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    111 —¦ ^ *. ^ M ~" I Notes And News. Ill...

    * The Praise of Gardens' is the title of a volume of extended ^— ¦—¦ — — — quotations — _ _ _ from __ the

    writers f I FA IllJJlV on ^• ' * gardens -p and —j gardeuing - from the parliest times lish to the Sir present day , arranged The and

    work put into will Eng be issued by by Mr . A . . Elliot F . Sieveking Stock . .

    The prize offered for the best and most appropriate instituted b desi the gn readers for the of the ¦¦ medal Quiver recentl maga y -

    III zine Iji W L / in " % V *— ' recognition T- * " ^""^ y # *•>« ^ ^• ' ^ " * ^* ™ W of — -W ^ P » heroic P-PP- - — - — —— — conduct - — - —Jy —— — — — — in _ i _ - _ ^™ V the > BBk ™^ savins of human life has been pb awarded to

    U'J V I I I >* Jfc «™ ^ " »^ 4 b A *>¦>> ¦» A > * bv ^ - ^ ¦ ¦ ^* i bbj ¦— mmr *>^ ^ m ^ ¦ pf »^ ¦ ¦ b » - p" » j - » p-w - ^ b » - « ^ bt + * r Mrs . Clausen X ^ , of St , Albans . The judges « r « r . ^ W W . . W W _ . Ouless Onlftas . . Esq . .. R K . A .. and and JEdwin £ dwm

    were Bale , Esq ., R . I . There , were , a larg , e number of competitors .

    Reviewing the moral questions involved in the disposal of autograp ¦¦ h letters ¦—¦ ¦»¦ the ¦ »

    Liverpool | I | W » " ¦> ^ " ^ t ^*» ¦•» Mercury -n ¦"••¦ jr » - ^ - *"" ' P —> w ^ ^ b »> say <•¦> ¦ ¦*¦ ' s —¦¦¦ : ^ " ^ ' i f" ^ Keats rT- r" ^ ^ " — < ' — - ™ letters 1 p- i i ^— - . > , v did 1 - l happen 1 Sm ^ u pi m pi W ^ fcg / ^ L < bV to ^** ^^^ be " ^ pp * ^ bb *^ of ^^ p' ^ bV ^ a W v W ery Vtf ^ pp * y privat V ^^ ^ p" * ^ p * v *¦ pj ^ v e ^ ppr and v ^ w " . » ^ p * ^*^ P" intimate ^ p * ^~ ^~ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ' ^ ' w ^^ ^ r

    nature . They were those unhappy epistles to Fanny Brawne . Now , if any circumstance could test of 01 the tne

    imaginable imaginable could test one one ' s s sense sense morality of buying and selling autograph letters the sale of these d letters of Keats woul 1 d

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    everyon Forman ' s edition of them ) are perhaps the most painful ever penned . They h tell the

    P ^ K , ^ ^* V ^ b ^ K ^ b ^^ ^ M ^ ^ " ^ ^«^ W W ^ T ^^ ' ¦—^^^^ ^» ^ B ^^^^ ^^ ^ b M ^ «*^^» ^ v ^ v - ^^ ^^ ^^ v ^^ ^^ ^ v ^^ ^ B ^^^ story ^^^^ ^^ ^^ of a devouring , and , indeed , all-consuming passion that was to all intents and

    purposes unrequited . They picture the inroads of a fell disease on a ¦ constitution never

    A ^» rafv ^^^ w ^ r ^^** ^ b ^ v ^ f ^ fc ^ b ^ ^ bh ^^ ^^ v ^ ^ b rur ^^ p * ^ h >^ r *^ . * ^* p * ^«^ ^ . k ^ .. ^¦^ t ^^ . v - w ^» v ^ pp - ^« ^» ^ ^ ™ ^ v - ^ - ~~ « bw ^ ^^^— ^ p- w ^ hp ^ ^^ p > robust , and a spirit always a little liable to morbidness nmrhiririPSK- . They Thpv show show how now bitter bitter were were the the

    last days of a young man of great genius , ding in a foreicountry with no friend near p ^ i

