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    Prom ' Vices The Franeais Bibliotheque '...

    Amasia—a matter of considerable importance , mon seeing be that not the solemnised lady loses her by fortune a sti -b » - ~ ¦ pulated ¦¦ if - the date cere- .

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    mor to dinner e weak !) , - the minded latter servant ' s equally and mild the valet , a hew aforesaidThe account of , their experiences nep

    . , related in the author ' s most whimsical style , forms the substance of the story . The plot as here U sketch fc % - # b ? b 1 b » ed tar W & will ff A Ak > w somewh rm v r AiW at v b ^ * remind ¦* w 4 ^^* bb . v' ^* b » readers ^ b » ^^»*^ «^ m » b ^ ^ bbf of ¦ the » ^^ same ^^ » m ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ * ¦**' ^^^ ^ ^

    in writer general ' s ' Round idea the there World is no in doubt Eighty a Dayp similari , ' and ty between the two % / V # booksBut in detail * Kerabau %

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    ——written favourabl before y compare . Some with of anything the scenes the author aTe most has vi T » v v idl J » ^ f > w y w described ^^^^^ 1 ^ ^^ ^ & fl ^ p ^^ " i . ^ . , m ' wit v v "fc ¦ ^ r h bb ^ rare rfto ^ 9 ^ b » ^ -r intensity ^ b > m b ^ ^^ b » b * VbF » m * « ^ and jbf bi i ^^ b » glowing VBh * ¦¦ ^^ V v m bb ^ BMBfc

    effect—notably a shipwreck , which , However , forms the most unnatural occurrence in the story ; and here Bfc and there the l author 4 has thrown in ¦ sl « ¦

    touches ^ K' ^ F ^^ W ^*^ Bi ^ B ^^ BT BBb ^ of — ^ B * BPflh ^ Bi humour ^ " ^^ W ^ B ^^» ^ B ^ «¦ ^^ , which ^^^ P * ^ M ^ ^ VPB ^ P ^ IBB ^^^ " lose ^ B ^^ B ^ ^^^^ nothing VP ^ M ^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ v ^^ r V V i n ^^ v ^ V f orce ^ y from the contrast of their surroundings . When Keraban reaches Scutari , it is found that the

    marriage of his nephew must imperatively take place at Constantinople . Only a few hours and the allotted time will have run out ; what is he to

    do ? Pay the tax and go by boat ? Never ! Luckily a tight-rope performer happens to be exhibiting his powers at the time , and our

    consequential hero solves the difficulty by being conveyed across the Bosphorus in a wheel-barrow ! From the same . — ' From the Forecastle to the Cabin '

    by Captain S . Samuels . The author , whose ad- , venturous career is related in this book , ran away from home at the age of eleven , and beoame captain

    of a ship when only twenty-one . The narrative is a striking tale of incident and daring . Once , j w b hen a sea a captain during , a th gale e aut in hor which was a boat pt ov could erboar not d

    lire y . On another occasion Captain Samuels show ^ ed some men-of-war the way through a bad

    t p r > he lace lftce work in in tthfl he ive Mediterranean ] VTftfl a l ivel firrn . nftA idea . Ti . of The Thft sea illustrations illnsfratinn lifeits hard s to to - 3 ships and g its perils . y In one we see Mr . , Samuels ,

    a another mere he boy is , coxs on a wain boat of which the has captai capsized n ' gi , g . ght In - ing an army of savages ; in another , the vessel is

    i caug in all ht the in a fu typ ry h of a gale and off in anot the h Cape er , she of is Good seen Hope . One of the engravings ives a ital

    an idea d th of James iitous Town rocks , Sc . which Helena make , g the anchorage the cap island , inaccessible prec but p at this one place . Next we have

    ma the de * Dreadnought his famous sailing , ' in which passage Captain between Samuels America and the author England . . The frontispiece ia a portrait of

