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    August 15,1889 The Publishers * Circular...

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    From Mr. E. Bouillon, Paris.—' Les Secre...

    and Neighbourhood . ' This is rather a dislists appointing lists of 01 streets streets book inhabitants inhabitants , for it consists - offi offioiais cials entirely . churches r . hurohps of dry .

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    but lation visitors of much will service not find . such a dreary

    compi-From Messrs . W . Kent & Co . — ' Illustrations : a ~ Pictorial — - — v — ¦ Review ¦ -w - ^ p- — ^™ ¦ ^^ w , ^ p ' conducted ^ Br ^* - ¦ -w' ^» — » ^^ ^^ ^ 0 V ^^ B *> b ' *¦ ' y J Francis pp ^» VB > vp ^^^ ph ^ H ^^ ^» v *^ George ^^^ ^** ^^ ^™ ^ PBm ^^

    att Heath ractive . The magazine new volum forms e of a handsome this lively book and full iu of brief ±± sto and auix plea ifAtza sant iii sketches in

    fields « ua of uxa literature essays cayo art . and . rya . science , ottewjiico . The muiau man ic yy - tures are numerous , and , in some instances p

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    intelli unite — — gent freshness - ^^ ¦ ™ " boy ^^^^™ ^^¦ » ¦ . of 1 Mr ^^ " literary ^^^ . ^™ ^^ Heath " ^» ^^ ^^ r ^^^^™ p treatment ^ p * has b ^ b * ^^ p * ^ p ^ pp -w ^ BWBP contrived ^ PB ^^^ ^^*^^ ^^ w » » ith * BB » ^^ ^^*^^™ to a ^ P ^^ P

    great information deal of interestin . g and often out-of-theway From Messrs ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . 1 Crosby ¦ Lock-wood & Son . —

    • Pumps ^^^ »^» and "" ^^~ ¦ ^ p Pump ^^^^ P ^» ^^^ ™ i ng ^ ba , a ^^^^^^ v ^ r . Handbook ' ^^^^ . ¦^^^ w ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ p ^^ " ^^^^ for ^ " ^ r ^^^ Pump ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ r T U sers is , book ' by , M althoug . Powis h Bale , as , M the . I . M author . E ., A . M admits . I . C . E , .

    not of pumps exhaus from tive , ordinary treats of contrivances nearly all the for varieties household use to elaborate machines adapted for

    engineering purposes . The concluding chapter wish will b to e ascertain found spe the ciall velo y hel city pful of wat to those er , as well who

    as of water the horse elevated -power and , in discharged relation to . the quantity From Messrs . Maomillan & Co . —' Fielding / by

    series Austin , cheap Dobson re-issue (* English ) . Six years JIVfen of have Letters elapsed ' since the first appearance of this able and

    appreciative portraiture of the author of ' Tom Jones , ' and Mr . Dobson has seized the present opportunity to add some 1 ¦ supplementary details

    which The which ~— h h h - ^ h most - w h hav ^ ^ is v ^^ h ^^ h ¦ ^^ cast important e come ^^ - ^^ r- ^^^ on ^ " ^^* ^^ ^^ to p ^^ Fielding ^ r ^^ his ¦ ™ is ^^^ perhaps knowled » ^^»^^ ^ r ^ ' s w ^^^ ^^^» l ^^^ ove ^^ i ^^^ i ^ w the ^ w g - ^^^ e ^ ¦¦¦ ^^ ^^ affair ^ - since fresh ^^ ^ » v ^^ ^ 1883 ^» li —~ g ~~ i ~^ ht t h .

    Sarah Andrew . A few rectifications have also been made in the text . From the Pall Mall Gazette' Office . —* Paris

    and its Ex ' hibition . '—A sixpenny popular Guide . This handsomely illustrated * Guide , ' of nearly

    a a hundred handbook pages to the , does Exh ibition pretend or a Catalogue to be either of the contents of the Great Show . ' We shall

    most simply likel try y to o te be ll interested the average in visito seeing r w , an hat d h e is k to guide him to the laces and the exhibits that

    he would not like to miss . Let others tell all the know world . We and shall his rig d wife idly what confine they ourselve ovght to

    telling them what they want to know . ' The an result d am is a ng thoroug ' Guide hl ' w b h r ight , unconventi practicalwell onal - ,

    ,, arranged , lively , and comprehensive . From — — . . . Messrs a ¦¦ ^^ - ^^ mm w ^ - ^ w . *^ m « Peiri ¦ " ^ " ^ " " ^ ¦ ¦ > n - * & m Co - ^ w ¦ - ^» - . w , v Paris ~• — — » -- " — . — Yill — — — ^ — le — - ,

    vo Mem lum e res of the Correspondance Memoir of , ' the tome Comte 4 . This de Villele deals with the period between June

    wit 1823 h II a the nd warlike February rffc operations 1824 . It of is France mainl mi y in occup Spain ¦ ied .

