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    DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.*

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    Expenses Of The Guildhall Library And Mu...

    and literary works published in foreign countriesisbRoyal decree dated

    JNTovem-, , y ber 9 , 1877 , divided into two chief divisionsthe fhfi Swedish Swedish and and the the ipreign foreio * r > . Of Of the th « acces

    annas-sions 12 , 791 for books 1887 , pam , according phlets , <& to c , belonged the report to , the first divisionwhile to the

    foreidepartraeiit 879 distinct , works were added gn . The Swedish ordinance relating to the freedom of

    the Press requires that a copy of everything printed in Sweden shall be sent to each of

    the two University libraries and to the library at Stockholm . In 1886 there were published

    in Sweden 524 new books ; 664 works in course of publication were continued and

    6 , 280 pamphlets were issued . These fi ; gures ( let not include inaorazin"ea and newsmners .

    which numbered 537 .

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    Oct . i , 1888 ^ The Publishers' Circular IIir : j i

    Dictionary Of National Biography.*

    DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY . *

    The present volume brings us from Thomas Drant ( d . 1578 ) , divine and poet , to Henry Edrid ( 1769 ^ 1821 ) miniature-painter . It

    is one ge of those volumes , in which there is a rarity of great names . We are now passing over nxr & r the f . hft lp least > p . at . brilliant hrillia . Tit "nassacraa of of the t / hfi milky millrv

    still there are a few passages stars of considerable magnitude way , . There is Drayton ¦ 6 , the poet ,

    Drummond DnimmonH of of Hawthornden TTawthornden , . * glorious erlorious Joh J ohn n Dry '' J TVIn 31 den ack . nlr , Agnes A Dudley ornfia ^ , Uountess Onimtfiaft Dukq of or of Northumberland JJunbar Dunhar . . Ij Lord ord ,

    Melville , Duns , Scotus , and Miss Edge , worth , and of these we naturallturn first to John

    Dryden , which is contributed y by the editor . A very interesting part of this is the criticism

    on Dry den ' s changes of opinion . It is very much the habit to assume that these were

    sincere . Mr . Stephen inclines to the reverse , though he does not omit to point out the

    difficulties i it is idle in to the way of accepting such a conversion it , and adds to

    compare those of loftier minds , ' though , 'in a sense , he hp . nnft"i 7- well wfill have "h n . vft ViPs been P-n sinc » in , nfirA ere enough ATiniKrh . Mr TVTr .

    Step 4 the may hen ¦ least sums unwo up rldl «¦> . » . his of character all great Kf b poets y calling ¦ ' and him as

    . »» . »« . ^^ . . VVVM *^ ^*»* . J * W » V ^ ^»^ ^ y W ^ - ^ B . »^^— " tan . ^ •^ mr- ^ r »* js ^ - ^^ - » rs * , k ^ v ^— ¦ - , v - »*¦»«»¦ to his chief writings , says , * whatever their taults ffl . nif . a no nn tragedies f , TJi . crftflip . a comparable f » . r » Tnna . rfl . lilft to +. r » hia his Kftat best

    work , have since been written for the stage . ' Mr . S . L . Lee writes pleasantly of Drummond ¦ of Hawthornden IL JL \ 4 whom he qualifies s **~ m as

    a »* . * ' w' M learned . M .- \* m V ^ Jk . M poet . I V f f UAAV and AJkVI at . ^ JI his * , VV best AAVAAAi in ^* « . ^_^ his 'v ^ \^ sonnets * . ^ m-m .-m * r r ~* r t ^ . 7 Thft Ihe same aa . mps scholar H <^ l-ir » lnr has Tina a vprv excellent PTr r . ftllftnf . account n . r » f » rmnt

    I of Lady Jane Grey . ' Agnes very , Countess of Dunbar ¦¦ ' ( 1312 fMm mtm -1369 ) is bAlsager BhibK Vian . It is

    1 rather - » - •—¦ . » , ¦ a meagre i- » L . ^^ v ^ ^ s a biograp , *• - *** r ^ r y w hy » even M ^* , ^^» when ^^«^ w « , we con «¦¦ . » v - sider " ¦ --VX the U A V admitted % \ Jk- M . MMM \ J UVVt scantiness KJVLVAAVJ > aAVkJKr of r M the % / mAr material AJlAiVVVlK ^ VJL . « I " ** * ^ jU ... ^^ . . ** . ^ .

    It is interesting to note ( Mr . Vian does not seem aware of it ) that the Castle 4 of Dunbar ,

    ennobled enn and oKlftrl famous b hxr y from the t . ViPi ViPiroip heroic its connection . deeds rlfiftfl « ofc r » f ' J in 31 ^ la ack . a f » lr later Agnes Acnfla with ^¦ ixc •* t ^ of Scots \\ to is now \ reduced age to

    •• um . m . Mary j . ^ x v Queen / \ . * . vs \ JiJL vsjl h ~ rssvKr , j m . m . j »» m . v < v « . ulvvv * uw a of few Dunbar crumbling lately stones proposed . These to a blow worth up y Bailie with

    dynamite on the ground that they were dangerous to the fishermen !

