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    ioo6 The Publishers' Circular Sept. 15,1...

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    1 A new writer , who is content to be known for the present as ' . ' has written a romance

    entitled 1 mi -I * Dead t-v 1 Man -mr _ .. » ' , Rock tt » _ . i _ , ' which i _ _ i _ will n l . be published jj \ X Kf UOilCU . by My Messrs O . TXCt 3 DLO . « Cassell V > C *> OOV > XJ . VX & / Co V ^ V ^ . . in XIX CD a few 4 . V > *»

    days , in their series of adventure books which includes * King Solomon's Mines , ' / Treasure

    Island , ' & c . Early in October Messrs . Hodgson will

    sell several thousands of popular modern worksthe disposal of which is due to the

    removal , of Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . to their new premises at St . Dunstan ' s House .

    The Primrose League , through the GrancJ Master — — the — — Marquis _ . ___ of Salisbury _ — __ has presented — —

    __ y , , j A M ft ^ j , MB Ju A ¦¦ — the m . Queen ^ pipk . a Jubilee ^^^^ m ^^ m ^ volume ^ , described ^ m ^ ^ as the biggest volume ever bound . It measures

    18 inches across the back , weighs 30 lbs ., and J is -O filled J _ 1 X 1 « T /\ J , with VY 11 H congratulatory VUliglOrUUlCll / UXJ addresses CLKXVJL 1 . OOOCO to U \ J ^ c her J . XX > ± .

    Majesty from the habitations of the League throughout the Empire .

    We would remind . * our readers that the subscription list to the ^ eleventh annual issue

    of * The General Book Catalogue ' closes on 30 th Septemberand as we understand

    ¦ appointed booksellers pj — ¦ ™ ~^ " ~ ~— ~ by - ™ in , g previous , not — . ~» - ^ ¦ subscribing — ™ ~—~ — » ™ ~ —p- years ^^ i . ^^^ - ^ pp \ n v ^ p ^^ v ^^ PppB have ^ in ^^ ™^^ ^^^ been time ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^* PBpp 1 ^ PJP many ^ , VJ dis we w ^ " - ^^"

    would recommend an early application , to the publishers ^ pj — - — -- ¦ - ^— —— — — , -y Messrs — — — — - . v ^ Barnicott — ^ p- — ' » ^— ' — - ^» - - ^^ - -w ^» p- & ^ Hp- ^ v » Son - ^^ pr ^^ f- ^^ HP * , ( pa 44 ^^ pw . d ^^ H ^ Fore ppH . ^ P 1 ^ Ppv " ^ p " pP ~

    Street , Taunt on . Truth says : —' The Duke of Devonshire ' s

    magnificent library has now been concentrated V ^ - - __ - __ _ - at — _ r w Chatsworth ~ — _ - - - ^_ - n m ~^_ — — , - ^ w — -W ith I ~^ P- ~^— ^^— the - ^^ ^^ H ^ PV - ^^ exception ^^^ T « P" » P ^ P ^^^ ° " ^» ^ F" ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ of ^ " ^^ " ^^^

    John Kemble ' s rare and splendid collection of p B ^ " ^ lays ^ " ^ M , which ¦ ^ ™^ ™ ¦ ¦ was » v ¦ ^ »^^ p- purchased p —*^ " ^ bw »™^ P" » h ^^^ ^^ h ^^ pp p- ^^ v ^ Pppp ° " ^ p ^ ph b > ^ p ^ p- y *¦ the ^> p > pppp ^ pp ^ P * ^^^ r ^ late ^^ * W ^ V ^^ 1 V ^^^^ p Duke ^ g ^^^^^ r ^ W ^ V ^ IV ^^ V ^^^ F

    in 1821 , and which remains at Devonshire House . The library at Chatsworth is not onl

    one of the finest in Great Britainbut it is also y one of the oldestand it includes , the wonderful

    collection ^ K > M _ ^ of ^^ scientific ^ , . ^ B . M « b works ^ B which - __ was made by ^ B Henry — - ^—r —^ ' ™ ^ ^» Cavendish — - — — — - ° — ' — — *— » ^ - - * — , ih the " ^» - ^^^ —m - ^^ r celebrated ^ ^^^ ^ h ^« ^^^ y ^^ v-v ^^ p ^ m- ^^ r ^ V ^ P ^^^^^ F scientist ^^ P ^^^ ^^ Ht ^ fc ^ P ^* ^^ ^ B ^ WHW ftp ^^^ p . ^^

