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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st May 1885, Edition 1 of 1, Page 394, Hc\3icXU£, Set*

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      Correspondence for this Column is freely invited , but the Editor reserves the right to publish only such

      ^ matter as he may consider suitable . The ^ mm ^ Bfc ^ B >& aa Ctclostyie ~ ~ ^ k > -Lit nnT ^ jTTj . ^ *^ in i ~ t : G ^^* ^ - um bstetnkr ^^ ^ . ^—¦ . ^ . »*» . « . ¦¦>•«« ' b s » v ¦ Pat . > . — ¦ ^ ent ^ ' ^— . —Can — any ^

      of your readers inform me how to get over the difficulty of the clogging of the wheel in this oth i erwis ¦ e ¦ ¦ ital ¦¦ machine —»¦— ¦ ? ¦¦ The writing-paper

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      while ¦ w IiiIa at at other nf-. hp . r times timfts you vou may mav write write a a whole whole sheet sheet without having to clean the wheel . Also who is the wholesale agent for the

      machines?—CyCliOSTYLIST . Australian Newspapers . —Keplying to ' Emigrant ' s ' inquiry in the last issue of the

      Publishers Hsthurts' ' Circular Circular , . JJaxon axon says savs that that the the first first news news--paper issued in Australia was the Sydney Q azette ¦ and -fjpir ¦ £ * yy b New ^ Mb . W ¦^ B ' ^ F *^ W South ^^ T ^ B" ^ ""~ ^ ™ W * Wales W V ™^ " ^ ^^ ^^ Advertiser BBB BB ^ ^— — ^ B' ^ B ^ » . — ' ^ - ^ - ^ — w , M ¦ printed B ^ BB- ^ " ^^^^ ' ^^ ^^ " -VB- ^ BP by V ^ Br ^ ^

      George Howe , March 5 , 1803 . The paper ceased in 1843 . The Melbourne Argus was first published Bf b Bl in BBkWBBf 18 1 J BBBBB : 6 . 1 Al BB together BbP there are about 340

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      advertise and write to employers . Perhaps we may say something about London employment in the course of a little time .

      Book about Wines . —* I have been asked for a book f ¦ *^ B * ^ bT ^ BbV ^ BBV * # * B > ^ about Bh * ** . r ^^^ ^ bB' ^ BF * Bi ^ BB ~ wines Bf V ^^ BBBB | ^ BjB ^ BBBv r , their ^ B ^ ^^ ^^ ^ BB * ^^^ B | BB | BBBV manufacture ^ BB- ^ BB ^ BbBB ^ ^ BV ^ BBi ^ W VBBf VBB- ^ Br ^ BbB' ^ bB" ^ BP ^ B > bBBB / ^ Bb 7 , and Br ^— ^^ " ^ ^¦ b'VbI BBV so « b ^

      forth . Will any reader of the Publishers' Circular oblige me with the names of a few ?'Townsman .

      J . 33 . has seen export boxes with wooden bands , but more frequently with iron hoopsand he

      , would like to know which is the better plan .

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      From Messrs . G-. "W . Bacon & Co . —A wellcoloured and clear map is the * Large-print Map

      of Central Asia ' just published by Messrs . Bacon , who have also produced a * Panorama of Central Asia , ' one of the now common bird ' s-eye views

      which the public seems to favour more than the old-fashioned and more exact charts . From Messrs bbv . Blaokie b & Son . —* Outlines of BBB the f

      — — — ¦ ¦ — ¦ ¦ ¦ ^^ r- ^—» BBI ~^™ - ^ r- ^^ B' ^ P' » —^ B »^^^ ^ P m m ' ' ' m ^ BP TBT ^""^ ¦ ¦ W —^"' ™ ~" r B » ¦¦ ¦ ^^^— ^ r ^ r ^^^^ ^ ~^»* —» w ^^ ™ ™ " ^ ¦ ~ - " ^ ^^ ~ " ~ ^ Bi ^ " ^ . ^ Ba . - ^^ World ' s History / by Edgar Sanderson , M . A . The great epochs and events which mark the progress of mankind are ¦ b ing ¦ ¦¦ BBBBBh eniousl * " ™» ycarefull ¦ ¦» yand # B

