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    Tan 18, l884 ^e Publishers* Circular 5

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    TTeDWor Messrs th . Dixon Bickers 's ' &...

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    Tan 18, L884 ^E Publishers* Circular 5

    Tan 18 , l 884 ^ e Publishers * Circular 5

    Ttedwor Messrs Th . Dixon Bickers 'S ' &...

    TTeDWor Messrs th . Dixon Bickers ' s ' & Her Son Majest have y ' s purchased Tower ' and of Messrs ' Royal . Hurs Windsor t & ' Blackett and are the about copyri to publish ghts of

    has cheap alread editions gone , each throug in 2 h vols three . 'Her editions Majest and y ' s has Tower long / which been , out was of published print . in The 4 vols same .,

    for publi the shers bene y announce fit of 'Queen a new Charlotte book ' s b Home y Mrs , . ' . Its Charles title is Roundell ' Cowdray , which , ' 'The is History being of published a Great

    bv English ° the late House Anthony , ' with illustrations SalvinEsq from . F . S drawings . A . A large in the list British of subscribers Museum , and is headed from sketches by Her

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    series use in of sch graduated ools , and arithmetical some books , exercises which are particularl worthy of y noticeable mention . for We their may clearness , inter alia of arrange , name a -

    ment . Each section has a few suggestive , lessons in mental arithmetic , and the printing , with its bold distinguishing letters , assists towards the clearness which appears to have been aimed

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    both is Mr . W . Smith , the head-master of the Orphan Working School at Haverstock Hill . We have also to notice , from the same enterprising housetwo series of freehand test papers

    the first of 100 sheets , the second of 50 sheets about \ 12 , by 10 inches in dimensions . All , these UlCtJV papers I . / U > L / V 1 . M have lll « T V the VUV advantage CVV 4 , » WAX Q of V ^ A . distinct VL 1 UL / X 1 XV V printing 171 IXiUULC and C 4 JA & V & of V / X . good diUVU paper |^ C *| -FV / X , . .

    Another volume on Martin Luther is promised . _ , ' Luther and the Reformation' is the title , the author being Mr . Charles H . Mead , and the publisher is George H . Ellis , of

    Boston , U . S . Science Messrs et Nature . Bailliere profusel & Co . y , illustrated of Paris , have . issuejj tlie first number of a new scientific weekly ,

    , 1 Messrs Manual . Charles of Geology Griffin , ' & by Co Robert . announce Etherid the ge following , F . R . S . scientific , and Prof publi . H . cations C . Seeley as forthcoming , F . R . S . ; * : — A

    Botany Manual : of the Chemistry Morphology / by Ph Prof ysiology . Dupre and , F . Classification R . S ., and Dr of . H Plants . Wilson for the Hake Use ; 'A of Manual Students of

    by Prof . R . MJ'Nab ; ' A Pocket , -book , of Electrical Rules and Tables , , for the Use of Electri , - cians and Eng ineers / by */ John Munro , C . E ., and Andrew Jamieson , C . E ., jF . R . S . E .

    Youth Lord ' s Companion Tennyson . contributed a poem to the Christmas number of the Boston ( U . S . ) Dr . John Lord ' s ' Beacon Lihts of History' recently announcedwill give a connected

    view of universal history for three g thousand five , hundred years ; the , five volumes will bear the titles respectively of AntiquityRenaissance and the Reformationthe Middle AgesWar

    and Prof Statesmanshi . Richard p , Owen and — Great has - received Women - __ -. , — - — , the and _ honour — will — - — __ include _ of _ K the . C _____ . B substance . _ as __ an _ , acknowledgment of Dr . Lord f M ' s lectures , of his .

    I eminen The t Jievue services Internationale for sixty years is the to science title of and a new the Italian public bi interests -monthl . y journal now appearing at I Florence under the ¦ editorshi b fevi-P- p of Professor Angelo di ii Gubernatis fh T b .

    ^ ^^^ H A recent — — —^— ^— ™ issue ~~—« ~^~ *— - * — ^^^ of _^ r ^^ p ^^^ p ^ the ^^ ^^ ^^^ r ^ V " -. _ Art ^^^* ^ T *^ ^^^ A ^^ mateur ^^ ^ p-v-. ^^^ r w ^ m ^^^ r *^^ - ^^^ P ^— ' W ( ^^* New Hi ^ tf ^ BV ^^ - > ^^ . |^ b ^^^ York r V ^ . ^^ r ^— ' ^¦ B ^^ - ) ^^^ * contained ^^^ w v ^^ p ^^^ «^^ v ^*^ - > ^^ -V ^^ - ^ ^ -r _^^*^ —^ ^ V a series of six drawings by I Walter Crane of the frieze illustrating the late H . W . Longfellow ' s * Skeleton in Armour , '

    I I phical recentl notice y painted of this by Mr popular . Crane artist for the was Newport also given residence , accompanied of Miss b Catherin y a portrait e Wolfe drawn . A b biogra y him - I I from Water his reflection is ¦ the title in of a mirror a new k , weekly and by journal many exam . It *_ K . p will les of be his published 1 r ^ work ^ - as in an association illustrator ¦¦ - . with Mr - .

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    I to in t Eng which We We venture nture land understand undftrstan reference and France rl has that ihfi . f , already the f artists . hft International TiLt been and . e . r'n . nt au made . innril thors . is in of to f It . n both be "hft is the i believed h countries « name Tin . mft it of nf contributing will the t . h « be new nftw published illustrated illuafcrated to its pages simultaneousl weekly weeklv . Should paper DaDer y

    I «» Mr ve . Edwin prove prove J . Brett successful successful , proprietor , , other other and nations nations publisher may mav possi nossiblv of Wedding bly be be included included Bells , the in in the the Young scneme scheme Men .. of Great f _ ! ^ " ' * otner w-eeklies of a like kind , is , we are informed , about to retire from the

    I . ea < Pa W rodies English is the and titl American e of a new authors Bixpenny . monthly , consisting of travesties of the styles of The proprietors of the hic have commenced an Sdltion de luxe of the ordinary weekly

    ttaue , of that publication , at Grap the price of ninepence for each copy . t German publishers and booksellers are to have a journal devoted to their interests .

    _ J will liV . itsc be ! published BuchhiindUer in monthl -Akademu y parts ( Academy by H « rr for Herm German . Weissbach Publishers , at and Weimar Booksellers , under ) . the title Hie 4

    ¦ *<* Hrs . Juta little book Heelis by & Mrs Co . Carey will If 1 AA in Hobson future & , be The published Farm in b the Messrs Karoo 0 ± »¦ Sampson rN / formerl j ^ Pi »^ - —— y Low published - ¦ & — — Co — . by

    ^^ H ^^ ^ ~ " *~ , ••—« . ^^ V /** W , » % J * J X- 'V ^ * ., * M . MM JL . % J * V UA . XJ PV ^ V / _ K ""* P ^^** . » JJi *^ - ^^ - » y * LWJm .- *~ r * Jw * r » - . »»»«»»^—— — - , ¦« o . ? clerical error the 11 title of Mr . H . Schiitz-Wilson ' s new book was announced and as

    ¦ lite , ory ' -Leg ^ * * and Literature' instead of { Studies in History , legend ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 18, 1884, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18011884/page/5/