of gold and silver , the centres in the United Kingdom of the foreign trade

    , and the principal commodities exported are briefly indicated . The total ' trade of the

    United Kingdom with foreign countries and British possessions' is happily represented by a still advancing sum which at present amounts

    to about : £ C > 50 , 000 , 000 a year . The Foreign Trade of England in nearly double that of any other nation , and it is a satisfaction to know

    that our ' Kith beyond the feea' —the people of the United States — stand next on the listtheir tradehoweveramounts only

    to ; £ 350 , 000 , 000 . , Germany , follows , with £ 330 , 000 , 000 . with France at her heels , with

    but thirty millions less . The book is crowded with valuable statistics , and by means of tabular statements and leaded type the results

    of this wide , careful , and extremely clear survey of the Foreign Trade of England are rendered immediately accessible . Business men will

    find the book of service , and youths who are anxious to gain a practical knowledge of the extent , character , and growth of British

    Commerce cannot do better than consult this handy ' little manual of reference . From Mr . B . Truelove . — ' Home Bule and

    Federation , ' by the author of * The Elements of Social Science . ' Though opposed to Home Kul « in the sense of an Irish Parliament * separate

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 543, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/33/