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    3 88 The Publishers * Circular Aj>rii i6...

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    infinitel have not y to its hero fascination to eater . into Unfortunatel alL the merits y we of space

    - the volume in which , or it to excels point the out utmost more especiall we can y do the is to ^ way ^ ^^ W mention ^ - ^^ ^ H ^ - ^ r «• - ^ r ^ m the ^^ ™ - ^ headings — - — — — ' — — — J ^ ; of — — some — — of the chapters J— ,

    from treated our previou which of -what it s statement may an extremel inf that erred y the , interesting bear subject ing in nature is mind well

    the work , is likely to be . The principal of these , in Insp addition iration to of the Death two alread in Folk y ment -Poetry ioned , Armen , are T ian he

    Folk B Songs allads -Songs , Folk , The , -Songs Venetian Idea of of Fa Provence Folk te in -Songs Southern , The , Sicil Diffusion Trad ian i Folk tions of - ,

    and Folk-Lullabies . A word of praise should also be awarded to the tasteful binding of the volume .

    From Mr . William Scott . —Lillie Harris , in the essays republish , ed from the Newcastle Weelcly

    remarkabl reason Chronicle combined y on frank ' Our with , and Young a certain it is Ladies probabl fluency / y is and from certainly smart , this

    ness of , stylo , that she gains her chief interest . h Mu eart ch by of the what class she to wh say ^ s ch may she especiall well be y taken appeal to s ,

    evidentl and her y power very great of dissecting . Her book human is both character shrewd is and particularly well expressed .

    From the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge . — ' Architecture : especially in

    relation to our Parish Churches , ' by the Rev . H . H . Bishop cientl , revealed M . A . The bits nature title . cf Illustrations this work is of suffi over - y y

    one hundred churches are given , and the little volume , as an unambitious attempt to point out the chief features in the architecture of our sacred

    edifices should , for those who are specially interested in church architecture , prove one of much attraction .

    From Mr . Elliot Stock . — ' Quest and Vision : Essays in Life and Literature / by W . J . Dawson ,

    author of * A Vision of Souls , with other Ballads and Poems . ' This is a volume of very thoughtful essayswritten with a telling regard to the

    tune-, fulness of our language . Taken as a whole the ^ h ^ ^» ^ " ^^^ ess ^^ HP w *^ ^ c ^ a B ^^ ys g p ^^ p 7 ^ form v ^ ^^ pp 1 t . ^ . ^ b ^ P" ^ P ^ P > d ^*^ P el ^^ P" *^* i ^» g ^ pfl ^ k htful ^ P > ^ P * ^ P * ^^* ^ " * WJ . read P *^™ ^^^ ^ ^ PJ ^^^^ ing ^ . ^^ " ^ Vff ^ h . ^ Heli * She ^^^~ ^~ ^^ ^^^ lley ^^ " ^^^ ^^^ W / ^ t

    ' Wordsworth and his Message' ; ' gious __ L Doubt ong _ fellow and Modern '; * George Poetry Eliot ; ' ' ' ; Henry and i The Wadsworth Poetry

    of D espair' on 7 the sub Cj ject . t / From Messrs . Frederick Warne & Co . —A

    revised edition of the ancient * Fables of Pilpay ' has been added to the ' Chandos Classics / The story of the discovery of these inimitable fables

    is worth repetition . We give it in the present c ian itor at ' s the words court . of * Barzuyeh the Persian , an King eminent JSTushirwa phys n i-

    who India rei in gn searc ed be h tween of a a . lant d . 531 which and had 579 been , visited re- , ported to possess the power of restoring dead

    bodies recorde without d to in life history dru . Like but and similar wifch fable wild this , he -goos collection came e chases back of g ,

    fables . Another version makes him to have been sent on purpose for this book , which was jealously guarded by its Indian possessorsand

    to have obtained it only by surreptitious means , . ' The first English translation of * Pilpay ' s Fables '

    appeared in 1570 .

