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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1881, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1058, 188 Fleet Street, London : December 6, 1881

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      188 Fleet Street, London : December 6, 1881

      188 Fleet Street , London : December G , 1881

      If The T Voices In The Air 1 Do Not, As ...

      IF the t voices in the air do not , as of old , proclaim the coming of the Christmas season those whose ways — lead them among book-makers , book-sellers , and book-reviewers can — feel

      - - ——« no doub •* ^ t of its * ¦ approach , for /» laden * i ^ shelves "ii , welcome 1 orders - « , and heavy *• ni ght ^ -work tell their ~^*^^ a story with unmistakable significance . And , in truth , books may fairly « r claim their share - ¦» - »» in

      ^ T ^ r — , ^^ ' ill . the pleasant task of proclaiming the return of the Yule-tide , which all but the misanthrope or the niggard are prepared to greet with hearty welcome , for it is their function to enable us

      To meet the spirit of the olden time , and there is no period of the year when we are more disposed to revisit the past , with which the

      book—brought in , perchance , as a gift to the little ones by the friend who shares our Christmas fare—forms a powerful link . There is , it may be , a shade of sadness in this view of the great

      feast-day of the year , for as we take up many a volume we find ourselves insensibly hearing once more , in the music of its pages , * the sound of a voice that is still' ; and yet Christinas

      without these memories , would be but the ghost of its true self . Looked at in this light we turn over the pages of favourite old authors , environed with all the richness of modern binding

      and the luxe of thick — toned paper , and we rejoice that , however changed in outward guisethe © books themselves , like true friendship , are still among the few things which do not follow , tie

      fashion of the hour , but stay with us until we ourselves pass away . Aiid while we welcome tlie friends of our youth , we look not askance at the new-made treasures fresh from the

      mindmint of our own times ; and this year , as in loyalty bound , we give a special word of welcome to the volume in which a Princess of our own Royal House has used her pencil for the

      garniture of some beautiful thoughts borrowed from poets of the past and of the present . While the Queen ' s youngest child has thus entered the lists , Her Majesty ' s faithful subjects in

      goodly number have followed her example ; and Christmas books , or , in other words , the books which , whether new or old , are primarily intended for use as gifts , come to us in rich

      profusion . That the children this year , as last , have the lion's share of the dainties cannot be denied ; but if John Keble was right—and who will venture to dispute it ?—when he wrote :

      Oh , say not , dream not heavenly notes To childish ears are vain ,

      That the young mind at random floats And cannot catch the strain ,

      we may apply the same principle to earthly legend as well as to sacred story , and welcome rather than condemn the effort to fill the little arms with printed page jiand picture . The

      ju u ^ r •*• 1 advance made of late years in the various processes of book illustration has been so great that even the ordinary V p icture-book has passed A . into the hig «_? her reg <_ ion of art-work , and the

      interesting facsimile of the original edition of ' Goody Two Shoes / which a London publisher has opportunely edited , serves to remind us of the distance travelled since the little

      volume , which was then an achievement , was issued with its quaint woodcuts . But while it is meet that at the children's festival' the children should have the first place , we can promise

      ample satisfaction for readers of all ages ; and , to prove the sincerity of our words , we invito our readers to join us in our glance at the food which the gods ( yclept the publishers ) have

      provided .

      Messrs. Baker &. Sonsof Cliftonwho Are M...

      Messrs . Baker & . Sonsof Cliftonwho are manufacturers abroadbesides being impUJL porters l > t / JL » , , have XICUVC ; OCJLJUj sent us UO th IiJLJ eir CLA , two LWU aaddenda * U . U . OJ . I . U . < a , of UJL their Hl . t 3 J . JL trade LlctU . CS catalogue UailalUgUtJ . . Among jC \ . llL \ JlLg , the t / Xi «^ jnovelties . h- ' r v- * . ~ - — ture are

      medallions 1 Child-life Pictures which are ' is photograp a considerable hic copies serie of s p of ictures scenes in or the events Dresden in the Gallery lives , of and children of sculp . ^ dle ne . . of Messrs . Baker ' s items is a candlestick which gives a light without the help of a can veivt

      Prominent frames PpnmiTi , they f among Qmnn form exceeding the +. V » £ > newer r-i / utimi ^ ly articles ot » pretty 4-i / - »! /^ a are o p ictures £ i ^ c paintings nriir « , which fir »/ ya on r \ , -n considering porcelain wnr »/» nlni * i , p rvlomiaa the laques artistic , and O T" » treatment r \ p l" lates l Jl . T . f ^ S . , I n are very 'l '* - ' low in pricethis believe that Baker execute ies lm from kjui 7 hotographic WU

      cartes to to iuw irames frames an de pj - i ior for visite -ue . . pnotographs r > hotoDTar jlju In , which ljui » manner nuMmer > thus hs . . These These become we wt ? , ueneve we we an hnd find improved that that Liicit Messrs Messrs ivj Messrs _ revival oaai » . . . ju Baker Baker cuv of the t otter o ffer . old t 5 uiH , in in / miniature t 3 cop uupico varieties varieties . 01 of We mak maiv p n ne ei , , xt o in coin ^ o 1

      that wood the , ebony £ . ftne V , -ar oak MfA t « J , medallions AAJk and walnut / AAM of \ A ; paintings as , also scrap and albums statuary , which ' can are at des surprising , irebe worked ly _^ cheap up . into ^ We *

      simile comp 1 / AAMfV VAAV lete pictures ' a >^ series A « . * ; and that VVAMIAAAV we every see bookseller ~* that . |^/ LVJLJL the A UJLAAC framed , almost MIAA , \ A KJ p , hotograp > can V * - * l * A be . J suited V hic ^ UUAX , m views *~* l \ J with >_* . KJhJ M . JL of . regard X > , * Eng ^~* * -r * lish » to his scenery article own j . loc ar w V ^ ., . ^ I

      Let us not forget the glass inkstands , which are a pretty example of a minor grateful everyone to has the a use enterp for . rising The firm retail at trade Clifton , m for ore especiall preparing y in articles the country which commend , have reason theins ° . 1 I

      by their artistic < get up ' and are readily saleable on account of their extreme cxieapiw [ Yidej ^ age ^^^

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1881, page 1058, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121881/page/2/