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      St Udies Messrs ' B . B Y Longmans Walte...

      ___ __ Messrs . Cassell Petter and Galpin have hit upon the happy idea of starting a journal c find alled a field * Land of . ' operations In any fresh which undertaking is not alread of this y more kind than the occup great ied problem ; and , is farther , we suppose , one that , to comprehends a sufficient number of persons who may be regarded as direct or indirect

      supporters . In both thesa respects Messrs . Cassell Petter and Galpin appear to have been peculiarly fortunate . The idea is so novel that one only wonders that no one has thought of adequately it before ; the to render "B interests » them involved . For are particulars so immense we that cannot figures do upon better paper than , however refer our precise ¦ readers , fail ¦! to ¦

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      The British M ^^^ useum is closed until the 7 th instant , and reopens on the 8 th . Notes and Quei * ies for next Saturday promises a description of the library of Eton College .

      Mr . W . Davenport Adams , author of the ' Dictionary of English Literature / contributes a paper XT MT on Clerical Wit and Humour to the Churchman ' s Shilling JO Magazine for February .

      Th ( Village e Dean Life of St of . Ge Paul orge ' s Eliot contributes 'is the an subject article of on a paper Ritualism by T . to E . the Kebbel Nineteenth in Frase Century r s Magazine . and Blackwood ¦ has ¦¦ an article ¦¦ on ' George r Eliot . ' ^

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      Bray ' s lecture on * England and Ireland . ' The affidavits of Mr . Samuel E . Dawson , the publisher M ^ ** Bfc B . ^ ' Bt ^^^ ^^ r ^ Bb . B » ^ V B BL » , BJ « B and Bfc ¦ * BB " ^ . 1 ^ B ^^^ ^^ " . - of ' ^ B' ^ BP ^ Mr ^» " BK ^ B ^^ V . ^ Bray ^ " ~ ^^¦ ^ ^^ " ^ ¦ ^ himself ^^ BBj ~ ¦ ^^ ^ ^ ~^^ supported ¦ " ^ r- " Bi B — m ^ ^^ — — ' — ^» the ^>— ^ A charge ^» - - ^ - ^ m - ^ " ^^ » ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ Bof ^ P ~ ^ B » ¦ damage ¦ ^ W * B Bi BA ^^^^ bB BP » BBk " ^^ , V c that ^^ ^ B * ^^ ^ 1 ^ ^ - ^ no ^^ ^ B > ^^ accurate " ^ i *^ B ^ B > ^ h ^* ^*» ^ ^ B « ^ WB ^ ^ pT ^^ B ^^ report ^ B * ^^^ | ^ ^ ^ P ^^ B ^ | . _

      of the . said lecture has appeared , and the ^ ^ manuscript of *^ the . said lecture , or a true copy thereof , was of the full value of five hundred dollars ; that plaintiff determined to copyright the said lecture , in order to preserve his right of property and interest therein . ' The additional action to recover the penaltwas instituted immediately after the finding nf 1000 copies of the

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      being also public functionaries , who have received the distinction . He . ^^ resides ^ ^^ in ^ the house ^ of Mdme . Thiers , in the Rue d'Aumale , on the first floor , and has been there almost since it was built nearly forty years ago . She , for his convenience , opened a sheltered passage between 1 it and the garden of her own residenceso that he could WB run in fco de'jeuner and

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      new G ^^^ . a rand Cross ^^^ p *^ belongs to a set of men who never smoked and whose intellectual faculties . were vigorous to the last—to wit , Guizot , Thiers , Dufaure , De Re musat , Gaultier de Rumilly ,

      Uousin Cousin , , and and IBarthcSlemv 5 arthelemy bt St . . Hilaire Hilaire .. The Estafette states that the Empress Euge ' nie , on settling herself at Farnborough , will publish BJ V h ¦ - ^ p >^ p ^ ^ P- BBBk ^^ BBBB ^ ¦ " ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ a ^^ BB biograp rm ^ ^^ — BBh Bh *^^ ^^^ BT ^ h ^™ Bk ^^ y ^ B ^ of ¦ ™ Bh the ^» ^ B ™ 1 ^^ ^ P ^ ^ Prince ¦ ^^™ ^"" ^^ " m —» ' ^ P' ^ B ^ Imperi ™ — ——^^^^^^ . ""^ BB ^^^ - ^— aal \ ^— ¦ ^ , ¦ W written B ^ » ^ ¦ — - ^ - ^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ b ^*» - y J ^ herself ^ - - - ^^ - ^^ ^^^ P 1 BB ^ r Bi ^^ ^^ " , BB A to ^^ ^^» be V >^ ¦ ^^ I ^ followed ^ h ^^ p » ^ Pjrf ^^ h ^¦ P' ^ ^ B * ^* rf ^* b W ^^ y W * Les t ^^ P ^ BB ^ ' ^ T P i 4 * ^ Notes ^^ B T — ^ - ^ _ ^ ^ n < _ a ^ ^ ^» ^^^^^ ^^^^^

