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      ; usual position facing his principal . He chatted the latest corrections overmade fresh ones

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      told off to attend to him . ' Maintenant , nous 1 avons nous en downerhe would exclaimarid

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      and then the book , which had grown to a ponderous ^ _ — _ volume _ was launched . In the bill

      j . , „ for all this fun , the item for corrections alone II - amounted amounted to to £ . £ _ 290 __> U odd odd . and and when when the the au author thor

      , of them ungrudgingly handed , over a cheque < for the full amountthe firm smiled blandly

      , ' i and presented him with—a cigar . Who after that that publishers illiberal % —

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      . 52 S The Publishers' Circular May rs ; 188 9 I

      ^ _ \ John Bright And English

      ^ _ \ JOHN BRIGHT AND ENGLISH

      LITERATURE . Under B i the M well-known f initials of » ' G . W V . S . ' ¦ ¦

      _^ ^^—^ ^^ fe ^ ^_«^ ^ _ . —_ r » V ^* T — ^™ ^ " —* ^ " ^^ ^_^ » . >^ W __>^~ «_^^ B ^^ ' ^_^*^_ . ^ r <_ r ^ _^^ b ^^^^* V ^ W *^^^ ^ i the ^ New York Tribune gives an interesting account o ( Mr . Bright ' s literary habits and

      t _» % / preferences . The following passage needs no commentary : —* The Bible he knew well , and

      if his own incomparable style now and then i suggests any originalit is the greater prophets

      { of the . m Old V" \ 1 1 Testament FW ^ I , - Whether ^"_ T 7 " 1 I 1 his 1 reading ^ j was very various even among i _ 7 Eng <^ lish poets X

      1 may be doubted . It is singular that , next to j Miltonthe one whom he most quoted should

      I be Georg , e Wither . I have his own authority j ! for it . He said to me once : "If you come

      across a quotation in any speech of mine which you don't recogniseit is probably Wither . "

      • ^ - * , ¦ him He could to this hardl obscure y tell writer what it for was obscure that attracted he is

      I B M M , b , I «¦ and hardly ^ m ^ . m ore than _ two _ or three ^ of Wither ^^^ _^ ^^ ^ -m . ' s \ poems X . hold their p lace in literature _ - . Late . ____ in _

      !| life , Mr . Bright read , I think , not very much jj except current writings on subjects that were

      nearest to him . He knew the latest pamphlet I on Ireland , and the newest popular arguments

      for Free Trade . He had a habit , which was 5 not critical , of mentioning t ^^ M these ^^ ep ^^ Mi hemeral ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ™

      tm writings in some speech of his own with un-| stinted praise . No advertisement could be so

      effective . He sold countless thousands of J Mongredien ' s treatise by such an allusion , and

      ! other thousands of a poor History of England . j j formed He was his not taste critical in . poetry Even . Milton He pronounce had not d

      1 Jl «/ X . - on such very mediocre verse as is to be found in the " Epic of Hadea . " Between Mr . Bright

      and Mr . Gladstone contrasts were more nu-I merous than resemblancesbut no contrast I

      j was stronger than between , their habits of I reading J J . Mr . Gladstone - has - - -J - -r - —r read - - ^ r _ - ^ - ^ - ~ m , « h and - ^ ^ ^ i ^ ^^ - ^^ r ^ h does -m ^ ^^ ^_^ ^^ h ^^ V ^^ tW

      , read , , wi < Jely in at least half-a-dozen languages ; and his reading of the best books is continuous .

      Both of them read the last thing before sleep - ing . Mr . Gladstone reads Homer ; Mr . Bright

      ¦ read , not . even his m beloved * k i— Milton »_ . ^_ - ^» , but _ the last . _

      pamphlet somebody had sent him . « . ... > O « i

      Statistics Of The German Book I Trade, 1...

      STATISTICS OF THE GERMAN BOOK I TRADE , 1887 AND 1888 . I

      We have been favoured , by the courtesy I df the publisher of the ' Bbrsenblatt ' of the I

      ¦ German Book Trade , with the subjoined systematically-arranged survey of the pro- I

      ductions of the German Book Trade in , the I years 188 ? and 1888 , which has been compiled I

      by Messrs . J . C . Hinrichs , of Leipzig : I 1887 1888 I

      1 Collected Works , Science of I LiteratureBibliograph 439 430

      , y I ' 3 2 Jurisprudence Theology , Politics , Sta- 1 , 456 1 , « 23 I I

      4 Scien . ^ tistics ce of . Healing .. ... , Vete ... - 1 , 369 1 , 490 I I 5 Natural rinary Science Stirgery Chemistry ... ... 1 , 082 1 , 108 I I

      Pharmacy , ... ... , 867 87 G I 7 0 Philosophy 126 156 I

      a Paedagogy , German School I 7 b Juvenile Books , Books Gymnastics ... 2 , 063 461 1 , 494 957 I I

      8 Ancient Classics and Oriental I Languages , Archaeology , I

      Mythology 585 588 I ^ Modern Languages , Old I German Literature ... 585 543 I 10

      Histor . y , Biographies , Me- I 11 Geograp moirs , h Correspondence y , Travels . . . . . . 870 722 842 505 19 ? I I

      12 13 1 ^ Mathernat Mathemat Military ¦ ics ins Science . , Astronomy Astron , nmv Hors .... e . . 223 22 . ^ 195 ; I I Traininor ... . 389 427 I 14

      Science oE Trade , Techni- ' I 15 Architecture cology ... Engineering 725 74 £ ) I 1

      and Railway , Construction , , I lH 17 Forestry Jfc . ^^ Mining —— ^_/ ^ - / % / ^ T - and ^ , Navi _> ^—^ Li Hunting , JL »_ lk g ^^ - ation ^^ JL JLJP h—_ h . . # . . # . . _ t 377 81 V , / ^^ 448 117 J ^ ^^^ f I I ^^ H

      Domestic Economy and I 18 Polite Agriculture Literature , Gardening ( Novels 452 429 I I

      19 ¦ Fine ¦^_ _ Poetry -k _ K »_ - ^ Arts — _ -. _ _ , r Drama ( » --- Painting __ i -. —— . _ . _ k - ^ , M . & -K k & c , . ) Music >!_¦_ « . _ * _ T A . ^ . . , , K 1 , 402 1 , 423 I I ^^ B

      20 Popular & c ) , Shorthand Literature .. , . Alma . ... - 648 670 I I

      nacks ... 729 780 I 21 Freemasonry 16 23 I 22 Miscellaneous Publications 387 753 I

      Maps 415 374 I

      15 , 972 17 , 000 I

      Sal^ Jolfing^ I

      Sal ^ Jolfing ^

      IMessrs . Sotheby , Wilkinson & Hodge sold , I on the 9 th inst ., the collection of etchings I

      belonging to the late John Webster , Esq ., I M . P . for Aberdeen . Those of Cruikshank's I

      sold fairly well . Illustrations to Maxwell ' s I 'Irish Rebellion , f ' struck off __ on fol _ — io paper Jtr i . , I

      € 1 ) . 10 « . \ ten illustrations to ' Mr . and Mrs . I Sandboys at the 1851 Exhibition / on folio I

      paper , jtj . 10 s . ; illustrations to ' The Humpur- I ist , ' on 4 to . paper ( those to Part 1 were I

      coloured ) , £ 18 . 5 s . ; and Reid ' s * Oruikshank I Catalogue , ' 3 vols . large paper , £ 1 $ . 5 s . I

      ( Jackson ) . I

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 528, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/18/