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    ' Lubeck under Wullenwever ' ( 1855-56 ) ; also-* The Life and Doctrine of Ulfilas , ' < German

    Emperors from Charles the Great to Maximilian , ' together with numerous short contributions to

    German history . Isadore Kaj . isch . —On the 11 th ult . died

    Isadore Kalisch , at New Jersey , U . S . A . He was a native of Prussiaand was born in

    1816 . The deceased was of , Jewish { persuasion . His xxio literary uuciai y labours xcvwuxo uxvjiuvio include the viiu reform i uiviiu ritual xxuuuu , ,

    c The Minhag America '; * A Guide for Rational Inquiries into Biblical Writingsbeing an

    examination into the doctrinal difference , between Judaism and Christianity based upon the

    critical exposition of the Book of Matthew' ; a book of German poems * Toene des

    Morgenlandes' ( sounds of the , Orient ) ; ' Sepher-Fe JL OZlXl zirah CblX , j ' a Or sketch OaCtVJU of UJ . the LM . J . VX . Talmud JLCbXtXXUVl . ; , a Oi paper yJCbfJSsJ- VJ on . J .

    * The Source of all Civilisation and the means and of preserving lastly' our Ha Civil Tapuach and KeK of ^ the pus liberty Apple . ' a ;

    translation , , of an imaginary , conversation between Aristotle , ajid his pupils uppn , the

    immortality of the soul . Mr . William : Sessions . —We are sorry to

    note the death of Mr . William Sessions , of 15 pbibp Low pbbb Ousegate pb ¦& pf - ^ p- York pb which 1 p ^—^ pw took ¦ -p . b- - ^ p »» ¦— p ¦« lace - ^ p ^ pb" on

    the p ^ ^ PB . -p . p * ' pp ^ pp ' 16 ^ . * ^^ ~^ p & w th ^ pi ult ^ pp * PBfe ^ p ^ - ^ ppp _ ^ . ' -p . * " papap- ^ The ^ B * BappBBh ^ pB pp , ^ m * p deceased ^ " ™ " ~ ^ pfe " ° ^ " p ^ p" p ^ p » p ^» , ¦ ^ p * BBB ^^ " 1 ^ ppp ^^ was ^^ p ^ ^^ in B > i ¦ his B * B P > — J p » -p ^ 44 -p ^ pp « - th p — - ^ — p > p » -p ^ year .

    Ma . Edwabd James Drtjry . —Mr . Drury , whose sudden death we announced in our last

    number , was a man so well known to many niembers of the trade that a short notice of

    his life will not be out of place here . Mr . lirury was a Lincolnshire manand his

    connection with an ancient family , was a source of great pride to himso much so that he

    spent considerable pains , all through his life in tracing its achievements in various events

    in English history , and the descents of its ¦ ¦¦¦¦ various ^ ii m ? ^ m * ~ i "' " ^ tf ^^ ¦ pjpP branches V ^ flr ^^ . ^ prf ^^ p ^ b ^ i ^ P ^ pr ^ pbi ^ pw p ^ pjpv pppopr at . ' ^ P ^ V ^ the P . V tmm ^* ^^^ present V ^ P * V . ** ^^^ ¦ ^^ SBfp ^ p ^ v p ^ B ^ P' day ¦ ^ VpV ' ^ ip' . v ^ . Earl ^^ - ^^^ - ^ ^ pr ^ av ^ m ¦ ^ piv y w in p ^ b ^ v ^ bh

    life he left his * native town of Gainsborough to seek his fortune in the world ; butowing

    to a somewhat unsettled temperament , , he never kept long in any single groove , and it was

    only after many changes of employment abroad and at homemore particularly in the book

