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      Sir »-Jxjl U John Vjlill Lubbock Jjviumv...

      libraries had been used , Sir John Lubbock showed that , according to the return for 187 ( 5 , the total b Manchester eing issue in th of at books year , 000 n was , o less , for Liverpool than the year 5 , 000 , 800 in , 000 , Sheffield 000 . , Since the 310 total then , 000 number , , however Birming of books ham , even 505 for these , 000 Eng , land Leeds large and , numbers 37 Wales ^ , 000 ,

      had ViaH greatly creatlv increased increased , , and ana last last year vear tne the volumes volumes issued issued in in Liverpool T . ivftrnnni alonp alone ! amounted amnnnf . pfl to in no nn Ipoq less than to be 1 regretted , 300 , 000 . that The there good were thus still effected so man must y important be incalculable towns which , and it have was not there adopted fore very the much Acts

      . The Bill , Sir John added , had been carefully drafted , it was supported by the "Free Libraries

      Association , and it was Hoped it would commend itself to the judgment of the House .

      March I, 1881 The Publishers' Circular L...

      March i , 1881 The Publishers' Circular l 63

      One Of The Most Valuable Contributions T...

      One of the most valuable contributions that have been latelmade to Bibliographical

      y literature JN Noves oyes , , the i ; ne is librarian iiurariaii the new of 01 Catalogue that xnac institution institution of the . Brookl xz It comprises comprises yn Library a a genera general , U . S . A Alpnabet Alphabet ., prepare of or d ffirst nrs by M } ; Authors Authors r . S . B . .

      sub ( cross any second - g headings - iven refe ) Titles rences topi under c , , . ( so third A that part general ) Subjects one from and may its comp and value discover ( lex fourth as indicating subjects at ) a Classes glance . the Under , all with contents the each an literature alp of subject habetical the of library there the arrangement Library are it will valuable be upon of of

      service to any reader of books for the fund of information which it contains regarding , books and authors .

      Messrs . Hurst & Blackett have just published a new work from the pen of Lord William the Lennox ¦ Drama , entitled and the ' Plays Stage , / Players in 2 vols ¦ , and . Playhouses at Home and Abroad , with Anecdotes of

      —— — — £ - - ^ p j w — - ^ A new book by the popular author of 'John Halifax / called 'His Little Motherand other Tales and Sketches / in 1 vol ., will appear in a f 3 w days from the press of Messrs . Hurst , k . Blackett .

      ij ;| 'Missing A new ! novel ' lias b just y Miss been Mary issued Cecil b Hay Messrs , author . Hurst of & ' Old Blackett Myddelton in 3 's vols Money who / & announce c , entitled a

      y ., | ! second A in ** 3 V { vols V VAI edition 7 . t of the clever novel by Mr . Eeresford Hope , M P ., called 'Strictly Tied U p /

      I ! j which Beside will be the published River "" — -- / is b r ^ - the Messrs ¦¦ title / Jb . of Hurst a new & novel Blackett b y Mrs durin ¦ . Macquoid the fc / present , author month of ' in Patt 3 vols y JLKf / « fcc ,

      | I — J ^~ — . — — — V— y y ^ ' — WMN- ^ ¦ . ^_^ »^ - » -r ** ^ - ^ _«_ ' -JlVW ^/ Aft . * J " v ^ % . »¦*> AJI g ^ k * ^ - ^ r ~^ ^/» VX / * . » V Am a V- ^ ^» A VAIi A . A A ^^ r » ^/ . 9 ! j j Shep We herd understand , and will that be published the Bibliograp uniform hy ly of with Thom his as other Carly Bibliograp le is being hies prepared immediatel by M y r . b H y . Mr H . . Elliot

      il Stock . I ! bSister Messrs Emma . Griffith C . & S Farran . B . Clewer will publish a small shortl volume y ' The of Life of and a Soul ictures / an All intended egory illustrated less for ; 1 j instruction useiui y than , to fill in quiet moments , f th with graver poems thought , which p might prove not only

