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    778 //- The Publishers' Circular - jj u«...

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    SUMMER STORIES.

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    stat O ue n has the just Place been Vic erec tor ted Hugo to t i n P memory aris a

    the of Lamartine speakers , . mostl At the poli inaugural ticians of bu ceremony t small

    repu of the tation poet , ins ' s tead writings of dilating laboured on the to prove merits

    wi grea th t ques statesman tionable . t At aste , , any that rate he was during not a ,

    short career as minister in the Provisional Government of 1 # 48 Lamartine showed that

    he a good was possessed statesman one which quality essential too many for

    so-called statesmen , of the present day is conspicuous by its absence . This quality is

    courage . lOi

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    Summer Stories.

    SUMMER STORIES .

    tion There of the can li be ht litt volumes le doubt tha fic t t t he p now ublica so - g

    prevalen rather oddl t has y , called supplied a ' fel wha t want t is commonl . ' True , y i , tmay and

    be a tendency urged that to the exceed number the deman has of late and shown that ,

    many mustpecuniaril pj of the books y spea bb thus king fc prolificall be r ^^ P" ~ a failure i y issued ; but

    - — , ^ m — — — — ^^— - j - — m — - ^ ~— - ^ - ~— — ^^* - ^ bp * —™^ BB ^ , * pp w " *^» ^» " ^ BB " ^ ™ ™ p ¦ ¦ ^ B ~^» pB ~~ ~~ ~—I— the even ' issue this is since a testimony it shows t how o the successful necessity the for

    firs mote t volumes reckless , must imitation hav . e been As companions thus to pro to

    frequen the railway tly been traveller expatiated their on suit and abilit indeed y has

    their large sale at the railway , bookstalls testifies in no ordinary degree to this fact ;

    t bu hese t we sultry may add summer that they days are to no loungers less welcome about

    along the coun the try shad ho y lanes , and or saun to those ter throug who stroll the

    green their favour fields . is that A strong they easil recommendation y fit the pocket in

    away and so at pleasure readily —a be drawn cumbersome forth , or heavy put ,

    volume during this is certainl July wea y not ther the . book Lastl to y drag it about be

    said that the contents of these , volumes may is for the most parthighly suitable for summer ,

    , bet holiday ter to -making do than , when be amused the mind . has nothing

    table A . smal The l p first ile of work such we ligh take t fiction up is lies 4 Betty on our ' s

    led Visions ge & , ' Sons by R ) . The a Broug story hton is af ( Georg ter JL the e Rout well ^/ - -

    we known fancy style exhibi of this ting aut her horess at , her thoug best h scarcel . Bett y y ,

    is a most , remarkablenot to leasant personage , who is cons , tantly having say unp forewarn- ,

    is ings to of go the off dea in a th species of her relatives of trance . All wal she k in does to a

    whoever room , and it say may , in be a mechanical ) ' is dead . way I know , , ' Rachel it ! She ' ( or

    And And touched sure Hlirft me enough finonor on h the it if . knee is i » discovered riisonvArfirl as she wen vprv t b soon annn y !

    afterwards that the said somebody very has departed this life . Eventually she has a

    forewarning dies . Desp of her ite , however own death , the , and eccen according tricity of ly

    the most story interesting which reading we have , onl indicated y being , equalled it forms

    bv by 4 Mrs another anoth . Smith er , hction fi of ^ tim Longrnains . from from , ' the thet which same « ji . m occup * ft pen rwn ies ,

    the remainder of the volume . ' James Dauri sam ton ' s publishers Fate , ' by ______ Dora is __ a st __ . Russell ory __ - _ _ of _ _ a , d __ . issued iffere __ __ . ----- - _ p _ nt p , ^ by kind the

    which and — — — — — cer —— — t distinguishes — ainl — — y wan , ting — _ , M in the ^ B daring roug — ^ hton _ ori ' s g p ^^ inali work b ^ -B ^^ L ^ L n t y

    And attractive attractive AT yet , af t and and er a should should quie * t er fashion I be be * T * estima esfcimfL , i t is ted f -f » H equall -tr _» r » y -, .

    highly by , lovers of sentimental fiction . Both very these workswe may sayform part of '

