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    The Rev . Francis Chen-eves : Trench . — Only a week after the death of his distinguished

    brother Archbishop Trench , the Rev . F . C . Trench f ^ m author t of * The — Life — — — and — — Character h - — — — — — - ^^ - of ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ f ^^^^^^— ^ , ^ " ^^^ " " ^^^— " ^— - ~^

    St . John the Evangelist , died on April 3 , at Bursleden , Hants . At Oxford he obtained a

    second class in Literis Hnmanioribus in 1828 , graduated B . A . in 1834 , and proceeded M . A . in 1859 . In addition to * The Life and

    Character of St . John / the deceased was the author of ' Theological Works' ( 3 vols . ) ' Brief Notes

    on the ^ M Greek ^^^\ A ^ h of ^^ the _ ^ A New ^^^ ^ B ^ b Testament ^^^^ k ^ k , ^ / * A Walk round Mont Blanc * ' Lectures on

    Con-1 versation Travels in and France on Good and , and Spain Bad / ' Travels Reading in /

    Scotland , and numerous less important works .

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    April 16 , 1886 The Publishers * Circular 3 8 5

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    From Messrs . W . H . Allen & Co . —Van Gelder ' s 1 Storehouses of the King . ' Thia book is an

    elaborate account of the discovery which the author claims to have made—the solution of the much-vexed question as to what the pyramids of

    Egypt were intended for . Mrs . Van Gelder , whose Tolume is the result of earnest study , also tells us who was the builder of these

    wonderful monuments . A short summary of the contents of 'The Storehouses' will best show the nature of the work : —I . Joseph the

    Builder ; II . Moses the Recorder ; III . Tower of Babel , the Model ; IV . The Pyramids as Granaries ; V . The Hebrews in Egypt ; VI . The

    Sphinx , the Entrance ; VII . Mission of Moses in the East ; VIII . Mission of Moses in the West ; IX . Granaries of the Ancient World ; X . Death

    of of Moses Moses ; . XI . Appendices Record of Pamines . —I . Great ; XII . Famine Apotheosis in E — gypt ; II — . The - _ Translationof the Septuagint ;

    III . . / j . Herodotus ' and the Pyramids , ; IV . Hebrew tj * and Grecian Feast of First-fruits ; V . Predictions concerning Egypt . The reader will see from this

    sketch how much that is interesting Mrs . Van Gelder ' s volume contains , and what research has been employed upon it . To students of the Bible

    it will be especially interesting . From Mr . J . "W . Arrowsmitb , Bristol . —In one

    way the twelfth volume of the now well-known than and eagerl ordinari y welcomed ly interesting 'Bristol . It Li contains brary' ' is Carris more

    ton ' s Gift , ' and three other stories by the late Hugh Con way , and as these were apparently written before he had made a wide name for

    himself , they afford an admirable method of comparing his earlier with his later work . The volume is also enriched by an engraving of the

    tablet , representing a portrait in bas-relief of the memory lamented —— — in __ author Bristol ^— — , which Cathedral has been . It erected is worth to y his of

    note that ^ three out of the four stories depend for their plot on some form of mental disturbance , but they are all interesting , and form as a whole

    a highly inviting volume . From ^ P > b ^^ ^^ A Jft J % the ^^ Pb * % ^* ' Biblio t ^ mm ^ •¦* p «^ m »*«» " ^^ graphisch j ^^ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ^^ J ^ w~—^ ^^ - — - ^^ . es - ^^ r ^ Institut ¦ ¦ ¦ - — - T —¦— ^ — — - — in — ¦ ¦ Leip i i ^ j ^—

    -eig . —' Meyer ' s Hand-Lexicon / This is tho third edition of a miniature encyclopaedia of all the scienceswith technological and scientific

    did-, beeides astronomicalhicalg gnostical rams , , statistical , and historical , geograp maps . , geo The

    maps have indexes , which , being printed on

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    coloured paper , guide the consulter of the book to the maps g . Besides — — - — the — —~ ordinary ~~ - — — —¦ - ~ — - w contents - ^^* - *^ ^*^ m *^ ^^ ^^ a ^^ m ^ of ^^^ ^ h ^ an wh ^^^

    explanations encyclopaedia , of * many Meyer out ' s -of Hand -the- - way Lexico terms n * which gives occur in literature , but are not to be found in the

    ordinary the words dictionary angelus , chic . We , and may cantate cite . as Canta examp te les — here spek ' Kantate' as an adopted German

    , word—occurs periodically in the official announce-Lei ments pzig of . There the Easter is a useful Booksellers set of ' directions Meeting at at

    the beginning of the work showing the consulter how to use it . * Meyer ' s Hand-Lexicon ' has now become a volume of over 2000 octavo

    in double columns , bound in two , parts pages . A valu- , writers able item ' productions in the book even is of the living "bibliogra men phy with of

    the dates of publicati , on . , From Messrs . Carson — —^ & —¦ ~ Comerford ~^^¦ r ^ - ^" r ^~— B ~ r . —The « b ihK chief » ^^^"^ p ^ ^^^^ " ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^» ^ H ^^^ . ^ B

    failing of Mr . J . T . Day , in his well-intentioned little story , * Under the Hoof / has been that he has endeavoured to crowd too much substance

    into his plot . It was his design to exhibit the squalor , the wretchedness , the fearful hardships

    of the poorer people , but in his desire to show that every class of trade was affected he has attempted too muchand his plot suffers from

    disconnection . But , for all this his narrative and gains from in one the fact direction that what nothing it like loses ingenuity in another of ,

    plot is attempted , the story carries a truthful appearance with it which is wondeifully effective . Probably many readers will shake their heads

    and say such a state of things as Mr . Day depicts does not exist , but we , for our pait , who have had some experience among the poorer working

    people ourselves , emphatically endorse everything he says . Mr . Day ' s story is one well worth reading , and , what is more , reflecting on .

    i From Messrs . Chapman & Sail . — -George Meredith's novels , new edition . The new volume is

    ' Vittoria . ' The scene is laid in Northern Italy , at a time when Lombardy is rising to free herself from Austrian dominion . The reader meets

    with the characters who have become as familiar i friends through ' Sandra Belloni . ' She reappears ; as Yittoria , who , from the boards of the Scala at ¦

    Milan is to wake Italy to the struggle by her voice . There are , however , new personages in ; the book now before us . Weisspriess , a chivalrous

    Austrian officer , and Barto Ricci , the insurgent shoemaker , who fights and conspires for his country ' s freedom while enslaving his own

    household , are not likely soon to be forgotten . "We may note , as a memorable scene , that of the ' master' i . e . Mazzini , on the Motteronewhere

    he is obli , ged to meet ' his followers to , be in safety . The picture of the Austrian general and his younger officers chatting in the cool shade

    of the amphitheatre at Verona is a very chanuing one ; and a touching scene is that of the Countess Ammiani and her sons . The duel scene in the

    pass is perhaps the most striking one in thobook . Whoever reads it sympathetically will feel not merely as if he had lived in the country , but as

    if he had learned to know and love both conquerors and conquered alike . From Messrs . "W . CollinsSons & Co .

    , , ( Limited ) . —In the ' Fifth Geographical Reader / published by Messrs . Collins , is compressed a clever description of the countries of Europe .

    The whole of the fifth book is devoted to the ceeded ceeded continent in in , gi cri an ving vincr d the succinctly succinctl editor y a a has very very undoub excellent excellent tedly series series

    suc-J *

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1886, page 385, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041886/page/11/