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    Sept. is, 1888 The Publishers' Circular ...

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    length portrait of one of Scotland ' s most interesting characters * —Athenseum .

    ' Old Boston , ' by Miss A . de Grasse Stevens , is H . we Smith understand & Sons' , bookstalls now on sal . e at Messrs . W .

    The new work hy Q ., which will be published by Messrs . Oassell & Co . under the '

    I ^/ title of 'The Astonishing History of Troy Town , ' is now in a forward slate of

    preparation , and will be ready : for publication by the end of the present month .

    A Milwaukee ( U . S . ) bookseller has taken , says the Athenseumto issuing his catalogues

    in a novel form , which , he states his intention of patenting . The books offered for sale are

    JL « — unpriced , and customers are invited to make their offers , on the understanding that each

    book must go either to the first bidder , or , if the first offer is not accepted , to the highest

    bidder at the end of four weeks . On SaturdaySeptember 1 the employe ' s

    of Messrs . Hamilton it ' , J . Adams , & Co . h */ ad their first annual excursion , to Chingford .

    C 3 Favoured by beautiful weather , a most enjoyable time was spent . Among other festivities

    a cricket match , married versus single , was ¦ played — during — — ^^ ^™ the afternoon — — - ~ - ^^ - ^— — — — - ¦ . ^ p In ~ - — - ^— — ' — the ^ m ^^ ^™ - ^^ evening ^^ » ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ " — — ^ B ^ fc

    a concert was given by the members of the house , Mr . John Ellis in the chair . The

    toast of ' The Firm' was given by Mr . Hallett and responded to by Mr . Long , and drunk with cheers and acclamation . The party

    returned home , resolving that this should not be

    the last of these enjoyable gatherings .

    Sept. Is, 1888 The Publishers' Circular ...

    Sept . is , 1888 The Publishers' Circular 106 5

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    Amongst the important announcements of new publications ^^ ™ ¦ ¦ ™~ ~~ " ^ ^^ ¦ ™^ " ™~ ' * ™ ¦ , ^ h which *» 1 1 v ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ h ^^^ v sho ^^ r - ^— ^^ ^^^ r w g p as ^^^^^ n ^~ plainl » i ^ " ~ . ¦ ^^^^ P ^ Btt 4 ^ M ^ H > ^ M y W as ^^^ W W ^^ F the ^^^ ^^ B ^ H ^^^ r

    fall of the leaf the approach of winter , that of Sir Morell Mackenzie ' s work on 'Frederick — - — - ^^ m m ' ^— - ^^ p- — - ^ " - » r m ^^ v ^^^^^ ^ - ^ r ^~ ^— *^ PV » ^^ " » ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ta ^^ ^^ JK ^^ te

    the Noble ' eclipses all others in interest . M . Paul OllendorfT announces ' La Derniere

    Maladie de Fre'de ' rick le Noble , ' and Herr Ad . Spaarmann J - — -- , ^ h of — Styrum - h — « — — ¦ ( « Rheinland — - ¦ — —— —^ m ^— ^— ^^ -w" ^ ^ v ^— — ) ^ , y ^ h ' ^ Friedrich a ^^ v ^^ ^ K ~^^ ^^^^ ^^ 4 ^ ^^ ^ ^^

    der Edle und seine Aerzte . ' Both the French . and the German translations of Sir Morell

    Mackenzie ' s answer to the Berlin doctors will be published simultaneously with the English

    original edition . Sir Morell Mackenzie ¦ ¦ has found many

    ' ~ ¦ — ~— ¦ —¦ " ^ " - I ¦ ¦ ^**» ^»*^ ^^ ^^ ^ T ^ ¦ ^^ ^ . ^ ^» ^—^/ ^^ M advocates instance i and Mackenzie defenders und in seine Germany Verliiumder . For

    ( Mackenzie , and his Traducers ) , by Hermann Norvid ; and the valuable contribution of Dr .

    J of . und L . Kleist ing interest to the literature ' Die Krankhei of this t und subj der ect

    f rl M Tim yBtfBdH dk , gegen Tod ^^ , Kaiser ^^^ - Mackenzie ~ « Friedrich ^^^ . 9 ( The III Illness . ., und and der Death Kamp of f

    the Emperor Frederick HI ., and the Conflict with Mackenzie ) .

