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      The Interest Of The Beckford Library Sal...

      book in «^ r ^^ ^ p centre ^ n *^ Pk was w V P ^^^ P ^^^ , put W corners ^^ F ^^^ ^ PF up ^^^ W ^ r at ^^^ , PJ ^ P ^ and £ ^^ 50 ^^^ ^^ back , V and ^^^»^^»«^ p » ^^^ , rose also ^^ ^^ . ¦ ¦ - ^^ — soon painted - ^^ ^ v *^ ^^—¦ —¦¦ to - » - ^^ £ on — 245 * ^— vellum - ^ r , ^ m at ^^ — — which ™ » refixed ~™ — ^ " ¦— Mr —~— — . " — to Pearson title —~ — ™ ¦ - — " ~ . —^ —*¦ ' This was » - — -- ^* the ~^ ^^ beautifull —^~ " ^^ ¦ purchaser — ^^^ w ^^ m ~^ r ^ h ^^»^ v" ^ pr ^ y ^^ ^ " » « bound ik . w

      The total sum realised by the twelve days' sale for 2 , 732 lots was , in round figures , £ 22 , 340 . The first part , numbering 3 , 197 lots , sold for £ 31 , 516 . The catalogue of the third part , commencing at letter £ T , is in preparation .

      Twm '' V Mr -.'-'-'Avi ^I^^ ' ^ " Yp ¦¦'...

      tWM '' V mr -. ' - ' - 'AVi ^ i ^^ ' ^ " Yp ¦¦' . ^ ' pjr . ' ^ t ¦ ; - ¦ . * ¦; f " ^> v ^ - ~ - - - " - ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ -y ' ~ . ' - v- / . - ¦ . ' , ' . ;• ¦ ' ¦ ' -- ¦¦ ¦ . . _ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . i _ s ~ .. y-J ^ , ; . .... ; \

      1562 The Publishers Circular Dec . 30 , 1882

      A ¦ ™ Book *» ^— ~— ~^ — ~— Of —~ - Sing...

      A ¦ book of singular artistic interest has just been » »¦ published « - i r at Paris by ¦ the Bibliothequa ta

      ™ *» ^— ~— ~^ — ~— —~ - — ~— — ^ p ^ v ^ pt — ——~ ~ r — — ~— — - ~~ ~— - ~ ~~ — ^ ~~ — ™ ~— —~ ~» ~~ ~~ —» . a —~ ~— ' ^ " ™— - *™~ ^«^ ^^~— ^™ . - ^ ^ " - * " . — — ^^ p ™ " ^^* ^^ *™~ ^^ - ^^ f—^ ^^ ^^^^» ^ p ^^ p V ^ V ^^» ^^^^ T ^^ F ^ ^ ppp *^ " ^ ^ PPPP ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^™^^» ^^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^ fc ^^» ^^< PE ^^ J ^^ ^ p ^^ v Internationale de l'Art—which , is under the superintendence of M . Eugene Muntz , one of the best f French art critics . It is a quarto volume —¦ ¦• of 250 pagescontaining 200 drawings by Jean »

      Cousin — ^ ' ¦ ~— ' ^ ' ¦ — ¦ , ¦ - ^"" - ^ the ^ » ' ^ ^ great ^ " ^ —¦— — artist - ¦— » - — - ^ - ¦ of — » the " — ¦ - ^ sixteenth — " ' ^ ™ » ~^^ ^ ^ century ^ ^^ ^^^ - ^^»^ ^^« - ^^^ v ^^^^ . ^ v w- » M ^— " - ^ ^ p ^ . k ¦ - ^ ¦ Ludovic , ^ B " ^^ ¦¦> ^^^^^ - ^^ ~ m ^^ j ^^ ^^ ^ H * ^^ Lalanne » ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ P «^ ^^^ ^ V ^^^^^ ^ exp ^ B V ^^ T 9 W lains ^^ ^^^^ ljfl ^ k ^^^ , in w ^ the ^^^ ^^^^ a *^^ P ¦ preface ™ ^ ¦ ™ ^~» — - - ^^ ~^^ , -m ' how —— ~^ ^ - this - ™ - collection - ^ - ~~ ¦ — ^^^ — — —^ of - ~~ drawings — " "" ^ ~ ¦ — ~ - ^ ¦— ^^ i ^ fc ^ had - ^~ " ^^ — "w ^» ^^ ^ lain ^~ " ^» " ^ ^^ " ¦— ~ - ¦ unnoticed — ^ —¦ ^^^^^ ^^ - ¦ - ^ v ^^^ ^ p ^ ^^» - ^ p ^ ^ in ^ VM ™^ tli ^^ ^^ " ^^* e ^^» library ^^^^^™ ' ^^^ ^^ ^^ ' ^ w . ^» - g of ^^ ^^ fc the ^^ ^^ ^^ ^*^^ * insti ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ b tute ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^^ . * A ^ fc ^^^ b

