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    August is, 1889 The Publishers' Circular...

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    maximum of repetition with the ^ mnimurn of monotonyand by this means to develop the

    intelligence , of the pupil . The London agents for Mr . Holden ' s educational works are Messrs .

    Simpkin , Marshall < fc Go . From Messrs . W . & A . K .

    JohnstonEdin-, burgh and London . —For more than sixty years y ^^^^ ^ " ^ ™ ¦ » — the — ¦ — wal - ^~ ~— — l ^ " ^ maps ¦ 1 ~ — *™~ — v — - —^ , ^ v geographical ^ T ^^ B ^^^ ^^ ¦ ^^^^^ B ^^^^ ^^ ™ p ™~ ^^^^^ pp ~ ° " ^ p" ^ *^ p ^^ p ~ ^~^~ ^ handbook ^~~ ^^™ * " ^ p—^^ ™ h ^^^ v ~^ p ^ ^ v ^ ™ - " ^^ " ^ -p ^ p ^ - H ^ B ^ BiH * s ^^ F , ^ B

    school atlases , terrestrial and celestial globes , & c . of this eminent form have been favourabl

    known , to the public . Messrs . W . & A . K y . Johnston hold the appointment of geographers

    to the Queen , and their maps , wall illustrationsatlases & care amongst the most

    beautiful , and , satisfactory , productions of the kind in the market . Particulars will be found

    in their new complete catalogue . Mons . F . JULiENFrench Master of King

    , Edward ' s School , Birmingham , is the author of * Un Yoyage a Paris ; ' being a collection of

    ready-made sentences likely to be needed in visiting different p X laces , shopp A X ing O 7 , travelling O 7 ,

    & c . The book contains a selection of phrases which ¦ will doubtless h prove hh hel ¦ ¦ -p ^ pP pful p ^^ pH k to many P 1

    — ' - — — - — — — - ~ - - ~» - — — - — ^ - —^^ p- - ~^ p- ^ ~ p ^ p ~ ^ pv ^ p- ^ v - ^ v ^ - ^^~ p ^ p > ~^^_ ^^ v ^^^ v ^ V ^ p ^ V ^^ V ^^ H M whose knowledge of French is ^ limited . . The arrangement facilitates immediate reference .

    Messrs . Crosby Lockwood & Sons . —This firm ' s list of Civil Service Handbooks and

    French . Class Books is widely known in our colleges and schools . The * Essay Writer' is the

    latest Skipton addition . It contain to the s outlines first list of , ei by hty M essay r . H s .

    on questions of the day . DeFivas' g 'Grammar , of French Grammars has reached the fiftieth

    edition , and is without doubt one of the best books of its kind . Amongst the French Primers

    for the Young we notice a new conversational bookby Achille Motteauentitled'French and

    English , Talk-Book / and . , is especially adapted for simultaneous instruction in French and

    English . Weale ' s Educational Series comprises 350 books in almost every department of

    science , art , and education . Messrs . LongmansGreen & Co .

    Lon-, , don . —Many standard educational works of firml ¦ ¦¦ " ¦¦ y v established ¦ ¦ - ^ ^" r ^ " ^^ » ' ^^ " —¦ ¦^^ -r ^^—™—» - ^^ r ^^^^ ^ renown ^^ - ^ . ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ w v ^^ ^^ occur " ^^ " ^ t ^ ^ t ^ i ^ h ^^ h ^^ a in ^ !¦• **«^^» this ^^ ^^ ¦ ^ 1 ^ 1 1 v list ^ ^^ w ^ r ^ 0 , ^ H

    such as Dr . B . H . Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer' ; Longman ' s ' Historical Readers'b

    , y Dr . S . R . Gardiner and Mr . York Powell ; and Dr . J . T . White ' s well-known ' Grammar-School ¦

    - ~ ~— — •^ ' ' ' ^ - ^ - - - — ^ ¦ » ^ ^ i ^ - ^ - » ^^ m ^ " - ^^^ ^^ " ^ - ^ " ^^^^ ^ . ^* m v ^ . ^*^^ t ™^ u ^ r - ^^ r ^ m h ^ ^^» ^^ ^^ " ^^^ ^^ ¦ ^ v ™ ' ™ —^ U" ~^ r ^ " ^^ ^ " ^ " ^^^^ ^ r ^ " Greek and Latin Texts . ' Amongst science books we desire to call attention to ' Inorganic

    Chemistry : Theoretical and Practical / by W . Jag popular o , F . O text . S . -book This has excellen been t and re-written deservedl and y-

    greatly enlarged , and the Questions and Exercises with which it is furnished render

    it 4 Longman admirabl ' y s adap New ted Atlas for ' the of use political of schools and .

