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      Ma Caulay, In His Essay On Montgomery, S...

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      far as we know , the only volume which contains notifications of the changes which followed

      I'Lord Salisbury's resignation . A Promising Book . —An announcement i

      has been made by Messrs . Webster & Co ., the ublishers of General Grant ' s * Memoirs / of a h t ¦ ¦ i ¦—

      book p ^ ^^ r ^ h w ^^ m- v ^ v ^ " ^ >^ p ^ •^^ which w ^ p ^ p ^ ^^ w w ^^ r v ^^^ r promises - ^^ ™ ^ p ^ ™ ^^ w ~^ " ~ ^^^^ ^—^— ™ to ^ — — ^ — create —» — — — - some ° " ^ " ~ — ~ — ^ sensa ^ p — - tion H ^^ B ^^ p ^^ v ^ w . ^ p It ^^^^^ ^^ P ^ is p ^ p *^^^ an ^»^^^ ^™ ^^ v authoritative ^ b" ^ p ^^ " ^^ ^^* ^^™ ^^™ ^^ ^^^^ ^ p ^ ^^ ™ ~— ^^» ^ " — — ^^ " ~ biogra » ^^ * * ~^^~ ^^ b ^^ h ^^^ *^^ ^» p pj ™~ h ¦¦ —— y m of ~~ ~~ Pop i ~~ pi —~ e —

      Leo XIII ., and the x * 0 ^ ? it is stated , are intended for the behoof of the Ho man Catholic

      Church . The bpok will be first written in the Latin ^ pp ^^^ V ^ pp ^ V ^ P » ^^^^—p »^ l ^^— ¦ . anguage ^^ ^^^^ jp ^^ K ~~ " ^ » ^^ ^ ^ P ^^ fc ^" , ^» , b" " ^ " u' ^^ t w " w ¦ ill — immed — ^ — " — - ^ ^ " ^ ia — — tel — " » r ¦ y be — trans — — — -

      lated into various modern tongues . The great success WT of General ¦ Grant ' s book is i said to have

      - ^^^^ ^ V ^^ p ^ ^^ pr - ^^^ W ^^ p ^ " ^^ " ^ ^^^ ^ " ^ ^™^^ ^^ ^^» ^^ " ^^^ ^ " ^» ^^ ^ " ~^^ - ™ ^ p ^ " ^~^ ^— - ^ » ^ - ^ ^^ — ^^—^^ ^ — ~—~ ~— — — ^~ ^ ^^ ^ ^ - induced the Vatican authorities to place this publication in the hands of Messrs . Webster

      & Co . A definite announcement has been made to the effect that the biography will

      appear in the summer of 1887 , and the

      publishers expect to print two million copies .

      ' 1 268 The Publisherscircular March 15,...

      ' 1 268 The PublishersCircular March 15 , 1886

      Middleton's Works.*

      MIDDLETON'S WORKS . *

      i 'A mad world , my masters , ' has almost ; become a colloquial phrase ; and yet few who j f

      n m ^^^ p' ^^ p * ^^^^ ^^ b ^^ ^ n ^^^^ ^ b ^ p 7 ^^^^ ^"^^ ^"" ^ P ^ ~ i i— ^*^ B ^^^^ ¦ ^^^ ¦ ^~~ ~~ ^~^~ m — — ' — ^~^ ~*~ ^ ^ — ~~ ' g — use it have the least idea th at it is the title of a lay written by the onlElizabethan __ . _ — dra _ . __ . -

      m ^^^^ ati p _ ^^ ^^ ^ s t •/ wh w w ¦ ^^ o ^ p * ^ " ^ i n ^ ip * ^» sty " ^^ ¦^ i * r le v ever ^^^ " - ~ ¦ — approached y * — — — — the — Great — v ¦¦ ¦ ¦ M WpW aster ^* » p » ^ ta . V The - •» ^ . p ^ p W ^ lay ^— " ^ W referred — ^ ^ ^ ^^ to ^^ ^ , and — ™ the —

      ' Roaring Girl' ( written in co-operation with Dekker p ^^^ pr ) are the works ¦ throug —¦ h which ¦ i Thomas ¦

      Middleton ^^ - ^^^ ^ p ^ ^^ h ^^ hrf ^ b ^ fcp ^ ^^ B W , Va ^*^ ^^ ^^^ is ^^^^ ^ P' ^^^ best ^ P" ^^ P" ^^ known ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^~ — — ™ to ^^ ^^ p . ^ . ^* modern — — — — ^^— ^—^ ^ - ^ Eng ^^ ^ lish — - — ~ readers .

