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    July i, i8g6 The Publishers' Circular 72...

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    BIOGRAPHY . * to The the last general volume reader ( VI . ) of rather the Dictionary dullsimp was l

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    myths that have collected round various periods of that great genius's existence are

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    bliography ia so usefully perfect that it joo s ^ ms ut R hypercriticism LStevenson to ' say that nd the ful statement

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    writer same ' essays s * Familiar have Studies been republished Men and in Books that '

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    realising to himself the extraordinary combination pt of contradictions and

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    task f a Scot « lr . , ' sees , Criticism flrif . i and nism recognises of r > f Rurnn Burns the is ih difficulty only otilv nftTmitifid permitted of the

    to ( p . 436 Scotchmen VPF ) . Might of it pure not have blood , been ' he well writes to

    have PA HPp ^ r p ^ ^^^^^ remembered ^ p ^ P * ^ g p ^ ^^^^ kPJ ^^ W pjp ^> P ^ H ^^ h p ^^ B ^^* ^^ T that ^^^^ ^^ ^ pi pp ^ p > earlier ^^ r ^ pP p ^ 1 ^^ p ^^* ^^>^ p ^ v 1 ^ p ^ r p ^^^ ^ p ^ p * ^ p ^ p ~ p ^ pbpi ^^ ^ r w ^ p ^ —^^ ^^^^ ^^ - ^^ Mr . Hunt ' s most important contribution is

    the article ' Edmund Burke . ' As Mr . Morley was probably not available , a very good

    subeloquent stitute for Burke him is is here clear provided honest . accurate If not

    • m « pM , A V ^^^ ' , pM , pM , Jpfe another and thoroug important h . The contrib same ution may of Mr be . said Hunt * ' of s

    the article on Hubert de Burgh . Miss , Thackeray writes very charmingly of * Elizabeth

    Barrett * Sir Thomas Browning Browne , ' and ' the so quaint do Mr . philosop Bullen her of

    , Burnet of Norwich of Sali , and sbury Mrs . ' . Osmund Professor Airy Mackay of * Bishop writes

    learnedl of - ^^ r « . 'George " > M » 1 •** . •** y , and - ^ Buchanan wM -T \ it * must A VVAAlrVAA be , ' and trV said 4 AV « a so 1 * J "S-r little does ^ . 4 - *^ - \ S *>^ heav Canon " >• ^» W . il »^^ . y » - - * ,

    Venables of 'John Bunyan . ' In ' James Bruce' Dr . Garnett has found a man after his

    learned own heart writer . » This m secon - life d » in is , interest as w ~ r related » » v to » none » by ---- the in - ^ p ^ W ^^^^ ^^ p ^^ ^^™ ^^^ p ^^^ ^^^ ^^ p ^ p ^ * ^^ p ^ ^^^ ^ p ^ p ^^ ^^^^ , ^ " ^ p ^ p ^ p ^ p — ¦ ^^ — ^^™ ^^^ ¦ p ^^— ^^^^^^ p ^ pp ^^^^ ^^^ pr ^^ p ^ p ^ ^^^^^ ^— ¦ p ^^— ^^^^^—hp — —

    the volume . As regards the smaller articlesp in ^^^^^ pf * the "T ^^ ^^ execution ^^ T «^^ B P * ^ B ^ ^ p ^ TA * P ^ P ^^ 'P ^ « PBP ]| PB of 'P ^^ P ^» which V V P ^^ pP * . ^ P « PT « VPB we V T Ppipf ^ notice P . * P ^ P > ^ pf ^^^ B . ^^ ^ p ^ a Ppfep ^ W stead FP » ^^ ^| f ^ W P ] P" y W

    improvem put from the ent— 'dust Mr . of Kni anti g que ht continues times ' records to di of g

    forgotten dramatists and actors , names , surely of the deadest of the dead . Mr . Thompson

    contribute Cooper Pqp 'P *^ pP ^ Pt p ^ p > ^ pP ^ P ^^ P » ^^« " ^^ , PP « . Mr W ^ pf # » , PV . we ^ PJ S ' ^^ P' . note ^ Lee ¦ " ^ P ^ ^ P ^ 'P ^ , , "p . and a ^ P" ^»— ¦ great ^^¦ pT | P ^ P ^ ¦¦ Mr ^ p" —p » ^ " ^ . proportion ¦ T P ^ BB . ^^^ F . "P ^ P ^ P Henderson ^ pj P ^ P ^ I p ^—pp ^^ of - ^ "' p the ^ pp- - ,

    small articles . Their work is uniformly good . In factof the style of ¦ ip workmanshi ¦ i p ¦ jpj generall ppjpb y

