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lend their aid to secure the desirable ^ end . ¦ Six - » - b ^ h ¦ : leading ~— - » - -w v HBh firms ( not H f to mention BffMBBI Bb 4 Bfc BI 1 others Sjr ^ VBBt f * m
v ^ Bb Bi —— — ¦ ^^ " — - ^ v ^^ v M ^ v ^^ r ^ v v ^ v ^» k v ^ V ^^ ^^^ B * ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ BP * -many ^ B ^ m B ^ ^ " V ~> ^^^ iK ^ v ^^ of less ^ note — ) , vi z ., Messrs ^^^^^ . A . & C *^^ m . . Black ^_^^^^ H , xTxcopj Messrs-o . . Blackwood xjj . » i ; jvvvuuu . . <& X / iouikv Sons jlyjl Messrs c ;» bi . » . . Oliver v ^ ixvtjx : ' *
Doug & Boy las d , < Messrs fc Fouli . W s . and & R . Messrs Chambers . T . , Messrs iNelson ,
& ^^ Sons j ^^ —several of , whom ^ have ^ branches — _ in _ London , some in America , and who all , more
or less , subserve the interests of British literature generally—have taken root in
Edinburgh . These will concur with tjie late Sir William Chambers in attributing their
remarkable extent — ¦ ^ fc — — ^ fl , m to A ^ M their — success - ^— — \^ having ~~^^ ^ - Bk - ^ ^^ B v w A to ^ ^ A F ** ' ^ free ^^ ^^ ^ a ^^ ^^ very use H v ^^ v ^ i ^ of ^ fc ^ considerable ^^ ~^ k > a the ^^ ^ B « v ^ B ^^ m stores P ^^ ^ B ^^ ^ n ^>^ ^ IV ^^ v v
of the Advocates' Library . . As a Sir William ^* ^^^ ^ once put it : ' It jcannot be overlooked ^ hat literaturein its / relation to printing and
publishing , , is very closely connected with ifctoe material interests of the city . Publishing
may be almost termed the u staple trade " of Edinburgh - m ^^ m — . — Fntil ^^ ^^^^ ^ now ^^^ ^ ¦ ^ * * » rfO ^ it ^ ^ ^ has ^ ^— ^^ ¦ *^ i been ^«^ ^ mr ^ k ^^ B ^ M assisted vvivwvvv ^^ ^^ ^»^»
by the liberality of the Faculty of Advocates , and if that has to be withdrawn , a heavy loss will be entailed on the community . I niay just sayon behalf of the publishing business
with which , I am \ connectedthat if the Advocates' Library is shut to p , ublic
investigatipn , we s ^ aall probably have to remove to London ,, and an expenditure of about
b o 20 dy 000 of persons annum will amongst be abstracted a miscellaneous from ¦¦
Edinburgh . ' Is it fair to the inhabitants Al of Scotland
— — — — —— — - < v -v ^_ v ^^ i ^^^ m ^^^^> r ^ ^ wm'W * . ««^ ^^^^^ r \^ ^^ ^^ V 4 > VV * AV * that the only great library to which the Legislature of the three kingdonls affords State
assistance should be in London % All that is wa cent nted of is the ^ 2 , 000 annual - ¦_ per grant annum— to % ^ under - the British 10 aif per
— — , - — — — — —___ .. -ww ^ . ^ 2 * 3 ^ r »»«»«» ^» ^ «^^^^^ ~ ~ ^ b , j a _ i # in Museum . No one will maintain that all Scotsmen — — —— ¦— - ambitious — - »— - ^— - r » - — -vf ^ - ^ r ^¦¦¦ P ** ' of > . ^ —» distinction V ^ W ^ Pt ^ 4 > r WAVJ in Jk JIA the V , y ^^^ ^^ ''* * ** ^^
necessary field — — of to literary migrat exertion e to London •^ " ¦» ^ rf , should 4 k The w ^ find litera Mh ^ k it
-—/ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^™^^ ^ " ^ . ^^» ^^ * ^^ »« . _ ^^ ^ W ^ %# ^^ 4 k \ fW ture of Scotland has ever possessed , ^ a character and —— an :- — — influence —— —w - ^ mmm— w - ^ r of -v its W ri- ^ own » » . V As J F > ~ I all 1 Tf H the VA A world * ^ ^^ ^ " ^ *•*• ** ^^ f f X ^^ Jk ^^ fc
knows , it has more than once held an illustrious literary literarv position schools scnools . . in comparison JN Not ot only onlv . therefore th with « rfiforp all > _ other is ia it it
unjust to Scotsmen themselves , but it injures , 1 istic the — — emp and ire — distinguished — at r large .. i ¦^ litw by » 1 ' * depressing element fc 4 fc , a of X character Jk British Bi
-¦""^ . ~~ * ^ " ^ a ^ ^ ^»^ W >^^ A A ^ B ^^ Jk Jk ^* _ r tJki * r JL A | T * f f fc literature—to deny to Scotland a share in
fcliose has devised institutions for men which of letters the wisdom . ' of the age
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'Diary The of second Two volume Parliaments of Mr , . ' embracing H . W . Lucy the ' s
b next stat Gladstone y Me e month of ssrs preparation . Parliament Cassell & , Co , and is . during now will in be the a published course forward of
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The poems of i ^ ie lctte Mprtoer CqlJiins , announced by Messrs . Bentley & Son as being
