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    United States on account of the keen satire with which American society is pictured .

    # # Messrs . T . & T . Clark have in the press

    ' The Church in the Mirror of History , Studies on the Progress of Christianity , ' by Dr . Karl Sellof Darmstadteditor of Life 7

    and ^_ Letters ^ tf * * of , __ h ^ H __— * B _^ . R _ 1 __ . H — -d ^ - > . Princess _______ _ i , Alice _ __< _¦ of ' Eng ____ - ^__ , - land and Hesse Darmstadt . ' The translation is dedicated , by permission , to H . R , H . Princess

    Christian of Schleswig- # Holstein , A new series of monthl * * y volumeswith the

    general title ~ ~~ ~— ~~ of ~^ r ~^ r' ' The ¦ — — —— - - ** - - ^ m _ Whitefriars —» -m ^ ^ m ^ v ——» h w ^ " _^^ ^ rf ^ fc ^— 4 ^ t ^ V ^^^ ^^ Library —» , ^ ft w » —^ " ^* ™* " ^ ™* of ^^ ^*^ Wit and Humour % ' will be h began k early fc in the

    new year — — by ~~ - ^ Messrs - ~— — —^ ^—^ , — . Henry - ~ — ^—¦ " ^_ - — —— & ~ ^_^ Co *^^^ «_—_ . , P—— of ^^ ^*^* ^ F ^ Bouverie ^—> V ^^^ **¦ *^ P » ^^ " ™ ^_ p ^_^ Street — — . — Mr — ~ . — Davenport — — - — _— - » " — - _—— " ^—¦ ———* Adam _^_> _ PP ^ .- ^ — - ^_ . « — s if will _¦ » __• ^_ i __ fe be —S ^ —fc ^ the ^* - ^ ^—> ~ ' ¦ -

    editor , and the contributors will include many writers ~ of ~ eminence — ' " ™^ , —¦ whose * ' — ^* - 11 ¦> "—— names ^» ^ P- » ^ ¦ * _¦¦ *¦ » " *^ ¦ I _ 4 wi T —* fe ^ l ^ ¦> l V s k ^ h ^^ ^~? or - _ r * " - ^ 1 tl ^ F ° —™ y J

    be announced . * *

    On i ~ \ November AT 1 24 - "_ A Mr "H / T _ . Gilbert / " > t _" M _ i Dalziel TT _ I 1 will _ . _•__ publish 'Jud — y f ' s ^^ ^ Annual ^^ ^^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " , ^ ^ ^^ " ^ ™^ ^^™ 5 ^ for __ i * - ^ ^^ W k 1891 —^^ ~^ , ~ w ^ » ___^ , ^ B which T W ——— ^_» —* ^ . _* ^ K ^ k ¦ ¦ this ^ t ^ *• ^^ ^^ fc

    year is entitled ' Behind the Scenes . ' The book will contain thirty-two stories written by

    some of the most distinguished actors and actresses — ~ — of the — — present m- ^ " ^ ~^~ ~ - " ^» ¦— " ^ day T 1 * ^ ^^^ P J ^ . Amongst ^« k ^^» i ^ 4 ^ ^ b ^^^ ^^ ov | p ^^ T > f ^^ them v ^ ^ *^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^"

    will Barrett be , Charles found Mrs Warner . Bernard , Jessie -Beere Bond , , W W eedon ilson

    Grrossmith , Rutland Barrington , W . S . Penley , Harry NichollsAmy Rose rf lle i i Howard Pau 1 l

    Alma m Stanley — - , , -m Cvri « l Maude —^™ ' *** I « r - ^^ ^^ , ^—— ^ Charles , V ^^^ . ^^ ta ^ . ^ V « ^ i V ^» Coborn " ^ r ^ ^^^^ ^ k >~^ r ^¦¦ ¦ ^^ , , & c , & c , each actor or actress contributing

    Ba one rnard story , . Bernard The illustrations Partridge , are Alfred by Frederick Bryan ,

    William F . Pegram Parkinson , A . Chasemore , and H . R , . J Millar . B . . Clark ,

    # # An illustrated Biography of Mr . Isaac

    lished Pitman on , by December Thomas Allen 1 by Reed . Messrs , will . Griffith be

    pub-Farran & Co . Mr . Pitman , still presides over , the Phonetic Institute at Bathwhich he has

    , half superintended a century . uninterruptedl He is in his y 78 for th more year , than yet

    letters he supervises a ¦ year — ^ ~ , ^ M a ~ ^^ ^ . ^ correspondence ^*^ id ^^ ^^^^ es ^^^ *^>^ e ^ m ^ d ^^¦ ' ^ k i >^ t ^^ ¦¦• r ing ^ s ^ H faHi ^ b the ^^^ v ^ ~^ ^^ of ^ tf Phonetic ^ i . ^ w 20 ^^ ^^ v , ~^ 000 ^^^ ^ v ^ tr ^ - ^

    J which ournal he , annuall and com y p publishes iling the . numerous The number books of writers of his system of phonography is now

    enormous , and by these as well as by the general public , the biography will be looked

    forward to with interest . # *

    It has been known for some time that Prince Bismarck was engaged in literary work

    and it was rumoured that he was writing his , autobiography . Nowhoweverit transpires

    that the work he had , in hand was , not his own memoirsbut a * Life i of the Emperor ii i William piVh #

