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    Mr . W . Larden is writing for Messrs . Longman — ^^ mm ^ — ' ^ ^™ ' s m-mmw series v ^ v - ^^ tm » mmm -m ^^ w r « r of ^ . ^ ^^ * Handbook v ^»^^ k ^ y ^ b ^& ^^^» » ir ^^^ ^^ ^ k ^^ a s ^^ ^ for ^ ^^ r * m r Students ^^^ «^ * * - ^^^» ^^ ^ ^™ * mv w ^'

    a spec treatise ially desi on gned electricity with regard . The to the volume wants of is students - - — — — —— — mmw i ¦ —» in ^ w « w public fmm- H v ntm *~ ^ m ^& ^^ v schools «^ ^ H » ^» A ^»* ^^^ ^* I w 'and ^ i » «»^^ - ^^ - ^ colleges - ^^ - ^^ ^^^ v mmmr Hfe ^^ »^^ , y and - ™ - ^— ¦ ^ h "

    will contain an account of the most recent discoveries and inventions in the science . Mr . Willis-Bund is reading ^ j the proof

    srsheets of ' Salmon Problems , ' to be published by Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . A singular - ™ - ^ freak ¦¦ on the part r of the

    ^^™ ^^» ¦ * " ^^ ^™ ^™ ^ v ^ h — ™ r — ™ - ^ " - ~— — ^ " — "mmr mm * mmm- -mmr ^™ ^ v mMmr m _^^^^ qtf ^^ ^ m * ^^ ^ b ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ r Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung creates much humorous comment in the German . In

    its recent Sunday literary number that press paper broug » - — — - * - * ' —~™^ «^ fc ht ' - *• out —^ — — —* the — — - — - ^ v first « ¦ i —™ »— ^^ * few ^ ^^ » v chapters - * mmr m ^ m- «^ ^ i ^» Wm ^ *^ ^^^ ^^ Fi r of ^ i—^ 4 » V a »> V novel 4- It ] ^ S T m ^ . # ^^

    entitled ' The Broken Pitcher / with the usual —¦ — - ~_ - — - _ - _ heading - - ~ - -mw — _ ^_ _~ ^ mM ^ : w 'Reprint ^__ - _~ , ^ _ —^ ^^ ^ h » ^ b rffc ^ r ^ ^ forbidden ^ ^ - ^ ^^ »\^ ^ k ^^ m ^** fc ^™^ m , m \ m . V 7 The , ^ m ^ ^ L ^||*

    novel is none other than that written by Heinrich Zschokke , and was lirst x > ublished eighty years ago .

    There is to be a ' Scribnei ' s Monthly ' againaccording to the New York Commercial

    , Advertiser , which states that Charles Scribner's Sons will establish the new magazine early in

    1886 , when the limit of time during which ¦ they were bound not to undertake such , an

    enterprise will have expired . Mr . . Elliot Stock announces a new series of

    'Popular County Histories , ' intended to furnish readable — ^ - " ^ chronicles — —~ ^— ^^ " ^ — " . ^"' ¦ ' of ^^ ™ each - ^ mr 'Mm ^ ^¦ m ^ 4 » ^» count ^ fc ^ ^^ 1 ^ ^ ^ m ^ ^ b ^^ y in ^ L ^ L ^ fc Eng mmWmrm ^ M ^ k ^ k ^^^ k land ^** ^ ^^ ^ " ^ " ^ ta ^ t

    in a handy form . The volumes will be demy 8 vo . size in Roxburgh binding ; large paper copies conies will will also also be be issued issrmfl in in 4 4-to to ... in in vpsf restricted . rinf . ^ rl

    numbers . The first volume , to , be published very shortlywill be a ' Popular History of

    , Norfolk , ' by Walter Rye ; the immediately following volumes will be mt the ' History of

    - — m m ' - — — — — — - ^ — » * ~ - ^ m ^ - ~ , r -, ^ m ^ & ^ ^_^ mm fE j ^ fc ^ v * ^^ f Mt J m ., . ^ Jk > Devonshire ^ V ^^^ k ' ma mt / b ^ y R 4 ^ r ^»^ . N i ^^ rnmrn ^ . Worth ^ m . ^ m . ; the 'History _ . ^^^ of — — —— Berkshire —— . —— - «¦—— — — — " j / by % 7 Major - ' - « - * I ' - ^ * . Cooper ^— r - \ * v _ ^ I j * sm . King -B- X . JL X X Si- ; and CVJL X \^« . the f 11 ^^

    ' History of Yorkshire / by the Rev . R . V . Taylor . This series sh 6 uld do wellas it will fill a void in the department of local , history .

