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    > daintil Signor y-printed Ulrico catal Hoep ogue li , of of Milan a collection , sends us of a

    books printed by Gioliti de' Ferrari in Venice . « No more beautifully got up catalogue have we

    seen for many a long day . It is a gem in its way .

    The firm of Drucker & Senigaglia , booksellers to the University of Padua , is dissolved

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    H I «I 4 O8 The Publishers' Circular Nov...

    H « i o 8 The Publishers' Circular Nov . 15 , 1890 l "

    M Hkxthe Rebellion At The Equator* ^ Mr ...

    m HKXTHE REBELLION AT THE EQUATOR * Mr 1 1 —m . Jep h hson ' s bookwhich is supplementary

    ^ to Mr - ^^ m - ^ . ^ Stanley — - ^^ r- —r — — — —r- — ' s , | may — ~— — be , ~ j said — — - to comp - 1 lete the A ^ F official account of the expedition which had

    for its object the rescuing of Emin Pasha . It was written with the sanction and co-operation

    of Mr . Stanley , and has had the benefit of his revision . Moreover , it opens with a prefatory

    letter from Mr . Stanley , so that the book may be takenin the strictest senseas being

    intended to , fill the gap in the narrative , of the expedition which was unavoidably left by ' In

    Darkest Africa '; and in truth it does fill that gap and fill it satisfactorily . There were

    many important matters immediately connected with Emin of which Mr . Stanley could

    speak only by report . Concerning these Mr . Jephson furnishes the evidence of an

    eyewitness , so to speak , of one who was in direct personal contact with Emin when his fortunes

    were at the worst . Mr . Jephson ' s book must therefore be read along with that of his leader

    by all who would understand what the expedition accomplished .

    Mr . Jephson was nine months with Emin . During that period he naturally saw much of

    the Pasha , and on the whole came to love him . Mr . Stanleyindeedmildly charges his

    lieutenant with being , an , Eminist , but he is an Eminist in a very judicious and clear-eyed

    way . He praises Emin , but acknowledges grave limitation _ — _ . The _ man has talent f but he

    ^ vacillating , he has a certain resolution , and force of characteryet he is without the power

    of the born leader , . Emin is a scientist first and a governor afterwards . He would have

    done splendidly on a scientific cruise , but he was not the man to administer the affairs of a

    chaotic province , far less to quell a rebellion . He was far from being the right man in the

    right place , yet it must be acknowledged that he _ did wonderful _ — things _ . The marvel is that f

    with all his timidities , his aversion to every , species of harshness even when it was glaringly

    long needful and , he so contrived well . One to wonders govern his that province chaos did so

    not overwhelm him sooner , though , after reading Mr . Jephson ' s bookone wonders lessfor

    the curious and complex , character of Emin , is admirably broug QJht out . It is shown that with

    all his weaknesses he could be firm at times , ¦ of * Nine * ' Emiu *«• Month «!¦ Paah * rjta s * f ' a Experiences jt ^^ and m . the ^^ Rebellion ^ tmM in the juww Laat at the of Equator the mrttm ^^ Soudan ^ mi : a Story

    Pror *» ^^ ><> ¦* » m * s ^* m \ msmas *»« wuv * r ^ rm- - * w * r <«« w « a a *^ vinces , ' by A . P . Mounteney Jepbeon , with the revision and I co and -operation illustrations of Henry ( London M . Stanley : Sampso , D . O n . L Low ., Sic Marston , < fec , with Searle map

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    and that if he was not feared he was in the main respected . Mr . Jephson ' s estimate of

    Emin is generous , and no doubt fair . Yet Mr . JepLhson had cause to be severe

    upon Emin . Owing to the indecision of the latter , Mr . JepX hson was in danger ** of losing O

    his life . They were both imprisoned by rebels , and at one time death seemed imminent . But they escapedand the thrilling experiences

    they had while , in the hands of the rebels make the narrative more enthralling than most tales of adventure . That part of the

    book which describes the situation while Emin and his guest were prisoners is extremely vivid ,

    and will be relished by all who like to see men put on their mettle by being brought face to

    face with death . The volume teems with incident 7 but in interest the high-water mark is

    reached , amid the prison scenes o at Dufile . The temptation X to quote L is strongO , but space X . ' , or

    rather the want of it , forbids . Besides the absorbing tale he tells of treachery and peril and romantic adventure

    Mr . Jephson gives much valuable information , regarding the condition and prospects of Equatoria . Some of the descriptions are

    X ± first-rate bits of word-painting . Mr . Jephson has a ready eye for the picturesqueand is

    master of a grap % / hic and pictorial X sty X le , , though we should not omit to add that , so far as his

    own doings are concerned , he writes with i admirabl s rofuse e l reticence illustrated and and modesty like . In The Darkest book py , ,

    Africa , is handsomely printed and bound . ¦~ - — - -

    Literary Debuts. Our Clever Parisian Con...

    LITERARY DEBUTS . Our clever Parisian contemporary Le Temps

    thus comments on a letter from one of its readers respecting the facilities afforded to novelists of late yearsand especially to those

    1 authors who know the , public . taste of the i present day , for introducing themselves to the 1 ¦ * ¦»

    public : — i that * Our the correspondent authors who are supposes best received ' ( saysLe are Temps not )

    always the most meritorious . This is a supposi JL tion not easily disputed X . ; and , generalising i . j <_}

    more than we did , he goes on to assert that it is still a difficult matter to make one ' s debut in literature . This is incontestable ; for such

    difficulties are in the nature of things . * It is not enough to get one ' s self into print ,

    however pleasant may be the emotions of the novice —¦ — — — on — — seeing qj the fruit of his vig ^ j ils in ty pe jj _ .

    There is still the public attention to be gained , and chance has much to do with this . Some writers have succeededfrom their very first

    attempt , in making th , emselves known to a respectable number of amateurs , and in

    enlisting an attentive and continually increasing circle of readers for all their productions .

    volumes Others , aga unknown in , after to having the reading piled public volumes have on

    suddenly obtained its favour , very often , owing to some accident entirely apart from the

    intrineic value of the work , but which has served as a subject for conversation . This favour is

    reflected on their earlier writings , until then lectedand now suddenly discovered ; and

    above neg all , it helps to facilitate the acceptance , ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1890, page 1498, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111890/page/12/