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    Nov. i, 1890 The Publishers' Circular i4...

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    Conlinenlal !Qoje«

    exclaimed "Zounds ! Here ' s a chance ! We'll put you to the proofdoctor . " ¦ Thenturning r

    ¦ towards ¦ ^^ ^ 0 ^ P « V W "—^^ " me " —¦ " " ^^ ^ , _» _^* - and — ^__ r ^^—v MV showing ^^ - ~ gr - _—i , ^ H - —^ - ^_| ^^ ^_ p ^_» ^—^ me ^^ ^ to ^^^~^ ^— him ^™ ^ - » ^ " ^™ , V — ^"™ " ^— ^— You " ™ " ___ r_— - ^ ^ h ^ h don — — — 't know this child / do you ? " "NoI have

    never seen him ___ __ . " __ i __ " _ t _ i , Well ___* a __ l ___ ___ V __ examine A hia _ M __ , head ___ ^_ l and V ^ V— -v ^— " " ^^^— ¦ * draw "^ - ^^ ^»~ " ^^ - ° ¦ ——• his ' - " ^—* ¦ v horoscope - ^ " ^™ — ¦__> ^_— ' ^^ r ^_^ " - » ' ' ^^^ . " , Dr ^^^^ ^^ . Gall ^^^ ^^ - ¦ ^__ i ¦ ^—_¦ eat ¦ « p - ^ down —¦ ~ —— - ¦ - ° ^—¦¦» , ^ ,

    called me , placed me between his knees , felt my headandaddressing my motherasked :

    M _______ ^_ i __ ^_ l , __ __ i ___ __ t , ^_ l . ___ __ M 1 , __ _ K _¦* . _ *__> 4 __» ** This child belongs to you , inadame ? " * Yes , sir , he is my •/ grandson c ? . He is an orpx han , and

    I am bringing him up . " " Well , madame , and what do you intend him to be ? What do you wish him to be ? " "A notarysir . " The doctor

    smiled . He felt my head again , , and said to my grandmother—* * Well , take my word for it ,

    madame , he will never be a notary . " "What will he be then ? " "Beforo answering permit me to put one question ¦ . What was his father ?"

    ^»^^^< ^^ V ^™^ ^^ " ^ H ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ . ^ U ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^*^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ W ^^ V ^^ v ^ F ^^^ ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ r v ^^^™ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ w ^ p ^^ v —^—w ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^* ^^^ w " He is son of M . LegouveV' " Ah , just so . I understand . Wellthis child will be his

    father _& . __ k _ ' s son . He ti ^^ H . will , __ i __ t mak e verses . 1 don ^__ A 't say W ^ VW W they V ** mJ will •__ . »* be " *^ ^^ good Gk ^ - ^ ^ - ' * - ^« . , " « added WW * ^^» - ^^ -V « he ««^ r , « laug , ^» # — WM ^ - hing it «¦_ .- __ , ___ . __ - tab , «

    u but he will never do anything else . " ' Dr . Gall proved a true het . Legouv 6 did

    write , and wrote well prop and successfully . These recollections of sixty years prove that the old

    author can still write most charmingly . At the present day , as in the days of

    Wilhelm Meister , the drama is in the ascendantso we find the principal story in this

    number , written by the director J . of the Comedie Franeaise 4 , M . Jules Claretie . It is called

    La Corde , ' and begins with the journey to Paris of an old country lawyer , who , like Major

    Pendennis , is determined to break off an engagement between the hero of the tale and a Parisian actress . How he fares in his

    attempt remains to be seen . Sufficient , howeveris told in the first two chapters to whet

    the curiosity , of the reader . Another story is by M . Alexandre Dumas fils—also , like the

    two contributors already named , a dramatist . Still another dramatist -Jean Kichepin

    describes with graphic ability , a Paris street in , October . When we add that the other

    contributors are Jules Simon , Victor Cherbuliez , the DeGoncourtsandlast — ( not least ) H . M . Stanley

    we need say , no more to recommend / La Lec - , ture , which is embellished with a portrait JL of

