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      1642 The Publishers' Circular Dec . 6 , 188 9

      Valuable Art Bequest To The Nation.

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      explaining some obscure passages in ' Romola / brought £ 10 . 15 s . Two letters ^ from Sir Walter Scott fetched £ 2 . Ws . and £ 1 . 17 s ., and a sheet of the MS . of 'The Abbot , ' £ 17 . 10 s . A bud -v ^ -w get ^ BBh of seven letters dBf from Charles ii Lamb to Samuel ¦ ¦ h Tay ¦ lor -m Colerid BBm realised ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ a h total of

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      prices ranging from £ 5 to £ 20 , whilst several y MSS . and letters of Benjamin Frantli Dickens , Byron , Ouida , Southey , and others fetched a fair sum . ^

      Novels and Newspaper Syndicates . —While it seems to be a question with publishers as to whether it helor hurts a book to publish it first in a syndicate of newspapersthere is no question I

      among the editors ps as to the effect of the serial publication of a novel upon , the circulation of their v 4 B « ^^ ^^^^ ¦ journals ^ r * - « v v M ^ ^ h db ^^^*^ nj 9 . One *¦ * ^ B , ^^ ~^ ir editor ^^^ ^> Bfe ^ k ^^ ^^^ ^ B . told ^ V ^^ *^ ^^^ Bb ^ me k «* W ^ k ^^^ ^ recentl ^ ^ . ^ ^ i ^ ^^^ ^ b ^ v ^ r ^^ y v that ^^ ^» ^ ^ v « r ^^ ^ he » 4 ^ ^^^ could ^ i ^ ^ . ^ ' ** ^ ^^ ^ trace ^ qr ^^ 'fc B ^ t ^ ^^^ ^ an * mr ^ b ^^ ^ increase ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^¦ > v ¦ ¦^ i' ^ . ^ of 1 ^^ ™ " ^ nine ^ " ^ ^— «^ ^^ ^^* thousand ^* ^~ ^~ " «¦* ~ ^ r _ r \ 'W ^ ^ \ , ^

      subscribers to his paper through the publication of a single story ; and yet , curiously enough , another tale by the same famous author , published shortly afterwards , did not visibly increase the subscription listBetween thetwo came a storban unknown authorand the

      clamour for it was loud and . long . This editor ^ believes firml ey y in y serials , but he wishes , that he had the gift of knowing what the public wants . With all his experience he cannot do it . —

      Lounger , m the Netv York Cmtic .

      7^-*— In Fflemoi^Iam

      7 ^ - *— In fflemoi ^ iam

      i William Aiiingham . William Aiiingham , the well-known Irish poet , died at Hampstead on November 19 , and his body was cremated at Woking . Mr . Aiiingham was the author of ' Day and Niht Songs' j

      t / ^ J CJ v g ^ j ^ j , ' Songs , Ballads , and Stories , ' a patriotic poem entitled ' Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland , ' which originally appeared in Fraser's Magazine , and was republished , with revisions , in 1864 , and again O five years v later . The poem XT g ives vivid p A ictures of Irish life . Mr . Aiiing Oham was also

      the author of many other poems and ballads . Some of his earlier verses appeared in Household Words , and were greatly admired by the late Charles Dickens . Mr . Aiiingham succeeded Mr . Froude as editor of Fraser's Magazine . He was a man of many accomplishments and

      most genial spirit ; but he can hardly be said to have justified the literary hopes of his friends .

      M. Eugkne Bersier. ^ In ^B» J^ J^ France...

      M . EUGKNE BERSIER . In France another Jk distinguished minister i i passed ¦ ¦ i away ¦! on November ih d 19 ^ . We ¦ refer ¦* to

      ^^ B » J ^ J ^ ^^ B _ ^^_ B _> By ^ Bi ^ L ^^^ ^^^ r ^ ^ y J ^^ B > \ , ^ r B ^ ^ Bf ^^^ r ^ B > ^^^ B > ^ L r * f ^^ ^ B > ^ ' K MBk ^^^ v m ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ i " ' ^^ ' ^ to ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ' »^* ^ ^^^ V —» ^ r ^^ — ^ . ^ ^ . ^^* ^>^^ v v ^^ w ^^^ ^* ^ K ^^ ^ ^ . ^^ * ^ brf » ^ m ^ Bf ^^^ ^ B ^ ^ BV ^^ B ^ ^_ B " *^^ r ^ B > ^^^ ^ k ^ ^ B . ^^ ^ ' M . Eugene Bersier , one of the foremost Protestant pastors . He has indeed been called the Protestant T 7 'otp > st . M . r » +. Bourdaloue TSnnrria . lrmfi or or Massillon Massillon . and and his his sermons aermbna ohtainpd obtained a prominent nrnminfinf ; rklj lace » r » p » in in the tho .

