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    f=^ August 15,1890 The Publishers' Circu...

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    prices , and other particulars where needed , of a very large number of the most important

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    Literature - - o « , , together with a a scheme 00 of the Lectures delivered by the University Professors during

    the summer session of the current year . Perhaps X . not everyon M e (\ not even the pro X -

    verbial schoolboy of Macaulay ) knows that the patriotic German Lied , ' Deutschland ,

    sion Ueutscnland Deutschland of the . , official ueber ueber Ai Allea cession les , ' sung sun of s- Heli on on goland the the occa occa to --Germany the other daywas written by

    Hoffmann von Fallersleben . , A new and complete edition of the works of the popular poet is

    _ -AXJT announced for publication in about 48 parts , to begin next month .

    The 'Iron Captain , ' by Hans Hoffmann , is a new historical novel in three volumes dealing

    with the period of Napoleon ' s Campaign against Russia __ in the year v 1812 . The scene is laid in

    an East Prussian town . Herren Gebrueder Paetel , of Berlin , are the publishers .

    Herr Richard Kiepert has prepared a special " ^ -pj- ^ - ^^ ^ ppp * *^^™^ p »^ »~ — map — — — — ™^ of — the ~— — ~— German ~— ™ ¦ ™ ¦ ¦ * - — ~*~ ^ p » ^^™ ^^^ and ^^ ^ p » ^^™^^» ^ b" ^ p > ^ British B" ^^ " - ^ ^^ V . W ^ P' ^ W p' ^^ p * ^ P ^^ W ^ Pro ^ PI ^ b ^ P ^ B ^ P ^ -

    tectorate in Equatorial East Africa , which claims to be at the same time detailed and yet

    clear . The publisher is Herr Dietrich Reimer . The Chronicle of the Graphic Arts ( Vienna )

    * f L \ / issue continues Strassny in its ' s seventh Little Masters number and of Italian this year Art ' . s '

    This number also contains other shorter articles of interest . The Italian Government intends issuing

    for the use of the law courts in Abyssinia an official — ^— v ^^^^ ^ p ^ p ^ H ^^ ^ r wv edition ^^ p ~ ^^ — ' 1 ¦ ~^ r 1 ¦ ^^ — ¦ — ¦ of ^ - ^ ¦ ¦ the — ¦ ¦ ^"" - * ¦ Fetha ^^^ nl»— — ^^ - ^ Nagast ' ¦ ™ - ^^—^ ^ p ^ p ^ h - ^ ^ p ^^ P" ^ p ^ ' ( m the ^ i ^ p . * ih ^^^

    Abyssinia code of laws ) , which will be edited by Dr . Ignazio GuidiProfessor of Semitic

    Languages at the University , of Rome . In order to produce an intelligible text Dr . Guidi

    has consulted the Library of the British Museum , the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris ,

    and the Bodleian Library . It is said that the Empress Frederick is

    writing a biography of her late lamented husband in which his character will be full - y /

    dealt with , both as a man and a soldier . The , late Emperor , ' s diaries and letters , papers of

    the Empress Augusta and other authentic documents will be used in its production .

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    will contribute to the work or co-operate in its composition .

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    flear to book-lovers which has been so plea-V ^ ftBtly described in Harper's Magazine for the

    exhibition current month was by divided Miss Octavia into nine Hensel different . The

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    contained in the Musee itself .

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    VIII . —MR . B . T . BATSFORD . Our modern - —¦ methods of commerce - have h ^—^^— ib i

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    bookselling traders . We refer to a , modest depreciation of their own worth and position .

    The pushing young man of to-day is quite satisfied that his business is the best . in the

    town , and that he is the only man who could have made that business . But when one moves among the men who have seen their

    three-score years , who are at the head of good old houses known tlirougtj hout the trade , this

    assurance is not quite so noticeable . In this series of sketches it has been difficult to induce many of the ' subjects' to unbosom

    their recollections , each considering that someone else ought to precede him ; and they have only spoken upon the assurance that no

    par-. / J . J . A . ticular order has been observed in the calls made by our representative .

