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    OI 612 2 The J-J-L^S Publishers JL U^XJL...

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

    States , and it is a pleasant evidence that our American cousins are proceeding pari passu with

    ourselves in this important matter . It is also interesting to note that the wide experience of Mr . Joh " ¦ ™ - ~— n ¦ Simon ¦ ™ ~~ - ¦— " " ^» - ¦—^» , v O ^^ v ^ . ^ B ^^^^ . v , ^ m whose ^ w ^^^^ ^^ v ^ v ^^ r reports ^^ B ^ h ^ ^ m ^ ^ f ^ ^^ m ^ k * M ^ as ^ Btf ^ r ^^ r medical ^^^^ m *^ m ^^ v ^ v ^ v ^™ ^^* ^» ^™ officer ^^ ^ PHi ^ v ^^ ^^ ^^ B

    of the Privy Council are doubtless familiar to utilised many of in the our preparation readers , have of this been volume frequentl . y

    From Messrs . Houtledge & Son . —' Bartlett ' s Familiar Quotations . ' This is the eighth edition , revised by the authorof an attempt to trace to

    their sources passages , and phrases in common . use . It appears that the -work now contains passages from 125 authors who have not hitherto

    been the last included edition . The is 380 increase . Primaril of pages a , as collection against of - ^ f- — passages V— ~ — — V ^« — ¦— from — ' ~~» W , Eng ™ ¦ ™ - V ^ M lish ™— i i ¦ and *»™ - * T ^ ^ American ^^^— ^^^^ w ^ y ^^^ w - ^^ « , V ^ M ^ V authors ^ W ^ ^ VW ^^ »»^» ^^ ^ V *^» , ^ B

    Mr . Bartlett ' s book is made an interesting comparative study in these matters by Greek , Latin , ¦ & c . citations of ¦ similar import j—^» - ; and - ^^ r- ^ ¦ it is

    en-, — — - — - — - - — — — - — — — — — — - ^ - ™~ ^^— m ^ m — ^^— ~— ^ v ~ ^^ ™^ " ^^™ " ^^ " ^ ^^ m ^* m riched by quotations from th ^ e Bible , and by a collection of well-known sayings , with a com-¦ mentary ts . The arrangement \ Z * of the volume — — is very — ^^

    the convenient authors . represented First there ; is then an al come phabetica the citations l list of with a chronology of the writersfollowed by the

    matter we have adverted to . Last , there is an index of remarkable fulness . It occup , ies 25 % pagesand consists of more than thirty thousand

    entries , . Froin . Messrs — . Simpkin — —— — ^ , ^ m Marshall - m — — — —— w -r - ^* - ^— - h , ^™ & — " ^^ Co ^ HW ^^^ w . ^ v —

    Baker ' Days . Afoot We are and European lad to see Sketches a second / b edition y James of these pictures of g travel , which are of unusual

    variety . They give us scenes in Brittany , in Switzerland , in Bavaria , in the Palatinate , on the Bhine , in Saxony , in Saxon Switzerland , in Berlin ,

    from in Milan Cattegat , and Copenhagen to the Balti , and c b y recount lake and a voyage canal . The notabilia of these excursions are touched

    upon in a lively and chatty style , with evident knowl concluding edge chapter of the peop of Mr le and . Baker of the ' s compact places . little The

    book gives interesting suggestions as to what way mig ht of — — be entering - done — ^^^ m for Switzerland - — — examp — — - — — —¦ le - ^ ~ h that ¦ is ^ to ^— the ^™ - approach h p leasantest ^^» " ^^ iw ^ k ^^ ^^ ^^ . ^ it ^^ ^^

    from the South , sailing from England to Genoawhile he points out that the whole distance between Flushing and Constantinople may be done on river

    steamers , with the exception of about two days ' railway travelling . From Mr . Stanford . —' The Englishman ' s

