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    on the Jieartiess flirjt who had ^ ie ^ eived her gre deceased at ff latitude brother , pro bu bability t in the maiy 1 realm h h ^ be 6 allowed i -p ~ - fiction .

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    for example—by right as well as courtesywould scarcely be likely to ask an afternoon caller to ' take her things off and MIMVft have a good

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    and numerous similar instances , of inexperience might be adduced without difficulty . But some of the author ' s character studies are

    undeniably clever and amusing , and Mr . Yerity , Paul P . Cato—familiarly known as * Poppy' — p and ^ pp ^ pT ^ ^ w ^ " ^^» ¦ e ^™ p ^ ven ~ ii ~ . pp- ^^ h the ^» ^ h ^^ -tav ill ^ p ™ ^ ppm -bred i ^ m ^ pr ^ p »^ p * , w thoug ^» r —^^^ pipp ~ - — ^ v ^ pp ^ a h ^ p *^ p ^ vp seduc ^ p * ^^ r ^^^ pj ^^^^ ^¦ P' t ^* ive p »^ " v v , ^ B Eos qH ^^ v ^ ~^ ppp p- ^ w a ^» - ^ lie ^ v ™ ~^ v

    Mere , are liipned with genuine ability and breadth of observation . Towards the close of the narrative Mr . Francis manifestly-d ^

    feeriorates in style and becomes careless and hurried , as if impatient to get to the end of his labours ;

    but his novel as a whole is undeniably clever , and is bound , we are . sure , to find many interested readers .

    From Messrs . Sampson Iio-w * A Co , — ' Samantha at Saratoga , ' by Josiah Allen ' s "Wife

    ( Mariett a Holley ) . For the reader who is partial to fresh , breezy humour , rippling over with laughter and inexhaustible merriment , there is

    a rare treat in store in this volume . The a ~ bcount of the worthy , if simple-minded , Josiah , his ka — ori inal ii hel-mateand the J » sentimental

    ; ^ Ard . - ^ e ^™ l - ia g « k ^ Tutt ^^ v ^^^ , wh -x ^ — p »« o is ¦ m ¦• ¦ «^ ^ e , ver - »^^ » ^ ^ breathing . ^ ^ o ^^ ( a ^ r ^^^^^ «/ out n 1 ¦ 1 ) i t ^ he w * high-souled intensity of her nature in the

    absurdest form of poetry , is delicious in the extreme ; and the description of their visit to Saratogaand the experiences tliey there have

    , , with the wife ' s opinions on various social matters that come beneath her notice , form one of the mo —— - ^ s —— t - ^ pro g-v ^— —— v — o — king ^^ v ^— —^ im ¦ s — ources ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ p ^ ^^ r " w of ^^ ^ " » amu h ¦ ^ ma ^^^^ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ s i ^ emen ^^ r ^ ki ^ pi ^ ^^^ ^»^ fr t v ^ t ^ " ^ hat » 4 fe ^^^ r ^ r we V ¥ ^^

    have read for some time . As readers well know , the characteristics of a fashionable resort offer splendid opportunity for criticism and comment ,

    and of these Miss Holley , in her own original way , has taken full advantage . We pay a high . compliment to Mr . F . Opper when we say that

    his his clever clever illustration illustrations are « rfi in in every ftvftrv way wav worth wnrtTiy v of the text ; and by his graphic and humorous skill he has succeeded in forcibly emphasising

    the comic aspect of the situations . From 4 Messrs — ¦ — — — — - — ¦ — . Ban — - ^ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ d '"" f , McWally ^ w «^ <^^ mw % ^>^ ^ & ^* w Co ^^ ^^ . t , « Chicago ^^ - - m ^ . ^ i ^ im >^ ^^ .

    Calamity Kow ; or , the Sunken Becords , ' by John R . Musick . There is plenty of bright variety in this interesting story , and no one can coniplam oomnlain of of the thft author anf-hnr for far want w » r > t . of r » f versatility vp » rss » t . i 1 if--u '

    and happily displayed contrast . Among other clergyman characters he an gives oriinal us an -thinking ex-stock cobbler broker , a a

    > , g , pretty shop-girl , a singular doctor , and a miscellaneous crowd of speculators , medical

    students society , sailor , adventurers ^ ; and each , stree of t these arabs widel , women y diver of

    sified siliea beings beings he he distinctl distinctly v individiuilisps individualises and anrl renders noteworthy . As for the society , we are introduced introduced into into tri the e highes hig-hest t and and the the lowest lowest , and and

