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    such omissions , blank pages are alternated "with the letterpressand it is also suggested that

    I these pages mig , ht ,-if desired , be used for sketchmg ing : the tne noteworthy noteworthv men men and and events events described dfisnriherL .

    From Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein &

    Co—. ' A Bay after the Fair / by William Cairns , would be ™ - — an —— especially ¦—¦ - ^ j—• ¦—¦ - ^^» ¦ ^ ^^ _ j interesting m . m-m . «^^^ 4 fc ^* " ^ . « « - Bk Jk little * IS V / A . ^^ story % J VX ^ A w were V > A . ^^ A it V

    not for the almost exasperating self-conceit and complacency of the chief character . But we must willingladmit that the creation is a well-studied

    y one , and probably enough Mr . Brassington may not strike all readers in so disagreeable a light

    as he does us . Still we were glad to find at the conclusion of the narrative that he did not win the charming heroine , Mabel Glendower , and we rejoiced with much gusto over his discomfiture .

    The mistake , we think , was to make such an obnoxious personage the central figure of the story , or , at any rate , he should have had an equally strongly marked character contrasted

    t with him . i From the same . — ' Told in a Trance / a short and in some respects well-conceived story by Kythe 1

    Clinto Olinfconn , . almost almost . TfirfiAl reveals s its its p r » lr lot >* -. in in the t . ht * title fvif . l « . It It . is the somewhat familiar narrative of a murder committed , and how the perpetrator was discovered through the of mesmerismBut

    in this instance it is not agency the actual murderer . ^ ^ frho confesses his crime , nor yet is it directly revealed { by the irl who was an unseen witness of the

    eventbut g the revelation comes from the liof a third , party . The story is an absorbing one ps , but

    slightly gruesome . From the same . —The ' Life of Rosina , Lady Lytton ¦ / contains ¦»* mextracts from the MS

    autobiograp f — w — - —— y "w - ^^ hy *»^^ and - *~» n ^ * other ** any *«• a ^ ^ w ori ^ . *^ g ^/ inal ^ «^*^^ ^ ' ¦¦ ¦^ documents . ** . ^^ f f t b / a .. ^« ' , and k « . « "ita ^ . is published in vindication of the lady ' s memory , by Louisa Devey . Doubtless thousands of readers

    will go through the pages of the book with the utmost avidity . Full of painful disclosures regarding the home life of the great novelist , it is difficult to read the book without amazement and

    sorrow . Popularly , little is known of Lytton ' s life ; less perhaps than is known of the careers of any of the greater lihts of fiction . We would

    as lief have been spared g the duty of reading this account ; but that it is a duty there can be no question , seeing that it is published in

    vindica-Lion of a lady ' s memory . From Tlie Society for Promoting Christian | Knowledge - « v . —Among a « k »»<¦ ¦ ¦ seasonable works

    i i ^^^^ ssued w ^ a ^« - ^ v w « — b y ^ this v Society ^^ ^^ ka many we ii ¥ ^^ k have v Rj ^> r t _ yrLr a v- ^ & - « vf number >^^ a x ^ » » v ^ ^ j » of »*» r healthy and appropriate stories entitled the ' Jubilee Series . ' These excellent and

    wholesomely-interesting stories are written by Katherine S . Macquoid , C . Selby Lowndes , F . M . Peard , E . M . L ., and Mrs . Walford , and illustrated by

    such such well well--know know n jipHsts artists as rs F F . Dadd DarlH- , W W . . H H .. Overend , and others ; whilst further and early additions to the library */ are promised JL from Mrs .

