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

    more of the day ' s news in the first edition of a noon Glasgow than evening we can ta paper obtain , published in the earl fourth y in edition the after of

    an « ph ^^ ^^ " * p ^ ^ Edinburgh *^ , ¦ ^^ ^ fc *» »¦ ^» w v v - ^ pp * evening ^ ¦ ^ ^ B ^^ ^^ r " ^^ ^ V ^^ pV paper ^ Pb ^ B ^ Pk ^ k ^ k « B » issued ^ M «*^ b ^ p ^ ^» ^^ P ^ P » at ^ rf ^» f ^ b ^ five ^ p ^ ^*^ 4 b ^^ or ^ b ^^ ^ k- ^ b six ^* ** . o ' clock . Although Glasgow is 47 miles distant , from that metro

    my evening paper comes regularly - than polis the of the little west Glasgow , - while Weekl there y is Citizen no better , a journa reading l of shreds aDd patchesmad PjN e of VP cuttings from Ht all mrfV the

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    nasty . Edinburgh to-day mourns the removal from the who scenes has that served knew her him well & in £ a calm good and man srorm and . true Two , one of

    versity our townsmen Tercentenar assiste y d Celebration nobly in making in 1884 the a great brilliant Uni-P of su rovo ccess the st . Un , of Th iversity ey the were City , an Si d . Sir Al Onl exan George y d the er G Harrison other rant , Principal day , Lord we

    dep dei ) lored lored the the loss loss oi of Sir Sir Alexan Alexander der , , an and rl this this morn Tnorn--of ing Parliament Sir George H has arr b ison een , ou as r newl d y -elected lcalled Member . His memory is , safe in the keeping y of gratefu away l citizenswho know what they owe to his unselfish

    , will devotion be . more No missed man could than be that less of Sir spared George — -no Har face - rison .

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    A good deal of irrational and ill-natured criticism has been written regarding the

    Edition concluding of volumes Thackeray ^ - " ¦ ^™ of ' s pIp . ^» - w the »* *^ orks ^ B ^ ^^ great . ^ k ^^ ¦ b * k It ' * M ^ Standard / has fc ^ 4 pj * | p » b been ^* * ^^

    have matter urged been with , being allowed more of ep vi to gour hemeral rest ~ r than in interest oblivion sense , . oug that When ht v the to ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ kp * ^ ' ^^ ^ fe * Bt ^ ^ h ^ 1 ^^ ^ p »^ k V ^ k ^ k ^ . ^^ 9 V ^ k ^ ^^ p ^^ k ^ b

    the publishers announced that it was their intention collected to form issue they these expressly fugitive writings stated in and a

    every reader understood , , that the purpose , was to to give Sfive to to the the world world a nnmnififfi lete and n . nrl trust fvnai

    comp Indeed worthy , collection such a of course the great would author have ' s works been .

    followed before were it not that the publishers top thoug ics ht of that the day some , were of the unsuited articles for , ' being publica on

    tion in a permanent form . ' We consider however for giving , that to Eng no lish apology readers should an be edition necessary con- ,

    written taining everything ba favourite ( good author , bad , who and indifierent stood head ) , y

    and shoulders above the best intellects of his day . It seemed - — — — — — — — — — hard w . m . that «^ v in < iaa America . «_ AX ^ UV a

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    was of his done own , there countrymen was a danger . Unless that the something

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    the which great prompted humourist Messrs will . Smith appreciate Elder the & sp Co irit . to to undertake this , , ,

    them unaercaKe for the tnis manner publication publication in which , , and it also also has thank thank been accomplished .

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    which have not previously been reprinted . With few exceptions they referto

    contempoor rary ^^ P ^ V ^^^ B * ^^^ ^ no P ^^ ^ ^^^ * * ^ B ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ matters F ^^^ m ^ interest ^ V ^^ ^ p ^ * . ^^ ^ ^ * ^^^ ^^^ F ^^ ^ ^ ^ V ^ . ^ p ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ . ^ which ^ ^ ^ ^ T ^> ^ m ^^ ^ for pBV r ^^ r ^^^ ^ ^ i ^^ V ^ ^^ V ^ ^ p . B , the ^ F ^ ^^~ ^^ in ^ ^^ V ^ ^ ^ .. ^ ^^ ^ P ^ them ^^ P * ^ ri ^ ^ P ¦¦¦ ^ ^ V sing v ^^ V ^^^^ ^ ^ v *^ ^^^ ^ ^ s ^^ b ^ B elves ^ ^^^ generation ^^ H ™ ^ p ^ , , have little , ^ V but h ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^ ^ ^ ^^ V

    which may strike some pleasant chords in the ^ p ^^ - ^^ ^ memories ^^^^^ ^^^ J ^ p ^^*^^ ~ i ~ ^^ ^^ to ^ fc ^ ^^^ of ^^^ ^^ k old ^ . ^^ . ^ ' *^ ^» gentlemen VP ^ H ^*^ ^^^^ " ^ ^^~ " ^^ P ^^^^^^^ " ^ — ' — ^^ who » » — remember - — - - ^^ - ^^»

    yesterday the doings . of The the ' 40 opening ' s and ' 50 portion ' s as things of the of

