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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 31st December 1885, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1619, Booksellers' Provident Institution".—

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      I M Ow Far The Prevailing Depression Of ...

      The Analytical Table is divided into 14 Classes ; also New Books and New Editions . I

      ¦ divisions n- . „ . „ ,, New Books 1884 New Editions New Books 1885 New Editions

      Theology ^^^ ____¦¦ - _ - ¦_»¦ — ^ p-- « ^ y , y S - ¦— ermons — ¦— — , Biblical —i - ¦— ¦ —¦— - ¦ - _ - ° ^ --- -. lr ^ P ' -- ^ , ^ m & —— " ^ - ^ c — . q _ r . _^ . . _ p » 724 ^ p 205 - ^^™— — 636 - — " 211

      —Juvenile Educational Work , Classical s and Tales , and Philolog ... ical ... 603 543 140 154 671 533 119 142 NovelsTales r and other Fiction b ~ pr 408 289 455 240 ¦ ¦ __¦— ^ ¦ i

      ^ p » v " ^_^ - ° m — , » ~ " __» - ™ - — " ' ^~ , y - __ ~ - " l -1 ^ p" __ " ___ - ^ p . ^^_ r ^____ v _ ^__ r ^_ r ---- ^_» ___ -- ^_ r ^ ^ ^ ^ p ^ ^ pr ¦ _¦_ -- _¦__ - _ - ^ ____ . __¦¦ __ _¦¦_ — . a . — i i - i Poli Law ti , cal Jurisprudence ^* and Social , & Economy c . .., , .. Trade . . " . 1 . 163 q ^ o 116 o /> oi 72 q j I 43 57 Jand anil Uommerce Orvmnrifirr . A . .. .. . .. I

      A History V _ t ___ i __^_ rts i o ¦ --- — y — ages ¦ , ¦ ¦ -- ¦ Sciences , v , Biograp ~ " T ~~¦ ^~ rave _ ¦ -- ¦ ^— , and l s h , y Geograp , Illustrated & ^^ ^^ c ^^ ^ W ^ h ical Works ^ Research ^ ^ . . . ^^ 432 490 236 ^ ^^ 1 133 — 59 95 375 264 169 — ^ F 1 106 09 70

      Poetry Year-Books and the and Drama Serials in Volumes ... 323 179 49 1 337 118 ' 46 10 Medicine , Surgery , & c . ... ... - ... 160 55 116 71

      Belles Miscellaneous Rftlles--Jbettres riftttrea . , , including Essrvr ILssays . , Monooranhs Monograpns Pamphlets . , , dec & not c " . 1 .. g lbU 160 ^ g 79 7 oq VJ 146 205 14 b 35 74 74

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      Among the builders of literature who have

      passed away during 1885 the following names occur . Our loss has been severe , not in

      universally notable men , but in the disappearance of steady workers , who did yeoman service

      to the cause of learning . The list includes Principal Shairp , Professor of Poetry at

      Oxford ; Professor G . Curtius ; Mr . W . S . W . Vaux ; Mr . John Colquhoun , author of * The

      Moor and the Loch ; ' Mr- Alexander Somerville ; Dr . W . Veitch , Greek Scholar ; Mr .

      William J . Thorns , F . S . A ., the founder of Notes and Queries ; Mr . Evelyn Jerrold ; Mr . j

      of H . fc A Ch . J . b Munro ers' C ; l Mr . di R . of Carruthers Elish , Litera editor - ycopaeng

      ture 6 Insurance ; ' Mr . Cornelius Cyclopaedia Walford ; S , author n W of arner the

      ( ' Elizabeth Wethereli' ) , author of The Wide , Wide World , ' & c . ; Mr . Frederick Fargus—the

      meteor-like * Hugh Con way ' ; Mr . Richard \ Grant Whitecritic ; Mr . E . C . Rye , librarian

      of the Geograp , hical Society ; Mr . Hodder 1 Westropp , the archaeologist ; M . Edmond

      About ; Dr . Andrew Findlater ; Mr . Henry I Baily , editor of Baily's Sport wig Magazine ; j

