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      -Owilliam Hazlitt.*

      flattering portrait of him , and says that he was slenetic and iTf more than peevishthat he

      smiled V V V v p *^ p ^* p W ^^ ^*^ up ^^ ^^ ^^^ o *^ n ^^ ^*^ ^ n o ^^ P » man ^ b ^ b ^ b ^^ ^^ , ¦ ^ and ^^ ^^ ^ b ' ^ ii ^» ^» was v «^ " ^^ " ^^ V a ^^ «* ^^ m confirmed * m , vm ^» ^— ^— » » » ' — — ^» - mi misan santhrope throne . . ' ' I It t seems seems to to me me' he he add addss .

      , , * that Hazlitt hated even more than enemies those whom custom obliged k |& him to call his

      ^^ ^»^™ ^*^ W ^ ^^ ^ " ^» ^^^ ^ ^^ ^™ ^ fe ^ ^^ V ^ % ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ B ^» ^^ ~ ~ P *^^ ^^ *¦* ^ p - ^^^^ ^^ ^ P » ^^ ^»^^^^ ^^ — — - ^^ p ^ r ^^^»^^ v ^^ —¦— ^_ ¦ h friends . ' That erratic and ill-starred man of ¦ geniusHay donthe fainter r went so far as to

      H ^^> - ^^ ^ W ^» ^^ - " - ^ ¦ ** " , ^ m ^^^^^^^ ¦ h W — ' ^ - ^^ ^» ^^ , H ^^ ^» ^^ - ^^ PJ ^^ P"PP ^ B ^^^ p * ^^ ^ h ^ ^^ , W W P " ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ I |~ ^^» ^»~^ " ^^ ^»~^ " ^^ ^ l ^ denounce him as a ' singular compound of malicecowardicegeniusdemocracyand

      ^^* ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ P ^^^ ^^ " ^ ^*^ , ^ PJ ^ P ^^ —I i * * ^ . ^^^ ^^ V ~^^^ P ^ B ^ ^ pipP *^^^ , PP ipflB ^ h ^^^~ ^^^ ^^^ ^™* ^ B ^~ ' *^^^ , ^ V ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^*^ ^^^ ^*^^^ ^^ " ^^ V , ^ H ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ F ^ V conceit / Uazlitt has been dead nearly sixty years w ^*^ % ¦! — ^™ v ^ B * , vj ^ an h ^^ p * ^ Bto ^ HB d " *^« p » ¦ even ^ Pj ^ ^^ pr ^ pi ^ P > when V ¦/ ¦¦> ^ M ^ hpr ^ P * « ¦ w we » ^ kpr dul ^ pj ^ w * ^ M > Ak y w rec * pp ^ ^ p »^ ^^* v o ^^^^ gnis ^^ p ^ ^ pb db ¦¦• ~**^ e ^ h ^ the ^ i * ¦^¦>^ pb ^ btf '

      fact that in biography , as in other things , distance ta is ¦ apt to lend ' ench 4 PPi a h ntment to the

      view ^^^ ' ¦ v ^ * ^ H *« * ¦ , ^« 7 A ^ b > ^ p > there - ^ ** ^ ^^ ^^^ . is — P > —r ^^ i a good ^^^^ ppBt — ^ i ~ ^ Ph ^ 1 ^ deal «« ^ fe ^^ B ^ ^ p ^ ffV to sh ^» ^ |— ^ P > be «¦ «^ w ^» ^* « said AP * « P > ^ P ^ ^ A ^^^* ^ a ^ ^ P > for ^ h ^ . ^ ^ b ^ ^^^ Mr P * B * ^ kv ^ V ^» h * . ^ Pfe ^ . pjpr Alexander ¦ Ireland ' s estimate i of his life and r

      ^^^^ ^^^^ ' ^^^ ^^^^ — ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ w ^^^^^ ™ ^^^ ^>^ V ^ b' ^ Pr MPi ^ PP ^ fe ^^ Pp ^^ i ^^ ^ Bjp * P ^^ p ^ W ^^^ ^ h ^ Pb ^ Pb VP / ^ p ^ p ^ pp ~ i ~ ^^ ap ^^^ «^^ apa w ^^ pi ^ ppp ^ pb > ^ p ^ ^ p ^ p > ^^^^ pf ^^ ^ p ^ ^^^^ pp character . Perhaps it may even be regarded as - ^^^^ m r h a - ^— —w kind I ^ - ^ ¦ ^^^ ^^ v - ^^ - —^ of - ^ i ^ ^^^ poetic pj I ^ - ^ ^ p ^ - ^ r « W ^ ^ PjpP justice A « ^^ ' ^ P ^ ^ P PPP ^^ ^ PIP ^ ppP th ^ PV ^^ P ^^ at P ^^*^ V ^^ P * so ^ i ^ ^^^ F competent ^^^* ^^^^ ^ P * ^^> ^^ P * Pl " ^^ r ^ pH ^ ^^ P ^ V ^ ^^ P ^ i ^ ^ P ^

