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    Sept. is, 1883 ^^ e Publishers' Circular...

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    Magazines fob Septbmbee—Longman ^__-__- ...

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    Booxs Received :— Prom Messrs. Grifbth. ...

    m a schoolmaster , and we are disposed to attribute to his experience as a teacher something of the

    clearness of arrangement and compression of useful information which distinguish his writing . _ in his ^ _ f > . ^ ii V 1 " * ¦ V

    He tells us , preface , that he had a double object first in to v - _^^ view ' ____ remove — — — - in .. the some _ preparation — of — the difficulties of the volume answer _ . — _ __ . ^ ^^^^^ ^^ p ^^ ^^ ^ , __ ¦** . ¦ ¦» _« _ «

    some of the * objections , and solve some of the doubts that may possibly present ¦ themselves to | the - ^ ^ t mind ^_^* * ^*^ ¦ ~ of ^^ " an - -- - earnest — and — * intelligent . ^ — st —^ — udent - — ~ — of — - __ ^ --v l Word ftT 1 I and - secondl . 11 to * " assist _

    God ' s Holy '; y , persons or students engaged preparing as teachers for theolog , pup ical il examina teachers - ,

    tions \ J m , •_» w . —» —— The — — jj book _ ^ is "well calculated g ~^ 1 to be of service in both these directions . An introductory chapter is devoted to an explanation of the names

    g of v ^ iven its a J ^ fivefold —— to the _ _> . _ . _ Pentateuch ________ division . , and A in m . other __ the 4 . critical Bible ^__»^ m m « , the questions A __ ori ¦ . __ gin , _ , _ __ A ^ _ _ A A Y J V ^ 4 _ .

    its followe authorshi d by p an , and examination the objections of the to its theories authenticity as to . N ^^ ext ^^ iv ^ ^ , each - ^^ —^ ~— ^ of — the — ______ five books is treated _ in ordert , _ _~^— a a m \ _ k ^__ « 4 _ m _ _ a

    its difficulties .. are honestly dealt with , its chief ^ characteristics set forth , and all points on which the reader islikely to need help are taken up .

    . At the close of the Tolume are three appendices on the evidence for the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch Q ^^ P ___ . _____ p ___ __ __ ___ ___ . ______ ___ . _ __ , , ^_ . and ___ __ . ___ the . _ difficulties __ ___ _ raised __ by ^^ j ob _ -

    jectors . Mr . Bush writes simply , and although the matter contained in some of his notes will only be of use to persons who have an acquaintance

    with Greek and Hebrew , the general contents of the volume are suited for any intelligent reader . From the same . — ' Electricity and its Uses' by J .

    Munro . A popular handbook , tracing the , progress of what is still the comparatively new science of electricity , with all its wonderful

    appliare cations now to meeting purposes us of at li every ght and turn loc , omoti has long on , "wh been ich a desideratum , and Mr . Munro ' s little book

    supplies the want . He Bums up the superiority of saying electricity that ' over ' it can all travel other to sources long dista of power nces in by a

    moment and thus act as a carrier of force as well tutes as a its — stationary — - » pre p r m * « r -eminence ^^ K ^ t ^ s _¦ worker __ t ^ ^^ m ^ 4 t ^^ *_ r m . / In sate and m \ m * m his * m- mt this mar various w •«¦ ^ " indeed « ~> tr » " ¦ *** chapters ¦ » ™» * consti ___> p ^ - v ¦ - —^ m - - , y

    coveries after dealing and experiments historically qf with the electrical the earlier pioneers disof the pasthe describes / the telegrap mjw h m \ m telep mr % hon % e

    and ttne he microphone induction induction w j—*» -rf » , # j **^ balance balance ^ - % ; > p r ^ hotop s . __ . A RVU ; _ hone the the V-UI V WVAVC dynamo dvnama and tel * ^ ep r --electric electric , hotograp ***^ ¦* ^ rm < m ma ma s-- ___ h % ; - - ,

    applied chine ; to the railways xuiinu electric tramways / light ; electric ploughing i ug power machi uiovu as

    -¦ F ci iwed ___ __ j ery ___ . I—~— , for li and ^ » vr furnaces . A domestic | « , cooking ___ , u purposes jl __ . cauui tt , c gas » « o , , ; - li ^/ electric g hting / ugu , and , heat y e , ven » as

    mary the gar captive - of ghti som ng giant e ; miscellaneous and can th be en utilised ho || purposes closes The with numerous for a which

    sum"lustrations scattered throughout . the pages give a very complete idea of the machines and contrivances used in th © various processes .

