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    Cave , ' by Miss W . L . Rooper ; * The Picnic , ' by the same graceful writer ; ' The Birthday' by

    I . * - __ . v ^ ™ % J * % / J , % / E . I * . F . ; and ^ ' So Fat and Mew-Mew at Home , ' by Georgiana M . Craik .

    from the same . —* Composition Exercises , ' No . II ., by ^ w w T <^^ " ^ . » Hudson —— — . This is a _ series of exercises — — — - — for — — ^—^ " ___ .- j . " ^ T ¦

    the sixth standard , including ^ a key ^ to composition tests . There are many books of the kind ; but f ¦_ V the subjects here g ~ iven seem , to be - more »

    » . , *_ , — ^ J ^ JJ — than usuall ^ m ^___ y interesting M \ _ A for _(^__ a school ^ ^__ book ____ , and - _ - __ it is stated that all of them have been given by H . M . Inspectors ;

    From Mr . John Heywood . —* Manchester a Hundred Years Ago . ' This excellent reprint of < ___ A , — Descri _ ___ ption ^ - of Manchester — t / by . ^ j a Native _ _ — — ___ of - __

    —the Town , James Ogden , published in 1783 , has been edited by William E . A . Axon , F . K . S . L ., who has also supplied a . j- an introduction . To

    anyone intimately acquainted with the town , it presents most fascinating reading . It seems . strange now to read Ogden ' s account of the

    improvements for the better approach of St . Ann ' s Square , considering" that only a few years ago Deansgate , at the portion lying- adjacent to

    the Square , was quite a narrow thoroughfare , along which tlie 'busses to Pen die ton made their way with difficultyand the entrance to

    -, the Square at the other end , by the old Exchange , was also narrow and cramped . Sugg works as this very plainly exhibit the progress

    our large cities have made . Several illustrations of old Manchester are included . From the same . —* The Relics of Olde Manchester

    and Salford _ j" ^__ I «__> «^ .- » , ' with ____ . 4 __> Notes - ^ h ^___* _ by ____ Albert _ t ^ H ^ - Nicholson ^ k ^ - ___ - -m ___¦ ____ . . This is the catalogue of pictures and memorials of local interestdrawingsportraitsprints

    and curiosities included , in the , collection , at the , Royal Jubilee Exhibition . Mr . Nicholson tells us that it is far from an exhaustive gathering ,

    since it was only a few weeks before the openiiig that the Committee found certain rooms could be made available in * Old

    Manchester and Salford ' for the purpose , and more than live times the amount of space would have been require j . d to hold all the subjects « jthat

    could easily have been procurable . The collection as it is , however , is undoubtedly one of great interestand much of its success is due

    to the skill and , discrimination with which the work of selection has been carried out . Of the catalogue itself we may speak in terms

    of the highest praise , and only in one instance have we found Mr . Nicholson , in the interesting notes he has supplied X . X to the collection ,

    over-- stepping the limits of his office andvolunteering an opinion . This is in relation to Charles ft wainthe Lancashire poetand under the

    circumstances , is , perhaps X . , permissible , . We should not conclude without a word of wellmerited commendation on the neat and

    exceptionally well-printed form in which the catalogue has been issued . Krom the same . —* Health Lectures for the People r '

    ¦ — ~ ^ - * A ** ^ W T- * T -fc * ± * m , ^ -- ^ Q »¦*¦ w ** m ^*^ » - ^* *¦ ^* * ri ^ m ^ m ^_— ^_* ^* " » ^ - ^ r .. - . 4 * - *^ « , - »* ¦ - ^ ¦• - *»* M ^ » - — * . *^ *^ " ^ ^^ is a volume containing a scries of lectures delivered in Manchester in 1886-87 . The lecturers were Arthur RansomeM . D . M . A . Sec . ;

    Francis Vacher , F . R . C . S . ; Richard , Organ , , M , . D . ; Henry Simpson , M . D . ; James Niven , M . A ., M . B . ; W . N . McCall , M . D . ; W . Lander , M . D . ;

    and J . Priestley , F . R . C . S . The subjects treated are most important to those who dwell in overcrowded cities .

