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    jdyi, x886 The Publishers' Circular 725

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    By the way , we observe that Mr . W . E . Henley has resigned the editorship of the

    Magazine of Art . The July number of the English Illustrated

    Magazine contains an article entitled Charles Kingsley and Eversley / by the Rev . W .

    Harrison , Mr . Kingsley ' s son-in-law and former curate ; an article on ' Modern Am Fal-& ^ A j ^* o » i ^ n **^ p ^ h __ « p & m A ^ m a - m

    conry tions ^ ¦ ¦ / by b y M Mr r . G . . E E . . B Lod . Michell ge ^^ ; and f ~~ ~~ ^ , with the ~~ illustra opening pj ^ * . -

    _ . ^_ » ^^— — — — — —m - ^ " - — - — — — — ^ p ^^^^ p- ¦ ~ — " ^— ~ W -BJ Memories chap ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ters , of by a Miss new Margaret story , ' Veley A Garden . of ^^^

    The Duke of Argyll's work on the land question as it relates to the ' use and wont' of

    small holdings north of the Tweed has proved to be a task more difficult of accomplishment

    than was at first ^^ * antici * a a pated * bpi . Progress aakk , how as - everhas been made with the workand it is

    , H H M A ~ A B K A ta , fe A expected that _ ^ the _ ^ book ^^ will ^^ be ^ read y earl ^^ y in the autumn .

    Messrs . Bentley will issue in October Mr . George Augustus Sala ' s Autobiography .

    Miss Ashworth Taylor's new story , '

    Allegiance , is also to be issued by Messrs . JBentley .

    Jdyi, X886 The Publishers' Circular 725

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    A literary convention between Great Britain and Germany , by which those States of the

    German Empire hitherto having no copyright treaty with Great Britainhave extended to

    them the same advantages , , was notified in London on 2 nd ult .

    Ranke ' s ' Universal History' ( 'Weltgethe schichte materials vfw ' ) will , which it is stated ¦¦ the ¦•» , lamented be completed historian 1 from

    — ™^ ^ " ^ " ^ ^ r *^ w wt ^* PP ^ b P ** W T ^* ^™ ^» ^* ^* * ^^ ^^ ^ P' ** ^ P *^ F « fc ^ b ^ b 'B . pjr ^»^» ^ pf ^^ ^^^ B * . ^ B > ^ feVB ^ P ^ V ^^ ^^ ^ fc ^ . iwf ^ " ^^ had accumulated and systematically arranged . The task ¦ . ¦ of editing and finishinthe work Bfcfc will

    be undertaken * " v ^ ' ^ ^ k ^^ ^ ^ fe ^ ^^«_ . dPa ^ ' ^ b **^» ^^^ Dr ^_ -1 f « bV ^ b . >^^> Wiederoann — P ^ ^ ^ * P ^ pV A 4 b ^ Bta «_ c f « Pl g 7 " ^ ^^ **« ^ p- * V who V ^^ 4 b —^ . V for V ^ fa ^^ ^ K the the last last fifteen fift , p » fin vfia y rs had haA assisted a . sais +. ftrl , Kanke Rnnkfi , m in

    his work . The seventh years , volume of the History will be published in December next .

    Le Livre of the 10 th ult . has an article road on Alexandre bliterary Dumas UVAlWt men fil 1 s , who which are shoul impatient d be

    ' at the - y difficul / young mJ ^^ & ties Al and delays JL .-H ... V _/ A * ¥ they » A . M . \ S « - */ JL encounter V _/ M . *** W *^ UAVAAU in their beiore UOIOPfi career succes RiirwAc , s and can r * c * . n be V the »^ v at af . f tained time . Ji . inp » rl which is needed

    . When Dumas the Younger was twenty-five ot years of age , he had already produced a volume

    Of editor poems Doems of and nnrl the four frvnt Gazette » romances Tv \ mj de Ti France f » p . ia . TVT M proposed . Lourdoneix Tionrrl <\ nfii that -s ' , he should write a series of historical , novels

    ° n the four restorations in France . The first ° f these' Tristan le Roux : a Romance of the

    tho Restoration Gazette , during of Charles part VII of the ., ' was year published 1849 . The in Ht

    mothods ylc is of founded Sir Walter on 1 / JL Scott the somewhat Dumas 1 the differing Elder X \ A \ 5 JL

    and au < l picturesque Victor *¦* ^ f •*• Hugo KJ X JL T T ballads . CJiX There ^ 3 K » 7 ^^ ^ such - ^ tU are * , -Jl— ^ in as LA XX it are ( tfj some IJ X X found ^> JL clever -J , in , ,

