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    Books Received:— From Messrs. Alfred Boo...

    . From The Company of Stationers . —The 'British ^ Almanac . bbib ^ ^™ ""^ bbb . b ^ ^ . ^ b ^ b ^ b ^ bi ^ b" ^ ^ hf and ^ s ^^ b ^* " ^*^ bb > ¦ Companion ^^^ ^ " ^ — ¦^ " — ^ , for — 1883 — ^^ . ' Charles — —

    Knight would probably be astonished if he could eee the issue of his Lime-honoured * Companion to b the *«^ b- b ^>^ bv Almanac bb b J for tlie current year ; b for b in the

    p lace ^ v b ^ bp bbbp of ^^^^»» ^^ " ^^ ™ the — ^ ™~^»~ — ^^ comparativel — —» — — — y smal ^^ j — l number ^ , 1 of lengthy articles which formed the chief part of its contents for the first half-century of its existence

    we have nearly double the quantity of shorter , articles on a greater variety of subjects . la the view of the general reader , this alteration will

    undoubtedly be an improvement , and although a few students may miss the abstruse articles on mathematical apd kindred subjects which

    formerly opened the ' Companion / its more There popular — — - are character in __ all no will fewer give tha it n a eig far -- ) hteen wider orig sale inal .

    ^ essays , brimful of useful information , in addition to the abstracts of important Acts of Parliament , and of Parliamentary and other official documents

    the chronicle of events it and occurrences , and the , necrological table . Mr . W . T . Lynn , B . A ., F . R . A . S ., writes on Halley ' s Comet ; Mr . J . G . Bertram on

    Modern Fish Culture and Fishery Exhibitions ; Mr . J . It . Royle on Opium ; Mr . J . J . Manley on Swimmingand on Saltits Manufacture and

    Consumption ; , Mr . W . . E . A . , Axon on Insects Injurious to Agriculture ; Mr . John Crowdy on The Art Sales of the Year ; Mr . L . T . Thome on Electric

    Iiighting ( an abstract of the Act on this subject is given in its proper place ); Mr . C . S . Murray on Locks and Safes — ; Mr . Henry Blackburn on the

    National Portrait * Gallery—a ^ n article forming just what a visitor to the Gallery wants as an introduction to its treasures ; Mr . Charles

    Mackeson on the British Museum and the Royal College of Music ; and Mr . John Plumraer on Social Progress 4- » in Australia—a valuable paper X . J . ' , written on

    the spot . In the second part we find an Architectural Review of the Year , wliich is perhaps needlessl ------ y critical ~ ¦ ~ ; j a Summary of the Scientific ^ ^

    Discoveries of the Year , by Mr . Iselin ; and sketches of the Music of the Year and the Philan-I thropy of the YearIt will thus be obvious that

    . . the ' Companion' is a ' Year Book'in the true sense of the word , and it ought to have a place on the eh elf of every atone who is interested in the

    intellectual and social progress of the nation . Country readers more particularly will find this a valuable I book , as it will keep them au courant with the

    movements of the world in many important particulars . From the same . — ' Gilbert ' s Clergyman ' s Almanac

    and Whitaker Wa **^ B » ^ afe IB A bb > ' s Clergyman « al ' s Diary * h ^ b ^ riL for ^— 1883 ^_ _ . ' In ^ b ^—addition to the admirable diary , lectionary ar-I ranged for the year , and other features for which

    this work is well known , there are many valuable additions , space for which has , we understand , been found by . the omission . of - the _ engravi ^ ngs of the arms

    mt __ , _ - CJ of the Colonial Bishoprics . In the pages thus saved the editor has inserted a list of the members of the Central Council of Diocesan Conferences ; a

    I list of the Church Congresses , presidents , and I I preachers and of princi ; a list pals of of diocesan training inspectors institutions of schools com- ,

    I lete statistics of ordinationsconfirmations , I p elementary day schools and Sunday , schools , lists , of the publishers of diocesan calendars , and

    population tables . The practical utility of these matters to nearly all the clergy and lay Churchmen who are likely to use this handy little work

    will be obvioug . Advertisements , for the first time we fancy , find a place on the inside of th « cover—but ~ - these — — ~ ^ , h again ^ ^ l ^^^ B ^^ ^^ , ^ f are ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ useful ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ in — ¦¦ their ^^ ¦ i > Bi ™ ™ way -w w ^^ — ^^ M , H

    ill ments as they . consist mainly of ecclesiastical announcei

    From the Church of England Sunday School Institute . —' The Sunday ^^ g Scholar — ' s — Companion ^ r ^~ ^_ - h h — — ^ B ^ r ^ -r- ¦¦ l ^ b ) , h

