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    Chamisso _' s . ';¦ . wonderful story of r * Peter Schlemihl , _tlie Shadowless Mian / is to appear in two -differentErench _-v _ _erfitfoiis this season . One 100 desi illustrated gns by Henri by M Pelle yrbach . We , the are other of op having inion , however / that no illustrations can excel those by George Criiikshank , which appeared during the author ' s lif etime and received his _Warmest encomiums . c ~ ' _Messrs . Hachette <& Co . Jhave published a magnificently illustrated _ed ition of ' Les Cahiers du Capitairie Coignet . ' In this famous story of one of the soldiers of the firande Arm _£ e we have the life ' s' record from his own lips of one who passedthrough : all those terrible wars resulting from the French Revolution . In these tinies such books are not only of interest but also of great service . The same firm has just published-the second volume of the ' Histpiredes Grecs , ' _by'Victor Duruy , carrying on the history from the Median wars to the treaty of Aiij _^ cidas . A third volume will cbrnplete the work , which is anti illustrated que and with with 6 ver maps _^ , 000 . engravings ) _" from the Messrs . H . Lauriette & Co ., publishers of the edition of ' R _^ sseuu ' _a . Cbhf _esJsiohs already mentioned j also ahhouhee ant edition of ' Le Roman Comique de Scarron' ( whiloni _^ lxusbaxld of Madame de Maiiitenon , consort of Louis , XIV . ) , illustrated with no fewer than' 330 designs by M . Edouard 25 ier / printed in the text , thirty being whole-page engravings . . ' La * Vie Rustique , compositions et dessins de L _^ on Lhermitte , texte par Andr _^ Tlieuriet . ' M . Lhermitte is well known as a ; painter of rural scenes , and M . Theuriet is equally famed as a poet and novelist . This work and another by the same writer , illustrated by H . Giacomelli , entitled ' Nos Oiseaux / are also published by Messrs . H . Launette & Co . A novelty in publishing is the fine copy of the new edition of the ' Memoires du Comte de Grammont , par Count Anthony Hamilton . ' This new edition of an ever-popular work , to * _appear three etchings next month by Boisson , will be _, illustrated after drawings by thirt by C y- . Delort . The price of the ordinary impression of 500 copies will be 100 francs . There will of be three and other with impressions the lates , on in different various states kinds . But paper the unique copy will p be printed on Dutch hand-made paper * to accompany the original desi of Boisson gns of C ' s . Delort etchings and . a * The set of ' price artist ' s of proofs this unique issue is 10 , 000 francs ! title ' Nos of a Ecrivains new volume , par Saint of portraits -Patrice / of is 155 the French authors just published . well M -known . Gaston popular Tissandier scientific , the editor journal of the La Nature _edition , _ot announces ' Histoire de a mes new Ascen and sions augmented : Recit de Quarante Voyages Aeriens ' ( 1868-1887 ) . title ' Chroni of a new que und des e Arts rtaking Grap ' of h the iques Vi ' ennese is the _^ esellschaft fur vervielf al tigende \ Kunstto appear _<> f artistic eight and times technical yearly progress . It will , especiall be a record y , in ~ " ' i - - i i i i i mm i iii - r n i i ¦ i i i i i _iqn _r'i n— — i . - i i in iin _. _iiii-i

    nection engraving With and the artistic requirements , reproduction of literature in con- } and science . It will give special notices of p of rivate important and public sales art , as collections well as of , of the exh works ibitions in , progress , in painters' studios ; and _generally will afford literary , > biographical and bibliographical information " on art . ! Herren Breitkopf & Hartel , of Leipzig , announce the immediate publication of ' Briefwechsel zwisehen Wagner tind Liszt . ' This correspondence , which is _sglid to be full of interest not only to musicians , but also to the general reading public , will form two volumes octavo , each containing about 320 pages . The same well-known firm of music publishers have just published 'Jesus von Nazareth , ein dichterischer Entwurf aus deiii Jahre 1868 , von Richard Wagner ? musical This dramatic drama poem k Parsifal was the ' hot first sketch leted of until the tlxirty-five years later , and , which comp created , such a sensation when . jprodueect on the stage . HerrT . O . Weigel , in Leipzighas published a work of great niterest on Japan _^ , entitled ' Papier VSchmetterlinge aus Japan , von C . : Netto . ' The title ( 'Paper Butterflies from Japan ? ' ) does not perhaps thoroughly characterise subject the to work subj , which ect in , althoug a light h it and hovers ' .... fanciful from fashion so as to _^ attract the reader ' s attention by bright descriptive touches , is nevertheless the result of some years' residence in Japan , and of careful observaticijn of both country and people . The book is illustrated by the author , and forms a very handsome volume indeed . The first edition of the ' Memoirs of Duke Ernest II . of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha' having been days exhausted , which , a will new contain edition no will alterations appear in , but a few be _^ ' - simply a reprint of the first edition of this most striking of all princely autobiographies since that of Frederick the Great . Herr J . P . Bachem , the publisher , of Cologne , bas been appointed Commander of the Order of St . Gregory , in recognition of the merits of the German translation of Dr . O'Reilly ' s ' Life of Pope Leo XIII . ' published by him . Centrdlblatt fur Bibliothekswesen , Nov . _~ Dec Heft . ( 11 being , 12 , a of double 1887 ) , contains number - , an and -article containing by Dr . Hennen , ' Eine bibliographische Zusammenstellung der Trierer Heiligthumsbticher . ' We : can only call the attention of bibliographical students to this exhaustive article , which fills seventy pages . Mr . W . H . James Weale also contributes an article on the ' Missals of Mayence and Treves . ' The Centralblatt fully maintains the high character acquired under the able editorship of Dr . O . Hartwig . Herr Otto Harrassowitz , of Leipzig , is the publisher . i We have to acknowledge the receipt of 'Dogma y Razon / No . 32 , Madrid , containing amongst other articles one of interest , entitled ' Amanos de la Union Gatolica . ' — ¦ ¦ ¦ , — . ¦ " 1 , —r _, — » ¦ ' ¦ - Li ¦ __ ** - _ r ~_ ai , : _, r— -CD Am

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1887, page 1505, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121887/page/83/