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    THE LATE MR. ROUTLEDGE. ¦ Hardl _ y — a ...

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    Henry Ward Be Ec Her.* |I

    to maintain their influence for some time to come .

    Beecher's own words make the work interesting . Much of it is autobiographical

    though the full autobiography which he had , planned never got beyond a rough and

    imperfect state . The great Til ton scandal is lightly touchedthough the inquisitiveness of

    the age in respect , to private family affairs will not be altogether disappointed on this matter

    even . English lawyers will read with some surprise the following passage . It shows in a

    curious and possibly serious light the instability of the transatlantic jury systemand

    j mi ght «/ now and then be advanced O «/ in argumen , t against the employment of the jury system

    j ¦ j I generall * We y are : — informed ¦ ¦ h on h ¦ the ¦ authority of one r ¦

    — — — - — —— - —^ — ~ w- ^ w ^^» ^ w —^ w - ^ p- - ^ v ^ v ~~ ^ " ^» - ^ rr ^^ w ° " ^^~ ^ B ^ ^ w ~^ pr w - ^^ - ^^ m *^^^^» *^^^ I of the jurors that several times they % / stood » eleven - to - ^¦ r one ~— ¦ ¦ in defendant - ~ m »« --bwb > « w » ' s wm favour r m # vb in b the r b » ™ — —^ — ' — — ^^ ™ ^^^— ^^— ^^ pbt ^^™ ^ . ^ ^ p ^ . j ^^^ ^^^ p ^ ^ p ^ . j ^^ p ^ ^^ ^*•¦¦¦ pbbi ^^ *^ ^^•¦¦ ^ p ^

    Til ton case , and once all agreed on a verdict for defendant ¦— when a juror ¦— unfortunately

    remarked — " — — - that — , » his — - ¦ - ~^ m- son — ~^^ ha & ^^^» wagere - ^«> ^^— ^ ' ^¦ B' ^^ ¦ — ^^ H d - *^ ^^ pr a " ^» " ^^^ larg ^^ . BB ^ B *^ B * ^ 1 ^ ~^ e » ^^ P > sum ^^~ ^ . ^ on - — a — — verdict - —¦ — — for — - the - ^— ¦ —~ - ^ r defendant - ^ w— - ^^ m- —m— - ^^ - ^ h— ^^^ ^^— ^ v ^^^ p ^^ v ^^^ ^» ; ^ B this *^ " ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ " *^^*^ " statement ^ P" ^^ ^^^^ BP ^ " ^ ^^^^ ^ BB ^^^^ BBB ^ BP ^ ^^^ *^^ ^ B *^

    ! split the jury at once , and from thence on they remained three to nine , until they were

    discharged . The case was never brought to / trial ** . •*¦ — ^ ™ ^ U again i ^^^^ BJ ¦ ' — — A , ^ b b 1 t *^^ he ~^" r p BJ d ^ laintiff ^™~ ^^^ B' - ^^ ^ w b ^ b ^^ m m ^ r ^ ^™ al ^^™^ wholl v bt w ^ ^^^ ^ gr - ^^^^^ p > y ^ r abandoning ^^ ' ^ V r ^^ F ^ fe ^^ bb ^ F ^ . ^ ^^^ A ^^ F ^ B v ^ BV a ^^^ W i a ^^ h ^^ V V ^^^^ k b ^ it ^^ ^ H' . V K * ^* ^ ' _ ^ . * _ ¦ ^ ^

    It is well known that after plaintiff bad abandoned ¦ ¦ ¦ his ¦ case his leading counselHon .