    A splendid illustrated catalogue of this library was _ — printed _ _^ — — ^ T — some , _^ ... __ , years ^^ ^^^ ~^~^^^^ - ~_~ ago ^^ -V M ^ B ^ B H , ^ m but W ^^ ^ " ^ ^ ^^ ¦ onl ^^ P ^^ P" . ^^ W y pH for | 1 ^ pP' f ^ M pri Mp * " ^ tf ^ H -

    vate circulation / Shakespeare ¦— ¦—¦ is not the onl piv one who £ b rik

    forbade posteri ' — — — - — - ^^— ty to ~~ - ^ ^ - ~— move hh v ^« ^ P' i ^^^ his v ^ ^>^^ *^^ P ^ bones ^* i » BV ^ PV y W ^«^ P . VV P «^ P ^^^ p * In ^ p a ^^^^ P deep ^ . ^ ^^ P ^ ^^^™ and dark recess among the sepulchral

    chambers of Sidon , on a splendid sarcophagus in , blac — — k stone — — — — the delvers ~~ ~™ ~ r of the Palestine krfcr # tfv Ex « w « kt - , ^ ^^ —^ ^^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^ p' ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ tpr ^^^^ ^^ p'pv ^ ^^ ** ^* p ^ pfc ^^^* papi * p *

    ploration Committee lately discovered an an ~ - ~ - cient — m i ¦ Ph ¦ oenician ™ - m f - - ^ ^ - ^ - ^ ^ - ^ ^— P inscri ^ - ¦¦ ' ^ »¦ " ^^ - ^^ P ^^ ^^ p PVV ^ tion ^^» I ¦ ' ^^ W V ^ which T P ^ iB ^^ p ^ ^ h ^ tfPjp # ¦¦ P has " ^ f * ^^^ P * f ^^ F been " ^^ P ^ pT ^ fcp ** P ^ f ^*

    translated and appears in a Beyrout newspaper as follows : — ' I , Talnite , Priest of

    Astarte tarte Priest . , ana and of Astarte Kinsr l \ . mg ot of , and oiaon Sidon King , . son son of oof ± Sidon Jiishniimazar Eahrnimn , lying . 7 a . in r ., this tomb — —_ _» T say »_ : — Come not to tomb

    there _ . __ .. _ . _ . _ is , ,., neither , _ . - # gold ^^ ^ , nor — ^~ —~— - ~ r silver - ^ a- ^* - **^ open - **^ , ^^ ^ nor tr p ^ piat my pl ^ treasure pi y ^^ »^ ** # « >« v ^^ . ; H He — who " " ¦ will " ™ ^ ¦ open ^ M ^^ ^^^ ^ " ¦ " ^ this ^^ " ^^« ¦— ' —» »^ tomb ^ ^ p ^ p ^ n * w V ^ ' ^ . shall >^ pi ^ p » ^ # v *^ pi ^ a have . 4 tfP 41 h * V V ^* p ^ ^ no " ^* ^^^

    prosperity under the sun , and shall not find repose in the grave . " '

    Messrs . Roper & Drowley announce for earl - y publication mj ¦ ¦ a new -- - — - work ¦¦ treating tr f ~ m Vk of the

    g ~ — » V - ' ^^ »^» —P ^ - ^ ~ WV ^^ ^ P- »^ ** . ^ ^**^ ¦¦ " * ^^ *^ *^ ^*^ mounting Charters - ' — _ ^ ,.- .. _ ,. _ White of _ , . _ . objects . . _ - m P . K r for . M the . S v . microscope The same m wvPtfv « , by firm « T - ^ , — , — . ^ _ — ^ , ., , , . ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^ __^ ^^ . ^^ p * ^ pppa " ^ . ppa pp ^ Up ) ^ p

    have in hand a practical guide to the working autlior author and efficient ot of * My Mv use Microscone microscope of the instrum . / ' wii who o writes writfin ent , b under iinfl y the ar

    the nom deplume of * A Quekett Club Man . ' The latter volume will be profusely illustrated . m

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    It will be remembered that some three or four years ago — Mr — . _ — Ruskin republishedwith

    facsimiled ^ ^ ^ but j uncoloured illustrations j ^ - _ , * * * « ' .- -. anonymousl , y written child ' s book of amusing , an

    verse , entitled * Dame Wiggins of Lee , ' which first appeared in 1823 . Mr . _ Ruskin is silent

    as to the authorship , and as his copy no doubt bears the imprint of A . K . Newman &> Co . of

    the . A old ¦» Minerva spk t ^ m ¦ Press Mpfc . , . Leadenhall »~ mu «¦ )«¦ ^ S ^*** treet . . , , he _ naturally , —— ^ j j , but — — it now - — — - appears _ -- j ^ - — —— wrong — f- ^ l ly W , credited ~ —— — ¦ »•»¦ - « . rTk

    the publication of the little book to that firm . The almost-forgotten original wood-blocks to

    c Dame Wiggins of Lee , ' and to many other children ' s books of the same serieshave

