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    important democratic to vi be ews rewarded , had figured , in 1839 among with the a seat July in the mba Academy tants , and of Inscri now p joined tions . the He staff entertained of the

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    from defence active of it political . In 184 life 8 he to became continue — — a his Cou * n Histoire cillor of Litteraire the Paris de Mu la nici France pality / , but and he to soon prepare retired for

    1 die 1863 chief and woi which j . ^ s of he his continued life , the ' without - Dictionary interrup of the tion French till he Language completed / which it in y began 1872 . to In appear jl spite in of

    the at , once acknowledged unrivalled excellence of the dictionary , the Academy , influenced by the denunciations of Bishop j- Dupaaloup — —j _ _ - J . ^ , kept x him for eig yj ht year w s out of its pale X . . It n eed ¦

    prec scarcel inc y ts be ; recalled howin how 1874 , af M ter . Litfcre his rece was ption elected , the fiery deputy bishop for never the S eine gain ; how peared he withi advocated n the

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    was The the death eldest is son announced of the late of Mr Dr . . Andre Wilson w , Wilson of Bombay , author , the of well The -know Abode n missionary of Snow . ' and He

    s Orientalist tances — led — , and h — ^ im ^ ^^^^ m ^^ m commenced subseq m h - ^^ - ^ . ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ h u ^ h ^^^ en ' ^^ ^^ V ^ tl ^ V his y W to ^^ literary ^^ ^ return ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ r ^—^^ " - ^^ career ^^ m to - ^^ ^^ Eng as * r ^^ n ^ b l a — writer , ^ B where for ¦ he the became ~ Bombay — " ^ - a Times ^ contributor ~ ¦ . ™^ ^ Circum ^ " ¦— to ~ ^ -

    Bkdcwood Pekin life . When ' ' s Magazine about 30 — years a literary of age connection he became which editor was of the maintained China Mail during , and the he accompanied remainder of the his

    time , and Expedition was afterwards to Tientsin intru . sted He with travelled the task a of great writing deal the in the history south of of the China Taiping from Rebellion time to and

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    notice a series . of Som articles e eiht on or nine Switzerland which he returned appeared to India in Blackw and edited ood attracted for a time a good the deal Star of of India and 14 the Bombay g UVVf Gazette years but ago the impulse of travel VJU was f » At 9 so »^ "V ^ strong vriJig V «/ J 4 him AAAA ^ A that in . »¦•*¦¦¦• 1874 ^^^

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    we ^ 29 th death of April announced Herr Heinrichshofen of the ' oldes died t German at Magdeburg bookseller after , a in short his hundredth illness . year . Un

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    the -- v or * va iginal * u 1-JLJI German . UBllitlUU liUIU and VUG it is ClCVCU edited HJl OUJl by Dr 1 VXJ . ^ paries -uaries x F \ . Mi Himfls mesProfessor PrnfftRsor , of of Natural Natural Science Science

    ° ln * Dickinson the work Ji College is ib to uj , , C form loi ar lisle , U usefu UBtJiui . S . A l . jii The anual auuai desi for xui gn

    I a *? . devoting - ** al at " ^ dents jn ^ themselves , and not exclusi merel ** a y vel for y m to those science who ,

    n " »* e the same time it will furnish a sound LJ ** for subsequent scientific pursuits . To the

    ¦ unpractised eye the volume presents a succession of of what printers t erm ' table matter /

    and pages we are bound to give a word of praise to the clearness of the typography of our American cousins .

    From Messrs . Chatto & "Windus . — ' Curiosities - of volu Criticism me of the / by May Henry fair J Li . Jennings braryis . an This interesting , the new

    addition to the series . It consi , sts of nine chapter ii s , "What thus h authors eaded : —i have . The saii utility d about of criticism critics ; ;

    in Turning , . Hypercriticism the tables on and . the slashing critics ; v cri . Criticism ticism ; iv in . relation Tolfl . fir » n to t . o the the law Iaw ; i vi vi . . The The causes causes ot of bad bad

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1881, page 473, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061881/page/5/