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    462 The Publishers' Circular May i, 188 ...

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    * The Plague and the Printing Press : being a Bibliographical Record of the

    Literature relative to the Plague , printed in England since attractive numerous the Year notes title , 1480 of by a Henry , ' book with R which introduction . Plomer Mr . , is Elliot and the

    Stock is about to publish by subscription . 4 The Uses of « fe Plants ¦¦> ~ ' b s-f Professor a ^ ib ¦ v- ' G . S .

    Boulger - ^» ¦»» *^ , which *^ s ^ ^ - * ^^ ¦ *• ^^ will — ^ i y be «¦ ^ tv ^ , « published * y w ^>> ^^ ^ h ^^ next ^^ vt ^ «* ^ h week * - < v r- **^ w by Messrs . Roper & Drowleyis a manual of

    economic botany , having special , references to vegetable products introduced during the last

    fifty years . The next volume of the Badminton Library ^/

    will be * Fencing , Boxing , and Wrestling / by F . C . Grrove , Walter H . Pollock , and others .

    The lhe voLume volume , we we understand unrlp / rata-nd , is is in in trie +, Via press nrAss . .. ^ tOI

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    will Messrs issue . at Harper once & * The Bro Tramp thers , ! N at " ew Home York , ' ( illustrated ——— ) by Lee Meriwether & special VVAIjVX agent USVll

    ton of \ " ~ the "" and w Bureau w-w author « yy , of my ^ Labour ^^ of ^ ^^ ' cf . T A ^^ . r ^ Statistics ¦ TV *^ i * AVA Tri > , t MM at Washing : How to - , Tramp p

    See Europe on Fifty Cents a Day ; also the third Manual manual * edition of ot , revised and enlarged 7 , of ' A

    Kendall Adams Historical JzListorical , LL . D . Liiterat Literature An important ure , ' Iw by Charles Oharl feature « H v of - the wi ^ new uo 6 ni ouiwuii edition jlb is the liic introduction Xiil / Jl uU uV / Ml / li of Ut sections atSiSbJUJllo

    upon which title Recent have Work been s bro of ught Importance together / , genera under all allv y with with brief briet comments nnmrnprn +. H the t . lio names Tm . mf » a of r \ f about oVw-mf

    eight hundred works—published , within the last student five . years—of great value to the historical

    cCritic ritic Mr . who "who Richard lias has Henry liAen been almost almnai Stoddard , totall f . nfsvlltr , the blind Vi poet 7 inr ? and for fnr *

    three , months , the result of cataract y on both eesrecentlhad uivt an operation \ j performed in

    "Jy"" , . w ^** v » jr y * a .. * A > LA . yJKJ * . a \) X . \ Jl . » . } JKil . X \ JiXllKsKA .. X 1 J . at at New least least Y " ork , restore restore which his it is sig Riorli ht believed f Mr TVTv will Stoddard R +. r » rl partiall / iQ-nrl did AiA y ,

    not relax , his literary work . with . his blindness . sota He dictated poems and prose while lying on a

    Sofa , an and a also also the the reminiscences remirnanpm . f » . Aa of nf Ed THrl gar rTav Allan Allan recen Poe , Fathaniel tly published Hawthorne in Lipp , incott and Bayard ' s Magazine Taylor . ,

    o or f The ueorge Georer Book e ± Bancroft Buyer Jancrott for , the the May veteran veteran contains historian hiHtn a portrait ^ inn

    it is accompanied by a , biographical notice . ; will 4 Life Messrs publish of . Abraham Belford shortl , y Clarke Lincoln William \/ AXl & ' Co H Mr . . , of Herndon Herndon Chicago ' s ,

    " *"^~ " ^ *^***** # A 1 A -M IX ftl ^^ . m * *_ Pi ^ . « JL Jl ^_/ Jt mM vA V ^ X M , was Lincoln for n . some years the .. law . partner of Abraham

    Messrs . Houghton , Mifflin & Co ., of Boston , the announce 'Riverside — " a new ¦ w ¦ Library ¦ enterprise for with the title le of '

    jIt is . i w wui intended ill - include inciuae ¦ ~« . »«• especiall — .. historv histo . w ^ rjL ** . !* . y ry . f or ^ 1 bio bio . b Young * graphy ? ranhv UllCL an Peop JL d travel travel \ 3 VJ g irls JX \ J , - .

    fiction natural of history the best , class adventure . , , mechanics _ , , and ,

    dialect Mr . stories Louis and Pendleton sketches , whose have won Southern much ih

    by pra Wire se -G , rass as , ' which itten will a & nove be l published , entitled * shortl In the Hi y

    I Charles Dy Messrs messrs C . . . Abbott Appieton Apoleton , whose i 5 fc Co Co l Naturalist .., - JN New ew VnrV Y ' s ork Rambles . Dr " . . mi ¦ ' ' """ "" " ¦ - ' ¦ —

    about Home' has been so fully appreciated has title in of preparation 4 Days out of another Doors . ' book It will , bearing be issued the ,

    b 4 r The y the Ice « same e Age Acr firm « of nf , wh JN "N " < orth orhh fhave America America also in ., the and svtitl press the +. V 10