    . PB . PP 1 ^^ p ^ ^^ V ^ pp ^ ^¦ p ^^ pp ^^^ ^ p ^ , ^ J * ^^^^ _ P * PW ^ p ^ ^ ^^ pb P" ^ " ^ ^^ p ^ ¦ "^ aim p ^ ^ p ^ ^^^ ^ p ^ ^^ IM p / » _ ^^ p b ^^ ^^^ w ^ " ^ "P ^^— > ™ ^^ ^^ b ^^^ - ^ ^ ^^ pp ^^» — ^^ ^^ p ^^^ ^ p' b A ^^ p ^ ^^^ ¦ ™ ^ p » p ^^ p _ ¦ 4 b g , - ^ m laborious it may trul research y be said of a that ^ b it ^^ e combines ^ with the the ygonage

    fresh feeling of current literature . - —

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    Iftotctf anti . iDcturf .

    * # Our next issue ( July 15 ) will contain i notices of current fiction of the lighter ( Je- i

    seekers Bcri ption _ ^ . f Novelettes suitable A AH ^_ for . ^& intended travellin _ ^_ ^_ i ^ for g pleasure ^ review - I I

    should be sent to the Editor as sotin as pos- II sible .

    Three members of the -London trade are in the field aspiring for Parliamentary honours .

    Mr Cassell ^^» ^— ~ w * . ~— - ^—^ ^ ¦ ^^ H . & ^^_ O ^ ^¦ ^ . Co Arn ¦ w ~ . ^ ( ^ old l ¦ Limited ¦ - — ^ - Forster * - * m ^^ ^ ^^^ - ^ ~ -r »™ ) g , —m , is — ^ n > the contesting ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^^ secretary B ^^^ ^^^ " r *^ ^ . ^ ^ " ^^ ^^ " ¦ ^ ^^^^^ ¦ the ^^^ of ^^

    of Darling M Messrs ton . division Georg fe e ; Koutled Mr . Edmund ge & I S Routled onsis ge at , ¦^^ *^ af * At _ ___ - ^_> _—^^ _ ., ^ H ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^

    well Kensington -known ; bookseller while Mr . . of E Cheapside . J . Stoneham is one , the . of the candidates at Bethnal Green . , All three

    are * Liberal Unionists . Lady Colin Campbell's Saturday Review

    • J XT i / essays Sampson ¦ will pi Low be pj publislied Mars i t ton i very < fc Co soon . Tiie by title Messrs ¦ will pj ¦ ¦ .

    be V ~^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ' ^^ A ^ F ^^ Book ^^ ^ i ™ w of , p ¦ the ' ^—^^ ™ ^ — ^ ^ Runn — ^ p ^ ~^» pw ^^ , ^ m ^ p ing ^^ ^^^ ^ fc ^ ~ IBrook ^ a ^^ p ^^ »^ ^ p ^ ^ " ^^ and ^ p" ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ Still " ^ ^ p ^ Waters r ~ v > ^ — ™ - — » ^ . — ' The _~~^ p * ip ¦ ^^ - ^^^— essays ^ m- r —^ r ^^ ^— ' »— V speak p ^^ ppj X h *^^ ^ " ^ > ^^^ r ^ ^^^ of *^ m ^ p > the ^ p » " ¦ ¦ " ^ ^ ir culture ^^^ ~^^ . . ^^ " ^^^ »™ " ^ ^^^ ^ p ^ p ^ and ^ " ^^ p ^^ ™ ¦ ^ " ¦ ^

    capture of fresh-water fish . .. , To-morrow there will appear the first

    number of a new organ representing various

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1886, page 723, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071886/page/5/