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    336 The Publishers' Circular • " **MM*M

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    i \ of > y Ed Lei gar sure Fawcett / & c . , In author the same of . The number Gentle there man a chapter of literary autobiography

    appears viz . Will Carleton ' s ' Experiences of a Public , Lecturer . ' r

    A translation from the Italian of Edmondo de A Mm m rim icis' Cuore / by Miss •¦™»»¦»¦¦¦» - I - ^ . F . Hapgoodis

    \ 4 V ^ * * i >* ff r ^ ^^ ^ j » -v ^ jfc . y ^ " ^ J ^ < ^ ^— — i ^ 7 , to Crowell firnwfill be published <& fe Co C ! o .. _ JN Neiw ' ew at York l once oric . . by Thev xney Messrs have nave . also also T . Y in in .

    1 preparation a , translation from the Russian of Counfc LNTolstoi ' s 'The Death of Ivan

    . . Icelandic Ilyitch , and Love other -Story stories / translated / and ' Si from grid : the an

    Danish of Jon Thordsson Thoroddsson , who depicts almost every phase of life in

    contemporary Iceland .

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    "Viscountess Strangford . —This estimable lad as 4 IJgyptian y the will author be Sepulchre remembered , j ointl s y and with in Syrian literary her sister Shrines circles , . of '

    ¦ Her I ^^ . - - , human Bib ^ ¦ ^ ii ^ ^& — ¦ e ^^ mission — - - » ^ u «« « ^^ M fc s in * ^^ times «^» V ^^^^^ ^^ # ftd of ^ V 4 * war ^ K ^ ff ^ ^^ ^^ are ^^ k ^ A ^^^ known to the world . Lady Strangford died on board the s . s . Lusitania while on her way to

    Port Said to establish a new hospital for British Seamen .

    1 W . L . CoiiUNS . —It is with much regret that we chronicle the demise of the Rev .

    William Lucas Collins , the editor of 'Ancient Classics ~^^^ r ^^^^ V ^ V ^»^^ W ^^ ^ " ^™ ^^^ ^^^ " ^ ™ for ^^ ^^ " ^ ^^^ " Eng ^^^^^ " ^^^ ' ¦ ^^ H ^^ h lish ^^^ " ™ i i ~ - — Readers — ~— — — - ^ - ^ — / — Mr — — - . ~~ Collins ^— ^ — ~~

    was also the author of ' Etoniana' and ' Our Public Schools . '

    Prosper Faugere . —M . Faugere died on MaTch Hh 19 aged - ^ w ^^ ps 77 . He was - — . _ . — the .. first to —

    ^ p ^— ^^^^ v ^ W - ^^^ ^^ - ^ w ^^^^ ^ ^ , - ^ m —— — - - ^ ^ j ^ — _ . _ publish a trustworthy edition of Pascal ' s * Pense ' es / and was also the editor of * Madame

    Roland ' s Memoirs . ' "Wiiaiam Stevens . —On the 24 th of March

    died Mr . William Stevens , the proprietor of the widely-circulated periodical , The Family

    Herald . Mr . Stevens , who was the youngest son of the founder of the firm of Stevens &

    Sons , the eminent law publishers , was born in 1807 . He was apprenticed to Messrs . Davison ,

    the printers , of Whitefriars . Subsequently , Mr . Stevens for many years carried on business as a printer in Bell YardTemple Barduring

    which period he is credited , with having , introduced music-type printing . . One of the

    works which emanated from his press was the celebrated , but half forgotten , * Murphy ' s

    Almanack / containing the prediction of the great Mr . Stevens frbst of was 1838 as . mi , During ght be e his xpected long lifetime largely

    interested in many , literary ventures . , Along with Douglas Jerrold he started Dougl & s Jerrold mTenrmlcl ?& s W Weekly " e , eld / u JSewspaper Ne . 'wxiOGLne'r .- w which hich contained cnnf , a . inari

    Jerrold ' s ^ celebrated series , of articles . * . The Barber undoubtedl ' s Cft air . ' . < The 5 % chief venture , however ,

    was , y , e Family Meraty ^ whicn

    ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ , / . . passed Stevens i nto care his it hand nourished s in ilS and 58- became TJndere one flfc of ^

    the best mediums for . the dissemination of purelivelyand entertaining fiction . Thej

    essays , , too , , became a strong feature in ^ . . the » Heraldseveral of the best of modern — ¦ English

    essayists , contributing to ^ it s columns — * ~ . ^^ We ^»^* jt , ihave ^ # m <« v ^^ before ri _ r ^^«^ ^ mr ^ fc ^^ us »] ™ ¦ •* Ifp a ^ « ^ . ^ ¦ . 1 ^ h » , h a b broadsheet »**¦ ^ b ^^ ^ t ^ ar ^^* v ^^ ^^ ^^ ^* 4 , of ^¦ v ^ b ? mB 7 i 1 . 1 c

    Fafiily Herald ,, founded by the late Mr . George Biggs in 1842 . There are not

    of our popular periodicals that have retained many so long and so well their characteristic literary

    features , although the mechanism of arrangem — ent and -- production ^ has , 'A perlo . rce — , be ^^ e ^ r n **»

    successfull adapted i h to the for d Th ays * - e F amil live - *¦ - m H erald ; and ¦ still i not ma un in - - ' ¦ yy

    tains r ^ v ^ - ^ - ^ r — its —^— - — ^ » ^ j almost , ^» — — — universal — — — ^ - — — — popula ^ , — ^ — — - - ^ r ^^ it ^^ r ^^^ y ^^^ . ^ v «^ ^ B ^^^ In ^^^^^ , 1803 , Mr . Stevens , in conjunction with Mr .

