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John Robert Tudor. The death is announce...
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IOI - I A Royal Authoress.—Since Carmen ...
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In Utemo^Iam
and entered the house of Whittaker & Oo ., Ave Maria h bh Lane h H which ¦¦ — " - ^ p ~ was then h h 1 one of the ¦ ¦
largest ^ ^ p ^ ^^^^^^ » ~^^ p ^^^ mw w ^^^^^ r ~ wholesale ^ V ^^ ^ ~^* V ^ ^^^^ v ^* W ^^ B — ^ B - ^^ , ^ bookselling ^ B — — — - ^ k " ^^— ^ K ~ ^ B » S — — — " - and " ^^— ' - ^^ ^ Hl — publishing —— — Bm ^ Sal HI — Hk K - businesses in London . About the year 1838
I he began ^^ business on his own account as a bookseller in Bouverie Street . His aim , howeverwas to become -a publisherand it was
not , long before he gav e shape , to an idea which he had always entertained . At that time there were few annotated editions of
classical authors , and these consisted almost entirely of German publications . His idea was — to — — fo — und a library _ - _ — w of , annotated ------ classics ,,
representing the best English scholarship of the day . With this view he sought the help of Messrs . Goldwin SmithDonaldsonGeorge
Long , Macleane , Paley , , and Blakesley , ( afterwards Dean of Lincoln ) , and the series known as the ' Bibliotheca Classica' was the
result It was undertaken in partnership with Messrs . Whittaker & Co . This was followed by similar enterprisesand ultimately led to the
formation of a good educational , business . He had by this time moved to No . 186 Fleet
Street F . R . , Dald where . he He became had for associated some time with acted Mr as . y agent ^_ _ __ _ for _ Cambrid ___ __ . _ ge f- University - - - publications ,
— J — | F and in 1856 he acquired the old ^ -established business of J . & J . Deighton , of Cambridge ,
which is still carried on under the style of Deighton , Bell & Co . In 1864 he and his
partner became the purchasers of Mr . H . G . Bonn ' s well-known librariesand transferred
their business to York Street , Covent Garden . In 1872 his partnership with Mr , . Daldy
terminated taken , part and in since the then business . two . of A his few sons years have ago he acquired _ _ the - publishing ^_ — _ _ business _ _ of
Whittaker & Co ., the booksellin ^ g portion having been * ^ ^ pr - ^ w —~^™ previousl ¦¦* ¦ — - ^^ - ^ - - ¦ ¦ — y disposed — — — ¦ - — — — » — —~ — — of — . ™ Two - » — years m — — ~ —r ago g ^\
Mr . Bell retired from business , though he never lost his interest in itand constantly
visited the office to within a , few weeks of his death .
The foregoing are the bare facts relating to the life of Mr . George Bell . It remains for uswho have had the pleasantest business
relations , with Mr . Bell for more than forty yearsto bear record to his sterling worth
and u , prightness of character . Mr . Bell was one of those thoughtful quiet men who never
ob »¦*¦ innate pbp ^>^ ^™ trude ¦ v ^»* ^ p - ™* ^^^ modesty ¦——• ™» m themselves ^ - *—* ^^ ™— ™ ¦ ^ ~»— g , -j he — —— , could — but ~— - ^ - — - , notwithstanding not — — — — altogether — — - ¦ — ^ hide his
his all regarde pi li matters 4 g faf ht F d under in the connected N ¦ ¦ ¦ a trad bushel e as , with for ¦ ¦ — ¦ - wh he the ose has publishing H long pinion been ¦ on
Vp ^^ p" ^^ ^ ^^ a ^ ^^^^ ^ fc # ^*^ ^ " ^ W ^^ ^^ » . — — ~^ r ~— ^ " ^ ~~ —^ » w — — ~ ° - ^^ — ~ - - — ~— ~ — * ' ° ^ " ^^ business was invaluable , and consequently his a ^ a ^^ r dvice ~^ rrw * w p ^ ^^ . - was » w - ^* — ' - ^~ frequentl ¦—¦ *—* - *^ ™~ pj " —¦ — ¦—» ¦— — y W sou — — g ^^^ m ht whenever — — — — trade — ^^
changes or specially difficult questions arose ; and that advice ¦—¦ ¦ . always ~— »¦ freely and ungrud ¦ g fc ingly
' ^ i » «* # ¦« ^ v '"" ^ " m * v ^ . ^^ " ^ ^** - ^ - »^^ w ^ r , ^ — - M — ^^ — — — * — — ¦ — — — — f ¦ c—^ m g alway iven s at regarded whatever as personal authoritative inconvenience . We , was are
told that not only advice but also generous pecuniary support have been during his
lifetime JL bestowed v X JL on many charitable works —' and on ¦^^ «* mm many ^^ ¦ ^^ . ^ ^*^ r jw ^^ poor H * rf - ~^ »* ^^ dependents ^~^ - ^ ^^ m— ^ - p— ' —¦ ^—^ ~^ ~ ' — — , W but — ^ alway ------- — h s with - — -
remarkable sympathy . jud At the gment Boy as s' Ho well me as an with industrial kindly
school in Regent ' s Park Road , , of which he was one of i the founders i ih t in 1858 his - ----- valuable v ---- --- ¦„ - pi j i ¦ ¦¦
counfiel ^ w ^ rivrmr ^^ . ^^ ^^ . and —m— v ^^ ^ . a ^^ p ^ his ^^ pw p ^~ nr liberal ^ " ^*« < — ^ ^» »^ ^>^^ —» » — - hel ' ^^ » p will pp ^ ^^ , j — — be greatl — — _ , y
fflffft ' T i '
= l officers missed . by He the has Committee watched and as hel well ped x as its — by pro x its -I j
gress from its humble beginning with two boys until it has reached its great success and Usefulnessunsurpassed in Great Britain . Mr
Bell loss will was be a , conscientious deep PK ly felt K in Churchman his A pB parish ' ' A , , where and his in B , | ^ m ^ [
every good work he . heartil . y assisted , notabl . ^ ^ y in the establishment of the Church of the Good Shepherdand in the active mission work
of its minister , the Rev . C . Mackeson . Mr . Bell's death wil , l be regarded by his many
O w % J friends as a great loss , and by none more than
by ourselves .