    Antiquity of Man / by Professor G . ,, Frederick Dr T Wri > tv . g . ra ht , tes en illustrated Croll Ornll ; ' * Grandfathers Crran ; * Stellar d father E s volution btones Sfcoriea , ' 7 b " b y

    Jiimes tTohonnot ; * Appletons' Annual Cyclo , y - paedia orPleasures for 1888 and , ' and Trials * The of an Garden Amateur ' s Story Gar- ;

    dener , , ' by George H . Ellwanger . Messrs . Ticknor & Co ., of Boston , will

    publish this month a novel by Mrs . Celia P . Lo Wolley ve" and , the Theology author of . ' * The Rachel title Armstrong of the book ; or ,

    will be * A Girl Graduate , ' and narrates the experiences of a Yankee of mechanic Maggie Dean in a , Ne the \ f dau Eng g land hter

    , village . * The Annual American Catalogue' for 1888

    books Knnlr is iio w issued ianne read y . last aat It vAar contains . nearl neari a record 2 500 1500 of nf of which "wh 4 , 631 ich

    have descriptive notices year , ; a short y , title list with to author the full and titl subject e record references and a forming list of publish ah index ers

    issuing books in 1888 . ; The London edition is issued by Messrs . Sampson Lovr , Marston ,

    Searle & Kivmgton , Limited .

    <Ol The Gasket Letters.*

    < Ol THE GASKET LETTERS . *

    A has ~ A ^ v * v Mr ^ for t ^* S ^^ . some * Henderson + ^ r ^^^ ^—* years w ^& mim mt •»* , past ¦* # the ¦ »^ w ^* ^ author been r ^^ -w - ^ ^« - » steadil rv of ^ - ^ »>» this —— i y aj volume making ^ —— — ¦—¦¦— —^ ^ ¦—^^ ,

    himself a name for careful and accurate historical research . His work has hitherto

    chiefl National y been Biograp given hy , ' to and the , however * Dictionary high the of reputation of that book and the small band ¦ of I

    ^^ ^^^ » _^ ^^^ ^^^^ V ^^ Ah ^^^ ^ KtfVB ^^** M ^ B V ^* ^ B ^ b ^ VF ^^ T ^^ ^^^ ^ 1 ^ ^*^^ ^ W *¦ «^ ^ ^ *^ M ^> v ^^^ ^ ^^^^ b V ^^^^ v ^ *^ ^^^^ ^^*^ v ^ v ^~ scholars whom Mr . Leslie Stephen has collected around circle of him experts may who be , can still fully it' is appreciate only a limited such

    labours Henderson TTpmrifirsnTv . If s we nrst firsf . are appearance nnnfiaranofi not mistaken as as me thft , this author author is Mr or of .

    an able independent importance , work as it . brings It is forward one of a consider remark - - fi to

    able ahl con trovers piece TviftfiA of of three evidence Aviflfinr centuries ^ which which old seem seem . That s s to settle settle contro- a a versy is the y one regarding the genuineness of the + / h « Casket r !» alrA +. TjAff Letters ats These Thfisift as a « we wa may mav remind rfimind

    the reader . were certain . letters , which it was alleged that lifetime she of Mary was , Darnley at wrote least . a to If consenting genuine Both well , th d arty ey uring prove to the the d

    murder of Darnley and that she was p madly in love with Bothwell from a comparatively early

    an per d io wicked d and an schemes accomp . lice If in not several genuine of his , w wild hat

    o V was - ^ pponents W ~* \ -r ^— ' A to «• ^ -r JL A * be » P"J who * * * thoug * V- * had JkAW ^ - > ht * thus ^ r ^ •» % of " ^ * man ¦ * the * « sw » J » ufactured * .- ^* character fc ' *> W ^^ ^/ « - •* a . ^^ - ^^^ evidence ^^ w of ^ i' — ^ ^ - ^ - her ~^ -w - —¦

    a he aga uthenticity inst now her presents t of Mr the . for Henderson Ietter the 3 first , an time d m aintains he f rom idence t the he

    documents in the British Museum , goes , a long way to strengthen the proof of their genuinenftHs « k ¦ Thia riipinft ¦ nf fividftTifift iis Morton ¦ ' s

    D ^ m ^^ ec w *^ W * W l arat i on ^ jm ** rf ^ w , ^* presented W ~* * ¦ — * m * ^^ ^^^ «* to ^^ » the «^ ^ ^^ ^ Eng ^ ^ " ^ ' ^^ lish ™ »— - — Oommia * - — — — — — -

    Charles append * The ices Black Cmket by . T tetters . F . Heudersou and Ma . ry Queen Edinburgh of Hcot .: Adam $ % witi < fc

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1889, page 462, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051889/page/8/