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      642 The Publishers' Circular June Xisss ...

      642 The Publishers' Circular June xisss ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦' , ^ "¦ '' ¦ > ( : __ ' ' » .

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      Literary Intelligence 642—652 Notes And ...

      LITERARY INTELLIGENCE 642—652 NOTES AND NEWS 643—6 * 5

      CONTINENTAL NOTES 615 , 646 AMEEICAN NEWS AND NOTES 646 , 647 A WARNING 647

      SALE OF AN INTERESTING COPY OF « PICKWICK ' 647

      SALE JOTTING G 47 OBITUARY ? 647 , 048 TRADE CHANGES 648

      REVIEWS , & c ' 618—G 52

      INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRKPAIN BETWEEN MAY 16 AND 3 i 652—654

      BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GRBAT BRITAIN TROM MA . Y 16 TO 31 7 654—660 REGENT FOREIGN WOR & S . 660

      NEW BOOKS AND BOOK 3 LATELY PUBLISHED -. 661—677 , 696 MISCELLANEOUS 678—68 i >

      BUSINBSS 3 CARDS 685—687 BUSINESSES FOR SALE 688 I WANT SITUATIONS .- 689 ~ or \ t ~\ 'xrci "ocatz > a a r t ? /> on a /\< - \

      Lt \ J \ ~ > I * . U i'ULi O-CXLJI . il * .. ........... DO . ? . ) . O . J 7 U . ; BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 690—695

      St. Du2s T Stan ? S House, E.C. J T June 1, 1888.

      St . Du 2 s stan s House , E . C . j June 1 , 1888 .

      One Or Two Newspapers Have Lately Discov...

      ONE or two newspapers have lately discovered , curiously enough for the first

      time , that the custom exists of having English title-pages inserted in imported American .

      works 4 The . Fig In hting reviewing Veres / Mr the . Pall Markham Mall ' s Gazette book ,

      says : . 'Why the name of Messrs . Houghton , Mifflin < fc Co ., of Boston , who really publish

      the book , should not appear on the titlepage isit must be supposed , one of the

      , mysteries in the art of publishing . ' The critic then proceeds to warn publishers that

      under the new Merchandise Marks Act some zealous Custom House official might seize such

      a book as * The Fighting "Veres' at Liverpool under the head ' American goods marked as

      English . ' With regard to books this probability must be regarded as a vexatious straining

      of the terms of the Act in question , and indeed more than one publisher has found this out

      already . But when the book bears a simple intimation to the effect that it has been

      printed in the United States the difficulty is removed .

      As to title-pages there is no mystery about the matter at all . The English publisher ' s

      imprint is there for the convenience of the English public . He is the actual publisher of

      the work in this country , and therefore amenable to the laws and responsibilities ju which may

      affect it . It was , for example , the appearance of the names of Eng *~~* lish publishers Jk , on American

      imported books which made it compulsory on the part X of the importers J . to deposit J cop iies in

      the British Museum . At least the opinion of eminent counsel decided that the books must

      be so deposited , but the question has never been legally tried . i

      The names of publishers are very often guarantees of the quality of books , and are

      looked upon as such not only in the trade but by readers generally . It would be highly

      inconvenient if imported editions of foreign works were to retain the original imprint , for ¦¦

      5 flit P v ** " i" " . " ¦ " " " " ¦* ' ¦ l 1 1 " - ~ ' " -,- ; , " -, ' . ; .,... " - , ' ;

      One Or Two Newspapers Have Lately Discov...

      the difficulty in getting the books and of knowing tjieir value would thus be increased

      tenfold .

      1 101 '¦ . •>,. The Magazine Of Art.—The...

      1 101 ' ¦ . ,. The Magazine of Art . —The editor and

      publishers have done their best in the production of the special number of this repository . Fifty-three of the ¦ princi h pal ictures in the

      present ^— — — — w ^ ^™ *™ % ^~ Koyal ^^ ^ " ^ ^^~ ^ Academy » ^» - " ~ j * h ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ m ^^ ^^ W' Exhibition ** r ^^ p w ^ r ^ h ^ r ^ r ^* r ^ ^ 4 . —i - p ^ , ^ are ^^ ^ k ^ b ^ re rf ^ L ^ b ^ - ^ produced effectively , though some notable

      pictures are omitted . The number is a very handsome one , giving a capital idea of the

      academicians' work . An illustration of Sir ¦ ¦ F . Leighton's ' Cative Andromache' forms

      the ' ^ ^^ r ^ m— frontisp ^^— ¦— « H ^ ^» " ^ ^^ * * ** ^^ iece ^^^ . ^ . ^ 'fc ^ p ¦*— ' The ^^ - ^ » ^ M ^ ^ ordinary P ^ ^^ ^» . «» ¦ ¦ ^ k ^^^ ^ fc ^ ^ k ^ iir ^ f -fc number j- ^ k ^ k ^ h ^ ^ k ^ ta * ' rfb ^ k ^ of ^ 9 ^^ this ^^ " ^~ ^^ ^^ r ^*^ magazine ~ ~~ - ^™ ^^ »^ ^^ 1 ^ - ^ rf ^ r ^ i ™ ^^ ^^ ^ " " ^ ^ ^ for ^^ * fc ^ ^ V . June ^ i ^ ^^^ i ^ k ^ b ~ * ^ has ^ ^^ ^ " ^* ^^^ ^ a b ^ f frontisp V ^ h Jk ¦ ^ . ^ ^ k ^ k ^ V ^ L P ^^ - ^ ^ iece t ^^^^ *^ _ , ^ ^^^^

      entitled 'A Summer ' s Day . ' This plate is from ™™ ^^~ - ^^ - * — w a ~~* - ^ painting m r ~ m ^ ^ ^ m ^ ^— 'V ¦ ^ B ^^ ^» ^^^ h b F * H ^ y ^ Ferdinand ^^^ ^^ i ^ ^^ ^ . ^^ 'B ^^ ^ h JK ^ fc # ^ # ^ k 4 b ^^^^^ ^ Heilbuth 4 ^_ . ^^ ka ^^^ ^ k ^ k < ^*^ T ^ * V ^^ ^ k ^ k , Vk

