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    MAGAZINES FOR JULY.

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

    grap length h , code weight . ' , Mr and . Chambers capacity , and has a done cypher his work

    telewit h the care and exactness which have made his astronomical manuals and his guide-boots models of conciseness .

    From . Messrs . Wyman & Son . — ' John Bull ' s Neig we imag hbour ine , ' by must * a Brutal have Saxon thoug - - . ' ht Many this work a reader an ,

    unn w T ^ v ecessari — — ^^—^ ly , savage rejoinder ^^^^ ^— to — John — — Bull ^^ ^^^^ et ^^^^ son lie . It may therefore be useful to quote the ' author ' s words in relation to this matter : * I have

    very little to say about that work , and very much to say about La rue a Londres , Va-nic-pieds de Londresand the many scores of anti-English

    articles , that have appeared in French papers , and the anti-English feeling of the French press generall ^¦^^ h ^ V —~^ — * " ^ " ~ —^^ " y m " - ^ * " ~ — — ^ For —¦ -r- — a - — long — —» — — ^ T ^^ k time ^^ ¦ " ~^ " England ^^^^™ " ~~ ™ " ^ ^^ B ^^ K ^» ^¦* " ^» ^^ W ^ ^ 0 ^^ p and ^™^^^ ^ V ^ P ^ V ^^ the qf ^| ^ B ~^^^

    held English have to ridicule been b systematicall French writers y libelled . At and the up y end —¦ of the preface we read : * My littl HHI Hi e HBT book IHH HH Hf was H HhVHH

    not - ^—~— wri — tten in England , but — — on the m — « other * — ^ Hpr side ^^ - ^ of the Channel . Circumstances rendered it a matter of duty that I should daily see most of the

    Parisian journals , and know something of the current literature ; and when I saw book after book issued from the press , and article after

    article published in the papers , in which the English were reviled in the coarsest and filthiest language | H J ^ HHH » ...... I confess , that ^ I felt a desire ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ to ^^ ^ let ^ ^^

    Bull in a 's little Neig li hbour ght on ' the has French now arrived character at / its ' twen John - tieth thousand . We do not wonder at it , for its ¦¦ abilit . v is nn ^ finialr )

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    Jul y i , 1884 The Publishers * Circular 621

    Magazines For July.

    MAGAZINES FOR JULY .

    ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINES .

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    Alt Market at Cologne , a work which the editor justl althoug y praises h it is true as a that line it specimen requires of a wider his skil marg l , and in ,

    tage than which the Portfolio many of can the give subscribers it , this is will a di doubtless sadvanframed remed ^~ y . for The p ^ b B themselves ^ 4 ~ h tower v r V V ww stands mf " b y Ji haviDg hV out r ~ MVt VU ab - it ov mounted e ~ Mr the L » house k and r LL hUV T " ^ * ^ ^^^^ *^^^^ ^ ^^_*^^^^*^*^ p *^^ F *^^ W ^^ k ^« ^ i *^_^^^^^^^_

    with gives fine a busy effect scene against of the life sk and y , and trading the foreground . In the given accompanying of the wit career article of \ J- > the l / an lamented interesting W artist account to whos is e

    illustration VJ Abbey hand — the v ~ published - Portfolio -a s , ' -w-a' inclu W . fc . ^_ r «^ , * fe in ding has * r the AAV owed the JUK volume -W ** series many ^ JkJk * ^ - * for of < of ^ VAi % JMKJ its St 1876 mt . choiceet X Albans ^ V ¥ ** and V * W * J those of Oxford in 1879 The present is

    illustrated by two hitherto . unpublished paper typodrawi graphic n etchings A thoug and htful three prints bCosmo from Monk pencil

    gs . paper y th house me e great great on painter painter * Some absolute absolute Drawings mastery mast by erv Turner of of wa water ter ' claims --colours colours for .

    m and ost the primitive honour ni oT simp develop i 7 licity ing to the art lexity from the the ,

    jf »«»«» u 01 iaijlh . 11 / y v \ j a a > comp ( . uiiiuiVAitjr ijlj . c whole most mature practice , while and , mystery in the writer of ' s opinion lish water , the

    Engproduced colours lies when between a boy , Tu wh rner ich ' s were early sold drawings for a ,

    ful shilling last t > read remembrances each with in his much father of I ' s taly shop . , The and paper his wonder , which

    of fcape ^ jjj Turner e with ¦— " , is ¦ " » illustrated » **«* w »/ A U * l , % 3 \ A . b KJ y interest \ an VkkA etching \ 7 LfVXJLAJLlg by all of \ JM . ' admirers A A 3 L Land JUJCAJUIVL - -

    ift the British Huntsmen Museum , ' from and one of this of his the drawings ist remarks that & e « it seems , to have been one of essay thoee

    b ^ r ' ^ iQ ^ ghing at Eton , " he could not

    finish to his satisfaction . It contains many elements of beauty ; the graceful crossing of the

    trunks , the variable light of the wood , its thoroughly sylvan air and elegance , delight the eye and fancy . There can be no doubt about the

    pains he took with this drawing , unfinished though it be / The introduction of such a plate gives a journal p leasant and variety it will to be the welcomed pages of b Messrs many . readers Seeley ' . s

    Another , literary contribution of more y than average F meri . Gr t . in Step the hens present on number Frederic is John an arti Shields cle by Mr and .

