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    168 The Publishers' Circular March i, 18...

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    OBITUARY. the f.lie The cause r.a.nsp de...

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    168 The Publishers' Circular March I, 18...

    168 The Publishers' Circular March i , 1881 ¦ ¦ — 1 . 1 1— . mm - ¦ i . ¦ - — ¦ - — ,--- ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ - - 1 l - 1 .. !¦ ¦ - »

    Obituary. The F.Lie The Cause R.A.Nsp De...

    OBITUARY . The death is announced , at the age of 81 , of Mr . William Ellis , well known as a worker in

    the f rap . lie id cause r . a . nsp succession » of nf education « rhip . he a , t , mn wrote , and n . nrl for as a , s the an an earnest earnest use of schools prom Tvromoter otfir a number or of economic economic of text and and -books commercial commercial , some of snipnr science which » n . have I n had considerable circulation and repute . Of these the chief were ' Progressive Lessens in

    Social Science , ' ' Outlines of Social Economy , ' Philo-Socrates , ' ' Religion in Common Life ' and under under ' Edu the tlie cation name name as of ot a tne the Means lat late e of Dean JL / Preyenting ean Dawes uawes , or o Destitution f Hereford nereiora . ' , who wno The contributed contri small buted volume a a prerace preface which , appeared probabl ynobnhlv

    exercised a larger influence than any of , his other works , . It was entitled ' Lessons , on the y Phenomena connection connection with wi of th Industrial hia his friend friend Life the the and Kev Rev the . . W VV Conditions . . Jowitt Jowitt . then then of Industrial the the head head Success master master . ' ot of Subsequentl the the Middle Middlo--rlnsc class y , hi

    School in Finsbury , he wrote , , another text-book , , with the same general aim , entitled ' Helps to the Young . ' He was the founder , in 1848 , of the first Birkbeck school , and soon afterwards of six or eight similar institutions on a large scalein different parts of London . Several of

    his text-books on economics have been translated , into foreign languages ; and two of them have recently been introduced , by the authority of the Government , into the primary schools

    of France . M . Paulin Paristhe translator of Byron ' s entire works and memoirs ( 1827 to 1832 ) an

    official of the National , Library from 1828 to 1853 , and afterwards Professor of Medireval , Literature at the College de Francedied recently at the age of 80 . He was a great authority

    on the Arthurian legend and other , mediaeval compositions ; his son , M . Gas ton Pari ? , being also a j ) rofessor and a student of comparative philology .

    A name which had many associations with the publishing world occurs in the obituary of the inst xii past A fortni \ ght , the of kjl Hon the wic . Earl uai Gran i of \ jx tley Berkeley j- ^^ n Berkeley n . uicj and cuxul having heir ilcil presumptive died at Long to fleet that , Pool title e , he on tlio born 23 rd

    in 1800 . . xx , and younger j j * jl ± while m . ^ ux . son yet in his teens was x > resented , , by the - yjx Prince . coujjux Regent v c iu , \ jii . his < xj tiuic godfather , , lie was vcw , with uuiii a commission in the Coldstream Guards . In 1832 having some years previously retired from

    the Army on half-pay , he was returned for the western , division of Gloucestershire , which he represented JL . \ S yJM . VUVrAlUVVl until V * AX \ JM--M | . 1847 J _ V _^^ X . . - It A . \ J was V V CCk 7 during V- * UX All ^ this Ui & lU period | J \^ -i . IV / Vi that Vil VV U his iiX » J memorable XX J V / XJJ . V / X % M KFX . \ J quarrel VI U € « l X lyl with » T i , I'll Frasc -I I I . WU / ^ s 1 /

    Magazine occurred . One of his earliest works , a novel entitled * Berkeley Castle , ' was sharply criticised Fraser broug 11 Vt in filll th ht at an llil periodical action against ilUiVUAO —so sharp him llilil ly and , indeed he had , that to he UCi * was £ 100 led damages to assault its publisher inn 11 11 avo . wi Mr .

    - that ¦ - - » . Ml * J ^ - he » A . ^ was the U au thor ^ VlVll of the article V , in CAf . J . VL question iiV XI . < A «« wA , W Mr pay . Berkeley V ot * X W V 4 . CvXJLJ sent ¦ CVw ^/ tJ him . OnMag V a ch Hjt allenge CuC 1--W , and * ' * ** ng in * © the duel which followed was wounded . For some yearsJVlr . Berkeley had been an indefatigable

    writer sporting . Not subjects to speak , he wrote of a few ' The poems Upper and Ten man Thousand y contributions at Home to and periodical Abroad / literature 6 My Life upon and ' ' Forests of

    Recollections / ' Landon Hall , ' Reminiscences of a Huntsman , ' A Month in the France H some abits Remarks / and ' The Treatment Eng on Darwin lish of Sportsman Animal . ' s practicall in the Western y considered Prairies : H / ydrop and hobia c Fact and against Distempers Fiction , : with the

    lecturer The death and aim of Lord discursive William writer IVllltl Pitt he t / Lennox well is known announced He in contributed his ei ll ghty to -second magazines year . As