    William — —~ - ^ — j - - —•— A . Beach — ^^ " ^ » ^ ^ ' ^ , ^^ ^^^^^ frequentl - ^ ^^¦ » - ^^^ ^ — ^ ^^* ^^ ^^ ^^^ H y ^^ and - ^^*^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^ W publicl ^^» , H ^^ i . ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ y \ declared that the trial of the cause had

    con-; vinced him of Mr . Beecher ' s innocence , and j hounds that he try felt ing as to thoug pull h down they a had noble been lion a . pack Five of

    years later he expressed similar views to the writer . '

    The book abounds with personal incidents , expressions of personal opinion , and views of

    men and manners in the circles in which Beecher moved ¦— ¦ . It is ¦ ¦ deep ¦ ¦ ly w interesting ¦ . In

    • T ~— — ^— - — ^ — w ^» - ^ ' — — — ^™ - ^^ ~^ ^ " ^^^ ~ - ^ r w ^ F" " ^^™ ^^^ ^^ ~^^ r ^ - ^^ ~^ m- — - ^^ ^^ r i ^^ r ^^^^^^ him ^ b ~ ^ m ^ mu ^ Ito ^ I ^ b i fact it could not be otherwise , for the life of ! t the - ^— - ¦ — - ^^^ man — -- ¦ ^^— ^— w fv ^ laa was v ^ ^^^^ p —l uni ^^ r ^^ v i ^^ w ^ ^^ que —t -m ^ k ^^^ ^ W ^ ^ in B . T ^^^ Pi ^ P ^ its PVB ^ tf *~*^^ ¦ way f ^ p ^^ W V ^ . V Perhaps *^^^^ ^ p ^^* . ^ iW ^^^ < p > pi ^^ r ^ B p ^ . l ^^ pp ^ it i ^ ^^ p i

    j might have been condensed with good effect ; ! but readers will ¦ not ¦¦ be slow to admit that its

    ~ — — - - ~ — ' - ^^ - — - W " " ™ ^ " ~ ' ™ ^^ ^— " ^— »^ r ^^ P ^ ¦ IH ^^— ' ^^ — - - ^ p- ™ M- ^ ^^^ " ^ ^ V ^ ^^ p ^ ^^ ^ PPJ ^ f * ^ pr ^ ppj . ^ pi ^^^ V ^ P * ¦•* *^ ^^ BP ' store of wisdom and entertainment is ample

    and rich .

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    1748 ¦ ¦ The » « ' Publishers i » > . . ¦ < B « ^ t ' Circular ^>^ k _ ja ^ Dec . 15 , 1888 ^ I i ^ iH

    The Late Mr. Routledge. ¦ Hardl _ Y — A ...

    THE LATE MR . ROUTLEDGE . ¦ Hardla has elapsed since the head

    of the well _ y — - known year , -w ~ -r ^~ . ^_ firm wrv -w . n « of ^ w » _* - rw Georg - ^ . r - ^ - ^^ rv- » « , jla e ¦^ p # ^ 1 . ^ r Houtledge m ^ rfb ^ ^ pf . * ¦ A ¦*_/ « u ^ f ^ . ^ - sincere sinc cfe Sons ere regre reeres retired t t that tha from . t . we w « business hav ha . ve « now now , and to tn it chronicl nVi is rrkniol with e

    , his decease . Mr . George Routledge , who died at 50

    JKussell TJiriflFtfill bquare Smia . Tfi . , on on the iVm 13 I ^ hli th inst inaf ., was wn « born VirkT « r » at n . f . Brarnpton 1812 — — ' - — ; j and —¦* - - . , after — in «_— — ^ v Cumberland - ^ serving r *~ - - ^ r — v «^> «~ ^ vk ^ an ^^ w ^ ^ , on apprenticeshi ™ f ^ f ^^ ^_ r Sep ^ L , ^^ ^^ JP . tember ^^ rip ^ ^ p ^ ^^^ PV ^ - "fc 4 ^ A p V- ' 23 to ^* ^ - ,

    ment Mr in the . Thurnam in year the 1833 , house of , Carlisle when of Messrs he , came procured . up Baldwin to emp London and

    loy-Craddock , of Paternoster Row . But before long he quitted this to start in business ini ^

    — - - F ^ - ~^ - ^ ^' B - * " ^ ^ ^— - ^ ^^ - ^^ i - *~ *^ ¦—• ¦ p ^ tnip' - ^» - ^ fc ^ r ^« pr ^ # «^ v ^ " ^ M ^ ¦¦ * - ^ ^ h > ^ k' . »*» p ^^ . ^ Jk «* - ^ t ^ fv ^ P ^ # JL ^ kpl ^ T assistant assis Kyder tant ' s , Court his his , brother brother Leicester --in in--law law Square . the t . h , « with late lnr . ft Mr Mr one .

