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    6*2 * TJie Publishers' Circular ¦ ¦ ' . ...

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    CELEBRITIES £>F THE CENTURY.* i

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    J. WA&DEREhk UFm* ? The story told in th...

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    Booksellers' Provident Institution.— The...

    1 The American Catalogue . —The * Annual American from the Polishers Catalogue ' WeeJcV / 1886 , office has come . Mr to . R hand . R . y

    . publishers Bowker , the forms editor a , practical says that directory the list of to 517 the American publishers really issuing books . The

    called copyrig books ht records in the show calendar a deposit of 1886 8 , 352 "while sothe entries of the Publishers year 9 Weekly , were

    4 editions , 676 , many and non of - these copyri Jt tf being g ht' , but — books of the imported apparent — A J . in

    accounted discrepancy books a great at all part or are are the scarcely train of to the be * penny dreadful' series , of which neither

    accou library nt nor . Of bookstore books t , h proper at are l y spea ks ki th ere , take are not many serious omissions aBBPBBP in this P catalogue

    which ^^ ^^ era " ll ^~ probabl ~^ g , sold — ^— y and ~— — ¦ covers ™ read ¦ ™ p p *^ pp ^ 99 ^^^ r - ^^ r an - ^ 1 . r per ^^ p * . d p ^^^^™^^™ i cen ^« s ^ ppp »^™ a »« aa » ' - ^ ap t , ^^ - ^ ^ » r - ^™ ^ . P of * r ^^ ^^ ^^ P ^ ^ P" ^ lete ^» ^^™ book ^ ^^ ^^ Pp ^ K ^ P ^^ "F as ^ " ^ P * s , * H gen ^¦ ^ M — — y ^^ m — w ~ — — , " ^^ ^ p' ^^ pp ^ " ^ p ™ - ¦ " i comp - ™¦ - p—v ~ ™— - ^¦ vwb ^^ p ^^ bp' , " ¦«¦ ¦ - ™~ " ~ r ¦ ™

    r b espec ook t t s d th e issues As a ma of t ter he grea of course t body of l the r 1 + * ti ^ on » w o -w f —• b rw oo "w ks noted in the catal arg are

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    6*2 * Tjie Publishers' Circular ¦ ¦ ' . ...

    6 * 2 * TJie Publishers' Circular ¦ ¦ ' . ' ^^^^^^^

    Celebrities £>F The Century.* I

    CELEBRITIES £ > F THE CENTURY . * i

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    the comp twentieth lete biograp century hical record may of see the nineteenth a tolerably

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    great notabl . men in and women blic field who where have cel worked ebrit might mierht y be won "won any . . The lhe pu omissions omissions arp are inpnn inconsider sirlAr y -

    ab pro le lific : The in scientific present century workers has , an been d these peculiarl appear y

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    a thoroughly good , examination — — __ . — ___ . ^ . * , of ^ r the ^^ , m . y . w ¦ life ^^ p , ^ ~ , and J r i ~ r J _ Jwor ~ k of —~ ' the — " ^ — sage - ~ ¦ * " — ' . Some ^^ ¦¦ * ff- ¦ I ^ - ^ i ^ excellent ^*^ FPh ^ K ^^ ^^ . ^ . TaL ^ f" « pV ^ h " *^ ^ notices k ^ k X , ^ ^^ A ^ p ^ ^^ P * 1 ^^ of m |_| JT ^ ,

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    have ever been are hardl comp y satisfactory iled with — —— - — ¦— -w ¦—• care . . ' Bismarck ~ m A i —¦ few , , how / for

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    G Those who are are in very \ rant good of a . good reference " -

    and book pas regard t generations ing the great could names not do of better the present than

    purchase * Celebrities of the Century . ' Wo // men rtvr * Celebriti of t the fv es Nineteenth ojf the ivvfmi Century Century / . bring edited a Diction by Lldyd ary of 0 */ Men Sande and

    Londoli rr > v : Oaasell » - *? »> & Oo . « s'vc 9 * ' £ /> , vuiuvu IL /^ J _ JJLIF ^ V & . « UC * UU « J rs , O . i i , i . i i aataaMMMrtllM ^ r * ^^*»^ *****