      ^^ pj ^ h ^ r ^^^ p ^ M * . ^ ~^ m ^ ^ P ^ p ^^ r V Notwithstanding the fact that Middleton was t ir an able r ^ fc * contemporary ip ah of wf Shakespeare ^__ , _ _ I 3 en

      Jonson v v ~ wr n ^^^ » p » . ^ , ^^* 4 ^ Massinger *^ ^ fc ^ " ^» -n ^ •¦* ^» ^* *^ — ^ Vv , ^ ' ^¦^ ^ p Fletcher <* ^ - ' *» ^ ^ ^ - ^^ - —^ - , and — - — w ^ — Rowley , ^^ — , few facts relating & to his life are known . Even

      ^ p > ^ Hpr f » ^^ " ^ ip ^ w ^ tp > ^^ ^^^ . ^^ ^ " ^ ^ ^»^^ ^ ip" ^ ^^ ^^ v ^ p ^~ ^^^ ^ ¦ " ^ ^^ "'^ p' ^"" ¦—™ ' ^ ^ ^^ ~ r » ^ — ' — ™ ~ - ¦ - ¦— — the dates of his birth and death are obscure ; but he is supposed to hav ¦¦ e been born about

      T I I ^ V ^ p ^ P ^ < P ^ ^^ ^^ p » *^ P ^ " ^ ¦ Id ^^ ^ P P J B ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ * ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^ v ™ ^^^ — ^^ ^ " ^ ' ^ ^ ^ — ^ — the year 1570 , and it appears certain that he was ^ V V " ^ W p ¦ t buried M ^ t ^ r ^""^ fc ^^^ P " ^^ ^^ p' ^^ ^^ at ^^ " ^ * P ^^^ Newington ^ ¦¦ - ¦ ^^ p ^ " ^^^ ¦ ¦ ^^^ W ^^ Pk ^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ " ^ " — Butts — — ^— - ^— in 1 — - — - G — 27 — p ^ j .

      There seems , however , to be little doubt that ^ he ^ B P ^ " ^ hp ^ began ^ ||— - ^^ T I ^ pi ^ k ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ his ^^^ ^^ ^^ P ^^ ^ litera ^^ ^^™ ^^ ^^^ ¦ ¦ — - ^^ ry ^ career ^»^ ^ 1 ^^ ¦ i ~^^ r - ^ p ^ v ^^|^ in I 1597 - — -- " ^— ^ pj > ^ B when - — - ' ¦ — — - ^ lie " ^ '

      published 'The Wisdom of Solomon Parap an hrased vpb 'intolerable , ' which and ¦ ¦ Mr interminable . Bullen ¦ i ¦ characterises performance » - - ^ as _ - -

      ^ b —^ r i ^ . p ^^ ¦ ¦ tm ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^»^ ^»^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ v ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ p —~ — ^~ ^ ™ — - ^—^ p ^ ^^ — ' — — — — — — About the beginning of the 17 th century , Middleton pi ^^ » i * mm ^^ " ^^ v « ^^^^ " * m ^*^ ^ p' ^ - ^ p ^ p ^ " began . " * "p * ^^^ ^ pB ^ k ^»»^ ^^ ^^ to ¦ ar write » t ^™ ¦—» ^^ - ^ p ^ for ™ ^ ^ the — — ' — ' — stage - — ^ — — ^ p ^^» ^—^ , and ^^ » ¦ — ™»

      his name appears more than once as the recipient of money shares for the writing of certain laysentry ( November / UlUtl D 1 ( 502 \\)

      being i-CJL . \ JtlbXlL two p JJlcHiJ pounds & , j one UI 1 O CJlllyl i in full yXlUVL payment © , , of JL . J his J * -I J laye called Jiandotvlle , earle of Chester . '

      p Once m W P »* ^» ^ PT W ^^^^ in ^*^ ™ k *^» ^^ the ^ ^» rf » «^« m . fair pi i ^^ ^^ *^ m" way » - * rf * r ^ , ^ - " — *^ , " ™ - ' - Middleton ^^^ , ^ H ^ ' »— —~ — — — ^ m became —^ — — — " ~ T ^ w - ¦— a most voluminous writerandbesides the

      numerous plays which now , appear , in his collected worksit is b shrewdly suspected that he ¦

      had p ^ ^ p ^ ^ w ^*^ a ^^^ pt good V w ^ - ^ . N ^^ ^ b . deal r % » , mm v ^ ^^ ^ to r ^* r ^^ ¦ ^ do ^ " ^^ ¦ ^ " » " with ^ ^*™^ ^^ V " —** p ^^^ lays I b V ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ with ¦ — " — ^ " ^ " ~ which ~ " ~ " ^ — " ~ " " •*' his name hr is i in bii no ¦« way » t associated i ¦ » ¦« . For exam - p pi » le

