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June 15, 1886 The Publishers' Circular ....
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MARTIN TUPPER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. *
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1 >_* »-' " - - The Cruise Of The Baccha...
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sons ) is nov ^—although fifty years ago the , whole per shore nearly of the Victoria same as was that unknown of Manchester to Europeans The — rate very
-. millions millions able value . . of Few Paw the . if if property an-v . cities rit . in ifiR the have Viava city ever evfir is now attained a . t . tai over nAd ten so so
great a size with , any such , rapidity ; old colonists rehall m ¦ ¦ ember ¦• now i cows stands fc tied land up - ¦¦ - ¦¦ then to \ ¦ f the that trees was where thoug 1 MWkA ht the dear i town f at !
^ 1 an -w acr v > aw e now ^ *« ^<^ l ^ ; realises — -- — — — — - - — -, £ 0 500 | VAAl ^ V V * ^••¦ tp' M a ^| T « foot « W ^^^^*« and — . " «^ plots which then were bought per for square £ 20 have , been sold i for £ 70000 - ^ f The park / 1 and Mf * 4 % gardens
* - * w—— a ^^^» ^ mm Q ^ r , m \ j ^^ . « ^ h . AA \ J fthSUV ^ *» squares Pv ^^ 1 ^ . *~ ^^ P ^ # «> p ^ * . »* ^ J ^^/ a ^ tK . y the are so population numerous of that London , with , it onl occup y one ies -thirteenth very nearl of y
half as great an area / Very few young people in the course of
their travels would take so much interest in statistical investigationsand it is all the more
to the credit of youthful royalty , that our Princes have been enabled to make themselves masters
of emp so ire much with that which is useful they in may regard be to so the closel vast y
connected whole work in times similar to come evidences . Throughout be dis the - may
cerned upon as ; in an fact encyclopaedia , the volumes of information may be looked
rein specting the world some . of the most interesting countries
More than a word of commendation must be bestowed upon the illustrationsthe
excellence and variety of which do , much to enliven the pages of the book , and give
additional There interest cannot to be its the perusal sli . htest doubt that 4 g
The Cruise of the Bacchante' is a book that will attract widespread attention through ¦ the
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June 15, 1886 The Publishers' Circular ....
June 15 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular . 603
Martin Tupper's Autobiography. *
MARTIN TUPPER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY . *
have Few been books of p so ublished readable within and recent attractive years a
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personal and eventful experiences character , always , much of an indirect interesting information ™ ^~^ " ^ ™ p * ^^ ^¦¦^^^ pr ^ . ^^^ ^^ r ^ P »^ p ^ ^ is Pa V ^^ afforded PJV ^ F ppb ^^^ ^^^ ^^* ^^ i ^ ^ pjp ^ ^^ ' ^ . i of ^ P * ^^^ contempora ^^^ ^^^ ^^~ ^^ ^ P' ^ " ^ ~ " ™ " ^ H *^ ^— ¦ ~ ry — W history ^ -- -m - _ - - »^
—and course of of the a long eminent life , the men author with whom has from , in time the to time come ripaplpp in contact . Thusamongst —™ h - ¦ - —*¦ many —¦ h
