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r ' ^ 112 Tlie PublishersCircular Kb.i,n...
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generally supposed to be somewhat decided . . * John Strange ^^^^ Winter' should be well qualified ^ k - ^ ^» k BMB ^ k ^ A — BB
to write ^ on such a theme , as this will , be the ^ twelfth book she has brought out in less than three years . The story has been offered for
serial use to the editors of several magazines owned bpublishers and promptly declined in
each case y . Messrs . F . V . White < fc Co . will publish it .- ^ Commtmicated .
Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston & Co . ( Limited ) have written as follows to the Aihencenm : * JPalmam qui meruit ferat . Mr .
B ^^ B ^ BBh BF V B' ^^ B ^ T Bj ^ * B" V B 7 V B" ^ " V ^ BB ^ *^ V V V V ^ r ^^ V V V W ^^ Bl % ^ *^ V ^ B ^ " *^ V ^^ ^ F B" VT ^ F ^ 4 ^ W ^ ^* ^ " ^*^ BF ^ B ^^ ™ ^^ B ^ v ^^^ " ^ r Hugh Watt , M . P ., delivered a ver-y interest-^ ing lecture on the above subject at Exeter
Hall on the 24 th inst ., which he has -since published . We are surprised , however , to
find that this lecture is , by paraphrase and direct quotation , made up almost entirely from a work just published bj *^ by ourselves «¦ entitled
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by Mrs . Dominic Daly . Whilst recognising the fact that Mr . Watt ' s object in drawing public attention to this fine territory was a
patriotic one , we think it would only have been courteous to Mrs . Daly had he mentioned
her name and her work as the main source and spring of his oration . His pamphlet as now published is undoubtedly an invasion of
Mrs . Daly's copyright . ' We are afraid that wholesale copying from
new books is too common a misdemeanour among «_ j the lecturing * fraternity m / . Why do they •/
mation not acknowled ? It would ge the certai so u nl rces be of much their more infor to - their credit if their hearers y should know how
much had been read before speaking . The lecturer ' s utterances would then have more
weight .
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An interesting incident during the recent distribution of prizes at the Acadejnie Francaise was the presentation of two gold medals
to the families of two authors who had died I shortly before the decision of the Academy
on the merits of the works submitted by them had been given . The authors in question were that distinguished member of the French book
trade , the late M . J . P . Hetzel , so well known to French readers as P .-J . Stahl ; and the
equally celebrated actor , M . Regnier , of whose abilit — - Bm — y — Charles - _> B -r - ™ - - Dickens BBh —r- BB - ^ - had - _~ -v ~» - ^ b r so - — — ™— hi » ^ " — g BBBk h ^~ ^— an ^^— ^— ^— op - *^ M NJ * inion B » « . ¦ BB BB ^^ ^» " , BB . ^ . ^> * *>» _ . k Bb k _
as the readers of his Letters and Joh ^^— ^ n Forster ^^^^^^ ' s , life of him may remember . The title of P .-J . Stahl ' s story which merited
this distinguished posthumous honour , is Les * Quatre Peurs de notre G ^ n ^ ral . ' M . Kegnier ' s
prize was gained by his ' Souvenirs de Theatre / a — volume — ^ ^ — ~^ of ~— — ' theatrical * - ~ — »^ —^ W ^ ~— —^ - — — ~ -r — — - ^ reminiscences —^ - ^^^ —~ ^^ m — ^^— ^— ^ qiai T' ^^ - ^^ - ^^ r m * m ^ i ^ ^ BT ^^^ F " ^^^ , ^ H princi B ^^^ F . ^^ M ^ B flVf ^^^ ^»
-pally devoted to the most celebrated French comedians . On the 15 th ult . took place the first
distri-— - ~— — — " - — »* - ¦ - — — ¦¦ ' ¦ ™ ^^ ^^ ~— ^^ ^^ —^— ^^^^ ¦ ^» ^ ^ B- ^ W ^ BV »^ i ^ V ^ »¦ ^*> bution of prizes to the pupils of the Ecole Gutenberg — — — - — - —— ^^ ^^_ , j - founded n , — — not — long , , - ^ F ^^\ since ^^ ^^ i ' ^^ b ¦»* - y W the ^ fc * "B ^ B V ^
Chambre des Imprimeurs ax . Paris . A number of booksellers and publishers aa well as On
master printers ; was present at the ceremony which began with an address from the Chair- ,
man , M . Jacquemart , Goyernment -Inspector of Technical Education , whose speech displayed
a thorough acquaintance with the art of printing , and concluded with the following excellent piece of advice : ' JN " o dbuBt while engaged in
-your work , if not at o"ther times , bad as well as . good books will come under your notice ,
pernicious instruction by the side of healthy knowledge . Try then to draw instruction from good B and to desp V ise bad booksand thus
— - ^_ - - ^ p ^— — — — — — — — ^ - - — — — - — , - — ^^— —^— -m- ^ m *^^ become good workmen and good citizens . * Among the private firms who generously
gave prizes we note the well-known names of Delalain ( President du Cercle de la Librairie ) ,
Plon , Hachette , Calmann L ^ vy , Masson , and others .
