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    From M. Fe"Lix Alcan, Paris.—* L'Art Au ...

    • get up from reading this book without feeling that Mr . Bedford has not only built up an

    un-. answerable argument for the personality of the Spirit , but has also made a valuable contribu-• tion to the literature of the question . His book

    . iills a place not hitherto occupied . It deserves to be studied with care , and will well reward . the labour that may be bestowed upon it .

    Prom the same . —' Miss Brown ' s Basket / by Mrs . Henry Charles . The purpose of this book is to stimulate interest and effort on behalf of

    missionary Brown ' s Basket work ' amongs was sent t the on heathen periodidal | . tours Miss through a certain village to collect garments

    and other articles for despatch to foreign lands , and was brought back overflowing with contributions .

    From Messrs . S . * W . Partridge & Co . — « David Livingstone , his < Labours and his Legacy ^ by Arthur MontefioreF . R . G . S . Although the

    author adds nothing , to what is already generally known respecting the life and work of the great African pioneerthere is a freshness about the

    style of his brief , and comprehensive book which will be fully appreciated by readers who seek to learn only the main events in

    Livingstone ' s career . The ' duplex legacy , ' which the writer considers Livingstone left his countrymen to carry Out , was the extension of

    missionary teaching and the eradication of slavery . From the same . — 'Holiday Hours in Animal Land / ¦ by Uncle Harry . A delightful book for i k

    children " ^ ¦ ^ J ¦ ^^— - " ^ — , ^—* enlivened ^^ . ^ - ^^ w ^ ^» / v ^^^^ with - ^ - ^^ ^^ ^ v ^ M ^ . m' fifty ^ " *^ ^ ^ - ^ ^ admirabl pn ,. ^ ^^^ v ^ r «^ - ^ b ^» ^^^ ^ e young w il ^^ ^ l us Jk ^ - trations , some of which are reproductions from the works of celebrated animal painters .

    From Mr . William Potter . —* Catalogue of : the Books in circulation at Potter ' s Subscription Library — — ^^ , g ^ B Liverpool ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^~^ ^^^ ^^ . ' This ^^^ i ^ B ^^^^^* ^^ *^^ F is ^^^ ^^^^ much ^^^ H ^^ frtf ^ P ^ Iff ^^ ^^^ F ^ Hb . ^ . more ^^ . ^^^ ^ . ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ r" than ^ t ^ d ^ h ^^ b ^ k ^^ f ^ ^^

    a mere catalogue of the books in Mr . Potter ' s Library , for he has grouped many thousand volumes under subject headings . For example ,

    India under under , Japan Angling Anerliner , & , c . , Africa Atrica all or . , near Franco Franco ly all --German German the best books War War ., on ~_ - the ¦ ~ ¦ — subject - ~ — — —¦ - ^» - — will ^ w — —— ¦ ^^ be ¦« —1 — ^ found ^^ — — ^ n ^** m ^^^ h ; a they ^^ /^ ^ fc ^^^ r ^ are ^^^ v ^ . * ^^^^ ^ also v ^ v ^ fc ~ » ^ l ^

    entered under the names of their authors or special titles . Works of fiction and juvenile books — — - — ^— both — — receive — - » - ^^ ^ - ^ »* * ^ H ^ due ^~ rw ' '" ^ i ^ ^ attention . " ^ f ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ b ¦ ^ B , ^ A A , B ^ and ^ f m 1 ^ ¦ _ i »_ where V ^ k Jk ^^* ^ b ^ J a ^ ^

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    the — ^ — - - - date ^ - - ^ - — - , —~ of --. — - - _ v publication ^^ «^ - » v ^ - ^^ 9 ^ ^^^ KVB » ^^ and ^^ ^^ V- ^ T ^ . ^ the \ A ^ fc ^ ^ i *^ name ^ & 1 A ^^^^^^ of ^ &^ \ ^ the ** - * ^ . a * publisher . Where a work has passed through many ¦ m editions — — — — — — - ^ - —— — - it —~ would w v ^^ ¦* V <» ^ - ^ «¦* have - * ^ l ^ # » ^^ of x ^^ ^^ course ^^ ^^ ^^« JL 9 ^^ ^^ been ^^^ ^^ ^^ A ^

    lication sufneient . to give the first and last date of pub-From Worldly Messrs Goods . Routledge I Thee Endow & Co . — ' a ' With novel All by My G .