    ph work " ysical ~~ »»^^ of *^ ^ m , ' reference geograp ^ - ^ tr ^"" ^ i ^ ^ " ^ v ^ ^ m mm - ^^ h ^^ y . is It , ^« an ^^ consists ^^ ^ excep . ^ rf ^ ^ ^^ ^^ 9- ^^ v tionall ^ v of ^^ , ^ « K rf fort ^ ^^^ * y ^^ y val W quarto VI uable ^ p **^ ^ - *«* ^^ ^ ^* - »

    and sixteen octavo maps and diagrams , besides The insets map and s sixteen are engraved quarto and plates lithograp of views hed , & b c y .

    Mr . Stanford , and the Atlas is edited by Mr . special Oeorge Ohisholm s are of , M great . A ., interest B . Sc . Some such as of that the

    which shows map the date at which the , mean

    temperature rises above freezing-point in different ! parts of Europeand that which indicates .

    ocean currents , periodical , rains , and drainage . Density of populationraces and religions ^

    surface fit temperature 1 of , the * i ocean , magnetic ft * , variationheight of land and depth of pea

    & c , are , also rendered clear , at a glance , by , one or other of the maps in this scientific fc and

    jet attractive work . The aim of Longman * s New Atlas' has been to make an adequate

    representation of the physical features of the globe ; to furnish a carefuland somewhat

    exelusive , selection of names , ; and to facilitate comparison as to size between the countries

    Another and regions book included of a similar in the character different is maps 6 The .

    Student ' s Atlas / by the late Mr . Richard Anthony Proctor . It is intended as a vade

    mecum for the student of history , travel , geograp CJ X hy V ' , geology iP CT «/ , and political X ^ economy •/ . It

    consists of twelve circular maps—prepared in the first instance b y Mr . Proctor -. _ _ — — to meet his

    own personal wants as a student—on a uniform projection and one scale . An

    extremelyvalu-, able and suggestive letterpress introduction is also given , and two index maps . Among other

    novelties , the ocean currents are for the first time mapped on a uniform scaleand without

    _ appreciable distortion , whilst the , contents of the several maps are indicated on the back of

    each . This is a book for teachers rather than scholarsthough advanced students of the

    subject are , certain to find its hints extremely useful . A new edition of the * College and

    School Examiner in Eijclid' has just been published ; j and —r ~— amongst other works by the same

    — — — — — ^— - | — — — — — - ^ ^^^ — ¦ ^^ — ¦—¦ — ' " ^~^ ™^ * r — ~ ™^ *^ — — ^ author—A . K . Isbister , M . A ., LL . B . ^—we oug 4 ht , perhaps , to notice the new edition of

    Lessons in Elocution and Expressive Reading for Boys . ' The work is based on grammatical

    analysis , and contains a choice selection of extracts for repetition . Mr . Isbister's *

    Unitary—Arithmetic , ' which contains a full exposition of the unitary system or method of working

    ninth arithmetic edition without . That rules useful , has book now reached The School ita

    Euclid' is now in its fifteenth edition , and Mr . Isbister ' s * Elements of English Grammar

    and Composition ' has now reached its eighteenth edition . The same author has

    just brought out a new edition of his 'Elements of Book-keeping / in which single and

    double entry are explained , and practical exercises on the most useful forms for business

    given . Messrs . Sampson LowMakston & Co .

    , , Limited . —One of the most important educational works published ' this season at St .

    Duns h tan ' b s House Russell is Hinman Eclectic . The Physical aim of Geo the - grapyy

    work is , to indicate briefly what is known concerning the proximate causes of the more

    common and familiar phenomena observed at the earth's surface . The relations of the planet

    to the solar system are first of all described ; the composition 11 wei hbk ht h 1 heat h & c . H ¦ ¦¦¦ of ¦ the ¦ ™>™

    atmosp ^^> V ^ ^ v ^ m ^ ^^^ V ^^^^ * here « w ^^ V ^^ ' ^^^ n ^ r ^^^ ^* are ^ *^ H ^^^^ vh v ^ p , |^ p next v ^ ^^^ « g ^^ ^ considered ^ ^^ r , ^ m ^^ p ^^ ^^^ « ^^ ^^ , ^^ k > , ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ since , ^ its aqtidn is the proximate cause , both of all

    details in the relief of the land , and of the more conspicuous phenomena of the sea . Then , _ _ A in 1 . . — . /^ j

    August Is, 1889 The Publishers' Circular...

    August is , 1889 The Publishers' Circular 943

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1889, page 943, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081889/page/17/