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    j 690 The Publishers' Circular * Sept. i...

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    188 Fleet Stbbbt, E.C. : September 1, 1881.

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    ri JL \HJ2 senators Session and which to...

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    THE CHEVALIER 1>E CHATELAIN , death — — ...

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    J 690 The Publishers' Circular * Sept. I...

    j 690 The Publishers' Circular * Sept . i , 1881 ^ ¦ .. .

    188 Fleet Stbbbt, E.C. : September 1, 1881.

    188 Fleet Stbbbt , E . C . : September 1 , 1881 .

    Ri Jl \Hj2 Senators Session And Which To...

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    and ¦ Home as far as e the grievances copyrig , ht laws ---- are scanty concernedno ¦ movement lias _ . _ -, — been made . The legislation Bill so

    carefull ™ ^ ™ — — , W 01 ™ — " * y ^^^ prepared ~ ~ 1 and ^ 1 " — » 1 so ^^^ full ^ » i y -- discussed ^ ? -- _ — ^ at ii - — * ~^ the - - , J instance 1 — - — of —— oil - — ' - the Social «¦*• — — T Science ft ¦ _ . . __ _ Association _^ a __^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ . ^^ ^ . U % ^^ I never 1 ~— - reached — — its p lace on the agenda C 73 B of the — House — , and — -. _ __ there ______ _ is thus another autumn __ — recess ^ b - ^ »_ rm _>_ . j | j

    I to forei give gn to bearings the still . ve On xed another questions point connecte which has d with a dire the ct i subj nterest ect , for both many in its of the domestic readers and of the its j PublisJvers ruoitsiiers Circular uirciuarthe law law of libel amendment ainenameni of 01 tne the

    * — —_ ne or jiDei as as affecting aneciing newspapers newspapers— —an an law law vexations slight in itself proceedings , but importan against proprietors t in its issues for , reports has taken of publi place c , meetings and a fresh has been barrier provided against . ,

    future The j ___ B »« law ^ . when in a this _ ^ a particular report ¦ A ^ is - was obviously - — decidedl ^_ i ____ ^ boixd _ . _ y capable fide _ __ _ m and of when amendment __ _ the ^ _ . _ public ^^ . , and interest it _ is tt _ satisfactory is _ _ . the _ k _ _ onl _ _ y that _ . aim ~—V ^ , _ - & , in in

    its • publication v , _ «* _ * , the _ v ^^ proprietors ^ - _ _ of _» the . * paper will , be * protected _ » m . To rw % the _ " literature » _ _ of _* the ^ session if such a name can justly be given to the reports of the speechesit is difficultapart from ,

    m • 4 • . « - ^ , a n , . a portance political m ¦ ^ h considerations have been broug mv , to _ ht forward refer __ i h with , and ^ a any to this great _ h cau ^ h _ respect se more . than Few __ _ . to questions any _ lack of of abilit i first y -class in either im-«_ __ ^ * _ p _ p «__ ^ __

    chamber must be ascribed the uniformly low level of the session's oratory . There have been times ¦ - in our parliamentary - ¦ history when - ¦¦ the speeches » f ¦ made ¦ - ¦ b - y the heroes of - ~ - debate - - - - have ¦¦ been

    of destined ^ B elegant _ A ^ ^_ — to m diction ^ — tt live _ — — not — but A onl ™^ — ^ of — y — in speeches the _ — ^ — — — pages g such — —— of as -v Hansard ^_ ^— ^^ i _ i ^ these ^^ — - ^ m — ^^^^ the ^ ^^ ' —— , «^— but ^ - ^ " - —— ' past _ —— as session models — — g ^ — ^ has of — oratory been — _ — almost and — — — « i — masterp as ^— barren ^^^ - r v ^ f ^ i _ ^ eces ^ ^^^ ^^ as ^ ^ L ^ K

    it has been void , of useful work . In the tributes to Lord Beaconsfield ' s memory in both Houses there was much graceful and genuine eloquenceand as pieces of clear and powerful

    statement several of the Prime Minister's utterances on , Irish questions deserve to be remembered ; but by far the larger part of the session was so completely given over to personal

    forgotten altercation , that , and there to those was but miserable a scanty exhibitions substratum of of the malevolence oratory which which lives can when not be it too is trans soon

    matter ferred to of print genuine . That regret there , for should so long be any as permanent there are decadence at St . Step in hen this 's men respect who would , like be the a

    their are Beaconsfields scarcel speeches - h y less , form the - famous L an yttons important in , the and w worl ~ the feature d Gladstones 1 b of h ¦ ~^^ r books in vv the of than enrichment our in day the , not which parliamentary to mention they b give other arena to the , lesser so literature long lights will ,

