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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st May 1884, Edition 1 of 1, Page 417, I Ft Books 0 Rkckivkb:— B

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      Obitttahy. The Death Is Announced Lonnro...

      OBITtTAHY . The death is announced of Professor Elias Linnrotof Htflsin ^ foraan able Finnish

      remembered philologist . for Dr . his Lonnrot labours , in who collecting was bom the at great Sammati Finnish , , April epic , 9 the , 1832 ' Kalevala , , will alway / from s the ba the lewho had thus it for

      Iliad mouths were of preserved common throug peop h , a still longer preserved period . Besides centuries the * Kalevala , as the Vedas / T > r . Linnrot and the collected l the —¦ popular lyric poetry of Finland —— ( ' Kantelatar —— —w w » - »« ' 1841 b ¦ h ) seven thousand Finnish

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      in in dealer Paris fans Monsieur . , & on cc .. , the Henri 13 . loxii eriy th Justin of oi or April ^ u vpru Edotiard last last . Dentu He xie ' ' Row was was , . , the publisher pu well Diisner . - , known W vv . to to . Cu .. the tne publisher Society oociete of des aes French Gen < jren 3 3 novels de ae Lettrea l-iettres , died .

      and Karl chevalier Tauchnitz of several died at French Leipzi and g on other the 16 forei th of gn A or pri ders la t the advanced age of 8 G . He was

      a the large publisher sale in of this the country well-known . He series retired of Greek from business and Latin , in classics 1865 . which He was had , a unt cousin il recently of tho ,

      present Jiaron ± aucnmtz , but in no way connected witn nun in business .

      Trade Changes, &C. Windmil ^T Jlll Messr...

      TRADE CHANGES , & c . Windmil Messrs l . Street KJ A l / i dams / Finsbury ¦ & JLUU Rees * j , wholesale EC stationers , 17 Bread Street Hill , have removed to 11

      ^ T JLlLt-llAlAXl VWWj , *• < - * A j , J ~ t . » KJ . , having Having Messrs aaaea added . Novell to to their tneir o , ^ Ewer present present , & Co premises premises . have just at at ± ! Nos > extensivel os . . Ill ± i ana and y enlarged ± 113 13 Southwark » outnwark their : bookbinding Street Street . & S .. E E works ... the the ,

      ad London joining Mr . Thomas and building Coventry Stevens , No , . 115 , has manufacturer Southwark removed his Street of London silk . -woven warehouse cards , pictures from 114 , book Newgate -markers , Street , < fcc to , 34 Paternoster Row , E . C .

      Lb&Al. What Dissolves An Agreemekt Of Ag...

      LB & AL . What Dissolves an Agreemekt of Agkncy ?—Johnston v . Johxstos . —This was' a

      motion engravers ^~ j , heard and - _ - - geograp f—j in the m ^ hical Chancery publishers m , ____ Division .. _ . _ in — — Edinburg . — _ , — for _ — ^ an ^ h — , from inj unction opening _ j _ - v _ _ __ to a «¦ ^ house restrain ^ ^^^ v ^ n ^ - ^^ - or ^^ - ^^ canvassing - the i _ i i i i it » ^ defendants ^^< t «^* h ^ at ^ h ^ ^ k their ^ ^^^^^ . ^ ,

      Archibald publications entered Johnston — in — — Eng - — — T — - land — , ™ purchased ™ — for — — — — — a period — — — the — — — — of London seven — — - — - —¦ — — - — years business - — - ^ — ' ¦ — - — - —— ^ from — ^^ ¦ — - ~^ ^ in ^ — ^ October ^ 1882 «^^^ ' ^^^ ^^^ bi ^ v , ^ m and ^ 0 4 ^ ± , ^^^^^ 1882 & ^ an ^^^ ^ b ^ Ht . agreement ^ W ^ i ^ h «¦ The ^^^ ^^&^ m Jv ^ b ^^ plaintiff ^ ^»^ ft ^^ p was W W ^ y ^ Ji ^ r , then ^^ Mr ^ k ^ v ^^^^» .