    When Mr . Batsford , of 52 High Holborn , was looked up , the above-mentioned

    difficulty was hard to overcome . He urged with Bj v aBBh fjr * # ¦> dps . sp p ^ ar . kjpr irit w «¦¦ . ^ pb > ^ p and vp *^ pBB >« m H ^ tr ^ v good ptph ¦¦^ pr ^ pr ^ pr ^ humour pppjpipipbi vpv ^ pai ^ pai vp . ^ pp ^ pp ^ Pr ^^^ BB the ^ p * ~^» - ^^ - ^ ppr ^ ri ^— ^ Hpm ght ^^ wi - ^ pr

    of other men to precede him , but in so doing unguardedly uttered much of interest

    concerning himself . Though , in appearance , a man of about sixty yearsor underyet

    Mr . Batsford was born in 1821 , . When , only fourteen years old he was left an orphan , but

    was immediately taken charge of by the ¦¦ B founder fc ¦• ~ ^ p *^ p > pp ^ ^ ppb —~ —^ ^^ p » ^^^ of ~ m ^ ™ ^ the ^ ppf « pp * mmm ^ . p * present pi >^ ^ pppI ^ pp ^ r ~^ r ^ pp ^ bpbp pp ^^ ^^ ^ house ¦^¦^^ w ^^ ^^ ^™ - ^^ pr ^ pppr of ~^ w ¦ ¦ " Bickers ™ ¦ ¦ ^^ — ¦ ^— & ^ ^ Son .

    Having been bound an apprentice , he faithfullserve ¦ pa pppi d his ipp se ppi ven yearsduring which

    period ^ Bh vp »^ p > ppp * ^ p » y w he ^ pp » ^» had ^ pp ^ ^* " ¦ ^» " ^™ a p » pp > p » p lentiful ^ p . * ' w ^ p ^ ^^ ^^ w ^ experience p ^ ^^ ^ ^^ »^^ , ^ p ~ ^ ^ ^*— as m a collector > k IPPPhs under Pv ~ HTVB i the . PB JPP > well PJ PJpr PPPPPP -remembered PPPPM PPVPr VPPH ' ticket ' ^ p ^ . * ^^* ^* ^^ ^^^ ^^ ** ^ ^—pBBPi ^ p ^ ^ PipP * ^ ^^ . .. " ^ ^^ *^ ^ . ^ *^ ^^ 4 ^ ^ pr ^ ' ^^^ ^ ^^ — ^^

    system culties . put He in the also way remembers of the earl well y discount the diffi- '

    booksellers , and tells some excellent stories of how by the his publishers employer , Mr of . the Bickers day , , was even boycotted to his

    exclusion from the trade sales . Batsford Concerning that his he firs commenced t start in business for himself , Mr . aoon after says the pBm close of his apprenticeship pj by

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    occup years other V ^ VAAVJL - ^ ppr » . p ¦ V ¦¦ ¦* T *~ ies booksellers p IV ^ «« \ S * , ^ B » and J 1 AKJ ^» V ¦• *> * was A ^• J V ff ^ ' ^ p * ' surrounded within » T » AV » ^/^ * a * « * A ^^ a W » ^ p ^^ radius ¦¦ * «» pf- * b y ^* at ^ * <^ of -w least —> a —— quarter ~ twenty J [ —— — - —• —

    succeeded of a mile . in Onl ¦ establishing y ¦¦» «¦» two >¦ of busin t— these esses , however which ,

    p ^ ^¦• Vi ^ p # ^^ ^^ ^ . < * p ^ l ^>^ ^ r" »» ** ¦ » . «»>¦> . . ^ r > . p » ^ prmp- » F f *^ ¦»——» - ™ - ™^———— — .-p .- - — — - — have lasted till to-day . For some time Mr . Batsford Rftf . flfnrr . occupied nr » nnni . p > f . himself himHftlf chieny fthififlv with with medical medical I

    and general books , but ¦ "" his proximity ' ' ' to the late " ¦""¦ flft JL

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1890, page 967, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081890/page/9/