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    111 —¦ ^ *. ^ m ~" I NOTES AND NEWS. Ill...

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    popular American there and throughout , Germany more than twentv p ^ f VJf Ministers a ^^ Bt ¦ . ~~ ' What Berthold Auerbach ¦ 1

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    He was - perial short Vi time cap . »__— ital after - - earl his y leap in February into fame - _ 187 in 2 America , only . a

    g ^ v v ^ The presentation ¦¦ * was made ^ ii by that tt talented ^* and genial poetFerdinand Freiligrathin the

    (| column UV 4 O ^^^ s of the , •* Gegenwart . Men and , women turned UIL 1 ** aside ^^— --- at ___ once — _ _ from _ the _ _ patriotic g— — - - — — — poetry j— — w

    which then flooded the land , to read * Dickens 1 im Lager / ' Im Tunnel , ' and ' Die Societat am I Stanislaus . ' The American Goldgrdber was

    I the author _ of the - . ¦ hour aaa . Letters ^ a »* . - - poured in A II the editor of the Gegenwart asking for

    _____ upon ** r ^ « k at Tft . » ¦¦* * J to ¦¦ > A ^ 3 " II _____ biograp ** hical details ^ . concerning this stranger _ II ^ who vj had . » captivated ~~ - ¦— the —~ educated — ° classes -- - ¦ - . The —¦— - ¦—

    ___ _ .. ^ rf . » ¦ . »»¦ . ¦ ' ' " r — — — — — — — — — — — — — ™ — ^ " — —— — - — — — ~ r ~™~ I ___[__! editor ^ . , in __ a note _ , bade . am . ¦ . his _» __ readers ppb be . am patient _ __ , I ^^—_ promising ^ » pp »^ B them that he would obtain the

    de-_ ^ _ ^^ —|^ pp ^^ " ^*^ — — r — ^^^^_| — ^^ ^ — — — — ^^ ^^ — ^ ^ — '^^ ^^ ¦ I ! sired information from England and America I ] as soon as possibl

    I A Warning . —During the last-few weeks a II man has been stealing a large quantity of books

    1 from various members of the trade in London . I His thefts are committed - with great C ? dexterity •/ ,

    and the books taken argue either a shrewd I judgment or a good knowledge of valuable books . At one place we hear of a copy ( in

    cloth ) of Dickens' ' Grimaldi , ' first edition ; and also the _¦•_» Christmas books ^ ve vols __ i »^^ .

    a - being - —r— . « wv ^^ a stolen ^^ " ^^ ^^ . - At ^_^ - 4 . * ^__ ^^^ another ^ «^ o ^^^ ' ^^ w ^ m ^ w ^^ p lace - ^^ - 1 ^ ^_ h 9 ** - , , Hamerton ^— - ^—» v —_» » ^^ w ' s , w ' Grap i hic i Arts i ' and 'Etching and Etchers ¦ '

    ¦ ¦ - ~ — ™ ™ Hi-a * ^_^_ . —^ r ^^__ . ^^^^^ — ¦ ^ v ~ i ^^ v ^ ^— ' ^—^ --P ^^^^^^™ ^^ ^^^ ^_ p . ^__ p ^^^^ - ^ ^ . ^^ r ^^ ^^ —^—^ ^^____^_» - ^ v - ^_ - —^—^ - ^^ ^ --- ^ II thi ( third — e --- f •• ' s r % r latest « k edition ^^^ m * ^^ k ^ mr exp ^^ _ ) ^ ^ - have ^ loit ^* ^ v ^ ^ ^^ has n both —I been ^^ ^_* disappeared ^> r " ^^^ to ** ^~^ * lift ^_» j * _¦ v . ' ¦ a The p »—^ ile ^<__> ^_*

    of 300 water-colour sketches to illustrate III Dickens' works . The sketches were taken ¦¦ if from a barber i 1 11 ' s shop ih the tv __¦ - proprietor mv h t of r which

    m dabbles » ™ r ^^ in ^>^ r ^_>_ - —* literary ^ --- »*_^ r ^^ «^^_» ^^_ __ r , property ^ . ^ p r ^ "' -- ' . yfc-r ^ " * ^^ —^ ^ - » Hopes - ^ ^^ ' ^^^— w w —^ _ -. are —^ ^ v _^* - ^

    entertained of the mans capture . Ill _ ___ ¦ — - ¦ % ____ ¦ .

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    April If 1885 The Publishers' Circular 28 3

    111 —¦ ^ *. ^ M ~" I Notes And News. Ill...

