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    Dec. 15 , 18^4 The Publishers' Circular ...

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    Books Received :— From ¦ Messrs Bbbbbflb...

    them some permanent record of his travels , and

    the volume before us is his response to their demand . As the journey was undertaken in the of the i / present icooui the iuo country is ht

    spring gpri J > efore Hg us VM exactl JJO j ; y as it year jrar now , presents cuuui . cjr itself is broug uru to ugllb the traveller ^^ t ^ l ^^ p w *^ ^^ ~^^ — '— s eye ^^ , & and — the — — — result ^^ — ^^ is — — an ^^ — ^— extremel ^^ — ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ y y

    interesting piece of descriptive writing . The earlier pages of the book contain a sketch , of the t author - ' s fellow-travellers - whichif it Mis

    ^ into ^^^ p ^^ - their ^^^ —^ — handswill doubtless — — — * , cause — ^^ — , y them — ^^ — — some ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^*~ r amusement , for , his pea and ink portraits , if mainl lff t complimentary 1 are sufficientl ¦» ¦ y forcible to

    Iring ^^^^^^^ ^^^ V ^^^^ ^^* y I out in ^^^ strong — ^^ , relief J ^^ - the *™ — ~— peculiari — ^~ ~ ^^ M ~^^ " ~^^ ^ - ties ^ ^^» — —^^ r ^^ v and ^^ r ^^ ^^^ idiosyncrasies of his subjects . It will , for infc stance ** - — ~ , be impossible ^ for those who journey % j — 4 / ed

    < with a wee him man to with mistake big ideas the ; identity ' while W of . No M . . 2 1 STo may . 2 , not impossibly be somewhat scandalised to find

    herself written down as ' a lady of some physical Imlk , who kaew with the best of us when it was dinner ^^ O ^^^ V ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ time ^ ~ — — , but ~~— ~~ - — ¦ — was W - ¦ , V ¦ ¦ u ™ nfortunatel ™ " ^» «^ ™ - ^^ » ™ W- ~ 'Mil , ^ r - ^ T ^ y f , V sometimes ^*^ ^^ ^«^^ " ^^ ^^ ^ » ^ b ^ ^^ *» rf

    troubled with indigestion . ' This , however , is by the way , and when once Alexandria is reached our author finds ample occupation for mind and

    pen a considerable in the natives share and of the talent scenery in . setti He ng possesses things feefore the reader with picturesque vividnessand

    th . e result is a pleasant and readable volume . , From the same . — ' Emmanuel : Leaves from the

    life and Notes on the Work of Jesus Christ / by the Rev . J . B . Figgis , M . A . A volume of brief chapters on the

    NameLifeCharacterSuffer-, , , ings , and Death of Christ and on ' His abiding glory , ' consisting mainly of sermon notes and

    extracts from discourses rewritten for publication ia their present form . Mr . Figgis is bright and practical ^ — — in — — sty — -f le and — — his — book ¦ - — - -. - will — — be - as - — useful — - — — --

    for private reading as it will be suggestive to those who have to prepare Mission-room or pulpit addresses .

    From Messrs . Kegan Paul , Trench ., & Co . —The new volume of the ' Parchment Library' is

    * Swift Selections / with from . an interesting the Prose Writings Preface an of > l Jonathan Notes by Stanley Lane-Poole . This delightful little volume

    contains * A Tale of a Tub , ' * The Battle of the Books / 'The Abolishing of Christianity in England / 'A Meditation a Broomstick /

    upon ' ' Gulliver Tracts relating ' s Travels to Ireland , ' ' English / & c . Politictil Tracts , '

    From Jtock Tla / e by Keligious Eglantine Tract Thorn Society e , is a sto . — ry 4 A oi Man sea of

    faring from a folk godless . The life hero by , Peter the influence Cardew , of is a won clergy over - man of hers — ' s daug " ¦ on hter ¦ St , and Peter ova by ' s an life address and « - « g character «/ iven b v « vv y a friend The t

    fi fete ^ ke r in of ¦ ' the ^^ the Bible rs- ' tale »^ . ^ au very ^^ h « beg ranch a a * ins ^* resembles p ** b x being *^** - »** . ^ » his over . a » - ame con - ^ . ** - - ^*

    fident in hie own ; stedfastness y falls into sin repents , and becomes a brave , and good man , ,

    flftetwards risking his own life to save that of hi a ouct GQemy that , who ha is also so leads moved a changed by Peter life ' s . heroic

    con-** fltt o » n d the other — - - — — V same » Tales A mV . — >* m / 'The A is v 7 a » - ^ Sunbeam collection -r » ¦ V- » \ W > - / AA of of X ^ the four * "V ^ VIA Factory ¦¦ . short « w V 1 , . ^ * ^ ^* — * . ' * ^

    stories took , deals . The with first an , which orphan g g ives irl , who its mime was gradu to the - 3 411 [ ly 1 XT led I f > ri to T */^ . Christianity A 'l-fc »« ¦ ¦ / :. 4 < i , > v «« 4 * ¦• throug 4 > ^ ¦ w * s-v * i ^ -w h l-k the 4- W sv influence 1 »\ ri t « r \ ? - » y ^/ v of ^ -v 4 * -T *

    a J ° * ght good -6 chool in her teacher laco , an of d business then becomes Story a No power 2

