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    , . __ - . — June 15, 1888 x The Publish...

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    School Prize-Books. It Is But Natural Th...

    Religious Works . —Editions of Archdeacon Far — — rar ^ % ^^ ' s — « Life of — . . St ^^ . Paul ^^^^ ^^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^^^^ " ^ ^^™ , ^ M ¦ ' « ^ Life ^^^^^^ " ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ of ^ N ^^ ^^^ Christ ^^^^^ ^ V ^^ B W ^ B ^^ h H ^^^ ^| V ' ^ and ^ r" ^ ' ^^ " ^^^ ^**^™

    Early Days of Christianity ' are published at from 6 * . to £ 2 . 2 s ., Dr . Cunningham Geikie ' s books , Bishop Ellicott ' s Commentary * Life of Lord

    , Shaf / - ^ m m aw tesbury « , ' & m c Fine Art Books . —The Magazine of Art volume , the Fine Art Libraryconsisting of eisrht volumes

    , and a series of Guides to Painting , with coloured plates . Books of General Interest . —Forty-four volumes

    are now published of Cassell ' s Red Library issued at different prices in cloth and half-calf , forming a most useful selection of popular volumes .

    A series of Adventure Books by Robert Louis Stevenson , Rider Haggard , Westall , and others will be found particularly popular in boys '

    schools . Science Books . — Sir Robert Ball ' s ' Story of the 4 Science Heavens for , All ' ' Cassell ' Concise ' s New Natura Natural ¦ l History History ' and , '

    various similar works , will be exceedingly popular , in higher class schools . Histories . —Messrs . Cassell & Company ' s

    valuable series of Histories , including their ' History of England , ' * Universal History , ' ' History of India / Sec

    Shaksperes . — Cassell ' s illustrated editions of Shakspere comprise the ' Leopold Shakspere , ' ¦ published ¦ ¦ at 3 * Qd —^ " — ; the ¦ ' Royal ¦ Shakspere 1 ;'

    H * ' ^^ ' ^^ —^^ p- ^ V —^ m ~ —^^^» —^ H- ^^ — w — — — " . - — - »— , ^ y ^^ — m - ^^^ ^» ¦ " —^^ - w ^^^ " ^» ^^ v - ^ " ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ " J ^^ ^^^ ^^— ^^^ J ' Miniature Shakspere ; ' their royal quarto ' Illustrated Shakspere , ' & c . The Series of Books of Familiar Science Subjects include volumes on

    Wild Birds , Tuees , Wild flowers , Garden Flowers , Ferns , Butteriiies , & c whilst ' Out-door Sports and In-doox Amusements * will be in general

    request for young people . Messrs . Cassell issue Little FqIIw Midsummer volume , and a large variety of gift books , ranging from 1 * . to 5 s .

    Messrs . Sampson Low & Co ; have just issued a new catalogue , the object of which is to guide teachersschool managersand School Board

    committees , in the selection , of books specially suitable for prizes and juvenile libraries . Considering the large number of popular books

    of travel and adventures published by this firm , the list seems brief , but is on this account the more select . In factits special feature is that it

    , is chiefly made up of choicely-prepared new editions , many of them with illustrations . When — — — we say that _ every series _____ includes , _ _ _ works

    by one cr more ^ of the following ^ favourite authors of juvenile books , it will readily be seen that parents and teachers and others who have to

    select books for boys or girls have in this list a true guide . Foremost in this catalogue of the authors who

    reign over the hearts of the young are W . H . G . Kingston , G . A . Henty , G . Manville Fenn , Colonel Sir ^ K __» William V V ^ ¦ —* V __ i —B ^ pr ^ V o »^__ i __ i Butler —— ¦ 1 1 ^ - ^ —r w _ ^ - —^— _^ v , p K ^_^ ov ^^ . C - —^^— . ^ . B w ^_ --Y ^ . V , ^ V Harry ^^^—^^^ P ^ ^^ W ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ¥ Collingwood ^ B ^ p ^^^ ~^ ^^ ** v- _> w ^ ^ H ^^ b — ^ ^ N ^ ' ^^— ' ~ r ' ~ H , v

    Phil Robinson , Jules Verne , ' Rob Roy Macgregor , ' J . Hain Friswell , Maud Jean Franc , Miss Alcott , and Mrs . Whitney . There are many more names

    affectionately known to children . Doubtless the books described in this catalogue are finding and will — — ¦ —— continue ^—~ —~ - - ~ " — - —— - — —¦ — ^»— to - find - their ---- - - ^_ way r ,, __ r ^ y in „ — large — w _—^_ — numbers _ _ — — _ — — — —

    to the middle and upper standards of elementary schools . The well-known proprietors of the Art Journal

    issue numeroiis books suitable fox prize distribution . Messrs . Virtue ' s publications are noted for excellent " ^^ ^ " ^ — ¦¦ ~^ tt ¦ ^ v ^™ ^ T effect ^^ ^^ r ^ \ ^^ ^^ ix ^^^^ f \ p m — ictorial ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ^^ « ^» embellish ^^^ "Y ^ r ^ B" " ^¦ " y ^ f ^ »^» —1—rar *^> " ^ »» ment *• ^»~ v ^ ^^^ ^ 1 ^ , m ^ and ^^^ oafeM * ^^^

    we observe several familiar names among the titles of their booka . * Nature ' s Teachings , ' by the Rev . J . CK Wood , ought to be remembered ; also ^ ¦"¦¦ ! ' ¦ . - ¦ . . !' . . . ¦> . . I ' .. U . =