      it ^•^ ^ Pi ^ p ^ r ^^ P * is PP" P" ^ ¦¦ ^^ V considered P ^ ^ " ^ ^^ P ^ ^^^ »^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ p b y ^^ j ^ those ^^ »^^ - ^ ~^ r - ^•^ ^ ^ m who ^ " — ^^^ ^^ ^ ^ " ^ have - ^ r ^ ^»^^ ^ - —^ — T —^ — looked ^ — ~ — — ^ — , -j into rV the 1 matter i 1 v > that - » » he - was r ~ mr concerned w > k ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - in ¦ the ^ P" P ^ P * ^^* ^*^ ^^^ ^^ P ^ ^^> P' ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ p ^^ p ^| pr ^ p ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ¦ " ^ ^ p ^ ^^^ p ^ ^^^^ p ^ ^ ^ p ^^ p ^ ' ^™ ^^^ p * ^ p ^ * ^^^ ^^ "P" — ^ — ' ^— ^^^

      authorship of more than one of Beaumont and Fletcher ' s plays . It is certain , however , that

      B .. A . * The 8 vole Works . London of Thomas : John Middleton O . ISTlmmo , edited . by A . II . Bullen ,

      $$ = —

      Middleton's Works.*

      "'—"" - ¦ " —¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦— ¦ i ¦ ^—*—^—^ " »—^»—^*"" - ^* " ^—^ M- ^ a ^ L __ — m [> w he ith wrote Dekker * The ; ¦ * A R . oaring Fair Quarrel Girl / in ' ' The conjunction Spanish

      , ' Gipsy , ' and 'The Changeling , ' in conjunction with Rowley -. . . ' ^ Z ; 7 being ^ j also — -- — associated - ___ , _^ _ . _ v ^ with » f i VJ 1 . TT and Fletcher TT ^ T it in * l » * _ - ^ mt TTT * «»

      Jonson writing * The Widow . ' - - Middleton ¦¦ ' s works 1 were first collected b / I

      - — —m- -m- - ~ _ v-v -m « - ~ > ^^ - — — — ~ " — ' - ^ - ^~ ^^ P- ^ pP ^ f ^ ^^ P ^ P ^ P J ^ PH Alexander Dyce , in 1840 ; but that edition ^^^ of I the i plays i has long k been out of printand is I

      ! very ' O v ^^— / ^^ - ^ i f . D - x- scarce r ^^» yce ^ y \ j % » ^^ ^ 'i s 3 . editorial V ^» / ^^^ U . 1 ^^^ VI Mr ^^ / 1 XW ^ pb ^ . 1 JBullen ^^^ work r ^^ » — vj ^ ' x . iv it x « . very — would n vuau justl ^ ^ be ^^ * - ^^ J \ ^^ j ^* y , ^ difficult vVilllUUlL p ^ p ^^ p ^ says ^ p ^ j ^ ^^^^ Lj \ fc ^ : I I ^^^|

      to speak too highly . ' I Mr . Bullen's editionnow published H H F in a I

      comp l i e t e form — r % — " ^^— — - - ~—^ , is * — intended ^— ' , ^ p \ m"y — to \ - till " ^ t ~ % - — 1 ^ what — - v ^^ ^^ ^^ has p > ^^ pj ^^ J I p ^ p ^ 1 heretofore been a blank in the library of I

      British dramatists . The work of editing has I been performed by Mr . Bullen with admirable I

      care ; so that , for the first time , we see as I good an ' estimate b * of the author as could be I pfe . ^ Aw ^^ tm & _ I ^^ H

      obtained by painstaking research and critical II acumen and judgment . Mr . Bullen has made I

      free use of the notes of Dyce , besides adding I to the work — his __ own . _ store - _ of knowled — ge . . I _

      _ o _ ¦ Several additionshoweverare made to the works by the disco , very of p , ieces which were I

      unknown to Dyce—namely , a pros . e tract , en- I titled ' The Peacemakeror Great Britain ' s I

      , Blessing' ( 1618 ); 'A Musical Allegory '( 1622 ) , I printedfor the ___ first tim - efrom a MS . pre- - I

