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The Pointers Fifty-Ninth ' Pension Annua...
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Mr . Holman Hunt . ' The pictures are those exhibited at the rooms of the Fine-Art Society , lbob 1886 . . The JLne brochure brochure , contain contains s the fchfl criticis r . ritinisms ms Vw by
Mr . Ruskin and other comments . Art students will find it exceptionally well worthy of study .
Mr Mr . . William William ± Reeves teeves is is the the pu rjublisher blisher . . Last Lash . , but far from least , we must mention ' Pictures of 1886 / issued from the office of the Pall BL
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attention . We observe that the proprietors have inaugurated a prize competition in
connection with the year s art at the Academy .
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i } n- " .... qg May 15 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 489
»C» ¦ Exhibition Books.
» c » ¦ EXHIBITION BOOKS .
Should any rivalry exist between shows at South Kensington , Edinburgh , and Liverpool ,
it it is is bound bound to to be be ot of a a very Yftrv tnendly fripnrllv character r . Via . ra . r » . t . fir . There can be no jarring of interests , each having at b e ¦ aims —»^ fc ^^ and distinct functions
so that — ^ - '" "I separ r ^ a ^^ W ^ tour vv ^ v ^ rw * - * -- to m * w ^ b ^ the » ^ thre ' WiM ^^ > 4 ^ e ^ B'Wk ^ P exhibition ^ Br 1 " T F ~^ ~ b ^ bSb "B ^ BfcBV »» ^ ¦»* towns bL ' V- ^ bL > f ^ ; A may ^ m ' be — — - antici — ' — ' — ' — ' ^ — - ¦¦ ¦ —— pated *^ - * - "" w - ^ " ** - -wb . ^ as vwr ^^ one ^ b * - —1 *» ¦ -bb * - of ^^ bb » tlie v bb ^^ ,, *^ most n a ™*^ ¦ p ^^ " ^ «* favoured ¦ * v ~ F ^ b * ' *»» bB ^ , ^« r "**¦»
hobbies of the season . The burning question at South Kensington ¦ at present bbbv relates bbbi b 1 b » bbbrsrfr to the bb » bbbb » b ¦ b jing b le bV of » bVbb
nonsense — — -w- -- ^ ^ - — - ^* in the - w ^ - * sound bj ^ " *<^ of ^* new ** b » «^^^ K manufactures b ^_ p b ^ *^* merry b * 1 ^ ™ ^^ * * W in the world of words . Are we to have
Colindia , Colindies . or Colinderies ? This is a point of ¦ so much «« ¦ that it has b ^ bW been
made 1 " ^ ^ the ™^ — " *^ " ^ ^— subj ^ —™ b »> bb , * b-b > ect b ^ ^» consequence b ^* of *^^ *^^ fap ^ a ^^ ^* 1 h eavil ** ^^^ Jfc ** ~ b ^ ~ ^^ y m charged T ^ ^ % ^ i " ^ ^ L " ^ ^> wP article **^ F ^/ ^/ ^^ JL bL in the —¦ — — -- —¦ ¦ Dail v - mr w y x— ¦ Telegrap -K _ \> r L - _« r - \ j > V w JTV h ¦/ ¦ y H which V -h - Jk ¦ - _• « , , « . . resuscitates *_ , —^ »^_» - _« F . _ f - ^ . _ . »_/ VV * -J ^_/ KJ "
many ancient curiosities of the English tongue . Even Mr . Burnand , the editor of Punch , has come forward with a sad-looking exhibit of
word-making . For our part , we would be content to leave the decision of this matter to
popular fancy , which will decide the momentous question for all time .
Be this as it may , the whole empire is to be — ¦ " ¦*¦ congratulated ¦** - » - ^ - * » W ^ ^ * - ^/ »/ « - ^» ^ - * . V *^ V ^ V >» . upon *^ I * ^^ V- ^ A A . the V / ¦* *• ^ - * brilliantl P ' - **• A -A . Jk JL \ AJ JL JL V JL y W success t ^ y »»„* \»^ V- * KJ KJ kJ
ful launch of an undertaking offering so great a promise of good results : not the least
important being the cementing of stronger sympathies between a widely separated but yet a united people .