      Professor Henry Halford Vaughan ; Lady 1 Georgiana Fullerton , novelist ; Mr . Charles :

      Tucker , F . S . A . ; and Constantin Rossetti , the Roumanian poet ; Professor Jenkin ,

      Edinburgh ; Mr . J . F . Campbell , of Islay ; and , only the other day , Dr . Samuel Birch , of the

      British Museum . I f . o «

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      Booksellers' Provident Institution".—

      Booksellers' Provident Institution " . —

      The was usual held on monthl Thursday y meeting , the of 17 t th his inst Institution ., at 56 Old Bailey */ , when there were present X fourteen

      sum Directors of £ 139 , Mr . . 5 George s . was granted Cox in the in chair relief . to The 72 members and widows of members ; andin

      accordance with the usual custom — at this / season , of eac h he of ye the ar , temporary an additiona reci l grant pients was wh ma ich de to

      increased by the annual Christmas , gift generously given by Sampson Low , Esq .

      — Publishers — Mr - . -. Appleton 1 Weeklof on D — ecember __ Copyright — __ 19 _ . — i ____ n The ts a __ _ y pr j-

      powerful letter upon this subject from the pen addressed of Mr . to W . the H . President Appleton . and The the letter writer was

      , remar Government ks : * The on this position subject of is the wrong American ; it is

      un suc __ j h ___ _¦_ an to _ outrage l iterary -a ____> u men pon , forei that ___ i gn in ___ b all wri the ters circl , __¦ _ i . an _ B d es _ ___ so of

      inte our ll po ectua licy l has influence become throug a reproach hout civilisation to tho American name . Every other object and

      greatest ^ ¦ interest H ^* & ^^ _ H ^ ^^^ p ^^ __ » ^ m - ^^ - ^^^ r ^^ ^ ___ ^ L b _ is ^^^ enefactors ^^^ *—^ __ ^ . ^^ protected ^^^ ^^^ __ B ^ i ^ ^^ ^^ ___ ^ 1 ^«^ ¦ ^ " ^ W ^^^» , I ^ p ¦ t ¦ ¦ ^^ he to « ^^ V ^^^ men ¦ profusion —^ ^^¦ — ___ b — who » _ B ^ - ~ ' ^^ nourish — ' — ; ___ k — but ^ — ~ - --, . _ our the . r _ r—

      —m-and nationa who l m create ind b the y th hi e g hest ductions ¦ kind ¦— of prop b genius h erty ,

      «_ be W ^_ p _»_ y ___ _ ¦ p _ i " ^ pf their «_» r- ¦ l - — w - un w -w- _ - h " ^ _ P _ - ^ r _ P ^ » d ¦ - ^ brain ered " ^ -F ^ - — - ¦__ ^ - ^ - _¦ ^ -- __ F __ ^ - - ^ -. - - ^ ^^ b -- labour - ¦ h ^^ _¦ - _ _ v --- v -ap- -i » " ^ r , _ - ^^ are K b t - — __ V o ¦ — _ "t d - _ - - __ ¦— - - outlawed - - b . - *> - — . . — - . - » ' — - — . — - The — and - —— - — ^ time left — — - — ^ - ^ ^ to — is - m - ~ _^ p ^^_ ^_ . * - _ - ' * p y every * y

      | I ri of pe you for r ad i on inis , and tratio I believe n wou future ld that be no so pop measure ular ,

      or or nation so an honoured honoured right before in in all all the the the judgment tuture ., , as ad of to to the set set world ti this ns by adopting a policy of justice toward foreign

      to authors be ado . pted In ¦¦ —¦ regard two 1 things ~ - to " - — —m ¦ any I practical venture - - to measure think

      the are - _ pp ' - ¦ - ^ . ^_^ to ' forei - ¦•^ ' - _ ' 0 be __ — - i - »^^_ -r ^^ gn insiste __! ™ k ^ » - _ H r author _¦___¦ — , " ^ — d ^ ^ v upon ia to as be — fundamental _ , as ¥ __ thoroug ... _¦ r- _ - >¦ . hly First __ F" ^___ pro ' ¦ __ . - , , ^^ ]

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1885, page 1619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121885/page/3/