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    — Bib^B, Ilofe? And Ilewf

    claimant in literature is printed on fine-toned ' paper , and the illustrations are good . It is

    Bride published mihiiahed ' s Street bv by Messrs Messrs , E . C . . . iiordon Gordon & < x * Crotch Gotch ' , . , 6 6 St St .. : It is stated in one of the American journals

    ' just Fletcher ¦ to hand Harper , in an that - - article , prior _ - on to - the the _ ... _ late death . Mr of .

    the mW — - —— first — --- Fletcher ^ " , Harper _ _ _ # in 1877 _ , there , _ . was a Fletcher Harper in each of four generations

    of his branch of the family . Ot these the ' youngest alone is now leftthe

    greatgrandson , although the venerable , widow of the first Fletcher and the great-grandmother of

    the last survives in a green old age . ' A newenlargedand revised edition of

    the ' Official , Illustrated , Guide to the Great Western Railway' will be shortly published

    by to MessrB over 400 . Casaell & and Company will' . contain It will 35 extend pages , maps

    and plans and about 200 illustrations . The copy has been re-arranged and

    practicallrewritten . This Guide forms one of the * Official y Illustrated Guides' issued by Messrs . Cassell

    the other Guides in the series being to the , London & North Western , Midland , Great

    Northern , South Eastern , Brighton & South Coast , and South Western Railways .

    Mr . H . H . Howarth , M . P ., author of ' The History of the Moguls / and other works of

    research , is obtaining signatures in the House of Commons to a memorial to the First Lord

    of the Treasury , advocating the immediate grant of a literary pension to Mr . Ben Brierley ; the Lancashire l humourist and poet ,

    locally local ! v known known as as * Ab Ab o o' th th' Yate Yate . ' Mr Mr .. Brierley , we regret to hear , is in ill health and needy circumstances . We sincerely trust that

    the literary pension just liberated by the death of Edwin Waugh maybe bestowed upon his friend and fellow-worker .

    An interesting sale of books and manuscripts will take place in London towards the end of the month . -We refer to the

    approaching dispersion of the library of Mr . Frank Marshall , which consists of early editions of

    Shakspeare , first editions of Thackeray and Dickens and of Sterne . Amongst the original

    manuscripts about to come to the hammer are ' Paul Pry ' ( in the writing of John Poole ) , Captain A . Marryat «/ 's ' Midshipman J . Easy ' and

    some poems by Gay . Perhaps the most interesting of the autographs is a letter from David Garrickgiving kindly counsel to an

    aspiring playwri , ght . Some light is thrown on the health of Mr .

    Walt Whitman by a letter which he wrote at Camden , - New ----- Jersey - — m , - on — May . _ .- __ _ 22 - _ . In — this ^

    letter the poet says : — I am feeling pretty well at present , but have

    had a bad winter—have had the grip and a second attack—was out yesterday four or five miles to the bay shoreand lingered some time by the

    , water side—eat and sleep middling well—in good spirits .... shall probably get out this fine afternoon in wheel chair—have kind attention /

    The veteran * poet of democracy' sends through the correspondent a characteristic message to

    thoBe in this country who are interested in his remembrances welfare— - ' Love to to British you , friends arid be ' . st * wishes and ' ^ ' ¦ "¦ ' W " ' ' '

    A writer in a reoent number of CassdPs Saturday Journal describes the collection of valuable objects in the * art treasures shop of '

    Miss Millard at Teddington . ' He was shown a ing ring a that lock belonged of Lord Nelson to Ladv ' s Hamiltoii hairand , the contain copy

    of a document referring to the procedure , of We I different Trafalgar . squadrons The original in the documen anticipated tsigned battle by of

    Lord Nelson , was sold to the Queen , by Miss " Millard — - iii ¦ i ^^— i v . Amongst ^^^^ ^ v ^ ^^ ^»^ hk ^^ ^ other ^^ - w ^ v ^ v ^^ ^ b curiosities ^^ - ^^ v ^¦ v ^ i ^ «^^ w ^ f ^^» ^^**^ may ^> iw _ y be ^ ar ^^

    heart mentioned a diamond a miniature -studded of Garrick gold snuff by -box Engle in

    blue enamel , , formerly the property of Napoleon , and a striking le of old crewel work

    supposed to have examp been done by Queen , Elizabeth . m

    The scandalous

    ended in the purchase of the Burial Ground , by field ' s Tabernacle adjoining church . After asse incurring mbling £ at 4000 White ex-

    penses in the public service , the old and , historic building in which the congregation met suddenly

    collapsed from the foundations , and had to be entirely taken down . £ 20 , 000 more has now T ¦ —

    to be raised from the same voluntary source church for the was erection founded of a by new George building Whitiefield . The , th old e I

    revivalist , in 1756 , and was the scene of his I success , as also of the labours of many leacfhig I Nonconformist divinesincluding AufrtisttBi I

    Toplady , author of ' Rock , of Ages , ' vino KeW buried in the vaults below . The site is tffr » I

    rivalled , and is to be covered by a * Whitefield I Memorial Church' and 'Toplady Hall . ' A

    raised nucleus , and fund a meeting of £ 5 , is 000 advertised has alread to y be been held

    sidency in the City of Dr Temp . J . le Parker , June , 10 to , under inaugurate the pre the

    movement and appeal to public sympathy and London support . more There favourabl is probabl e for y the no planting position of in a

    large church , and we heartily wish success to

    this important undertaking .

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    V . —MESSRS . REEVES & TURNER . Of the comparatively few remaining

    secondhand booksellers whose businesses are firmly rooted in the depths of several score years ,

    the house of Messrs . Reeves & Turner takes a foremost place . Although no hard and fast

    lines two vr v v ^^ gentlemen W of ^ % ^^ ^^ partnersh ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ who i p ^^ ever co ^^ ^^ mposed existed B ^ ^^ -- " — the — between —> - ~ firm — - - , _ the yet ^ _

    their connection was close and lifelong , and remained undisturbed until three years since ,

    when Mr . Turner died . But Mr . Reeves remains an active worker in thebusiness he has

    . established shop-floor at , and No may . 196 invariabl Strand y , be chatting seen on with the

    customers , glancing at books brought to Jipa for of a purchase true-hearted , and kindly always leaving gentleman the impression yet withal .

    a man full of knowledge concerning , his own

    particular bne m life . His health , Rtrengta , l and business capacity are unimpaired , exbet > t Jl

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 16, 1890, page 749, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16061890/page/9/