      de Napoleon , ' which will contain revelations as to . some politicians of the day . M . _ . Rouher . has assisted her in collecting all the notes written by the Emperor during his reign . The Thft tollowmg following latter letter has has been been received received trom from irrotessor Professor Mommsen Mommsftn . in in ackno ar . knowlficl wledgment cnripint 01 of

      a present of English , archaeological and historical works , of which his accep , tance was requested upon the destruction of hia library by fire last year : — ' The University of Oxford , represented ba vm great number of its most vrf distinguished bb a ^ B . members f has j »» # f had ¦ the b kindness ¦ to furnish

      W ^ r y m V * a *_ *• ^ " * - ¦ ^ * *¦ T r m * r > ar *•• x > r bv s »> v r *^ aak v * 7 » v ^ - ¦¦» J * -r + * **• , «^ . m > v a ^ p ^ . r % ^ b « ¦ «»« ^^ >*« ^« - v ^ *• «^ . » , -w »^ ¦«> ' k * - ^ V V # - "«> " ^ . m > « , «• aV b > a a » . ^ . ~ a > Jk b ^ « . / k _ y p _* " ^ >—• A V 4 A . •¦ * Ah / b . b . my ^ * M library witlx the flower and the marrow of English historical and archaeological literature . What I haye lost has been replaced , and a great many valuable works have been added which I form bi erldid not ¦ ¦ . It is one b Bfc of the b best rs ^ - " **¦ isif results ¦ " ^ - ' ¦^ b perhaps > vw B-r of our labours Jb *^ V that ¦» " inter bbb -p . -

      •^ J » * b *» ^ j » - »^ ^ y -7 ^ ^ " » " » * fc * fc ^» " »^ possess »¦ - ** " "* ^"*^ »»• *^** J m " ^ »» bi -fc- «^ - ^^ " ¦ ^ -w — . w » ^^ - ^ a ¦ »—• » *• t >^ , am j » - ^^ b . j « Jk » v ^ , B ^^ 4- ^^ « v « , ^ ^_ fc-p » ^^ « . «) , Jk l p « . ^ ~* # H-M . W , — — — national ^ ^ assistance and international ^ friendship are fomented ^ . by ^ m them . ^ ; and if this ^ is no new thing BB' Bh M Bb ^ B PP ^ Jp Bh to BI ^ ^^ r ~ the ^ B p * BB . fBj ^ b ^ editor ^ b * ' ^ ffc pk B K ^ *^^ Bk > of ¦ ^ . p * ' BB > the B ^ B » ^ B | ^ pp * Corpus ^ | ^^ « B | *^ ^ - 'BB . ^ ^ p Inscri ^ . ^ ^ ¦ pb W BB ^^ ^— ^* ptionum W' ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ B ^ BJ ¦ I I I BB , IT Latinarum ^ IPB * - B ^ P . ** P ¦ ^ ^ B BP BP * B « pk V ^ Bp . m ^ ^ , B I bBBib count ^^ ^^ T B ^ B ^ Bh rfBj m ^ .. myself pf ^ . A « Tt . W ^^ pV Jb > ^^ . happy B * . 4 * L * ¦» ' - « V-., * B to Bfe ^ ^^ ^ . ^ _ p make ^ Bi ^ - i — . ^ a ^ . ^

      the experience of it in a more personal way on a most unhappy occasion . As the multitude of the contributors to this splendid gift forbids individual thanks , I beg permission to express them isiiuxu generall cJJi to \ all ThMommsen \'

      gcjii . a . iijf y vj tun . . A jo . . . jJxjm . xu . i 3 Ejr * . ' Charlottenburg , Jan . 9 . We understand that Mr . J . W . Cross intends to write a biograp . Bfc hof the late Mrs . Cross

