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    his London appointments years ago and found his way to Brazilwherewith only a knowledge of his

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    fascination Mr . Wells an of a agreeable sprightly companion narrative , throug will find h-

    out South American scenes . Many of the districts ^ p *^ p ^ ppjpr ^ pr ppm ^ P" ^* pr ^ p p ^ pr traversed ^ pr ^ pp ^ pf ^ p w ^ pjp 1 ^ PPf p ^* ' ^ r ^^^ ¦ b ¦ ^> y the ^ p- ^* - ^ m ^ p ^ traveller ^ r . ^ pi ¦ » ^^^ — - ^ r ' hav — —~ — — e —

    hitherto been quite unknown . The region from the Rio Sao Francisco to the Rio

    Tocantins is now described . A great portion of this countryhitherto unexploredis totally

    uninhabited . , The book , judging , from the care with which it has been written and the great

    amount should at of once statistics take , its & c , lace which as the it supp standard lies , p

    modern English authority upon Brazil and Brazilian life . A new mapM , with many

    corrections on old cartography , accompanies the volumeswhich throughout are lavishly

    embellished , by illustrations reproduced from

    original drawings and photographs .

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    ¦ - r : - ^ K ^ f noo The . Publishers t ' Circular Oct . f = l 886 ^ - ——— . ¦ ¦ -i i . i . 1

    Library Association Of The

    LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE

    UNITED KINGDOM . This ¦ prosperous ¦¦ body h ¦ eld —¦ - it r s » - ™ ninth annual b 4 Ph fPk

    mee zyth 29 th t . and and in oUth 30 the th . Hal ult ult . . l of feince Since — G ray the the ' s I nrs firat nn ^ ^^ , t ^^ ^™ on ^ conference o ™ ^^™ . rvnfpsrfin » ^ r the ^ m ^^ ^^^^^ 28 ^ pw ** + r th ^ v -. p ^^ ! ,

    held , at the London Institutionin October , x 1877 » Y / , meetings meetings have nave taken taken place Dlace , at at Oxford Oxford .

    E M dinburg anches , t - ¦ - h —~ , C and - ™ ambrid - Pl h ymou b ge 1 , th Dublin . The pbb - , meeting % Liverpool f at , ,

    G — — ^ ray — — ^ — — ' s I nn ' t , hi s ^*~ season -w - ^ —~ ^^^^ ^^ ^ n h ^^ as ^^^^ v ^ ^^ b ^^ een remar ^^ ^ p , ^^^ ^ p < p ^ ^^ ^ k ^^ a ^^ a ^^^ bl f ^ L ^^ i ^ e L ^^^ for ^^^ v ^ W the very ¦ high character ~^~ of the papers which flPtoPk -pb

    were the king rea dom d . f—^ Nearl were y present — all ~^ the " ~^ . chief ~~ ^ ^ - ^ ^^ librarians »*^ » - * ^«^ ^» r * n ^ V W ^^ - ^^ of

    The annual report stated that the number of members on the roll on September -P -rmmw « 18 was

    from irom 566 . oep September The tiemoer accounts 1 i . i 1885 — show »» - o . to to that - — ^» r p Septem SentembeT ^ - ^^ the ^ , . * X ^ ' ^^ ^* m recei ber . « P ^ ^ ¦ V pts 18 18 V ^ PJP i .

    to to 1886 - £ VZM 294 , amoun % . Bhowmg Bhowinor ted to a a , balance balan , and , ce in in the favour favour expenditure of r > f the +. Via ,

    Association of £ 193 . Bond At the princi opening pal librarian sitting the of President the British , Dr .

    I I Museum - ^ at- , , , delivered M « pi _ a telling ____ i naugural address ,

    Library Association Of The

    ia of which the purpose he took and a singularl work y of expansive Free Public view Libraries — urging that the aim of — such institu

    tions ratepayers should , w Tv not ith a ^ J the be confined mere general to suppl ^^» reading * w- » ^ ying UOUlvLI the of - 1 * the day . Directors should do their best to

    Bond pp make —p »^ ^^ - ^^ p »^ v « % them remarked pp > j ^ pr um ¦¦>»¦ centres ——i »» ¦*«•» that ^—¦ wv of .-v of <« r intellectual ^ — late w— « - * r they ^^ # j » - ^ r- w « had *^ activit p * w ^ p ^ witnessed yy * y . Dr . the of and most V « LA ^ 3 Qaf

    tions dispersal of books large and manuscripts precious by collec public - auction . The greater number of the rarer

    work and — lost - s were - for transported ever to our to own forei . gn The - — — countries - spirit of

    the I ^ collector ^ ^ pi I of rare literature 1 * f I seemed ^^ to ^ ^ have ^^ Ji declined — — - — _ at ___ the present j ^ time ¦ . He __ — saw wn * no A 1 V / V > ^ p A of * for A a V

    the hope treasures , therefore ---- broug , ht securing together t "b y the enli - ghtened country

    tne the book — — aid aid — collectors — of ot the tne of free iree a j past lib nora ra generation .-a ries ries . . ^ To j ro , excep this tnis ^ pp ^ ™ ^ ^ end end ^ t b ^^ y .

