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the time Pope for . readi So , too and , is his he library is fond , when of domestic he has A BBi ^ t a . i ^ s " ng , . ^_ i Bi H BK 4 B 1 ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^
animals of all kinds *^» - , of which he has a large collection . ¦ Although everyone cannot have an audience
with Leo XIII ., whose wisdom and tact have contributed so much to the maintenance of peaceall can read Dr . O'Reill ' s life of
, y him , which appeal * with the approval and blessing of his Holiness .
conceived The ori the ginal la draft will of 'Faust , fo ' as r th Goeth e firs e t
time ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ , ^^^^ ^^^ in ^ ^^^^ October ^^¦^¦ B ^^ JW ^^ V ^^ V ^^^^ p ^ . ^^^ , ^^^^^ T ^^ un y W , ^ B de r ^^^^ ' ^^^ ' ^^^ the V appear ^^ F ^ V ^ H ^^ edito ^ ^ g ^^^ ^^ J ^ F ^^ V ^^ F ^^^^ rs , ^ tM ^^^^ hi ^^^^ ^^^ p ^^ of ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ Prof ¦ ^^ - ^ " - ^ ' — . Erich Schmidt . It consists of twenty scenes
often differing materially from the existing edi- , tions . Goethe brought the manuscript of this
first version with him to Weimar in 1775 . The first ten volumes of the new complete P ¦ Bi A A _~ ^^ m ^ k a B * « ^^ ^ K ^^
edition of Goethe ' s works will appear next month . The edition will be completed in six yearsand form sixty volumesof which ten
4 , Bt W BBT MK BM , will m ^ be ^ issued m ^ yearly . * I n addition to ^ these «¦ sixty volumesof Goethe ' s poems and prose
writings , others , containing the diaries and letters will be published ; but their number is
uncertain . The second volume of the c Correspondence
of Queen Katherine and King Jerome Napoleon ^ of ¦ ^ ^** Westphalia ~ ^^ ^ . ^ ^* B <^ ^ B »^^ VVBk ^ feV ^ , BE ^ and 0 ^ r ^ Bb ^ Bb ^ B # Vb of ^^ ^ BBi the ^ r ^ Bb . ¦> ^ r Emperor . BBBJ ^ BBi ^ B »^ B &^ B > BB ^ B' ^ BB ^ ^ B » ^ k ^ ^ BB > Napoleon ^ B ^ M ^ ^ tfBBT BJ ^ BP ^ i ^ BB »^ V ^ a ^ ^ Bk ^ qB >
with King Frederick of Wurtemberg , ' has just appeared .
Messrs . Firmin-Didot & Co ., of Paris , ¦ ¦ hav ^— ~™ V e *^ Br ¦ ^ now ^ ^^ «^ v ^ issued B » W *^^ ^ rf ^ B > ^ fe ^^ ^^ BBj the V ^ Br ^ B « p sixteenth ^^ ^ B ^ ^ Bk ^ BB ^ ff ^^^ ^ KaW ^ B >^ Bk ^ T ^ B >^ Bh volume «/ ^^ 0 ' ^ k ^ B * B > # B »^ B *^ B of JB their ^ MP ^ B >« fc B B >^ 'Bi ^^^ > ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^
splendidly illustrated edition of the Waverley Novels . With this volumewhich contains
, ' Woodstock , ' they close the monthly publication of Scott ' s novels ; but they purpose
bringing out four more novels at yearly intervals . The house of J . P . Bachemof Cologne
the publishers of the German translation , of , Dr . O'Reill ¦ y ' s ~ — ' Life - - ^ ^—^— ^^ " - ^^ of ^^^ V ^^ F ^ Leo ^^^^^^^ " ¦ ^ XIII ¦ ^^^^^ ^ BM ^ ^^^^^ ^^ " ^ . ' announces ^^^*^^ ^ BW ^ V ^ V ^¦¦ ' ^¦ " ¦^ B " 1 ^^^ " ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ " " ^^^
a fifth edition of * Prussia and the Catholic Church' by Julius BachemMember of the
Prussian , House of Commons . , . This edition of a work which has already passed through four
large editions , contains two additional chapters dealing — — —^^^^ B with — the ^^^^^ ^^^ bring . *^ ^^« ^»^^™ ^™^ BBBh ing ^^ m ^ " ^^ ^ BBBb about ™^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ b *^ bn ^ i ^ of ~ i r ¦ - * m ^ the ^ af ^ b ¦ > * . ^ aaw modus F " ^^ ^^^ b * ^* ^ ^^^
vivendi , and the present condition of the relations between Church and State in Prussia .