    Washington Moon . This is , a novel , with a special purpose , namely , to combat certain phases particularl ¦¦ — — — — — - — — of - — - ^ y m the the ^ r ^^ Eng - ^^ endowment - ^^ ^ lish »^ ^ - " ^ ^^ w w Marriag — T \ — ^^ 4 k ^ ^ clause ^^ e ^ ^ 'V ^* Laws *^ ' ^ ^ ^ in » * , and the ^^ A ^ ^^

    marriage-service of the Church of England . It seems to us that the author miglit have found a than more under appropriat the guise e form of for a novel conveying The his book views is

    . those but not will suitable who , no con doubt for sider readers , meet the marriag with of fiction approval -e-service in amongs general should t ,

    be revised and altered with an unsparing hand . From This — -- " ¦ — the artistic same — — — ¦»¦ . book t — ¦^ ' Walter for w » «¦¦ children ^^ Crane b rfk ' s contains Painting V / A twelve Book /

    - *~ •^* - ^^ -m ^ «» > j ^ « ^^ J * A ^^ ^»^ aa *• m « fi rt n _ T ^ rf W » ^ t ^ •• V ^^ line coloured \ % o be p filled lates , in with by the their juvenile duplicates painter in .

    out-From the same . — ' Cau Such Things Be ? ' by

    Keith Fleming . The marvellous , the mysterious , and the supernatural are the chief

    elements in this sensational volume . The author professes to furnish us with . * a study in Occult Will-Power , ' and in so doing works upon

    the feelings to an alarming degree . A Cremona -violin assumes properties peculiar to the world of spiritsvanishes and re-appears in a

    mys-. teribus fashion , , and gives forth sobs and sighs anq . moans when invisibly present . Murder and , * - » ^ F >« * 3 I horror * , j " ^ ^ H ^ B ^^ . ^ an of > " ^ JJ the J . l « ^^ most - »| - « ¦ - ¦ <^ . ^ a ¦ 4 * weird ^ M * -V « **^ J descri rfj ^^ # >* ^ ' ^^' K a ption -Vh ^ U ^ rf" * ««* - fl ^ ^ ^ k .

    are prominent features in the outline of the ' story / Nervous people ought to fight shy of this book .

    From Messrs . Jolm F . Shaw & Co . — Lilian ' s Hope / by Catherine Snaw ; This is a suitable

    book for elder girls , containing many wellf ^ nished sketches of young people , and abounding in useful hints and lessons for the formation

    of true womanly character . The story is somewhat prolix , but will , nevertheless , add to Mrs . Shaw ' s reputation as a writer of high-toned

    stories for girls . From the same . —* Little Minnie ; or , Good but of

    ' Evil , ' by N . D'Anvers . A fairly successful story for children . It is marred hy too copious a use of long and uncommon words not to be found

    in the juvenile vocabulary . It teaches homely truths in a pleasing and forcible manner ^ and cannot fail to leave a deep impression on the

    youthful reader . From the same . — ' Berne ' s Bargain / by Jennie

    Chappell . A story for boys , with many excellent illustrations . Religious teaching is happily blended with the narrative , the interest of

    which centres chiefly round a golden-haired acrobat , ' Carlie , ' whom nobody owns . The little lad is kindly cared for by Berne Ashley ' s

    parents , and is at length restored to his father . Berne Ashley and Dick Denning are almost models of youthful probity , and their good

    deeds and generous dispositions will awaken the spirit of emulation in boy-readers . From Messrs . Simp kinMarshallHamilton

    , , , Kent « te Co ., Limited . — * Nurse Bevel ' s Mistake / by Florence Warden . Rose Revel is sent to Xiiverpoolto nurse a sick personbut goes to

    the wrong room ^ in the hoiel and , bestows her attentions on another individual . The mistake , howeverturns out eventually considerably to

    her advan , tage , for she becomes the bride of a Russian prince . The story is well told , whilst the details are of an exciting character .

    From the same . —* The Jaws of Death , ' by Grant Allen medical . A student decidedl leaves y entertaining England for story Cooper * A ' s

    Pike City , America , to carve his fortunes . At first he Jares badly , but at length discovers , in conjunction supply of gas with and his quickl companions becomes , a wealth natural } 7 .

    Whilst waiting , for the ship y which was to carry him to his bride , he visits an Exhibition at 'Friscoafter the pattern of Madame Tussau ^' s

    and nearl , y loses his life . A Chinaman , in , charge of the Chamber of Horrors , doses him with tea and opiumand then s to

    experiment with the guillotine , on prepare his numbed irame . At an opportune moment the police arrive and release the Englishman , whilst the

    Chinaman himself becomes the victim of his own sanguinary plot . From the Society for Promoting Christian

    Creed Knowledge , ' by E . — . M * Sunday . JPoole . Evenin These g Lessons Lessons on ' the are

    intended , to help young people in arriving at a

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 16, 1889, page 1820, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16121889/page/18/