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    ; ^__ ' tg Nov. 15,1887 Tlie Publishers'...

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    AUSTRA L AFRICA* The ^ ¦ ¦ "¦ —¦• ~— que...

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    •<>• Mr. Darwin's Life.—In Connection Wi...

    have not been distributed , and the editor of the ^ - ^ Pall Mall ^—— Gazette has never seen the book

    - U j _ wv * ' .--- — from which 1 -1 he 1 pretends _ 1 JI „ to 1 quote _ ^ j _ . His T'l citations j _ ' X —^ re ^ .-transl translations ations' from from a a notice notice written "written bv by

    are the gentleman employed to translate the " life" into Frenchand published without

    , my Sir sir sanction your vour obedient oDeaient __ ^ in __^^_ ¦ a servan servant French B A * ^^ . ^ K ~^ K - ^>_ t , Francis r periodical ^^^ m— rancis — - . _^_^ ^ . 1 ^ rt —__ - ___ j Dab I . ^ — arwin I win am ^^ Bt ^ K ^ h . B ^ Bk // ,

    , , Books for the Phopxe . —Though , of

    , must course J 11 Ltu i . never *• " , »¦ the » — — - be — publishers — forgotten — — ^^ _ _ _ _ _ ' , obj — remarks ect is * business E . S _ . . ' _ in , the it

    Illustrated London JVetus , that in their efforts to provide the general public with a real

    literature . , they ^ risk * ^ ¦ fortunes A . Hi "FT « gh and low ^ are indebted to them . The gentleman who

    reads by his study fire is benefited equally with the working man who reads by his kitchen

    grate . What a boon would be the perusal of , hear say , Cassell a good 's deal c National about the Library hundred ' alone best books ! We .

    Here we have a hundred best books , which be bought for less than a couple of pounds

    at may almost any bookseller's . A library of one hundred volumes in which Shakspeare and

    Milton , Plutarch and Walpole , Scott and Luther , Swift and Grabbe , Goldsmith and

    Macaulay , Byron , Walton , Burke , Sheridan , Bacon , Herodotus , Johnson , and other

    monarchs of the pen have a prominent place , is hardly dear at £ 21 The sum is only a shilling

    or two more than one would pay for the most ephemeral and worthless of three-volume

    novels . Yet is it possible to estimate the percentage of value mentally that a study of

    the one has over the other ? Who shall say with what healthy results these literary treasures permeate the nation ? Popular

    , which editions , had constitute its source a in huge the intellectual great minds stream of the ,

    past taries , and of its flows own ever crystal onward waters , creating among tribu the

    people of the present , and finally merging itself in the broad sea of humanity . The

    most effective education we can give the people is admittedly good reading .

    The Art Annual . —The Christmas number of the Art Journal , which in past seasons was has deservedly desfirvedlv attracted a . ttra . fitfid such minTi wide wid « notice notice , th this is

    year consists of * The Life and Work of J . L , . E . Meissonier , H . K . A . / by Lionel Robinson .

    any of the best specimens of the distinguished its French . Thus artist as a ' s frontisp skill are iece disp we layed have an in

    but of engraving the pages held two of men * La , B thirsting » ixe , the for well wm -+ fwt deadl -known y combat picture » ~ w , back trfiks by their fc h ¦ comrades and two other ¦¦ ¦«

    full- page ¦ — "H r * -r » illustrations *« - ^ - ^^ rv ^ w » r *« - ^^••»*• ^ , ^ ^^* on ^**» i ^ ^ m speciall ~^* w ^ r ; y ^ r * r ^ , ^ y - ™ - ™* -mr prepared » w •^•^ *^••••• puper , adorn the number . Among the smaller

    engravings distributed throughout the text , we w fcjnioker * aymention ' ' The ' The Guitar Sign - -painter layer / , ' that ' 1807 % J delicious Vt / ' The

    little ~ •**¦ " •* . bit -KS jk . , « of' character . ALv \ . J * * - « . *¦ UL « J study , p l _^ A « y > W T V c , flk La «^ Lecture . A ^^ AAX ^ chez A V ^ ^ - * K ^ Ihderot - " --- « - —« ¦* *? «/« , ' LVAA and "Vfc the VAA , \ J two W Tl ? V-f ¦ Napoleonic * . ^ & W B ^ \/ ( AX IV master JLAX * hA * K # W ^ A -

