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    I was letter time which begun the , O relates , embrace American in 1856 to or descri ; has and the ptions the sli hilist thirteen , g htest al and p reference volumes habetical alread o to rder America y , a of publishe over . Mr 50 number d , , . 0 0 Sabin 0 ing volumes ing of also curious the published , catalogue in every old -works for language down a long to Biblioprepublished Jk large on

    American Mr . Alfred history Billings . Street jg , , one , r of the minor and best descri -w ptive poets of America , die d at his v-U , home in f the 2 nd ulthtwhich deeme

    It of ¦ ^^ ^^ B publication ^ P ^^ V ^^ W ^& ^^ MW S ^ M entitle ^ H ^ . ^^^ ™ Albany ^^» ^^» ^^ fc ^^^^ ^^^^^^ " d in mwm ^^ " ^^^ , The the ^^ U ^ ^^^ ^^^ . ^^™ S Burnin ^ New ^^ . ^^ * *^^™ on ^ ~ York ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ p ^^ " of ^^^ Evening ^^^^ Schenectad ^^^^ ^^ ^^ . ^ Post As — ¦ a , ^ B and — boy — ^^ ^ d ^^ ^™ other his — ^^^ ^ e wro first ^ ^ — — e volume v erses / and of it poetry ^ B ^ were followed ^^ appeared M ^ ^*^ — — ¦ at ^^ ^» ^ h d in ^ Hb ^ M wor 4 | fe 1842 ^^^ ^^^^ « t h ^^^ ^^^ y .

    thro treated was ughout in a the thoroug * poet fch hl 's y life American by g other manner works . that y , His an are longest interesting h i Poems poem H as was pictures ' Frontenac was of American a Tale intervals scen of th ery ^_ ^_ e

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    latter sort are ' Woods and Waters / ' The Indian Pass / and 'Forest Pictures in the AdirondacksStreet nearlseventv of His father iatneremine emment nt lawver

    AaironaacKS .. ' ' Mr lvtr . . street was was nearly v seventy years vears oi age asre . . jhlis , , an an lawyer . had designed that he should follow the legal profession , but he soon abandoned it , and for

    many years he nad held the post of State . Librarian oi Albany .

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    Trade Changes. Dissolution — _ _ - — — ....

    TRADE CHANGES . Dissolution — _ _ — — .- — of __ Partnership _ __ — _ . _ __ — __ . —The _ co-partnery carrying on - - - business -.. _ . — under — . _ the _ __ _ _ name __— —— —^ of

    wa E . S . i Wi ssolved - gg & __ Son on the , Booksellers 11 th of May , Stationers lastby , the News ^^ retirement A gents and of ^^ General Mr . Ed _ gar Importers Smith , Wi of gg Adelaide - for .-w 32 *^ * ,

    years head of , the firm . The business , will in future be carried on by Mr . Edward , Neale Wigg ^^^^^^_ and Mr . William Laidlaw Davidsqn ^ who will continue - ^_ to - _ - trade ih under ¦ the style of

    the E . ^^ S ^__ continent . , ^^ Wi - gg — & of Son — - ^ Australia - . Messrs _ _ - . . Mr — E ^^ . —* . - ^_ . S E v . . Wi — S . gg - Wi & - gg — _ Son , ^— has are just — , we returned believe — — — — from , the ^^ r- Europe oldest - _ - _ — bookselling . — — — —m- — — ^— ~^ m— r —~ firm ^^ m ^ m ^ ^^ p on - ^^ ^^

    1865 G-arden The , has , fine has represented -art been publishing purchased the firm business from in the the of country the executors late and Mr by . abroad Herman Mr . John . The Itothe Frederick transfer , of 11 was Sehi King effected pper Street , who , and Co , since vent the

    valuation made on behalf of both parties by Mr . A . M . . Burghes , of . Paternoster Row .

    Books Rbcbived : — From The Bazaar Offic...

    Books Rbcbived : — From the Bazaar Office . —* Dictionary of Foreign

    "Watering-Places ; ' a Sequel to English "Watering-Places . —We are glad to see the dictionary form becoming fashionable for guides , whereby you

    instantly instuntlv hit hit upon imon what whafc you vmi want -want , , and and indexes indfiiceH become superfluous . Take , for example , the town of Cannes . Turning to that name in the alphabet ,

    we nad a description , particulars of the routes to it , of climate and season , beach and scenery , ¦ objects ^ T ^ ^ V' - * * «^ r ^ of ^ b ^ ^^ interest ^ 9 ^ w ^ ^ V ^^ ^^ ^^ V ^ V V * , V ^ amusements ^^ ^ b ^^ h ^ ^ V ^^ V ^^ ^^ ^ kJB ^ V ^¦ ' ^ ^*^ ^ f ^ , « churches ^^^ <^^ K ^^^^^ ^^ A ^ ^^^ P ^^ , « doctors V % ^^^ ^^ ^ f ^^ T 4 ^ V ^^ , V

    hotels , boarding-houses , house agents , and newspapers . More than 200 favourite resorts are thus treated of . But a passing lance shows that

    the particulars might ha ^ e been g more carefully given . Thus * Leuk or Loeclie . . . at the junction of the Rhone and Dala . . . stands 4000

    feet above sea level / is an odd jumble . Leuk , - tSiisten , or Loueche-Souste , is near the Rhone , Leukerbad is 4 , 500 feet above the sea , and Leuk is

    bet-ween tke two . It can scarcely be needful to point out that the "bottom of the Rhone Valley is not on a level with the top of the highest

    mouatain in Scotland . From Messrs . Houghton , MiflQLin & Co ., Boston , U — ' . S ' ^^ ' . A ^^* . — 'Complete ^^ * r ^ ** «¦ m ^ «^ ^^ v » ^^ Wo v v ^^ r & rk m ^ * v 9 s ^ of ^ mr *^ w James ^ m ^ v ^ nj ^^ ^ mw r ** r ^ Russell ^ ^^ ^^ m * w 9 ^ ^^ wa . &