    , arc slums transp to i he lanted charmed at a circle bound of a fro fash m ionable the squali New d

    surroundings * York . , » . ^ . ^ n drawing . . i > » .. i ^ •_ - ro ui of <> the HJU m , from docks V « V V « IJ the to I . V poverty / the UUU conviviality V / and UU V i m V JLCXAJL urky 1 / V

    of a student ' 3 boarding house . Mr . Musick's ) nove » Ls knowled l i « decidedl of American y clever and life apparentl interesting , well and

    founded and ge far reaching , y ¦ ' - ¦ -- - - ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ — —¦ ? . ., . .

    i ii t " . . i .... - From we have Messr received * . Beeves a pamphlet A Turner entitled , 196 Strand ' Miss ,

    Alma Alma M Murray urrav as as Juliet Jnliet . V , by nv " Frank Frank Wilson Wilson . . , It lt is an unusually able piece of criticism , profound in its analysis , and eloquent in its praise of Miss

    Murray ' s |) erformance ^ -tl 3 te wprk evidently of one who regards acting as a high creative art , and who is not content to judge iib by any lower ^

    standard than is made use of in dealing with the most serious efforts in poetry , music , or painting .

    From Mr . George Heimer , Berlin . —* William Makepeace Thacfierayeih Pe ¦ ssimist ¦ als Dichter h '

    von — Hermann - ™ - ^ r ^ - ^— — - ' ^ - ^^ - ^^ ¦—¦ ¦ ^ Conrad ' — ^» ^ ~— - ^^ ^ ^^ , m . ^ m - ^^ This " ——^^— ¦ ¦ - « ^^ i— is ^»^ pp ^ - ^ a p—^^ ^— j . careful ^^ ^ . ^ ^^>^ pH ^« ^ - ^ p > ^^^ p ^^ ' exami . ^ ^^ . ^ ^^ b ^^ b > ^^ bv ^^ i ^ g , - nationone hy oneofthe works of oxir great

    novelist , , preceded by , a . sketch of his life . Mr . Conraf ¦ — ¦ - ^ -p » ¦ . i calls "p ^ p * »" r —— —— " ~ " Thackeray ' ^ ¦ ^— — — 'p ^ ¦¦ ¦ - ^^ ^¦ ^ ¦ ^ w a ™ " poet j » 'p" ^ ^»^ - ^ r ^ ( l ^ Dichter ¦ pk *^ ' ^ t ^^ ^ ^ ¦ ^» *^ ) , » ^ not ^ " ^* ^^ ^/

    merely on account of the numerous pieces in verse which he has le £ t behind him , but because

    of the creations in his prose writings , which will endure with English literature * The author divides - - _ - - - _ - Thackeray -- - j ' s writings into two per ¦¦ iods

    ¦ a the ^_ — - ^ sp irit one — — ^^ of ^ — ^^ in ^ _— — negation _ which —^ —~ * — —¦ ^ T — —p - ^ ^ — - ~~ w — - ^^ j - ^ - ^ his ™ w m " - w or ^ _ ^ ¦ ^^_ books ^^_ ^^ extravagant ^ ' ^ ^ ¦ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ s ^^ pp ^ 3 ^ ^ vVK ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ were " T ^^ ^ ^^ P " ^ yy ^^ P ^ ^ Jp ^ ^ I * # ^ - ^ B' ^ BBto ^^ animated ^¦ W ^ BF ^ y ¦• sat ^ ^ ¦ ' ^ * ¦ ^ V ^ ^ BB' »^ ^¦•• ^ ire ¦¦ pV ¦¦ ^ * ^^ P' ^ ¦^ p ¦¦ * ' , ^** ^ P ^ B the ^ " ^ T ^ by Bf ^ B ^ ^ » ^ ^ ¦ p P > ^ pP ^ ^ ^^ ,

    a other happ in ier which spirit his . productions Mr , Conrad were thinks insp that ired by if Th Y —— ackeray — - -. — — — ^ J ' s - — life ^ - - ^ had — — - » - ^ - ' ; 1 ^ been ^ ^^ ^^^^ spare ^^ W ^ ^^ ¦ ^^ ¦ d i ¦ w ; ^^ e mi §^ -p ^» p ^ ^^ J * % ^ h ^— t ^ " * have " ^ fc- ^^ Bp ^ F » ^ fc ^