      Nivernais gentleman , in-1574 , had the idea of showing , in a book , all the phases of human fortune , and he intrusted the illustration of his own very insipid prose to Cousin . As ,

      however nowever , he had had paid T > aid that that great $ ? reat artist artist , , he rxvnsidfvrpsrl considered himsel himself f entitled fvntitlerl to to claim r . la . im the the authorship antVinrahin of the whole production , and , had not an unknown hand written Cousin ' s name at the foot ! of the title-pageIinbert d'Anle ' zy miht have had these admirable drawings attributedto him .

      I They consist of allegories , , showing the g struggle between man and fortunewith all its , vicissi-: tudes . Fortune is depicted eluding some , favouring others , though unworth , y , and blinding

      others . Hi very where the great artist conveys his lesson in the most graceful and striking form .

      !; A Meeting Of The Members Of The Metro...

      !; A meeting of the members of the Metropolitan Free Libraries Association was held on the 22 nd or December at 12 Pall Mall Eastbpermission of the National Rifle Association

      Mr . Edward J . Watherston in the chair . , The y treasurer ' s accounts having been passed , the , chairm ¦ —— an said thatalthough the i association fc i mm could I ¦ not " *—» record if fc success i ¦ m fc the metropolitan »»« ¦» -x ¦

      « ' area - — - ~ -- ~^ ' , yet — — , within ^ ~~ — — — measurable , y ^^ — ^^ ^^^ ^^ 9 ^^ ~ ™ distance ^ ^~ ^~ ^^ m mm w *^ **^ ^ of r ^^— ^ ^^ that ^» ^^^ ^ fc ^» ^^ area ^»^ ^ ' ^^ ^ rir' ^^ 3 ^^ notabl ^ K ^^ ^» ^ i ^ ^^ y **— - ^^ m in ^ t ^^ any Richmond V «> ^ K V p ^ ^^^ ^^ V * r ^^ r ^* r , ^^ Kingston -- ^^^ ^^ »^ ^™ ^ i ^ ^ " ^ , Twicken ^^ ™» ^ ^ ^^ ^ " * ^ ^ " " ^ m - ^^ ham — — —— —— , y and —— - Reading — —— — — ^^^ , * m the ^ ^— - ^^ ^ movement »*» v ^—¦ * ^ r ^^^ m ^ tr *»^ ^^ had «^ 4 ^ v ^^ ^^ - ^ taken ^^ % ^ r ^ 4 ^^ . ^^ b root « fc ^—* - * mS ^ f , ^ and ^^^ im > ** 0 ^ not «* ^^ ^^ onl ^^ ^^^^ y w ^ had P . ^ h ^ w ^ r ^^^ all i » V *^^ v opposition »^ p ^ - *^ ^^ v ^^ ^» ^ ^ ib - ^ ^»^ v to ^^ ^^ - ^ it i » ^

      ceased , but old opponents were now found among its "warmest supporters . As Londoners they could ~ - ~> —~^ v — ~<— ~ but — — — dep ~ ~~~ * - lore — — the — ~^ v ^ fact ^^ ^^ ^ - ^^ ^ that - ^ ^^ ^^ v ^ ^^ r ^ at ^ v ^^ present JL P ^ - ^ ^^ ^ M ^ 1 ^*^ ^ IHr ^ ih ^ p ^ V the ^^ ^ B ^^ - ^^ r ratepayers ^ p ^ ^ br ^ pjr ip > ^^ ¦ JL ^^ p ^ % / ^ pl ^ ^ PJ ^ f ^^ P * declined ^^^ v ^ pi ^^ ^ papr tf ^^ RPp ^ R > ^ Pto ^^ pp' ^^^ pp to ^ p ^ ^«^ r ^ avail r ^ ¦ ^ p ^^ ^ m ^ mm themselves ^ r ^ ppv ^^ to *^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ v ^ Pi ^ ' ^^ w ^^^ r ^^ of ¦* ^^» a v ^

