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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st March 1890, Edition 1 of 1, Page 228

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      the Poet Laureate— * A . Tennyson , Freshwater , I . W . ' The other signature is that of < F . T .

      Palgrave , 5 York Gate , London , M . A ., University , Oxon . ' The personal estate in the United Kingdom is sworn under £ 167 774 .

      O ----- ,- - The ^^ property goes to Mr . Robert Browning , subject to a payment of £ 200 per annum to

      Miss Browning . The will throughout is in the poet ' s own handwriting .

      We publish to-day an important letter , dated CairoFebruary — 17 from Mr . Edward

      Marston . It , gives an amusing , account of the writer ' s journey to Egypt ; and we feel sure

      our readers will be glad to obtain Mr . Marston ' s grap O X hic pen A -and-ink portrait A of the

      great explorer as he now appears after his long wanderings on the Dark Continent . It is pleasant to learn that Mr . Marstonwho has

      A known Mr . Stanley for many years , , never before saw him looking half so well , and that

      he is in fact , in spite of the terrible privations throug »* . »« . * . " ^ ^ M , ^* h . M > which TV J-AA ^/ AX he AAV has X 1 UW passed L / fVU » VV &« , in 111 the * AAW best KS \ s * JV V of / A

      health and spirits . The paragraph in our last number an — -

      nouncing and describing . the Art World is , we are informed , premature r - _ and - _ misleading . _ — o . The

      facts are as follows : the first number of the Art World will not appear until the

      commencement of the ensuing art season . It will be a weekly newspaper J . A in the interests of art

      and artists of the present day in the United King f domcontainiog newsliteratureand

      examp ^ les , of current home , productions , with old and foreign comparisons . Its illustrations

      j in will colour be chiefl under y photograp the direction hic reproductions of the Pioneer , and

      of Permanent Photographic Printing for Illustrations in 1873 .

      An interesting book , a model of artistic printing and bindingwas ¦ recently presented ___

      —X to the O President of , the i French Republic •/ X by Messrs . E yre & — Spottiswoode _ ^ , the Queen v — ' s —

      member printers . of Mr the . firm W . , who Hug was h S accompanied pottiswoode X , by a

      Mr . H . C . Heinrich , the manager of the Bible publishing house , in making the presentation ,

      expressed the hope that the President would accept this copy of the Bible as a mark of personal respectand as a souvenir of the

      memorabl JL e Exhibition M . , of 1889 . The President in replyexpressed — himself delighted with the ,

      artistic ^ ^ beauty , of the binding and t / printing , at the same time intimating his desire to deposit

      the book in the National Library of France . ! The Bible is one of the Queen ' s Printers'

      celebrated Lectern Bibles , now in use in Westminster Abbey and in most of the English

      cathedrals ; it is bound in the finest Turkey Levant moroccowith cushioned boardsthe

      ed ges bein ^ « g red , under ^ gold ^ ^ . The MIHMIM * book ^ ^ , bore A the following inscription on a panel of leather

      inside the cover : ' A son Excellence Monsieur Sadi C ;\ rnotPresident de la Republique

      Francaise , te * moi , gnage de respect et souvenir de rExposition Universelle de 1889 . Offert par

      MM Majeste . Eyre * la Reine et Spottiawoode d'Angleterre , Im / primeurs de aa

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      228 The Publishers' Circular March I ^ ,

      228 The Publishers' Circular March i ^ ,

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      flm ei ^ ican IJofe $ and Ilew $

      paration Messrs . God Harper in His & World Brothers : an hav Interpreta e in pre - . ' ¦

      of tion letters , ' a volume , whose by name a well is -known Withheld American . They man will also publish soon a new and improved — ¦— edition AtlVJ

      of *» the j ^ X ' Illustrated Til i i 1 History TT * j of Ancient a x . • —» vv Litera _ ^ H - ture , Oriental and Classical , ' by Professor