    had such an extensioti of the series in the later manner a & might counterbalance the bitterness of ^^^ his i ^^— - — ' e ^ " ^ a ^— ^ " rlier — ' - ^^ ^ ¦ books — ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ - ^^ P »^^^^ ^ . ^ The ^> PV ^^^ P ^ B * ^^ p ^ 'Pe p ^ p ^ p ^ B ^ p ^ p ^ s l ^^ f simist **^ V ^ p ^ ^ pV ^ p ^ ppJV B | p ^^ ^ p ^ Poet F T ' i ^^ L s 9 J p ^ " g ^^ pB ^ pg ^^^ ppff ^^ p ^

    modern an intere En sting lish contribution literature . - to the study of g From The Religious Tract Society . —' Gospel Ethnology' by S .-R . ¦¦¦ Pattiscn 1 . This is a

    summary — — ~— — of ^^^ the , ~ W progress *^ j / »~—~ » ^— " ^^ " ^ of ^~ » Chri ^ p ^ ^^ ^» " ^^ ^^ i st ^»* - ^» iani «>^ ip ^ h t y Bpb ^ a mon ^ . i ^ V-lv g ^ rf th ^^ bpa ^ paTA e n a udied tions of his the question earth . and The it auth is ve or ha ev s ident carefully that

    | t has — - ^^ -p— -pw — been ^— ¦¦ -. ' — - ¦¦ a pv ' ^ p- pure ^ ^ pp- ppb ^ - ^ pr ^ pv p ^ p ^ labour pppjpp ^ , h »•*» ^^ V ^* ^ of " * pT . AWivF love ^ Vp ^^ ry . » ^ p « He # ~ ^ ^ . _ ip ^ takes ^ J £ p ^ ^^ If J || us ^ . IW V to every quarter of the globe , and shows us the

    development of Christianit 3 amongst its various peoples . This development ds presented in a

    classi classified fied form torm , wit with h clever olfi-Vfvr illustrat illnst .-ratini ions ^ a of the fhft thoug di — -, fferent — - ^^ h , that — - types — t — he — of author -. — mankind — —— -v ^ . . had I m ww ¦ lafW . g ^ pai i p ^ ven We - ^ « , 4 ^ us « could ^ ^^ the ^ ppI ^ mM V ^ wish num AA *** p & AA - ,

    i ber s ne of ce converts ssin in a eve bo r ok y group of t ; his thjs d es we cri think tion . Wh ile ^ thoroughly - — -I — ary — — - —~ £ ¦!¦ " ^^^ J sympathising ^ fc ¦ ^ / " ¦ i pfivw « f »^ ^> h # - — - i _^ with | i . l «^ ^ A the V * -- ^ ILp ^ author VW p V % \ f ¦*^ V ^ >¦

    his in hi moti s ev v ident es , and sinceri also ty while , and t f h u ll nking y appreciating him for his useful work , it is yet necessary to point out

    that tnat tiality sweeping sweenin are apt er to assertions assertions detract fr on om th t « he side airta value r > f of -nsir his - volume . Thus on page 14 he says , The testimony of — 'travellers — — — — and — ¦ " ™ historians — - ^«> »> A— fh is unanimous ff

    inascri-- ~—• - ™« w ^ ^ ^ w .. « r ** i ^ »^^ AI ^ -VpVA A ^ 1 T _ r IAKJ pN JL Jl UK ^ J X ^ X . J-L bin of s g om to man kind of of every ra atur ce th al e acknowledgmen r to be wor- t supern kk powe » *^ . p . ppK

    shi ^ pped and propitiated ; ' and again , on page 20 he says , * We affirm that just as there has been found no tongue so barbarous as to be incapable

    of expressing a translation of the Gospel . . . ' Now , it is a notorious fact that 1 he J uangs of Bengal — - — the Fuegian ^^ sand «^ v i the v # . A . Andamanese JfcJlEl

    so brutish ^) , — — , so — —» absolutely < 3 pmw-..- »»^ y , *^* - ^ . degrad vy JL . ^ ed ^ w « t * , LIU that V ^ ICIV they / are C * X \^ have Uave .. no no word word tor for God God . no no idpa idea of of a future fiit / nr ^ state sf » fp

    and consequently no relig , ious ceremonies what- , ever ; and even among the Naga tribes of Assam the only form of religion is a reverence for food their and dead drink , upon . the grave of whom they place

    From Glasgow Mr . . — W Translations . S . 3 ime , 130 . of Sauohieh Professor all Ramsa Street 's , 4 . /""*» j A a ^ KAPM-B . __ y

    w Selections ijih notes ; . . from Glasgo Tibuiius w , in the and old Tropertius clays , had , ' a "wide ancl woll-earned .-. reputation for its ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ - •¦ '¦ ' - ¦¦ ¦ I . - . - _ Q 5

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1887, page 1808, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121887/page/14/