    M . Legouve \ MM . Hachette & Co . send us their catalogue of Livres d'Etrennes for 1891 , exhibiting

    a real embarras de richesses . First and foremost comes an illustrated edition of Fr ^ de ' ric Mistral ' s beautiful poem * — Mireille' best known

    perhaps , to Eng ^ lish readers ,, by Gounod ' s , adaptation j of ______ it to the lj ric stage ___ - . This

    edition is illustrated by 25 etchings from drawings by Eugene Burnand . The other works

    which 4 The Acropolis claim _ j _ — notice . _ of .. _ Susa . _ — in , our ' from limited the excavations Bpuce are :

    made in 1884-6-6 by Marcel Dieulafoy , in two parts ; Le Tour du Mondecollection of

    , O ¦ _ k woodcuts recent voyages Le , Journal the volume ___ de I a for ___ Jeu 1 . __ 890 _— n __ esse __ . with _ . . __ 1890 COO ___ __ . ___ ; ^ ,

    Elise with " e about Reclus - __ . _ , _ ' 600 New ^_ illustrations __ Universal __ ¦ ; Geograp vol . 17 hy of '

    _™ — .. . _ % _^ J , m containing k * the _ " West *^ -W-w _ Indies "W - •_ * ; the _ ^ second volume % ¦ of Eugene ¦_¦¦_¦ phb Muntz ii ¦¦ iv ' s * History of Art i during the

    — - ~ . ^ - —^ p- ^^—_ - _ vsr ^ p _«« a _^_« -w- ^__¦««_¦ ~ w—— ' T ^ - " ^ ^ wm * m ~_| w ^ r ^_ . ^* - ^ _^ w ^ " ^ ^^ ~^ ^^ - " ^ ^ - —*— ' ^ ^ ^ - ^ ^ - ^ ~ » ^ M-K ^^^^__—^_» m Renaissance / containing * Italy , the Golden

    || Age / with 500 text illustrations and 10 separate

    plates ; A . de Saint Albin ' s Racecourses of France , ' containing _ - » _ ^^^ 36 ____» _ p- ^ hotogravures . _ - __^ _ k i ___¦¦ ., besides _____¦ _• _> __> ^

    numerous woodcuts ; Lieut .-Colonel GallieniY ' Two Campaigns in the French Soudan / with ^ 166 — 1 ^ p * V illustration ^»* IH ¦ ^^^ —^ —~ - - ^ HI ^^ H —« " —^ —^ —^— —^— ^— s ——^ by y—^^ - ^^^ g ^ Riou ^ B ^ W -m- H HI —^—H" , ^ H and —H- _ H ¦ I V VHV ~^— _— ¦ a HH _>^ H large Hf —» ^^» HHH —^ H > coloured ^^^ ^^^^ ~ " ^ ~^^^ ^^^^^^ 1 ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ P ^^^ J

    map ; and H . M . Stanley ' s ' Dans les Te ' nebres \ de ings l'Afri by Forestier que , ' with S 150 dney illustrations HallG after Mont draw-

    bard _¦_ _¦_ , and E _________ . Riou a ______^ __ , . y Of _*~ h ___ the ___ Children _^_ , _^ __ _¦_ eorges _^ __ ' s Books _«____^ ___ in this catalogue i we have only apace for a few : _> ^__— ' _ i ___ h __ _ ___ ^ - __ fl _ i _____ _^_ v _____¦

    ' Life and Adventures * of Captai _ n Marius Cougourdan , ' by Eugene Mouton , with 66 illustrations by E . Zier ; * Mythological Tales' by

    ¦ ¦ H v _ p . de « ¦ Mirmont _¦ i _ v « _ ; ¦ * The # ¦ Bohemian ^ . m m G _^^__ irl _ i ¦<¦ , , ' b __• y Madame Colomb ; 'The Cadet ' s Share , ' by

    Mad Madame ame N Bland anteuil y ; with and CO 'In illustrations Slavery / b b y , y

    MYrbach . Another important ^ - _ - __ - __ - __ - publication - _ - __ __ - __ - _ of ¦ MM .

