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    Books Hbceived :— ^H Ij Fro Rpftw M Mess...

    From the same— ' Out on the Pampas ; or , the ; Young Settlers / By a . A . Henty . With

    illustrations by J . B . Zwecker . * Special correspondents' would seem to be likedy to develop a new literature for boys , and to become the

    legitimate successors of such writers as the late Mr . Kingston . Mr . Henty at any rate shows I that his travels have given him ample material for working k up a very i attractive boy ' s bookand

    ^^ b ^ ^ — ^¦ _ » ^^ ^^» ™— —^ m — ^ w w ^"_^^» w *^ *» ^» ~~ ~~ » . — ™ — - ^ ™^« _ ~— ° " ™~ — — — —— _^ m — ~ — T — , — it is , we see , to form one of a series to which the contributors include Mr . Kingston , the Rev . H . | C . Adams , Jules Verne , E . JV 1 . ~ N " orris , W . II .

    Dalton , A . Elwe . s , and other practised writers . Tlio book gives nearly four hundred pages , is well illustrated and prettily boundso that it

    , possesses nearly all the elements calculated to please those for whom it is intended . It is , perhaps __ — _ j ~_ __ . , _ worth — — _ — y of _ — mention — - that the publishers ^

    guarantee the purity and healthiness of tone of the whole series . When will some enterprising firm __ — _— supp — . — j- _ , l _ y ^ - equall _ __ ^ y ^ j attractive _______ . books _ _ , of __ which

    the same can be said , for boys of tlie poorer classes ? From ^_ i _) ^^ ^^ f n *¦ _ . h ^ Messrs —_ v ^ p _ i ~*_ _*_^ v ^^ _^ _*^ . —f S _~^~ . — ' C ~ —_^ . w G "¦_ " ¦ - ^ " ¦ riggs ^~~ p ^^^ 3 ^^^ & ^^^*^ Co ^^^ ^^ . (^ _ Chicago ^^^ ^— ^ " ^ ^^ j , U ^— . S — . ) X

    —* Ziiterary Style and other Essays . ' By William Mathews , LL . D . This is a new hook by the wellknown author qf ' Getting on in the * World '

    , ' Oratory and Orators / etc ., etc . It is , to say the least , as important as any of its predecessors , being I a _^^_ collection ^ g ^^ ^^ _ ^^ B ^^ __^ - ^^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ r ^^^^^ of — _¦ ¦ h twenty v ^ -m . ¦ - _ _ _ -one — — ~^_ essays —— ¦ — ^_ I , short ^^ — and long — 1 J ,

    ] on several themes , of which the first alone is ; on * literary style . ' Prof . Mathews has had the good i i h fortune to have _ ¦¦ w T ^ ad -widely i himself ___ — — ; thus — —

    ^^^^ c f ^^ p _"_^_— _— ^^— ^^ ^^^ . - ^^^^^» — __ — ^™—— _^^ - — — — — — — - — — _ his pages are thickly strewn with extracts gathered from the literature of all ages and peoples ; but the chief merit of all his writings is the instruction

    and the incentives to self-improvement "which will he derived from their careful perusal especially by the young . Among those essays that we havo read

    Ivi of th Genius peculiar , ' ' p The leasure Duty are of those Praise upon , ' 'The ' Intellectual Modesty Playfulness / ' Who are Gentlemen ? ' and *

    Hothouse Education . ' The book is one which can bo taken up at odd times > and dipped into anywhere , with V _ _¦ ^** ^^ the ^^ ^^ W ^ certai ^ . ^ ^^^ ^ i ^ ™ II ^ n ^_ ^^ ty ^ W of - ^ " ^^ finding ^ — _ _ - - a . . ^^ something - - — - _ - — __ _ ^^ v ^ . good ^^»^» - ^ " ~— and

    somethiDg Avorth remembering . AVe are glad to commend it to our readers and also inform them that copies can be had in this country from

    i . •/ Sampson Low & Co . From _ YLr . Joh . n Heywood . — ' The Elements of Physiograp % / D Jl hy */ for the- use of Science Classes and

    Elementary and Middle Clsiss Schools . Despite the antagonism of Lord Norton , science teaching is evidently growing even in elementary schools

    , and there is a naturally increasing demand for manuals such as this compiled by practised hands . The work is divided into various sections , dealing

