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March i, 1886 The Publishers' Circular 2...
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—•<>?-»—Cambridge University. —Mr. Willi...
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Needlework As Art.* Lady Marion M. Alfor...
markable ing and exhaustive art r . The time account ¦ and attention of a
re-¦ ma W ^ U ^ tf ^ p »^ p ^ ^^ - ^ " ^" r -. — ~^ " ^™ ' ^^ ^ ™ ^ . ^ ^^ —^^^^ - ^^ - ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ i ^ r ^^ ^ r ^ r ^^ ^ mr ^^ r ^^^^ B ^ m ^ ^ Rw I ^^ ^ iw that ^ lias evidently been paid to the work must have been very * greatas
anyone who has ever endeavoured , to lore the byways of history will un —¦—
-exp v derstand ^ - * - * - r ^ — . In m ^ the ^/ — present ~^ — — _ y inst * " — ~^^ ance —^—the work has been peculiarly arduous
for , as the author says , the ' art of , needlework reached its climax long
ago , and is now very old . History and j faded . ^ , v ^^^» ^ " ^ ^ rags J ^^^ U are — ^ ^^ the onl ^^ ^^^ — y f witnesses ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ " ** " ^ fc ^ ^^ p * ' to ^ 1 ^ ~ ~
its fabulous glories , in Classical , Oriental , and early Mediaeval days . '
The body of the book comprises eleven chapterswhich are respectivel
terials devoted ^ as ^ p > ^ a" ~ ^^ — colour to — pi— st — - ™~ yle ' — stitches , , desi - ¦ " ¦ ^^ gn ^ p ^ h ^^ " ^ , hang ^ w patterns ' ^^ ^^ v - ™^ f- r- ^ ings ^ ¦« . ^^ p » - ^ p ^ ^ p , ^ p * fur V ma ^* P ^ ^^"" y - -
niture ^^ ^^^ ^^^ - ^ . ^ ~ ~ ^ , , dress ^~^ ^~^ ^~^ ^~^ , ecclesiastical , ~ ™ — ^^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ - pp- ^^ , ^^^^ ^^^ ^ pj ^ - ^ pr ^ embroidery ^ v ^^ b ^ P ^ PJPPh ^^ ^^^ ^ W ^ P ^ PJPh ^¦^ PF , PB ^ PPH ^^ ' ^ Pk ^^ Pa , and English embroidery . In every way
the subj C-J ects of these chapters are % J effectively grouped so as to forma
comp ^^ ^ - ^ ^^^ — — lete — — - w stud A ^^^ J y ^^ of ^^ ^^ the — — ^^ various ¦¦ ^^ ^^ ^^ subjects ^^~ ^ ^ P ^ ¦ k «^^^* , " ^ l ^^ pr which are discussed . For example
the short chapter , one of the shortest in the book , speaks in a most
interesting way of Penelope ' s couch , Chaldean furnished housesthe bed
the Earl of Leicester ' s inventories , , the State apartment of Alessandri ,
Palace , Indian embroideries for furniturethe sofa and chairthe
footstool , furniture stitches , the table cover , , the screen , book covers , , and so
forth . Her Majesty the Queenat all
times interested in the story , of art , has accepted JL the dedication of Lady
Alford ' s book , which , besides its literary interest and importancehas
a special value through the extremel , y handsome form in which it has been
published , especially with respect to the splendid collection of fine
illustrations gathered from many sources and
exquisitely produced .
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March I, 1886 The Publishers' Circular 2...
March i , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 211
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—•<>? - »—Cambridge University . —Mr . William
the Robertson ¦ position - ^~ ^ ta ^ . » -w ¦¦¦ ¦** pt , - . ^^ ^^ 0 Smith mi of ^_^ ^» * Librarian ¦ ** , *** M ¦ * m- V " ^ . A ¦••¦ »* - ^ . » * , , VJ has vacant » - ^ ' ^ ^^ ' ^ been ^ V «•» riP ] , ^^ throug ^ rf ^ P * * elected Pb JV * ^ . ^ ^» ^ )^^ ^ h ^ ^^ the ^ " ^ ^^ to ^^^
death of Mr . Henry JGradshaw . The other candidate — ** ^^ ^^ ^^ . * ^ ' « r ^^ —1 r was pj V % ^ v ¦ ¦_¦ the ^ % r ^^ * p * ^ p ^ Rev 1 n ^* - ^^* p / . V Christop ~ j— ^ b *^ ^ p » ^ pt t ~ m r «* ^ ^ w ^~ her ** ^^^ ^^ Words * * ^^^ *™ " ^^^ Vb P ^^ F -
worth , M . A . It will be remembered that Mr . Robertson Smith was at one time connected
with he ^^ became * ^ h ^ ^ the ^ ^ h ^ ^ ^* * P > *» Free * S ^ N ^ dissociate ^»^ JL T ^ Church iP * r ^^ ^^ ^^ " - ^ - ^ V ^^ ^^ d *— of ^^ Pj throug ^ Scotl ^ JPj JPh ^^_ ^ h ^^ »^ PPj and ^_^^ h JP > Jp ^ , the *^ p * ^ from p , J ^ ^^^ tone ^^ , ^^ which ^ N * Pk ^ p ^^ of ^ ^ ^^
he certain wrote articles for the upon ' Encyclopaedia the Old Testament Britannica , which . '
— w * " ~* ^ - ^ ^ r ^~ f " ™ ^ - * * P » » *^ . "P * •¦* ^^ H «^^ « k ^ ^^ V ^ p ^ ^«* ^ A ¦ _^ c , ' "W ^* ^^^ 4 ^ i ^ J _ IB - ^ ^^ Jk % / L >^^ J ^ dk ^ ^* -at- ^ a ^/ ^> V V He was one of the editors of that work , and was also a member of the Old Testament
Revision Committee . He succeeded Professor Palmer as Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic
at Cambridge , which University conferred upon him the degree of M . A . MrRobertson
. but Smith his is encyclopaedic not well known knowled as ge a bibliograp cannot fail her to ,
be of great value in the position which he has assumed .
American Book-Statistics . —The Publishers' Weekly presents the undernoted figures
with regard to the American book-trade : . 1884 . 1885 . Fiction ¦ ¦ 943 934
_ B _ JL V *• A . ¦ V' ^* . *¦ «•• «¦• • • - > www — — -- - T Theology . nw and Religion ... ... 45 455 380 & 435 44 : 31 61 Law
Juvenile JBooks 358 388 Education Medical Science , Language Hiene ... ; 209 227 225 188 BiographMemoirs , yg 178 174
Poetry and y , Drama 222 171 Social and Political Science ... 168 163
Description , Travel ... 13 G 1 (> 1 L Fine iterary Arts History and Illustrated and Miscellany Books 18 81 G 140 148
History Useful j ¦* «¦ » Arts jk - /» ¦•» v » - — ^ 154 115 - —^ - - — - 1 100 — $ 7 ^—^ l tr * J *^ ^ j * ^ - ^ * . , * ¦*• ^^ p ^^
Ph Sports ysical and and Amusements Mathematical ' Science 134 51 02 7 " 0
Domestic and Rural ... 43 50 Mental and Moral Philosophy ... 19 25
Humour and Satire 29 18
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1886, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031886/page/17/
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