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    In the Public Library of Geneva—which was founded by Bonivart 1 in 1551—there is a

    collection of manuscripts , autographs , and portraits of Calvin ; and at the University Library of Basle there are a number of books which

    formerly belonged to Erasmus . Germany has good reason - to be — proud g— — — — — of —

    lier — —we we magnincen place place tnem them t public K T in in libraries order order— — . are are The Munich Munich first six .

    Breslau Berlin , . Dresden These , institutions Darmstadt possess , Leipzi amongst g , and ,

    them 3 , 060 , 000 books , and 53 , 100 manuscripts . Messrs iviessrs . , vmpnan OliDhantt . Anaerson Anderson oc & tFerrier errier .

    !• having long found ^ , it inconvenient to have , ( iheit tneir puDiisnmg uublishins warehouse warenouse : in in bt St . . UUes Giles Street Street .

    Edinburg St bt h street Street , so fax apart from their works in ,

    . . Marv JMary , , nave have removed removed tneir their entire entire business rrieJius friends will will to the miss miss latter the thft splendid anlftndid place ^ Their vview ie \« r which whir many . h

    could Walter be Scott had ' s from monument their as windows the centre , with iece Sir p

    and which charmed every one who called upon , i them The firm at their have well however -known plac the e of sat business iafaction .

    of JLhe knowing hrm have that , , however their new , , the warehouse satisiaction is situated on the very spot on which stood the

    son ' White put up Horse on his Inn visit , ' where to Edinburg Dr . Samuel h in John 1773

    -and from which . he sent his characteristic ^— » ^ note , to Boswell intimating his arrival .

    | Mr . Frank : Yizetelly state 3 that we quoted ! incorrectly in our last number the remarks

    1 from in the the recent speech trial made of by Mr the . Henry Solicitor Vizetell -Genera y l .

    He adds that an accurate version of the speech was given in the Times . The quotation which

    i we made in our editorial comments appears , | howeverin the Daily NewsStandardand

    Morning Chronicle ; and , althoug , h we regre , t I if any unintentional injustice was done , we

    certainly erred in good company .

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    j aa its The chief New article York Crit a strong ic for June and thoug 1 contains htful

    I estimate of George Meredith as novelist . It | states that though the ' Ordeal of Richard

    ! Feverel Meredith T 7 < 1 * first f ± lias onl appeared y obtained _ 1 so long 1 a reading ago as public 1859 1 OCr / k ,

    I in there America have long since been 1887 hero , tho and ugh there , of isolated course ,

    , admirer * of the author of ' Beauchamp ' s | Career' and * Diana of the Cross ways . '

    j A new in the poem Atlantic by Mr . . It Lowell is called will ' shortl How y I ; appear 7

    Consulted the Oracle of the Gold Fishes . Messrs . BlakistonSon & Co . of

    Philade Chemistry 'lphia , have for the just use published , of Medical a ' , Manual Students of '

    . b ph y ysician Dr . Brandreth in New York Symon . The ds , book a well is k inter nown - ,

    has leave also d for just issued nuscript a new notes edition . The of sam * Dental e firm

    fessor Medicine of , ' Dental by Dr . Surgery Gorgaa in , the the Univers learned ity Pro of

    -Maryland .

    Amongst Messrs . Harper & Brothers' new books we notice the ' Tramp at Home' by

    Lee Meriwether , author of 'How to , see Europe bv bA A . . » S . . on Mill Hill Fifty . Jrrotessor Professor Centa a Day ot of Khetoric Rhetoric ; ' ' Our Eng in in lish JtLar Har-- / y

    vard Universit , y ; and the ' Boyhood of Christ / b y Lew Wallace , the well-known author of

    Ben-Hur . ' Mr . R . B . Anderson , formerly United

    work States on Minister a subject to wi Denmark th which , he has is peculiarl written y a

    well qualified to deal— ' Norse Mythology . ' The i publishers -- are -- Messrs - - . S - . C - . Griggs % ji ^ 2 & < Jo .,

    Chicago . Messrs . Robert Clarke & Co . Cincinnati

    are the publishers of a new ' Manual , for Build- , ing Associations . ' The book traces the origin

    and history of Co-operative Societies , and points A . out the objt # ects and benefits of Building <_^

    Associations ; it also gives a great variety of useful hints on various practical aspects of the

    subject Messrs . . Scribner & Welforo , according to

    a statement made by the Nzvo York Critic , are placing in the market the original manuscripts of Anthony Trollope ' s ' Orley Farm . ' The

    manuscript consists of some seven hundred and fifty leaves written on both sidesand is

    comparatively free from corrections . , The Critic says that a note from Mr . Chapman , of

    Messrs ^ Chapman & Hall , who first published the book in T 862 attests its authenticity . A

    good round price , is naturally asked for this treasure . ¦ V

    Messrs - D . Lothrop , & Co ., of Boston , are the publishers of Mr . Horace Lunifs ' Across

    Lots / a book which evinces a keen insight into nature , and is thought by many on the

    other side of the Atlantic to be worthy of Jefferies comparison . The with \ same the writings firm i also of publish H # Thoreau i The or

    ~ - |— - ^^^ ^^ . ff ^ ^^ ^ . ^ d ^ ^^ V ^^ V ^^ i ^ B W fB ^^^ T r' ^^^ ^*^^ ^^ P *^ " ^ BIF ^ . ' ^ ^^ ^ pv ^^ p ^^^ ^ v ^^^ b p ^^ - ^^ ¦ ' ^^ ^ V ^ ^^« I ^^ . ^^^^ h ^ v ^ i ^ ^^ V ^ pv ~^ B ^ Deathless Book / by Rev . D . O . Mears , T > . D . In ten forcible lectures , which have attracted

    considerable attention in America , Dr . Mears traces in a popular style the influence of the

    Bible upon civilisation , government , art , science , liberty , and faith .

    President Hunter , of the Normal College , New Yorkhas been recommending those who

    cannot remember , dates to avail themselves of a little book recently published by Messrs .

    Charles Merrill & Co ., of that city . The work is entitled ¦ written 4 Historical by Mr . E E pochs . A ~ Fitzsimon with a System and of is

    Mnemonics this ^^ — - ^^ ^— ~~ —v manual — - ^— — — - . ' students It is claimed can that , readil , by fix the ^^^ m in use the of , y

    memory a long list of dates . Messrs — — . Funk & Wagnalls f f of New York

    are the publishers of v a volume , containing , twelve — - — — essay s by •* as many % / distingu *—iished

    scholars and professors of the United States concerning They also publish * Moses The and New his Psychic recent Critics Studies . '

    in their Relations to Christian Thought / by Mr . Franklin Johnson .

    A new portrait of Mr . John Burroughs appears in the Bookbuyer for June , accompanied

    by a sketch of his literary career by Mr . Hamilton Mabie . I - ' -- - ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ - ¦ jmAt nil imifi I ' - i - ¦ - nili i i i n £ Jf _ ..... ' H »

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1889, page 717, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061889/page/7/