others ot of — ' p ^ ^ r pbppptai Tjonafftllow JLongrello - , ^^ w - ^^^ — e ^^ ha B ^ m ^ r v w ^ . bp ^ e ^^ . reminiscences ^ p ^ ^^ CTharles ( Jha pi . ppp * *» ^ i ^^ P rles 7 ^ pwp ^ ^^ W p ^ ICine J ^^ \ ^^ jngsley p ^^ i i » a - , ^ pj slev nd ^^ ^ imp ~~ — ^ mp Harriso Harrison ^ - ressi — " - » ons — ' n
Ainsworth Michael , Faraday Nathaniel , John Hawthorne pi Leech , Lord , Thomas Elgin ,
- Carl ¦ ^ -- * . - ^* ¦ rama p ^ 1 ^ pp * IP pib * y p . h ^ p le ^ ^^ pT ^^ ipHpt , ' ) Alexander & ^ 9 ^ m Colonel ai a ! ^ v ^^« ipm w w , ^ B Burnaby Smith ^ pfc .. * ^ h ^ ^ A tw _ ^ p ^ mm p ^ ( author p ¦ Edmund «— ¦ _ ^ ¦ p—^ pB » ^ _ - ^ _ ^^ ^^ - ^ ^ — ^ - ^ ^»^^ ~ of ^ - — ^ 4 h ' A Yates < A *^ r Life ^ F * r - ¦— * — ^ ^ b r ^ ^ » ™
and ppp ¦ ' ^ Dr — p . ^ 1 p . , Russell H ^ pp ^ ^^ r pVp » ^^ rf 4 . ah ^ pp Head T p" *» p ^ " ^ p ^^ ^ fe ^ - ^^^ Master pp »»^ ' p « V ¦ ¦ pp , of the ^_ , _ v Charter - ^ - -, - ^ — ^_ - , _ house House . . Of < Jt neitner neither , Jtl Hawthorne awtnorne nor nor Smith omit A does does
h hav e seem e entertained , apart from - a their good literary impression qualities —«¦ , the to
¦ former > ww * -Phpr - ^ apr pm >« Pi appear * 0 - ^^ ••« , ^ p *«^ ar < K ^ kiah i ng * t ^ p ^ »^^ * superlativel very w ^»^ •*¦» w 2 " ^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ - « " - ™ ^ y ™ p—^— . env _ w w — ious — — . — , , _ ' and — . ^» the latter peculiarl pVpb y rough . Of Smithindeed . — - ^—
we ~— ~— ^ think p »» - ^ ^ r ^ kp * v ^ # pb m . Mr ^ - ^ ip * - ^ . v . ^^»^ p >* Tupper pfc ^* -wjpfc h pm ^ p - w h formed VBpk p ^^ pip * - ^ pt ^ ip » a — - ^ ^— - wrong ^ - ^ — - , ^ - jud —— . — — g - , — ment mfiTif . ,. No TCTn man Trt » . n believed Viftiiftvftrl more mnrfl thoroughly thoroucrhlv in in
rC T ) . O * . My L ., P . Life R . S . cu London an Author : { Sampson , by Martin Low & Farquhar Co . 1886 . Tapper ,
Martin Tupper's Autobiography. *
the in his force writings of style , , than as he did has often the secretary pointed out of Edinburgh . Universityand we scarcely think
he was the man to be , offended because a want of originality in the essential idea was
discovered in his works . But in order to make ourselves understoodwe quote what Mr .
Tupper ^^^^ ^^ r ^ r ^* p *^ ^^^ p ^ ppF ^ p ^ v ^^ p ^ ^ ^^ has M . ^^^^ p ^^^ r ^^^ - ^^ p ^^ p said ^ ppr ^^^ - ^ b ^^^ & ^ v - ^^ ^ r K . - ^^ ~—^ ^^^^^ , ^ pb ' One ^ pVPh ~ - . ^ ^^^ ^^^™ further ^» ^ - ~ m ™ ^— _ . ^^^ ^ ^ ' ^^^*^—^— curious - ^^ ^ ^— ^ ^ — — ^ - ^^ ^ p ' P illustration B ^ P ^ ^ p ^^ BVPJ ^ ^^^^ ^ PP"PV ^ ^^ p *^^ B ^ PP ~ ^ p > p ^^ p * of ^ P ^ V ^ V an ^ nPpqq uncongenial ^^^^ P ^^ . PV ^ p ^ - ^^ ^^ v ^ p ^ pj | ppK ^ p ^^ P ^ p ^^^ P ^^^ ^^ - ^ pr ^^ V guest aPK ^^ p ^ V ^^^ Pr PT ^^ 1 ~ ' is ^ r ^ this ^ P » ^^^—^—^ h : py
Alexander Smith wrote a " Life Drama , " full of sparkling poetic which at once made
him ^ p * P ^ b W ^ J W ^ popular « r ^ P ^ i » pV ^ lPPB ^ pk ^ h ^ , apparentl ^^ ^ 'F ^ V ^^ ^^ gems ^ p P ^ h ^ P ^ ^ M ^ B ^ y ^«^ , W with V V VHP ^ V ^ P * ^ ppr just ^ V ^¦ BI PV ^ pT ice ^^^ ¦« enoug PV m ^»^ P"P ^ ¦ ™ h ^ . I asked him down to Alburymade much of
him , praised warmly sundry , morceaux of his ( » which w w ^^^ b ^^ ^ T ^ b ^^ T P ^ ^ had B ^^^ r ^ ^ P ^ ^ marked »^^»^ w ^^^ l « p ^^ ^ P' « H ^ in p »^»^^ ¦ my p ^»^ p >^ b copy ^^ - ^^ - p ¦ ^ pv ) ^— , « ¦ and H I ¦ ^» -P ^ to ^ ^ p ^ my - ^^^^^ ^^ y
