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3j*Otc£ Anti Useto^F.
The long-proinised index to the obituary and the biograp of hical the Geyitleman notices which 9 s Magazine appeared for the in
11 ^¦ i " first ^^ ^ pages ^^ fifty __»_ l _ f _< a years will ^ B ^ B be ^ B issued w shortl ^ B * t ^ m y . The __^^__ I ^^ T _ t editor is Mr . Henry Farrar , F . R . Hist . Soc .
Madame Adelina Patti is engaged upon a series of articles for Harper ' s Magazine . The
papers taining t ibix—J- —~ J—» will many be «/ reminiscence largely autobi s ograp of the hical prima j , con - Madame Patti _ it
donna ' s interesting career . , - is said , will personally pen the papers .
It is reported , too , that Mrs . Bancroft will g chiefly m ¦ ¦ ive ¦ fc to the with world her theatrical an * Autobiograp experiences ¦ - —— hy , - — ' —— . dealing r The
work ^^ J _ W will «^ — be ~ l , published — ^ ^ ^ ^^ — — ~ — i after ^ tf ^ ¦ * ^^ Mrs ~ _ (¦ " ^ ' ~ ~ . ——^ —— Bancroft T' - ^^ fc . ^ ^ v ^_ w ¦_ ^_» . ^^ ' s ret irement from the stage .
Our advertising columns contain a notice \ ¦ of a chemical " — " ~ process for the reproduction ~~¦— ' ¦ of
• ¦ ¦ ( tooks _ J ^ U ^^^ V at 1 a cheap ^ « rate ¦ . The irn work ¦ ¦ 1 is — " —— carried — ' ——^ ^*~ ———» ~^^ ¦ OH on by « - > V J Herr -Lvii Carl v ^ a »_ . _ , Reinecke xvciiic / V / jv ^/ , j of \_» jl Berlin x ^ V / J . xijii . .
Permission has been granted to Messrs . Marion & Co ., Soho Square , to dedicate their new ' British Navy Album' to H . R . H . the
Duke of Edinburgh . Mr . George Shakespearean old
fishingtackle maker of Wolverhampton , , who died I-, suddenl ~ —™ y the other day «/ at the age CU of 74 w ,
apXT-, pears to have had strong claims to be regarded as a lineal descendant of the immortal drama-¦ - _ __ __ _> _ K _> ^_ ^ a ^ te ^^ ^ k
tist , to whom his likeness is said to have been ; so remarkable that Coleman , the tragedian , V It in * 1 to 1 the 1 ^ Times m about ^ 1 the * ^ matter 11 • %
writing , said 1 —* For my part I needed no other testimony than his face afforded . ' Mr . J . O .
Halliwell-Phillips also supported the claim . The attention of London booksellers '
M assistants is directed to a letter signed mMS . H . D ., ' which appears under the heading in issue
;;| ' Correspondence ' our present . f * General Gordon's Private Diary of his
f Exploits in China , ' amplified by Mr . Samuel I I ? Mossman during Gordon , editor ' s suppression of the jfcorth of China the . Tai Herald -ping
n Rebellion , has just been published by Messrs . f j Sampson Low , Marston , & Co .
| ? I | the London Tourists finely and illustrated intending North-Western o to fficial journey Railway guide issued over will find the by
f | and Messrs director . Cassell to & the Co . beauties a splendid of the companion various ; routes .
