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    Books Received :— From ¦ Messrs Bbbbbflb...

    From the same , — 'Historical Readers , ' by Oscar Browning , M . A . The principle adopted by Mr .

    Browning is to throw his readings into the narrative form , Taried by poetical selections , Rearing l ^ w ^* " — —^—> upon j ^ -the character ^^ of the . ep isode broug - CJ ht

    illustrated forward in with the , reading woodcuts . , The and books the spelling are freel les y - sons and — notes added to each Heading tsupply

    tjv- *—* ~ - | - Jl t »/ the scholar « <¦ with „ _ all the assistance , he ¦ _ is likel - ¦ - _ " « r y ; to require .

    From the same . — ' Second Best ! ' A tale . By F . . Bayford Harrison . A story of a girl who at nine

    years of age had been left motherless , and who finds throughout her life that someone always step ^^^ j— s m before her to secure the prize which

    prv-- - .- - - 1 8 le had . » « h counted upon winning * a . The _ r _« _ . lesson — . that mm she must be content to stand second best' is a haid one to learn ; but when her stepmother falls ¦

    mm ^ B ^ ^ r ^^ m ^»™^ ^ j — m ^ — ~— —~ — — ^—^ ~— — ~~ iLl and needs careful nursing , Amy at once undertakes the work , and in the end goes out to nurse the soldiers on the battlefield .

    From the same . — 'Louie White ' s Hop-Picking / by K aav mrmm . A . Jenner . Another ¦ - —«¦ —— number of the series b

    ¦ | ^ W *^ ^*~ w ^ m * ^^ ^^ ^*~^ ^""^ " ™ ^ mmw ———¦ " ^——^^~ ^ mr — - ^ . ^^— v ^ ^ " - ^ mmr ^» - ^ r —^ ^— ^ m »^ «>^* ^ mr p ^ ^~ ^ B * «^ mr P *^ of ^^ ' Taking . __ m Tale —___ b _ i s ' telling \ mm ^ m _ of ^_ rural life _ . _ . in mt the a hop . _ . - picking season , and of the far from happy

    experiences of the little self-willed London girl , the heroine of this tale , who is sent down to help in the

    gardens-From Messrs . Hande & Spener , In Berlin . — ' Biichmann — — —~ — ~~ — — - ~ ' 's — Treasury ~— — - — ~ — - # of Quotations * ar — ~ . — - - — ' ( - Geflii — - ^ gelte mmJ

    Wcrte , oder Citatenschatz ) is the accepted work of reference in its department among readers in Germanyand is now published in its fourteenth

    , edition . The contents are thus arranged : — I . Biblical ; II . German ; III . Banish ; IV . French ; V . English ; VI . Italian ; VII . Spanish ;

    VIII . Russian ; IX . G-reek ; X . Latin ; XI . Historical . The work concludes with a list of author ' s namesfollowed by an index of the

    passages . In the , body of the book the quotations are imbedded in a kind of commentary which ¦ points — - ^ - ^ ^^» to - ^ -m ^ the ^ m * mmi ^^* ^ MP ^ various y ^ m &*^ ^^ " *^ ^^ jmr ^ P W ^^ mw p nr laces - ^^— ™ ~*» 1 ¦ in ¦ ™ ¦ w . wh ^ » ™ 1 i ^^ ch ^^ ™ ^ an 1 ^ —w author = —»» ^^ ^^ ^— ^ ™ ¦

    ^^—has made use of the same idea , perhaps in varying terms , or to the different writers who have practically said the same thing . Englishmen will

    find Biichmann ' s Citatenschatz a useful addition to their works of reference , especially as , from the nature of the casea knowledof German

    be dispensed with . , ge may From Mr . Johji Heywood . — ' The Wedding Day

    Souvenir Book , with Quotations from . Shakespeare , and ana and edited edited upward by bv s of Isabella Isabella Sixty other Jbradsh Bradshaw Authors . aw . . The lhe , ' comp idea idea iled or of

    the book present , suitabl volum e for wedding e , is to - supp day l entries y a drawing , the - quota room - tion s T all bearing a direct' reference ¦ it to # love and

