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    ¦ - '¦ ¦ •¦!¦¦§ • « NEW YEAR' IN SCOTLAN...

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    Welsh's Life Of John Newbery.* The Mmmwm...

    Ifrom dissemination all those of who literature are activel . y engaged in the It is curious to

    I which ! N " ewbery advertised notice the his book effective s ; in way fact in , . his notices in that department a . , althoug h

    somes w imilar hat more announcements learned , have of the the same present flavour day . [ Here is an example : —

    bound c According and gilt ) to a Act Little of Pretty Parliament Pocket ( - neatl Booh y .

    intended for the , instruction and amusement of little Master Tommy and pretty Miss Polly ;

    with Giant an Killer agreeable as also letter a to ^ aZJ each ^ from Pincushion J " acfc £ / ie ' a ,

    a the good use of boy which and will Polly infallibl a goo y d girl k . T To omm the y whole is ¦ prefixed a letter on education ______ — — __ humbl — — y

    addressed to all parents , guardians , governesses , & c ., wherein rules are laid down for making their children strong / health ¦ y / / virtuous

    wise , and * _ * happy . _ , * _ , , * * " Children , like tender oziers , take the bow ,

    And as they first are fashioned , alway grow /' Dryden . ' " J ^^ ust ^» V W ^^ as '_ —1 ™ - ^ t v ^ h — —1 e — ' — tw ^^ ^ w i *— g yiBk is ^ " ^^ bent ^— ' ~^ ^*^ ~^ the * " . —^_ —^ ' tree ^ v —» —1- ^^ ' pk s ^ - inclined _ h —¦¦—1 —_^ ^_> —w ^ k __ ^^ —^^» , w

    'Tis education forms the vulgar mind . " Pope . * Printed for J . _ S " ewbery at the Bible and

    Crown near Devereux Court , without Temple Bar .

    ' Price of the Book , 6 d . ; with a Ball and Pincushion , 8 d . '

    A considerable portion of Mr . Welsh ' s book is occupied by valuable appendices , which will be of great service to students of

    eighteenth-century _ > life . It is curious to notice the phases through

    which the well-known business in St . Paul ' s Churchyard has passed . ' On John Newbery ' s death it was continued by his son

    Francis Newbery , his nephew Francis _ Tewbery , and his step-scm Thomas Carnan . ' j p Most ublished of Oliver by John Goldsmith Kewbery ' s writing also s iss we ued re

    ( the works of Dr . Johnson , Christop , her Smart , Dr . Dodd , and many other celebrated writers .

    The old house was also a renowned medicine and tea warehouse . Dr . James ' s fever powdersand numerous patent medicineswere

    , « m JL la 4 m fca , 1 f *_ or years sold there _ . Cep ^^ h alic snuff ^^^ , Anal epa mong pills , and commodities tea at 303 to . be a lb boug ., were ht at the so

    establishment a hundred years ago . After the NewberysJohn Harris succeeded to the

    bu Griffith ^^ siness JJMl V » . later fc It , on subsequently J » b Griffith < M > —fci ^ J «¦ mr b _ k & - ^ r became Farran m _^ » - __ c fw «^ w a Grant an <_ v . _¦ d »^ two ^ r v & •^* * . _(«• , _ * V ^* " ^ " ^ ¦**• ^^ _^_ " » ^ _^ . '^_ . ^ , _

    Okeden years ago , __ the Welsh present ] was sty adopted le [ Griffith . ' , Farran ,

    Few booksellers will not feel some desire to assure read them this that fascinating its perusal volume will be , an a d source we can of

    unmixed John pleasure Newbery . ' s successors , Messrs .

    Griffith a splendid , Farran pile of , & new Co . buildings , have recently on the erected former site . We have much pleasure in giving an

    illustration of the old house so familiar to visitors to London and to the London trade .

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    ¦ - '¦ ¦ •¦!¦¦§ • « New Year' In Scotlan...

    ¦ - '¦ ¦ •¦!¦¦§ « NEW YEAR' IN SCOTLAND . Edinburg h hDec 241885 .

    ^ v _^^^ _»_» v ^^ ^ mr - _^ ^^* ^^^^ , ^^^ ^^ ^^ . ^^* ^* , V ^^ ^— ^ ^^ ^^ New Year ' s Day is approaching with rainy—I am eyes sorr of y the I cannot Scotch say community icy—step have , and a as divid I write ed duty the

    in bakers survey and ing pushing the respective booksellers wares . In offered the shops by loyal of the former useful tradesmen we have the taste of

    - the Stacks public _ _ of __ appealed currant ^ to loaf throug and hout shortbread the city —without by huge whi v w # »*_ i _* ch - ¦ ^^ ^ b _ H ( « and fc —^» ^ p ^» ^ its » _ - « w ^ necessary ~»^™ ^^ ^—^ _» p— ' » " «^ ^*_ ~— m ^ concomitant ^^ ^ ¦ ^ ^^ ^~ " ^ — ~~ ~~ " * — ¦ ¦ — , whisk ~» _¦ — ~— ¦ ¦ ey —^ ^ ) m the — ^^~~

    and New a Year snare in . Scotland Here we would have be it in simply a delusion form of every salutation l . i . i tt — T ' Frae _^ b «_ »<_ ^^ _ Auld > >^ ^* —» ¦ _» ^ Reekie b _^ ^^ ¦»»¦ _^ b w , ' ' _ A »_^ guid hk w»— —'_ — New — -- ¦ Y ¦ ear — - ——

