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DR. HILL'S BOS WELL'S JOHNSOJST*. The gr...
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alone sales asvifts . . , In In more addition addition than to to 20 these th per ese facts facts cent , , will will on von the allow allow gross you
me to point out that the old Ordnance , Depot , opened by the direction of the late Mr . Ayrton ,
was wn . a the the only onlv known known instance mstanrsft of of a a Government 02-ovfvrriTnftTit competing with retail tradesmen in an open shop 1 '
Mr . We : lsh on Coloured Books for Children . —The privately-printed opuscula issued c ^ j to the ¦ members of the bt * Sette t # of Odd
Volumes j ^ ft \^ ** r ^ - ^ p ^ » — — 9 hav — - ^ —— e - — - - ^^ several ^^^ m w **^ - ^ vr «^ w ^ little ** m ^ . ^ b * ^« m ^ p > ^^ book ¦^ bbp * ^ p s of ^ p * - ^^ notabl ^^^ * m * ^ b , ** " ^^^ e bp ^ b * interest 1 E A " ^* ^ p" ^ " * ^ p" ¦ ™ ^^ . — The — —• ^ " ^ ip * ¦ ^ latest » ¦ i v —hi— p ^ b . ^ pr contribution ^ bv .. p' ** ^ m « bv « Vb . ^ ab ti . r ^ bp ^ % ^ pr ^& ^ . ^ «^ b a ^ b ¦ b o \ r y . the « br ¦¦ ^ L ^^ b ** ^ inde ^* ^ bV » ^ r * -
fatigable ' Chapman , ' Mr . Charles Welsh , is uni V % ^ ^ •** que ^* 1 ^ " ^ ^ " ^ . Mr — - ¦ ^^ . v Welsh " ^ b * - - ^ p ^^ » * p * b has *¦» ^ ' ^ m ^*^ made . m ^^ b ** w ^^ - ^^ a ^^ 0 special w ^* m *^ ^ b ^ ^ b ^ t a ^ pv ^ s * n stud _ r ^ bf ^^ - tj _ y w of ^* » ^^
children ' s books , as he was in duty bound to - do ^^^ b > ^*^ as ^ " ^ ^^ one ^^ — — ~ ™ of ¦ the ^^ ^^— ^ - ^ ^ " successors ~^ b ^ ^^ v ^ w ~^^* - - ^^ r ~^^ r p ^^ v ^^ pv ^^^ r ^ p ^ . ^ - ^^ r of *^^^ ^^^ . J - ^^^ r ohn ~^^ r ^^^ v ^^^^ PB ^^ p Newbery ^^ P ^ V v ^^ b . " » » ^ 'B . p' ^ B . ^ ^^ " v ^ . P
The paper which he read before the Society , on the subject of coloured books for children , tells V ^ bS -P *^ " * " ^ very w ^ p * ^— w practicall w ** r ^ " » ' »¦ ' » ^ r v < rpb > ^ pr ^^^ p ^ k ^ Pk . y « , « ^ and i ^ py ^ Phi ^ pb ^>^ withal V V - » ^* b & b ^^^ W ^ p » ^ historicall « b «» P ^ pT ^ p / ^^ «^ bp ^ W ^ b ^ W ^ V - *^ bV y W
and happily , the entertaining story of the birth and life of books for the 3 'oung . There is a charming illu ¦ ¦ stration as a
frontispiececharming « ar ^» ^ m ^^— ' - ^^ not ^^^^ ^^ * on ^ i ^ ppK - ¦ account —^ ¦ 1 — ' ^^ ^^^ v ^ ^ b - *^ of ^ p ^ piiiB * i v its ^^^ - ^^^ v ^^ art P . ^ Pii * ~ 1— ^ pb ^ pii and . ^ v ^ m * ^^^ ^ h ^ *^ ^ hpr colour ^ IF ^«^ , ^ ^ hp * ^ . ^ ^ pm , _*^| ^ p but h ^ RV ^ PP 1 B ^ P 1 > on i < v * w account -v w of RiB the w -lair memories ibihirii » B ~ iur 4 i ^ ib p ^ nT it 4 Pk V awakens hT V V bV » A iife . V Mr ib » . V _^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ —— ^^ ^^ — ^^ ^^ ^ p * ^^^* ^^^^* ^^^ kpr ^^^^ ' ^^ p ^ pr ^ ^ rupr «¦¦*¦ ^^^ "v
Welsh says : ' Not until more than half-a-century after