      beneficent Act of Parliament , which permitted them to co-operate , by means of a simple penny in ~ the — - ^ poun m — — d T — upon — M ^^ — their ^^^^ ^^ assessments ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^ r m ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ p ^ ^ pp * ^ " * ni ^ , for ^^ ^^^ ^ . ^ their ^ pf ^ p * *^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ mutual ^* ^ ^ ^ pp » «^ ^^^ vi ^^*^ ^ p * benefit r ^ ¦ ^ . ^ ^ Rk ^^ ^ p . ^ ^ Rk ^ ph v . V The ^^ p ^ ^ p *^ p » ^ pi ^ ¦ worst ^*^ ^ p » w ^ Pf ^ P' feature ^ PPfc ^ pp ^ ™ ^ ^ p ^ v v ^ prb ¦«^^ - of - ^^ ^^ this ^ —— ^*^ v ¦ ^

      failure to adopt the Act was to "be found in the fact that , thereby , the youth of both sexes in London were handicapped ¦ w in competition mi - ^«^ with ¦ their aBP provincial J rivals PRb PBftVBi who b being bhvvhk better ¦

      — educated Vfc ™ — ^ & ^ as a result — " ~^ ^ - ^ . — of ^ Rfc — ¦ - ~ - the . m— PRR 1 - ^^ ^ advantage ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^^ - ^^ - ^^ - ^ v " — ¦ ^^ ' ' ^^ ^» of - ^ w ^ k ^^ ^^ tlieir " ^^ " ^ PK ^^ ^ ^ " »^ ^ p" local tPK *^ " ^^ ^^ - ^ ^ ^^ free " » ^^ ^^ m- ^^^ W ^^ ^^ libraries ^ ^ ^ _ ^ m ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ a ^— ' ¦> " ¦— , ^ were «"" ^ W ^ . ^ ' ¦ " , V naturall > T T _ ^^ ^^ ^ v ^ - , ^^ y ^ selected * - ^^^^ v ^ ^ H ^ »^^ ^ " ^ Mfll ~^ b ^ " ^ y London ¦— ~~ - *¦ bankersmerchants bp V ¦ Jl IMH manufacturers «¦ *™^^ ¦¦> 4 Pb h bIRBV and others ffi ¦¦ Pb for rfPb the 4 more Pb niPto responsibl ¦¦¦ e ¦¦ and

      there-* fore J ^ Pt ^ " — most v " B — ^~^ lucrat ^ - ^ - ^ —~ ~ " a ~ " — iv 41 , w ^ e , ^ V appointments ^>^ ^ p > ^ " » " ^^ ^^ At ^ V > ^^ , V ^^ PP - ^ V ^** - in ^ " ^^^ F ^ pP their _ ^ PT ^ Pi ^^^ P »^» Bl ^ pp ^ > respective ^^ , * B ^» "V ^ B * ^ "k ^ B ^ PJ . ^ ~» ^ T ^^ ^* ^ ps ^ businesses ^ Hl m ^ m P ^^ , V ^ V ^ h ^ ^ ¦ ^ . HB | ^ |~ . ^~ Mr HkHHI ~ < H ^ ^» HHB ^ PB ^ . aVPto * W A ^ PJ ^ ^ ^ HB P > % ^ ^ H » p . |^^ ^^ Harrison ^ ^ A ^* ^ ^ ^ VBV ^^ > ^^^ ^^^ >^ * ^ ^ . ^ , ^ P ** V ^ P > said ^ P . ^^^ . 1 ^ P > A W 0 ^ " ^ they ^ — ^ ^ 1 "" PT ^ ^^^ ^ : — must —¦ ' ™ ™ ¦ ^"" all ~ - — be ' ~~* - ¦ very » - ^ *^~— W " much ~^ ~ " ~^ ^^ ~^ " ^^^ obli ^¦» r " ^ " ^ ^ ged ^ pBRPh ^^ r ^—*¦ to ^^ > f the ^^ " ¦»• ¦ .. > ^ p |^ chairman " ^^ ^ bb > BMh »^^ BF *¦> BBh ¦¦ ¦¦» _ ^ v i m ^^ «¦¦> ^ for pb "W »^ " . ¦¦ reviving . Plh —| |~ ¦ ^"" Pf «¦> ^ Pb ^ Bk » feffflPk this ^^ " ^ " ^ '"^ " " ^ " ^ subject " ^^ ^ by ^ P" F *^ ¦ ' ^ P "'^ ^ fc ^ ^^ . ^ ¦¦¦ It ^ ^^ was » » ^ ta ^^ ' ™ a ^^ ^ W very ^ i ^"" i w

      striking feature of the movement in the environs of London for the adoption of the Libraries Brentfo Act ~ , that -- -- rd -- when -m Ealing ~ Richmond ~ -m and ' ¦— Acton succeeded were in desirous f getting a of fre following e library ¦ V , the Twickenham example of followed Richmond ¦ , and now and

