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    far as , they go , a state , of things peculiar and , perhaps without example , in which multitudes

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    undertaking capacity or . their In opportunities other matters for qualifications so grave an must be known and shownin religion it is

    ; taken of the for book granted and . the ' This attitude will show Mr . Gladstone the tenor a — ss ~ - — ume ^—^ ^ ^^ s » t - ^ owards -m ¦ - - ^ ' ^ ™— ^^ - ^ p ^ ¦ s ¦ o ' ^ pp- me « hh ^ pp > ^ ip" of ivP « the VP a ^^ pa —] — later ^ pt i pj ) p r > o t of r -bh Biblical hi Pk - ^^ r PP ^ ^^^ . ^ p ^^^ " ^ . *^^^^ ^^ ^^ p , ^^^ *

    critics . From the orthodox point of view the work is a triumphant vindication of the From authe the nticity Leadenhall of the Scrip Press tures . . — * Oxford to

    Palestine : being Notes of a Tour made in the Autumn of 1889 , * by the Rev . Joseph L . Thomas . The letters which make up this

    volume Times , and orig are inall now y appeared reprinted ' at the the ins Oxford tance and request of friends in whose kindly judg ^

    manent ment they form des . ' erve And to this appear notwithstanding in a more that per-• they ¦ ¦ [ the i ¦ letters ¦ pi ¦ ] do ip not fii profess p ^> pp to tell any Ph

    thi ^ - ^ ^^ n "p g new ^^ —^^ -m ^ , nor ^^ - ^ ^^ ^ pp > do ~^ p ^ ^ they ' ^ ^ pp- vpv ^^ e _^ attempt ^ t ^ |^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ P ^ P ^ v to *^ . ^¦^^ give ^ ^^ ' ' pp ^ more ^ rvp > ^ g than passing impressions of the interesting places visited . ' After perusing the book the

    fri critic ends is have bound incurred to say a heavy that the responsibility too amiable . From the same . — ' A Week in a Wherry on the

    Norfolk Broads / by ' Blue Peter . ' Illustrated by the Purser . * Blue Peter ' has some humour , a good knowledge of human naturea pretty

    knack of description , and the pleasantest , t emper ged tha in t the his bo world ok is . agre From eable this readin it will gand be

    in truth , it is very agreeable indeed . Unhapp , ily , it is not now the season of the year to go jaunting in a wherry ; if it were we should be

    disposed to be off at once to the Norfolk Broads , where ' Blue Peter' and Purser had such a fine time of it . That isperhapsthe

    best compliment we can pay the , book . , The illust Purser rations , we s . hould add , has done well with the

    From Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , Searle the & Bivington Last Adventures , Limited of the . — Illustrious * Port Tarascon Tartarin / :

    James by Al . phonse Not long Daudet ago . Mr Translated . Andrew Lang by Henry gave it p & his deliberate opinion that Daudet is the

    [ I ' this first was of living high praise stylists . . But From those such who a are quarter able

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    call to judge it extravagant for themselves . Such will as not are be in disposed ignorance to

    or or in in doubt doubt had ha . d better better read read this this delightrul delierhtful volume at once and be convinced . The art of ' Port Tarascon ' is exquisite , and the interest

    common unflagg delicious ing -sense compound . The . He character of oddit himself of y the and that hero sound he is is a says

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    ti the cularly book at may the pr start ove a . t If rifle there ambi are guous baffling , par-James allusio ' s advic , then e the and reader turn had back better to * Tartarin follow Mr of .

    Tarascon / where the allusions to * the baobab arrows and the the camel al , nstock the lion of - honour skins , the the poisoned critical pe

    hours passed , in a deep dungeon in , the Chateslu de Chillon ' are all explained . We need hardly say that the translation is perfect .

    From the same . — ' Lord Melbourne / by Henry of Dunckley Queen , Vic M . toria A ., LL ' Series . D . ( ' The edited Prime by Ministers Stuart J .

