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    •C ^ • <©T>Tmacp. Mr. John Rivington.—On...

    pated in the rise and triumph of those papular publications which are associated withthe

    , devel name of Cassell ent of , the and business witnessed under the the marvellous ices opm ausp

    of Mr . Petter and Mr . Gal pin . Combined with a vigorous and energetic temperament ,

    Mr . Puttock possessed a far-seeing and mature judgment , whilst his warm-hearted , loveable

    disposition gained him many close and constant friends , who now deeply lament his loss . Mr .

    Puttock died at the comparatively early age of 64 .

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    111 •^^^^—^—^¦^ iUcDietDjEf , $ cu From the 6 Art Journal' OfBce . —Mr . Augustus

    Harris has got an unusually artistic advertisement for Drury L < ane Theatre by the publication of a brochure on the successful play 'A Run of

    Luck / Mr . Wallace L . Crowdy is the author . Illustrations of that high quality which might be expected JL from the Art Journal office are supp XXlied

    by Messrs . J . Sturgess , P . G . Kitton , J . H . Wilson , A . Xi . Baldry , Johh Stevens , and John Jellicoe . The little book is published for Drury Lane

    Theatre , and has a unique value as a new effort in dramatic exposition . From Messrs . Chapman & Hall . —George

    Meredith ' s novels , new edition . * The Egoist . ' In this volume we have yet another gallery of well-bred and accomplished men and womenj whose — fortunes

    we follow , and whose humours and , caprices are depicted with infinite subtlety and delicacy of touch . Those who read the stories on their first

    publication are sure to find , on a second perusal , points which bad previously escaped , so close is the attention requisite to catch all that the author ' s

    j words convey . No doubt this necessity for thought on the part of a reader of novels has had much to do with the slowness with which the public

    seems to have apprehended the beauty of language and the insight which are characteristic of Mr . G-eorge Meredith ' s works in fictionbut the very

    , slowness points to an enduring reputation . From Messrs . Field & Tuer . —In the exceedingly

    characteristic book , ' One Thousand Ancient Cuts from Books of other Days , ' much amusement may be found . The ' cuts ' include quaint illustrations

    from children ' s story books , fables , chap-books , a selection of pictorial initial letters , curious designs and ornaments & c . These are reprinted

    , from original wood-blocks belonging to the Leadenhall Press . They well deserve reproduction . The volume belongs to the new

    sixteenp « nny series . From , the same . —Other fresh additions to the same

    series are Richardson ' s 'Sir Charles Grandison , ' with six illustrations from the original copperplates engraved in 1778 - ^— and 'Solomon ¦ Gessner ¦'

    _ ^ j - v v , - — - - - ~« w — - — — — — ( the ' Swiss Theocritus ' ) , with six illustrations from the original copper-plates engraved in 1802 . Respectively these re-issues form the first and

    second instalments of a new series of 'Illustrated Gleanings from the Classics / Both the typography and the copper-plate work are admirable .

    From Messrs . Griffith ., Farran & Co . —Madame Lofvall , a practical toucher of dressmaking , lm « ¦ written a little book which will be of much service

    to home workers . ' How to Cut , Fit , and Finish a Dress ' is the title . Tho instructions soem to bo simple .

    A From Messrs . Guillatunin & Co ., Paris . — ' La

    fcjupremiitio d Angloterro : ses Causes , ses Organcs ,

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    et ses Dangers / par Jeans . This is a ~ ^ H lation its Sou of r M ce r s , J . Economics S . Jeans' , < England and Dangers ' s SupremTl * ' tuB d ¦ s re aded predominance ^ i v . uujiuiiivv is j . u not uvu a >

    nav ^ j . ^^• al , v but * . a commercial » one . a The military JXIJlilripP French ' n riOT or tr vtl v ^ M ^ H ¦ lation Lj -Vfc n « li •¦ / - « h before » t % j ~ t - ¦ - » * » t -4- us th ^ L-k has j-fc -h n an r ~^ * n _ — t ^ especial 1 interest •¦ **? ''^^ B

    its Eng preface sme n a There e the prese translator nmomen speaks t , because of thJ M audacious audacious assertions assertions oi of Mr Mtv . TT Id ^ . n ™ n . a ^^ 7 m

    condition of things in Engla enry nd , which George stirrel on thl him into consulting all the books which aivil information the

    on subject . These inquiriel was resulted an in irrefutable the conviction answer that to Mr Mr . Jeans' booj

    . GeonJ Hence the rendering * of the book into French ! The translator is Colonel Bailie . (

    From MM . Hetzel & Co ., Paris . — La Billot J Loterie ( Le Numero 9672 ) ' Jules Verne