    T . Hughes ( 'Tom Brown' ) and Mr . J . M . Lit Ludlo erature w , started , and Art The . Reader The , dec a Review eased gentleman of Science , was at one time chairman of the" Board of

    Directors of the Brighton Aquarium in the fortunate days of that institution . Mr .

    Stevens was an amiable man ; in conversation ! agreeable — ^^^ h ^ k — — — — — - to all who had the — — h p k — leasure - ^ m ~ ^^ - ^ r ' i ™ ~*~ ~— —^^^ ^^ r of ^^^ ^^

    knowing him . Though an octogenarian in y m ears , he was a youth % M in sp ^ L irit , and retained ^^ ' ^^ ¦! ^

    his liveliness and his faculties to the last . The deceased gentleman was buried at

    Norwood Cemetery on the 29 th ult . John Duff Grant . —On March 24 at his <

    residence , Upper Tollington Park , age , d 42 , John — — Duff Grant , for twenty — - — —~ ^ m -six — — — years ^ w - ^^ «¦ v im p ^ with v » ^ ^ r ^^ fc

    Messrs . Hamilton , Adams & . Co . Entering the house as a youthMr . Grant roseon the

    retirement of the late , Mr . Richardson , in 1877 y to he the head of the counter department

    which — position he held up — — to - ~ ""^ the " ^ - ~ ^ » tune ' ^^ ¦ t ^ f' ^ v ^ v .. ^ ¦*» of .. >^ b >^« ^^^ pl ^ his Ba i «» , , I death aeatn . . Respected Jttespectea bv oy all all wij who o Jtnew knew him him . iii hiss

    death , after a very short illness , has caused , deep regret among those- associated with him

    in business , and his loss is deplored by a widow wiuow and ana three tnree children cniiaren . *

    C . J . Peterson . —Th ¦ e late Charles fc Jacobs r ^ p *

    — - — ^— - — — — - - ^ -- — —^^ ™ ^^ «^ ^^ ** tr ^ fc ^ ^ h «*^ p ^^ ^^ r w ^ Peterson was known principally as the f ounder , publisherand editor of the magazine bearing

    , his name , but he had also in earlier years beer * editorially editoriallv connected connected with witn trie the ( Casket Jasket , the the

    Saturday Mven JEvenina ing Jbtuuetin Bulletin Evening . . Post In In , JSTeaVs addition addition Gazette to to the thft , and , llare the -ee

    amount of literary work done by him on these arg periodicalsand on Peterson ' s Magazinehe

    published , numerous works of history , and fiction . He was the author of * The Military i

    Heroes Heroes -- of of the the - ~ - War Revolution ----- of 1812 / - and 'The of 1 the Military War j

    — — , —_ v ^ -v ^ - —— — ' ^ v ^ .. v w ^— ' ¦ w ^ s ^^ . v v ^ *• ^ h ^ * ^^^ with Mexico / * Grace Dudley ; or , Arnold at Saratoga ¦ ^ J / * Cruising — --- — — — H- in , — . th ^^ ^^ , — e ^^^ ^ Last - ^^ . h w-i ^ . ^^ ^^ War » t Wm M / ' The ^^ " ^ " ^

    Naval Heroes of the United States / The Valley Farm / ' Kate Aylesford : a Story of the Refuf / 'Mabel ¦ - ——¦ ---- or tm Darkness mmmti BMl ¦ and

    Dawn / ' gees £ ' ^ The ^ " ^ ^^ ' ^ Old ——• ' ¦ Stone - — - —~ ; j -mr mm Mansion , m * m ^ r- ^ ' ¦ MMH' . ' ^ Mrw M ^ ~ — r . Peter ¦ ^^ — ™ " ^ s " "" on ^^ ~— a v lso ¦ it ^ v ¦¦ - ' a w-v dded ¦— -w v < -v w v «* a wv c - ^ i ^ onti ^^« tA ^ W » rf n »« h uati ^^ m ^ VA o AA nfroxn # •• ^^ ^^^ ^* ,

    1840 to 1856 ,- to Charles von Rotteck ' fr ha 'History ve an idea of th of e the World extent . * In fa the ct , f labours ew peop ol lo

    on this the industrio 4 th of March us worker . —The . f . American . Peterson . . died -

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1887, page 336, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041887/page/14/