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    ¦¦ _ of from an the Act ancient passed county in 1846 court , and op sheri differ ff ? 's entirel county y

    cou history rt , which of the dates court will back "be to read Saxon with times interest . The by laymen as well as by lawyers ; and the minute

    adopted description in the of the modern somewhat court will intricate be usefu processes l alike to those who are compelled to put the law in

    motion to recover 'just debts , ' and to the not inconsiderable number of our fellow-countrymen who have . _ to _ _ go _ throug _ — _ h the unpleasant experience

    _ ^^ ^^ __ jl of ' being county-courted . ' From Mr . __ ffingh . am Wilson . — ' Fenn ' s

    Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds , Debts and Revenues of all Nations . ' Thirteenth edition . BHobert Lucas Nash . This bulky and

    exhaustive y volumewhich is dedicated to the Committee of the London , Stock Exchange , is not only well stocked with the financial statistics of all nations ,

    but gives the text of the Back Act of 1844 , full details of the Government , Provincial , and Corporate — Securities _ held and dealt in by investors

    at A home - - and - abroad , and the - laws and regulations ^ of the Stock Exchange . The records under each country are brought down to the latest date , and

    the work as a whole is a marvellous compilation , reflecting the greatest credit on the industry and ability of its compiler .

    From Year Messrs -Book , . 1883 Wyman . ' This & work Sons supp . — lies ' Every a mixture body ' s

    matter of what with may a bud terme get of d p current ermanen information t almanack . Among , the latter thero are not " ** ' a few serious

    blunders ^^ ^^^ ^ A A . ^^ r _ Wi 4 k ^^ , ^^ T suggestive M ^_* ^ b »_* V ^ r ^ p' ^* _* ^ of ^ ^* - ~* a " ^^ »¦ more — ' ^» ^^ ™ ° — - than ^^ - ~ common _ - - — inattention to tlie information given in the daily newspapers b « v ¦ - ^^ v . 3 ? or instance ¦ ~— the - ~ Secretaries of the

    Admiralty ^^^ w w •* ^ h * . ^^ - ^ r ^^ ™ ^ are - ^^^^ stated ^ - ~ — — — — — to — — — be , — Mr — . Trevel — — yan — — — and Admiral Hall , although the former gentleman , whose appointment as a Privy Councillor is also

    ignored in this line , is given on the same page in his proper position as Chief Secretary to the Irish Viceroy ^ ^ . Ad — - miral Hall died some months ago u .

    The _ list of the Privy Council is also incorrect ; it includes Mr . Mountague Bernard , who died on September 2 and Sir llobert Lushwho is also dead .

    "Whether , it was wise to include , the moribund School Board , which has since been replaced by the newly — . -elected _______ Board __ — is also open to question .

    The guide . _ _ ^ j to places of - interest , - also j ^ requires - _^ con-I longer siderabl ^ — closed e __ revision - _ during __ . the _ The — first British _ weeks Museum in February is no ^ ,,

    May . and October ; and the National Gallery is as not ad closed mission to the can public be obtained on Thursdays oi _ payment and Friday after s ,

    one o'clock . We have mentioned these inaccuracies because it is essential that books "which undertake to guide everybody should , in

    everybody ' s interest , have somo approximation to trust worthinef ;* . Magazines for December . — The Theatre ( Dickens Sz

    Evans ) , which we seo is henceforth to bo published , b p y hotograp Mr . David h of Bogu Nelly e B , g romley ives its readers prom a isee charming in the

    X OJL «/ % / ' , _ , , 1 new the easy seri es transition , two photo from graphs Stage in each to Church number which . . By certain prominent ecclesiastics are seokingto

    promote in the * Church and Stage Guild , ' we takoup next the Church marts Shilling Magazine , which g ives its readers several pretty Jl _» poems JLon

    Christmas and an interesting paper on ' Parish Clerks ' the by the opening Rev . William a new Burnet 4 Story . of It the also Wolds contains , ' by

    St Smith . Joh ) n continues Giflbrd . Miss Tke Month Yonge ly ' s Packet characte ( Walter ristic * Cameos from English ITistorv . ' Among the aa , 1 1

    promises for 1883 we find a series of * Letters of Advice , ' by Miss Sewell . The Christmas Treasury

    ( Johnstone , Hunter , & Co . ) has a pretty frontispiece printed in colours , representiDg , by way of border to a poem ^ on Wintert / a group c ^ - p — ^ of - — carol — " _ - ¦*

    singers and a party of skaters . A meditation , or sermon John - ~ Alexander v on ' The i ^_ - , is - True m- an - ™ -- — _ Id ^ interesti ^ eal - ^ ^_ - ^^_ r ^ v v Saint ^^ - ^^ w ng —¦— ^ p ^^ , exposition ' - ^ r ' by 1 h ^ - ^^ ^^ the ^ ^ ^^ m ^^ JRev ^ K ^^ of ^^^ ^ .