      Twickenham — — — , — . The — ^ p —» , chairman ™ ' — — — - v ^^— ' - ^^ p ^ pr ' — said - ^^ w » ^ J these . J ^^ . CLU - ^^ . - ^ - ^ - ^^ points r ^^ ^^ ^^» ^»^ «^ IjKJ r ^ »^^ must ' ^ i ^ ^^^ ^^ *™^ ^ " ^^ be ^^ ^^ - broug ^^^ ^^ ^™ J ""^ ht ^^ ^^ ^^ I to ^^ ^^ the ' ^ fc ^^ p * ^~ ^* ^^ minds B ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ of ^^^^ ^^ ^ the ^ ^^ ^ " — ' — ^^ peop ^^ — " ^ ~ ^ ^~ le b y : persuasion |/ Vltju «* oiuil U and . 11 V * argument CVJ . £ ^ 141 * 1 . ^ 1 . 11 / . . They JLIJIC ^ had tried tllCU to C establish »> l / Cli M 1 J . O 1 J . < a X fre 1 J . CC e libra lXIUX tl ry * V at All Putney JL UUlJl ^ ^ y , , and CiiJIJlVI . w » H ere / Al /

      beaten by two to one , "but with no loss of temper and with no harsh words . They should try again — — ^ h ^ pl — ^ — next — — ~ ^~ — year ^ m - ~~ - — — —— . ~ Mr - — ^» . » Henry ¦ * m - ™» ~~ ^» ¦ w w R ^^ ^ . ^ Tedder " - ^ n » ^ mu — , -ppi ^*^ p » ^ . ^ ^ pp . said pr ^ . # pi pp ^* ^— - ^ m he * , ^« ^ i ^ had . hp > « ph Pb ^ p ^*~* p « to ^^ ^^^ report ^ B * ¦ ^*^ - ^ ^** * c f ^ " ^ the ^^ ^* ^* ^^^ death ^^ ph ^ ¦ m ^ pjp ^ r ^» ^ p . of ^*»^ «« the ^^ ^^ ^^^ Archbishop ap ^ ¦ ' ' mmm ^^ ~~ ^— -- » ^ - ^ -r- ^ v- ^^ . ^¦ v b of ^^ -- —^»

      member Canterbury of Council , a vice . -president Several other of the gentlemen association addressed , and also the that meeting of Mr , . and Anthony then , Trollope Mr . H . R , a . Tedder haviner been elected hon . secretarv urn tern . , it was resolved to taka vigorous action in

      1883 , and with a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting closed .

      Therefore ^^ — We V — ^^ "¦ Find — , V T...

      therefore We find to that say a that paragrap ppi the h special in our jph'p ^ ppi last issue phht issue of Mr has . led Dicksee to some ' s # illustrations misap / pph prehension of - *>^ r * Evangeline ipb . We desire ' is ,

      ^^ — v — ^^ " ¦ — , v ^~ ^~^ -- *^ v-- ¦ v - ^^ hh «^ 'p »< ^^ - ^* ^« ^ ^ r w * - * m *^ ^^ ^^ ^^ a ^ ph p ^^ Pt im ^^^* ^^ dPi » ^ pi ^* " . ^^ jPh w * m **^ ^ Pb ^ hpr ^* mtm w ^ mf ^^^ ^ i , r r » ^* ^ p ^ ^ p > ^^^ p » p ^ ' ^ p ^ ^ >^ f ^ b ^ v ^> « m ^ ^ ^ f ^^ ^ pp . ^ p ^^^« ^ ^ rtm ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ " * ""^ - ^ prepared Ualpm Galnin . & < fc , exclusivel Uo Co . 's s house house y for m in New "NT the A York Vnrlr mei ^ . ican market and published by Messrs . Cassell , Petter ,

