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    T\Ole$ And Tt Evo^

    1 I ¦ 1 . i ¦ . i . 1 t . .- . - - The Committee which was appointed to make arrangements for a memorial to the late

    Mr . J . F . Bottomley Firth has decided that it shall take the form of a Book Fund , to be

    expended in periodically distributing to the Free Libraries books dealing with municipal and kindred topics .

    range The d to American introduce Copyri an International ght League Copyri have g ar ht

    -Bill in the coming session of Congress substantiall —¦ h ¦ y in the form j which passed h f the Senate

    ^ *^__ . _ —m- ^—^^— ^—— - g — - — — - ^— — - — — - — — — - - — last Congress ^^ , when it failed because the House had no time for action . The

    advocates of the Bill report excellent prospects of its passage this winter . As drawn , it limits

    the American copyright of foreign publications to works printed from type set in the United Statesj thus preventing the importation of

    - , A *„» JL plates . ' — % - Mr . Septimus Rivingtonfor many years" a

    partner in the well-known house , of the same name in Waterloo Placeand Mr . Percival - , F ,

    son of Dr . Percival , Head Master of Rugby , have commenced business as publisherschiefly we believe _ _ of _ education _ al works- ^ at

    fe ^ , 0 M hd , j bM MAtahd H int 34 ~ mm ~ — en King ^^^ n ^^^ d to Street ^ trade ^~_ _ unde , Covent . ^^ ^ the Garden . ^ title ^ . ^^ of , W ^ Percival ^ . ^»^^ . C ^^~ ., and & Co .

    ! 1 A , The munificent suni of one hundred thousand pounds has been left to St . Andrews

    Coolangatta University b , y one the of late the oldest Mr , David of the Australian Berry r of

    colonies . Mrs . Burnett , of ' Little Lord Fauntleroy '

    fame , continues very weak and ill , as the result of her recent driving accident near East Grinsfcead ; but though at present she

    ^ 3 JT is forbidden by the doctor to receive guests ^ 3 , y there is every assurance of comp lete

    recovery . The sermons of the Rev . John M'Neill ,

    the present minister of the church rendered famous by the Rev . Edward Irving , Dr . James Hamilton , and Dr . Oswald Dykes , are about

    to be published week by week by Messrs . Nisbet & Co . A dramatic version of a recent story by

    Annie S . Swan will shortly be produced . A new story , entitled * Sheila , ' by the same

    author , has just been published by Messrs . Oliphant , Anderson & Ferrier . The Provincial Government of Boulogne

    has issued a circular threatening to impose a heavy fine and other penalties upon parents

    who send their children abroad to "be educated . A writer in The Rialto draws attention to

    an anomaly that he says exists in connection with the five-volume edition ^ of Macaulay . Volumes \/ r \ l •**» W \ C \ . CA . 1 and Ck 1 TX d ~\ 2 * f AnTV be V \/\ got rf ^*^ -v 4- ¦ in » ^ fc ^ decent * -l / v /\ rvv \ 4 > condition ^ - ^ j-v-w ^ * 4 « ^« ^ -v ^ -h

    can for 3 s . the pair ; volumes 3 and 4 he cannot obtain without uiwivuu paying hiher priceand

    volume wvaxxx 5 is not to * be J *¦ " & had a under * i-Xg g-l * « 3 X £ 1 pxiuo . He ; , cbXXU . says an impression h- - -- prevails - that --- --- a -y , smaller issue of

    ™_______ ___ __ . . _ . , _^ _¦ ^^ ¦ *^ ^^^^ —— ^ ^—— —^ —^ v ^^^ ^—— v ^^ ^^__ r — -- —^ —^^ ^^ r ^ p ^^ the last volume was put in circulation , and points out what _ . _ -- _ -.. is - obvious _ , __ . ___ , _ , ___ . that __ , IVI f a limited

    number ^^^ _ -- of copies means _ . ___ _ _ ^ a difference , ^^ _ , v——— ^^ r—v |^^ . in aV ^ - ^ ^^^^^ P ^ the —^ —^^ ~^ V ^ H

    price . • • " • • ¦ ¦ m = * '

    T\Ole$ And Tt Evo^

    * Da A rwini French sm will translation be published of next Dri yeiir jW ^ Hace . ' s

    The Earlof Rosslyn is preparing a volume of poems for the press before taking a

    yachting tour in the Mediterranean . v Mr . J . Passmore Edwards has given a

    thousand volumes for % the library of the new Morley Memorial College in the Waterloo Road .