    J. Wa&Derehk Ufm* ? The Story Told In Th...

    J . WA & DEREhk UFm * ? The story told in these volumes is one of

    the most remarkable that we / have read for a long lono * time time . . In In spite anite ox of ocLOities oddities m in construc

    construe-t the ion , reader it will and not fail as a to narrative ¦ retain the interest safelbe of > may y

    left aaap Those ¦ ^ ^ ^ vappr ^ a ^»™ ^ ^ »* » ^ ^ ™ ^ . p ^ _ ^^ r- v ^ "jw v to » ""^ p " » p " ^ pf *^ p ** r who w ^ p the *^ w _ ^ bk p ^ ^ . ^ pp ^ ^ pj . pp ^^ ^^ r , « H ^^ jud p" ^ follow ^ ^ p ap ^ m ^ . ^ p ^ p ^ ^^ ^ ^ H p ^ *^ ^ " v * gment - ^^ ^ ap w ' ^^ p' ^ w ^ p' ^^ Mr ™ p ^ p p ^ » pf ~ " _ ¦ ' ' — . of ^ ^ fc Keane — the & — 4 — K - — — critical ' A through — * fl ^^ 4 ft — — ^— public — ^ J - — - ™~ ^ ^^ the * lM ^^^— pa app . p | a ^ V » « *^ D . ^ j I

    be past inclined three year to s wonder of his how adventurous are life in may the many

    riences same w of ay the rou unsettled ghing it amid world . the But harsh the expe - - ques

    tion W should ^^^ . ^¦• PP' ^ P |^^ ^ pH ^ BtP ^ wh aV ^ BV ^^ P y have ^ B ^^ B ^• a a ^ " . ' W young ^ P *^ " been P ^ Pp" ^ ^ PJ ^ P ^^^^^ PPP m »*^ W an forced . BPP" ^^^ « P ^™ o f ^^ " ^ position ^^ ^^ into the — and ^^ dangerous education — _ P ™^^» — — ^^ ** ^^ "P ^

    life described in these pages is in a measure answered by the author , who evidently , as

    belongs will be seen to one from of those his introductory good families remarks of Ire- , land which have been impoverished 1 by the ¦— !

    ^ ^ ' m ^ U ^^ no T tf ^ eane ^ B * ^^^ . » ren W W ^«» h ^^^ t owever ^ * ^ r ^^^^^ m ag ^^ m ^^ r itation ¦ ~^ - ~ w " ^^ r does ¦ " ' ^^ ^^^ of not recent seem ~ to vears — be . one ^ m Mr — of .

    , , m a m ¦ « mourn those who the sit hardness down inactively — of fate . ^ and despondent ^ do nothing ^ to i

    v else V e * 5 ll X ± ous \ . \ XO His jJ ourney V ^ UJ previous . AACJ ^ to VKJ Mecca 13 work X . XS \ J \ JCb s and CW , d -LVi escri . El jjjx bi Medina iix ng ^ vuua his , mar g Qive J . v -

    m examp VK ents ^ H ^^ . F W . les * On f hi Blue s more ^ ' ^^ Water '"^'^ adven ^ B ' another t urous — — ac of — hieve the ^^^^^^^^^ ^^*^ ^ ^*^^ ^^^^™ ^^^^^ ^ " ^ ^^^ . ^ ,

    far author i ' l s books and , told a d striking some of story the ma of l sea - - i I tices of owners ,, and expose others which make the prac life

    certa of th in e mariner abnormal conditions thing but . pleasant under

    Information similar to this abounds in Mr . Keane ' s new book , and he likewise touches

    upon home numerous and abroad ot . her He phases has of bee working * n a sai l l or at a j

    dock" dent r labourer » m w m a w h - ~~ , a ita - ~ I l a b t - ten -edi d ____ t or , a __ war t - _ —— corre _ and _ , - spon ^|^ «^ ^^ ^ fc ^^ ^ F ^ , | ^« p ^^ , . ¦ . ^ ^— osp —^ J ^ ^^ ¦ ^ ^ ^ , ramp ,

    so forth , all being occupations which are typical ll of y . the As experiences a traveller of "he * ro is lli always ng stones the '

    l f genera same bp . ^ oati ^ ^^ ^^ d ^ n , ^ m ^ F ^ w * ^^ W hether is lands ^^ ' ' * " in ^^^ in Norwegian ^^ ^^^ an i i ^ earth forests ----- ke , among _ in a qua

    tion Himalayan r T ^^ ^ ry «» T ^^^» of ^» g «^ b ' "r rol *^ ¦ ¦¦ h tea ling ^^ b ^ tf' ^ - garden . * i , H stones ^^^— — ¦ ¦ . ' been H — — ad a g ifte larger d , -m wit — propor h Mr . -

    descri Keane ' s tion capacit and y for true clo conclusions se observation the , grap world hic j p

    would be well , benefited by the stories , they had to tell .