    From Messrs . Morgan Sc Scott . — Darlington ' s who ' Memoir died when of Edwi onl n Bainbrid twenty ge / Mr old . Bainbridge of ,

    a party of tourists who y visited years the Fink , was and White one European Terraces ¦— ' ^— ¦ tourist of New + \ who ii Zealand lost \ % j his it . life He through was 1 the the onl un y -

    —— - «• — f -w •• ** -v -.- *« . m ^ s »* v m . s *~ jAtiv VU V ^ *¦* fi AJL CIHj 1 ALJI when w ex nen pecte about about d eruption to to be be overwhelmed overwhelmed of the volcano bv by . In a a shower shower his last of of hour red red-- ,

    terrible hot stones situation and mud theee , he wrote in facsimile a few lines are a on the illustration lllustration tto o the the ; book book , , which whiflh is is mainl rrminlv , of nf pa re r ge « --

    ligious interest . There , arehoweverso y - engravings wonders of New and Zealand descriptions that , the of general the , natural reader many

    , will find Edwin Bain bridge ' s Memoir interesting .

    From Mr . David . JSritt . — 'A Trilogy of t & e Life to F . S Come . A . and There other is ¦ V - Poems much , ' refined by Robert ¦ merit Brown in , these Jim ¦ J «| .,

    ^^^* V *^^^ ^ T aBV 4 ^^^ W flBB ^ flBB ^ BP ^ BF ^^ V ^ V ^ V ^^^^^^ . ^^ ^^» ^ B ^^^^^^^ ^ BV ^^ V ^^^^ " ^^^^ ^ ^^^ V ^^ B ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ V . V ^ BVB ^^^^^^ . verses , and the author has in some instances risen to a height of great poetic ability ; but , like so many of his fellow ah write b > rs , he is apt to be A m ^ m _ ^ _ ^ K * B

    _ ambitious and to strive after effects of which ^ he —^ advantageous is not capable opportunities , when humbler lie cl but ose to scarcel his feet y less .

    From Messrs . George Philip & Son . — ' The Hand n neatest eatest y Vo and and lume m mos ost Atlas t compact eomDaet of the work wor . World k of of the the ' is about kind kind that that the

    could be thought of . The printing , both cnartographical and typographical , is beautifully done .

    are In Tn a a to book booir be that that found pan can a readil readilv hundred y be bo put nnt into into with the the concise pocket nofikfih statistical notes and an index of maps 12 , 000 names .

    From Mr . George Bedway . —* The Love Affair : " ¦ a IBV ^ Drama ^ h ^ v ^ Bp ^ krf ^ p 4 ^^^^^ B > of ^ h ^ ^ Bt ^ an jb > ^^^^ Bt Ancient ^^^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^*^ ^^^^ ^^ Democracy ^^^^^ v - ^^ ^^ m ^^^ mm " «^ r vr ^^ ^*^^ ^*^ ^ g w / b *^^ y ^^ v W B * . ^ v W " . 0 « A V ^ MOBBh M « W m - B > ^^

    i Aldred nterwove . n The wit author h six tabl has eaux writte , a n powerfal in "five acts de- , scription of Roman life . The drama is uneven in force and abilityand occasionalldisplays lines

    ^ t B . ^ hat ^ ¦ ^ h . ^^^ mf are ^¦ BB' Bfc Bfc lirm almost ^^^ ^^ ^ ^ B >^ B . ^^ W mediocre , « ^^ m ^^ BB ^^^ ^ ^ |^^ ^ K in . Bl ^ ta ^ ^ B . ^^ character ^ ^ ^ JBF ^^ ¦ y J H » ~** B ^ ^ but " » ^ V ^ 4 ^ 4 Bi V ^ h ^ ^^ fcj of the introduced songs and other , pieces many are exceedingly meritorious . As an instance of this ,

    we may quote the following : — Kiss Do xj \ j not u , oh \ j fear jlc . kiss c » i . — , still si that / iu , , still suu tender , , this uui mouth ^ panting ^/ auuiug invites heart ucai me u •! ,

