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    M ¦ • " ' >" ... -4 ( 868 The Publishers...

    m ¦ " ' > " ... -4 ( 868 The Publishers * Circular August 16 , 1886

    $>Ot<# Anii Ita>£* We Hear That A New Wo...

    $ > ot < # anii ita > £ * We hear that a new work on the ' English

    Language , ' f .. rom the - pen of ___ Professor ^ m ^ m ^ m ^ ^ m , Meikle ^^^ ^^ v a ^ k ^ a - john , may be expected shortly .

    The Cambridge University Press will publish B a V volume - of * Fragments of Philo and

    ^^ ^ v ^^ r ^^^_ , — __— - ^ — - — — ^^_ — — Josephus , ' edit ed ^_ b _ . y M ^^^ ^^^ k r . J ^^^ M . Rendell A ^^^ b ~ ^ fl ^ m \ ^ B Ha ^^^^^^^^ rris . The book will contain the latest discoveries _ __ > ~ m ^ A ^ B ^ h ^ n * A ^ B ^ H

    of scholars , and facsimiles will be introduced . A book which should be unusually

    interesting is promised from the press of Messrs . W . Bl ^^ g ^^^^^* ^^^ ^ ac ^^^ p - ^^^ kw m ^ rmmf m ^ oo ^^^ p -mmr d ~^^^^ & ^^^^ p ^^^ p ¦ S *^^^ o - ^ mw n ^^—m ^^ r s ^ W . ^ v ^ It ^ - ^^ *^» ^ is ^^^~ m ^ a *^ f ~ *^ " p »^^ o ~— p g ^* " u — la - ~~ —~ r ¦ ac ~~ *»~ ~— c —~ ount ~™~ ™ — ^ - ^ ^^— ~~

    of ' The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain , ' written by Col . T . P . White , R . E .

    Professor Karl Pearson has edited the first volume of the late Isaac Todhunter ' s work er

    ^ P ^^^^ ^^ ^^ r ^ V ^^ " ^^» ^^^ ^^^» ^ m ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^^» ^^ W ^ ™^™ ^^ ^ " ^» ^ mr ^ ¦ ^^^^^ ~™~ ^ " ^ m—^ r - ^ mw ¦ ™ n "" r —™~ — ¦ - ~~ ~~ ^~ ~— —^— w ^^ ^ ^ ^ w r ' A History of the Elasticity and Strength of Materials . According to a contemporary , it

    t- / J . V ' discusses the work of such scientists as come within V ^ h ^^^ h ^ b ^^ fc ^ the ^^^^ b ^^ scope w ^ ^^ ^^ p ^ ^^ of ^ mr ^ the ^ ^*» ^ ht history mm * ^^»^*^ ^ ^^ - ^» w ^ from b ^ " ^ v ^^ v ^ the mm ^^— ^ v- time ^ ^ v ^^ v ^ ^^

    of Galilei to that of Saint Yenant , 1639-1850 . Permission has been obtained which allows

    the restorations of various interesting buildings in Edinburgh to be carried out . We

    mentioned some time ago that the promised restorations were due to the munificent offer

    of Mr . William Nelson , of the firm of Messrs . Nelson — & Sonspublishers . Mr . Nelson has

    , M . already restored St . Bern ^^ ard's Well , and the buildings which it is now intended to renovate

    are St . Margaret's Chapel , the Argyle Tower , and the Great Parliament Hall , all situated

    in the noble Edinburgh Castle . We have heard that Mr . John S . Downing

    has just purchased the entire stock of one of the largest cj manufacturers of inkstands ,

    stationery , cabinets , & c , in the trade . Samples of the goods will shortly be on

    view at his warehouses in Birmingham and Glasgow , or at his wholesale and ¦ export

    London agents ' , Messrs . George Waterston and Sons , 9 Rose Street , Newgate Street ,

    E . C . On August 21 will commence the re-issue

    in monthly parts of 'Cities of the World . ' The new issue will contain something like COO

    illustrations , and will be completed in thirty parts . Messrs . Cassell are to be complimented

    upon giving another opportunity to the public for acquiring this most interesting work .

