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      Continental !Qofes The Booksellers' Prov...

      Se ' The ' vigne German ' , St . Simon Armies , Voltair before e , and Paris oth , ' by ; an J d .

      Joguet-Tissot . M . Otto Harrassowitz , the learned publisher and antiquarian bookseller of Leipzig ,

      to whom librarians everywhere owe a debt of gratitude for his excellent * Central Organ of Library Work , ' sends us two catalogues

      numbered 164 and 165 , the first containing German and Foreign Literature from the sixteenth century to the present day , and the

      Library second ' History Work and of Literature Bibliograp JL and hy . Litterateurs * ' In the first , of these catalogues we find some rare and

      valuable German translations of the Bible . Gunther Zainer ' s Augsburg Bible adorned with seventy-three illuminated letters on wood , only

      one of which is used twice ; the Worms Bible , presented of which by is Peter increased Schofer b in its 1529 once , the havin value y g

      belonged to the Anabaptist Caspar Schwenckfeldt , and the hymn-writer Daniel Sudermann . It also contains numerous works illustrative of

      the Reformation period of German Church and State History . The foreign literature includes French , English , Italian ,

      Netherlandish , Scandinavian , Spanish , and Portuguese publications . The second part of the catalogue contains a quantity of works alike

      interesting <—» to the librarian V , the book producer , the book reader , and the book collector , which last two are not quite j . interchangeable c ^

      designations . The labour and care bestowed on the production of these catalogues cannot easily be over-estimated .

      of publication M . L . Auer , a of cheap Donauworth popular , edition has in of course the * Collected Stories of Isabella Braun / known

      in Germany as the female Christopher von Schmid . As these capital stories for children , although written by a Roman Catholic , are not

      of a proselytising character they can be safely recommended for general reading . M . S . Hirzelof Leipzighas just

      published the second , part of Dr . Moritz Heyne ' s ( Gottingen ) German Dictionary , completing letter G . The Dictionary will form two volumes .

      MM . Adolf Bonz & Co ., of Stuttgart , have just published an illustrated edition of Ludwig Ganghofer ' s popular novel ' The Crucifix

      Carver «— ' of Ammergau M . JL : a Highland Story . ' M . F . A . Brockhaus , of Leipzig , tells us in his prospectus JL K to the German authorised

      edition of Stanley ' s In Darkest Africa , ' that this anxiously awaited book will be published simultaneously in ten languages . The

      description of the hardships and difficulties against which Stanley had to contend in his adventurous journey should alone be sufficient to

      interest even the least thoughtful reader ; but the object of the Expedition , the release of Emin Pasha ( Dr . Edward Schnitzer ) , gives the

      book a still higher and more permanent value

      to earnest readers whether English or German .

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      6 9 8 The Publishers Circular June 2 , 1890

      The Royal Literary Fund Centenary.

      THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND CENTENARY .

      The Royal Literary Fund has celebrated its : About centenary four by hundre a festival d were in & present t . James , including ' s Hall . w

      The Royal Literary Fund Centenary.

      many notabilities , and two hundred ladies were enabled to view the proceedings g C ^ m from the ™^

      galleries . The Prince of Wales occupied the chair , and it is to be observed that he broke throug «_/ h his general »_ j rule of refusing % _ f a second - —

      invitation to preside on behalf of a specified charitable purpose . It was announced that the £ donations 4000 been largel acknowled y exceeded ged the on average this occasion , nearl y .

      The , J Prince Con — ^^ — sort — , in ^^ ^^^^ J presiding — — ^^ — in 1842 ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^~ , ^^^ at ^ v v this festival , described the fund as ' unrivalled

      in to any be al country was an . ' uncer The t literary ain ono calling in reard is likel to it y remuneration y , and it is to make provision g for

      cases of * honest ' toil unrewarded JL ' that the Royal V Literary striven «/ Fund in vain exists have —to hel fallen p those who the ,

      having , , as ligh fieht Prince t . and and put who who it , . ' but but wounded tor for your vour and liberalitv liberality beaten i . n must the t ,

      languish , in neg , lect and misery . ' The Bishop , of Ripon JL ' , in a g *— > raceful speec JL h , proposed JL JL the

      toast of ' Literature , ' Mr . John Morley having the honour to respond . His speech was a very interesting oneand was listened to with much

      attention . V—t After , making reference to some of the great literary achievements of the century , he proceeded JL to deal with ihe marked gro *~ Swth

      of literature as a profession . He pointed out that one of the most common delusions of our day was thisthat in literature you can make

      sure of a competency , without competence . The pressure of the desire for a literary life was growing . There could be no keener

      delight than that which arose from welcoming a promising aspirant . Yet at the same time there could be no truer kindness than to warn

      incompetent aspirants that the Elysian fields of their hopes are much more like the infernal i regions . He went on further to declare that

      the the case authorshi of the p of very books few will speciall never y g , excep ted ones t in , provide JL more than a bare subsistence , and

      demands upon the fund in the future will be i constantly more numerous and more pressing : than in the past . In conclusion he condemned

      the meagreness JL of the Civil List pensions , and j he suggested that England , with its vast re- [

      sources , ought to do far more for the encourage- ' ment of letters than it had done in the past .

      A The Hint First To Edition Byron Of ' E...

      A The HINT first TO edition BYRON of ' Eng COLLECTORS lish Bards and . j Scotch Reviewers' was publishedas every i

      col March lector 1801 knows ) , but , wit by h J no ames date on , thorn the title , in - , page ; the second followed in October of

      the the fourth same year in 1811 ; the third racticall in 1810 there ; and was 1 no fifth . Writing to ; p Dallasf y dating from \

      the 1811 / ' Volago B Fri said gat kJ : e , M Satire Sea , , June it seems 28 th , yron y , ,

      is in a fourth edition , a success rather above the middling run , but not much for a production which /¦ from its topicsmust be

      A temporary , and of , course be successful JL ' , at first a nd not at t all mo . re At coo this lly period I regret , when that I can I think have

      written it , though I shal , l probably find it forgotten by all except those whom it has

      offended . On his return to England , how-

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 2, 1890, page 698, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02061890/page/10/