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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st March 1890, Edition 1 of 1, Page 227

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      also poetry contains and ro some mance rare , it editions is speciall of the y rich Eng . lish It

      poets . The most noteworth _ - _ ... --, — y _ prize j— — _ in _ the _ . _ _ library

      of the JL x * ^ s late Jud ge Berwick , sold recently in Dublin __ mi ^ i i a *^ , was the ~ second — — - — in - - edition — the ori - - i of nal the Hop -

      tameron ( Paris , 1559 ) , gbinding , ¦ with L ^¦ U 1 ^ I armorial K . ^ U ^ L ^ v P ~ and ^™ ^^^ ^^ *^^ ^^^» ^** surrounded ¦ bearings ^ ^ p » ^ ^ v ^» ^» ^™ ^™ VJH ^ m ^^^ blazoned ^^ " ^ ^^^ with ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ the — in ^ — ^ Colours gold ^^^^ V — and of

      the colou Golden rs , Fleece . It realised t' 100 .

      St 1 The ± Martin lay ' s ing Free of ¦« - Libra the ry foundation will be - an stone event of

      of j J ^ . f more W _* -V-W « - . than . » — — - ^ usual — — * i « interest — — i ^ i . The mi Prince T ** of WaW WaJeswho who iis s to to be be accompanied accompanied bv oy tne the

      accommodation Princess \ , , wil •» - — — l perform is — — being — the prepared ceremony for , 2 and 000

      spectators ( , £ \ j v * * *¦ * •» ^ - ^ > - . * , March 18 „ is ^^ the Li day fixed . , The will / of the Rev . Edward Bradley

      well ^^^ ^ B known ^^ ^^^ ¦ ^ •^ fc ^*» ^^ as ^ . ^^ ^™ 4 ^^ Cuthbert P ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ P ^ " ^ Bede ^ ^ ' ^^ devises his « J , J ¦ mi l estate vb and bequeaths ¦ r- all , his personal j

      scri « estate mnts * a ^ pts ^^ , . ^** including to to pr ^ ap- , the the ^^ ^ ^ — use u se his ™^^ or of " w ™~— copyrig ™~ Mrs Mrs — " —~ . . Bradley ± hts * raaiey and ior for manu ner her

      children life , and , , in subject equal to shares her . life interest , for all his

      We hear that Mr . Mitchell's famous collection of drawings will shortly be sold . The

      collection is rich in specimens of the work of HolbeinAlbert Diirerand the early masters

      of the Netherlands , and , Germany . It is 1 expected that some keen European

      competition will be seen at this sale . Messrs . Kenrick & Jeffersonof West

      Bromwich and Birmingham , have , just published a * National Telelogue Book' and a

      ' Triple Telegrams Book , ' the one for k « . eping a record of telep t honic messages received and

      transmitted — - ^ r - ^^ ^ . ^ - ^^ ^^>^ b ~^^ r ^^ fc ^^ , ^^^ * . ^ ^ and ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ . ^ the ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ " other ^^ ^^ ^^ ^~^ i ^^^ J — for ^^ tri — plicating telegrams .

      Under the second rule of the Athenreum Club , which provides fur the election of a

      certain number of persons annually of distinguished ¦ k h h / ii h eminence b b bi T in scienceliteratureor — -

      the ^^ - ^ arts ^ ^^ m ^™ ^ , ^»^ the - ^*~ »^ ^^ following ^» ^^ ^« ^^^^ ip ^ - ^^ -m ^^^ ^^ ^^ ™^ gentlemen ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ~ - ^^ ^ , ^ ^~ ^ - ^ have — — — - — just , -j _ been elected : Mr , Luke Fildes , R . A ., Sir D .

      Mackenzie Wallace , and Mr . George Dennis . It was decided , at a meeting last Saturday

      at at the thft White WViit . p » Swan Swan . , Nfiw New--Rtreet street b Snuare quare , . to to found a seaside convalescent home for printers . The promoters ¦ ¦ h ¦ . ¦ aim bh at making i the institution

      of ot self the thfi -supporting trade trarl — — ^^ ft - ^ r - ^^ should < * V . , . and * nlrl - ^ r - ^ na . ^ contribute rr s . uggest - ^ n f —^ . ri . " ^^ hi ^» - ^ —^ - if —^ that ' ft v ^ a ft hftl halfpenny every fn « member nnv per ner

      week for that purpose . We understand that the British Museum

      has made a gift of 5000 volumes to the Guildhall * ' ¦ ™ KfiPV « A- > Library *^^^ apt ^ . ^ . «> ^ J ^ V >* V . # The _ M J , J | ^ . / authorities A ^ W ^ V ^ * * ^/ 'a M w pV > ^^ PhpF of ^ ' ¦* the v * v « w ^^