    Two pamphlets of some interest relating to the industries of our Eastern mm * mlJfc possessions mi

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    Cardamoms ^^^^ 4 ^ B , and *^ m \ Areca m \ Cultivation ^ mmm . . ^ mt m * in _ Cey - ^ lon _^ ; , ' discussed discussed in in letters letters iro from m Messrs Messrs . . Rutherford RutherforrL

    Gri Hug gg hes and , Armstrong Borron , ( 2 Sewell ) ' Cey m ^ lon , H and ay , her Cameron Plant It - , ,

    f ~) rj , y — - — — — ^* - * - m— ; _ y __ . mtr ^^ _ rm- ^_ , j , » . ^ # • ¦»—* , J , « , ^_/ J « . ^ B _ « . V J * » . ^ ing Enterprise in Tea , Cocoa , Cardamoms , Cinchona Cinchona . Cocoanut CocoanuL and a , nrl Areoa Arftna Pjilni Palms n a field fipilrl

    for the investment , , of British capital ; and energygiving rw the inions r > of a ktt number »¦ rv of

    p lanters j-m ^ # , of — diversified ^ " ^ — " ^ op '" I experience ^ <¦ ^—r m r ^ » - m- ^ in -- the m ¦ x-- ^ m m colony ^ ^ ^ l > > . * Mt , also estimates ~^ -- — — — - — - — - — - — of — —— the -w _ —m ^ mW outlay % m ^ «*^ ^ dlfe ^ VV on ^/ A « 41 , and % - ^ *• ^ ^ * return fc > ^^ T V \» Jk , A ^ B

    from , a variety of products . ' Many of the trade will be interested to hear

    that Mr . Charles Welsh ' s Life of John Newbery — —— - ¦ * — ^^ j , j - under ~— —— — — —— — the - — title — — — —~ — of — ¦ ' m A - ^ mr i h ^ Bookseller ^ - ^^ - ^ ^^ h ^ v ^ . ^ ^ - ^^ —m ^ p W ^ mmp ^^^ v ^ . of ^ m- ^^ the ^^^ ^ p ^ ^^ ^^^^

    Last Century / will be published this autumn . The work has grown very much beyond the oriinllntiipated dimensionsMr XTJl JL Welsh TT 3

    VI iglAJOiAljr gay CVAlUJLVlj ac ^ MVOU UJllllCillOlUllS ) . . . CJLK 1 J . » ! desires us to say that he will be glad of any n inform mmr m-m »| i ation tmw with reference to the books

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    Millicent Fayr / Madoc has , just author ready of a 'The new Story romanw » { I I entitled TherebIt will b

    Messrs . Black ' wood y . ' & Sons . e published - by * I I has The ± M in obiect r . the T . press oi of J . the ISTorth a ' Popular blication y , an History Exeter is is to of journal Exeter ist ' I I

    ne oojecz zne pu puoucamon to place nlace in in the fKa I I the hands old of ' Semper the citizens Fidelis and ' in visitors an attractive a history form of I I and at moderate The work

    a price . is in the office hands Pl of ymouth the printers _ _^ and at it the will Western be . _ dedicate -w » Anti mm . t \\ quary d to

    ¦ — — _ M J the Mayor — , — qJ of Exeter , . ^* ^>^ ^* * ^ \ _ l V \ J The London correspondent b of the ¦ Manchester

    — — — — — — — "" — " ^^ ^^ - ' ^» , w w v \^ # t / v / t ? Vt / Guardian f * J ^ hears ^| that j ^ j an American A , Mr "m jf . Norton -m * . _» will bring out next ' season in New York a volume of letters from Carlle that

    ywill show the dinerent different philosop irom from her that that in thrown thrown a loveable upon ur > on Tiiiti mm light \ yu , very Mr Mi .

