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    Oct. i6, i8?a The Ptibliahers' Circular ...

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    Books Received—Prom Mr. Jolin Ambeal R, ...

    ^ ^ ^ for the the precociousness Little Ones . of the By Lisbeth ' little ones Gk ' Seguin seems . to As be

    on the increase , it may be well to state that this book is really fitted for little children , each story only filling a page or two in simple words and

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    with cellent music picture lihten -book . the A few poems . and songs gup pages Fro ¦¦ m the same ¦¦¦ . —' Cheerful ¦¦ ¦¦• » bb Sundays : Stori ¦ es

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    The Pastime illustrations , ' except — _ -- ^^ are _— . — that . _ not ¦ ^ b- ^ its always « - ^ » w m stories ^ w * ar in «¦ ^ asa ¦¦ the "jr are w * "' best ¦*•» ^^« ar longer * p » taste ^ rm *~ w ^ ^ p » - ^* . ,

    and but children even the are not uncom disposed fortable to be icture hypercritical of the , Annunciation will doubtless convey p to young

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    the form frontisp the subjects iece sets touched before by the pen and pencil reader , and a scene full of significance and leasant young

    the visit of the Queen to the Children p ' s memory Hospital . From the same . — 'Pictures from the Poets , ' by T .

    Pym . A very dainty little book of pictures , on illustrating child life some , the well authors -chosen drawn poems upon all bearing being

    and Kirke Herrick Tom -White , Hood Blak , . e Cunning , Wordswort There ham is much , h , Adelaide Southey quaintness , Proctor Green and , ,

    sp cleverness irit in which not the only artist in the has drawing reflected but the in poet the ' s

    word " as words much s , , and and praise . , as as a a table tabl from ft--book bnnlc the , elders it it , is is likel likpl as from y v to to win -win the juniors .

    From the same— ' More Outlines for the Little Ones . ' A small quarto volume which consists of quasi-Eepia designsthe subjects being children ' s various

    recreations . , These are printed on tinted crayon paper of such substance tnat the back of one picture serves as a blank piece of paper for such

    attempt young artists a copy . as have enterprise enough to From the ¦ - ~ same —¦¦¦ ¦ BB . Bk . —Sunday ¦> Volume 4 for 1882 r / ¦¦¦ If *

    we were — ^ ^ able *^ - ^ r V to ' fo ' ^•^ rget ^*^ ¦> ^^ " ^^^ W the ^^ main a * ^!¦ » * ^^ ¦ purpose ^ - ^ ¦** •» " ^^ ^^ of ^^ this young pretty-looking with a miscellany * volume , which of short is to ieces provide suited tho to

    the day "whose name it bears , * Sunday p ' would yet remain a copious repertory of pretty

    picturesto from iro large m initial initi and al , letters lfittors small engravings which whiVh are n . rn themsolres thfimsnl in tho rftR text a a , picture nieturo besides ., a great many full-page illustrations . The very

    symbolising cover itself is the an occupations attractive p of iece the of day colour . work , From Messrs > IbJV . Griffith JK AbULAV # . ~ aV > & a Farran -W . Ji # — ' Tho -- ¦ - Classics haJ » W- » bV f for """"""* ^^ •»* *^>*> * ^ t ^ J , ^ JV *^ V ~ V *¦ *^* * * ^* ^^ * ***^ , ^_

    of tho the works Million of / tho being princi an pal epitom Greek o in and English Latin aut shilling hors , edition by Henry of a Grey . useful Third work thouwand to which . A

    very i } « vo singular gave high that praise tho on attompt its firs should t appearance never . have It been made before to do what Mrhas dono

    . Grey « with o we tho ll— classical to give languages English roaders an UAA adequate UUV-VJ unacquainted HIHV idoa « V » 'of » - »

    ~™ •••*» - >• VIUD 3 IUI 1 AaiJl £ Uit ^ UO . » - »» » Latin - Hie " " ( .. contents a . « and . ijv * Greek vrx of uuiv tho . aut nui princi hors liuia . . pal In -ii works his ma appendix « i of |; poijt the . tij » groat . Mr iui . .

