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      The Late Sir William Johnston. A Bbb» Jb...

      Kirkhill House , near Edinburgh , on the 7 th instHe was a son of the late MrAndrew

      Aixw v « . i «^— -w v « . «^ i * jr * w ¦ hJr ^ rjLjj . V-r * - VAAV JVC * V * - * JLIJL & . - * »¦ , ^ q , « ^ f VJ * TT Johnston , an Edinburgh merchant , and was horn born at at ILirkhil TCirkKill l in in 1802 1 ftfr 2 . In Tn earl AarW lifp life > he Vi c * was wsi . s

      acquainted with Sir Walter Scott y and other literary celebrities , who gave a lustre to Edinburgh society which even modern mediocrity has ¦^ ¦ failed .. -v —— to ¦ extinguish j William when ¦¦ mi a

      .. o-ww ^ .... v , _ , ^^ * w * f ^ ^ - ^ -JLPkj' ^ jL . * » * dfc ** k <* xa »» , » - ^ . ^ ^ . «^ v young man entered the printing-office of W * ' . « H — ¦— ¦ . Lizars . *^* fc « vv » . pt ^ as Miki « a ^ V clerk v ^< jl , ^/ jl . aJk . * Subsequentl » n— ' « - * n ^ f-JV- 'V ^ «^* V ^ JLJL UA y v , * JLJLJL in

      company with his brother , the celebrated Alexander ¦ ¦— ' ¦ " ¦ Keith VA ^ Johnston ^^ idkAA he began fV . ^ % the WAAi

      — business "" — — ^ of — «^ printing » - ^» ^ v <_^ r and ^* u > ^ engraving ^^ ^ ^ , » ^» ^^ , ^^ which ^^ ^ W . » .. »» is ^^ still still carried narrifirl on on under nnripr the +. Vn = » nam tiamA e of r » f W "W & ^ A A K ~ K ~

      . . , Johnston . Dr . A . K . Johnston died in 1871 . It will ¦ ¦ be remembered & 111 Ik / that &/ Dr JL A ¦

      KJohn-- » - ** " » - ^ - * - * - ^ ^» " JL . VXVA ^ X ^/* - * . JLJLLAJ V - ¦—^ . . « 4 » -k . * m . ^^ \_ J ' . AJL , JLA s ton ' s son , who bore the same name , died in 1879 1879 . at at the til Pi earl Pta . r \\ r acre . * of of 33 ^ J ^ J at a . h Berobero T £ *^ ronm * o the + hp »

      chief , town of Wakhutu y age . , As a promising , , young geographer he had been selected by the Royal Geographical Society to head an t /

      ¦ " ——¦»¦* — w-v- * w m-+ t-m . ^^ U 'M *' A- ' -VvVX f <~/\ S VJL *_/ % J W C /^ - ^ ^ . JL «_>*«^ V * - « . VJL JL expedition into Africa . In In his his native native cit rvit . v Sir Sir William William Johnston . Tohnst . on

      was chiefly known as a y civic authority ; another publisher , the late Adam Black , being a coworker in munici kkb kkk pal man JLJk agementThe Jfc honour JL

      ^^ ^ * ~^^^ - ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ L ^^^ U W ^^^ U ^ L JW ^^ ' ^^ JA ^ 'V ^ p ^ ^^** JL JLJv ^^ J ^ JL , JL . ^^ . ^ V ^ ^ L ^^^ ^^ A ^*^ ^ L ^^^ ^^ ^ . of knighthood was conferred in 1851 on the occasion * of the Queen's visiting Edinburgh

      v ^«** - ^^* - " * < u-a « . ^^ - , * . V Jh-Jk V ^ ^ V / V * . V ^ V ^ JlJL . Kj > T JkUJL . ¦ ¦ " M Jii Ji -VUai H ^ r V * . JL CkAAI . About twenty years ago Sir William retired from business f ^^ afterwards leading a quiet dXV /

      ot of country " ^ ^ - ^ W W »» ^ . . & & -v A life . A ^ . »>_ r a . . ^ . K ^ ~ . ^_/ K kjkj . . Johnston Johnston The , m LVI , present VVX * % is i JvJL « Mr "IVTr head . XvMl T T . vllUkl B T of ^ . . Johnston Joh the U ^ n house * ston _^ * .

      the only surviving brother , under whose , management the existing large establishment

      was constructed and organised .

      Feb. 15, 1888 The Publishers' Circular L...

      Feb . 15 , 1888 The Publishers' Circular l 61 I

      Stationers' Hall. Comparatively Few Of T...

