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      1 the South Australian Court of the Colonial 1 and Indian Exhibition , will give all informa-I tion that may be required with respect to the

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      } of all persons who have been connected with J the discovery , exploration * and development—¦ » ¦ h ¦ >• _ -. __ - _ 1 ¦ social _ ^_ _ 1 ¦ _ i _ _ 1 M . _ _ 1 and _ ¦ _ ^ commercial . _ . _^ _ 1 of ^» _ »

      ^ p the ysical ^^ " colonies , ^^ of , political Australia , and ! N " ew ^ Zealand — . s

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      5 ? have either , dealt with . a single , colony , or else ^ are quite out of date . And it will be especially

      « ' j valuable abv interest bi at m tfft bWb is at taken bb the in present M the outl time ying , when portions m » so of much the * ^ *^ * m _

      j : B op r inions iti sh E mp leading ire — , and r- % colonists when — — —— the ^ are careers — likel - — - y mW and to — — have the —

      jj an influence so important upon the great \ questions of EmigrationImperial Defence

      J and Federation Til ^ 1 . The fTH comp , ilation *^ 1 of *• the i 1 work , { has been placed in the hands of Mr . George

      Collins Levey , * C . M . G ., and Mr . A . Patchett . ' Martin .

      I 'P . N . R . * is thanked for liis esteemed letter I 11 01 tne ii a "l mst ¦( ^ n » n 1 s » ' ¦

      I ova . ; wnicn tne ecutor regrets he cannot insert owing to crowded space .

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      606 ** fi iiiexuuuisutjfs circular , . June 15 , - ** 8 & & * :

      \ Continental Ll^Ote^. > L T T It Must J...

      \ Continental ll ^ ote ^ .

      \ * It must be 1 ^^ true ± , it it ' s in the 11 papers , ' was , 5 i once upon a time h an - — - ~ ™^— axiom ¦ ¦ ¦ . Keceut

      ' rience does ^ ~ ^ not — ™ ^— confirm - ^^ , ^— - ^ - ^ this ^^ m - ^^ ^^—^^»^^» ^ op ^^^ w inion - ^ ^^^ ^^ r ^^^^ ^^*^ . VB ^^ expe ^^^ ¦¦ ¦ ^^ The ^^^ p ^ H ^ r I statement ouavciuc'uu that uxioiu the uuc ? Emperor jluxju ^ jc / Ia ^ j . of ui Germany ^ Jttzl . lLLaliy had lliXKi .

      I purchased the original MS . of * Die Wacht am I b' " ! ~* Rhein ^^ ^^ ~ —— ¦ ¦ , w ' or ^ ' ¦ ^ had " ^ . *• 1 h recompensed ^ qa ^^^ - ^^ ^^ 4 »^»^^ H 1 ^ ^ M ^ tf » flh ^«^ ^»^ ^^^ m m its * m ^ mrw ^ r owner ^^ T ¥ ^ b ^ fc ^^ r ^ M # for W ^^ F «¦*

      ? \ What presenting really it did to take him , place is certainl was simp y l inexact y this . :

      ¦ sented tne the uniet Chief to the H Forester orester Emperor Manuel Manuel William ot of Js Tfcurord a urgdorf copy orf in pre nrfi the --poet ' s handwriting of Max Schneckenburger ' s

      t I is ' Volkslied in the possession . ' The ori of ginal the manuscri poet ' s widow pt , however . ,

      I In our last we gave a brief account of the \ booksellers' festival at Leipzig on the occasion

      ; of laying the foundation stone of the new Exchange there .

      j , r « 1 the — We ¦ 28 — th — have ult — — — v . w , _ now containing ^ v - ^^ - naB v ~> before MB « ta * Mkk the «^ us <»« k ^* the annual «> wA * Ad » Borsenblatt I , - ¦ i . nria Hep m ~ «/ V' P «^ ort »^ Jfc •^ of ^ of rjk

      { t j ; ; opening the built a descri German , and p in tion which 1888 Booksellers of . the is expected new ' Union Exchange to , together be now ready being with for

      « j Friedrich made The by report the Perthes shows book , trade the of Gotha remarkabl in Germany , and e progress others since ) started — — — the — ¦—— ¦»¦ movement -w —^^ for the & ere JV ction / of the

      • - ^ -- »™ * ^* . waa «^ . m . vr a vav ^^* > UAVAA X ^ Jk VJ &^^ a / ¦ existing • ' Exchange m ¦» m , which _ — was opened just fifty _ years ago . In those days the members of the

      I whereas Booksellers they ' are Union now did 1 , 610 not . During number the 60 last Q , fewer than sixtmembers have

      joined year no the Union . y-one existence A matter enjoyed for congratulation by bookselling is firms the in long the

      I Mf atnerland . JUurmg the year ending at the

      Easter fair just held , two firms celebrated the hundredth year of their existence . One of

      these was the firm of Joseph Baer & Co ., in Frankfort-on-the-Main ; and the other the firm I

      01 of Jb Friedrich riedricn Jrertnes Perthes . , ni in u Gotha otna . , founded founded bv by the tho II well-known publisher of that name . Eight I I firms celebrated their fiftieth anniversary . I