astonishment u Ohyou like those received do you the ? I brusque shall alter rep them ly ,
in ^ P ^^^ next ^^™^ p ^ , pp w ^ p ^^ ^^ p edition ^ pj p ^ p ^^ q ^ w ^ ^^^^ ^ p pp ^^^^ " ~^ m ~ pppv ; ^^ > , ^ p as ^^»^^ p ^^^ I found v ^ P ^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ p ¦ ^^ " afterwards ¦ ¦ ^ ^^ ™ ^» ^^— ^^ " ^ ^^^ ¦ ^^ ¦ ^~ ^ he ^^^^^^ did . ppi He iPpi was a common ¦ ¦ -looking ¦ ¦ i ¦ ¦ manwith a
rough - ^ T ^^ ^^^ " ^^^^^^ p ^ ^^^ manner ^^ p ^ ~^^ F" ¦ W ^ P ^^^^ ^ " ^^ P ^ ^ , ^^ and ^^^ ^^ ™ ^— a ~ - ^^^*^ ^ squint ^^^^^ " ^^^^ ^— ' . ^ P ^^ As P . ^^^ ^ he ^ — , ^^ B seemed upset—though why I could not guess—I
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gonette ; but all would not do—his day came to ^ r - ^^ ^ an ^ vapp « end ^ p ^ pr ^ pk ^ pt ^ p ^ ^ as kp *^ P ^ pv g V % loomily ^^^ ^^ p ^ p ^»^« ^^^^^ ^^ m as ^ ir ^^^ p' » it ^ ^^ began ¦ pv ^^ pr ^ p VH pp ^ ^» w » . ^ p ¦ Long ¦ - ^ p * ' ^^ ' ^^ p « after ^ ™ ¦ ^— ' ^^ p ^^
the I p ^^^* p stumbled » ^ p ^ . first pk ^ b ^ i ^ Vpj ^ ^ p * time « ir pp * p >^ 4 IP upon ^ Mp * ^ read p ^ ^^^^^ the ^ p ^ Bailey p ^ p" ^^ reason p » ™ ¦ p ^^^^ - ^» ' ¦ s . " I Festus — — had - ^^ p 1 — — p * p ¦ * then - ~ , " and — » for p" ¦¦
found Alexander Pr F HW some PPPMP > ' s PPB passage thereafter VPP > PF PP s PF therein V other ~^^ ¦ very little " ^—— - » ~ simil ¦ bits —¦ — ar from — to ^^^ p ^ . ^ p ^ p ^ . ^^^ . ^^* ^^ ^ Hp |^ ; ^^ p" ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ pF" ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ , " ^^ " ^ ^^ ^—
some struck other me . poets Little ( I wonder think Tennyson thenthat was I heard one )
no W - ^ r ^^ ^ pW more ^^ ^^^^ ^ m ^ m ^ m ^ p of V ^ Smith ^ p «^ pV ^ pb ^ pW ^» . P » ^ p ^ — who - ^ pP" ^ B ^ — ^ ^^ p ^ - ^^ clearl , v ^ p- —^— - ^ p- ^ prppp y , V had - ^ —~~ - ~ — ^^ thought — — v ¦¦ p himself » ^^^ b ^ pf ^ p ^ K V * J ^ p ^^^ p ^^ Mp found » ^^ pr ^ p ^^ ^ Jp' ^^ 1 ^ out - ^^ ^^^ PAV — . ¦ and ' ^ H V ¦ PB so PPH ^*^ received ^^ " ^^ ' ^ ^^ ^^ V ~^^ ™ ¦¦ my ^— '" —' - ¦ — first ^^ -- ^ w-
had ignorance known of all his about plagiaristic it ; and tendency years " — ' as after if ¦• I
p ^^^ V ytoun V ^ PPflB ^ B ^^ V ^^ rfVa ¦ " ^^ had V ¦ B >^ H > V ( as ^*« p > v ¦ Pb I ¦> »^ P ^ was ^¦ ^^ ^ ppp told * ^ J ) P" avenged ^—^ ^ J — ^ - — justic — — — — ~ e , bthat cleverest of spasmodic poetries
' * y Firrnilian , by Percy Jones "—a burlesque on , Alexander Ale-5 ra .-r . fler Smith f tmith . and and a a book book whicn which tne the woria world
has Enough too willing in the ly , let above die / will have ii been shown i
m M Ji IVf ^ rf & Ga . JB > pL AAJ , K ^ A ^ X ^ W » S- ^^ - ^ » ^ -- ¦ * V V ¦ ^ -m ^ m . *^» » ^ p * »^ ' —^^^ - ^ -- *— -w . —^ - — * * p » .-of work work the , aand interesting nd there theTe are are character tew few readers rea of ders Mr but but . Tup will will per be oe ' s
gratified awakens , , b the y its glimpses contents of . b In ygone the memories times , it is it
tr f . rnlv uly delightful dfiliorhf . fnl , and a . nc \ it if . is ia undou imrlonbtedlV btedly a a book book : to be laid aside with regret .
