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    aft aiA aa > ^^ m ^^ « a & .. ^ k ^ & ^* a J ^ ^ , ass by istants Mrs . Franklin . ^ , with t he aid of experienced

    Messrs . Hall & Co ., of 13 Paternoster . t Row he miscellaneous , inform us that portion they of have their disposed business to of

    Messrs . Marshall Brothers , of No . 3 Amen Corner , and that it was transferr ed to the

    latter on January 1 . .

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    in Cornhill has Brought together some remarkable particulars tion , ' life , from Deeds a , German Travels , work and Death , bearing , of inscri a very p-

    wise wise / and and very verv nicely nicelv--behaved behaved four firvnr-year -vfiar-old -old child Miilrl ,. Gottingen tutor Christian , Christian Heinckin in 1779 von , Another of Sch Liibeck oneich work , , ' and described of published like b nature y his at

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    age of three , knew the Greek letters , and could , read any ticulars — — ¦» ¦ English ¦ — - " ^ regarding ^ » f y ^ ¦ ¦ an book w ««* pK with the b ^ a ^^ ht out German ^ m ^^ hesitation a » a- »«««*^ child VAAAAVk . are H The . V " ^^ very par W *^ A > -

    had singular taken . in His and bab absorbed y head all , we the are princi proudl pal y stories told , progress of the Old of Testament this extraordinary . From this mind point is car on efull , the y

    month noted noted . . the Thus Tnus child we we vanqui re read ad shed that that the in in remaining the the eighteenth eighteenth stories of lowing the month Old Testament had added , and to his by intellectu the end al of trop the hies

    folthe narrative of the New Testament . Sacred of history two and was a followed half the by little profane scholar , so that had by learnt the age the

    history geograp pleted b h of y y . linguistic the This ancient part studies world of , the , which together curriculum culminated with was universal in com the

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    intimation month , Christian that he was died weaned immediatel ; ' or , thereafter finally , . at the , 1 Weixkrisms v w — - * w « *¦*¦ aw m . k / »•« ¦ , p ^ . '—Mr * ¦ > ¦¦¦ - * . . * Andrew rfk ^ k . A «^« * *^ II y Lang A . aTkWAJICK II writes J . J tyV ^ tJ % as WPJ

    follows remark in Longman the * 8 Magazine sustained . interest In passing of , Mr we . . may upon Lang * In a ' s little contributions book called , ' " At Wellerisms the Sign " of the the question Ship . '

    , facetious has been remark started s — of what Sam ' s is which the always origin include of those the expression ^^ i ¦— »¦ ¦— *' ¦ as »*— "—som fsv ir ibkb e ^^ - one atat or k other aiai # h — " said " ?

    - y ^ - < ar w r ^ ^ , -j r ^ ^<< - ^^ ^^ ^^ « ^^ ^^ ^^ B * # *« WI * v « # " Plenty to get and little to do , " as the soldier said remarked ¦ when im he was " What sentenced ¦ - the ^ -m ^ soldier ^ to ^^^^ be ^^^ M flogged ^ sai k d is ai . not As evidence the judge "

    But > * m ¦ ' - » •¦• it ¦• ' " ™ is ^ - ^^ interesting , ^™^™ - - » to observe a-a--ayr «^ that ««^»> p ^ r these a *« k ^^ w ^« facetious W *»^ " ^^^* W »^^*^ a . > formula are common on the Continent as well as in Eng ¦^^^ " ™ E "" Jland ^^^ ^^ W , and ^ " »^~» ¦» " make " ^ — . w ^ - ^ w part | f < wj > ^^ of ^^ -aaa the « f «* M «^ traditional v ^ rfM a ¦ ^ w ^ rak *^ A ^^ aMAUJBi a , wisdom V V a > > m > ^> a » ^^ >¦<>

    of Comnie the dits peop . le In . Germany In French M . th E ey . Holfer are called has pub Lea - lished a collection of them ( Wie das Volh spricht ,

    | Stuttgart , 187 o , oth edition ) . Here are some

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    French ^ mm *^««^^ a * exampl ~ -mTlUtJ >\ es V : , " Vive W ^ W «« T la * m . a > , liimiere » v »*««> V * VI , ' ' comme " ^ ^¦¦¦>¦¦¦ »* ¦ ^^ . ,. "< ^ MaAl 3 it / i « le « l ft . This « nr «« to . - , - ¦ - IT - * «« ' said ¦ ¦ > - the . ¦•¦ +

    blind raveug -man . ' * . " ' You , answers ' re a liar , said J see the , I see diimb , " ' " -4-a ~~ , y S 9 , + M W aV 0 + * . m ^ - « ' ¦ V

    refined piece of Scotch popular humour . Here is one " from George Sand : " Je vais me r ^ siimer , comme dit M . le cur 6 Cuzion au commencement de

