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    Books Received :— From Messrs. Bentley &...

    Books Received : — From Messrs . Bentley & Co . — The Ocean

    Free-Lance Russell / ' b s y readers W . Clark are Russell accustomed , 3 vols . to Mr brilliant . Clark pictures of the sea and of the behaviour of a

    vessel delicate duri threads ng the of vi romance cissitudes which of a hold voyag the e , and novel to - reader who does not care for the sea . One more

    certarivinis element of ; interest for the is * Ocean now added Vree , -Lsnce the gaudia ' has stories — of sea-fig W ^^^ hts ^^^^^ ^ " ^ ^^ " ^ , W captures ^^ " ^ ^^^™^ V ^ F ^^ ^^^ " ^ ^^^ r ^ . ^ v ^^ , ^ m and ^^ r ^ v ^^ p ^ B ^^^^ escapes ^ h ^ M ^ ^^^^ ^ b ^^ ' ^ B »^^ ^ H * ^^^ , ^ J told ^^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^^^~

    with a wonderful power and vivacity . These we Iwill leave the reader to enjoy at his leisure , contenting ourselves with a couple of

    characteristic extracts . The blowing-up of a prize which had been set fire to is thus described : — feet grenade The , was "whol s and full e bomb scen of e smoke -shells all around , and of huge , flame to beams a , height of of explodin glowing of a hundred g wood hand and fragments lJLIJClJ 3 of Ul blazing and wonderful sight

    O"U . Cfcg . WUlU & Ulg UclJ canvas -lVfcU 3 U . U . L 1 a a , WUUUeUUl dig lib was the huge mainmast that darted , , upwards on fire , like scribed a flaming a curve spear like hurled the boomerangs from the hand mentioned of a giant by Cook , de- , then W 1 C 11 rushed 11 U 3 UU 1 into IS-IW the UJ-iC OCtt sea with W 1 UU the l / UC flames iJUUXICS in JJJ . the bUC form 1 UIU 1 of Ul all aronnd it

    vanished wings with a loud , and shrieking smiting hiss the , shooting surface midway of a wave its , tossing own length upon into the the waters air , aft a charred er a short and interval blackened , when spar it . lay

    It is difficult to believe that anyone could describe such a sight without having witnessed it ; but — if it were so - , ~ the — — —— imag — — ^ ^^_ i - nation — — - - ¦ - -. — - ^^^ v of ~^^ ^^ m the - ^ ¦ - - ^* - author — — ' — — — is

    all the more wonderful to have conceived such a picture . A passenger ship offers a peaceful contrast : —

    abeam She , swung ran up - her her main studding -yards -sails , and , and having when - the I saw breeze her heel tops over of the —with waves the crimson water with dark the with evening her shadow glory , , and and the all her taffrail passenge while it rs her grouped bulwarks aft flickered uii , and & looking with the at us red over light the of l

    uniforms LULLrtiii wuj and . ; uci the churned w < uh . b water ; . cicu to leeward wit / u i / Lic flushed icu . ngui with ; * - » the t a ruddy pi short short tinge , black black along mnzzips muzzles her of of depressed her her guns fftins side that bristled with

    From Messrs . Blackie & Son . —* Outlines of the I h World ™ * ^^ r ^^^ m ^^^* ^^^^^ '^ s ^^ History ™ - ^ — — ~»~ ^^ m , ™ Ancient - — - ~~ ^ , H Mediaeval ~~ ^ " ^ — , J and Modern ,

    I I with and special the Progress relation of to the Manki History nd . ' of By Civilisation William I Swinton . —An English edition of a book which

    I ] has important a high additions reputation have in . Ameri been ca made , but it comes many before us practically as a new work . The author

    undertakes to show the origin and growth of the different nations and their contribution to the civilisation the formin which the mind

    11 stock of war the , law of race -making expressed , political ; itself organisation , s such as , reli litera gion - .

    I ]| jl u i ture < e the ¦ ++ vnrf ducation — » , peop or or - art art , le ? p j ^ - h — ; : themselves ysical ^ j the the characte character well — -being as r to oi of -, political the the food ~ - , actual actual dres freedom s , life lite trade of ot ,, ,

    I soc the iety steps , & which c , and they their have way taken s of in thinking contributing ; and to _ — human progress K cj . He aims , in a word , at g iving *—'

    the student ' a vivid general view of the institutions and civilisation of the greater nations , ' rather than at ' cramming the memory with ever

    so imposing an array of isolated facts and dates . ' The book is , we learn from the preface , to some extent the result of the author ' s experiments with

    classes by which he tested what the pupils could take in and assimilate , what would become fruitful in their minds , and what , on the other hand ,

    was retained with difficulty or forgotten with ease . It may thus be accepted as the work of a practical educator and notlike too many books

    of this class , of a mere theorist , . From the Church of England Sunday School

    Institute . — 'Apostolical Christianity / By the Rev . C . A . Kow , M . A ., Prebendary of St . Paul ' s . * —A reprint of a valuable series of papers con-Sfe .: ¦ ¦

    zhie zuie tributed , , intended intenaea to the to to Ch exhibit exm urch uu the x Su , ne nday Christianity unTisuani School Maqa of of the tha *

    of Apostolic theology age , resembling as being the ' not creed a formulated s and confession system s of the various reliious communities into

