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    ILLUSTRATLD MAGAZINES. I

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    Books Receivkd : — From Mr.E. W. Allen.—...

    characters , it may safely be asserted , would so well stand the test of a literary photograph .

    The kindly nature of ' the reader' is thrown into told pleasant that relief he had in the * with first that pag consideration e , where we are for

    the masses which , ever characterised his actions , stipulated at the commencement of the engagefK ment ^^ dfe ^^ d ^ 0 , ^^ that V ^ ^^ rf ^ * £ ^ W Wj ^ shilling " ^ ¦¦ ^ ™ ^^ ^* ^ ^ " ^ BH " seat ^¦ ^ ^^ - ^ holders — —~ r ¦ " should — have as

    good accommodation as those "who were willing to pay higher sums for their evening ' s enjoymentfor' said he'I have been the champion

    and the ; friend , of the , working man all through my career , and it would-be inconsistent , if not unjust , to put any difficulty in the way of his attending

    my readings' Mr . Dolhy gives us a minute description of the locics in qiio of the Header , which was as follows :

    woodwork At the back frames was a covered large screen with , canvas consisting ; this of agai a series n was of covered the cen slightly tre with of a the raised maroon stage reading -coloured or platform lesk cloth was , ti On \\ the ghtly the table stretched left , on hsin which . d In of

    was the Wtts reader a a siik 11 , on j l either U / isisu . side itJeu . of iii . ig the < -ueaiv table . . were jx uuc small icii projecting / u < uiu ui l edges ass , — tbe the other one on for tlie bis right pocket hand handkerchief for the water and bottle gloves and . Further forward and ach side of the stage int inu two

    uprights 1 'U . liuci ; these vvaiu were auu gas on \ jl-L barrels caujLi e Biuc , secured kjl uuic with oi / copper ^; ran wire uw »_» ' guys , ' securing the batten and reflector , and communicatreflectors ing ixig abo auu ve \ c and tuiu that . below ueiuw the reader with wttii H another , face ucoiici and range ittiige of ui lights ij ^ ixi full 'B with wiwi

    equally distinct , so to the vision ' s of the figure audience were , and y a no nd effects by a super were -effulgence marred either from b by elo too w . much light overhead , or

    Many characteristic experiences are recorded , including one of the . Rugby refreshment room ,

    where Mr . Diekens and Mr . Wills had each asked for a cup of coffee , which was supplied to them . While Wills was feeling in his pocket

    for some small change wherewith to pay , Mr . Dickens reached across the counter for the sugar and milkwhen both articles were suddenly

    I snatched , fromhim and laced beneath the counter , while , his ears were p greeted with the remark , made in shrill and shrewish tones , * You

    shan ' t have any milk and sugar till you two fellows have paid for your coffee / The page fn buttons , "who naturally laughed at this attack made by

    his mistress , figured as * the Boy at Mugfcy / in the next Christmas Number of * All the Year Round . ' The chronicle of the experiences of — — Mr .

    Dickens and his manager on their •*¦ English tours is followed by a similar record of their American journey U t / ings <^ J , and althoug t ^ 3 h at the outset — our ~

    author disclaims any attempt to make his book an artistic piece of work , he may be congratulated on having produced a thoroughly attractive and

    \_ j x . C 3 «/ ----- readable volume . It has of course its painful episodes , as in the chapters which describe the fits of depression consequent upon orer-exertion

    and the consequent necessity of special efforts to * get up * to reading pitch '—this latter , as Mr . Dickens told Mr . Dolbyproving * that the power

    of coming up to the inaTk , every night with spirits and spirit may co-exist with the nearest approach to sinking k under ¦ it . ' The i book ¦ ¦ read - ~— s on ¦ briskl

    to the close ' ** — , althoug -- — — h , as - —• the » - ^ - ™ - ^— K eadings m ^^ —• — —w u ¦ pro ^^^™ ^ h ^ P ^ gress ^ ^ »* rf ^ " ^^ ^ y , the shadows deepen over the Reader , until at last the doctor ' s fiat goes forth that he is to read

    no more for some months . This virtually closed Mr . Dolby ' s experiences , but lie continued to keep up his intimacy with Mr . Dickens until his end

    came , and thus his book may be said to give another picture , complete in itself , of the great author ' s life before the world .

