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    To the Editor of the Publishers' Circuule . to to mr o . Mullen lviunen letter

    gj ara ^— —Referriner iiei emng Mr . . S . ' s s jeiter , , re re--p issue i «< rinted me . w we e from beg beg to LO the state state Melbourne that tnat our our Argus edition edition , in of 01 th ms your 9 * oiory Story last

    of the Bible / mentioned therein , is a reprint with slight alterations of the original work by Mr .

    Charles mmrlea r Foster oster of ot iPhiladel ^ niladeipnia phia .. Yours faithfully ,

    CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO . ¦ nM

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    from Messrs . Cassell & Co . ( Limited ) . —Notwithstanding mw A U A ^ b w & mr ^^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^* ^ ^ " ^™ ^¦^ % the ^ p »^ p *^ p * ^ p ^ number ^~ - ^^ ^^^ ——— - ^ m - ^— - ^^ of - ^» - —^ good ^ pppjm — - ^ - ^ ^— reading — - » — ^ pppm -books —— — - ^^ i —

    at present in the market , it is a real pleasure to welcome the appearance of new and worthycandidates for popular favour . This we most

    heartil Readers y , do and in Cassell the case ' s ¦ ' of Making Cassell of ' s the ' Readable Home / ' With respect to the former , nothing has been

    left undone to produce a series of school-books which , on examination , will be found to possess , in a marked degree , all the qualifications

    which appeal most favourably to children , teachers , and managers . The series in every way most fullbears out its distinguishing title .

    The •/ little ones y who are fortunate enoug tJ h to have these Headers placed in their hands will need no incentive to bestow undivided attention upon

    their lessons . We were interested ourselves , and our little ones , to whom we lent the books , never evinced greater pleasure in the perusal of the

    most fascinating works on the doings of * Fairyland . ' We feel certain that , where once known , this — v ^ v v series ^ v ~^ " ~ ^^™ ^™ W *^^* will V * ^ P M « P . be pPj ^ P ^ Vf warml V W ^^*^^™ PP ^^^ " ^^ " ^^ b y h welcomed v w *^^ " ^^ *^» r ~™^ ^^ ^» ^^ *^"" r ~ - " ~ ^^ b ¦ — y teachers ™ ^^ ^ m ^^ r" *^» r ^^ ^ h ^^^ ^^ pg p ^^ p

    and school managers , not only for their careful graduation , excellence of illustration and strong bindingbut for their i ¦) wonderful P cheapness PV ¦¦ ¦ m * m . pBMH How ^ pb

    such - »™ * a ^> V « pm series , V ¦*»** ^**» VP * p ^ p > could ^^^ ^ pf e W J * ^ p ^ be ^ PB V V produced ^ V ^ " ^ B ^**^ ^^ ^^ ™* ^ " ^ ^» ^ ppr at ^^ the ^^^ — price ' ' ^ P' " - * P * . V is ^^ a marvel . Teachers should specially observe the usefulness uiuiuesH of the notes and of the biographical

    uo 01 VUG iioLesauu ul luu uiuf ^ i-apxiicrti vanced notes of books authors . What , which has ^ appear been said in with the more regard ad to

    tho reading-books may also be advanced in favour of does the not Domestic Economy to have Reader been pV 1 . put ' This forth Manual as a

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    and of abode instruct what school it should -girls be in —a making home . their This place book and » s — written bears •¦ unmistakable in a healthy traces t ^ and Jk affectionate of having tone been ,

    - " — *^ *»» ' mu 1 JU AkJ IS few Alb * w 1 ^ 7 A V / « Jw ^^ V > k ** * . / - >> iJlli r I jmc : UVVAA the prepared difficulties by one of , who and thoroug sympathises hly understands with , the classes for 44 whom « t elementairls' schools

    are — - i ntended ^ U . uuxu our v / u . 1 . cicuiciiui ry x jr g guia duuwid * " rom -- — the «« w same oaiJUtS . — . One UUO of Ul the tUU most JUiUOL > successfu BUCCCCB 1 UI l of Ul modern

    educational works is tho ' French and ^ best ng lish authorities Dictionary b , ' ori Professors ginally comp de iled Lolme from and the

    revision Wallace , , and correction "V 4 . » Henry v . ^ uiuu y , , Brid - ClipJlVA and geman enlargement CUlCtl ; the f ^ Ul *« VJLJ subsequent I'f , being IkyUI ll ^

    ^ ^ omplished ans ) . The book by Professor is now in its E . 186 Roubaud th thousand , B . A . , ( *} Jjwj » s a neodless new edition to dwell has recentl the y excellent been published quali .

    • i ttti «? 8 of a dictionary that upon is so generally known - k ^ appr eciated , but it maj be intereating to

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    state that the work is kept up to date in every respect , including the verbal changes effected by

    the French Academy , and other results springing from the inquiries of present-day philologists . From Messrs . William CollinsSons Pi - ^»^ & PPPPr Co .