    111 —¦ ^ * . ^ m ~" I NOTES AND NEWS . Ill I Sir Henry Thompsonthe well-known

    , 1 surgeon , is the author of the novel , * Charley I .. und Kingston ¦^ ovun ' s Aunt XL U 1 X U j / which VY JIXXV / XX was VY <* O recentl L CUQU \ JJi y JT issued ^ O » MIV ^ V 4 L

    1 er the nom de plume * Pen Oliver . ' The greater portion of Lord Lytton's new

    js P ^ em connected , 'Glenaveril with ; London or , the Metamorp Parliamentary hoses , '

    . story "fe and . statesmanship are prominent in the

    reminiscences The alread of y eminent long list individuals of memoirs is ( say and s wq Athentzum ) to have yet another addition

    . A life of the late Frank Buck land is in the ¦¦¦ P ress and will bo published in the of

    few week , s by Messrs . Smith , Elder course , & Co . a Messrs . J . & R . Maxwell announce the &_ . __ T m m . _ _ _ . .. _ _

    Publication of * Victa Victrix ; or . a Shrug , a Austen Hum , a Pember Ha ! a , new the and author original of novel * Pericles , by

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    111 —¦ ^ *. ^ M ~" I Notes And News. Ill...

    by ' Mr London . H . / Sell says the issues World periodicals ?* Press , published with an

    annual circulation , of 1017000000 . Paris with afar smaller population ¦— ,, issues ¦ , periodicals 4 ,

    with New — - — - - an York — - — ^— ann — ¦ - and — ual — — -- — - c Brookl m irculation — — —— - — — - ^^ — ¦ ' — -w ^» — yn ^ y —— ^ - ^ »^ ^^ , m ^ - , h of w » 1 w ¦ ^ ith ^ ^ 1 ^^ ^ pv , ^^ 100 ¦ «* population v MV ^ ^ ' ^ , ^|^^^ 000 g- _ f ^ ^ w ^^ i ^^^ v - ^ r , ^ ^ 000 pvr ^ ^ r b V ^ ^^ ^^ BO r ^ Bi ^ ^ B V ¦ . j j

    lications nearly two- with thirds an that annual of Paris circulation , produce pu 1 of >

    — — ^ — - ^ — « -w « w ^» ^ ^— ^ v ^ r ^^ w *^ « w *« . a « « sw ^ ^¦ k ^ ^ fc ^^ ^^ " !_" T ^ . nr ^^^^ ^^^ . ^^^ ^^^^^ 516 , 000 , 000 . Philadelphia furnishes the American public with the Ice Trade Journal

    and the Qninoiogist ; Boston is responsible for and the ¦ A Lake - ge to Michi Come Herald 1 1 for and the Jerusale Chrysosto m mian , Pioneer and ;

    — — -- » ^^— — - - ^— - ^ gan j ^^ k v v ¦ v ^^ ^^ - ^^ ^ r ^^^ W ^^ ^ ltfJ ^ " »^ ¦ V ~ 9 ^ m ^ ^^* ^^ ^ r ^ - ^ ^ 0 ^^ ^ ^• W ^ ^^ ^ W ^ P ^^^ B ^ V > the ^ OpbyggelfesbladS The Shakespeare Jubilee at

    Stratford-on-Avon commences on April 20 , and will extend over a fortnight .

    A Paris reviewer has had the frankness to point _ _~ - - _ - - ^_ - out - ^ v ^^ - ^_ - that — — — - ^_ - of _ - - ¦ — the - ^— - ~~ ^^ h - ^^^ 20 ^^^^^ - - ^ m ~ celebrations - ^^ tr ^^ p ^ ^^^ b ^ .. p ^ " ^ . p ^ ^^ pb ^¦ v ^ pr ^ b . ^ ^ pp » ^^^ v ^^ . ^ p . » ( T ^^ pp of ^ . ^^ .. ^ . the ^ p ^ p- ^ i ^ . . 9 ^ p ^ pp

    invention of printing not one was held in France h . Germany - ^ m Holland ¦ ¦ Belium .

    Engv - ^ ^ — . n - ^— « — pb _ — ^ - ^ pa - ^— ^^— - ^— ^— - ^^ ^ p — ^ ^™ , m ^ - ^^^^^^^^ w 1 - ^^ ^^— " ^^» - ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ a p- ^^ , ^ p ^ . q ^^ B ^ ^^ ppr _ ^ p _ g H ^^ p ^_ ^ PPP ^ " ^^ Pi ^^» fc ^^ " - ^^ P » ^ PPPPPI . PPPP ^ PPtPP ^ ^ TpWW ^^ ^ land . Russia * , Switzerland ^*^ have all had , Ital ^** their ^ y , Austria festivals , : Sweden ^^ France ^ . ,

    has done nothing . France had books printed as ~— ~ »^—^ earl ^—^ ~— — y m as ^^ ^» ^~^ ~ 1470 ~ py ^ , ^ y but - ^ - ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ the ^"" ^^^—^ - ^^ i ^ three ^^ v ^^^ ^ bv ^^^ h - ^ bpp ^^^ earliest ^ bb ^ ^^^^ P" ^^ pp ^^ ppi ^^^ ^ pi ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Parisian ^^^^ ^^ p ^ pv ^^^ ^ ppp ^^^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^^^ ^^™ ^^^"

