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    3 lr zine . Matthew The Arnold title of will the be paper one of is the l Literature contributors and to Science the Apri . ' l number The frontisp of the iece Manhattan to that

    Ju M umber aaa 'U /""' " will . be a portrait of Edwin Booth , the eminent American tragedian , accompanied bv article by Henry C Pedder , who will examine Booth ' s * exact position from a literary

    an point It Tf of is k view announced announced . ' ior for me the benefi oenent t of or scholars scnoiars that tnau Professor jrroressor James James A a . . Harrison Harrison , of 01

    Washington University , U . S . A ., has completed his arrangements with prominent Anglo-Saxon , scholars for the issue of a series of select annotated Anglo-Saxon textswith notes and

    , glossaries , for the use of students in universities and colleges . Vol . I ., 'Beowulf , 'by the by t edito - Prof T > TT r » f and T T . . Prof W W . . Hunt Hunt . Sharp , 01 of , of . Princeton rrmceton Louisiana are are , U now now . S . A ready readv ., and .. Vol . II ., Csedmon ' s 'Exodus and Daniel /

    , The . proprietors of , the Graphic , will , have ready next month a catalogue containing 18000 examp ] VIr . les Van of electrotypes Nostrand , of for Murray sale , of Street engravings , New York that , hav sends e appeared us his new in their catalogue paper . . Sixty- , four

    pa ^ es of s ~ . C it i 4- , in in double rifMiVklo columns r » f » liinnna , are ot » q devoted rl c ± - \ T /^ ¥ nr \ to + r » American A yv » c \ r * t r »« m and oti rl forei TArQirm gn scientific OAion + ifir * book l-vr-v /~» lr s , added n rl r \ n * -l to + « -v which is a three-column index . This again is followed by a catalogue of Mr . Van Nostrand ' s own publications , military , naval , and scientific , extending to thirty pages . In connetion with the subject of new dictionaries referred to in our lastwe notice that

    Messrs . Crosby Lockwood & Co . announce as just ready a new Portuguese , -English and Eng lish-Portuguese Dictionary , by Mr . Alfred Elwes , uniform with his French , Spanish , and

    Tfjilian Italian Dictionaries Dictionaries in in Weal v \ ealee ' s s feeries Series , , whicn which have have been been loner long recognised recoemised as as superior superior to to all ail others in respect of portability , condensation , and the exclusion of useless words and facts . In view of increased trade with Portugal and Braziland the extended use of the language

    in many of the East Indian Colonies , the want of a , reliable Portuguese Dictionary at a low price has long been felt—this want , it is believed , Mr . Elwes' work will supply .

    According to the Annales dr , Utatistique there were on the 1 st of January , 1883 , 1 , 378 ¦ ¦ newspapers ^ £ ^^^ y W ^ J W ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^ and ^^^^^ periodicals " ^ ^^ ^^~ ^^ " ~ ' " ^ ^ *— " " ^ v ^ r ^ m ^ m ¦ * i j published B . ^ r ^^^^ r ^^ ' ^^ B ^ K f- , f ^^ ^ ' K " ¦ ^^ f ^ m ^ in v ^^ ^^ ^ Ital ^^^ ^^ ^ h . ^^ # ^ b y w . V ^ Home ^^^ ^^ ^*^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ publishes y ^^ ^ B ^^ ^^ ' ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ m ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 200 ^^~ ^^^ ^^ , ^ p ^ Milan ^^^^ ^^^^ - ^^ — — i ^^^_^^^_^^>^ ^ 141 ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ , ^ g and ^^ r ^ p- ^ v ^^ ^ a ^^ v Nap ^^^ v * ^^^^ fl ^^ r ^ les iH ^^^ W ^&