    Only a short time has passed , since par ws chroniclM the appearance of Jules "Verne ' s 'Bobur le ConJ

    qu _ fi erant , ' and here we hav i ¦ e another . - \ equall __» _ ., . •¦ y interest - * ing volume from this _____ seeming _ - _ j l — y ^^ inexhaustible _^ ,. _ , _^ _ _ _^ ^ anfl U 1 J ' , ^ B

    certainly indefatigable instructor and am user M youth and age . For there are very few rcudeJ old or youngwho do not warmly welcome andapl

    , preciate at their true value the incomparable ! productions of Jules Verne , who is of all presentday writers whose works present xscience in the

    more attractive garb of fiction facile privce / a , This new story differs , however , from m _ st previous works of the same writer , in that it has

    in its composition less of the marvellous . P > ut it is not any Klthe less readable on that account . ' ' .

    the contrary there are in it scenes of absorlm » interest . But the subject which Jules Verne lus here — - — ' —— - chosen — ' - —— —— ' — —— for - ^— v i ^—* illustration 4 ^ _^ ¦ ^^ fc ^ ^ - r ^^ ^_ f % ^ . ^^^ ^^ ^ ta »* ^^ . ^ B is ^ — altogether —>— . — ' —_ r p ^^> — — wt

    to his books . The interest of the story hinges on the drawing for a lottery , and not any extraordinary i — - ~ ¦— - —*—¦ " ¦ */ voyage w **^ */ F ^^** O ^^ ^ above ^ ' ^ ^ ^ m ^ w ¦ ~ ^^ or ^^^ ^_ B below v ^^ v - - ^ fc ~_ ^ ground C v ^^ ^—¦ - "" ^~^ — - . — & _>

    very many years have passed since lotteries wore abolished in this kingdom that the English citizen has much difficulty in realising the

    intense interest taken by our forefathers in lotteries , and and the the excitement excitement occasioned oociAsionftd by bv them them at at the tue

    present day in those countries were they are still legally held . In order to ari-ive at some knowledof the effect produced the public l » y a

    ge on JJohnson lottery ohnson we , and and must ' * take take follow a a walk walk ¦ the down rinwn suggestion JFleet _ leet btm Street of Dr . . I

    , about that time of day when it is expected tb'l the name of the winner of some great horse-im ^ I ¦ will i be / published <& Then we shall see anxi <^

    » .-J- j » - r ^ J a . m * s * , _ . » ky _ K- > -VJl v- ' ^ . __ U JLJL Vy JLJL » r V- / M 11 UI * - *¦ ' » - •* - ' crowds clustered round the windows of y * paths sporting and newspaper extending offices blocking distance up the into i W \ w -

    roadway yjnijiio cliika . even uvnu But even U __ LOll this » JLliJg sig some BU ht 1 J-. O affords Ul- l ( i" ^ onl u y iin - inadequate ii-jetiua / L-D idea iucd , ui of the illo passionate { JaaalOlia . Le cji excitement . ciLcm ^^ " felt tore 'tf <

    the the iij _ o drawing KXL lott n w ery nig gambler in i - which wujua for ue he weeks jw is interested i _ itt ? . reaLut , ay , months _ . . The _ . - * schemes ^ , be bniuia --

    of these men are filled with all kinds of and much f theori more i h es is as dealt b to with f luck VAX in y numbers « The AA Lottery _¦ . This Tu ^ an - ^

    and ttii It * *^^ ^ u would . ^* -c to mj ^» _ * our uur __ ^^^ , ^* however ^_^ rouiiertj readers ^ ^ p ^« k ^* -V JL , ^^ be were were | A unfair A we » vve » , to to both . ^^ ' uj divul ^ vui ^ to ^ ^^ _^ go ^ tho j the *¦*• uutl - Ii ' ^ r , ,

    of ' Le Billet do Lotorie . ' Everyone shouM reaj and < 1 / L 1 V ^ J iudgo U \_ if ^ U for JLWX himself UU 1 IOCU this L 111 O volume VUi UIUO , , which ff * ' -- I u '

    personal shortly appear experi in ence an , we English feel translation suro that . wli to * j J e . begin its will not feel disposed l

    the U « yiJJO book a 1 UH down perusal pUX U . " unti 3 ill Will l he has read L UI it »^ to D - " tliu ( H i I This xuira much luucu , , however iiuwBvw , , we we may uitiy say oiiy ¦ , , that ijia" - " ¦ tho * ! iU > l ¦ .

    is of laid tho story in Norway , which , and is one that of the ¦ absorbing simp le hah { ' ' r ' "Jm tho people and tho varied beauties of the <•<> "" . I

    are most graphically and charmingly ; l M The characters are cleverly drawn , a" ^ "J 1 ^ M

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1886, page 1370, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111886/page/12/