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    6 9 * The Publishers' Circular Sept. i, ...

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    Since our last publication the following...

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    Canon Dean Of Stanley St. George 'S Exec...

    , The Public Library at Bologna has been closed by order of the Minister of Public I absconded Instruction and for has a thoroug not yet h revision been found . A . librarian Amongs , t who others had thirty precious valuable engravings engravings in charge by Durer , has

    j I are at the missing library ; but , far it more is feare importan d that , t as abstractions the fugitive will has be been disco for vered more . than thirty years in employ "The Queen lias been graciously pleased to accept froin Messrs . Longmans a complete set

    of the recently published * Huglienden Edition ' of Lord Beaconsfield ' s novels . Mr . The Briscoe Queen public has graciousl librarian y of accepted Notting a ham large . paper copy of ' Old Nottinghamshire , ' edited by

    Sir William , Collins , ex-Lord Provost of Glasgow , upon whom the Queen conferred the honour of knig ^^ hthood - - during rT ? her visit to Edinburg-C * h , is the senior partner X of the well-known ••—^••¦ -- ^ v f aa

    for publishing upwards firm of of hal William f a century Collins . , Sir Son William s , & Co ., Collin of Glasgow s was , for with three which years he has Lord been Provost connected of

    subscri Glasgow ption , and for while the relief in office of the did distressed much for working the improvement classes , and of another that city for . the He unfortunate originated a

    shareholders of the City of Glasgow Bank , both of which met with a hearty response from the public ^ . He has been ___ __ a prominent _ — _ — „ — _ member — _ — of _ the _ _ Liberal _ part m ^ y in Scotland , and has for - — several _ . , . ^ ^

    ^^—years held office as President of the Scottish Temperance League . A German statistical journal publishes the following figures as to the consumption of paper

    Eng in the ¦¦ land world 180 - ~— . 000 h The tons f annual ; in PV Germany production 203 of 000 this tons article ; in in France —^» the Uni —¦ h 132 ted ¦ 000 States —m- tons is ; 207 Austria , 000 tons mi 97 - ^ r ; 200 in

    tons ^^^^ jb ; Ital — — , ^* a y , 50 — , , 600 - ^^ ^^ p ^»~^»>~ tons —^^^^ r ^^_~ ^ p ; *^^ . ^^ Russia »^» ¦ ^ 1 ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ B ^^ V . ^^^ , ^^ f ^ f ** 32 ^^ ^^™ , , ^ H 400 ^^ " ^^ " ^^^ ^ . ^ " ^ tons , ^ B ^^^ **^ ^^ ; S pain ^*» ^^^ ™ ^ B ¦ , 30 , 600 — — ^ " ~ tons , - — - . - - , ^ m In the United — ^ m ^— - —— —— States — ¦ - ^^— ^^ ~ , ^ m about ^ m , ^ H ^^^^ p ^^^ ^^^^ 111 b . of paper are annually consumed per head of the total population . In England the

    con-The sumption increased is about consumption the same of ; in paper Germany is owing it is to about the development 101 b . per hea of d newspapers ; and in France and maga , 7 l zines -31 b . .

    At the Congress on the Law of Nations just held at Cologne , a report upon International Copyright was read by Dr . Fred . Tomkinsand it wason the motion of Mr . Hinde Palmer

    , , , alread Q . C ., y M made . P ., unanimousl towards an y Ang resolv lo-American ed 'That treat this Conference y will lead to entertains its speedy a accomp hope that lishment the progress /

    near Sir Aberdeen John Anderson his native , late of place Woolwich a free Arsenal library , has comprising presented upwards to the inhabitants of 5000 volumes of Woodside at a ,

    cost of £ 4000 . , In additionSir , John has invested , the sum of £ 1000 to form , the nucleus , of a fund to erect , a permanent building , for library purposes . ,

    In the floor of the chancel of the parish church of Hucknall Torkard , Nottinghamshire , and immediately over the coffin containing Lord Byron's remains , there has been fixed a slab ,

    sent for that purpose by the Hyxon Memorial Committee . The following inscription has been inlaid died A in pril the 19 marble 1824 . > in brass , surrounded by a poet ' s wreath : — 'Byron , born January 22 , 1788 ;

    of Protestantism We 4 ^^ ^^^ ^^ W understand ^ b , ' published that the Reverend by Messrs j . . Cassell A . W . ylie Petter , LL « ^ _^^^ . D ^ & ., Gal author p _^ in of is the a _^ candidate well ^^ ^^ -known ^ k for ^ the History ^^^^^ ta ^ to ^ post

    of Historiograp The President b rib her , of to the the American Queen M W for and Scotlan h Forei k d gn , vacant , Bibl ie b Society y , the death , a iBa B , of ptist t Dr . organisation J . Hill Burton , has . made I ^ 1 ^ a ^ ^ - * ^ ^ a ^ ^^^ . ^^ r ^^ ^^^ . a ^

