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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1886, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1447

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      Messrs. Macmillaist & Co. I

      Lfnallv appealed to Sir Roger de Coverley , who , after hearing them both , ga . ve the safe

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      irticular pool—or rather hole according I the tilt' text vVAw been whi - - ch was the to cause reproduce of dispute a the .

      Te cture have appearing permitted in the beautiful reprint om the Spectator , Days with Sir Roger

      p hich jhed Coverley Messrs t Every « v , . illustrated illuatrsitfiA Macmillan effort bv by to & Jtf FTu reproduce Co ugli ' flrli . hav Thomson liiomson e pub the - , . i

      assies . of the English language is to be ^ rolau lande dedd , whether vneiner they uiey ciaini claim notice notice on on

      [ e score in ' popularised of , artistic 'forms merit desi or because gned for they the j

      \\ jop il e m le met mftt 's elevation with witn read reaa . How , , or or few , ever ever persons have nave ordin read read - , ,

      ddison y ! In some caseswhere better ¦ tings might he expected we find , literary

      con-Id Ireation M"b composition o based — upon modelled x . dramas upon , or stage the effects smart , '

      ¦ vie of shilling novelettes . A man quottcr IAddison Addison in m some some circles circles of or rising risinsr youtn vouth

      puld I * prig be . ' considered But the influence not far removed of Addison from is

      lund i O to prevail ; ancj such books as that Iw published by Messrs . Macmillan will

      m much to make his works familiar to ftdem readers who without them might

      Ivor dream of searching for tie precious Bins . Mr . Thomson is generally

      success-¦ Bin which the are illustrat exquisi ions te in he treatment has given and , many true ,

      conception .

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      Messrs. W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell. ! ¦...

      MESSRS . W . P . NIMMO , HAY & MITCHELL . ! ¦ Birthday Books now —~ - multipl ¦— y ¦ so rapidlythat we hardly know what to say of them ——¦— ¦¦ .

      metiincs we think — — —^ the ^ " - - ^ w ™ fashion ^^ ^^ ^ h ^^ f ^ b ^^ b ^^ - ' — ^^^ — is waning - ^^ ^^— ^— - ^ m ~ ^ m ; ' ^^¦ ^¦^^ but w , H ¦ ^ r ^ M suddenl ^ m ^ k ^^ v " ^ i ^ ^ » ^^^ y ^^ ^^ we - ^™ ^^^ - ^ are ^ ^ convinced ^ " ^ — of its continued — » — - ^ — - ^ ! pularity bthe of numerous new booksevidentlimprovinginstead of j

      Ier iorating , y in qualit appearance y . The Edinburgh firm which has , sent us Birthday y Chimes , from r ms and Birthday Chime * from Shakespeare seems to excel in the production of little \

      oks of this description . Bound either in padded calf or in cloth , these birthday books are d ry persevera pretty to nce look of upon the comp . The iler former of the binding Burns' book is especiall . y 90 . Credit is due to the ingenuity

      The ritory volumes which come from the same source deserve notice . Two of them—¦ umps Hope , ' who ¦ and long other Stories won 11 his 1110 , and The as Vulture a writer niiuvl ' s of / XTest boys k , ' and books w / t ^ nu other > k i Stories ' — is are itself by a Scotch Ascott

      ry , the I - , two - »> - others ^ . v ^ . * . * *^ ago * M ^ in \* the vu volume spurs uuua being u ujo vu * The Bog vjl le ' and v » ' The . Lion Dumps j-- » Hunt *^» - « f- 'M . ' ¦«•» - » The * uuv * jl stori ravv es in { «« Vulture « .-. ^^ . j _ v ^ ' s » j j Nest . ^ uau ' are * 4 . 0 acknowled Cl ^/ JVlIV ^ V > XV ?» -lgV ged 3 ^ A to UKJ be U \ D mainl II lCX / LXl 1 y J adapted € JL \ XC » i ^ J l / Ctt from 11 V 111 the u *« . v ^ German viuiiuuiit . «« A ¦ Night ^ m M . ^ m ^ Ut

      sty a itled Snow le . The Mr -stor . Ascott m , and R . other Hope stories has also , b added y Charles to ' Bruce The Boy , is 's externall Own Library y uniform ' a longer with story these , ! ' Hermit ' s Apprentice . «__ This is a strange recital of boyish experiences ; but it I 1 lW T * f ^ vi ri ^ wAtii » t » 4- T-. iii ^^» . - J _ 1 Z 1 _ A . T i . l _ J " J . 1 '_ £ X „ — 5 ~

      -- v « , ucn uungnu uy viHJBt ) filtering upon uneir tuun » . » \

      Messrs. Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. T ...

      MESSRS . OLIPHANT , ANDERSON & FERRIER . T h « » iind Story inculcates of Old many "Whiddy lessons , by of Zala kindness , narrates to how animals little . Doris Good began illustrations to make accompany her mark Ltxt ,

      tCXt , , winch which tells +. Pi 11 h the +. Ti «^ story ofnrv of r \ f a remarkable rpmarVaVklo cat rnf . . Anothe Ar »^ fVl f > T r book V ^ nolr , in 111 a Rimiljl similar . r form fr > TTn , is i « u fr *» , uiuy a Clever Dog :, ^ by Mrs . Jarvis , author of 'The Autobiography of a Robin . ' Both

      ^ u . oooklets reflect credit upon the printer and publishers .

      I Mr. William Stevens. "T ;I -Little .~V...

      I MR . WILLIAM STEVENS . "t ; i -little . ~ v » vj recreation j uj ^ i ca iiun for iur the mo fireside * jj « Miut ) " will iii be w icvuxj found u . jii in The jl uv Drawing A » m-u < vv > Lii- ^ Roam auvui Fortune jb vji iuuc

      er ouh i . <> uh r I Sib quotations ylline Leaves from , by the A bes . E t . M authors . K . , This classified prettil , and y bound in some book raises contains adapted upwards to the of . " l lC < l < JR HlirVtl s » n s *\ tnrnn 4 . £ * i' inaion r » rr \ fooainrui Arc ' T ^ fi « r » . nmniInfirm VlA . H . ViAPin VAt ^ 7 '

      nirabl y effected .

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1447, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/39/