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    I 532 The Publishers' Circular junfe 5> ...

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    Imw Books Received :—

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    endanger tratioDS , which the copyri threaten ght of to p become ictures . common , may From ^ pp ^ pp ^^ Mr . John B Heywood . » — ' Fanny _____ Lee _ ___ _ ' s Tes _

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    . It _____ is __ a genuine , __ l ' northern __¦ ' story , with __ _ i its _¦ infusion _ h __ h A , of dialogue in the Yorkshire dialect , and its

    bearing on the temperance question -will give it a special interest for a large number of readers . Althoug ^^ g ^^^^^~ " V ~~ -- _ i ~_ p - ^^ va ^^^ B h ^^ l-- _ h its ^ Hfc ^^ w aim ^^ v ^ V ^»^ V ^ -B -is -M ^^ to 1 ^ ~_ P ^ f sho ^ f ^^ V ~^ p w V V ^ in ^ ~~~~ clear ~ - ^ ™ ^^ * ~* ™^^ ^ relief --i ~ B ^ ^ ~ " ^^ ^^* the ^^ ^~^^ ^~

    evils of drunkenness , it is written calmly and with complete freedom from the fanaticism which sometimes disfigures temperance tales , and it is

    on this account all the more likely to achieve the object its authoress has in view . From - P . 33 - . Longley - - . —' Gaol ¦ Birds .- at —¦ - La - - _ . __ - rge - . - ' B - y

    James — Greenwood ^ — ^^^^ ^ p , the ' Amateur — — ' Casual / A ^ m volume of sketches recently published in the Daily Telegrap ~ j hand based - upon - - - ____ evidence . ___________ collected

    ^ j , g — — — — from Giles ' gaol s Christian bird s who Mission had . been ^ Mr reached . Greenwood by the has St . made good use of his opportunities in the strange

    scenes and among the strange companions whose society he sought for the purpose of writing these articles , ani - he g g ~ j ives us some effective — — — — _ _ _ _ g _ _ limpses _ j .

    of what may with truth be termed the darkest side of London life . In the preface he bears testimony to the good work done by the St . Giles ' s

    Christian Mission , and puts in a plea for its Discharged Prisoners' Aid Department , in which he says there is only one thing to regretand that

    , is ' that the means placed at its disposal are quite inadequate to the aims and opportunities of thofe who labour so sedulously and so cheerfully in the

    good cause . ' From the same . — Sharpened Saws : Everyday

    Illustrations of Homely Sayings . ' By the Rev . John Thomas . A little- volume of plain and homely moralisings - j upon j -- and - illustrations - of some --- « -

    of the _ fam liar proverbs which have — — — — become —— — — — — ^ household words amongst us . Little ttories are built up by Mr . Thomas upon the well-worn

    sayings and thus instead of drawing his mor < il from his tiile , he tells his tale to enforce and I illustrate his moral .

    From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . — ' Catherine and Craufurd Taif , wife and son of ArchibaM

    Campbell edited , Archbishop , at the request of Canterbury of the Arch . ' bishop A memoir , by the , Rev . W . Benham , B . D . Abridged edition . Few

    biograp pieces h of y / what unless may we except be classed the memoir as ' of relig c Sister ious Dora' have in recent times attained a greater

    populari , - ty than ^~ ¦— ~— the ¦ ^ ^ ^ ' ^^ memoir *^^ ^^^ " ^ " ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ " ^ B ^ of ^*^ ^ * Mrs ^ ^^ «> ^ JW ^^ . Tait ^ ^^* fe ^ . f ^ and 9 *^\ ^^ ^^^ ^ her ^ " ^ *^ ^» only son . Although the book is almost entirely a

    record record or of private private liio life , , and nnd as as such fmoh would -would under nnr ? pr public ordinary eye circumstances , the charact be er scarcel of Mra y . fitt Tait ed for is the so

    eminently calculated to excite wholesome admirat it ion can and only — imitation ^ — be producti ^ 1 in all ve - who of - good ^ J contemp - — — to — — p »— lace — late - - - " — — - — ¦ its " * it T ^ r ^ , that por »/ *^ ^ -

    traiture frequent wi and thin heavy general bereavements reach . The spectacle borne with of Christian fortitude must — call ___ fo _ . — rth — _ — the — ^^ — __ sy ¦ ¦ ¦ m ^ np ^^ a pathy h . ^ ^ w ^ b ^* ^^^ h »

    of the reader ; and the unselfishness of the wife JL and mother , as shown forth under the most trying ffe—^ ' " - i ' ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦ - — ¦

    pres circumstances ent abridged , stand edition s out will in doubtless every page bring . The the

    book within the means of many fresh readers . Fr m Passmore & Alabaster . — * Farm SerI

    - us mons in . the ' B preface y C . H . that Spu these rgeon sermons . Mr . S were purgeon prepared tells for farmersand dedicated to

    inasmuch as , the Bible are from first to last them teems , but

    with illustrations drawn from the field and its culture culture and ana from rrom the ine operation operations s of oi nusDandry husbandrv , it if

    need scarcely be said that the \ olume will be found to contain teaching for all classes of society .

