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    ___¦ .. ^ ¦ same remark may be applied to almost every t . collection of illustrated jokes . Notwithstanding a of amateurlike stiffness

    certain and roug disp hness lay in some juvenile of the or pictures of - the present ' Good ^ Things _¦¦¦¦* ' it is not too much — r to say ¦ that the r ¦

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    most sparkling efforts of comic genius . From Mr MflHi ^ Francis ¦ i i Carter - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ Irongate ¦¦¦ -- ¦¦ Derby ¦ ~ - . —

    f ^^ _^ X ^ KXt , . W ^ _¦_•« t » r _ "p __^_ r __ r ^» __¦• _^ - » _• - ^ p * ^— , ——— " — f ^ ^ , — — * w Much ___ , ___ _¦ pains m must have ^ been 4 taken ^ b y M ^__ __^ r . W V ~^ B ^ P * . B ^^^ te ; Roe in . comp iling ^ m his _____ '__ Anecdotes _ . —__ . ¦¦* and A Incidents r i _ ___ —___ . _ _

    of the Deaf and Dumb . ' Mr . Roe is ( the head - master of the . Midland Deaf and Dumb InstitutionDerbyand has i consequentl pj yan unusual

    interest ™» ^^™ ~ B ^ ^^ v ^ v , ^ p ^ vp ^ p ^ p * ~ pp ^ ™^» in ™^*^ w , J | gathering ^^^ ~™ " ^^ — ™ —~ ^ — , w incidents ~~ ^ ^— connected ^ m , with those-who labour under this sad affliction . His volume is replete with apt stories which should

    be of great service to preachers and lecturers . They awaken the keenest sympathy . . __* .. ¦ From Messrs . Cassell & Co . ( Limited ) . — ' German

    of To-day , ' by Dr . N . ___ . Heinemann _______ _¦ , F —_ P ~__ . R __ P __ . G . S _» - __ . This __ - __ - __ i _ i __ book contains a series of short passages for translation ¦> —» _¦ _— — ¦ —— ^— - ¦ __ ~__"~ ~^ ~™ ^^ """ . ¦¦ ~™ into ~^ ~* ^^ English ~ " ^ pp ~| — - — , selected — from

    contemporary comiler German for the - use writers of , schools and prepared and for b private y the study p . All ¦ ¦ the extracts —™ - have been gleaned from

    t — varied work _ pr —p— —__• —p—• m s . published ^^ " ^ E ^^ ^^ verything ' ^ ^ - ^^ ^^ ^ ™ ^ isirice ^» ( seems — ^ 1870 to . have They F been a are done very to make the book most useful for private study as

    well as for school purposes . From Messrs . Field & Tuer . — ' Who is his

    written Father ? little ' by Charles story , James wrhich Scotter often in , is the a smartl tilling ydisplays abilities of no mean order .

    Unfortunately , the author has too evidently desired to be clever and amusing , and both situation and humour ^— = ^ m ^ h ^^ h ^ v ^^ h ^^ h ^ bv - ^^ m ™ ¦ are ^ i ^ i ^^ — often - ^ — ™ — — decidedl — — —~ — — ™ — y _^ m forced . He — would

    iiave done himself greater justice had he been more natural ; but the long clever speeches with which — ________ he endows his characters pall . upon the

    appetite , and his descriptions remind _ us ^ too frequently of something -we have read before , while often the framework is l of the slightest . But ,

    not-withstanding this , Who is his Father ? ' is undeniably bright and entertaining , and in following _ £ ¦» the — fortunes of Charlie , r the hero of

    doubtful parentage , readers are sure to be much interested . Fi ' om i Messrs . Griffith . IParran »_¦_ -i -k & -- Co _^^^ - ¦ . —* Res --v i i

    ig-_ - ____ , 4 __ P ^ k _ -r * - *___ - ___ - ______ V ~ ----B ^| T V * -V W ¦ . --W V ^_||~ - _ M ¦¦ V-- > - —__^^^ —* " ^ - _ a , --W ^ H ¦_¦__¦¦ _» — ^^^ - _^« - _—^^ , _«_____ ___ ^ __>__ _ . - * - — ' jhh nation' selected and -written by Ellen Gubbins , is a little book in which will t > e found a selection of Scripture texts and extracts from devotional

    writings specially suitable for those who are in trouble or adversity . From the _ same __ — . —A - very remarkable ~ althoug _ . _ _ j-.- | h tiny