• a . . * . Books of a descriptive character are now essential for display of the kind we
speak ofand every in connection with the annual exhibitions , at South Kensington efforts have
successfully been made in the way of giving even the prosaic catalogue a more than ordinary
degree of interest . Each department is prefaced by an appropriate account of its origin and
contents Contents , , treated treated historicall histori n . llvn y as well woll as n . a descrip rl ^ a rin--tively . This feature is especially useful when associated with our Colonial \ f and Indian + JU
Ex-™ ^ " " ' ¦ ¦ " *¦ ***** »* ^— ' > - ™* » » * ¦ * r * Jh ' j * * - ^ m- ^ + * r ^^ t . X _ T A A J V ** - * U % ** ft A V ^ L - * - A JL V . * . A A M . . fi ¦* ^ Jfc , hibition , the catalogue of which has been published bMessrs . William Clowes & Sons
( issue issue Limited 01 of ) similar similar , who y works works so creditab in in toriner former ly managed vrsara . . The TVm the
present edition , of the catalogue is years not wholly complete , for the exhibition itself has not as
yet assumed a settled aspect . In arrangement the book is similar to its predecessors . The
volume contains about 640 pages with maps and hb o ~ f- ther fc h illustrations — . We ¦¦ miss ¦ ¦ 1 ~ one ~ - feature ~ v ^ r ^^ B *^* ^^^ ^ m * . ^^^ ^^ ^^ m ^^ b w *^^ " ^^^ hP ^^ ' V v ^ ^^^ Vp ^ r Wta ^^^^ r ^^ v v * ^^ . ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ' ^^ — ^ — — — — ,
and that is the appearance of the names of all the writers who have supplied descriptions of
the countries and their products . The names of six gentlemen only are given . It would be
bu but t fair fa . ir too tr > o if if the t . hft compilers romniiftra or of some some ot of these these descriptions gave the sources of their informationfor fewif anyof the articles could
possibl , y be altogether , , original . These latter remarks apply also to ' Her
Majesty's Colonies , ' a handsome volume of 560 ~ *^ r ^^ r pages W ~^ **^ F ^ B ^ b ¦ ^^^ I I . v ^ Professor ^^^ ^^^ ¦ ^^^ ^^ ¦ ¦ ^ ' . ^ «* i ^ ^ i ^ b Seeley . ^^^ ^^ . ¦ ^ 'f ^^ fc ~^ . r , m of ^** r —^— Cambrid ¦ — — —™ — —— » — ^— ^— ^ " ^ ' — ge - ^ p ^ k - ^ , j (
has written an introduction for this book , and his account of the progress and aspirations of
tlie robust British Euapire is , as might be looked for , a masterly study . Conciseness of expression t is not the least important of its
^^ ^^»» ¦ . _ r ^^ m ^^^ ^*^ r ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ . ^ i ^ . ah ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ~ i ~ ^ r ^ i ^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ . ^ ^^^^ r ^^ ^^ ¦ ^^ ^™ ^^ ^^ tmr —~ —^ — — - — ^— —— - ^ - *^ - —— - ^ - - ^ recommendations . Sir Rawson W . Hawson , Sir John Coodeand the Council of the
Statistical - ^^^^ ^^ B ^^» ~ _ 1 ~ ^^^^ ^^ tai ^^ ^^ b V ^^ Societ ^^ i ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ B ^^^ y , ^ p have ^^» ^ r ™ ^^^ - ^^ permitted ^^^ ^^— - ^ " ^^^^ ^^ ^— ^— — — ^ - ^ the use — ™ ^^ — of ^^^ ^ very valuable diagrams and statistics which
appear in the Tolume . In a preface the Royal Commission give thanks for the following
articles , the authors having large colonial ¦ knowled ^^ ^¦ ^ ^ b ^ b ^^^ ^^* ^ h ^ ' ^^^ ge ^^^^ ^ i ^ P ^ and ^^ F ^ b ^^ ^^^^^ experience ^ B ^ ^ " ^^ Mii ^ ^ M ^ . ^^ ^ Bto -m ^ ^^ ^^ ' ^^ p . ^ '— British ¦ ~ ^^^ ' ^ ¦^ " ^ ¦ Guiana — - ~ - « — ¦— — — , —m '
by a . H . Hawtayne , F . R . G . S . ; 'British Honduras ¦ ¦¦ ' ' ' Leeward Islands' and " ¦— 'St . Lucia
in ^^^ b- «^^ - ^^ - ^ p the *^^ ^^ r ^^ ^>^^^ ^ h . Windward ^^ Vf , ^ m ^ ph ^ ^ ' ¦^ - ^^ v w ^ m *^ ^ Islands ^^ ^^^» ^ ~ T ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ ^ ^ / b ~~^ , ^ m y C ^— . Alexander " ™ ^^ — — - —* — — — ™ r HarrisB . A . ' Dominica HPNT / by His Honour
^^^^^^ d ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ . ^^ ta ^^^» J ^^ F , ^ H ^^^^^ . ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^ M ^ ; ^ H ^^^^^^ ^^ ' - ^ B ^^ B ^^ B ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ B' ¦ ^ ^ V * " ^ ^^^ - — — ^ - ^ ^^^ ' ^^ ^ " — ^^ - ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^^ J . Spencer Churchill ; * Grenada , ' by J . Wellseditor of the > $ > £ . George ' s Chronicle ¦
w « ^^^ r ^ H ^ ^^ H f ^^^ p , ^ m ^^^ V ^ W ^ V ^^^ ^^ ^^^ fl ^^ B ^¦^ P ^ ^^^ B V ^ ^^^ ^^ " ^^ " ^ ' V "' . ^ ^ P ^^"^ F ^^ J ^^ v— — — — — — — ; « ' St . Vincent / by His Honour A . F . Gore , Lieut .-Governor ; ' Tobago / by the Hon . L .