    Herren Breitkopf & Haertel , of Leipzig , announce a new edition of Beethoven ' s works

    . The r in vocal and piano music _ will be published m weekly parts , and his chamber music will

    appear m monthly parts . I l ^ == z = r ^

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    Herren Mahlan & Waldschmidt , of Frankfort-on-the-Maine , have just published an

    illustrations I D nternational r . Joseph and Fieberman Montefiore a likene n ss , of in Album the roya lat , l e 8 edited vo respected ., with by

    baronet . 4 Le Kassai et la Louloun de Kwamouth a

    Louebo lev ^ s a bord du Steamer < fc Stanley , " par le Capitaine Thys' is a new map which

    forms an important contribution , to the hydrography of the Congo State , and is issued by the

    Institut National de Geographie , at Bruxelles , * Nero ' is the title of a new novel by Ernst

    Eckstein , which will be published on October 1 by Carl Reissner , of Leipzig .

    Herr J . P . Bachem , of Cologne , will publish shortl'Peter PazmaiiyCardinal Erzbischof

    y , und Primus von Ungarn und seine Zeit , ' von Dr ¦ . Johann Heinrich Schwicher r . The subject

    ^^^ m ^ r ^ mm ^ ^^ " » ^^ ^ iv w ^ ^^ ^^ «^ ^^ ^^^^»*^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ b ^^ ^^^^ v •¦ ~^^^^ ^^ " — » » 1 ^^ r ' ^" r ^^ - ^ r - ~*— — - — ~ w «^ — ™ — — ^ of this biography , who died more than 200 years agowas not only a distinguished ecclesi *

    asticbut , also one of the most prominent writers , and statesmen of his time .

    A work of interest to railway engineers , 'Die Anwendung und der Betrieb von

    Stellwerken zur Sicherung von Weichen und Signalen' von Richard Kollewith 133

    woodcut illustrations , has just been , published by Herren Ernst & , Korn , of Berlin . The author

    is government inspector of Prussian railways . Herr F . A . Brockhaus has j ust published th ©

    fourth edition of his ' Kleines Conversations-Lexicon ^^*^^ m ^^ ^ fc ^ fc » ^^ ~ r 4 ^ ^ m . w ' Although ^^ ^ mm *^ mmr , ^ b ^ b *^^ m * m JW ^ ^ " ^ fc called ^^ m * ^^ ^^ ^ ¦ ^ ^^^ " a ^ ^ small ¦* ¦ ^ ¦ cyclopaedia — ""^ — — ^ — — ,

    it nevertheless comprises 80 , 000 articles illustrated with 98 s and of lates thirteen being chromo map and forms pages two volumes p *

    each containing about , 1 , 000 pages of clear , type on good — — paper . For such a work in half- '

    leather ~ i / _ £ ~ binding ^^ j ; , the price of 18 marks seema very low .

    Georges Ohnet ' s popular story , ' Le Maftro des Forges' is now appearing in an illustrated

    edition by the Librairie 111 us tree . The same house will also publish periodically ' La France *

    Pittoresque ' in weekly parts at 50 centimes . The second of the separate lays of Moliere

    annotated by Auguste Vitu p and illustrated , by Louis Leloircontains ' Le Depit

    Amoureux . ' It is pu , blished by the Librairie des Bibliophiles , which has now ready ' Alrnanach

    des Spectacles / tome xiv ., 1887 . M . Edouard Guillaume will publish by sub *

    scri ot of Pierre Pierre ption next Loti Lotrs 's month clever clever an book book edition . ' Madame iVl de adame grand unrys Chrvs luxe -- .

    , antheme , ' illustrated by Rossi and Myrbach with 200 desiin . one volumeoctavo

    Telliere , printed gns b , y Lahure . M . Guillaume , publishing three or four standard

    proposes French 4 J Madame ^» ^ Bt « . ^ T ^_| L «^ f & 4 k work ^^^ Chrysantheme ^— ^ h s JM » annual W P *^«*^» Jl J » ^ J » * fc ^ l y ^^ ¦ » in *¦ . « ' the Amongst — — same —• — — ^ 'J - - sty - thosa le as — .

    announced for early publication are * Notre Dame de Paris , ' by Victor Hugo , and * Jack , *

    by Alphonse Daudet . MM . J . Lebegue & Co . announce ' Paris :

    JHistoire et Description , ' par Robert Harthany ; wood in one , forming vol . 4 to ., the with firs thirty t of a -four series engrav of descci ingsya p- ,

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1888, page 1065, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091888/page/7/