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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 2nd February 1880, Edition 1 of 1, Page 74, %4 The Publishers' Circular fa.^3

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      . Al Though Worthy For The The Modern Re...

      withi suggestion The MSS n its . portals of recentl the , ancient y and made it is classic in difficult the Times authors to exaggerate that are p of hotograp priceless the importance hs of value the , and most of the we rare chan cordiall of ge these in y the second treason r & qim ^ * ' ! 1

      issue * in should ^*^^~^* m the ^¦ r- ^ w ^ B - ^ pp chief ' ^ . r be w ^ .. ^ . * ^ p ^ taken ^™ if cities ^^ ^^ ^ the — - ^ . of " ^ No »^ — E difficulty urope » — ^ - ^ ¦ " - ' — sufficient ' — ' ' — would of - — — the — , funds be various found to enable countries in securing this declined project ^^ from ^^ literary to to be tak carried men -w- and ^ to ^ ^^ in anti ^ a gfljf ¦ successfni p ^ J quaria M B ^ jM | > V ^^ V ^ H V W ^ I

      which , even would enable governments them , at a comparatively small outlay , to add very largel e part y to the a treasures scheme of their national collections .

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      Jrroiessoi Professor Nordenskj I* Orutji...

      jrroiessoi Professor Nordenskj i * orutjiisK . juiu old . '» s visit visit to to Jap uapan an nlias «* o borne will *? literary 1 x ^ 10 . 1 jr as aa well wen as < xa scientific aoicuciuc fruit irun ; , m in the tU

      a stalls adds sliape ffarf * ^ r ^ J ^ P ^*—^** w ^ that where w of w *^^ fc ^ HP a the ^ r valuable old ^^ ^ m mt h books I «¦ ^^ - ^^ ^»^» collection ¦ " moment are — m i i - ^ sold --w - ^ - — — of is in — — most Japanese Yokohama — favourable - — ¦ works , Tok , io to purchased , » and even from for Kioto him destruction . at Professor the — - — - — numerous — Nordenskj ^ b ^ « ^^ ^^ ^ . rfm . ^^ , 1 kjf ¦ book * old 111 I -

      and , in fact , many present other articles of Japanese produce preserve , which if not very speedil Japanese y secured books have ^ will % w r r ^ soon ^ ^^ iven ^* tm ¦> , « * disappear ^^^ — to i ¦ « . t w the it W *^ ^^ ' ¦*¦ Mikado ¦ » « , m ¦ - as ¦* •*¦* , m "I owing ^ - ^ » absolute » ^^ t ~^™ -nBfc tl to ^ ^^ the ^ —¦ — -v late - — — - c Europeanising — I l- * 1 a- -Ll ' of -. Japan to J j the -Li b - L y - » the — _ —¦ 1 ^» old revolutions —• 11 ^^ - ^^ times i ^^ v ^ ^^ f ^ . which ¦« ¦¦ II I ¦

      discount g , and family libraries are power sold to , every serve thing _ as waste relating _ -paper , while ' good old armour ' and is at old a weapons go to the rag and bone shops . Professor Nordenskjold thinks that even within

      few I * years the . « « library »« which "I T he T has 1 boug T ht Tl will " 11 be 1 of the 1 * 1 very hi 1 * ghest 1 1 _ value 1 . The m I number n of a books the number secured of amounts volumes to exceeds 1 , 036 , but 6000 as each of which volume history on an ig average represented contains by onl 176 y 100 volumes pa « es '

      treatises ( printed in on 1715 Buddhism ) , 1 ; habits and educati and custom , on , , 161 s , 33 ; the ; plays Sinto , 13 -Sectarian ; love , 5 reli ; Statecraft gion , 38 ; and Christianit political y

      pamphlets ( mostly new and seci'etly printed , being in opposition to the new state of affairs in Japan <«* - —— — ) 24 — — ; poetry ^— — t 137 ; heraldry — archaeologyand ceremony ( good manners ) ¦ 27 : the ¦

      , ^—^ j p- - » ^ , j - % / , 7 V , y (/ y , % f \ Cj " ~~~~~~~ / , f r" ** w geograp ffeosrrar art of > war ny hv ana and and geograpnicai geographical fencing i * , 41 J * 4 ; maps maps chess 1 , , 76 vo 1 -4 ; ; ; natural natural numismatics * mstory historv I * , 4 , , ; 68 oo dictionaries T ; ; medical meaicai * works works and grammars . 13 16 ; : algebra alsrebra , 18 _ * «> . ; .

      astronomy , and astrology , 38 ; trades , and farming , 43 ; books containing , patterns , 73 , ; gardening 16 ; bibliography 9 ; miscellaneous 20 . Most of the books are provided with

      innumerable , drawings , some , of them perfect masterp , ieces ; while the 73 pattern books will not only be of infinite value to the history of art , btit , will also be of great use to different

      branches of industry . Some of the poems , the works for the theatres , and the old traditions are undoubtedly of the highest value to the student of what may already now be called the past of Japan .

      Lover The / In Work The Of Pall The Mall...