      John D . Quackenbos . The book has been bibliograp enlarged b h y y the . The addition maps of diagrams a carefully and selected text

      have been X % / revised so as X , to reflect CJ the , - results > * vvai ! the of investigations ^ J of carried the first on by edition ¦ specialists " — > w since w »« 4 ^^ j j

      publication , over ten years ago . ; Carlos Martyna writer who enjoyed a '

      close personal acquaintance , with the famous orator has written and an philanthrop extended ist biograp , Wendell hy of Philli the man ps , \ ;

      which and which he calls Messrs ' Wendell . Funk Philli & Wagnalls ps , the A , g of itator New , ' j

      York , will soon publish . The third and fourth volumes of Henry !

      Adams ' s * History of the United States , ' re- ! lating to Thomas Jeffers > n's Second Adininis- !

      tration Charles . . , 1805 Scribner ^^ / % ^^ * - to . 1809 _^ ' s ^^ ^ Sons k ^^ h , have New just A York _ been « . Professor issued a ^ b fc y , , — i

      revised Frederick and L . enlarged Ritter , his of Vassar popular College l History , has of , Music in America' and - the new - edition is to i

      be brought out soon , by the same ___ firm , who will publish JL . simultaneously a volume of essayv s by *"

      Poetry Dr . Phili * l . ' Some p Schaff of the , called topITics ' discussed Literature in and the

      Ancient latter are and the Modern English Dan Language te ' s * Divine , Universities Coined } - '

      the great Latin hymns , , ' Dies Irae ' and ' Stabat , Mater , ' and the Poetry of the Bible .

      Crawford Craw A ford very aauthor uthor good ot of portrait * Mr Mr . of Tsaa Isaacs Mr . o . a . F A A . Marion Roman Koman I \

      appeared Singer , ' & , in c—the any first periodical , we believe —furnishes , , that lias the !

      frontisp XX iece of last •* month X ' s Book-Buyer . Mr . R . R . Bowker announces in the

      Publishers editorial ~ - ¦»— —» - ~— ¦»» - ^ f- ' — " ¦ ¦ ' management ^— ^™™» Weekl ¦ ¦ ^^^^ ^ H ^ h ^^^ y fl ^ 4 ^ . » his ^ i ^ aB >^ M ^^ resi of ^ |^ J ^ gnation that ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^ VF ^ 0 journal of ^^ ^ ^ the ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " active and '

      cognate office . Re publications gret will be issued widel fro y m felt the in same the with

      American book-trade at Mr . Bowker ' s - ceed draw ing al ly from useful the publications management of of the the Wedh ex j

      office . A " ¦¦¦¦ series Jh of volumes on Masters of the % — Art

      •• p ^ v— . ^ s ** - *~ r M . V VAUJUUVkJ VII XfXtlP V V A U \ S A . smmv will of War be issued , written by b Messrs y Col . . Houg Theodore hton , A Mifflin . Dod the ge A , '

      Great Co ., , of ' appearing Boston ; this the month first , . ' Alexander These volumes aare re said said to to be be amplifications amnlinWtirmn of nf sketches sketches which wnicn

      appeared tory Captains of the , ' in and ori Col gin in . Dod and the ge growth ' ' s Alexander book of on the ' a art Great his of - war from jl the earliest \ yCJwX times to the vl death of

      II m ^ A , j ^ X ^ HJIJI v JL JLV ^ J 1 wz t % Ij Ij 111 1 F ? c % & i \^ F L AJl \^ v »* w ^—detailed de Phili ^^^ te . A tailed M M M p of n narrative arrative Macedon IBM JPI ^ . historical hi is . « torira given 1 , together an and d critical critical ¦ with t , , ™ of a \ i \

      book the book military will will be De life illustrated illustrated of , his illustrious with with many manv son charts cnarro . Th of « ® *

      battles military and and manoeuvres siege machinery , drawings , weapons of ancient , and nortraitfl . »»

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1890, page 228, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031890/page/10/