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    «eci 31,1890 * The Publishers' Circular ...

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    prehensive no better work , it . immediately Popular , accurate interests , and young

    comreaders , and carries them forward , as the Irishman said , uribeknowndst . It is said there is no —— ——— — ~^ v royal v ^ —_— ' ^ j ^ » ^_ B ^ road _ a —^^ w ^ —or—¦ to —^— ' - ^ V learning —¦^ —^ p ^_ r —» ¦ ^_¦¦ . —^^^^^ ^_>_—«^ m ^& ; —¦ probabl —¦ - ———¦ —_— ' " —— " —i —v ^_> y v ^ not _ H _ V ~^^ W ; V but ^~—^ ~^~* " ^

    this book is a very pleasant road to an extensive knowledge of natural history . From Messrs . Seeley & Oo . — * The Indian

    Mutiny of 1857 / by Colonel G . B . Malleson . With portraits and plans . In a graceful and modest — _^^ —w ^ Bi —t—* ^^ —r preface W ^^ ^™ ^ " ^ —¦—"" G ^ " ^ —^ ——~ Colonel - —~ — Malleson states ~ — — ¦ that — — he — — —

    has aimed at the compilation of a work which , ' well comp f —^_^ lete as r the in —» _—» ¦—^ r itself - —^ — —— ' — ' — ~ , should ____ ces — - ^ _ narrate of _ a movement the _ — causes , — - ^ ^ un _ — as — - —y ^ ^^ y ^^ " consequen ——

    foreseen , undreamt of , sudden and swift in its action , and which taxed to the uttermost the energies of the British people well . To effect that

    purpose rmrDOse Colonel Malleson few lew men men . He are are has so so a well thoroug qualified qualified h know as as - led ^_ t ~_^ *• ¦ ge _ P ^ t ^ " ^ ¦¦ of ^^ ^^ India ~— ' _— - _ - _ . , — the - Indian peop ^ . ^ - le , and Indian

    history is mainl , y he a is military a military topic man , and writing he has on a popu what - ^ lar t ^ f * ^ and . If -fc -1 "" trenchant ~ W ^ " * ~ W — " --- ~ W - — —_ — — style - m — . - Add that - he has — — — _ k _ c f A _« _ fe ^ m _ i _ A A —MB a

    will spared be no understood pains in sifting what sort his of material history s he and has it written — _ - J ^ ^^ ^^ ^ J —^^ _^^^ . ^ ^ It _——i —_ r was V — —_»—r * » not ' — easy — — ^ J to — compress ¦— — — the ^ - — story - — _

    of the Mutiny into a volume of some four hundone dred f pages it ¦» ¦ too ¦¦ , without but - Colonel -- sacri -- - fi Malleson cing anything has don reall e it y ,

    -c- ^ - ^^ A-B - ^^ - - " ^ -- ' * - " - - -- _ „ — _ j w J / essential to a perfect understanding ^ ^ of the % and Mutiny ^ pj ^ -tf ^ ^ accurate k * V ~*^ , ~*^ ¦¦¦™ its - ^™ ¦¦ - » - ^ causes - ~ - , - ¦ handy — — ' and ^ m in consequences size , well printed ^ a . Popular and

    well bound , the book deserves success and will doubtless have it . From ¦¦¦ Messrs ¦ . SimpkinMarshallHamilton

    *¦*"* _ fe ~^^ -ft-- »* ffr ^_ M ^ HB " ^^ " ^ " ^ ~^~ " " ^ - * ^ — — - — - — ^^— — , , , Kent Immanuel & Co ' s . Land , Limited : being . — ' a Wine series and of Palestine Oil from narratives , ' by James Ormisfcon . With an

    Inof troduction Bishop Liverpool of Liverpool by , D the . D . Ri A would ght book Rev be . introduced the likel Lord y to Bishop by secure the

    attention without much consideration of intrinsic merit , but Mr . Ormiston ' s book is well worth f f ^^ A KS A A reading ¦» ^^^*^ MM ^^^ M ^ apart ^ - " - W ^ - ~ - ^ ¦ from ^^ — — any question _ _ _ of com _ _ -

    travels mendation in the in hig Hol h p y laces Land . It by is one the who record has of a profound reverence for the Bible , a pious

    interest in all places named in it , and the power The of convey little ing volume his impressions is admirabl aptl y y and adapted forcibly to .

    Sunday reading . From Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co — ?

    The Public School Year-Book , 1890-1891 / edited by three Public School men . The object of the editors in compiling this Year-Book was

    to concise provide a record ll matt , at ers once of i comprehensive nterest to rents and , pa , schoolmasters , and boys . So far as we have

    been able to examine it , the compilers seem to have done their work well , and certainly they bring j » into a smal ,.... _ l compass a vast mass ____ _ of ___ . —_

    _ information ^ r p ^ — " — - — regarding —— public schools . Fro ¦^ - ^ P ^^ 1 ^^ m ^ B Mr *^_ 1 ^~*^ P ^»^™» . ~^ Charles " ~—~^ —__——__ _ v- _ - ¦ mm —— ¦ — P ¦ ' . Sowerby ^ — - — — g ^ , New — York - . — — — . ________ _ -. *^_» _ h « fc ^«_>» ^ «^ _* _ fe _ - _ ___ . _¦ _

    : ' The French Invasion of Ireland in ' 98 / by Valerian Gribay 6 doff . With map and illustrations . This is described as * leaves of unwritten

    lost history opportunity that tell to of throw an heroic off endeavou England ' s r and yoke a / More _ -- widel -- - -- — y _ speaking - ~ - it is an effort to -- rescue - —_¦

    from |( vr _ , ^ BK , H - ^ obli , , vion ^ — ^ one of ^^^ , the many extraordinary ep War isodes / The of / the Writer ---- _ . great __ is of French opinion - Revolutionary that _ English