      Salon which . w ^ as The one princi of the pal very articles best are in last l Aims year of ' s

      ' ^^ i ^ ' ^ at ^^ v ^^ ta — *^ ' ^^ ^ r ^ r' ^ - ^ <^^ ^^ h ^¦ ^^ r - ^ . d ^ ta ^^ ^^ ^> ^ . ^* ^^ to V ^ , ^ ^*^^ v " ^^* ^ L' ^^ ^^ ^^* *¦ ^^^^ ^^ to ^^^^ r f ^ k *^ V J ^ H ^^^^ r ^^^ ^ B ^ ^ k k ^ B ^ k fc . M ^ tJ m ^^ Art . ' by G . F . Watts , R . A . ; 'Personal View ^^ ¦ of - ^^ ^^ Japanese " ^^^ " ^ " ^ ¦ " " ^^ ^ ^^ ^* ~^ v - ^ " i *— Art - ¦• — —^ ^ ¦ v , h ' by r ^^ ^ M ^^ . *^^^ . ^ Menpes ^^^ * ^^^ . ^ ~ ¦ ^^ rf * W ^^ T ^^^ |» l , H with V ^ k * ^^ ^ k ^ k illus Jtf ^ M ^ ^ tr 1 _ i ~ a m ^^

      -trations from drawings and etchings ; ' Old Arts and Modern Thoughts , ' by J . E . Hodgson ; ' Royal Academy , ' second article ,

      illustrated illnsfcratfifl ; : 'Jb Forest orest of of Jb Fnn ontamebleau tfl . irjfilYlfinii in in Summer , ' by Talmeys , with illustrations by Lepere ; ' The Crown : its Growth and

      Development ' , ' by L . F . Day , with sixteen illustrations by the author ; and 'Charles Dickons

      and His Familiar Portraits , ' illustrated . The Art Journal . —The number for the

      j ) resent month has some interesting features . Claus Meyer ' s picture ' Quiet Happiness '

      etched by H . Struck forms the frontispiece . A . Mm contribution r- *~~ entitled i * " ¦ "' ' W 'A P New Field for ^^ , m ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ p * *^ ^"" " * w * ^*^ . ^ ' —• ™ ^ ^^ - . » ^^ ™* *^^ - ' ^ ^^ ^ -mm * 1 ^^^ T » «^ k > ^ b ^^^ & ^ tf' ^ b rf ^ V ^ Jb

      Artists ' suggests the revival of the decorative laque or fc panel r ¦ ~*^ not meant to be framed and

      hun p m- ** ** ^ - ^ < . 1 ^ at r - j all ' ^ . y ^^^ ^ The ^^ ^» ^— writer — - ^— ^— ^ " *» ^^ ^ -- ^ says ^* •¦• ^» ^^ - *— that T T * m * **^ the ^* - ^ k ^ - ^^ f Jb ^ absence JL ^^ ^ w ^ mnrV ^ k J ^ ^ if ^ b of this form of art -v-b v has hv I contributed ~ fr ~ ¦—» tiiik ~ more than > ^ S flk ^^ Mk ^^ ¦« ^^^ ^^ ^"¦ ' ^^*> ~* ** ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ *^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^¦ ¦ |^» ' ^ P * H ^ ^ 0 * m * ^ "k | j ^^ ' ^^ ^_|^^ tiik ^* ^ A * ^ ^ k ^ ^ . ikt * ^ K ^ k % ^ # ^ B <^ k

      anything else to the loss of the gold background k -4 . * - . ¦ Perhaps ¦ -- tho most » - r-m attractive ¦¦ # f and 1 ft

      ^^^ V » ^ » ^^ - ^ V — ^^ — — ~ ^ - ^ - r- ~ - ^ ^ ^ - ** - ^ ~ ^ *^ v ^^«^ ** ^^ ^ " ^^^ ^ # W ^^ W A ^^^ seasonable article in the number is Lady Colin Campbell's description of what is called

      the ' Herkomer Play . ' Lady Campbell , writes with a sound knowledge of the subject , and witfy . artistic acumen ; but does not offer any strong opinion Jfor or against , the concluding sentence 4 k % / of the «¦ article > . « consisting h n ^ v of the quaint

      ryf ^^^ « K ^^ r mm M » ^ tf * ^^^ ^^ h' *^ ^ v ^~ ^^ V v v ~ ^^ v— ^^ ^^^ ^ nr ^^ m m > ^ * « v W ««^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ *^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ V ^^^ V ^ r ¦¦ * * w ^ v ^^ question ' a play , a pantomime , or ^ t pictured poem—which title does it best deserve ?'

      Mks . Weibon aj ^ d the Lonppn Booksellers . —We sire informed that Mrs . Weldon

      ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ /¦ ' ¦ "' - - : . .: ... ^

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1888, page 642, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061888/page/4/