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i496 The Publishers' Circular Nov. 15,18...
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Professor S . D . F . Salmond . It makes a feature of signed reviews — .-. and __ 7 judging from the
first number c > , it is destined __ , , to , take o a high place as a critical organ . Among the contributors
are Principal Rainy , Principal Reynolds , Canon Driver , Professors Dod , Bruce , and
known Macalister . , The and others Critical whose Review names will are not well be the organ of any particular section of the
Evangelical Church , but will be conducted in the interests of all its branches .
Reviewers and reviewing are themes of perpetual interest because themes regarding
which there is always a difference of opinion . Mr — . Brander _ — ___ Matthews _____ has convictions _ respect x -
ing the duties of a critic and has been giving expression Xto them in the New Revieiv . He
discusses nothing less than the ' whole duty ' of criticsand especially of British critics .
According , to Mr . Matthews , no reviewer should review a book which he cannot take
seriously . This is all very well , but what about the books that are not meant to be taken
seriously 1 ( a good many of which come from America ) and what about the great army of writers who never write anything that is worth
taking seriously ? Is the reviewer to disregard _ _ _ them _ ? If so he would speedily find his
X «/ occupation ^ gone . Again the critic # should be kindly and sympathetic . This is excellent
advice , but until authors reform we fear there is little chance of the regeneration of critics . If Mr . Matthews is bent on being a reformer
let him experiment on authors and then come , to critics . Charity begins at home .
A prophet is not without honour save in his own country . The inhabitants of
Ecclefechan have no very intimate knowledge of the writings of Carlyle ; indeedthe good people
know almost nothing of him as , man of letters , and remember him rather for his eccentricities .
Yet they cherish his meYnory in a fashion . ' The house in which he was born / says a
/ % f a correspon — n obj -- , iect - — d of * m en interest t - of t he v in Pall -y- ~ v " ¦ the _ . Mall " _ 1 J ^ locality m - - Gazette / " ^ * i , t he , is room now
in which he first saw the light being furnished with numerous articles from Cheyne Row ,
ineluding the philosopher ' s favourite antique easy chair and couch , his letter-rack and
tobacco-cutter , both evidencing frequent handling { - % , j a -- neat book - -shelf — , containing - Q ~ yone
of Chapman < ft Hall ' s well-known series of Carly ' s works _ . _ _ 7 various _______ can _ _ dlesticksMrs .
with Carly several le's tea por X -cadd traits , y , and and engravings a set of f- old . Articles , china ,
felt of special hatand interest the straw are a hat broad in - which brimmed Carl soft le j y
appears , in a familiar portrait ; and it is worth - mentioning thatamong the numerous visitors
C 7 , , English and American , during the time ^ the house lias been in charge CJ of the present Jk
caretaker , the hats have only fitted fourteen heads . Yes , Carlyle had an uncommon head .
dedication Her Majest of the y h Facsimile graciousl of y accep the Orig ted inal the
Manuscript of the Book of Common Prayer , ' the well-known ' Annexed Book ' preserved in the House of Lords' Librarynow being
reproduced from photographs take , ; n within that hiiilf- # i _¦ mr _¦ ¦_¦¦« WVlVHi n . T . _ i i . c % V > ir p _ rmhlifthftCi _¦»¦ - ¦ w-fe noniointlv ¦ iv hv %
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printers printers Messrs . , , Eyre an and a & Messrs Messrs Spottiswoode . . u C . . JJ . . , Ulay Clav Her Maj & < k Sons Sons esty ' s .
T Cambri he book dge University was signed Press by , earl Convocation ___ y next year on - . ,
the December ' •^^ 'l- Act of 20 — Uniformity " ^_ _____ , 1661 ____^_ . __¦» f —) ¦— , ^__ and to ^ which f was _____ confirmed royal _ -w . ^ , assent _ - ^__ ^_ b , _ , y ^ ,
, _^ „ , _^ v was given in 1662 . The manuscript was then annexed to the Act and the two were deposited
in an ancient tower near the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey - _ . __ It r has — __ - - _ experienced - _ - - — H - ¦ — — — ¦ — —^ - ^^ " ^¦ ' ^ K
some vicissitudes , yet it is in very good preservation . It is written througo hout in a very — j
clear and regular clerk ' s hand , and but for other circumstances it might be supposed from
the uniformity of style that only one transcriber had been employed ; it hasmoreover
few erasures and corrections X «/ ' . Every , page as , lithog OX raphed has been compared X minutel ---y with --
the original by Mr . J . H . Pulman , the Librarian of the House of Lords , by whose
courtesy and care the accuracy of the process employed has been verified . The reproduction isthereforea faithful copy of the originaland
shows , the characteristic , flaws and erasures , as well as all signs of age and injury that , the MS . now exhibits .
men ¦ man Mr who who . Justin hav have ft attained fl / hfr McCarth . arf . fanv y , eminence fiminfinfifi like most . is is literary a a hard hard Ii ___ any
worker , often sitting up nearly all , night to write his ' leaders ' and other contributions to
journalism and literature . A representative of Wit and Wisdom has been interviewing him
in his pleasant home in Cheyne Gardens , Chelseaand drew from the genial historian and
nove , list some interesting confessions . Mr . M'Carthy does not always find it easy to keep
romance 1 Sometimes and ' history he . said separate * it is difficult and distinct to . avoid . . |
romance in , history , but , on the whole novelwriting c ? help xs to make historical characters
more real and life-like . I always try to be impartial Xand fair . I find that one takes
a fresh view of many matters in reading and writing history . I am a rapid writer . If I had d ail thing y would else quite to do , suffice three or me four for literary teady h pur ours - i
•> A •/ JL poses lot . and I never 1 never , in even writing lan a novel out a , ch hav ter e an it y p pap
comes X , to me as I write . X The . same thing in my , lectures and speeches JL . I never prepare XX either \!
the one or the other until I am actually on my feet and speaking JL C / the opening 1 . CJ sentences , and
then , perhaps , I mentally group a few leading and central ideas . Some of my works are de- ; ci IP dedl i i » -i y political 1 i ¦ i ¦ - ¦ - ¦ still i - ¦¦ I do i not -- ¦ fi ¦¦ k ht --- ( for my own
sid — .. * " ^ —^_™ e -w in - _ - _—w my m -m- ' ~_^ - _ --- - books - * " ~ --- _ - ~ -- _ ' _— --. , _ . -p ^ -p' - ^ -- No --- _ " ~ _ ---- ¦ , -- ' - » 1 -- am -- ^ ¦ _~_ -c ^_* frequentl -- ~ . g ^ - _* ^ r *^» ^^ - *^ ** y ** " ^ quite »*^ * — — , as much interested and I throw quite as much
on earnes wha tness t I would into consider political in battles real life in as my utterl books j and entirely the wrong side as I should in y
fighting for my own sido . ' j The November number of the Leisure 11 our
begins i \ new volume and has among other features of interest the opening X O chapters Xof a
new of that story deli by htful Mr . romance Stanley J ' . The Weyman House — — , author of the g __ _ ,
Wolf . ' Mr . Weyman called his present serial ' The Story oi Francis Cludde' and it bids
fair to surpass in interest even his , former work ,
good as that was . Mr . Weyman has not only
I496 The Publishers' Circular Nov. 15,18...
i 496 The Publishers' Circular Nov . 15 , 1890
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1890, page 1496, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111890/page/10/
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