    Mr . Russell Barker contributes the article . Stephen Klder * Dictionary & . Co . Vol . of XVI National . Drant B — iography Kdiidge . . Edited London by ; SMith Lqsll * ,

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    Dictionary Of National Biography.*

    on Henry Dun das , first Viscount Melville ' ( 1742-1811 ) . It is a lainsolidsatisfactory Mfefvrb

    article » W —— ^^ . —1 -v ^ - ^^ We ^^ h w « observe ^^ h v M " i » ^ a ^ r p V ' -r with a *^ irfW ^ fc «»^ kW , P ^ satisfaction ^^^ W ^ K T . r ^ , B •^^ V'W ^ W ^^ tha W ™*^ •¦• ^ t there is hereas elsewherea full note of the

    , , monuments to , and portraits of , the subject o £ . the biograph . It is in . the manner in which

    the m ^ M minor A details ^ M y ^ ^^ such ^ . as these ^ h are attended _ . _ ^ K ^ 1 A to that the great merit of the Dictionary

    consists . The smaller articles are up to theirusual standard of excellence .

    Ylole% And Hew?

    Ylole % and Hew ?

    The remarkable report telegraphed from Toron loronto to bv by xieuter Tteiiter ' s si aapnnv on on Octo October ber 1 1 to to

    the effect that the Senat agency e of the United States have been discussing the question of asking the Dominion fcb tf ¦ > 4 ^ to join rf «^ the Republic i 44 to is ¦ clearl 1 h the

    outcome vw ^^ ^^ «^«^ ^ v »« m ^ ^^ of ^ 0 ^^ the ^^ fisheries ^^ ^ r ^ B «* ^^ ^ m ^^^ 0 difiiculty ^^ K ,, ^ ^^ ^^ » ^ r ^^ . ¦ ^ F ^^ Shortl ^^ ^ ta ^^^ ^^ y y ^^ « v ^ a ^^ new book may be expected on this intricate subject from the of MrJHf de V * W Ricci

    The UULTIVV title U Xi , UlU will be pen LSVAtX c The V ^ JL J-FJ-X North . . ¦ C ^ . . U « American » J . IUVV *< . Fisheries Dispute and the Annexation of

    Canada / Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston & Co . will be the publishers .

    The new volume of the Magazine of Art begins with the November part ^ which will be ready vfin . rlv on on Oct Or » + ober . rVh « r 25 2 K . Several Spivfiral new nfiw teatures featurea

    are to be introduced by the editor , the prospectus , indeed , being highly promising for the increased prosperity of this most popular

    artistic magazine . MessrsHurst & Blackett announce for this

    . week a new novel by Gertrude Forde , entitle ^ ' . Hugh Errington . '

    The next volume of the * Eminent Women Series / to be published in the course of a few dayswill be a ' Life of Elizabeth Barrett

    Browning , , ' by Mr . John H . Ingram , editor of the f . Tift series flAries . The TVift "book honk - which - whir . h is ia the the nrst first me life ot of .

    Mrs . Browning ever , published , is stated to contain a large amount of biographical

    information new to the public . The latest issues of Horner's Penny Stories

    for the People are : No . 24 . ' Grace Shorney ' s Sacrifice / a tale of the Revolution of 1688 , by

    J . J . Ellis ; No . 25 . * Marie , the Exile of trothed trof Siberia hftrL , ' 7 b a a y tale tale Sydney ot of the the Watson sixteentn sixteenth ; No century centurv . 26 . ' B by e-

    M . E . L , . ; No . 27 . * Bridget O'Mara ' s Secret , , ' a tale of the siege of Derry , by J . J . Ellis . A A new now story « f . rvr \ 7- will -will be V » p > added arldftfl early p > a . r 1 v in in October Orvtiohttr bv by

    Fannie Eden ( No . 28 ) , entitled ' Through Weal and Woe . This popular series is to be issued in attractive shillinvolumesof which

    the first and second series g are announced , . a considerable The Tyneside amount Review , of which success has attained in our

    northern October OrfvhrVhfir issue is counties « iift . bft be , will pu ¦ mi hlifih blished , commencing fsd in in London iiondon with the bv by

    -, Messrs . Roper & Drowley . An entirely new work , by F . S . James ,

    ia MA M . about A ., author n . iifJh to be » r of of issued * * Wild Wild b Tribes THbfts Messrs in in . Phili the th « Soudan Soudan & Son , . The title will bo ' The y Unknown p Horn of

    Africa Leopard , an River Exp / loration with additions from Berbera by J . Godfrey to the

    Thrupp .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1888, page 1111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101888/page/5/