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    The report of the progress of that admirable < "h ¦»¦ % I 4 ^ k institution * w ^ ^ U •¦ A- « « 4 > ^ -. v ^ -k . the ^ 1 ¦» --T . Mitchell 1 % / I -v X > , — . L ^ . ^^ II Library I « L-k . ^ fc- » j-fc . ¦»¦»» - » Glasgow 4 * 1 . ¦ ¦ * r ** ^ - ^* /\ - » - « t

    • *** —shows very encouraging results . , During 1885 no fewer than 6944 additions were . .

    made , , bringing the total number , in the library up to 62382 volumes . Of the accessions

    4 , 492 were , acquired by purchase and 2 , 452 were presented . The total sum expended for

    the purchase of books and in general expenditure was £ 2 , 695 , wljich speaks well for the

    economy and care of the management . The librarian is Mr . Francis Thornton Barrett ,

    and the sub-librarian Mr . John Ingram . $ ? A life of Captain Mayne Reid is in

    preparation , the writer being an intimate friend of the great novelist .

    Messrs . Frederick Warne & Co . announce two new worksentitled respectivel c Beaton's

    Bargain Alexander , ' a and new , £ Joh and n ori Bodewm ginal novel / s Testimony y by Mrs .

    a tale of Western , mining life , by Mary Hallock , Foote *¦ wy ^ . . They j - ^ tv / jr will » t j . ix be il / c yf published KX 5 uiwiivu shortl anus , ux y y iij in .

    c Warne ' s London Library . 4 Prof Freshwater . XL G . Seeley Fishes ' s long Bl of -expected Europ Bb e work ' has ,

    at length made — — " — — — its appearance — ¦ ¦ ^ " — P ^ P- - ^ P * ' * — *~ BBB * . BP ^^^ BPBB— - ^ pr w It . - ^ BB- V ^ contains ^^^ , J " ^^ *^ " bP »^ 0 *^^ l » a history ¦ of " the l « A * A genera ^ . a , species — . . « ah , . structure p * , ^ ^

    habits , and distribution of this important group of the animal kingdom , and is very

    iully fullv illustmtpd illustrated .. A one-volume ----- edition b > -b- b of bbbb Miss b ¦ M » iBib Mathilde

    immediatel Blind ' s novel b , ' Tarantella T . Fisher — ^ r — ^—» * Unwin / will - ^ . ^ *^ . . be F' fP ^ F published b ^ B ** I ^ ^ f ^ W 4 ^ 4 A ^ fe ^^^ ^^^ y y

    Very opportunely comes the completion of ' Cassell ' s Popular Gardening / edited bMr .

    D . T . Fishwhich is now issued in y four volumesem bracing , a cyclopaedia of practical

    information , on gardening in its various branches and aspects , by the highest authorities .

    g & We understand that the first part of the index to the obituary ^ m and — - biogxap - — - — — ^ hh — — _ — hioal - ¦ - ^ ¦¦ v ¦¦¦ - ^¦ r . " ^ ¦¦¦ notices ^^^ V ^^ ^^ i ^™^ F * "BW

    in which the has Gadlematfs been so long Mayaz promised ine ( 1731 will -1780 be ) ,

    issued The other by parts the will Index follow Societ at short y immediatel intervals , y . .

    tasty Is dishes it more thai expensive ) the ordinary to prepar routine e reall of y

    cookery to which we are accustomed ? Mr . A i Choice . G . Payne Dishes say at s Sinal decidedl l Cost y , 'No of ' which in his a

    cneap edition has just been issued .

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    6 The HPI- * m Publishers 13 iilxltnU /> M « ' ¦ Circul ' . i-W / liilnt * ¦» r i 1886 ^_ - I

    43 —— ¦ — - — -- ————— -- ——— --= z ======== ar === zzi ^^ _ May , I

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    r '¦>* The JBoersenblatt fur den deutschen JBuch-Jumdel intimates that there is great danger of

    the firm in consequence new which Eng has lish of Copyri succeeded the action ght Bill throug of not an h passing Eng Parlia lish - ,

    mentary influence in postponing the further consideration of the Bill until after Easter .

    the Messrs first -- - - . part Hachette of a bp & new Bt Co edition ., of Pari of s , ' announce Nicholas

