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    I sis The Publishers' Circular july x . ...

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    Books Received : — From Messrs. Alden & ...

    From Messrs * Robert Clarke & Co . of Cincinnati

    per Messrs . Crosby Lookwood & Co . —* Suggestions Axt is to happ China il Painters cosmopolitan , ' by M and . Louise we are McLattg therefore hlin .

    able to offer y a cordial -welcome , to manuals calculated to assist the amateur , whether they come to us from the Old or the N " ew World . In this case

    we have from a lady across the Atlantic whose name is veil known there from her previous little manual ^^ t ^ p ^^ % 4 fn ^ m ^^ e ^ mm on ^^ ^^^ m ' China " ¦ " — ¦ - ^ — Painting — ¦ - —— _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ -- ^ ^ , ' a - volume - of directhe results of her

    tions own experience based The , she technical in tells the ue essentials work , on spread for over successful many years china . painting are first set forth . ; the choice of

    desi be derived gns is carefull from a y described study of Japanese and the lessons "work are to fully acknowledged . These chapters are followed

    ^^ ^ I ^ B ^ P ««^ W ^ fc *^ ^^ ^^ " ^^^ PW" ^ ^^ * » ^ " ^^ ^ r » yp *» ^^ » V " ^^™ ^^ " — - ^^ ^^ ^^ — — ¦ — fr- — — — - — —w — ¦ —— - — — - — - — by paration detailed of instructions colours , and as then to the special choice branches and pre of - the artsuch as flower-paintingthe painting of

    , , dealt heads with , lettering . A chapter , and the on use ' firi of ng relief ' closes colours the book , are , and the authoress seems to be in favour of the

    use of a little portable kiln at home for this important part of the process , in preference to entrusting the work to a professional decorator ,

    the and due to this performance end she of gives the task amp . le In directions an Appendix for I we have a ¦ descri B ption of the designs g M iven in the

    ¦ p and W W lates ^^ F ^^^^ ^ thus ^^ , with ^*» ^^^^ ! the ¦ some ' ^^ ^^ V ^ amateur — V ' H ^ indi ¦¦ - ^ ^^ ^^^ " ¦— cati — — who ons " ^ ™ as to their ' » - treatment » this — - - - little ^« , volume - - will - find in it an abundance possesses of really

    useful information . From Messrs . Field & Tuer . — ' Lord Beaconsfield on ^^^ v ^ p ^ v ^^ the ^^ ^ b ^^^ p ^ ^^» Constitution - ^^^ he - ^^ p ¦ ¦ ? ^^ — h ^^^^ ^^ - - ^^ r ^ ^^ ^ / This ^^» " ^^ - ^ — "book — consists — of ^

    ( W Rid ^ a gway ^ % 8 , 1833 b ) y and the a Author Vindication of of Vivian the Eng Grey lish Constitution in a letter to a noble and learned

    lord 1835 b ) , y together Disraeli the with ycunger the ( Saunders horoscope and of Otl Lord ey , Beaconsfield tsar ^^»> v «« ^^ m **» t * ' ^** mi *^^^• as m ^ tm *^ cast ^^^^ w w b ^^ y mm ^ Lord ^^^ ^^ Lytton ^ J , and " ^ —— found — ¦•^ - ¦— - — —

    after B . Disrcali his death ( Wildbad , which is , September entitled Geometric 3 , 1860 Figures ) . The , volume is editedwith an anecdotal prefaceby

    , , Mr . Prancis Hitchnian , the author of the ' Public Life of the Earl of Beaconsfield / The vindication of the _ _ _ Eng _ lish constitution __ . __ is preceded by a

    useful synopsis , and the prefa tory matter j ^~ is mad ^ j e additionally interesting by ssTeral portraits , by a facsimile of handwriting , and by other engravings

    of interesting objects . Prom Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , <& Co . — O . F . Blackburn ' s * Catalogue ftitlesand index

    entries — / We hear on all — sides -j of improved - , j communication , of accelerated service , and so forth . This isof coursein the material worldthe

    world of , railways , and steamers . But to us , and to our readers , whose world is that of literature , no kind of commmunication is or can be so

    interesting The student as librarian that between or bookseller a book and its be reader said . to reach a book , by mean , s of a catalogue , may . The

    publisher of necessity prints a catalogue to let peop The le booksell know er what if he works do not issue print from a catalogue his house for ,

    himself , may at , any time have to print one for some one else ; at all events he must be continually a consnlter of catalogues . And , as to

    librarians , it is scarcely possible to imagine one who is not hourly making use of some brother ' s I catalogue or completing hia own from additions

    I to his collection . Mr . Blackburn has imagined I that a spirit of accelerated service might he > i infused iiuutieu into iulv art understood uuuerwiuuu at ul

    I catalogues cuuiiuguets as nu they buoy are ) I present , whether of a library , of a publisher ' s

