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    m w - i . ,.;, jjpJM 444 The Publishers'...

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    I I last _ The report __ _ biograp _¦ _ ...

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    MR. W. H. SMITH AT STATIONERS' HALL. I

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    There is a pleasant bit of history , never yet in print * of the way in which Mr . 3 . Long b fellow came i to write his poem of ' Monte - — ¦ Cassino / which first appeared t in the Atiardi ^

    _ Ufor _ ye ^ himself ^ ^ — ^^ ^^ - ^ v a ^ v ^ ^ —— r ^ n February ^ ^ p ™ ^ j the ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^— ——— ^— ^ - ^ w- is Librarian ^ - ^^ » ^ v- * w — "w m *^ m 1875 h ^ American v ^^ - ^ —— — — — . of — - Premising the — — — . — b monastery ¦ education — - - — ^« - — — that — — —— ^ — ™ Father on — and Monte — ~ therefore - - — — Boniface — — — — Cassino ______ - , now , which r _ familiar the was Prior __ with founded ^ m , and h _ American — __ . _ formerl — - b -,- ___ ' y ^ — _ St __ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ _ y ^ ^ . ^ p for J Benedict ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ JB m ^ MMM rmja | B __ ^ MJmMmA I __ W A '

    the story , runs an thus : When y Mr . Longfellow , published quite his translation of Dante in —^ literature 1867 h «

    what copied Boccaccio from w Benvenuto had ' pleasantl , in a note y narr to ated ^_ the » 75 ' to th the line said of Canto Benvenut XXII o about of ' Paradiso a visit he , ' an once account * made w | « HH to of I the __ . I ___ . old _ B __¦ ^__ a _ _ __ _^^ ^^ k _¦___*_____¦ ____ k mmmm and ^^ k ^ m ^ t to ^^_ its _~ ^^ L ^^— I M ¦ ____________¦______ which ________¦__¦ H ____ __¦ ____ k ^ - he » - _^ ^^ ^^ ^^ h ^^ - - he ^ ¦ _^^ found ^^ . a - __¦ _ - _ -----k - _ - ^ J _ i _¦ without ^_ -k ^ -k ^ - _»^ -L - _ - _ -- > Lm - _« -- > . ^ ^ K - _ - _ -- _ door ¦ - " _^ k- _____ __ V « __

    I with ' the monastery grass ^^^^ ^ growing ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ upon library ^ the windows , and all says __ the books ^^^ _ and ' shelves covered or with fastening dust ' ' ' while wniie he d d oi of the tne brethren oi of whom he made to th

    ducats precious - ^ r ^ -1 ~^ w - ^^ ^ -i ^— ^ , w ne cut " ^ "" books was was - ^ out ^ ' ^ - ^_ " assure assure " ^ were a — ~ handful " ~ - ^ ™ ^^ " ^^ so by oy ^"" vilel ™ one one of —^ ^^ y leaves ^» mutilated - ^ ^ ^ ¦ » ^^ ¦ , w and ' ^ ' ^ Dreunren - ^_ r ^_^_ , that made - _ - _ --- ^ ----- > - ^ ¦ — — ' — ^ ' some psalters ¦ ¦ wnom m — of the which ne - — - — maae monks - — they - — — - ^ inqu inquiry , ¦ wishing sold — ~*~ iry ~ — ' — to ~ as as ^ ~^* to the ^ to r ^ B ^ V ^^ gain why whv boys |^^ ^^ W ^ a those and flsll few , L ¦_ I likewise 1 ? 1 „ __ of ___> the X _ . ¦¦¦ ' ? J . 1 made _ 1 _ breviaries •»___ . • _ which 1 _ _ 1 _ JLl sold 1 _ to JL _ » T __ due 1 ¦ . *'__

    margins they they women . ' In time Mr . had Long f always fellow ' s considered volume 9 found as ¦¦ Boccaccio mm its way ' to s slander Monte Cassino with a sort , and of the indorsement monks i i there bone read of what the distin the ?

