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    her choice . Probably the best-drawn character in the story is that of Septimus Bax , B ! A ., editor

    of a somewhat disreputable papsr , The Scourge , but in other "ways the narrative is by no means devoid of merit .

    From Mr . Thomas Murby . —To f Murby ' s Historical Headers ' has been added * The Graph 2 c 4 M \ A PVH ^^ mmm— . k

    History of Eng * m ^^^* land / Part a *^^^> I ^^^ m ., b ^ y TV ^^^^^ " . F . Bangust ^^^^^ , Principal Master for Modern Subjects , United Westminster Schools . The volume embraces the

    chief events in the history of the country from the earliest times to the end of the Wars of the Roses . Scenes from historical dramas and ballads

    are appended to the hook along with genealogical tables , a table of dates , and . questions for examination .

    From the same . —The little books added to Mr . Murby /' s series will be welcome to teachers .

    They are the * Scholars' Handbook , ' Parts I . and Sta II ., ndard being III * . Simp , under le t G he eometr new ical drawing Des " igns schedule , ' for ,

    and ' Geometrical Drawing , ' for Standard IV . From MessTS . James TTisbet & Co . — ' Told for a

    Me simp morial le narrative , or , the of Story a devout of life Mary . The Ann story / is is ¦ ¦ not ¦» w wanting — —— ¦—¦— —— g— -f in — —— touching - — — - — ^ j characteristics — - , expres A-

    sive of much zeal and devotion in the cause of religion . From flt ^ L ^^^ B the same . — ' Letters from a Cottage k ' is a

    0 J Mm * mm / mW ^^ mW ^ B ^ J ^ m ^^ m ^ ^ m * mmmmm * ^^^ P Q ^ MW ^ m ^^ ^ m ^ ^^ ^ mw ^ m * ^™ " ^^ mr ^ " ^™ ^^™ ^^^ ¦ ™ ^^» ^^^^^ v ~^ mm ~ —^ " ~ *^ " ~ n" ^" r *» - ™ ^^^*^»~ — ™ ™ ~ ^^^ ^ tru editor ^^^^ e story who reprinted is a . Girtonian ^ B fro ^ fc m ' , Woman 4 * is ^ W * A to be ' s congratulated Wo *^^^ V 1 ^ rk / The V ^^^ h ^ upon ^*^ m ^ ^^ mm the , ^ tr ^^ r ^ ^^ manner ^»*^^^ ¦ ¦ » ¦ ~— in — ¦ which — she — has — — — put ^ together f 1

    the letters of her poor invalid friend . Fromthe same . —The late ¦ Dean Howson was a

    ^^^ ^^ m writer ^ m ^ K ^ fcrfM , m ^ ^ 4 *^ V ^ mW whose mm ^^ m ^ mmT ^»^»*^ ~ mm * V works ^^^ v ^^^™ 1 bring ™ ^— up — very — — affectionate " — - — memories . We are reminded of the earnestness of ^^ ^ ^ his ^^ m w ^ life ^^ a ^^ ~ m * as * - ' ^ ¦ ^ mw n shown * —~ ¦ ^ ^^ v w ¦ in — ^ ' — his ^ - ^ — - — - books — — -- — and ministry — ¦ - - - — -- ^ - j ,

    by a perusal of the short biographical sketch , Diaconate from the pen of of Women his son in , which the Ang appears lican Church in ' The /

    deals It is needless with woman to say ' s e th ffort at s this in posthumous tlie cause of work the ¦ Church - ^^ j ^^ B T * 1 — ^^^ ^ ^ in . ^ 1 » a - ^» sty w ** w le ^ ^»^ * that ^^ — ' ^— ' is ^^ ^^ distinguished ^ ' — - » - — — - I J F — by earnest - — - — — -

    ness and wisdom . The subjects remarked upon ministry by Dean of Howson women are , deaconesses Biblical aspects , the Church of the ministry of "womenthe primitive diaconate of

    w ^ fcA dfe omen ^ . k ^ V rf * W *^ ^^—^ W and ^ " ^ m ~ m ^ a ^^^ n ^ mm ^ ' ^ able , ^ T ¦ , ~ speech — delivered on the presentation , of a report on the subject of the Church ministry of womon .

    From the same . —Not a few beautiful lines full of poetic Vfc ^ ^ m * ^ mf 9 m * m ^ m ^ rffc feel ^^^ * tm * •¦• ing ** ^* ^^ ¦ are ^ ¦ ^ ^ - ^ to »» be ' — — found in _ - _ ' Flowering - — — ¦ -. m ±

    Country Thorns , ' . b ' y It is trude a neat Je volume rdon , tiut . lior of ' Keyhole From the same . —The Kev . ' Henry William

    Cresswell has conferred a benefit upon theological students by the preparation of a comprehensible * ^ Anal _ * m ^ mt ^ " m ~ *^ i ^ * mt ys m ) ¦ ^ m ^ is mmr n ^ of " ^ ¦ Waterland " ™ r ^ " ^ ¦ ™— ' — ' — ^^ on — --- the — ~~ ^ Eucharist - — —» - ~— ~ - — — , '

    which forms one of the subjects given out by several bishops to candidates for Holy Orders . From Messrs i . 8 i . "W . Partridge & ¦— Co —¦— . — ' For i— in