    , recently been found . The real publishers were Dean & Munday , of Threadneedle

    Street , from whom Newman seems to have been in the habit of purchasing special

    editions of what he considered their bestmdst saleable—publications »» »^ pp » and pb by arrange —~ —~

    -ment ^^™ — ™ —^ pp ^ p ^ p ^ , ^^ his ^ pp- v ^ ppp ^ ppp ^ ^^ ^ r m ^ p name ^^^™ ^ ppppp 1 v ^ pP' ^^ p ^ onl ^^^ pp ^^ p » ^ ppppp ^ pppp y » ^ pp »^ p » ^ ^ app ~^~ ~^ v ^^ pp " ^ p e , ^« ared ^^ ^^ ^^^ — - — »~ , ^ in them - ^ — — — ^ ppppppk as ^^^ publisher pv — ~— ^^ p » pi ^ ppp ^^ " pr ^ ppp * ^ p ¦ ^ ™ ^^ m" ~^^ . ^ r ^ It ^^^^^ ^^ must p ^ ppppi pppppp pp ^ ^ pp ^ pp ¦ v ^ pp ^ hav i ¦¦ ^^^ - * r ~^ ~ e ^^^ been ™ - ^^ ~— ~~ i ¦ ¦ one ^ — of ¦ — these — — ~— ^ ^»

    copies that fell into Mr . Buskin ' s hands . ' Dame Wiggins of Lee' was written by a

    Mrs . Sharpe , sister of a grocer of that name in Bishopsgate Street ; and the clever

    cutssometimes ascribed to Sir H . Brookes , of Hastings—are by R . Stennet , who illustrated

    for the same publishers two other storiea for children' Deborah Dent and her Donkey '

    , and * Madame Fig ' s Grala . ' We learn that a series of ' Forgotten Picture Books for

    Children , ' to include those mentioned , with hand-coloured cuts from the original blocks ,

    and an introduction by Mr . Andrew Tuer , is shortly «/ to be issued _ - _ in ch - eap form _ . _ — from the

    Leadenhall Press . —Athenaeum . Messrs ppppppb i . Ward —^— & Downey will issue about

    ^^ i ^^ p ^ ppp ^^ p ^ »^ p » - ^ ^ »^ pr ^ p ~ » - ^* pp ^ p ^^ ppp ^^ p ~ ^^ p » ^ - ^——^~~ ~— ^ ^ ppppa ^ rm ¦ ^ ppp * w ^ pi ^ p ¦ ™ ««« »^ " p ^^ p v ^^ p * ^^^^ ^^^ ^ pp' ^ pr - ^^ ^ the end of September , a new three-volume p novel « B p ^ ** ¦ PP ^ P ** p ^ ppppt ¦ b ¦ 1 ^* r y William ™ ¦ " "PP ' — ^ PP " ^ Ppk ¦ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ p ^ 'P' ^ pppppp pppr Westal " w ^^ p » p ^ itf 1 ^^ ^^ r ^ ^^ P l ^ w , H entitled ^ ppr K —^^ pppp ^ pppvp - ^ p » ^ p ^ ^ ppp B - - ^^ pi 'Her ppppppppppppp ^ p ^*^ - ^^ ^ pppp Two ^ h A ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ - « ^ ^

    Millions ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ *^ ^ . ' Rita ' s new novel , * Gretchen , ' is announced for publication by the same firm

    next week . ¦ > o <

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    It appears ( from an article in the St . Petersburg 1 1 organ ¦¦ ¦ of the Russian booksellers

    —£ P ^^^ ^ pjpr ^ . p ^ p ^^ v a i * ^^ ^ w ^ ^~ ^ i ^ bp ^ ^ ^ ^ ppa ^ p ^ ^ r ^^ i ^ > v ¦ ^ ^^ » — « ^ p ^ r " ^ - ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^™ »^^ ¦ ^^ r ^» " ^^ ^^ ^^ p ^ i ^ i" r ^ t ^ v ^^ ~^^ ^""" ¦ i ~ ™» ^ — ... and in I ^ P the publishers Leipzig , . which Borsenblatt is quoted ) that and the criticised book