    L ' , historian HumDert , _ . V -, W V „ m _ — s ^ hav __ dfe ^ e ent _ failed -m _ k ugtin ^ «^ to _ Ireland do d ^ justice _ b _ _ in h 1798 to _ Gen - *_ te . J ~~» eral T h- _ i ^ _^

    author trouble of to the set present the ¦— ¦— matter biv work ¦¦ -- _¦ right has gone and to such some as

    desire stirring * . side _ t period 4 - li m - * g hts m may - — — - on ^ - ^^» consult Irish ___ . _ _ . _ r _ a ^ m ~ history ___ ^ *^ ^ his - »» ^« , ^*^^ pages _™« m at * m < y a «^ ^ ir-ih with v ery | ^ y

    advantage fldv ___ nt _____ rp . From fluence ^ % Mr . of BUiot _^ lf •• Stock m _¦ . — ' The Sp . irit and ___ . . .

    Inagreeable little Chivalry wor , k ' by Mr . Joh Batty * n Batty does . not In pre this - tend to describe the paraphernalia and

    accoutrements coutrements of ot knierhthood knighthood or or to to enter enter into into the minutiae of its fantastic garniture , nor does he pretend to give descriptions of the

    tournament and its accompanying splendours . In that field he has no desire to rival Scott . His purpose is rather to consider the abstract

    principle of chivalry , to indicate the chivalric to feeling trace its which operations animated on the the min middle d and ages actions and

    of mankind . The book shows much research and a wide knowledge of the literature of chivalry .

    From by the W . same Carew . — ' Hazlitt Studies . in (' Jocular The Book Literature -Lover ' s , Library /) A capital t little - ~ book ~ - —¦ —— — , which —¦ i all f who

    love the ^ f ^ m jocular in literature — — - , should — ^»——— ^^ —_^ ——¦—— . possess —^—_• ^ m « w — ' —r ^ M ___ ~^^ , There could hardly be better reading for a vacant hour .

    From Messrs . Satton , Drowley & Co . —* Plain and Simp ^ le Lessons from — the - - Minor _ i —_^_ r -v - __¦ - Pro ___¦ __ w - _ v p h *^ hets i . ^^^ V —|^ ~_ F B ^^ , H '

    by F . B . These notes were written in the first instance for members of the author ' s own family , who belonged to a * Bible and Prayer

    publicity Union , ' and of print are . well The worth writer the ' s aim dignity has been and to V ~ ^^ exp ~ - *^ ^ -MB ¦ T ^* lain —* w ^ ™¦> ' —¦ the ~ - > —~ - ^ ~|^ text -. > ~— ' ^——~—> ~ v of —_ rr ^—• each — ¦ M ^ ~—~~— ~ ~_ P ^ —~*— " ¦ chapter ~ i ~ ^ _^ v ^^^ r H ^^ ~ B ^ ~ vr . B ^ as V ^^ V ^ HF simp W ^ J _ v ^—*—• H ^ r l ¦—• y V

    tical as mi lesson ^ ht be , for and the to daily bring life out . a The plain book and being pracintended for the unlearned — — the _ . critical ___ ___ __ , _— __ spirit __ h

    is _— avoided — — — a circumst ance . , _ , which _ devotional _ ___ , ___ , __ , ___ - __ ^_ . ^^ ^^ —_ - readers will , not find any loss . The style is clear and pleasant , and the work seems to us

    well calculated to help uncritical readers in their efforts to understand the Bible . Fro ^^ m _____——_ - Messrs __ __ —_ - - —_ . J - _ - . S . "Virtue -- ¦ & Co - _—_ _— - . — ' _¦ Limited i —h . - —

    ___—_ , —^_ — — — — , _—_^_—^_—__ ' ——_—_^_ -r —™— —^ ~^^> ~_ p _ . - * French Cookery for Ladies , ' by a * Cordon Bleu ' ( Madame Emilie Lebour-Fawssett ) . This book is intended to give to English households * a

    sensible addition to their hitherto somewhat monotonous fare , ' and to enable the novice to master the difficulties which all French cookery

    books present . The work is sensiblyand simply written , and shows how many excellent dishes may be procured 4 at a comparativel ¦ y small cost .

    It ought to prove a boon to ladies of an economical turn . From Messrs . Ward , Lock & Co . —* Travels and

    Discoveries in North and Central Africa / by Henry Barth , illustrated . This volume , whicn is the second , completes Barth ' s ' Travels in

    Northern and Central Africa / It gives an account of Timbuktu , S 6 koto , and the basins of the Niger and Benuwe , and has therefore con-¦¦¦ siderable ¦ historic ¦ i ¦ ¦ i value ii . ¦¦ The ¦ ~—¦ i writer ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ has

    p ^^ flM ~^ rf ^^ ~^_^^ «* ~^^~^ ^~_^ ^^^ ~~_— ~— — - — " — —_ " —¦ —— — — . ^ ~ - » — - ~ » _— - - — - - - > — - ~ ___ - —_ r- _—r Defoe ' s love of detail , yet so skilfully is the book written that the multiplicity of fapt never destroys the . interest . The work reads

    like a romance—indeed , it is a romance of the most wonderful kind . From the same . —' The World's Religion * , by

    G . T . Bettany . The aim of this book is to give throug facts , not h the to express whole of op the inions book . The which writer ia very has ,

    long / kept to his purpose . It , has certainly

    added to the usefulness of the book that it hs * 1 ——• - -- - . j

    «Eci 31,1890 * The Publishers' Circular ...

    « eci 31 , 1890 * The Publishers' Circular ^ t - i ;___ . \ _ . ; . .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1890, page 1661, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121890/page/19/