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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st February 1883, Edition 1 of 1, Page 91, Wilkinson The The late , & Mr Hod . Robe...

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      « - — ^ The sojourn in London of Mr . J . 'R . Lowell , the distinguished American author and and Ambassad other or institutions , has already , and borne on Saturday valuable week fruit in he the gave addresses an interesting he has lecture given to on various Don Quixote literary at - the Working ¦ ¦ f Men ' s CollegeGreat Ormond Street . The - lecturer - - styled - - 'Don ¦ Quixote —¦ ¦¦ r a ,

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      whether mara ¦ W | 1 ^ ^^ l ^^/ containe Jfa witting » B » ^ B > ^ - ™ ^ . ^ l y « or _ __ , unwitting _ . a very ^ ^ ly profound _ , _ is certain _ ^_ one __ to - ^ _ get ^ was . ^ ^ - — the ^__^ -V worst - - - whoever w - ^ r ^ " ^ of -rf- —B > — it quarrels V ^ . » There ^ B ^ B > SB ^ B - ^ B with -. ^ - ^^ ¦ was V V |(> l Nature B * great taB > , (^ ^^ W . ^ « ,

      great difficulty wisdom in finding on the out part what of most Nature peop reall le y to was accommodate , and when their that discovery lives and was actions made to it it required as best

      ¦ O they structive mi g criticism ht . Cervantes J-X or what * ' 1111 book mig ¦ ht had more undergone properl 1 —— — - »— - - ^— a be - ^ B great ^ termed I deal ^ destructive 1 of what V ¦ criticism mi ght be but calle «« d from •¦ con 1 a -

      literary was ¦ BJI . ^^ ^^ the the VA F ^*^ nrst first point ^ B ^ ^ " ^ ^ ^ time time ™ ^^ ^ of ^^ view , — ttna hat — i it cnaracters characters - was — — ^ P hardl ^ V ^ had naa — ' y possibl —~ been been - ^ ^— draw araw e to ^^ ^— y ^ J n n find from irom ¦ ^^ a ^^ - ¦— book ' ^ - lif Hie ^^» ^ . P e witn with more ™ ^ . ^ ^ B ^ ^ ^ B . tne the ^^^ - ori ^ BT ^ . ^ careiui car g ^^ inal e ^^ ful ^ BV ^ ^ or ^ ~ elimination elimination ^ T ^ mW ^ instructive ^^^*^ m ; « F ^ BT ^ W ^^ , « ^ BK wine whic . ^ p ^ BB ^ B , ^ It a h . was , ;

      was so essential ; nevertheless , the characters of * Don Quixote were life-like . They were not % so much taken from actual -v- ¦ ¦ lif ¦ e as the ¦ ¦ ¦ » conception ¦ l V of B life BPBiB . It BVHBB was not so 1 necessary VBIbT V ¦¦ that

      ¦ ¦ M T \ J ^^ F ^» ^""^* ^ " *^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ~ ^^ ^ " ^ ^—^ - ^ - ^ — ' ^ - ^ « » "I " ™ " ^ - ^^ ^ r ^ B » ^ ^^»^^ ^»^ ^ " ^ ^^ ' ^^ »^^» ^ ^» ^^^^^ . ^ . ^ V ^ B ^ V » ^ B » - ^ r ^ B » T ^ B »* . ^ ^^ ^^ P . ^ ^ BWB ^»^ B » ^^ ^^ ^^ V ^ T ^ . B W ^ B ^ . ^^^^^ ^^ characters ^^ should be real , for these could be found in the streets , but they should be typical and possible . The ¦ ¦¦ Hon ¦ . gentleman then -var . proceeded ¦¦ ¦ to ive several illustrations V 4 M of the

