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    Mb . Samuel John James Jarrold . On October 25 at Lowes toftafter a

    protracted and painful , illness , in the , 43 rd year of his age , Mr . Samuel John James Jarrold , son

    of the late Mr . Samuel Jarrold , and a member of the firm of Jarrold & Sons , of London ,

    Nor-; company wich , Yarmouth who gathere , and Cromer d on . the The 29 th numerous at the

    graveside in the beautiful Rosary Cemetery , Norwich _ — , and the manifestations of sorrow

    1 and testified respect to which the sympath were seen y of on the every public hand , the , employe ' s of the firmand a very large circle of

    , private t M . «/ friends . ' , mf cr Robert McCormickF . R . C . S . R . N .

    It is with deep regret , that we announce , the death of Robert McCormickF . R . C . S . R . N . , , ,

    Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets , which took p lace on October —__ .- _ 28 at

    Hecla Villa / Wimbledon , in the ninety-first year of his age . Mr . McCormick , who was of

    Irish descent , was born at Runharn , near Great Yarmouth , on July 22 , 1800 ~ - - , and throug - 'Ohout

    his long and varied ^ life cherished a fondness for his native village . In 1821 he attended the hospitals of Guy ' s and St . Thomas ' s as the

    pupil of Sir Astley Cooper , becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1822 and

    an Honorary Fellow in 1844 . In 1823 he entered the Royal Navy as supernumerary assistant surgeon serving on board — the flagship

    of the late Sir cj James , Whitshed o at Portsmouth ^^^^ 5 J . . He served three times on the West India

    Station and made three expeditions to the Polar regions / first with Parry in his attempt —

    to reach the , North Pole in 1827 / then with i . Ross - — — in his — — —— - Antarctic — » — ' ^ — ' -r - ^ « - — - voyage » - ^— h - ^ ™ ^^^> - ^ r during - ^ - ^ m -mr ^ ^^ ^» ^» , T ^^ V the ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ years ¥ ^^ ^^ " ~ " ^

    the 1839 ' - Forlorn 43 , and Hope lastly , ' in 1852 search -53 , of in Franklin command . o A f

    full and graphic account of these voyages is gj iven in his book' Voyages of Discovery in

    the * Arctic and Antarctic , Seas CJ ' a work in •/ two substantial volumes . From 1845 , to 1848 he

    was surgeon of Her Majesty ' s yacht * William and Mary' at Woolwich . In 1857 he was

    Greenwich awarded the Hosp Arctic ital Medal pens , ion and having in 1870 the n i

    placed on -- the — — m retired — ¦ ^— ^^ ^^ list ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ in , 7 ^^ 1805 ^^ » i *^ " ^ ** ^ p * . Hub »^ - Dis ^ ^ h ^ ^«* *™ - ^» tin ¦ guished as an office ¦ r —¦ he was esteemed as

    a was friend g his b geniality J * y all —— - — who - - - r - — — g ¦ -- — for knew — - — - - — - - — i i - ^ p- ¦ - ™ man - - w— ^ r— — him _ ¦ - ^ « i ^ ^^ i ^^ r alone ^»* ^» i h * intimatel ^ fc ^ ^ b ^ w ^^ w ^ * i ^ ^^ gH . ^«^ r ^^ ^^ ^ He ^ ^ . ^ K . ^^ Hta ^¦ ^^ ^ y ^^ ** ^ . loved ^ ^ 4 — ~| ^ | ^ ~ Nor vb ¦ ^ ^ ' ^ ^^ ^^ r r ^ ' ^ ^^

    for birds natural and animals history . , and He the earl taste y showed " remained a taste with

    him to the end . During his last vears his special delight was to tend his ducks and other

    favourites of the lower creation . Mr . Charles Edward Mudie .

    It is witli deep regret that we chronicle || the founder death of and Mr . princi Charles pal proprietor Edward Mudie of Mudie , the ' s

    stead Select on Library Tuesday . Mr October . Mudie 18 at died the at age Hamp of 72

    -His For health six years had not he , been had taken good , for no a active long time part . .

    in the management of the institution which wi 1 ever be associated with his name . In

    \ tru ii & th elder , Mr son . Mudie who never died in recovere 1879 . d Mr the . Mudie loss of ih A , hA H b B - ^^ ^^^^ m ^ m m— ^