    ¦ with physics ; chemical elements ; geology , relating to the crust of the earth ; astronomical geography , and physical geography .. Diagrams

    and tables are introduced , and the book is very clearly arranged . From the same . — ' Health Lectures for the People . '

    Delivered in Manchester 1880-81 . The second metropolis of England has many advantages of local ^—> ^_^ ^^ ¦«_—*_ government p — - * «^ v ^ s m , R # # -jL _ t ^^ Am % S over V ^ v w A the Wk * m m ^ S bi ^ y ^ g ? city x ^ '_ •/ * in j __ b which tt ^ ka * v _^ m ^ wo v * - _^

    live , and not the least is that it possesses , in the Sanitary Association which promotes the delivery cf these lecturesa centre for the diffusion of

    , much valuable information on the laws of health among the poorer classes . Tho subjects of tlio I lectures — _ . _ . _ , all — of _ which - _ — r thoug _ — _ _ _ __ h - _ popular __ _ __ — — - in ___ fcty .. »/ le - are - —

    , _ , _ delivered by men of acknowledged Bcientiiic reputation , will sufficiently indicate the character I of the work which the Association taken in hand

    , I and the benefit likely to result from its labours ;

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    hours * Cleanliness ); Clothing ; Food ; Sick ( quantity nursing , amongst quality , the coo poor king Infection - - -w - its nature -- and —i _> prevention k

    _ . — — _ — , _ _ . _ . , _ , —_ , __ ^_ ^ -. _ __ . - ^ ^ - , ^ . ^ — _ . v «_ ^ ^^ _>^ ; Beverages m m ^^ ^ ^^ m | J 1 \ J T ^ r * i and and water bodily bod , tea ily , energy enercrv coffee , . . cocoa The Hie , & volumes volumes c . ; The ot of hou these these se ; Fo lec W od _ - ' :

    tures may be commended as forming a moet admirable contribution to p ^ - opular j— sanitation <_ — _ . _ - * , X V _» 14 m 1 11

    and they are purposely published at a very low f price in order to give them a wide circulation . \ From Messrs — . ECodder - — - — — and — Stoug — — — ¦* . ton . —* Peter (

    - __ - . -- » cj _^ ^^ ^ - ^» » ^^ ^ VyJw h Trawl : or the Adventures of a Whaler . ' By W . j ' If — . —¦ G - ¦ — . Kings — * mm —_ - ton — ' - ' _ _ . _ Illustrated *__ - _ , ^_ «« — - — ^_ r - — __ - _ ^^ «^ ^ _^^ . Another ¦_ ^ p _ ^_ _ ^ _ r ^ v _ . A ^^ ^ L of % , # J ^ the 1 ¦ * I r 1 I ^ . ^ i # \ *« «_^ *_ '

    wonder ! ally successful boy ' s books ^ of w hich Mr . Kingsto I ^ - — ¦ . n ¦ _ seems . •* to - h ave * - ~« f i eft ^ t — behind — ¦ him —¦— — — ma . — an « . « J-A in X AJ , - ¦

    exhaustible stock in MS . The narrative of Peter ' s exiporiences , apart from his whaling adventuresis 1 , admirabl — _ y I told " — and — — the _____ illustrations . — —r ^ . — . H __ _ l — . v ^ , will - add V . ^ ^ not ¦ !

    _ , _ , ' - _ ^» , , _ . ^ ^ * _ V ^^ _| V' \ J a little to tho charms of the volume for young ; readers . \ From the same -- . - —* William - Carey - / b j James M & ;

    Culross . Dr . Culross , who is wel —— l j known n _ r y as ^^ » v * . the . \ J ± J author of several popular religious works , contribut ^^ es to ^ _ ^ ^ Messrs ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ . Hodder ^ ^^^ ^ i ^ ^™ ^ " - ^ - — and ^^^— _^^ r ^ ^ ¦ ^ Stoug ^ m " ~ ^^^ ^^» ^^ H hton 4 _^^ ^ ta ^^^ A ^ _ ' ¦ s f p series ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ J

    of ' Men Worth Remembering , ' a sketch of William Carey , the Baptist missionary , who from ! his youth seems to have been p . nimated bthe \