    Am a worth ' s 'Crichton . ' The 5 second of the series , ' Henri de

    was N avarre frequentl , appeared y interrup in 1850 ted , but . This its publication romance ^ as followed b * Lea Deux \ Frondes' Then

    | s unias began ' « - / x ^ . Kty to y develop JL-JV 3 O JLS \ 3 A a theory JL' A \ Jkl \ XK of > B . . writing X IIC 11

    and a style of his own . He already meditated < the play of * La Dame aux Camelias' which

    , was not , however , produced until 1852 . Dumas himself tells us that it was written in

    eight days , he scarcely knew how ; but rather because he — was in want of money trthan because

    he was inspired . Weber ' s letters to his wife from Vienna

    and w London ^^^* W ^^ F ^^^ V ^^^ B W ^^^ r ^^ P , > ^^^ ^ V where ^^^ ^ B ^* *^^ B V ^^ F ^^^ ^^^ he *^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ resided ^ ^^* ^^ " ^^^^ ^ ^^^ during ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^^ the first performances of his operas * Euryanthe '

    and ' Oberon , ' are about to be published in Leipzig . These letters are said to be of a

    high , degree of interest , as they treat not only of musical subjects , but also of matters coming

    under Weber ' s notice , of religious questions , and of his life , labours , and physical sufferings .

    They show an amiable and religious disposition j . , and contain many »/ i . passages *—* tinged <—'

    with humour . M . Victor Tissotauthor of * Voyage au

    , Pays from Germany des Milliards now / appearing has collected in the his Fi lett garo ers

    into a volume , entitled 6 De Paris a Berlin . , ' They « . ^ V ^ . »*» ^ IPT W describe ^^^» ^ IP ¦ ^ PP ^ . ^ ^ BS > ^ BB * »^^ ^^ very » ^ P ^ ^^ vividl » ^^ W ^ m ' ^ B- ^ B *^^ " y W ¦ ¦ Germany ^^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ' i I W as ' - ^ ^ ^— ' it ~ is ^—

    in 1886 , which is quite another country from the Germany of 1870 .

    An exhibition of products of . the bookprinters Vvr ^^ ^ b > * Bfc ^™ ¦¦ ^ r - ^^ ^ m * m ' ¦ art . fv >» ^ P' ¦¦ was ¦ » ~ ^ hel ^^^ ^^ ^^ d ^^^^ ^ recentl ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ~ ^^ ~— y f ^ in ^ one — ^ " ^ of the

    rooms of the Berlin Town Hall . It had been arranged and it was by the largel Berlin y visited Typograp . In hical the Soci middle ety ,

    ^^ BJ ^ BJK ^ p ^^ M ^^~ ^^ * * ^ B ^^^^^ VV ^ b' ^ P' ^^ ^ pP ^ K ^*^^ ^^ W * ^^ v ^ Pr ^^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^— ^— ^^ ^^ ~ — of the hall , which was embellished with banners - SV P > f and P > - » emblems P » 4 » V -Bw as B » V - well » as a - bust of - - pp ^ p ^^^^^ ^ c ^ *^ *^^ ^ p ^^^ ^^*^ ' ^¦ ' ^* P ^^ ^^ ^|^ ^^^¦^ pjr' ^ , ' ^ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^ ' ^ ^^ " — ' ^

    Gutenburg , the Typographical Society had its ' collective exhibit . ' This Pta consisted » of works

    ^ fcpT ^^ P ^ rfB > ^ pT ^^ P ^ p * ^ p > V ^^^ ^^ ^» ^ ^ p >« BV ^ P « r ^^ ^^ V V ^^* B ^*^ . ^ B- ^ Pr ^^ ^^ I I —^^— ' ^ ^ — ' - ~ produced arranged ^ , ry ^ Bt ^ Pja V ^^ V M ^ ^"" J ^ B ^•^ ' ^^* V on ^^ b ^ ** y *•• * four Berlin ¦ « * M ¦¦ ^^*^ B . ^¦ " * ^** V larg ^ ¦ " * fc' . ¦» book tap ^ h e ^ . *» « tables ^ p * ~ - printers ¦ w - ^ ^ p ^ r » j * . . A ¦ ' ¦ , and number ~— ^^ ^ " ^^ " " ¦ it — » — was — of —

    foreign countries were represented , including France of Berlin B » , Austria , America f ¦ and 1 periodicals , & c . The numbered collection . __ - _ -