      ( ' Georg - - - ^^ — e " - — Eliot — — ^ Pf ¦ - « »^ ^ ^ ' 1 ) , and - ^ — - — —— — will » ^ ^^ - p m shortl P . BT ^(* Bf y set « —| _ j- BP about » ^^^ PSp ^ Ph ^ pB ^ BPlBBfe , the ^^ ^^ . B ^ B ^» -BP collection PiT ^^ ^^ F B m ^ n ' ^ ^ P of B » i B ¦ » materials ^^ ^^ . f ^ ^^ \ * i Hi ^ ¦ - " ^ y BF . ^ . ^ tf ^ W pBb « V VbW Bfe B ^ BB / B . T W » B- ^^^ T « H « . BH B"iP' ^ ¦ Mr ^^~ ^^^ B ^™ . Bi C H . Bl E H . ^ Doble ^^^^ v ¦ - ^ ¦¦ ^^^ ' ^^ ¦ has ¦ ^ ' ^ I been - '"^ —^ ^ ^^^ ¦—— appointed — H — W- — ^ - P ^« . ^^^^ ^ P- ' ^ fc ^ ^ i ^^^ Bk Assistant p ^ r ^^ ' np 7 Bk ^^^ ^ p' ^^ B ^ pP . ^^ ^^ Secretary V ** *^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ V " ^ PT ¦>! Bl Bk Bf to B ) p > ^^^ the ^ pT p ^ pl % ^^^ Delegates ^ PP ^ p ^^ V ^^ BPP ^ . ^ P ^ fBpB % ^ f » jF ^* ^ h ^ P ^ ¦• BP' of ^ ^ ^^ the B ^ BB BB ~||^ Oxford ^ B' ^— ~ ^

      Universit _ . _ - Mr JwT ^ JL . . Kwong Jl . ______ % y - < f v Pr Vl-LL e ss Ki . a , and * , PBh Chiu ^^ r niVA _ P will ^ . _ , j who it be XJL _ . Vr succeeded « has AJLC « iJ _ resided 1 V > OJ . \ AVU as editor in A . JLA . _ Hart . JLJkC * of H . U 1 ford the -V ^ X Vi « , A Conn \^ cademy \/ XlJlJl . . % , V U - b il . . y S . M A r . » , « . aa J . a S . member UJLVi . Cotton UJl IL / VJ X . of * the — ¦ *

      his Chinese but scholarly to brid Eaucational industry the -uaav / intellectual . Commission «/ His «/ effort since has between been its establishment not the onl country \/ y to mako there he represents , himself has given familiar and another Western with evidenco Eng lands * lish or . ,

      His that ** V A V A * I W * l « « first - » V b ^ ^ y a A publication V work * ge . ^ V v _/ A * -. entitled ^^ A * . IVAVA JW * -. -p * ^ was - - - - 1- * * -- » . * . * -- - A * a . * , v «« Dictionary pA vocabulary ^ - - va " - a . v ^ gap O va . 'V JL ^ & JL t / WWW * A T " of VJL or V » VlA Eng JMA dictionary * V fS - lish * - ¦ ¦ * V > * - ' ' \ *• ^ - Ph * - •* »* ¦* . 1 * , X rases * of W ¦ CL A * KJV V - Eng ' » 7 AAV , * ' ' with TT lish Jl , b . V « . A I- A / - Chinese illustrative AAJ VU , VLAUU V « kJ LJ , l « Vl U . 14 T U \ J , He dj sentences W Tf 11 VkJ UV has 1 > WV 1 AVVW >* . ¦» followed » . -.- This ~ --

      unique volume of about 900 octavo pages , which is now ready for the press , will be published Low in New & Co York and will by Messrs then aicii bo . issued loauou A . S . in in Barnes Shanghai & with wiuu Co ., the liau and addition in London kjx of the uxio by Chinese ULiiit Messrs 3 . translation oi wi Sampson !

      juu or equivalents vt tx > \ si > .. ) , aim . w Althoug iai i ; h the main portion Kjiicui ^ iia of -JL the volume o . u . u is . jiliuxi devoted . to the > exp » o lanation *^ " - of than xixit 0 \ 000 \\\ idiomatic ika conventionaland ci slang phrasesit contains much ULi civ ^ ii wti other valuablo ¦

      material jiiui more w yji . . There r , y jjj are » v »* . * j collections . «* hj » , ^ , , L-vn » ijntiuuui of Eng , j lish ajva and » iau Chinese ^ _|^ iix c * kioe proverbs > , , jlu v ^ v ^ iujo and -ixji d translations . »^« . of *~ Latin ,

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      84 The Publishers' Circular Feb . i , 1881 -

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1881, page 84, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021881/page/4/