    120 . There are 159 daily papers , 539 weekly ones , and 258 monthly magazines . There are no less than 267 scientific periodicals . The oldest journal in Italy is the Gazzetta di Genova , which V > ^^^ ^ W ^ V ¦ ^^ ^» dates ^ - ^ r ^ ^ ^^ i ^ v ^^ ^ from ^ ^^ ^* v ^— ^^ ^^ 1797 ^^^ w h | ¦ ^ p . ^ The ^^^^ ^ h ^^ ~)_ f " r ^ astonish ^^ V # ^^ P ^^ ^^^ ^ K ^ H 4 b f ^^ F ^ V ing ^ k ^ K ^» ^ k ^ number ^ ^ K ^^^ fc JK ^^ ^ V ^^^^ ^ wv ^^ b of ^^ ¦ ^ ^^ 333 ~ ~ - ~ ^^^^ ^ new ^»^^ ~^^ V V periodical B ^^ ^ BT ¦ ^ H » ^ HP ^ 1 ^ " ^ ^^ ^ v ^ v ^^ ^^ publications " - ^>^^ ¦ w ~ w ¦ — - ^ m- ^^ ^^ r ^ ^^ h ^ . ^ p- ^ h ^^ ^^^ of ^^ ^^ h various T ^ i ^« P i ^ B . ^ Bt ^^^ ^ B « a P * V

    kinds made their first appearance during 1882 , and 34 were started on the first day of 1883 . The Library Association is about to replace its little journal by a more popular serial , the library ^^ — » " ^ — - - - # / Chronicle -W - ^ - ~ ^ — " ^^ - — . — ^* - . » - ^ - , BJ BBh which W— ^ Hfe ^ ^ ^^ ^ B ^ ^ is B . ^ to B ^ X ^ ¦ be ^ . ^ ' ^ b published ^ ^ pB > * S ^ f ^ ± JLm *** ^ ^ ^^ ^^ Bfc as V « IW «¦ a V mid rf »^ B * ^ k VH - ^ monthl ^ » ^ . ^ ^ ^« ^ f ^ ™ ^ y W . » \ A To ^^^ ^^ the - ^ ^ " ^ - ^ first ^ ^ ^^ n ^ ^ number ^ ^ ~ n ^ ^ ^ i- ^^ ^^ ^ ^ WK ^ Dr » V ^^ . V T # ~ ^ «_ - A B 4 A B « ¦ ^ ^^ -

    Richard ^^ ^ ^ Garnett will contribute _ a paper on ' Librarianshi ^^^ * p in the . « Seventeenth ^ Century ; ' Mr . H . R . Tedder one on ' The Spread of the Free Public Library Movement in 1883 ; ' and Mr . G . C . Thomas will ive some descriptions of 4 fe tlie ' Popular Libraries of Paris . '

    — — — » ^ ^ - " ^ - " ^ ^^^^^ v ^ b ^ V ^ B g k _ ^ h , V ^^ P ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ b . ^^ >_ , B . ^^ i <^ »^ J ^ J ^ L ^ B ^ ^^ \^ ^^ J ^ B ^ ^^ ^ y ^^ ^^ ^ ^ BW ^ i . ^ K- ^ ^* ^ V 4 f ^ ^ B *«^ B 1 ^* ^* # ^ ^ ^ - ^» - ^ m ^» ^^ - ^ - *^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^— ^^ — ^ The Index Society announces that the long-projected index to the Gentleman' ' s Magazine is sufficient now comp number lete for ¦ ¦ of the subscribers first fifty is years obtained t / , 111 and > - *¦ the Gentlemen council JL « J JL \^« . intend willing to to print becom » the -v e % subscribers MS . as soon should fc as a

    — — — — "v » - w « a v-m . * . m . M . »_**_ . « w -ys * . »* - » + ~* N / tJVl -1 IL _/ V- / * KJ A . KJ V- / B ^^ V ^ . ^^^^ "^ A ^^ A A A A »» AAA * . ** ti * . ** ^ - " - * ^ - * ^/^ * - * - ^ -w *^» - ^ - ^ »~ r ^^ a . — . » -r -w a . »^ ^ AAV ^ .. ^ . ^ and appl — — ~ y specimens " ^ r ^ to ^^ ^ r ^ m the ^ m , ^ ^^ 4 * a secretary p ^ . , Mr . John Fenton 4 , 8 John Street , Adelphi , who will furnish particulars