    guished VH ^ T ^^— ^^ ^ ^ r ^>« v » < ^ ' names _ J *^ ^^ ^^^ ^»^^ " ^^^^ in » ^ ^^ modern ^ —or ~^™» V «¦*¦_> ^ , -m literature "_! ^ — ^^ j ^^ « ^^ ^^« J *~ k ^ v «^ . pqv ^ w ^^ In T ~ l ^ the ^ _ ^ , M » w ^ course m ^ ^ m ^ m ^^ w ^^ ^^ of ^ " _ ^ three ^ ^ ^ ^ m ^^ —^^ or —» - ^ v ^^ — four _ —— - ^^ ^^ ^ years ^^^ y ^ w —^ ^^ thereafter iV ^^ ^^ j ^ VJiA __ . mJLI __ Mr _ ¦ 1 . - the tne Long mountain mountain fellow himself , where wnere , in he ne tr was was avelling Hospitably hospitably throug entertained entertained h Italy , made , over over his mgnt night way ^( as to as his ins the poem poem famous records records monastery )' ., and and in in , upon the _ hA HI Hi

    morning was , shown the treasures of the library with its ancient manuscripts ( four , ||| thousand their flat ones edges , and clipped no , less as Boccaccio than fort had y thousands said , but carefull in rolls y — preserved not kicking through about all the the floor ages , with as 11 I briht and clean as when they were finished by the patient monkscenturies ago . After his 81

    g ^ , account return ¦ home * of his Mr •_¦ _ visit . Long ^» " above fellow _ ft «« mentioned did 4 « 4 * _> poetic , a codv j ustice of which ' in * he its •_ sent best 4 ¦ to sense * the urbane by « writing •¦• librarian the . « deli «__ ' F ghtful __ _ . fcW __ . Ill III I

    Boniface himself . II fll

    M W - I . ,.;, Jjpjm 444 The Publishers'...

    m w - i . ,. ; , jjpJM 444 The Publishers' Circular june I & M ^ ^ ¦— - ^^^^ ^^^*^»^ - — . - ;

    I I Last _ The Report __ _ Biograp _¦ _ ...

    I I last The report __ _ biograp _¦ _ , was hical never spirit so ri , fe says in Mr literary . Justin _ h centres Winsor the , world Librarian iover of as Harvard it is ^_ at ^_ present _¦ University ^_ ||| ; and , in some his ill lll ^ .. ^ _ ^

    America part of this . During activity ^ ^ the is traced ^ year ^^ to 1879 a kind ^ , the of Eng regeneration lish Society ^ of of the ^ Arts stud | y presented which ^ has a taken report plape ^ to the in J Prince i of i Wales ir its president bv vr i h proposing vaiiM the printing j ^^^^ k of ~ _ b a universal catalogue of printed a ^ hb ~ iv books <¦ I

    thus ^——¦ * v ^^^ initiating v ^ ^^ h * * ^^ m ^_ p w ^ r the , v ^^ ^ mw ^ r discussion bi ^ ^^ r ^^ m * v ^ ~^ ^»^_^ r , which »^— iv ^ ^^^ « i ^ ^^ «^^^ w must ^»^ ^^^*^ w ^^ r always fb' —» ^ b _ b ^_» ^ r h precede ^ k ^ ^^^ v ^^ ^^— ^ b a v ^ ht ^ p great - v *^ vv *« ^ r ^^^ v work «* v « w ~ w ^ fj ^^ ^ p * . ^^ ^^ The «^ ¦!_! - ^ p ^ trustees w «¦ v ^ ^ r - ^ ^ p « of w , Iv I published the British before Museum 1640 are . The contemplating Advocates' the Library printing at Edinburg of a catalogue h has comp of || books leted its in Eng printed lish I

    catalogue supplementing . The of Bodleian their main has authors alread ' catalogue y begun , with and the one British of subjects Museum , a hel is p considering to the user , that the 1 I had the libraries the of America to undertake , almost No alone more among important the great work libraries has been of done the in world the , cataloguing have hitherto of 1 1

