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    UTBBABY INTELLIGENCE 158—172 THE LATE SI...

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    , St. Dijnstan's House, E.C.. _ February 15, 1888.

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    SHROVE TIDE revels seem to have disappea...

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    ' BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. Th...

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    IS 8 The Publishers' Circular FSb . 15 , 1888

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    Utbbaby Intelligence 158—172 The Late Si...

    UTBBABY INTELLIGENCE 158—172 THE LATE SIR WILLIAM JOHNSTON 160 , 161

    STATIONERS' HALL 161 BISHOP COLENSO 161 , 162

    NOTES AND NEWS 162—164 CONTINENTAL NOTES 164

    CORRESPONDENCE 1 164—166 THE AYLESFORD LIBRARY 166

    OBITUARY 166 , 167 TRADE CHANGES 167 , 168

    DEVOTIONAL BOOKS 168 , 169

    REVIEWS , & c 169—172

    INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED EN GREAT BRITAIN BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1 AND 14 . 172—174 BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN

    FROM FEBRUARY 1 TO 14 174—177 AMERICAN NEW BOOKS . ~ . 178

    NBSW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED 179—187

    , MISCELLANEOUS . 188—197 BUSINESS CARDS 193—195 ASSISTANTS WANTED 196

    WANT SITUATIONS 196 BOOKS FOR SALE 197

    BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 197—203

    , St. Dijnstan's House, E.C.. _ February 15, 1888.

    , St . Dijnstan ' s House , E . C .. _ February 15 , 1888 .

    Shrove Tide Revels Seem To Have Disappea...

    SHROVE TIDE revels seem to have disappeared almost wholly from among our

    national customs . But , though festivities more or less rough have vanished , we are still

    reminded of the season , even outside the Church , by various signs and works . In the book

    trade , for example , large numbers of religious booksmore or less appropriate for Lentcome

    , / J . -I- JL ' , before the public , and side by side with them may % fbe seen books suitable for Easter-tide .

    This" trade seems to be extending , judging from the number of books which are brought

    to public notice year by year ; and the fact is not a little significant when the even character

    of the books is thought of . They are not particularly noted for variety or novelty

    , seeing that they re-echo the words of longcherished truthsbut still the call for such ,

    works shows the preservation of a strong national attachment . It is undeniable ,

    however , that much good might be done by the exercise of more vigorous literary style in

    books which , aim at the religious improvement of the people . Writers might well take example

    from the books which in temporal matters win the liking of readers whose business

    responsibilities nowadays compel them , or rather have induced them , ' to choose brevity / of — ,

    expression and life-like originality of thought in their books as in their newspapers . The

    literary divine who can accomplish this has a fruitful field before himand a combination ? ji

    , - — — — —— — - * - —^ ^ ^^ * m m »^ ^^ a ^ r . ^ of those who have studied and acknowledged this requirement I would do an — —— inestimable - ^ ~*^ ^ 4 K ^ ^^ k ^^ W 9 K ^ ^^ ^^^

    amount of good by sweeping away the sentimentalities which make modern reliious books

    g so soulless and effete .

    ' Booksellers' Provident Institution. Th...

    ' BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION . The annual report of the directors contains the

    with ioiiowmg following the balance facts tacts : : the the in the total total hands income income of the of of the th Oommis « year vnap - , jQek _ '

    ' Booksellers' Provident Institution. Th...

    sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt , bro hroiicrht ught forward forward irom from last last " , account annnnnf ,. amounted amnnntpri

    to £ 1 , 783 . 17 s . ( including £ 180 from , the Booksellers' Provident Retreat ) . The

    disbursements ments have have amounted amounted to to £ £ jL 1 . 596 o \) b . . 12 12 /? s . . 7 * 7 dd ... of of which £ 755 . 15 s . 10 c ? . was paid , in permanent , assistance assisfcanofi to to do 36 members mftmhftra and a . nr \ widows widows and n-nri

    , £ 683 . 18 s . Gd . in temporary help to 35 members and widows . The directors congratulate the members upon the small amount of the working fvjcnfvnsfis . which which hav have ft been been onl onlv £ ^ 156 lfifi . 18 1 fts s 3 5 V d 7

    They expenses regret , to have to record y that only . one . member has joined the Institution during the past twelve months , but have reason to hope that a considerable addition will be made to

    the . « members ¦ in m the . « ensuing year . The death s oi of nine nine mem members bers nave have been been annonnp announced . fifi two two of of

    whom , Mr . James Beckley and Mr . Osborne , Turner lurner , were were at at one one time time valued valnp . rl directors di-rpmtnTva o

    Institution , . In addition to thesethe deaths of three widows of members who , had been in

    receipt of annuities from the funds have been been reported renorted . . Thes Ihese « ladies 7 ar ? iV . « respectivel rAanopfiValTr

    aged 86 , 79 , and 74 , had received , during y 9 \

    the tne past past twenty twentv--two two yea vears ^ rs nearly nearlv £ -P 1 . 1 200 , O ( bv besides by their their which husbands husbands upwards ; : thus t / hnn of these + £ "h 300 ^ a ^ was thre fh -no received e ^ mem ni , ^»^ - ,

    presentatives bers , by themselves , have , their received widows upwards , and re of

    that The ± £ 1 1 . , 500 5 UO directors two in in return return widows have tor for , much who their their had p small small leasure been subscri sn > in dependent reporting . ri ptions ^ fi '^ Tlo . upon UDon monthly monthlv grants grants from from the fTm Institution Tma +. it . ufi ^ n

    have re-married during the year . The fete , bration held oration at Abbots of or the tne Lang Jubilee Juoiiee ley in of ot Jul the the y last Institution Tnsf , . in if . nfirm

    celeresulted in an unqualified successshown not , its — onl — — ' y enjoyment ¦» . b y j the — -.-. „— large *« - , j but ^ , ^» numbers w also uw ^^ r -v ^ b *~* y who the VUV partici interest XII \ J , \ 3 M . V ? O pated % J which VV 111 UI in

    it evoked from the principals in the trade . Upwards of 400 tickets were issued to members and their friends , who partook of a substantial cold collation , at which Mr . Charles James

    after Longman dwelt which upon presided the a p advantages leasant , who , evening in an of eloquent the was Institution spent speech in , ; the grounds of the ^ RetreatThe _¦_ 1 directors

    — — — ' * - ' O *^ - — ^» - ^ - " — . - * ,-. m . awwva VMIU * . iiV . UllCUlvlO have great pleasure in stating that the usual Christmas Christmas gitt cift bv by the thft " Board R oarrl to fr » the + / h » reci ronim ients anfa of ^ f

    temporary assistance was supplemented p by the addition -ww ^^^ of i similar ^ MAMAA ^ fcv ^ amounts « wM «\/ generousliven

    * y . Messrs w —v ^ m . " -r ^ . . Sampson ... wjr . Low MMVU , t < fc 11 Co UX vHOJl . and y V g fiCIV the vli Treasurer , Mr . W . E . Green . Mr . Joseph

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1888, page 158, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021888/page/4/