    ^^ T * B * vbV ^^ P' ^ P ^ " ^ Pk ^ Ba JBB ^» newspapers ^* 41 b ^^^ » P P ^ p * ¦ ¦^ P' BJI PTM ^ Bjp > BjBH * ^ ^ BT ^^ ^» *« ^»^ BPV ^ ™ » - ^^ " ^ ' ^ ^— ^^ ' ^ -w — _ lection 450 , and of in forei addition gn newspapers there was . A a small collection coUof old ifc books as r > well ^ Bh ^ fc as typographical ^*^ - rarities ——

    ^^ F ^ k ^^ ^ ^^ r ^ pr ^^ ^^ Jp *** p *^ ^_^ pf w w ^ ^^ ^* w ^^ ^^ j m ^ ^^ V ^^ ^^ . * » w *^ p » ^^ w ^ - ^ - ^^ - -- » —^ ^— and curiosities gave additional interest to the exhibition ^ B * V ^« k . A M , A »^ . ^ » »^ J ** V ^ - ^ J * V . The " ^ . » < Pk ^»^ Lei M t ^ ^^ ^ pzi B * - ' ~ - ^— g bbk Typograp ¦ — - » »— - - « - MM ^— —— «— ' hical — — — Society — — — - ^ J

    is also holding an exhibition of a similar kind at present . —Kuhloitfs German Mail .

    has jp The developed newspaper » iP > enormousl press of durin Alsace - g j —« - the Lorraine last

    ^ * v p ^^ years ^**^ ^ ta ^ * . ^^ ¦ ^^ In - ^ ^ p # " * - *^ 1870 ^^ ^ ipj > *• ' » there ^ ^ Bfc ^ . ^ ^ -- ^ »^^ ^— were y w ^**^ ^** ^ but —~ —~— 30 papers — — - Jt in A m * m the ^ M PV ^» ^ ¦* departments - ^ |^ m . . J P | ^^ Pj ,-pjf ^ ^ pT ^ Bi JBh # ¦ ^^ p * ^^ * ^ P ^ "W which ¥ W rf ^ * Ph m * ^^^ . Bj *^ . now ^ ^ m ~* mr - W ^ form — " - ^ —^ — ^^ w ^ Alsace " ~ ¦ — — -

    political Lorraine , 13 but clerical now m ^ -w pm there 11 scientific are 122 ¦ t , 0 viz agricul . , 52 - -

    t ural ^ S ^^ <» ^^ " , * ^^ ^*^^ and *^ , -Jpfc- ^—^ 37 ^ ^^ ^ other ^ ^ H . *»¦ ^^ ^* , papers ^ p' ^— - ^ - ^^ , ^ p including ' — ^— ^^ - ^ ^— ' , — - ^ — m 3 new — humorous VrnmormiM illustrated illnafrn . tpfl shpfita sheets w which hich appear annear at at

    Strasaburg . Of the 122 political journals , in 73 jpjp ^ appear both languages i in German » j ¦ . , Onl 24 y in the French thre r e , and largest _____ 25

    ^ pm ^ F ^ ' ^^*^ ^» *¦* *¦* *•> T . ^ j ^* * p » hpi ^^*» ' J" *^ ^» * bp ^—^ ^» ^ " - ^ w ^» —^ ^^* - ^^ ' " ' — ^ ' — ~ " ^ — - ^ ^ T ^ S — towns have daily papers , Strassburg and Metz Of the 4 having Strassburg six each dailies , and n five ¦ ¦ Miihlhausen » are -r -- ¦ printed <— - four in .

    - ^_^ j ^ ^ r a q ^^^ r ^_^ »/ <_¦* *^** f ^ w ^ r rw ^*«» *¦• P **^ - —^ » , - » ^ - ^ _^» *«^ ^ — -- * - — —— — — - — — — - - - . — — German and one in German and French ; of the r -M Metz V -L dailies ~ sh % t ^ f p"B h Bt - r \ r two f ~ are - German ~ i » - » ^ p 1 — " —¦ and - four ^ p _^ j ^ . tpfBhpp * . ^^^ ^^ ^_ ppj ^_ , _^^^ p ^_^ * ^ _**¦ ^ - ^ ^^ _—^^ ^ " " ^ ^^ ¦ " ¦ '"' ^ ¦— ' —¦ ^ — '

    French , while of the Miihlhausen dailies three are German and one French .

    M . Paul OllendorfF , for of the immediat Rue de

    Richetion liftvi heu , . * Jra T * ^ L vris n 'Allemagne s . , announces announces _ m __ ta telle tor immediat quelle est e e . pu miblica ? Dlica The --— ^^ __^__ _ —^^ h—L ft

    author is M ^^ _ . Jacques JSt .-Cere .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1886, page 725, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071886/page/7/