    him w y y * ^ t ^ L yak save « W * ^ fe ^ b"w one «* ^» w > b . ^^ pr ^ pb gn f ^^ k Altogether ^ b ^ p . ^ P * ^^^ ^^^^ p > ^ pfr v ^ p > w V w they -m ~ ^ r v ^ ^ ^ p ^^ p « leave ^^ ^^ ^^ ^» ^ p ^ ^ p > behind ^^ >¦ ppj ¦ vpb ^ ^ piv ^ w them the most melancholsense v % . When hw one

    rises v WPJ . ^ tf PMA Mt from ^ pf p ^ Ph ^ pp ^ ^ K ^ h their » ^^^ *^^ ^ HT ^ P > perusal ^ P * ^ P > ^ ppr . ¦> ^ v- ^ « P > ^ K ^ Br flh # , ¦* ^^ r it ppp > y V ¦ is ^ ppp ^ with P > < pp » p ^ ^ ipP PV some " w - ^ ppp ^» sense w ^ pp * ^ pb ^ p > - ^ pr of - ppv V shame ^ A A ^ w A ^ ^ ^^ . They ^ pBp « J ^^ ^ p ^ «/ W ¦¦ ¦ were V . W ^ kP * ^^ never «^ ^ ^ pp' V ^ p ¦ ^ HB ^ meant ^ 4 » ^ pp * vw ^ w ^ r ppp for » ^^ pppp 1 our ^ - ^ ' ^ pT ^ pp ^

    eyes ; they were the agonising outpourings of a strong ™ T" ^^ pm A ^^ V soul ^ ^^ ^ i ^ ffc ^ k wrestling W V ^ p » ^^ r f ^ # Vp ^^ p * J ^ pfft ** ^ vk with T V p * ^* *¦¦* ^ death ^ p ^^ ^ pt v ^ « p * ppp > * . ¦ ¦¦ and pp * ¦» . » m ppi a p » » . » lost ^ . ^ - p ^ pv « pr

    love . ' Keats' letters pIW referred ¦¦» to here numbered

    ¦ V > . K ^ p ^ PpWW ^ pT F \ J piPh ^^ # "V ^ # ^^ P ^^ pp » ^ p ^ ^ P" ^ " » ^ P » ^ ¦¦^ ' ** ppi ^ ^^ ^ " ^— ^ P ^ P ^ - ^ P ^ — ^ ^""^ ¦ " ^^ " ^ »^^ ^ PP" . P" ' ^¦^ ™ PP " Byro ! thirty > yron n - ' five s s , , tormed formed and , along an an interesting interesting with twent collection collection y-two of

    recently , sold by Messrs . Sotheby , Wilkinson , & & Hodge Hodrre . . The The Keats Keats letters letters commanded commanded

    prices ranging from £ 8 to £ 35 ; the total sum received being £ 544 .

    The reference to the unfortunate poet re "*» m *« AJLAV inds *» us VIO V of /* . € a JU tO statement LftU UVy * . * M . \ S & JL V recentl J . WVAAV IT y published t-S V * ^/ AAUJIJLWI ,

    ftow to the the effect widow that of Fanny Serior Llanos Keats , , his author sister of , ' Sandoval ¦ % the Freemason 4 t ' is living at

    Madrid — — —• * m - *«^ k ^ , y m _ fM still J ^ . fk / A strong Jk ^ p ^ . ^ p ^ and ^^ ^ pp » , «^ J * ^ active ^ Tf" . * ¦ ^ . ^ m ¦» , , althoug p ™ . - "pp- ¦ ¦ " ^ w h « . «^ f ^ over I SO grandchildren Rrandchildren . She is surrounded . and and continues continues by 11 children to to take take and a a

    livel y interest , in affairs . entirel Messrs y new . Putnam edition ' s of Sons Alexander have in the Hamilton press an 's

    works Works , which whinli will -will includ include e his his contributions contributions to the , * Federalist' and unpublished letters . issued Mr . H . in 0 . nine Lodge larg edits e octavo \ the work volumes . It and will the be

