On this page

• Text (4)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    I •

  • 

    G^limp^e^ of Eminent People.

  • 

    Jules Veene. * The apartments in which t...

  • 

    John Boyle O'Reilly. ' He was a revoluti...

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    Boorj^Eilei££ Of To-Da^.

    orders logues . These new transactions hoolts not advertised have alway in my s been cata a ¦ profitless ¦ no ¦ ¦ - t i nfrequ 1 « rfv ently a thankless 4 b AuB task f and

    they ^ ^ " — - ^ —™— ~ - ~ have ^— ^ v " » ~™ , v now ' *^ ^ v ^«^ become ^_ v m » " -- p ^ pm —^^ ^^ so V ^ V V serious ¦ 9 T m »^ ^ p" ^ m < m * a ^_ ^ m hindrance *^* r *^ r , ^ r ^ pT-TT ^ m _¦ , w ^^ w ^ fc ^ to » ^ p . ^ my hand leg ¦ and itimate ¦ reduced ~ - —» business -priced ( viz . books the P deal ) tha ing t in I second am at

    leng ' ¦ ' —i ¦ ^ " *^ — th ^ ™ compelled " ^™ - ^ ppp" —i ^ - ^ —_• —^ to p _ m ^ ^_ pi ask _» ^ bv ^ M ^ ^*» my r ^ - 1 ^^ customers ^ p ^ AflppvphT - -f , « ^ ^ k- ^_ ^ prvr « pr to __ pip » ^ ir- allow ir A ^ fe ^ b ^ p ^ f w orders me to . decline I shall thus together be enabled the exe to c give ution my whole such

    ma attention nent and to constantly the books increasing which compose stock— my an occu per- - pation -v for w v hich _¦ m _ p _ &«» my p-i jt t best energies ta are barel %

    adequa v * ' V" * -v ^ ^ - ^ te ^*« ^ . ' ^~ *^ * v ^ - r ^^ p ^ ^ ^^ n n ^^ ^ ^ * ^^ m * s ^ va v ** w ^ j ^« a * ^ s ^~ y w Mr . Higham then referred to the many

    remainders Archbishop he Stunner had purchased . Tfie bi , ggest includin remainder g that of

    however , was the Expositor from Messrs . , Hodder & Stoughton ; it was still selling

    very briskly . One catalogue he had printed was the biggest ¦ of ¦ its ¦— ¦ kind ever PPPPPPP produced ¦ PP ¦ and 1

    consisted entirel » ^^^^ — — — -- y of - "" — h ^^ ymn — ^ p— ~^^ m ~^ PP - » book ^ P ^ . pnppr ^ PPJP * ^ items ' "" ^ PP" PP . ^ P ^ ^^ v . ^ P" ^ , W Mr * V PPPPPP ^™ ¦ . W . T . Brooke was w — ~~ » . ^ the ~~ ^— ™ *^ p ~ comp ~^™~ ^ ppr ~ ¦ p . p . ^ iler ^™ ^ pp » ^ Pp ^^ ^^™ of ~^ pp ~ ^ pp ^ this ~^ ^ ppp * v ^ pp ^^ ™ . ^ The ^^^^» ^ pp— ¦ *^ p ^

    business , however , consists mainly of the purchase of private libraries , although sales are

    never neglected . Mr . Higham is a life-member of the Booksellers' Provident Associationand

    was for some time on the Board . , Our representative then went over the

    establishment , and was surprised to note the | I excellence ^ AVj ^ ii ^ lH / U of Ul the l ; iiC 7 storage Ol / UiagC arrangement CtllCtll ^ CUlClll / in 111

    r himself the extensive invented basement a very ingenious . Mr . Hi gas gham bracket has

    for use in the cellars below . It is absolutely safe , and can easily be carried to any dark

    corner and hung on suitably arranged pegs . As a parting word , Mr . Higham mentioned

    that introduce he was a son married into his , and business hoped who to shortly would

    probably make a better man than , his father .

    I •

    I

    io 66 The Publishers Circular Sept . i ,. 1890

    G^Limp^E^ Of Eminent People.

    G ^ limp ^ e ^ of Eminent People .

    Guy de Maupassant . Guy de Maupassant i / the popular French — —

    novelist , is thus described , by a sympathetic writer : ' He is of medium

    heightsolidwellbuilt , and has the bearing of a soldier , ; he , has a finecharacteristic Norman headwith the

    straight , line from neck to crane which , we see in the medallions of the old Conquest warriors ;

    his forehead is low , rather too heavily lined ; and his hairbrown and wavyis now combed

    straight back , in the fashion , of the modern Roman youth . In shortf M . de Maupassant

    has such £ f a look of cheeriness , that he reminds m ~ ¦ — — " one of a clear * autumn day—an agreeable

    h dark armony brown in laug russe hi t co eyes lours a shapel d russe j ^__^ y t mouth tints ;

    half concealed b r- y a ^ --j heavy ^ , brown moustache , , an olive skin mantled with red and a general ^ pppi ^ p ¦ ^ h ¦—» h ¦ ii ^ ^ ^ . ^

    healthy ruddiness give this character and warmth to his physiognomy . '

    Jules Veene. * The Apartments In Which T...