    Froude . In the compilation of the y forth- . coming volume mmr i Carlyle ' s nieceMary Aitken

    Carl ^ mm- - * v — mmm v ^» ^^ m ^ y ^ m mm * ^ le ^ ^^^^ , has ^ mmr ^ . ^ —mr- ~ mm ^^« ^^ zealousl - ^^ v , ^ H ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ W y ^^^ ^^^ hel . ^^^ ^^~ ped ™ mf ^ b ^« ^^^ - ^^ r . ^^^ , mj ^^^_« ^^ One ^ ^ b ^ V ^ 4 W F ^^^ of h ^^^ ^^ ^^ V ^ K the ^ L ^ J J V most r —m- -- ^ - ¦ - interesting _ m- ^ m ~^_~ ^^> r ^^^ k features — — — of the —m- - _ - recueil — - » , mw mmr- m ^ mr of ^ mm ^ ^^ letters ^^ ^^^ ^^ m ^ m ^ J ^ a ^ M

    to be published on the other side of the Atlantic will be fifteen contributed to it by Mr . Robert Browning k . These letters cover mmV a

    ^^^_ ^ v _ ~»* - ™ - — ~ mw — ~^^— - — - — — — ^— ^^ wmmr ~^ m ^ V VmBT t ^ ^^ long space of time . There is the letter written by Carlyle on the occasion of Browning ' s first published poem — a letter full of generous

    recognition of a genius critics ridiculed . A letter addressed to Mr . Browning on his marriage with Elizabeth Barrett is rich with cordial congratulations of " a marriage made

    in Heaven / ' to quote Carlyle ' s words . The last letter in this collection is dated shortly be-^ fore W ^ m ^ T Jk > ^^ Carl * + mmr «^ f ^ k ^ h y W le ^ *^ m + ' s ^ ' death ^ Wm ^ m ^ «*^* ^^ *& J ^ . V ¦ Owing ^ k ^^ T ***• * - > ^^ ^*^ to ^*^ ^^ Carl ^^^ % < i ^^» m ~ m y f «* le ~* T ' s will - ' - ~ , J

    which gave to Mr . Froude the sole light of I ublishing and editing his letters and papeis , the forthcoming volume cannot be brought out \

    in London . Those who desire to possess books relating to to the the counties counties of of Devon JJevon . Cornwal Cornwalll , and ana

    Somersetshould write for the , new Catalogue , Yard issued i Exeter by , Mr . . The El kin catalogue —m- ___ Mathews -- _ is worthy , Cathedral of an

    — - _ , -mr -mm- ^ , — m — - ^ ' - — — -, ^_^ . _ _ ^^ examination . Admirers of our great poet , all the world tch

    over nvar will . , shortl will will be be issue glad erlad a to to series learn learn of that that fac-similes Mr Mr . . ( Quari ^ uantcn of all the importan y t Shakspeare quartoswhich will

    Jb be F . \ executed J J . . iFurnivalL ^ urnivall under the the the tounder founder superintendence and and , director director of Mr of « . i

    lithograp the New hic Shakspere plates , are Society by Mr . . Prretorius Devonshire The p hot and o-

    Mr Mr Mr . . . Alfr W W . . ed Urigg ari ' H vf * . . . Huth The Th « , Duke Duke the Trustees of of Devonsmrr of the ,, British British Museum Museum , the the Master Master and and Senior Senior Fellows J ? emm o

    o the f T Bodleian rinity College Library , , Camb Oxford ridge , and the Curators the vaxis Senate of j

    1 / J 1 U JLJKJKXXKJlOikM . JU 1 UA til V 7 AXUJLUCbiXVA . — their of the treasures University to , he Edinburg , , reproduced , , h , have . Already allowed ll _ ' J i four » J have 1 _ been 1 _ hotograp 1 , ^ 4- yL r *\* C . Y \ hed T \ ft ( ± m

    nin others thirty eteen - are lith quartos in ograp hand hed , Until fifteen now published p exact , and fac- ,

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    Halliwell at Wve guineas each could be quarto by only in som a new e thirty form subscribers can be obtained ; but now for eacn W . »

    with the addition of a critical introduction to ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1885, page 826, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091885/page/6/