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      Is Somewhat Unfortunate That The Journal...

      ; - olumes ^ — ^ , the first volume about the 1 st of December and — - — the --second volume a few weeks

      uectJi " - 1 ter . ^ The book will be illustrated and will also oUO COIl contain l'Ct . l .. lJ- a «> large ACfcigVJ , supp O lAJ ^ J ^ llJf y V of ^ X maps iJLiUi ^/ O . . Messrs a . IXWUPl . . 0 .

      the Sampson Eng lish Low and , Marston European , & Co copyri . have ght secured . We nleasure in iviin in iuii full General cti uraui Grant

      have i preface L , orp -- . aha p leasure , of ol which the tne book dook full g giving y n :: exp g lains vjrtJiiei the origin and ' s »

      purpose * Althoug h frequently urged by friends to write « rritp my mv memoirs memoirs , , I had iiau . determined ueiernimeu never never 10 to

      do so nor to write anything for publication . At the i / iiv , of — nearly sixty-two - -I received an

      f injury to the house fro age *~ o m a while fall , which it *> did not confined ^ apparentl me y closel affect y

      i \ my JO pastime ~ . a + general \ U . mA ** bnortly Shorfclv health , . Thi aiter after s , made tne the stud X rascality rascalitv J . y a p leasant / 01 of a a

      1 business , partner developed , itself by the anl nouncement of a rt failure bbb ¦ jj . This bbb was followed ¦ ¦•—¦¦ vbjj

      | | | 1111 IlrO I *¦» - *•*¦*¦ . *» ^ - ^ ¦"«> m-- . «^ v ... ^— . ^_> •^ * _ — » "i ¦¦ - — » »* w —^ — - " - •¦ ^^» ' b — ' - soon after _ b y universal i depression ¦ • i of ¦» i all securities ntivS which VVill ^ -l-I- seemed OCC 1 I 1 CU to DU threaten Ulll COil / Cil the U 1 LU extinction Ki ^\\ . Jl . X ± \ jtJXKJXl .

      of & good part of the income still retained , and ¦ ¦ for ¦ which ¦ i j I bi am f ¦¦ indebted ¦ bi to the « bbbi kindl Bfc ¦ Bfc h k bk bi b act i bjt !«* « jv of Bib

      ¦ I 11 » ^^^ ^ , ^ , ^ b b »^ ji ^ k b »> ^ b ^ ^ h ^ r ^^ « r *^^ ^* " *^ " ^ pw . ^^ ^^^ w ^> y ' ** - ^ p * - friends . At this juncture the editor of the Century I yf ~ * % JW tv f VJ Magazine ir \ Sv ** M ^*^ v « w v * ^ ^^ asked b ^ bj * " ^^ ^ b . b ^ ^^ ^^ b- me . b * - ^ b > ^* r to ^ f ^^ write v * «< * b- b ^ ^ b * - a b ^ -bjf ¦ b few * ^^ w

      articles for him . I consented , for the money it gave me ; for at that moment I was living iinnn borrowed hnrrowfiH money monev . . The Hie work work 1 I found found

      congenial upon , and I determined to continue it . The J ^ J J ^ ^ j > event b ^ jj B / » ^ / JL ^ k ^ 1 / ¦ is »¦ p ¦ , f b an ^ Bj ^ ^ ^ bi important ^ b > ab ^^ bi ~ ~ ~ ^ Bfe . ^ i" bi ^» ^^ " ^^ one - ^^ - ^^ ^ v - ^» ' for - *^ - ^^ b ^ me » ^™ ^» ^^^ , ^ m ^ for ^* " ^^ ^^* good J ^^^ ^""^ ^>^ ^^ ' ^^ or ¦ * ^^*

      evil ; I hope for the former . In preparing these volumes for the public , I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing

      injustice to anyone , whether on the National or or Confederate fJnnfftflp . ra , t , p . side sidf * other other than than the the unavoid

      unavoid-able injustice of not , making mention often I where special mention is due . There must 4 » be

      i- ' ¦» ¦ ^ r ^ ± ^^ p ^^ m ^ ^^ f ^ c ^ h ^ . i ^ f ^ fc ^& ^ b ^ b ^^ # ^ b ^ b ^^ ^ k ^¦ t ^ ^ fc *^ ^^ P" ^ ^ ' ^ ^^^ ^^ ^«^ k > ^ m ^^ ^ h ^ ^^ ' ^ g ^» 4 . ^^^^ p ^^ ^^ r ^ ' i ^ ^^ i many errors of omission in this work , because ; the subjJ ect is too large ^? to be treated of in two

      ; volumes in such way as to do justice to all the I I officers ' *** W * M and tVlAVi men AM . JL \~ SJLA . ¦ engaged ^/ . L ^^ k ft VCfc ^^ ^|| <^ . There « " ^ - JLA ^^ A > X ^ were ^«/ . A . ^ 4 ^ thou V * ^ ^ w' * - *>

      -I | individual sands of instances , company , , during regiment the al , rebellion and brigade , of | deeds of heroism which deserv VlVklUX e special mention lll

      I — w % * h 7 \ JJL 11 V 1 V / 1 OU 1 TV JLJ . JL \^/ JLX ^ T V / » r / W ^ lU ; X . VJ . X UXV / lA ; and are not here alluded to . The troops en- , y gaged in them will have to look JW / 1 & to the detailed

      I O O * AJL 1 / 1 XVA 1 X » T X . XJL AJLbV V V > «/ V ^ .. % J ** V 11 . V « AV VMPJLAW 1 . reports of their individual commanders for the lull » wi history hiatorv of of those t . Tiosft deeds rlnftfia . The The nrst first volume volnme .

