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    From Mr. J. W. Arrowsmith..—Although the...

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    &C, Printed "By P. Weissenbruch, ' Impri...

    are labour , science , and philosophy , in all seventeen , printed at the offices of the following

    imprentasmadrilenas , Segundo Martinez , Travesia de San Mateo 12 ; F . Maroto e hijos , Pelayo 34 ; and viuda e hijo de E . Aguado , calle de Pontejas 8

    Carlos Bailly-Bailliere , plaza de Santa-Ana 10 , Madrid . —That favourably-known publisher of the capital is represented by a good display of books treating on medicine , education , recreation , the dramaand other subjectsThere are also

    reli bulk g y ious , business works many , directories dictionaries , concerning diaries . , and Spanish heavy , commerce .

    Sociedad de Publicaciones Evangelicas , calle Asalto 15 , Barcelona , and Jacometrezo 59 , Madrid . —Handsome case of religious volumes and

    pamphlets , coloured and plain prints , devotional cards , Sec . Juan Antonio BastinosPelayo 5 . 2

    Bary , , celona . —This firm of publishers make the show in the Exposition , their four imposing stands eclipsing aJl others . Educational and

    ecclesiastical books and works -on the beautiful arts occupy one stall ; the second is given up to a most extensive assortment of lithographed designsfor

    , school instruction ; a third is a repetition of the

    first mentioned , and more : volumes on well-nigh every conceivable current-day topic or affair are put forth .

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    920 The Publishers' Circular August 15 isss ,

    From Mr. J. W. Arrowsmith..—Although The...

    From Mr . J . W . Arrowsmith .. —Although they

    are invariably tinged with a sort of advertising egotism , we confess to a partiality for actors ' books . The egotismas in their

    before-the-cur-, tain speeches , is inseparable from their working life in ' the profession . ' The first personal pronoun appears rather frequently in Mr . George

    Grossmith ' s * A Society Clown * —we have not ventured to count the number of times . This , however , is a slight objection to a very gossipy

    and lively book , fall of theatrical anecdotes and personal descriptions , showing- the familiar keenness of humour so perceptible in Mr .

    Grossmith ' s appearance on the stage . From Messrs . Charlea Burnet & Co . —Following ¦ his successes with books PV such as * Joseph

    up ^ - ~ [•— ' - ~ - " ¦ " ¦ ~~ r ¦»* » - ' » ^^ ^ m » *** r " w ¦» - ' > - ' fc ^ ¥ » > K «^ A-A ^ - ^_^ V * - KJ » w / » - * > - * «« W >^ ^_^ > w / t ^^ ^_^ I ~^ r M . JL the Prime Minister , ' * Paul the Missionary , ' the Kev . William Taylor now offers his admirers a new workentitled * Peter the Apostle . ' The

    , author says that in writing the book he ' has worked the the same samfi upon infirmities infirmities Peter as as n . s a the fch brother p . rest r ^ sr , man of nf us na , having ; : and and

    has sought to bring from his errors , as well as his excellences , lessons that may be helpf ul to Christians ¦ i generall + ib amidst the - trials and & jh

    — ' — — — — ¦ " - * » - . —¦ w ^» . — « ^ b _ + */ ^ - ^ -r .. m ^ n ^ j * y j ^~^ A _> A 4 k Vt KJ \ J * rf Jk ¦¦ X ^ ^/ ^ AW * - * «^*< . >^ - ^ temptations of modern life . ' The narrative as rchiLLd by Dr . Taylor , with all the luminous effects of his Biblical and historical learning

    is a high-toned and inspiring work , one which , should be perused far and wide by those who ¦ st v ¦ -- ud v ^ - >> ' ' y the «»¦» ¦*—»¦ New -k . « X ^ W * Testament gti V- / » s ^ » J «^ V 1 OAV A A I . with ( I A | , A > * an ^« A A earnest ^/ % -4 / A . *_& X _^» wP V /

    purpose . From Messrs . R . Grant & Son , Edinburgh . — * Sketches % of the ¦¦ Fort A . h »¦ Brid : orthe Giant ' s

    V ' *»— w V -v * r - " - ^ r >^> V —— ^~ l M . -M , ^_ rf JB . ^^ jf * J ' JL . -M Jk . 'V .- * . ge k ^ . X- * ^— ' * , * - * »¦ ¦ * ^ - ** ^ m ^ AM / AA «/ »» -f Anatomy , ' by Philip Phillips , is a handbook to a series of illustrations with which we are not acquainted . The description is more scientific

    than popular , but doubtless Mr . Phillips' work gives a good engineering account of the greatest

    bridging enterprise which the modern world has seen .