      and enthusiastic a student of Hazlitt as essayist ¦ and b ^— ^^ - ^ critic p ^^ ^^ " ^ ^— ^ ^ has ^ ^^ - ^ — ' ¦ u ^ at fe ^^ p ^ ir length ^ HB ^ 4 ^ ^^ 4 * JPk ^ PP ^ ^^ ^^ ^ arisen ^ 'W 4 V P ^ W ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ , Pfl ^ for ^^ ^^^ MfeP ^ however M 4 ^ k * ~| |~ P * PI ^ PI ^ T ^ kpr ^ B *

      bitter and contemptuoushe might be so far as living men were concerned ^ 4 , the author of the

      '' Kound Round Ta Table ble' ' and and the the 'Spirit Snirit of of the t . hft Age A ^' was accustomed to speak with generous warmth of the achievements of the deadSo

      . much , indeed , was this the case , that Christop ™ ~ - ^ ^~ ~ p —~* - ~ " ^^ W *^ her ~ ~ ^— " ^™ ¦ North ^ ~*—T ^^ ** P * ^ * said ^ a ^ ^ W ^*^» - th ^^ * k * at "VW - - Hazlitt ^^^^ U * y # ^ ^ ^ f ^ ^^ reversed ^ L ^ p ^ T ^ taX " ^ *** ^ - ^ ^ ' ^

      the old proverb by thinking more of a dead ass than a living lion . ' In his eyes , death , like charitycovers a multitude of sins »¦ In

      ^~ ^ ¦ ~ ^ - ^ ^^ ^ ^ »^ - — ^ ^ »^ » , p » ^^ i ^ , , r y ^ p ^ ^ k p ^^ ^^ pat ^& ^ . m i . _ nm > ^^ - « V f ^ V > V ^ ^ h ^* ^^^ \^ ^ ¦ ^ ¦» ^ p ^ . ^ . » ^^ short , if you vvani ; his praise , you must die for it ; and when such praise is deserved , and

      given cort amore , it is almost worth dying for ! ' Hazlitt was responsible for the ' Plain

      S ^^^ j peaker ^ B , ' and his ^ h ^ friend . ^ « ^^ s and contemporaries were ¦ — — b - ¦ y w no ~ - — means - -. v v ~ ¦—¦¦— p ^ f r disinclined -v ^ fc , — - ^^* h A ^ . ^ 4 . ^^ ^ ¦» J-r ^ k ^ B . to W V ^ g b _ *• ive V V' -Jl him « . * . A * A * an L ^« f ^ *

      occasional lick with his own brush , especially as—outside a certain congenial set—he was by no no means means an rm amiable a . mia . bl « man mn . n and n . nrl in in truth +. rnf . Vi as net

      , angular as he was able . About his claims as a critic there can scarcely be two opinions , though few men were more unequalor

      turned out at times more indifferent work , . He — ' - " — was - - ^ " ~ often — — — — — a *• " partisan »^ *^ p » » Pvf ^ Ihl » - ¦¦»> *> ^ , * and S % t - » . A V . i * L his J » , ^ Jt »^^ prejudices »_^ J , X . ^ I V » ^ Vk * . »«/ ^ - / H _ 7

      were palpable and sometimes violent , but his wit was keen , and his sensibility to beauty , in art , literature , and life , was quick , graceful , and spontaneous .

      Thackerayindeedproached m ~ — — — - — the — - ~ - ^ p' truth > " » >* - » —» when - ¦» ^« - ^» ^^ . - — ¦ ^^ - he > wv T , declared ^» - A * X ^ "k ^^ ^ . ^ Wi , * that ap % -W »^^ there — — — — — — were — probabl fc ^ j not v ^ a dozen JL JL men MUk in

      -- ^ -- v - ^ - , ^^ . ^^ , fv ^ ^ . y — jfc ^ . p ^/ «^* v V ^* . ^ - * " « - * ^_ y M . * * A A & A pompous ¦ Eng DOniDOli land with bi big ^ - - wicra wigs powers and n . n rl so schoolmen soTi varied nnimpn , and li ' who -wr that rk posed r » ' the np > rl

      as critics in Hazlitt ' s time , hooted the man down down , and and disdained diarla . inRfl to to hear TiPinr truth frnfh that +. "hnf came o . n . mna

      , from such a rugged philosopher . His life was much less satisfactory than his writings , for

      his his mind mind was was ill ill--balanced balanced , and and his his conduct rnnrlnrt in in certain respects anything but excellent . As an essayist , Hazlitt was even greater than as

      a a critic critic , for for when when he h « was waa allowed n . llnwftrl to +. r » spTl select pirit . his hin subject , and to follow it unfetteredthe freshness and oriinality of his , were seen

