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    c 45 o The Publishers' Circular May i, ^...

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    LOUISA M. ALCOTT.

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    Colonel Charles C. Jones, Junior, The Hi...

    that the Hon . J . Bigelow ' s edition of '

    Franklin nearl ' s Wo completed rks , ' the publication is to be of followed which is by now an

    edition y uniform with , this in general style ( and also limited , as to the number of copies to be

    printed ) , of the ' Correspondence and Diaries of - ^^^ ^ b Washington » » ^ ii ^ J Ti f ^ b ^ b ^ b db - » ^ p & »* ^ - ^ ^ fc ^ h K ' in ^ - ^»» ^» twelve ' » ' » ^ " ^ ^^ » ^^ or " ^^ " ^— thirteen ™ — — ~ volumes , »

    which will be edited by Worthington C . Ford . J . W . BoutonNew Yorkhas issued a

    new dramatic monograp , h on Peg , Woffington , the most famous actress of the eighteenth

    century . It is called ' Woffington : a Tribute to the Actress and the Woman / Mr . Augustin

    Daly , the well-known playwright and proprietor of Daly ' s Theatreis the author ;

    and the book will be embellished , with sixteen

    full-page illustrations .

    C 45 O The Publishers' Circular May I, ^...

    c 45 The Publishers' Circular May i , ^ 88

    Louisa M. Alcott.

    LOUISA M . ALCOTT .

    The following verses in memory of this gifted writer have been written by Mr . FT . H . McGee ,

    and published in the Detroit Free Press : — Above New England's cold , grey hills ,

    And all the sunny Southern plains , Wherever childhood ' s pure heart thrills With childhood ' s sacred joys and pains

    In And all the in each haunts 4 TAttle of * Littl Woman e Men ' s' , ' breast , In ev ' ry hamlet , field and glen , Wherever little feet have pressed

    —There dwells a sorrow in the air ; And list , a name that through long years Was echoed gladly ev e rywhere , Is whispered with a gush of tears !

    And on the bookshelves , see a row I Of treasured volumes , kissed with sobs I By many a heavy-hearted * Jo , ' And half a million weeping * Bobs /

    Ah , well your cliildish tears may rush In crystal sorrow-streams away ; Ah , well your laughing eyes may gush With seldom drops of grief to-day !

    No more that lovingr voice shall tell Your rapturously listening ears The T'hpi stories sTnri ' f ^ you von have havft lovpfl loved so so well xvnlT If

    No more for ever through the years That noble heart , whose wealth was given

    To you the chosen ones of God , Shall lead your trusting souls to Heaven Along a llower-sprinkled sod !

    No more shall ' Rose ' s ' gentle love Fill sympathetic eyes with light , Nor * Phoebe ' s ' low rise above

    songs The trembling silence of the night . - No i- 1 V ^ more XA . 1 V- / JL ^— ' sh k . > * * ( al A A l A . ' Bab A * % JV *>~ r ' Kj and ^ t 11 VA * Betty J ' V U 1- / V ' roam X V- / CA * 111

    Along their lilac-sheltered walk ; No more shall 'Jack ' and * Jill ' come home , No more shall ' Dan ' and * Demi' talk

    And love , like boys do , every day ; Ah , no ; their voices all are still—The sweet , dim shadows fade away ,

    And silence fills the lone * Aunt Hill . ' Farewell , O nobly speaking tongue , FarewellO sacredsceptred

    , , pen ; A long life ' s not > le song is sung , / iaL j . And all a world has said * amen . '

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    Louisa M. Alcott.

    The Children ' s Laureate , mourned by these With all of childhood ' s tender woe

    —May w

    W w ^^ ^^^ Byf v ^ « r ^^^^ ^^ W ¦ ^^^*^*^* 1 ^ ^ m T ^ v ^ ^^ K . ^^ ^^ ^ K . ^ fe - ^^ ^ ' ^ . ^^ ^^^ V' ^ k ^ ^^ 4 / ^ Pt . ^ Above the face so lately gone ? But even as we speak , she hears

    A higher Voice that says ' Well done . ' '

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    —From Messrs . Anderson & Son , Dumfries . . Though modest in form , * The Historical Families of Dumfriesshire and the Border Wars , ' bj C . L . Johnstone , is a work of note , showing careful research and interesting conclusions . Border

    warfare supplies some of the most romantic chapters ^* - —~~ ^» w ^ - ^ ^* ^¦^ ^^ " *^ ^ in ^^ fc our - *«* - H — - ^ i - domestic ^ ' ^* - ' —¦ - — - ¦—*¦ * w ^ ^^ i ^ j ^ ^^ history ^ ^ i > fc , ^^ ^/ - r _^_ r , * ^ and 'V ^^ V _>^» Mr ^ T 1 I .

