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    Sept. r, 1884 The Publishers' Circular 8...

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    Magazines for September. illustrated mag...

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    Books Received:— From ^^—^ ———' —» ——I _...

    arisen from a conviction that an issue free of all comment ^ , _•_—_» will be found a refreshing ——p chan — ge ^~| — .

    Other plays of Shakspeare are to follow at intervals . From Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co . — ' Airy Fairy

    I \ Lilian & c , is , ' now by the publish author ed in of p 'Ph ictori yllis al , ' boards Moll . y Ba It \ rn is a / I model of whafc a railway volume should be , opening 'well , with good comfortable print .

    From _ A . _ cheap — the same _ ( x two . — - ' shilling For Percival u ) / edition -- , ' by of - Margare this - popular ^ t Vel % - — ey .

    novel , forming just the book for the carpet-bag of any holiday folk . From 3 \ £ essrs . Triibner & Co . — A Modern

    Proteus , ' by J . L . Whitney . This is * a list of books published under more than one title , ' and a very interesting addition to the bibliographer ' s library .

    It is * _» necessary ^ k ^ V ^ % ^^ *< m W rf ^ _<^*^ to ^ H ^^ add ^ % ^ J . rf ^ J that ^ L L _ ^^ ¦ _> the _ w - ^ k books Lh _ ^^ ^^ 1 1 . enumerated ~& Hk ¦ * « ¦ ¦ ^ _ a ^~ 4 * _ »/ are mostly of recent issue , which , although under two _ - — or more - titles , are - believed - — _ . __ - to __ be — _ wholl -. — — y . or . _ __

    according essentially to the authors same ' . names To , the is appended list , alphabetical an index of books' names . The reader findshere and

    there in a notevaluable items of , information beyond what mig , ht be expected from the title of Mr . Whitney ' s little book .

    * From Messrs . TTirwin Brothers . — ' Measured Steps , ' by Ernest Radford . Mr . EadfOrd is

    already known in the world of letters by a Verses volume — . m / of which - ^ - ' Translations — , was - ¦ — — ^ received ^— - ^^ ° ^—r — - — w ^ " ~ from ^ with w ™ ^™ ^^ ^ Heine »_ warm — - r ^^—m- ^ m ^ b , ^—^— ' and approval m m ^ u- ay other ^ mr ^^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v

    on its publication . ' Measured Steps also conblage tains a of . series short of poems pieces from called Heine * Fits , and and an Starts assem , - '

    varied by occasional translation . There is conthem siderable . spirit and power of versification in I

    From b y Hawley MIessrs " ~ ' - — — m Smart r * . r- k ^ War ¦ i ^ % tm ak v . d , A ^^ Lock bud ^« r v « ^» get ^^ , *^ ** & of ^* ^ Co smart Pa / . »^ — ^ K MA * ^ Salvage ^ * stoxies v ** «>^ 4 . ^ ^^ , '

    with other plots incident drawn s of from the the lighter race-course side of , and life from and society and the . luxuriousl There is not y large a dull type page in in whi the ch book it is ,

    railway printed will journey make . it a welcome companion on a

    Sept. R, 1884 The Publishers' Circular 8...

    Sept . r , 1884 The Publishers' Circular 827

    Magazines For September. Illustrated Mag...

    Magazines for September . illustrated magazines .

    I In beautiful The Portfo engraving lio ( Seeley , from & an Co ori . ) ginal a remarkabl drawing in y red chalk

    which describes forme wuicn the firs it by as t p P late . belonging Hajon ; and , tho althoug to well that h -known Mr kind . Hamerton of etcher work ,

    a taste win appeal a f ppeals or for art s , it it only onlv the is to to precisel suffrages those those y who who that of have havo qual his nnltivatpr cultivated ity readers which l .

    and character Quality , istic not of quanti Messrs ty , ' . may Seeley be ' s said choice to be serial the ; creato a bit of pencilling like this , fresh from its

    Picture J Creator ^ icien r , , Gamier is is an a a welcome Wni etching nnm artist A contribution * of » nnHM a Venetian t- to inn . The The TVi Canal Portfolio rt second afmnn , by

    jai but thful th frequentl v reproductioa . uu y , an ail emp . loy IAOU ed la new HOW in forcible UArt IU M / . contrast > X It lrriJUllV is to a ,,

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    baby bending over the little window garden , with its wicker fence and lattice , finished off with a

    lamp over the gate-way , which suggests that the workman of the big , desp city ite . his It rural is a pretty look , knows scene the but ways the

    group has a suspicion of being posed , for the artist , which detracts from the ease and naturalness of - ^ the — ^~ ~* - - *~ effect w ¦ h - ^^ ^ r ^ v . The ^^^^ «^^ v ^^^ letterpress ^ Hk ^^ ^^ ^ 0 ^^ r ^^ to w *^ ^^^ ^^ r ^^ pqr of ^^ r ^^ the ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ¦ ^ number ^— ' ¦ ¦ ^~^ " ^^ . ^^ rr ^ w ^^ B

    his consists work of at a Rouen critical Cath estimate edral of and Jean at Pari Gouj s on which and will repay the perusal of all genuine ,

    artisthistorical readers , whether sketch of professional the * Painter or -Stainers amateur ' Com ; an - pany * and its pictures in Painters ' Hall V Xiittle ¦

