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    OBITUABY.

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    ¦ ¦ ' s The PubUshersV Circular j ^ . 15 , iS 8 i

    Obituaby.

    OBITUABY .

    The death is announced at Berlin of Herr Rudolf Gartner , an . eminent publisher and bookseller in that city . -

    well On known Friday as , the an 7 authority th January on , the hymnology Rev . Charles died Buchanan at his residence Pearson , near Prebendary Bathaged of Salisbury 70 . He ,

    second was a son class of . a He former was Dean ordained of Salisbury deacon in , 1830 and , _ ___^ was , and _^ educated was _ appointed tmm ^^ ^^ _ at Oriel , to m \ , his where mm SB prebendal «¦ , he obtained stall A * in a —

    1832 . He was rector of Knebworth from 1838 to 1875 * ^ , when lie resigned his * living . Among V other UUC 1 works W » Vfi * VO , « he AJLVs ^^^^ was » T C * O ^^^^^^ the VUO ^^ C au * U . thor UJ . JLV / JL of V ^ X ^^^^^^ ' Plain . * . JllMl ^ h a ^ B l *^ M ^*^ Sermons MVH ^^ 4 iJ . V /* J . « to */ v ^ >^ ft f a Ul ^ ^^^ A Country v ^ V ^ U . 4 . 1 . J Congregation vv Mm \ »* g * W ^ B q W > k ^^ ^ & mi v « a , / c ^^ Bl Church w »» ^ " ^ ^ i vil ^ B A

    Exp Mr . ansion Pearson / * was Latin a great ^' mm ^ Translations _ favourite _ of of Eng the lish late Hymns mm Lord . L / ytton and , Sequences at Kneb > ^ m . worth . « from ^^^ B ^^ tf A . the He Sarum ^^ B was — . A a ^^ Missal ^ brother ^ J ^ B m . '

    of Prebendary Jervis ( formerly Pearson ) , the ^ learned author ^* of *^ the ' History of the Gallican ^ Church / and also of the Rev . Hugh Pearson , Canon of St . George ' s , Windsor thirtv . six . ' of 4

    Intelligence Intelligence readies reaches us us trom from JN New ew York lorK , , of ox the tne death aeatn , , at at the tne age aore or of tnirty--six , , or Captain captain Edward Lloyd Ford , of the publishing firm of Fords , Howard , and Hulberb , and of their

    predecessors predecessors Pulpit , and . , also JJ . . JB 5 of . . ivora Ford the Rev & & to Co . . Henry ., . the tne original original Ward Beeche puoiisners publishers r ' s * ot of Life tne the of unrisuan Christian Jesus the Union u Christ nion , * xne the / and sriynxouth Plymouth divers

    volumes of his works and sermons .

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    OOEEESPONDBNOB . To the Editor of the Publishers * Circular . 1

    we This tbink Dkar very it Sir important an , — important Are printers question subject or has publisher for arisen our trade s with obliged , and our , to as firm issue such , and , a ask , paragrap such you a to case h ventilate which never th it having ey in consider your occurred columns libel before . lous ? ,

    proofs In December having been last firs we t submitted published to for us the befo proprietors re issuing . the Of first the socond number number of a new , intend monthly ed for period issue ical in , January ¦ ¦ no proofs were submitted ¦ ¦ h and on December 24 th complete copies were delivered from the

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    printer . In answer to this letter the proprietor wrote , calling- upon us to publish or bear the consequences of declined WV V ^ ^^ our ^ m > ^ p- ^ m 9 -mr refusal h and -mw ^^ ^ -mt ^^^ m . recommended ^ m , ^ mr ~ m ^ In - ~^ ^ ^ ^ answer ^ ^ ^ V —¦ " ^* ^ ^ mw ~^^ to them ^ V ^^ mM this ^ m ^ ^ ^ ^^ , to ^ ' m our ^^ publish Wm > ^ sol . ^ B ^^^^ mr i citor ^* m * ^*^ m * it mm m ^ r hari elsewhere m ^^ mm : m ^^ ^^^ ng v w m ^ Urn . ad ^ mW ^» ^^ vised ' . ^ ¦ ^ ^^^ NText * us ' ^~^^ mm ? that day ^^^ ^^ w- m i we t was ^ k ^ got Bi ^ h ^ m dangerous 9 ^ ^^ ^ a k ^^ V lawyer ^^ ^ b ^ P V V ^^ ^ to b ' s ^^^ publish ^ letter ^ ^^ # ^ flf ^^ ^^ claiming ^ , ^^ m ^ we % ( f A ^ . ^ still ^ ^ ^^ ^^^

    proprietors damages . Now and their the solicitor question say is this it is . allowable The publishers criticism ' . solicitor says the paragraph is libellous ; the have Are they the no publishers voice in the and mat printers ter ? bound to accept and publish that which they consider actionable , and

    w Yours truly , Publishers .

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    Musically and Pictorially Illufctr < ited . The Legend and the Poem written and translated by

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    of the future ' owes not a little of the success of i n ho t attem his countr pt made as to th g ive mus his ic o opera f the s popularity resent to

    . Mr . Jacltsou ' s co y -operation . The verso p in which the — — mystic ^ m legend - £ *— — — of - » - — ' Lohengrin — ' - ^ ^ mm - mm ^ h ^^ -v mi ^^ ' is ^ m ^ , told m ^ j ^ / M * 1 — f ^ is mW f * J | hero ^ A *^ S JL ^ M *

    gives rendered one it desires all 'by the Mr to virtue . realise Jackson of ori how with ginal a wri fe letel ting Licity ; he and which has if any compy

    lication works raised raised lication lie the the with with need libretto libretto tho tho onl inane inane y abovo abovo com ooera pare tho tho books books the average average of of present the fcha of of Italian Ttn pub bucIi ruoIi . 1 in . n - opera

    Mr produced stage . . Jackson Loo a ked readable may at bo from and congratulated a interesting literary mml tr mr b ¦ mi B | stand on preface having point to ,

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    a Opera levy of season black at nmil a price . which simply amounts to ¦ ¦ #

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    neighbourhood . The book is modestly called i a ' Rambles very rest full of in historical doscri 1879 ption and sites 1880 of the with , ' but various the it transactions reall pl aces y gives of

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    esting limitations references of space are . made Thus , to for Charles example , V inter . and - Ulrich von Hutten in connection with

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    tho book itself . This quality is rather drolly thrown into relief by the continual mention of ' siege / ' revenge for tho attack upon their homes /

    an ' repression d cruel , ' on 'terrible the part sufferings of the nobles entailed was by blood the y " Peasants' War" ' ' the Swedes practised cruelties

    the n » great population as of their , Germany opponents by / one the -half war reduced whole districts ¦ mm were W mm , reduced 4 . K amf to deserts / & c & c These

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1881, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011881/page/8/