    — ™ ~» rv ^ ^* r * . m * m , m m . * r ~} »<•* »<^ * Mm *** **• ^ r a ^^ ^ ^^^* ^^ *»^» *^ -s ^ -m- ^ . ^ » *^ »^» «™ ^^^ marriage for three . day The s , the left- corresponding hand pages gi page ve quotations , ruled in three divisions , being left for the annotations in

    diosen manuscri from pt . a Th « excerp wide ts selection have been of authors admirabl and y tie work is prettily very « got up . ' ,

    « oin j £ P # KistemaeokersBrussels . — Au eieale dernier' Henry Fouquier , This is a collection

    , par . ° i sixteen essays , among whose titles we may cite bonnier — « - PetitB *• *^ UAUU contours WA 4 UVUAO du du \ AU xviii U » . W * AJ « . siecle WAVV 1 V ^ ; * * Chan - ^ r ^ M .+ m ** - +

    histori ^ ue xviii . eiecle ; ' * Mad . de Pompadour ; ' * l , a du Barry ;' . ' CEnvres choisies Chamfort * « Manon Lescaut' ' Centenaire

    y ;; I ^ ? e Diderot & kind of , ' & ch c . ronolog These ical studies order follow , and ar one 6 devoted another

    "'waiy to writors . of tho second literary magnitude . ^¦ i ^—^— - ... - — —___— , —_^__^^_^^^^^^^^^

    They hav « been selected because they seemed best to represent the manners of the eighteenth

    century . The English reader , especially , will be amused by the contemporary squibs of which John Law and his financial enterprises were the

    subjects . Of these specimens are given . We are glad to learn from the preface that the present volume may be followed by other collections of

    the author ' s literary papers . From Messrs . Crosby Lockwood & Co ^ The

    .-Compendious Calculator , ' by Daniel O'Gorman . Corrected and extended by J . E . Young . Twentysixth Editioncarefully He vised by C . Norris .

    When a manual , — ' ^ ¦ — of — ~> - ¦— technical ^^ ^~ - ¦ " ~¦ ^ ¦— — ' ^ r ^ information —• ¦ r ^^^ ^ ^^^ w ^^^ ^^ B has ^^» ^ m * ^ mmr ^ p ' reached an age of more than a quarter of a century , and has passed through the hands of

    three able editors , it is obvious that it has become a standard text-book , and as such c The Compendi ¦ * ous - — — - — Calculator —— — — ¦ ——¦ ^ — ~^* ^^ " ^ ' ¦ scarcel " — - ~~ . i ^^ ~^ jr ^ imr ^ B y needs ^^^ B ^ mr ^ « r ^ w ^ mr any ^^^^ ^¦ ft ^ K w

    fresh commendation at our hands . It will be valuable to teachers of arithmetic in schools , bub its ¦ primary object—and this it will be found

    m — — -m — —— - — - ~ - ^ — — ^ ^^ w * ^ ^ ^ m ^^ ^ ggr m ^ ^^ mgrnm ^ J » ^ v ^ admirably to fulfil—is to supply a sort of arithmetical dictionary for commercial traders and artificerswho are compelled to make

    calculations in the , ordinary course of their work . From the London . Literary Society . —* Cupid ' s

    Darts , or ^ Remarkable Lore Letters . ' "We nave here examples from forty-four different writers . Among 1 k them ¦— are the Earl 1—¦— of b Peterborough

    ^— - ^ - ^ — ^^^^ -- ^ ~ ~_— _~ _ —w - ^ ~_— —w —^— - ^_ r ^^ ^^^^ m ~^ mr -m * ~^ mw P ^ ^* my ^ m ^ muum ^^^ ^*^ B H ^ k ^^^^^ , W Henri IV " ., Byron , Burns , Berlioz , Bolingbroke , Lord Nelson , Goethe , Pliny , Cicero , Lucien Bonaparte , & c . It is a curious fact that the

    specimen given of Lord Byron ' s letters should be , according to the author , ' the only one of this nature that I could succeed in finding . ' The

    following statement gives value to the present collection : — More OM-Ut u than l / AJCWl ~ A twenty VTfUU lJ year J \ . (« L ») s ago £ 4 f ^*_ T a similar * J Jk LU & A C * * . compilation VV / Uipi ICtUIVf U was Tf tW )

    av edi published oided tions . going It by i Mr 3 over . needle ( J . the M ? artel s same to , whi say ground ch that ran : I the thr have « abundance . u ^ h caTefnlly several of flowers in this rich garden more than sufficed for us both .