    ^ t ^ m ' ^™ — ™ ^^» r " ^ ~^^ ' — ^ ^^ ™ ^^» ^ " ^»^^ . ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^*^^ ^^ ^^ r ^^» ^ w ^^^^ " ^^^ ^ w ^^ " ^ " ^^ , ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^* ^ b Trinity similar Lane articl —which es on mi the ght ictures be fitly and followed late up of several y other City Guilds , p as , for instance p , the

    Stationers on the famous ' Company Church ; and of San an Vitale exhaustive at Vienna paper . This latter article is illustrated 1 h by engravings of

    two of the - ¦ - ¦ - ¦— ¦ v mosaics — ^— - ¦— - — - ~ — ' ^— in —^^^ the —¦ ' ^^ - ^ ¦ ^ ^^^ r - church ^ - ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ . ^^^ ^ v ^— One ^^ . m ^^ ^ r ^ P V ^^ of ^^^^^ VI ^ K ¦ *» the ^^^ ^^ notes in the * Art Chronicle * serves to remind us that Mr . Poynter ' s and Sir F . Xeighton ' s designs

    for the decoration of the dome of St . Paul ' s are now to be seen in the Cathedral , where they will be allowed to remain for some time for public

    inspection and consideration . —Messrs . Macmillan & Co . are to be congratulated on having brought to a successful issue the first year of their

    English Illustrated Magazine , one of the most gracious and graceful of recent additions to our serial literature . In thisthe twelfth number

    the chief plate is one of , Mr . George Leslie ' s , charming English girl faces , and as it is destined to be the frontispiece of the volume , it is

    eatisfactory to have a specimen of a national artist ' s work with an unmistakably national subject . The opening paper is English tooand ' The Tour of

    Co vent Garden / bMr . Austin , Dobsontells the story of the market y at a fitting moment , seeing , that it is at the present time in a transition state . The

    illustrations include a plan of the parish , dating nearly two centuries ago ; two views of the church 0110 of which gives us the scene at a

    ' - , ~ — C 1 " Westminster election , when the polling booths were placed against the portico ; and several engravings from pictures of market scenes of more

    recent date . Mr . Dobson , whose prose is as pleasant as his verse , gives an interesting resume * of the history of the market , and among the

    reminiscences of the neighbouring streets is one of No . 20 Russell Street , where Lamb once lodged ,

    co Davies tio mmanding n , both , the Co bookeelle vent from Garden his r and windows and quondam Drury , to Lane his actor intense Theatres , whose satisfac , while vtry - I retty ife' survives in a couple V * t of Vi > Churchill N / had

    Davi p l ) is Y / UU sh e s op * w VTf back IXC on the parlou DUL south V » V r that side 1 U I , Boswell * opposi V * VH- » J ^ te * was V Tom first ' s . ' introduced v /* It «** w # , j as *« mv in to Johnson , and it was have here been , also heard , that the « great the Chain of of

    Literature' might inquiring price IMazza a thick ) in stick order ( such to pro aa tect were himself sold against In the the neighbouring insolence of : FooteHeretoocame the arrogant Warburton ( in a

    Reynolds coach . ' sprinkled , and , Beaucle , with rc and mitres Bonnet ' ) , a l nd * ang Goldsmith ton . and It was at No . 17 in tlie same street , a popular coffee- I

    Francis house inst , t were hat 4 TomV Johnson in the as , habit No Goldsmith . 17 of meeting was , and called ; Sir and Phili over was p aga Button | y ' sestablished VU \ + WtS by Daniel »— " ¦ •**¦ Button , an

    old _ ^ / ^ f \ j \ p servant f M U , « of . Jm M Addison . MKJ m ~ mi ~ f * m * , who " ^ " ^ , with •* his — — —— ' , little nate '—CareyPhiliBudgell j Tickell - »¦ ¦ and —¦ — the

    r Pvii se 08 t — m / % patronised J ^¦•*** ** _ / , • ^ the ps t ^ house , ^^ ^ . ^^ «^~ In — , — an — arti -y , cle on , * The Women a-a of ** Chaucer ^ ' — -- —• ¦— / the Kev —_— - _ . Alfred Ainger

    j ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ii ^ rfji _> ¦¦_» ¦ - —^ - -w —• - - ^'» discourses introduced j p by leaeantlv the writer on the of bevy The of fair Canterbu damsels ry ,

    Tales / while Mr . Kjlands charming drawings set m

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1884, page 827, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091884/page/7/