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    Dec. 15 1890 The Publishers * Circular ,...

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    seems to us to embody a very happy idea . In the two volumes toefore us we have selections

    ¦ i from brilliant the men fugitive , selections writings which of two we fancy extremel will y not fail to commend themselves

    j | have literary tastes or take an interest to all in who the j minor The volume performances Beaconsfield of eminent includes characters such .

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    1 ; town more with in a which roar . Disraeli In the was Jerrold wont volume to set too the ; j we have some of the most characteristic pieces , , ! of its author , such as * The Major in the Black

    ' Hole Mnio , ' * Pope PrvT \ ck Gregory dracrrwxT and qv » # 1 the fVi c * Pea Poor r Tree r P ••/!*» , ' * An An : 1 ' tributed Old House by in Mr the . Kobertson City , ' & c . , are The appreciative prefaces , con and

    -1 * well Peace writte with n , Honour but why ' to does Beaconsfield he credit the when phrase the j does honour he of reall coining believe it belongs that Carl to Burke le lacked ? and y y

    sympathy with the poor ? From Messrs . Kegan Paul , Trench , Trubner & Co . Limited . —* A Vision of Saints' by Lewis

    Morris , . We have seldom been more acutel , y sensible of the disadvantages of limited space than in attempting — — — - m — — — — ^»^^ fc to ~ " ~ —^ r deal — — — - ^ — with r - h h — ¦ I ' ^ A ^ h ^^^ b Vision » ^^ m ^^ ^^ - ^^ p ^^ - ^^ of *^» " ^ W r Saints **^ ^^^^ <^» ^ " ^ V ¦ * ^^ . ^ »'

    It is so superb a thing , so rich , so full , so si rong , { so stimulating and elevating in thought , so tine in imagery , so exquisite in execution , so

    j admirably balanced and rounded that we feel : guilty of something like sacrilege in dismissing it wiih a few brief and hasty comments . It is

    a work to be criticised at leisure and at length , : and were the space at present available the I exercise would be as pleasant as it would be

    1 profi merits table in . detail But , seeing we must we cannot in consider a sentence its that it is a long time , since we say were made glad

    by so genuine a contribution to English poetic literature—that is , a contribution showing so many of the perennial elements of poetry .

    E Kvery vf > rv page naw . is is a stud stndy v in in itself itself , , and and contains o . nntain ^ lines that the critic would fain treasure up . The book is a casket of gems and a triumphant

    answer to such as ayer that the present epoch j j of has the no poem poets worth is a noble taking one note , being of . , The in aim Mr . Morris ' s own words , that of doing for * the I beautiful Christian legends and records that

    I which has so often been done for the mythology of Gieece . ' The author has not confined himself to the saints oi any one Church or creed but appeals to ' the spirit common to them all

    whLeh in all ages , and through every form of , belief , has animated the who ' e company of faithful men . ' A poem of such scopeit need

    hardly be said , affords Mr . Morris an opportunity , i to exercise his great and peculiar powers to ! the _ — __ full — . — — . — . w We -. are — especiall — ________ . y p __ leased ____________ — with __ -. the

    I parts , relating , to Bunyan and Father Damien . From ^_ ta *^ ^^ r JP-4 ^ J 4 the V ^^ ¦*¦ - ^ — Relig fliww ^ v ^ v ^^ m ^^^ T ^ B i ^^ ous ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ Tract . ™^» . " ^ " » —^ ^~ Society »—^— - ^^ ~^ ^^ —^— —^ ^^ v . m — ¦ 'The _¦ ^ " _ - « - _* - English _^ - ^^ - ~ ^^ — ^^ h —• — ——r —• ¦—•

    Keformation of the Sixteenth Century , ' by W . H . Beckett . Illustrated . ( Church History Series . ) This work is divided into three parts , the first ¦ being i ' Monastic England / the ¦ second * The

    r «^ -- ^^ ^^ mm ^^ f ^^ k ™™^ ^ ^^^ —» - —^ ~— ^ - ^ *~ ^ - ^ - ^ — ~ — ' m m — ^ * ~^ — ' ' ~~ — ^^ ~^ ^^ , Wycliffian Reformation , ' and the third * The ! Great ~ - —¦ ^_ t ^* r **^^ 'w ^ ^ Reformat *** ^ f ~*^ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^™ ^—™*—^ ^^^ ion — ^^ — of ^^ the — — ^ ' ^ ( ^^ Sixteenth ^^ ^ — ^^ ^^ — ^ — Century — — ^—^— ^^ — — w . ' I _ PB __ I __ l IV *^ included * 1 ^_ . " under 1

    The three memorable periods these headings , are vividly depicted , and , considering FHPV ¦ k the extent of — . the - - su ---- bjects _ __ - - with - won --

    -j derful the ^^ « ~^ " ^» " ^ ^ H powerful » '" " ~ ^ fulness P ^ - ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ . ^ " Eng There — lish — are monastic — maps showing __ , institutions ,. where were situatedover what districts Lollard

    spread . nnrJ where , the naartyrs were burned in y

    ~******— ' _ - —___ - _ -- -- __ - ———^ , also the r fl t persecution portraits of k under ___¦ Cranmer ___> Mary i , W Tudor ycliffe . , There Era ____ smus are , * *^^ ^_ __*^_>^ ^_^ _____ ___

