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      In Jl^Emoi^Iam

      . - . . ^ and breadth , his beautiful life was marked by habitual elevation of thought arid the unity

      which springs from a noble and undivided aim . '

      * ; ' ' ' -' ' ' ' ' _ ' ' " ' ' Eg. : -...

      * ; ' ' ' - ' ' ' ' ' _ ' ' " ' ' Eg . : - . .. ........ " , August 151 * 89 The PublisHeris' Circular . v , 949 ,

      Osmyn Brewsteb. A Truly Honourable Membe...

      OSMYN BrEWSTEB . A truly honourable member of the old

      on school Jul of y 15 publishers ? in the died person at Boston of Mr , . U Osroyn . S . A .,

      Brewster , for many years a partner in the once well-known firm of Crocker & Brewster

      of that city . Mr . Brewster was born on , Aujgust 21797 at WorthingtonMass . and

      began his , business , career at the age , of fiftee , n as apprentice to Mr . S . T . Armstrongof

      Boston , printer and publisher . In 1818 , , Mr . Armstrong ^^ took _ _ young ^ — _ ^^ Brewster — — _ . — __ — and

      another assistant called Crocker into partnershipand this infusion of new blood led to so

      great , an increase of business that the senior partner retired from the concern with a fortune

      in 1825 , leaving his business to his young associateswho carried it on with conspicuous

      success for , upwards of half a century . In 1876 , Messrs . Crocker & Brewster withdrew

      from business , and sold all their valuable plates and stock , to Messrs . H . O . Houghtpn .

      & Co . A branch of the business had been -established many years previously in New Yorkand had passed into the hands of Mr .

      Daniel , A . Appleton , and out of this modest beg a ^ p inning j in due — time — sprang jT ^^ the great ^ j —

      publishing house of Messrs . D . Appleton & Co . Mr . Crockeras well as Mr . Brewster

      lived to celebrate , his ninetieth birthday , and , both of them took an active part in public

      movements kind . ' Both of a partners philanthrop had ic learned and educational in the old

      school of merchants that the only way in which money may be , made in the ordinary

      • lishing book business and buying is by strict hard attention work , careful to business

      pubclose economy , and , saving . In this way they , survived panicsresisted temptations to sell

      at cost , and steere , d clear of many evils that have now crept not into the book trade alone

      but into trade in general . The partners were , lifelong friends as well as business associates .

      their The ^ - ^ ~ —— fiftieth connection " ¦ ~— 1 ¦* ^^~ v ^ h ^^ r ^^^ - and ^^ ^^^ - ^^ r ^^ H ^ HW sevent ^ in BV W V ^^ business ^^^ p ^ T « B W ^^^ ^^ y ^^ p V - fifth ^^^ - W ^^ ^^^ p were V W ^^^ V anniversaries ^^^ ^^^ r appropriatel ^ B . ^^ T H ^^ V ^^^ *^^ ^*^^ V ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ of ^^^ y W

      celebrated in 1868 and 1886 in Mr . Crocker ' s homeand on both occasions the leading

      citizens , of Boston tendered their cordial congratulations / Mr . Brewster was an active

      member and was of universal the Old ly respected South Church as not , onl Boston y an , ¦ uprightbut a singularl hph y h genial wm'mr ^ and # B ¦ kindl i y

      — K ^ B ^^ , 7 ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^— ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ' ^ ^ v ^^ v ^ w ^^^^ H * , ^^ h ^ v a ^ B *^ ^^ ^^*^ v . m ^^^^^ m . H * ^^ w ^ v ^ to ^^ b *^ m man children . Seven , and seven children great , -grandchildren twenty-two grand sur - -

      closing vi ve him years , and of it is this pleasant patriarch to think amongst that pub the

      lishers were cheered by the things which obedience should accompany , troops of old friends age , / as ' honour , love ,

      Alexander Johnston, M.A. The Wmm^M ^B^Bj...

