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1 101 '¦ . •>,. The Magazine Of Art.—The...
has written to a considerable number of the principal booksellers in [ Londondemanding
compensation i from 4 * them J ^ - - * individuall 1 • ^ , y for A sell If - her ing . a book containing an alleged libel upon
A Trade Swihdle in America . —Publishers of New York , Philadel s _ ji p _ hia _ _ , Boston _ ,
and victimised St . Louis for have a number , says the of American months b , been an educated manwho b — y means of forged orders y
has secured over , # 2 , 000 worth of fresh C » publications confidence . His , and knowled business ge of men literature were the insp more ired
exa easil mi y victimised books . , He the would merits enter of which a store he , would converse , . upon learnedlysecure a bill of
B 4 aai , lading ^ promise ^ and to fill an out env an elope ^ order of at the . « once firm . ^ and , with — mail _ a it for shipment . Upon these blanks ha would
fill out an order on another firm for several hundred dollars' worth of books , to be delivered
to bearer , forge the firm ' s name or that of its Recentl manager y , , secure detectives the captured books and him sell . in them New .
Th York ere and he broke took him down before and Inspector made a ful Byrnes l jcon- . fession . His name is Frank Burkhardtand
lie came from Germany three years ago . , He had graduated from college , and served a term
his of one year ts in the d h German im with army mone , when to travel his in America paren . supp He lived extravagantly y and took
speaks to swindling fluentl . y He five is langua polished ges . in In manner St . Louis , and he was arrested and served a short term of
vic imprisonme tims in New nt under York were the name : A . S of . Barnes Berger < . & Co His .
W J ¦ 4 JJfU aP M M M K _ , New Baker " ' ^ ** York , V ^* P oorhees Book , & Depository Co * M . ., Thos */ , . Nelson . ^ J •—^ . Boug & * D h Son ^_ t on , ,
B & . Tay Schiller lor , and , Cassell J . B . & Beers Co ., & Ivison Co . , Blake man Fashions in Book-collecting . —No doubt
there the are Dail fashions News in th book e wise -collecting collector . But - , says c / y , , espe r
I follow cially the fashions poor : he man sets who them collects . A , fashion does no has t been started again and again by men like
Monselet Paul Lacroix , A . sselineau TJiey « 9 were , Ch all arles CJ men N •/ of odier the , pen and ; they found some literary or artistic ¦ period in
the past congenial to them ^ m ; they col lec — — ted - - — - — — i t — s — books and engravings t ^ j l _ j ' ; they % J wrote about them ,
and a craze arose for possessing what these joy # j udicious ^ m in the perso engraved £ - ¦ j ns alread illustrations y possessed - - of the — . French A wild r — — ^» - — «
School , from 1740 to 1700 , has long raged in France , and has invaded England . These illustrations were scarcely mentioned by % j Brunet
in his early editions . The richest and rarest things of Dorat and Laborde lay neglected on the Quais ; Lacroixthe Goncourtsand others
brought them into , fashion . Asselineau , did I ti the qJL ues same ' , the for ^ at writers novels * aa \ of and at 1830 poe 4 B . m m s They b y ** M / the , too ^ Roman , were -
wlere outcasts perishing from in the the circulating fourpenny libraries box . Books , and of magic and romance were neglected tjjl
published roraapce was work restored Sir Walter by Scott tells . odd In tales an un of
-I tlie . enormous . riae . in black-letter romances ,.
ballads which followed , books on of utMm his witchcraft bbbt own revival , and of so goblin h forth ¦ ¦ ¦ , ^
W p « h *>^ ^^ A 9 ava » ^ tmr aab « B > «^ V W ^^ - ^*) ^ a ^ ^*»^»^>^^*» w ^ ^^^ m ¦& mrm - ^^ w w ¦¦¦ v ^^^^~ ^ ^ b «^^^ ^ « , g himself a host , and prett ^_ fairy . __ y freely . Meanwhil s ^^— ^ a ^ m to what ^ n ^^ e , suited he ^ H had ^ n his ^ A of hel ^^ taste ped
, cunables while it ' lay and neglected first editions by amateurs of the ^ classics ' in- .
As to the craze for modern classics , original quartos ofShakspeareand the tiny Molieres
that arose . in the critical , taste of modern , editors . They collected for their legitimate
literary purposes , and their enthusiasm set the worl worl d d of of more mnrfi wealthy -w « n . l +. V » v amateurs aiTia . tfinra on on tire fire . . In Tn
rate the first ies editions of Moliere of Brunet ' s come the dies ori for ginal sepa le - are s cop carcelnoticedif they are , noticed examp at all . ,
The labours y of careful , editors of texts required those rich ignorant books , amateurs they hunted followed for them baying , and loudl the y
, , on the trail which scholars had opened .
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June i , i 88 $ The PuDlishers' Circulaa : 643
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novel In a ' The few Strange days Mr Adventures . William Bl of a a ck House ' s new
-, Boat / will be published by Messrs . Sampson 'Low , Marston & Co .
bMr Academy . Henry Sketches Blackburn , 1888 has ' ( just No . been G ) , edited
pub-Waterioo Waterloo lis y hed by Place Pla Messrs nft . . The Thft W . H haiuTbook , . Allen rTbook :. & which which Co ., in in of --
cludes various exhibitionsis too wel , l known to require notice , beyond , saying that it is as
well printed and as carefully edited as ever . The papers on ' London as a Literary Centre ' which have ared in the rf last t ¦» - wo
¦ % _• v- ' iJk . ** r ¦* - ^ . s » F . JL . JU - * . ^_/ . * . J . Jk Jh «^ -V » ^ . ^ appe «^»» II ^ " ^ - ^ ** -v _^^ ^ ^ ^ «^ . _ .. _ . - ^ - . — . w —— -w . . . au n cep u t mbers hors tional and meri of their Harper t . T modes hey ' s g M ive of ont l grap hl ife y and hic possess wor views k ex in of
the metropolis . Mr . R . K . Bowker deserves more than a passing word of acknowledge
ment for these contributions to this popular magazine .
