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    1%c6 ^ The Publishers' Circular 12 ^ J V...

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    Booksellers' Provident Institution. At T...

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    favourites be suitable had in for large of the vari coming e comp ty , and limentary season probabl . time y will among are be the

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    the engravings unwor ^ y a *^ goo ^^ . ^^ ^^^ . AVarxe ' s ' Crown Library . '—Cheapness of this ventureThe

    publishers issued is the characteristic to meet announce a demand that diffe new the ring volumes from . tha are t

    both althoug met by ° being h their the two dra well libraries wn -known from will ' Chandos en run tirel si y de Classics b distinct y side , , '

    branches UVUl «_» V- " of » Q literature . The volumes «/ ( which . are T . L \ J unabrid Li lie */ * - / X I * - * ged Gk v / la ) i 4 now iv rr issue ^ . ww - •^• d v ^ a **/ . r * . e w ' Valentine » w . « . w ' . * .. * . «/ i . * . Av /

    Caudle Vox , ' Lectures ' ¦¦ Ernest —¦ — — Maltravers and The Story , * ' Alice of a Feather / The '

    VCIUv ' ' The Pete ** > r -- Deer Simp -- -Slayer le / , ' / Jack ' The Hinton Scottis V , ' h ' Ivanhoe Chiefs / / ,

    ¦ bridge ' The Prairie Hall ; ' Bird others / 'Rory are O promised 'More , ' . 'Brace The

    works - * » " ^ ~ are nea tly bound in clo th , and bid fair to - attain a populari X . X ty / equal JLto the ' Chandos

    Classics . ' Reminiscences of the Colonial and

    Indian" Exhibition . —Messrs . William Clowes & Snn . sLimitedwill shortly publishwith the

    entitled sanction , of ' Reminiscences the Royal , Comrtiission of the Colonial , a , volume and

    Indian Exhibition / which will be illustrated ( with including two coloured traits of pla H tes R , H seven the Prince etchings of ,

    AN ales . Execu por tive President ... of the Royal Commission tommission , an and d » Sir ir Philin Philip U Onnliffe unlitte Owen Owen , thee

    eighty € Secretary i _ r lit \ ' smaller smu ) , -ll , twelve r illus illnsif trations . ra full . f . inTi -page a in ir » and the f . liA text - upwards tew i , The Thft of

    principal features of the Exhibition . will be full represented y illustrated , and bse every veral cou ictures rt wall ^ NTo be

    ¦ its pii is less 'luiii nauvi n ; than itivo Emp . " . artisans artisans twent , many , and y . Durbar Durbar have the y been popular Hall Hall allo , p will will Palace tted hp be to . , , fully fullv wi the th

    ¦^ ¦ fc hand lie ' Ttniytd Commemora of mmemorative Mr . . The Thomas tive illustrations , Dinloma Diploma Riley , of of the are the the , all desi Exhibition Exhi from gner bition the of ..

    m I tlie editor lu ) y , il a Commission member of the has executive been Itindl staff » 3 J 3 ti- ( l m the preparation Ji \ €± KJl , of XJM the IjILKJ letterpress y

    |— w — ari ) ' ( the , colonies v . Executive wwiUCO vnv- , ^ , . ^ ya The JL Uti L Commissioners J > U work WOIK x . . will Will ICUlCipiCOl be UtJ of bound L > UU the 11 * J .

    ¦ W J " . ; new handsome work , Indian we are desi informed gn . R that espec Her ting K'M ^ ty t the the Queen haa graciously consented

    | ° ^ ep tionahy dedication of National . Biooraphy - lr 1 - ^ Mm Westby Gibson writes : — My

    atten-¦ ft M I " ct > ; J « , J l ) ^ or k ^ blunders n 1 , called in which " to in the you Publishers memoir speak of of ' two Circula Donald verj r of my

    W ^ tionary I ' ^ ^ V ; t " technical , Lochiel of sli National error , in of the the Biograp last press volume — hy the . ' ^ of word Th th « < 3

    ft K t } ' fl ( ) lli anifs confounding wing Stuart pped I Charles in unobserved Edward JStuar . So t uii , ( who wrote a magazine

    _ _ — » » o-canea rebellion tlnrty years ^

    ago only ) bega dist n inguis the paragrap hing them h under by notice their proper by not

    tender names v , " but and vJ called " the O them elder " the Pretender % / younger . " Pre The ^ 7 -

    sentence ( brief for obvious reasons ) should be : " Charles Stuart declared war against the

    Elector of the of Emp Hanover ire James , and proclaimed VIII . " The sove other reign

    fac author t put ' s " blunder briefly . " The is simp Hig ly hla a nders matter were of

    Edinburg decidedl X y h , " " unopposed as I have said in . their ^ " The march Canter — to

    dragoons of Colt Bri were g" draw was n no up real there opposition , but when . The the Highlanders advanced from Corstophine and

    fi sent red forth a few a few istols mounted , a humi skirmishers liating spec , t who acle

    shot ensued fell - The into regulars disorder , wit and hout their returning officers a sing had le

    to move , them away . , The retreat caused a ¦ panic *• ' , and the trot became a gal GJ lop Xin the

    few wildest minutes confusion , and again . They fled . halted Another at Leith halt at a

    a Preston third alarm Pans set was them a vain fly ing attempt O to Dunbar to rall , North y , for

    Edinburg Berwick , h an -folk d other , discouraged coast C-J towns at . this No wonder wardly

    fli rons ght , after the entering dragoons , the let t cit he y dashing by strat Came agem - ,

    have such easy work that no blood was spilt . ' Mr . Gladstone on Bookbinding . —Mr .

    W . E . Gladstone sends the following to Messrs . W . G . Stoneham & Co . : — ' I thank

    you manufa for c the ture books of a you book have just t sent from me its . com The - apar

    position , is of immense , interest , and the binding is a portion of the work which seems

    i ts require price x and attention quali x ty % j ' , at and the the present circumstances day , when of

    production , are compared with what they were sixty »/ years »/ ago (^ j . You appear X . 1 . — to attain — —

    wi very th some perfect other ly the advantages object of to compactness which you , (

    suppose refer XX . I it am important X not entitled to you «/ to to suggest reduce , to but the I ' '

    utmost , what you have already reduced considerably , viz ., the thickness of the metal

    plates , so that your metallic sides may not be heavier than sides of card-board . —I remain — ,

    your obedient servant , W . E . Gladstone . ' Makion & Co . ' s New Catalogue . —Messrs .

    Marion have sent ua a copy of their new Trade Catalogue . It is a bulky bookwith a

    marvellous assortment of articleswhich , are both \ useful and ornamentalas the , saying goes .

    The catalogue contains goods in the firm O ' s second , third , and fifth departments . In the

    cards third we and observe a multi the plici albums ty of requisi , bags tes , Chris of a tmas like

    let descri ter , p cases tion . Card cases & c . , are cigar found cases in , the frames fifth — , purses

    department . , The second , , department is almost wholly devoted to photographs ( plain and

    coloured embraces ) , app frames liances , cfec for . The the latter photograp department hic arb .

    logue Everything is interesting considered to , Messrs look over . Ma ; rion it of ' is s Ca well taillustrated , and , from ' aT ^ rodo point view ,

    well compiled .

    1%C6 ^ The Publishers' Circular 12 ^ J V...

    1 % c ^ The Publishers' Circular 12 ^ VqV . I , ° ^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1886, page 1283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111886/page/5/