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    March 15 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 273

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    1 Mr . Hejtry Stevens , F . S . A . —The world i lias lost one of the most ardent bibliophiles of

    the age by the death of Mr . Henry Stevens , - )\ which I 11 V 11 took WW « J *» p J- ^ JLVVW lace V at ^ . V VF his J . ^ 4 . 1 ^ home I * VAA * V in JL ¦ - * . London A ^ V / A 1 . \ AVT AA VAX on

    ; February 28 . Mr . Stevens was born in Vermontin StevensvilleU . S . A . in 1819 .

    He entered , Yale College at , ID , and , graduated ! in 1843 leaving America a few years later

    and taking , up his residence in London . He ¦ bought American books for the British .

    I Museum for many years , and it was greatly I ! owing to his efforts that the unequalled col *

    I lection of these works which , now enriches the I 1 Museum library has been so efficiently brought

    I ; together . The United States , even , cannot ^ ; iboast of a better collection . Mr . Stevens '

    I : labours in this direction are freely acknowl | ledged in the obituary notice which has been

    ¦ Ij { published nection with in the the Tim British es . S Museum peaking of and his of con his

    -It I general fcTo his work unwearied in London enterprise , that journ the institution al says : —

    IJ is indebted for most of its valuable American Hi I books , and - - - , extending ~ O the field of his opera J .-_

    turns , he became a chief agent for purveying H rare books of every classas well as English

    pamphlets , which he systematical , ly collected I on a large scale . He further compiled and

    ¦ i ] publish > ublications ed O a in catal the ogue Museum of all to United the JL end States of

    I 1856 . In process of time he became an equally I recognised agent for providing American

    col-I lectors with the rarer productions of the European Press . His connection with the late Mr .

    I ; James Lenox in particular has been most I ; umusingly related by himself in a paper

    re-I ccntly contributed to the proceedings of the II I Eng for Mr lish . Library Peaood 1 y Association the library ¦ . which He ¦ w ~ also the formed

    hil-^^^^^^ b anthrop ~ ^ ist ^^^^ - presente ^^ ^ r ^ V - *^ - ^^ ^^ " ^ w - ^ d m ^ - ^ to ^ ^^— ^^ his " ^^ ^^^ ^ B * ' ^ ^ h native » ' ~^ r town * ' ¦ ~^ — . p — ^"" He —^^ ' ¦ purchased the greater part of Humboldt ' s

    I H brary , and obtained for the Araeri can Oovern-I iilent an invaluable collection of Franklin's

    the uianuscxi history pts . of He the took English especial Bible interest , and was in

    ^ Caxton largel — , y Exhibition ^ instrumental / JVlUI / lUlUil held iJLVlVt in som UUU the e U success V VltLO »*^ vr of . the He J . JIV / years ago

    ^ I ^ H o > w ~ r i rote 'aphical ^ — -vm extensivel ^ v . ^ subj »_!¦ ^^ ¦ p ^_^ ects v / XS V y , % on and UIJlAVA this has A M . % JVk J and A left V > * * »^ other *** a number » » * - » ••* biblio " - ^ ^ - ^ «^ of " ^ - ^ - •¦

    I assa « is ys fastidious nearly read love y of for accuracy publicatio had n , but prevented which I | iis issuing in his lifetime . Among these are

    H supp in lUVe ^ vestigationa whic fifciornfirm lement h he to a took respecting roononfinrt Mr the Fagan deepes Col C ' s . r \] 4 CLife umbus iimVkii t interest of < Q , Panizzi a sub HilViit ; and ject » r ^ " a

    . , containing British Museum a fund . of It anecdotes is to be hoped relating that to these the huici

    ¦ uterest < other may productions yet see the of light scarcel . Mr y . Stevens inferior

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    will be painfully missed by all who enjoyed his intimate acquaintance h h . Esteemed for his

    he knowled was even ge , ability ' more — — — , beloved — — and — - — — — — shrewd — - ^ for r - ^^^^— his ^^^^ - ~^^ common ^^ ^^^ frank - ^^^ ^^ " ^^^ -r ^^ - ^^ r - ^^ - ^^^ manli - ^ mm sense - ^^^ ^ v ^ b ^^^ . ^^^^^ B V - ,

    humour ness , his . He kindl was y married nature , to and an Eng rich lish genial lady , and leaves a sonthe successor to his ¦ business . '