    Q 'oy offers a useful table of the principal ^^

    those English who translat use his ors book of eac follow h author its , so usal that by reading the works ¦ ¦ ¦ to may which it up refers aa ) at per bT in 1 aj an bmb

    English useful ^ M as dress ^^ T ^ » a . com " ^ In panion w - ^ ^ school ^ - - ^ ^ a- s to the v » the — — ^ vx volume * " * student ^» "J * " •¦* ^^ will ^»* of prove « the ^ a *^ Latin and Greek classics in the original .

    Fro and m Mr How — . J . " to Heywood Win — — / - _ In . — the — ^^ * "Whist ^ a ^ ^ ar . ^^ . ^ b m : How of ^ a- a about to ^ Play iaj 50 » , ^ compass ^ ^ «^^ a ^^ ^ ^ ^ p «^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^

    pages of sixty , Mr years . Thomas ' experience Brittai of n the gives game us . the The result little volume — - ^ - — - ^ ' may ' ^ w almost - " — ^— ' - —— - ^ ^ -w be ^ a- - — carried ^ w ^ ar ^ as «* ^^ ^ aj ^ in ^ »« the « a > M B T ^^ waistcoat V V % ^ ^ ^ 7 ^ "^^ ™ ^^ ^^ ay a m al « am ^

    pocket , and yet it includes Hoy ^^^ le — ' s * Laws . of Whist / From Messrs . Hodder & ¦ Stbughton » B- ¦ ¦¦ bbbb . — ' James - ^ a * *«¦«>

    his Braithwaite ^ Adventures — — — — , the — Ashore — Superca — - — " and ^ rgo -w ^— - Afloat : ^^^ m ^^^^ the ^ a- ^ a ^ - / a ^ Story B W » of a » a ^ B . H . G-. Kingston . The title of this volume y

    carries ~ us back r j to the old day — s of ™— ^^ wooden " ^^ " ^^^ " ^ " — —» » walls ^ B » ^^™ ' ^^ a ^ ^^^ b >^^ ^ , when with the in the management mercantile maTine and - ™~— sale ¦ the office of B the W r charged good BBh BB s PB

    put and — - — on it is shi with pboard - — ^^^— the — was adventures named - ~ — ^— the ^^ of ^» one ^™ Supercargo - ^» a of > these ^ B' ' ^ B' ^^ ; functionaries , that Mr . Kingston fills this

    attractive volume . To say that it is a book for boys is needless when its lamented author ' s came is to the fore on the title-page ; and " ™^» it is ju 9 t an

    needless — — to premise — that m the — ^ ^ — reader » may " ^™ - ^ ^» ^ a ^ look m —^ m ~^— ^ B » for «^^ i ^ the marvellous within its pages without fear of disappointment . The Supercargo ' s voyages led

    A . A JL D - »/ C 3 wreck him into encounters every variety with of mischief iratesactual —mutiny war , shi and pmany , less — formidable __ . __ dangers p ^ — _ and — , the narrative _ , __ . _ _

    land as a and whole b is sea a . well There -told are tale of adventure well-drawn by y many illustrationsand it is in all respects what a boy ' s

    book ought to , be . From Mr . John Hogg . — 'Homespun Stories / by

    Ascolt R . Hope . With illustrations . This budget is V author . ^ B ^¦ * ^ ^ " dedicated * ^^ ^» ^^^ ^^ B » shows ^^^^^^ " » ~^^ his - ^ to * - — ^ — ¦ the usunl ^^^ ¦ - ^ r ~— ^ boy ~— ^ happy ^ — - ^ of ^ ^ m ^ B *^^ the power ^ B . ^ ^^^ period ^ * ^ ^ . ^ aB of ^^^^ / ^» and ma ^^ ^ ^ " ^^^ king ^ " ^^ " the ^ ^^^^^ BM

    much out of little , and has turned to good account incidents which would , in less skilful hands , have resulted in commonplace fiction . By w . ty of

    preface to his book he gives us a chapter on that * spinning form of a sto book ry / -making which is in in which effect he an has essay proved on

    to be so eminently successful . Hero is an imimportant part of his recipe for successful story"writing : —