    ^ - * A wed Sister ways ' s Love and p means , ' is about of earning a young . £ girl oO , in who order . de- ,

    * pay for her brothers schooling for a year

    when his parents were in reduced circumstances

    . No . 3 , I promised Father , ' is a true account of a village maidenwho refuses to be married till she

    , has paid off her father ' s debts ; and No . 4 , Her Sweet Revenge / tells how a proud old Frenchman ,

    who had forbidden his son to marry the girl of during his choice a , long is won illness , over and by her ives kindness his blessing to Mm on , ¦ : '

    the marriage t ^ p . ^^ — — , j — g j — — — — — - ^» ^ -y — — From the same . —' The Honey Bee , ' by W . H . ;

    Harris , gives all possible information about bees i valuable and their addition successfu to l management the library , of and the will yo ba ivig a

    student of natural history . From Messrs . SimpkinMarshaU & Co— ' The

    , ., . Fourth Book-Lover edition ' s Enchiridion , revised and / b enlarged y Alexander . We Ireland are not .

    surprised to learn that this most useful and reached admirably a , fourr comp h iled edition little . Previous volume editions has alread have y

    and alread we y been Deed noticed onl in of The this Publis edition hers' that Circular it is , improved in many y say important points H— —— and is so

    choicel ^— ^ y printed , and ^ — - — in g-- ^ — so hand ~_ - ¦ y - — ^ " - a , ¦ form —~^» ~^» , ^^ that ^^^ i h - ^^ , turn apart over from the its leaves contents ; it , it is is just a pleasure the volume only to to

    when some take up you M p leasant at please any and ; leisure you tempting cannot X moment O passage A fail . and to ^ lig t put < j ht induce down upon

    and encourage the love of books , aud so you will soon come to love this book , for you will find therein ' infinite riches in a little room /

    From Mr . 'Walter Smith . — ' The Service of the King / Ten plain readings , by Caroline M .

    Hallett . Very simple readings on practical religion urging the importance of doing work for the good of others , and of using aright the opportunitiesof

    worship which are placed in our way . ^ From the Society for Promoting Christ ten

    Knowledge . — A Friend ' s Hand . ' The special prayers At / by */ the Very Rev . E . Bickersteth' , D . D . ^*

    Dean of Lichfield ; five illustrations by Mary Smyth . Second edition . "We noticed this book when it reached us from a provincial firm sometime since

    and 1 taken we over are * not by the surprised Society to for find Promoting that it Christian has been , . Knowledge . It is well fitted for a gift to mourners

    and it is likely to meet a general want . From the Sunday School Union . —* The Biblical

    Treasury the use of of - Sunday Expositions School and Teachers Illustrations and . ' Bible For Students . Old Testament SeriesVolume II .:

    Exodus to Deuteronomy . A valuable , book of illustrative comments on the points in the Scripture narrative which require elucidationthe plan

    adopted being to take each chapter in its , regular order , and then to deal with any special verse which ; needs explanation H ¦ - . The - ~~~ - - book - -- has many wood- ;

    an cuts ^^^ m - ^ v ^ d ^ p ^ v , ^^ t and each will ers , bo while ^ of much the — . ordinary assi _~ stance — — Bible to preachers » JF student ! \ will will be be enabled enabled to to glean fflean valuable valuable hints ninta fpo tpom m its its ii

    pages . From the . — 'The Black-board in the Sunday

    game ; superintendents DUJJOl School : UDiiuuiuia ' a plea , for by ujr its Benjamin jlfoijjoiijiji adoption by Clark vn teache »» iv . » . rs With » ' and « . i >»» ; . '

    specimen lessons for tho class , the deak , and ' separate W ^^ - ^» —^ m ^ ^ " . i . ^ services " ^^ — — - ^ ^» — ¦ - , b — y ^^» various - »» ^< ^ - ¦ " teachers — ¦ " — — . »• Also in- ^

    chalk structions bFrank as to tho Beard simp . le The and view artistic of the use authors of tho l of this , y practical little technical manual is that I

    the black-board which is so generally usoJ in the [

    Dec. 15 , 18^4 The Publishers' Circular ...

    Dec . 15 , 18 ^ 4 The Publishers' Circular , I

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1884, page 1453, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121884/page/13/