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    wLy"^^ - \ . w Dec. 18, 1882 The Publish...

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    Books Keceived :— Fr ' Om Cambrid The Ge...

    whole field . At the same time there is , as in the

    Introduction , much valuable work fresh from Dr . Barry ' s own pen , and his long experience in educational work has enabled him to produce a

    volume which well answers to the title bestowed upon it by the publishers . prom t Messrs 9 "Wells im m ^ m GardnerDarton 1 & Co . —

    ^^ ^ \^ m ^ ^ m ^ m ^ mw ^^ m ^ * m «^^ , w w w ^ mr * ^ m ^^ w m ^ ^ mw m ^ mmm v ^** , m mm *** w ^*^» mr ^ mw mm ^** - , ^^^ ^^ ^ mr v ' The Children ' s Pastime , ' by Lisbeth G . Seguin . A — — book -- — — of — readings - — q for children — in simp le word — s ,

    and upon every variety of subject , illustrated stant with a change picture on of top the ic alternate and the pages number . The of con the

    engravings will make the book an acceptable gift to little people . Prom Messrs . Gr mmW iffith v ^ v ^ v ^ & Farran . —* Active

    ¦ f 4 ^ * m * A ^ ^^ HV ^^^ V - ^ mW . ^ ™ ^^» " " ^ ¦ ' W ^ B ^ PJV ^ v ^ WB ^ ^•^^¦ W BV ^ BV " ™~^ r ^^» «¦¦* ^ V ^ V *•¦ - — — ^~ ^*» ^ — - " ^ Service , or Counsels for the Newly Confirmed , ' manual by John intended Palmer to , in be two laced parts in . the A hands little of p

    ------ tr those who have received ^ Confirmation and are preparing for the Holy Communion . In the second — part t : Mr . Palmer - prints jlthe Communion

    office from the Prayer Book . The meditations 011 Christian duty are simple and practical . From ^ * Messm mm * k * . 9 ¦ Macmill wi ¦¦ « w »¦ mt an *» b ^ & Co . — ' Charles ¦ D . »¦ ir # -

    . * -. ¦* . v _» •» ^ n ^» < w « -r « a w « m *• w . ^ Bj-ar ~** -r ^ - * ^— ' »»»« * * v •— ' - ^^ - ^ •» . win : Memorial Notices , reprinted from Nafurc ' This sketch volume of the great is in naturalist effect a 1 bri and ef g biog ives ra an phica in- l

    teresting and succinct C ^ M account , of his life-work in its bearing on geology , botany , zoology , and psychology . The work is a * symposium / for its

    writers are Professor Huxley , Dr . Romanes , Dr . G-oikie , and Mr . Thiselton Dyer . Professor Huxley supplies the introductory notice ; Dr .

    Romanes mi writes X L on his life and m character / * and the sections on his work in zoology and psychology 1 _ j % z ' ; Dr . Geikie deals with his work — in geology 1—1 < _ j ¦ / ,

    and Mr . Dyer with his work in botany . It is a very interesting little book , and those who want to appreciate the extent of Mr . Darwin ' s

    studies and JL JL the marvellous power which he brought to bear upon them will be enabled to attain their end with a very sligh 3 t expenditure _ of

    time if they read this pleasant 4 / C _ little book ^ . From Mr . Elliot ^^ - " - - Stock - ___ . — The Bibliograp _ - _ , _ _ her ,.

    Vol . II ., June to November 1882 . The initials * H . W / to the preface of this half-yearly volume reminds us that we aro indebted to Mr . Wheatley ,

    the well-known librarian , for the judicious editing which has won for Mr . Stock ' s serial the confidence of all bibliophiles ; and we commend to our readers

    his suggestion that his pages should be used for the publication of what may be regarded as a continuation of Lowndes ' s ' Bibliographer ' s Manual . '

    He desires to secure descriptions of all English books not mentioned in that work , or in Watt ' s ' Bibliotheca Britannica'Allibone ' s 'Dictionary of

    , English Literature , ' or Hazlitt ' s ' Bibliographies / If this suggestion ^ 7 * j is acted on ^ " , it — will materially add to the interest of the for all who

    magazine omission make bibliograp of a ' Table hy a of special Contents stud ' y from . W the e note volume the

    before us , and , although there is a , careful and copious index at the end of the "book , wo do not regard this as an atonement for the omission . As

    regards the papers in the present volume , they may be said to approximate as closely as possible to the ideal of such a magazine , and wo

    congratulate editor and publisher on the success which has attended their venture * . We trust that the sale will be sufficiently large to enable them to continue

    the publication . From T . Fisher Unnrin . — ' The Prince of the

    Hundred Soups : a Puppet-Show in Narrative .