    William Henry , Warne , then a , youth of fifteen ; but the business rapidly increasing ¦ larger

    - - ~ — - ^ - ^ — — . „ — . . —^ —_ - ^ w - ^ w - ^ , — . ^^ , ^ H — ^^ ^— ' — . w . ^^^ ^^ ^^— ^^ ^^ " (^ h ^ . ^ pjii — - *^ ^^ t ^^ ^ p > ^^ p ^ ^ , h ^ v ^^» p ^^ ^ H' ^ ^^^ ^^* premises were required , and in 1843 it was removed to 36 Soho Square . In 1848 Mr .

    The Late Mr. Routledge. ¦ Hardl _ Y — A ...

    William Warne was taken into partnership , 1 aswas alsoin 1851 Mr . Houtledge ' s other I

    brother , -in-law , Mr . Frederick , Warne . ShortlI after this the business , was removed to Farring y - I

    don Street ; and subsequently , in 1864 , to I the Broadway , Ludgate Hill . I

    _ In the year 1854 Mr . Routledge visited the I United Statesand established a branch of I

    his business in , New York . On November 9 I 1858 he took into partnership his eldest son , I

    Mr . , Robert W . Routledge , when the firm , , I previously styled George Itoutledge & Co . I

    became Routledge , Warne , and Routle < Jge , ; I but it did not long continue so , Mr . William I

    Warne dying in the following May . Mr . I Frederick Warne having left the firm on the I ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ i ^ ^ w ipH ^^^ A pi ^ ^ k ^^ 1

    termination . . _ of the _ partnershi . p , Mr . Edmund I Routledge entered it in July 1865 , and the I

    style was ^ accordingly changed to George I ^ Routled ^^^ ^ Pr *^ r ^ ' ^ i ^ ^ P * - ^^ ^ B ^ V ^^^^— ge ^ pl ^^ M ^^ & * Sons ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^^ " ^^^ . V I ^^ H

    Mr . Routledge was a justice of the peace I and ^^^ ^^ P ^^ pPJ ' ¦^ p ^ ^ pp deput ^ P ^<^ ^ p ^^¦ ^ ^^^ P ~ ^^ P *^^ ^^ y- ^ lieutenan " ^^^^ P 1 ^ pP ^ ^^~^ W ^ i ^ ^^ P' ^^ " ^^^ ^ P **» ^^ " ^^ " t ^^^ of ^^^ ^^^— his i ^^^ ^ - ^^ - ^ native ^ ^ — ^^ " ^ ^ ^ — i county ^— ^ ~— - ^ ¦ ^ of ^^ ^^^ I ^^ H

    sheriff Cumberl in and the , years and 1882 served -3 . office of high I j

    tative IP 1 ^^^ V ^ P 1 ^^^ On ^ ^^ p ^ company ^ J PF ^ PP anuary ' ^^ ^^ " ^^^ ^*^^ ™*^ P ^^ " ™*^^ W 12 of ^^^ ^^» , 1888 members ¦ ¦ w ^^^^ . ^ ^^^ p ^^— - ^— ¦ ¦ , » ~—~ ^^ a ^ ^ — " ^ larg of " ^— — e ihe represen i . . " — book — — — — —— - ^— ¦¦ j j

    trade assembled at dinner at the Albion to congrat -r ulate Mr w . Routled ¦¦ - - ge upon his ¦ success

