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    TT i I546 The Publishers' Circulax Dec. ...

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    like edition all , the thoro members ughly re of vised the Pen and and partl Pencil y re-written Series - ¦ ' , will will be publishe ready d earl by th this e Re mon ligious th , Tract and , |

    - _ , a mr *~* I Society . # #

    Horace Greeley used to be tormented by those * mosquitoes of literature , the autograph hunters b V . On ¦ one occasion r ~ a gushing B but brazen-faced youth wrote to him in the followin - r - g

    ^__^ W ~^^ H ^^* ^^™ ^^ ^^ F ^ ^^^* ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^__> ^—^ ~__^ — ~__~ ^^^— - ~^ »~——¦ - ^¦ ——» _^~ ^——~^_—» — ~ " ~ ^^^^^~—^^— w —» - ~ — — ~^^^_ M ~ ~^ — - — — ^^ j — —__ —__—__ ^^^^^ autogra terms : phs * Dear of our Sir country , —Among 's late your -lamented literary poet treasure Edgar s you A . Poe have . If ddubtless soand you preserved can spare several onej

    please inclose it to me and receive the thanks , of yours truly / The , reply was prompt and , ! pointed f ""— ' ^ —— — — ¦ - ; y - — it » — — ran — thus — : — 'Dear — Sir , - — ____ Among - — _ f- ^ -J my literary — - ^ treasures there happens ^ ^ to be exactly ml j \ ^

    one autograph of our country's late-lamented poet , Edgar A . Poe . It is his note of hand for j fifty dollars , with my indorsement across the back . It cost me exactly fifty dollars , seventy-five cents ( including protest ) f 7 and you may—have it for half that amount . —Yours respectfull . A . y

    \ ^^ X , mf V % / , Horace Greeley . ' The correspondence ended there . | v . ; ¦ » # *

    Matthew Arnold , in private life , was a genial and fascinating companion , and his conversa- ' tion was full of pleasant surprisesnaive confessionsand wit of the delicate brand known as

    , , 'dry / His literary and social judgments sparkled through his affluent and stimulating talk , and he often surprised those who knew him but slightly by outbursts of genuine enthusiasm

    over men and hooks which , at first sight , did not seem at all likely to awaken more than a languid interest in the breast of the * Miniature Goethe . ' He once gravely reproved a friend

    for not taking the opportunity of hearing Henry Ward Beecher on the occasion of his last I visit to Eng ^^ j land . * I like Beecher - ^^ , ' said he , with emp hasis , ' and _____ consider him a really great ^_ ^ | ' '

    man . ' His appreciation of Robert _ Louis Stevenson ' s famous romance * Treasure Island ' was expressed in a characteristic phrase : ' I read it on my . voyage home from America , and it afforded

    me that rarest of all human pleasures—admiration . ' # # *

    * * Lord Carnarvon will publish in a few days a new series of ' Letters of Philip Dormer ,

    fourth Earl of Chesterfield . ' They were addressed by the * English Rochefoucauld' towards the close of his life to his kinsman Philip Stanhope , who succeeded to the title in 1773 as fifth earl , j

    The correspondence begins in 1761 , and extends over the next nine years ; in all there are two hundred and thirty-six letters , and Lord Carnarvon has edited them from the original

    manuscripts , which came into his possession through his marriage with the daughter of the sixth Earl of Chesterfield . The correspondence is described as being of great literary and political | j

    interest , and it abounds in references to the famous statesmen and men of letters whom Lord Chesterfield ~^^ P- ^ W ^— ~^^* ~—^ — - ^^ ^^— —^^^^ - ^^ ^^ - ^ F" ^ " had ^ - — - ^ known ' - - — — ~ , - ^ such - — " ~ as ~— — Boling ¦ ° ' H ^ i ^ K broke - ~ - " and I I Chatham - ^^ F- ^^ ^^ - ^ r ^ ' ^ P' ^^ ^^ ¦ ^ — " ^^^^« , H ^ Addison ^ m ^^^ ^^ ^^ P" ^» ^ tm ^^ a ^ ^*^^ ^^ ^— , ^ H Pope ^^^ ~*^ ^ m ^ - ^^ , ^ m ^ and . pr ^ p ^^ ^ B ' ^ tf ^ V ^ Swift V - ^^ W ^ ^>^ B ^» ^— . ¦( . Much «»* ^ W ^ ~^ " » —

    of the cynicism which disfigured the earlier series of Lord Chesterfield ' s letters is conspicuous by its absence in the present collection ; andaccording to Lord Carnarvonthe writer ' appeals

    , , to loftier principles than we are wont to associate with his name . ' The book is to be published in in a ai limited iiiiiiu & u edition ctu i / iuu —with muii c a * lovoiiiiiio facsimile iv letter / i / ucx of _> i ___ Lord > x „ Chesterfiel viicoiciuciu d and aiiu numerous iiuiuciuuo _ illustrations x _ u _ i > _ ctrt / - — 'ii— - in »

    collotype—by tlie Clarendon Press . jj #

    * # I The — firs - t — number of Mr . T . Wemyss ^ _ - Reid ' s - new review - - , _ , _ _ The _ _ _ _^ Speaker _ - ^_ _ — v . r w _ . _ - „ , , _ will _ ' . ^ ¦¦ appear ii HH r HW ^ ^ v ^ pf ^ pB on - * # p- ^ . «*¦ January - ^¦ P' ^ pr ^ r ^ lV ^^ " ^^^ V ^ N *^>*^** ^ 4 .

