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    Oct. i6, i88a The Publishers 1 Circular ...

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

    Pearce , and that a portrait , which ve like better than any we remember to have seenis the

    frontisiece . , p From Messrs . T . Pettitt & Co . —' The Actor ' s Art :

    a Practical Treatise on Stage Declamation , Public illustrated Speaking , and by A Deportm . Forestier ent . . The By i G ncreasing ustavo GaTcia atten- ,

    tion devoted to the education of students of music and the drama gives a special fitness to the publicaf ' on of this volume , which is , we see , dedicated

    to M le . and Henry influence Irving , done who has much , by to personal raise the examp , actor ' s position and to elevate the dramatic

    profession students . Si and gnor amateurs Garcia offe and rs to his all book these to artists classes , its practica , l hints on ; the management of the

    cert voice to expres room , on s deportment , the and vary on the ing on use emotions the of stage manner will , or be and in of the gesture infinite

    convalue . The illustrations are cleverl , drawnand show at a glance the true method of y walking , - the stage ani the proper pose under nearly every

    condition iifon to whi p ch lay the or public sing . performer As a can dy be of called three well-known * numbers / Signor Garcia adds an

    analysis of Mark Antony ' s oration over the dead body of Caesar , of the jewel song in Faust , and of Basilio ' s song in the Nozze di Figarogiving in

    each case minute instructions as to , the action « nd expression to be aimed at in every line . Although — — __ __^ — in acting — _ -y and _ — sing — — ^^ : ng — ^^ , as in all - else _ , it _

    is the function of true art -to conceal art , there is much for the performer to learn , and the aid which this book will give towards the attainment

    of self-possession and ease of demeanour , as well as towards the due expression of every variety of sentimentwill be valuable alike to the

    professional and , the amateur . From Messrs . Smith ., Elder , & Co . — ' First Aid

    to the Injured . ' Five Ambulance Lectures by Dr . Frederich Esmarch , Professor of Surgery at the University of Kiel . Translated from the German

    by H . R . II . Princess Christian . The Princess in her Preface tells us that she undertook the tat-k of translating Dr . Esmarch ' s able lectures from a

    personal realisatio c * n of the peed of such a volume , mIien attending the ladies' classes of the Windsor centre of the St . John ' s Ambulance Association ,

    and her aim is to lead her fello ar- country women ' to see how each one of them in her own immediate sphere may render effectual aid to a suffering

    fellow-creature / . The lectures , in \ i hich come , p admirabl ly first an y execut intell ed iible diagrams description are introduced of the various ,

    supparts and organs g of the human frame , and then g to ive ¦ the — — — am - ^^ wounded v W p ^*^ le ^¦¦ t V , instructions ^^^^ ^» ^ . ^^ or ^ P ^ ^*^ inj ^ ¦ ^ ured ~^ - ^ m ^^ for - ^ ^ ^ v ^ . rendering The ^^^^ — — - ^— fourth — — -w - _— * f irst lecture — aid — - ~ '

    gives from i frostbite nstructions , immersion for treating , suffocation persons , Buffering loss of consc treats iousness of modes , or of poisoning transport , and for the the inj la * u t red lecture . It

    h ai compact and comprehensive little * work , and h the word of in praiso which is she due has to fulfilled the ro 3 her * al translator self imposed for

    tusk way . From Messrs . Tut tie , More house , A Taylor ,

    iJausteine New Haven / , part UH . — I . ' archa Selections ' c and from imitative Friederich art ' s ; I part ) . Cad II . y period Eaton of says tho in hi his ghest preface development : . Mr .

    description Friederich * of a ' Baurfeine plaster oaata Id but in tho a co Berlin llect Jon Museum of simp , vet le there is no book so good to b « placed In the deacri hand * of tho

    yomtg ftrrmnged student chronologically of Oroek sculpture in art . periods Tbe , each ptloma period are introdaood by a short statement of 1 U » characteridtloA . ^

    From Mr . T . Fisher Unwin . —* The Illustrated Poetry Book for Young Readers / with 72 illustramainl tions - I . drawn J In two from j * series modern . An i ecl writers ectic •„ . _ poetry ¦ : » _ i « - « book and , I