    — — — — — — —— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ^— ™^— - ^^ ^—» ^^^^^ p ^^ ^^^^ - ^^ ^^ ^^^^>^^^ ^— ^^ ^^— ^ - ^ - ^^«^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ v ^^^ » ¦ ^^»^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ w 9 " ^ v —^ ~ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^* ^*^ ^^ . »^ fc ^ r ^ i ^ ^^ v ^*^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ substitute of their day newspaper . The in reading creased for and the increasin perusal g disposition of books makes on the it part more of the than general ever a public matter to

    of importance that the parliamentary contribution to our news sheets should be of a fair average of literary meritand contain as frequentlas possible some of those nobler utterances

    which —~ — - ~— —— ^^ , » - ^— whether — — —— ¦— " ~~ ~ the j — ~ - fruits ^^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ , w ¦ ^ of ¦ ~^^^» - study ^ r ~^ ^~^~ ^ r ^ r ^ r ^^^^ m and ^ f ^^^*^ tf ^ preparation 4 ^ ^ a ^ v ^« ^ H ^ b ^^^ 4 Pfcdb ^^ ^» y w ¦ ^ h ^^ . s , or " ^ ^*^ the . r »^^ ^ h n ^ - ' *^ brilliant ^ h ^ w *^ ^^ tf *^* ' ^^ ^^^ ^ fc ^ ^^ off ^^ rfK - thro ^^^ t ^ i j * ^^ ^ w 41 ^^^ y ^ of ^ r 4 B > ^ b ^^^ b a powerful •^ ^» ^^ **^ **^ ^¦ " ^* ^^ ^^ ^^

    intellect , are alike a . rich teast to the reader as to- the listener .

    The Chevalier 1>E Chatelain , Death — — ...

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    fac Blanc — t that — fi gured — he was - - — - so — — prominentl im — prisoned — — - — — - ——~~ y . for —— — - ^ v ™ Of m « some ^^^^ ¦ ^ his ^ r , ^ v ^ political ^^ earlier «^ m *^* i * m ^«^ ^ b * ' ^ ' ^^^ ^^« % life offence ^ a ^ ^ ' ^^ ^^ in ' ^ v kk Fran *¦* his ' ^^ f ^^^ ^^ ce propert ^^^^ 4 but ^ V » ^»* fc little * w ¦ ^ mm ^ ^» was is ^ h ^^ r ^^ known confiscated ^^ « H ^ M »^^^ ^^^ ^^^ , ^^^ beyond ^_ fy ^ h 4 fe ^ r ^ and *^*^* " ^>*^ the ^^ he ^ ^^ —^

    fled to England , where he remained ever since , occupy , ing himself y in literary pursuits , . He alwavs always adhere adhered d to to the tfte strong stroner political Dolitical views views whic which h led led to to his his quitting emitting France France , aand nd this this made made

    it of v-fc undesirable the w ~ — ~~ expulsion " *^ *^ X ¦*—»— — - for w —— . of -w him ifc the « --. — , to ^ -- Jesuits -v return -s ^ - *^ ^« . a v »^ , * to and «^ waa his ^« . his jl & native * K * works f » »^ JL JL land & . lkJ ) UV abound I ^/\/ during V * HVfc with » T the A V A A , vi Empire » A go ^^^ rous JL . V ^ V . 4 . k 7 expressions X > ^ He B- |_^ JL \ J strong » J * JX , V- ^ JL Jl fc * ly of V ^ JL approved political |^ v ^* . » * . * .- — -

    & feeling . of A the very rei curi of ous Louis predicti Phili on is found who in came a work to the of throne his entitled in 1830 ' Konces and left et Chardons it in 1848 , . ' We propos present it in its gn English form , as ppe translated , by Madam © de Chatelain , : —

    "When the Second Empire shall in Paris prevail Only ( Alack eihteen , ' tis sh no ort merry conceit shall hie ) , avail

    To g keep him upr years ight on his feet prayers . So says , in clear tones in his conjuring book , Nostradamus the Great ; and 'tis there you must looic .

    Louis Philippe was born in 1773 and married in 1809 ; the figures of both these dates added togeth Althoug er give h he 18 , did the some number ori of inal years work that his he most reigned esteemed . literary performances his

    transbeth lations / * from Hamlet Eng , 1 i ' lish and 000 poets « The into Winter g French ' s Tale — , e / . g ., His Chaucer ' BeautcSs ' s ' Cante de la rb P u pe ry ' sie Tales Ang / laise Shakspere / are in 5 volumes ' French s * Mac ,

    containing containing is probably over over his greatest ,, vuv poems poems work tro fro . m m He Ohaucer Unaucer contributed to to Tennyson Tennvson often ana and to the bwinburne Swinburne ' Poet's , , Corner ttranslated ranslated 9 of into into some * of rem tho , " ,, newspapers ^ H ^ A ^ A ¦¦ i ¦ and _ a magazi ^ nes , and -. at «_ one time _ acted as musical critic . In 1843 he one married has trans ft Miss - - * m

    lated and Ulara it some de may Jrontigny of be his remembered poems , whom into he that Eng had lish they met at wer Few the s ^^ ^ house \ nio wfe ^ ^ fffjhaye ^ of M a ! Biion common been the so acquaintance recipients happy as this of , and the who celebrate ^ been d - , k / ¦ Qj ^ MffigMffiW *

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1881, page 690, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091881/page/2/