    Boston collections Athenaeum courage than the are general now indexes carry . ing of forward their resources . The S , panish which the student Library finds of in Congress Mr . Whitney and the ' s 1 I Catalogue WMVWtVgUU VA of the VUV Ticknor XXVU 11 V 1 Collection WXlUVUlVll , jJust UOVJLODUOU issued , i C a * special O ^ V- * V > it * i biograp MJL \ Jtli . t * jJi hical . LL \ jail . monograp AAM . \ tXM . \ Jf ^ l . ta £ r ** hf , than ••""• which •¦— - to — ¦_ I

    few were ever more carefully prepared . Rarely will a catalogue be found more serviceable I the and Library average a courage , U . S student . that It is obstacles than also a that subject could , still for unfortunatel not congratulation check have y incomp carried with lete all , th librarians now roug issuing h the that publication from privat the e ente Brooktyn of rprise the I I I

    American Catalogue as a representation of our current literature . I II

    Mr. W. H. Smith At Stationers' Hall. I

    MR . W . H . SMITH AT STATIONERS' HALL . I

    On Wednesday , at a special Court of the Stationers Company , Mr . W . H . Smith , M . P » I presented with the freedom and the livery of the The Master of the iMiv Company I

    was ( the L ord O 0 UUISC Mayor 7 U H 1 ) , in addressing XA . UOU . U 1 II i » M M . U r . fcllO Smith ILVCLy said Ul that LlltJ Company KJKJlXXyaiiy in thus offering . . 1 UD XIXOiOIjKJL him the highest w— || com r - , - I pumpnt ¦ nlimftnt , in in their t . hftir nowftr the th « Court Ornirt . of of Assistants Annmt . anffi , desired HftHirftfl to to ftTmrftSR their t . hftir admiration n . dmiration oi of th tne © puuu PUD "* - iiI

    services he had rendered power to the State . express . I A J-X banquet M » 11 I | UDI / was WOO afterwards fUVDinniUO g gl iven VOU in Xlt the Vll % D ancient tUJUJl ^ llU hall JtlCblJ . of V / JL the 1 > 11 O Company \ JKJllk } JCU . M . y , when 1 T 11 O 11 the vmm . v || chair ~ wj jj * fl H

    occupied by the Lord Mayor as Master of the company . The guests present besides Mr . W . *»• Sir Smith Charles inoluded Russell Lord , M John . P ., Sir Manners John , Kennaway M . P ., Mr . , Hubbard M . P ., Sir , M Henry . P ., Mr Peek . Beresford , M . P ., - the Hope Aldermw Governor , MX , I i i of the Bank of landSir Theodore MartinSir Robert CardenMPMr

    Cotton , M . P ., Sir Eng Joseph , Hooker , the President , of the Royal Societv , ( Mr . . W ., . S pottiswoo . < w / . I Mr . Sheriff iiowwu Newton Bay ley \ , Forsyth jp Sir Thomas \ \ j Nelson , Winter Dr . John Evan Colonel s , F . R . S ., the Rev the tii . Canon Mastersi of TV w ' I 1

    mjk Dr . , , Mr . ure ^ iu , , Q ^ . . O ., y Mr jjxr . . yy niier Jones oones , , vjoionei jt Fraser raiser , , o » j -mftn I J Goldsmiths Fowler , M . ' P . . Haberdashers , Captain W . ' Codrington , Loxiners ' , , Clothworkers Mr . Truscott ' , , and the Rev Skinners . Prebendary ' Companies Scrivener , Mr . ^ , J Aw ? * ^ ^ - I I

    John Murray , John Miles , J . J . Miles , H . L . Hansard , 0 . Layton , G . Clowes , A . M ^ W ^ S I I B G . M Bentley aroton , 0 0 . Grimwade Mackeson , J W . F Rivington Truscott , F and . Hea J th fetter , G . A . Sala , H . G . Bohn , George ihit >>

    . . Lord John , . Manners , in , responding . . for , the Houses . of . Lords and Commons , ^ i fl ^ ^ J I ; : ^¦ p _ , ^ _ i ; . _ .... . ¦ . , __——w ^^— a

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1880, page 444, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061880/page/4/