    printers , Gering , Franz , and Friburger , were Germans , as were most of their early

    successors . A propos of the above it is — interesting to

    notice that Mr . Alfred Brothers , of Manches « O - ter — _ , proposes j ^~ j- - durin — g f ^ i the — — presen £ ~ — — — t — year ^ y to — — re — — -

    produce the Gutenberg ( or , as it is sometimes called , the Mazarin ) Bible by m ^ ans of

    photolithography . This is regarded as the first printed edition of the Bible , and as the earliest book printed bh v with w fh h h metal bwb- pf types by the 4 inventor PPPPP

    r ^ PP *^ ^ PPF ^^ " ^ * w ^^ JT ^ vw ^^ p ^^^ ^ pr ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ - ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ p ^ ppp ^ p . ^ r ^^^^ v «/ A a ^ r ^^ P ^ v ^^^ ^^^ •/ V ^ P ^ F ^^ PH ^ PpP * PPV ^^ ^^ ^ ^ PP ^ ^^ . ^^^^ ^^^ ^ pp of printing . The introduction , by Mr . William E . A . Axon , will give the history and

    bibliography of this remarkable book . The copy to be reproduced in facsimile is th * t in the library of the Earl b of Crawford i and Balcarresat

    Hai ~^»*~ ^ PPB ^ PT g ^^ ^ w h " ^ PPr H ^ ppbp ^^ a ^^ ^^ ll ^» ^^ , Wi ~ m ^ ^ p ^ gan ^^ ppv ^^* ^ . pr ^ P' PT PT PP Only .. " ^ . V ~ ^ Pl * ^ '' ^ Pl ^ PP ^ PP a . P .. PI . ^ i ^^ PB limited ^^ b - ^ VP / P > ^ P ^* V fPPVPPJPB number . PP * ^ P » P ^ PPr , PPK ^ m ^ V ^^ of copies will be printed , at a price of ten

    guineas each . Mr . J . E . Cornish is the publisher . Messrs . James Maclehose & Sonsof

    , 4 few Glasgow k v v v day ^ - <» ? pWW j w s * J , , m have 'T - " — ie ^ ap * in Social ^ - ^ the ^¦> •¦> mii » ¦* p Philosop -p > w ^ ess » ^ b « . . * . ^ , -r r *^ and -v »^ hy a jt , w will and % nr ^ a ^*» issuo Reli - •¦» - v ^/ . p >» g % in ab ion " ^> pr ** a -. f »

    of Coiute , ' by Professor Edward Caird Professor Rhys Davids is to be granted the

    degree of LL . D . by the senate of the University of Edinburgh . The honour is conferred in connection with the professor's

    wellknown efforts in the study and elucidation of Buddhist and Pali literature .

    Dr . Robert Dickaon , of Carnoustie , who has been pp for many years a collector of everything -----

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    subj ^ P ^ B ^ ^^ aam ^^ 4 t ect PB *« PJpp * a > , ^ b ^^ , a in n . « B bp paa ^ ' collaboration » . ^ aa > j P 'pbp > - ¦**» ppa " pap api pap . ^ a »» - . ajppa ^ j aa p « pipy avaa paak v with ¦¦ i a ~^ p ^ » ^ p ^ » Mr P " afa \ P * a ^ F . ^ ' J ^ ^ . - -w — < P tf Pak . —^ Edniond ¦ aW aval pal . ppbi % P ^ k ^^« . ¦ to ^ pp ~ i ~ whom v P .. . ^ v pv p ^ P . BJ we w w ^ ajar owe ¦ ' « ' The p . p ^^ pat ^ m ^ vp-t Aberdeen pi > . ¦¦ ' - ¦ - ^^ ~~— —— — - ¦ -- — — ^— ~~ ^^ 'W' ^ p * ^^* , ^ ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ ^ ' ^ fep'

    Printers : Edward Raban to James Nicol , pai 1620 pt ^ ^ bp » " Baaa . / ^ pP- -1736 ..- ¦* ^ » % ^ ^ a *» ' » . ' One ^* - - » P" ^ P- of * --- ppbh Mr a *« - - ~» p . ah . aj Dicks " - — ppi ^ p' - ^ p ^ ¦ p . > — n . ^ - » 's ^ . ^ objects - ^ — ¦ is

    to make known the researches of M , A . Claudin , of -kb Par a , who has succeeded ah paiapi . aHaa in pi aam tracing the fir st ^ . ^ ^ . ^ " ^

    Scotch printer , Andrew Myllar , t o Jttouen ^^" m bef colophon Normandy ore he , of and where a Walter book his dated name Ohepman 1605 appears , three set up in years the the I — "im

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1885, page 283, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041885/page/3/