      STATIONERS' HALL . Comparatively few of the frequenters of Paternoster Row were probablaware of the

      interest attaching to the unpretentious y building adjoining Stationers t / ' Hall Jk which 1 XV / XJ has

      ^ ^^ « l ^ - *¦*** * rs ^ r ULV A V- ^* J . X ^ J . kj -JLC ^ VJLO . W » J 1 .. jLACAJkJ recentl { y been ^^ demolished . Erected by the Members ¦¦» t of the VAX 1 immediatelafter

      the — -- » --w » . Fire v- * - % - * . « . fc ^ of ^ - ^* - London % JMM . KS Company X _^ for l ^ tVlX the V XAlllll ^ lAXUIUVl of y V their *** . L / V ^ Jtrading tradiner and and recording re ^ ordinc , their their copies nonipsa purposes . it it continued rnntiniifirl

      to be so used for upwards of 200 years , , . Little wonder Wonder that that when whftn . in in 1878 1 ft * 7 H Lord Lorrl John . Tohn Hfp Manners . nnfir «

      , , and his colleagues visited Stationers' Hall , they found the accommodation for registering copyrihts which sufficed VUVt in 1071 \_^

      inadequate ~ w i " ^ t 7 g *• ' * for - ' T * the -AAXVAJ . business KJ % ^ M . * - * J in 1878 . A . . J » Probabl very VX ^ AIT 111 y 1 Guild no —¦ institution would have less been conservative / 1 satisfied without than a City

      » " * - »»¦» - * . ttv ^ i ^ av ^ -IJ . («/ V \_/ M « JVX UMlUlOliUVA VVXUX & V / UU some OU 1 H \ J alteration within a shorter period than two centuries . But if the accommodation was

      limited , the business transacted there was in early days fraught with interest to the whole •" 1— " v- ' * ^ - ' trade */* . V ^ V ^ A . ^^ . The JL l & V Company X . ^/ V ^ A . JLA X L / UllL «/ then UXLVA 1 possessed JL 1 ^* . ' MtJVKJlJ ^ J V * . a Ml

      Primers monopoly School in numerous Books publications Almanacsand , including Psalms and they , also printed , large number , of Bibles ,

      a and Prayers . It was in the old house that the Revisers ^ KJ of the Authorised 1 Version JiX of the

      | » " ^^ . *_ v ; ^ M . 9 + *\ JA . V ^ JL VIav J .. vl VAtvX X » 3 V > VA . » V > X UJL \_ r V ^ X tAi ^> le Bible Strange ' ^ - * * " ¦¦ " -w met **^^ v ^ had * more . * . % */^ m . frequent a . jl than ^ - * VJ \ M . V ^ AJL once «/ interviews i . AlVVJL ; here V XV / f T U Sir with T » X UXX Roger the K / JL M . KJ

      licensed Wardens books respecting , and to the this house publication were broug of un ht - the heretical books to be carefullv examined

      before they were burnt in the . garden by order

      Stationers' Hall. Comparatively Few Of T...

      of of His the Grace Company of Canterbury the patrons . To entrusted the treasurer their | j ^

      wills wills tor for sat safe e custody cnatodv : : hither Jnther came came Tnomas Thomas Guy to deposit a goodly sum of money , receiving in return ( careful man ) a promise of substantial anbatvn . n +. ial interest inf . * vrv * n +. G f ^ arrulous arrnl nns J . Toli ohn n \ iDiinton Dunton .

      . , old and young Jacob Tonson , ' the ingenious Mr . Richardson , ' the Cadells and Strahans , the Longmans JkJLPk / and VJkJV 4 Riving . Jl-V / JL . JLAJIGk tons V ^^ JiJiM * Mr ¦ . Murray «»»^ * J » -m ^ mr

      and V ** - ^* every ^>^ X ^ -B- < Lfik AJLJVUV publisher «^^> of note V in the , ^ ' ¦ seventeenth . .. — . ^ w , and and eighteenth p . icrh +, p . p > . nth centuries o . p . ntiirifts . wpta were familiar familiar with with

      the wainscoted room in , which the stockkeepers of the Company met regularly , every month month or or fortnig fortvmo- ht ht ,. for for two two centuries ntvntnries without without

      intermission . It was , herewe believethat the first project of a Society , for Assurance , of Lives took practical shapeIt is satisfactory

      . to learn that the Company have carefully preserved - ^^ r and VUA put ¦ again -MC ^ t ^ MJ . the old oak &^

      wainscoting r * -r - * H < r ^_ v ^_^ , which JL . ^* 4 U Bs ^ was « A ^ -f up * - * carved . J ™^ J ^ in -M- «^ 16 ^^ ^^ T 0 w' , b ^ -rf ^ y Colled w-a «» . v * » ^* ^ ge *^ F »^ , a a . "Protestant Protfiatant joiner ioi n ^ r . who who was was afterward afterward s s

      hanged . The new building , comprises a Board Room of handsome proportions , and below offices f for the JLJk S Copyri Sk ht A 4 Registryand t the

