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49O The Publishers' Circular May 15,1886...
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»C» ¦ Exhibition Books.
and ment , ' & c iled . Being the series exceptionall should well have p a lanned wide comp
and large circulation , . Edinburgh possesses so many natural
attractions that every season it is the goal of thousands ^^ ^ Vb «^ b ^^ ^ . ^^ H M ^ ^^^ VF ^ fc ^ fc ^^ <^» r" ** of - *^ ¦ ~^ visitors w ¦ ^^ w ^™ ° ™~ ^^ ^^™ »~™ . " ^ This ^^ - ^^ — " » " ^^ ™— - " ^ year w -w — ™ — those ^^ ^^ ^— - ^ " - — — ¦ " » who ™ - - ^^
wend their way to the queen of beautiful cities will find her allurements more
irreb sistible beau than tiful ever . Upon a fine noble site , xh su rrou ition nde d y scenery
indus 4 / try , science , and •/ , art , open to the world , has been _ erected __ __ ; ? and _ _ alread „_ y ^ j , althoug g ^~) h — only
a few days have passed since the happy inauguration by Prince Albert Victor , the
success of the northern enterprise has astonished its most sanguine supporters . We might
expect that in a city so strongly impregnated with the spirit of books some good work would
be produced , in so far as the literature of the exhibition is concerned . As yetonly two
examples have come to hand , but they , amply prove that hopeful expectations were not
unwarranted . The Official Catalogue is a compact book of
430 pages . The title-page informs us that it is - — prin X 1 ^^ ^ ted — — in t — he ^^ ex ^ hibi ~^ ^^ ^^ t ^^ ion ^ ^^ ^^ b w *^ y */ Messrs ^^ * *^ v ^ ^^ v ^^ — , f *^ b ^^^ . w T *^^^» . V & ^^^ ' ^¦^ < A l ^ fc ^^^™ . V
t Constable h , and ives we say with to confidence the well-won that the - ypograpy gpower repu
t especiall ation of y t s heir trike renowned the observer press — . namel Two things the
clearness and variety of the type employed y , for the advertisementsand the effective
arrangement of all these intimations , . We notice from the — ~ - list ¦""' — of » exhibits — — ^^ v *^ ¦¦— " ^ ¦ ' ^^ that ^ i ^ »<• " ^ «» Class ~ i ~ ^ b ^^^¦ If I i I ^^^ " V . v ^ is ^ h r ^ 4 ^ devoted » w -m ^^ r ^ fc to ^ . ^ * , , ^^ ^^ ^^^^^*^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^
book paper - — — — b — inding manu _^_ fac , j and ^— t ^— ure i — ^ , Class -mm ^ - s ^^ « tationery ^ ^ r ^¦ r - * ^ XII ^ " - - ^^— «^ W ^""» ^ . , to ^^ printing V **^ educational ^«^ ^»^^ ^^^ ^*^ ^ 1 ^ ^ , 4 k ^ p and ^ riBh ^^ ^« - ^^ ^ b
app fam lia iliar nces trade . names In these appear departments as being exhibitors many .
