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    Messbs. C Asset's Exhibition ¦ .— The Pr...

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    I ^ to a lands picture vary to ing an from astonished extreme wo richness rld new to and the curious most inhosp m ¦ »» mmr" m ** itable % m mJ + * ps' ^^ sterility «^ »» ^^^ te «• J . The ^^ ^^^ ^ " ^ immensity »» — — — — — — — — — ^ * of — the

    vealed natural in wealth his exciting of the and Congo absorbing basin work was ' Through first rethe fm ri % Dark Jh Continent A . A JLA / published Wmr in —•¦ 1878 . But Mr .

    ^ - _ r mm ^ ^ v « mm ^^^ ¦ ^^ WA T _ r ^** *¦ * ** ' ^*» ^— v * ^ " ^ — for Stanley the purpose ' s exploration of finding s are material not undertaken s for an agreeable merely

    bnok of book adding ; i nar nor to are ar « our th they ov knowledge ccarr arried ied out out of with with topograp the the hical sole sole obj obi facts ect ect . He fiats been described as the last of the

    Conquistadores peacefu ; but l negotiations his conquests , and have not been of the fire triump and sword hs of . ¦ ¦ ¦ Industry ^^ B ma ^ " ^ ^* V W *^ ^^» ^ and H ^ mm T ** m * ¦ prosperity m * mW < V ^ ^^ ^ f ™»^— ^— -r ^ m have — — - followed —— — — -- — — in his - — wake - ___ - _

    instead of devastation and ruin . The book now before us is properly called a ' story of work and MH loration jmi . ' The founding of the Congo Free Sta ^ e

    has exp ^^ - ^ V *^ mm no mmr ^ m ^ parallel ^^ K ^ mT ^^ m ^^^ in ^_ ^^ the _ - w- history — - — — _^_ of civilisation — — ^^ J ^^ , and in growth these manl and y pages development we trace from stage the by sta time ge its when grad the ual

    proposal was first considered , by the King of the Belgians , until the Conference at Berlin , where the nations of Europe acknowledged the large territory

    " tra We versed follow by the Mr . author Stanley with as a unweari n indepen ed dent attention State . ¦ We « mmf w see * r ^ t ^ m ^ r him ^ m ^^ m m ~ m ± ^ ^ .- in m * mm mm difficult ^ m . ^™ \ ^» ^^ . ^^^ h ^ mr ¦ ¦ i ^ v ^ mw m \ negoti ^^^ m ^ ^» ^^^ k - ^ mw ^ m * ^ m ^ ations rn ^ mr mf mm ™ ^^ mmmm mmw with V V ^ fr ^^^^^^ natives ^ K ^ ^ W ^ F * ^* V ^ v m ^ j ; M A m \ ^& ^ n ~ A ^ H ^ m a ^& h

    we see him founding stations , making roads , build - ing bridges , and exploring vast rivers and forests . The scenes and the peoples which he describes are

    absorbing in their novelty and interest . Of course the practical purpose of the book is to bring before the civilised world a description of a new country in

    which markets might be opened to exchange manufacture —— Here - mm — - _ - Mr - — d . goods w Stanley - — — - M for __ - ¦ - _ - mi the is - mm — natural especial mm - ^_ - — h ^ — mt - ^ mm — mm — — — —¦ l — produce y m enthusiastic ~^*~ ^^ b i - ^ r ^^*^^ ™ ^ of ^ i ^^ ^ ^ m ^^ r the r ^ m * ^^ ^ ^ m * , ^ v land and w ^ ^^ ^^ ^ . tr ^ mf * ^ ^

    those so . Not who onl rea y d does his ^ book he describe will say the that innumerabl he is justl ^ y e I articles of rich commercial value that are to be

    found ho also luxurian tells tl of y abundant the mercantile in the Congo instinct Basi s of n , but the inhabitants , and it seems that their character in

    this Tespect is far from being contemptible . In-¦ the deed — — - preference , in — '' cuten — — — e over — ss / Mr the . Stanley shrewdest — m ^ \ ™ ^ " - " — m ± ^ " — - ^ gives ^ ^ ^~^ traders ^ m ~ ^^ the ™ ^» " ^ " ^ ^^« mm- Congoese —i , r in rfB ^^» the ^ 4 ft ^^ ^^^ afl ^ h ^^ A m ^_ __

    world . Information ^ of *^ this ^ kind is ^ the ^ best that could trade . be We given want - — regarding to hear ^_ —„ a what - new _ , country the - ^ mr H intended mt ^ le are mi \ like for m &

    and — — — esp — — ecial — ~ - ly what T . — - ^ — _^ stage — _ w of _ „ advancement v _^ . ^ ^ v ^ peop - ^ ^ mr . ^ ^* m * they ^ ^ m ^ - have mm At ^ ^^ , mx reached facility for in acquiring business intercourse such information . With by a taking h & ppy a

    properl human y interest gives due in prominence his black brothers to such , observations Mr . Stanley . Climate natural uuuiMuii lreceives JL / Vl «¦ a lashare of the

