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      Ioi That The London. Literary Society Sh...

      the character of the books that are issued by some of these societies : "We question whether

      two in a hundred are -worth the paper of the ' copy / The fate of * the London literary

      Society ought not to be without its lesson to young — - — --- authors . The exposure ^ e f is comp blete

      and the warning impressive . Of course at ; is impossible not to sympathise with the sufferers ,

      but at the same time compassion is qualified by the knowledge that they have themselves

      to blame *

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      Novrifi 8 S 8 ' The mi P t ^ ubl ^ ¦ ^ ish i ers ' Circular > " >«• ^ r ? i ' . •' _—~_» ' i i —— - —— - ¦——_— . ^

      Booksellers * Provident Institution. The...

      BOOKSELLERS * PROVIDENT INSTITUTION . The usual monthly meeting of the Board of

      Directors of this Institution was held at the offices , 56 Old Bailey , on Thursday , Oct . 18 ,

      at 7 o ' clock in the evening , Charles James LongmanEsq . presidingand there were 16

      directors present , , - The sum , of £ 117 . 14 s . 2 d , was voted in assistance for distribution among

      65 members and widows of members . New Pofuxar Educator , —Messrs . Cassell

      & Co . ( Limited ) have begun the publication of an entirely revised edition of this deserving

      work . For about five-and-twenty years this work has been before the publicso-that its

      educational merits are very well , understood . The new edition should amplify the claims <> f

      the work to widespread notice as one of oiir best educational mediums for private study .

      Gustavb Dong ' s Illustrated Bible . — A noteworthy instance of what enterprise can

      firm effect of is Messrs shown . Cassell in the & appearance Co ., of a new , from edition the

      at of this one celebrated half work monthl , in weekl numbers y numbers three- , penny , y

      pence scriber . as Ori much ginally as the eight work guineas cost the and sub was

      indeed thought cheap at the price , ; it can now be acquired for something like eight

      shillings ^ m * . In face of a fact such as this further comment is superfluous ; but we may

      at ict any rate effect again of remark Gustave on the Dore beauty ' s illustra and - puresque

      lost tions none , which of their in the charm new . edition seem to have

      The Paris Exhibition . —Publishers who desire to exhibit in the British section of the

      book department at this Exhibition should place themselves in communication with the

      propri Rivoli etors Paris of the who Gali are gnan taking i Library charg , e Rue of thi de s

      alread matter . y , intimated — — __ Several »* . ¦ ____ , ^ k their Eng «**^ m _ lish w ^ ^ intention & , publishers m ia a to ^ become __ , hav mM _ e

      exhibitors ^ . 1

      » - H Me. Blaok'8 New Novel.* In This, H...

      » - H ME . BLAOK' 8 NEW NOVEL . * In thishis latest novelMr . Black has

      £ with jone the back result , to that the st thoug yle of h some , his earlier readers days may ,

      complain of the want of originality and see in Alison BlairAgnesand Ludovick Macdonell

      a m in distinct * Three xnree resemblance Jtf Feathers eatnera , ' ' , and an to a ' some A A Princess Jfrmcess of the characters of oi Thule xnuie . '

      the majority , we are sure , will be very well , ¦ Jn In Far f ar Itottiahtv f , ocnaott * By iiy William wiuiam jtu Black acK . . jLonaon London' t * Bamp i _

      amp--I eon Low & Co . f

      » - H Me. Blaok'8 New Novel.* In This, H...

      pleased scriptions . A of gain Highland we have scenery thos — e the exquisite changing

      delig illume hts of the an tips earl of y the sunrise distant as they hills ; gorgeously the com- j

      looh ing and storm all as nature it graduall grows wild y sweeps and turbulent over the - ^ ' j

      stillness the soothing unbroken awe of save the lambent by voices twili sing ght ing , the in :

      charming unison an old Gaelic air and the measured plash of the oars . And certainly .

      for character study Mr . Black's new work is quite if not more than equal to any of his

      previous nister' with novels his . sturd Ebenezer if restricted Blair , the mind ' mee hia - y

      reverence , for the stern religion of his fore , - fathers and lofty contempt for the judges of

      this earth , is a grand character , finely contrasted with the waywardcrotchety

      disposition of Aunt Gilchrist . And , then Johnny —the * boy «/ John—i / who wages —o — perpetual x —_ r and

      believing cunning warfare that each on the specimen animal creation from a , firml pony y

      downwards _ h i _ k , is _> possessed ^_ of , a ' duffle _ k ^_ k ^_> ^ V ; his ^^ M curious notions about witches who are able in

      the evening light to turn themselves into hares ; his assault on the helpless James Cowan and

      fearful scrimmage with that gentleman ' s mother whom ___ he ' wass — giffing something - — _ '—

      — — - ^ j- —^^ _ c ? how we lean back in our chair and shake with suppressed merriment as we read of these

      things ! The reader who is appreciative of the beauties of nature and loves quiet touches of

      character has indeed a rare treat before him in

      the perusal of Mr . Black s delightful work .-

      X\Ole$ And Hews

      X \ ole $ and Hews

      For the first edition of Sir Morell Mac- , kenzie ' s great book c The Fatal Illness of

      , used Frederick ^^^^| n ^ r ^ Q ^ F ^* T _ P ; ^ p the ^^» ^ " » ^^— ^^ P" ^ printers ^ V the ^ F ¦¦ w ^ m ™ ^ rm mmm •^ m Noble ' ~^^ r ^^^ v »—^ used ~^^^— — - ^ r , - ^^ r ' _ — 28 — 4 i ¦ cwt - — tons ¦* — - » ~»~ . — of ^~ of - —~ printing h — gpaper ~ — —~ — ~ ^^^—^ m were — ink — , ^ p |

      and the binders 3 £ miles of cloth . These j ^ fi ^^^^^ g ^ MA ^ k u ^ S _^* ^ r ^ B" es ^* m ~ " ^^^ are ^—^ ' ^ ^^^ ^^ m ^ , ^ B per ^ T ^^ ^^~ ^^^ ^ h _— ^_ " a ¦ ™ ™ p v ^^— s - ^^ , ^ h unprecedented ^^^™ ^^^ ™ ^ j ^^ p ^ ¦ * " ^ " ~ ° " ^ " ~ ^^^ ~~ —— ~^»~ ^^— ~— ~— — — in — con ~— ~— - I

      nection with the first issue of any book . It has often been observed that although

      health ^ the h 4 h ^^^^ w— -fc sp ^*_»«_ a t irit y w vitalit V ^ of ^* 'fc' ™ ^ j ^™ ournalism ™^ y J in •— —— - ^ Scotlan » - — -- —— shows — — - —— — - — — — - d , enli that — g ~ - — htened - — country — _ - - - ^ and _ - _— ^ _

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      Mr which . J . is N . expected Dunn is to the occupy manag a ing high editor position and .

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      T . & A . Constable . Information is the title of a new

      instruc-8 tive th inst weekl . y Messrs which . will Merritt begin & its Hatcher career are on the the

      publishers . Few periodicals can now equal for

      usefulpublished ness V and - ~ m-m practical by E . value Marlboro ¦ ¦ The ug World h & of Co Fashion . The ,

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1888, page 1343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111888/page/5/