    true missionary — ^^ — ^^ — — — ^^ sp ^^ irit . It was ^^ , ^~ ^ ^* we ^^ ™ ^^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^* learn ^~ i y W , ^^ J & ft a ^^^ f i sermon preached by Carey at . Nottingham , on •' May 311792 which really created the Baptist

    j , , J — — ^^ — ^^ — ^^ ^^^ — W ^^ ^"^ " * ^^ *^* * __ ^ " ^^*^ * ^ »_* *^ _ ^ _ . ^ _ Missionary Society ; and ^ oon afterwards he went with William Ward , the printer , to Serampore . The record of Carey ' s work in India is full of

    interest , and shows how large a part the printing- ! for press the played evangelisation in the efforts of the of nati theso ves . devoted Dr . C _ lross men ! ¦

    has gleaned from every available source ; and his ; sketch of Carey is a worthy companion to Dr . Bell ' s biography of Henry Martynwhich forms

    , one of the earlier volumes of the series . From Messrs . Marshall Japp & Co . — 'The Three Frights , the Three Beauties , with the Story

    of Bobinetto : Sketches of Girls' Lives , ' by Sarah Tytler . The scene of the first story , of tho Threo fri - g ^^ m ^^_ hts —m ~ —m- , ~ y is hi ¦ laid - — ^^ - w- ~ in ^ ^ F- ^^™ Scotland _ ^^^ -t- ^ p m ^ ^ m ^ ^^ II M ^^^ b ; V the ^^ ^^ ^™ ^^^ second h ^^^^ ^^^ » ^^^ *» ^ " ^ . ^^* takes ^ " ^^ ^^ ^ us

    back to fashionable London in the days of Burke and the Gordon riots ; and the third is a tale of school life with some clever bits of charactersketching 4 . ¦¦ ¦ It J is f an i / attractive l volume / for irls •'

    __ — ' ^_ - — ^_ ' * _— » " _ . <^__ ~ »_ ^__ I A M V U _* ^ Vj _ V «/ \_ f * T ^_ ^ ^ - m ^ ^^^ _ JI A ^ p—^ ^_ r *¦• g j ~ of tho more Iiighly educated classes in tho lower : half of their ' teens . From the same . —* Margaret the Moonbeam / a

    A story gracefu for l the and young pretty , tale by , with Cecilia a c ; Lushington ood deal of . poetical Thi iJicre ^ rft are firA quotation several «« VArjvl , well wAll whi -. - executed ch > mif lig htens ^ rl illustrations ilinsfTMi up its . ion pages . S . ftliu and .

    , a word of praise is due to the artistic cover in From crimson the same and . gold — ' Hal . f Holiday Hand-Books / Tlio

    new nftw volumes vnliimns of nf this fln « iiMpful usefuland nnrl wo wn might mi _ ht ad auu < i , - instructive , series , are > * Croy , don , and tho North Downs Downs / ' with -with a n . mn . n and n . nf ] 15 1 ft illustrations illnKtrationS , , a ana rid

    ' Greenwich and Blackheath map , ' with a map and 9 ¦ / illustrations Zool V ogy % and . arohoeol Natural i f opry tr history are each , botany in ¦ turn , broug history ht ,

    — w • m , a - _ — ^ — - — — — p- ' - — v— « r ^ ~ - ^ ^ WJ ^^^ W ^ ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ " ^ — ' — Fiom before Mr tho . AATalter holiday Smitli strol . l — er . ' Mackeson's Illustrated Church Handbook for 1881 looi' r ^ hc 1 ( lca

    ^/ iiur ^ n Congress _ uuyi ( J «» ii < in « J . uuui _ iui - . _ ---p of F ' lyj issuing ing JII fe biograp uiug a rjtpiuciiL handbook hical wketches Mi to _ oiciie the Churc ui of tho m h Congress chief - **¦» - ¦ - Macke readers *¦ -- ,

    supand Bon i speakers at tho Croy , whs his don first Congress carried lan , out but by adding ho Mr _ has . lU here - S - -

    improved t rations provcu to upon upon his work nis original originai . The p pmu pictures by wj « , which *««* " are a roprodiiftion of & ome of tho admirable engraving

    from bishop Church of York hells , , and include the portra Bishops its ot of tne Durham A * w ,

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    SS 6 The Publishers' Circular Oct . 15 , 1881 ?

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1881, page 886, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101881/page/14/