    David Hannay ' s Glimpses of the Land , of & cott , ' the latter illustrated by MacWhirter . « Men who

    have Risen' is a good specimen of exemplary biography . Mr . Davenport Adams ' . ' Famous sical Books period * limits but his most materi read als ers to will an agr Englis ^ with h cl his

    as-, selection of subjects . Girls' books tit beauty and boys' books of bravery are notable in Messrs . Virtue ' s list .

    The Religious Tract Society send out year by year ^ w a — — selection — — — — ^^ ~^ r ^—^^— of - «^ ^^ prize ^^^ ^^ ^^ *^ m ^ m ^^ -books ^^ t ^ ^^ r ^~ - ^^ " ^^^^^ peculiarly ^^^ ~^^ ^^^ - ^* ¦ - ^^^ ^^ ^ - ^^ —— w well ¦ w ™ ^^^ ™ —¦

    suited for elementary schools and also for private educational establishments . The first book we take up , published by the Society , is entitled

    ' Sailor Jack : a Tale of the Southern Seas . ' This is a story of maritime life , whereof the opening scene islaid at Gravesend . The authorConstance

    , , Cross , Has handled her s * ubject with skill and dexterity , and in the telling displays considerable powers — - - - - — of —— ^ narration — — — — ' « ^™ ^^ r— - ^ ^^ - *^ . ^^ ^— ^ Unfortunatel - ^ . ^ p ^^^^ ^ Hk - ^^ ^^~ ^ i ^ ^ i ^^ ^^ b . ^^ ^ K ^^ r ^ V ^*^ ^~ y » we ^ ^^ are ' ^¦ - ' ^^^ ^^_^ unable ^—^_ i - «^ ^» — ' ^ b' —_ ^^ b '

    to speak equally well of the page illustrations , which are not very good ; though the vignettes are excellent . After a fashion ' Sailor Jack ' is a

    sequel to Constance Cross ' s former work , ' After Twenty Years , ' published some little time ago . Another good storywhich can be productive of

    ^^ - — »/ , - - — — ^ - nothing but healthy influence , is called ' May : a Succourer of Many . ' We can scarcely say we like the second title , which soundsrough and inelegant ,

    but ' May' is an agreeable work and conveys much sound teaching . « The Shepherd ' s Fairy , ' by Darley Dale , fully

    bears out the character ascribed to it by the author of being * a pastorale . ' The story opens in Francewhen we find that the Baron de

    Thorens is , so supremely jealous of the attention paid by his wife to their infant daughter that he has determined to get rid of the child . He

    therefore entrusts it to his brother Leon who is about to start on a cruise in his yacht , and through the agency of one of the sailorsJohn Smiththe

    unfortunate child is eventual , ly left with , a pious shepherd and his wife in Sussex . The remainder of the narrative contains the further adventures

    of the child with an account of its ultimate restoration to 1 he parents . It is admirably told and supplies most interesting reading throughout .

    An additional attraction to the book is furnished by the appreciative illustrations of M . Ellen Edwards .

    The story « Within Sea Walls ; or , How the Dutch kept the Faith , ' has a somewhat melancholy history . The originator of the work , Elizabeth H .

    of Walshe the , tale broke in down the in Sunday health at during Hom the e , and progress , her decease taking lace soon afterwardsthe book

    p , was subsequently completed by Mr . George E . Sargent . It is an interesting story , a little bit heavy in placesas was perhaps unavoidablebut

    well told and excellentl , y illustrated . , A second series of « Aunt Mary ' s Pretty Pages ^ for Kiw ^^ dh ** Littl m—^ mt ^ r ^ r e ^^^ Peop ^^^ ^*^ ^** M le ^^ ^^^ , ' should ^^ ' ™ ^ . ^ ^^^ ^ " ¦ ^ be " ^^ ^" heartil ' —~ " ^ ' - ^ —¦ — — — y m welcomed ^ —

    by all teachers who desire to give some slight token of appreciation to their . young pupils rather than an exact prize . Each little book contains

    a number of suitable page pictures with an appropriate ? Among story : . the Mongols' by the Rev . James

    GilmourM . A . of which , a new edition is now issued , possesses , , all the charms of fiction while describing ~^ r ^ m ^^ ^^^ ¦ ^ B . ^ . 0 * . * <¦» ^ W ^ PB ^ real ^^ ^ T ^ P ^^^^ i ^ and ^»^ ^^^^ " ^— " ^ well » » " ^^ ^»» ' -authenticated ^^^^^ r 1 m w - T ~ . ^ - — fact _ .. ___ . The , _

    author gives a most captivating account of his : observations and experiences while travelling among the Mongol tribes and affords a valuable insicrht int : r » thpir customs . oncuT > ations . modes of II

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1888, page 705, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061888/page/11/