The grand total of exhibits in the exhibition is 2220 + ¦ including 1304 r British and 7 G
forei — ¦ gn , T " . , T We "" ^^ — ^^ - ¦ " learn ^ - ^ - **• ^ ^ « k VIHh fro ¦ fc ^ m , 4 ^^*^ ' * i ^ the - ^* - I ^ - ^ Scotsman ^ Pb ^^ *^ ^ K . fS ^ A JU ^^ W ^^ k news ^>^^ H ^ . ^ - paper ¦ — — — — — — th — —— a — ' — t ™~ t - ¦— ^ he ^ ™ ^ r work w ^ ~ ~ ^^ " *^» ^^ < involve ^ ^ V tf ^ » ^^^ d ^ ^ ta ^ d ^^^^ ^ in ^ b ^ b J ^ t ^^ he ^^ ** ^^^ pre » f J ^ ^^^
-para effe — — c — t t — io ed — —— n of y » ¦ Mr — - t •^ he - " ^ . « W ca » . talogue B - ^~ . r- . -m Blaikie m »¦ ^ - «^« has r . a . - * . « h . , ji- - >_ rf , mainl of ^ _ ^ ^^ Messrs —* y ^ a . ^—* been rs ^ M 4 . ^~* . #
T . cfc tulated A . Constable the , who is certainly to be lish con- - graupon prosperous accomp
ment of a very exacting task . At the northern exhibition f there ib is ¦ a
represen and few tation will — — - ^* - - ^ be - * . of " M —m «*» inclined quain ^ — ^^ ^^ fc ^ B m ^ t x- bits * ^^ M » to 4 ^ . ^ r ^ . ^ of ^ dispute 4 ^ ^ ^ Old * r ^ * m , Edinburg ^ S ^* - the ^ ^^ r J ^ ^ m ^^^ state A ***^ h ^^ - ,
— ~ ~~ - » ' ' ~~ ~~ »*~ - ^» ^ — ~^ ' ^ i * —^> ^ *^ ^ B ^ ^^ W ^^ ^^ - ^ *** fc rf ^ . r ^^ ^ ^^«* ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ , ^^^ W ** J \ S * H ^* V % ^ ^^^ p ment icturesque that no examp city les could of the offer architecture finer or more of ml
one one olden ™^ ^^^ ^^ — of or ¦ ^ ^— ^^ times ' ** the the * ¦ ^^ ™ ^ i popular ooDular . ^^^ ^^ ^^ The ^ ¦ ^ ^ ^» ^ ^^ old ~ resorts resorts r- ^ ^ Edinburg **^ ^^ ^^ j t ^ m in ^^^ ^_ the the ^^ , rt _ h * p ^ ^ t s exhibi ftxhibition ^ treet ^ f ^ mj ^^^^ ^ * t _^ , tion ^ now J ^ f .
this was part designed of the disp y ¦ Mr ¦ lay jv . S some % y dney m descri Mitchell fj tive % s . hand For - ,
book ¦ — " — — ' was ~^ ^— ^ ' — " necessary — —^* " ¦ ^ " ^ ** - ~ —w -s w , ^ and y r ^ ^ , m the ^ m ^ h * ^^^ ^ result ^^ ^^^ ^ m , wMt p m r ¦ * has r ^ m / - * M been . Ksv JL ^ ^*^ U the — — — » - ' publicati Jt- — ' - iw — — . -V" ¦•* v . » on v . * . of v- » , a »» # volume v ^/ - A ^ ^ » J * . * V _/ which » » A JL JL >^ A . JK must . A A A . W * KJ 1 _/ take V W J- V . V >
i t ions — s —^ p f- ^— lace ' Lord ¦ ¦ ¦ beside Cockburn fc- ^ h » - « Robert a ' s r ^ r Chambers ' Memorials . A . T / Jk . \ JU ' ' / Tradi and
-Dean ^ , Ramsay ' *— ' ^^ ^ -- ^ ' s ***^ ^ ' * Iteminisccnces , rv ^^ ^^^ * . . ^^ ^ » ^^ . ' ^ This ^ *> V K ^ A ' Book ^^ V JL JL ^^ k . of Old ~^ — - Edinburg '" - " ^ ™ - ~¦ ™ - — - * - ^ - ^ ¦»• Wo , h ¦« - ^ , and » . »* Jfc * x _^« h _ Hand JB •* *^^> A A- V « - . book »\»^ V ^ ^ ^ JL IL . to »> ^ ^ the W JL Jk ^/ Old X _ ^ J * . V _ *
Charles Edinburg — —^ — — ^ — Dunlop ^ h S —— treets and ^^ , ' Miss » is wri Alison rf * tten ^ b # b Hay i y Mr Dunlop " . JL John JL ¦ - .
reci AVhile - tal --- -- of the some authors »— B * " ^ of « the - ^^ enter - *^ ^^ more »^^ m ** - . with * r ^ romantic - ^ - ^ J * J *> sp - ~ . n ^ iri t legends into ^ L- ' ^ J ^ V- ^ * a
of of — — t social " he * ~ -- — old — » " •—¦ life — ci t y , "in — - ~ his — m " * toric » - ^» ^* t ^» i scenes v- » » ^— f * . * «* - tions v Jk . and - \ x ^* » the are ** JL ^ humours not JL JL v /^ for * X . JL - pas ¦ - genera ¦ jy _*~* % i , > - _ »> -. ^
go Scot tten whose . He enthusiasm must indeed ia not bo vivified a cold b -hearted such a y m > —
story . One feature gives the little volume an interest exceeding that of any of its
predecessors rlftnp . asora . so so far far as as we we can can remember rerafiTn"hp . i » namely , , the originality and aptness of the illustratio illustrations ns . . JVir Mr . . William wiJiiam -Hole t ± oie . A A .. R ± c . S . « . . A A .
