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    information and anecdotes , which abound , are sure sure to to prove nrovfi wpln welcome . nmft to fo a less 1 a « s critical r " . rif-, ir » 5 i . l but hnf ,

    much wider audience . From the same . —' From the Tan-Yard to the

    White House : the Story of President Grants Life , ' by W . M . Thayer ( 4 th edition ) . A new edition ^^ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ of this work ^ fe shows ^ r how m » the b realistic k uva at

    - ^ ^ ^ ^^ ' ^^ ** ^ ^^ - ^ ^ ^^ v * ^^ ^^«* _ «^ ^^ v v v ^^ ^^ v w ^ s ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ p ^ s ^^ ^ ^^ style of biographical writing can command a great success . Mr . Thayer has executed his task with the marked ability which

    distinguishes his earlier biographies . From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . — ' A Text-Book of Physiology' by MFosterMD' F . R . S .

    ,. , ..,, Part II ., fifth ' edition . The first edition of this standard work appeared thirteen years ago , and since then its merits have received such general

    recognition that comment is superfluous . Dr . Foster holds the Chair of Physiology in the University of Cambridge , and is regarded in scientific circles as one of the leading

    atftfro-¦ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^ h ^ ' ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^~ ^^— ^^^ F ^^^ v ^^ ^^^ ^^^ r ^^ h ^^^^ . ^^^ ^^^^ V V ^^ r ^^^~ ^ k ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ r ^^^_ ^ L' ^^ ^ B ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ L ^^ V ^^^^ b 4 k ^^ k ^ h ^ H ^^ h ^^^^ V ^^^ " ^^~ ^~ ** ^^^^ rities of the day on the subject dealt with in these pages . In this new edition the work has been freely revised , and the present arrangement of the treatise leases nothing to be desired .

    Part II . is concerned with the tissues and mechanism of digestion , the structure of the salivary glands , the properties of bile , the structure of the intestines , lungs , kidney , liver , & c . ; the concluding chapters of the book deal with

    nutrition , diet , and the physiological value of various kinds of food . The book contains a number of illustrations of a more or less

    scientitic kind . From the same . —' The Manx Witch and Other

    Poems , ' by T . B . Brown . We cannot say that we are greatly impressed with these descriptive poems , though some of them are full of local colour colour , and and none nnn « of nf them tV »< = » m lack lnr » . lr incident inr » . irl *» n f- . or cir ani « ni-

    -, mation . More than half of the volume is occupied with the poem from which the book takes its Jfc title Jk and v . » though «¦ the ¦ dialect in which /

    ••* » - »•— - » . - ** s « s ^ » * -r « J * s M . ^^ , y <«^^ r . m , f " * V- ^ V- « fc— ft A U * V ^ V >* M CV ^^ \^ / \ J > LJ T T A A A . V ^« . A a good deal of it is written i «* somewhat difficult to follow , the * Manx Witch' is . in our opinionfar and the strongest iece of

    work in , the volume away . p From the same . —* Chantry House ' ( new edition ) ,

    by Charlotte M . Yonge . This charming and pathetic storv ranks with Miss Yonge's best work . The facility with which the authoress

    clothes the details of ordinary life with powerful attraction that has won for her writings a large circle of readers of all ag-es is here prominentlexemplified in the sketch of the

    two brothers y Griffith and Clarence Winslow and their doings , , from the nursery ¦ to man- , hood .

    From the same . — ' Sheridan , ' by Mrs . Oliphant g ( English ift for biograp Men hical of Letters writing ) . is well Mrs . represented Oliphant ' s by this fascinating book and she ives a

    critical estimate of the man ; whom Byron g regarded as the writer of the best comedy , the

    best best opera orjera . , and and the the bpst best , oratio nration n of nf his his timp time . The shifts and chances of Sheridan ' s firework ¦ ¦¦ career ^^ ™ ^* ^ - ^ ^ ' ^ are irv . m . ^ s skilfull » + * ^ . m . / m , ^ ~ - v * « . » y ^ » arranged c « j ^ ^ |^> U b > V > " *—*¦ ¦ and - 'AJIV ^ . related JL V . ' ^ CrV V V * ' V ** , « from AA V ^ A . JLA

    his mischievous boyhood at Harrow , where he was liked by everybody , through the romantfi ? episodes of his early manhood , his success as a

    playwright , and his failure as a theatrical manager , his brilliancy as a Parliamentary orator , down to the last scene , when , beset and

    ruined by debts , . anpl duns , and drink / he died I J \ l ^ e the « holder of a besieged castle , ' and was

    hustled into his * coffin and . removed to the shelter of a friend ' s house , thair he might not

    be arrested for debt , dead . In the closing pages Mrs . Oliphant comments severely on the cruel anomalof the world's' lect of fallen

