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    648 The Publishers * Circular July I? -^...

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    haustive . A very complete bibliography of Willis ' s writings and compilations covers four

    pages of the volume .-From Mr . . A .. Jotiiiston . —* The History of a Lump of Goldfrom the Mine to the Mint / by

    , Alexander Watt . Mr . Watt ' s former works , which dealt respectively with lumps of * coal / ' chalk / and 'iron / were very well received by

    the public , and we have no doubt his new book will be welcomed with equal favour , as a popular treatment of an interesting but ( in its legitimate

    form ) difficult study . From Messrs . Kelly & Co . —A book which has become a possession of members of the

    different trades necessary is 4 Kelly ' s Directory of the Stationers , Printers , Publishers , Booksellers , and Papermakers of Eng l land , Scotland , and Wales /

    — -- - — r— — — - - r f- * r r of which the fourth edition has just been published . The first issue appeared in 1872 . The editors say that in the edition of 1876 the names

    of 50 , 000 persons appeared ; in the present issue tlie figures have risen to 60 , 000 . These statistics seem to speak well for the popularity and

    proft . J . * . V JL . sperity of the associated industries of the book and paper trades . The experience of the editors in the preparation of such works guarantees a clear

    and readily available arrangement of the directory , which in other respects seems to be carefully compiled , although here and there we

    observe signs of very indifferent revision . The book ought to be welcomed heartily by the trade . From Messrs . Sampson LowMarston & Co .

    , , — ' General Gordon ' s Private Diary of his Exploits in China / amplified by Samuel Mossman . This work gives a succinct account of the

    difficulties which were met and surmounted by General Gordon during the Tai-ping Rebellion , when the hero ' s achievements gained for him the

    never-dying nama of * Chinese Gordon / Mr . Mossman was the editor of the North China Herald at that period . This book is actually a

    history of the Rebellion , having a special value from the circumstance of the author ' s having been upon the spotand having had personal

    inter-, course with General Gordon . From the same . —It was a happy thought of the publishers to issue a ' Selection from Crowded

    Out , or Not Hung for Want of Space , at ¦ the Royal Academy , 1885 / To picture-buyers the work will be of considerable serviceas it shows

    , the merits of the works for which room could not bo found at Burlington House , and to the artists rei ^ resented by the excellent sketches of their

    works to be found in the little volume the publication will be of equal benefit , as their addresses are given as well hs the prices they set upon their

    pictures . The editor , Mr . Henry Lassalle , has done his share of the work satisfactorily , and wo commend ' Crowded Out * as a useful illustrated

    supplement to the Royal Academy Catalogue . From the same . — Life and Speeches of the Marquis of Salisbury % j , K . G . / by F . S . PullingM . A .

    * v wj , ( 2 vols . ) These volumes could not , have appeared at a more fitting time . They give , in a manner tha - ^ W t could - ^^ ~_ r « - ~^ 1 hard - » - ~— I " ly _ g be excelled —— .- —_ , , for ^_ , easy ¦¦ , _ r ., rw _ reading _ m - ^¦ v- - ^^ 0 ^ «^ V ^^ VH

    and ready reference , a well-sustained account of the Minist momentous er . Bor political n in 1830 life of the the subj present ect of Prime the

    , memoirs took his degree at Oxford in 1849 . Four years later he became M . P . for Stamford , since which time no ono has been more active in the

    field of political strife . His iLordship became Marquis of Salisbury in 1868 , and a year later he

    . aft ,.- The was .- " ... elected life and .. Chancellor speeches of of such Oxford a . man Univers ¦ as Lord = ity .

    Whi Salisbury g , Liberal have , an or interest Radical . for In all the rlasst present -s To b 5 t 1

    work biograp the subject oug hy . ht is to well take treated a hi b g y h Mr place . Pulling in politica , wh | < 0 * l I I

    From Means Messrs of . Investi Macmillan gation / & Co by . — Professor « On Light G * . as § * U btokes Stokes . . M M .. A A ... i F .. R K .. S b . . This This volume volnm « comprises n ^ r « r >« , v the .. \ ,

    , livered second cours at Aberdeen e of the discourses in conaeetion * On Li with ght ivu ' * the de- r

