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    2 The Publishers' Circular Jai,. l8 > ¦ ...

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    188 Fleet Strejbt : Jannarv 18, 1883 i

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    rpHE A 1883 activit , as y evidenced sho...

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    2 The Publishers' Circular Jai,. L8 > ¦ ...

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    188 Fleet Strejbt : Jannarv 18, 1883 I

    188 Fleet Strejbt : Jannarv 18 , 1883 i

    Rphe A 1883 Activit , As Y Evidenced Sho...

    rpHE A 1883 activit , as y evidenced shown in b the y the educational statistics of department new book of issues the and publishing new editions world , g during iven in the our year last I 1 numberhas been the subiect of comment coinmeiib ± in the wie uuiuuiii columns ui of iu

    II I numDer , , nas ueen xne suDjeci ; oi general general u » u our - contemporaries uun temporaries . W b ^ lI II if tion , in to addition the " number to the of number copies of sold J separate , the total volumes would published probabl , y we excite could general give even amazement an approxima . IV - 11 I truth i # ^ is that i ^ i % the I 1 nature of the _ T the ¦ 1 sale 1 of 1 school 1 ^ 1 book T _ 1 must literall 1 * 1 " ^ ^ ^ III

    ' legion , ' and , by whether we look to the case works , provided a for popular secondary schools and for the y col be - 11 I leges and universities by the houses of MurrayLongmanBellMacmillanor § . Low II

    to Marston say , many , & Co subj ., or ects to more the books immediatel intended y belong for the ing primary , to the secondary schools , which sy , llabus include , such , it , as is are needless sent I I CassellGriffith &

    forth Sons , in and rich many profusion other b well y Messrs -known . firms , the , Messrs enormous . and continuous Farran , sales Messrs would . T . Nelson represent & I I miles of books and millions of printed iAivvvi If regard \ be had aiui \ 4 to v ^ x the w « . « -v / quality vttvxx of the material

    thus ilillvD other bountifull V / X UUl class / IVO y CwAXVi of provided literature lilJUXlVXiU , it . will x Not px , we onl believe y pages to are the . , be authors found v ^ lvjl a emp to * -rv- » stan loyed d the for test the v ^ most of comparison T part - ^»* experts iiit ^ tCIlJlj with in I ! I I I

    are their any . m also respective practical ¦• I branches teachers 1 who of language have put , their literature I'll hand , to or the science educational , but "II in * p very lough many , and cases thus have they .- jl ! I

    learnt receiving not more only careful what to stud teach y than but at how any previous to teach period it . The in the science educational of education history of is Eng in land itself 11 I ]

    noticeable and , as a consequence in all forms , of we popular have school literature books but which have not the onl additional y partake advantage of the general of being advance the , I I

    work of men practised in the adaptation of , the means to the end . In books for the highest I grade of schoolsfor instancethere has been a gradual and material improvement in the notes !

    lik on ely classical to be and usefu Eng , l to lish the texts student , , which , and now in , the as range a rule of , convey books for exactl primary y the class schools of the information remark- | . J I

    abl class e - improvement booksagain in in what natural are science technicall and y known in art as literature Readers has such been as most the Primers noticeable of . Messrs Special . 11 I

    Macmillan , , and the , Handbooks of Messrs . S . Low , Marston , , & Co ., may be cited as virtual I novelties in educational literature , for , in days gone by , all the information given on these I

    subjects find a satisfactory was conveyed book to viva put voce into by the the pup teacher il ' s hands in the . One form other of lectures direction , and in it which was difficult a distinct to !] I

    movement has been made is in the provision of dictionaries and cyclopaedias ; and such volumes I as Skeat ' s English Dictionary , issued by the Cambridge Press , the Classical Dictionaries I

    published may be cited by Mr as . cases Murray directl , and y in the point new . Encyclopaedic This latter work Dictionary , now issuing of Messrs in . monthl Cassell || y & parts Co , . I

