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    *3oo& % And L^Umou^ Of

    The late Mr . R . H . Sutton published a facsimile reprintshortlbefore his deathof

    , y , Raffald's ' First Manchester Directory of 1772 , ' and it is now proposed to reproduce in a

    companion volume the second Directory which appeared in 1773 . Of this book only one copy

    is known to be in existence , and that is on the shelves of the Manchester Free liibrary .

    Many notable and interesting names appear and s ? . nc \ the thfi "book hoolr throws throws considerable nonsiderable ligiit lierlit on on the the

    social life of the period . * . at . # jl .

    * We are glad to notice that the most remarkable and thrilling book descriptive of

    missionary enterprise published within the last twenty years , ' John'G . Paton , Missionary to

    the New Hebrides : j an Autobiograph y / has gone at a gjaliop into a third edition . Those "

    who -wfin think +. Tiit » 1 c that / f . hat , missions Trn ' sRinns are ar « a a failure failure ought oucht to to read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest Mr . Paton ' s manly and wonderful and singularly

    modest story . *

    * * In a neat and inexpensive formMr . Allan

    of Newcastlehas just brought out , a reprint , of a collection , of Tyneside Songs . The volume

    was originally published nearly fifty years ago by an Alnwick bookseller . These songs and

    ballads of the North Country are rich in local colour and racy of the soil .

    * We are glad to learn that a new biography

    of Jane Austen is in preparation . There is certainly room for a really good and critical

    estimate of the brilliant woman who wrote the wonderful descriptions of country life and

    society which are to be found in the pages of * Sense ___ and Sensibility / ' Pride and Prejudice '

    % / * % J , and 'Mansfield Park . ' Lord Macau lay was a warm — — admirer of Jane Austen ' s genius ^_ f , rand it

    was no less a man . than Sir Walter Scott who exclaimed with generous enthusiasm— 'That

    young lady had a talent for describing the — involvements — — — j feelingsjand characters of

    ordinary - - - life , - ~ which , is to me , the most wonderful I have ever met with . The big bow-wow I can

    do myself like any one going , but the exquisite touchwhich renders commonplace things and

    characters , interesting , from the M truth *^ of J the descri - — ption a _ and the sentiment , is denied to me .

    What a y > ity so gifted a creature died so early ! # ?

    Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston & Co . have in the press a little book on a great subject

    4 The War Scare in Europe . ' It discusses with , remarkable vigour < ZJ and skill , f the relationships A

    which exist between Germany and France , and is marked throughout by a real grasp of the

    political situation . Canon Ravenof Norwichis writing a book

    on the 'Church , Bells of Suffolk , . ' It will contain a description of all the Church bells

    in the county , and . as far as possible trace their historyand give some account of

    , their makers or donors . The work , which will be published by subscription , will contain

    a number of engravings illustrative of the quaint ornaments , shields , founders' marks ,

    & c ., engraved on the bells . # * *

    A selection ^ * from /• the ii library 1 * 1 ^ of the I Rev T * ^ . Sdney Smith is passing this week under the

    hammer y at the gallery of Messrs . Puttick & Simpson .: Some of the volumes , we

    understand , are curiously annotated by the wise and witty Canon of St . Paul ' son whose modest

    shelves t / at Foston some of , j these old volumes were once ranged . In themselves , the books

    offered for sale are of no particular value . 1 r # # #

    Two new biographies of great interest in ^ Nonconformist ^^^ » - ^^ ^^^^ " ^ p " ^ i ^ ^^~«^^^ v - ^^^ ^^ ^^^^* wm ^^^^ ar ^^ circles ^^ r ^^^^^ ^^^ ¦ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ may ^^ m ^^*^^ r ^ - ^ r w ^ shortl ^^ ^^^^™ ^^ ^^^ — y ¥ be — — expect — — — ^^ ^ ed — ^^ .

    . The life of Henry Richard , M . P ., the eloquent champion of International Arbitration and

    opponent of war , is nearly ready for the press . biogr Wesle a y p h ns y of will Sir be William glad also McA to rthur learn which that the is

    , now in preparation , promises to be a work of considerable importance .

    * * The June number of Harper ' s Magazine

    will contain no less than seventy-five illustrations , and amongst the artists who contribute

    are Messrs . E . A . Abbey , Mr . Alfred Parsons , Xiaurence George Du Hutton Maurier has , an an d J article ohn S . on Sargent 4 The .

    Xegro on the Stage , and Dr . W . H . Russell describes 'An Incident of the Irish

    Rebellion / whilst Mr . Henry James has something to say concerning * Our Artists in Europe /

    # # * Professor A . S . Hardy ' s beautiful story

    4 Passe-Rose / which has been «/ appearing in the «/ , Atlantic Monthly , is attracting wide attention

    in America in its completed form . The Boston i Literary World has a special article upon the

    i / a . JL book , in the course of which it asks whether there is not a probability of our shortly seeing

    a turn in the tide of the literary affairs of men , and hints at the near approach of a transition

    from the realism of the present to a more romantic treatment of life . 44 ' Our age , ' the

    wnter writer proceeds r > roceeds to to remark remark , . is is nard hard and and un un--tempered ; now , if ever , is the time for some one to go apart from the noise of factory

    & M . •/ wheels and the confusing din of crowded cities , and bring i Jus back such delicate sketches

    as this by Mr . Hardy . ' An English edition of the book is published this week by Messrs .

    Sampson Low & Co . # # #

    In spite of sketches innumerable , and monographs not a fewthe life of Coleridin

    its depths and heights , yet remains unwritten ge . The poet's grandsonMr . Ernest Coleridis

    , ge , known to have ' accumulated an astonishing Wealth of biographical material , ' but it almost

    looks as if the full ~ and authoritative * Life ' was to be reserved as an intellectual treat for

    our grandsons . Meanwhile , any fresh light on the various stages of the poet ' s troubled career

    is welcome , and therefore the discovery , of which we give a detailed account to-day , at ' AJr ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 516, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/6/