      I M . , Galignahi , the last of the family connected with GaligiianVs Messenger , who died recently erected erected at Paris near near , has Paris Jr ' ans not , forgotten out out of of funds fnnda ' the left lftff trade , for for ' the fTi in o nurnnsft his bequests ten f « n , of of for the tli « in free frae the places r > Asy la lum s are ar « which to to ha be reserved reaervftd is to be

      for booksellers or , printers . purpose , White As in and former the Rev years . Dr , the . Green secretaries at Christmas of the Reli forwarded gious Tract to the Society hosp IPK , itals the Rev infirmaries . Dr . L . and B .

      workhouses — —— — — ~~ ^ not - — ~ m ^ —m - onl w - ~^ » ^ y of I ^ PJ » W London ^*^ ¦ ' ** ^ P ^ ^ P ^ * i »» , but ^ k- ^ P ** ^* - ^ the " ^ *^ ^ k ^«^ T United ^ J % ^ ^ 1 Iff ~ , 4 4 b ^^ Kin JRk W » f ^ . y g dom ^^ V * ^^ T ^^ i ^ , ^^ ^^ i ^ larg ^/ ^ JPV ^^ e parcels ¦ ^ k ^—^ P <^ ^^ % ^"" ^* of »»^ , PB ¦ * ¦ Christmas —• *¦» ^ ^ ^ " ^> ^ - ¦ - » * . ^^ f ^» - ^ ^ " ^ . ^ - ^ , « card *^^ ^» - ¦ — s and - — — — — illustrated ' —¦ ~ - ~ - — —— - ~— - ^ - ^ m . i periodicals W ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ' * ' ^ " ^ ^ m " * ^*^ for •¦ " ^ " ^ " ^ the ^* ¦* *¦ ^*^ use ^ w ^ " ^ ^ P ^ of ^ p ^ *^ the ^ W ^ pV A ' ¦ U ^ sick P >^ iW ^ p ^ JPk ^^ and P |_ PM gp . 4 ¦!_¦ ¦¦ . ^ infirm ^ ^ , 0 ^ H ~ ^^ ^»^ iift . This ^ pw ¦ ^ pk JPk' ^ V ^ F year ^ r ^ pp ^ ^*^^ PPpi the ^^< p » * . ^^ committee ^ . ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ ¦* ^ ™ ^ ^ ^ ^* ^^ *^

      and have the also childre included n attending in the list ragged of reci schools pients . the cabmen found from time to time in the shelters , Mr . Creawickthe ¦ acto r rhas been iving a lecture at the »¦ London Institutionon ¦ ih the ¦¦

      respective merits — - — — —» , pp of Shakspeare ~ »*¦ » -w ^«» ^ # ^ ^ Ph , pb ^» Bkp ^ and appp . ^ w ^ r ^ m Bulwer * ^ kA ** ^ g I - * k w V ^ Lytton ¦* *» . I , —i «_ mv A ^ . ^ ^<^ m *» Mr ^ - " l «• - ^^ . Creawick "t- " » * # "V ^ ^ . ^ - ^» - ¦* J a r *• remarks ¦ " ? % - *¦» ^^ •¦ •» ¦¦ ^» - . *> **^ were % f «¦> ^ " ^^ " *^ ^ interspersed * - * ^ ^ , m » - * ¦» « - »• « - — " ~—with vnbmany fe recitals , illustrative a of the matter in hand . . _ - ¦_ ¦^ B . ^ m ^» . - ^ — ~ _ ^ b * _>^ ^^^^ . ^ u ^ ppi

      Gaelic B A The ^ ~ Ml Union firs " ~ " "' —— t —r- ppp B number & - — A of Pl — - ippp . BHf ¦ Ireland »* ' »* A «» of % IPM w »« B a , new which vv pmaVB periodical >^ ppr « VJft conducts " »^ V ^ *^ * PK ¦ *^ ~ - " »^ st ^/ " y led " and JUW H * . Jft . ^ - The "k B . publishes ¦»»¦ V « Gaelic pW ^ < A > AKfAA % . ^ K /> Journal # it JL *^* , " aims B **• ^^ " *» *¦ * ™ has " " at v *» « b ^ just ^^ the V 4 AW been preservation »/ . «¦ ^^« -p » - ^ issued ^» - W wv . ^ k . * ^ - ^ . t M The m and ¦•**•» Pl ^^ ^ ^ . ^^* | ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ¦* ^

      I cultivation familiar with of that the Irish ancient language tongue , . an object ^ which . , no doubt ^^ , will . ^^ win . the sympath ^^ y of all Celts

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 30, 1882, page 1562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_30121882/page/6/