    — — — _ — _ . _ , _ _ _ „ book of reference is * A Dictionary of Abbreviations . ' The number of designations or terms which we in this busy age have decapitated

    curtailed , or otherwise mutilated is amazing . , From the pages of the little volume before us we learn — _ , — that __ there are no fewer than 2 , 500 con ___

    -tractions and signs which are in general use in literature , journalism , correppdndence , conversasation & c ; and this cannot be all . In supplying

    the import , of these tho Dictionary seems to answer its purpose thoroughly . It even gives initial contractions , _ _ — . _______ for _ names of reg _ ____ iments _ , . railways — , and — — ^

    so forth . As one example of its use : who knows what _ Y ] LA . P _ U-C . means ? This dictionary tells 1 iis that the letters stand for ' Member of the

    Society for Promoting the Unity of Christendom . '

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    who j based _ L __ " ___ t ____ , _____ in upoti ______ ' ' . his _ ¦ * volume * - Li _/ , ng ____ m _ _ ' s ____ , , Swedish ^___ b ________ - rings " _ fe ~ ____ ;— ; , ____ . M ___ thb ^ / 3 systeiti T __________ . . eyst _^ . _____ ^^ — ^ ^ - - r . ^ « before Vfjp l ? he ^ c __ ^^ n lady the 1 Q English —— public j— — - ^ is the ¦ superintendent ¦¦ —¦ of physical ¦ « i i

    ^ education - instructress g ^ - - ' to of — ^^ — Ling the ^— —— — ' s Leedsf —r- Swedish ^ _ - — - ^ — Schoot — — G ^— ^ - ymnastics «/ » ^ - _« v Board ^^ ^ ^ m i , and an -l d

    Scjiool Ph Tf ' i 1 __ ysical ___ __ . Education ' i __» __ 3 _ .-. _^ _ - _ i _ __! «_ 7 to _____ the _ l ___ __ . Leed T _ . _ __ 1 s —— Girls S * 4 \ * —>_ ' _ ¦*'_ ' ^ . __ Hi •_— c _ _ _ _ 6 _ h

    From Mr . Jolui Seywood . — ' The pills of Sale Acts Burgess 1878 Lancaster -1882 . ' WoodBuriie For these Acts of Lineoln Mr ¦^ . ¦* George i ^ s Inn

    % ^} . , — _____ r x _ 4 Ui h annotator _• as supplied ^« has _ l an introduction endeavoured _ . > " % * , notes to , introduce an ( 3 form __ . . The and where necessary to i of exp , ^ the , lain combined , every reported — _ Jtr _ - ^_ --- _ , case v- __ - _ \ j i

    ^ upon 187 ^ and 1882 -working . statutes of From Messrs . Ho 4 der & Stougto : n . —For some

    \ time . past it may h ave been ¦_ ¦ noticed __ -. •_ . that __ more 1 than ordinary taste is being displayed in the

    production of booklets intended as aids to devotion . Way One of ' in the which last and pleasing best - of p these ictures is 'Best illuminated by the ¦

    ( texts , , and religiou ¦ ^^ s versus _ J are , interspersed — ——» — - •_ *_ , giving , altogether , thoughtful pages for thirty-one daVs .

    From Davidson —i — — - — - — the " ~^_ - - ^ — same , H ^ D _——^ . ¦— - . D -- —> — . v , W " The author _¦ _ ^^^^ ^_ ' ~~" 1 ^ ^^ - City " ~^^ of i _^ Youth * Talks _ -- ^^ — ^— ———_ - ¦' - , ^_ ' with b y —— - ^ p ^__ J . Young ^___ Thain . ^^ ^^ B ___ HK

    Men / Dr . Davidson , in this volume of friendly counsel and kindly encouragement , has given to young men entering the cross-currents of City life

    sure directions towards the safe run of the fickle stream . We would strongly recommend the volume as a gift-book for young men leaving the country

    to pursue fortune in London br . any other large city . From Messrs . Kelly Sc Co . —' Our Lady of

