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    1 Books Received :— From Mr. J* W. Aixo-...

    — I I hete quoted . In its own field this little wbrk is I « a book of gems , ' and while we welcome it as an series alread

    I addition to a y valuable in its excel-I I bo lencc ok which and comprehensivenes is likelto stand s , it alone strikes and us to also have as a a y

    I large sale . , I From the same de . Candolle —* Origin This of Cultivated Plants / by

    I I to Alp as honse in the form of . a translation volume , will which have comes an I interest for a wide circle of reade , rs ; for , apart

    I from the botanist and what may be termed the I professional plant-grower , there are many amateurs I who will welcome a volume which tells them in a

    I I I products p is leasant exhaustive and of kitchen readabl in all and e its fashion flower parts garden the ; it histo track . ry The s out of book the the

    I etymology of the plant-names ; it describes their I I of characteristics all their varieties and their development their fruits ; it and tells their us

    I flowers ; and it gives due , honour to the , men who I I have notes , discovered showing the and multifarious introduced them authorities .. The whom

    foot-I the author has" consulted , give abundant proof of I I work the industry andwhile with his whi book ch he is has so genial gone l about y written his

    I that a , reader , unversed in science will take it up I with pleasure and profit , it will form a trust-I worthy text-book for those who wish to pursue

    I tho subject further . ^ I ^^ 1 From ^^^ 0 ^^* ^^^ ^ b ^^*^^ b w Mr ^^ n ^^^^ vv ^ v . ^ v G ^^^^^ v - ^^^ eorge ^ ^^^ ^^ v ^^^^^ B ^^^^ Bedway ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ~ ^^^^^^ ^ h ^ F ^ . — Tobacco ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ F ^^^^ ^^^ F Talk S ^^ V ^^^^~^^ h ^^^^^ v ^ and ^^^ V ^^^ vv ^^ . ^^ v

    I Smokers' Gossip : an Amusing Miscellany of Fact I and Anecdote relating to the " Great Plant" in all I its Forms and Usesincluding a selection from

    , I I little Nicotian volume Literature , forming . ' A one quaintl of * Kedway y got up ' , s old Shilling -style I Series / in which the praise of the fragrant weed is

    I I of said great and men sung , . the The history smoking and uses tastes of and tobacco practices , and I anecdotes selected from a very wide Held , make

    I I flavoured up a budget as the "which lant will to which be found it is to devoted be as . fully p I Prom the i same . — The b Anatomy t of Tobacco ; or

    I ^^^ H — — Smoking ¦ - — — ¦ ¦ ' " ^^^ ™ Methodised ™ —^^^^ ¦ r ^ ^^^ v ^ ^^ ^^^^^ , ^^^ Divided ^^^> ^ K *^^*^^*^ r ^^ ^^^ ^ H ^^^ a ^ m , ~ and ^^ r ^^^ v ^^^ v ^^ Considered v ~^ k ^ ^ w ^ p ^^^^ ^^^ ^ V ^ F ^ H ^^^ F ^^ . , H I I fessor after a of New Fumical Fashion Philosop , ' by Leolinus hy in the Siluriensis University , Pro of

    -I I with Brentford no sli . ght A infusion clever and of scholarshi interesting p and book humour , done . I The definitions of the various kinds of tobacco

    I I Birdsey are clever e is , thus and g the lorified popular : , if common-place , I A pleasant and fragrant tobaccoadapted for common

    I I it use is by apt all to ; be not hot lacking and fretful savour in , but the , n mouth ot too vigorous bo let such . Yet as I be at all tender in that part use it but sparingly , .

    I Dividing Pipe Philosophy into two parts—the I I author matter g ( materies ives the ) reader and the a very manner entertaining ( nwdus ) book , our .

    I From Messrs . John F . Shaw & Co . — Emblems of I I of the rel Hol ig y ious Spirit essay / b s y re F . printed E . Marsh from . A ' littl Footste e volume ps of

    I I Ghost Truth , * is in set each forth of which under the the work emblems of the used Hol in y I Holy Scripturesuch as Oilthe SealWater

    , , , , I I has Dew , a Wind commendatory , the Harvest note , the from Dove Mr . . O The . Russell book I Hurditch .

    I I From ' Field Messrs ' s Callirrhoe . Bimpk and in , Fair Marshall Rosamund , & . ' Co Mr . —r .

