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    . Books Received :— Prom Messrs. "W. Ec....

    II j-jqto Plants Messrs or . Early GrifiEltli Lessons & Farran in Botany . — ' Talks ^ ' b about Mrs .

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    I a is lread to y treat given of hig the h praise plants . The as they plan of come the from book month who tells the

    month to ; ' Granny / story , having suggestive * for her remark companions -- s axe judiciousl Alice and y Henry arranged _ _ . , whose _ to

    tm draw ^ jj -- out -- _ . the _ knowledge of the benevolentl f = f ^ y communicative old lady . The illustrations , in-I eluding six coloured plates , & re pretty , and the

    book is well fitted for present or prize . Irom the Great Eastern Railway Guides ' Office . — ' Tourist ' s Guide to the Continent / by

    Percy Lindley . This is the fifth annual issue of a It p is leasant illustrated little by epitom plates e of in the sep ' grand iaand tour by . *

    , idea photo of etchings what the , numerous traveller enoug may h expect to give to a see fair in _ ¦ Holland ^^^ m ^^ ^ v ^^ ^ " ^ ™ — , Belg ^ j ium — , G- — ennany — ^ m , ^ m and — ^ — ~~ —^ ¦ ¦ » Switzerland — - ~ —^ —*~ *^«~ ™ —^^ — — ~ — — . ^ ^

    The most famous sites , the most remarkable buildings and even , customs the most are noteworth depicted y . objects We * miss , costumes Italy ,

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    y set forth will welcome this as a worthy com Mature panion and to compositi it . Mr . Watt of chalk deals next first he with i the

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    a , Kent and Surrey ; and in the after chapters i to ? the describes various arious fully what he terms * its family circle '

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    ft & wculture . Asa contribution , to the scionce , of ° ^ t mmon high 1 valu things o and such should a popular be treatise widely as read this . It is

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    ' Draining and Embanking : a Practical Treatise app embod licati — ying on — the of Improved most - recent Methods __ . _ expeTienoe _ _ / 1 by in John the

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    sational German Dictionary languages , of in the parallel English , columns French , , and for It Tf trave . meets Trusts llers a a and want want students which -which , must must by G continually cont . P inuallv , Chambers be be ielt felt /

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    dictionaries than 40 , 000 in English one little words book . ; two The author says , in his preface :

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 16, 1883, page 611, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16071883/page/7/