    From the same . —In ' A Stork ' s Nest ., or Pleasant Reading from the North' Mr . John Fulford

    Vicary has collected a series , of sketches and stories which wnicn should snouia throw tarow considerable consiaeraoie ngnt light on on Danish JJanish

    Swedish , and Norwegian life and manners . Some , are old friends—such as ' The Wind as Post I

    Office , ' by M . A . ( xoldschmidt , which , if we mis- [ take not , appeared in ' Temple Bar' some few

    years thoug h h ago quietl —but y all hu are morous interesting . As a , an samp d a few le of rich the ly | I

    latter Waterloo - ^^ ^ V ^^ v ^^— ~^— ^ H ^^^^^^ class ¦ / b " ^^ " y ^^ we —~ A . 1 may ""~ * . Kielland ""^ ^^ ' ^^ i ns — w tance " , which ' The " ~ ~ is rr ^— ~^ told Battle — ^ —] |— ^^ with ^ j ^^ of ^^ mj | I

    rery crisp effect . Probably the best-known writers [ laid under contribution , however , are Herr BrosboU ( ' Carit Eltar' ) Herr Erik Boghand Professor f

    Ewart I > a / UVX & 3 an X 41 d V CVA of each / , J-fcwii writer A r - ^ m- M * several ^ ¦ - *— ' V / Ik " * . , « effective <• 14 »¦? . JL . A V contri ^ J . v ^ O Owl - I butions are g iven . Apparentl ix . y the sole Norweg o ian — -iI

    author represented is Ivar Ring . Bound in a [ a neatl Danish y designe Bonde d co 's ver house , dep — icting to a a Dan stork e suggestive ' s nest on

    at once of home and domesticity—the entire volume should meet with warm approval . From M " r . J . Whitaker . —One of the best books we |

    know of as being in every way suitable for relig * Dail ious y stud Life y and . ' The meditation book has is the reached volume a entitled second

    edition , and we have great confidence in predicting if that future its populari editions ty are will issued be permanent in a form , espec equalling ially

    the present in handsomeness , in fitness of arrange- I ment , and in clearness of print . The author states I that the subjects and treatment of the papers were

    suggested in the course of every-day parish work , and that they deal with the common duties and cares of daily life , and the helps and consolations

    which God gives . From the same . —Those who desire to possess in a

    handy form a well-prepared devotional com- i mentary ' The Hule on of the Prayer Lord ' s ' b P y rayer the s author hould app of l ' y T for he j

    , Rule ingly of neat Faith and convenient and ' The Rule little of volume Life , ' * an exceed- 11

    From Messrs . P . V . "White & Co , — A Treatise on Nature , ' by the Rev . H . Collins , M . A ., F . H . A . S .,

    deals with a very extensive subject , and this not fashion altogether . Moreover in the clearest , the reader and ' s most difficul intelli ties gible are

    much increased by the method the author has followed least of of it punctuating , is strange < -7 . his ' A work Treatise , which on , to Nature say the '

    would have been all the better for a little revision by an experienced literary man . From Messrs . Wyman & Sons . — 'Old St .

    Margaret ' s , ' by Stackpool E . O'Dell . Second edition . I au This thor is ' s a partiality A fairly interesting m / for preac IT novel hing O , . b On ut marre every •/ possiblo i d by the < '

    the occasion pulpit he an , metap d delive hor rs icall an harangue speaking . , mounts Meanwhile into ! , the story halts until he shall be pleased to descend

    deal again with . The a best-written cle chapters 's ministration are those in which the East-end of youn London g , but rgyman a specially well-designed

    portrait is given of a stern puritanical father , who j believe punish s ment above and eve who ry thing lunges in himself the doctrine his family of ,

    and everybod , y with whom he comes , in contact ,

    into a spirit of the most uncontrollable gloom .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1886, page 388, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041886/page/14/