    — , g - — - - — — - ^— - ^^ —~^^ r -r - ^^ ^^ v ^ V »^^ ^^ " ^^^^^ ^^^ P W ^^ r ^^^^ ^ f To the above-mentioned works we may add 'Historical Nuggets , ' 'Rare Books relating to

    America' ( 2 vols . 1862 ) , and * Notes on the Earliest Discoveries relating to America . '

    Mr . Robert Stevenson \—Died , on the 9 th inst . Mr . Robert Stevensonaged 73

    Mr . Stevenson , was for 35 years , manager years of . the firm of Barritt & Co . Bible and

    Prayer-Book publishers and binders , , Fleet Street . At , the winding-up o £ that establishment he

    joined his son , Henry , then in business at 49 Bartholomew Close . Subsequently they

    removed to 64 and 65 Paternoster Row . Mr ^/ . Stevenson retired from the business about

    seven years ago , and after several years of lingering- illness , he died at the residence of

    his son , York Ziodge , Norwood . Mr . - James ^ Bolton wr . v —We ¦ regret to

    intimate bridfife bridge the . the the death _ . well well _ _ . _ - - of known known __ Mr . James bnoVaAllp bookseller _ _ , ^^ Bolton - ^^ ranrl ^ and H ^ . ^ ^^ , librarian lih Kni ^^ - ^* rarin ^ g ^^ hts d * ^ b - n ^ ^ fc

    -Althoug , h Mr . Bolton was only 45 years of age . at the time of his demisehe had been in

    business for a quarter of a century , . For the last four yearsthrough ill-healthhe had

    taken no active par , t in the management , of the business . Mr . Bolton was ably assisted by

    his wife ' s sister , Miss Etheridge , who married Mr . T . W . Garnblenwho has acted as manager

    for the past four years , . The business will be carried on by */ Mrs . Bolton , the manage Q ^~

    -ment being unchanged . The Rev . John Dury GedenD . D . —We '

    regret to announce the death of , this wellknown Hebrew scholarand author of ' The

    Doctrine of a Future Life , * as Contained in the Old Testament Scriptures ' ( 1874 ) and '

    Didsbury Sermons' ( 1873 ) . The deceased was born in 1823 .

    M . Alfred Assolant . —M . As solan t died recently in Paris at the age of 60 . He was

    but one his of the name most is especial voluminous A . ly identified of French with writers fiction ,

    and criticism . After being for some time a professor in several French provincial schools

    he went to the United States as a journalist , , and on his return to Paris published JL . the result

    of his observations . * Scenes de la vie dea Etats-Unis ' was published in 1858 . M .

    Assolant i La ' s Mort other de work Roland s include ' and ' Brancas * Hiatoire ' ( 1859 Fan ) - ;

    comir tastique ' and du Lea ce 7 ebre Aventures Pierrot de ' Karl ( 18 G 9 Brunner ) ; * Mar- '

    ( 18 G 1 ) ; < Jean Rosier / & c . ( 1862 ) ; ' Gabrielle de ^ . ^^ - ^^ Chenevert - ^^ r * w ^ p ^ ^^ r ^^ « p « ^/ r — ~^ r ^^ - ^ ' ¦ ¦ ( » 18 ^ ¦ ^ " — G 5 de ) g ; y ' Cap —¦— - ^ ^ » - " ¦ " itaino - ^ ~ " - —¦ - ^ " »^ ^™ ^^ ^ " ^ Corcoran - ^^ ^"" ^^ m ~^^ » r ^^ ^ a ^^ r wmt ^^ *

    ( cois 18 C Buchttmor 7 ); ^ 'Invasion ' ( 1872 ) ; 1812 * Rachel ' ( 1870 ' ( 1874 ) ; ) < Fran ; Le - Seigneur VVK ' —¦ de Lauterne' ( 1875 ) ; ' Le Plus ¦—¦

    t - *^ - ^^ v " ¦ " " ^^^ ^^ ^ —~ ^^ ^ .. — --- - _ . ^^ w — ^ — _ _ _ — m ^^ ^^^ . ^^^ Hardi dea Gueux' ( 1876 ); and 'Le Vieux Juga -r ' ( 1870 ) . M . Assolant was a ¦ frequent i

    contributor — J ^ — ^» - - ^ . to various newspapers and reviews - —w ^^ - —m , ^^ and various collections of his writings have been

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1886, page 273, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031886/page/11/