poet in by the ' Mr s widow . press F . Percy , ha The -ve Cotton been larger collected , paH a kinsman tof and the of poems edited the
are now collected . for the fira ^ t time ; some nav £ not hitherto seen , the light . Mr . Cotton
will supply a preface . . . MessrsKegan PaulTrenchand Oo . will
publish 1 1886 » 86 . a a shortl JN Naval . aval y a Essav assay book . * , on bv » y ' Our » Sir ur , Warshi W w .. . tjusacK Cu s ac in k
Smith . The volume includes , a tabular list of the fihting-ships of the British Navy in the
order g of their displacements . MrGL Hedford has issued proposals for
. c the omprehensive v publication work to subscribers entitled ' Art of a Sales very , '
being of othfer the works a auctions history of art of descriptions in the Eng sales land of of , with the pictures p accounts ictures and
, , prices , purchasers , and present possessors . , ' Fencing / in the Badminton Library , will
be written by Mr . Walter Herries Pplloek . Under the ices of the HuguenotSociety
Mr . Kirk is going ausp to transcribe the register of , the Walloon Church at Norwich , commencing
in 1695 . Mes B « VV s « # r RV s . J . & R . M ¦ a » xwell ¦ » ' s forthcoihing 1
« BiV ^ . ^^^ ^^ r ^^ W ^^ i ¦» W ^ i ^ ^^^ " ^ ^ ^^ " ^ • ^^» ^^ »^ ^— ^ — — ; g— -J publications include several new and entertaining W IIJB ) H ¦ — — " * J —_ works * ^^ ¦¦ ^*"""»* of ^^^ ^~ fi ™ ction ^^ ^^ - — - ¦ ¦ - . . b —— y W various - — ~ ¦ — — - — —» - — - airtliors y — ; .- — ,
among ^ e i / AJk ntitl VJ > VAWh ed them 'Tr ¦«* « fc us ^ being « l ^ t W ^ Me fc » - * Ni a ^^ , » ' novel b ^^ y MM Mrs ' ' in . three J ^^ . K ^•••¦¦¦ . F ¦ Spen w volumes -m ~ - f ~ - «_¦ der —^ -w — , ,
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1 ^^ Bf ^^ W MF Bk * ^^ B ^ ^^^ ^^ ; « ^ mrmr - * r ^ m ^ w m B ^— . ^^— . — ^ , . M B ^ Bj— " - Volume form , entitled * If Love be Love : a Forest " ~ Idyll'by r D . Cecil —¦ ¦— Gibbs »— ; ' Haunted - ^ - ^ - '
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the last two being new authdrs ; arid a humourous ^^^ ^ Bir ^ descri ^ t ^ B » « T ^** ^^ . ^ *^ ption M ^ ^ T ^ H ^^ HW of " ^^^ ""^ a ^» - ^ holiday ^ p—^ ^^ - " Bi # tri - ^^^— p h ^ - , b r- ^ y m Edith ^ - —^ —
Rhodes , entitled / The Adventures of Five Spinsters iniNorway . '
Miss Braddon ' s recent novel , * Wyllard ' s Weird '—one of the most ingenious and
suecessful r » RHsfiil ot of the thft many manv works works of of notion fiction bv by tins this popular author—is about to be issued in cheap form by her Bi publishers ¦ V W ^^ H ^^^^ HM Messrs p ^^ t . iV *^ ¦ V . J . & R .
rfBs Maxwell ^^^^ MB . ^ B > ^ B | V ^^ Bf , who ^ ^^ ^ BB B * ' have ^ ^*^ also ^ . ^ p ^ v v ^^ , ^ m in the ^ T r ^ v B ^ r ^ .. BP press ^^ ^ ' ^^ cheap 'I ^ r' - ' - editions ^^ ^ . ^ Wk ^ B . V ^^ Bv ^ . ^ ^ 4 hPa # of ^^^^ ^ h . ^ . several ^^ ^^^^ Bf ^ vr ^ B . V ^ BF ^ n . other ^ w ^ r Bj ^ rfv ^ B ^ ^ fc ^ F tfb popular B ^ ^^^ ^ h ^ P v ^| 4 V ^ nvB works th ? v ^ ' ^ ^^^ in ^^^^^ b ^^^ v th ^^^ ^ V
well-known authors , including ' Boe Wrong Secret / / b f by Mrs 'Rita < rfBk . J . ' K . * Worth Spender Winning ; * A Sinless / by
Mrs ^ IV » ^ ^ ^ ta ^^^« BI . ^^ B ^ H 4 H ^^^^ .. . y Lovett ^ W ^ m . ^ " ^ - ™* Carneron ^ * * » ^^ ; W . • - «^ - ; IBB WHB ¦ * Kingsford m | ^—^ m * ^ » — . — II ^ BL ^^^— . Bl ^ , J by ^ B . — ^ j E . Spender ; ' Lester ^ s Secret / by M . C . Hay ; * Baptised # Ifni with rfk BhlBh a Curse MI ¦ i / by V r v E ^ a ^ M . Bi S ¦¦ . Ihrewry ¦ ¦ ;
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H 1 f e .. The ^ . ^ — ^ " ^ ^^ Love BW * ^^^^ * that . p . i » l ^ k ^ bt ' « ' Loves ^ BT * v « . M . - *^ - Always » w A < M w ' - ^^ - iib ^ ^ / ^ - ' by < ai B 1 - ^ ° E *^ n T ^ H . ^^ Owens . ^^^ ; na - —^ - Blackburne .
At a sale of Bronte relics which took lace at Saltaire last weeka pair of boots
p , which had belonged to Charlotte Bronte was sold Bh for 27 « a Bi pair fhflk of B scissors HhW * HM Bt for 10 ¦ I » . »
print nr ^^ IBh ^^ *^ dress ^^ «^^ BB | S ^ for ^ . V , BB B > 16 s . r her ^^ . * wedding W * W ^^ ^^ F ^^ ^ ^^ shawl ' ^^ ^^ " ^^ — ^ for , W
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1886, page 102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021886/page/8/
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