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      1 1 Giontinenfal Ijote^ I

      MM . H . Launette & Co . ( G . Boudet successor ) announce for immediate publication

      'Daphnis & Chloe , ' by Longus , in the translation of Amyotrevised by P . L . Courier

      with a preface b , y Jules Clare tie , and forty , illustrations by Raphael Collin . There are

      three editions . Two of these ( on Japanese paper h m and - on — handmade ¦ ¦ ¦ — - ^^^ " ^^ - ^ p- ^» ^ B ^ paper bjh ^ p *^ BMtf' ^ BP' ^ m ) m are Pp" m PBP > ^¦ Pr all ^ ^ —™ sub ' - ¦— — -

      scribed for before publication . The other edition ( on vellum paper ) is still procurable .

      title ' An of a Inventory work of under exceptional the Terror interest ' is the for

      musicians . It describes the condition of the musical — ~ r ~ instruments ^"" ¦ ™ - ^ ^^ " ^ PBB BB . BB . PB > ^ B' ^ " BB > ^ B * P ^ B" taken ^ BT ^^ B ^ ^ B ^ BB ^ p * ^™ B ^ ^ from ™ ^^ " ^^ ^^^^ f ^^ the ^^ - ^ - ' ¦^— — ' Emi — grants ^^^ p . —

      and those condemned by the Convention during the Reign _ k of Terror . This ¦ inventory

      of was the made -- —_ Convention — — - — by ^ pr _ A . . Bruni - ^ — It ^^ ^— ' , is — ^— one — edited — of the , ~ with Delegates intro -

      duction , biographical notes , and notes by J . Gallay ^—^ — ^ ^ ^^ " ^^ r- ^ g , ^ m ^ and fc ^^ P ^^ ^ B . ^^ " ^ ¦ ¦¦ is " ^^^ p H ublished ^ BP" ^ W ^ -tr V ^ V ^^ " ^^^ " —^ V ^^ ^» b ° — y B M . Georges — a ^ pi ^ B >

      Chamerot , of Paris . M . Julius Groosof Heidelberghas

      conferred ^ Bi ^ k yet anoth ^_ er , boon ^ on philolog * n A SB «¦ , ical A V students " — ' ~^ ^" - ^ npr b & - y m the ^ B » pp . pb . ^ pr publication » j ^^ Bk ^ . pf- ^ kbbb > ^ p ~ v ^^ bf war ^ B « ~ ~ ^ bi ^ bv of Ba ^» ' bibbj Motti " opbb * " ^^ ^ ^ —¦ ' r s ^^ Conver - ™~ ~—~ —¦ ^^ ~ ~^» * -

      sational Grammar of the Russian Language . ' The work is capitally printed from excellent

      type , and is as cheap as it is good . M . Groos has published X — — ba — Key , which a enhances A A the " ¦ ^ . ¦¦

      value and usefulness ^ of this ^ meritorious publication . MM . Norden & Josephsonof Upsala

      have sent us the first number of , ' Notes from , Josephson ' s Old Book Store / a bibliographical

      This periodical first number edited is by full Aksel of information G . S . Josep about hson .

      work Scandinavian s , and will publications be _ _ _ found _ __ , as both , _ well interesting as older ^ - ^

      and useful by readers of Scandinavian literature . The March part of the ' Central Sheet for

      article Library s on Work the ' Schueler contains , collection amongst of others Auto- ,

      graphs in the Grand Ducal Court and National Library at Carlsruhe [ this collection

      ineludes letters of Thomas Carlyle , Goethe , LisztLyellMendelssohn & c ] ; the German

      and Dutch , ml , Incunabula in , the Royal ' Pauline Library •/ at Mtinster ; and the Bibliograp O A hy Jof

      Reynard the Fox . The already extensive business of F . A .

      Brockhaus , of Leipzig finds a still further increase by vthe establishment of a branch

      house in Paris under the management of Herr Carl Cajeri «¦ m . SBj , who ^^^ has _ a been ^ h . "BB many ~ 1 ^ m years . PBl ^ Bj con A -

      nected with the Leipzig and Vienna establish - ments of the firm . MM . Greiner & Pfeiffe _ rof _ Stuttgar ^_ t

      have published 4 Karl _— — Gerok . _ _ , , a Picture of his , Life and Labours / by Dr . Hermann Mosapp .