    pieces , 'Napoleon T . and Campagne de Hot France , 1814 . ' to Of speak the merit In regard of these to it the is

    necessary . letterpress t , this shows much sympathetic

    dentl Spir « piriit y by studied Mr IVTr . , lui T > his ion nnAl ei subje Kobmson "R , nbin ct closel « nn . y lie TT , and « has ha , H is evi « ap vi - --

    parently actuated by something deeper than ' ¦ . mi . 1 . ., J" *^ " ^" _

    the mere desire to make a clever mechanical appraisement of the artist . His descritions

    evince true artistic feeling and perception p . Judging the number in its entiretyit will

    bear very favourable comparison with , the previous works in the seriesviz . those on Sir

    Frederick Leighton , Sir J . , E . Millais , , and L . Alma Alma--Tader Tadema na ; : and and we w « liavp have littl littl e doubt dnnbt that f . Tin . f ,

    it will command quite as large a circulation . HlLDESHEIMER & FAULKNER V .

    MeNDELS-^ — ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ " ^^^^ ^^^¦^^^^ " ^^^* ' ^^^^^^» ^^^ M ^ W ^^ ^^ ^^ i ^^ ' ^^^^^ ^^^ " ^^ P *^»» w ^^ i ^ i ^ ^^^^ b ^ ^^^^^ B V ^^^ sohn . —This was an action tried before Mr . Justice Mathew to restrain the defendant

    from reproducing , publishing , importing for — sale — — — - , -j or otherwise — ¦ - - ^— circulating - ^— ——^ — h - ^— ^^ - ^ ¦ ^ ^» ¦ ¦ ^^ . ^^ h colourable - ^^ ^^^ - ^^^ - ^^ - ^^^ ^^^ v ^^ r- ^^ v ^^ p- ^^^— . ^^^ ^ imi ^^^ v ^ T ^^ V V ^ V ^^^"

    -tations of the whole or any part of two publications __ . entitled __ . * Throug ¦ h the Meadows '

    and » — ' The , White — ^ ^ ^^ . ^— — Swans _ / V ^ the ^ 9 ^^ ^^^ ^^ property — ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ - ^ ' ¦ ^~^ ^ ^^ " ^ V V ^ of V , ^ H the — p h — laintiffs — — - ^ — — ; ^ m and . — — — h for ¦ h ^ . ^^ the r ^^ h ^^^ delivery ^ ¦ ^ BV . ^^ ^^^^ ^ M ^ ^^^ p ^^^— up ^^^^^ H ^^ r ^ of ^^ v ^^ i ^ B ^ all ^^^^ ^^^ V ^^^ V

    such imitations which are in the possession or under the control of the defendants .

    Damages were claimed for the alleged infringement ^^ ¦ ^^^^^^^¦^« ^^ ^—^—^™ .- ^» r ' ' " ¦ - ~ - , ^ m - / and ^»^ 1 ¦ — ^»^» penalties . v ^ ^^« i » ^ ar ^^^ ^^ 4 ^^ ^^^ ¦ v under ^ arw ^^^» ^^ w ^^ " ^ » 5 " ^ . » & ^^^^ fer 6 ^ " ^ "Vic T m ^ ^> " ^ .

    cap . 45 , and 25 & 26 Vic . cap . 68 . The defendant admitted that the works in question

    were the property of the plaintiffs , and that ¦ they ^^ were — — r — dul . y •¦ registered — — . j ^^^^ ~»^^ ^~^ ^^ ^^ under ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ 5 ^^ . & ^^^^^^ _ 6 ^^^ ¦ Vic ^^^ ^^^^ .