    Jules Veene . * The apartments in which the author does

    his work are at the top of the three-story house , and are reached by a spiral staircase . A

    corner room , with windows looking in two II directions , . is his combined study and

    bedroom the wall , A and plain near camp one bedstead of the - stands windows against is a

    few small books table , , are on which neatly pens arranged , ink , . paper Adjoining — , and - — - «*¦* a

    this room workroom the . walls is of M . which Verne are ' s library covered , a large with

    books , of reference & c . On the walls of the study is a picture of the yacht in which he

    4 f X v »»^ used to spend much of his time cruising in the Mediterranean and thinking ^ j over the novel — - -w * . P ^ pft _ ^ Ph PP ^ A — A & — ^^ pP ^ plpk ^ P ^ P » ^ Ph A h Pi

    plots for his stories . A statue of Moliere , whom he greatly admiresstands near byand on the

    wall one •/ sees a p , lacard announcing •/ , a per - formance — - of "Michael Strogoff _____ _ " in Boston _ _ — — _ . ___ - ^^ .

    But the one thing in the room that the privileged XO visitor would be most eager C . J to see

    and the most interested in is a large map of the \ worldon which the routes taken by the

    heroes of ' , his romances are indicated by means v of lines and flags . If you find him writing or

    get a peep at his manuscript , you will see that his penmanship is small and that his pages are

    covered with corrections and interlineations . He rewrites his stories many times , having

    made ten copies of the manuscript of his last book before he got it to his satisfaction . For thirty-seven years he has written an average

    of two stories every year . ' - -From The Book-Buyer for August .

    John Boyle O'Reilly. ' He Was A Revoluti...

    John Boyle O'Reilly . ' He was a revolutionist always ; jbut he

    a / was much more than that . He was reconstructive also . I have never known anyone

    who showed such deep and searching and wide interest in the welfarecomfortand progress

    of the whole human race , . He had , an almost pMPa infinite ^ pbpi ^ ^ p" ^ pp » p ^ " ^ ppp ^ ^ PP" ' ^ pp ^ ' compassion ' ^ pp' ^* p *^ ¦ ^ ppp > ^™ ^ - ^ p ^^ n » pi ppi ^^ - ^ pr ^ PPPi ^ PPP" ^ for ppppph ' ^^ ^ p ^ the ^ PT ^ ppppi ^^ - ^ ppf sufferings v ^ V ^*^^^ ppp ^^ ~^ pf . PP ^ Pk ^^ " ™ " ^^^ pfc " ^ of - ^ man . -

    kind , and an unlimited fund of hope for the alleviation of those sufferings . Sometimes

    towards however , the he destruction uttered terribl of human e theories societ , looking as it , y

    now exists . These theories were only a sort of rendrockintended Pk merelto blow up the

    ^_ r A * «¦» ^ ppp . ^ A , - ^ ppr ^ ^ ph - *^ " ^^ ^ , « «^ « Ph ^ PP - ^ p ^ « PIS ^ ippF ^ - « p ^ ^^* h I * , ib p ^ ^ p ^ ^ ^ PpppT * ± y W ^ Pf - ^ -p ^ *^^ ¦ —* ^^ 1 granite opening ^ p ^ K ^ ^* * + ^ p » Ph HpIp ) VpIpW walls - for ^¦• - ^ b **•* * roader + of *< pp ^ »*» ^^» inert ^ . ^ l « M * pa »_^ * ^ prejudice th ^^ h « k P s ^^ of ^^ ^ progress » - ^ ^^ ^ , h- ^ Mp ^ and ^~ ^^ ^*^ ^ " ^ make and ^ en an

    li understood ghtenment . ; Full but of they the caused fighting him spirit to , a be thle mis tio - ,

    standard when independent he measured of loft Jk , and ideas absolutel existing and 1 l y institutions VA uncom V princi promising les by the ho

    KJ UIV A A VAl « A V >» - ^ r * . . V ^ « . V y W AVIVVVU UAAV . pure fc , ^ » . > W . r * ***¦ % ¦* p I- ' — — — , was never ye heard t one him of th utter e gen a word tlest among of malice men or . ill I

    in wi M M g f ^ ll toAvards of V ^ A . those VA A V ^ frJ *^ any who ?* AAV one represented A . V ^ , . ' A even . Vrf fJV * A when « SV ^ V- * the VA « he ^ w » extreme ^ was ^^• . v * . — speak of

    that opposition those to persons his views were . quite But J unworth am sorry y to of say his generosit t for they returned / VUllIVU it All b KT wholly

    misunderstanding ; V > JllVJJt . WOA UJ y ; y JLV 1 l /** him \^ V IV and criticising y him •• in a mjean inp'fl . n a and nd narrow narrow spirit snirit , . He TTo did did net net o obtruuo btruao

    his opinions ; but , when moved to talk ill , nu expressed them with a lire &« Appp' % a brilliance , a

    wealth w ^ V S * hich illA ^ W * ^ J ^^^ . 1 ^ pppP . ^ pppF convinced WAJL of ^ s ^ y ^ wit V ^/ l ** . Vy ^ -pp and r * * 5 -JpV VA . humour every VJVOJL w ¥ rfph ^ A n J' % ^ p # unprejudiced UMUl and pip ^ -p ^ UJ , < 1 good UUllvvv jv rs ^ ** fellowship ^ - — * listener » -. i— the r ,

    earnest that he was and not cordial only si friend ncere , of but every was also living creatureFurthermoreit was evident ¦ v that

    he KsJLKjiAl possessed lJlAJUJ . . JL' Ul th at XHyjM quality . lll \ JJL yj , which JL . AJ *» »*< J we v * » . cal ^• l greatness of mind . '—Greorge Parsons Lathrop m

    The Critic . . —— -6 ^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1890, page 1066, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091890/page/10/