the making of books for children became a special " — ' p - — " ^ ' ~ " ^ ^^ ¦ b" — ranch ' ¦ ^^™ - ^»» ' ^ p' ^» ^»> of ' - ^ ^^ business p ^ ta ^ ^ Ija H p ^^ ^» «* ^ p > ^ n » rn f w *^ , w under ^ i >^ ^ p >^ Pk ' »*> . k ^ fcpF . P . the ^ iir ^ K ^ ^ p *^^ guiding % ppte » - »^ ^ p > n J . J ^ pb ^ ^^* 4
hand and directing brain of . John Newbery , was - ww - the V- art > W VPr of «^ - P » the V iPfc 4 b- colourer T b PP 4 W called PHTf Pk in « W P > for P > the T k > T * ^ — ^^^¦¦ *^_^*^ . ^^ pjp ^ . ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ¦ ^* » ^^¦ ' ^ ^^^^^^ ^ RM ^ p ^^ p ^ Wp ^^
adornment of their little volumes . Some of the examples of the early period , such as the small quartos in Harris ' s i Cabinetor that
wonderful " — — — — - —— ^— —^ ^* % ^*^^ specimen v ^ ^^ # - w *^ ^ m *^ ^ h ! . !>¦ PM in W ^ ^ flowery R * ^^ Pk ^ aT v ^^ ^ b . ^ ^ 11-TJ and P ^^ ^ fcrf ^ rf ^ ^< . ^ »* g , ilt ^ - ^ ^** Dutch ^ p *^ ^ fcPk- ^ F ** paper binding , are quite as old as the century fi ,
ir if not not a a littl littl ee * older olrl ^ r ; and s \ . r \ c \ , - rude TMidfi as as the r / h treat lvr « p . t , --ment is , it was evidently welcomed as a pleasant innovation VA if ib one .. b ^ b J ^ Jk ^ . W ¦ jud ifaf ffc b | W from the f numbers Ti k
which ^ ^^ w ^^* were ^ P" ^ P- ^•* ' ^ ^ , ^* disposed ^^>^ ^^ may , V ^ VV of ^ year ge ^^ r A ^ by ^>^ AA A year ^> A A ^^ ^ . X' ^ Some ^ ^ P 1 *^ ^^ ^ P ^^ of —¦ these »» . »« . ^_* vvr ¦>» ' , a pv such ^ r « . « ^ af ^ 4 . ^ as ^ r « s ^ " ^ Marmaduke k _* ibifk * C * W ^ ¦^ JL ^ f ^* W /^ V » ^ Jk . ^^ f a Multi twv — V /^ . tV ff --L . p »_^ ^ ly w 's K _»
Merry Method , " were from engraved copperplates , almost wholly in outline , and , of course ,
coloured Colonrptc \ h by v hand Vip . nrl ; others rrlVhfirs were wrtr illustrated lllnaf . ra . f . ftrl b V . y wood engravings . For many years the engraver was instructed to cut his blocks for
juvenile detail , so books as to leave as boldl plenty y as possible of white , avoiding space in which — — the colourer 1 could disp fAL lay the resourc V / KJ \/ JL es
- -- '•» . . « SA « . v * r V V-r JL V- ** - A . V- * JU ^^^_ r" *_* Jp- X- * , ~ K ^ M * KJ l _« J *** * * . ^^ - ^ ^*» ^/ \^ KJ of his art . ' From what Rtf we v w have iV quoted I fr- ¦ P some f 1 B qh ilP of our lP
readers ^ " - ~ may ~^ w ¦ ^^^ ^^ ^ be ' ^^ ^^ inclined ^ R , ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ 11 ^^ to 1 J ^ R ^^^ ^ . ^ ask ^ gpr ^ ppp ^^ p , B ^ p Mr ^^^^ r ^ . ¦ ' ^ . . ^^^ Welsh ^ ^^^^ *^^ ^^ P ^ ^>^ if VP ^*^ it is possible to ffive his new odd volume a
wider publicity .
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July 15 , 188 7 The Publishers' Circular 765 r : " ' ¦ ! =
The Booksellers' Fete. At A The Large ' ...
THE BOOKSELLERS' FETE . at A the large ' Retreat and cheerful ' at Abbots company assembled ley on
Saturday afternoonthe 9 th instan Lang t , to celebrate — the 4 fc jubilee v « . / of JL , the % / Booksellers / lbTVAJLV ^ Jk ' Provident Jk ^^ JK .