    • author -v ^»«» - S * . m »»< ' w s attention — « A y j , and UI fA i ug under tfb A this » rge b lgU m . head ^ k DllalO ^ a will V / Jl E > be JL 1 \ 3 found quite -ji - - — a store -- — - » - — of - — . — invaluabl —— - w ^ — ^—« w - * m- mm e -mm ¦ * hints mm . ~ m « t VW and - A ^>» . instruc A ** »^» «^ 4 h *• ^^

    -abuse the tions European . the Mr Africa . Stanley eompl n climate ainers loses , patience hav his e argument foolishl with being those lected that who to to study studv the the best best method method of of conduct conduct y under nn neg ^ r the t . Vi «

    denounces altered conditions drinking in which customs they ; and live never . He vigorousl the y lash _ ' of -. scorn . - ^ . _ . _ .. _ to those _ ^^_ — whc __ - _ , despite . _ ,-. __ . m , ^ , - ^^ | ^ all | ^^ mm , advice m ^ m-m , ^ , m , spares m ~ m ^ -m ^ , persist B ^ ^^« b Itmf % j ?

    breakdown in following in courses their constitutions -which lead . to These an untimel remarks y ' those on clim who ate may and go health to the are Congo not , ' but only also val to uable ail who for live in trop ¦— ical countri ¦— es - . The ¦« foregoing mrm Wtm feh slight

    remarkable remarks v — - — — -- — w will rr ~ y book tend —~ - - . to As show — -- an . w exem the w ^ a . pl wide ^^ ary -m m * work range ^ r H ^ * - ¦ ^ t ^ it of is mr W this & un tfA 1 - equalled in -- ¦ -- its -- lessons of industry -r —r < -. — - ^— tru vh wmi e manliness f #

    and the _ M H , founding perseverance — . of a w— . State — - — -r— As -- - — , wri - « a contemporary tten ^^^^ , ^ b y ^ m , mj the . founder ^ r history # V H * % ™ tmr < fe « H < p # him ** i ^^ r ^ of «« ¦ - , self 7 it is ¦ . with i of ou mrm t ~ m a arallel since Caesar » Wl recorded

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    ^) otc ^ from t |) e ^ ortlj .

    ( B y an Edinburgh Correspondent ^) Edinbxtboh : 2 \ st May . 1885 .

    write Edinburg —killing h two is keep birds ing with high one festival stone , b while y cele I - buiaiiug rating uu on Kjixx one 3 < and * uu . the vuc sam oauuo e day uttjr the wi © anniversary anniversary < tf '

    Her Majesty ' s birth and the opening of the * General Hi Assembl gh Commissioner y of the Church . Royalty of Scotland bends ' by to the ecclesi Loifl

    astical so at ^ that * convenience the Queen ' s and Birthday the ^^ traditional ^ m ' is transferred ^^^ ^^ " ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ' Thursday **^ fc ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ from ^^ L m ? c % I ^ - K \ the m actual ¦ ^ M 24 ^^¦ fc A th *^ to m \ the m l counterfei M _ mfi ^ t 21 A *^ mm st .

    The ^ air is filled with g ^^ ladness in the shape of of May the . noises of toy m cannon - and the atrocious H perfume fjin of

    — — ' - ^ - — ¦ ^— ' ^^ ^ — — ^ — — ~ - ^ ^^^ ^^» — - ^ ^^ ^ mr ' ^^ m * ^^ r ^^ v ^^ B ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ a mil religious gunpowder ^ m ~ __ ^ - _ . ^^ - ^^ .-k - _ l literature _ - ^^ . ^^ White ^ K m \ ¥ K ^ h ^ m \* lies - ties Am * ^ m . resp ^^ ^ ma pervade lenden — ~ - . ^^ . M t in the _ m \ ^ m the streets booksellers A a , and ' wi ndows ¦ m . to at tt the 1 and loosen m fi

    strings have journeyed of , the clergymen rac in this * ' eyes wintry s wives weather ^ and ^ daughters from the . purse who - ' ' outlandish district of Scotland to be present every with i

    the Church faithful - ' s year « pastors . Their at visit the tends annual — — to — meetings keep — — m— the — —— - ^ of book imr ^^ the ^^ AA - j shops I 4 K ^^ ^ K ^ h . ^^ a busy B ^« . ^ v for ^ V >^ K ^ h few ^^ fc 1 1 ^^^^ . ^ h of ^^ h mm * the mm » Ia . ^» . £ mini ^ m ^^ - ^ m ^ ^ k ster a * m ^ . ^ m- ¦ bodies I ^_^^ 1 ^_ . ¦ 9 will ™

