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    rM*s T^h^ Embl is^er sV Circul ar Oct. i...

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    Library Association Of The

    deduced one-lialf r the subscribers obtaining thirty oriinall vol y umes procured a year fifteen for the . sam The e sum gratuitous which

    g distribution give , eighty- of nine museum copies publications of the printed is exten book ^ catalogue alone being iven awayprincipally

    to free libraries . The g attendance , at the reading-room in 1 S 77 was 113 , 594 ; in 1885

    of it was book 159 s used , 340 is . nearl The increase 60 r cent in the . the number total y pe

    The being increase 1 , 103 , 121 arises in 1885 partl against y f 650 rom , 219 i , improved in 1877 .

    ministration minis education tration without within within , partl - but but y in in fro no no m improved smal small l degree decree

    adto the introduction of , the electric light , which has prolonged the hours of study .

    in U . M . he XLXJOiL Thursday aring . AXlg the 1 / . , IJ . C the 7 following XUlXU concluding nlllg papers ^/ CfcJ da y -O , w : . as Mohcaries in occup * ¦ * « ¦ ' ¦¦• ied J-VJ

    . for cation the in Blind Free / by Public Mr . J . Libraries P . Briscoe ' b ; y * Mr Classifi . W - .

    b May Mr ; * H The R Classification Teddeftand of * Practical Shakespeariana , »»/ S / -

    The The tions UJ y J . TJLX various v on ai . . - ious Bookbinding M . . JLV papers r > . . a- nftrs C / VLUKsJL were \ p- "* ere ; , / CJVAA by treely freelv . UL Mr . J discussed discussed *» . ^/ U Zae UUI-L hnsdorf ugges ugg ana and v " . '

    upon the whole the result of the conference , , of 1886 should be highly gratifying to the

    members of the Association .

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    ift Messrs book . entitled Dean & Son ' Sunshine have in and the Stream press a g

    written and illustrated by Mrs . Bishop , - Culpeper . This book relates the adventures

    of four children daring a summer visit to their uncle ' s riverside house . The illustrations

    cons ist merous of sixtee et n chings pages t mono o dep tint ict , in their addi boa tion ting to

    The excursions size is , coun crown tr y 4 , ramb to . and les t he th t rice he dogs wil , l & c . 7 p

    but half-a-crown . , Since Alaska was sold to the United States

    7 by 200 Russia 000 dols in . 1867 we , have for a heard money paymen little t of of ,,, very

    that have been interesting written country on the . grea Few t Arc books tic province indeed

    the natural wealth , of which is seen in . enormous , abundance of fisheries in rivers and on the

    coas bers t , of fur val - bearing le fores ani ts mals , and . in A grea clear t num light

    will be thrown upon this immense fish and fur country by a new bookentitled ' An Arctic

    Province Henry W . : Elliott Alaska , . and The the , volume Seal will Islands be illus / by

    t w ill ted also by be many added drawings . Messrs from . Sam nature ; maps Low pson

    & Co . will publish Mr . Elliott's book . Mr . Quaritch has fixed FridayOctober 29

    as the date for his annual trade sale , . , The name of Mr . John Ramageof 21

    Warwick Jurors for Square the Bookbinding , E . C ., appears Department as one , of the in

    Edinburgh International Exhibition . A new - man -- u - alentitled Lessons in

    Elementary College Dynamics — haa recen — — — , ^^ b —» ^ y tl , « Mr -v ^ -- ^ bee ^^ vr . < 4 ^* - H — n ^^ published . iiia G - ^ . *^ ir ^ Madan *^ + " » - ' J « j ^ p ^ J « b - J « J » , — ¦ Messrs of — — ^^ - Eton ^ ^ fc ^ T ^

    W . & R , . Chambers y . y . aa ,., ,, .. ..

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    Full ^ trraagemeiit $ have now been made for the ui of the Uic issue | promised ; i in vutioou idie ^^ ^ different ti life uu w o ^; | countries th wipr ^ ^ ^ pe > , of : - Messrs JM Europe . e 8 Srg

    E Sampson uropean publica ILoir < tion & Co . > . Mr t have . Charles charge tu . TVebster of the publisherNew Yorkrecentlreturned from

    , , y '* ¦ * i a ' visit jfche i to « . publication his i Holiness -w ~ r i ~ of , during i the _ .. book whichlie i . i ) r . arranged Bernard -

    O'Heilly is the writer , his narrative beina based Dasea on on an aii authentic auui ^ iitiu rnSmoire rnvnwtre . furnished xuniisiiea be } b > v

    i the smultan Pope e himself ouslin . E T £ e ^ ork and will America published y urope .

    Mr . Fisher Unwin , 26 Paternoster Row has now registered the telegrap ¦ hic address

    ' Century , London . ' As usualMessrs . Cassell & Co . have

    beginning several Deginnmg sterlin of or , the tne g season season attractions , . jlu In to the tne offe first nrst r at place Dlaoe the .

    quite a new magazine is to be started , the title , being The Lady ' s World , It is an illustrated

    magazine of fashion and society ¦ « . The rw % intention hinn is i { 4 to t , c \ plac ¦ nl fti > ft e at a . t the thft command nhmmand of of ladies ladies a

    monthly magazine containing -the latest information respecting the fashions v at home and

    abroad also sketches , furnished of societ by competent from the authorities of , ypens

    accomplished and brilliant , writers . The magazine will be profusely illustrated . The

    first part will be ready on October 26 . Another important enterprise to begin on

    new October and 26 revised is the edition issue , in of ' Cassell thly parts ' s History , of a

    of England . ' During the past thirty years this wo of The upward rk , new in various of edition three issues -quart will , has ers contain of ha a d million a about circulation cop two ies .

    thousand illustrations , many of which are new .

    The Magazine of AH has completed its for first the decade forthco , and mine the : promises volume are of the such proprietors as should

    AiKSA ar draw t progress VXJ . t he XV _ a ttention . In 1 U 1 & 1 & the of T V / X past all UHiV who the l 4 fJ-V are UUVAA magazine devoted « - ^»» w « " has to

    done the best work possible . Now an etching , p ho fron iiVJll togravure tispiece / , o wi r th steel pla monthl lllVXXV te will be part j issued * ' - Uot , as

    -CV increase thstanding . ) JOUlVjV in t , j he that ¥¥ XU-IJL this every V V < - will » A V of necessitate produc ^ AA y ^ vw vuiv t .-. ion a . ho — the \ 7

    ieelin fftftl price illUXCaOC incr g will assured a . aaiirpid XIX remain 1 / JL 1 O that that expe C as -A IJ here , n such sn J . OC se t ofore h an an , addition addition the UU « publishers " to io ) , tne i «*

    art treasures of the magazine will result in _ a very largely increased circulation .

    Messrs . Nisbet & Co . announce that having by acquired vy Mr xvxr . . jp Francis t ntiiuiB he copyri Georg vr ^ g ht e Heath xxuai the following , , arrange ax j . 0 . 1 * 5 , <•— ments t ^ oks rn in .

    a are Paradise cheaper now in / illustrated progress and attractive for by | their fern form p republication lates r ' The and oUier J ^ I engravings < Our Woodland Trees » ' I

    n gravin tra umerous ted ga w it engravings 4 ; Trees colou and | red Ferns ' p Forest lates / illustrated and Scenery wood , ? wi cn ^ * I l

    numerous beautiful wood ; engravings ; ^^ J S ¦ pring , ' with coloured Peasant Life lustra in tio the ns and Wesi ~* °° M

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1886, page 1102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101886/page/52/