    greatness during y life , and its neg adulation after death , as illustrated in the case of Sheridan . This ' spendthrift of genius and prodigal of

    fame ' was allowed tcr die in poverty and misery , and | then was followed by royalty and half the members of the to his last resting-place

    in Westminster peerage Abbey . In concluding her estimate of the man and his work , Mrs . Oliphant declines to echo the lavish praises showered

    upon Sheridan . From the same . — « Mr . Isaacs , ' by ^ F . Marion

    Crawford . Portrait . It is seven years since Mr . Marion Crawford wrote this strong and beautiful tale of modern India , and it richly deserves the I

    somewhat , tardy honour ' which has now been paid it of a cheap edition . We are glad to think that it is to be rapidly followed by ' Dr .

    Claudius , ' * A Roman Singer , ' and btheT novels from the same clever pen . The book is printed and bound with the quiet good taste , not to elegancewhich distinguishes most of

    say , Messrs . Macmillan's productions . From the same . —* Tom Brown's School Days , ' by

    an Old Boy . ' This new and cheap edition of a j a ustly famous wide story circle is of sure readers to prove . This welcome is the to very ^ thirteenth reprint of a book which has made a

    deep and wholesome impression on thousands of lads , and which in its present attractive form will doubtless delight the hearts and uplift the lives of a . new generation of ypung readersThe present \ J edition contains ilius ¦ -

    X V / CWviV / 1 iJi . JLXJV J V M . M \~ t \~* ± UXV-J- »/ X * - / -K * ¦ » - ^ *— trations by Arthur . ^ r ~ **^ Hugh , es ., ^ and ' *^ Sy ** dney ^** . * p . ^ Hall . attractive We are glad form to at welcome a price a which book places like this it within in an

    everybody ' s reach . From Messrs . Methuen & Co . — ' Ballads of the Frederick

    Lang Brave bridge , ' selected , M . A . and In arranged this handsome by volume much Mr . Langbrid judgment ge and has taste liO grouped / di large / together number UJUJUV with 1 of

    lUUUtl J UUgUlCIlL OjLJlUL O ^ G a ICIlgV U . ~~ beautiful enterprise , and courage spirited , and constancy * poems of . ' The chivalry book ,

    is the outcome of an opinion recently expressed that to the in comp ite iler of b the y an existence experienced of a schoolmaster vast number of books , sp of \ J A good poetry for X \_/ boys f \ a - *> collection ¦ v ^ -v ^ ¦«

    KJ X . tLS *^ rVXV . kJ . CiVVv * k / V /^ Ul , X ^ S-rj »^> »»¦> - ' -w of poems such as boys relish J is still , very difficult to ^ Mr k W- ^ fc , ^ fe . A find Lang fW m ^ W » . ¦* >*^ bri »* - ^ * In d ^ ' ^ ^ ge » BK ^ . ^ making , « * I -M ^ ^ have ^* - *» » ^^ . this « held h rf « ^^ ^ - ^ -- ^ comp a ** " brief r ^ r ^ ^ ilation ^ - ^ ^^ for ^— — - » , ' hig - " says ^ / h-

    qualification spirited lads and for have admission fixed for either a . poem the ' s sp primary irit of style Dt courag ^ ic . . ' e or Amongst zliuvju adventure ^ oij the i / iic , or poets puctn else a from ii happy uiu whom waiwuj narrative . > 31 - ¦* - r -

    Langbridge hafe borrowed are Byron , Cowper , bell Macaulay , Browning , Long , fellow Wendell , Aytoun Holmes , Scott , Whittier , Camp- , Gerald MasseyDibdinand many contemporary

    , , writers of vigorous descriptive verse . From by G Messrs HWilliams . Moflfatt & M Paige A ( . — VV Frenc edition JL \ ± \ h ) Course The , '

    author KJJ \ -A . . XX states . . If XAi . that JLCIiIXJ . i 3 , , his JJX . book X . 3 ^ . ^ UO new is ' an ^ . V * attempt JSXJ . J . at a more rational method of teaching languages than that in in \ public ix k ^ xxk ^

    schools-4 vuaLi Learn viinv the i languag xj vogu yuguc e e , and * j our ia the . x j ^ j language o ^ jijv ^ will - " - teach liC / GlflJU . you J \ J \ X the \> UKs rules X IXXC 7 O , / is 1 O the UUV ? plan ^/* C ** X qf ( L / X tuition WMkJk out v

    which Mr . Williams endeavours to carry . This reversal of ordinary methods will doubt ¦ - Y ' ¦ .. i , ¦ i ¦ Q gt < Hi " > " ' i ¦**•*• " «— ^ 'i ' ' *^ H /

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1889, page 1334, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101889/page/16/