    Edited , with an Introduction , by Vernon Lee .

    Illustra — - ted — by w- £ Sarah - — - _ - — — Birch _ - — . - ^^ ^_ ^^ . ^ w We _ * - ^^ entirel h ^^^^ m ^^ ^ b ^^ - ^^ r ^ m y h agree ^'^^ 'B ^^^ B ^^* ^^^ ^ 1 ^ -

    with Mr . Unwin , that this volume , which is worth beautifulf of y an printed introduction and tastefull and y the illustrated editor V in , was his y ;

    interesting — — ~ - ^ £ " - preface — ~ , proves — — — — — ^— y the ^ ° — wisdom ^ H - — ^ H ^ " ^ V ^» - — W of ^ ^ W - ^^ his ^» , ^ ^^^ pub ^ p ^^^^ ^ - lisher ' s request that he would tell his readers * the story of the tale . ' It is , we find , a translation

    a of aa certain unpublishocl enthusiast German , named manuscri Mang pt ia , - written Zucchero by , about the Italian ' Comply of Masks . ' This

    fctrange being—one of whose eccentricities it was alvrays to drive about Rome in a cab , because he hnd an opinion that it was dangerous to walk , lest

    his feet should get chilled—had in his youth been Ma a popular ge work Germ he an wrote actor a . play Unfo which rtunatel was y for badl his

    received t ^ J , and , , retiring from the V profession in dis y - gust , he deroted himself to the study of the extinct Italian ' Comedy of - - Masks - - — ' now - - represented ^_ __ _ __ b

    the modern puppet ^ -show — — . As , one — — of the fruits — — — of y _ t h hovr e stu / with dy , ho which constructed —to his honour a magnificent ... _ be it ____ recorded puppet — — — -

    , —he entertained the poor children living near his quarters ; and another was this story , which he called ' Pantalone Doge , ' and which is here

    renamed ' The Prince of the Hundred Soups . ' The theory d ' etre of of the the book old author is that , and the , indeed hih , idealism the raison of , g l

    Pantaloon and Harlequin r may with advantage * be introduced not merely into the drama , but into narrative fiction , to replace the realism of modern

    novels . It will thus be seen that , while this ' puppet-show in narrative * is emphatically a children ' s book of a most attractive kind , it is also

    a book with a purpose , which readers of mora mature years need not disdain to take up . Tha typographybindingand pictures are luxurious

    and elegant , . , From Messrs . "Ward , Lock , & Co . — '

    Common-Sense Clothing , ' by Edith A . Barnett , Lecturer to the National Health Society . The hygiene of dress has been brought prominently before the public by the very useful Society of which the

    M authoress . f of this volume 1 is the lecturer •/ ; and her work maybe commended , not only as a text-book to those who attend the lecturesbut as a hand-book ,

    for those who are unable to do so . The question of dress from the physiological point of view is fully treated ; and thus the materials for clothing

    the shape ' of garments , amateur dressmaking , , laundry work and cleaning , children ' s clothing , shopp — r r ing {—} , w and — - — - several -- -- — other ____ matters ______ which . ___ .. _ enter __

    —into feminine economy are discussed with much clearness and common-sense . Diagrams and woodcuts illustrate the instructions and enforce the

    arguments advanced ; and although the pictures of some of the monstrous deformities caused by the exigencies j _ . _ of fashion _ are unpleasant __ _______ to the eye _

    ^_ , they will serve as a salutary lesson to those who ^ , whi le t hey obey the ri gorous commands of the fickle m — i _ . stress _ — _ .- o _ f t _ . h ___ .. _ d . __ es , forge . ____ ^_ _ t that they are

    literall and y figure crippling A book and ^ distorti likia this ng ought the to human find a p form lace ^ in | ph ^^ every —t ~ ^ ~^^ p ^^ ^ f ^ household m ^ m ^^ r ^ . ^^ i ^^ v - ^^ r mm jvt ^^ ^^ ^^ b ^^ , v an ^ ^^^ ^ ^ d ^^^^ mr mothers - ^™ ^^ m ~ mmw ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ¦ ^ may *™ " ^ ^^ j with ~ « ~— — advan —^^ - ^ ¦¦ ^ ™ ^ ^^

    -tage n » ad it and act upon it in providing the wardrobes of their children , and more particularly of their daughters .

    Fr > m Messrs . Frederick Warne A Co . — 'A G uide to the Modern County Court / by Smalman

    Smith . This work combines an historical sketch of the > county court and its jurisdiction , and a practical guide to tho mode of procedure adopted

    in these courts , with forms and scales of costs and feos . The modern county court as it nour stnuds is , the preface reminds us , the creation * i

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 18, 1882, page 1517, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18121882/page/9/