      ecclesiastical , literature of France . , His books have been widely read in certain p circles in England . In Paris , where he founded a church in the neighbourhood of the Arc de Triomphe , he had a lendid reputation for zeal . During the siege of Paris he exerted himself greatl

      in A ^ ^^ y the ^» ^ W'V ^/ Bi organisation Bj'V sp W *^ B *^ ^ k ^^ & ^ ^^ Bi M * ^ ki ^ k of -JB > ^^ B >_^ ambulances « ^ «^ m ^ Bf ^ ^ ^^* ^ ^* 4 fc ^^^ ^^ , and ^ ^ - ^ 'r ^ v gave ^ ' - ~ — ^~ ^ ** lectures / ^^ % ^^ ^^ ^ ' ^ to # ^^ ^>^ the ^^ peop ' ^^^ ^ L . ^ k . *^ le ^ L ^ ^ , which ^^ ^^ k ^^ ^ ^ ^^ # "h _ were rm ^ A . ^ » . A Jb remarkable W * J ^^^ ^ k ^ k ^ BB . ^ ^ V ^^^ ** ^ y f j for their soothing and consoling power . For these services he was made a Knight of the

      . Legion of Honour .

      Mr. R. Whelan Boyle. Mr. R. Whelan Boyle...

      Mr . R . Whelan Boyle . Mr . R . Whelan Boyle , the editor of the Daily Chronicle , died , we regret to say , on November 13 . He was connected r with various journals before he ¦ assumed the London

      ¦ ^^ — — T ^^^ ^» ^ K ^ k r ^^ i * ~ - | — 4 ^ ^^^ k * ~ r B «^^ ^ B * ~ — y T ^^^ F r ^^ ^ i " ^^^** «^ ^^ ^^ — ~ " ^ i ^ ^^ ~^^ ^ k ^ " ^» v * ^^ ^ i ^ ^ k ^^ * ^ ' ^ ^^— ¦ — ~* " «^^^ ¦ — ¦ ^^^ ^^ i ^ ^^ ^— ^— ^ h- ^ ^^ w *^ ^* r ^ h ^ flb ^_^ ^^ ^ |— ^ r « a ^ ^^^ ^ ifw nirf ^ ^ r ^«^ K ^ b ^ k # ¦ . ^^^ ^^ yB ^ B ^ ^ Bi ^ B ^^^ r ^ B ^^ ffl ^ , ^ Jib ^^ ^ k ^^ «— ' *— — editorship . In all the departments of newspaper work he had a practical knowledge . Under . his A . X . M . * - * guidance 7 ^* 1 ^ " ^ ^ -- * w « f A . . a . ^^ -v « r the b ^^ ^ ^^ r _ Dail a * - ** sv % / \ s y it ¦ Chronicle \_^ ¦ »^ t ~ r »^ »^ ^ - w — ' ^ has k « - « - 'v n-r prospered B ^_ f — — - n ^ - » - « - - ~ -- ~ - ^ r- - ^— . well » - ^^ ^ k - ^ . v > Mr a-r ^¦ h- ^ . Boy ,. » ¦»¦ -v ^ V ^ le ^ - ^ before * S _^ ^^ « . V- ^ A ^^^ JL his ^ A P *^ death v % ^ - / 1 _ V « V . ^ -B . gave taB > * ^*

      instructions that his body should be cremated . This was done , and a memorial service of a unique kind was held over the ashes in an urn , which were brought from Woking to Highgato

      Cemetery .

      Professor Elmslie. The Sudden Death Of P...

      Professor Elmslie . The sudden death of Professor Elmslie , on November 1 G , has awakened profound regret amongst the various branches of the Nonconformists . He was the son of Rev . W . Elmslu ' ,

      I late n . tft minister minist . ttr of of the \\\& l . f ^ ree rflfi Church OTiiirr . h . lnsch Tn RfVh . in in Aberdeenshire Ahftrdfifinsliirtf * and ?\ x \ ( received -r & o . & ixr & rl his lni « psHnr education » . afinn at a . t , the the , , , University of Aberdeen , closing this period of his training by taking honours in Mathematics I and fessor Natural jl Henry aAiA Philosop Druuamond hy . and His subsequentl theological studies he spent were some prosecuted time in in Paris Edinburg and Berlin h under where Pro- I I

      he ^ Mm K \ S t ** t * added mr v- ^ ^ n . H . ^ ^— ' A to . A A his ^ m mM ^ , ^ JU al - a ^ AJLJi read A *& V K - y A & V great /* . , m Uf' A ^• ' scholastic " ^ * - ^ ^^ KrfX ^^ _ * * - ^ ^ h *» acquirements Jb Jk % JJ ± y T a jl Jk ^^ " \^ »^ ^^ A A V . KJ V Entering a ^ ^ A . ^ h A A ^/ I / A 11 A " w' the JLX Jb , - * - ministry % JV ¦ _ JL Jl t ^ F tVJLA *—•» of _ JL- ^ V the > ^< & A . ¦ JL Jll Eng ^^ , ^^^^ m . V W * * lisli ^^ I H Presb London yterian , and Church afterwards , he was he had for a charg time e assistant of a churc to h Dr at . Willesden Oswald D . ykes In , 1883 Regent he accep Square ted , I I

      the Professorship of Hebrew in the Presbyterian College , London . Professor Elmslie had

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1642, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/108/