— ' v ^» ^^ I Rw >* JJL JLVp ^— ' \* T JLM . ^ S IH - — VV ^ AA-IS ^ JL _» ^ . ^ V * ' *^ sit S Institution it uation uation amidst » . . mirl The » f the f . li Retreat ft lovely lnepilv has rural riTrn . l a charming . Pin « rv or of
Hertfordshire . Around the building scenery are trees extensive shrubs and and well flowers -kept grounds lend , uiet to attrac which - jL * , , q
t London from tiveness lVenesa amidst life for for . the those t . lioaft anything who who come « but omft merry suddenly Riif . Hftnlv noise out out of
Readers - ¦¦¦^ of the Publishers Circular will not require to be reminded that the Booksellers ' roviaent
x- Jxetreat was erected in 1840 for the
reception of members and widows of members , or ~^ " ~ ^ w , v ¦ as ^ p ^ pr one ^¦ PR' * 4 > ^ iiP descri ^ bVV ^ ^ kp ^ w * pP ^ T ^ 1 ^ ^ k ption Bfe . ^ ^ m ¦» ^ i ^ ^ p ^ ppb curiousl *^ i ^ ^ p >^ pl ^« ^ ^ rr ^ i «^ ¦ IP ^^ y « says pi ^ v « ¦ ™ , V * for ^ - ^ ^^ v
members and their widows . ' There are seven houses in the ' Retreat , ' which is built in the Tudor ¦¦ ¦ ¦ style and is externally a very ) pretty
^^ ^ ' ^^ ^ pp > pbp ^* » ^ ^ p ^^ *» «^ p » ^ i *^ rf ^ pi ^^ ^^ ir ^ b ^ b ^^ ^ bp ^ ^ ito ^*^«» p ^ pp »^ ppi ^ p" f ^* ¦• » ^^ ^^ » 1 «^ ^^ ^ 'p' ^ p- ^ m picture amidst its leafy surroundings . ^ A ^^ ^^^ p > ¦ special ¦ PfepRr ¦ 1 ^ 111 * ^ ir ^ m »^ R . " ^ ^ . ^ train ^ pr ^^ i ^ 'V ^ k di ^^^ i from ^^ i ^^ bj ^ t ^^ ^ H ^ iki ^^ Euston diiBtaMW ^ hBPVA P ^^ p * ^ ^ . p * ^ PbipPV conv ^ hp' ^¦ m' ^^^^¦ . v eyed ^ p ^ ^ ~—~^^ the ^ ^^^^ ^ pw
chief portion of the guests to the station of the L . & N . W . Railway , which is close beside the
grounds . A large marquee had been erected beneath ir the ¦» Pb shelter i of some Pk fine 1 trees 1 ¦¦ whose ¦
^^^ *^ Pr ^~ ^~ ~^^ ^ B ^^ v ^^ P . ^ P . V ^^ pjpr ^^ ar ^ fc . 1 ^ ' ^ pir ^ b « # «^ 41 BB ^ i . ^ ^ ib «^ p * ^ ^ pr p ^ dp . ' ^¦¦ r ^ ib ^ iH ^ tm ^ m ^ hiP' ^ P * ^ p . ^¦ H" ^ p' p ^^* , " ^^ *^ ^^^ *^ ^ pp ' rustling leaves ^ svere pleasant to listen to , were 1 it not r ktf that ipf biif many ikib ii of them t left their native " ¦¦ ¦ r .
" " " ^^ ^^* ^^ ^ H > ^ ^^^^^ K ^ K ^^^ P ^ A ^^^^*^ 1 P ^ . ^^ «/ ^^ ^^^ ^ . " ^ . ^^^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^¦ 'P' ^^ ^^ ^ . " ^^ ^^ P ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ " ^^^^^ ™ ^^^^ branches and playfully danced into the sauces , salads salads , and and so so forth forth . Tjiinrvhoon Luncheon was was served served
, about three o'clock , and immediately thereafter the ChairmanC . J . LongmanEsq ¦ fc » .