    Drehensiv the first comp e and lete well volume -chosen of title which for is it before is both us , an combines Encyclopaedia the features and a Dictionary summed up , and in its whether com- jl I ,

    reader as a library it is book alike , uni a volume que , its for well the -executed schoolroom illustrations table , or adding a work much of reference to its value for . the general I I ,

    mention Turning specially to the lists the of ' Student the houses ' s Manuals which deal ' of most Mr . largel John y in Murray educational , and literature his educational , we may : ; I ] series b h Dr ¦ . William fc " Smith ; ¦ ¦ the ¦ classical h and mathematical works of Messrs ¦ . George I

    p Bell ^^ ^^^^ ^^ . ^^ ^^^ p ^^ & ^^^ p y Sons ^ | ^ . * V ¦ ; the *^^^ "" . ^ b ^^^ F ^» ^ . ' Pitt ^*^ ^ m ^ . »^^»^^ ^ Press r ^^ ^^ « - ^ ' - Series ^^ ~^ " , ' - ^ — ^^ and - » ' — — ' ' Cambrid ' - ~ - ^ ' — - — ge ~~ — - ^ — Bible — — » — —r — - ^ » for —^ r ~^ m ' Schools ™ ' — " - ^ ^ ^^— , ' and —^ ^ - ^ — the ^ I * Cambridge Greek Testament' of the Cambridge University Press ; the classical texts List list and i I

    grammars of dammars Mr . Henry edited edited Frowde bv by Professor Jfrofessor ; the Weale Uhurch Church ' s classical , , or of Messrs Messrs series . . Seeley » eeley of Messrs & <\ 5 Co ( . Jo Crosby . . ; : the the Lock Ularendon Clarendon wood & Press Jfress Co . ; the I I classical books printed at the Eton College Presssold in London by MessrsSimprinI

    Marshall , & Co . ; Dr . Melvin ' s Latin books , published , in Edinburgh by Messrs . Maclaohla . > , ' I & Stewart ; and the handy little pocket JL classical dictionaries of Messrs . Whittaker & Co . I

    Among manuals of Modern Languages we may mention the French works of M . Contan- I seau & Co , . published the De Fivas by Messrs French , Longmans class book & s Co of . Messrs ; the German . Crosby and Look French wood series & Co . of ; the Messrs * Foreign . Low I I

    School ; Classics' of Messrs . Macmillan & Co . ; and the French and German books of 31 . I Havetpublished by Messrs . SimpkinMarshall < fe Co . I

    In , mathematical and arithmetical , books , the , ' Explanatory Arithmetic ' of Mr . Eastcott I Spickernell KJ iJJU ^ XV . VyJHCIX . , published IJ IA » . ^ XiK > XlV IVl - . by KfJ Messrs J . YJL * - 'K » K > * . K »« . Griffin \ -A A VJL A' A' Jl . XI & * -V Co V ^ VT . . , VJL of - Portsmouth L VI VOlllVUUJIl , CVXJ and . M J Messrs - » Ji . \^ O « 9 JL CJ . Simpkin Mi "" Work " — , I

    Marshall , & Co ., is taking a foremost place ; and the Barnard Smith Mathematical s I of Messrs . Macmillan & Co . hold their own against all comers . 11

    Messrs Among . Blackwood artistic and ' s Standard scientific Class works Books , end ; books the Student for advanced 's Manuals English ' and stud the y , || we 4 Mariboroug may name h I

    books' of Messrs . Cassell & Co . ; the medical and chemical works of Messrs . J . & ^ HI Churchill Sampson Low ; the & Co American and the school same and publishers college ' * text Library -books of issued Standard in this | Medical country Authors by || Me ; ' ssrs the .

    dictionaries maps , atlases , , and and Poynter geographical ., s drawing works books of Mr of . A Messrs . Johnston . Blackie ; the & scientific Son ; the manuals Literature , Og ilvie and * I I

    scientific manuals of Messrs . Charles Griffin & Co . ; the ' Science Primers' of Messrs . Macmillan London bMessrs « fc Co . . ; Longmans the geograp and hies the of publications Messrs . Sullivan of Mr . Brothers James Thin , of publisher Dublin , eold to tne m I I

    University y of Edinburgh . , , " \

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 18, 1884, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18011884/page/2/