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    tions of balls and fetes and public events of all kinds , and from beginning to end has not

    a dull page in it . The sketches of character , too , are strikingly lifelike , and the anecdotes are generally new and always amusing . For

    instance , we are told of Plon-Plbn , on an break Arctic of cruise the , Franco receiving -German the news War of and the being

    outasked by the commander of the , Imperial yacht if His Highness wished the course of the vessel to be altered and in what direction

    she was _^ to be steered , receiving the laconic reply , ' A Charenton , ' a free English rendering

    of which answer would be , ' To Colney Hatch . ' It seems that the ' Life of Goethe , ' which

    the New Goethe Society proposes to publish , is to be the work of several hands . It will not only relate the events in Goethe ' s lifebut

    will consider the great writer under various , aspects as poet , statesman , scientific

    investigator , & c . & c ., and each aspect will be treated by a specialist . It is said that the outline of the scheme has been sketched by the Grand

    Duchess of Weimar herself , who has invited the veteran historian Leopold von Ranke to write a ' Tableau Historique' descriptive of

    Goethe ' s times as an introduction , to the work . It seems , however , that the series of Goethe

    publications will open with ' Madame Goethe ' s Letters to the Duchess Anna Amelia of Weimar' ( ' Brief e der Frau Rath Goethe an die

    Herzogin Anna Amalia von Weimar' ) . The Grand Duchess has already handed over the Goethe archives in Weimar to the guardianship

    of the newly appointed Director , Professor Erich Schmidt , although the Director will not finally leave Vienna for Weimar until the

    autumn .

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    Mr . Hodgson will sell very shortly a very good collection of books , including some on

    the occult sciences , Freemasonry , biography , and other miscellaneous and standard books . On the 7 th inst . and two succeeding days

    the private library of Mr . Thomas Hayes ( whose recent lamentable death will be fresh in our readers' memory ) will be sold by Messrs .

    Sotheby . There are no books of any particular rarity or value in the collection , but the

    catalogue includes some good popular and standard works of various kinds , besides books of prints , & c . & c .

    The sales of Mark Pattison ' s library and of the Naylor collection of autographs are

    being conducted this week at Sotheby ' s . The autographs sold on the 17 th of July fetched

    fair prices , among them being Burns' original sketch of a poem to Mrs . Dunlop , £ 5 . ; Charles Dickens' very interesting letter to George

    Cattermole , referring to ' Little Nell' and the manner he wishes the artist to illustrate the work : ' I am breaking my heart over this

    s _^ ory , and cannot bear to finish it , ' £ 3 . 7 s .

    , '! Another 100 lines , poem ' A Wint of Burns er Night ' in , ' th was e ori boug ginal ht MS in at .,

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    the Messrs sum . Sotheb of £ 25 y will . Earl sell y next second seas part on too

    taining Fuller-Russell many ' valuabl s library e . books Also , of the the collection Eev con J

    lector _formed , Mr by . that Nap well ier , of and Alderley widely known Ed who col ge

    died a few months back . This library contain , 8 the a very Martin fine— Marprelate perhaps the books best— & c collection and Early of

    English theological and other works . . We descri shall seek binthese an earl two y opportunit libraries . y of more fully g

    arrangements The Woodhall for sales Library which Messrs . —Among . Sotheb the y

    hall is have that was made of an the for energetic Woodhall next year collector library the most . of noteworth Mr . Wood fine y - very

    when books collectors during the were latter few half . Althoug of the last h his century library ,

    very is not fine a larg and e one valuable ( about collection 4 , 000 volumes . One ) of it is the a chief ect

    objs of interest will be a 'Book ' of f Hours ully illuminated , ' written . upon It vellum is quite and perfect most , beauti and at

    the head of each page of the calendar are lish finished customs paintings . Among of some them contemporary is seen a swineherd

    Engdriving swine to feed under the oak-trees on acorns which have fallen ; in another instance

    can be seen a' number of cooks busy baking cakespresumablyas the painting is at the

    head , of the month , of Decemberfor the Christmas festivities . The library , is chiefly

    rich in classical literature , containing the editio pHnceps of Thucydides , _ _3 Hsop's Fables

    great ( fine copy many ) , Homer other valuabl ( also e a works fine copy . This ) , and will a

    probabl early part y be of the next most season important . It is onl sale y throug of the h

    stress of business that Messrs . Sotheby have been unable to sell the books this year .

    The Becket-Denison collection of books b has , Messrs within the Christie last day or so , been the most dispersed

    important y lots . we note . the Among following : Chippendale ' s 'Gentlemen's and Cabinet Makers Ehot

    Directory ' Pheasants , ' ' 1754 £ 30 , ( Sotheran £ 21 ( Montagu ) ; Smith ) ' ; s ' Cata- s logue Raisonne , '' ( interleaved ) 9 in 14 vols . £ 23

    , , proof ( Quaritch lates ) ; Wal 5 vols pole ' s 1828 ' Anecdotes £ 12 of Is Painting 6 rf . ; Sir

    p , ., , . . but Joshua wanting Reynolds 16 ' lates Works _£ , 87 3 vols ( Sotheran ., fine ) copy ; the ,

    £ Second 26 . 10 s . Series ( Graves , ) p also ; ' Turner , in 3 Gallery vols ., , ' bringing 2 vols .,

    two artist day ' s s proofs ' sale , broug £ 10 . ht 10 a trifle .. ( Brunning over £ 1 ) , 170 . . _^

    Jul On the 16 th Sotheb and four sold following good days col of

    lection y Messrs of books . . Some y hi a g very h prices were realisedof which we quote the following .

    with Audubon all , ' s faults 'Birds £ 250 of America ( Quaritch , ' ) best ; Hogartft edition B ,

    Works ( Gough , ) ; choice Primer , proof in Latin copy and , Book 2 Ejig * l _^ 15 _*" _^;

    ( known £ Quaritch 98 ( Sotheran as ) . ; ' Gould Queen ) ; Thoroton ' s Marye _' Bird s s ' s ' o _Noj f Europe tmg , ham * , 5 _£ s vow \ lur V e _^ ., 1677 £ 1310 ( Soth )

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1885, page 690, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081885/page/10/