    Tillotson ' s Shilling , Fiction' series , . Turning again from melodramatic effect to

    the W ¦ « arden quieter * , whose walks " ¦ ^ ' House of fiction /^ on i * the , Miss "H jf Marsh Florence u l J ' will

    s wri till tten be an remembered excellent story by in our * Doris reade ' s F r s , tune has '

    from ( s William fwT'tt beginning Stevens rw i t ) o , a - story i and _ that i l wi ¦ . . _ t is ho , interesting ut rel _ yinc

    on sensational "C ? CP attraction , , yet , contrives to be hig ^^ hly ^/ engrossing c- ** * »^ from — its very •/ fidelity vto

    na springs ture . of These the heart stories and , probe that touch our very the nature mainare ar « decidedly dftnidfifllv attractive attrantivfi atter a . fter all all . call nail them t . km ,

    sentimental or what you will . , And now we take up a delightful little

    the volume ' Indian by P Garden hil Rob Series inson / , cons It is tituting entitled one ' The of

    Valley ^ Co ^^ H * ^^ H . ) and of Tee ^ PBPBB con totum _ tains a Trees *^^^^^_ number ' ( Sampson —p ^ _ of tales Low ^^^ b » and &

    sketch , es related in most readable fashion and with charming effect . How much of this is

    ac due tual to Mr nature . Robinson of what ' s st he yle , tells how us much it would to the

    the be indeed fortunate difficul reader t to to say find , and out the we , charm will leave .

    6 Bad to Beat , ' by Hawley Smart ( F . V . White & < 3 ° - )> is naturally enough a

    novel But it wi is th something a strong more sporting than tendency this . It .

    as is no so t many entirel of y this taken popular up with author racing ' s works matters are , ,

    bu founda t making tion use which of the to Sepoy build rebellion it relates as in a vistirring upon language the adventures , of

    the bea rVpT ^¦ p gorous » «> W t ~^ / hero , p he » . ^ - , therein cam ¦ - »» W « ---Bk e - _ p > - throug - */_ ; ¦• -K - > . and >*_ r - _•¦ . ^ \ pl h ---t how i •¦ - t - _• s Pk , uccessfull -j . p » ~ being b ^ -t ^ -fc ^ - «« Pa ^ A - _^ _ ' Br- » bad yJ m , and to

    princi was even pall tual the ly united means to of a rescuing young lady * Bad he was to

    Beat is a y very good story , and thoug . h it will probabl * _ * " A . ~ a ^ | t _ f t > V H ~ r ^ y J prove Y ~ r •*• ^** r ' ^ -- * Jk mor *** . ^ - ^ JR . e - ta »* accep i ^/ VV ~* p ^ |— ' tabl " /«^ V |^^_ S . e ~ h ^ to » W ^ _ r the ~ k / A A Xp- * mascu j--w- ¦» --- >~» — --

    -line on its than merits the , feminine find favour mind wi , i th t should all . certainly ,

    ful stle . Mary and charmin Hallock g F descri oote ' s p pleasan tions are t grace con - -

    ytJ L ( Frederick icuous as ever Warn in e ' John & Co Bodewin ) but ' the s Testimony _ story is

    \ rially ri wan -J-W al ~ lv i— t A > ing m . V / J detracts d -. 1 VA fstranta in . I . cons * V * VWJL A trom from truction -l -t _^ « 4 , * V ^ its its X ^ ^— , ¦ . and enect efflRnt J , « l ~ ^^ " u this * . . \ J UAAV . T very Even ^ vftn f- ' ^^ mate ^ w mj rr nn ith

    this superior drawback to the , however ordinary , i run t should of shilling prove greatly novelettesOther works nVlO . 0 published bthis I / U 1 firm

    are » jlJlOi 3 ' . . The T ^ SUXM Last . *^ L of the Dacres A . KJX . 1 OXL \ 5 / \ JI . b y y Evelyn » * -- E . Green VJI J . Kj t 311 , , ( and % 1 . 1 V 4 . 'Aliette XXJLJLVTULiO ,, ' a Cli translation 1 > 1 OillOldUlf U of \^ JL the W * u ' is La ^

    Morte' of Octave Feuillet . The latter a powerful story remarkable characterisation alike for , and refined clover concep working tion ,

    out . Pan We ton hardl ( Mr y J think WArrowsmith ' Dear ¦ Life ) , equal ' by J to . its &¦

    predecessors . in . the . Bristol Library , . Thol

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1886, page 778, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071886/page/8/