    , w ~^ ^ ^— -- ——» " ¦ ^ —— ¦ - ^» ¦¦ i ^ ^^ . pt ^^^»^^ - ^ ^^ " ^ r ^ ¦¦ p ^^^ ^^ ^ j * p >^ > p .. *^ " ^ ^ *^ p » p * pi ^ p *^ I diffe ., ' and rences it is hav stated - - — e — arisen —w —¦ — — - that — — ~^ ¦ — - - -t in between w - ^ ^ regard —^ " " ^ ^ t ^ T ^ i P »™ "i ^ the ^ to v ~ P ^ ^^ ^^^ this Emperor ^ pHPH ^^ q n ^ i % P ' Life ^ f ^ fcp » » P ^ *»*^ I * W '

    and the ex-Chancellor . The Kaiser insists on overlooking the proofsand the Prince declines

    to submit to this . A press , correspondent says that — — — Bismarck --------wr . ~_ - - , ~ . will v w —^ i ~^ p p —¦ pp remove ^ -w m pib -- ^ ^ rf T ^ P ^ the ^»^ ** »* ^^ ¦¦ publication W ^ - * ' ^^ P / % ^ pBPj J « » p ^ ^ hP ^ ^ h ^ ¦* ^ rf" pBP 4 Pl 4 to ^^ ^ t ^

    England , if necessary , to evade the Emperor ' s power , and it is confidently rumoured in

    < lierlin that should he do so the book will be

    confiscated and its circulation prohibited in Germany .

    m Messrs . Bemrose & Sons will publish

    which shortly is a edited work b entitled y Charles ' Devonshire Worthy ^ author Wills of , '

    ' Devonshire Parishes * / . ' It is a collection t / 7 of I abstracts of early wills and administrations

    proved and granted in the Diocese of Exeter , and will provide valuable material for county

    history . The series of testamentary documen mAnfa ts h Ii 5 as i « HjP been kQii care r » arf > fnllT full 7 splfinf selected . fifi b bv the tllA

    editor from his own collection y the result y of many years' researches at the District , Probate

    Registry at Exeter . The extracts do not treat exclusively of _ — county _ _ ^ ^ families — , but include the

    wills of many persons whose pedigrees were not recorded at the Herald ' s visitations , but

    whose descendants still nourish in the West of England and elsewhere .

    # # ' Olymp % / ia' is the title of an important

    work on the x results of the excavations instituted by the German Empire , which Messrs .

    As her & Co . have in pi eparation . The work is issued under the direction of the Prussian Minister of EducationalEcclesiasticaland

    Medical Affairs , and is edi , ted by E _ rnst Cur , * tius and Friedrich Adler . There will be five quarto volumes of text , four folio volumes of

    plates , and an atlas with maps and plans in folio . The work comprises the following divisions : Vol . I . History of the Excavations

    History of Olymp , ia , History «/ of the Destruc- , tion of the Monuments ; Vol . II ., Architecture ; Vol . III . Stone Sculptures : Vol . IV . The

    Bronzes an , d the other smaller Finds ; Vo , V ., Inscriptions ; each to be accompanied by

    appropriate illustrations . Volume IV ., to be published first , will be issued about December 6 .

    Messrs . GriffithFarran < fc Co . are

    publishing : a collection , of Lay Sermons on the following subjects : — ' The Conduct _ ., _ of Life /

    b 1 y Sir O * John TTl c _> Lubbock " 1 o 11 1 ; * Music It iff" ' / 11 by the il Rev T-v ^ . Canon Barker , Rector _____ of __ Mary ^ lebone — — ; * The

    Health of the Mind / by Dr . Benjamin Ward Richardson ; ' What is a Gentleman ? ' by Rev .

    Freeman Wills , M . A . ; * Relations of the Church and Stage / by Edward Terry ; '

    Physical * The Training Relig ious / A by spect X Herbert i of Science Gladstone 7 / by */ , W M ¦—— il . l - P iam - . ;

    Lant Carpenter ; Sentiment / by Arnold White ; * The _ Revelation _ of Evening / bRev .

    Arthur Mursell ; * Moral Courage , as y j ExempJL lified in the Lives ' of Bishops A , Patteson and

    Drama Selwyn in / White by Miss and Patteson Blue / b , 2 H vols . Arthur ' The y enry

    J Freeman ones ; ' On Wills the Side M . A . of the ' Cleanliness Angels / b next y Rev to . ;

    Godliness / by Dr , . Benjamin Ward Richardson r ^ " - ^ ~— ¦ i ¦ ¦ ; v ' ¦ Is i ¦ * — the ¦ — - * ¦ " ¦ ^_^ Game ~ ii - v " ^ ^ ^ " ^ w ^ ^ ¦ ^ . ^ worth ^ w ^ - _ P ^ W * ^^ »^^ ^ " » the ^ . * P ^^ P ^ ^^^ Candle ^__ P ^ ^ " ^ W *^ 0 ^ ^ i ^ W * P *^ ^^^ ? _ F ' b » ^"^ y W

    Rev , R . Cynon Lewis ; ' Earth to Earth / by Dr . Danford Thomas ; * Beware ¦ of Dogs' by

    Rev p __ r ^_* . H p ^_^*^_ p- . C - ^ w _ i . Shuttleworth ^—_ _ __ . -A j __> - ; ' Battering ___> -- _ . — — -- __ — - _— Rams ¦ ' ~ , ^ J , or Moral and Social Reformers / by _ Percy „ _ _

    Crosse ; ' The Manufacture of Criminals . __ , . _ ^ / by ^ Rev . Freeman Wills .

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    1494 The Publishers' Circular Nov . 15 , 1890

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1890, page 1494, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111890/page/8/