    —tae wonderful ye , ' For shades the Auld of orange Folk peel at Hame on , the ' set top off of in everything eatable . Equally attractive are the

    provided windows of with our a marvellous principal book display shops of ; Christmas this year 4 l b i & terat ^^ ^^ ^ fca ^ 1 ^^ ur VM ^ K e ^^* , especiall ^^ W * 0 W *^ ^^ . »^ 'fc ^ ^_^ fc y W of ^^ —• that ^ f ^ h 4 b ^^ V b * _ kind fc *_ ^* ^»_» - __ with V W ** ^^ ^^ - ^ V wnich V r i — - ^ v - ~ - Miss - ~ — — —

    G Weatherl -reenaway y , , and Miss the Havers other , gods Walter and C goddesses rane , F . E of . the nursery children lore . make It is indeed glad the renewing hearts one and ' s youth eyes to of

    see the youngsters gloating over the books so carefull Ward f V 14 / J y ^& produced ^ & Co | . a ^ an ¦ V for m d T i ^ the ^^^^ their & numerous A 4 V ^ benefit ^ L ^^^ X ^^ b ^^ ^ . ^^^ other b y ^^^ ^ M a ^^ k essrs houses » m *^ * - ^ *< . ^^^ M _ r which arc * w ^ fc ^ ~ u ^^ « s *^~ ^^^ ^^^ , ^^

    ment cater . so We handsomel don ' t get y fo many r the Christmas young folks carols ' amuse now- - adays to enliven our workaday spiritsbut we have

    , a the fter children the strains ' s laug of hter the C ri hristmas ng in our ears have long ceased . I use the word Christmas advised songs ly , for in

    Scotland the ' Christmas' festival is fast usurping the place so long filled by the ' New Year' rel joicing holding -s— services ev en our on the sober 25 th Pre a s proceeding byterian Churches which a

    few years ago would have been , anathematised as ' heathenish The coining , ' * Roman is Catholic destined , ' & to c . be an eventful

    year tions one in are the in history progress of ' Auld for the Reekie grand . ' G- Inte reat rnati prepara onal - Exhibition to be opened in Edinbuh ¦ next ¦ May .

    ^ f M ^^ ^ j |^ 1 ^^ & ^^ JL ^^ »^ ^^^^ ** r *^ ^^ w ^ ^^ — ^ ^^ ^«^ ^ ^ J » - ^^^ » ^ - *^ —^ — — rg ^ v ^ — - ^ — —— — — ' —~^ ^ j — advanced The buildings stage , in the d on West e can M form eadows a fa are ir id in an of

    what what , lete will will state be bo the the . appearance annearance Following the of of the the examp structure structure le of in in their its its London comp ff *\_ p f H \ t-t , / U , brethren W ^ S *¦ ^* ** Jk * * . ^* MJk « at hVm ^ the *^^ t ^ ^^ Healtheries tJ ^^> ^ t ^^ jmtM , «^« » ¦^ f ^* + -+ ^ - ^ , m t » . " he - ^ ¦—¦ committee - — ¦— - -- ¦ — — — — h

    street has deci , ' which ded will upon be erecting one of the an attractions ' old Edinburg of the exhibition . There are few more quaint specimens

    of architecture than some of the houses in our ' Old Town '—houses which are fast disappearing to Mr mak Ruskin e way for ough the t to abodes have a of few ' civilised words to humanity say to our . '

    modern degeneracy tthat hat . replace renlace Vandals , for the the the substantial substant on solid the ial stone subj wood wood ect and of oi of lime our our architectural ancestors ancesto erections rs

    in Edinburgh may be commodious , but they are certa It i is nly not not onl beautiful new rfkb . houses that i ¦ - « are ¦ ¦ rising in our

    J ^ ^ J ^ t ^ J | ^ ^^ V ¦ ^^ rn Ti y W ^ ^^ v V w ^ ^^ ^ w ^^ ^ r ^& •** . ^— - * ^ ^^ - —~ ~ — —— f - ^ ^ - the midst On firs Monday ; t new number , t ne he ws of 4 p a h p an J evening anuar are y the , journal the order Scotsman , the of the Evening issues day .

    Dispatch , which , if we are to believe the prospectus , is have * to the lick good creation resul . ' t of Its making appearance the other will probably two contemporaries improve considerably The l Scotsman Scotsman , a consummation has immense immense

    de dovoutly voutlv ital to to to draw be be wished wisnect upon ; . . it is ne the most powerful nas paper cap in Scotlandand it can therefore afford , if necessary , to run the , new venture for a time at a loss . Our

    evening for some servi years ce has past , been and oi it tne is a poorest fact that descriptio we get n ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1885, page 1623, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121885/page/7/