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    of letters and papers which have to be preserved ; ; ; . ' .

    holz Readers Family of will Dr . be [' Stmde glad to ' s admirable hear that Messrs ' Bueh- .

    Bell _____ - ^ ^ & _ k Sons _ f ^_ . ' have _¦ _ - . in _ t ^™ preparation v , . i L . a translation _] . __ i . A of 'Fra ^ i Wilhelmine , ' which forms the

    coneluding volume of this captivating series . Among the announcements of Messrs .

    Swan Sonnenschein & Co . we notice a new ^ novel ^ . V ^ P ™ ™ _¦! ^^ r ~~ " ' Bb ~ ~^ y w __ i the ™ ^ ^ — _ — ^ ™ ^ . __ — _ ^ i Earf ^ p ^————» *_»^ __ ^ . ^_ v _ __ ^— . ^ __ . of —^^— _^ A . . Desart ¦^——^ v ^_____ ^^^ p > w ^ BW ^^ F ^ p ^^^* ^^ P , ^ H entitled ^^^ r ^^^ r ^^^ V ^^ F ^^^ ^^ p ^^^ V ^^^^ ^ y . __ ^ p __ i * Lord ^ V ^^ b __ ^^^ ^^ " ^ « b ^ v ^^^^ v ^"" ^

    and Lady Piccadill ^ y . * The same publishers have also in hand a volume on * England and

    lier Colonies , being a collection of the best essays on Imperial Federation submitted to

    the London Chamber of Commerce for their prize competition . For those who are interested in athletic and

    other sports , a work of much interest should be found in ' Inter-University Records / This

    handy little volume gives a statement of the contests in various forms of agility between

    Oxford and Cambridge from 1827 down to the present time . It is published by Messrs .

    Wright & Co ., of St . Andrew ' s Hill , E . C . The notice of St . Dunstan ' s * Housewhich

    appears in another page , reminds us , that Izaak Waltoli was , for some years , an

    inliabitant of St . Dunstan's , Fleet Street . The Editor of the Fishing GazetteMr . R . B .

    Marston , has collected a sum of , over £ 8 $ for the purpose of erecting a statue to Walton ' s

    memory in Winchester Cathedral . Works on ang Q ling M 7 ^» figure t ^ p largel d ~ p y in the lists of books

    published by Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . Messrs . Marion & Co . are now ready with

    their new designs of Christinas Cards for the season 1887-88 far exceeding in variety

    those for 1886-87 , , which were very successful . Among the novelties we may name a

    handpainted behind ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ and series a , motto with double looseso bevel that and the support picture

    may — ^^ . ^^ v ^^^ v be ^^ r ^ v , i ^ h v w *~ preserved ^^» m ^^ w ^ f ^ ^ t ^^^ f ^^^^»^ F ^*^ ^ B ^» ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ independentl ^^^ . ^^^ ^^^ ' ^™^ ^^^ , ^ y ^^ ^^ ^ ¦ y if ^^ - ^ desired ™ ^^ . The larger sizes are -what is called full panel .

    Another set of hand-painted cards is a hunting series of comic incidents spiritedly treated

    and hand- there painted is a on larg ribbed e panel silk series . Among of cards the , ,

    novelties are pearl shells , the inside of each presenting a seascape painted by hand .

    Messrs . Marion & Co . offer also nine series of cards , which present birds , flowers , landscape ,

    and delicatel sea y views hand , - also painted some on birds opal . of Some Australia of the ,

    i cards cards painted are arft on of of an glas cl opal ass s , , thick th surface ink , , with wi . th Some bevelled bevelled * again edges ederea , are ., I imitations 1 'W-fc J . *^ ^ . _ _ —_ - _ . _ . of items A- —^ _ of — . £ Christmas a 1 L > k . h ^» Xa « f ^^^ « -fc . *¦*• fare ¦•• ^ "V - « r « * - ^ . which WVT l ~» « > -k l ~ W

    , laid on a tablewould be taken for the , reality . , We find also a , popular series of cards on which

    are Christmas - " ^~ humorous " ^ »^^^»—• * m r ^* greetiifgs V ^ K w ^ ^^ ^^ i ^~ ^ groups ^^^^ FTM ^^ m ^^^ are ^^ ^^ — of termed — children — * , infantry whose ^ M

    salutes . ' The sets of these go in tasteful boxes . Messrs . Cassell issue a large list of i Letts's

    this Stati branch onery Mi AMi Goods of Jfc the / from business i which r ^^»»— of we ' the - —¦ ^ notice - — old — -esta - — that — — — -

    — - » w «^«» ^ AA ^^ ^ r ^*^* ^^ »*^ ^>^» rs ^^ wxi ^^ - ^ ^™ - ~ - ¦ ^ Exporters blished 1 1 ¦« ^ firm — would is _ now — — b do eing . well very to activel look mm m y worked throiiarh m * m .

