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    Books Received:— From 1 Messrs -~-.Wtjpj...

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    to fascinati fAsfM the imti rich ng ngr work work repast . . We We 1 o be can can found only onlv refer refer in its our our brillian readers readers t pages h ^ -v ^^ HHM - ^ r ^ w v . A - ^ - word — is — also due to — — the publish J ~ ers — — for

    the satisfactory way in which the book has been issued from the press . It is another instance of the great care bestowed by Messrs . Black on all

    their publications , giving to the public the best results of their knowledge of the printer ' s and binder ' s art .

    From Messrs . Cassell , Petter , G-alpin , & Co . — ' The History of England for Elementary Schools / For Standards V ., VI ., VII ., illustrated . This

    volume form « one of the publishers * series of Readers for Elementary Schools , and has been prepared to meet the requirements of the New

    X Code i of 1882 . In order to ¦* . provide fur the practice authorised by the Education Department , of grouping the upper standards for instruction and

    examination in class subjects , the whole range of English history has been included in the volume , but for the use of schools "where the standards

    are taught separately , the work may be used in sections , commencing either with the foundation of Parliament or with the beginning of modern

    political movements at the Revolution . The paragrap clear arrangement hs and subj of ect the head book -lines , with "will its material separat ly e

    assist the student , and a woid of , praise is due to the illustrations which are far above the average of such works . The history is brought down to

    the year 1880 . From Messrs . James Duffy & Son . — ' Abridgment

    Adapted of the History for the of use Eng of land Schools by John by Lingard James Burk , D . D e . , ' Esq . A . B . Barrister at-Law . Fortieth Edition .

    "When , a school , book h ?^ reached its fortieth edition , it needs little commendation to help it on towards a fiftieth ; but as the present volume

    contains new matter , it may be well to say that the continuation down to the close of the year 1882 seems to be carefulldone in the spirit of

    the previous pages . The y distinctively Roman its Catholic closing tone paragra of the ph , History from the is pen well of known the editor , and

    Father of the unhapp present il edition y continu , tells es to us that be deprived ' The Hol of y almost all his rihtful possessionsbut his voice

    is incessantly heard g warning nations , against the evils only connected be counteracted with secret by religion societies . ' , While which can the

    where book is the thus Roman only fai suited th is for accepted reading , its in literary schools merit is unquestionably high .

    From Arithmeti Mr . John c , in Seven Heywood Standards . — ' The , as New specified Graded in

    Schedule I . of the " Mundclla" Code , 1882 . ' By according C . II . Wy to kes the , M Revised . C . P . Code The of seven 1882 standards the , , carry

    to pupil Compound inr Arithmetic Interest from Discount Simple Commission Addition up Brokerage Stocks and and Shares Insurance Pe , rcentages , Profi , t vera and Loss & c , ,

    And are lowed supp all lied in b convenientl this y under examination comprehensive every y , arranged head questions little for and . -working book , numbered The su examp g out ms . , , fol are les . -

    From U . S . Messrs — 'The . Hougliton Complete Poems , Miff li of n , Thomas & Co ., Boston Bailey ,

    the Aldricli younger . ' Among poDts of the America most g who ifted Imvo and done popular much of to refine and elevate American literature ^ Thomas

    Bailey Aldrich has an assured and prominent , place , l > ut , strange to say , his poetry has been almost

    first ignored ^ - # in lete Eng edition w ^ land . of The his present ^ ' — "" volume - ¦» ^» my is i ^ th uXIfV ©

    which arranged comp o have and revised been by hims ^^ elf poems — , y containing — — and - , ^— carefully w- * i *« Mii . those * 'AXxJSf re -

    always popular , that have heretofore appeared in different volumes viz

    ' Cloth of Gold / ' Flower and Thorn / , Friai * Jerom — —^— — e ^^ ^ s ^ Beauti — ^— ^^ — ¦ ful ™ ^^ Book ' ^^^ ^^ ^^ , W ' « ^ XXXVI ^ ^^« # ^ ^^ vtf . ¦ ^ ^ B ^ r ^^^ . ^ Ballads mKt ^ r ^^ B ^^^ LmJm ^ m JW » c and Lf u V W ^ W VTT T _ / the .. 1 -1 • -m . ~ -- * ' -l

