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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st May 1888, Edition 1 of 1, Page 471

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      Mayi * i 8 $$ The Publishers' Circular 471

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      - - . . *¦ , JOHN C . NIMMO'S NEW BOOKS . BY THE AUTHOR OF ' HANDLEY CROSS' & c . Demy 8 vo . 520 pages , Twelve Full-page Illustrations by Wildrake , Heath , Jellicoe , printed on Whatman paper and coloured by hand , price 14 s . HILLINGDON HALL ; Or , THE COCKNEY SQUIRE . - A . T ^ Ij IE ODP COTJUTRY LIFE . By R . S . SURTEES , Author of ' Handley Cross * ' J ~ orrocks ' s Jaunts and Jollities , S ? c . Note . —This , one of the best of Mr . . Surtees' works , was originally commenced in the New Sporting Magazine , and illustrated by the inimitable artists , Wildrake and Heath , but was not completed in that Magazine . It was afterwards published complete in a Three Volume edition . The Five Illustrations now added are by John Jellicoe , and illustrate the latter portion of the work not done by Wildrake or Heath . All are coloured by hand .

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      In Two Volumes , crown 8 vo . with Portrait , cloth , uncut edges , price 12 s . net . Second Edition . The LIFE of BENYEMJTO CELLINI . NEWLY THAirSTsATEn INTO IZIVOT jISII . By JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS . Publisher ' s Note . —The high appreciation which Mr . Symonds' new and scholarly translation of the Life of Benvenuto Cellini met with , both from critics and the general public , has induced the Publisher to issue a Second Edition in Two Volumes , crown 8 vo ., but without the etchings and embellishments contained in the first , more expensive , and limited edition . all , though Times . — the ' Mr autobiography . Symonds has is gone not upon meat the for babes sound , principle there is little that in suppressions it tha . t need in shock such a or book scandalise are out maturity of place . ; ' and , after of his Saturday will take rank Review among . — 'Mr the . Symonde best translations has made that good have use ever of his been many mado qualifications into English for . ' the task , and thia latest work Athen ^ bhjm . — 'As a piece of workmanship , Mr . Symonds' translation deserves to rank amongst the best translations in the English language . ' warmest Daily acknowledgment News . — ' Mr . Symonds and congratulation was in some . sort The predestined autobiography to this is a masterpiece enterprise , , and and his in this fulfilment translation of it deserves it loses none the of its irresistible fascination . ' scarcely Notes to be and expected Queries . . So — ' A far translation 1 as scholarly better requirements fitted to convey are concerned what is , Mr charac . Symonds teristic ' translation in Cellini ' s may impetuous be regarded style as ia final . ' with Spectator some authority . —' That from introduction Mr . Symonds is , an who admirable has profoundly critical studied essay upon and brilliantly the man , his portrayed book , and the his period times . ' ; and it comes Scotsman .- - * It may at once be said that Mr . Symonds' is a full translation of the whole of Cellini ' s work . ' in the Manchester notes which City meet News the reader . — 'Mr on . Symonds his way th is ro as ugh painstaking these volumes as he , ho is facile has given in his the work cue , so ; and to speak in his , for introduction understanding and him vious and publication his surroundings in our literature with a completeness . ' not hitherto available to those who have had to rely solely upon any pre-Manchester Examiner . —' The elaborate introductory essay of the translator is specially instructive and interesting , stan all the tial more and by so because r \ o means , in far add -fetched ition to reasons ttoe general for the estimate b ^ yef 4 ; of hat Cellini the popular 's life and opinion work of , it Cellini brings as together an essentially a numbe unveraciou r of sub s - man is altogether erroneous . ' " London : JOHN C . NIMMO , 14 King William Street , Strand .

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1888, page 471, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051888/page/33/