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    C . W Th . Holdich partners and hip R hi . th C erto . Arinandale existing between carrying t he business stle or at firm No . of 9 Queen C . W . Street Holdich , Hull & , Annan , under - y

    dale dalfi . as as booksellers "honksell firs , stati station oners firs . & & , c .. has has been been dissolved , , as and from , the 31 st , day , of March , 1888 . Mr . Holdich retires from business

    altogether , and Mr . Annandale , who will receive all accounts and discharge all liabilities , will continue the business on his own account

    under the style of R . C . Annandale . The booksellingstationeryarid fancy

    , , goods business known as the Victoria Library , and ^ p ^^ m ^ k ' ^ m ¦ carried ^^ ™ ^ fc ^ m ^» - ^^ ' fc- ™ on ^^~ ^ ^ ^ for ^^ - ^ B » the ^^ *^^ k ^^ past m *^ ^ s * ¦ m ^*^ «^ ten ^^ ^^ rflb ^ b years y ^^ m J ^»^ b w ^^ y w Mr i -- - " - ¦ ^— . »

    William Adams , at New Brighton , Cheshire , has been purchased by Miss Mark , a sister of

    Mr TVTr . William illiam Mark IVTarlc , the the well wftll--known known stationer stationer and printer of Northampton . The transfer was effected through the of Mr .

    agency jBurghes , of Paternoster Row . ¦ ¦ The P bookselling f ¦¦ i ^ fc ¦» b and stationery if business bP

    ' ^^ <™ " ^^ r *^ ^ v - * - ^ ™ ^ ' '^ m ^ ^ ^^» J" ^ t ^ ^ f ^ fc ^^ ^^^^ n f ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ L ^ k « i ^ ^ k ^ k ^^ X tfV ^ W WK ^ T ^ i ^ a ^ B ^^^ ^^ K ^ ni ~ ^^ r ^ r K , known as Harrison ' s ^ Library , at 24 Queen ' s Terrace Terrace . bt St . . JJohn ohn '' s s Wood Wood , has has been " hfifvn sold sold "by hv

    , , Mr . T . H . Chidley to Mr . Thomas Kingston of Acton . The valuation was made by Messrs . Holmes & Son and Mr . Burghes .

    The stationery and fancy business carried on by Mrs . A . H . Breem for the last thirty at 16 the PavementClaham Common

    years , p , S . W ., has been purchased , on Mrs . Breem ' s retirement rfitiremfmt from from b business nsinftss b V » v Mi TVTisH ss Frances TTraTiriPH

    Emma Milestone , of Swallow , y Place , Hanover S . The valuation was made bMr

    Burg quare hes for the vendor and Messrs . Holmes y .

    & bon tor the purchaser .

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    ms _________ === 346 The Publishers' Circular April 2 , isss

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    From * Old Mr Boston . George , ' by A Allen . de Grasse , Orpington Stevens , Kent . The . — author author of of this this romantic romnntin story stnrv whereof \ x 7 V » r > -rf » r » f a new -nov */

    and cheap edition in tasteful , binding is now issued ot of fiction fiction , possesses . bhe Sim exceptional has lias the tVm g en ift powers ff- which wVnWi as a is i « writer rare raw

    among novelists , , of combining , fact and fiction her in "¦• - ' ¦•¦ such * readers i ^ w »< v- a v ^ way j . u . . j In as . m . x to the uiiv prove present ^/ hj ^ hi chu ghl iiiouauijc instance y fascinating she 01 . 1 0 has uaa to

    introduced a portion of history that has seldom told been and utilised with before such , p and icturesque her story effect , so del , is icatel deepl y y interesting from firs ¦ - — t -w j- ^ »_^< w ¦ % to \ last Jb In the

    dearth which ^—y — now — — prevails — — page _ of _» ^_ . pure - ^ r vwv and x ^ . jn whole a JL V * A ^^ - some romance , it is gratifying to find a writer of we Miss shall Stevens look with ' high interest promise for and further culture work , and

    from her pen . From Mr . J . 'W . Arrowsmitli . — ' The Cliff Hamilton

    Mystery , ' by Aid 6 . Thislike so many its perpetrator interest stories eventuall upon of the a supposed present turns out day murder to , depends be , , the and the for

    least suspected at the y commencement of man the narrative . The excitement is well sustained to the end

    throughout , and . the story is extremely readable From ¦¦ Messrs ^^ Art « mm « . aria & OoVienna—• Strassen

