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      degree . Thanking you in advance for your courtesy

      in making room for this , I am , yours very respectfully ,

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      letterpress ptions , in which latter may be included the indexes and the Census tables . The descriptive matter , although somewhat ¦ crude fh b is

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      considerable are [ comp value in a book , which laces , so ! much that is commendable and useful for p reference

      within easy reach of the public ; Prom the Ballantyne Press . —' Life of Sir Walter

      Scott , Bart ., ' a sketch by the Rev . James Wood . This wori has appropriately been issued from the

      showing Ballantyne the Press continued , evidentl excellence y with the of purpose Scottish of typographical artwhich is not the least of the

      boasts of Edinburg , h , and is very markedly shown by the workmanship produced in connection with its International Exhibition this year . Of this

      work the handsome monograph now before us is < one of the best examples , and there can be little cause to fear — that — — the — famous - — ^ — ' - ^^ Ballantyne ^^^^^— ^^ - ^^ — — M ^» ^ H V ^ V ^ V W ^^ to ^^ ^^^ ^ Press ^ d ^^ p tf ^^ ^^^ F . ^ V *^^»

      as will the not literary continue fame to of sustain the northern its reputation metropolis , as well . From Mr . B . BerderFreiburg . — An Account o £

      , adapted the Minster from of the Freiburg German , of in the Baden late . Very ' Part Rev ly . Canon Mormon , by Berta Bulkeley-Jones and

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      completed edifice of the kind in Germany before Cologne Cathedral was finished . It is also one of the most ancientthe nav i —~ .- e - — - the western tower W ¦

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      statues and sculptured munumeuts throw on obecure ' points in mediaeval history , is this noble edifice well worthy of a visit and an intelligent

      examination . No one passing through that delightful region of the Black Forest sJiould miss seeing the cathedral of Freiburg —— - ~ _ .. ¦ - and ¦¦ the f visitor

      could —^ not take with him — a no ore ^ H ^^ B , fai ° t hful " — " ^ ^^— ^~ — - ^ -- ciceron ^ ^¦ ^ W ^^ ^^ - *^ e ^ BHS than this handsomely printed little book , which is adorned with a charming view of Unserer

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      volume of the ' National Library ' is Herodotus ' the ' Egypt text and of which Scythia has . ' been Volume carefull r 22 1 -- is Hamlet revised h , ' very ¦ — — — _— y j ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^^ - ¦ > " ^

      b it y speciall Professor y with Henry the Morley first and , who second has quarto compared and the first folio editions . Several corrections of

      more or less interest appear in the now issue . i , . _ _ * rf *^_

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1886, page 551, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061886/page/13/