    ^ h £ pH ^^ pj % P ^ . ^^ P ^ P ^ P ^ P' ^ ' ^¦ V ^^ v * ^* ^* ^ PW ^ rT P ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ V ^ ^ P ^^ V ^^ tf ^^^ ^~ " P ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ 1 V ^ P ^ V >^ . PS ^*^^^ * ™ ' — trade in Russia is strongly opposed to any kind ^ Pfe pl ^^ ^^ p p ]^ pl ^ ^ p *^^ Q of ^ N ^ F pi ^ V ^ international P ^ W r ^ " P" * ^ P ^ ^ P ^ P ^ P *^ ^*^ . V ^ ^ P ^^ ^^ ^—¦« ^^^ ^ h ^ pi ^ ^ . p ^ p ^ literary ^ p ^ ^^ pj ^^ r ^^^ ^¦^ p ^ v ^^ ^^^ w convention ^^ pr ^^ p p ^ ^ p ^ a p ^ ^^^— ^>^ ^^ - ^ ^ - ^ ¦ - —— .

    For some time the St . Petersburg bookp sellers -. ^^ r ^ p ^^ pi p ^^^ ^ p ^^ pi ^ p pv ^ p have ™ ¦ * q ^— ¦ ^ ^^^^ on ^^^ ¦ v ^ - ^ various ^ ^^— ^ ^ ¦ ¦ ^^ p »^ » ^^ occasions ^^^^ ^^ " ^» ^ ¦ » ~ w ~ ¦ i ^^ ¦¦ - ^ ¦ » ¦¦ broug » ¦« p ¦ — ^ - j— ^ ht

    pressure to bear on the Russian Foreign Minister ppj with a view of inducing - ¦» « « p pb him vi i hi « ¦ to

    ob-¦ ^ tain p- ^ w pv ^^ ^ pa ^ p p ^ v Hi . P ^^ some ^ " ^ ^*^ ^^ " ^ , ^ P ^ modification * ^»^ i ^ — ^^^ ^ ^ K » ^ " « ^ h t i i ^^^ — ^ ^ ¦ f i ¦ in ^ ^ - ¦ ^ ^ - ^ r ^ " * the ~— ^ — ™ ¦ " -q ^^ Literary « N ^ P 4 ^ ^^ ^ ¦¦¦ a * w •^^ ^^ and Artistic ¦* ^ pp , pafe pjp ^ p ) pb rvp * »* " " ^ p * ^^ Conventions ^ p * p ^ ^"* " ^ v ^ pjpp' p 1 ^ pp ^ p ""* ^^ .--p ¦ . ppi between w ^ pp" ^ . p ^ ^ . " » w ^ . p" Tr p ^ pp * ppp . Russia » pppi ¦¦ p » r « " , r p- ™ ^ p' and ^ - — —' " * ** "" ^ ^ " ^ ^

    France and between Russia and Belgium . It was »~ alleged BpPJpK h that Russia t had ¦ »^—i h profited ¦ n not » p ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ one

    ^ W ^ PW ^ pp * ^ pp ppv ^^ p' ^ " ^ ¦ p ^ " ^^ ^ pp ^ ^™ ^^ » — r ^ ™ ^— ^^» ™ ^^ ^— ^ ' ^^ ^^ - ^ pi »^ ™ ^ ^^^ ^ p > —mr " '"^ p ^ — —^ ^ p » ^ ppppp » ^ r- p v ^^ jot by these ^ conventions , which were altogether onesided and only favourable to France and

    to Belgium . This was perhaps npt unnatural five pi"pkvp ^ T ^^ pp * - p & and p ^ 'm * tft > hpi ppi - ^ . p twenty " v v ^ p ^ ¦¦* pip . ^ tr w years W m ^ p *^ r p"pp > ¦ ago m ¦ ap ^ pw ^ p' , va when v v " *« p * . * ^ tfv vv « p « ^ ^ the ^ pp-f pH « ^^ r intellec m , mm pn ^ r ^ fep' ppippi ¦— - ^^ ~ -

    tual activity of Russia was yet in its infancy , and VPWpP PPPPPp p * J ^ PPPPJ < P * was » W ^ PP ^^ PT ^ PPP' obli IpP ' ^ P » ""^ —^ ged f ^^^ k ^^^ ^^ ^^ to ^^ borrow ^^ ^^ P ¦ ~^ ^ P ideas r ^ ^^^ ^™ pi 1 I ¦« « P > ¦ PPP' P fro " ™^ •¦^ ^^ rT m PP"pPPP ^ P ~ T ^ other ^^^

    —peoplo more rich in literary productions . is Russian at an publishers endand that consider it is that this period for , unnecessary

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1887, page 1006, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091887/page/8/