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      *-\/-W Dramatic Writing.—* On The Discav...

      — — effect would - ' . be- lost ; but an " equivoke " scene to each , __ *— wherein other - ' s identit both characters y m is the -- most are deceived enjoyabl as e

      and ^ J ^^ pT ^ B ^ m 0 ^ req ^ pr uires — perhaps more ^ , — ingenuity — — - — - — — in its ^^ mg con ^^ ^^ - , struction _~_ ^^_^^ i ^^^ P - ^^ p ^^ ^^^ - ^ r __ _ than ... — _ any _ ^^ j other _ branch _^^ __ _ _ _ __ i _ of ^^ ¦ writing — — —^^ ^^ h ^^ ^ h ^^ m ^^ m ^ k ^^ i ^ in ^ h ^ h « ^^

      comedy . Such a scene , too , must be rendered with ¦—— great skill and the most perfect ___ serious . . -

      ness »» » - ^ : if a smile should steal over ^ - the actor - 's face , showing that he inwardly sees the humour

      of the situation , the whole effect will be lost . The bewilderment of the characters must be

      supreme , and as the scene progresses and they become more and more entangledtheir blank

      look ** —— — s of amazement d elight a . the -A C 7 audience , _ * . , who _ alone are in the secret . '—Joseph Jefferson

      in the Century for October . i ¦ ¦¦¦¦

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      V^^^P- Inconvenient Sizes Of Books.—A Co...

      V ^^^ P- Inconvenient Sizes of Books . —A contributor to the Writer vents a grievance he

      has against publishers for the many styles in which books are got up , and it must be

      acknowled without reason ged that . his 4 Every comp — laint one' is he not says altogether / / whose

      range of reading is at ^ all extended , , and 7 who has to buy bookshas felt the inconvenience

      of having so many , different sizes and proportions of bound volumes . Every one who has

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      cimos . The result is that a distinction , which once meant something and aided a trifle in

      library serious ser without ious classification a misinformation misinformati difference , " on is ; . . in now fact Just Just , a may " how how distinction result man manv in , y

      chase pages of of iron type of a printer size unknown locks up to within the reader one and ,

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      aligned in front , or only straggled and Makes uneven a , is difference viAUVJL likewise of in momen cost whether 11 t to him books f It also are

      of pnnted wecduse b paper ~» from , or about are VUVU mad four XM . M . e HVDV or from five KUU forty different VJI » WV to ^* fifty » Bizes J * MM . ,

      carry ecause and tne the mills mor mor have e n rjV size to . ph s mak paper nanpr e --dealers dftalfirs the hi have have her the to to price wnie per pound will be for any , one size g . The

      inay come when publishers will unite in ^

      V^^^P- Inconvenient Sizes Of Books.—A Co...

      ¦ producing that all »¦ o ¦ £ ¦ one ¦ but nominal m a »^ certain number dimension of size ( s out , so

      side ^ — ™ w of m »^ m ^^ marg ^» ^^ m *^ ^ in r ) sh - pa all ^^«/ v ^ line page ¦ a ^ ¦ ¦ ^^ f % ^ up ^ ^^ * well ^^ »* i ^^ when ^^ ^ ^ » ^^ % in [ battle array or on dress parade in their shelves

      orcas es . aftm

      Tijad^ C^Ange|

      Tijad ^ C ^ ange |

      Walter Belcher , five and a-half years with Mr . J . W . GledsdaloBoltonhas purchased

      the goodwill , stock , and , plant , of the late Mr . W . Burghope .

      Mr . J . Dodgson , Leeds , has had to remove from Park Row to 68 Albin Street , owing C 7 to his

      present premises being wanted for Bank extension . His new premises are about as extensive as any in the county .

      The partnership heretofore subsisting between Henry James Marshall and George

      dissolved William by Pearce w mutual , Park consent Street , ras , and Bristol from , was the

      first day of July 1890 , since which time the business has been and will continue to be carried on by Henry f James Marshall / on his

      own account . All debts ^ due to and owing , by the said late firm will be received and paid by

      Henry James Marshall .

      In Rnemo^Iam

      In rnemo ^ iam

      Mr . Dion Boucicault . We much regret to chronicle the death of

      Mr . Dion Boucicault < - > , which occurred suddenly in New York on September 18 . His death , as

      the Times well said , removes a conspicuous figure from the stage of two countries .

      Regarded importance as a whole and value , his . theatre If he is seldom not without relied

      his upon n 0 stories vr ^ his i . ^» m ¦ own m h as ^^ ^ i ib powers would » » ¦ ¦¦ ^*^ ¦ ¦ ¦ seem ^ of ' ^^ — invention — ¦ to — — hav — -- — — e — in been - framing the — ^^ ^^ p ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ , ^^

      — fact w , it he h broug umour ht to his th task os many a keen rare sense qualities of

      charac , ter , and , above all , , a profound knowled 41 ^^^ - ^_^ ge M ^ h ^^ of ^"^ ^™ the ^^ ^ " * sources ^* ^^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ of ^^ ^^ theatrical ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ~^ ^™ ' — ' ^ ^ effect ^^ — — . He

      was a master of adaptation . In The Colleen Bawn he may be said to have founded a new Ila

      school of melodrama , the central situation in f the being # ¦ p i the ece , first as v > i he thing ¦¦ more in the than way once of * pointed sensationa out l- , \

      pt ^^ ^^^ ^ n ^ k ^ h' ^^ ^* ^ N ^ ^ k ^ s <¦*^ v ^ p' * ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ p ^ k ^^ ^* ^^ ^ pr ^^ ^^ v — — ism' that has been witnessed on the stage . His acting was marked by easegraceand a ;

      Irish peculiar Trish cha characters vein racters of humour , such such , as as especiall Conn < Jonn , y in in in , those The me i \

      to Shang play h . raun Of , late which years , he h liked owever abov , his e popularity all others

      has declined . , Mr . John Mossman .

      Joh We n Mossman are sorry to the record well- the known death Scottish of Mr . sc ftmilntor ultor . which which took took , plac tdace e on on the the zzna 22 nd inst inst ..

      born at Por p in t London , Bannatyne Mr . , Mossman near Glasgow was educated . Thoug in h , taken into into

      the Scotland Srtnf . lfl studio . nrl . b At At . the an an early ear late lv Baron age acre he he Marochetti was was taken and idlgained y a hih reputation as a scul , ptor

      in rap Scotland y . Many g of the best statues in Glasgow ~\ r mm were executed -w »« ¦** iv by himamongst them

      | being X ^^ M . * m * J ^ J k those w w m ^ of ** ^ _ * Sir _ . _ m Robert _ ^ . ¦¦¦ . ^ _ - ^ r - ™ . — Peel ¦¦— ^ i ^ . <¦ , Dr - , j . . Livingstone - ^^ ft m ^ j > . ,

      and Thomas Campbell .

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1890, page 1179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101890/page/21/