      Lover The / in work the of Pall the Mall Index Gazette Societ not y is , onl we y are flourishing glad to , but learn is from producing a letter fruits from which c An Index show that its members are anxious to , make it a really useful societyinstead of allowing it to

      become a merely social or ornamental institution . The societ , y has , during its short existence , issued three volumes . The first of these , ' What is an ' Index 1 by Mr . Wheatley ,

      the honorary secretary , is well described in the report as a sort of manifesto' of the societ for y' the s aim and objects of securing , and to niformity it have been in 111 the added publications a series of of ' the Rules societ for Indexing This has HOtO ' drawn been

      up followed U . p lUl UUC b p JJ y urpose U . 1 an jJUOO ' Index VJi OC \^ of U . l . Xllg the u names UUULVJLJXIJ of the Royalists 1 > 11 C > p U . UllV . Cl whose ( blVJllO estates \ JA tllV ? were BUU 1 C \> confiscated y y . . X 111 SJ during u ^ v " the Commonwealth - » «¦ ¦ . ' The value b « of such an indexwhich ¥ has ¦ been carefulldrawn ¦•¦ up by

      ¦ i index Miss — * rm ¦¦ ^ ifeB ¦¦ » ^ ** *^ » ^^ ^ ¦ > Peacock * QBB ^ ^ of lBh ^ ¦ " ¦ - — ^ — munici — ^— - — — - — , will - ** r " ^ pal * m w dl ^ - » wm Bb " ¦— readil « ¦ offices - *^ ^ — i ^ ^ ^ * y ¦* ¦» b ¦ be ^ Hi -- »¦ y _ j ^ Mr ^ acknowled kp ^ « ^ Bh jb , . . « " Gomme V ^^ *• l ^ . ^ ^ *^ » * i ¦ - V ¦ ged m ^ . « fc ^ , a i ^ «< who » WAJk » b Jfc y historical ^ n » . has * av ^ « k V « iv ^* , latel ^• w lw W *^ HAJLVAA ^^ ¦*¦> ¦ y students been ^^ - ^ ^ ^« tVW * ^^ k working » . ^ J » - ~ ^ i The ^^— & A ^_ A VtVJ >¦¦¦> , th very \/ V ^ UL ir _ ¦¦» ¥ d y W dili ^*«« volume ^** - gentl / " % ""^~ y J is V L and an

      successfull institutions y , at many the of hitherto which almost have fallen disregarded into desuetude history of . the This rise gentleman and ovigin , whose of pur researches municipal promise AAJfcJLW to throw it new and important light \ JL fS \ JXl the communal Vl / ft & WL J , institutions XlAOVXl / ll UiVfllO of V / JL our VU 1 progenitors

      has LSJL V undertaken W v *** . v to * AV II prepare UAIVA UUULL for / V / 1 UtVll the society Xl ^ llU upon an XJM Index . M . KJ JL to . JLAA . Kenibl A . C « X e ' s ' Saxons in Eng I ^ A v ^ £ land ^ v *~ - / as , *** Mr . * .. Jesson UVOUU" has « "u to v \ s Dug JLS U ^ U dale . I * 1 V ' s * Warwickshire T » dl » T JLViVOJLAJLJL ^ ; , ' the KJH . V > Rev JLVU » . . W » T . . Kendall XV ^ llUaiJL to \ i \ J Hutchins XIUV ^ UUICI ' ' * Dorset ^ vr »~ -- ^ in ;'

      hand and Mr , the . Bailey report to announces Walkers ' * An Sufferings Index of of British the Clergy Existing / Among , Dormant other , and important Extinct Hereditary indexes Titles JL 1 . V 1 VO of \ J * . jl Honour « v »»\/« i . , , ' b iLfjr y jl Mr wm , m . . , kj Soll \ SJl 1 lJ y ; , CbAAUL and V one 11 O VI of ' Eng JUilA ^ lish HOlI Topograp JL VJ ^ V t * L 7 h y V ,, ' b MV y JTXL Mr . . H JLJ CW arrison . X lOVii . . t Threa — d

      useful and interesting indexes , being too small for separate publication , are prine aa Marriage appendixes between to the Near present Kin report / b . Mr The Huth first of well these known is an authority ' Index to Book this s and subject Papers The on

      y . , a -on . second Birch , which is an index 'Index is of arranged the Sty — les 1 , under and Titles the titles of Soverei ; 2 , chronolog gns of Eng icall land y under / by Mr the . names Ve Gray of the Mia sovereigns Rnvereiflrns . . And And the the index index bv by Mr Mr . JSoll Sollv which whi ^ l . will will form fnrm a useful useful contribut nnnf . rihntion ion towwuj towards

      a General Index of British Portraitscontains y , i Indexes of Portraits in the European and society London has Magazines done or , and contemp ¦ Register lates of doing , the Times it wilL . ' From think this be readil brief summary admitted of that what it wf the

      OWIVVJ made good *¦*• « its «* claim ** fj W , not v Vf ** VV onl »»»« y to *« H /* existence /» U . VSJ . llg £ , JLU but Will to the we V ¥ O support I / 1 JL 1 UA . MO of all C 7 UUXXJ who y are aU . lll . X interested l / 1 / VVA «»*•» - in -- 8 ucft , matters .

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      Moliere who has in found communication a staunch apolog to the ist MolUnste among the Teutons French in the person of Herr gives givt JPerdinafl 7 &>&

      interesting Uro Gross ss , , wno . detail in a a communication s concerning the to tne trans moivenste -Rhenish , a a cultus urencn of montniy monthly his favourite p periodical eriodical author , , . A « »~ ^ a ^

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 2, 1880, page 74, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02021880/page/2/