    As As a a book boos ot of illustrations illustrations oi of religious religious truths trntVia of drawn the versatile from nature power , it furnishes of the popular a fresh preacher example .

    From 1 Ants iints Messrs , , B J 3 ees ees , , . and ana Kegan Wasps wasps P . ' aul By J 3 , Trench Sir « ir John Jonn ., Lubboplr Lu & bbock Co . —

    Bart include include ., M . this tnis P ., & treatise treatise c . The by oy fact the that popular popular the publishers banker banker ,

    senator , and defender of ancient monuments in their — ' International — - - - Scientific ~ — — — Series —~ ¦ — - — h / is ~ a -m * - ^ sufficient ^|^ to ^— ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ F A * ^ W

    view testimony , and the to list its value of princi from pal a books scientific and memoirs point of to which reference is made in its pages will show

    lish that or Sir forei John gn , has on the neglected subject no of authorities which he treats , Eng . - At the same timewhile his work is thus

    valuable as a repertory , of the existing knowledge of these busy little creatures , it possesses a still stronger clayn to attentive reading in its notes

    from his own . observations and experiments . Few itien have a better claim to treat of the ant and the bee than the popular creator of the Bank

    Holiday , for his life is a standing illustration of that untiring activity of mind and body which constitutes one of the best titles to existence

    whether among men or insects . , From Mr . " ~— William ~— ^^^^ h ¦ ^» - ^ r ^^ v ^ w ^ p ^ h ^ Poole ^ p ^^^ - ^^^ r ^^ pr ^ p ^^ pa ^ p ^ pr . ^ p —' ^ Ea ^^^^^^ ^ . h ^^ p ^ r ^ l ^ b y m v Poems ^ P ^ b ^^^ ^^ ^ b ^^ ^~ , H ' b ^^ y _ f

    Joseph Smith Fletcher . It is diificult to arrive at the book meaning , for amon of g the its titl contents e bestowed we upon find poems this littl on e ' The Death of Lofellow' and on ' Eland in

    1882 / which necessari ng ly indicate , somewhat ng recent men men writing in in . this this Mr vear . Fletcher of of eraoft ' s op as as inion shown shown of in in his the the country la latter tter - year grace

    poem is the reverse of complimentary : A crowd that rushe 3 on from mart to mart , Eager ¦ to ¦*• clutch and win the accure 6 d pold ¦*»¦

    Caring - —— - "" ^ 3 ** no ^ - ~ ^ ' whit B % ^ \ r ^~ f a A for * - » M \ - what M . * * A ^ - » was V LAV lrfW done >/^/ k < % A * of ^ -. » j « . old ^ v ^ a ; ; Staring Hideous Hideous contemptuously . nul nnllL materialised materialised on : Truth with -with , and heart heart Art ; , ;

    Callous to aught , save riches ; neither bold I Nor Since firm they in did spirit from , but the for paths ever of sold good , depart , | Unto that lust of miserable gain

    Which leads them on through ways of mockery | And unbelief , and barely-hidden pain , That And blinds all their them furious that strivings th « y cannot are kno in vain w or , see Or that they go to meet their destiny !

    From tura Mr l Depression . William and Rider How A Son to Me . — et ' The it : Hints Agricul to - i Alfred

    Landowners and Tenant Farmers . ' By J . B lui urrows lumeconsisting , Land Steward of articles , Pluckley reprinted iio , K from * -nt . the A

    witli with ' vo Journal umc additions additions , , uuujmcjLjug of Forestry . . Mr Mr vm . . . aiLH Burrows Burrows and : n' . Kstate a i , if if jji not not u Management « exacuy exactly » v»— - »» an ,

    aa optimist griculturo ericulturo in . his bv by no no views means means of shares shares the prospects , the the gloomy erloom of y Eng hmuj antici lish - * -

    that pationa if of genial many , seasons of our are farmers providenfeial ; and p / y given hesies , ' wise -nricn leg 1 A ^ vidl islation .-kt-C /^ . 'n libera HUn . nl l covenants r *^ wr ^ -nnr \ f a more tMATfl s KfiientlDC cientmc

    the modes emp of loyment farming , of , labour closer -caving supervision machinery , of labour , ana , ital concentrated smaller € areas ,

    will more tuuitr enable cap capiw * i the coiJceiJLrattJU British farmer . upon uyuu to stand *****» ' - » upo — n a ____ _ . * ¦ ¦ has ^ ^ . _« wi All

    much higher vantage-ground than he occuj ^ - ^

    I 532 The Publishers' Circular Junfe 5> ...

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1882, page 532, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061882/page/8/