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    ^ — From Messrs. Robert Banks & Son.—* M...

    less be appreciated , by schoolboys , and will probably I j ^ t ^ j ft ^ f m * m r~— - m commend — - _ _ _ - _ itself __ to a - large ^^^ number of

    teachers . From ri Messrs 9 pbjp * p ^ . Morgan vpppppipjb ) ^^ pbb ^ bb & ^^ Scott pr ^ pr b * ^ bf ^ . — ' The b Christian ¦ — ^— - ^»

    I III II ^ m ^^^^ am pbbt ^^^ p » ^^^^^^^ pppr 'bp ^^ m w ^^™ ^™^™ ^ ' ^^ ^ ^~ ™ T Portrait . . . Gallery * -W 11 ¦ . . ' U TT pwards " 1 of a hundre ^_ ' -1 d portraits I I £% | } . _ f »/ Pk ^ of ^^^ * ¦ ** ¦¦ ministers ^ M ^—^»* M M PBj ^ ^* ^ P ^^™ - ^ , ^ missionaries ^^ B ^ Bi — ' »^^ —*^ ^ ^^ ^^ OBf ^ OBV ^ V ^^ ^ p' ^~ , BJ e ^^ vangelists » VBT ^^^ V V ^ K ~^^ . ^ ^ — , ash t m . ¦> ¦ ~« . V ^ - ~ s » *«

    peers , philanthropists , and vari ous other Christian » ^ ^| j |_^ w » » orkers ^^ ¦ ^ b ^^ bp . ^^^ m » bw , « are » "ay -n ^ - given ^ " ^ ^^ — — ¦ » ^ in «¦ ™ this ^ r ^ ¦ " ¦ handsome ¦ ¦• ¦ " ^ ~ ¦ " ^ " ^ " ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦

    volume . All these pictures , with the biograp have hical appeared sketches from ' which time accompany to time in them the ,

    pages of the Christian . Werare bound to say that we are somewhat disappointed with this ^ selection -j m j ^ ^^^ ^ — Bb ^ k v ^^ ^^^^ B > of ^^ ^^ v portraits v ^ Br ^^ ^^ B ^ v WBk ^ ir ^ r ^ pv ^» ^^^ , v ^ and ^ r ^ r *^»^ i * ^^ p" ^™ bbi still ^ ^^ ^^ *^ ^» more ^^^ h ^^^ ^ b ^ ^^ v - ^^ with v v ^^ ^^ ^^^— the ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ v ex " ^^ ^^*^__

    -treuiely indiifferent letterpress of the volume . Half the worthy people included in this ' Portrait Gallery ' areto 'the ' mostonly third-rate

    celebrities , even say in the reli , ious world . We expected to find portraits of g the Archbishop of Canterbury , Bishop Fraser , Henry Ward

    Beecher , Archdeacon Farrar , Canon Liddon , Dr . Westcott , Dr . Parker , the Rev . Hugh Price Hughes , and a score of other men of light and

    leading lp ^ Hino * in various varinns sections spotinna of the th « C Dhristi hristian aii Church ; but instead of . that we get likenesses of the Rev . Robert Milligan , the Hon . Thomas

    Holt , Mr . Robert Simpson , Mr . Joshua Poole , and Mr . Richard Weaver . It is true that Bishop RyleMr . SDr . Maclaren

    Dr . Morley , Punshon purgeon , Messrs , . Moody and , Mount Sankey , Lord le Shaftesbury DrMoffat , Lord and the Cavan Rev , Lord ¦ W

    aUV Uli . VJ Temp J- VflUkllV ) , J- ' X . . JJAV' * CJW * J , y IVXAVA VfAJi ^/ XVV T . » T . Pennefather are included ; but at the same time it is impossible to discover any principle

    sketches of selection l are , whilst for the the most flimsy part ' wricten biographical in a desultory and unsatisfactory manner .

