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    I^Eviewf, &»Q. From Mr. J. "W. Arrowsmit...

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    under founda the tions system , of Eng of land personal ' s greatness rule , and were that laid the most notable additions to English power were

    made in that period during which the authority of the few still subsisted under the semblance of government by numbers . In Mr . Train ' s

    judgment all that the many can do in regard to our Imperial greatness is to protect what the ^ m 0 ^ b ^^ b ^^^ few vbk ^^ ^ w ha *^ - ^^» ™*^^^ v w e - ^^ r a ^^^ - ^ lr ^^^ w * ea ~^^^ ¦ ^ r ^ v d ^^ r ^ B y w won r ^ ^^^^» . v He ~^—*^^^^ - ^^ asserts — —w- —v ^_> ™ - - ~ m ~ that - ~ — — —

    the Emperor William of Germany possessed no genius , whilst the late King of Italy , was in many respects a distinctly unheroic figure ; but

    he believes that if Strafford had had even a William or a Victor Emmanuel for a master , he would have won the battle for the monarchy .

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    From Messrs . Moffatt «^& Paige . —* Moffalt ' s Deductions from EuclicL' This book consists of a series of exercises on the first six books of

    Euclid fully worked out ; not only teachers _ "is . of mathematics but private students will find much in these pagfes that is helpful and

    suggestive . ! From Messrs . G-eorge Philip & Son . — 'A Life

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1889, page 1396, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111889/page/18/