    Lowell ^ ' comprising * Fireside Travels / * Among My Books' ( first and second series ) , * My Study Windows / and « Poetical Works / New uniform

    paper edition , , bound in 5 in volumes olive , green 12 mo . cloth Printed , -with gilt tinted tops , and - ¦ ¦ having ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ Mr . Lowell " ¦¦ mrim i ' s autograp mt h stamped on M > Jft the %# a-A

    - ' ——— —• ~ w " ~^^\ ~ " ^ »• ^* x ^ ^ ^^ «^ p % ™*• *^^ ¦» ' **** « w *^ mjmm n * u ^^*>»* ^^ *^ cover . One of the most graceful acts of President Hayes' administration was the appointment of Mr . James Russell Lowell as United States

    Minister to the Court of St . James ' , and it is certainly a happy idea of the publishers named to issue this very presentable uniform edition of the

    poems and essays of one whose literary genius has already gained him fair fame on both sides of the the Atlantic English , whos language e works ar used e read . The , inde first ed , volume wherever of

    this edition of Lowell ' s prose works , ' Fireside Travels ^ Bmn , ^ h ^^ V ^ ^*~ ^ b 9 * mW m / - 1 was W ^*^ ^^ issue ^ b *** 1 ^ " ^ ^ ^ mW d «• in ^ ^ M » 1864 m ^ m \ ^ m ^ ^ mT *^ , m and ^ V «* ^^^ is ^ WmV devoted ^^^ fc ^^ V ^^ ^* ^^ * " * to ^ r - « a w

    description of Cambridge , Mass ., as it appeared during the poet ' s youth . The concluding portion entitled VA » JL w ««/» 'A U Moosehead ~ VT UWAAMUk Journal mW ~ n » J *» 4 « -W / recounts v V >« J ~ vr w »—~ inci —¦ - - * . ^^¦ ^¦ ^ . ^ (««^ ^ ^* ^^^*^ ** "

    dents of life in the Maine woods . The entire volume practical is philosop marked hy , by while the it poet is ' s not humour wanting and in tokens of \ his love of natureThe ? three VMA X / V / \

    collecl / V / A \/ H tj jA . JL & 4 J 9 J *\ J w \ S % / A XJLCv % * Ul % . J- «¦• ^^^^* - **^ tiona of Mr . Lowell ' s essays issued at intervals , viz ., Books 'My / S tudy 1870 VJf Windows \ f and / in second / VJJl 1869 ; series /»» ' Among

    enmy * 1 XJ JLJWV ^ XVJJ , A * X * . . ; f CtoiAVJL a Ot O ^ V * - » uv ~^ j , titled been UOOUL A A ^ M republished 1 DUUUILOUCU * Among _ my in J U . this UU B ^^^ m— ^ D ooks country I -d ^ UUIlUJ / m * ' a . 1876 . These — JUJluu B . . ^ M * . , hare ^ B ¦ volumes » «•—— also ,

    which contain vigorous , learned , and glowiDg Pope Emerson essays , Dry on , den Thoreau Dante , Wordsworth , Chaucer , and others . Shakspeare , Lessing , display , , Speaser Cail all y the le , , With

    general scholarship srhnlftrshir literature > , wit -wit . , humour hnnn for niir which . , and and . acquaintance aoa Lowell uaintance is no wnu ted . He if has , perhaps used , to don be e few hel things ful that in teaching are likely the ,

    ri cri critical ght bicujL rightl use fcjuuuiea studies y of books . . , Between x > as OLwoen these so these tueiso collections p latest iaioo " of volumes rv * his « -- — own ot is

    a work long that cycle has of years given , filled Lowell with the the very producti first on rant / 1 S

    among ftmon ? - American merican writers writers . The The volume volume o * » »" 1 Poetical tains wims W wealth weaixn orks / being of vi the fifth and in will this doubtless edition ,

    be con cou treasured a a and endure poetry puei if onl -ry , , auu for the w « tender ** —— story of of * The Thft First First Snowfall Snowfall / . ' the the y prophetic Dropheticbotu strains » -- ¦

    the < Present Crisis / the wit and shrewdness or 'Hosea Biglow / the delicate b errandeuT eauty of Oi Ane tao

    Vision Vision of of Sir Sir Launfal LannfAi ; ' and and the the granaeui : u . --tribute tri Harvard to Commemoration Abraham , Lincoln Ode / Th ^ with ^ e its ™ ll no slie we "

    have worthy wortny ouce spared of oi co occupying occ A no upying umnam pains a a juiucuiu piace place to produce beside ueomo . . w a thos uw set P r e ot ^ ot -- v oo w , ,

    known sober English authors notabl . tto The showing / typography the »** »«

    which Muuer binding uiuumg this firm are nro has iiuiouio alway e as s taken wn in , gem nine » .

    literature . ____ - — —— $ i

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1881, page 514, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071881/page/10/