      suec inctl - — w —— — — — y — - - ^ - — _ arra , - — - ^ —_ ngod - ^_ - - _* m ^^ in v — - ^ Mr " * . . . . — - . Sanderson » ^ P ~ » " ^ . , J " ~»— ~~ — ¦ ^^ W ~ ' " ~ ^— s »™ . ^^ bo , o ^ Bj . ^ Br k "" " ^ , ^ BWBJ whil fB ^ f ^ ar ^ B ^ pF e not the least valuable of its recommendations seems to be the freshness of its contemporaneous

      information . The book contains 600 and odd pages , comprising an introduction , five distinct B sections /^ B" ~^ pr- ^ BB ¦¦ - ^ b >~ ¦ ¦ ¦ i m * w ~ , ^ m and -- r - — —— a supp . —~ - - _ - . — — ^— _ l -, ementary - ^_ - ~ , » ~~ ¦ — — — ^» " ^ BP ^ P » *>^ ^» chapter ^ B » ¦ ^^ ¦ ~ - " ~ " ~ | ^^ ^^ ^^^ "BB > . W The Bf" »^™ B ^ V BB . -BQ ^ T B sec ^ BgB * ~ H ^ F B £ ^ p -

      tions are ( 1 ) The Ancient Oriental Monarchies ; ( 2 ) - History of Greece ; ( 3 ) History of Rome ; ( 4 ) Mediaeval i—¦ - w History ....... — ; and ( 6 - « v ) m ¦ Modern ~ - - ~ b History b ¦ ¦ ¦¦ b ¦ bbf vibb bbb . bt

      m •——r - *_ — ^^ »* - ^_ — - — - - ^ . .. , ^ . *_ — " —w ^^ - ^—^ "—— - n ^ b *^ . The supplementary ^^ chapter is devoted to the New World . Concise information is given regarding modern b -j ^ «—w ~ -bb geograp —r hical ,,,-- di - scovery _ while _ _ . ^ useful - ^ -rm *~^» H V ¦« lists

      of r ~ -Bp- dates -- ^ w b ^ and k ^» - - ^ v ^ ^ an B ~^ ample index _ ^^ are ^ , supp . _ , ^^ , _ ^^ lied —^ . ^^ « . « ** rV ^^ F ^^ Fletcher & Co ( Leeds ) Th

      From JCJ . UUU JXA Messrs . C 7 Ol 31 . i 3 , . J * f . » ( S 9 . . JJ 1 OUWUOI Utl V ^^ J . ^ XJOCUO ^ . — A 11 O e Select Library , Vol . I . — ' Selections from Words-* worth : ' with a Memoir and an Etchingon

      ' -W Iu ^ ia papor , of Bydal Mount . This is a fresh ,

      ivj aadition to the number ox volumes ot selections

      — " ^^ from Wordsworth ' s works . The compilation is evidently evidentlv that tnat of ot an an enthusiast entnusiast in m Wordsx W ordsworthian ™**! :...

      literature . The publishers have issued the book ,, in a fitting form , the typography , paper and binding ¦ — ca being o quite a . in keep - i ^ ing cj wi " —th —~~ - - its t-vKt , well »» CIX— - chosen contentsThe value of

      . the book is enhanced by a biographical sketch . From Messrs . 33 . G-iraud & Co . ( ^^ Paris fcm ) ——

      Samarow * Sceptres et 2 vols Couronnes . The ( Sadowa historical ) f par Gregor jp t . — , romances of Oscar — — ~ Meding — — — ' - _ ^^^ , written - - — - - ^ - ^— — under - — — the — - ^ pseudonym h «^ »*^ ^^ ¦ ^ p ^ - |_ ra _ ^^ f ^ J W M m of 111 and with

      events Gregor of Samarow recent , European dealing history , are the almost great ' lished classics ^ ¦ in ~ in the " — Germany " ^ French " ' ' ^ ^— " ¦ —~ . languag _ _ _ They _^^ — - —^ _^_ are e ~ r , which now . _ . ^ ^ . ^^^^ will being ^ ^ *» Jfc ^ h ^ ensure , J fl fl pub ^ J ¦ J J W - <*