    Mr . Trollope ' s posthumous novel , An Old Man ' s Love , ' is ready at Messrs . Blackwood ' s . Mr . — Matthew ¦ - — - ***/ v v «* * . •** f v Arnold -A . A . A . A A , V- ^ AX ^^ - A has . CAkJ tiX arrived A , X V \^ W C at * / no A A \ - ^ \ decision *\ ^ * S \ S AtJA V ^ A A , as l ** J to V V ^ the " ^ *~ t " fc ^ publication t- ' ^ - ^ ~ - ^ ¦ * ¦ ¦ «¦ ¦* - ' *^« ** ¦ »¦ " •— ' * ¦ of ' - ' - ^> his - »•¦ --- ^ - American " ^ -- » •¦ - * - * » »/ . a . av ^ VAA

    experiences . librarian Mr . V of . S the . S . Coles , Library a clergyman at Oxford , well known as a mission preacher , is to be the first

    Scholars , artists Pusey and men of letters will . be interested to learn that an English translation from irom the the third thirrl edition firlitirm , of r \ f Cornells rioi-nolia Yosmaer V < iqmnr . r ' s esthetic rp « fh < jfi ^ novel nnvpl * 4 Amazone Anw . 7 nnft' is is m ill the the press TVTRSS- and anrl

    ori will ginal shortl Dutch y be edition issued b by Mr Mr . . T Alma . Fisher Tadema Unwin R . . A The . will frontisp be used iece and speciall the y preface drawn for written , the b y , , ,

    alread y George y well Ebers known for — the more German particularl edition y will in artistic also be circles included —b in y the his volume work . on The Rembrandt author is ; while , as a proof of the favour with which his latest work , ' Amazone , ' lias been received , we edition way mention is being that prepared it has ci The lread book y been will published be especial in l France welcome and to those Germany who , and have an travelled Italian

    . y Places ° r are whither about to the travel reader in Ital is carried y ; Paestum . , Pompeii , Rome and its galleries , being in turn the < a * . ' T ^ Fisher Unwin has in the press a new volume of poems by Amy Xievy , entitled

    A A Minor new volume Poet , and has other just Verses been . ' issued The b book y Mr will . T be . Fisher issued Unwin almost , immediatel under the y . title of 4 Our j * lodern Philosophers : Darwinl ^ ainand Spencerorthe Descent of Man , Mind and Body /

    yuotationa « xuutttu y Psychosis ona .. ' ' . The 'I A he sub author author -title describes m in" easy pasv , verse \ the , prs « work . criticises nrit . as ii-isfis 4 A , and an Rh < , 1 yme satirises satirises with Reasons the the well well , -- Notes known known , Essay theories tneonea s , and of ot

    I e « P fr "UO . Edwin 8 opher 3 P whose . Whipp names le , is appear engaged \ ipon on , the an elaborate title-page . critical review of Matthew Arnold's m tnZ ? * an VVLLiy earl y number IIUUIUOJI UL of the tllU North ± \( . / rifV American ^ XIIIVITLIUV Be AkVVlClV vine . .

    < f * \ Mr r . J ^ . ry " S ters . Gilliat Pension , the Governor Corporation of ia the is to Ban be k congratulated of England , as on president having obtained of its forthcoming the services ^ Ver ^ CVOleilt 8 a inatifcnfirm the dinner . ft Mr . f Gilliat Vina nn ir » not rlivp » of onl . oorm y a ftnfion liberal supporter . h t . hft craft of & many 8 lie is reli gions e of and the

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1884, page 261, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031884/page/5/