    I Michael Field ' s ' Callirrhoo' is a drama of the I I cation worship of of enthusiasm Dionysus , whose whicli myth the poet ' is the believes glorifl to

    -I he the gap of the Tre , e of lafe , the spring and I origiii of and all at good fruit . ' The scene the is laid in

    I ' Cal ^ on Dodona . Among characters L * ire a priest of Bacchus , citizens of Calydon ,

    priestesses at Dodona , mcenads , & c . '"• ' Fair Rosamund M 8 also a drama . Of it the author

    says : She whom AV for * whom TV AIVUA our first ** he % * built »^ V Plantagenet *&&« f tbe ^«^ ¦ ¦ ^^ marble ^ t ^ Jt P too ^ r *^^ maze I well 1 Illffifj , loved , and

    A "Was -s fabled no rich in . proud crimson histories beauty and of old lays lice ; , ZN ¦ A — o girl Cliff ** A o * or tbe VMW d , as country ' tis MVA boasted delicately ; but made , in fine , ¦

    " ! Wa Por ^ m ^^ s jRo nature « a Mundi ' s rose — , of not "J thi , V « man ^ 3 ^«* tr nth VW ' s ; as be ^ L ye sure V * shall x ^« — . 4 . . . see In this sad tale of lovers' destiny . '

    Four short lines will suffice to show that we have here King poetry . Before : the funeral the are buried ¦

    A Thy lips marble —already to the is the tender eyes mouth . 1 J Of rosy all past kisses . Lovely memory portraiture I

    ' Callirrhoe * takes us back to the classic days when fauns were . We wish we had space to quote from its many beauties . Messrs . Baker

    & Sons , of Clifton , are the actual publishers of the volume . Elliot Stockir

    jriuia From tions jxlt Mr r : . . a volume JB » JLiiOb of Dtoc ¦ The & .. — — Gentleman * Popular opuiar ' s Magazine Supersti oupersci--Library / being a classified collection of the

    chief contents of the Gentleman ' s Magazine from 1731 ta 1868 , edited by George Xawrence Gomme , F . S . A .. It is often a matter of regret that so

    much good literary work which the public demand for light literature in modest instalments brings into the pages of magazines , but which

    in days gone by would have taken its place in volumes virtuall of lost a m after ore permanent the serials character have been , should read and be y

    laid meets aside the , and diffi this culty scheme . In the of Mr volume . Gomme before partl us y which forms a complement to that on Manners

    amount and Customs of interesting , ' he has gathere notes d on together superstitious a vast customs ^¦ ^ ^^^ b p ^^ ^ r — r ^^^^^ ^»* as ^^^ w *¦ ^ to ^ r ^^ v days vb ^» - ^ and - ^^^ ^ ' "'^ ^ " ¦ ^^ " ¦ seasons ™ ^^ ~> ^ r — — , ™ q —¦¦ uaint ~* -r- — forms of — ——

    relig The ious collection belief of , and notes various on the types days of and witchcraft seasons . will Churchmen be bb speciall generall vbk y interesting ¦ y ¦ and - a large to |» the numb clergy - er -- of - and the

    notes - ^ m * ^*^ na ^ ^^^ on ^ w ^ mmm Superstitious w mm ^ m ^ y m ^ ^* ^^ «« - > ^ w , — Customs — —— — — ^— ^— and ' — — Beliefs ^^ are also connected chiefly with religious matters . The notes on Witchcraft ar « classified under

    various counties . The volume is produced in a paper form worth and y uncut of its edges contents , and , publisher with thick and anti editor que

    handsome are to be congratulated form matter of on enduring having g interest iven us . in a Books received for Notice : —

    Memoirs of a Cambridge Chorister , 2 vols . ( Hurst & Blackett ) . We Two ( ditto ) .

    Teaching of the Twelve Apostles ( ditto ) . Invention and Industry ( John Murray ) ,

    Pratt ' s Poverty ( Simpkin & Co . ) . From MessrsHodder & Stoughton : —

    . Story Sly hoots of the —Fro JLi XV Life / m Log JL of ^ v ^ i ^ Jesus Cabin — to Charity *^ White ¦ Moore House—

    -KJXj ^^ VrVf 1 U ^^ *»»»^«»— ^ -- - - Meg venture ' s Mistake —Valour — and True Virtue Tales — of Stanley Travel Qraharae and Ad- .

    From Messrs . Cassell & Co . :- — Seventeen Cats—Little Mothers and their Children Creatures Wild — Creatures Tame—Those —^ > V « Friends "V ~« 1 School i" 4 1 1

    Golden Sands—Some Farm — Day Out Hours Little — Folks Our * Pretty Out and Pets About —Indoors Book—Jack and round

    o' Lmnternand other Bhymee—Kambles VoL London foT — 1 $ Bo , 84 - — Peep Magazine —Casseirs of Art Saturday VoL for Journal 1884 , j

    , —Sunny Spain—O * er many Lands , on . many jll

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1884, page 1203, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111884/page/15/