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    dealing , in burlesque , style with cricket of the , present day p ^^ pj . also a novel of romantic and

    exciting p *^^ ^ ph ^ ppr p ^ pp ^^ pY jp ^^ p ^ ^^ r ^^^ interest p * w ; pj m ^^ p ^ p * »* p » , ^^ in ^» " ^ p » three ^~ ^~ ¦ » ¦ ^^~ volumes - ¦— — —¦ - —¦— —— —¦ , r entitled — — — — — ¦ — — - * Garvock 1 ^^~ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ - ^^^^ - ^ Q ^ J ^ B ^ ^^ , ^_ ' b w ^^_ r y _ Charles —^ B— ^_^ ^^_ - — - ^ I ^— - — — — Gibbon —^ - - — — - , a — writer — ^ " well — —

    known in the world of fiction . LadArchibald Campbell's open-air plays

    at Coombe y t / House have been X special JT ly illustra X «/ - ted by W . Hatherell , and scenes from ' As

    You Like It' are published in the October I Art Journal . ' A Visit to . ^ Esculapius' by E . J . Poynter

    R . A . which attracted such , attention at the , Royal , Academy in 1880 , has been engraved on

    steel , and is announced for publication in the November A rt Journal ; proofs on India paper are also — issuedand many subscribers _ _ - — ' names

    have ¦ already been , received •/ . - _ Mr . W . R . Douthwaite , the librarian of

    Gray's Inn , has in the press a work on the history and associations of that ancient foundation from its institution to the present day ,

    compiled from original and unpublished documents . It will contain many details of archaeologicalbiographicaland historical

    interest respecting , the ancient , constitution of Gray ' s Inn , its eminent members , and

    distinguished residents within its precincts . Among the illustrations will be views of South Square , Field Court , the Gate House in

    Holborn , and Barnard ' s Inn and Staple Inn , which were Inns of Chancery allied to Gray's Inn . The windows of the old dining hall

    with the shields borne by successive genera- , tions of membersare explained bdiagrams

    accompanied by a , complete list of y the names , of members . A list is added of the Readers

    and other eminent persons connected with the Inn , whose armorial bearings as depicted in an

    unpublished Harleian manuscript will be given in blazon . The lists of peerstemporal and

    spiritual pi ^ _ *¦ , who PP . belonged ^ _ ^^ to the _ , Inn ^ - ^ ^^ in — the _ latter half of the lGth century contains many

    of the most illustrious names in English historywhile among the lawyers who received

    their training , there are Bacon and Holt . A ¦ chapter ' of exceptional ~~ - - ^^ «™~ - ^* ^ 1 ^ ^^ ^^ ^ W - ^ ^^» ^ interest ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ r ^^¦ . ' ^^ i ^ ^^ will » W ^^^^ ^^ B be . ^^ ~^^ Pr that ^ .- ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^» on ' ^^ ^^ ^^

    of masques great and significance revels , of which during there the were reign many of

    Elizabeth , who appears to have held Gray's Inn in especial favour . —Times .

    Miss Anna E . Ticknor has presented to the Boston Public Library the fine marble bust of

    Cervantes made from his bronze statue by Sola the that — — — — ¦ late — formerl ¦ George - ~ r y -w- « ta stood Ticknor ¦*¦ in the library togethe of r her with father some ,

    300 bo — w o -mr ks *^ an ^ d pamp •** « ^ b ^ hlets ^^^ ahidhJk ^ s ^ also , * V n from VAAVA that V * <* . V library ** » t V ^ ^^* AA ^ , among which are rare volumes of

    Amerimany c ick poetry nor ' s * H and istory the o f ginal Spanish manuscript Literature /

    Professor A . H . Sayce is engaged on a little volume voiume dealing dealing with witn * * Assyria Assvria : : its its JPrinces ^ rxnces .

