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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 2nd June 1890, Edition 1 of 1, Page 703

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      Thomas Beet. We Deeply Regret To Announc...

      i took of Bond place Street on May and 17 Conduit . He was Street formerl , wh ich a

      prominent figure at all the ii great book 1 sales t , and he frequently had the honour of

      submitting various fine antique works for the i inspection uf the Queen , the Prince of Wales ,

      I and other members of the Royal family . His j shop at Conduit Street was the resort of men

      of art and letters who liked to chat with Mr . Beet on old books . By a stroke of paralysis

      he was laid by in 1884 , and spent the remainder of his life in retirement at the house of his

      sons . Mr . Beet was very widely esteemed ,

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      ! Richard Clay. We Regret To Be Called U...

      ! Richard Clay . We regret to be called upon to announce

      the death on the 24 th ult . of Mr . Richard Clay , at the age of fifty-one . He resided at

      j ne Muswel arl l twelve Hill for forty was -four a member years , and of the for Hornsey y Local years Board . He joined the local

      Volunteer Corps at its commencement , resigning in October 1889 , with the honorary

      rank of Lieutenant-Colonel . He patented a printing machine for perfecting a half-sheet

      with single cylinder , an atmospheric method for holding —o down — stereo p lates , an apparatus AX

      for fog-signalling on railways , and , quite ^ recently , a lock-nut , which was acknowledged

      by engineers to be very clever , but the cost of which prevented it coming into general use . He was one of the Jurors at the Inventions

      Exhibition in the Printing Section . He was interred at Brookwood , in the London

      Necropolis cemetery , on the 29 th ult . Amongst those present at the funeral were : —Mr . F . MacmillanMr . E . A . ClowesColonels

      Wilkinson , , Warner , and Church , , Mr . John Miles ( Mr . Clay's brother-in-law ) , Mr . A . E .

      Miles , Mr . C . J . Clay , and several relatives , besides the members of his own family . The service was read by the Rev . J . Jeakes ,

      rector of Hornsey , assisted by the Rev . W . J . Hocking . George Hooper .

      We also regret to announce the death of Mr . George Hooper , at Southsea , on May 19 . ; He was , 'A perhaps . M . ' , best known to the world as

      the author of ' Waterloo , the Downfall of the , First Napoleon . ' Mr . Hooper was born at ! Oxfordin 1824 and commenced his career as

      , ' , a journalist in London . In 1850 he was associated with George Henry Lewes and others in starting the Leader . Not long afterwards

      Mr . . Hooper began his connection with the Globe and the Spectator . In the latter case the connection continued with some intermissions

      until his death . In 1808 he went to Bombay , where he edited the Bombay Gazette until 1871 . From 1872 to 1885 ho was on the staff of the

      Daily Telegraph . Since then Mr . Hooper devoted himself mainly to literature of a more

      permanent character . Dr . F . W . Gotch .

      the The Rev . death Dr . F was . W announced . Gotchthe on well May -known 17 , of Baptist miniater . He was , a member of the

      Old Testament Revision Committee . In 1845 he became Classical and Mathematical Tutor at

      ! Richard Clay. We Regret To Be Called U...

      the he was Bristol appointed j . i College , one and of in the the following Examiners year in

      versity Scripture . On by the the retirement Senate of of the Mr London . Crisp from Uniresidence in the college , Dr . Gotch became

      reside 1868 he nt was tutor elec , an ted d on presiden Mr . t Crisp . He ' s graduated death in at Trinity College , Dublin , arid took the B . A .

      degree in 1838 , and later the degree of M . A .

      Rev. John Venn. The Death Is Also Announ...

      Rev . John Venn . The death is also announced of the Rev .

      J son ohn of V the enn , au thor theolog of * ica The l writer Comp A , lete and Duty grand v of

      -Man 12 in . ' his He 89 passed th away . Mr at . Venn Hereford ' , t her M ay Rector , of . Clapham year a leading spirit in what

      was nicknamed J . the , Clapham sect , and intimately associated with Wilberforce , Clarkson ,

      and Zachary Macaulay . The deceased was the oldest surviving member of the Simeon Trust , and his family is said to show an unbroken

      line of Evangelical clergymen from the time

      of the Reformation .

      Revie » W? » - , &Q — . Ltdthe

      Revie » w ? » - , & q — . LtdThe

      From Messrs . Burns & Oates , . — * History of the Sufferings of Eighteen Carthusians in England' translated from the Latin

      of Dom Maurice Chauncy , . The sufferings and martyrdom endured by the devoted monks of the London Charter House for refusing to

      acknowledge the Royal Supremacy , immediately prior to the destruction of the House by Thomas Cro hv h mwell r and ¦¦ his ¦ agents lh are here described

      with - ^^ - ^^ —*^^ a . ^^ B simp » ^ . ^^ w ^^ lici ^ r ^ r ™ "H ^ ^™ t ^« y and ^ ^^» *^» ^ ^^ pathos ^ , ^ f . ^^ ^^ The ^^ ^^ narrative ^^ ^^ — is auth singularl ors of y the free cruel from deeds invective perpetrated against in the the

      name of justice and leligion , whilst the professedly miraculous events frequently occurring remind us of mediaeval wonders , and give to

      the history the charm of romance . The book is admirably translated , and well printed on thick .

      paper t £ From Messrs . G . Charpentier & Co ., Pans . — Monrausee criminel , ' par G . Mace \ Mr . Mac 6 was once chief of the police ( surete ) in Paris .

      In this volume he gives us some of his experiences , the last collection , as he saya in the preface of the first series , of his '

      docu-S mentary ervice de ' books la surct . \ ( The M < m previous premier ' works crime ( his re first ' case' not ' crime' ) Jolt moude—showing

      up impostors , great and small , , from false beggars fo to rm the on thieves their victims who scientifically —and the emp ( Hbier loy chlo de ro St - .

      Lazarc . These were all published after M . of Mac police 6 had left have his emp there loyment fore the in benefi the pre fecture of the

      author ' s , freedom from official restraint in relating thwarted what in the pursuit he saw , of criminals , and how for political he was

      influences were frequently used to stifle , inquiry . resigned In consequence . In the of course this , we of believe the present , the auth work or

      we criminals find curious , their particulars grimaces with as to a photograp view to spoil hing the likenessthe oddities of female criminals

      , , facsimiles of documents , & c , Sec . From Meears . Dean & Son . —' Accessory After the Fact' by Ren 6 de Camorstranslated by

      Albert , D . Vandam . A spendthrift , idler ,

      Merest an de Gency , ¦ contemplates immediate -9 E

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 2, 1890, page 703, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02061890/page/15/