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    an the attempt Pentateuch ' to set and forth the later the literary historical claims books of of the Old Testament in the light of such critical

    principles as we should naturally apply to all other ancient historical literature . ' The author traces back the writings to the period of their

    original composition , and after a close scrutiny his conclusion is that ' we may still read our Bible as in the ancient days . When it tells us of

    the dealings and manifestations of God in Creation , in Providence , and in History , we may still take its record as true . ' In the present

    ferment of Biblical controversy and criticism this conclusion will be consoling to not a few . Canon Girdlestone has rendered a great service

    to the cause of orthodoxy in writing this volume . From the same . —* A ¦ Select ¦ ¦ Glossary \ b / of Bible

    Words ; also a Glossary ^ of ~~ Important - ~~ ^^^ . ^^ - ^^ r m ^ m- w ^ mW m ^^^™ Words ^^ — and ^ mr ^^ ^^ Phrases Mayhew . in The the object Prayei of this Book Glossary , ' by Rev W is . to A g . ive L .

    an account m of the more ~_~ — ~_~ ~_ important - v r ^ m > ^^ - , ^^ ^^ pr , ^_^_ T ^^^_< words — — ^^ and _ - phrases in the Bible , including the Apocryphal bocks ¦ , and especiall j ¦ ¦ y of ~— those ~— ^^ r- ^ r ¦ -maw expressions -mm * ^^ b ^^ i i ^ r ^ -m ^ r w ^^ *^ t ^ ^^ - ^ m- —m ^— » - ^— which — — —^ — — ~ - ^*

    are are now used obsolete in the Bible in literary in senses Eng different lish , or whi from ch their present m — . References — ~ ^^ — - ^^ ^^^^— -m ^ -m ^ m * ' to ^ mw - ^ m ^ the ^^ ^ k ^ k ^^ mw text ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ . V ^ mf ^ are h ^^ iF ^^ ^^ g ^ f ^^ l iven ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ,

    together with a brief etymology and illustrative s passages tudent of . the The Bible student consult of Eng mt mm , the lish k work an ~^ d ™^ with the — - — ¦ may — ~ - - * mr ^^ - ___ m ^^ w — ^^ mmr __* ^_^ W W ^ a * mmm » —~ — ——»

    equal profit and advantage . From Messrs . Griffith ., Farran , Ofceden & Welsh . —* Lay Sermons for Practical People '

    edited by the Rev . Freeman Wills . These , addresses , first delivered to mixed audiences in Lambeth Polytechnic Institute on Sunday

    afternoons , are well worth the trouble and cost of having them published in book form . They are all goodand * some of them are really

    excellent , as , , indeed , they could hardly fail to be when we mention that among the contributors are Sir John LubbockDr . B . W .

    Richardson , Edward Terry , Herbert , Gladstone , Arnold White , Rev . Arthur Mursell , Henry Arthur Jones , and the Rev . 11 . C . Shuttleworth . It is

    a promising sign of the times to come across suuh a book as this . From the same . — ' Political and Social Letters of

    a Lady of the Eighteenth Century , ' edited by Emily F . D . Osborn . It is sometimes said that we have lost the art of letter-writing , and

    certainly , with these specimens of the last century before us , we are more than half inclined to believe it . No doubt the world was

    less hurried in preceding generations than in this epoch of steam and electricity . We have no time to write letters nowwo writ e notes

    or what Byron called lettercttes , . To be , sure , the telegraph , the penny post , and the newsp A . ap » er have rendered it less

    neces-¦ s we ary need to be not elaborate chronicle in all our that correspondence goes on about ; us for the benefit or ! distant friends , for distant

    friends are put in possession of most of the important news by much speedier means than the private let tar- writer can employ ;

    A . \ * and , the necessity to write news-letters being removed , we have ceased to write letters