    1882 . ' The annual volume of the Institute ' s magazine for scholars , which is henceforth to be ¦ styled g ¦ ¦ V ¦¦ * The ^ ^ — ^ Boys ~ - ^^ ' and ^ B ^^ " » ~— ^» G ^ B ^ - ¦ - — — irls ~~^ - ^ * Companion ^ BBB ^ ^» - ^^^^—^^ mr BBF VB ^ BBBB > " ^ ^ B » " ^ BB ^ BBfe , B . ' is B > k « B ^ a B ^^ B ^

    T > udget for of pleasant stories levaried , poems b , some and well light - papers executed engravings young % m 0 peop and music , - pages ^» y - _ . The — series — — — —

    af articles on ^^ ' Strange ^ Inhabitants ^ of a Strange World / with their abundant illustrations , are far above the average of ordinary children ' s maga j- ^ — -

    zincs , and the author s _ , , N . D'Anvers ^ , manages to clothe scientific fact in very pleasant and entertaining chapters . There are also some attractive

    stories of famous men and women , among whom President Garfield appropriately finds a place . The * Notes on the Church ' s Year' give t— short — —

    accounts of the saints whose festivals are ^ p kept in the various months , and there are many other useful articles .

    From livered Mr . in John Manchester Hey wood / Fourth . — ' Health and Lectures Fifth Series , de . - 1880-81-82 . This volume , which , is published

    under the authority of the Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association is a welcome proof that the labours of the association are meeting with the

    success they deserve , for its work has now been continued for more than a quarter of a century . The secret of the success is , we fancyV , to

    be traced to the noteworthy ability with which the subjects are treated , and to the comparative simplicity with which the men of science who give

    arguments the ¦ K discourses A Bk ^^ "be are fore able A 4 V the . to peop put their le . The thoug Bk subj hts BB ^*^ ects and dealt with in the lectures here printed include

    important sanitary matters , such as cleanliness , food , clothing , sick-nursing , and the house ; and medical subjectssuch as consumptionscarlet

    fever , and diphth , eria , diseases produced b , y drink , and fevers and their prevention . The value of lectures such as these is too obvious to need any

    argument on our part , and it is to be regretted that every large town has not a similar society at work in its midst .

    From « Home Words' Publishing Office . — ' Fables for You . * By Eleanor 33 . Prosser . With illustrations designed by S . C . Pennefather . A

    series of pretty little tales with morals , after the manner of the familiar fable . The pictures and initial ^ fc ^^ m B » B > O ^ V ^ BI ^ B » ^ letters B ^ ^^ V B ^^ ^ m ^ * m * BBW . ¦^ add ¦ BB ^ H ^» ^ B ^ V much BbMB ^ b . B > WB . ^^ BgBJB ^ Bj to Bff - ^^ the B ^ « VvhBn -B £ T ^ attractive b * V B ^ ^ B ^ R ' «! . Bft ^ ^* - B . ^ ¦ ^ | ^ appear » BJ W ~^ W ^ ^ v" ^ ^* - B ,

    ance of what is in every way a dainty gift-bo jk for young folks . From Messrs . W . & A . K . Johnston . —* A

    A Gazetteer handsomel of y Scotland printed , v ' olume by the with Rev , . double John Wilson column . pagesg yj iving a description Jk of every placelarge

    and Ml- f ^ small , , in -EJ North Britain , at a moderat J . e , price KJ ( three half-crowns ) , and in a portable shape . It ie a book which can lie on the merchant ' s desk ;

    and as it gives the populations by the census of 1881 , and statistics of recent date as to real property and other important mattersit will be

    of ML great JL . f value . "V ' , From Messrs . Charles Iietta So Co . — ' Saxby ' s

    Weather Table and Almanac of the Heavens fur 1883 . ' Interleaved with ruled paper for barometrical records . This Almanac not only gives a

    register of absolute certainties , such as the times of high water , sun rising and setting , and changes of the moonbut makeson a scientific basis

    certain forecasts , of the , probable weather , on , © very Saturday throughout the year . There arc alsq some interesting notes on weather subjects , '

    and on the instruments used by those engaged in taking observations . .. < t ¦ ' T- """ - "' "" ' "' ' "¦"" " ""¦ ' ~ f ?

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 30, 1882, page 1566, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_30121882/page/10/