    It will be published weekly , and the price is sixpence . Mr . Reid states that in politics the journal forei —rv - _~ wm - gn ^^^^— - affairs — will — — — -. — - ^ advocate — will — be — those dealt - with princi ___ by p les men which -.- who - —w are possess _— — common _ — . ^ —^ —_ a ^_ ^_ practical _ - _ wv to - ^^ ¦ all - ^ ^^ ——w sections ^^ knowled ^^~^^ ^~ ^^— -m ^ » v ^^ m - of ^^ r ' ^ i *^^ ge MB ^ the h ^ . ^ of ~ i ~ Liberal m ^ q ^ k ^ H uestions - ^ i ^ vm ^^ r ^*^ F ^ v « Vta p ^^^ mm art ^* *^^ y of — ;

    international policy which affect the peace and prosperity of the world . The readers of the P literary - ^ v ^^ — ublishers - - ^— — - — _ g criticism - ^ — ' - ^ ' Circular — . — Great - —¦ — will — — — care — — be , g it lad is to promised — learn — — — — ^^ that — , W will The " ^ ¦ be ¦^^ Speake taken ^^ ^»^ " ^ ^ ^^ " ' ^ i ^ ^^ ^^ r to ^^ ' ^^ i will ensure - ™^ ^^ ^^ v ^^ devote ^ i ^^ b «^ " ^^ ¦ prompt j AK ~ i — special ^ m fl ^ ^ K k ^ ^^ - ^ notices ^^^^^ ^^^ - attention ^^ 4 ^ ^^^ ^^^ r 9 ^^ F of ^ j ^ ^^ new ^^ b ^ v ^*^ to i

    books ; whilst one special feature of the literary portion will be the ' appearance of a causerc . formation from - the w - pen on ______ literary _ of a well top ^^ - ics known _ . will _ . essay be blended __ _________ ist and — w __ it critic h criticism ____ . ____ , in ___ . ___—__ __ which —___ __ / Althoug ____ , ____ ___ literary - ^^ v ^ b h news as a and rule personal the articles i in- |

    — m _—_ mm _— m — — _ _ ^ _ _ « w « — — —_ _ - ^^ ^^^ F ^ m , ¥ ^^^ «¦ v ^™ ^ i ^^ ¦¦^¦^ , « - ** « fr ^_ k ^^ ^ fw «* ^^_^ ^_^ ^ ^ contributions contributions in ITie _ _ S ^^ peaker * irom from will be ^ men men anonymous and and women women , the ^ whose whose editor names names proposes , it it is is to . believed believed publish ^ ^ ^ - from . ^ will will time add add _ weight w to ^ io time - hf . to f . r » signed their their |

    writings , and whose opinions on questions of the , day the public , will be eager to learn . I Many ^^ distinguished ^ ta _ - ^ men have promised ^^ their co-operation Jik , and amongst ^ mr them it ia , perhaps JL _ w , ^ I ^^ * - _ __ _ rv _ -m rw h here V _ _ rv ___ rv to ?/ v mention _ - _ - «_ _ n _ __ 4 " % Awi Mr !_/¦_• ¦ Gladstone _ 11 ** _ rl ri *"_ r _ _ * k _ rv Sir S _ . _ _• William * % / ¦» I I _ _ r _ _ r _ - __ Harcourt ¦—!__ - * m _«^_« -v _•_ _¦_¦ John I _ r _ t _ v _ Motley n > 1 __ -v _¦¦ _ .- *•» Professor !____>_ . _«__?_«_ _ p . _ - « — _ «» "El — .-. — . ___ , »« . __ - *» - _ _______!

    Professor enoug _ Bryce , Sir C . Gavin . Duffy , , Sir Henry _ Roscoe , Si r Lyon Playfair , , WilliJam Freema Black n , , I I A Frank . M . Fairbairn Hill , James , Augustine Payn , George Birrell Augustus , and G . W Sala . E . , Rusaeli Norman , Lock The yer editorial , Stop offices ford A of . Brooke The Speake , Dr . r I I

    are 115 Fleet Street , _ tt . U . ^ = $ ¦ ^

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    i I 546 The Publishers' Circulax Dec . 6 , i 889

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1546, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/12/