    ^ v ^^^ m ^^^^^^ p ^ K ^^^ ~*^^^ r ^» ^^ ^™ ¦ ^» ^ ^^ ^ p ^ r ^ ^^^^ ^^^ " ^^ ^^^ ^» ^^^^ - ^ ^— ^^ ^ - — ^— - 'r ^^^ ^^ H — ^^ ~ ' " ~^ — — — ^ ~ ^ ~ — and eminence as a publisher for over fifty years v . A full report •!¦ of that celebration ap -

    peared in our number of January 16 . Mr . Routledge then sketched in most interesting wordavthe progress of the houseandin

    coneluding evening •^ r ™ ^ pB" ^^» ^^» ^^^ ^*^ p ^ p Hp ^ , ^ his h said v ^^ r ^ . ^^^ speech ^^ " ^^ ^^ : ^ p * l Now ^^ in ^^ " ^^ " ^ rep " , ^^ B ly gentlemen f ^^^ M to ^^ ^^^ ^^ the , toast , ^ p > , I of have — — the ^^ j

    brought my remarks to a close , and have to thank you for the attention with which you

    have listened to me . When a man talks about his own life he is apt to be somewhat discursive

    and to exhaust the patience of those whom he , addresses . Your kindness to me touches me

    deeply ; if your object in entertaining me was to ^ p- - *^ - g ^ p ^ p ^ ive ppja ^ - ^ pr ^ me ^ bpi ^ b - ^ h ^ p ¦ ¦¦ 'r leasure ^^ " ^| pr ¦ p ^ - ^ p' r- » pr - ^^^^ ^^ ^ t ^ , ^ m ^ I —— can —¦— ' ^ ^ - ^ — assure — — ¦ —w »» - "W ~—* you W ~~ " ^^ " ¦ you ' ^¦^ " ^ " ^

    have more than succeeded- I give you my most earnest thanks ¦ for the ¦— ¦ courtesy ¦

    kindness ^»^™« pi - >^ i i ^ ^ ir , and ^ mm * ^ n ^^ ^^ b ^^ pna support - ^^~~ w *^ mj ^ m ^ fr . ^ »*^^^ ^ which ^^^^ *« iv ^^ - — ^^™ I have - ^ —— - ^^ - received ^^ — - ~ ' ^ - — , -j " — fro ' — ' ^ m ^ you _( and your predecessors during the past fifty

    »/ years _ , ^^^^ ^ p ^ ^ t ^^ r" . ^ pp ^ B ^ B ^ N ^ ¦ ^^ That % / ^*^^ ^ 1 *^^ ¦ ^^ " , . gentlemen ^^ " ^ P ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ P ^^ ^^^ ^^^ » ™ ^ " ^ " ^^^— ¦ , - ^^ ^— ^^ can ^^ ^ - - — - - —^ < never ^ ^ B ^»— ~ ¦!¦ ^^ PT ^~^ ~~ be — w ^^~ ^ ~ for ~ ^^ ¦ */ - gotten either by me or by those who follow me /

    We hope to publish a portrait of Mr . Routledge in our next .

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    Messrs . W . A . Mansell & Co ., of 271 & 273 Oxford Street , London , have brought out a

    pair of most charming studies by Miss E . G . separate Cohen , of car femal d cover e heads with , in a the prettil words y desi i With gned

    Greetings' printed outside . Miss Cohen ' s exhibited works both in water-colour , and

    black and white have attracted much attention ; they ¦ ¦ ¦ combine ¦ i ¦ ¦ ¦ grace with vigour - ^* - ^ - ^ and f

    oriinal ^^ — i ty ^ F- J , —^*^ - and ^^ p ~ " ^ W ^ ^ " ^^ th ^^ at VpPlPK ' " "H » - ^^ truth ^ P ^^ - ^^~ » ^ ¦ ^^^ ¦ to - — ^ nature — jpi ^^ " — ¦ w ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^ which —W ^^ —^^ ^^^ B ^^ g BpBP ^ B *^ " ^ •"" is . ¦ * possible only when Nature herself ia copied .

    Messrs . Mansell should have a largo demand for Miss Cohen's work .

    Early in thp i > ew y ^ ar Messrs . Longmans ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1888, page 1748, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121888/page/6/