    Fro « je m the London same . Obelisk — ' Cleopatra with ' s Needle Exposition : a History of the of

    JUierogl ¦ Inis is yphics the firs "AOL / t b of Ul y a U the , series KtSritJU Rev of an . little J James . 1 LL 1 O books UVUJL King tf entitled CIJllllCU , M . A . « m U U ____ T \ U

    ^ y-Paths of Bible Knowledge , ' in which the Qealt wre society « t \ tith connected proposes with to treat the Bible of ' subjects not adequatel of in y -

    j javantago «« t that his in which the text ¦¦ ¦ ordinary Mr . King be handbooks possesses made the / lies Th object © in great the of

    j ^ * Tu aa h , - H * all book exttn onl > » — ination - —— « b a _ r al may «_« | i thoilgh ^ Vi b y Pk _ TX nearl / * JBJIJi Cleopatra % - _ y v ^ Mk ^^ all _• » ^^ those ' s -r Needle ps ¦ ^ ^• ' ^ s who *^ -x _ r _« ^ ^^ ^ iimH » 8 ythe interesting P 6 which mlormation he has contrived

    j | :::= s or about

    monolith monontn the religions s s and ana of obelisks obelisks the ancient of ot the the Egyptians worl worldd , his his , and book book great has has

    a direct value as a popular guide to , the understanding ¦¦ f ^ of the big C J stone ---- . -- Other — —— volumes w - » ^ k ^^ - ¦ - % ^ « a ^ of x _^^ -M the ^^ O _» ^^ ¦ I

    series confirmations are to include of the Assyrian Bible a _ fforded Life and b History recent ; discoveries on the Monuments of Egypt y , Babylonia - , Assyria - & c . ; j Babylonian — - Life ¦¦ - _ - and --r- History i Brf ««

    _ _ M , ^ l « , # - ^ * m — m __ _ . . _ ___ « ^ ^^ ^^ ¥ ; 5 The the Survey ^ society of is Palestine ^__ wisel ^^ ^ y uti , lising and many the powers kindred of top such ics ^* . writers as Mr . R . S . Pooleof the British Museum

    Professor Sayce , and other , well-known ~ — ^— — - ~ — —¦ - ^^ scholars ^^ v ^_> v ^__ p « ^ r ^ ^^ p * ^^* ^ - ^ fc -- . - ^ -- ^ - ^ , w From Mr . T — . - Fisher — - Unwin - . v — 'Eas — ¦¦ — — y _ LegsoD ¦ ^_» ^^ H ^^» - ^* - ^ P 4--B S Ih-P in >^_ i _ - » " ^ - _

    tions Botany . / Third b y Edward edition . Step We . are With not 120 surprised illustra to - find that this — cheap — - ^— little manual ^ —~ _^_ - ^ i ^_ - has ^__ _^ ^ V ^ V ^_ - ~ ¦ already ^ ^ ^ Br ^ P ^ ^^^ ^ i ^^ ^^ i ^ B

    that reached it meets a third the edition requirements , for , apart of the from New the Cod fact e and thus - - becomes - _ - - _ — — _ - a _ school -i - » - ¦— - ¦ book _^_~ - __ - - _» - 9 suited - ^_ P - ~~ B for all , ^ *^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^_^^^ " ^_^ . ^^ ^ k ^ F ^_ V ^^_ l

    elementary schools , we know of no volume which in the same brief space gives so much useful knowledge of -- the _ - subj . ect — ______ . The - __ . illustrations - - _ -- _ . --- ^ ___ r ^_____ - __ - ___ ^_^ _ which __

    -are — - remarkabl - m - ^ m y well done , , are _ _ , we see w ^ - ^ , fro _^^ , m ^^ a ^ the ^^ ^^ B ^ __ _ - _

    pencil ol the author .

    Sept. Is, 1883 ^^ E Publishers' Circular...

