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    I ... . The latter are by Bieler , Rossi , and De Myrbach bach , . The me characteristics characteristics of of the the monk monk . Claude fttaude

    fairy Frollo -like , are grace admirably and provoking brought out beauty , but , the of

    Esmeralda are hardly so well depicted . The translation , by A . L . Alger , calls for more than

    a passing word of praise . From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —A new editiqn ,

    under under the trie editorship editoishir > oof ± Miss Miss Charlott CJharlntte fc M M .. Yonge , has been issued of E . Van Bruyssel's ' The Population of an old Pear TreeorStories

    ; , of Insect Life . ' The book supplies an extremely readable account of some of the smaller

    denizens of zoological life , such as ants , plant lice 7 cockchaferscaterpillars till fcK « fc iif im r wood licebees

    centipedes — ™^ T , ^^ ^^ ^^ " ' — ™^ , & ~ » ^— c ^^ , ^^ written " ^^ , « " ^^ ^^ ^» ^» in ^ ^ ^^ H such ^ p ^ , A a ^ clear tr ^^^ ^ 4 ^ fe ^ fe , ^ p ^^ leasant ^ , A | ^^ ^ fc ^ ^^^ P *^ , S conversational fashion that the reader is bound

    to be charmed by it . The attractions of the volume are further increased by some excellent illustrations from designs by Becher .

    From Messrs . Marpon & ITlammarion , Paris . — Le — ¦ Bon - , ' „ Les -- — — premieres — - ^ ¦ I ^^ - " — ~^^ ¦ — civilisations ^^ ¦ «• - ¦ ^^ ¦ ^» ^ ™ I ^^ ^ ^ B ^^ ^^ i ^ g * 11 ^ . ' The ^^^ b ^ V ^ IV ^ fc ^

    civilisations which are treated of in this volume are the Egypitian , the Chaldsean , and the Assyrianthat of Persiaof Judaeaand of

    Phoenicia — ^^ — . , ^ g Egyptian — civilisation ^ , B ^^ ^~~ - ^^ r ~ r ~^ r ^ - — - ^^ is - ^ - ^^ ^^^ - ^ , m illustrated ^^^^^^^^^ ^ k ^^ ^^ v ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^» by - ^ . » - ^^ - examples of architecture , statues , bas-reliefs , p h ictures —¦— industrial life " ^^ r- and social f life from

    — — — — — , — - ^ — — — — — — - — — i - ^— ^ * w— ^ k *^^ ¦ — " ^^ - ^ b ^ ^ v ^ ' ¦ r ^ V ^^ ^^ " ^ . » ^^^ ^ fe ^> ^ B ^ W ^ U * ' ^^ i ^^ i ^^ paintings in the temples . To these are added illustrations from Egyptian landscape and modern ¦ - ^™ - — — ~~ - —¦ - inhabitants ^™ ^^^^™ - ™ ~ - — ~~ ~^ m-- ^ —— ' — — - ^ ¦ of ^ Egypt ^^^^^ m ^^^ m w i ^ ^^ . — The v ^ hv ^^*^^ " ~^ i— civilisation ~ i i ~ *^ »» ^^^^ ¦ - ^ b ^> ^^^ ^^ ^^» ^^^ ^^ -j ^

    of ancient Persia , Chaldsea , and Assyria is similarly illustrated from cno mmentsand public and private life . The engravings are well

    executed , and will tempt those who are not studious to niake themselves acquainted with the history of the great peoples of antiquity .

    From Mr . Samuel Mullen , Collins Street East , Melbourne . —* The Battle of Mordialloc ; or

    , skit How after we Lost 4 The Australia " Battle . ' of This Dork is ing a livel ' style y little . A

    spirit of false pride , an impression that Australia was all-powerful , all-prosperous , is depicted as arising in the centennial : year 1888 and this

    reached its culmination in 1897 when , a feverish desire for separation from the , parent country

    was the result . In the Victorian Parliament a majority wildly clamoured for disruption ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ Ho ¦ w

    ¦ ^^ J ^ Mt ^ JV ^ -J " ^ *^ ^^ W ' ^— ^^ ^ ta ^^ ^^ W ¦ ^ ' W ¦ ^^ » W h ^ " ^^ F- ^ . " ^ . ^ " - ^— ^ B . ^^ * # ^ -I | ^ i ^ - ^^^^ ¦ " »** ' ^^ " - ^ ^ - * ^—^^ ^ ¦• ™ «^ » long , I ask , ' said one honourable member , * are the people of this growing empire to be governed

    by a trumpery island in the German Ocean , hardly big enough to furnish decent sheep-runs ¦ for a score of squatters ? ' ¦ This ¦ ¦ ¦ was ¦ received ¦¦ ¦

    ^^ f ^ m ^^ rf ^ V B ^™^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ " ^^^^^ ^^^» «•¦* v ^^ ^^^^ 1 ^^^^^ ^ w »^^ ^*^ ^ " ^ ¦¦ ^^™ 'i ^^ ' ^^ ^^^^» ™» ^ - ^ — - — ^» - ^ ^ — —— — ' ^^^ ^ i ^ ^^ - ^ ~* - ^^ with ^^ tremendous applause , and it was useless to explain to so excited an assemblage , as was subsequentldone . by another and older

    memy ber , that when the colonies were no longer sheltered ^^ J ^ J ^ ^ > J ± \ f ^^ J , ^^^ ^ S ^ under 'fcjl ^ j ^ Tl «* K ' ^(^ >^ ha the ^^ ¦ ¦ I ^ i ^ name " ^ *• ^— - »» I I I ¦! ^ - ^ . ^ and - » I ¦ ¦ " *»^» mi ^^^ . g ^^_ ht , r— of ^ -r ' Eng ^ m . -w —^_ land , -w- — ~ - .