    ¦ j however oint action pr , it was in order necessary to make that the there acquis should itions be ,

    a mi — — ^ r' common ^ — ^^^ g ^^— ht — ^^ ^^^^ - ^ be jr - — ^^ — ™ ~^ m- •—— benefit further w ™ —— - »^ - ^ — ^ . extended ~ - The — sp irit —v b of — y - ^— - ^^ ' a co ~ - system m ~ ^ operation - ^ v ^ p - ^^ - ^^ — F ^ pppp — ~ ^ 4 PA ^ — p ^ pb ^ ^^ of ^ LpWJ

    Some interchange ^ ^ helmi of ht books be obtained and manuscri from ^^ pts the on British _ _ loan ^^ . p gPB P * ph ppp > PJ A . A V A ppl a

    Museum cate books , which . If had the a trustees certain number found that of dup some li -

    of the ^— free libraries ^ K ^ ^& A were attending _ ^ ^ PB Pk to special B branches of literature they would be encouraged

    to dispose of them , and be guided in doing so . Maunde After _ Thompson the A presidential read a address pap t - er , 'On Mr . tl E ? e .

    Arrangement ^ and Preservation ^^^ - ^ of Manu-DV scr 11 i UUO pts '; , another ailUtliCl i paper yjOt ^ JSsA . being MVilUg that VM . X . € Al \ J of \ JX . Professor A . XV / XV / auwj :

    Pollock on The Use and Arrangement of Law Libraries /

    read ^ P » ^ PT'Ptf PJ ^ P Two 1 ** during 'fci P * ^ i ^ p » JP * ^ remarkabl P . ^ B >^ P'ai ^ the ^ P- ^^ dPM ^ mr- second rv ^ mr y ^ mr ^»^ interesting v-wh day w ^ —W ' s sitting ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ papers ¦ VPVA b" ~^ y * were

    Prof former p » essor ^^^ ^^ ^ K ^ P >«» ^^^ * PP > R spoke p . "i |>^ Doug ^^ ^^ b . ^ - ^^ of ^ las »^ ^^ i and The «^^^ ^ B wa ' ^^ ' Dr Libraries ^^^^^^ . ^^ R ^ p . . ^^ Garnett ' ^ p ^ w ^^ of - ^ ^^— the — . The Far

    East ^ in *^ M > China ^ pp ' . p » pbV ' ^ p >^ A , * W After ¦ and ^ . ¦^^¦ P h «^*^ Japan ^—^ g *_^ iving »— ' « - ^» -aL «> , « that *^ a ^ - % description s * r ^* of - ^ . ar ^ p > . Pekin pb ^^ ¦ ¦¦¦ — . ¦* — being w of ^ p' ¦ — libraries ^ pp » eleven — - —

    centuries that MA &^ W Tpy * as pVWPkiJ regarded i » - ^ p » old ipW «^ r Pk , ^> fp , ^^ Professor ¦« - >•• anti «^ V M . M . VaT A . quit >_^ V * P * A . *^ y Doug W , B the « # AaV ~^ p las r library ^ b ^ h PHp pointed ' pV - » - »^ w of - — - — the out the

    Chow Kwo ^¦* - . » . pp > ^^ p » - tsze d ^ L ^ ynas W - Kien ^ Pfe . ^ " *^ t » i ^ y w was ( » jv b . a c -s ^ f . m established 1122 ¦— -p »» p ^ p ¦¦¦¦ " -255 p ""» ^ pp ¦ - ^ ar- ) , pjj during an »• " d stood !

    unique in respect of its age and its contents AVVA l am arge Cfc o ng ^ c ^ p ^ i the * . t *• ' y T throug ¦*/ libraries * . « Jfc . V ^ Mb . hout MM . V ^ * - « . of «/ the m ^^ the . * . x « r Emp T world ~ » I ^ ire p » ^ . an - ^""^ In libraries official - " every

    library existed . In some towns private i collected nstances b y rich scholars ed i A n si rivalled zethose , and under in some the

    M 1 charg . O XpV * J thus 1 IM / tVAAWU . I . L 4 e of well HDIX the tJ urpass LIX . provided yj / mandarins CAMU t . \ J M ^/ lUOU V ^ - . with II ^^ 11 ^ f ¦ 'Va U But , stores EIVV v * 4 V > thoug ^ 1 VO J ^^ »* of v ^ « h . books ~ ~ China - ' ,

    be she cal does led no public t possess . The a sing library le library catalogues which can are I purged of all mention of novels , plays , and I

    r con elig tempt ious treatises for novels . The , which Chinese they have classify a supreme as I * small talk' and plays are regarded as being I

    an ^ a fit ¦ C-i - d onl ^— women , 1 y d - ^ sm for £ ^ for . ^_^ ¦ . , t J-T h VT e Theoreticall h Jfc « . f at ^ stu ~ > VX J ... t «/ d AipV h y ^^ J of ^ £ believe 9 * J the MX y Jk ~ M . ^ mt „ at W * - * common An least to W « ^ . * w be w > v they ^ -vn true peop T » f h , ave ) ot l le ( 3 II II I regarey ^*

    cont to be empt founded for upon work truth s which , and owe a corresponding their ongi" I I onlto the Pfc imag JPh 4 4 LVIph ination dP . Official ¦ Jl VPh histories PiPtt alone II

    are ever ever ** mS ^^»^ y W rega ^ caretully carefnllv " ^^ ^ V rded ^ i ^^ i as compiled ^ omnilftd authentic ^^ P *^ VW ii «^^ k V ^ K ^ . ¦ are are ¦ ^ , a . n lightly lichtl ^^ d - ^ ^ all ^ it ^^ v o >^^ esteemed esteem th ^ i i ^^ ers , how liiiiV ea - « >^

    lacki nished ng b tha the t guaran official tee information , ¦ for truthfulness Religi f ° u 3 " 1

    works ^ also "y of all •«¦¦ kinds •¦••« , whether <¦ . . Buddha T ~ * _ J sII \ 1 Hli . ' ppppi

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1886, page 1100, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101886/page/50/