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An important is promised work fc P P 1 connected this month with . Messrs our art
William progress pa f ^^ ^^^ VHti P" ^ ^^^^ r ^^ P W ^^ Clowes ^^ *^^^ ¦• K ^¦ ^ ^ P ™ » P > « pj & * p ¦ * ^» ~^ Sons » r ~^^»^» ^^^^ , p ^ h ¦ " Limited p ^—^—^~ —^ ^ - ¦ ™ ^— - ¦ , announce " — - ¦ ^— — ' — — —* ¦ , that ^^^^ J ^ ^ y ^^ they V ^ p * pp % 0 * ^^ pT W ^ have Bpi Mfe ^^ W V ^ " ^ received **• ^ P" ^ P ^ ^ P * ^ " ™ ^^ ^ p- » p « official ^^ pp » pp »^ w ¦ - ^^* ¦ v instructions P ¦ ¦ ^^ ¦ ¦ - ^^ —^ ^ — ' ~^ r - ^ - — ' —— — ' — to ~^ *'
print Arts rti ~ _¦ ¦ . VPtaJ ^ an w and ^ Illustrated . h . ^ - i - ^ publish . t r- _ r m ** . ^ itt ^ c ^^> ^^ for Edition ¦•>¦> ¦ ^ i **** the ^»»»* - ^ p * Royal of -p » ip » «^ the ¦—¦ p™— Academy -pp » - Catalogue - —— ---- — — —¦ ¦ - — ^^ w — of ¦— ¦¦
of the Exhibition 1886 . It will consist of a comp ^^ - \^ A JL « . >^ r lete ^ ^ # T V ^^ - copy ^ b * ^^ *•«¦ ^ » of "fc ^ " , the ^ P- »» ~ »*¦ Catalogue " ^ w ' »«• ™»—» - » - — " ¦— ^^ -pp- , handsomel --- y »
printed fifty full- on pag good e reproductions paper , and one in typogravure hundred and of some of the principal works in the Exhibition .
S ' The published Bi ^ C v « pp * p yclists " * p ^ fv ' b Road y ¦ Messrs Book . Griffith / b . y Farran Charles —~ - ¦
r ^ p ^ r & pencer B ^ ^ r Co Jp * ** « ip . ^^ g ^ , ^ m will be B «*< w ^ " found ^ ^ p" ^ p * » ^ p™— ¦ ' a -p * 1 ¦ — first ^ ¦ - » — ^ m - class ¦ » —— —— ~ ——* — , ¦ — book ^ ~ — - for , j 4 roa A i ^ mjm d ^ m sters + J , ^/* b » - » P- ^ . « ' The •*¦ -- - » . »^^ ^ Road fcwvrfwv * ¦ Book ¦¦¦»*¦ - ^ - ^ ^ bt— . is ¦*** a wv comp -w —»¦ ——^ »^ - lete — ^^ w - ^^
-g S uide cotland to the and roads Wal es nd c it ross has roads notes of Eng of hotels land , , ;
a nd a good index of over 0 , 000 towns .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1886, page 603, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061886/page/9/
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