    Johnstone has not only invested the Dumfriesshire portion of the story with fresh interest but but has has added added an an accurat accurate e book book to to the the literat litftra . tnrp ure ,

    of the subject . From Mr . J . "W . ArrowsnalthBristol—* Francis

    , . and Frances ; or , an Unexplainable Phenomenon , ' This is a unnatural storyseeing that the

    very , main interest of the narrative depends upon the circumstance that Mrs . Jutland ' s twins at

    birth very shortly afterwards become one , and this one possesses the extraordinary disadvantage of being alternately one day a irlthe

    next a boy , the change taking place g every , evening at five minutes to seven . This goes on until fmi b the h twins or one twin k is or are twenty ¦ ¦

    ^ m- ^ ' - ^ **^ . ^ % ^ J ^ ^^ ^ ' a * ^ ^_^ ^^ v * ^* - ^^ K . Vk ^_^ ^_« - ^ ^ r ^^ 4 ^ ^ i _^ ^ TV . A ^ ^ ^ L ft * ^ f p Mm ^ J JL » , J ^ y y f f y w years of age , and there the matter ends . ^^^ To »/ discuss nation nation seriousl seriouslv such a remarkable y would would be ho . effort out out of of of nllace the a p . p . imag But Rnt i- ,

    we may say that if the reader can overlook p the inherent improbability of the story , there is much in the unfolding of the plot that should

    interest and amuse . ¦ M F - * rom ¦ ^ » ¦ - Messrs ^ k > v ^^ - ^^ »~ " »> - " * fc -Bn ^ . » i Artaria ^ i ^ a * «^ j ^»^ ^ h *>• & toi ^ Co ~ i — . a Vienna » -A V _ - * X A . JL .-B . t .-VB . —Russian JV V < -tJf F 1 LA / X A — ' ^ ^^ , . ,

    Army Mobilisation Map (* Dislocations-Karte der russischen Armee' ) . This map , measuring about 30 x 48 inches , is folded into a cover , which also contain contains s a n , tabular tabular statement statement . in in the the form form of nf a n

    ,, pamphlet , of the distribution of troops over European Russia in time of peace , under mobilisation and time of war . These are derived

    from the imperial Rossjnssanie or official documents . The map itself , partially coloured , is furnished with explanatory letterpress in the

    margin , and contains , at tlie foot , an account ; of the organisation of the Russian army . ! From the same . —Austrian Army Map ( ' Universal | Administrativ mf Karte der Oesterreich ungarischen

    « A J * - ^ ^ jlaa A" m w ~* * ** m- */ ^^ ^ v ~** - - ^*~ vjl iw ^ . ^ ^^ ^ - ^ ^ ^_^ x ^/ K- / ^ - ^ ^—^ * h * - ^ X ^ / A ^ y A ^ V-4 A Jl C ^ ^ ^ * JL fc * bJ \ V Ji X ^ J 1 A Armee ' ) . This map is about 30 x 35 inches , folded into a royal quarto cover , which contains also a pamphlet , a series of tables , or tabular view of the completions or contributions which the

    various districts of Austria-Hungary are required to furnish for the standing army , the navy , the Landwehr ^ and the Landsturm . The map itself shows tv how the &*« King k ¦ dom is Jft divided / into

    terri-* -J »^ ** -r M ^ ^^ ^^ v v m * ^ . ^ ^» - ^^ « J » / " ^ ^ - ^ ^^ » ^ *» w ^ ^^ ^ J ^ V ^^ V > % \^/ *^ m A A %

    y , with are indicated by a neutral tint . From Messrs . George Bell So Sons . —The new

    edition of Bonn ' s Library , in cloth and paper covers , has been supplemented by Cary ' s translation of Plato—the Apologia , Crito , Phaedo , and Protagoras . In their present form these

    dialogues should be accessible to a large number

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1888, page 450, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051888/page/12/