      Alexander Johnston , M . A . The WmmBBj r science WBl t of - political ~| Bl 1 W « BB economy 1 V BBB * H has BB lost fe

      ^ m ^^ ^^ r ^^ ^ t ^ " ^ ^ gr ^^^ ^ BJV ^ g' V ^ Jt M ^^ " — ^ . B ( ^ T " > ^ B 9 ^^^^^ ^ B ^ ~ r ^ B * ^** ^ ' ^ ¦ . "V ^ m ^ V ^ ^^^ ^^^*^ ^^^ ^ W one of its most distinguished exponents in the

      iNew World by the death at Princeton , New

      Jersey , on July , 20 , of Professor Alexander Johnston . He was born in 1849 and

      graduated as a student of Rutger's College , in 1870 ; six years later he was called to the Bar at New

      Brunswick , N . J ., and in 1879 became principal of the Nor walk Latin School . Mr . Johnston

      was appointed Professor of Jurisprudence and Pol ^^ " ^ - itical ^~ ^^ ¦ ^~ - ^* ¦ - ^ " Economy ^ m ^*^^ " ^^ " ^ " ^ ^^^^ ~^ r ^^^ bb ^ bb m in ^ m ^^ ^ Princeton " ^™ ^^ ^»^™«™ ^ mr - ^^ ^ r ^^ ^^^ b » College - ^ aw v ^ biv ^^ ^^ r ^ p ^ k ^( P' in b ^ b ^^ b '

      1883 , and held that post at the time of his premature death . He was a contributor to the

      4 Encyclopaedia Britannica , ' but ia perhaps best known in this country by his ' History of

      American Politics . . Amongst his other works are ' The Genesis imBw of a New Eng ¦ f ^ f land State Bft m , ' a ^^*^ M ^ A m ¦ bb *^ .. _ . _ _ ^ m ^^ j .

      * History . of the . United States *** . * for School ^ s , 'and a * History of Connecticut . ' Professor Johnston's death at the comparatively early age of

      forty is a distinct loss to the department of scholarship with which his name is so honourably associated .

      W. R. S. Ralston, M.A. {Society In Russi...

      W . R . S . Ralston , M . A . { Society in Russiaas well as in England

      has heard with genuine , regret of the death of , North Mr . Ral Crescent ston , which Bedford took place S at his residence W . C . on , quare

      a B ¦ ^^ m \ bB bI . ¦ , , Bfc ^* . ¦ JL . 1 , « ~ _^« . ~ , n studied the ^ 6 th at instant Trinity . He ^*^ College was , born Cambrid in 1828 ge ^_ , _^ , from and 184 & to ¦ 1850 ¦ - - ~ ; after - taking rv his degree bw he was

      called —~ — — — . to the —— — Bar ^ g — — ^^ at ^™~ — the — - ^— ^~ - ^^^^ _^ - Inner ^^ ^^^ BBB ^ K ^^^ ^^^ ^^^"'^^^ Temp ^^^^ w ^^ BHv ^^^^ le ^^^ , ^ in B ^^^ ^^^ 1862 ^^ " ^^ ^^ BI ^^^ PB , but he never practised in the legal profession .

      In 1853 hB . Jhfijcame a member of the staff in the Department of Printed Books in the British

      Museum , and he remained an Assistant Librarian in that Institution , until the year 1875 .

      Mr . Ralston was twice appointed Ilchester Lecturer in the University of Oxfordand he

      was a member of many learned societies , , both at home and abroad . In 1886 his services to

      Russian literature were recognised by his election as a corresponding member of the— I

      Imperial Academy of Sciences , St . Petersburg . I Mr , Ralston ' s first book was an account of

      * Kriloff and his Fables' ; this appeared twenty years agoand has since passed through

      several editions . , In 1872 he published i Songs of the Russian People / and this was rapidly

      followed by * Russian Folk Tales ' and * Early Russian History . ' Mr . Ralston enjoyed the

      personal friendshi •/ p of the great Russian m ) novelist TurgueniefF , one of whose romances

      he published in an English dress . No man in England knew more about Russian folkloreand his power to enlist-the sympathies

      of other , people in his favourite subj ect was nothing less than remarkable . iBEis popular lectures—and he delivered many of them up

      and down the country—were not merely an intellectual treat , but an unfailing delight to

      old and young . i

      Ig Ti^Ad^ Cc^Ange^ The Old-Established S...

      ig Ti ^ ad ^ CC ^ ange ^ The old-established stationerylibrary

      bookselling , and printing business , carried on , for dBha iihe % last fifty years by the late Mr . Ebenezer

      the \ ^ —m ^ hilb ^^ executors ^^ ^^ ^^^ y , at Ye — — bv W o vi W — his l , ^^ has sons — been , Mr . purchased — John — Kerbey — — from — ^— I

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1889, page 949, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081889/page/23/