    The library will be opened when the requisite Jbookckses have been provided .

    Nature , the well-known scientific Nweekly , has — just completed its 20 th year . In a glance

    o A v C » its at the existence progress , it of remarks science during : — As the regards ^^ period „_ the of

    journal itself , we may claim that it has not disappointed the hopes of its founders , ' nor

    failed in the task it undertook . ' The - » new and cheap er editions of the works _ _ j _ _

    of T ^ brn Hughes and F . Marion Crawford are in great demand . [ . Evidently Messrs , Chap man and Hall expect to do a good stroke

    of , business with their cheap Dickens . ^ Fhey hav Son e 'b inted of 20 a , 000 first cop edition ies of . ' Dombey and y way

    • ¦ \ Volume 20 of the 'Proceedings" of the Glasgow Philosophical Society , ' just issued ,

    has more than the usual interest . Among the subjects treated are 'Fisheries in Relation to General Civilisation and Progress' by Mr . W .

    Anderson Smith ; Agricultural O , Education «/ , with W " ^^^ " ^^ ^^^^^^ special W ^^ » " ^_ ' ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ - ^^ ^» ^—^— ¦¦ ^ reference ^^ " ^^^ ^^^ m ^^^ ^^^ " ^^^ ¦ ¦ ^^^^ ^^^ to ¦ i ^^ ¦¦ Germany H — ^ - ^ ¦ " ^¦ ^ J , ' b » y ^ Mr ^^^^** ^^^^^ " ^» . ^ C ~— . ~~

    M . Aikman ; * Land Ownership in Scotland , ' by Mr . Robert T . Youngeradvocate ; ' Chile

    , , its Present Position and Future Prospects , ' by Mr . John C . Rodgers -T 7 J , Chilian Vice-Consul ; r

    and '"State Purchase of Land in Ireland / by Mr . Mark Davidson . A ¦ work i 1 named * Undergraduate ¦ Papers /

    ^^^ v ^^^ v w v ^^^ - ^ - ^ - ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^_^ ~^^ r ^^ ^^ m ^^ m ^^^ ^^_^ - ^ - ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ r ^^^ ^ - ^ ^^^ p _^> ^^^ ~^^ r ~^ r ^^ n ^ B ^^¦ r 1 ^^ ^^^^^ ™ ^^^ m ^^^ ' ^^ v ^^ w ^_^^ ^^^* ^^^ v ' ^ ' ^ edited by Professor Nichol , published some years agoand to which Swinburne contributed

    is very rare , , and a high price is said to be put , on the book . Mr . Birkbeck Hill , nephew Aof

    Sir Rowland JHill , was also a contributor . Mr . W . " Robertson Nicoll contradicts the

    report that he has severed his connection with the British Weekly .

    The Queen has honoured Mr . Charles Kent by accepting a copy of his new work ,

    ' The Modern Seven Wonders of the World / the steam engine , electric telegraph ,

    pjiotograp light h , , and sewing telephone machine . , spectroscope , electric

    Mr . Whiteley , popularly known as the biga gest new shopkeeper monthly with ih the the worl title d , of has The commenced World *

    Provider . The object is to bring the producer and the consumer into direct relationsh . ip M . , and

    the price is fourpence . Messrs . E & Spottiswoode are now »

    publishing ^ b *_« ta ^^^ hf ^ a a ^^ w ** new m Baha ^ yre w ^ fe edition ^^ ^ k ^^^ »^™* - V * v ^^^ of "" ^^^ « the ^ « * ^^ ^ - ^ Variorum ^ rf ^ ^ a ^ ^ swmi ^^ _^* «^ v Bible ? r— . i 1 Its J __ L UM princi ft ^ - TJk JrJtAV ^ JL pal K ___ T «_ JVJk X features V / UfV *_** ^_/ K _» are «> WJk V / : the «_ /** X > unusual «_ 4 UHJL UtM UMI « large *«**«• ^ — -

    ness of the type for an octavo Reference Bible , while the thickness of the volume is no more the

    than 1 ^ inches ; that best critical editions the and translations Revised Version of books , have of the been Bible collated , including to i ¦ '¦¦ "i ' ¦ 'i * _ ^ w »

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1889, page 1478, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111889/page/8/