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    1 I Hamilton Mr. Henry Library G. , Bohn...

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    v ^^ W " . Bfc ^ L X ^ ** ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - - - - , __ — — —_ _ — ^^ - ^ _ v . ^^ _ _ ^^ - ^ ^ v - ^^ ^ v w ^^ ^» ^ r ^ ' - * ^» w *»^ ^^ ^ ^» ^^ ^^^^ p ^^ ^ b ^ h ^^ at J came Bath in . to ¦ who possession knew .. 1 little of _ r or Mr TK / V nothing . Beckford T > __ 1 _ i ? about IV ' s library 1 * books 1 . , he 1 but had 1 , governed -I i t valued i b y for the probate cost prices t b y marked a house inside -agent , and the of invenhe estimated timated it it at at £ 20000 \ whicli which the the Duke considered

    arrived exaggerated and arrived the the the help Help next next a or valuation a a morning morning rougn rough inventory that , , and and tory he after alter immediatel , , ne a a es few tew hours Hours y summoned ' examination examination JLZV ., V me JV . , to found found Bath to that that have -Duke the the my considered val valuation op uation inion . was was ' so so I ,

    within the markand as the Duke had intimated a wish to sell , T made him an offer of £ 30000 payable collectors whose proper within the ty library a , t week reall was , which was no , t b he y sold the wou to bequest ld me have and of accepted as her literary father , bu . bijoux t for Fortunatel , the and intervention choice y for binding the of presen the are Duchess t strong raco , l of , ,

    in the ascendan , t , I have no doubt but t , hat something like . £ 50 , 000 will be realised for it y . After t the determination not to accept my offerthe ¦ book H ¦ ¦ s h were •¦ carefull ¦ y packed up and k removed ¦

    ^ them ^ t ^ Ham ^^^ ^ " on ilton ^ ^^ shelves — ^^ Palac which e , where had — — as been — soon — ^^ ^^ — special as B ^ I could W l y ^— ^^ ^ a ^ ^^^ rra , T be ^^ ^^ n ^^ spared ^ ged ^^ ^ " ^ ^ h ^ b ^^ ^» y from the ^^^ ^^ ^^^ Duke Lon - ^^^ ^ k ^^ ^* ^»^ don ^ v ^ ' s *^ archi , I W ^ ^^^ m sorted ^ t ^ ^ tect * ^ mr ^ m * ^ * . ^* - ^» b ^^ and For ^ k ^^ v i ^ ^^ k ^* arrange the ^^» ^» ^^ - ^ *^ con i— ' v r ^ t ^ d ^^ -

    which venience I afterw of reference ards bound , I foun in d four it necessary volumes folio to put and the this rough which inventory has a in few to al of phabe corrections tical order , my

    is name , I believe but never , the onl found y catalogu time . e extant It lias . now I always however , intended fal , len to into mak very e a catalogu good hands e worth . ' Having of my ,

    descri , bed the hospitality of the Duke , and the , banquets , which formed stately and pleasant interludes to his work in the library , Mr . Bohn adds a note on the original Hamilton library :

    value ' This , inasmuch though no as t so it voluminous comprisesbesides as the some Beckford earl , y will prin , ted I think volumes , prove of of grea grea t value ter commercial and rare

    in Scot his tish , earl literature y days before , many he most inheri precious , ted the illuminated dukedom . manuscri He was pts so boug devoted ht in to Germ work any s of , and art Ital that y

    to secure an antique jewelled coffer of exquisite workmanship , then on sale in Florence for ,

    enabled between him ± 2 , 000 to and i ? 3 , 000 and , he this staye is d or there for to a year ? till or at more Hamilton until Palace his patern . ' al allowance pay , , oug ,

    R • ' - • '¦ ' . ¦ ¦ - I I Feb. I, Is* *...

    r ' - ' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ - i I Feb . i , is * * ' The Publishers' Circular * 9 I

    I I A Common In The Queen Jury, 'S The B...

    I I a common In the Queen jury ' s the Bench case D of ivision Roche , on v Monday Brown , the was 23 heard rd ult ., This before was Mr an . Justice action Denman on a bill and of

    1 I I exchange bookseller nooKseiier for in in £ business business 55 , . 2 s ., accep at at Southampton SSoutharrmtoTi ted by the defendant . Row Kow . Bloorn JBloomsbury , who shnrv simpl . . y . p In In leaded Octo October infa ber ncy 1880 1880 . . The the the p defendant defendant laintiff is a .

    I I Gibbon included by letter , 223 ordered volumes a supp of ly Hie of Gentleman books , amounting ' ' M , agazi in ne ; the ' Eng aggregate lish Encyclopsedia to £ 62 . , 13 / s . 22 The volumes order , ; I

    i I I I of the i Hankey the Drama 's on ' Roman Ban , ' «& k c ing . sued Emp In / ' January Cruise ire / in 12 of navment the 1881 volumes Alabama , three of ; hi Addison day , ' Southey nooiint s before ' s 's but ' ' Essays lie Life it cam and , e ' of Correspondence 'The not age , met Comp the defendan Tt lete / ' Grazier History t gave /

    I me acceptance acceptance now now sued on on in payment , of his a account n .,, . but it was was not met . . It was was alleged alleged I I the on bebal plaintiff f of ' s the solici defendan tors had t re that fused he to had give onl him y time put the for p payment lea of infan . His cy lordshi on the p record in summing after I up said that , as there was evidence of infancy , the only question for the jury would be

    I [ defendant 7 necner the . books , or any of them , were ' necessaries . They found a verdict for the

    I I I Mental Cuwl Professor 1 And Ana Me...

    I I I Mental cuwl Professor 1 and ana medical medical Huxley science science is now , engaged which which the the on Jfrofessor Professor a work on and and Bishop his his triends friends Berkeley anticipate an and ticipate his contributions ¦ wil will l prove Drove his his to

    I Magnum opus . , I I jul 11 Bhortl ' ssue publish ° ^ sixpenny editions le ' edition seems rap of idl Tom y on Brown the increase ' School . Messrs / . with Macmillan illustrations & Co .

    — I We sartor « 8 rs inie ~ - . Kesartus ^ Chap nt . vmu y with m tuu an the / and to 1 % J late be uu a Hall peop published jiuLMinutJLi also s contemp before utsioi late t ; long UJiijj ' the ; , publication anna and Messrs iTit ; o s » i . » of . xvuuiicugc Routled a sixpenny Days ge are ** edition i c about auuut of to ou Carl try \) i y yle the i » nv ' a .

    I W . H . Ainsworth's ' Tower of London / [ I i Jf * . ^ ^ *" des ^ wWwM / bthe Magazine author of for ' For February PercivaF will Ac contain with the illustrations firs t part b of Mr a new WSmall story , entitled andin

    I I 'M ^ aaemoiselle yo i Pril mim y » de er , Mersac will be / commenced ' Matrihiony a / with novel illustrations , , entitled * No by Now Mr . du Thing y Maurier . / by . . the in author ; Cent , of

    lE I * ld . * ' an ^ ^ Donovan more recentl , for y some imprisoned time the at special Merv , has correspondent made arran of gemen the ts Dail with y Ne Messrs ^ vs . . Smith ral ,

    L ^^ I ^ 0 & v V . > o O . for TAT publishing rtiinlialtl'nfv hia Vila experiences nir-r \ m * Zc * -r \ r + rm i in -r » that 'A-Via ^ reg «* £ knri ion ^ - k'rk .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1882, page 91, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021882/page/3/