      ILJ ^¦ *^ , y v / K / l >^<* V " - ^ ^ ^ r V ^^— ^^ vr ^— ' - »^ v J" % ^^ —»^ ^ v v i » — ^ v * k « w ^^ ^ bv ^ bi _ v , am _* ' ^^ - « , < - ^^ - ^ r ^> r w w ^ " ^ ^ ^^ g IbK ^ v ^» ^^ ^ kr V ^^ <^ W 4 b ¦•^ ' ¦•^ w ^ . « w ^^ » * ^ T « ar » ai ( a * ^ . r ^» ^*»^»^ b ^ different strains of humour to be met with in * Don Quixote / some of which proved very amusing B ^ BI ^^ . ^^^^ f ^^^ k P ^ Br ^^ b ^^ . ^ B > ^^ B ^ K . ^ P ^ Referr ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ M ^^^ B ^ ^ ^ ¦ ^^^ - in " i — g ^ . ^^ Bh M to ^ ¦ the ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ , " hero ¦ ^^^ ^^ ^ ™ A ^^ r of ^^ ¦ ¦ the w . B ^ bVBW ^^ ¦ ^^^ story ¦ ^^ BK ~^^ r ^ - ^ B ¦ , ^ H he ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ did ^ ^^ - ^ - ^ r ^^ m ^ not ^^ v ^ v ^^ ^^ P think ^^ " *^ . ^^^^^ BF ^^ BV B ^^^ P ^^ V ^^ that ^^^ ^^ B ^ B ^ ^ B ^ P ^ BV ^ B ^ ^ a B ^^ B ^ . more ^^ ^^* 4 W ^^^~ ^ ^^ IV ^ BV whimsical V V B ^ B ^^^ V ^^^ ^^^*^^ BIVBP V ^ BP ^ B ^ B ^ B ^ F ^ BIP ^ BP ^^^^ ^ ^ m . ^ . ^ ^^ . ^^ ^ . ^ ^> ^ . ^ ^^ >• ^^ ^

      character could be found in fiction . Don Quixote was generally called a madman , but he . vas only a monomaniac . The Hon . gentleman then concluded by reading several passages from the work he had described .

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      JPS-V " : ?' -- " ' ' - '¦ ' ¦*¦ - v ^ : ; r ' - ; : ' - ¦ vv : * : ii ^^¦^• . ^^ - . ^ . ^ .-vv ! : ^* fe ; -v ? -v ' ' v <*"••^ . ^¦ ~ VCVT ^ y . / o-i- ^ vv ^ V */^^*^ F « b . i , i 8 3 ^ Publishers * Circular 91 ¦

      At The Third Annual Meeting Of The Metro...

      At the third annual meeting of the Metropolitan Free Libraries Association , recently held in the rooms of the National Rifle Association Mr . E . J . Watherston in the chairMr . H . R .

      Tedder ^ _ ^ , treasurer _ and *¦ secretary - , read the _ a - annual report , which * ¦¦ m recorded ^ ^ b the * ^ ki deaths ^ b > _ , of thre _ ^ e members of the council of the association—the late Archbishop of Canterbury , Professor W .

      condition Stanley Jevons of London , and as Mr . regards Anthony the Trollope establishment . Aiter of commenting free public libraries upon the the unsatisfactory councilin _ ^ K _ _ ^ Bta _ ^ H — . . 1 * dM A _ H Bh A B * i , , ^ ^^ a ^ ^^

      concluding their report , stated that they proposed in the course of the present year to make a rigorous effort , by means of frequent public meetings , to arouse the attention of Londoners

      to some feeling of their inferiority as regards public libraries , compared not only with such cities as Birmingham , Liverpool , and Manchester , but Qven with Plymouth and Richmond . .., The * ug chairinan vii .- ^ u . jj ^ aciiix , , in xxi moving uiuviug 3 the i > ii . ^ adop a >\ jL \ jyj tion \)\\ jxi of \* x . the vxjlc ? report i ^/ uuiu , said oniu he no hoped xxv ^ i ^^ vx \ Ay % mi xiiig ght ^ i u be uc generally ^^ xxc 7 xa « xxjr .

      understood that in anyreform of the Free Library Acts no attempt would be made by their ' but council museums to increase were the not Id required . to a 2 d . . rate It for was the different metropolis in . the London provinces mi , g where ht want museums free libraries were , neededand A- ^^ therefore a 2 drate mi XXAAO . ht be justifiableWith regard to London fcV % vj > especiallin

      the environs -w ¦< - « , m < % ^»« , VAAVA the opposition A VA ^ X « JW M W # . ^ they ^ W 1 ^^^ had g AA % to ^ *^ T meet ¦*** | MMV with ***** ** T ^ ^ . cam - ^ * e chiefl ^ v « A . * y ^^ fro ^^ m the - ^ - ^ landlords * . ^ * , « 'VM / J ^ W of V * M | » sm ^» y all » . * -4 b tenement houses . Mr . Robert Harrison , M . A ., seconded the motion for the adoption of the