    — — -w—— — . w .- «^> . vmu AVW UV X- 'V ^ . . ^ , V IVJJUIIO . UllClODCll * - Western karte von Russia West and Russland adjacent ' coun ( road tries map ) , a new of m

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    edition for 1888 . The previous issue was in December Dfififtmher . 1887 1887 . . This This is is a a sheet sheet . 30 30 x x 20 20 inches inr . Vmo

    folded to octavo , size , which gives every Russian , station , and indicates the miles of railway opened to the public since last December . The area embraced extends from Pomerania to

    Vienna on the one hand , and from Smolensk r to Cherson on the other . River systems have been an especial V subject im of Jf ¦ attentionThis 1

    W ~ jr ^_/ X- "* M . J . «^ V JL . ^ X ^ t- ' P <_^ ^ - / _ y ^ «^»* - ^ Ih ^ « - » . I ^ -j * ^^ « - » ^^ c . m . * f *>• »»* ^ - » » «* ^ ^ -f ¦ " - » . ^ L . A . ^ ^ fine map has been produced under the care of Mr . G . Freytag-.

    From the same . —* Handkarte : Galizien nnd die Bukowina . ' This , a sheet , about 20 x 15 is the

    "newest newest map man of of S Sfiheda cheda--Stemhauser Steinhauser . , Hand Hanrl--Atlas cellent nellfint der p r » iece ipp neuesten . ft of of work worlc Geograp . Names T ^ n hies . m p . s of of It Dianas is laces an are aro

    exsprinted in six different sizes of letter p , each indicating a particular scale of population .

    AVft We have hflvft six si-x ranges ranoffis . of nf mountains mnnntains g pnvp iven . n in in profile from end to end , and the Carpathians in Quer-profil or cross section . There are signs

    also , to show towns , villages , & c , and the pronunciation of Hungarian , Roumanian , and Polish names is indicated .

    From the same . —* Chemins de f er de la Russie d'Europe avec partie des pays limitrophes et d'Asie \ Mineure / 4 ' This AJllkJ is a sheet of 30 x 20 /

    ^ - * - - * -- * - ^* J A . S ^ . ' . L A M . J . ^ IL . JL Ks . _¦_ J . KJ LAJ UllVVv \ J V ^ - » - « ' ¦ V ^ V * ^^ V inches , w ^ hdse _ area includes from the Lofoden Islands Islands to to the th p » JE 7 F 1 ctp . ji . ti on on the t , hf » nnp one hand hand , and a . nrl

    from the southern gean part of the Caspian , to Zemlya on the other . Numbered references in the margin show by corresponding numbers in j the the of than lines of

    map names more fifty railway and their mileage at work , in Russia , Asia Minor , Turkey , and Sweden , while the navigation of the Black Sea and Casian is

    indicated . p From — - — v . m ^«_ m . Mr U * A . Spencer 9 > -r ^ f ^* M ~ M . \* r \ S A . Blackett JL ~* A WV ^ -X ^ X ^ Vft /« . — 'The ^ . IXV- * Premier A-A \_ zXJLJ . 1 ^/ 1 !

