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    admirable hand-books published by this firm . New works on Ancient Sculpture and Greek

    Mythology will shortly be issued . MessesCharles Griffin jU ? & Co— JLAX In this

    At JL J-J O O . JCX * O . V- / XIA Jv IJ "J O V ^ JJ jlVjL XXli V ^ IlV V ^ v * . UilJlD list , we notice c A History of Greek Literature / by F . B . JevonsM . A . the period

    covered is from the earliest , times , to the death of Demosthenes . Another valuable book ,

    which we are glad to see is in a second edition , is * Specimens of Roman Literature' by C . J .

    Cruttwell , M . A ., and Peake Banton , , MA . ; the first part of this work deals with Roman ^

    thought—religion , philosophy , science , art , and letters ; the secoiid part with Roman style

    —with descriptive , theoretical , and humorous passages A . ' —/ . Amongst «_» i the scientific

    text-Physiology books will , ' be . by fo Professor un £ Outlines Stirling of , of Practical Owens *

    College , Manchester ; this is a laboratory handbook for the use of studentsand contains

    nearly one hundred and- fifty , illustrations . The two volumes on * Quantitative and

    Qualitative Analysis , ' by Professor A . H . Sexton , F . C . S ., of the Glasgow Technical College , are thoroughly practical works by an accomplished

    chemist . Librairie Hachette & Cie . London

    and Paris . — ' Commercial French for , Business-Men and Schools' by Charles BrownSenior

    English Master , at the Paris Commercial , Institute . The aim of this book is to teach

    conversation and correspondence for business purposes a . A . The - _ matter _ - is - arranged - o — so . _ - as to

    present a complete lesson wherever the book is opened , the portion of grammar appointed

    being on the left page and the exercises upon it on the right ; then follows a model letter

    bringing in the terms which the pupil has just acquired . The book will be found a valuable

    aid to a practical mastery of the French tongue for business purposes .

    Mr . John Heywood , Manchester and London . — 'Le Jeune Parisien / by P .

    Delecourt , B .-es-L . This is the fifth it edition / of an admirable little book which forms an excellent

    introduction to the conversational practice of French . Easy phrases are given with their

    English equivalents , and these are arranged in such a manner that the pupil rapidly

    acquires a knowledge of most of the i . words 1 . in conimoii use . Mr . Heywood «/ has just 0 — brougo ht

    out a new edition of his National Atlas , revised and corrected to date—a capitalas well

    as cheap , work of reference . Another X , book which ought here to be mentioned is the

    'Instructive a Geography , ' by Mr . A . Gardiner . Every hard word is accentuated in this

    lessonbook ; and it also contains seventy-four maps and diagrams . It proceeds from elementary

    notions on the subject to physical geography and the rudiments of astronomy . Numerous

    hints to the teacher are given as foot-notes . I A new volume has just been added to the

    ' ' Handbook Teachers' Vade to the Mecum Code Examinations Series , ' namel 1889 y , a

    in Standards VI . and VII . ' The work , con- , sists of examinations and selected questions in

    English composition and grammar , geography , ( flst

    and mental arithmetic / set by ELM . Inspectors , The "book will be found useful to-teachers ; who

    wish to test the progress of their scholars in the course of the ordinary school examinations .

    pest ' ^ Exp "' lanatory by Oliver Notes Co on oper Shakspeare . These notes ' s "T have

    embeen , , prepared as a guide to £ he study of Shakspeare mtfor the use of students . In the

    space of thirty pages the origin and date of the play is discussed , a short outline of the

    story is given , difficult words and passages are exp — lai — nedmythological allusions are

    rendered clear \ , and , •/ peculiarities * j of grammatical construction elucidated .

    Messrs . Hikschfejld Brothers announce a new * ( jrerman Header' bDr . N . Heinemann ;

    , y * Spanish Reader , ' by T . E . Ourrin ; ' Spanish -Dialogues' bynEnrique Schaefer ; and * Hints

    on by Language Professor O , as Isnard a Means A . ; and of Mental 6 Selects ' C . German ulture , '

    Stories . ' Mr . Francis Hodgson has brought out new

    and revised editions of Mr . Walmsley ' s * Plane Trigonometry : and Logarithms ' and his ' Jntroduction to books which in

    Geometry '—are thorough accord with modern requirements . Another book to which we desire to draw the

    attention of teachers is * A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Mathematics / by G . S .

    Carr , M . A . The book contains 96 ? pages , and is illustrated by nearly three hundred diagrams ;

    the work is also published separately in fourteen sections . Specimen pages will be

    furnished on application . Mr . A . M . HoldenSt . AndrewsScotland .

    ( A Kew Geography , ' , by Professor , Meiklejohn , M . A . This is an attempt to render

    geography interesting ; the best books of travel have been p ^^ T ^ m ^ ^^^ Ml . ^ v ^ laid B * ^ vV **¦ ^ V ^ V under ^*^^ M ^ ^^^^ *^ v ^ Bh . contribution ^^ r ^ i ^ r ^ ^ . i ^^ ^^ ^ . w ^^ . > ^ . vir ^ . ^^ ^^ " «^ ^^ ^ m , « and ^ v ¦ ^ r ^^ ^^* ^*^ H no ^^ v ^^ « r p ^ ain - ™»^^^^ B ^^^^ r s ^^ have ^^»^ v - ^^^ p w ^^

    been spared to make every . page bright , interestingand attractive . The type is so

    arranged , as to throw the matter into V JL proper perspectiveand the pupil can see at a glance

    what it is necessary , he should learn by heart and what merely to read . The book contains

    of numerous Professor maps MeikleJohn and J diagrams 's Eng . C-7 lish A third Language edition k ** C _ J ,

    Grammar , History , Literature , ' has just appeared A . ; it contains chapters X on composition J . ' ,

    versification , paraphrasing , and punctuation . Another book of great practical utility is * The

    Spelling List' for Civil Service and other examinations ; it contains a complete list of all

    the errors that have been made in examination papers of all kind , s for the last five-and-twenty

    years JL JL . Out of every ' hundred failures in the Civil Service examinations 4 fifty-two per cent .

    are for spelling . The typical' examination cards in arithmeticCode 1886-80 contain one

    hundred and twent , lete examinations , and four hundred y and comp eighty sums in each ,

    standard , including questions of almost every possible type and two sets of answers . They

    are been arranged prepared in by shilling an Assistant packets -Inspector , and have of

    Schools . Children who master these cards are not the day likel of y examination to be tripped ; the up Idea in arithmetic is to give the on

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    ii ¦ ¦•"' 942 The Publishers' Circular August 15 ' , 1889

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1889, page 942, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081889/page/16/