is the artist , and we can only say that , his work , ^ is ^^^^ a ^ one —i |— ^^^ H - of ^ U ^ of ~^ r m ^ book the - ^^ ^^ ^^ i ~ most ^ illustration ^ " - ^^ - ^ - ^ striking " ^^ — ' *~ " — ^^^ that ^^^« successes ™ ^ - ^ we kn - ow ^ in ^^^^^^ the ^ J JL m ^ » ^ «
ws ^ r of . ' The Book of Old Edinburgh / is printed and published by Messrs . Constable at the
exhibition . Despite the wet weatlierLiverpool is flushed
with the great and desprved , success attending th V e 1 opening 1 by V her ¦ 1 ¦ Maj - ¦¦ H esty - the Queen J ¦ of its
¦ Exhibition ^ ^^ ^^ - ^^ «^ ' ^^ ^^^^« ^^^^ V ^^ K of '"^ Navi ^ " — ga tion — ^ , Travelling - ^^ —» , Com - ^^ ^^ ^ - merceand Manufacture . Our Lancashire
friends , , however , have been rather tardy over the production of their catalogue , which was
only published after the inauguration . It is a book of 280 pagesand as it is still under
revision it would h , ardly be fair to judge its appearancewhich will no doubt be considerably
improved . , The coloured bills which are interspersed throughout the book seem rather
to detract from its appearance .
49o The Publishers' Circular May 15,1886...
49 O The Publishers' Circular May 15 , 1886 ——•
»O» - 'Court Royal. 5 *
» o » - 'COURT ROYAL . *
Mr . Baring Gould has supplied a preface to his novel . Strangely enoughwe read the work
before reading the preface . , When we came to do sowe found that he had explained the
purpose , , or allegorical meaning as it might almost be termedof his fictionandstill more
strangely , it agree , d with every , thing , that from our perusal we had supposedexpressed of
course in other words and in a , perhaps more lofty sense . So we deserve to be classed
onl with the blic two cri S tics cotch as reviewers we unders , t who and w to ere- the y pu , , grasp
the full significance of one of the author ' s former worksand indeedafter a manner
were the cause , of his writing , the present pre- , face , pointing out the author ' s exact meaning .
As a rule we do not admire novels written with a purpose . Usually they show the purpose
XX «/ «/ X J . mination and nothing to enforce more , and the the hidden writer , truths in his of deter his
work finish , e in nt t irel eres y ting forge dialogue ts plot , consis and tency all the , artistic other , ,
features that combine to make fiction successful , loosing himself in the character of a
this preacher kind . that But the it author is not of exactl ' Court y a Koyal purpose ' had of
e - ~ nforce ¦——v view » w no moral »~ he -vb ^ b r w lesson rot e his bu i-i t novel ra - ^^ 'v th •¦ er ~ ; it t o was to - ¦ repre
sen changes ^ ' t , ^ v ^ ^ v b ^» y ^^— ^™ that - »*— means ' *— - ^^ —^ ^ are ^ of ^^^ taking - ^^ r . w v his ~^ ^^ «« , wm charac r v- lace ^ ^^ ^^ ters ^ in ^ " " ^ , our the " ^»* ^^ ^^ social ^^^ - vast M *^ ^^ ^^
systemthe sj ) read of the p new or democratic advance , so hostile to the old or aristocratic
trasting rule . This two he strong has well ly marked done , and and by widel con y
differing dramatic types eifect of which character readers he has , even produced if they a fail to see thefull significance of his motive
will not be slow , to appreciate . Reading , his work for the first time , with no aid
* Court Royal , bj the Author of 'John Herring , ' 'Melialah , ' & c , 3 volfl . JiOndon : ( Smith , Klder , < fc Oo .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1886, page 490, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051886/page/8/
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