    From Mr . Thomas Murby . — ' Scholars Annotated ^^ m « ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^ W ^ Edition ^ H ^^^ V ^^ j ^ ^^^^ j ^^ ^^^^ fc ^^^^^^ of ^^^^ p ^^^^ Shakspea W ^^& J ^^ v ^^ B ^^^ W ^^^^^^ ' ^ H ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ b ^ re ^^ ^^^^ ' s ^^^ ' * Henry ^ tf ^^^^^ v ^^^^ ^^^^^ K ^^ k V the ^ v ^ m ^ h ^^^^ ¦ -v r \ . 4 AM ¦¦ K ^^ J ^ ^ A-i ¦ ^ . b I A - w

    Fifth ^ , " * b y Roscoe Mongan , B . A . This volume has been expressly prepared for the use of teachers , pupils , and private students . The

    t ext is the same as that of Globe and Clarendon Press Editions ; the notes are copious , but coneise , and cannot fail to prove of the utmost value wimc to tu students etuueupreparing / cix Aiig for iux an examination aiuiiicitiuu

    •^ ince no difficulty un jpxcj or obscure -. an allusion c ^ in the ,, text appears to have been passed over in

    silence . From the National Temperance Publication

    Dep 6 t . —* Temperance History , ' by Dr . Dawson of Burns the , Par rise t , I ., development 1826-1842 . , This and is extension a narrative of

    temperance reform in Great Britain , America , and in certain portions of the Continent . We are confronted with an array of facts , names , < ind fiwhich far to justifThomas De

    gures go y Quincey ' s opinion that the effort to abate intemperance is the * most remarkable instance of ¦ is . 1 combined summoned movement to record in society DrBurns ' which is history known

    - - »»» vaa ^ J . I ^ LAVAAVVA WX ^ A " % •>_ - »> - » . * VAi . J— ' * . ' A- \ AA JLJk KJ AU A A 1 \ J »» 11 and all over persevering the world advocates as one of the of temperance most prominent , and lias here furnishedat the cost of much labour /

    v - ¦* - * V- * M . XJ JL . \ AA . AAJltjX 4 Vvi , * C * V tJM . ^ 'K ^ V- 'X- 'O V V ^ JL -iUl LiV ^ jLX iilf H ^ V V * A . , m a interest trustworthy and service history . , which will prove of great

    From Messrs . Oliphant , Anderson & Ferrier . — * Manlinessand aiJ other Sermons / by h

    » S to » M well , uiJiuUOOj Brown , U , with WJJ . V 5 X Preface KJVsl LLLKJU b y Alexander KJJf Hug XJl Ugll Maclaren " . ^ ii ^ ivju j , ju D / . . D . . The Jkiuiv / author CALtVJIJiV' 4 . \ of J * . these UlM . IZiD * - ' sermons OVI IJUULIO

    was for a long term of busy and influential years minister 3 a in distinguished Xiiverpooland and greatl better y titl respected could

    * " * . u * O » , * JL 1 U JUIJLVO 1 . JJI . FVUiXIXKX no JU . U OCllCl tlLJXC e UUU 1 U I possibl y have been found , for the momorial

    volume than * Manliness , ' for that assuredly , was the most distinctive trait in the character

    of Hugh Stowell Brown . He was a bold , fearless , and outspoken preacher , and these sermons reflect the masculine dommon sense

    , broad sympathy , and practical aims which united to render his ministry in Liverpool both popular m ^ r ^^ r B ^ r 4 . ^* ^» ^ t 0 ^ r ^^ and ^ r ^ f ^^^ b ^ i ^ w n successful . r w ^ ^^ ^^ r ^ k ^ *^^ v ^^^ ^^ ^ - ^ ^^ in ^^^^ m ^^ the v ^ m ^^ ^ - best * - ^^ *^^ . ^ ip ^ ^^ app ^ feff ^ v ^^ vvrr ^ lication ^ ^^ ^^* ^ r ^ ^ v ^ bb i ^^ ^^^^

    of two much abused words . Dr . Maclaren , of Manchester , has enriched the volume with a tender and beautiful prefacein whioh

    emphatic testimony is borne alike , to the worth and work of a brother minister , with whom fpr thirty years he had been on terms of close and

    warm friendship . From Messrs . Kegan Paul , Trench , & Co . —

    ' In Cap and Gown , ' edited with an introduction by Charles Whibley . This book contains samples of Cambridge Bb wit during three k