    — — — —— »»* - - » — —— w ^ - - ^ ^ . ^^ . ^ ^^^ v r v ^ - ^ rm * ^^ % / * ^ s ** * + ^^ Jk ' JK ^^ A A V- ^ *¦ 1 >^* P * J about Nickleb twelve y . ' The parts work at 50 will centimes be comp . The leted in

    spectus contains a very , just appreciation of pro the

    object or . the work , irrespective of the

    Yorkshire school feature , which in these days seems to b have no raison d ' etrealthough terribl - ^ r- y f

    needed ^ BB- - ^^ —^^ T ^^ B » ^ B ^ ^ " » —^— half - — — — a century — — ago , g . This publi ^^ cation - — - ^^_ _ _ should be as ¦ successful a venture as was the

    publication P ^^ V BBBP ^ b ^ ^ BBT ^ B » BBF ^^^ ^^ — —^—~ ^ - ^ "B' ^ Bi of ^^ — ^^ ^ Dickens ~ ^—^ ^ ^^ — ' masterpiece ' David ~— ^— ^^ ^^ ^ Copperfield ' a year ago . [

    The Countess of Erbach , that member of I the family of Battenberg who has recently I

    visited her Majesty , has written a journal I during a stay made in Bulgaria . The author- I I

    composed ess ^ brother and , printed Prince the Louis work , has assisted himself by j 1 I

    his wifePrincess Victoria of Hesse , . Copies I B have ^ flB ^ BJ , Bf fB - ^^^ been ¦ B . ^ B ^ , " ^ B-- BB > W circulated V BBIbH ^^ I B ^ l W " ^ B- - ^ BF -W ^ BBV onl — y » amongst ^» - ^ ' — BBBBm ~ the inti ~ - I B ^ B ^ BH

    mate friends of the family . I Few authors have died in their native I

    they place were , and born fewer . still Such , in however the house , was in the which case I I

    with Joseph Victor von Scheffel , the author of I * The IBB . V ^ ^ fc ^^^ Trompeter BbBbBbB bBBB - ^ . ^ BBb >^^ 4 » H ^ ^^ B ^ ^ | ^ ¦ « ¦ von B > ^ i . b ' BbBBbB . Sakkingen - ^^ ¦ I BBI Bl -BBBi ^^^ Bfc — ¦ ' ¦ , BH ' who T — " — joined m — ~ — — I —b ^__

    the majority early last month . The day after I his death TbV Julius Bf 1 Bergmannalso ' ^ p- a citizen of I

    Karlsruh BBB > BBBP BBS pBBBBF -Bp VB » ^ BT ^ T ^ B- ^^— BV e ^^ ( Scheffers ^^*^ BB— ^ B ^ ' ^ w ^ B" ^ BBBBBB— ' - ^ B ^ - ^— HH birth —¦ - ^ — — ' " ^ ^^ —^^ , ^ and p — ~ —— death — ~ place ) , BB I ^ BBH took a likeness of the poet which has been I

    feature p hotographed son i which and suffering published has . onl The y contracted too clearly I I

    left - ^ ^ i ^ ^ BT ^ BP ^ ^^ its ~— ^—^— - ^^ ~~ = , - ^ mark m ~~ ^^^ ~ » ^^^ — bear ^ ~ but ~~ little b ^^^^^ P — resemblance flt M to ^ PBT ^ I PB ^ iB ^ iB ^ il ¦ the plump and , genial countenance depicted in

    the Illnstrirte Zeitung of the 17 th ult ., which I also contains a view of the poet ' s house at I

    ¦ from Karlsruh his e more , and important illustrations poems of subjects . Scheffel selected has I

    ¦ left some writings behind him . Of those which are completeoneentitled * Meister Konrad' I

    ¦ had i sp ^ ite . ^^ been ^ Bl of the prepared , urgent , for . ^ Bi representations publication « Bal BBB BB — Bt , but B . B of , his in <¦ , I B ^ iB ^ iB ^ H

    ¦ friends , the author always refused to send it to the press . The poet has given instructions I

    ¦ in his will for the production of some of his poetical remains : whether * Meister Konrad ' I

    is one of these > ve are at present unaware . A I statue is to he erected to Scheffel in Karlsruhe , I

    i and ¦ a committee has been formed to carry out the project . I

    ' La Halle aux cuirs' says that the library I of Marlborough Housenear Methlyin York- I

    shire , formerl ¦ y contained , two books , bound in leather made from the skin of the witch I

    Mary Ratman , who was executed for murder I at the beginning of this century . The books I

    disappeared in consequence of the owner of I the house having to dispose of his library . I

    The same journal ¦ adds that in Paris copies of books bound in human skin are occasionally I

    to be found . The leather is said to be very I

    solid , thick , and well grained . I

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    IWe must again remind our readers of the I interesting salecommencing on Mondayat I

    Messrs . Puttick , ' s roomsof the late Mr , . I Hartley ' s books . We believe , there m a third I

    portion yet to be sold . I On Wednesday Messrs . Hodgson have a I

    includincr miscellaneous a theological lot of books collection to dispose . Besides of . I I

    we notice several long sets of literary journals I Sec . ' II — m

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1886, page 436, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051886/page/10/