    *• a and which H / V annual / Ulli dealt . ^/ 1 s , with and a c * Ui his military > 3 V / lUOJ pen was U and dllU also sporting J * frequentl . Ulll was W <* O top 1 / l ^ KjIJ lJHJJS y ics . emp XXXlKfWXl loyed He . . wrote W 1 upon UIU tUlJL largel liiil contributions UllUJUC for U VKJ Once KJILCO many IIICXiXLJ to Wwk the jLLHf- , serial * * when " --- s

    it WXlAVlJL was at ucdlb the zenith Wllil ! AUlilll of its / d' -l ^ career y , under ^ jJV'J . the i ^ editorshi . . XXV p of Mr . Samu i' tJ el JL y V Lucas 1 VJ 1 . He It a ' '' published ll " ""~ - , in in 1863 lbbo . the the reminiscences reminiscences ot of his Ins early oarlv career career , under -under the tlio title titlft of of ' ' "rPiftv itty Years Years ' Xiecoliectioiis

    Recollections-, , He Hamilton xxttiu wrote / a and few works Phili of Courtenay fiction , including ' Besides ' Comp the t ton above Audley his , ' lordshi ' The Tuft-hu the nter tuin author / ' Percy of

    - Pastimes * Three " •"•* nwu ««« VU Years | / ' Recreations J jtii -VVVJH » with j . ' /« a iUiV the nxxip » AW Duke p of VI v > a % * juji of rj Sportsman | tciiti iUilDi Wellington | j ' . . / l Pictures JL in » IVUIU iu * Private ? a VO tu of ; . ciuuvu Life t S ^ J porting t ^ t \ J / , , KJKAipL ( ma Merrie Life A lui -41 XVJ uanip Eng and ailU p land Character VII was WtLfs < , its * fc tn * j ^ Sports - j / * Life — -- am <» i j j |

    the Duke of Richmond / c Adventures of a Man of Famil y / ' The Victoria Cross / < fcc . j William William Died - Dlarke Cl on arke Monday , llate ate , of February MansfiRld Mansheld 14 , Notta 1881 otts , who who at Belton had hn . rl successfull sn House nnoasfnllv , Tunbrid carried rsM-rifirl ge Wells on c > n the the , Mr business business . Tliouiaj «« ol ; ;

    bookseller suddenl autumn y of at , printei 1875 the , age — * , an and of extremel 57 stationer years y , will upri for , g cause ht upward and , gre just at s of grief gentleman thi to rty a years large , whose , circle y and who death of relatives had , occurring retired and friends in rather j-lie - ( , ;

    { died uit / u William T . at iiL 'll jii his ' » jiwuiu home Chauncey /~ 11 _ _ _ . __ in in Durham jLJuiiiiM Fowler "m T u , , Conn LL T / unn T . D T . . , , ., U K > the i .. S n .. A i \ author .., ¦ January o ciuuiu of y many iv 15 . . He work xxe was was s on born uoni Eng -n i lish at ab ¦ n Kjim Clinton grammar _ . ^ ' ^ -. , y ... it Conn ~ , ivc \ 'C ., , . j i

    Sep tutor tember at Yal 1 e , , 1793 and , from and graduated 1823 to 1827 at pastor Yale College of the Congregational in 181 G . From church 1810 at to G reenfield 1823 lie to , was M 1 & ®* » He professor / DOUJi of KJ chemistry V / JV . HI iU 1 . Jl Jf and 1 natural AA 1 / VI JL CV JL history lll in ill Middlebury 01 UUU 1 College lJlJCti from I .. M 18 *^ 7 »

    JLJLV was VV Cl / O J ^/ A VIVL X UJLVJ . «< , . HUI ^ . IXUU I V V >» J 1 JL »» - * - * - ' — ' . 1 son and -in was JL -law professor of / " M Noah ««^ \/» A of Webster rhetoric and and edited ^ oratory ^ t AUV the WJL in Amherst University JI JL College edition Vrf *» from of Webster 1838 to 1843 ' s Dictionary . H ^ was »/ , l 1 ¦ |

    tij and lished V uivA ^ » . A Forms jl , v in / i CJ »» j ** » 1845 ^ r > .. ' . Prof jl i Jn \ ri A JL . . 3 Fowler * 850 vvrwiU ^ - * » - ^ FsJ / he JL «^^> " « , * also aiou published * 4 AM \<* published j / uuiioiitu I V \ a treatise J V ' ' Conditions k ^ kjh A KAXL * V on ^ A , nri O J ' in ' The of ui * Success UHl Eng U t V * X / tuaa lish V / A in Hi f Language " *~ S KJt General VJ » UIICA K S JL # ^ ( i- » i . in ^ jl Investigation - » ^— « * its » -- ^ -- Klein o r ^ ,

    Common as illustrated Schools in the , ' ' Character Essays / of ' The Nathaniel Sectional Chauncey Controversy / an ' ' Elementary ( 1803 ) , and Eng ' lish The G History rammar

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1881, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031881/page/8/