      1 into by which plaintiff was made sole agent for England of the Scotch firmthe agreem October ^ ent to 4 last for seven years , provided the plaintiff fulfilled his obligations unde , r it . On

      to intended notice iu inadvertence inadvertence was , to then 1883 open , g however iven a business to p , laintiff not not plaintiff within knowinsr that failed a few the at at agency to doors the tne meet time time of had an him that t accep nat come . his nis The tance to balance balance an acceptance g end iven , at and to the the was that ban ban defendants not the k k was was met defendants so so owing , Tow and . , , plaintiff piaintm Knowing

      and goods it sinc was e contende that dat d e ; that which that ' was did a not waiving dissolve of the their agreement right to , take as the advantage defendants of the had clause supplied in I I I the the terms agreement of the . agreement Mr . Justice it had Kay come , without to an calling end i on facto the on other October side , said 41883 that when according plaintiff to

      pso , , I The m ? e (* motion * ° mee * was one accordingly ° ^ n * s obligations refused , aad . Mr therefore . Crosslev he , should Q . C ., refuse with whom the motion was Mr , with . Cald cost er s ' . .

      the appeare defendant d for the . plaintiff ; and Mr . Charles , Q . C ., with whom was Mr . Buckley , appeared for

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      I the Ohambers ^ Messrs Natural . AV History . & . Chamb of Creation ers . — , ' ' b Vesti y Bobert ges of

      auction relating , LL . D . to ; twel the authorshi fth edition p ; of with the an work intro , by - _ Alexander -.. _«^ . Ireland * iCiOUVI . . The O- HC text IDAl of \ Jl this 1 / U 1 D book U % JUt % . is 13

      cation revised ^ interest printed for is by the from imparted the firs uiioi author the t time to eleventh the of in the reprint I 860 story edition , and by of the tho as a auihor special finall publi y -

      h snip u * of the work . Mr timu . Ireland ui iii « aiory tells as me that auiuur about --in f trusted ty years ago tho secret of its authorship was

      III ¦ II « wh la r ° cea that ho to alone him him remains and and to t ( > . three thrftft He then ot nM h »« er proceeds persons nAmnn , of of to ¦ II * Dr . Hobert Chamberswhoso

      con-Hit H nectio 20 ^ t . u wi matt th © the r of hook certai had nty , often was i been ts , sol suspecte e author d ,

      H H Will a a ; - , Was Mr Cnambers . owin 8 to that the the unwillingness fact was of never Dr . /\

      m ^ m ^ ^ in-X ode i'Ila a Ireland xr * - ** ODerc to dksclose jnamoers it , Ee holds never — ^ ¦ • • ¦ . » ^ H ' l

      very wisely , as we think—that the death of Dr . William Chambers releases him from all for

      obligations tions to to further further secre aeo . TGcy P / v , . and ami he hft there th ^ r *» fore « sets * m > £ r down a brief record of the circumstances under which the book was written . It was in 1841 , when

      the autlior left Edinburgh with his family for the quiet University town of St . Andrews , that the work which wjis the fruit of many years of

      thought and earnest study was prepared for the press , and it is an enduring proof of the laboriousness of the writer ' s life that while he had t | iis

      heavy work in hand ho was a . ble to contribute many papers to Chambers ' Journal and to do other ** nv - ^ « h ^ r «^ literary ^ m m ^ v ^^ ^ K ^*^ v ^ ^ V work T V ^^ ** a *^ m ^ . Having ^ vhv ^^ hv ^ v <^ . ^ B « g ^ h determined ^^^ ^* ^ hl ^ v 4 ^ ^ x ^»«^^ ^^« ^|^ - k ^ to ^ <^^ issue «¦ ^ r ^» ^ k ^ B ^ fev

      the book anonymously , Dr . Chambers resolved to make Mr . Ireland the intermediary between himself and the printer , Mr . Savill , tho lute Mr . John

      Churchill receiving the charge of the MS . The success which attended these caieful efforts to preserve the secrecy ot the authorship was com- I

      plete plete . , and and whefn wneti . , in in October uctober 1844 1 » 44 . , tho tho ' ' V Vesti estisea ges ' II *

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1884, page 417, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051884/page/9/