    and the Pain , ter , ' by J . Freeman Bell . We anticipate that the majority of fiction-lovers will read this story with a curious feeling of I

    doubt ; and when the book has finally been the thfi laid las last aside t page na , perused the tVi p » mind minrJ with of nf the t . eager Vi < = » reader re * fir \ interest (> r will td-iII still still to j

    gently hover , over it , and he or she will be lost in shadowy wonderings as to what the author

    exactly means . Mr . Freeman Bell , indeed , is a sly humourist after his fashion . Having related how A »&^~^ w 9 the ^> a A ^ w > Hon JL . JL v ^ Jl JL . # Arnold ^ L A Jl Jl JL V ^ X V ^ L Flopp ^ JL \_ J ^ * n ^ LHJ' ington & JL JL C ^ « \^ * » , % Premier JL JL X ^ B f " JL \ , * x of ^^ ^ -

    England , was accidentally led to visit the Ancient Society of Cogers' in Fleet Street , and there fiivi met / iy his xJLJLkJ totype or doubleJack

    « - «*« - » v * -. vv m ^ pro K 7- * 1 ^ - ^ * - ' ^ - * - * J K * - ' VJL \ . IV KM . KJKKs , m U CVV ^ Dawe , he does not explicitly say that they changed places , the one becoming ruler of the country \ + XJ and CAA ruthlessl JL 1 ^ jLJI fc- > vanuishing Lord

    Bardol * - * ¦*¦ JL ^ jt -KS ~ r p M h A Mountchapel J M . XJL . \ s JL , the fc _» JL y V other V U / ll q \ J UlOAJU an llCl ordinary JLJ V / X V * sign-painter , but his narrative strongly points to this conclusionFor ourselves we were

    . much interested to see how Mr . Bell would get w ^ - » % y oat ^ -r m . \ j of V ^ a . the V * . *^ - / difficulty \^ liJLAVU . l . V T in JLXJL the LllJV long JL VJ'AJi C ^ run X UAJ

    —how finally he would adjust matters . This he manages most ingeniously , and much more capably than I / in Ji story of a similar Ji kind we

    have ^* +. J £ ***>» read ~ r A . J JLJL . ¦*«/* . & Apart JLJL any IV 1 J from . J OI-V / l the J VJ'JL leading . CJU O X JJlJJLJL X personages C ** - > - JCK X JLJIVA »» V » there *^ * . * x »>« . ^ - > i are * f » V some t ^ v ^ IM-A .-KJ excellent V ^ -rt . V / ** M . M V / JLJL */ studies Mil UL VJ > 1 V » J V of ^ JL character \ sXX € AtM CMWKS . KJKsJL in JiJLX

    the volume . Mrs . Dawe , of the Star Dining Rooms , Bethnal Green Road , whose heart is in her ¦¦ / business / and the name of her deceased

    »•¦* -. * w v « *^ r auvUU t « liU UA 1 V > JLJtC 4 iJvJuJlV > ' VX JLM . KsJL Vt ^ yVVCUjv / v « husband ever on her tongue , is excellently described and ftiJ VJL the MM surroundings kJUX including Eliza

    and - ' » ¦ - ' * * * - * Poll VSX ^ L ; y y , are LA V depicted ~ V > i V ^ LA with M-M \ - % . * AA R a , force A JLJLV / A U . and VAXJ 1 ACSL reality JUJA * . **** that can onlv n . rvmfi from » 4 » m r » lns # > niSsfirvntinn Onr h Hkf h 4 riJlh iflf vtfft ¦

    — — - ^ ^^ - — ' ~— - ^ v . ^ v v * ^^ . ^ - ^^ v ^>^^ ^ a- . ^ ^ m *^^ ^^ «^ 0 ^ wtjr *^^ r ^^ r r ^^^ _ r ^ w V ^^^^ d ^^ v V ^^^ r ^ ^^ only regret is that Mr . Bell ' s novel was not published in the ordinary three volume . form , as it 111 ' ' i mi ¦ i ———y—— ' — " ** **¦^—~———'• ^ 7 ^ " ^ ^ \ S

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 2, 1888, page 346, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02041888/page/12/