    — ~ m > m ~ ^ - ^^« b . « he ^^^^ . ^ b ' ^^ m acqu ^ mr— v ^ V m ^^ ¦ ^ itt ed ^— ' ^ ^ himself — ¦ ¦¦ »» m- » — — like — — - — m ^^^ a - man , yea like — _ ... . a .. strong man , a new and heavenly-minded man . A divine and naturalistand all of God Almighty ' s

    making . I have been , surprised at his questions and answers in natural things ; that while he

    l ~ was ignorant of useless and sophistical science =

    he had in him the foundation of useful and commendable — — » — — — knowled ^ - ^^— - ^— v -r — — — — — ge ^^^^ h - ^^ , ^ p and ^^^ h - ^^ m ^^ m ^^ - ^— cheri h ~ - ^^^^ - ^^ ~—^ ^ v shed h ^ ^^^ h ^ h ¦ ^ " ^^^ ^ it ^ m mmm * everywhere ^ m ^ W ~ i | - m ^ - W m ; mr ^^ m ^^» m ^ j ^^_ ^^^ p ^ .

    1 vioui Civil sleeping , beyond he less was / all very This fo temperate rm part s of breeding of ; the eating testimony in little his beha and of

    -William m tells ^ m *~* m 9- ^ M mm mm * . A us in Penn ^^_ k a few to words the _ ^^ character the _ estimation of George -f c . . in which Fox ' , the p m — ious — — — - - — - founder — - ^ — ~— - ¦— of — ^^ w the ^ m ~ ^—^ b- - ^^ » Soci ' •^ ^ m ~ m ^ m ^ i ety ^ m * ^^ f of b ^^ ^ Friends ^^^> v ^— - ^ ¦ i w was F k- V mmm '

    held by one of the greatest of hi s followers . A new his edition Journal of the / ' has Autobiograp just appeared hy of George under the Fox editor , from

    ship of Mr . Henry Stanley . Newman . We know of few books more grateful to the contemplative mind than this famous autobiographyconcerning which

    the greatest authorities during , many generations rid have ge spofcen and Carl in yle term were s of much high impressed laudation . with Cole its

    value , and C . H . Spurgeon remarks : ' It is a rich mine ; every page of it is as precious as solid gold . Books nowadays are hammered out , and

    you get but little metal in acres of leaf ; but the journal of George Fox contains ingots of gold ; truths which require to — be thought of — month by

    month before you can get to the bottom of them / For many reasons the public will be glad of Mr . Newman ' s edition of this much esteemed book .

    portrai We have t , and to add a good that index it is . well produced , with a From the same . —* Through the United States of

    America and Canada , ' by the Hev . John Kerr Campbell , D . D . This is a pleasantly written little book _ - giving an account of the author ' s

    -, - - m ^ -j - — _ - - ^ - experiences during ^ a holiday trip in the autumn of 1885 . It is doubtful , however , whether it will be sufficiently novel to interest the ordinary

    reader . Now-a-days the United States and Canada liave been so frequently described before that unless an author be a man of exceeding n ly

    acute observation and originality of style his work has little chance of wide success . But probably to this position Dr . Campbell has little

    thought of aspiring , and to the circle of home readers his volume , we have little doubt , will prove highly acceptable .

    Prom Messrs . Kegan Paul , Trench , & Co . —The third part of ' King Henry VI . '; ' Xing Hichard

    III . / and * King Henry VIII ., ' from the contents of the seventh volume of the Avon edition of Shakspeare .

    From Mr . G-eorge Redway . — Essays in the Study of Folk _ --. Songs - _ . _ ...- —y 1 / b - y j the — Countess - ~ — ¦ - Evel - - yn - Mar-^

    tinengo-Cesareseo . It is no doubt true , as the authoress says in her preface to this interesting volume , that the student who would know

    something of the history of ancient songs and traditions , should approach the subject in no spirit of selfsatisfied criticismbut should seek to identify

    himself "with the ago , of which he reads — to understand the people and to have Home conception of the surroundings in which his subject is

    enveloped ; and wo have little doubt , judging by the result , that it was in this same spirit of pympathotic appreciation that the Countess

    Martinengo-Cesaroseo approached the subject herself . But however worthy of this very may bigh bo , praise the result . From is unden the intro iably

    duction , in which the authoress points out some of the principal features of her subject , chiefly indicating the ~ mw ~ extensive range of her topicto the

    last ^^ p ^ m * *~* wm * f > ^^^ cha ^*~» ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ pter ^™ ^^ p ^^^ ^ r » » , mm which «¦ *— ^— ^» - ^ m- mm- ^ m treats , r ^^ mm W ^ m ^ m ^ m * ~ of — p » — hv ^ b Folk — ~ »— ¦¦ * - Dirges ~~ ^^^ ^^ — I , t , here ia scarcely & page which does not teem with

    interesting information , conveyed in a form which adds

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    April 16 , 1886 The Publishers Circular 3 s

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1886, page 387, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041886/page/13/