    they would inevitably be attacked by another country be a part — of that the the British momen Empire t Australia that ceased moment to

    , would the German , the Russian , and the Frenchman be thundering at the gates . Howeverthe

    colonists , as depicted in this clever little , bropVinrfi chure . would wnnlrl list listen en to to none none of of these these views views , with with

    the result , that , having broken off their allegi , - Uk ance , \ , W _/\^ to \ J \ J the AJM . M . X «* mother JUUVr AJM-M ^ SM . country ^ - / X-T « - « . JLj » ms m . j , the -mj m . m >_* Russians _ M . a * vmv ^~ *^ % i —^ . w ^ r and «^ wm . a xy »

    the Chinese descended upon them , and , after a gated mighty the battle country at Mordialloc . The pamphlet , thoroug is hly smart subju ly

    written 1 '• A . AJ *^ 1 ^ . ¦ " and - » . _« J besides \ - % . J ^ t ~ % ZJ ^ j- ^ . / - » affording n ^ V > k M /^ iv > / y interest -i % •&• £ * i **\ m' 4 ' ^ % » d ^\ -i ~ wholesome amusement , lesson will ^ , . it may be hoped ; convey a ris- — : —^ . ' ¦ r > r , ;; - ~ , . ...

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    •\ ¦ - ¦ From Mr . John C . Nimmo . — A second and popular edition has been published of that

    most entertaining and fanciful work , * Pe Omnibus Rebus , ' by the author of * Flemish

    Interiors . ' The work delightfully represents * an old man ' s discursive xamblings pn the road of everyday life . ' Upwards of one hundred

    illustrations are included from the fertile pencil of R . Caulrield Orpen . From Messrs . KeganPaul Trench . & Co . —

    , * Twilight and Candleshades , ' by ' Exul . ' There is much merit in this little volume of verse , but its contents are so mingled with the fantastic

    that at first it is not easy to appreciate their , exact value . * Exuls' lines run in graceful

    tripping measure and are often distinguished by attractive quaintness of expression and sprightlthought . The longest piece in the

    book , and y in some respect s the most ambitious , is entitled ' A Dance of Death Song , ' from which

    we make the following extract : — * Lover , j leave — your v - _ _ — si — g ^ hing , ^

    Leave your sweet love pain , There's bliss -fox you in dying , Bliss for you , and gain .

    Now no need to ponder Why her glances wander ; Whether she dissemble

    No doubt shall cross your mind ; Never shall she grieve you ,

    Never more deceive you , And you need not tremble Lest sheiprove unkind .

    Leave your lute and lyre Ere the fingers tire , Leave them ere the fire

    Smoulder , smoke , and die ; Love is evanescent ,

    Jealousy incessant , Facts to all your present Hopes may give the lie /

    ¦ 1 From Messrs . Perrin & Co ., Paris . —Zeller , * Allemagne au moyen ^ -ge . ' The full title of

    this book is ' Histoire resumee de 1 'Allemagne et de l ' empire germanique , leurs institutions au moyen age . ' The work is an abridgment of

    M . Jules Zeller ' s general history of Germany , which reaches to the fourteenth century . The author considers the resume a species of

    natural complement to the larger book , a suitable course of preparation for extended study . The * Histoire r 6 sum 6 e' is divided into : —I . The

    Soil and the Race ; II . Germans and Romans , Teutons and Gallo-Latins ; HI . Gallo-Francs and Germans ; IV . First Monarchy , division

    into duchies , & c . ; V . Ottoman Germany ; VI . The Germany of the Henries ; VII . The Germ ii any i of the Fredericks i i ii ; VIII . Fall of the

    ¦¦¦ ¦ wmm «^™ ¦ ¦ ^^ ~ - * ^^^^ ^ " ^^ —~ ¦ ^^ r ¦ v ^ ¦¦! ^^^ —» ^^ - ^ ^** — " ^^^ ¦ ¦ —^— ^ p — ^ h ^ v ^^^^ ^ p ^^ p ^ . ^ i . ^ ^^|«^^ ^^^ b ^ .. ^^^ p l *^ 1 . V ^~ ^ . ^^^ ^^^ High German Empire . M . J . Zeller's ' Histoire r 6 sum 6 e' is a closed-packed crown 8 vo . of 730 pages , with 5 maps . We doubt not that it will

    be found a useful handbook for students . From Baron Messrs etage "Wh and . ittake Knightage ^ & Co . — of * Do Great d ' s Peerage Britain ,

    , and Ireland for 1889 . ' The new edition of ihis well-known work is characterised by all the old highly-valued qualities 9 and remains as

    accurate ^ ¦ ^ ^ " '"^ ~ m ^ " ^ mm ^ ' ^^^» ^^ mm « w ~ m and ^ — r ^ ~ v w widel ^ —^ — - ^ I J serviceable w « — _ - —^ , ^^ ^ v ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦¦ - ^ pr —^ as ^^ ever - ^^ ^ .. ^ i ^ ^ p | ^^^ f . V ^ * The ^^ p ^ book is now in its y forty-ninth and this

    fact in itself powerfully testifies year to the , success thathas been attained . x I . ^—^

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    Dec . 15 , 1888 The Publisher ^ ' Circular ^ 53 ! ¦ - - . ^ . ¦ r ^ —r - —— ¦ ¦ ¦—¦— '

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1888, page 1753, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121888/page/11/