    his Work , ' introducing a little bit of autobiography from which we learn that this clever and successful art-creator ¦ ™^ ^ " ^ — — " ^ , thoug ^^ ^ M ^^ K ^ h ^ " ^» ¦ born b ^^ ^^ ^ v ^ ^ at k ^^ ^^ Hartlepool B ^^ tavV ^^^^ . ^ ^^ *^ ^^ H ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ , V received ^^ ^^ F ^^^ ^^ ^^ » ^^ ^ ' ^^

    his earliest teaching at the Charity School of St . Clement Danes in the Strand . When a boy of scul twelve pture he galleries went earl where y to he the feasted British on their Museum

    con-, tents , but , owing to misfortune at home , iras com * pelled to take work at Manchester at Messrs . Bradshaw & Blacklock ' s , where , he says , * in the

    extremest endured dai drud ly gery torture of comm of mind ercial —suffering lithograph als y o I from wi ¦ i - ^ — — a - ^ disease — »— ' -w - — —» -mm- broug r * mw ™^ ^^ ^^^ V ^ ht ^^^ ^^ on ^^^ ^^^^ by ^^ J semi ^^^ ^*^ ^?^¦¦^^ ^ -starvation W *^ ^*^»*^ * ^»*^ mmr m " ^ ^»^^ , V

    a which curiou sapped s instance my strength of the for and four downs years ! of ' for As - tune and , obtaining he tells us emp that loyment after tramp at ups the ing Newton to Liverpoo Works l

    he was afterwards re-employed "by Bradshaw , the , ( Quaker partner in the ' Railway Guide' printing

    firm nrm thyself , , who who able sent sent to tor for desi him him gn and and for said s . Baxter iid , . * Dost Dost ' s Patent tbou thou think think Oil Printing Process ? ' and the result was that he

    was engaged at ten shillings a week , and returned to his old shop in honour , where he * rebelled in g ^ ^^ h leaners — - - ~ — — and — — milkmaids — - ~ - ' — — ¦— ° — . -v — — - ^ ~ and — ™ — ^^ ~—mw rustic ^^™ ^^ r ^ ^ m ^ ^ 0 ^^ ^ mr ^ lovers ^ ^ r " ^^ ^^ *^^ , and ^^^ ^^^^ ^—^^

    had a box of colours for the first time . ' Aftt-r another advance to a salary of fifty shillings a week in a firm at Halifax , he returned to

    Manof chester the , 3 and fa ? zckesf \ ras commissioned er Examiner \ to by Mr desi . H . Kawson a eet of , illustrati — — » — — — - — — — ons — to — - — 'The **^ v - ^ ^ - ^ f- Pil mmm ^ my m ~ grim ^ pK * mm m ^^• m ** m ' s Progresst mmmjf ^^ ^^ H ^^ ^ v ^^ gn m * r fmr m * * This ^ m * m ^ mmi ™ m *

    work won Mr . Ruskin ' s commendation , the artist was taken up by the late Dante Gabriel Bossetti , and thenceforward his fame was secure . As an

    illustration to the paper we have the figure of S . Matthias from the upper tier of lights on the north side of the chapel of Eaton Hall , for which

    he furnished designs to the Duke of Westminster on the recommendation of Mr . Waterhouse . The figure is finely drawn , and , combined ^ with the dignity of the pose , there is an ample expression

    of the resignation to the HigheT Will implied in the motto * Thy will be done . ' Sacred art has seldom worker enlisted . a A more revie d w evoted of Charles disciple Yriarte or a more ' s ' Vie reverent d ' un

    Patricien n ^ p ^^ ta a A de 4 * Venise ^^ b ^ mt A au XVI ¦ ^_^_ Siecle ^^_ _ _ / with a _ some choice specimens of the designs in that work , and the ¦¦ Art . •¦>*» ^ Chronicle ^— ' m * * \^ m ^ m « rf mw- - ** of 1 mT m * the ^ V ^^ " ^ mT month A A A <>_ r |( ^ m-M comp * m * ^ » - *»• M _* letes lk *~* V ^ m * ¦> # * a ^ good L . ^^ ^^ » - ^ fc num ^ Jk T » ~ ~ ^ -

    ber . —Harper ' s Magazine ( S . Low , Marston , Searl « , Fred & Kivington erick Lei ) ghton gires ' s , b ' Daug j way hter of of frontisp the Nile iece / , with Sir

    a ^* t n ** ^^« ™ mw m ± Jk % Jt ^ ^ mmVmmW ^ h ^ M k > ¦ A ^ ^^ V ^ M >^ # ^^^ r mw ^ W V ^ h ^** ^^ ^ v Ah ^ , W J §^ ^ J & A ^ v A ^ * ^^ ' — « ^^ J * J ^ a reproduction of the artist ' s signature . This striking plato , with the Head of a Peasant , another of the works of the P . R . A . and some bits of

    , Kgyptian monumental work and scenery , form the illustrations to an interesting article on ' The Nile . ' American sceneryas usualcontributes its

    share to the confents of , the number , , and a page on * The Silent Schools of Keijclal Green '—the National Deaf-Mute College—with a portrait of

    the founder ; an article on * Summer Resorts on the St . Lawrence , ' with some gems of illustrations ; and ¦¦ a ¦ sketch ¦—¦— literaand ictorialof 'Approaches tmWT # »

    ~ — »— ^™ New —— " ^ " •*** York ¦— - " ^ , - ^ / -w are —s —^— ry mm m among wm ¦¦ —i ^ w ^ p gmT - » * m the ^ " ^ ^» ™ p leasanteet , ^^ — Jfc ^ V W ^ ^ m , ^^ items mm a 0 ^^ » V

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1884, page 621, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071884/page/13/