proposed - ^ j ~ - ™ ^ - ^^ ¦ " » pr ^ Hh ^ ito - ^ m * the ^ p * ^ k ^^^> w ^ ifc health ^"" ip * ^ P *^ pp 'R-d P « ^ P- ^» , * a ^ " . ^ of PP ^ mP * the pp ^^ mppp ^^^ Queen ^» " VplPh ^ ^ " »* ^^^ , , V which " ¦ » 'I p » , w was * ' - ^^ » - enthusiastical ' ^ PF' ^ n »^^ ^ br ^^ ^^ ^ P- ^ i > P fc ^ P ^ ^ i ^^ p pMfepP 1 ^ pP « Mbr ' ^ P' ^^^ p ^^^ l ^ p » y •/ responded ^ Hb > ' ^ i ^ ¦ k « X *^ ~ ~ ^^ ^^ ^^^ m ~^^ ~* rwm to ~^ r ' ^¦^ . ^ The ¦ ¦ ' ^^ toast - ^ p » " ^ pp— « p ^ Pi ( r ^ 11 ^
of the day was then proposed by the Chairman . This was ' Success h to the Booksellers ¦ '
Provi-—¦— ^™^™ b . ^ ^ Rp >^ r p' p ^^ . p ^ ^« pp » ^ p ^ ^^ . ^ . ^ ^^^ i i t ^ ip » ^^^^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^ fcapr ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ " ^^^^ ¦ p - ~ ~^ r ^^~ " ^^ ^^^^ " ^^^ - ^ pp ° "w ^ " ^ dent Institution and Retreat . ' In the stirring speech ¦ ** m ^ ^ . ^ ^ . ^ ^^^ * . * ^ ik which * * ¦ | fc i ^ ih ^ fc . P' ^ K ^^ ^ Mr 1 . ^ . ^ P . ^ « . . RP Longman ^ kM ^ tm . ^ ^ ifc ^ H & « b ^ ik ¦ «^ HJ ^^ ^ i * delivered ' » ' . ¦ ^ iP ^ *^ — " » ^ P- ^^ ' ^^ — ^ , he — " ^^« ' ^ P ^ ^ re p ^ ^ tpv
ferred , amidst much applause , to the benefits which the institution had conferred in the past , and stronglurged the rising youth of the
trade to take y advantage of its manifold benefits . ^ Mr —~ v ^ p » . v Longman ^^^^^^ m ~ ~ ^ ib mto VpBpk ^^ " ^ ^ " * ^ h ^^ pv ^ H > ^ ph spoke ¦ i I m ^^ ^ ^^ ^ t »^ h ^ iiHpr vi T ^ i ^ gorousl a ^ i ^ K ^^ r ^ . i . ^^^ ^ RRi ^ i . P ^^ ¦ ^^ y on ^^ ^^ ^^ the ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ subject ¦ ¦¦ " ^^^ m ' -m ^ ¦¦ ^ gjp ^ - ^ gRr ^ gr , ^ p
not in the form of an appeal , but in words of exhortation ^ ppr ^—^^ m «¦• ^ ib ^ i ^* ^^^ ^ 0 ^^ f ^ m ^ b ^ ^ a > ^^ r * ^^ i ^ ik to ^ bp * ^^ X do " ^^^^ fe > ^^ i that ^ h * ^ ih ^ n ^ b ^ v ^ kp which * * ^ m ^ ib ^^* ~ i i ~ ^^ ^ ib was ^ w ^ f * r i i » jr ^ ri ^— ^~ g ^ hi ^ . ht ^~ ^^ ^ ' ^ ^ in ^^ ^^^^ v the ^ pr . ¦ i ^ . p » ^
ppdirection of thrift ; and humorously drew imag * . * ^^ ^^ ^ P * ^ B' ^ B' ^ HV P & inative ^^^ ^ " * ^*** ^ " ^^^ V ^ " i ^ P" . P ^^^ p K ~*^^ ' ** ictures ¦ ^""^ ^ " ^^ ' ^* B * ^*^ ^* B ^ ' . ^^*^ of ^^^^ ^* . ^ 'success ^^^ ' ^ R ^ ' ^ IB ^ . ^ " ^ c ^ . ^ V ^^ V ^ P ^ and ^ . ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ - ^ ~^ ^ failure ^^ ^^ ^^ " *^^ v ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ p ^ ^ in ^^ ^^ . . . ^ i
carrying oat the objects of the institution . Other toasts were : ' Literature , ' proposed by J . ~ V . Whitaker , Esq ., and responded to by Dr . Evans ; and ' The Chairman' proposed b
W . H . Miles , Esq . , y ^ Afterwards ^» ^^^ ^^ ^ bP * ^ bjb ^ MPto » » ^ fcrf ^ P ^^* - ^^^ ^*^ , V games Hk ' ^ BIP . to ^ Pb ^^ ^^ pP i i were » T ~ |~ ^^ " ^ commenced " ^ Pr ^^ " ^ ^™ ¦—¦ ^^ f- ^^ ^ - ^ — i and — - - ^ ^« ^^ — ' ^»
continued with spirit . Some of the company , ¦ however ftk - » ¦ ^^ P ^ pp' » ^ b ^ ^ , a ^ . had ^ "WV ^^^ m a - *^ ¦ p _'' i leasant ^ b ^^ ^^«> h ^ w ~^ e ** , >« v ^ pr walk p w «^^^ ^ . k . throug ^ p- — ^ t ^ - ^^ -w— ^ P 1 ^ h ^ ™— the ^* ^ ^~ ^*
quiet lanes to the quaint and historic old Church at King ' s Langley . The church shows several memorials of the Longman . P » famil ¦ y .
