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Dr. Schliemann.—The Royal Institute Of
ability is a notable *•¦— . 'Tr A exam remarkable ple of this work . It just is the published
specimens ^ j-J g of — t * * Oriental S \ 1 j __ T and Forei Til gn - . Printing Tfc—?__ i _ * , ' ecuted by Messrs . Gilbert and Rivington
ex : and ( Limited interesting ) . The work specimen is one books of the that most we curious have It contains of fewer than
j Seen . specimens no 267 languages ; nearl — y all of which ¦ are Oriental .
&\ Nothing J I **~~^^ j could ^ 3 - * give a better / idea of the immense resources of this well-known house for the
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by in exceeding Eastern the firm ly languages curious are not to confined of notice many to the advertisements books appearance . It is
with . * which ¦ « ^ we have ^ a dail ^ ^ y familiarit f * * i * ¦ y . The mi leading Chambers niiamhfirs publications are are sh shown own m in of a a Messrs pag Daere e . of of W ( Chin . Jhin & ese ese R . ..
Fleming ' s ink is advertised in Hindi , Gujarati , TurkishSanscritArabicHebrewand
Hindustani . , The m virtues , of , ir Mrs . Allen , ' s Hair ¦ Restorer are ¦ set forth in Turkish and
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receives full attention in Burmese . One page of the catalogue in itself contains specimens of
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for which ordinary Roman types are used . Even languages such as Pushtu and : Tibetan , which in ^— Europ — ¦— e — are — very — sli — ghtly known — are
not < r ^^^ ^ omitted —^ . Interesting tables * Zj * ^ J of statistics , , & c . are *^¦ supp ¦ —— « # — li ^ e ^^ d — — while — testimonial — ' — s as ___ to __ the _ _
character « vr ^ r ^ , v ^ »» ^^ ¦ ^ of - the , work - done by the ~ firm are given in the form of extracts from the prefaces
of such notable works as Professor Wilson ' s 'Glossary of Indian Terms , ' and Dr . Isaac
Taylor ' s ' History of the Alphabet / Breakfast and Business . —It was my
privilege—writes the Rev . John Baird , of day Edinburg morning h , to June the Christian 2 to join Leader at breakfast —on Tues the
-Directors of the , Relig , ious Tract Society . The committee is composed of clergymen ,
physicians cians five usually , , solicitors solicitors assembl , , merchants merchants e every ; : and and Tuesday about about morning twenty twentv--at eight o ' clock to partake of breakfast and
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early hour , summer and winter , they meet the together affairs wwk ^ , fro of m the t / week society /^ to week The , to 1 superintend proceedings
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dence , which was from all parts of the world . sjj 9 teration ^ important was in matter reference broug to a ht special under class con of
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came the revision and sanction of tracts for previ circulation have ous , . which Cop each ies are member supplied th supposed e week
conversation ww > « ave read read at , and and Tuesday it if , was was ' s boar evident « vir d ? fint that from from this had the th « " | been eneral done excellence in the very of the thorough and societ ' s way tracts . The is
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likely to escape . Next came the home correspondence . The applications for tracts for
usuall distribution y ranging were from very one numerous to two pounds , and grants , were , allowed . Some were for 4 ships ¦ for mission
agencies ^ — — — , for — " ~ — hosp — ^~ - — ital " - ^ " - ^^» ^ s , «^ for ^^^ V v special ^^^^^^ . ^^ * W ^^^ ^^ " ^ , w ^^ evangelistic ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^ n ^^ ^^—^ ^»^ . » efforts , and the details connected with several were singularl k y interesting f . Other matters ¦ of ¦
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judicious way . As ten o ' clock struck on St . Bennett Paul ' s most to his of practice the committee and the left others , Sir to Risdon their
chambers and counting-rooms . It is at a committee meeting like this one sees the interest — — —— - and intelli - ^— —— — — — — gence ^^^^ m ~~ —~ " " ^^^ of ^^^ ^ - ^ the ^^^ ^^^ - — ^¦ ^ " ¦ directors - ^^ —^^ r—^^ m - ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ f ^^ v ^ in ^^ — —^^
their work of faith and labour of love , and learns the magnitude and beneficence of the society ' s operations . When it is remembered
that it has published in 172 languages and that its issue of tracts and periodicals from foreign depots last year was 15000000 one feels it is
no exaggeration to regard , it , not , only as one of the most important societies of the land , but
of the world .
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^ - ¦ - ~ ¦—— ' ' -nm wr . june 15 , ^ 85 The Publishers * Circular 539
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The new volume ( 19 , Phy to Pro ) of the Encyclopaedia Britannica will be ready for publication immediately .
Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co . have the third volume of Mr . Leslie Stephen ' s * Dictionary of National Biography ' nearly ready .
Mr . George Edmundson has just ready a volume on 'Milton and Vondel . ' He describes his work as a 'curiosity — — - - % / of literature / and
states that its purpose is to show that Milton * was largely indebted , in the composition of his * Paradise Lost , ' to the ' Lucifer , ' a drama
of his illustrious Dutch contemporary , Ioost van den Vbndel ; also to 'Joannes Boetgegant / an epic ; to ' De Bespiegelingen van Godt en
to Godtsdienst ^ ' Adom , in ' a Ballingschap didactico C -reli A , ' gious a drama poem by ; and the
same writer , in portions both of ' Paradise Lost' and * Paradise Regained '; and , lastly , that Vondel's drama * Samson' has
considerable claims to be , regarded , as the literary parent of ' Samson Agonistes . ' Messrs . Triibner & Co . are to be the publishers .
Mr . A . C . Swinburne has written an article on Nineteenth Victor Hugo Century for . the It coming will dea number l chiefly of with the
Victor Hugo ' s powers of constructing a plot , and , his . perfection in depicting a dramatic
episode ^ 'The ; . > Torpedo Scare will form the subject
of a small book by Hobart Pasha , which will be published by Messrs . Black wood . The
distinguished officer contributed the article iipon the same sivbjeet which appears in the
June number of Maga . * Gordon ' s Dream ! ' is the name of a
Allen picture . A now photographic being painted print by of Mr the ' . Walter work will J .
; Jul be issued , - . by Messrs •' ' ;_ . Marion , # & Co . earl ,, „ ' y in . > V
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1885, page 539, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061885/page/3/
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