      This work will appeal to a large circle ¦ of readers in all lands where Gerok ' s works are

      admired and treasured . * G-Sharp' is the title of a Story of

      Charles Chamber ¦ ¦ Gjellerup Music ¦ 1 ¦ ¦ h , of ~ b y which the Danish a ¦ German w novelist trans- ,

      lation b y *^^ » W ^ m —~ " . Wolters * ' ^ ^ ^ , m ^^ has ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ just ^ v ^^ ^ been ' ^^ - ^ w ^^ m ^ m ^ m ^™ published ™ ^ p ^ «^ ^» m * m ^ ar ^ r ^^ ^^ w

      by J ! i . Piereon , of Dresden . iP ^ W" ¦ V ' ¦ - —

      444 The Publishers' Circular April 1518 ...

      444 The Publishers' Circular April 1518 90 ,

      Book^Elle^ Of To-Day .

      BooK ^ elle ^ of To-Day .

      II . —MR . BERNARD QUARITCH . Were a poll taken of the old school of

      turned book-dealers b as » , tain » Bernard r of the Quaritch clan . A would man of be iron re-^ m ^* V >^ b ^ Kdfr ^^ i ^ . ^ V ^ P ^^ cap ^ Bp ^* ji * J »<^^ ^™^ ^ " — ^™ ^ ' — — ' ' ^* " ^ fc ^

      course energy of and hal ceaseless f a century industry made , he for has himself in the a

      name that will be remembered so long as the hammer *^^^ resounds ^ - —^— - ^ - in ^» - ' ^ the ^ ^^ — auction —^— rooma name — ——^ ^ ¦ » ^»« WJh ¦ ^^ » " ^^ " ^ ^ - ' ^** - » p-- , p *

      that will live to be honoured while a copy of his V * ^ p » apt la ^ pr ^ remarkable ^^ ^ . ^^^ pk ^ pi v ^^ v ^ k ^^^ ^^^ p Np * ^^ ^ Br catal ^ P ^ pp v ^ p v ^^ p 1 ^^ ogue " * « Pk - ^^ - ~_ - exists ^^^ . Mr . Quaritch p ^^ — '^ s t ^

      knows Europe 4 early ambition how , and t he the has was won to whole r be the the bookselling position first bookseller while world his in

      title daring » p ^ p >^ p > ^ . ^ w W of p * p » ^ p » pp ' purchases * ^ Th r w e ^ b ^ b ^ Napoleon i ^ ^ p- ^ pi ^^ p ***^ have » » ^^ ^ p »« p * of creat - ^^— Bibliopoles ' ^^ bj ^ ed for , y . him 7 From the

      the a published now famous sketch bookseller of his life of it Piccadilly appears that was

      apprenticed W born m *^ BJtBpV ^ k ^ BpT at BB >^ P * V « Vto Worbis ^ HT ^ b ^ ^^ Tfll to W ^^ , a 'W in bookseller —^ , — Prussia ^^ ^^ T BJ P ^ P ^ pT V « pT ^^ ^ PT - ^ , P * ^^ in in 1819 ^ Nordhausen . He was , J

      house and was in «« B > Berlin afterw ~ L > « Bb . V ards It ba T « # engaged was ? T Va ^ pj . in 1842 in a Jie publishing came to ^«* ^^ * f ^ ^ p ^ pV ^— ^^ ^¦&^^ ^ B ^^ •*—v —^ ^ ^

      London and entered the employ of Henry George <^^ 1 ¦ B ^ . T ^^ ^^_ ^^ ^ Bohn p _ jB- ^_^ »» Jfc Jfc . Here ~ HI «^»» ^ 4 # ¦ he " made —• * - "W — — the — acquain ¦ -

      tance of Lowndeswho is said to have expired , returned so in young jBt ( 1844 jh ) to «¦/ Quaritch he London laboured 's into ar ms in the . Paris Fo service r , but a year of again Mr or .