    Beid . ) Such has been the , rush of political and P events pp ^ PI ipi ^ -p ^* j momentous m ^^ during ^ pppfe- ^ ^ p ^ p ^^ ^* ^^ PAbpP ¦ > P the «^ h p . a ^ p-p ^ ve last V ^ pp been F ^ pP * ip" half ^ p * - ^^ th - - ^ century ^ e ^ pi c 'P . p' hanges — Pi —— W , ^\ ^ so th g at -w ~ r — ea to — t

    the present generation we fear Lord Melbourne is of ^^ plv scarcely th p ^/^ p >^ p . e ^^ brilliant r *^ t ^ m * i ^^^^ p . ^ pi more Pip m m p > v i qualities v than ^ i ^ PpV pp ^ pjp **^ * p > ^ . z *¦> a p' p * . ^ name that « p ~ ppi ^ p > p * v ^ p- . rvtp stir ' ^ ^ He " ^ p * the ^ p' " ^ had ^ ^ v imagi ^— none v- ^ pj - ^^

    -natio nor a n and ox , ensure nor a Burk fame . , nor He was a Beaconsfield not a Pitt . , He t was 1 ¦ siml 7 an ¦¦ & English 4 L « pk ¦¦ rf -fc ^ i % n pp—¦ tle ¦>>¦ m »¦ an »¦— who ¦ —¦ too ¦ k

    to ULJL , -- » pr politics v » ^•¦ Ip * - * *~ r * . *¦ , p »^ p a lm y nd who J ^ m Jp . * -- the ¥ ««_ -- ^ exi •> - ge w ncies of — - — - the — — affairs times p of laced P . his % f country for a w . hile Nowadays pp ^ a t 1 - the Pli ¦ ¦ he —— head - *^ h is perhaps of the h

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    though spicuous the place his as torian a statesman will deny . Mr him . Dunckley a conhas aa « fc rmi if not r m ^* j "*^ the ** -1 ^* , ^*^ most m m r , v ^ ¦> * ' " *^ p in ^ icturesque jfc ^^ p - * «* -k ^ ^ w' p- ^ ^ " ^ ^^»» x / or ^^ - » striking *** - ^ —* . p— ^ - —^^ , ^^ of —^ ^^

    but Queen we Victoria feel tha ' s t Prime he has Ministers done himself to delineate and his , duced subject an justice emine , n and tly readable it is certai biograp n he h has y . pro The - highest praise ¦ that can be Pk iven ¦—» to a —¦ biographer

    « p \ A *¦¦ Vpfc *»» J * *»^ " ^ i ^* W ~* " ^ P *^*» pKp P *^ «« PX * pp * - » PppP » p T Pip' ^_» Pj * P > ^ ^ 1 *^ ^ p * g tp" ¦» W ^ P ^ ^^ ^ 'P— ' mp- " - — ¦ C ^ J is to that his he reader makes , and his this subje praise ct ' s characte may be r kn unre own - servedly iven to Mr . Dunckley .

    From Messrs g . William Paterson & Co . — * Tales and Sketches by the Right Hon . Benjamin Disraeli jpj Earl ip-m of Beaconsfield r ' with a

    AA refa J * AA t ~ ory ^ -ffL »»^ ^ k TAfpw ^ M _^ A emoir , a ^ fp ^ ppp p * v p ^ b y p » - J " - ^ - . ^ ^^ " *•» Log ^ p * ^ -p" - - " »~ ie -pp- - ™ ^^ ^ - ^ Robertson , — . notice ¦ * Tales w * --I . *» r % . b by ! - y » D ¦ oug J las T / -v / - J ie errold * -k Robertson TJ / -iVk ' wii -r't- cir h a biograp (* / " < Treasure TpoQ hical oni'O

    House of Tales . Log ' Series . ) One series succeeds another so rapidly nowadays that we have

    barely time to note their appearance . We have sometimes doubted whether the public aetite was suffic r ien jp tl ppT y keen for -- the — - — - ^ - m _ - __ any . _ _ _

    r ^> e pp m * r p W * - * rints ^^ " ** p « fc ¦ ** ^ p * " that ¥ PpWP * r *^ i are % *• pwpi , ptfcjpfc bei ^ --fc ^ ppfc ^ m ng ^ pp *> . ^ issued w p- « -p ~ . - ** -p- - ^ p- p ™ at ^ ¦— present - * p ^ p- * — . Our _ doubt , however , must be groundless . We are

    gtri ing lad ad it to to as think think a hopeful it it is is . , and and sign we we that can cannot not readers helo help regard recard have a --desire % J % ^ prf ^ pT JL J > ^ - ^» to V ^^ turn ^ - * " -p * % * ^*^ aside wivnif ^ ^ p ^» p-ippF ^ from Hp «^ ^* ^^—p the -p ** -p . *^ - ^^ productions w- * - p —¦ ^ __ _— , - _ — , ___ , - _ -.

    of of the the day best to fortif writings y themselves of the by past a . re- Messrs perusal . -Patterson ' s * Treasure House of ¦ Tales'Series II

    ' ; ' ' ' - ' ij fifr ' y . "

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    1608 The Publishers * Circular Dec . 15 , 1890

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1890, page 1608, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121890/page/18/