    Wolsey , Tyndale , More , Latimer , Coverdale , and Mary Tudor . The volume is not only supremely tion interesting to Church , but History highly . valuable as a

    contribu-From TTrom by Charles Mr TUTi * . Walter Tlcr _ -1 Lamb + ___ » Scott Q . / iMf With . —' Th TV an e introduction Essays T ^ oonira of _ - _ 4 ? Elia Vi . ' b y , ' Ernest - ¦ ¦• ' — ^ Rh ^— — - — ys w - —^ . - ^ Lamb - ^—— ' ¦ —i ^____ p ^ r « i ' ^ s vs ^ charm ~^^ ^» 4 *»^^^ d * ___ -4 b ^ does ^ w ^ ^ r ^^ rn * f ^ not ^ M ~ h ^ ^^ diminish ^ Mv ^ ^ k ^ kiAJb AA ^ M ^^ V ^ V

    as sign time of real passes appreciation . Nay , if , the popularity gentle Elia be was any never time critics took so and much . so biograp much thoug hers ht notice never of 41 ft as of at now him k any . Ceitainl previous It was y

    ^ ^^ ^~^ ^^ ^~^* r ^ » ^ v' ^^ V ^^ B ~_ r w ~ ^^ ^^^ ~ ta ^ ^_» _ b ^_^ ^ k ^ k _ k . V ^^^ ^^ V V ^ f ^|^ proper which , has therefore already , been that the the means * Camelot of bringing Series , ' so many _ . / good ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ # *^ book » - ^ — . ^ ^^ ^_^ . s *_ # ¦ ¦ within _¦ ^_ r *»•• ^ ^ . » the ^ ^—^ B ~^ ^ reach h ^^ % ^ V ^^ ^ --b of ^ ^ F ^ k those % ^ ^ L « A ^^ r P ^^ ^^ F

    who have little money to spend , should be enriched by the addition of these incomparable Essays Essays . . A The few book of ¦ - includ the minor es nearl cnes y all have Lamb been ' s

    — — - — ^—^^ —— —^ « v * ^ m mr m ^ - ^ r ^ ft ^¦ fr ^ ^ ^ ^^ * - ^ . ' — r ^^ ¦^ - ' _¦ - ^ ^^ T ^^ V ^^ ^_ r ^^ ^ B _ V omitted ^ . Ardent admirers may say that there ought to be no omissions ; that all Lamb ' s writings are well worth reading ; but what has

    been left out is not really characteristic . The ' Popular Fallacies' and The Confessions of a Drunkard' do notas Mr . Rhys remarksshow

    Lamb at his best , , and those who mest , truly honour his memory will not be sorry that these ¦ pieces have — — — —— - been — - —— —^— — ¦ excluded - _— — ^ ^|^ p ^* - __ -- _ f - __^^ ^^^ -b ^ - ^ fro ___> <«^ —^^ m ^^ h ^^ ^ b the ^_ r ^ ^— ' ^ present V ^_^ ___> ~^^ P ^^ r ^^^ F ^ B ^__» ^^ r

    collection . The volume is well printed , and of a convenient size for the pocket . The introduction is an admirable piece of writing .

    From Messrs . Frederick Warne & Co . — « Barker ' s Facts and Figures for the Year 1891 , ' edited by Thomas P . Whittaker . In the

    compass of 328 not very large pages , Mr . Whittaker has contrived to give a mass of information on subjects ¦ ~ of current ¦ ~ importance ¦— —¦ —¦ t ~ hat ——— may ahP well f

    — — — — — —_^ — — «— - »» - — - - ^—r— - *^^ —— - ^_— ^ w ^ . —^ ^__^_^ t ^^ ~ » T ^__^ — - * be described as prodigious . Regarding commerce , agriculture , finance , population , insurance ¦ education i ¦•—— reli i- ^ - gionand _¦ many ir » ¦ other 11 things _¦

    full — ~ —^ statistics — , ~ - * — ~ ~^»— ^^ - «~ — - ~~ — — are , v ^ .- —^ given — f ^^\ ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ , , _^^^^ and ^»_^ - __*—™ , ^_ ^^ the ^ ^ ——_ items — —^ ^ n ^ —— ^^ ^^ being ^ ^^ ^^ y ^ ^^ , w arranged alphabetically , any subject on which information is desired can be turned up almost

    as easily as a word in a dictionary . To busy people , this concise and handy reference book will be a great boon .

    From Messrs . F . V . "White & Co . — 'A Homburg Beauty / by Mrs . Edward Kennard . ( 3 vols . ) In * A Homburg Beauty ' Mrs . Kennard has written

    a capital story . The style might , indeed , be improved , but then she ever remembers Scott ' s advice to writers of fiction and is interesting ,

    often absorbingly so . Nor is the interest merely a superficial one . Without assuming any airs whatever , Mrs . Kennard preaches a powerful

    and convincing sermon against the sin find folly of perpetual worldliness . Her characterstooare drawn with skill and force

    , , , and a quite rare fidelity to nature . Mrs . Davidson , if very disagreeable , is very natural . We fear there are too many in the world

    like her , and that they are the cause of much wretchedness to those about them . Mr . and Mrs . Davidson are wealthy , and

    leadacat-anddog life that destroys the happiness of their only child Hetty . They meant Hetty to make a / fine «¦ t ^^ match wa ^ . m ff ¦* but i her k ^ whole mm k life *»• * ± * tr is x * ' mismanaged < nv ¦¦ wni i :

    mw *<¦ ^^ m ^_ , _• , m " - » ^ - **• »* ~_ ^ v v » r m ^^ < moam _ W _* WJ « l ^^^^^ , a and she marries a man who is both poor and ' cruel . Forced to leave her husbandshe returns ' , ¦« __ . _ # •__ A . _« ¦__

    to her father ' s house * , but ^ is refused admittance , ! and dies miserably in the lodge-keeper ' s cottage . The story is deeply interesting , and carries a / '

    weighty wei-firluv moral tnorAl . . - / / d . !

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1890, page 1609, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121890/page/19/