    V ^^^ F v ^^ v ^ v ^ MpT ^^^^ ^¦ ^^ F ^^ ^^*^^ ^ . ^ PP ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ta ^ pj ^ V ^ N ^ V ^^ ^ plpV ^^^ P ^^ " ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ B ^ pV H ^^ ^^ ^ — m volume contains Miss Tickletoby ' s 'Lectures on English History . ' Then we have ' Papers j

    by a Fat Contributor / ' Miscellaneous Contributions Papers 4 i ' to verses Punch and , ' '" caricatures Snob " and . b There "Proser can " I

    be ^^¦^^» V ^ no " ^ . P- 4 ^ ^^ pp , M doubt ^ ^ fc ^ ^ . P . ^^ p » ^ h ^ p ^^ that , H ^ fc ^^^^^^^ ^^^ Thackeray ' ^ i ^ ^ B ^^ r ^^ " ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ " ^~^ ¦ — did not — con — — — - ¦ sider k ^^ ^**^ m ^ pjp ^ ^^ h y some ^^ ^^^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ of ^^^ ^^^ ^ his ^ ^^ p . ^^ r ^^ ¦ journalistic « l ^ i ^ r " ^^^ ^^ " ^^^^ i ~ r ¦ ¦ ^ ^^ — contribu-

    tions worthy of being issued in the permanent form of a volumebut it is a high tribute

    ¦—^ PPb " % ^~ ^^ b ^^^ . the »^» ^^^ ^^ estimation «^ V ^ ^^^ ^ pb ^^^ " » ^^^ P ^^^ ^ h ^ , H in ¦ i ^ ^^^ B Pfep wh * ^ P ^ ^^ ich ^^«»^^ — his — - ~— HH works — — — are — — — held that these writings Mipk should at this date

    be ^^ v ^^ - ^ b ^ ^^^ ^ h ^ p collected ^ ^ . ^ ^^^ ^^ ta ^^^^ p ^ . r ^ . ^ ^ p . r ^^^ ^^ W V and ^^ p * ^^^^ V V wpp issued > ^^^ ^^ w ^ ^^^ ^^ . ^^ p >^^^ r ^ to ^ p ^^ ^^^ v ¦ satisf ~^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ y a public ^^

    demand .

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    LEOPOLD VON RANKE , ' FAUST' AT & THE & LY CEUM ,

    The two most importan azc c . ., , <& c c . events of literary interest occurring in Christmas week were

    most certainly the celebration of the 91 st birthday of the great German historian ( we

    might say the greatest living historian , or even the greatest historian of the nineteenth century ) , Leopold von Rankeon the 21 st inst . and

    , , of the Goethe first performance ' s Faust' at of the Mr L . yceum Wills' Theatre adaptation on

    the 26 th inst . Leopold von Ranke was born on the 21 st of December 1795 at Weihein the Goldener

    Aue , a village , in , Saxony , , where his father possessed an estate and practised as a solicitor ; andbeing in easy circumstances and of

    cultivated , tastes , was able and willing to give his children what is termed a liberal education .

    Ranke pursued his . early studies with ardour , avoiding all pleasure and dissipation ;

    but during the vacations he made tours on foot . As one intended for the Lutheran ministry _ - he _ studied __ . _ and enthusiastically

    venerated — ^ , the work — — s and character of the ^^ great Reformerwhose life he already con- ,

    templated writing , in anticipation of the tercentenary ^^^ ™ ^— ^ ^ ^ " - ^^ ~ — ¦ ¦ ~^^ r- ^ " ^ - ^ m w of ^^ r ~ ^ ¦ the ^^ p ^ p ^ v ^ p «^ p ^ ^ Reformation ^^^^ ™» ^^ pp w > ^ . ^ ^ .. ^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^ P *^^ ~^ ^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ^ But ^ ^^ hi > »

    historical and linguistic studies at length so devote thoroug himself hly absorbed entirel him y to that historical he decided pursuits to .

    preached He did , his however first , and take onl hol y y sermon orders in , and hi » native place . The subject was the

    Resurrection , and Ranke is said to have preached with such power and warmth as deeply affected the hearts of his hearers .

    Meanwhile he had become tutor at the Gymnasium . in Frankfort , where he began to write his History of the Romanic and

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1885, page 1624, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121885/page/8/