      ^— ' ~ ~ ~ c ^^ ^ b # n . v ^ l . ^ i ^ r » ^ rf >_ ^^^ ^ h' Jr V ^ L . j . g ^^ i ~ ^ ^>^ b ^ ^ **^ ^^^ w , m ^^^^ ^^^ ^/ . * - ^ ^_^ Company ' s business . The new offices are a great erreat improvement imnrnvfimenL and anrL with w ^ ith the the increased increased

      facilities provided , for persons , desiring to register register , arp are . substantial substantial evidence evidence that that the the

      , Stationers' Company desire to transact the business entrusted to them with due regard

      to the requirements of the nineteenth century .

      Bishop Colenso.* The Man Whose Life Form...

      BISHOP COLENSO . * The man whose life forms the subject of this large h died in 1883 It is

      questionable whether monograp the events and . surroundings of I Bishop Bishon Colenso C ^ olpnao's a life lif « were wftrft . or or rather rather are are now now . I

      of sufficient moment to call , forth a written , memoir of such great dimensions . But there are many who will read the present book with deep ^¦ attention and * to such lit it will be

      comforting ^ - ^ r ^^ W ~* * -S * f * S to \ S 'V— ' AX know \ SJL . V ^ ^^ ; m that »» . A M . ^_ 4 . Sir */^_ T Georg PkJ ^^ / Jk . h e V Cox f I AA * certainl ( V _ ' ^ - ^ ^ - * ^ - ^ - * * y leaves »• 'W «^ # V **** little Jf cJL * V ^ JK . ^^/ unsaid VtAAkliWJLVI . in his voluminous ^ ^ . XAAV- ^ « . ^»^ vindica V * . * -m . - % ^^ JL . ^* - ¦ -S-r / A JL A J . JL L « J V VJL ¦ ¦ - « . ¦ ¦¦¦ ^^ /

      tion of the Bishop's words and acts . Opinions have changed O so far in these day »/ s that the

      socalled heresy is now almost forgotten . It is significant that the late Bishop ' s

      literary memory will in all likelihood be more popularlesteemed f ^ jr V' ^ ' thh his earlier works

      XL of m-r - * -r W-r a ^ scholastic b «^ Jb J * . y ^^ - V- 'JL character Jl JL ^ - ^ % - * */ * JL roug JL V ^ V * and C & 2 JL JL JL not JLJL »~* ~\~* b y ^ J * his . ^^ - * - * theo * - ^* -- •* . « . « . P - l logical ojorir » al researches rfiSAar ^ hfiH the f . h ft results rftsiilf . s of of which wh i « h are arft

      freely accepted by , Biblical scholars , to whom I ' heresy ' is now an awakeningnot a deafening

      word . Besides this , the turbulent , controversies of Bishop Colenso ' s clerical career are eclipsed

      ^— ' ¦*• - ' *' JL » wJ . * JW |^ T * V ^^ V- ^ JL ^* JL JL I * J V ^ KJT ^^ JLV 'JL .. XV / MfA V / «>*! JU ^— ' > - ^ ¦« . t ^ VJL *^* x / v * »^ "wvv » by his later noble exertions on behalf of the natives nnf . ivpa of r \ f South Sr » nfVi Africa Afrioo His TTih work twriT'lr in in this i" . hi »

      . , direction takes a lasting place in our colonial history . He courageously opposed the idea of oppression _/¦ JL JL of \/ J the JL chief JLX \ - / Langalibalele JLltAJ *^ - »

      V « r ^ any VWA * y ^ _^ » kjtjl V > KJ" KJ > Jk V ^ . VJL V ^ \^ AA . - A Ak ^^ w ** i ^^ ' * 'V ' , « and was a strong antagonist to the prosecution of the JL Zulu m M JL % «& War — % > V JL . When v V JL JL / JL JL the JL JL conditions - »« L , ^ ^ t of h ^— " ^** ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ _ * ^^^ y ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ** ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^*

      aboriginal life are better understood by the people of this country than they now are arguments such as lVk » those advanced ll / bBishop %

      » Colenso - *»*• ymy Vt * ** X / J » * will VU KJ VA be ^^ JLJL more UAAVMV justly appreciated T LWAAWV * , ^ " ^ y -7 . " ^* " ^ *» Like ***» - ^ » -r of

      many nianv nflipr other races ra . nt ^ a the f . h « natives nn . f . ivftsi of South Sont . h Africa Africa- , .. j > _ _ _ .... _ .... _ - —

      by the * The Rev Life . Sir of George John William W . Oox Colenso . London , D . D : . Ridgway , Bishop of . Natal ;

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1888, page 161, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021888/page/7/