    Sept . is , 1883 ^^ Publishers' Circular g

    Magazines Fob Septbmbee—Longman ^__-__- ...

    Magazines fob Septbmbee—Longman im ¦ ' s Magazine ¦ f has a strong list t of

    con-^__ - __ - - » -r - ^ —— — — — w — ^ - ^ _ - _ p - —^_» — -- -- w - - " - — ™ - — - _ - ^ -v ^ ^™— - ^^^ - ^^^ ^ - ^ ^ -- ' ^^^ ' ^¦ r ^ p ^__ r ^ p ^^ ^_ - » ^_^^_ r ^ - ^ ^^ r ^^ ^^^ - - _ F- ^^^_ p tributors , including Bret Harte , James Payn , E . A . Freeman , K . H . Hojne , B . A . Proctor , Andrew Lang __ ,, and Jean Ingelow _^ - _ . Prose ____ and

    verse are thus , well represented , and the fiction is thoroughly attractive . Dr . Freeman , in his paper on * Titles , ' combines a budget of historical

    and antiquarian information with some cynical comments on the vulgar love of ' a handle to a name / and he is specially hard on the poor

    Mr parsons . Lang who ' s Bookman ' love to ' s be Purgatory called Canon ' is clever , Canon and . ' I entertaining . Blintonhis herowas a book- I

    , , hunter— ' he had always been a book-hunter , ever i to ince the , at error an extremel of bis ways y early as a age collec , he had tor of awakened stamps I

    and monograms . ' The adventures of the aforesaid Blinton are humorously told , including the round of the second-hand bookstalls and the

    Beckford sale , until at last the reader wakes up to the discovery that he has been reading the tal _ , — e of — — a dream _ , for ___ _ Blinton — - _ wakes . _ up _ ^ also , _ . or

    rather is aroused by Mrs . Blinton , who shakes his shoulder and says , ' Tom , Tom , what a nightmare you are enjoying . ' Blinton ' s repentance after the

    • horri / ble experiences « J ml CJ through tL which he passed was very short-lived , and by the end of the week A he \ . M ^^ was » -w ¦*_* discovered v ^ Jkrmf ^*^^ w ^ r mm -v ^™ ¦¦ marking — — — ^^^ m < — m m *~ W ^ % a ¦ - ™ catalogu mt mtm » ^ - ^^ Mfc - ^^ e - ^ tw again * iWH | ww

    after ' Once his a collector old fashion , always . Trul a y collector Mr . Lang . Moi says qui , parleI have . sinned __ and . __ strugg _ ledand fallen .

    j waste I r- " — " ¦ have , j - thrown __ basket - catalogues . , I hav , e unopened - withhel ^ J , , d into feet the from the paper paths that lead to Sotheby ' s and Puttick my ' s .

    " I have crossed the street to avoid a bookstall . known In fact , to like be stead the prop y for het weeks -Nicholas at a , " time I have . " been And

    then the fatal moment has arrived and I have succumbed to the soft seductions of an Aldine or ^ an ^^ F . fl | ^ Elzevir n _ n . v aw ^^^_™ - ^_ r y cmw ^ , ^ M or ^*^ ^™ an ^^^ — old - ^^ »—» ¦ 1 book ^ ^^_^ ^_ " ~—¦ ¦ w on ¦ ¦ ™ Ang ™ " ¦ ' ' ^ p ^» ling ^ — - — v ^_ m . '—The

    Monthl paper on y Packe * Resp t i ( ration Walter , ' Smith one of ) a has series a very on useful 'Elementary Ph 10 mm tm ysiology + '; two letters by M -- iss --- E - . -- M -- .

    m m ^ ^^ — mi ^^ pt —» w * a * w «__ r w - *~ ^ *^ F *^ m w ^^ ^^ — __ # — , _ - ^ Sewell on * Self-Groverqment' and ' The Higher and Life / ' A full Conversation of golden counsel on Books to , ' young by mthe women editor , ; - _ . _ h _¦_ 1 ^ J ^ . __ _ «

    Miss Yonge . 'Footprints of the iast in the _ _____^______^_________^__^__^ ^ . ^ , fc __^^ . ^^ . ^ - ^ . ^^ , ^ , ^ . ^— . ^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ M mnm ^ m \ .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1883, page 821, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091883/page/9/