    From Messrs . Ward , Iiock , & Co . —' The Real Story of the Five little Pi . ' This storywhich

    gs , the title-page avers is ' now told for the first i time , takes up , annotates , and amplifies the

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    famous nursery rhyme anent the five famous the littl i / ud e Fai * porkers voucdu . ' makes ixicl ' Little the uiio Mad modest j ge uuubso ' when deman visited by I

    Her j- Majesty n . ij ry . jr Queen will finish j ^ co the tale of ueman the d ' FiVe that that I I Little Pigs , ' and we are bound to confess that I

    she ^ - Lh j ± performed ^ bh ^« . t ^^^ A' * - ^ m «^» - ^ s ^ ^ M the ^^ A . ^ ^^ task 4 * ^ - ^ ^ . v M ^ wi ^ 11 m th ^ . La . perfect _ . ^ . ^« __ ^^ _ ^ a . success . The * I story is capitally told , and tae illustrations are I ¦ ^ k fFective ^¦«^» ^ S . W * m 1

    e ^ ^ *** . I ^^ From the same . — ' Grlenn ^ v ' s Illustrated Garden I

    Almanac and Florist ' s Directory for 188 o . A I pretty and handy volume for the horticulturist I

    professional ^ j ^ ^^ f ^ J > ^^ ^* ^« « . ^ v >^« ^^ I or ^^ ^^ amateur ^^^ ^^^^ ^^_ « h *^ ^^ — , full ^ L _ _ 1 I of _ ^ * useful ^ .. ^* ^ notes _ or I ^^ plants and plant culture , while it contains ail the I usual almanac matter ancl for

    pages memoranda . I Special articles are given on ' Manures' ' How to I

    Build % _ y _» * " 1 J 1 a small ^^ -. 11 but 1 _ x . useful ^ _ c __ i Greenhouse /^* i f _ i _ / , ' Garden . * - - * ^ I Work Gardeners for each Month , ' and Good Things for I

    . ' I MAGAZINES FOR JANUARY . I

    [ N if . B . there —Magazines be 31 day which s in reach the month us by b the the 27 th 28 , th or , M I y

    can as a rule be noticed in the Publishers , ^ Circu lar , I

    ot the 1 st proximo . J

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    ISO 2 The Publishers' Circular Dec 3 It 88 >

    Illustratld Magazines. I

    ILLUSTRATLD MAGAZINES . I

    The Piec Magazin <? Of Special E Of Art ...

    The piec Magazin

    drawing of Lady Maria "Waldegrave , by John I Downman , A . R . A ., in the British Museum , on I which Mr . Sidney Colvin contributes an inter- I

    esting note , touching on the artist ' s special I characteristics . A descriptive sketch of Mr . I Pet tie ' s charming dwelling-place at Ham ps readI

    , by Helen Zimmern , with some illustrations of its I interior * effects , ' forms one of a series of papers H on * Artists' Homes' —is it intended to be a com- H

    panion series to the noble Tolume of'Artists at I ¦ entitled Home '?— * In and Character another interesting ' in which paper ' W . E is . that H . ' I ,

    ¦ discusses Coquelin , and some gi of ves the picture chief s of performances him in Buy of Bias M . I and in X" Jbueur . An efFective engraving of H

    W . Schutze ' s painting * In School , ' and an article on are Elihu Vedder the other , with noteworth specimens ! ¦ features of his wort of a , U

    among y - / very e wee -m ^ ( i cap Sampson fsyc ** ital ufc / ijL number / J * - Low »_*\^ » r , . — Marston xixtcx Harper tj vvxi , y ' s & ! ^ ¦ ' Monthly Co ^ - ^» - ^« . ) / numbers » - Maga- H >^^ H

    among its literary attractions the opening H ing chapters article of is two new serial CcirefuiJ stories written , while sketch its lea < of l- H H

    Wiclif worker , illustrated at his a desk very by , and a portrait a y picturesque , a sketch view of the of

    Lutterworth Church . Another section of Messrs . Abbey & Parsons' illustration of ' She Stoops to H

    Had Conquer « , On ' and the a RevivaL masterl of y Mezzotint essay l > v Mr as a . Puintei . Seymoiir s H H

    ^ n Art , ' with the Lll drawings other feature from e « 1 of Ul the author number IJUin uui ' s pencil whicli .. , aro is H H

    among ctllJLUlJ rich in ^ lit erary UUlltJl and l « l * artistic tUi . * attra a ctions . Among H ^ m the educational items in the contents , tlie attention paper H

    for on * its A . descri Pair of ption « hoea of ' the is well industry worth is y comp of lete » ma , H H exhaustive , and le is the wonderfu plates are l eftectiTC ' worth — Harper a- ^ s H H

    will 3 ^ w ?« run ^ Peop hard many a of tho penny hitherto s cX 1 ^ , * n ? serials or , the . Bay Its running Explorers story in , Central ' travel travel The Lost fame iamt Asia , Oity wiu (> y ' H H H

    Mr Mr . . David David JKer Ker . of of Russian Kussian , , — ™ excellent attract the tales boys and , ; for tor the the g read irls there rs of both are se Bon 3 H H

    such instructive ; articles aa those e / on 4 ] Vl 08 ^

    and ' Bees' are worthy of the wa ^ cst c ^ - ^«

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1884, page 1502, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121884/page/14/