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June i, 1889 The Publishers' Circular 65...
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»O« Last October Mr. Yizetelly Msunderto...
and added that those who circulated it were guilty of a * very serious offence . '
Henceforth admireTS of the filthy light literature of France , as represented by M .
Zola , will not find in Mr . Vizetelly a man who is prepared to gratify their depraved tastes .
He has positively vowed to have neither part nor lot for the future in the sale of these
books , expurgated or otherwise , and we trust that his temporary but compulsory retirement
from the active duties of life j- will only serve to strengthen this virtuous resolution .
Literature has had its martyrs , but Mr . Vizetelly cannot be ranked in their number . We are
not in a position to gauge public opinion in Booksellers' Row , but we believe that the
prevailing feeling in Paternoster Row , at all events , is one which is in hearty accord with
the verdict . — iat
June I, 1889 The Publishers' Circular 65...
June i , 1889 The Publishers' Circular 655
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George , name is legion—will be glad to hear that the distinguished novelist is just about -- - - to publish
an additi ~ C > onal volume of # ' Unspoken Sermons j _ . ' # # # *
and A Lloy new d story Osbourn — — , by e Robert _ -j entitled — Louis __ ' The Stevenson _ Wrong
Box , ' the — scene „ of which , is laid in Italy , may be expected in about a fortnight .
Edna Lyall ' s capital story of literary
life—«/ X «/ «/ ru ' Derrick nning throug Yaughan h Murray , ISTovelist ' s Magazine '—which has was been to
have been published to-day by Messrs . Methuen , & Co . In consequencehoweverof the
extremely large demand , the , publication , of the book is held over for a few days so that all
s orders tand that may the be sale executed of the work in full on . subscri We under ption
reached nearly seventeen # thousand copies .
Mr . R . D . Blackmore has promised to contribute East and a story fVest to the the first new number sixpenny of which magazine has ,
just been published , by Messrs . Ward & Downey .
Mrs l . to Oli * The phant Ladies ' s nove Lindores l , ' Lady —will Car — be a
pub seque lished in the usual form this month . It lias nearly completed its course in Longmans
Magazine . # *
of of p e P nthusiastic nf lato / hn « , it . ft + ir seems > . disciples rJisci , can TilfiR claim in in America America quit © a even even number in in
this this fact age is of the materialism establishment . One of a illustration new , critical of
journalentitled the * Bibliotheca Platonica . The aim , of the periodical is to «/ expound //
- * - * . M . \ J CAJ +. JLM . M . VJM , VAJLKs KJ \ JJL JLKSKJLM % S * MM . X * J x ^ v ^ ^^ ua ^ v * not the philosop fn ^ ffti xr o hical f fli pi and wrvrlr philolog R of Plato ical si gnificance also of ' , ,
Aristotle - — — ^ p- * m , ^ JK ^^ J ^ ^^ p ^ and W ^ - ^ JpL the ^^ pjfcplfc ^ b ^ Neop V ^ tap' p ^^ *» latonists ^*» i ** ' ^*^ ^^ ¦ * ¦ p— ^ . ^ ^ ** It also — — — - seeks - - — - fjjn . * .
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i to provide a means of communication between American and European scholars .
* * Messrs . Methuen & Co . will shortly publish q ' Our ties Eng 1 by lish Mr . Villages P . H . Ditchfield : their story M . A and . ' Such atiti- j
a work , , if at all skilfully done , oug , ht to prove exceptionally interesting .
' Dre Drfi Miss ams fl , ma May to t , n Sell Sfill Kendall ' 7 Ti has aa , a novel novftl the authoress in in the +, Tia nrfisa of
called ' Such is Li , fe . ' press *
A book which promises to be of considerable literary and artistic interestentitled
' Pen and Pencil Sketches of Literature , Scienceand Art in the Western Suburbs' is ,
announced , . It will be published by sub , - scription in two quarto volumesand will
contain a large number of full-page , illustrations , besides fine wood engravings worked
into the text . The editor is Mr . Edward King 1 ^ , and we understan * d the first - — volume — is
art devoted , and to science celebrities , whose of the names past are in lit assoc erature iated ,
with Turner the , Wal western pole , suburbs Pope , and of London Hogarth , such . as
Mr . Kingin the second volumewill
attempt the more , difficult and delicate , task of describing ^^ living authors , artists , and men of
science residing within the area named . ' The idea is a , happy one ; butof courseeverything
depends on the way in which , it is , carried out . An indifferent book on such a subject would
be positively exasperating ; at the same time , there is always room at the top' and we hope
that the ' forthcoming work will , be worthy to find its way thither .
We understand that Messrs . T . & T . Clark
h A . B . in Bruce the press D . D . of Glasgow work entitled by Professor ' The
Kingdom of , God , , , the Teaching , of Our Lord according to the Synoptical Gospels . '
The same publishers o have just arranged with Professor 0 . E . Luthardt , of Leipzi JL g , for an
English translation of Ms # ' History of Ethics . ' I #
The AP ^ pV ^ it ^ p > first ^^ pb * volume ipb of * iA the . pIB American A . ¦ ' Reli ^ ffA >^ p ^ k ^ . B . ¦ gi ous Leaders ' series consists of a monograph of
Jonathan Edwards , written by Professor A . V . Allenof CambridgeMassachusetts .
, ¦ , # Messrs . Cupples & # ¦ . H urd , of Boston , have
just published a novel called * An Alien from the Commonwealth' which is said to give a
remarkably vivid and , picturesque account of the ups I and downs of literary and jou m ) rnalistic
life in the United States # . # *
Mrs . J . A .-Woodman—a niece of the venerable poet J . G . Whittier—has just written a book
of which travel her , entitled distinguished ' Picturesque kinsman Alaska has written , ' for
a vol preface umewri . tt Mr en . wi Whittier th no thoug says ht : of ' This publicity little
at car w , indows , , and from the deck of steam- ,
boats , in sight of the objects described , -has i —jffi
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1889, page 655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061889/page/5/
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