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    The Question Of The Da V.—Is Shak-Bpeare...

    but it was too select and had no interest whatever for the very numerous class of readers who are fond of _bookp , and of reading about them , but who have no taste for the dry bones of pure bibliography . In three years this came to an end , and , Phoenix-like , from its ashes BooHpre sprang into existence ; the j and alteration at the was end : decidedl of the y not sixth an volume improvement it too , » j Ellio became t Stock numbered _s new among venture the -is defunct entitled . Mr the . Bookwormof which ; the first number is before us . It is c , ertainly a very good number . Mr . Andrew Lang supplies the opening article in the form of eight charming verses about books . Mr . H . B . Wheatley / " writes about John Wesley ' s English _Dictionary , and many people rl _jI _|_' _r _^^ B _^^ WPP l _^^* _j ltf _^ _T _^ l _^ _* _*™ _W * * _jfc * _T gj ] _^* _ jj __^| lfl _?_ : _*^ _r- _ P __ jfj < _VmTM _^ WJ ! f , _^/// £ _mf _fcjjMI - _^* ___ _^_ i _^^ _*^* _^* mkw \ _* ___ i ~ 1 wjm __ r ¦ _€# _*^ tf _^ BM _ff __ l ** 9 l _* __)¦ _* ? _Wwfl . i _^ SiSnBp- _|| _fc--U _^ _BiMBBl _*^ _K _^ _. _t- _^ *_ f ___ i _ L _ _i ___ bWI M . _^ _fl _ r . __ X ____ _I _*^ P * I _* 3 B _^ 0 ' _^* i _' - ?* - _ _fTyW-K-r _^ M-C - _< l __ - ____^ _tM ___—J _« ft _^^ V _ f ____^__^^^*^_____ f _^_______ . _* N _^ * fM _>*___¦ ~ MB 1 __________________ I ~ F ¦ i __ fff * S ~ F _* w *' *• • _ p 3 _' . _^ _^ / __ _r _^ k _ _^ nf _iygjg ___^ _Qii * _ _im S ___ _^_ * l- _c _^ < * _ _w ____ _^_________ b * ' w > - _^ _^ _' _^ _JSi _^ i _ — _Ei- _ T i _^ <_____________________ _^ S- _^ - _^ - _^ - _^ - _^ i S _^ _^ a - _____________ __ -B i _^_»^_ _wj p _ j ! ffl _ -= _s - _ gL r _^ - . _ i ' i _^ i 9 _ i H 3 Pnnir ______ H ____ _HMIII _____________ _ ! will learn for the first time that the famous l | j Methodist other whose accomp special included lishments subject lexicograp of . stud Mr y . ( A as h . y may C am . Bickley ong be seen his , ' is from Quakers the ' Dictionary , is quite at of home National in recounting Biography a ) ; somewhat pathetic story relative to the * Bibliographer of the "Friends , "' whose name is Joseph Smith , and whose habitation is in i Whitechapel High Street . Mr . W . Roberts contributes an article on Grub Street , to which three illustrations are given . Mr . John Lawler ' s long experience and study in one of | well the most qualifies eminent him to firms write upon of book ' A - Comparison auctioneers of some Auction Prices of Books in the Sevenj J teenth Books in and Ireland Nineteenth / by Mr . Centuries J . L . Gomme . ' School , coni eludes the signed articles , but there is a very judicious selection of shorter notes and paragraphs , all of which go to make a very cheap and good number . We wish the Bookworm every success . » Oi ' ¦

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    Mb. Mare's New Books.* Though Paris Has ...

    MB . MARE'S NEW BOOKS . * Though Paris has not , to any great extent , takes influenced but a the secondary world of rank science in , art and , yet thou in gh her she fe v vols * . Pa London Hs . Days : Smith near , Paris Elder . & By Co Augu . stus J . C . _Harq . 2

    Mb. Mare's New Books.* Though Paris Has ...

    dynastic revolutions , in her terrible upheavals »¦ of passionate popular wrath , fher force has pulsated throughout the civilised world .. If she has not given deep thinkers ? and mighty giants of . invention , she has , nevertheless influenced the world to an extent not _appreciat ed except by close observers like Mr . Hare , whose remarks lie before us in the two handsome near volumes Paris re . spectivel ' In ' Paris y called 9 we are Paris conveyed ' and , ' Days , not according to a ' personally conducted' system , but did arcana in a trul of y regal her history manner and , throug exp h loit the s t o l the en-Paris of to-day . _Paris—^ ancient Lutetia--has ever possessed an absorbing interest , and that presented interest is in by so no attractive means lessene a form , d as when that g it iven is by Mr . Hare . Without committing the mistak dissertations e of taking on up politics unnecessary and its time exponents by political , he leads us through Paris and occupies us with Paris herself . There is no street , no building , and no object of worth , either historically or this intrinsicall vast repertoire y * that is of neg Parisiah lected knowled or forgotten ge , and in interwoven with these are the exploits and forms of those wlio have made Paris both _famous and notorious . From the MerOvingiaii lhi dynast s wondrous y to the Republic city _^ - 6 r rather of to-day , as is Qharles presented "V " . declared' Lutetia non urbssedorbis . ' It is true , as Mr _^ . Hare tells us in , his _^ introduction , that ' almost ltl !~ educate _^ d Englishmen visit Paris some time in : their lives , yet few really see it . V They go to the . theatres , to its magasins , drive in the Bbis de Boulogne , airily describe ib as a charming city , and know and care nothing more about it ; but under the masterly guidance of our author , we are brought face to face with the splendours of the past , watch the weird procession of the puppets of recorded crowded time , and of ; events view . with Pari wonder s is a mauso the - _" leum of dead progress deedsand only when we follow a presented record , like this can we even faintly imagine the long array of stirring the actions world , aye . , In and thi actions s volume too Paris that have is unveiled moved , and the revelation is truly absorbing ; we see her as she was and as she is . We venture to say that if one visited Paris without a knowthe ledge contents of Paris of , and this work afterwards in his returned mindsuch with a one would see a place as different as a , desert is from an oasis . We _regreTTthat space precludes . any It will quotation bo seen from however these deli that ghtful to attempt pages such a course with , a volume , of 538 pages would lead to no useful result . The companion volume , ' Days near Paris / mentioned of 363 page . s , is Paris a natural has a result thousan of the d deli work ghtful just retreats in her environs where her children and her visitors may indulge in recreation . In may this be volume scantier , thoug , yet h we historical are introduced associations to scenes that possess interests peculiarly their own . Leaving Paris ; under the' leadership o £ rMr . Harewe are conducted from one place _e to another , arid quickly learn many things of which before we were ignorant ;

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1887, page 1501, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121887/page/79/