    XII seems . L to yrics have struck From with beg quiet inning certai Mr nty . the Aldrieh _ vein

    that was by nature his ; 2 iot modelling himself but perceptibl . 1 . x held y to on this this vein or — that precedent m ^ h ^^ *^»* master "III hf 7 |^ r ,

    blame , with a fine truth of , instinct throug . His praise predilec and - tion was - for — the picturesque — — j with v --... touches b ^ A ^ UvliUO of

    fancy ^^ B <^ ^^^ 'K ^^ . ^ , occasional ^ ^^ ^^ . ^ ^^ ^ ^ fc - - «^ I li . ^ g _ hts 1 g A _ . ^ .. ^ of ^ humou V _ ^ , r - so - _ reserved and ^^ X harmonv so dainty that they of oi Eastern eastern seldom disturb colour the pictorial

    narmony , , tinges tinges colour , , and and hints hints of nf fore remote very romance great . including His range as of it subj does ects is historic

    therelegends , odes , , ballads ( notabl , y that , of 'Bab / Bell —— ecri — — , ' which - - ' — of - ^ - , j b - — y w ch its - ^ i ld —^— sympathetic — ^ m advent - »^^ »• ¦ ** w ^ b ^ ^ and ^ — ^ r and ^^^^^ ^ i ^ delicat ^ , ^ ^^^ t A VMVV e de VC r 7 -

    author ption a claim a to the ' s affections of death a wide , gave circle the ) , sonnets and vers de societe . In these last he

    disdeli plays ghtful a faculty . We and can airy just grace find space of sentiment for one of trul his y 6 hort concentrated poems ,

    entitled—1 DESTINY . ' Th J ' ach ree with roses its , wan loveliness as moonlight &< i with , and a crown weighed down

    Drooped in a florist ' s window in a town . , Like The first flower a lover on flower bought , that . It night lay at on rest beauty , ' s breast .

    Sh The runk second in the Toae tangles , as virginal of a harlot and fair 's hai , r . Sh Th ut e th in ird the , a icy widow palm , with of her new dead grief child made . wild ,

    The illustrations to this volume include an admirable portrait on steel of Mr . Aldrich , and

    twentyei Club ght of desi Bosto gns n b , y Mass members . With of the few Paint exceptions and Clay the illustrations % are Afk remarkable i \ for much ictorial ¦

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    cal Friar Jerome ' s of Beautiful the volume Book is . * a The model typogra of artistic p"workmanshi appearance broug \ l * f ^ ht A ± \ J out in All the t most AJLXV ^ tJ careful ¦ and

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    bound in illuminated vellumandin addition , a red reader -ribbon thus , mark making awaits it one the of directing , the most , finger attractive of the

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    agents for the work . From the Religious Tract Society . —* Horse

    B Petrinse Bv J . T . . HowBon KowBon ; or , Studies . U D .. JJ D .. in . Dean JJean the Lifo of ot u Chester of nescer St . . . ^© The x « ^ «

    selection y of the , title , of this work necessarily although it by means as necessarily

    invites suggest 111 in WHICH which , s comparison , the LUC Apostle XX ^ JUOl / lO with of Ul the UtO no the Gentiles MOUWivo great work formed * - ^ of Paley tne ,

    aucnori authori central ty ry figure on on . St oi . . Dean Paul riiui Howson '» s me life— — , witness wj beare himself »/ u < . w disclaims the " no --- mean ^ joint ,

    work in in his ms ot introduction Lruu himself ucuun and , , any nuy Mr . utsono desi Cony re merel Lxt * , x ^ — > y While j *? jmita w ,

    P gesting ^ iloy , and certai thus witli n defines St " undesi Peter his gned object as coincidences well : ' adapted iiui ^ sug i to » -

    connect ^ increase nnnnr-finn ion our with confidence St . . Peter , , in as wen the trustwortny *^ - ~ character cnaractor oi of the r , ne New new Testament jLtj » itnu < r . ui > , , to ™ keep ^ —r from -in view , .

    likewise A and postl fro e ' , s the life the and edification words character specially to , bo from addressed derived his own to vorcw uu m ,

    bv our m Lord / Dr . Howaon fills in his fiketcni * ———*^^^^^\ L ~ Jk ,

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    Pf a : : " ' T —i ^ ag gi - v 33 ^ 2 The Publishers' Circular April 16 , 1881

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1883, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041883/page/8/