Herr A . Donath , of Genoa , will publish next Verzellino month , et * Christop ses Memoires he Colomb ' et Savone Henry ,
Harisse ^^~ ^^ tF — V , author — , ^ b — ^ — ^^ of ^^ ™ the _ am ^^^ " ^^^^ 4 _ ~ Bibliotheca ^ ^^ ^ B ^^^ ^^^^^^^ m iBi - ^— ' ^ Bi ^^ p ^^^ ^ ^^» - wmar ^ ta , bj par mwtma' ^ ta ^ aw Americana . ^^ ^ aa ^^ ai ^ m i ^ ^ aaar ^ aai ^ aai awam mj Vetustissima . ' The edition will be limited to
250 copies . ' Die Balkanhal ¦ ' ¦ binsel h ' von Hauptmann
^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ™ —^— ^ - ^ —^— ^» - — * ^^^^ ^ v ^ b ^ - ^^^^^ -r- ~^^ ^^^ - ^^— , ^ ^ ^ H ^ r ^^ i ^^^^ ^^ v ^^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ gt ^ a ^^^ ^^™ ^ l ^^ k ^^^^^ ' ^^^^^^^ " ^ ^^~ ^^™ A . E . Lux , is the latest addition to the series ' Ulustrirte Bibliothek der Lander ai und Volker i - — — — - ^ - — — n _ - ^^ _— ^^^ - ^ ^^ - ^^^ - ^ -- ^ ¦ —™ " ^^^^^ ' ^ - ~ - ^— ^^ - ^^^^^^ mm * -m ^ - ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^ - ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ - ^^ ^^^
kunde / of the enterprising Herder ' sche Verlagshandlung i j— -h — — — — — — — £ ——^ m , y of Freiburg — — ^^ — — ^ B ^^^ B im ¦ Breisgau — ^^^^ "i ^^^^ ¦ ^^^^ ^^^ i ^^ ™ ^^ ^^^^^ . ^ Capt ^^^^ ^^ " ^^ " mr ^ 9 ^ ^^ . ^ ^
Lux ives us in this beautiful volume a - full and g accurate description of the physical very ¦¦ ¦
ethnographical , commercial , and religious , aspects Bj— — - - w of the _ . states - i- - - _ and peop _ -. _ B ^ les — — of - the ^ - — Balkan ^ — — ^~ ¦ ™ ~*
Peninsula , with the exception of Greece , which country is omitted for the very good reason that it furnishes sufficient material for a volume
\> y itself . The Balkan Peninsula , always interesting on account of its historical
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before tions , our has been ice by very rece prominentl nt events . y Every brought one remembers the profound sensation caused bv
the « vi olent abduction i ^ m of Prince •»¦¦* . ' Alexander ii «« of v Bulga . Bulgaria ria , , and ana the tne events events which wnicn followed xouowea it it
ieit felt and tor for how tne the great plucky T ) luckv and gene little little ral state state was the and and sympath its its hrau brave y ^ ,
government . Captain Lux ' s book is full of the most' varied informationconveyed in a clear
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Greece than in the present condition of the Balkan States . The book is admirably arranged under ¦ h three f general Hfe —¦— ¦ headings ¦ ¦ h of ¦ ¦ hy ¦ ¦ sic » al and
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illustrated with nearly one hundred admirably executed engravings of scenerytownstypes
of the various nationalities fj - , an excellent , , i , map » , and a portrait of Prjnce Alexander . The j
binding and general appearance of the volume reflect the very hig hest credit on the Herder — — '' sche
Verlagshandlung . The same firm announce as the forthcoming
volume of ' Ulustrirte Bibliothek der iLander und Volkerkunde' * Kanada und
Neiifundland , ' by Ernst von , Hesse-Wartegg , with many j
illustrations .
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The sale season now drawing to a close has been remarkable for the great number of collections dispersed . Of old historic libraries
comparatively few have been broken up , a fact which we are glad to be able to recordbut
the ^ k sales ^ n of middle A ^ B ^^ ^ h -class ^ M libraries ^^» ^ ^ K a have ^ M , been ^ BJ very numerous . Prices this year have
continued in their steady upward movement , an ^*^ p ^»^» encourag *^^ aa * mm ^* r ^^^ ^ bp ^ mam V ^ MBjBt ing ^^^ v ^^ jBBBh and ^ mr ^ r ^^ r ^ ma ^ v ^ w ^ health ^^^ ^ aar ^ ar ^ ar mm ^ ar ^ i ^^ mm y m si w ^»« gn bbb > v ^ p ^ bp . v We » » - ^^ - are — —
astonished to notice that a large number of the trade ^ ar < BB * bw m ~« ¦ ^ b » *^ aT are ^^ MBh ^ b ^ dilatory ^^ Bfc ^ B » bbiwbp ^ P - ^^ ^ v mv in ^ k ^ m grasp # ** % ^^ VBP " *^ BJ ^ ing ^ b **» ^» ^( BBfc the ^» ^ bbj ^^ meaning <»**^ ^ ar ^ rw ^ m ^— ^^^^^^^ T ^ J of
this sure ( and by no means slow ) increase in the value mi of * "fc old ¦ Bft books . It h meanswe have
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even ^^^ ^^^^ M ^ a ^^^ 9 ~ *^ " ^ . ^ y ^ g taking ^^^^^ ^ " ^ . ^^^^ ^^ r ^ f aF ^^ inany ^ F ^^ ^^^ " ^^ p ^^ v ™ ™ ^ v books ^ - ¦¦¦^^ ¦¦ —^ ¦ " ¦ away T ^™^ ^ p ^^^^ " ^ p * t ^^^ ^ " ^ from ^^^^ ^ " ^ ^ ^^ " ^ ^^ " ^^*^ ^^^^ T this ^^^ B ^^ ¦ ^^^ ¦ country ¦ ™ ^— — which W * 4 * Mb ^ t , ^ H # ^«* J « never ^ 4 h ^ B ^ » «^^ B > ¦ can " ^» BH *»^ ^ return Bf - ^^ BBF ¦™~ ^ K ¦ n ^ Bl , BB * and B BIB ! - ^^ B * especiall ~ Wp ^ pr ^ t ^ - ^ B ^ » Bi Bi Bi MM y ^ f true — —
are in 1 teresting "V «^« our k . K / M VA remark j ^ ha i . ¦ works w v - ^^ ^ s as ** . ¦ regards Of - ^ ta * - a »> late « b »**^ »»» the - » i ^ years ^ w - scarcer ^ # >« w , ^ w the ¦ bfmcb * - ^ or bt whole w more - ¦ '
character of this branch of the book trade has altered very considerably . To succeed in the
business most difficult one requires Anil ( to the the , unwary courage ) to treacherous pay what
are apparently huge and , one might say , aj > surd prices for rare books . But the courageous man
will win in the end , while his timid brethren go one by one to the wall .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1887, page 812, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081887/page/10/
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