      • m . ^ mr V B ^ ^ ^ . ^ b < V . ^ X ' * " ¦ V- ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ k A A A Jb , » v ^ " ^ ^ p » - " - * " ^ ~^ ^ printed Bohn W ~ r * - -4 V J * . ir « " 4 » f ^« , r ^ - ^ and volume * v / durin Jk x ^ aV &* - >^ g of X this _ r A . Bonn " ¦ ^ period v _ v ^* . ^ bT > 'WtJ s comp 1847 > ^ - ^ ¦ " - V iled ( A Classified — the only )/

      Mr Catalogue . Quaritch . ' 47 , for was it was an epoch in the in April the of life that of yea vfiar r he : started Rfa . rt . ftd in in hnainp business . RR tor for himselt himself . . The me

      following November saw the first of the great Cheap series of Book jX Catalogues \ k Circular MMATtfWJL ; it ' and was consisted entitled & b -w - ^ r * of Quaritch a single ' s

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      p where ^^^ w w leasant . ** - ^ ^ * ^^ * B *^ B « ^ ^ the «^ *^ d » ^^ fla . « half ^ b ^ . Bk V subj V ^ ^ f V ^^ - hour ^^^ I ect *^ ^ ^ ^ Bji i' v ' of V ^ in ^ « ^ g ^^^ ^^ p this ^ the V _ « y * > ^ Jb > pf . r ^ JT B ^^ V quiet B ML notice ^^^ F A ^ - ^ * ^ Bfa ^/^ BJrf *^^ , cosy ^> " ^^ Jt industriousl BJI ^^ ^ - ^ v ^ ^ ^ sa v ^>^ iw ^— - ^ n ^^ c t um * y w _¦ ,

      labours from early morn till dusk . It is difficult ¦^^ ~ ~ ^™ ' ¦^ to ^ - ^^ believe ""^^^ ^— ' * B > am ' ^ l ^ » " ^^ BBb fro « B ^ ^_ ^ - A m ^ PV . appearances V ^ W »« . ^ W * J *«^ m > B ^ Jfc B ^ PB * , pK *» " ^^ ^ -P B ^^ that ^ ^^ rmm — ' — Mr .

      Quaritch bus him iness , for aptitude he has yet left appears so with many a face in long the full years hei of g force Jfc ht 'V behind ¦ of and his

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      asked With what characteristic was wanted brevity of him , and Mr . the Quaritch visitor replied renliftd that that he h « « nn

      and its builder . soug In ¦ ¦ to -v ^ this aiv # request b ¦¦ the b famous

      ——™ response —¦> ^ - * " •> w * x ^ - tm *» r * r »* p » ^ r ** j * m . j »_ - _* ^ . m " * . ^ ^ p' ¦* - * " ** »^^ -, ^ <— » - « . — p- — — periences bookseller ^ *~ ^^ « ^^ ^^^ ^^*^ with B / rambled W P ^ B ^ J ^ JB ^ . littl PS , J % B » # % / . m e ^ 4 throug *^ pause W ^ "' V " *^ ' ^ B' h . his He pYm ^ BI life , BJw < said BS ^ B ^/ BJT and PBf e ^^ " ^ — : ex 4 1 -

      started in 1847 , and was for thirteen years in my shop —— p-bb , -v b . ^ - at -vw « , jh 16 . ^^ Castl ^ w' »^ w » s *» VA e ^^ f Street ^ S »/•¦ . ^ p » ^ b » »* , ^ Leicester bW-b | V 4 « f A ^ bT- ^ . r p ^ aV V *«/« b Square rN . Br «¦ ^~ .

      a The warehouse house is . now I at my first property paid , 16 and « . a is week used and for as

      lastl the the y shor sho I p > boug , . then then ht the 1 I had had freehold the the whole whole . I may house house rebuild , , ana it t but ¦ that ¦¦>•¦¦ bbb B ,, is B in # the t future »» j » ¦»* . I came BaAa | -b ^ here —¦ -- to

      this , ~^ shop " * " " , ., in 1860 , jk » a * , whereupon m ^^ * m «^>« . »*^ 0 a . kind vp ^ and ^••> . ™ — dear ,

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1890, page 444, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041890/page/10/