    auth As or an examp connect le of ion the thoug h a htfulness subject w of hi the ch

    ¦ gators at present rwr into aitaw ^ v ^ engrosses m ff aritime ffwi # affairs the attention the following of investi ¦ f m i ay

    -¦ b ^^^ » ^ ^ hp b e *^ V ^* ^^ » F ~ ^^ | quote l |~ F ^ ^^ ting V m ^ AAtF . jta ^ l y d ' *»»» : ^^»^ boasting ^ r ^ ^ - p » ^ ' ^^ ^ ^ ¦•^ ^ To ^^ *¦! h — ^^ h " * P ^ ^> v V ^ ^ ^ Blh !¦ ^ ^ hear Ni | d ^^> ^^^^ - ^ , >^ ~ w ™ - ^^^^^ v ¦ anyone ^ ' ^ * sonae ^ ^ ^ ' ~ r ^^ "" ™ ^ — , j ^~ ™ F I I IF ^ of would our » « w - ^ F- ' ^ FTWB ^« B optimists " ^ ^ ^^^™ think ^ HI — « Fll ¦ — ¦ ^ -- m -

    that we are still masters of the sea—that a sailor could bet made F ) FkFFF | Ff like FF- ^ »^»^_ a soldier . Given ¦ ¦ ¦¦

    unit t pF ^ Bff he F ^^ F ^ p . « SB , ^ f ^ — ^ raw ^ F in | ^^ Ff t ^ F | FF * he ^ material ¦ F'fat «¦« ^ hF ^ W ^ mach . ¦¦ T |~ ^^ _ * f b FFF » . * ine . . aVkt in ^ ^*«^ F ^ ^ . FT the a , ^ W FFB reg fiffi Hbk adult - i ^_ ment > V ^^ r ^ < V m « —w stage ™ _ i s ^ » " —^— in - ^^ F ^^ , ^ ¦¦ wor and F F ^ B » ki the . ng ^ M —

    or T ^ . a ^ b affah der ^ mm " a ^ «¦» a *^ in f r . » ^ h ^ PF six »* a « AB ^ fca » * f . months « . »¦ . » a > ^ a ^ ^ . ¦» * ¦» . ^ . aT , H *« f <« BV The " . .- »— men -..... — -av —— — that —« ¦ ap ¦ ^* v made " ~^ -- - — — the ^ m ^ B aftiB ^ ^ ritish aV aVk ^ aT « iffA > # ^ BV •• " WV E ^ VfV mp pM Bap » f ire « aliaPJBP ^ h ^ o ^^ p * ' er ^^ a ^ b green ^^^ k «•* ¦ ^^ F' a v' ^ . Ba ^ Nep aPFF ^ « ^^ p ^ ¦ n ^ r t ^ P * une ^ prwaPH «¦¦¦ ^ k ^^ ' Wta s * back *^> f- I ~^ - ~ "

    were not of that material . A sailor should be almost to the water born ; he should be sent

    he afloat will shortl never y be after worth aflfe he has much learnt at sea to . walk It is , no or

    ^ pW «*« ^ h ^ f — V JM . M pFpaf , ^^^ ff ^^ p ^^ k T ^^ T ^|^^ "f V ^^ p ^ Bp # riM ^ . ^«* waV ^ V * a « ^ BpFpivbi ^ ^ if * a || « Br frvAV ^ BV ^ * JWir w ^ PPfl " *]^ ff— w ~ use ranidlv crying hecominor over -spilt extinct milk . Our the sailors are ia !!

    native rapidly , ma becomin king g as aa extinct for the as as Dutchman the Tas laamanian m , an upon

    London * Three : Ward Years & D of own a Wanderer . ' s Ltfe . By J . / F . . Keane . . ey - ^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1887, page 612, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061887/page/6/