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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1889, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1613

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      Fallingr in Love , with other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science , by Grant Allen . These essays made their first appearance in the pages of various magazines and reviewsand

      - " - ftk ,,. B a > ftk - fta - j . x m - - H - - x C » CJ ¦ - ft « - - , ftftt many readers ^ will ^ ^^ thank ^ ^ the ^ author ^ for . ^ . their ^ ^ reproduction ^^ ^ ^ in ^ a more permanent form ^ . Mr ^^^ ^* . Grant Allen is endowed with a facile pen J- ( , and in this ¦ book wisdom and * . wit are cleverly

      blended . Woodland , Moorand Stream"being- the Notes of a Naturalist . Boys with a taste for

      , , natural history will be highly entertained as well as instructed by these truly fascinating ' notes . ' It is a pity thatamongst the mass of new gift-books for the _ rising generationthe

      facts of nature and J . «/ science , are represented C 3 in such a very disproportionate -- c ^ ^^ degree . , The anonymous * -- , / author of the - book before us , after g < U iving a brief sketch of his boy m / hood and his

      adventures in marsh and creek and moor and forest , proceeds to relate the results of his mature experience in similar places * amongst the most beautiful parts of Surrey and along the I line of Kentish coast where Turner loved to paint . ' The author has made the study of wild

      I j creatures manner just in * their what native he has haunts seen and ' the known passion . ' of his life , ' and he tells in a simple and graphic

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      The Ocean of Air , by Agnes Giberne . Ten years ago the proof-sheets of a little work

      eni titled ' Sun , Moon , and J Stars , ' by Miss Giberne , were p Xlaced in the

      hands of Dr . Pritchard , i Professor of Astronomy ! in — the — Universi _ ty ^ of

      Oxford , by a friend of the authoress , who asked j I book him . to In glance a generousl over the y-

      worded _ . "I _ " 1 preface J »_ to J the _ L" 1 _ — present volume , Dr . Pritchard states that he

      then thought that the volume to which he was thus introduced was so

      ! I excellent that he volunteered v ^*** ^ b ^ ^ t * ^^ i _ rfc to ^^ ^^ write v v ^ k ^ k ^^ ~ i - ^ a *^ f preface m * m ^ ^ k ^ m ^ 4 * ^ i-y ^^ ^^ 1 /"• A a 4 M A * ^ M ^ B m

      I for it if it was thought that that would help to

      I bring the work under the notice of educated

      readers , whether old or i young teen editions . Since then of ' , Sun thir- ,

      Moon , and Stars ' have appeared since its first | |! publication ^ r . Pritchard in 1879 evidentl , and

      , inticipates for this com y - panion volume an equal

      ! j fn tmount a pleasan of public t literary favour . ^ tyleand yet with

      , , scientific J t ^ -k ^ „ ¦ * ^_^ _ ^ A m _ . accuracy _ ^ of i . describes statement , the Miss Giberne

      vai poursmovement gases , dis-, ,

      , ( Lur life oances of the , torces * Ocean , ana of

      I ( Air > f this ; and graceful in the exposition course , heat and cold , thunder and lightning , vapour and cloud , rain r § jP | ______________ .. s-y ~ \

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1613, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/79/