    We .. * read ^^^^ C ^ ^^^ ~ of W **** ** t *^ he *»*^^ ^ . * ^^ »» arrival - ^ ^^ ^~ ^*— ™* ^ ^^ ^ . ^^ of ** - ^ r * V ^* m . A ^ w ^ . ' R . ^^ ( —^ the ^^*^ - - ^^ — Vnt — — ' - — d'Angouleme ) under the walls of Cadiz' to

    besiege it ; of * the Trocadero ( at Cadiz ) being

    carried itulation in the of most StSebastian brilliant manner of the ; taking ' of the of i

    cap Corunna ; of the siege . of Pampeluna ; , & c . The I ) uc d'Angouleme was the commander of the :

    French forces in Spain , and a large proportion of ^^ r ^^^ the ^ v . ^ v . "w ^ volume ^ ^^^ a ^» ^^ p ^ ^^^ i ^ . * . ^ ^ H ^ is ^^~ " ^ v occup ^^^ ^^^ ^ vr ^^^^ Bh ^^ ied ^^ v v ^^^ with « v ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ b « his ^ b «^ ^» ^ . ^ de — ^ *^^ spatches ^ v- v ^^ ^ v ^^ r ^^ " ^^ ^^ " ^^— ^^ v ¦ ¦

    to the Comte de Villele , and with Villele ' s instructions to him . There is also some diplomatic correspondence relative to the attitude

    of England with regard to Spain and the Spanish colonies . From Messrs . Gh Philip & Son . —* Rustic

    Walking Routes in the London Vicinity , ' third series . This is devoted to the West to South district , and gives sketches of forty-five routesone on

    a page . Each of these has its own , chart key alongside -map as of a frontisp the letterpress iece to . the There volume is beside also a s

    a folding-map , which indicates field-path , s ; a points useful of index interest is added on the which various g routes ives the and chief the

    places which can be approached from them . From Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co . —

    ' Dean A Dash e Hilton of . Bitter A : a Temperance manCharles Story Bolton , ' by who has never tasted young intoxicatin , g drinksleaves ,

    his northern home for a situation in London , vowing to his father that he will continue a , teetotaler to the end of his days . He remains

    true to his vow for a time , but before long yields to temptation , and falls . He repents , but through desperate straits ovxai from

    which uuu passes uaasc lie " finally L > iaxuu . emerge g . u . uccpciabc s to begin life w , y again xxvjjjll in Australia , and to reap success at last . The

    tedious story is fairl and y lacking well told any , althoug originality h occasionall of plot or y treatment .

    From Gallic K isms . Le , and Sou Proverbs dier , Paris : a . Guide — Ger to manisms French ,

    Conversation . ' By A . Levy , Professor at the of Higher this Commercial usefiSl little School work , Paris deserves . The ~ author great

    credit for the successful attempts which he has made to improve the system of teaching the

    German language in French schools . Until recent German was taught in France

    almost as years if it were a dead language . Indeed , this was only too often the case in our younger

    better days in system England obtains . Nowadays , and boys , we re en b courag elieve , ed a

    to speak the language in class as well as to read of regret ¦ or write on it . he Nevert occasio heless n of i , it he was recent a sub v j i sit ct

    of shores ^ J ^ j ^ the ^ ww » . ^ 9 vvlpk B """ Emperor t ^^^ h IBW ™^ H , ^ at pr ^ pr T # . n " ^^ p * V so ^^ F ^ ^^^™ William few P 1 ^ - ^ ^^ ^^^ r ¦* ^^ pv ^ ^ . ^ . of ^ . pr ^ ^ . w p ^^ - % •• our ^ ^ ^ ^^ II ^ ^^— ^ P ^ ^ ^ ^ pi ^^ . ¦ and ^ n . wiw r ^ aval pr ~^^ v ^^ ^^ ¦— ^ his ^ v —— ¦ i - ^ r officers - ^^*~ ™—¦ ^ fleet ^ v ^^ - - ^ *^^^ ^ " — ^^ — ^^^ »¦ v ^ b > to ^ were * v our ^ ~ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^^ J ^^ m ^^^ P ^ ^^ pv ^^ , ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^

    able to converse with their German visitors in of German the ; German whereas quite fleet a could number of k the E officers lish speang

    fluently of ^^^^ ^ p _ t he ^^ pl ^ p ^ ^^ f . French ^ p ^ . It ^^^ 0 ^^^ p ^ is ^ Pto ^^ P ^ P * ^™ even language ^ IP ^^ " ^^ ^^ ^ Pp ^ stated ^*^^ ^ 1 " ^ ^^^ F possessed ^^^~^ ^^^^ that — ^ ^^ ^^ I ^ the P" ^ ^^^ ™ by ^ — knowledge - many ^^^^ - ^ I ^ H ^^ B ' ^— — * of ^— — — our officers is very elementary . It seems

    needa less thoroug at this h time conversational of day to insist knowled on the ge value of bot of h French pBa JBh and BJ # ph 4 t German 7 ¦ i to business i i people as well

    as ^ P ^ ^ b ^ ^^^ f officers ^& ^ p , ^ M »^^^ b ^ B ^ of ~ —— ~ the ^^ . ^ m ^ -mr ^ " army *• ^ " *^ »^^ and ^ ^ ^ - — ^^ r ^ -r- ^ ^^ navy p ^^ r ¦ ~ H ^^ . ^^^ ^^^ B ^^ The little book before us will be found a most useful help in this direction .

    From Mr . T . Fisher TJnwin . —* The Hansa Towns' bHelen Zimmern . (* Story of the ¦

    Nation _ q |_ ^_^ y v A 4 P ^ , m s' -r Series y j ^ m * , ^* m ^ m * . ) ^ p ^ ph « This pb . pbj p « ^ , ^ so m m m - ^ p- far - ¦¦ - ~ . p ^* p * as ^^ we * ¦ h- ^ ar ip- ^^ ^ e awa ^* ^^ ^ - re , is the first attempt to tell in English the story * . _ — BA P B

    of the growth oi the ^ Hanseatic ^^^ ^^^ ^ JLeague ^^^^ . Miss ^^^^ |

    August 15,1889 The Publishers * Circular...

    August 15 , 1889 The Publishers * Circular 951 !

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1889, page 951, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081889/page/25/