    ¦^ r ^^ pi ^^ V ^^ ^^ ^ pppH ^ p ^^^ ^ P . V ^^^ P . * ^^ H ^ PF ^ p- ^ ^ ^^— - ^^ V ^^^^^ V ^ p- ^ p ^ ' ^^^^^^^^ b - ^^^ - ^— — ^^ " ^— — , ^» ^ p . P ™ ^ " , ^ H ~^>^ - ^^^ Pr " ^ P ^ ^^ ( -a Limited _ ) . — This ^^^^^ ^ ^ firm ^^ has ^ issued ^ a remarkabl ^— ^ ^^ y tasteful series of * Certificate Cards . ' The designs are of a very choice description , the

    printing well executed , and the prices unusually cheap . From Messrs . J . Griffin & Co . Portsmouth . —

    , ' The Dangers of the Modern Rule of the Roadat Sea and the Manoeuvring Powers of Ships as affecting ¦ Collisions / by Captain P . H . Colomb ¦¦

    ^ - ^ ^^^ " ^^ " ^^^ - ^^ ^ m " ^^ - ^^ HPfe ^^^^ ^ PP" ^^ ^^^ ^» ptr ^ " ~^^ ^^^^ " v ^^ p ^ m ^ " ^^ » ^^^ ^^^ ~^ pj ™ ¦ i - ^^ - ^ r ^ " ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^— ^ ^^ fc ^» ^^^ ^^ v ^ pp ^ ^^ p ^ p >^^ p p ^ i ^ , R . N . The range of the author ' s inquiries into the momentous question of which his volume treats has extended over eighteen years . The

    book seems to have been wisely designated the ' Seaman ' s Vade Mecum , ' as it teaches him what it is safeand what it is unsafe to doin all

    cases where , collision is possible or is , feared . Captain Colomb's work is a useful addition to Messrs . Griffin ' s nautical publications ; it is well

    produced , and contains some very clear diagrams illustrating some of the difficulties in connection with the close proximity of different vessels .

    From Messrs . Griffith , Farran , Okeden , & Welsn . —To Messrs . Griffith , Farran , & Co . ' s

    Educational Series have been . ' added two very ¦ useful and attractive little books . The first is . ' The — Kindergarten _ — g—y — _ Drawing - - . - — - g ^ JBook — _ - / f comp ^ , _ — iled — b „ y _ ^—pfc ' pm . ¦ «^ p ^ ' « pw _ m _~ *«

    T . E . Rooper . It contains 500 ^ blackboard ^^ ^* drawing exercises for infants' classes . A desire to draw , as Mr . Rooper remarks , is almost instinc- {{

    tive tive among amonff children children , , and and teachers teachers will "will find find tthat hat the plan he adopts in order to foster and direct that desire is thoroughly practical and

    interesting . A uniform work in the same series is * Infants' School Drill , * with Music , ' arranged i Winifred «•> r * * f f Wilson "W ¥ ^• 1 This mi " book ii contains i '

    by . exercises for the healthy development of the body , the exercises being accompanied by suitable tunes ,

    and sixty-two explanatory illustrations . The music seems to be lively and well adapted to its purpose .

    From Mr . John Heywood . —A new edition of the sensibly arranged ' Scholar ' s History of England , ' by Mr . J . S . Horn , has just been issued .

    The book has been very successfully used in many elementary schools . From Messrs . Hodder & Stcmghton . — ' George

    Eliot ' s Poetry and other Studies , ' by Rose E . Cleveland . This book has deservedly attracted a much * A A ^>^ ^ p « 4 * •» notice r ¦ l— » . p" * pT 4 » ^ p » V in •¦ p » — America ^ » . » J » , ^ « p * Jb ^ - * mr ^* mr , m partl Jp" »«¦ « -f ^ y W because -w » " *» - »/ u » «« . Nrf - * p « it a «* r bears K ^ — --T TTJpI P ^

    the name of * Cleveland' and dates from the 4 White House , ' but still more on account of its intrinsic merit . The essay on ' George Eliot' is

    a careful and thorough piece of work . It will have a special value for English readers , as showing them how that gifted writer ia regarded

    by a cultivated American lady . Among the other papers , that on ' Joan of Arc' strikes us as specially admirable . Occasionally tho peculiar

    use of a word strikes an English reader as a : little strange . Thus : ' Even the sadly carnal Swinburne predicates and carelessly hints at an

    over-realm . ' Now , Mr . Swinburne would not merely be * sadly carnal / but also sadly inaccup rate < VUV "Ml l ^ r , W were * ^^ liv ^^^ # he »*« ^ p ^ to W ^ r use p . w + r ^ f a * r ^ technical ^ r *^ r - ^^ pjpi p « pj w ^ ^ p ^ log ppp > ^ . r VVAm ical . * ^ ^ ^ " ^ term v ^ . * . ¦*! pvppt ^ p . like pipj pp > fMV ^ ppr

    • predicate ' in the somewhat loose way here imputed to him . Also : Lo Then wer than spake a Christian the gray barbarian child , ' ,

    reminds one vaguely of Tennyson s * Locksley

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1885, page 745, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081885/page/13/