    "" Jous 7 c I know ses s what ermons I . th " ink These , ' as the are ma Dutch dman said exampl to his es : he keeper " threw . " " his ' Nobod wife y down to blam stai e , rs ' as . " the "' man Excuse said me when if

    there is any error / as the soldier said when he shot his colonel . " Sam Weller / s comme dits are better than these frivolous foreign endeavours /

    Interviewing , —We recollect , a year or two ago , a number of Scottish students proposing . to interview Mr . Bret Harte' on the American custom of

    interviewing a Y . M ^^^^ ^ V ^^^ V a ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ r m \ ^ B ^^*^ ^ BB / ^ . ^ r at ^^^ » ^^ B ^ V ^ The m P ^^ ^ b ^ « i ^ V ^^ P ^^^ F , ^ H subject ai ^^^^ ^* 9 ^^ ^^^ - ^^^ ' ^^^ ^ was ^^ ^^^ B ^^ B ^ ^ B ^^ V ^ doubtless ^ P ^ B ^^^ ^^^ v ^^^ ^ a * ^ ^^ P ^ V _ ^^ ^ m ^^^ ^^^ F ^ V ^ P ^ I ^^ ' a ^^ ^^^ ^ good ^ ^ " ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ *^^ 6 ne , but we hare not heard of its ever being brought before the notice & 4 \/ of the ifted author of - ' The

    ^ | ^ ^ ^ r . ^ mm V eathen ^^ X ^^ ^ h ^> W ^ -fc- Chinee V ^^ ^ k ^^ a a W & / ^ \^ An ^ # a A- WfaVaV American & ^^ g A V % af ** Mh j al ournalist h » V ** V - *> at a ^ - ^ *• , ' how at - *^ . ** ' V - ever WVtJl , , has UOB this L 1119 month JLUIMIUU . supp BUp ^ lied llCU a good gU UU article ClXTLIVAC on UU

    ' Journalism in the United States' _ in JTime . Respecti ^ V »^*^ m ^ ^» ^ i ^ ^^^ ng ^^^^* % interviewing ^»^ . ^» ^ m ^^ ^ pv w ^ - ^^ w w ^ ^^^ 9 * , ^ 7 ^ he ^^^ ^^ remarks ^^ ^^^^^^^ **¦ ^^ ^» - ^^^ : ^ ' - A ^^ ¦¦ ^ great F ^ % ^^ ^^ ^ " ^

    and apparently unreasoning , or at all events unreasonabl exists at e the , obj present ection !« # lb to time d » the hMb in system Englan of d interviewing but W happ ^^*^ h il ^^

    that ^^^^ a > ^ H ^ ^ « P is « r ^ rap > V ^ T « idl ^^^^ ^^ y d y ^^ ing ^^^^ ^^ a ^* natural ^»^ ^^ ^^»« V ^ HP death ** Mh *^** ^ , *^ , V and V ^^ »¦* there vvo ^ m ^ » is y w every the probability most conservative that a time journals is at will hand win take iuko when to lu and all ,

    even even me aiiusu uuiiservaLive juujruaiB , , auu ^ American emp ^^^^^ ^ j loy * * - av ^ m ^ Vw the * and ^ v ^ interviewer avv French ^ aw a » ^^ a ^ ai ^^ a ^ a » * almost contemporaries ^^ ^^ a » a » ^^ ^^ aa * b as ^ ^^ a ^ much va a tttlp do ^ as *^ ^^ ~ their now ^ h ^ ^^ ¦ * . w

