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      Fullick , was much respected by his fellow employes em'nlo \ i £ & - and and bv by the the members members ot of the the nrm firm .

      who full , y appreciated his industry and ex- , ceptional ability . Mr . Fullick leaves a widow

      and three children .

      Jx)Hn Cameron Macdonald. J T I ^ ^ Lt^T ...

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      Mr . John Cameron Macdonald , the manager of the Times , who passed away after a few months ' illness on December 10 He came from & Jk Scotland

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      the Duke of Wellington . When ^^^^—^^ ^^ the ^ Crimean War broke of out he accompanied , as the

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      at home , a relief fund for the sick and wounded was raised through the agency of

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      improvement of the mechanical part of the business . He became closely identified with several inventions in printingwhich were BJ

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      Professor W. Ramsay Mcnab. Professor W. ...

      Professor W . Ramsay McNab . Professor W . Ramsay McNab , who held _ the Chair of Botany in the Royal College of

      Science , Dublin , died somewhat suddenly on December Decomher 7 * 7 . As As a a botanist botanist , he 1 m had had n ^ niiir uired ^ rl a

      acq distinguished reputation , and his deatli is looked upon as a serious 1 Bt loss to T science B .

      Pro-^^ ~^^~ ^ ^ ^^*^^ B H - ^^^ H -4 ^ V *~ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ' . ¦ . P ^^^ V . ¦ r ^^ ^^^ . fB r |* ^ ^ ^ W ^ I I ^ BBp ^^^ T . ^^ V ^^ B ^^ ^^^~ i f ^ h ^ JB ^ ^ 1 |^ ^^ ^ ^^^ " ^ ^^ ^ ^ B ^^ ^ B ^ ^ f fessor McNab was the author of many papers on on botanical botanical and and scientific scientific matters mattersand a . nrl his his

      knowledge of fossil plants was so distinguished , , for sj > ecial acquirement that he was fBf induced

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      as examiner at the Victoria University , Manchester .

      From M. Fe"Lix Alcan, Paris.—* L'Art Au ...

      From M . Fe"lix Alcan , Paris . —* L'Art au point de vue sociologi' MGThis new

      que , par . uyau . volume of the * Biblioth ^ que de Philosophic Conternporaine , ' has an introduction by M . Alfred iAAAA V *** . * . jg Fouillee . V ^ UAlAU'Vt . We TTV > shall k- » AJill * , perhaps I- ' V > A ft 1 LA >|^/ s 7 , y best K-J V > kJ U g Ci ive 1 » *_>

      an idea of the work , which deals with art from a new point of view , by mentioning the chapter ¦^^ A Jb , « , ^ f »_^ b ^ , i ^ - ^ . headings ^ - f ^ aa ^^^^ ^ ^ k ^ l taK * v ^ . « Chap > - Aa « - >•/ JK ^ . I > Jk . # is A *«^ entitled ^^ Jt A VAI il '^^^ b > % ' Social b ^ j ^ -T ^^ f MlM . lt bV Genius Social

      Solidarity' ; II ., as a Power ; III ., Sympathy in Criticism ; IV ., the Expression of Individual and Social Life in Art ; V ., Kealism . v V Chap ¦^• »* i ^ is / . VI V A * . deals \ AVIWAM with If A VkA Psycholog A •^ ^ T N /« -J . V ^ AVGk ical AVU > A llomance JL VV / UlUliL / U . f p ' . ^^ Bl " 1 ^ tt < ^ P * BB" ^^ A ^^ ' VJV * . BB ¦¦ | | _ h _ _ I

      "Chap . VII . is an essay on Lamartine , De Vj gny and Musset , as introducing philosophic and social ideas into poetry ; Chap . Vllf . is on Victor "

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 16, 1889, page 1815, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16121889/page/13/