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    ———^^ a * v ^ WMH ^ MaMMawnav ^ MM ^ iMHaMMMMB ^^ HaMa ^ Hi ^ i ^ aK ^ imMHMHMaMMAMBMaiHaMi ^ HiaMMa ^ Bmi ^^ aaaMM ^ i ^ MMMNNiV ^* _ ' Markets r Letts ' s / Shi now ppers issued ' Guide bMessrs to . Cassell the Eng . lish ' f . : y

    tive t Africa traveller is so that peculiarl read y a field should for turn the descri with p a - , ers

    feemig of relief to a work which Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . are to publish immediately . This is a ' Sketch of the Forestry of

    West Africa , ' by Alfred Moloney , C . M . Gk of the Government of the Colony of Lagos . The

    the work present is practical princi , pal and commercial deals particularl products y with of

    the region . ^ The third volume of * Fortunes Made in

    Business , ' which has just been published by Messrs . Sampson Low & Co ., contains some unusually interesting biographical sketches of

    leaders in the mercantile world . The subjects are Stoke Horrockses -upon-Trent , Miller ; Sir ^ & Villiam Co . ; the G . Armstrong IVEintons of ,

    Mitchell & Co . ; the Henrys of Manchester and [ Bradford ; the Crossleys of Halifax ; the Kitsons of Leeds ; the Richardsons of Bess-.

    brook ; the Platts * of Oldhain ; and Sir D 6 nald * * Currie .

    A timely hint may be given respecting , Illustrated annuals . Colonial , Indian , and .

    foreign orders for these should be determined as early as possible fc fc , as some go out . of print

    very verv soon soon . . Y xule ule Tide Tide , ' as as is is well well known known in in the trade , has forj 3 everal years past been out of print before its publicationand the orders

    for last year ' s issue exceeded , by many thousands the number prepared by the publishers .

    We understand that the forthcoming issue will contain such features as will insure for it a

    continuance of and increase in popular favour , ] and the complete story by Mr . R . L . Stevenson

    author of ' Treasure Island' will form a feature , of the number . ,

    Messrs . Dean & Son are about to issue a fourth editionrevised -i throug i b houtof Dr .

    Gordon 4 t " ^^ ^ hpiw ^ B . ^^ " 1 ^ *^ ^ fc Stables ^ ^*^« ^^ . ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^* , « ' work ^^^ ' ^^^ ^ ™—r»—v , ^^ _ ' ^ * Our - — - - w ' — Friend — — v ^^— — - — - —~ the , —j —— ¦ Dog ^^ / It . will .. ^— contain __ — _ — about - — fifty additional pages » -- »

    including _ _ . latest ., information _ ^ as to the various j ^ , dog - ^^ v ^ # ^^^ clubs ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ w ~^ r" r ^^ and ^»^ w ^ m ^^ — ^^ dog ^ ^— - ^^ ^^ v ^ h di - ^ — - seases - ~ ^ - — — - - , m and — a letter — — — from _____ _ .

    ' Ouida . ' The price will be 6 s . 6 d ., as before . extra Messrs Jubilee , Dean Part & San of 4 will The also Little issue -One a ' special s Own

    Coloured Picture Paper , entitled 'Fifty Years a Queen . ' The price will b © 6 c ? .

    The Westminster Review ( London ' _ " : Trlibnei : & Cq . ) although changed in price and , interval

    of publication , , does not seem to have departed far from the regular routine of its literary

    mission . As a monthly publication at half-a-< _ rown it should be more successful than in its

    old form . The May part contains some clever politicalhistoricaland literary articles . * The

    ^ . , -ki , h r ^^ . a > m < it e a v 4 * the Ei ______ _ ghty leading -seventh political _ Coercion ___ article _ Bill * . ___ * is the _ title __»_ of

    The Atlantic Monthly for May contains a on the boy ¦¦¦ hood ¦—¦ ¦» " ¦ of Ralph j Waldo ----- Emerson - —— _— v .. —_

    Iitew paper T by ^ ^ ^ ^ f ^ v >* ^ J 1 ^^ \ ^*^ & ^ Elliot _• - s ~ w ^ not ^^ ^ . " ^^^ Cabot ^ a ____ " ^ . ^ _ sunny ^ __¦ » ~^^ w , which ^~ " ___ — ch ' ^ __ # ildhood ¦ , is M — ~ extremel ~ " ^ " ^ " _ — - . It ^_ y was interesting _¦ ^ _ , bnly . —— . ^ Jk b _ y . ,

    unremitting exertion and frugality that the niother was a ] t ) le to keep her household together _;

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 16, 1887, page 495, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16051887/page/9/