    From MCessrs . ECurst & Blackett . — ' The Treasure of Thorburns / by Frederick J > oyle . This author ' s

    verbal construction is , tD say the least of it , V ^^ r ¦¦ ..

    —very peculiar , and may irritate some readers who have a good g -m old — -fashioned — ~ — — ~~ — — — ¦ respect ~™~ — — ~™~ — for " ^^ " ¦— ¦ the '"^ - ^^

    English language . The first example of many is this : ' The result was a congeries of roofs and puzzling walls , not to uncomfortable the strange visitor to live . in Oddest , but mi ¦ freak ghty

    j _ all was qj the central building , a tower in the : Byzantine style , more or less designed , as Mr . Esking saidto pull the shapeless mass

    to-, gether . ' When an author has a good story to tell , we ought not , perhaps , to look too closely into his sty S le of composition JL . - Sometimes _ - ___ a _

    breezy freshness in narration compensates for literary shortcomings . Such is the case with Mr . Boyle , whose story is full of powerful

    situations , placed before the reader in a most striking manner . All the descriptions of life in South Africa are picturesque and vigorous ¦ ;

    and although lately we have had enoug O h and to spare of fiction respecting that part of the world , we must admit that Mr . Boyle ' s work is

    a stimulating addition to the list . In so far as character portraiture is concerned , the author has been very successful . Evidently he has not

    studied the art seriously ; but , nevertheless , we find very natural people in the story . From Messrs . Iliffe & Son . —' The Indispensable

    ' . . ¦ .-- ' i (^ ' Bicyclist ' s Handbook , ' by Henry Sturmey , is a book which seems to justify its title , being a cyclopaediaas complete as possibleon the

    v JL ' , ¦* - A . , subject , * The Bicycle and its Constraction . ' The compiler is already well known through his useful books for cyclists , and it is apparent that

    they are appreciated by the class for whom they are intended . The work under notice is - now in its sixth editionormore accurately speaking

    in its eighteenth thousand , , . , From Messrs . T . W . Jarvis & Son . —' The Day

    Ghost , ' by James Stanley Little , and * Only a Face , ' by R . Baldwin . We have learned to expect only very serious matter from the pen of Mr .

    James Stanley Little ; and therefore , when we take up the little volume before us , entitled * The Day Ghost , ' we are tempted to wonder whether

    that gentleman , becoming tired of the endeavour toNteach , has flung aside the robe and entered the treacherous ranks of literature afreshwith

    intent to amuse rather than to instruct . , We are just consoling ourselves with this reflection when we open JL ' the book and discover , as amp

    lification of the title , the words * A Parable of Life . ' We know now that we are in for it . So we settle into reading 1 a book which we fear is f

    intended to do us good , with a feeble kick at the possibility of its doing so . Mr . kittle , after taking — ^^ us through the brain of a madman , just

    - ^ j ^ to get us ready , plunges us into the depths of a fearful romance , in whicH a variety of crimes — are passed i . in review before our astonished

    senses . We close the book with a feeling that we have been dragged through , pools of blood in personto awaken as from a nightmare with

    a start that , leaves us uncertain of our whereabouts . * Only a Face , ' by R . Baldwin , is no less gruesome than the preceding tale ; and if

    the book had been issued at Christmas , it ought to have had a largo sale . From Tutcly ' Office i Shoe Lane ¦ — . — ' A Midsummer

    f- ^ -W ^^ - _* - n- «— _^_ - * w m |—¦ ^^ —^ " ^ , - Madness , ' by Arthur T . Pask , and pictures by Maurice GreifTenhag-en , is a * spoony' story of boating __ F ¦ V I H pleasures on the upper Thames . It is

    | _^ ___—— _— —* - - — ' - — — MM one of those fictions in which short and common sentences in German , French , and Italian arc I considered essential . And yet the story on the

    whole is not wearisome to the reader , indeed I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1887, page 867, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081887/page/17/