    American y . The poems , range from simple , English school songs and rhymes up to poems of nature , of deremoved scription , from and adventure the commonp , and lace it is . in For every ordinary "way far

    readers readers which it it will will are be be but found tound little to to known presen Dresen . t t many many pretty nrettv poems From Messrs . Ward , Lock , & Co . — ' The Handbook

    Castellote of Fencing . / A with practical 24 illustrations guide to . one B branch y Ramon of the ' noble art of self-defence . ' The numerous

    illustrations give additional clearness to the very plain directions of the text , and will enable anyone who is anxious to attain perfection to reach it

    without much difficulty . There can be no two opinions as to the value of fencing in giving , as the author says , ' real exercise for the loiy

    of ciency quickness mind in / its and of practice eye he , has steadines within done s much of general nerve to , reach and place presence . profi- ,

    From the same . — 'Football , Golf , Hockey , an I Curling / As at the present moment these wiater lines uro being recommenced at nearlall our

    g largo schools , the publication of th ' s little y manual opportune . The various football games are described with the specie ! features of their respective

    A- & rules Bomo , usefu and the l hints laws . of The the less game familiar are followed sports b of y golf and curling are fully described , and good

    old-fashioned hockey receives a due share of attention . Magazines . —The Theatre ( Dickens & Evans } gives

    and it 8 readers an engraving a photograph of Mr . Irving of Miss in Alma his least Murray satis- , factory impersonation as Romeo . Among the

    literary School of contents Dramatic is an Art article which on seems the proposed likelto become an established fact , . —The Swordand Trowel y

    ( Passmore & Alabaster ) is chiefly noticeable for a — Communion Golden Hours Add ( same ress by publishers its editor ) , has Mr . an Spurgeon interest- .

    ing sketch of William Cowper , his life , lttters , and The * p Christian oems , and a variety ( Johnstone of readable Hunter matter . — &

    Treasury , , the Co ^ ^^ ^ . ) * Historica riSk continues ^ B * ^ - ^ ^^ ^ ¦ ^ »^ l ^ Dr ^ Proofs " ^ ^ " . ^^ ^^ Fisher ^ ^^ of ^^^ ^ Christianity ^ ' s —»^ ^ va — - ^ - luable — — w / f papers and . __ _ has _____ on a

    Bersier translation . —Amateur of an eloquent Work ( Ward sermon , Lock by , Past & Co ear . ) - tells its readers * How to make a telephonea

    f-mall harmonium , and a portable theatre / and , has Words many 9 ( Dickens other & practical Evans ) , p ipers in addition . — Household to its

    largo aind severa instalment l continued , of fiction tales ( five ) , has comp some lete stories useful information papers on domestic cleverl ¦• set matters out in , and The Editor many — — —¦¦—— ' bits s — Note — — of — —

    Bv j ia ( i > ^^ ok ¦ a / — •* ¦ Th ^ -r »» * LadUf ^^ ¦* - »¦• y » # Gazette ^^ ^^ of ^^ Fashion ^^ - ( 4 Are latest Maria Parisian L ; ine ) is desi rich in and c loured has u leasant plates of chatty the

    article entitled 4 Round gns , the Shops p . * — _ 4 r * and Jjettcrs JB ^^* V % ^ S ¦ J' ¦¦ ( % Remington ¦) ^ " * ••»¦• <• ^^¦ "fc ^^ & ™ * ^*» Co ^ » n ^ " «^ . ) m g f ^ ives — » ¦» —^ the — —— — p y lace — — of

    honour to a beautiful engraving of KarlBadmer ' s picture A Declaration of War '; an interesting of oi

    art rtrticl irle tt on on Franz Franz Hals Hals , , with with a a tine floe specimen specimen bis Museum handiwork of Nap ; les and / papers The Fan on ' : Pompeii its histo and ry a the ad

    it Magazine « use / and ( Lon other gmans lig & hter Co . ) , matters has a melanchol . —Fraser y s of old friend

    interest as the last number an , and when we add that it ha * reached No .

    634 , we have _ w \ id enough to . exp irom lain our _____

    recret that it should aisappoar cne |

    Oct. I6, I88a The Publishers 1 Circular ...

    Oct . i 6 , i 88 a The Publishers Circular ; £

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 16, 1882, page 1025, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16101882/page/13/