    return ^^ . to their ^^^^ , ^^ country parishes ' ^ without ^^^^ ^^ laying ^ ' in a convenient wherewith stock to beguile of literature their solitud , light e and during heavy the ,

    coming A twelve mm months mm . ' Tis mmwmwmm mi an ill A * mm wind m \ ^ mi th at blows - _ - nobody good ! The hotels are crowded , the bookshops _ __ are _ well ____ filled _ _ ( only to __ be emptied _ _ _ _ ) and every

    bod y is happy , eve — n the ^ — policeman — ^ — with a , squi b tied — to his coat-tail ! Apart from the Commissioner ' s ' Procession '

    down the High Street , at present there is little moving the map > social mf ^^ - mmr mmmtmm r in » world v the tmw » v world w still mm M less of » mw wm * Modern in vB that mmmm mmmmm « of mr Athens < letters mw m > v *« v ' . — We - little - - have - - in - v ^*^^^ ^ ^* ^^^^ ^^ , ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^* ^ ^^* , , ^^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ .. ^ ^—

    had Doug no las pu issued blication his of Quasi importance Cursores si , ' nce that Mr magnifi . David - cent volume t mmmmmm of portraits mt mtmm mt WUmm ) b wmm- Mr Vtllb . Holeof' the High

    Officers - ^^ ^ i ^ v ^ mm * mr - ^^ «« and ^* ^^ P rofessors mmmr -mm * ^ mm- mmm mmw ^ of , y the w ^^*^» University mm ^^»^^ ^ mr ^ ^^ , m ] -mw *^ of — — Edin fy - burg can VtALt n UW ot h at rank A % JvAMM its . mM . in JLJU Terc interest m + M en * b'V tena / JL \ . UU ry with f f I Festival l / U the % J * . A \~* two * . WW ' Of books wvv »» course " of — — the — it

    last two seasons , the Trollope Autobiography' and mento ' George of Eliot the great 's Life festi and val Letters and as *; a but work as of a me art

    it will hi hol h one d a — p in lace the of literature its , own— of and the that day place It is a a ,

    very V \ JJL rib J . IIIgiA rta A g VUU BM b M & AM % jM . m \ % J il tl JLCbtUiv m m ~ V /* UA 1 V ^***^ j . — — > sp VlV editions lendid 1 * W ( V'tv U de addition / v C looks ^ / Vl'lvt / — to fov ivL these _ which » T _ 1 Jl 1 \ Editions rfJ _ ^ * Mr J ^ IJLiL ^ . » « David de *— ' f W hare » * X «* - — Doug ** not plas mere /» is

    justl able y to celebrated those happy , and which purchasers have who proved specul so at profit e on - the rise in pricesand get Cli thei ivi lCIJL names IIUIUUU on ¦ " the list

    UJLJO JliOO J 1 J paCQ , ) aUU ^ r — - for several copies at the subscription figure . ' George Manson , ' ' Johnny Gibb , ' Sport in Moray them , ' ' Sport bring

    a with good Gun sum and more Rod than in America their ori , ' all ginal of price when they t UDJ appear tljjyjKJiXL in A 1 JL the UXJ . O market lUaiJVOL , , nil and M . Hole JULUIO ' O s « * Portraits "

    seem in a fair way of realising for Mr . Douglas similar excellent good and fortune the . biograp The hies portraits full iun and are uniformly accurate .

    sketch sketch o One ^ cmxouu of of of the , , his his auu gems friend friend me in . the uiugrapuiua Professor Professor book is An Butcher . Butcher drew o " . . Lang The « xuo ~~ s first ** pen *««

    few paragraphs are , as neat as anything in tne poet ' s ' Ballades in Blue China /

    * was ' Some asked time by an ago American a friend editor of mine to , ' write says Mr a " . geniai Lang j obituary" of friend of his then in pe « ecj

    a own , health ghoul i ? hoiil . and and The to to Eng oblige oblige lish author the the transatlantic transatlantic declined to press w be ™ a ° genjw . wUfl . j |

    am fi ctitious m erely - »/ r emoti invi T » ons te a d to of write the % a . kind ii a geni _ requirecl a . al ' biograp Z * . . / tnIO H hy appily ft ot triw triWP niy * * friendButcherbut the task is only a

    than les « i difficult the , Mr genial . to ( though functio , a n great al le ready deal to their described more faces *\ leaS . , fly a ? f 2 JI I disagreeable praise peop , ^|| ¦

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1885, page 488, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061885/page/4/