    cen-W *^ ^ ^* ^* ^^ Vq . ^ ^*^ ^^ m - ^^ p ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ b ^ V ^^ P ^»^ P ^ i ^^ f ^^ r ^^ B ^^ ^ n ^ B |^ h ^^ ~^^ ^ Br ^^*^* ^^^^ ^^* ^ B . ^»« W ^ piBk ^^ ^^>^^ ^*^ ^^^ ^^ ^ h ^ ^^^ ^^^^ turies . All the papers included in the volume either relate to the University or have been written V V ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ V ^ h' V ^ . ^^ by I . » ' W ^ members ^ PVBVBIB * ^ feB' ¦ BB ^^ BBBb ^^*^ ^ B ^ *^» ^*^ of ^) T ^> W ^ it ^ ^ IV . ^ The ^^^» B »^ ^^ pp opening ~ |~ V ^^ r ^^^ ^ K ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ ^ PI ^ Bl page lP « p * ^^^^ Hh ~ —

    exhibits John Milton , then a young , student at Christ ' s College , in a merry mood , dashing off p some ^^ ^^ t ^^ i « v ^^ - ^^ BPk humorous ^ K ¦ ^ ^»^ fc ^^ ^ p ^ ^™ ^ i ^ » - " ^ - > — lines " ^— ^^^^ ^^ - ^^ ¦ by bm F" way » r ^ br ^ v F of ^ " ^^ - ^ " ^ ep ^ B ^ W *^ itap ^ fc ^^ » ' B > r * " ^ h ^^ on ^^ " ^ ^^ " ^

    • old Hobson , ' the University carrier , who died in 1630 . This Hobson , by the way , was described in Addiso ^' s Sjjectato ?* as the first man

    in * this island to let out hackney-horses . ' He carried on the trade for a number of years , and held with such inflexible tenacity to his

    owtjv rule of never allowing a horse out of his stables except in its proper turn , that this gave rise W—f - * m ^ to the ¦ familiar f saying' Hobson ^ s . choice . '

    ^ mm ^^ V ^^^ «¦* **» ^ B ^ ^^ * - " ^ ¦ *¦> 4 ^ ^ m . ^ m . m i «^ m , w *^ r ^ i"B' W ^» —* rf ^ fc ^ pi ^ , W ^ B-- ^^ ^ i ^^ - ^^^ ** . * ^ m ^ ^ L « Bb T H ^ ^ k ^ l ^ i ^^ ^«^ ^ h ^^ ^ nT Bf Many well-known narnes occur in this comprehensive ^^ h ^ Bi T I ^ ^ *^^ ^~ V ^ h ^ survey *•*¦* ¦ « i' « ^^ * ^ W of ^ a ^ ^^* the ^ v ^ w ^^^ ' blossom *^^ «^ ^ i ^ W-m * r mm ^ ^ w' ^ h ^ k ^ k ¦ of ^ k ^ ^ B ^ ¦ the V ^ ^ k ^ b ^^^ fl ^ ying ^ Bj ^ k ^ M ^ k

    terms , ' and the book ends with a delightful parody , entitled * The : Poets at Tea , ' in which ¦ Macaulay r ^*^ n ^^^ ^ ji v ^^ aw 7 , v Tennyson - ^ * ^ . ^ ^ b > «» -Bh r . ^^ ^^ , t ^ Swinburne ^ ¦ ^^ ^ "" ^ ^ 1 ^ ^^ ^ k- ^ ft ^^^ , Cowper ~ iM - ^«^ v v r r ^^^ ^ k , m

    Browning , Wordsworth , Burns , Poe , and Walt Whitman are each made to play a characteristic ¦* i part . This lively jeu d ' esjprit appeared i rf rifc

    ^^ ^ ^ Bp * BB > "B ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ W ^^ ^^* V ^^ ^ " B * . ' ^^ ^ B- ^^ ^^ ^^ >^ ^ . ^^^ ^^> / M ^^ ^ ^^ ^^* r ^ b ^ ^ k' M *^ 9 \* ^ V B ^ . < F~— ' V *^* ^ " ^ h ^^^ k ^ ^^^^ B in one of the University magazines during Lent term last year . Many of these witty and sparkling versesmost of which it is ~