    K M , V BBBB _ J BBB _ ^ . _ B > trade . * ^ , that - ^ he ^ n finall ^* . ^ ^ y ( nearly twenty years ago ) became — — ¦ —^ r ~ ^**^^ p ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ ^ ~^^— book w ^^ ^^^ ^^^ p » ¦ ^^ pi - ~ keeper ^^ ¦ v ^ p ^ ^ p ^ ¦ T ^ 'P' ^^ " ^ ^ ^^ to ^^^ ^ p ^^ ¦ Messrs i * » ^>^^^^ ^ pb ^ W ^ p ^ » ^^ p ^^ " » p . » S p 1 ^ p ^^ otheran - ^^ — - ¦ i ^ ^ ^^ p ^^^ ™ ^»— ii ¦ ^^— , ^ jj at ^ ^ p 1 ^^

    136 Strand . This position , in which he was greatl Pi y esteemed ¦ ¦ ¦ he P » - » ¦ ¦ kep ¦ t to r the » hour ¦ i ¦ ¦ ~ F ¦ i he was

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    thorough mastery of book-keeping , on which he wrote a useful little workas also a '

    Hecreative BB French P ^ PPJpVP ^ b BBk Grammar *^^ p » B , ^ which BH , Bl PPB 1 enjoys BB . considerable popularity . He is deeply regretted

    by his employers and other friends .

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    Messrs . J . B . Lippincott Company announce their rem i oval from 1 15 Russell - w Street pr » - ' ¦ p ^» »» p ^^ " ^ ^^^^ —^^ - ^^^ r — — ™ ^^^ p ¦ ¦ p ip ^^^ p * ¦ p ¦ *^ - ^^ w ^ p » . ^ ¦ ™ p ^^ p ^^ ^ pi » ^^» -Bi ^ p , ^""^^ - *^ r ^^ " ^ Pi * p ¦ ^^ pp > ^ »* p ^ " ¦ — p iipi ^ pjr ^ ^^^ ¦ ¦ p ^ p ^ ^^ p- ^ ^^ r

    to 10 Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , W . C . The new premises are more extensive . { Tj ( i \ . i _ i ¦ - - 11 i . 1 11 i i i -

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    ^^^^*^ m ^^ m ^^^^^*^^^^ m ^ ^^ m ^ m ^^^^ m ^^*^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^™™^* - " * - ^ - ^ p ^ . ceeded l — J Mr L . J . ' Olley in i ^ - getting i . , High _ Ij ttie ± 1 Street . 1 ^ contract _ _ i , l ^ Belfast .. i . l for > C : A ., has —of ^ . « u ¦• c-

    bookstalls on the County Down Railway placihg at

    II PB -PBB * r p . B' P ^ P ^ PPBV ^ ¦ . T ^ BP ^ BP ^ P" ^ P ^ ^ PB ^ P ^ P . * p ^ p » " ¦ m ™ ¦ PBP ^ " ^ ¦ ^ ' ^^~ ^ " ^ W " ~ ^ ^ — II -m * Bf K J . . ' Bangor •• tB . i , Donag ^ r * - * . hadee «• •• , and Newcastle ^ K . ^^ i V stations v . *> >^ p . The stalls open to-day , June 1 .

    Mr . Charles Robbins , of Weston-super-Mare MM * , has disposed IPk . . « of his business to Messrs .

    Lawrence Brothers . The new address of Mr . W . P . Bennet

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    MESSRS . SIMPKIN , MARSHALL , & CO . K . To the Editor of the Publishers' Circular .

    Dear Sir , —The memoir of the late lamented comprises Mr . John Miles what , appears in your issue to be of intended the 15 th as inst an .,

    , outline of the history of the great firm of grandfather ^ Simp ^— - » kin . _ . , Marshall Benjamin ¦ , & Co Crosby . —founded —with b which y my

    he _ was connected — — , - — — . ——— — -- — - — — —— — *~ - " - «'> - » r •*• * af ^^> ¦ w w ** . Ti m . Vr * n §_ I thinkhoweverthat many of # the older

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    thev tn to nay would wouia father an an , Mr edition edition . Mark of ot Lockwood * iianilet Hamlet . , Jrrince Prin much «« as of of

    Denmark / from which the part of , Hamlet should expifnged - ¦— - !* have ! been carefully and elaborately