    It is not enough that one has ft tale to tell , nor that one is tell said * it to tru bo ly sometimes as It may st have reftlly than happened fictionso . is As fiction truth in a sensetruer than reality ranger We have to , select - » - - here ¦ - ,

    not harmonious A a J \ Vm what » - » V ^ Jk * t- > mu is « , I possible f * not *« V «» S ifc what ¦*> ¦ a , > * , « but * m we , - »«^ a , wbat » m J . is know * pro ^ ba m to * bl ^ " ^ e be * , ^^ typica actual " *"" ^ c — l , and but — — — — what we can ; make appear to may bo natural . A good fiction , i relation to

    bear 8 much the same a history as an apt ' metaphor should give does us the to essence a mathematical of truth in a demonstration pleasing , striking ; it , ;' < and ata compact AaV form ak . Thusthough ¦ ——¦ history ¦ B - % ^ be full of

    ^^ a . ^ j ^^ v ^^ ^ m ^ JL v ^ ^ " ^^^ V ^ ^ ^^ r *^ *^ ** " ^ , p ' ™ "w ^^ . ap ^ ^ p * «( ^^ B > a . " ^^ ^» ^^ - ^ ^ . ^ ^^ w q chance interesting of being stories inte , resting a fictitious than a story piece has of his a tory far of better the { [ - * all sam that e length happened . Suppose to oneself one were h « would to » i al eet to down writing ab ^^ i every ^ history hb day i |

    dull ^ on J ^ b \ ^ a Abb on small " p ^ V Var the * * " scale 9 ~ whole Br ^ ^^^ ^ , ""^ and . al , ^^ with ^^ his ^ f . ^^ ^^ a narrative — " ^* more ^ ^ ^ , B ^ v *^ inte w ' ^ v would resting a ^ fc ^ ^ K . ~ n ~ probably v V en a «* try a ^ a ^^ hero be ^ ^ « very ^ and v " ^^ ^^ ^ ' | there ay B VV aV ^ p ^ , H according W"J ^ h ¦¦ ^ ^^^ ^ P' »^ ^ « i « Ma ^ to ^» ^ p- his BBa . aj ^ j- tho circumstances ' ^ w ^ « p ¦»* ¦ aj— ai a . ^ a- w v >^ ^ a | - | r > r I r and a , pj at a * . aj experiences ^ B * m - ^ a ^ ' ^ ™ a . " ^ ^»^» - ^ - ^ — . w | \

    tho But prominent a story-teller and , using typical fac same ts , if materials necessary , w , o in uld venting select [ { al others l round within Homo a i t the central rf range point of probability which might , would k a , give grou a p name them ¦ ! i . '

    and A * * Jk V a *^ * - • character v * . -vjbm ^ t-m ^ J ¦ ^ rf » to a «•* ¦> * the aj a ^ j | r « ¦ story ~ r « i * # , , and ¦> • * a ^ • could a , m m ¦ ^ a " ^ ttm a ^ * present » — —— — — a bette p B ^ B * ^ i ^^ cture V BP ^^ f r a > idea B . ^ both 'B ) ^^^ ^^^ B ^ of ^^ truthful B the VB ^ ^^^ a life . ^ ^ and ^^^ represen pi ^ ^ pleasing P >^ r ^ K ^^^ ^^^ ^ P ^^^ . ^^ ted ^ v V ^ , ^ Br ^ B so than ^ B ^^^ ppj a - J ^^ to tho ^ v ^ v ^ afford ^ B * long ^ ^^ ^ Bk ^ a and Tnr M t-

    tedious repetitions of the diary . i Mr detailed . Hope dodcri follows ption up of tho his pl intro * ii : mil laction mothod by of a |

    story-writ ing . \ From Mr . aKoloVmann . — « Mi » s in vk Her m Tocns - / | _ .. _ . ^ . "j ^

    translated from ^ tho G erman by Khoda U .. Col - |

    Oct. I6, I8?A The Ptibliahers' Circular ...

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 16, 1882, page 1023, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16101882/page/11/