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    Booksellers' Catalogues.

    Mr . Andrew Baxbndine ^ Edinburgh . —A catalogue of interesting books general lite

    on - rature . ( 16 pp . ) Mr . Chables LoweBirmingham . —A

    catalogue of good books , worth , y of being arranged at least alphabetically . ( 16 pp . )

    Mr . H . M . Gilbert , Southampton . —A catalogue of ancient _ and _ modern , _

    booksinv ^ J - — - - r , eluding several of the New Shakspere Society's publications . ( 26 pp . )

    Messrs . P . S . King & Son , London . —Catalogue of evidence taken before the House of

    Lords on claims to peerage titles , with the cases of various claimantsand pedigrees and

    other papers relating to , heraldry , family history , public records , historical manuscripts ,

    & c . ( 34 pp . ) Mr . Charles GoldingColchester . —A

    selection of books , & c , embracing , old broadsidesold balladsold newspapersold songs

    & c , with , topographical , and genealog , ical works , . ( 10 pp . )

    Mr . ¥ m . Downing , Birmingham . —The present issue—No . 214—of the Chaucer ' s Head

    Book Catalogue contains many rare and choice items from various lately dispersed libraries .

    ! ( 12 PP- ) i Mr . Edward HowellLiverpool . —A

    catalogue containing a miscellaneous , X . collection of early editions and * out of the way books . '

    ( 40 pp . ) — lOl

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    oct . i ,. i 888 The Publishers' Circulat II 55

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    We learn that the library of the illustrious Henry Grattan will be offered to the public by

    % / a . % f auction in Dublin at the close of the present month . It contains many curious books and

    is rich in classics . Amongst other curiosa are the premiums obtained by this great

    patriot in Trinity College , Dublin , containing the Certificates of Honour ; a very interesting

    MS 4 Military . written Survey by Grattan '; also , a and most which valuable he sty and les

    unique collection of pamphlets on Ireland , EngCJ land , and America , from 1747 to 1802 ,

    all of which , we doubt not , will elicit public interest , and keen competition may be

    expected . The library of the late well-known scientist

    John Gray , is to be disposed of by auction in , the North of England this week . Mr . Alfred

    Dando , of Dudley , is the auctioneer . On Thursdayat his house near Shenley

    and Barnetthe , books of Mr . Burdett-CouttsM . P , . come to the hammer . The

    library , is a fairl , y extensive and interesting one , numbering t ^ about two thousand volumes .

    Mr . Rumball , of St . Albans , presides . At Horncastle last week the library of a

    local divine was sold . The sale lasted two dayaand included a number of Dr . Groaart's

    reprints , of scarce books . Some good priceSf were realised .

    Sal^ Jo Ttings

    Obit it a ^

    William Gifford * Palsgrave . — Intelligence has been received by telegram from

    Monte Yideo of the death of this distinguished traveller and most fascinating writer . \ A son

    of the erudite historian Sir Francis Palgrave , he was born in 1826 . His elder brother was

    the compiler of the ' Golden Treasury of Eng lf lish Songs / The deceased had a

    successful and creditable K-J academic career , but it was chiefl — — — - y g on — account — - — -w ~ - — — — of — — his ¦ — — --- ^^ subsequent — h — — - — - h ^^^ - ^ v ^ h - ^— ^^ - ^^^ - ^^ ^^^ h ^^ v adventu ^^^^^^ ^^*^^ W ^^^^ ^^ V ^ HV ^^^ ^^^^^

    -rous life that his claims to public estimation deserve honourable acknowledgment ..

    Com-— — — —— — ~^» - — - —m ~ ~_ - - ~ - » - ™ - . — w — ^^^ - ^ r ^ m ^^ VK ^~ ^"" ^^^ ¦ ^^^^» ^^ ^ - ^^ r - ^^ ^^^^^^ m paratively early in life he gained , in Syria , that acquaintance with Islamism which enabled

    him later to venture boldly into the little known and dangerous regions of Central

    Arabia . This enterprise was encouraged by the - ^ Emperor - ^— - * p- » - — — Nap - — — m— oleon — - ° — III ——— . - " - The —^ - ^ " — —— - ^^ descri - ^* - ^ ¦ - ^^ w ^^ ^^ r ^^^ ^^» ption h ^ m ^^^ ^ ' ^ bppb of ^^ r ^^^

    Pal under grave the ' s title experience * ^ Narrative was , of in a 1865 Year , 's published Journey

    through Central , and Eastern Arabia , 1862-3 . ' The book appeared almost simultaneously

    with Varnbery's account of his Central Asian exploits , and both works immediately

    commanded the attention , one may say , of the whole civilised world ; furtherthey still

    retain their value as authorities , as well as their fascination as finely-written , descriptions

    of unfamiliar lands . Mr . Palgrave acted as ConsuL in several Eastern countriesand in

    1884 was appointed ; Minister-Resident , and Consul-General to the Republic of Uruguay .

    Besides his greater work , Mr . Palgrave was the author of ' Essays on the Eastern

    Question ' ( 1872 ) , ' Hermann Agha , an Eastern Narrative ' ( 1872 ) , and ' Dutch Guiana '

    ( 1876 ) . He was the recipient of the Gold Medal of the French Geographical Society .

    G . W . Petter . —We regret to announce the death on Sundaythe 16 th ult . at his

    residence at Bournemouth , , of Mr . , George William Petter , one of the orig inal partners JL

    in the publishing firm of Messrs . Cassell , Petter 8 c Galpin . Mr . Pettersays the Daily

    News , was in his sixty-fifth year , , and was a native of Barnstaple . Many years agoin

    conjunction with Mr . Thomas D . Gal , pin , lie commenced the business of printing in

    premises at Blackfriars . Business relations having arisen between the firm and Mr . John

    Cassell , who was then commencing his beneficent career as a disseminator of cheap and

    sound literature among the working classes , a partnership wa . s entered into between that

    gentleman and Messrs . Petter & Galpin , and the firm now known as Cassell & Company

    Limitedwas thus established . In the first */ , instance , its operations X were comparativel J . y on

    a small scale ; but year by year they became more extensiveuntil at the present moment

    the house holds , one of the foremost positions among <^ the publishing a . « Jbusinesses of the world .

    Mr . Cassell died in 1865 , and for many years subsequently the business was under the

    active management of Mr . Petter and Mr . Galpinthe former gentleman taking a special

    interest — JL , in the editorial « -J work of the « - * house JL . When the original company was transformed

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1888, page 1155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101888/page/49/