    , was hia father born ' in s house Cheyne being Walk near , Chelsea that , occup in 1818 ied ,

    later on by Thomas Carlyle . Afjber a short preliminary experience he set up in 1842 as a

    bookseller in Southampton Row , and in a small way established a library . He prosperedand

    in 1852 the business was removed to , New Oxford Street . Eleven years - laterthat __ is in

    1804 — - ^ — it was — — — t urned _ , over to a limited , _ liabilit _ ^ - ^^ ^ m ^^ I company , , Mr . Mudie retaining a controlling y

    interest in the concern . From that time forward under his fostering care the institution grew h steadil .-- _ yuntil to-day it is the greatest hh I

    ^ — of p ^ n - ^ its exists _ v kind - _ _ ^^ either — , in - ~ ^ m , v the on — world the . continent - Nothing ^ m — - — - — indeed of Europe — — - — " — lik - ^ _ ^ — * e ^ r | I

    or in the United States . Now Mudie ' s | Library has some 25000 subscribers and

    employs a staff of 125 persons , . These figures \ testify at once to the popularity and the

    usefulness of Mr . Mudie ' s plan of distributing literature . And respecting the

    character of the books he put into circulation he exercised the most vigilant care . It was his aim to _ supply his subscribers with good

    literature ^ , and that v alone , and no book that was worthless or morally tainted would be

    much placed to on _ bring — his ^^ list good cj . On books ¦ the before other hand the , public he did .

    More than one great author was indebted to his energy , enterprise , and skill for getting a

    tit audience . George Eliot was in the habit of inquiring eagerly of her publisher how many

    cop ies Mudie O > O ' took , and 1 Thackeray likewise V ^ received v ^^ - ^^ - ^^ - - ^ ^^^ - ^ - ^ ^ materi — —— —¦ ^— — — — ¦ - al aid — ~ — — fro - — m the — great ^—^ m — circulating g —v

    t medium imes gone in New byauthors Oxford Street have . much To- reason day as , to in j j

    be grateful for , the opportunities afforded them in the same quarter . Of works by celebrated

    authors * Mudie' has always been in the habit of ^•^ if ^ taking ^* ^^ v ^^^^ ^ " » ^* ^ " ^ tfK a ^*^* large ^^ ^^^ ^^ 7 *^ ^^ number — ^^ — ^^ — of — cop M ies . We may a f

    men that tion of , for Mr . ins Stanley tance , as ' s an boo interesting k , * In Darkest item ,

    Africa And as , ' 3 it , 000 is to cop -day ies went so it to was Mudie in ' s the Library past . .

    Of course Mr . Mudie , had interesting personal relations with many of the noted authors

    of with V 1 M * ^ A ^ the Dr ^ W ^ k . fl past IF Livingstone ^¦¦¦*^ . » Jh * ' V * He " ^ ^*^ ^*^ ^— was »* , and —i ^ - — ^ * - on — — gave hk intimate ^ - — » — the --- — terms great ^ »

    traveller valuable advice more than once regarding the publication of his works . Nor

    jk ^/ W ^ * # ^ 0 ^ \^ ^ dt ^ b ^ ^ « « t ^^ w ^ ^ y * fc r ^~^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ - ^ - ^ ^ - *— - ^ — ^ ¦—¦ -- — - -- — — — - — - * - were Mr . Mudie ' s tastes in literature merely those of the distributor who understands the

    an public d the taste volume . of He poetry was an he gave author to the himself world ,

    shows ready appreciation a literary qualit of what y that was exp beat lains in the his

    work of others . But he had interests outside of books . A man of deep piety , he did much tne

    poor re rf > ligious Hmmi . Ho « work wort is gone , and ami , but ho he his was was name generous generous will remai to to the n , nor will his services # to r literature -- ^ - »¦ and # humanity

    A M . \ S JL soon AAA forgotten * A * KF »^ ** y M * » * . x ^ . ^^ ^^ In * ^ - **»* our » . » * »^— next w »^» « . *— issue - — — — —— . we - — hope ^ to give a portrait of Mr . Mudie .

    Mr . Chaules Pebody . Cha Clharl We rles p . R much Pfibodv rebody regret . edito editor to r record ot of the the the Yorkshire xorlcstiire death of Post rosi Mr . ..

    Mr . Pebody , who , had been ill for about two months Thursday , died last at He his was residence a vigorous in Leeds writer on ,

    . and one of the best-known of provincial making journalists arrangements . When taken for starting ill Mr . the Pebody Yorkshire was

    Evening Post . „

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1890, page 1418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111890/page/18/