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1558 ! The Publishers' Circular Dec 1 , 1890
John Robert Tudor. The Death Is Announce...
John Robert Tudor . The death is announced of Mr . John Robert Tudorauthor of ' The Orkneys and
Shetland . ' Mr , . Tudor was born at Birken % r - head in 1839 , and was educated first at
Greenock and afterwards at Shrewsbury . He had been in failing health for several years . I
Ioi - I A Royal Authoress.—Since Carmen ...
IOI - I A Royal Authoress . —Since Carmen SylvaQueen of Roumaniahas chosen to
^ novelists enter _ i ^ m ^^ r , - ^^ _ _ , into r - ^ , — her r— active history w competition ^ j has — — — an ~ - — enhan , - with ~ ced interest British - ™ - - *¦} !
to British readers . A biography of the royal I romancer has lately been translated into English 7 and is — made the subject of an article __
in the ^ December , number of the ^ Sunday Magazine . As a child it seems she was very peculiar ,
being passionate , unyielding , and reserved in I character . * Her own recollections reach back j
to her third year . At that age the little girl was taken ^ to stay . _ _ — ^ with her ^ godmother ^ j , j Queen ^ j ~ — _ —
Elizabeth of Prussia , at Berlin . There the imaginative little girl fondled all the footstools , sofa-cushions , and bolsters with the greatest
care , pretending they were children . One day she ran up quickly , took hold of the feet of t — he — — Q \ ueen — — — j which — — were ¦ resting on a footstool
placed ~ j them , roughly on the ground ( j , and with , y the angry exclamation , " You must not stand on
my child ! " she carried the footstool off . Her firs — t — ques » — — — tion — - _ — to _ -, strangers — — — ^_ _ generall - —j _ y - was . — , -j
44 Have you children 1 " If they had none they ceased to interest her . Her love for poetry early showed itselfand all the circumstances
of her life fostered , the poetic instinct . As a the very German little child poet she , Ernst used Moritz to sit on -Arndt the knee , whi of le
he read his patriotic verses to her mother . Little Elizabeth would listen with flaming cheeks . Sometimes the venerable poet would
blessing p ^^^ lace 0 P ^ ^^^ P ^^ ¦ ' ^ W ^ »^ his ^^ ¦¦¦& . hand " She ^* " ^ ^^ ^™ ^^^ took ^^ on ^^ "I ¦ I » her up ^ ' ^ B ^ everything ^^^ head ^^^ ^ W ^^ in an J ^ V ^ M passionatel H — attitude — - — - — — of y j
and impetuously , and when at play with ch ^|— ^* p ^ ildren ^ P ^ ^& ^_ Tfc * P ^ ^^^ ^ 4 * P * of ^* ^^ her P 1 ^ PP" ^*^ P ^ own « J * * " ^ . " * age "" ' - H & " ^^ was - - — - ~ ¦— ' always T-- ^ , ^ - _ , over v - — -
excited . She did not merely play for fun ; she was quite overpowered by the world of her
imagination , and carried out the vivid thoughts of her fancy . ' - •»?
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-odU J . V fr ^ WJ , . V ^* J ¦* . ^* - ^^ H * ^** *^ - * r *^ p- « — ' ^ ^* - - ^ *— — — — __ . - ^ - ^ .. __ facturing in a recent ** a book issue of in the the United American — - States - - -- Bookmaker --- ia -- --- given --- .
pV & JR A * % JW P ^ ^^ ^** ^*^ ¦* ^ ** ^ ** P ^ r % * ^ ' ^ ^ l " r ^ " ^ *^ ^^ " ^ " ^ *^ ^^ *^ ^ ^ — ^ — — ^ ' Now if we wish to make a handsome 12 mo » volume , sav Pf of 400 Datres pi . well printed , well
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 1, 1890, page 1558, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01121890/page/10/
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