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      Messrs. R. V. Wblte A. Co. I A Ft Woman'...

      Messrs . r . V . Wlilte & Co , —continued .

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      Facing the Footlights , by t lorence Marryat , cheap edition . [ Vide page 945 .

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      Lttr. Richard Willougrfeby. Little And G...

      lttr . Richard Willougrfeby . Little and Goodby Emma Marshall .

      Book of Golden , Gifts ., Seven Blessings ( from Book of Psalms ) and other Bible Thoughtsby M . E *

      The British Juvenile Albumwith 30 illustrations . , The British Workwoman , Volume , XX .

      The Crystal Stories , Volume III . The Black Speck / by F . W . Robinentirely new illustrate ! cheap edition .

      The British Workwoman ^ , ^/ Sheet Almanack , % for / 1884 . A [ Vide page 924 .

      Messrs. Cr. A. Young: *, Co., Ssclinburg...

      Messrs . Cr . A . Young : * , Co ., SSclinburgrli . 'Alphabetic Concordance to the Greek New Testamentexhibiting every wordwith all its

      prefixes and affixes , gender , number , case , tense , , mood , & c , also the , Hebrew Originals of each as rendered in the Septuagint Version .

      Also a ' Grammatical Analysis of every word in the Book of Psalms . '

      [ Continuation of Announcements in our next . ]

      The Proposal To Raise A Fund As A Testim...

      The proposal to raise a fund as a testimonial to Mr . Martin Tupper has given rise to a

      regret correspondence to his friends on the . In publication an unwise and moment sale of , one the poet of the ' s works promoters , which of the must fund cause expressed considerable surprise at the scanty profits which Mr . Tupper seems to have made from his booksand implied

      edition that he of had the not ' Proverbial been liberal Philosop ly treated hy . b ' y So Messrs far from . Cassell this & having Co . in been the the matter case of Messrs , an illustrated . Cassell

      write tney thev were were to the induced induced Times to to to say enter enter that int into they o to to were produce r > rodiinfi the the the sufferers edition edition by a in in contract questi miestion on which . irom from , in whicn which a , weak th thev moment ey have nave ,

      incurred a very large x > ecumary loss . They add that a large portion of , a very limited edition still remains unsold their shelvesand suggest that if each of the supposed numerous

      admirers of Mr . Tupper upon ' s works would onl , y purchase one copy of the edition they would be happy — — —¦ - ' ^— * to — ¦** - hand ——ww— . a . ^^ over ¦*_* - w ^/* all «^< . * ,. * . the VAA ^_/ profits t ^ - ** V JUA Vt >« J resulting Jfc . » - * JkJ V « JL &/ AA <*^ t from V 4 IJ ¦ > such K 7 V » V / * . fcV a X course ^ V' -V * J . KJ ^ - / to WV ^ the «^ JlA ^/ Testimonial - * . ^ - 'fcj »^ - » A AAVAA -B . « - *» JW _¦» Fund - * - ¦ - »™ , and

      believe to add thereto by Messrs a handsome . Cassell & contribution Co . that in . order On this to supp Mr . l Tupper y his ' Proverbial remarks that Philosop he was hy' led to the to artisan class + it % would A be issued in serial form i 11 and he shows tJ how sanguine must A 1 & L « U be Ik his

      tern-« sw _ . v-. ' ^^ w . a . wav . w ^ j *^ . j T » v- ' *^ , V * . IL / V > AUUU . UML Jll UVJ . X . iil . V / 11 ; C * i JLV * . XXV | J 41 WrAiV FT k 7 C « X 1 & «^ 4 AXJLV > . V ^ V- ' ***» - ' — — ' — perament year ! Letting when lie this adds that liment he expected to the the literary artisan class digestion would of consume the artisan 20 , 000 copies we within have a

      Messrs . CasselFs statement comp of the reasons which led them , to abandon the idea pass , of a serial issue : 'We only abandoned his project fora popular issue of " Proverbial Philosophy" in

      disappointing numbers after both we had to him assured and to ourselves usWe b communicated y exhaustive inquiries our -views that to the him result ( May 19 must 1881 prove ) in

      into i the nto following between between word you vou s and a : " The ourselves onrsftlvfta more we the t . . have more mor considered ^ w wft © become V » p . f » nTYi the ft convinced o execution . nnvino . fid that that of the , the tha agreemen result rfiHiilt , t or of entered such such

      attain execution the can circulation only be at disadvantageous which point , our for agreement both parties provides . We feel for assured the payment the work of will royalty never to 000

      you . " ' Mr . Tupper , it appears , had agreed not to demand any royalty until a sale of 12 , that copies their was forecasts reached ; have and been his publishers completel ' y deep justified ly regret , and , for that his the sak sales e as have much never as for yet their reached own , 7

      tne point wJien any account had to be rendered to him .

      December The Proposal 13, 1784 To , Comm...

      December The proposal 131784 to commemorat has called e forth the centenary protest of in Dr . Johnson evening ' s contemporary death , which occurred who asks on

      whether the habit , , now , fast gaining on us a , of celebrating an the death-days of great men , is a par " ticularly graceful one ? In the case * of canouisad saints the practice is for obvious reasons an

      intelligi them to ble mankind one ; but for in its that delig of ht wits and and instruction poets he which holds is that worthiest it is rather of commemoration the day whicii . g The » v °

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1883, page 882, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101883/page/32/