      , as well as a portion of the second , was written critic Wore al I condition had reason of , health to suppose Later I was I in a

      VV VVXAU , 1 U 1 UI 1 V 7 JL l * . VsOtJL \ JAAm . JLJCbUV / JL JL . was TV dlO re X t * - ~ III III b Juced J ecame - •¦ almost impossible _ to the for _ me point _ to attend of death _ to anything , and it

      | wr what weeks of my ; I strength have , how , and ever , regained able , often some , to - jevote "GVOtft as H . SI TY 14 » t » tt hours V » rvn-r » a a day r \ t * ir as a a a T \ £ kT » arvr » should aT- » r ^ iil /^ l

      ° dev f satisf ote to ying such many the work expect . I a would tion of have th person e public more hope if I ^ uld —h ? allowed myself hi va c ? time timo I have

      - » ** ave u , vv auuwou lu ^ yooju . more . . x xjutvc ^ 8 ed j F my . D best . Grant efforts , assisted , with the by ¦ hi aid o brothers f my eldest , to

      verity « my from irom the the record rfifiordfl s every flverv statement statfiment of of fac fttnt t , pven . The comments are my own , and show aow I saw the matters treated 4 ofwhether ff AAV /

      BIT * tfvu —— - *» VA & V A 11 UU VV / A M WJk V ^« -W % ^ VL VA , VAAVi . i « the p n " these — saw •¦ wow them ^ jL remarks ^ oxiia . i . in n . a the x I present j ^ x cscii same these i li _ / iiooci _ ght volumes vuiuiuoa or not .

      ey "Will public meet , the asking approval no favour of the , re but ader hoping

      . t ^ 1 k / ount r ew MacGregor , 'U ' . S . Grant .

      L ^ JNYork , July 1 , 1885 . ' ' ' , u ' , ^^^^^** ^ ** ' * ' ^*** mmmmmmmmBmmmmmmimmmmmmiimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm * tmHmHmmmmKi ^^

      * The Hotjse of Murray . '—Harper ' s M ' fc Jbtemmiscences Reminiscences onthly is full of or of interest ( Grenera Jreneral this l Orant d month -rant ' , b V having > v an an

      officer of his staff , and a large supply , of y other contributions of a high order of merit . That , however howeverwhich which will will attract a +. trar . » f . most mnsf . attention at .+ pntirm in in

      , this country is ' The House of Murray , ' an article in which Mr . F . Espinasse gives a valuable valuable account account of or the the rise rise and and progress Droo-ress of of

      the great publishing house in Albemarle Street , the chiefs of which have for generations been in the fore-front of the book-world ' s

      legions . The story of the origin of the celebrated house has a vivid tinge ^ of romance . j

      We have no doubt that not a few of our readers will be pleased to peruse the following version of the story which we have extracted

      from Mr . Espinasse s pleasantly-written pages : c The first John Murray , the grandfather

      of the present occupant of No . 50 Albemarle Street , a Scotchman , well born , and , like Sir ) Walter waiter Scott iscott , , the tne son son of 01 an an Edinburg Ji . ainDurgn h writer writer {

      to the signet , was a lieutenant in the marines , when , at the ago of twenty-three , he threw up \ his his commission commission . and a / nrL apparentl annarfinf . lv wit wif . hout hnnf . n . n- \ r

      previous training , or experience , y to lit him any for ! the change ^ became a bookseller , and founded

      what what is is now now and and has has long lonor be been « n one on ft of of the the most most houses famous houses . . and JN T ^ ot ot fruitful onl onlv y so so of . he he Eng n narrowlv arrowl lish publ missed misserl ishing ,

      having as his partner , at starting in y his new enterprise b another ik Scotchman b fc at this

      time ^ . ^ ^~ ^^ ^ r ^ fe ^ *^ in W ^ r ^^^^ the F ^^ ^ h ^ ^ . ' ^ v naval ^^ ^^ - ^^ m ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^ service ^ young w ^^^ ^^^ B ^* ^^ ^ g ^ of W ^^^ r ^ m his ^ ^^^ ^ b ^ ^ b ^ ^ K country ^^ ^^^ ^^ a ^ H * ^^ ^^ , ^ B ^ k ^ V , who ^ f ^ h flb ^^ . ^^ is doublremembered as the author of almost

      y our solitary nautical epic , and by the melanp chol . holv circumstance ciro . nnistn . Ticp-. of of his his death rlen . tli . Ves Yes . there ther «

      has y been long in print the letter in , which Lieutenant McMurrayof the Royal Marines

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      London , for the acquisition of which he himself was then negotiating . The letter , dated

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      and describes the character and the promise ^ of the business of William Sandby , of Fleet

      btreet Street . , " " opposite ODDOsite fet St . . JJunstan Dunstan ' 's s Church Church . , " " and and cl of of ose the the to Falcon Falcon Falcon Court which which ( so had had called been been fro that that m the of of si the + gn . K « ' \

      venerable old p , rinter , Wynkyn de Worde , , the ¦¦ ¦¦ successor ¦ of the still more venerable William

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      his history . These works I shall sell by comand mission Mr llBFVBBBI . , Sandb f upon *^ BV B / WBIr » « T- ^ a B- certain has B ¦ BI Bi promised BJ profit BiPBlKP . , without to P me mH «^ risque always BTB / BJB Bf ;

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      The The young vouncr lieutenan lieutenant t of of m marines arines had had con con--fidence in himself , and seems to have known

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1885, page 823, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091885/page/3/