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    694 The Publishers' Circular TuD£ l890 !...

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    Boohs And Bumoup Of

    We hear that Mr . Wallace Mackay has a work ^ M « fc ^ fc in ^^^ b the ^ 0 ^ h ^ k dealing ** t with adventures — — — — — in —

    Mozambi v w ^^ m » A ^^^ . press v > *^ ^^ It ^ m ^ " *^ will ^ vm ^^ **»^» » we ji ^* understand * ^* ^ ^^ ^^ throw some lig que ht on the , Portuguese and , their

    methods in that territory .

    formed Messrs Tfc JtT are . Clark /~* publishing l 1 _ . I . , of _ * Edinburg I ll . Jl * a - 1 work — _ _ . * u h , on we —— — *•* . ' are ^ Church . « a -- » in x « . -

    and A State lor , / Innes by the . It well is intended -known advocate to be a hand , Mr - . . Tay

    book to the subject . Mr . Innes has an exceptionally full knowledge of ecclesiastical history .

    * ? . * . It is proposed , we believe , to substitute for

    the ' Zermatt Pocket Book' a new edition of ' A Climber ' s Guide Book / which is to be readintinie for the Alpine season . The

    work y will , have full and accurate descriptions of peaks and ascents .

    * We learn that the supp * lement to 4 Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil' will have

    numerous contributions from friends and contemporaries of the novelist . It will contain upwards of forty illustrationsand no less than eight

    , portraits of the author of * Pickwick . ' ## *

    We understand that the concluding volume of the autobiography of the German novelist

    Fr . Spielhagen , is nearly ready , and will be , published JT _ - soon . It is anticipated Athat this

    last volume will prove to many readers one of exceptional interest . *

    Messrs . W . J . Adams & Sons have issued an Mr —— . en _ larged Godfrey ~ - -- ~ edition Turner of . * Picturesque It is an Wales excellent , ' by

    , _ ide to the of Walesand is illustra gu ted to great scenery advantage . It is , also furnished with maps .

    # # An important work on the great canals of the world has been written by Mr . J . S .

    J Messrs eans , . and S . will The be Manchester published Suez shortly Nica by - rag — —^ uanthe pon Panamaand other , large ,

    waterways are , to be exhau 3 bivel , y described . * It - » t is i 1 that x 1 i T \ _ . Carl f" \ 1 Lurnholtz T ,. „!_ . I L _ .. is * _

    about to reported start on an Dr exp . loring expedition amongst the mountains of Northern Mexico

    where it is believed still survives a remnant , of Oi the me race race of in iv Aztecs ^ teua . . xji Dr . . juuinnun Lumholtz ^ ' s o a account ^ uuui

    of his journey—^ ztecs or no Aztecs --ought to prove a lively book .

    * «¦ * We learn that the late Bishop Lihtfoot ' a discourses — — - - — that ..-were left amongst t t his ^ MSS .

    will be published _ at convenient intervals by Messrs . Macmillanand probably in the

    following ordor : i Durham , Historical Sermons / * Auckland Sermons / ' Cambridge Sermons /

    aud * St . Paul ' s Sermons / # \ A volume -W 9 ^ vl ¦ <¦ * -W ^ ** h . of , S * v r the T ll ^" V literary I IT ATI / 1 MTT remains t » A * Y \ il 1 Yk Ct of f ~\ ff * the ¥ " l * ft £ \

    lato Miss Constance Naden is being prepared for publication _ . . It consists of rap 3 r « on

    theological fc - and philosop _ hical subject ? , ail aa esaay

    on miracles , which attracted some notice when it was tirst published in a magazinewill also

    be reprinted . , ? ? .. * *

    ' The Boarding Out System' is the title of — — a work which — Messrs ~ . Swan — _ , ___ — Sonnenschein — _ , . — . ^ ^^^^^^^^^

    are publishing , the writer being Mr . H ^^^ . ^^^^ F ^^ . ^^ Aveling , Clerk to the Paddington Board of

    Guardians . We understand the book will be a useful one for all those engaged in works of philanthropy .

    # Messrs . SmithElder & Co . have just

    is 3 ued the ' Waterloo , ' edition of Thackeray ' s * Vanity Fair . ' It contains no less than 780

    pages and 141 excellent illustrations . It is clearly printed L and tastefully bound in cloth ,

    florin and , , considering is certainly the a marvel price # , of whicli cheapness is onl . y a

    A story to the effect that a number of

    wealthy French Jews wish to buy the Vatican copy of the Hebrew Bible from the Pope is

    we understand , quite accurate . The sum , offered is £ 40 , 00 ^ . It is considered doubtful

    whether His Holiness could legally dispose of the treasure .

    * ? We are informed that the new issue of the ' Temple Library' will be ' The Poetical Works

    of Thomas Lovell Beddoes' in two volumes . The editorial work was undertaken by Mr . Edmund Gossewho has also furnished a

    , memoir . Tha texb includes the ' Improvisatore' of 1820 , not hitherto reprinted % . . A

    number of other pieces by the author will be printed for the first time .

    Mining ~ H M ~ * * engineers * may sh ortl A 1 y expect to 1 see a work which is likely to prove very useful to them . It treats of the whole subject of the

    management and working of collieries . Mr . Caleb Pra Lock m wood ley is & the Son writer will , an publish M . d Messrs the . Crosb book y .

    The same publishers will , we understand , issue a new ' Pocket-Book' for Electrical Engt _ J ineers , pre JL pared J ,. by % f Mr . R . Kempe M ~ ' , of

    the Postal Telegraph Department # . ? ¦» Mr . George Allen has just published at a

    t popu he p M lar . lates _ price _ , £ of -j small Ruskin 4 comp ' s lete ^ ' Seven editions ^ Lamps 7 , with x all of

    Architecture' and Aratra Pentelici . It goes a binding lmost without are of say the ing best that quality paper , t and ype , that and

    no pains have been spared to , render the ¦ vo ^ m' lumes ^^ ^ . iw ** 0 * jm ^*^ r *^ worth w * - ^ ^^ ' ^ - ~ ¦ ¦ y w of ^ " ^ the — — ¦— — great r— % art critic ' s repu m

    tation . The * Seven Lanips ' contains fourteen ex ( , juisi ^ te , _ p lates i , speciall ^ y mf prepared JL A . for this

    tures edition on , and the elements Aratra Pentelici of scul ' ture —seven - -is al lee » ) splendidly illustrated with one steel p engraving

    and twenty platej by the autotype process . * w

    • The Chetham Society hope to publish this year a volume of * Lancashire and Cheshire

    We Wills understand / edited by Mr also . J that . P . Earvvaker Canon Atkinson , F . S . A . ,

    vicar of Bolton , is engaged upon a volume & of

    694 The Publishers' Circular Tud£ L890 !...

    694 The Publishers' Circular TuD £ l 890 ! ^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 2, 1890, page 694, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02061890/page/6/