IJ II I b 1 _ " The ^ be *"" Hplida "' ** a great Qt- ^ y OiV Number A favourite € *> V KJ IAM . AVKJ of this VilXO London OCCIOVJ season 1 Societ ; j it is JO y
if deal etter . than ever , and that is saying a great
II ^ te P n i ^ k ? the author of ' Russia Under the fzarss , ' nas haa sent sent to to the the Messrs Messrs . . Scri Scribner bner . the the
I II ^ American * warin Clarin : g c ^ that tli publishers af . he Vio » authorises anfl-in of -ri H ^ the ra them -hliftm book to t . r » , issue inmiA a , note the f . Vi ft
II fj * adds : —* It is among Englishmen I Russian p * , and y conditions attempts to found expose in the the most truth of indul about gent
my u b » erty the most appeals touching favour sympathy . Russian And I Wag extremely pleased and proud to learn that
t Sr great otJ nation ? er swte to of whom the Europe ocean owes the people bo much ot ^^
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for its present liberty has shown also an interest in my modest eftbrts . I can only
congratulate myself with this new proof of their kindness , and hope that the ' Russia Under the Tzars * niay contribute its part in
inducing the . public ^/ opinion of the great American nation to unite its powerful voice in
favour of Russian liberty , and in condemnation of the Tzarism . This will be one of the guarantees of the prompt cessation of the
horrors , only a small part of which the reader will find described in this volume . ' Russian Nihilism has been furnished with
a new apology in a recent order which removes all bookstalls from the streets of St . Petersburgand compels the book-hunter to
, resort to the licensed shops . The literary Muscovite laments in vain the cruel suppression of his favourite haunts where he sought
hopefully for treasures that had found their way from private libraries in country homes to the streets of the northern capital . Nearly
all educated Russians know one or two languages besides their own ; so , as we
might expect , there are a vast number of Eng " O lish , German , and French books in
Russia . Though few of these may be very oldmany of them are volumes which have
become , rare during the present century . The English book-hunter who gets as far north
as St . Petersburg has often found on the bookstalls of that city a volume for which he had
looked in vain for years in London . The ¦ other ~ i r— ^^ ^^ ^™ ' ^^ ^^ m day ~* r ^ m ^^ r ^» ^ a p * - ^ w small ^ r ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^— ^^ m ^ French ^^— ^^— —¦— — — cookery — — — — m -book - — — was
sold at an auction in the Russian capital for £ 500 . —N . B . Daily Mail .
The probability of the discontinuance of Miss Gatty's admirable magazine , Aunt Judy ,
will bo a cause of genuine regret to a large circle - ^^ F mm * m * ^ mw *^ ^^ of ^*^ ^ 4 young w ^^ ** ** ^ ^» 9 ^ % peop I ^^^ ^ " ^ I ^ le ^ ^^ , 7 to ^^ whom ^— ^^ —^ the — monthl — — ^— — — y A #
budget of prose , verse , and musical pages , has been magazine right will welcome involve ; a but still the more cessation serious of loss the to
the Children ' s Hospital in Great Ormond Street , to which its readers have been liberal
contributors . To provide , to some extent , against the withdrawal of the support so long
g made made iven , to which which the we we Hosp cordially cordiallv ital , a proposal commend commend is to to being tne the
support , of our reader 3 , for the permanent endowment 0 b AA Ofe of a cot in memory of Mrs . __ . . Gatty _ __ .
^^ Vb ^^^ ^ V ^^ A ^^ ^^ d ^ ^ i ^ g ' ^^ ^^ ^ w ^^ ^^ ^ ~ m ^—^ - ^ — ^^ - ^ — . ^ j - and Mrs , Ewing , to whom the readers of ^^ Aunt Judy have been so long indebted . As
the sum required is only 600 / . it will , we may doubt be not sent , be to speedily Miss H . supp K . li e . d Gatty , and . donations —Church
Bells . ¦ At —
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' season Although ' should what be almost is known over as most the of" sale the
auctioneers have still long lists of , sales . The season at one time threatened to be short and _____ m . " _ ~» T
badbut it has turned out long and good . Hig , h prices have been the rule .
Messrs . Fenn & Co ., of Colchester , have 1500 volumes of books , which they are to ell , at Dedham the 8 th < ,
s tDXJXX € JUV J _— ' * - > Vfc . AJi . CV Ai Jl on VAA VAJlX ^ k ^«/ a *« .
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