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    Bayard The of letters the Elizabethan of Sir Phili age p whom Sidney Spenser , the

    termed 'that most heroic spirit , , the glory of our days / are being edited by an Oxford lady .

    will Severa be l included unpublished in the documents work . , it is rumoured ,

    One of her Majesty ' s Inspectors of Schools

    li sends gence us , which the following he has jijst piece come of literary across in intel an

    handed examination in by paper a young on hopeful ' English , in his Literature district , ' , a month ago .: — 'John Milton wrote "The Old

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    volume Mr T » «• . which Edwin TT" T ¦ , oug Dre - bT "* ht w to is prove about 1 ¦ interesting ¦ to publish 1 ~ 1 to a

    lovers 4 Henry of Irving the drama on and . The off the title Stage of the . ' book is ,

    * * * Mr . Edward Clifford ' s little book on Father

    Dam published ien , which is written Messrs with . Macmillan much freshness have just of

    expression , and charm of style . People who can read without a sudden dimness of vision

    the last descr days , ip may tion congratulate of the humble their -minded eyes _ — priest at the ' s

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    a known 4 Life biograp of Father hy of Dam Lloy ien d G for arrison Young , is Peop writing le . '

    We hope the lady will , write with studied moderation of tone ; for Father Damien , as

    Mr 4 . Clifford himself , who no knew airs of him mart well , points saint out , gave yr

    hero / So far , therefore , as human , praise , is concernedsilence is golden—itis enough to let

    the facts speak , . Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co . hope to publish the book in September .

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    Beecher rich Southern ' s attention lady from who sub a reading sequentl of y it moved by a

    to London . When , the great preacher was on his last viait to London he made it a special

    him request by the that same the reading lady ; shoul and he d be had repeated actually to

    amid all his engagements , not forgotten to , bring over a copy of * ' Marse Chan , " so that

    he was mi fixed ght not at Dr be . Josep disappointed h Parker . ' s An house evening , at

    which Mr . Beecher stayed * during his visit to London . The scene which followed the reading

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    he the intended story was to half have throug a '' goo h d he had y ; " realised and before the

    Pl expectation ymouth pastor , for great ' s cheeks tears , were and fallin those g do of wn every the

    pathetic lady in the sketch room of , including plantation the life reader will be . ' found This

    amongst a group of short stories by Mr . Page , entitled In Ole Virginia / a volum 9 which

    Messrs published . . Ward ' , Lock & Co . have recently

    * . # ? Twenty thousand copies have been sold in

    Arherica 'Triumphant alone Democracy of Mr . Andrew 9 since Carneg its first ie ' s book

    pubthe lication famous three y and ears ago philanthrop . It is rumoured ic American that

    millionaire is now engaged in writing his autobiography .

    passed Mr . rap Froude idly throug ' s * Two h three Chiefs American of Dunboy editions ' has i

    in _ Scribner ' s Yellow Paper Series . ' # # Mr . Joseph Penneli has almost > readfor

    publication a treatise entitled ' Black y and White / It is notwe are thankful to saya

    discussion of the relationshi , p whiph at present , exists between the coloured people of the

    United States and their old masters . Mr . Penneli i writes as an artistand intends to

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    Bias , ' by Victor , Hugo . The celebrated , drama has been rendered—with what success

    remains to be seen—into English twelve-syllable rhyming V t _ S verse . < f

    # Mr . Cleggof Rochdalehas a small

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    teenth with the Cent recent ury . ' discussion It deals on , we Agnosticism understan in d ,

    the pages of the Nineteenth Century . # * *

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    Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein <& Uo . Details y concerning education and athletics at no less

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    EtonH , arrowand Winchesterhave secured the active , sympath , y and co-pperation , of the

    the various institutions headmasters described and in leading the book athletes . of #

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1889, page 879, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081889/page/5/