      As a worthy thank-offering for the con- I tinued prosperity of the Unionand incele- I

      bration of the 50 th anniversary of , the opening I of the Exchangecontributions were solicited I

      from the Trade in , support of the Booksellers I and Booksellers' Assistants Aid Society in I

      Berlin than £ 1 , 900 The . result of this appeal was no less I

      The Historical Commission of the Union I has published a posthumous work of the late I

      Dr . Frederick Kapp , * History of the German I Book Trade until the 17 th Century ma ~ ' of which ¦ I - _ ^ A _ - ^ ^ B ^ A ^ h * ' ^^^^ 1

      782 copies ^^ were sold ^^ ^^ before ^^ the 15 th ultimo ^ . I The measures which have been taken to I

      repress underselling have already resulted in I the submission of two firms of undersellers to I _ v _ . _ ' — _ - §

      the regulations recently made . I The Report concludes with an expression I

      of regret that the English Parliament , while I agreeing in the main with the International I

      Copyright Convention formulated by the I Berne Conference last year , had rejected the I

      provision for its retrospective application . I The Annual Meeting of the German I

      Fashion Journal , the Bazar , was held on the I 31 ^¦ ^^ B ^ H ^ B B st ^^ B ^ ultimo BBWB » BBBT ^|^ « B ^ K ^ B >^ BJ |^ B ^ ^ B ^ . B ^ BB The BBBBB ^ B ^ b ^ B 1 ^^ B- «¦ net B 1 « V VBB ~ ^ T profit ^ p ^ ^ BBV ~^ ' | b ^^ ww ^ v for ¦ - ^ r the — ~ ^^ B ~ year H ~^— — - . ^ I ______

      ending Feb . 28 was stated to be 283 , 673 m . I 14 d . or £ 14 , 183 Is . 2 d . y and a dividend at the I

      rate of 8 J per cent , was declared . I Herr l BB Richard i —V rWVV ( Grill BBBIBBBB B Court BBV B bookseller I of - I «~| —¦

      Budapest ___ B _^ _ V B ^ > BVP ^ B —B » T <^_^ . , __^» has _¦ ^—¦ ~^^^ been __ i ^~^^ B » — . ^ decorated ^ __ H L ^ _^ , —^ _ ——>— ^_ i - —» by ^ H - " —— the —— _ - ^ B — - — Emperor ^ - Mb —— ^ . —— ' , J ^ I ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H H Francis ^__ B v ^^ ^^ V « M _ fc ~^^< i ^ l ^^ Josep ~ k ^^ ~^^ BBB > ^ B ~^ i B ^^ h _ bB k with V V ¦ MBfe ~ B * d »^« the « b ^«^ . V ¦ « ~ T ¦¦¦ golden bF *^ ^*^ ^^ ^^^ " ^^ cross —v- ^ —~ r-nr of —v v ^ the —— m < B - ^ J I ^^_ i __ __> ____ . _ _ ^ _____

      Order of Merit for services rendered ^^ ^^ to the I country by publishing some expensive Hun- I

      garian works . I The literary convention between Great I

      Britain and the German Empire has just been I ratified by the Bundesrath . I

      Dr . E . Hauler has discovered in the I Bibliotheque Nationale at Parisamong some I

      , remains of old patristic MSS ., five leaves of a I fragment XJ . O / QIXIK ^ XH * of KJJL Sallust MaUUDl ' O s Histories JU-J . DIA-U . AV > . One V ^ _ . _ . \_> V of ^ X these t /_* VM » - ' H I

      fragments gives part of Pompey ¦ 's letter to trates the Itoman Pompey Senate 's capacity , by for which fashioning ¦ Sallust truth illus- I

      to his own ends . Other bits relate the I debates in the Senate about this letter , and I

      others again describe engagements of Pompey I pai and gn Sertorius of P . Serviliua in Spain Francicus , as well as against the cam the - I I

      pirates A remarkable . law-suit is being ¦ tried in I ¦ 01

      a France "Pran dramatic r . fi . Madam Mnxi author ame , _ demanded b . . QaillardGt LJanlardet that . , the the the widow widow name of of I the wellknown drama * La Tour ¦ de Nesle'

      be Hit ) removed WBU - -J 1 HUWU from the UALtf * pedestal JLjII * JUJ ¦ ULX of U Alexandra . C 7 J-l ^ o- " ^ ,, _ j Dumas LJUULibts ' statue ntebbud ' in the ui . 1 , 0 Place x iauo jltxckaooixv Malesherbes -. ^ w . . - I _

      question Madame was Gaillardet written asserted by her late that ¦ ¦ husband the piece , and in not by Dumas . ^ M . Alexandra ¦ Dumas , fils ,

      contests ^ v ^ .- ^ - ^ J- ^ -. ^ . 4- ^ a this 4-l %£ < - * assertion nnM / vwi'i / vn . However 1-1 AnraTrnn , a letter 1 / 3 » T . T . AV ^ B H ^

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1886, page 606, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061886/page/12/