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    Books Received :— From The A.Uth.Or.—* H...

    and By Ed useful gar history Sanderson , no , t M onl . A y . of A the very United admirable

    Kingdom , but of the whole- British . Empire in its gradual extensions . As far as the history of England is concernedit gives brieflybut

    without omitting any important , facts or , events , a record of each reign , the subjects of tlie various paragrap ^ T ^ T ™ ¦ ^^» *»*^» r ^^ V ^ h ^^^ ¦ ¦ i ¦ — hs ——• being - ~— ~ " ~ —^ £ ^ - ^ J inserted ~— - — ^—^— ~~ — in the ^— marg ^— ^^^ P ^ B in ; ^^ and in 1

    all eases the growth of our colonies is noted , and the dates at which they have been added to our possessions J ~ — - ~ are — — _ carefully — ^ j given c ^ j — - — . The — author ___ ' s —

    style is eminently clear and attractive ; and while his book may be commended for school use , it also possesses the merit of being sufficiently

    readable to find a wide circle of purchasers outside the educational public . Maps and woodcuts are added , and there is an exhaustive index .

    From Messrs . Crosby Lock-wood & Co . —' Coach Building , Historical and Descriptive / By James W . Burgess . A volume of Weale ' s Rudimentary

    Series , the object of the writer being , he tells us , to furnish a book of general utility rather than a manual of technical instruction on minor details .

    He commences with what may be termed the antiquarian view of his subject—the gradual development of vehicles and their parts from the

    first rude forms of raft and sledge , down to the shapes with which we are now familiar . He next takes up the practical side of the

    matterincluding the operations of the carriage-design , er and draughtsman , the making of the various component J — — — parts — -r- ~—r— - — w of —r the — — carriage -v — _ - _ ^ b ^^ ~™~ , and ™~^ ^—^ ™ ^ the -W ^»¦ ^^» ¦ materials ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ H - ^^ ^^ ^ t ^ - ^ ^« h PN ^^

    used , and follows this up by a chapter on the of painting colour . department Some ' General of the Observations work and the on theory the

    Trade ^^ VB ^ h ^ tl / 9 m and Wm chapters ^ on ' Invention ^^^^ ma ' and ^_ on th e close treatmen a book t of carr which iages in by days their like owners these , br w in h g to a a

    carriage has becom , e the accompaniment , of progenerall sperity y in useful every . class of society , will be found

    From Messrs . W . P . Fletcher & Co ., Hartford , oblong Conn ----- . — royal ' Beautiful octavo mf Letters of - \ al . m ' b ~* Twenty ^ ets Kf initi *• + \ -two mk alsmon sheets o-

    g rams m , - an — ^ m d - — - - ornaments w- — — - «_ — ^ , ^ ^ . ^* — p v *< r We m « w «^ ^ have ^ , . mm ^ m illuminated ^ ^ mw ^ ^^ , m m ** ^ X- # ** ^*^ l ornamental etters , letters -- letters —¦ in ¦ elaboratel - — several -w r ^ r colours d hrfi rawn , sing la le in l colour etters

    similarl — — y drawn — — — ; * —*^ all p ^^ lanne ^ - ^ -rf «« ^^ ^^ ^^ y d - ^^« with ft T ¦ fir » T 4 « ^ , p the m ^ J A ^ ^ J » ^ . » idea 4 k X ^ ^* »^ ^ - ^ of ^ W r that being the practical in les character mabe . loo It ked is suggested un as exampy

    exercises for the pen , showing how muc po h more adapted the pen is to this kind of work than is generally imagined .

    From Messrs . Houlston & Sons . — ' British Beekeeper ' s Guide Book . ' By Thomas " W . Cowan , F . Gr . S . & c . A volume which has the far from

    inconsiderable , merit of being the result of its does author not ' s practical attempt to experience represent ; bee and -keep althoug ing as h he

    unf simp uiliHg le direction source s of income faith , full ho promises carried that out , it if will his p J rove to be not — — — — o - »_ , nl m . - ~ y m an m ^ o , mm interesti . B A Jm . k . ^^ y ^* i ^^ »^ «^ 41 ng « ¦»! „ but »^/ *¦ » «* , hi AJ - ¦ g VMV hl ' ¦¦*•• . y F

    remunerative pursuit . The illustrations , including relief twenty -etching speciall process y engraved , supply on diagrams copper of by all a ne the w most successfu --- l bee --w -keeping mi mrr «¦ rfa l \ iancesand \ h the

    work is ~^ thus — - — -,-, mad .-- * - e m comp * ^» ^^ * ^ lete mamm , app ^^ B ,, ^ from m ^ m ^ ¦ % ^ iV ** ^ ^^ ^ a ^ P ^^ , t echn * l ^ -J » ^^ ic m-S M . a ^ l > ing point t * sketc of — - — - ¦— view - h of — — . the — — The natural ^ - — - « r book — »•• -.- » ~ hiatory ^ opons -m . m m ** ** , - ^ r , M , j with of ^ j 4 ^ the «^ an A M V ^ interest bee ^ ' *^ V , % and » rf « *¦* ^^ -

    a minute full instructions description of as its to hiving habits , , and follow all ed the by , and processes wax . incidental The arrangement to the extraction of the of iary honey the