      ! l | Useful , but but , . it it is is hoped hfYn ^ rL , pleasant r > lfiAHA . nt . also » 1 « n to . n the reader r & aAvr- . !| i lias We been are handed informed over that to Mr ' The . W Birthday . Mack of Text London Book and / recentl Bristol y . issued by Messrs . Milner & Co .,

      j Messrs . George Philip & Son , Liverpool , will shortly publish a new and unique work by | j ; and Mr . Descri J . F . Williams ptive / with , F . numerous Rj & . S ., entitled maps and 'Th illustrations e Geograph . y of the Oceans , Physical , Historical , £ 1

      I Mr . C . J . Longman gives A Publisher ' s View of Inteniatiomil Copyright' in J * reiser . Mr . George Barnett Smith , author of Messrs . Cassell's Life of Mr . Gladstone , is writing ii a series Lord of Houg papers hton entitled succeeds ' Half Mr -Hours Carlle with President some Old of Ambassadors the London in Library London Society .

      j associated - ^ Mr iiittja . Walter with wim his nis Smith firm firm ( late under under Mozley the the . titl titl & e y Sm of ot ith as J . ) & « fc has O U . . Mozley Mnzlrv removed ^ to to from 34 U 4 Kin King G < Paternoster / Street Street . . Uovent Oovent Row Uarclen Garden ( so lon .. '^

      i Professor 1 ? Marcn ^¦ wi * Stanley No xiw of the Jevons Contemporary contributes Review an article on * The Rationale of Free Public Libraries '

      , - . . Ui 1 . 01 Xf W / H . O / # ^/ U / U / C / K ; 11 , ' . . j i ! 8 l f C 1 ^ Mr ^ / i csted . Chiklers a paper jl ' ««» _ j »* ' » . * . i ^ on uu roposal < The jliivj , since ii Hi it g : hlan iniiim withdrawn d Tartan i < uun , to ' b alter * - y «/ -L * -j ;« ic the vvi ly v Tartans John uuiui Manners iiianiiLio of the Hi , in 111 . ghland the uuv > March jt reg jlivl iments i ^ i i number nuiuuui , has

      ;; ° * *> ' <« ' ; wood . ji At Oxfordon tlie 22 nd nit . the sum of £ 250 annum for three was votel b

      | l | ^ " ' vocation he will for of , Mrs additional . Cross assistance ( 'George , in Eliot the ' Bodleian ) has per been Library publ . ished . She years loaves Charles Leo y

      Ii jcweshcT sole executor . She bequeaths £ 5 , 000 to Miss Emily Clarke , £ 1 , 000 to Vivian ; yil »» > Lowes lAlrs , an annuity of £ 100 to Mr . s . Caroline Bray , and an annuity of £ 40 to her

      house-I Ii t II . ^ ] ' < UK ^ - n Mary (^ r husband Dowling , as . trustecH The sum , and of the £ 12 income , 500 is paid to be to sot Mr . s aside . Eliza , in Lewes the , names tho widow of her of B j * rt t - ^' V rtluir l'tlnil * Lewes I lAWoa for f (\ T * life li-f < i or rw during / Inpincf widowhood i * ri / I / 1117 Ii r \ t wl and nn / 1 on /» i- » her Vw » r » death / l «« i + li or /"»!• socond c : /> r / "kii / I mjirriag i » i'iri i'Hri o as ; i < i

      I I | luj > ; ' , ty ! " for i ^ her ^ ° daug f the hter cap , ital Marian fund Lewes for her Tlie son residue , George , is left Henry to Charles Lewes , Leo and Lewes as to absolutel tho other ,

      I 1 I the thwV ° f L- ty j i . . , " sPeciaJ 1 IUI'ro V m in request various various of Countries countries Mr . Gladston , beintr nein . e ^ , « a a i now series series edition of ot essays essays is about pumisnea published to be published under iniaer the tne of sanction sancLion ' Systems y 01 of .

      I are i n ! r P ^ ^ n Hshors Club > . edited by Mr . J . W . Probyn . Mesars . Cassoll , Petter , Onlpin , & Oo .

      |; s ; == ^ ^ tephena 8 < Life of Dean Hook ' has reached a sixth edition .

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1881, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031881/page/3/