    From Mr. J. W. Arrowsmith..—Although The...

    From ar Ren M . § Victor Maizeroy Havar . . This d , Paris author . — ' s ' Le * L'Adoree Boulet , ' '

    p published about a year ago , was an exceptionally ^¦ p ^ f ^ ^ w good « h ^^^ ^^ ^¦ ' » story Wmf v ^^ ^ b v of v ^ r ^ ¦ ^ the ¦ ~ ¦ ~ ^^ unhappy ¦ ¦^¦« ¦ P ¦ ' ^^^ wedded v ^^ ^ s ^ ^^ m ^^ r ^* ' ^ life % ^ ^_ V / of I I I

    two persons who seemed to have everything this world could give . * he Boulet * is also a story of unhappiness , but it is caused by a previous

    entanglement vrith a person of inferior social grade . This is the ' drag' which , making serenitin the enjoyment of loved

    companiony ship , a fine home and ample fortune , impossible is is grapnicaiiy graphically cal called led , tne the ' bullet Duiiet ,, ' in in allusion allusion- ,

    doubtless , to the cannon ball which convicts have to . drag about . The tortures of this

    situation situation are are grap eraDh hicalty icallv laid laid bp before . forft the the rp reader nclcr . From Mr . John Hey wood . — A new issue of Lamb ' s * Tales from Shakespeare' is welcome

    in the form of a v ^ ell-appointed school-book , edited by Mr . Alfonzo Gardiner . From the same . —John Hey wood ' s ' Second Grade

    Perspective , ' Books li and 12 . These copybooks of exercises combined with text-book of theoretical and practical elementary

    perspec tive will be found to answer their purpose in connection with candidature for the South Kensington examinations .

    From Messrs . Jarrold & Sons . — ' A Will Made in Haste ; or , Hal Baumgarten ' s Adventures in

    a new Texan Town , ' by Grace Stebbing , is a thoroughly sensational story , in which the writer * * ^^ <^ ^^ ^ # * ^^ ¦ 9 shows ** J ^ ^ > u ^ * ** - ^ undoubted ^ v *^ ^ ^ k ^ . * m \^ ^^> r ^^ - ^ . ^ ¦ - ^^ 'li ^ ra skill . r ¦» ^>* ^~ ^^ in ^ b ^ fc ^^ g ^ H ^ h iving - *^ * ^» ^^ ^ p ^ k realism ^^ ^^^ m *^ *^ ^* " ^^ ^ ^ fc

    to situations and life to characters . More should be heard of this author . From Mr . T . G-. Johnson , 121 Fleet Street . —

    Thp The > . contro nnntro versy vprsv which whioh . still still attracts a . tt . rap . tfz attention a . t . t , p > nt , iVkn receives a fresh elucidation in ' The BaconiShakespere Question , ' a work by C Stopes . The author says that study in preparation for a

    v + * XT X series of articles on stimulants in the trade journal , Wine , Spirits , and Beer , suggested to him . the force of proof available to him on the

    question he discusses in the present volume . Mr . Stopes' compilation , though showing a lack of experience in arrangementis extremelj

    , interesting . He has gathered together from writers contemporaneous with Bacon and Shakspeare quofations which aim at

    many proving the claims of the latter to the authorship of the immortal plays . The result is a remarkably quaint collection of curious matter ,

    which ought to be examined by parties on both sides of this exciting quarrel . From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —The re-issue

    of the ' Works of Alfred , Lord Tennyson , ' has been completed by the publication of the eighth volume 4 The Falcon , which ' and contains * The Promise * Becket of , ' May * The . ' Cup This , ' '

    , volume of what must be considered a very fine —in fact the most convenient—edition of the poet ' s works contains an excellent index of all

    the poems . From Messrs . Moffatt & Paige . — ' Principles of Agriculture' in three

    stagesbCABuck-,, y . . master , M . A . ; ' Domestic -Economy , ' in three stages , by J . C . Buckmaster . These little manuals are well devisedand are the cheapest

    , books of the kind we have seen . From the same we have received new editions of

    Mr . Tarn ' s * Difficulties of Algebra made Easy , ' and Mr . Thomas Page ' s * Physical Geography of Mountains and Rivers . ' The latter is in its

    fifth edition .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1888, page 920, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081888/page/18/