    - -w- *~ . + + M . AAfAAV A <* J . q V ^ ZVUIA T V V VAM-JLAAVKI f , MAAVI . U 1 AV 25 edition are is for limited the English to 500 cop market ies—of . which The first but Volume will V >« i ^ aned almnut , iiTimftciiat . G'lv and

    the others at short intervals . Ir-V . *

    We are so frequently favoured with humorous bits of news from the Continent fe

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    pamphlet , * The Siege of London , ' with the remark ^ pp > ^ P ^ — — * f Pfc ^ P ^ F — ppk ^ pB that p ^^ p > ^ p * W VpT it rfB « ^ 4 seems P ^ pT ^^ ^ kPr ^ pp »^ v ^ pr to V ^ v have PPPt ^ PBPbi P » V ^ BPr been v ^ pp- ^ ppr ^^ ¦^^ pi suggested p ^ pi PJ V 9 <^ 9 V ^ ^ P ^ p ^ pt Vl ^ ^^ i ^ rfi »

    by Disraeli ' s ' Battle of Porking " ! ' Here is another le of forei PPft inion

    which p ^^^ ppppp > ^ P ^ ^^ may ^ pp * *¦» P ^ pr ^^ F be P * J * ^^ « p * p ppk .. h laced ^^ pT 'P * examp ^ P' ^ pxpp * VI PV ^ alongside ^ ^ m r * pj » ^^ pr ^ pr ^^ pppp > ^ pr of ^ v ^^ Si gn ^ ^ Pfr the -Pp > op ^ ipr H . r P fore » . S . B ^ ^^ . ^ - going ^ m ^ ^* r ^¦•^¦ " ^ 3 "p * . w The ^^ p >* ^¦•^ ' ^ ppr JMagazin ^^ r ^^ p , ^^ v ^ r « ^^ r . ^ ^ v «^ fiir ^ v ^ ' «^ m die ^ rw * r *^ ^ Litteratur pp « pp ^ v ^^ p ^ ^^ v ^^ v ^ ^^ v des ^^ v ^^^^ ^ In ^ b v ^ -

    und Auslandes oddly remarks on Mr . Edmund Yates's ' Recollections 4 fr ' : The whole book

    ^^— ^^ v ^^ ' ^^ ¦ ^ . ¦ ¦ ^ ppppb ^ pp ^« pp ^ fepr ^^ r ^ ppi ^ HT ^^ w ^ P * ^^ i ^ Ph * P > 'Nvr ^ ppppppb « P ^^ 1 B ^ Ipr w V ppk ^ Pfe ^ h ^> pp ^ ^¦ p ' fP « p * ^ ppr ^ ' wP ^ h ^ Pb furnishes 4 V m ^ a new proof of the . ^ old * M ^ truth . ' ^ how p ^ wretched a life it is to have to earn one ' s

    ¦ •— " ^ v- v ^ ppk -w 'vpj w m » ^*^ -p ^ p * . pfc " *^ ^ K _* ^ ^ . ^ ^ db «^ v * ^ ir . *¦* * r ^ p ^ pfc ^ r ^ 4 »^ pb ^ p . * < p &^ ^^ p ^ aT bread by writing . ' Mr . Yates ( says the Academy ) will —^^ p » scarcelassent to this peculiar

    reading 1 ' ¦ - — — — w » - ^ — » ^ *^ of « w - the ^ p . pm ^ moral ^^ pr ™* ^ Pb ^ p ^ ^ pr ^ y m to Pb . ^ p *^ - ^ . ^ be ^^ ^ 4 B * p *^ drawn ^ p * ^»^ VA ^ ¦» p" »^ p » PP ^ from W *^ ^* ^¦ p' ^ vpb ^ pV his ^ pV ^^ " . v ^ ph volumes .

    The ' Ashburton Edition' is the name given to a new issue of Carlyle ' s Works , the publication of which will be commenced in a

    PP ^^ ^^^^^ " ^ p- ^^^ v ^ P > ^ ppP ^ V ^^ ^ P * ^ PP > ^^^ ^ P . ^ PPV ^*^^ ^ PPh ¦ W ^^* ^^ " ^^* ^ pr ^^ ^^^ v ^ ^^ n ^ ppa ^^^ w ^ t ^ ^^^ ^ PP ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ . > . W . ^ . fe ^ i .. ^ Pjp * ^ PPI ^ Pb ^ PJP ^ ^ P ^ F ^ P ^^^ ^^ P ^ ^^ b ^^ p ) ^ b ^^ few days by Messrs . Chapman & Hall . Ever - ^ . p « . ¦» active in serial enterprise ppp . Messrs .