      ( report Tedder Bodley , , which ' s a librarian resolution was ) carried , who was . . adopted had On rendered the expressin motion valuable g of regre Mr servic . t Israel at e the as Daviil ' hon resi . gnation , secretary M . A ., of seconded Mr from . E the . by B . foundation Mr Nicholson . R . H .

      of or a tne maj association ority of the . A rat free epayers library . is to be established at JEaling , in accordance with the vote

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      Wilkinson The late & Mr Hod . Robert on February Palgrave ' s 5 architectural library is to be sold by Messrs . Sotheby ,

      , ge , . pM . lace The at —»»» sal ¦ Edinburgh uujLijiM e of the » A { S ** library on vfXX Monday JJJ . VyXJ of . VAC the * V and OuXXVA late Tuesday X Dr UVOM . John . W V . . Brown The J » - M . M . XJ \ collection s \ JJL , author - * . \ j \ j \ m \ jM . i . included of & X 1 . V / * w Rab . \ Avv » and the V' & vr his privatel ^ xj . Friends imvv * y j -printed , X 7 / took V ^ J *

      poems of Professor Kuskinand other rare works . Mr . Ruskin has been elected , to the Slade professorshiat Oxfordwhich he formerlheld

      K IF K ^^ p , ak afc av ^ * m + fky dah at . ¦ Davidson Mr ^ » . Benham ^ » . , to uv be UO , the U 1 editor 1 C 7 biographer ILfJ . V ^ of ^ x a ( jJiiV the X memoir of Ul the U 1 XV lili _ 7 late of Catherine A Primate _ _ X llXi ^_ « . l ^ 7 . . and m— ^ Craufurd T . ^ . . ^ ^ Tai ^ paflia ^ t , is ^ , with Mr . Randall ^^^ ^

      liabilit Another y company well- . known publishing house is , it is said , to be worked in future as a limited j ;¦» ! . The Aue jLtev Rev . . Henry Henrv liansdell LanarlAll . U D .. JJ D ... author author or of * ' Through Tnrougn » Siberia iperia' ' who wno left lett Englan J & ngiana d in in June June

      miles last , has —5 , recentl 000 by y rail returned , 3 , 000 , havin , by water g accomp , , and lished the in remainder the interim either a , journ on ey wheels of upward or the s of back 11 . s 000 of

      tneye the gratis hopaes Irtish finishing ana and to camels camftl Omsk drive n . , and Dr Tlr of . passed Lansdell T nearl . j . / narl « l on 3 followed fiVlltvivftrl 000 to miles Kuldj his lii a by « , route rniif Vernoe the ot nf , 1879 1 Tashkend loyment ft 79 . , as as far fat of , Kokhand 900 as as TabolsK Tobolsk horses , and and , , tnen then 300 Samarcand ascended ascended drivers ,

      tho - « v , The subject ouuject Old Parish of ot a an an Reg article articl ister e bv by of Mr Mr y St . . . , Andrew W W . . M M . . ' Wood W s , , ood Hertford , of ot emp Hertford Jtie , which rttord , is wnicn which of considerable appears appears in m interest the ine February jjeoruary , forms . '

      number of the Anti , , * the In the . the Royal - — "j numbers * " * Academy jn ** . > am * 3 UM of quary . y VA ClfxU and . rt Ulo for Grosve VTlTUortJIlUI 1883 increased nor Gallery \ J { t * UK ) attention M . y . . KJJJWliAl Special will arrangements « be xxt » g iven ^« 3 x * to x ^ xjn the * o have unroouiv Annual also E been muv xhib »* made umwv ition & 'vi

      Jjorpublication of important etchings from the works of the following masters : —L . Alma JJ ^ Uet ^ em a , George R . A . ; Morland E . Burne < fo Jones c . ; W . Q . Orchardson , R . A . ; G . H . Boughton , A . R . A . ; J . F , , ' ' — - "J {

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1883, page 91, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021883/page/3/