      — —^ - ^ - — - ^ -mr ^ ^ — —p - ~ r —— — g HBPk ~ m ^ ^ ¦ # * ^ m ^ ^ T ^ m ^ ^ W J « J » * f ^ powers K ^ ^^ " — ^^ J ^ P ^^ ff ¦ / f / ^^^ a ^ ^^ f ^^ ^^ ^^ J ^ ^ at their best . Mr . Ireland—who is , perhaps , best known as a friend and biographer of

      Emerson , and as the compiler of a choice little volume , entitled * The Book Lover ' s

      Enchiridion and , on ' —h th as e who mere le , a ly satisfactory written a symp sk athetic etch of ,

      William William Mazlitt Hazlitt . as aa man man and and critic r » ritin _ but hnfc has has made an altogether , admirable and , repre-J --J sentative selection from his writings . The

      CujJ + * ' "" '" i .... ii r .

      -Owilliam Hazlitt.*

      book is , in fact , one which deserves a place on the shelves of every private library , for it is ___ , ~ m _ MB ^ H m A

      strictly representative . ^ of the' best aspects of English criticism in the earlier years of the ¦ ¦ ent centuryA ¦» -- ita - » - ¦ l e - ¦ » ngraved portr — ¦ ait

      is pres M ^ r Mm ^ S p ~ la i ced * a ^ ^ s T opposite »^ " ^•»^ fc » * . ^^^ B the » cap ^^^ » -w * title ^ ^ — - ^ -page ^ ^ mk ^— — ' — , whilst j— — — - th » - ¦» . a . e price at which the volume is published ¦ brings

      ^ ^ b # pV ^ pp » ^ p ^ fj - ^ f V T T ^» ^ fc « U ^^^ ^ ^ " *^^» ^ " ^^^ w ^^ ^^ — ^ . ^»« b 4 ^ ^^ ¦ ^^ p ^^ » ' ^^^ ¦ ^^^^ —— ™ ^ ''^ - ^ ^^ ^ " - ^ " ^^^ p ^* it witnin the reach of even the modest resources of many a young and poor student

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      io 34 The Publishers' Circular Sept . 2 , 1889

      ^^^^^^ Booksellers' Provident Institutio...

      ^^^^^^ Booksellers' Provident Institution . — The directors of this Institution held their

      monthly meeting at the Sunday School Union , ; 56 Old Bailon Thursday Ai the 15 tli ult

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      > National Home-Readings Union.—Offices ...

      > National Home-Readings Union . —Offices I , have now been opened for transacting the

      A A . i _ V » ^ p ' ^^ \ S » » *~ r ^^ ^ p' »^ ' * -WS ^^ ^^ ^^ ^»* fc * v ^^ *^ i * p " - ^»¦¦¦ - ^ " »*¦ *^» ^* - *» - » ¦— mk *»— . — . »^ business of this Union at Surrey- House , 1 Vi V ^^ ctoria ^^ p ^ *»^ ^ J ^ ^^^ Embankment ~ ~ ^ ^ « w ¦•^^ V * * ^ Ah ^ -k ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ b « k ^ « . ^ Miss ^ * i"ii m , r *^ w *^ Mond m ^ w ^^^ ^ pp- ^> <^ - *^^ y w ^ has v ^— —¦ - « -v been r ^ p- ^^ - ^ !

      appointed Secretary of the young people ' s section , and George Ho well , Esq ., M . P ., Secretary of the artisans' section ¦ . Miss

      r ^ - ^ *— ' * - / J-. ^^ W «^» f- « . W V ^ <* . */^ * . ^^ * ¦ - ^ - * "W ^»» - ' «^» ' ¦* JL ¦ »«^ P * - ' ^^ ^^ «*^ ¦ * - »~^ m urn ' .- ^~ « - - ^^ « ¦ Mondy has also been appointed Office Secretary . All letters of inquiry should be accompanied !

      by a stamped and addressed envelope .

      Sale Of Government Publications.—On The ...

      Sale of Government Publications . —On the f . Vift 14 14- th + h ult nlf . . Sir S > ir G Cr . Baden T ^ a . rl pn- - Powell : > o'wftl l put ¦ nut several several

      , questions to Mr . Jackson , Secretary to the Treasury _¦_ jl » j wl respecting ju i the f sale of ^ these / ^^ ps _ t publica ' -

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      annual premium paid by the contractor . This state of things wlH , of necessity , considerably influence- the terms and prices tendered by

      future contractors .

      Popular Book Club, Acre Square. - This C...

      Popular Book Club , Acre Square . - This club , under the patronage of tho Lord II Bishof Elprovides at IJ a € 41 reasonable JL / H _/ cost I

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      are village viiia ^ also t ? ¦ uuuK carefull - -auua y chosen . reading reciuiiig books rooms for children . . ^ . We may ¦ add that full particulars can he

      obtained ¦ on application to the librarian .

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 2, 1889, page 1034, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02091889/page/8/