    Messrs . L . Friederichsen & Co ., of Hamburg , have issued a catalogue of their

    publications which comprises many geographical , nauticaland mercantile 1 works I of H great in ¦—»

    -terest . , _ Amongst - — w — _ otherB — - - " -I - - ' - * ~^* - we — — - ^ " I find ¦ - I — -- __— ___ Dr ^^^ p ^ . — - — - ~^^ G ^^^ - ^ ~^ . __^ A B ___• . Fischer ' s reports —¦ k .. _ of — his _ — _ ___ exp ____ ___ _ _ _^ lorations ___ ¦ ¦_ — — - - — — - ¦ ¦ ^ -H --H -- ^^¦ -- ¦ ^ in __ k i ^ h ^ Masai ^^ b ^ V- __ P ^ fc # ^^^ ^^ - ^ ^^^^^ ^^^

    Land , which illustrate and supplement Mr . Thomson ' s well-known bookhis ' Mehr Licht

    im dunkeln Welttheil ( More , Light in the Dark Continent ) m , h in which — —¦ - — he ' — ' considers — » — " - — ^^ ^— — - ^^ ^^ V ^^ the —^ ^» ^— — ^^

    subject of East African colonisation . Then there are the works ¦ of ¦ i Dr . ¦ ¦ Hiibbe h —¦ -Schleiden - ^^ b ^ ¦

    including K ^ fe * A ft his ^_ l _ i — valu ^ — — - able ^_ - < W - _ studies . —~ - ^ A — _ . — in _¦ ~— - - ^ West ^__ - —— ^__ i ^_ . » - ^^ ww — Africa ^^^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ i ^ —^^ k ^^^ r ^^ ^^ , ^ k published under the title of ' Ethiopia' which ,

    has a special interest for English readers , because the results ¦¦ of ¦ ¦ ¦ Eng Hh lish i adventurous irr i ,

    — — — - — — — — —— » —— ^ - - ^^——— ——ww —~ p —_^ w ' ^^ ^_ - ^_—* ^«^^^^_ ~*^ r ^ k ^^ B ^^ p enterprise in the seventeenth century are used S &

    by the author as arguments to encourage similar daring and perseverance in his

    fellowcountrymen . The 'Journal of the Museum Godefiroy' has a more specially scientific

    interest , and is devoted to the description of the V W WW contents of the Museum formed by Herr

    ~ - ^^ —^ ^^^^ - — — — — T ^ - ^ V Godefiroy , a shipowner of Hamburg . ^^ The ^^ ^^^ Godeffroy Museum contained a splendid

    collection of objects , including drawings and hotograp — hs illustrative of geograp LTi t ?

    hicalethnograp p Jt hical 4 ^ JL , and natural science ¦* from A all parts , of the w -. _ orldbut principally from the South

    - Seas numbers ^ . The amongst , Journal ^ its contributors of the Museum som ^ , of which the

    first scientists of Europe , expansively describes these objectsand therefore cannot fail to be

    valued by all , who study the marvels of ^ —— creation - ~~ — _ - ^ — —_ — — . Another ^— -. _ work of very - general f j

    interest to those engaged in commercial avocations is Captain Paark ' s * Vom Kiel zum

    — it Flaggenknop — is a — dictionary __ f' ( From of sea Keel term to s Maintop in Eng ) . lish ,

    French , and German . Not a mere list of words with meanings onlybut a work from

    which we obtain a clear knowled , ge of tire construction and the uses of every part of

    that most beautiful result of human ingenuity and labour—the ship . We have mentioned

    but a few of the excellent publications of Messrs . Friederichsen , whose catalogue , so

    well printed in clear Roman and not Gothic typ — e— is quite p J 7 leasant to read / and its full

    i / 7 _^ ~ , descri ^ , ptions make one desire a still closer acquaintance with works of such lasting value .