    From Mr . F . E . Longley , —* Loving Words : Short — — _ Talks with the Young ^^ Folks . _ , ' b ^ y - E — . R — .

    Pitman , Eniilie Searchlield , John Thomas , 1 <\ E . Longley , and others . A budget of simple little tales , each with some good and useful moral .

    The book is a tiny one , and has many well-drawn illustrations . From Messrs fk ***** WimW . 9 Samp Wf s W ***~ on l IiowMaratonSearl —— - - - e —~ -

    wklmm * 4 fc ^ t ^ T & JI * ^«^^^^ P ^ 9 m & **** T * M * r W *** r ^* M ** M >^ pur ^* mW ^ B *^*********** ' ^^ W W , m r ^* r ~^^ mm —— — — - — — — — , ^ p - — , j [ Si Rivington . —* The Great JVlusiciitnu : JJandel / by Mrs . Julian Marshall . Another volume of The j ^^ ^ jp * % j Great ^ - , ^ b ^ \_ f ^ nt ^^ _ Musicians ^ . t r \ ^ f * ^^ ** ^ i ^ ** ' *¦ * m ^ ^* i *** , m ' a *^ valuable * - — — —— ^ - - — — - ^ series - — — — —^ — — ot — - bio ___

    -graphical and critical notices of lhe mosi illustrious are composers publishing , which under Messrs that . title ^ Low --- . ^ - , Mar The - ston difficulty , & - _ Co in .

    * ± J & Jk . *\_ f % \ J 1 >* J mm m P ^ v «» ^*^ ir ^ % ^^ ^*^ ^^ - — ' ^ —^ » - ^ — - .,., — . biogra many cases phy of in the strivi chief ng composars to construct is a to satisfactory find suffi ^ -

    cient r > if > nh material iruitorial ; : but but with with Handel Handel , , our our groat erront n natur atur--alised Saxon , the case is altogether different , und Mrs . Marshall was met literally by tui embarras > « a m

    de riche 8 ses . Sho has used her opporrunities wisely and well , and has given us a book of much life original is preceded merit . b The y an account introductory of Handel chapter 's pri briefly vate

    passing in review tlie growth of the music , art , and th « successes of its earlier pioneers ; and then , we * m mm * m ^^ ^ have AW ^ P ^ h ** 9 in * " ^ % the ' ¦^^*» ~ ii ~ remaining ^ n | ^^ . ^ . ^ . ^ ¦>*^^ w ^ w « v ^» ^^^ f ^^ P chapters ^^ X % T — ^^ ^ a sketoh ~ - - - — , - » of -- his , — - . mm m *\ V ¦ M ^ Jmm ^ * mt *^ .

    public to Hamburg career , and from produced the day some when , pf in his 1708 operas he went on the tr + local ¦¦¦ boards ¦ i ¦ . ¦ His ¦ - visit ¦ to Romehas ¦ a chapter ¦

    * . n pi * r mm . **» ^ — > - «» - » - ^ wr » - « " »^ —"" — ' . » * ILm to itselfand the warm welcome ^ rnichj preftt-ed , ¦ ¦ M ¦ ¦¦ ¦; .. i . i im —P-i » S

    ^¦^-^ ,_^__^^^P^-"™ . ¦¦-- • ^¦¦^¦^¦Maah...

    ^¦^ - ^ , _^__^^^ p ^ - " ™ . ¦¦ -- ^¦¦^¦^¦ maaHMaia ^ MMi ^ H ^ M ^ H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ kUlQ I Dec 15 , 1884 The Publishers' Circular J 45 ,

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1884, page 1451, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121884/page/11/