    I 'warehouse , ot a booksellers stock , or even ot a flP »

    circulating library . This is shown by means of

    parallel exa 9 mples of each kind , with a commen - ^' v ^ ug w < - tary if in' , some cases . There are also a few — ' ¦*» - w » AAAftAiQ hints for those who would

    whether professionall A- y catalogue , or as the a private owner — library of *^^ the VJpAV , collection 11- » And At such not , ¦*_

    Greek or . Latin will as find are a table acquainted of classical with authors cataloguer which and is show intended him how to to guide begin the with young the

    correct name of his author . A considerable space is occupied in pointing ¦ to common mistakes of

    cataloguing ^ , and showing f , p the way to avoid ' — — W IBB them ^ I ^ ^/ JL . number 'A ^^ vocabulary » — - - ^^ —i ™ - ¦— - of - ¦—~ Dutch —— ^ j at ~— the - — ^™ French — " end — —^^ - —^ ¦ of — the — —— - - ^^ work » » ^^ h ^^^^ iv explains - ^^ v . < B ^ r ^ m v ^ F ^ L JK A ^^ 3 a v ^ b

    , , German , Italian , Latin and books a few maps Spanish portraits terms and , relating prints . to autographs Prefixed to , ,

    many which , of they the are , word represented s is given , in the printed abbrevi catalogues ations by from abroad .

    From Messrs . S . W . Partridge & Co . —* Shaftesbury : His Life and Work , ' by G-. Holden Pike .

    A Christian brief memoir Earl of as the our veteran author philanthrop terms him , ist which , the

    comes to us appropriately on the morrow of the day on which amid universal approval the freedom of the City of London has been conferred

    upon him . Few men are better known to the general public than the noble earl , who has made p although hilanthropy public a branch benevolence of statesmanshi and social p reform ; and ,

    have no , special portfolio in the English Cabinet , there can be no question that , if such a ministry existedTory and Liberal would agree in offering it

    to one , who has devoted his life to the subject . As the acknowledged patron of ragged schools and of home mission work , Lord Shaftesbury has

    earned a reputation which is European as well as English , and in his efforts to secure the kind treatment of animals , and in numberless other

    practical humane purposes Christianity , he which has shown compels a even genius those for who differ from him theologically to agree with

    illustrated him on still with higher a grounds portrait . and The other present attractive volume , little pictureswill be welcomed wherever th &

    earl's name is known , . From ' Scenes Messrs in . the Keg Commons an Paul ' , b Trench David , Anderson & Co . — .

    This volume commences , with y the statement : 4 Everything J A » KJJ , J UUAUC narrated JLAfJV ^ A . 1 ««; V »^ A ••*•«• I JC have AAU f V t seen ^^ - < X /> -A with ^* w— my - ^

    own eyes or heard with my own ears / The contents ICUIO C are * J . < 7 divided ** Xr * VtOV * as li / O follows JLVlIUnO : . —What II XXUUU the vi * -v ~~ House - j -

    Installation of Commons of is like Speaker ; Men of the Li Bradlaug ght and h Leading scandal ; ;

    JLU . OK » ll . L < Jb % . XKJXX UJL a a ^^ CCMVOl ; j U 1 XU JL > 1 OVtlMHig , " w— consfield onnsfi an Ambassador ftld : the thft insulted Fourth Fourth ; Partv Partv Gladstone : Parnellism . Farneuism Bea- ; , ; ;

    remed hours Obstruction ' y sitting ; suspension , , the Speaker 22 of ' hour the s coup thirty s' sitting - d five 'etat , ; ; & c Force the win . There 42 not ft \

    find are fl . ro few fAw their rpiadfi readers perusal ra of nf the fchfl of dail dailv the y debates papers T ) ar » ers wno who made will moro uuu bthe acquaintance with the

    perinteresting Anderson And sonnet erson of ' s a the bri vriguo y ght House oenew series of of « Commons i sketches bkoi-duop , members g g which * ives »~~ them — Mr . .

    The anecdotal notices of the Irish are From especiall Messrsi y in our G . minds P . Putnam as we write ' s this Sons . ^ 'A ? Book of the studof G ^ 68 ! 8

    wita an introducti Beginnings on to : a the Pentateuch y , ' R E . piscopal Heber Newton Church , Rector , New /^ P of York All » Q /> Souls fi ft City WhlCll ' ProteB . !»«* ^ ^

    with chapters A 1 >« - ^ v 4-A advantage «« form 4 V > -M * v « the * l » be . rv fruit ^ . tl more ^ of a frequently practice r » , wlucn ad 0 P ; tdx W ? 'lP u * . mi ing nistera a Bible of reli ClasB gion , not in only this for country the . young , ot *" ewi

    ¦ uninstrucbed , but , as Mr . JN > o « r—_^ jj

    I Sis The Publishers' Circular July X . ...

    I sis The Publishers' Circular july x . ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1884, page 618, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071884/page/10/