    Hachette & Co . _^_ - is ' The Universal — — - — — ^_ - — _ - Dictionary — ™^™ ^^^^— ^^^^^ " ^^ r ^ ^ g ^^ w ^ p of Practical Life in Town and Country . '

    This treating dictionary _^ as it does __ is of most relig K ion comprehensive education ¦ B __ ,

    legislation ^ H , - , governmen - — - « w _ r - _ - - ~ , — t , finances _— - ^_—— - — ^— , V , __^ ' industry —» - —— - »__ V ~__^ ^—*^ B > ^ P' «¦—> ^^ ^ BJ ___ P . , commerce , ^ g domestic — — — and rural — —— - economy — — — — - _ - __ - — ^_ - ^_ - ^^^ , ^_ and ^* r ~^ r- ^^ m ^^^ ^^ r ^^^

    outdoor exercises and fireside games . This workwhich ¦ has obtained -- - — -w a great success — h has

    alread 4 , m -h y passed ^ — ^ — — - — throug _ _ - A - _ - _— — h — seven — — - ^^^^^ — _^ editions ^ __ _ i - ~ - __ ^^ - ^™ i - ^ . ^^ v ^^ p ^^^ f , ^ H The ______ ^^^ ' K ^^ - __ ^ ^ t ^ . ^ VV ^^ F eig _—^ hth — - edition — — — — — — can — - _ - -, be _ — obtained - ~ _ - — — — — — — in — one — — —— _ i volume v - _^~ - ^— ' ^^_—v—va ___^_ r ^_ p ^

    or in 21 parts . MM . PlonNourrit & i Co . inform ¦¦ ¦ us that

    the first edition , _ m | of the — — ' Life - ^— of —~ — — our Lord — , ' b ^— y ^^ the ^^^^^ B ^^>^ V ^^^ Rev . Father Didonwhich consisted I of ¦ 5000 ' ^¦ P

    copies , was - alread — - -, y , -p exhausted _ ~_ - - — on the ~ " ' ^ -- ' day ' ^^ P- , ^ H ^ of _^ ^_^" publication ( the 17 th ultimo ) , and that a

    second edition would appear on Oct . 24 . ' La Bibliothequede - Vr la W Compagnie _ K de Jesus t :

    Premiere _ ~ Par " — — — tie , Bibliograp - _ — ~_»— ___ r - _ -- _— " hie _ — _ , _> ^^^ par » - ™ r ___ _^ p les - ^^^ - ^^ - ^^ Peres ^ ___ P > ^ ^^^ T ^ De Backer ; Seconde PartieHistoire ¦ i h par ~^ " ~^ le

    j — - — — — — — - — , y ' — _— — , - ^ m ^ T ^ ¦ ™ ^ P ^ ^^^^ Pere Carayon , ' is announced in a new edition edited ' «¦ ' w ^ w - ^ -r w ^ b (* -r y w Father flak ¦ w ^ 4 B ^_^ ^ Carlos ^ a _ r «> v __ - ___ . ^_ r ¦__¦ •> Sommervogel r-s ^ r - »^ - ^» * _• a ^ t- » a _> v ^¦ 'fc-fc ^^^ % , S p >_ r . 9 ^ J L ^ . , A

    by M . Oscar Schepeis , of the Societe' Beige de Librairie . This work has long been — recognised — — — — — —

    - as one of the best bibliograp hical ^ works ever __ publishedbuthaving only «/ appeared in a

    limited edition , , it has become ____ — — scarce — — Advantage has , been taken of the very reprint to .

    thoroughly revise and augment the book . The Bibliotheque Historique of the Company

    I of Jesus has not previously formed part of the workbut is now added for the first time .

    This new , edition will form nine or ten volumes each containing about 125 sheets . As the ,

    manuscript is finished , there will be no delay in the appearance of the volumes .

    Herr F . A . Brockhaus , of Leipzig , sends us a second-hand catalogue of classical

    philol but ogy clearl and archae y printed ology pages , consisting and comprising of 122 closel 3804 y

    numbers ; •/ also A a first A t * , catalogue * A . of zoology O , , containing vertebrataincluding part of the

    library of the late distinguished , naturalist Dr . J . J . von Tschudiof Vienna . This cata-,

    logue contains 1 , 554 numbers . The publishing establishment of the same

    eminent firm has just ready War Pictures of the Arab Insurrection — - ___ - in German East , Africa — r /

    by Lieutenant von Behr , of the Germaa Protective Troops , with numerous illustrations .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1890, page 1413, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111890/page/11/