    cap . 45 * He submitted to the injunction as endorsed . — - . — — - -. - — , ~ upon - ^™ — —^ - the — ¦ writ -w v — — , and ^^ ^ " . ~ paid M ^^ - ^ ~~ — ^ " ¦ ^ Is ^^^ m n . - ^ ^ into ^^ w . ^^ h - ^— h

    court as sufficient to cover any damages that ¦¦ _ g ht Pkhave _ been . ¦ Mr AH sustained AK . by the plain' ^^^ ' ^^^^ ^^ - . ' ' ' . ^ '

    tiff . On the other ^ hand , he denied ^^ ^ ^^ that the p B laintiffs were registered ¦ ¦ proprietors under

    - — — - . - -y— - — n — ^^ —^ -m ^ J ¦ _^ " — r «^^ V " ^^ ^^~ ^ - ^^ —^^ ^^^ V ^^ . ^^^ M ^^ V ^ fc ^^^ . ^^ B ^ ^^^ 25 & 26 Vic . cap . 68 , or that he had committed any offence rendering him liable to

    penalties under tliat Act . ' Sir Charles Russell , . Q j . C . Mr . Anderson ¦ - »— -v Q . O . and Mr . H . F .

    b Dickens - ^^— ^— — , ^ m appeared ^ — ^ for — — , the ^^^^ # p ^^^ laintiff , ^^ - ^ " - ^— - ^^ r - ^^— ; - ¦— the ^ ^^^ ^ r ^ Solici ^^^^^^ w ^ mt ^ ' ^ - tor-General ( Sir Edward ClarkeQ . C . ) and

    Mr . J . G . Witt were for the defendant , . , Mr . Justice Mathewin his summing-said that MBf

    the — ^— ~ - ^^ ¦ ' — question - ^^ . ™ ^ ' ^^ - ^^ ¦ —^ ~^ r —^ —^ — , m- m r b , ^ b y ¦ ¦ ^ - ¦ ^ - reason 1 ¦ ¦ ^^— ^^^ «*^^ »^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ of ^^ m ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ the ^^^ ^™ ^^ . ^^ b up ^^^ ^ " defendant «^^ , ^^ m ^^^^ ^ h' ^ V ^^^ ^*^^ W ^^» ^^ v ^ fc ' *^^ F s ^^ admissions , simply resplved itself into one of

    damages . Ultimately the jury found a verdict for the p H laintiffsdamages K £ 300 ¦ . On ¦ the P app M M H

    licaticn of Mr ~~ — . Dickens ~ , - ' ' ' "W - ¦ - ^^^ an ^ - order - - ^ was made - ^ P . — ^^ - ¦ ^^^ — . that ^ ^^^ . ^^^ all the plaintiffs' cards now in the possession of

    the defendant should be handed over to the plaintiffs on their undertaking to destroy them .

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    Austra L Africa* The ^ ¦ ¦ "¦ —¦• ~— Que...

    AUSTRA L AFRICA * The ¦ ¦ ¦~— question - ¦ ¦ ¦ whether we 9 are ¦ —¦ t to lose or rule HI ^ T fi

    ^ " ¦ —• — ^"" — ' r ' » r - - ^ - ^ —— * - ^^ —— ^'^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ r ^^ ^ B * ' ^*^ ^ " ^ ^** ^^ " ^ B ^ our Sonth African possessions is discussed exhaustively V KJ UAf ^ . B V- / JL _ _ » in JLJLA these V 4 JIVMV A / volumes W V ^ JU — L 4 LAXAV _ > K-9 « , which w V Jl JL JL ^ S A . ^ b . J * CA are /* - V /

    di decidedl plomacy y the is concerned most important that hav , * e in appeare so far d as of

    late . Besides his inform , ation on matters historicalMr . Mackenzie supplies graphic

    K A A , M _ AM m K A H descri ^ ptions of the country of which ^^ ^ he ^ knows . ^ so much . As he himself says , the African

    question appeals to many classes—to the statesman , the philanthropist , the promoter of colonisationthe advocate of temperance

    the friend of peace , , the merchant , and , we , may addthe missionary and all who encourage

    , him—not a small host even in these days of doubt as to the value of the products of the

    mission-field . To all JBritons who have a patriotic sense

    * Au & tral Ajrica London : Losing : Sampson or Rulin Low g , Marston It . By Job & Go n . Mackenzie . 1 .. ... I ) - ^ n

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1887, page 1371, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111887/page/5/