- ^ i r ^ p . 1 V ^»^ ^ P *» ^^^ P ^ Pfc rf . ^» ^» ^ bP * ^ P * . » . ¦» ^ i- ^ ^ bb ^ fc ^ j ^^ P ^^ J PttsP * ^ fcjP' PP . ^ p » rf » *^ ^ b ^ 1 ^* P ^»*» " * . ^ ^ " ^ ^ piPk ^~ » ^ - ^ ^~ — ^ — ^ Games , dancing , and music in the evening broug r ht a leasant dayfavoured by de ¦ -
li P"b ^ p g . p * . ^ htful ^ ^ PJPP" ^ tfb ^ fe ^ bb ^ bp" weather ^ ' V very V ^ b ^ - ^ Pfc W p W , - * ' ^ fc to ^ bBP" ' « - ' w r . ^ a ^^^ c . close » ^ ^ ' ^ bf ^ ^^ . w , h The ^ b . ¦•¦ ^ ' ^ -w — presence - ^ r - - — ^ J " of ^^ a i ^ p rW number B &^ ^^ ^ BBb ^ fc » N ^ ^^ ^ i ^ of ^ ib ^ « b ^ ladies ^ b ^ SW ^^ . ^ ^ ^» P » P ^ pT contributed " ^^ ^—r * rf ^ % p 1 ^ P > ^ b T ^^ ' ^ P 1 * " ^ P 1 - ^ B- - **^^ a - **^ ¦& great ^— ^ - ^ - » - ^ deal ^^ ¦ ^ P- ¦ ^
towards favouring the success of the gathering . Among ^ n ^ b ^ . m ^ j ^ ^ bp' ^ Jp » tak the ^ b * pi A ^ b ^ guests b ^ ^*» ^ b «^ W *^ * rf " ^^ and ^ sm * . » . ^ ^^ p visitors » ^^ - ^^ ^ ^* ^ - ^ ^^ ^ . ^ were - " ^^ ^ " ^ : John " ^ ^^ ^ " ^ " ^ —
Esq Evans ., , Edward Esq ., D Marston . C . L ., LL , . Esq D ., ., C W . J . . Longman H . Miles , , Esq ., Henry Sotheran , Esq ., Joseph Whitaker , Esq Tflsri J . T . Yernon > rnon Whitaker W > i it . ji . kfvr Esq Klao . 'feamuel Samuftl Mutt TTntt .
., , , , Esq . ( Macmillan & Co . ) , G . Horsman , Esq . ( Hurst & Blackett ) , William Faux , Esq . ( W . H . Smith & Son ) 9 the Editor -b- bb of b the 4 - » Publishers '
^^ ^ # ^^^ L ^ LMm ^ f Jm p ^ " bl _ - ^ r r ^ fc- ' ^ r ^ Jfc M , m ^ «¦»& ^ b . ^ ^ PL ^ bpP ^^*^ ^ pr ^^^^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ^ pp m ^ b — » - ** - — — — - — - ^ — - ^ - Circular , Alexander McGregor , Esq ., L . D . S ., & c , & c .
Dr. Hill's Bos Well's Johnsojst*. The Gr...
DR . HILL'S BOS WELL ' S JOHNSOJST * . The great vitality of this famous ' Life ' is not surprising . The book is not only the best biography in the English language , but
is in also olan the +. Via finptsif finest . examp pnrn . mr » l le A of of biography hlOOTAnhv to to be be found in the literature of any country . Plutarch is Boswell's only rival . Remembering
a Tour * Boswell to the ' s Hebrides Life of Johnson and Johnson , including ' s Diary BoswelCs of a Journey Journal into of J Pembro North London Wales ke : Henry OpUege . Edited Frowde , Oxford . by . George Oxford : Blrkbeok The Clarendon Hill , D Press . O . L ., ;
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1887, page 765, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071887/page/7/
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