    L treatment of the diseases of the usefu ap l , little

    I creatures , the provision of bee-food , and hints on raFi — ' ¦ " ' ... ...

    their practical general work on managemen what isas t , the comp author lete remarks a really

    , I * now universally admitted to be one of the most profitable of rural pursuits . '

    From Messrs . H . J . Infield . — The Oracle . ' Most of us know what . __ . wonderful _ __ compendiums — _ _—_ of

    knowled ^^ — - — — ge the - ' Answers to Correspondents — — _ ^^ mm - —^ m ^ M m \ mj ' in ¦ \§ many —— ^ J of - ^ our periodicals m~— ¦ are - . The - ' Oracle — —¦— ~~ - ^ ' ^ ' is ^ i ! , ^ no ^ j j - ^ v but to

    thing answers correspondents . Volume each IV ., n composed ow before us of , consists two closel of y 416 -packed quarto columns pages .

    A column special , in and addition interesting to which feature are also is the the library headings ' literature / and ' literary gossip . '

    From Messrs . Longmans , Green , & Co . —It ^ as things a happy _^_ . _ ' ^ from thoug _ - _ the ht ____ to published __ make _ a works collection and of speeches * good

    of Lord Beaconsfield . Within ^ - the compass - ~— —^ ^^ ^^ of ^^ m \ A ^/ a compact crown octavo volume , the reader obtains opinions , passages , and pregnant sayings on more

    than 250 subjects ; many of the extracts extendbeing ing to illustrated several pages by , an several d many pieces of . the We subjects ive three specimens of epigrammatic utterance : — g

    Ckittcs . —You know who critics are ? The men who have Man failed —A in smile literat for ure a frien and d art ^ and . —( a Mr sneer . Phoebus fo r the . )—Lothair worldis . th

    way . to govern mankind . , — Ftwian Grey . , e Peee righ m . — t I hon find ourable that , for gentleman between has thirty traded and on forty the years ideas , and the ¦ in ¦* m of others i liis «»» life « a «« has been

    priation telligence ^ clause . —Speech ^ , , 1846 . ^ * one great appro-From Messrs . T . Nelson & Co . —* Alpine Climl ) ii ) g . '

    Books on this subject are not among the cheaper literature of the day . Ordinary readers , the young more especiallywill derive much

    interesting information from the , handy little book before us . The engravings comprise several views of Mont Blanc ~ - - ¦ ~ , an — d ¦ — — o - ^ " - f t — h — - e — - d ¦ — mgw ^ eta ~^ v - ^ i ^ ls ^ n ^ o ^^ - f mm t ascent ^ . " ^ f * " ^^ - ^^ ^^ - - ^ ; v ^ Zer ¦ ^—

    -matt , the Matterhorn , and Monte Rosa are full & of c . Kosenlaui f y are dealt also with dep , the ; icted the Rhon . Aletsch e glaci glacier er , the , th Jung e glacier frau ,

    From Messrs . Edward Stanford . —* The Physio-Lloy graphy dw of ith the map U and pper di Engadine agrams . . ' The By author Trancis of

    this little , manual may at least claim the authority of familiar acquaintance with the picturesq ho ue

    district district has visited oi of which which Pontresina he he ttreats reats , , ior for season he he tells tells for us us the that that last no eight years , staying there every on an average two

    to mont have hs in used each an year acute . On all occasion of observation s he seems to the W *~* vs bes r— ' * - ^ K / t * j > * ad ^* v * . v 1 anta CWAA 1 ^ MiC g bV e >< , and % JU AAVAi power t k he JL A . ^^ J result . V >(« J * - * X U is * * w a tw deecri ^^ " ^ - ** ~* pJ ,-

    tion of the natural features of the Upper Engadine apparentl , looked y extensive at in the acquaintance light furnished -with ph b ys y ical ior ior an

    all geograph ceoora who nhv y wish , . which "which to must must appreciate possess nns « ft « fi the much rrmp beauties . h interest interest anil curiosities of the country . As a valuable addition

    but to tn the t . li a very volum volume usefu e . , we l itinerary h Vi ave « va not not . onl nnlv of walks y a map mn near / n and and mountain Pon plans planfl trceina , not including tj long excursions . — - — — - or j

    ascents . From tive Mr Power . Elliot of Stock the Cro . — ' Thirza ' by Elizabeth ; or , the Attrac Maria

    -V * » V > -JL . \ J Vr VJL \ SA L 11 U \ - / A UOP ss K / J JLJtl A £ J *»** J ^ •* - ~ kji o Lloy f a a , d young ^ . yuuuy The Jewess Jewess story of of 01 the hi juj conversion g h u , j culture cuilui u to and txii « Christianity a education v > v *« and v — ,

    proach f ollowed * - >/ - >^ , at « 4 b , y after his V . the C . child vm many 'uci conversion ^ i ' r . scenes defect a ^ c ~~ 4- of ion i of ^« bitterness her from A . / -vrv » father his v » is , former former whose

    refa anger ith had at first led s him to confine her 111 her d refuse to herThe RevJ- ; -

    room JLUUJII , , an 11 IJU -lUiUDt ? W see Ot 5 t 3 11 U 1 . . A"V - *~~ . tion Goodhart with , Missions whose name to the is well Jews known , vouches in connec for tno

    truth of the narrative . dg

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1881, page 624, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081881/page/8/