      ¦ served X among , the Conway _ , papers ; and ' The _ ¦ Triump k ^ v ^^ ^^^ p ^^ ^^^^* ^^ P *^ pi ^^ p p i i hs ^ ppj ^^ pj *^^ of ^^^ ^^^ Honour ^^^^ . ^^^^ ^^ " p ^ h ^^ to ^ i ^ r ^ . ^^^ ^ p ^ . and ^ b' ^ v ^^ ^^^ p ^ . p *^^ Virtue v ^^ b ^^^ pj ^^ v ^ . ^^^ ^^^ ' ( ^^ 1 ^^^^^ G ^ 22 ^^^^ ^^^ )^ , v p ^ p ^ p ^ p ^ ph

      rej ) rinted from the Shakspeare Society ' s I ¦ ¦ Papers As . the publisher of this new and fine

      ^^^^ ^^^ r * w ^^ r ^^ P ^ ^* *^ ^^^^^ V ^^^ ^ '' ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ *^^ P ^ ^^ ^^ v ^^ r 4 ^ v ^ h ^^ p ^^ r ^^ ^^ P ^^^ ~^^^ ^^^ . ^ p > ^^^ f . v ^ v ^^ ^^ v ^^^ ™ ^^ ~ ' ^ - ^ - ^ ^ p ^ p ^ p j edition of Middleton , Mr . Nimmo has done I his ^^ ^ b ^ b r ^^ work V V ^ h ^ ^ b ^ k' ^ k well V * ^ f ^ 1 B ^ fc . TA The ^^^« p ^ ^ b ^ p * book *^^^ ^ v ^ ^ pv ^^ ^^ > is ^^ r ^^ comp ^ 1 ^ ^ i— ' ^ ^^^ v ^ lete « p * ^ r ^^ ^ ip * ^ in ^ ^ p > ^^ every ^ " * ^ — r ^ I ^^^^ H

      ¦ respect , with copious notes and a full index Onla limited number of copies have been I

      ¦ prin y ted , and , judging from its high character ,

      the edition is sure to be soon exhausted ..

      Rockstro's History Of Music/ I

      ROCKSTRO'S HISTORY OF MUSIC / I

      ¦ ¦ to \ J \ ^ * " tackle \^ J Very \ . JU ^^ y ^^ J ^ % i _ J few Dr ff ,- ^ J _ . readers Burney . ff ™ ^ ^ ^ L ^ L JL ^^ p * W '* s in ^ ^ learned ~ ^^ our ^* M ^ U . ^ ^ L , ^ p' times ^ ^ " % and rf * p * ipV ^ V ^» wo ponderous W ^ ^ - ^ uld h ^ ^ ^*<* ^ p' ^ care ^^^^ H

      ¦ ¦ published ' History of in 177 Music G-7 O ' ; which not because was ori serious g inally ¦ students do not appreciate that masterly

      ¦ too work bUU febrile tt , but lJ . t > and illUJL because . attiv active c the xxx in zi its world / o pursuits jjuiouu of to to i / - ^^ day allow « . » - > v is I

      ¦ ¦ of time chronicles for reflection or the upon abstruse the marshalled thoughts facts of

      ¦ ¦ present long disquisitions day readers . be If to a part seize of the their attention purpose of , ¦ workof this nature t must direct uuctnv from

      wools s VL villa iictbux ; muou come ^ uujlo u ... _ ¦ ¦ ¦ the hnd fin < l cruci the +. hft bl true trim e of metal inotaL ' specialists so so that that ' who it it may mav know be be how given erivcii to

      to the public in its purest , state . I ¦ ¦ Remembering Mr . Rockatro ' s previous work

      ¦ ¦ in in biograp in the t his . Vift domain fl hical General nmnin , and or of History historic music miiaio' . a a of \ JL al literature literature , Music JUA we UOIU hoped ' , p D clear racticiu racticiu to find tand , , H

      III Ilia ' OrtJlltJliAA JLJLIOUVJJL a ^/ A ^ cni . *»« - H ¦ ¦ ail and harmonious LL development UOVtJUjpillUllb telling of Ul of the LlltJ ^ the C divine 11 V story 1 HU < art XK of \ t in All the \ different xmci orig i . w in h

      ¦ ¦ been countries disappointed and different . From ages all . points We have of view not ¦ this ¦ i-V * » r * compact ^ -k ^ - v ^» .-w - ^ -v ^ < k 4 « book I ^* ^> w j- * . % -y shows c + w ^ / Mirn most " » - ^ "v r \ a 4- estimable r ^ . dT"H irv * <\ w \ . I < " » quah f ~ i 11 f 1 . 1 1 - l ^ H

      ¦ ¦ Drama * A ( to Snu the ' 7-a Present l History Period of Music , by from W . B the . Rookstr Infancy o of . th Londo " ( ir < - ' A 1

      dampson Low , Mars ton « Uo .

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1886, page 268, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031886/page/6/