    Walsingha __ __ ^ m _¦ _¦ , m , ' h __ y the _ - Bev ______ . Morris . » _~ Fuller __ . __ , M __ _ tf _ . A ., II Rector of Rjburg V t ^ J h r W is an account ' , ~ of theII T . 1 V ^ . * ¦ _ _ __ - __

    celebrated shrine of the old Augustinian _ priory between Fakenham and Wells-by-Sea . From Messrs . Crosby Lockwood »^ i ^^^^ " — h b & r Co . —Tho

    —— " ^— decided — - — ™ ™ — ^ — ^ ¦ success ~^ - ^»^^— ^ ^^ " - _ w ^_ ^ which ¦ » ^—^^_ ^^ m — attended ~^^ p ~ —^ p—^ «^^^^^ ^— - ^ - ^^*~ —p—^— — the p _ p _ p—p —p ^ p ^^ p ^ publ ^ " »«^^ ^™~^ ication of ' ine lAOCoithotive 5 Driving' Epgine and other Driving works , ' has * Statioi ind i - uced ary i

    Eng __ - * - » g __ -- . L- 'JiAvjiag , , aiju , uuiui w _» iia _ -3 , , Jia _ a __ . __ -v _ Friend Mr . Michael ' ) to \ put / Reynolds forth another ( the 'Eng work ine Dri equall ver ' s

    J-. _ . - V . _ J __ J _ jr L . _ u •_ . _ X _ . __ , Cb-J , U—•! - __ . VI V . 1 I _ , , _^__ - - ' -J y Pocket practical _*• - ^ -tr ^^ Jk __ . ^_ f ¦ _* Companion ^ , __ r ^ jr under __*__ B _ r ^ j _ ¦>_»_ . \/»« the / % Convenient > titl «_* v * A-. L e V * *• * The '_ - 11 \ J in __ JEng L __•_ - M size i neman " ^ ^^ and all ' s I

    cleeirly printed , this volume seems to answer Eeynolds the purposes --- jud h of ing such from a work the ¦ of precision K reference t ¦ —¦¦ pi . of Mr his .

    instructions ~— - ^ W ^^ ^ ___— , jp - , —__ should . ^ ' ^¦¦¦ g ~ ^^^ . P ^ gain ^^ ^ " ^ _— - ———_» the p __ . __ thanks —_ r _ r ——^_ r *^ - of ^_ r - ^ thousands * p-- _— i for his admirable book ; so thorough and lucid an educator educator for for engmemen en _? inemL _ n _ boiler boile » r attendants M . finndants . ana and

    mechanics . , , From MessrsLowMarston & Co . —

    J _ jLVU 'The -i . _ U Truth , VU-- ~ . about Sampson ¦_*_ VJJ _ -J ^ - ' America _ 9 \/ J __ _ - _! % / W ' , b JUU . OX l ^ OUVU dward , , W Mon " ^ ey , I author of * Tea Cultivation , and y Manufacture in

    ot o India f his his / book b & ook c . , mentions mentions Mr . Money three three , in reasons reaanna the opening for for its its sentences puDn

    publi-cation : ( 1 ) , to make the United States of America and ULIV- the __ 1 U _ Am ______ eri ___ cans «/_ LID . better IL « t 7 l / l _ ' -X Ji known XiVW-U than bJUt ll -they K " J < ' * ro

    at ( 2 - ) present to put a to -certain the mass class of of the emigrants English on public their ; i the iitmachination nittcaiof few tow &¦ nt -

    guard gut in London ru . against _ - g _ u , who __ >_ ricti ) mise uawpna them a not oi a a a little age » ; » nd - ( 3 ) to . let the many t who suffer froin pulmonary AUttU Atlanta

    is diseases diseases a cure ia ia -p Enro lace Jtuurope excelling _ e know know , that that owing Across aotohs to , tne the its peculiar . " — ¦ " ¦ ¦ "I" rrv . rrr— - ' > r-r-i 1 U I . V " «¦

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1886, page 1014, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091886/page/12/