    Christendom al truths trutns is now g divided oie le ot of , but n body of living which ,

    on practical practi man c ' s moral , , and capab capa spiritual energising energising being , of powerfully powerfullv which the divino God which person it of our Lord of the , and the kingdom of

    His coming - to was erect one , formed the great centre purposes and inner of life litThe autnor author in effect effect sKetcnes sketches

    history e ., ' me of the Church m as it is related the the in earl earlv the y inspired ^ books of the New Testament , tracing ^^^^^ 3 it *

    from its earlier stages down to the death of St Paul . From Messrs . Griffith — & Farran . —* Claudine ; or ^

    Humility the Basis of all the Virtues / _ A ., or Swiss the tale Graham . By Famil a Mother y in . — New * Distant Zealand Homes . ' By ;

    , Mrs . J . E . Aylmer . — ' Pictures of Girl Life . ' ~ B y Catharine Augusta Howell . New edition . —' Good in Everything ; or , the Early History

    of Gilbert Harland . ' By Mrs . Barwell . —Four capital children ' s books prettily bound and illustrated with woodcuts . Well adapted either for

    an addition to the family library or for school prizes . From Messrs . BEoulstou & Sons . —' Prayers fora

    Week for Family or Private Use . ' Founded on the twenty-fourth edition of ' Prayers' ( in 1802 ) of the Rev . Benjamin tfj Jenks , formerly Rector

    of Harley , Shropshire . By Josiah W . Smith , from B . C . L . a , Q prefatory . C . —This note little ¦ received manual ¦ the ¦ has sanction , we lear of n

    ^^ ^ h ^ uW ^^—^ m ^ b **^ M ^ ^ b ^ ^ % ^ -mr ** ^ - ^ ^^ w ^ . *» ^^ ^^ ^^ , v ^^ m ^^ ' ^^ - ^^ ^^ « ^^ ^ ' - ^ *^ r — - ^« — — — - the Bishop of Hereford . In style the prayers are simp the recommendati le and free from on of affectation being both , and brief they and poss well ess

    suited for their purpose . From the same . — ' The Tourist's Picturesque Guid «

    to the Isle of Man . ' —A fifth edition of a capital little ba handbook and b to the ictures Isle of of some iVIan , acc of o the mpan most ied , beautiful y 1 map Cl natural y features p of the island \ M There

    U ^ d LX l > iJCku U A CtJL A v > Ctt UUlvO V ^ i W JL * V A * J * » - *^ - * . » •"" is probably no spot within a brief journey by sea interesting which presents relics more of b beautiful days scenery and with or more this

    book in his pocket the ygone tourist will ; be able to see all that there is to be seen

    . From metrical mebrjcfeii Messrs Drawing x ^ ravviug . Marshall Questions v ^ u ^ silIuhs Japp . ' A P > > y y C ^ & . . j H Co -l . . Octanus v — < ' booh

    Geo-Curtis . —The first volume of a scries of s designed to assist students in preparing iiijg for *^ - army

    exam uesigneu introduction inations . io assist . It inethods aiuutm consists ia of of working pi thre u ^» a . e parts a selection : An

    lnLrouucuon former former of miscel mnors laneous un on set st jneiuoiLts -t at at qufstions the the preliminary Drel ui wuimhb ; irninarv and a ; , and ana >* series « - furtlier iu --- »» o ^ papers

    examinations of Sandhurst , Woolwich , a « a Cooper ' s Hill .

    From T-i of Short . " t he same Essays . — ' with The mi Way -tiT Illustrative . _ . to a . _ Fortune 1 - " '^¦^ . ?¦• Proverbs ¦ . » -. a ; a bcriea Scri ana 6 S Anecdotes / inecuoccs iro from m many many ddu Sources itw . /— —A ^ book w ~* fashion J ^

    on the model of some of the works of Mr . acox , s ite moralisings introducing on , in the conjunction subjects treat with ed some , a . bw uppo 'fc

    of i llustr a t i ons and quotations t ... * .: ^ -r * , from fr-nrn writers writers " * no sion te . time The and subjects its value vaiuo include jhuhoj : Choosing and its a pror vai ^ ,

    earl hel sion y ; ; rising time al mil hel ana ; letter us opportunities -writing ; ; money ; little 7 omissions »» things - ; , . » «

    debt urui 8 uuiy tacles p , , an mi ; d ce . changes the iuu n ^ ip , like ; , « ; . . bad The jl ^ » . » v company essays i >«— -, / - amount ; are — ; all get __ Xing * oi «« „ nff « .. into gjnl » {

    1 rigorous information , and and convey counsel a large in a very readable j

    form . ~——~^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1881, page 550, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071881/page/6/