    U Priests , and People . ' , ¦ ' i . i i . iiiji ii . I-. I , i I , . ,

    The Christmas cards of Messrs . M . H . Nathan & Co . 24 Australian AvenueE . C

    are worthy of , the attention of buyers . , They ., are inexpensive and yet rich in fine effects

    . The flowers—roses especially—are admirable as likewise ¦¦¦ - are the children's picturesland- ,

    vvnr «^ " ^^^^^ - ^^ r " ^ ^ p ^ ^^^ m ^ " ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ " ^ — — ^^ — ¦ — — ^~^ ™^~^ , ^ w ^^ " ^^^^*^ B 4 fc ^^^^ scapes and seascapes . A rather novel "m card is an embossed representation of a bird ' s nest

    tures and birds of life . at A a pre fishing tty series village shows . The some subjects

    picfrom military life are well executed and bright . We would certainly recommend that some as attention we have be said paid they to this are firm singularl ' s productions y cheap , con for - ,

    sidering their general , attractiveness . The Daily News gives a description of

    ' The Gladstone Library , ' which is now being collected for the National Liberal Club . The

    room set apart for the library will be about 100 feet by 40 feet , and will immediately face the Hotel Me ' tropole . The books alread

    received comprise between six and seven y thousand volumesand include the most ¦

    valuable ^^ V ^^ " ^"" ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^¦ ^ ^^^^^ ^^"" ^^^ ^^^^^ portion ^ ^—^ ^^* - ^ ^^^^^^^ " ^ of ^^^ " - ^^ , ^ h the library — - ^— —^ —~ ' of — — — an ^~ ~— old friend ~ ^^ ^^^ w ^^ r ^^ of Mr . Gladstone ' s college days . Valuable

    presents have been made by members of the club and othersamong whom are Professor

    Thorold Rogers , , M . P ., Mr . Sydney Kennedy , Mr . Borlase , M . P ., and Mr . Henry Brown .

    Among the more important works are a weighty series in 1320 volumescomprising the

    Parliamentary , papers , blue , -books , & c , from the year 1801 to 1851 which have been obtained

    from the library , of an eminent statesman ; Hansard's Parliamentary History and Debates

    from the commencement , together with the previous publications of Drake , Chandler , & c ,

    making together over five hundred volumes ; the Annual Register and the Gentleman ' s Magazine ment ; the , Biograp each perfect hie Generate from the the commence Master of

    the Rolls' series complete ; the ; quarto edition of old English Chronicles , edited by Sir Henry Ellis Ki ' s ' Theatre de la Grande

    ; p Bretaigne' ( Hartley's copy ) , Tillemont ' s works , Baronius ' s Annals ( with Laderchius and

    Theiner of works ) , Mabillon illustrative ' s works of the , a two large periods collection of

    English ecclesiastical history—namely , those of the Nonjurors and the Oxford movement ;

    Gibbon Strype's , Lingard works , the , Turner historical , Neander works , of Geiseler Hume , ,

    Ranke valuable , Milman classical , Prescot library , , Robertson the philosop , <& hical c , a

    JL Bacon works ^ MIVVAJL , * of & « J ^/ K Philo c /« , good ^ i VV ^ Judseus V * . editions V ^^^ -A VJ . , VAAM Plotinus of V ^ JK , our ^ - ^ * - « , Leibnitz princi XT *— ' pal % . ,

    lating poets and to topog dramatists JL O rap hy , , besides antiquities JL many , volumes and archi re-

    tecture . Rossetti Mr . Slark ' s Shelley has in ' three preparation vols a It reprint will be of

    tastefully got up and , some copies . printed upon Dutch hand-made paper , at a higher price .

    We understand that the marriage of Mr . George Murray Smith ( son of Mr . George and

    the Smi Smith Hon th , , ot of . Ellen Messrs Messrs Strutt - . Smith Smith , daug , . il Elder -ld hter er . , <» & of Co the Jo .. ; ) late anu and sister of the t Lord Belperwill

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1885, page 954, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101885/page/38/