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    $ , im The Publishers' Circular 1245 1

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    I From the Clarendon Press, Mr. Henry Fr...

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    S An Avant-Caureur Of The Yule-Tide Fest...

    I the popularisation of art amongf all classes of society , the magazines now play a prominent \ ^ ^^^^ H nart ¦¦ ff and # ¦¦ III the ^ Tb » J » ^ " * - annual ~ " of volumes Art Cassell of The Co Portfolio ^ J (^ Seeley ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ » . * & ^ fc ^ - ^ B * Co »¦ - ^^ . ) MM , ^ The ^^ ^^ Art *^^ Journal ^^ ¦* » ^^ p ^^ p ( « Virtue - ¦ ^ ¦ " ^ ~~ - & ^»~ - " -t w )»

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    artist illu strators , marks a new departure . But when all has been said , Christmas remains I nar excellence as the children ' s festival , and Messrs . Routledge & Sons are to be congratulated . HIH I i /* ul __ /* _ j of ¦ their 1 ict • books 1 1 ^ »^ . w - *• " »•¦*¦ ^ -k - *~ sj • i » m

    I on the wonderfperfection pure-, while Messrs . Warne & Co . vie with them I in the same field . In the story-book and in useful literature the Society for Promoting

    I Christian Knowledge and the Religious Tract Society proceed pari passu in their respective ¦ departments and make a goodly show , while for the home circle the tales published by Messrs .

    John F . Shaw & Co . are once more worthy of special mention for their high literary finish and I purity of style . With this slight prologue we proceed to ask our friends to pass lightly round our

    I taHes , while we tell them as briefly as may be of the treasures which lie within the gay covers ,

    culling here and there a picture tor their pleasure .

    $ , Im The Publishers' Circular 1245 1

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    I From The Clarendon Press, Mr. Henry Fr...

    I From the Clarendon Press , Mr . Henry Frowde sends us another of those splendid text-books

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    question phology s of development classification t 4 kt , mor and tVAAWi * -

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    ^ « on wuue 8 of , me recognised autnor authori nas tafccen ties , tor and grantea he has notning in each case tnat personall was not y investigated oy all points oDserva upon - ° Much nginal there information 1 seemed in to this be a volume conflict of The evidence bulk . of the As the wonderfully result , we clear have woodcuts rT much new too t / V / VF — and ol \

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    I ^ , and as working sketches they are invaluable . By the courtesy of the publisher we p [ * "vested enabled of all to the reproduce developed hg . fronds 132 , which in order represents to exhibi the t stem the arrangement of the common of the male vascular -fern

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    Jj j botanist ^ d ^ j and columns it should . forthwith a whole , tak the e book its plac reflects e in every great public credit on library , all concerned in the ntud in its y of produo every - . [ Vide pages 1332 , 1333 .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1884, page 1243, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121884/page/3/