    ^ needless fe ^^* ^^ ^ B ^¦^ ' ^ B W ^^ ^^^ F ^ k' ^ V ^^* - ^^ . V to > ^** ^^^ ^^ ^^ V ^ B say ^ h * l | ^^^ aVe | p ^^ - ^^^ m ^^ , ^ B written ^^ h ^^ Br ^^ B — ~ I I ^^ ^^^ p . ^^ . in ^ ^ a k ^^ ^^ b ^ k ^ F ^^ satirical ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ *^^* vein , are now printed for the first time from manuscri i pts to preserved / vcu in ah the i'ij c < University jji v ^ i oiuj Re . ins

    jj . iatj . uov > j . ^;^ icocj . . w - gistr 3 , whilst others have been rescued from rare pamphlets , or from some smart

    publications which had a certain vogue in the University in the early decades of the present century . ¦ ^ Mr fc *^ B » ^^ . m Whi ¦ ' ^ fe # * ^ h bley ^ . ^ ^^ ^ h « J deserves ^ - ^ wT Pis' ^ - ^ ^ * ^ m ^ ¦^ tf great Mk ^* ^^^ KM W ^^ credit ^^ ^ ' ^ f' ^ - 'V * ^ k ^>* ^ for ^^ ^^^^ * . the Vir ^»^ b ^^^ ' care ^^^ ' ^ b' ^ K ^ i ^

    and industry he has shown in the collection of ephemeral literature of this bright and entertaining type , and his own introduction , which ,

    however , is all too short , is full of interesting historical and literary gossip . From ¦ Jh « bW *— ' * . JL ,- » the % ^ aVJL V ^ Religious ^ pW ^^^ ^ Jk ^ b ^ J » . ^ b * ' ^¦ fc * - * ' Tract ^^ ^ ta W ^** V Society * b ^ ^ b ^ ¦^ . ^^^ bV ^ W . —* The - •» - j * . ^ . - *_^

    Birds in my Garden , ' by W . J . jSreene , M . D . A close and enthusiastic student of Nature like Dr . Greene can find , even in a suburban garden , real and % WAA continual jp leasure in » ¦^¦¦ m . study ¦ j ing the b-

    habits A ^ - « m ^ mjm . of ^—^ the ^^ *** a ^> ** bird m *—» «»^*< s . which p | tZ •» ^ b * ^^ p »^ v frequent »» ^^ r ~ r w « the ^» ^ nei ir ^ g h *^ - ¦*• - bourhood . Amongst the occasional visitors to Dr . Greene ' s garden BiBI are the thrush BbBBV 1 the

    blackbird Bf lk r ^ Pb , ^ B ^^ the « ^^ ^^ A robin 4 ^^ Pk ^ & B ^ ^ , i * W pfc the ^^«^ ^^ «^ chaffinch Bl ^» M JPa ^^ «^ Bb ^ ^^ , «^« the ^« WBT ^ P * blackcap ^ - ^ , BB BB * ^ ^ ^ i ^ - r ^^ ^™ , the ^ i ^ flBi ^ swallow , the blue-tit , and the wren ; whilst the sparrow V Fi _ T ^ ibT m Jb > ^_^ V V ¦ and V * ' 4 aA ^^ BB > the V 4 M 1 ^ starling M " ¦ W » ^ f «*^ JklPt * pk may J—1 bt ^ i ^ ^ be ' » - ' - ^ -r regarded i > b > - ** f" > ^ ^^^ ^^ ¦»¦* BH as "w— - »

    residents of the place . Formerly the lark , the nightingale , and the cuckoo used to visit this suburban garden , but now they havp fled before the advancing tide of brickp and mortar . The ,

    ^ bird IbW bo J 6 k s abounds A we 1 _^ ^^ _ have - J 3 *— — in named - - pleasant — — I ^« ^« . ^ , *' ana -J- gossip - -- town ¦ J-. 1-1-1 *»! - > , cpPQcepc <•> n k ^ aturalists W' ^ ' « ^¦^ BM — ^ 1 PWB | L ' nihg Bh ^ > - >¦ the < A > If iEu * ^^ j f ;] . „ .... _ ¦ -.. ¦ ;;_•;_; -- ¦ y . ; ... ; -: ^ 'CM

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    Oct ^ I 5 » -I 089 JiasWS .-JL- UUJLiOJLlCiBI VUUU 1 O 1 1335 ^ c

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1889, page 1335, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101889/page/17/