This is an age of book-collecting in rare fields ther Jfc Jfe , bu are t p old robabl books y th for e mos juveniles fc t difficul . The t of V Vice all ¦ r to
ga 13 President L ^^ V J % M ^^ ^^ ^ Lj ^>^« ^ Lm ^^ and ^ - ^ J ^ ^ H ^^« f \^ Chapman ^ f' ^^ ' . J ^^ k ^ 1 r ^ K . ^^ - ^ ^^ ¦ J ( Mr ^ T ^^ . ^ . ^^ <^ ^ k Charles ^ . ^ . ^^ « ^^^— «^ b Welsh ^^ * ^^^^«^ ) of the ' Sette of Odde Volumes ' is enthusiastic ~~
V W J ^ ^^ ^ ^ b ^^^ rX ^_| ir ^^^ ^^ ^ y ^^^ ^^^ Jk ^ . ^^ ^ V ^ ^ '' ^ ^ tai' V *_^ ^ B * ^ . t' ^ ^ ^ ^ ~^ mmf ** r ^ K l \^ ^^^ ^ m ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^>^ w' ^^ * " ^ ¦ N * ^ v - ^ ^^> a t t "KJ the he for subject thcom baa , and in we mee are ting pleased of the to * Sette hear t ' he t
* * ^ ^^ ll read ^ b' Jk ^ . ^ aw a ^^ JL Jk b ^^ r ^^^ ief J ^ 4 k no ^ g Wta t ^* e on »« r «^ v ^* ^ ' -- hb The ~^* r ** m Babees « ir ^ ^ ^ b' r-N- ^ - ^ ' Book ^^ ^^ - ^ ^ ^^ - y in A Jk the Harleian ¦¦ B hfc / Jk VV k collection i / ftBBb a m an v d imi wi v v ll v « make w - > ^^ - a k - « r ^ ^^ - ^ ^ ^^ . ^ , ^^^^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ * ^^^ ^«^ ^ ^ *^ " B ^ ^ . ^^ >«> , ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^— —
few remarks on the subject of the earliest English books for children .
on wha Pro t fessor he ca Seeley lls l The has Ei just ht written - . ^^ i Ei v ^ BI hts an ? ( 1588 article ¦ —
X . ^ ^ k JL * V V Bh «* m , ^ f B ^ ^ k **¦ ^^^ ^^^ B I Bf « % . ^ k n-. W * a ~ "B * JB . ^^^ ^ BBv ^ Bl ^ h g I ^^ Bk ¦* ak Bh ^ y W ^^ g hBBh ^ < BB V W * t ^ % , a > - ^ w ^'' ^ - ^ - * - ** t KJ B ^ ary 1 > V Jk 88 ^^__ V _—^_ — chap ^ a ^ Jh JL 1 , ^ 888 # ^^ k ~ W * T J—m t \ J er . ^ V- * ) Jk , w t * - * o *— h ^ ' ic ^ h A A i h a , s r »^ is ' Expansion — prac — AM , ¦ - * - a- > t ^ ¦> icall ^ Jk ^ - ^ - * »¦ ^ - ^ * y a of ¦• ' ¦ -a ^ sup Eng 1 A p - * -I lemen « sak ttl '' land B . ^ .-w . a . -v ¦ ^ a . / -
Its speculations on the light thrown , by past Emp exper bbbv ire fc ience * b % , pver now the be dangers exposed ibi to are which likel Bh »^~ y the to
attract ^ . ^ j ^ aa »^ «**> ^^ attention may . aa » «^ w w an ««¦ ^^ w ¥ at ^^ a time ^ r ^^^ |^^ ^ . ^ when v ^ ^^ ¦ ^^»» the ^ ^^ . ^ National ^ ^« / { Defences are so , much discussed . The article
appears in Good Words for June . The # tap literature wi % of the Glasgow bbbb Exhibition aaBb hv b i
^ w ^ m ^ bi ^ w ^ r ^^^ aj yw ^ v ^^ w aw ^^ ~ ~ ^^ b ^^ n . Bb v ^ b ^ * o * . v « t ^^^ - ^^ w w ^^^ .. sm . « . ¦ . » r ^ " ^ ^> v ^^ . vm ~~ ^ n w as yet shows no signs of equalling the exhibition v * v ah * k ^^ ai * v i heldan MltflBi ^ Br ^ bi ^ i ^ w ^ a *« Bjd ( the n vhv ib av w sister n ## iBi r ^ B ^ * w p « v a ai h ^ ah city ^ r aai ^ v ^ W E bh ^ b ^ h * dinburg ^ f * wb . * . ^ wv TBjr ^ ir ^ m B ^"" - h *^* w ai aat a vhr ^ F aK coup ^ pp ^^ p- avi ^ T ^ T" V *^ le > w ^ MV ^ ^_ ^
of in years that direction ago , but possibl . "It will y much Jiowever ^ may still ^ ^ be bp done 4
iffijcullc v-. « -ai ! 1 A » ^ •* to ¦ / v iind 4 ^«^^ ^ 3 an - -fc •* - » . ; equal v * k y ^ i * i - ¦ ^ rw I for l > r \«« , the « L 1 * W book » -v /\ /\ li « oiv ^ - ^ -fc-fc c » ¦ ¦¦ '' OW I rfj I •?••
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1888, page 643, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061888/page/5/
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