    arrangenient 8 for a revised version of the Old . Testament _ . Dr . . Conant has been entrusted revised with in four the years the task Pent , from for ateuch which the Jfe present and he is the to time Psalms receive . The l , and JV 25 work , 000 it is dols is rilfcV proposed k not riB-tl . # intended «¦ This Jfr that gentleman 1 as ds an labours independent , ril & rf it appears shall be , has translation comp dready leted

    but — - ^ — onl y W - a ~^ revision I " ^ ^ ^» - * ' - * m ^»^ ^ V of «» ^^ the ¦* ' ^ ^^ " ^* common ^ M' J-fc *» ^ , ^ f * ' *^ * A * i ^ m ^ m version _~ _ ¦ ^ ^^ , W and ^*^ ^ k -AK ^ the - ^ *^ ^^ p ^> hraseology . J ^^ i * - ^ mf *» *» ^ - " ^ ^ - ^ ^*^» « V V of ~*^ ^ " ^ «» the ^^ ^ V « ^ ^^ King ^ " ^ - ^ » - ^ ^ i ^ ^« ^ ^ W ^ James ^^» - ^ ^^ " ^ mw - ^ v ' s v ^^ v- - version — , will w * ^^^¦¦^— be *— - ^^ preserved »^ jb . ^ i ^ r war ^ h # ^ » ^ . ri * ^> F ^ b % aa ^ r ^^ much ^^ M ^ ^ ^>^^ ft 4 k as 1 -WPi _ y possible B ^ \ m * r r ^ Lf k-J A ^^ A ^^ . ,

    Messrs Mr ¦» ¦ . . Francis Sampson ¦ m . m . » George Low iv / Marston Heath ' s & * Where Cowil to l Find include Fern a s , special ' which VVAUfA chapter ¦^•¦ j ^ will ji i be 4 on publishe ' The d Ferns at once round by

    the ¦ London " * " - — " - ¦» * - ^ ^ ^ ^ - *^ " British -f ^ — - . - » . * « . « , rv . ^ ' M « - toge « ^ jhA r Islands AVAM -r ther - " -v , ^ * > . * AAV . j ^ « with M . « » * , * The JL special jl A » - - « i . * «> V A . info A KJ 1 J VV 11 V / descri ^ l & A rm , i JJU % I ation - 4 * - ' VIV Vx ptions V / JA _ f . , * respecting A * ¥ - / * » . * JLA |_/ of V ^> A - ^ fe . AAVJL UAAACL rn 1- Vfc habitats the *^ T * - ^ A V * J 1 » fern JL V ^ U A . ¦ - - » * * and flora JUV / A » lists - * of V ^ . * . «^ v |_ the of VAA ^ < V . fern V . metropolis AAa - *~ . s ^ a V * V . localities ** . X-r | . ^ J * . X A ^ * * ¦ x * ^ . » — -J - * - meeting t * - ^ » hroug * ^ . * * ^ * . r » - * —— ^ order — hout jj , it

    under is antici the pated names , a wan of the t which London has fern long districts been widely felt—will be arranged in alphabetical

    book book Messrs tor for young VOli . Dean rmr people nponifl & Son . whose wimao , of St . illustrat illiisf Dunatan . rnf ions ir » ' s Buildings are nr . a favourable f » . vmirj , Fleet »/ h 1 fi Street example o . TCfirn , have ]^ of r » f sent the thft us coloured coloure anew Christmas pictures "DlctlireS

    number now so much than in vogue , . Tho book is called * The Children's Kettledrum . ' The p tas tasteful ictures iui

    p numoer iece of work more more in than china htty n ' ftv blue . , to to w which and hich various there there are are colours accompanying accamDanvinf typical of ? the verses verses occasion . . The The which cover cover has is is a a called ^ the

    children and their cups and saucers together .

    6 9 * The Publishers' Circular Sept. I, ...

    6 9 * The Publishers' Circular Sept . i , 1881 —

    Since Our Last Publication The Following...

    Since our last publication the following Publishers have issued books , full titles of which will be found in the New Book List : —

    IWCess Mre *» r ra » . . Blackle Cas » ell 4 Petter l Son . — Oalpln Sanderson A . Co ' s History . —John of Wesley the British , by Emp R . G ire reen . ( Popular Shilling ^

    Librovry ) . Froude IMess Meffrf ' s ra History . . & aorst onrmaiis of A . E Blaokett norland * , Co . . — . new — La Ivy dy edition , Brassey Cousin . Vol ' and s Sunshine . 7 Bride . Lord , by and Macaulav Percy Storm Greg in 'a , the Life 3 vols East and . , new Letters edition . , by .

    Trevelyan , new edition . ¦ ,

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1881, page 692, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091881/page/4/