    Burnett and U ^« •*« tn intelli j"v 4 * A- Lectures I ^ v g j- ^ ible m ^ *• j ~ k y « i . illustrative From IA «• ^ A «^ c ^ the 4 * I * ^ v sty mod " . _ . le _ 1 e , of * the expression »» lectures LI ] A I < ht to be welcome

    studious oug classes of the — general even popul public ar— , among as well the as * -k - » -t- » ^ -k . - » ^ -i » those -4- 1- ^ > -v ^ % ^ v who ~*^ r 1 ^ ^~ v * "i " »• y-v learned 1 * -v ^** *« ^^ * v « -J in « a ^ . the A- L . _ _ _ *

    among are sciences . From Messrs . Marquis & Co ., Chicago . ' Mar- I quis' Handbook of Chicago / a complete History , ' ¦

    work Reference Keference of the Book ± Jook Messrs , , and and . Marquis Cx Gruide uide to tr > forms the tha C Pitv one ity . of The t » the ui V * finest as it does handbook a profuse s that supp we ly have of beautiful seen , containing illustra- !

    , tions of anc the e , , architect which city ' s adorn history ure , social a , well traditions life -written , & c , . general text descri appear ptive - | i \

    From Messrs . Morgan & Scott . —A new and im- ' proved edition of ' The Bible Kemembrancer' \ ,

    issued being . an The analysi little s of book the is whole widel Bible y know , has n | | as been one ! l of the most useful publications for Scriptural study I

    and teaching . It has an alphabetica , l index to ¦' the fuse Psalms supply of and Biblical a Scri information pture atlas , . besides The anal a pro ysis - j f

    enables enables the tne reader reader to to refe reter r in in a a moment moment to to any anv Bible passage or incident . From Messrs . Parker ~ ~ & Co . Oxford - - ~— ~_— . — ' Catechis- -. — — — — — — — , — — — — ^ ^ ' ^ - ^ ** % * ^^ ¦ ^ ^ . .

    ing Notes / by a Worcestershire Curate , should [ be extensively used by Sunday-school teachers who wish to simp L lify their work so as _ to make

    thfl result pleasant to themselves and useful to their pupils . These notes are particularly valu- ( able .

    From Messrs . Passmore & Alabaster . —A very r valuable book has just been issued by this firm . ; . It is 'My Sermon Notes / by C . H . Spurgeon .

    The present volume , which deals with the Old Testament , contains a selection from outlines of discourses ^^^ 9 *^ ^^ ^^ ^ v * b ^ n _ r ^^ ~ _ r ¦ . ¦ delivered ^^^ ^^ ^ im v ^*^ ^^ ^ v ^ b " ^^ y w the <¦ ^ a * ^^ eloquent ^ i ^ ^ m * ^ ^ ^^ v ^^ ^^ * m preacher w ^ mr ™ ^^ ™ ~~ - - ™— ~ - ~ — of

    the Metropolitan Tabernacle . The mention of that fact is sufficient to show the range and value of the book . Many who may be at a loss for

    cessful subjects , modes or who of desire arrangement to learn in skilful connection and with suc- [ teaching t—/ and preaching a *—* , will here find a wise , a

    true , and a vigorous guide . From Messrs . GK P . Putnam ' s Sons . — ' Kamehameha Jiiiiuuiia , , the nit ? Conquering v ^ unL £ UCJXi ug King aviiig / . a xv romaneo »»* " - > --of

    ful Hawaii founded history , on by of fact C the . , being M most . Newell in remarkable the . greater This of part romance Polynesian a truth w - the

    kings . We must confess that we openod try book lias with inte some rested misg the ivings world . duri Much ng recen as the t years coun ll - , .

    we iwr ^ k were nrann afr o frto ai d of r \ P a Hawaian T-Fci XKTCt i S \ n romance T-nTtilinCe . . i JtJ 5 « r . It Mr tvt is our New ¦ w « p leasant ell iVa ' s book v ^ duty , rwir full - Pn to say of r ^ f that real v **« l we interest interest have found ana ana ^

    . , vi to dep gorous rivet icts , the both with attention natural descripti of ui and ve the iuo power dramatic jireader . The , cannct The scenes battle tii W u .

    p ieces nvei > are Liie especial uLteutiou ly good . An cw ^ w account * . of tn destruction tiisperhaps of Keoua the ' s army most by powerfully a volcanic writt erup * -

    chapt great on er d , eal in the of book authen , . ti Kam c information ehameha 01 ' contains rega vll ramb a

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1885, page 648, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071885/page/12/