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    altogether in the old sense . On that very * account sprightly , perhaps narratives , we relish and pi all quant the comments more the \ [

    which writers we . These find in letters the pages by a * Lad of the y of old the letter Eigh - - ( i teenth Century — — f ' if — not precisel m ^ — — — y * amongst the \ \

    best in the language ^ W , , ' are yet cap ml ital read % J ing r , ¦ ' and give many a vivid and interesting glimpse of the life and manners of the past . We think

    this Thackeray book . would hare sat up all night to | read I From ™ ™ . ^^ v ~^^ r ^ V ^^^^^ B the ^^ ^^^^ B ^ tl ^ P W same ^& ^ V ^ V ^^ BHi ^ V ^ N ^ . V — ^ Messrs ^ 'V ^^^ B ^^ P ^^ V ¦ *^^ ^^ *^^^ V . Griffith ^^^ ^^ B ^ H ^ h ^^ v ^^ i ^^ ^^ v ^ v , ^ m ^ Farran —^— — — — & -- Co | — — ^^

    send us some really excellent diaries for the year 1801 . Blackwood's Pocket Diary for Ladies contains a great deal of information of special interest to the fair —thus it has Useful

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    postal arrangements , stamp duties , & c . We warmly recommend these diaries . From Messrs . Hazell , Watson & Viney , Limited . —* Hazell ' s Annual for 1801 ' edited

    by E . D . Price . This is described on the , titlepage Topics as of * the A Cyclopaedic Day . ' It contains Record of at > Men ove 3 and 500

    articles on every topic of current interest , . Merchants , Lawyers , Military and Naval Officers ,

    the Men Men general of of Tip Letters . ttftra reader , . Men Men , will or of Science Science all find , and a their nd our our interests friend triena taken into account . As a work of reference

    regarding subjects of the day , the book is indispensable current events to . We who should wish t add o ke that ep step it is with

    revised to November 20 last . From ' Ben Messrs ch and . Bar Hurst : Remini & JBlackett scences of , Limited One of t .

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    se bad cond bee series n engaged of reminiscences upon the . preparation He had written of a a good deal of matter fW but *** ' failing hk health — -

    pre-% ^ V V *^ ^ t r ^ " V ed ^ ^ M X .- ^ him ^ af m * M A «^ from ** * J * aW ¦ ^ ^^ ¦ finishi ** ^^^ , * m > ^^ n ^^ g ^^ his Wfc ^ *» *** aa * . ma t ask . As ¦" the new matter was not in itself sufficient to form a volume h most \ rm ^ r mmi of it has been added in the

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    hea is say r stories ing not of a eminent little ; an men d readers will ive who the love book to ^ a -mm ¦ ^ fresh ^ ^^ ^* - r ** r ¦ m % mmt welc w ^»^ ^^^ ome ^ f ^ m ~ —~ -m ^ . ^ Nothing * - — " w k ¦ more ~ - ~ ¦ g entertaining — o ^^^ j

    is likely to find its way to the circulating libraries . F mwmt rom mim , ^ m ^ f mm * mm * m < m , t m ^ he . k mm % ^ mrf rm same ^ w ^ v ^ am * mmt ~ t _ i ~ . ' r A ^ ^*^ m Line « " - ^» " —~ " ^^ ^^ ¦ of ^ ¦ ¦ ' ^ ^ Her «^ ^ Own ^^ ' v / by ^^ Mrs ¦ .

    Conney . ( 3 vols . ) We fail to perceive why Mrs . wri Con ting ney should three substant have gone ial volumes to the to trouble tell the ot " ¦ story \¦ iven Bl in 4 A i Line of Her Own . ' Some

    sporting m ^ m- ^ k « ^ mm * w g H ^^ ¦ . « s - *^< c enes ^^ mm ^ describ ^« ~^—— ' — ° —^ ed in _^ slan -,- _ g y language - . — , a few unexciting country dances—at which the mma invariable «™ ^^ r ^ mf ^ v ^ ^« ^* f ^ » r w ^ ^ i ^^ mischief ^^ ^¦^¦^^ p ^ - ^ r * - * r -- — —» *^ i - ¦ - -making — j " ¦ widow turns up h —

    and a misunderstanding—not too skilfully she managed loves — mak between e the the bill heroine of fare and . the Had man the , up

    story . been _____ condensed into one volume . it might - * flfc

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1890, page 1607, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121890/page/17/