Knolly G . Hay s ; Coloni ' Barbados al Secretary / by the ; Q Trinidad Hon . C . / by C . , L L _ . JV 1 VT 1 . E F ' raser rn . sp . T- S S ... JT ... PP . ; and fl . rul ' BahaiTiaa . Bahamas and and
Jamaica / by A , . J . Adderley , C . M . G . Taken as a wholethe volumealthough some of its
contributions , are not consp , icuous for literary meritforms a remarkabl ¦¦! b ¦ ¦ y good compendium
4 ^ i ^ ^ b ^^^ ^^» ^ . » ^»» , « *^ ^^^ ^^ 4 * ^» " ^ fc r ^^ % ^ W * . ^ ^^^ ^^ ^» . ^ _ ^^ ^» ^™ ^* im ^^ " ^ ^ " a w ^^ HH >^ P ¦ — ' — ~—~ H ' » ^^ ^ m - ¦™ — — - - ™ K ^^ of facts _ relating ^ to the _ British ^ ^ Emp ^ . v ^^ ' ^ ire ^ beyond ^ ^ the seas .
Messrs . Clowes have also issued the May part of ' The Colonial and Indian Exhibition
Railway Guide and Route Book / containing an alphabetical list of nearly every railway
station within thirty miles of London , late trains , fares r maps , <& c . By using this guide there i can b k be no difticulty in finding J the nearest
~— «« ^^ ^ b ^ ^^ ~ r ^^ ^ ^« ^ ^ r ^^ ' ^» ^^ ^^ ~ " ~ ^ " ~ ^~ ' ~~~ — — ' m — ^— — J — — — - — — , — — route to the exhibition . To meet a popular demandMr . James
, Bonwick . F . R . G . S ., has prepared an entirely new series of booksentitled collectively * The
British Colonies and , their Resources / and published by Messrs . Sampson LowMarston
A Co . The books are written evidentl , y with , the ¦ object of ¦ convey ¦ ing to ¦ the ¦ - reader ¦ x as much
^ B ^ f ^ B 0 B , ^^ b' ^^^ » ^^^ —| | ~ ^ B ^ ^ " ^ ~| ~ ^ l «* ^»^ ^ " ^ ^^ " . ^^ - ^ . — ^ " ^ | P ^ ^^^^ ™ ^» - ' — ™ ^^— ^^^^ ^^ ^ —• ^^ ^ - * ^» » ^^^ " ^^ " ^^ » " ^^^ ^^ ^ BB information as possible in a pleasant vein of historical ¦ ¦ B and descri ¦ ¦ ptive ¦ narration ¦ .
Respecf ^ B ) « bi *^ T ^^^ ^*^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^* ^^ " * ^ ^^ f ¦ ^ " ^ ' ^^ ^ B- ^ ^— ^^ ^^ ™ ^ B ^ " ^ B *» ^— ' ~ — ^ ^^^ " ^ ~ ^— — — — — — — — -w-. - ^ - w n ^ ^^ fv ^ h - ^^ - ^^ j ~^^ H _ " ^ B ~ " ^^^" tively , tho volvimes relate to ' British Colonies in in America Amp . rio . n / ' British British Colonies Colonifia in in Australasia Aiifttra . lji . FUfl . '
* British Colonies in Asia / and 4 British Colo , - nies in Africa . ' All these may be had bound
together in an attractive and useful form . Some readers will remember that the writer , Mr . James Bonwickis the author of * The
, Last of the Tasmanians / ' Port Phillip Settlecfi
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1886, page 489, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051886/page/7/
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