    St . Paul ' s words in Phil . i . 21-30 . The Welcome ( S . W . Partridge & Co . ) gives a realistic winter picture of a church and parsonagetvith — the im — -

    print JJ _ of the Berlin - Photograp ^ - hic -J Co - , mpany - - . The scene is a pretty one , but the process by which the colouring is ' laid on ' gives a patchand inartistic

    effect . The engravings in the book y are as excellent as usual , and include a capital portrait of Birket Foster . Our Little Ones ( Griffith & Farxan )

    adds to its pretty pictures an equally pretty little children T . Crampton ' s ' Song . The of the So Sea uvenir -Weed ( Josep , ' with h music Hughes by )

    describes It includes JL itself papers as 'A "b y Ladies authors ' literary N well qualified Monthl ^^^ y to / deal ^ MA with - - M the - ^ - — _ - ^ - special * H - — — — — subj ¦¦ ~* — B ^ m Iects — A - ^^ - ^ KA - ~ - of ' ^ i ^ ^^ m which w W ^^ ^ ^~ ^^ ^ ^» it ^ ^ h * treats *^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^*^^ ^ m ^ , a ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^ - ^—

    How Emil and which y to Shirreff Teach include , Cutting President the Kindergarten Out of the by Froebel Emil System O Society . Jones , by ,

    of the London Institute ^_ j for , the — ^ Advancement y _/ — — of , Madame Plain Needlework Viard-Louis , and . essay The s Church on Music Standa "b rd y

    portrait ( 1 Paternoster of the Bev Buildings . J . H . Di ) gg gives le , one a fairl of the y most good useful members — — of - the ^™ - —w London ~ w - _ - w * ^_ w School ¦ -H Board VBF-1 i and TtM ^^ ^^ ™ ^^ ^^ ^¦^^ ' ^^ ^_ ^^ ^^^* , ^ p ^^^ — ' - ^

    an effective likeness of Dr . Richardson , the advocate of temperance and sanitation . Serials . — "Messrs . WardLock & Co . send us the

    first part of what they , term , an edition de luxe of the Complete Works of Thomas Hood ,. A special A feature in this issue is the insert - - _ - ion of all

    the ori ginal ^ engravings m . It will , when completed , form eleven volumes . The same publishers have begun a serial issue of JBomicchose ' s History of

    France and J . C . S . Abbott ' s Life of Napoleon Buo instalments ? ia 2 yarte , and their we Gibbon have received ' s Decline the and monthly Fall ,

    and TiIsraeli's Miscellanies of Literature , Adam CtarJccs Commentary , Great Thottghts about Great Things , and several other works .

    We ( Cassell have ) al new so part received , with : — wreck The Sea the , ' Vanguard illustrated , '

    Birkenhead , & c , sufferings of the crew of the of Meduse Banking , Gibraltar ( Rhodes , var & ious Co Tiews ., Now , & York c . —J ) , r nal

    number . — Concise Ctjclopcedia ( Cassell ) part 10 , taking the alphabet from Echinodermatii to Ferdinandwith many useful engravings . —Messrs .

    , Taylor ' s ( Red Lion Court ) Calendar of the Meetings logica of l Magazine Scientific ( Bodies L . 2 N " . for Fowler 1882 ) - in 83 . vhich —Fhrwo I he

    -Hi stud ght y an lion d . portrait W . E . . Forster It contains is the also subj papers ect of of a various scientific and educational interest . —Mr .

    Barnctt Smith ' s ' Life of the Rt . ITon . IV . 10 . and Gladstone Stationer ' ( Cassell ( Chicago ) J \ il ) > ilee new edit no . 4 . to — . ^ Un — -Bookselh ion , Jack r ,

    Christmas No . ( Low ) wirh coloured foldingplate , & c . —Illustrated British Ballads ( Cassoll ) , p K , 7 ^ art V Ik V ^ 23 >_ ^ ' , 1 with ffr * *^ ^^ ' The . ^^ i . mt a ^^ Unseen ^ i- * ^ m * K ^ ' ^ - ^ ^ hi * J ^ M « Model -hi ^^^ ^^« ^^ « k ' b f >^ r y J Oeor v ^ ^^^ ^ - ' ~ ^ p— < } '

    M * White acdona Ilorso ld , the of Wharfedjile ' Two Meek , ' & o Margarets . —Hnydns , ' Dic th < - tionary f i / of Dales i / 'new i if odit \^* % ( Ward f t L ^ ock \\^ m \> & Co . )/ i

    now victories c _ * - ^ »* . v r part *< y Wrecks , brin ^ - ^ v « g , in « & g e . ^— v tho America _ . work » uv n * _* to BooK , . jl Wellington j 'scller , v . */ ( Xi > _ ^ ^ ' . w ' , s

    York Dec . ) part new , , no cont . — ains Su , nday a new at story Home , ( Rel Against . Tract " Wind Hoc . )

    and Tide . —Leisure Hour ( ltd . Tract Soc . ) new

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 18, 1882, page 1518, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18121882/page/10/