    Doubtless there are many objections to ^ the system , from the interviewer ' s point of view , bat these

    shoul RhmiM d be be overruled overruled by bv the the advanta advantage ge which which the the public gain in receiving at first hand , so to speak , news which is neither so fresh nor so authentic

    reporter when it , sub has -editor filtered , and" throug editor h , and the then minds is g of iven a ta ^^^^ ptt . the m # a >^ ^^ public m ^^^ ^ a > av ^^ throug ^ Aaav ^^ ^^ M ^ h h ^ . ^ the «^^^ ^^ medium m *^ a ^ m ^ r ^^» ^ ^^ **«¦ of ^^ ^» ^ an ^^^ article b « .. ^ h ^^ ^ ^^^ . ^

    written ba lead erwriterwhose knowledis possibly based y on a hurried r note , of the main points ge of the topic in questionDoubtless I ^ AV / I ^ a # the system of r-

    V" . KAAV Wk ^ A V ^ Xa ^» U UVWbAValt . - »—^ V-T V * . fUT &/« al \* * - * ' ^ ' * - * ^* interviewing even ^^ V ^ v at ^ scurrility pn ^^^^^^^* ^^ ^ ^ ^ opens a ^ v , m ^ aud ^^ «*^ up ^^ b ^ a variou v ^^* channel «* «¦ ^^ w »^ s ^ . form ^ for ^^ . v- ^^ ^ unfair s ^ b ^ of ^ i ^ ^» cri offensive ^ J ^ - ^»^ v ticism . ^ ^^^ - ^ — - — ,

    degrade writing , but himself surel or y his no reputable profession journalist by uttering woul so d debased ^ a >^^ r _ rl-lf IlJ * .- ^< a > a w form a > ^^ aa > m ^^ m * of ^^^ a > work « W V ^« a » ataai as ^^>^ ^ is ^^ h ^< h ere ^^ mb ^^ suggested ^»^ ^» ^ k - •* •*• «^ - « r -w «* , m and mim ^ ——

    -are any but beneath honest criticism , reputable , , notice journalists , and and contempt journals . A Added - » - ^ # . ^" «>^/**»» to W ^^ II which a . aHfc ^^* y , a a ^ ar ¦ journalist >^ jfc « m » »«*•« . « ¥ n ^ w lowering « k ^^ vv ^ r a > •* " *** * himself *~ * »¦»* ¦ " ^»*» a » to —¦ - —

    reliable any such , and action while would closing become to himself useless because channels un of - valuable at his ¦ own information if «>^^ he i ^ h «» for did ever not , would lock himself w # effectuall ¦»^^« b entirely ^ ir y bar ^

    out A 9 ^ ^ of ^ V * his progress B ^ r a ^ own ^^ mm \ *¦ ^^ Pv profession B ^ ' , 4 ^^ ^^^ ^ . ' ^» ^^«* ^^ v ^ «» ^^ ^^ «* ^ p ^« r ^^ ^ ^*> . ^^ ^^ ^ -- ~ -j R , _ ^ ¦ ^ . R v Old ^ k V . * Madden ^" rf ^» Books ^* ' ^ rf ^ ^^^ ^^ avab . appear v — « r a ^ w Some ^ ^^^ t ^ 4 b ¦« in good a-a > the mr tm ^ m ^^ lines current ^ i ^ v . ^ mm * m ^^ ^*^ b y part v 1 ^ the « % * v # * w late of ^ ir « v » ^ Book ^ . r ^ Dr — - — - .

    Lore , the subject being ' Old Books . ' We present one extract : — To By be master enli i « r gh ^^ tened minds ai *«< v » , counselled of former aia , «^ jm led s .

    Come *^* J * to ««« w old books aa — ^^ consult (» . a > ^^ * b ^^^ the a . age dead ^^ # b , — Commune with silent saints and sages . Leav Pole e mics me , ye yield gods to ! sects to my that old wrangle books—

    —Vile Who « parish love to politics squabble to , scheme folks and jangle r Dearly beloved old pigskin tomes I

    Oh cluster dingy hu ever e— round old bookish rooms darlings ! And , banish strife , disputes nay , and . snarlings !

    gardens No . , ' 24 remarks - Ohbynb Mr . Row Benj . — amin 'In Ellis the Marti embankment n in his articl passed e on a statue Old Chelsea recently , ' in laced tne there Certftury j a mail , we seated Tiare

    uudovu % m uuuvuu tiivvuuj p wh « vvm vmj ^^ jk ^ j , juui «*« . ft »«•• --rugged in a chair face , uncouth . And in of the figure wall , with of the bent coraer brow house au ^ (

    f f ti l . l .. j . jaffiM . J . 1 . II I I . I ¦ - ! -- —^**** " ^ taB

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1887, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011887/page/14/