      former institution have been enabled to do this also understand becauHO ¦« ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ wm vr - ~ the •¦¦ »¦•¦ that . » books ^ «» - » w a proposal p & are k dup pv is fl licates on tm foot . . We to »

      | '" — * ^ " * w " ^ * ^ r v . ^ ^ .. r ^^ m ** ^* r w * w W » ^ p » ^ . ^ •¦ ^ - * ^^^ ^ ^ - *^ abl purchase e collection for the of library illustrated the works scarce on and natural

      valufor * history or sal sale e by bv by the Messrs Messrs late . . Mr oothera Sothera . John n n & < Gould fe Uo On . . , , tor for offered the the

      sum of £ 770 . , r &¦¦ ther We seriousl regre ¦—¦¦ - »¦ t to ill hear . The that ¦ poet Lord who Tennyson 4 is residing is

      a recentl t Parringford y --- . Happ — rrwm y m just — il wr- -v- - now the — , critical -w caught JTW - ^ - ^ , stage * T a »»»^ severe r ^ fV in ^* # PW an cold ^ l » ill H * <¦ BpV - ijess which occasioned y considerable alarm is

      in alread being — y passed painted . ~ A b - portrait y Mr . W of . Lord B . Richmon Tennyson dj

      A . R . A . The ^ work is & proceeding in the Jsle of , Wight .

      The announcement that the library of Mr . W . B . Scott is to be sold must excite a good deal of interest in - - ¦ — literary — - — ^ j circles — . It is

      exceedingly valuable in regard to first editions of Milton edition the Eng of S * enser lish Chapman poeta Wordsworth ' . s Transl It contains ation and of B Homer the fi are rst . j p yron

      well id ^ represented , , -a ; and ^ first ^ Ai editions , of the . V , later poets are plentiful .

      We have received from Messrs . Casaell & Co . the first parts of two new serial issues

      ' The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage , Birds ^^ Kri ^»~ i ^ B ^ P > ^^ W V ^^ , H ' ^ and . ^ M ¦¦* ^ V ^ k' ^ V ' The ^^^ m ^ V ^ B ^^* T Worl * * ^^ p > p ^ ^ PP d "N ^^ V of ~* m * ' BPJT Wonders * * B pp » ^^ —>^ ^ ppr ^^ ^^ pr ^ . ' The ^^^» ^ V p ^ ^^ p- j

      latter work will be profusely illustrated , and ; the former will contain facsimile coloured

      plates . The plate in the number before us is skilfully and beautifully executed .

      A catalogue was seen the other day in London with some interesting marks on the

      margin . They indicated books CJ which Mr . Gladstone had requested to be forwarded to

      him ' per the Hawarden Carrier . ' These works included a book on Manx customs , a work by

      F . D . Maurice , a tract on Irish history issued in 1757 a book on Charles James Fox , one

      on m Oss w , ian and another on the so-called r epistles of Phalaris , .

      A very important collection of autographs willwe are informedbe disposed of in

      London , by Messrs . Sotheb , y during the present month . It — will — include letters of — Thackeray j ,

      Byron , Browning Napoleon , and there is a document Migned by King William of Prussia

      and Prince Bismarck in 1808 , and a letter from Henry 1 V \ of France . The collection

      also includes some brilliant pen and ink sketches by the author of Vanity Fair . Professor Silvanus P . Thompson read a

      paper at the Society of Arts , on the 19 th ultimoon * The Organisation of Secondary

      and Technical , Education in London . ' The Professor pointed out how completely the

      Charity Commissioners had failed to grasp the opportunity presented to them by the Act of 1883 and had devoted the money at their

      disposal , to certain institutions , none of which could bo said to form a link between primary 1 *

      schools and the higher colleges ; whilst dayschools , in which secondary Veducation was

      carried on , had been overlooked . What is to bo called * A Stanley and

      African Exhibition ' is , wo learn , to bo opened in the Victoria Gallery during this month . It will havo numerous portraits and rolics

      illustrative of the life of * missionaries and natives ¦¦ in 1 the dark regions of the -- - earth - - . Mr ~ , w Stanley

      has ^» -- ~* *— - ~ promised — ~~ ~— ~~^ — ~ — ^ p his —^™ — own * collection — , and the " ^ ^»^^^^^^ pp mis p . ™™*™¦ ^^ - sionary « — — — - - ¦ - —* v — »¦ socioties — are ~ - — taking --- _ F ^ l a deep *^ H interest ^ ^^ ^^ in

      tho King movomont of tho Bel . g It ians is al and so supported a whole hos by t the of

      men related to the geogra , phical field of knowledge .

      The will of Mr . Robert Browning hat some interesting featuresone of the moat

      noteworthy of which is that , it is ai » ned by I

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1890, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031890/page/9/