    Raise thine eye « , thy quivering : eyes to mine , dear ; Thus we kiss with lips that will not part . Why art thou gobbing- ? Why »» i-ijr dost « -iVJoi > thou i . ii ^/ ix tremble ucuiuic so cu ? i

    Thy blue-veined eyelids robbing Mine eyes of what they'd know . Wilt thou not speak , dear ? Or ri tel uoia l ixj { 7 with cb sigh ?

    v ^ . me nrxuu a oig u < And Or put gently thine draw arms me around nigh . me , dear , From the ¦¦ Religions b ^^ v « hbbb | ¦¦ r- wmbbt Tract <¦¦• « bv «¦ Society bM bf . —* Pioneering ~ ak A . ak ¦» taa

    _» . a . *~ r « - »^ . v a ^* . ^* ^^ a ^ M ^ ^ r- ^ - ^^^^^ w ^ y _ ^^ * vr > f ^ av * > ia New Guinea , ' by James Chalmers . The remarkable interest which has been shown in the acquisition flkBi of this country will be enhanced bthe

    perusal WBT A ^^ P ^^^ ^ fc of ^^ ^^ ^ Mr ^ ^ r ¦¦ . ' ^ k ^ Chalmers ^ i-VB * ^ - ^ ^ ^ B » « V V ' s 4 B > rfBh most ^ B ^^ ^ v ^ enterta ^ b ^* BlBt Bh ^ B ^ ^ V Bh ^ ^^^ ining ^^ T ^ MB » ' W ^ 0 y book W ^^ ** ^ . Recently much has been spoken regarding this ^ remar ^ ^^ / 4 ^ L ^ V BB J ^ kable B ^ flbJBIBBF ^*^ ^» ^ ta . country ^ h ^ ^^ ¦ V ¦ ^ Vf ^ ^ i ^^ Bp , which « W «^ B ^ ^ ^^^^ K flfr lay ^ BB V ^ B W | so B ^ ^^ T long ^ B . ^^ T ^ Bb % neg ^*^ ^^^^ V ^ lecte ^^^ ^^^ ^^ d ^

    by the great European pioneers of Christianity and civilisation ; but we question if any man has - more whose rig ' ht Work to a and hearing Adventure than the in New present Guinea author ' is ,

    labours so well . know The n experience to readers of of travel eight and years missionary * work in New Guinea ¦ vil could / k ¦ . not m ^ m \ fail \ is to be ^ fruitful in

    jl v V fr V- " * - *¦ * - * * x-v ^ * . v- » v ^ J a m . a . kxv ^ » -r y a * . « - »* um , « - *^ - — observation . Stories of adventure abound in intprpsit interest the volume in in mission mission ; while work worlc all among ftmonP who tak savage savaore e the tribes trihfta slightest will will

    be forcibly struck by the account of the progress which , has been mad e under very trying

    circumillustrations stanp stances . ftfl . The T'hft engraved bo btt ^ > k is b beautifull heautifill y Mr . E . y v TVh produced "nroduced ymper , , f with witli rom photographs taken by Lindt of Melbourne . From

    these thftRA illustrations illustrations a remarkabl rftmArlc » . bl y v tru t . rn e ft idea idea of of the the appearance of the country and people may be obtained .

    From Messrs . Bydal & Co . —Mr . William Alfred Vrt rapidl Gibbs nidlv y , in run rnn his over orer ' Fifty in in b blank Years lank verse verse in Fifty the tha Minutes chief chief events events ' has

    of the past balf-century . The magnitude of his almost iiiuiuau task , as appalling confined to and one if 11 little volume that iuau , has he b een has

    made several rvpjjixiini omissions g ; , reuu . it we wo will say oaj only be what , under the circumstances , might naturally be

    expected . But in order that the reader ' may repair

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    -SO 4 The Publishers' Circulkr Mjajrlfe jss ?

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 16, 1887, page 504, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16051887/page/18/