    Isla Sitwell , Mrs . Molesworth , and E . G . L . Warner . Distinguished by an extremely neat and and artistic artiHHft cover ontwr it it . is in difficult rliflfirMilfr . to fo rov for fnr what

    xeliRtfeature these stories , are most hihlcommendable say gy —their contents , illustrations , or binding and printing . All are equally admirable ; and when

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    to these qualifications be added a remarkably 11 moderate price , it may be judged of what great I

    success these modest little volumes are worthy . — * The Penny Life of Queen Victoria , ' by Mrs . Isla Sitwell , gives in concise form , accompanied by

    illustratipns , the salient points of Her Majesty ' s life . From Messrs . Ticknor & Co . ( Boston , U . S . A . )—

    ' American Literature and other Papers , ' by Edwin Percy Whipple . In the introduction to this volume v ~^ v ^» ^^^» ^^^^^^^ ^ v ^ Mr ^^ m ^^^ v ^^ . John ^^ ^^ r ^^ " ^^ ^^ b ^» G ^ MW . V Whittier ¦ " w ^^ ^^ ^^ vr ^ ^ B ^ ^^ h pays f ^ r ^ M ^ F ^ r Iv ^ a ^ b ^ V g ^¦^ j ¦ lowing ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ V ^ K B I

    tribute to the memory and genius of his deceased I friend and literary fellow-labourer . The talent of Edwin Whipple was , indeed , of a marked kind .

    As Asa a critic o . v \ t \ o , .. he hft may Tnav al almost most be hft said said to tn have havfl been be « ri unsurpassed in the calmness of his judgment , his absolute freedom , from prejudice and bias , and

    the clearness of . his style , while his diction and graphic portraiture were brilliant in the extreme . The contents of the present volume splendidly

    serve to illustrate these characteristics . They consist of an article on ' American Literature , ' ' Daniel Webster as a Master of English / '

    Emerson and Carlyle , ' ' Emerson as a Poet / and the Character and Genius of Thomas Starr King . ' From Messrs . Ward , Lock & Co . —In the series of * Popular Histories of the Great Nations /

    recently projected by this firm , ' A Popular History of Greece * has now been issued . The work has been undertaken by D . Rose , under the t . ViPi editorship PrKtnrshin of f > f H TT . W W . . Dulcken Dnlp . ken . Ph Ph .. D . . It It

    contains a history of Greece from , the earliest periods to the incorporation with the Roman EmpireConsidering that the work has

    . limi necessaril limited ted confines confines y been \ ifc t compressed is is marvellously marvellouslv within complete conmlete somewhat and and

    accurate . The , , illustrations form a marked and i commendable f VA feature of the ¦ volume ¦ m In all

    m , ^ L 1 VA ^—¦ v , f m m m »|^/ m M « JW K ^ A . v ^ ^ > - % > w * - ^^» ^ ^^ ^^ ^ »^ * - * ^^ * ~ ™ ^ " ^ ^^ . — - — — ^ - — — - ^—tinis finish respects h , it it , is alike wort worthv of hy matter of ot wide wide , printing notice notice . . , and general i ; (

    , From Messrs . W . B . "WMttingliam & Co . —One . of the smallest of books now issued as being appropriate fo » the time is ' The Jubilee of Queen

    Victoria / by the Rev . Thornley Smith . The booklet is prettily printed , and concisely sketches the events of the reign .

    * From Messrs . Wrignt & Co . —( The Cricket Press . ) The manuals issued by this firm seem to be kept well to dateBefore us we have a

    up . useful work , ' The Cricket Field , ' by the Rev . James Pycroft , B . A . ; the * Cricket Calendar '

    for 1887 ; * Cricket Chat ' for 1887 , containing portraits and biographies of eminent cricketers ; and * Inter-University Records between Oxford

    and Cambridge / 1827- *« 87 . The little book seems to be reliable , and should be extremely useful .

    From Messrs . Wyman & Sons . — Who Did It ? ' b hv Ma "IVTivrl rk r Mee MVa treats troafi ? - as as the the reader reader of ot the the

    tide while a y story will in of some naturally stirring respects , suppose sensational , scorning , of a probability crime interest . , It and the is

    ill incidents VW IV J MJL of O \ S i . MA the \ ^ t 3 . VUI plot / VVVM are so V * v * . startl m ^ A *^ n i ng in nature ^*» - ^^ 7 , — as to leave the reader little opportunity for sobe r

    reflection until the last page be reached .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 16, 1887, page 505, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16051887/page/19/