    ^^ —— - ^— — p— —— _ .. ¦& ^^ ~ My father joined his uncle , Benjamin Crosb -- y ~ y in his fourteenth - — " - -PP ¦ — year - ^ B * P PBJ 1811 PIPBBjbPBJBFPBBBfe ( a or

    two — . ^ — — before ^ g , ~ " the subject — — — of - ^ — your — P" ^^ , recent . * '" ptBTB * BB m * aVW memoir year W ^ P ^ T f ^^ pVpsW ^ -T *» J was V - -P— ' — - — - mm born * — " ^ P- ' r- ^ ) — ; — and -m- — - * ^ v ~ in ^ - ^^ 1820 P > " ^ P » P- ^ PF' » he PP » PBBI ^ HpT married « B «> « BB > pB *) » jy . bTpB , bTb ) ppB * ^ b "' ^ pVTJ » ^ Mr sbV B ^ bVbI IV . # I ^ -WJ A * PB *" PB Ipfl - P * PBPP » . _ i

    Crosby ' s only daughter . In 1835 ^ ^^^ * he became a partner in the firmand PP so BPV Pfcp remained until

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    in the business , while the late Mr ^ m * . John ^ Miles held Miles ¦ two the ¦ —— -fifths remaining ¦ ¦¦ , and fpBBBnm his fifth pBiMbpffBa pb uncle pbb . bb It , Mr is . not Josep too h

    much ' - ^ p- - ^ , ^ m to say " ^— p -p that ^ - - ' - ^ pp- - ^ p ^^ p ^ during * . - ^ the p « p . « greater pb ^ Ppb ¦*»» b ^ L Pp ^^ pVpWpbW part ^ p ^ * p * ^ pbT ^ of * ^ V ^ ms his career career or of torty forfcv > -ao six : y vpars ears in in the thfi firm firm Ms iV * . * ..

    which was the raised guiding it hand to its and pre his -eminent the moving position sp , irit ;

    and and this this . , 1 I am am sure sure , will will accord a . r , c * nrc \ with wifh the *> . p impressions and reminiscences of all his surviving ¦ - — - — PJ . contemporaries — — ----. _ w— — — — P ¦ ^ — — —^ — - — in P ^~ P ^^ P- ^ the -w - »— «^ -P ^ trade « P * aBj PftV- ^ V ^ "B . ** ! ^ BB * 4 | . BBffJBpb I . am TbS fm pffpfe JL . * 4 j not > pt-B tf-W ^^ ¦•

    speaking of the concern , of course , which , of the was financial , as you man say , agement so abl \ y conducted conducted bv by the the late late Mr Mr . . . JTnhn ohn Miles Mil ^ a and u . r \ his hia

    father—of the same name—before him . Under these circumstances , I think you

    memoir will will agree affree , in with with which me me that that you the t say . ho paragrap riaracrranh that * during h in in your vmir the period — - - - - — ¦ of -- fift — y years — — - — 1836 —t ^ - _ to 1 M 883 *^^ --fcp ^ the b 4 business f % B # - trrrff

    was under _ , , the _ _ _ control __ „ , _ ___ of Mr _ __ , . . . -np Joh - - , s n p >>* . « i Miles ^^ •» ^ p ^ , jL ,. * and . »» ^ . ^ ---that of his brothers Frederick - ~ . ___ - w and - w William r w b > ' is — — _^^ _ . — , ^^ ^^ ^ p ^ pb ^^ p ^ pjppt pfc Pjjapm # Pi *¦ . —— ' and mention

    indeed the erroneous commencement , that the misleading two ¦ of latter that . gentlemen period Bt Tflpv I may Ppb boys | % PT were of , the at ,

    respective - - - - - ~ - ages - ~ - - of — —* - — . about — — p -p ^ p- ^ pp twelve ^ m , p ^ ^ pr p- * . pBB « and ^ ' ^^^ , H six ¦ ^^ W T * ! ^ ^ bb ^ p * p * ¦** ^^ I beg respectfully , therefore , to ask , in

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1886, page 550, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061886/page/12/