Herr Hofbuchhandler Carl Grill , Budapest , will publish shortly a remarkable Artwork entitled 'Les Femmes Yougo-Slaves' by
Madame Mara Cop , with illustrations by , the Hungarian painter Vastagh . The volume will
be interesting not only as an artistic productionbut also as depicting and describing the
, home life and the pagan customs and superstitions of the beautiful Yougo-Sclavonian women .
Amongst other portraits are those of a Vila , a P Sclavonian ^ V / AUI V ^ - ^ i ^ -fc . * . ¦ - «» - . demi \ A \/ J . 1 > Ab -goddess i ^ ^—r ^** ~ u % ^» # * - » *<_ V , « with f » , 4 V «^ b- >^ long J . V / . 4 Q . fair Jfc , « - »»* .- . . hair . WA * ;^
a lovely but wild-looking Tzigane * ( gipsy girl ) , ^ and B ^ W ^ Bfe ^ Bk ^^^^^» a ^^^^^ Servian » ^^ B' ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ woman ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ¦ ^^ ^¦ ^ —^ " ¦ ¦ ¦ of surpassing » ^^ ^ " ¦ ^^^^ B |^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ J ^ V ^ K loveliness ^ — — ,
besides many other types of female beauty . The work is produced under the auspices of the Archduke Joseph .
Herr F . A . Brockhaus has just ready ' Im Innern AfrikasDie Erforschung des Kassai
^^^^ ^^^ ^^ AV > 4 ^ ^^ B * ^ V * V ^ BB ^^^^ ^ BBb ^ Bb tf ^ b ^^^ ^^* ^^ B ^ ' ^ . V ^^ k ^ , ^ B ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ " ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ v ^ ^«^ ^^ ^^>^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^^* ^^^^ ^ BBBh ^^ ^^ ^^^ ¦ ~^ ^ - ^^^ ^^ ^ ^ ' ^ ^ - ^ wahrend der Jahre 1883 , 1884 und 1885 , ' von Hermann WissmannLudwiWolfCurt von
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continent . On returning from his second journey he was entrusted by the King of the
Belgians with the command of an expedition to B ^^ B ^^ T exp ^^^ J « MB » Hi ^ r lore ^ ^^^ ^ B * ^*^ the ^^ * V *^ ^**^ * southern ^ B * ^^^ ^^ V V ^ ^^ < BP ^ h ^ ^ B « ^^ W ^> Congo ^^ ^^^ ^^ *^^ W ^ BK ^ " ^ ¦ basin fc ^ r ^ V' ^ V P ^^ ^^ r ^^ v ^^ ^ . The ¦ —
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Kassai , Sankam , < fec , and throw much light on " ^^^ bk ^^ the vjr ^^ *^ ^ P ^ ^ habits ^ bb > ^^ ' ^^ r ^^~ ^^ ^ ^^^ of ^ ' ^ ^^^ many ^^ ^^^»» ^ mr ^ m b ^^^ b ^ native ^ ^^ " ^ r ^ r ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ races ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^~^ ^^^ ¦ of ^ " ^ ^ the
interior whose mode of life is of the most primitive in BBB character the book . Not are those the least descri interesting ptive r of
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imvon portan V ^* T ** ^ B . ^ Fra ^ hM Bi t Brf B BB ncois « expedition W ^^ . b * ~^ B- ' volume ^ ^ . ^ A B ^ fB « m *« « # just describes ^^ Bj ^^^ ¦ *** ^ k # - mentioned I ^ fr « B < . ^^ ' ~^^ VBB- a VW journey ~^^~ . ™ ™ ^^ ^^ ^— ^^ Herr _ Jof
investigation made in company with the English missionary , Grenfell , and forms a
complement to Wissmann ' s work . ' Emin m * m kAAA J % bb -Pascha _| L « - «»*^ »" b / bV A Ml , * Eine Hi iH r IT B V ^ Sammlung r ^ 1 < O »*^ b 1 AA 4 ^»* **¦* f *^ von * ^ - ^ ¦* * ** Reise ' ¦ "f ""^ - * " * ' ^ " ^ -
brief en und Berichten Dr . Emin-Pascha ' a . ' Schnitzer This B | BIB ) BV collection BIBJT ) also tf Wjg of published letters BB b BJB b y b Em Bropkhaus in Bflf Pascha BfcBJ BB * Btf Bl ( Dr ha » .
the V- ^ B ^ ' ¦ ^^ ^ m advantage ^ ^^ BM m , «¦ » B »^ of V «^ Iff the "Jb ^ " * B ^* BJ supervision « B ^ BJ B ^^ - y W B « Br ^ T ^* and ^ BB V editor BP W , * m — - shiof four eminent specialistsDrsGeorg
I p K _ _^ h b B—Ab , . ^^ m ^^^ «^ . BBBBBm iA 4 A tf Sch weinfurth ^^ ^^ , Friedrich . ^^^^^^ ^ ^ Hatzel ^^^^^ ^ . . R . W . Felkin ,
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1888, page 112, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021888/page/10/
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