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The sale of the library of the late Edouard Fournier , who died on the 10 th of May last recalling literally in in some harness double interesting Die , and aiiu for he triple facts expire in d relation after 011 shelves Biieives correctin to this remarkable tables tauies g a proof chairs , has man . been He made lived nieces the among occasion a chao for s ,
of nf booJis hooks in aoutape rows row » , , on , , , , cnairs , , chimney cnimney--pieces , winaow window--si sills lls . w and ante yet d where his extraordinary ver it might be memory placed among enabled all him these to tomes find , his part way of which at once were to sold the , last volume week he at the Rue 4 ^ LX > Drouot t . Fournier ~ - was ——— a — — witty — — — ¦ bookworm ¦ ¦»¦ 1 ¦ *™^ . His ¦*¦ personal ¦— »¦« 1 TTf 9 a ^ r L ^^^ iALL is thus described ¦
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numerous luck of M . notes de Resbecq for his , work who found € Moliere rare au Elzevirs theatre and et Moliere first editions chez on lui all the have quais been . Fournier bought b ' y s M . Laplace .
Feb. I, 1881 ^- Ke Publishers > ' Circul...
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other Some documents interesting for statistics the Government have been of the published United of States the cost . The of printing Printing public Bill for reports the year and ending b June 301880 amounted to £ 400000 . ¦ This ¦ year it is expected it will show an kk increase
and of ^ ^ ^ ^ £ V ^ 100 B ^ 924 ^ ' ^^ PK , ^^ 000 copies ^^^ . ^» ~^ 1 ^^ of , , J 900 each ^^ cop ^ , J ^ bill ies — — or ~ are resolution ^^ printed — — ^ ^ " ^ — ^ ^ of . ™^ , J each ^ As ^ ^» ^ in document ™ the »^^— ^~ r- ^ m second m - ^^ «^^^^ H or ^^ - ^ m report ^ session mtw ^ B ^ B ^ ^»^^ «^^ ^^ of ^^ of ^^ ^ either i ^ ^^^^ the ^^ ^^ W Congress ¥ ^ " House ^ fc ^* pif J » « ^^^ V V of _ there ^^ ^ Congress ^ ^ ^ k A ^^^ ^^ were ^^ r ^^ rf ^ pp ^^ ^^ ,
3 cost r - , 457 » of bills printing « - « —¦¦« and hk 2 , a 518 full reports report h ¦ of of committees ¦¦ the - »~ debates ¦ " , the ¦ in printing the btr Congression -press ¦ ifc 90 i | j- was a \ 4 al fc kept Record prett is ri » p ^^ y set busy down . The fc at
^ - ^ - ^ —— — —— ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ¦ ^"'^ ^—^^ — - - »~ ' ^— " ^^ " ^ ^^ " ^ - " ^ ^^ ^» - ^^ - ^^ ^^ ' ^^ >^»« v ^^ ^^ ^^^ - ^^ mr ^^ ^ " ^ ^^^» ^*^ * - ^ —_^ ^^ V ^^^«^^» ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ F ^^ ^^^ f * ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ w w ^ m ^^_ ry ^^ com comcilinei £ 26 , piling 000 , ' six . . The The to seven printer tyrinter thousand reports reports cop tiiat that ies he he bein struck struck g printed on otf in in . the the The twelve twelve index months months alone 131 131 cost . 000 000 over . 000 000 £ 1 ' ' Kl blanks , 700 anka for '
of enve memorandum the tne lopes official , & , c block renorts . ; 17 s , , 000 and is , 000 39 , 138 pamp miscellaneo hlets LithooraDhin and us documents bound fir and volumes ; 341 crravin . , 000 The coat blank cost of last , books pro , ducing ; £ 329 28 000 , 000 , e
Printing or omcial one report reports —that is very verv upon heavy heavy diseases . . JLi of thograpning swine—cost and ^ 8 , 800 engraving en . or cost last year vear £ zo ., ( X ) U ..
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Pensions Literary made merit b has the secured Queen VtV WAJL a on Vll fair the ViJ share recommendation of recognition ViVlA of >_/ in the the VA 1 V recent Prime * addition Minister to the Lad JUUiVi Civil Duffus List
recogni Hard -- " y rece t ?* ion - ' - »* i ves of iA ; "V"V \_/ th £ 55 y J e h a is \ m / y tor ear V ^ ica , in l , literary addition > V , VVVUiiUvlAVtMI and to the public pension services . of of £ 100 her .. M ±± a late . \ year S XTJLXAAAU husband granted V VX . , Sir in y V 1879 Thomas * - * UJLAUW , in Duffus Hardv ! and Dr . Schmitz ia awarded £ 50 a Tear , in recoenition of his services to
classical education and ' literature .
One Smiles Of The Remarkable Class Of Sc...
One of the remarkable class of Scotch naturalists of which Edwardshfound i
Mr to w . the iii Smiles v Pall ran so Mall admiring ali ( Gazette jrazette a * biograp in in his hia her eighty eicrhtv , is --seventn seventh the most year vear notable . an and d t is ype in , is receipt receiot at present , of parish Darish o , according relief reliel n
presented in the count to y the of Aberdeen University , . of John Aberdeen Duncan , an the herbarium Alford weaver of nearl and y botanist 1 , 200 British , who recent plants ly , collected remarkable by in himself many respect in all s part for a his of devotion North Britain to the stud from y the of natu Tweed re as to either BacfFshire Edwards , is or as
. JL X- / > 1 ick Ijlv _ or llT an € 1 11 TT other ^\ -r m- \ * - \* % of . ¦ " * . * - the J- ¦ - » s \ . humble w \ ^^ w ^ X-v I ^ - ^ heroes 1 ^ s * * -w + j * ~/ vr < of ^ n . 4 * science o § y ^^ j ^ k ^ n ^ % s \ of * ~\ •»¦ whom T » r w % s" \ . * ~ v \ . Mr A / I v « . Smiles W ? * v- » i I /\ r * has § -k # \<~ l written « irt » iTT /¦ vV » . A A hard savings botany - , working , is he exhausted has y , spare by advancing -li and ving an m j ^ e anneal ars , w become ho ia denie mad incapable d e in m the self of Scotch every pursuing l imners uxu his ry calling sa bv ve Mr , that his . W littl of . Jollv e st fund ud . y Her ing of ,
eiKl Majest his y days 'a inspec in comfort tor of schools . To that , Inv appeal erness , there for su oug bscriptions ht to be to a prompt enable the and poor genero old us botanist response . to
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st udies Messrs ' b . b y Longmans Walter Bagehot will publish : The during Life and the Op next inions fortni of gh the t of a Rev volume . Zeller William of * Biograp Law Socratic / hical the
g ^ J ^ or , y J . H . Overton ; and a translation of S . F . Alleyne Dr . ' a Frcfin We Te &* b > liear thatowing to the illness of Principal Tullochho is prevented for a
m r m fl ^ fiHing the active , duties of the editorship of Frascr ' s Magazine , , JJr . Bosw 8 ^ orth has just issued the new edition of his Clergy Directory ( for 1881 ) . of
Am wh" K la ^ r io ' Chatto (> rm ' a & residential Windua guide announce to favourite a volume London on ' The localities Suburban , their Homes society , celebrities London / , JL ^ a associations .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1881, page 83, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021881/page/3/
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