    Cassell ¦ php ^^ pbj v & Co « ^ Pp > ^^ i ^ . announce - ^ m ^ * pk "P 1 ^ P * p ^ pp * ^ P ^^ ^^* ^^ ^ severa ^ pf ^^ ^^* ^^ ^^ ^ P * l ^^ ^^* new ^^^ ^^ v ^^ departures ^ r , ^ p ^^^ ~ ^ P" ^ w ^ pp * ^^^ ' ^ 'pr * pp > . ^¦ p' w to begin in A ¦¦ pril . Among pp ^ L these are '

    Pic-^ p ^^^ . ^ . i ^^^ p - ^^^^ ^^^_^^ ^ p ^ - ^ g ^ f ^^ ^ p ^ ^ pf jp ^ ^ pp ^ ^^ p ^ ^^ ^ p ^^ ^ py pp . ) ^ i pp . ^ ^^ p ^ ^^ ^^ ^ p ^ — i !— ^^^ ^ . t ^ pr ^^ ^^ r ^ pjpr r ^ p ^ ^ pbp * ^ pi ^^ p > ^ ppt ^ ppp ~ ^ pp ^^ pp ^ ppr ^ ppp turesque Canada' ; ' Egypt ^^ : Descriptive , ^ Historical PPbv ^ ppiB PrW -VpF ~^^ ^ pb ¦ ^ Pv ~^ pT ' *¦ ^ B- , K __ ^ and p ^^ « Pb ^ B > ' ^ v' ^ fej Picturesque V ^ . * . . k b W ta ' ^ ^ . ft . * ^ . B ' ^ . P V ^ B > ~^^ IPI P . 'W , -H PiPPi ' bby > »^ ^ « BB ^ Professor ^ PP * ^^ _ ^ p- ^^ P ^ P- ¦ ™ ¦ ¦ ~^^ ^ P ^ G ^^ p * p « . V h ^ ^ ^ . .. ^ ^ ^ ^^ . ^

    Ebers . . ; and the ' Illustrated Book of Pi ^ . ^^^^ ^ geons , ' by Robert Fulton .

    The same firm includes in its spring announcements , ' After London ; or , Wild England / by Mr . Richard Jefieries ; ' About Going to Law , ' by Mr . A . J . Williams ; * The

    Dutch T > nt , r » h School SrVhnol of nf Painting Pn / mt , imr , ' by hv M 1 V 1 . H TTj . Havar Havard d ; : ' The Making of the Home , ' by Mrs . S . A . Barnett J—k ^ PV ^ f ^»» PK ^ ^ V ^ "V ; ^ * A P" ^ PP" »* Manual Pfc » J . ^ JPJ . 1 ^ " » ^ P ^^ - ^^ P * of ^^ ^ " Comparative ~*—r ** ' , ^ . ¦ . » f * ' . m ¦ PPPk P" ^ P' P » W ^ pP- Anatomy SPPP > ^~* 4 PP . 4 PP . V ^^ ^ - *— ' ^ - ^ ^ W V , '

    by Professor Jeffrey Bell , < fec , & c . Messrs ¦ PBtoV ^ pBb ' ^ i ^ " *^ »^ p » pV ^ P ^ . V * Marion ¦> . ¦¦« . ^ pp « F « Nv ^ fc ' ^^ «¦¦ pwpi & ^ to ^ Pl ^ Co *^ P" ^ - ^ . ¦» ^ hav ¦¦ »^ v » e ^ p ^ j W ust ™ pp > w * p- ^ published fr- ^ - * — - ^ P- —^^—» - ^ . ^ pppi - ^ pf- v —

    some interesting novelties , the nature of which we briefly indicate . In cabinet portraits there are Miss « Mary Anderson . ¦ as ¦ Julia i

    ^ . v pap * ^^ pf ppp * ^ # n r ^^ ^» ^ ^^ . ^»» ^ p ' ^ ^ p' ^ fc ^ pp' «¦ .. " »*^ m ^» ¦ . »^ p" ^ * ^ w ^ ^ - ^ pvpt w ^^ ^^^ ^ " mm ^^^ ^ " ^ ^** ¦ - * r " ^ *•• ' ^ — ^ ^ p » " ' ^^^^^^ ^>^ in the ' Hunchback' in no less than ten poses ; and a reclining figure of Miss Fortescue as Galatea ¦ % . _** w * w V ^ tf ^^ f . ¦» . There ¦» pp . ^»^ < v ^ aar ^ is r-rf" also » . i ^» a . * -v . * a « i ^ portrait f »¦ - ^^ ^ -w ^ . i —• ¦ ¦¦ w , panel ^ —< ™ < pb -. pw pppi size wpp > — — -mr- ,

    of Miss Mary Anderson as ' Julia '; of this there are six poses . And , Messrs . Marion & Co . have published pjinel portraits PP of Madame PBBl Pf