    Guide-I This book work to the , which United bears States the and imprint Canada of , * Gr 1883 . P . . ' Putnam the their number tirm ' s , Sons is of , a ' as model its our beautifull nei guide ghbours -book y printed , quaintl eclipsing y outline sty by le

    mnps manuals of the . The chief most cities minute the majority details of are our iven English on all points necessary to secure the comfort g of the

    and traveller , making , dis due tances allowance are not for ed , the hotels national described admi- ; ration of the arrangements of the chief cities , the

    and accounts trustworth given of the principal attractions aie fair y . From the same . —* Needlework and Cutting Out :

    being Hints , Suggestions , und Notes for the uso of Teachers in dealing with the difficulties in the Needlework Schedule / by Kate StanleyRK . BS

    at Tho Whit head ^ lands governess College and - the teach National er of needle , Socioty wor . ' s . chief institution _^ . _ for , __ — tho ___ training __ of

    schoolto mistresses epeak — with --- is , b authority y virtue of _ on her — what —v _ , position , —^ . r ^^ is , under ^^ , ent > ^» ^* s «^ itled ^» ~_ ^ the ^^ 0 ^ : recent codes ¦ , no unimportant part of our national

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    the to educational her manual of system the . Needlework book , and the we most can and careful g cutting ive ^^ ^^ hi ^ P *^ - gh — out ^^ — —i L ^ praiaa c ^ har 11 _ 8 « v *__ ¦ I I

    under being pages each given head on . the _ VIiss intricat , Stanley e processes places instruction each inyolved

    of the before teachers in such part they their can lessons process almost to the adop childre t her phraseology and the a in way ginne that

    diagrams scattered throug n hout , the pages numeroiis will make the book still more useful for practical ^¦'•• -wvivua pu Mur r * -

    poses . From Herald Mr . * . Volume "William L . The Stevens fact . that — ' The our popular Family

    contemporary has reached its fiftieth volume makes it only needful for us to say that its contents seep to be marked bthe - — m ~ m same Bh / happy X € W

    comHnation of - puri — - ty and — — — attracti y ^ j . ven VWJL ess ^ LV X which U II V hav Fiction e won continues for it -- a to - de form servedl a characteristi y high -m ^ r ^ reputation c feature .

    in its pages , but the _ general . _ . essays _„ ^^ . . v and A p _ , ^^ i ^ scientific ^ ^^ UN \\ W Iff notes contain much instructive information and

    , the compX correspondence . lete its title ______ to reci be pes regarded O and ' ^^ famil as a y matters domestic >* VMAVUViV '

    magazine . From Messrs . Suttaby & Co . — ' The Private

    Devotions of Lancelot Andrewes , D . D . ' A new M edition . A ., Precentor , edited and and revised Canon b Residentiary y Edmund Venables of Ely , , with a preface — b— y James Bussell ¦ ¦ - h h Lord h Bishop of

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    as being in full harmony with the spirit of her authorised offices . Bishop Woodford , in his preface , describes the volume - — — — as —— being — — 1 ^ , — not — — onl — y 1 a

    memorial practical hel of p the to the piety spiritual of a former life of age successive , but a generations - — ' - ¦ , » and — » he - — claims - ^^ ¦ » ^ ^™ - ^^^^^^ m- ^^ ^ for " — rm ^ ^^ it ^^ ¦ ^^ that ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ " it ^^ ^ * is in

    mi comp nd lete , and accord the reverential with the sobriety tone of of the the Book English of Common Prayer . ' The boolc , which forms one of

    the publishers' series of ' Devotional Manuals , ' has centor > - > »— vi been - - » Venables > produced w »» wr m of A Lincol under t 4 VvAJl n the who f f AA editorshi > Jfc follows Jfc p Cardinal - of Pre-^^ ^^^~ ™ ^ jm *^ " ^ * , ^«^ ^ ^*^ , ^^ X ^^ ^^ >> ^^ ^^ the

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 16, 1883, page 612, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16071883/page/8/