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    thoroughly conversant with the characteristics of African sceneryand is equally at home in

    the delineation of , the manners , customs , and

    herce forays of the native races .

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    3 i 4 The Publishers' Circular March 15 , 1890

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    Messrs . Scribner & Welford have been appointed agents in the United States for the sale of Baedeker ' s Guide Books .

    Hastings has declined to adopt the Fre * e Libraries Act by a very large majority of the

    ratepayers . A well-known Edinburgh publisher , Mr .

    Duncan Maclachlan , has been appointed sublibrarian in the Edinburgh Public Library Reference Department .

    An attractive course of lectures is promised by the Fabian Society . The subjects embraced are—W . D . HowellsZolaIbsen

    Morris , Bellamy , and Tolstoi . , , , Mr . Frank Marshallthe dramatic critic , ,

    has left a valuable library , which will be sold a few weeks hence . It includes a copy of the ' BoydellShakspeare .

    The battle ' over the Lord Rectorship at Glasgow O University is likely to be an unusuall — y

    fierce one this year . Mr . A . J . Balfour , the Irish Secretary , is chosen on the one side , and

    Lord Aberdeen on the other . Reports Xthat reach us from Scotland show

    that the movement in relation to Free Libraries is making considerable progress . The provisions of the Act have been adopted

    in several X towns recently . X We hear that a pension X of £ 100 per Xannum

    has been given to the widow of Dr . Hatch . Numerous expressions of regret have come from all quarters regarding the loss we have

    sustained in the death O of this O eminent man . From Paris we hear that the Due d'Orleans

    spends much of his time in prison at Clairvaux in reading books on military

    subjects and in drawing maps of the countries he has visited . Dr . Garnett has now taken the place of

    Dr . George Bullen in the keepership of printed books in the British Museum . Mr . G . K . Fortescue is appointed ¦ assistant-keeper

    in this department . A . M . i We learn that Mr . Henry George is

    having a cordial welcome in Australia . He was entertained at a banquet in Sydney . His

    lectures on the land question are attended by crowded audiences .

    Thorshavn had a singular event recently . In the language of the Faroe Islands a monthly

    magazine has appeared for the first time under the — name of Foringj tidende . Its aim is to

    encourage a study of Faroe literature and politics .

    A distinguished French art critic has just passed away—M . Ernest Chesneau . He did much to foster the love of English art in

    France . Ruskin had a high opinion of M . Ghesneaii ' s talentsespecially his power in

    I , analysing " the characteristics , of English A art .

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    A catalogue of theological and devotional works is announced as in preparation by

    prehend Messrs mn ^ ^ m ¦ ^^^ ^^ m ™ ~^ " ~ " ¦ ^ " ~ . ~^^ H Barnicott the -mr mmw ^^ -mm * various " ^ P >~^ P » ^^ H ^^ B *^^ r -m ^ , mw Wm ^ of schools ^ P ¦ » ^^ " ° Taunton ¦ ¦ ~^ P ~ ^^ —^ — ~" r of ~^ ' ^^— thoug *¦"' . — ¦¦ ~— — It ^^ " ^« ht is without to

    combias , and will be issued in the same style as * The General Book Catalogue . '

    It is gratifying to learn that Lord Tennyson is making satisfactory though slow progress

    towards recovery . We regret to learn from America that Mr . Lowell has been rather

    seriously ill , but the latest cable reports happily indicate an improvement in his condition .

    will Some be given attractive - - - at - the - - lectures Royal - / Institution , we are informed after the ,

    Easter recess o . Mr . Andre , w Lang will discourse on the ' Natural History of Society , ' Mr . C . Y .

    Boys on the ' Heat of the Moon and Stars , ' and Professor Dewar on ' Flame and Explosives . '

    A vacancy having been created among the trustees of the National Portrait Gallery by

    the death of Lord Lamington , Mr . Alexander has been appointed . This is considered additional evidence that this gentleman is the donor

    who promised a new home for the pictures of this gallery .

    We hear , from Paris that a vigorous controversy is going on there in regard to . . . . .

    Cremation . It is exciting no little stir in French literary circlesM . Ernest Renan having

    entered the fiel yj d and , delivered himself of an ^ j emp XX hatic protest against C ^ the revival of this

    method of disposing of the dead . We are glad to learn that the British and

    Foreign Bible c » Society has been enabled to secure the Fry Library of British Bibles . It

    is looked upon as the finest collection in the world . Dr . Wright certainly deserves our

    gratitude for the manner in which he has carried so important X a movement successfully

    through . The Oxford Nonconformists intend to

    follow the example of their Anglican fellowcitizens , by the establishment of an academic

    settlement , after the manner of Toynbee Hall , in the assuredly non-academic region of

    Canning Town . The movement , we believe , emanates from Dr . Fairbairn and the students

    of Mansfield College . All sorts and conditions _ _ _ of Englishwomen

    old and young , are ca - - _ tered for by the new , weekly penny paperThe Princesswhich has

    made •/ its _ X appearance «/ JL XT , this month , . Fashion , needlework , practical X domestic economy % / , the

    care of children and of household pets and poultry x •/ , gardening tj o , - fiction -- - _ . _ , < — fcc — , are _ - _ included

    in its lively columns . Messrs . James Clarke & Co . have isaued a

    worthy memorial of the completion of Mansfield CollegeOxforda scheme . — — in which the

    Nonconformists I ^ B , have , a warm interest . The buildings of the institution , and its object ,

    are well described . Professor Blackie furnishes a bright and striking sonnetand the

    vigorous pen of Dr . Dale supplies an , account of Spring-Hill College .

    Puck starts a new life next week , with

    twelve large pages of original pictures and /

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1890, page 314, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031890/page/8/