    , 4 V «« j ^ IVjl V ^^ W *~^ ^^^ f ^ pf *» «^ P ^ PF P" «¦* ^ P' *^^ ¦ ' ^ W * P » . * ^¦ P' PP » V * ^^ ^ P » ^ ^ P * ^ ^ ^ " ^ ^ - ^ ^^ «^ P » " ^^^ ¦* . PF ^ PB" ^» * P 1 «^ ppr Modjeska in three varieties ; these are remarkable BJ ^ f rH ^ BBB » ^ mtr specimens fHfepV BB ^ r *^^ ^ P " r * P . P" ^ ^ PP * P 1 " *¦* w ^ " ^ of ^ i ^ PP" P li 1 ^ " ^ g lPPBfc hting ^ " ™ ^ *¦ " ¦ ^ ¦ " ^ # *^^ , W posing ^^ ¦ ™ " ^ ^~ ^™ pf ^^ a , and I ¦ ^ " » P" * I' ^ general IBBBPh - ^^ •—f P" » " ^ P ^ ^ PB ^ pr ^ P ^ P ^

    effect . To this enumeration we must add a panel portrait of Miss Maud Millett , the new beauty rt . r ^ PB # ^ yW ^ <*)¦ V ^ w . BB A « BBM ^ PP * recentl BPPB ^« pT ^ ppr ^ pp * ^ Pt # Pfe ^ PF ^ y pT issued PIP . J P . P *^ pW ^ PT ^ ^ pr' ^^ W cabinet ^^ pP ^ pr ^ . p' ¦ Mr H P . B piPfe ^^ . p ^ p- portrait X p |^ . ^^ P" BV ' ^ wrm H « V ^ PV of ^ tpr PH >

    the Duchess of Albany , leaning over a cradle containing her infant son , has been one of the successes »» --r v ^ pr > i of > m the » season 1 r » —in ~ three ~ weeks f- - - —~ three - ~ --p ^ pr ^ p ^^ pr ^ p ^ ^ bj 0 p ^ pr ^ hpp ^ . p ^ kp ^^^ . ^ ^™ ^^ . p ^ ^ ip' ^ pp ^ pt ^ ¦ ¦ ^^ — ' ^ " ^ — ^ " ^ ¦—* " ^^ ^^ ^^ * ^^— ' ¦ — —

    thousand were disposed of . The Academy understands that the widely circulated ^ pF P » JV ^ ^»^ ^^ Bfc A ^ p 4 V ^ af ^ BpF ^ P ^ PBl rumour ^ B » ^^ « Bj PBj ^^ f ^ pr ^ VB > of ^^ « 1 BB a Bjp < B > visit W « B « V ^« T ^» ^ BF to ^ pr -- ¦ - this ^ " PP ^ ^ r ^ PT country - ^ ^ P ^ » — ^ - - ^ ^ - ^ W by » - ^ ^ f

    Mr . Walt Whitman is at least premature . Mr . Joseph Crawball , of Newcastle-upon-Twill shortlpublishjointlwith Messrs .

    Field yne , ?& Tuer and y Messrs , . Sampson y Low & C r ! i o under hihIat * the t . hft title f iflft of of ' lzaak TskulIc W W alton alton , nis his

    ., , poesies Wallet Booke contained , ' a collection in ' The Comp of the lete songs Angler and . ' The numerous quaint illustrations aaa wi designed

    and ¦ A . JL ^** cut A A VI I I A * by V ^* . ^^ Mr *• f ^ . Crawhall «* , »»»^ f * . ^* B > •* ^^»»«> himself ^ w » w —w - ^ - — " ¦"" , -y , are — — - r— l to " j ^ " * " * be ^ ^ " *" separately hand-coloured . ; Jl

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1885, page 285, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041885/page/5/