      them a wider circle of readers . The volumes now before us are the first of the series , and show us by a series of dramatic pictures the leading spirits of the Continent , and their share in the great movements of the hour . The French edition has i

      r ~_~ - — — '^ — ——^— M ^ - ™ "" — — " ^^ - ^^^^ ^^ - ^ rt ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ J ^« ^^¦ kj the advantage of an introduction b y M . Victor Cherbuliez , of the French Academy , himself a famous novelist . M . Cherbuliez tells how M

      . Oscar Meding had the opportunity of acquiring the extraordinary knowledge of the springs of great ^^^^ — — events — - — - ~— — ~ - which — - — — — his — ~ - — books — -v ~_~ - ™~ ¦ ¦ disp — ¦ ^^^ lay ^^ ^^^^ , v and ' ^ ^ ^^^^ ' ^ ' ^ ^ adds ^^ ^^^ ^ . » ^^

      an account of the sovereign of Hanover , which will have an especial interest for English readers . | From Messrs . HamiltonAdams & Co . —A

      sym-, , pathetic and touching picture of rural life is given in 'A Village Story / by Mrs . G . E . Morton . To young people of both sexes Mrs . Morton ' s work j

      offers agreeable and healthy attractions . Fro ^^ m ^ Messrs ^^^ ^^ ' ^^ ^^^ m ^ . W ^ ^^ . ^ & ^^^^^^ ^ A ^^^ P ^ HP ^ V . >> r K > S ^ P > S . >^> I >^ V . V Johnston * fl ^^ ^ Bfe ^ P BV ^ B ^ B ^ BB B .. B . BBB BJV . b' * BBBI ^ BbBP BB .. BB .. B . Bp —Th ^^ - ^^ " ^^ e ^ V geo ^ BHm ^^ ^ - ^ -

      graphical features of the Central Asian difficulty i are admirably set forth in a ' Map to Elucidate the — — - ^ Af — —— — g «¦ » hanistan - •* - » -W BB BB ***^ ^ « - ^ BB >^ Boundary B ^ B ^ pBV ^^ . ^ « K - > ^ B > V ^ « BMT .. ffc — Question ^^^^ VT * VbJB ^ ^ B * T ^ . f , ^ B * T — B ^ fc H / published ¦ ** »¦¦¦ " — ^— — " '

      by this well-known firm of cartographers . An inset map , having a distinct practical value , shows clearl - ^ " ^ - — ¦— ' ¦ " - " ¦ - *¦ ^ y * the - ~ ^ + m ^ B * acquisition Bb ^ BV ^ . T H | VB | B > r * ,, * » VA ^ b ^ *¦> * s ^ of ^ Bb' B , fc . Bussia B . 1 . W ^ " * B »» 9 ^ P ^ *» *^ « F towards ¦ ** ^ B ^ V V ^ B ^ T *¦* W- - ^ ^ India —

      since the accession of Peter the Great in 1689 . The Messrs . Johnston have also issued a * Countri Bird ' s- es eye . ' Map Both of publications Afghanistan deservedl and surrounding y claim

      a large share of popular favour . Fr om e Messrs politica . l Sampson transaction Low s which , Marst have on tak , & en place . — during the ast few ears will form a curious

      py chapter in connection with our foreign dependencies hold in the the history inion of th the t . Emp it is impol . Many itito persons tend our

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      especially in a land which has lately occup , ied ft di large plomatic share and of public military attention operations , and have in which not only — o ur

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      countrymen V poli ^ JUJU » t ics . jr , and . CJLJ , in All of the the I . UO ' posi Transvaal JL , JL U t . JUO ion V CttAJL and , cannot ViCl prospects . JJ . lJ . V «^ - do v » v of of be ~ - - tte - our r

      than read the carefully-prepared work Mr . from Nixon the , whose fact op that inions they have have a marked been formed importance from

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1885, page 394, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051885/page/10/