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    JnIy T, 1887 Tlie Publishers' Circular 7...

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    Messrs . Brentanos , New York , have in the press Frenc ' Tales h of before Gautier Supper and , ' of translated Me ' rim ^ e from by

    Myndart Verelst , with an introduction , by Edgar — E . Saltus . ___

    Mr . Samuel Adams Drake has nearly com-¦ pleted t a companion volume to his ' Making of

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    A new novel , and also a volume of stories from the pen of Richard Malcom Johnston

    , author of ' Old Mark Langston , ' will be Messrs . Harper Brothers' forthcoming

    publications among some phases A k . of Both the Bl bi book life Bm < M ^ o s f are the said most MB to illustrate cultured A . ^^^^

    society in Georgia villages several years before ^ the war .

    life Mr of . ' Benjamin John Bach Franklin McMasters ' in ' the long - American promised

    BB ¦ Bh A ¦ a , BB MB BB bBi B B £ A Men of Letters ^^ — — ' series , will be published . ^ this _ autumn .

    The current number of Z , ippincottfs Magazine is conspicuous for contributions from

    Southern writers . The complete story in this issueentitled ' At Anchor' is from the pen

    , , of Miss Julia Magruder , whose novel , c Acrossthe Chasm' recently publishedattracted

    much attention , . There is also a , new story by Ame'lie Rives , entitled 'The Farrier Lass

    o' Piping Pebworth ; ' besides poems by Thomas Nelson Page and Robert Burns Wilson ; as well as a prize essay on ' Social Life at the

    University of Virginia , ' contributed by John B . Minor , jun ., an undergraduate .

    soon Messrs a thoroug . Ginn hly & revised Co ., Boston edition , w of ill Siever publish ' s

    'Grammar of Old English , ' translated and edited bAlbert i S . Cookof - ~^ the University

    of »— * ^ B California ^» ^^ " ^^^ ¦ ' ^^ y W ^^^ ^ . ^^ ^^ T ^^^ ^ This ^^* - ^^ " ^^^ ^ new " ^^ " ^^ - ^^ ^ edition ^^^^ , ^« ^^ r ^~~ embodies ™ ~^™~ ' the ~ ^ J latest conclusions of the best authorities , and

    brings the whole subject really up to date . An illustrated article on ' Literary Life in

    Philadelphia , ' by Mr . Moses P . Handy , with nketches of leading celebrities , is a feature of

    the American Magazine for July . Mr fe b . 9 R tmm . W . ¦ Wrightof New —

    YorkannounceB ^ ^ w - «^^ the ^ r m publication v r ^ ^^ K ^ m — — , early in the autumn , of a new illustrated magazine , called ' The

    Curio . ' It will be devoted chiefly to biographygenealogyheraldry — and historical

    o bric x . - a - brac , ^ ^^ < ^"""" fec ~ . The , editor , will be Mr . E . de V . Vermont , .

    Mr . John Bartlett , whose * Familiar Quotations ** and ' Shakespeare Phrase-Book' are

    valued books of reference , has ready for publicationin one volume * A New and Complete

    Concordance , or Verbal , Index to the Dramatic Works vpfr of Shakespeare « mir ¦» ' in which the - pas t-

    sages 4 th ~^» at v ^ ^^ r quoted ^& in *^^ most will * ^^^^ ^ cases ^^ ^^^ ^^ be ^ " ^^^^^ it g ^^ iven . ^^ will , with — be —— - found - ° such — — ° — 7 unneces fulness — ^— — — — - ,

    sary to consult the plays themselves .

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    has Hal Mr l c Court arried . Crosb , on who busines y , for Lockw the s first last ood as twenty , Lopkwood of ~\ 7 -ei Stationers ght & years Co , '

    and subsequently as Crosby Logkwood & Co . . , ,

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    publishers and export booksellers , has admitted into partnership his sonMr . Arthur Crosby

    Lockwoodand on and after , the 1 st of Jul the style , of the firm will be Crosby Lock y -

    wood & Son . \ The London office of Mr . Samuel Mullen

    of Melbournehas been transferred to No . , 29 Ludgate Hill , , E . C .

    Messrs . Yabsley & Co ., having disposed of the business successfully carried on by them for the past ten years at Burlington House ,

    Sale , Manchester , will shortly commence as Wholesale Educational Stationers and General School Furnishersat Exeter HouseCollege

    , , Green , Bristol , where all future communications must be addressed .

    Mr . J . A . Martin , Exeter , has removed from 23 Queen Street to 260 High Street .

    The old-established Church bookselling and printing business , with the S . P . C . K .

    Depot , carried on for many years by the late Mr . Leonard D . Westcott at 14 Frankfort StreetPlymouthhas been purchased from

    the execut , ors by , his nephew , Mr . W . Frank Westcott , who will henceforth , carry on the business under his own name . The valuation

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

    Mr . Thomas Kennard , 6 Russell Street , Leamington Spahas removed his business to

    larger and more , central premises , at 22 Regent

    Street , Leamington Spa . —¦

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    Mr . Samuel Spalding . —News of the death of Mr . Spalding , senior partner of Messrs .-Spalding & — Hod > paper — -makers and

    wholesale x stationers cj , Drury ge ^^ * x Lane i , has been received with painful surprise by the trade generally .

    The deceased gentleman was one of the bestknown business men connected with the paper

    trade , and , as the chief of one of the oldest houses , had a wide connection With

    publishing establishments , where he was invariably , during a long period of years , held in the highest

    esteem . He was the eldest son of the late Samuel Spalding , M . A . London University , author of 'Philosophy of Christian Morals '

    and other works , who died _( aged 34 ) at the death Cape being of Good attributed Hope , to in over the -stucl year y . 1843 His , son his

    was thus deprived at the age of nine of a father ' s guidance—a disadvantage which his own strong will — — and - marvellous — _~ ~ _ r - ~ , energy ^^^^^ g were _ -r ~ - ^ exerted . _ - ^^ _^_ i ^^ - ^^ r ^^ to ^^ ^^ r

    their utmost to overcome with a success which is now acknowledged . He was remarkable for his ready grasp of matters in businessand

    always seemed to see the real point at issue , in affairs of the most complicated kind . He commanded the confidence of all business men with

    whom he came in contact by his integrity and self-reliance . A sense of justice was a characteristic trait . It was a maxim with him to

    ¦ t $ eart others — ^ h as he ^ K would ^ M ^ B wish A ^ K them _ ^ to treat him ; to try and imagine himself in the position

    o > f those who opposed him , so as to view their - case from both points . Great aa was his ¦ liber- 1

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1887, page 717, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071887/page/11/