    We hear that the Clarendon Press intends to publish a key to Mr . J . B . Allen ' s

    wellknown Latin exercise-books . Mr . T . Fisher Unwin has published

    a new political handbook on the Irish Question bMr . J . A . Partridgeauthor of

    several works y on political questions , of the day I ^ ^*^ 0 W ; *** its ^ m * W ** J title ™ MT . m ^ *^ ^» - ^*^ ^ is ^ W * mW ¦¦ ' The ' ' ^~ " ^ ^ ' ^ ¦ Making - ^^^ » mt ~ m > ^^ mmm m ^ mmm bk of ^ ' •^ the - ^ ™ - ^ Irish

    Nation . ' It contains a resume of what historians f JF . and !* statesmen r * - ^ hav ~ m > ~ mm W e had -w ^ h to say W at

    \ J ^^^ m * - ^ ^ r ^ ^^ V ^^ » < EJ ^ ^ ^ p . ^ ^^ »^^ ^^ ^ i ^ " ^^ * " ^ ^^ ^^^ ^» ^ mm ** rmr ^ m * mmm mm ^ r ^ — — - ^ — different periods of Anglo-Irish history , and is ^ h ^^ mW intended ^» ^ ml m ^ a ^^ ^^^ mWi ^ V ^^^^ m ^^ m 9 ^ " ^^» | ^ as ^ ' ^^ ¦ ¦ i ^ a t ^^ F compendium ^^ ^ ' ^ ^™ ^^ ^ " ^ ¦ r . ^ " ^^ - ** ^ mmt - b ^ ^^ ^™ ^^ for ^^ — —^ journalists m - **¦ —~ - ¦ — — , m

    politicians , & c , of useful information on the Home Rule Question .

    ' ^ Amateur L ^ k m Some \ mVM ~ L / V m mr ^ + t ~ -s * AW deli Ang - * - ~ ~ -A g htful ¦ ler * + ¦ ~ tm * -- 3 - are u-r-mm rural . - ~ ** r - at ~ f ~ i ~ mt present w ^ letters r -m . - ** * r r ^ - ~—r » jm , - * appearing m from > -w bw h -v -w the — (_ 7

    in Week the at Fishing a Farm Gazette House . . They speak of ' A

    The Duchess of Teck reopened the Richmond Free Library 9- * on August € ^ J 3 . A dinner

    was held in the evening , at which Mr . Bullen , of the British Museum , and other well-known

    bibliopoles were present . MrJustin McCarth b M . P . leaves here

    for ^ fci America V ^^^ m ^ , m ^^ 'W ^ f ^^ m ^ r ^^ about ^ ^^ i - ¦ I — ^ m ^ ™ mf ^*~^ the m ^ smp j ^ V ^ mM ^ y middle , ^^ * ^^^ ^ >«^ W of , W ^» Sep ^ V ^ V ^ - ^^ tember - " —' 1 to deliver a series of lectures on literary , and

    possibly historical and political , subjects . The most noticeable articl i e in the current ^^^^ M H ^^ " ^^^ p . ^^ V ^^^ h ii— m- ^ r ^ B . ^^ m * V . ^*^ r ^ m * mm ^ mm * ^* mr ^ b" ^ v *^ k ^^ mm , ~ m ^ ^_ m ^^ h ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ >^^ ^^ v . ^ ¦ ¦ ^ v ^ ' ™ ¦

    number of the 'Asclepiad , ' Dr . Ward Richardson and ' s observation quarterly magazine ia one 11 on \ of Richard original Wisemen research

    UlllA \ JKJS 3 \ JM . V € * VJIVJ » JIJI , M . O UV JAX JIVIUIKDA U . •» »»^»^«» - —— and the Surgery _ ' of the Commonwealth „ . ¦ . ¦ . ' The * . ** ^ f \ entire S- * M- VMM . * mS number MM . ^* AAA ^ KJ M . is M . *^ one ^ f liV of KSM . much M * * WJ * . ^ S + M . » scientifi ^«^*^^ —» c J H

    value , and should attract wide attention . It is published by Messrs . Longmans , Green , & Co . ¦ ^ = z ^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 16, 1886, page 868, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16081886/page/6/