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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1888, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1512

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      fashioned look . There is hardly a writer we know of better qualified to write a book such as Men Maii . maid nCn-iflATia ens and n . n « l Manners MannAP « a a . Hundred Hundred Years Tflars Ago Aco than than Mr Mr . . . J Tohn arm Asllton Asllton . . His His pecul neCllliar iar

      knowled , ge of the , oddities of tlie period , his happy facile pen , and his humorous fancy , all contribute to make his writings delightful reading ., The booklet we speak of is replete with fdrgotten things of days gone by ; for example , we find an account of Blanchard's descent

      with toi + 1 i a p nnrfl arachute nlinfp , a hundred VmTifi'rprl years vpara before Viftfnrft Professor Prr > fA » nnr Baldwin TWMwin sh sh owed rkWftd Ilia his powers "DOWera at at the thft Alexandra Palace some months ago . Other information of a like nature makes Mr . Ashton ' s brochure very interesting indeed .

      the In object 1819 of , Messrs which . was Dean to & imprint Munday on published the memory the of Hieroglyphi youth , by p c leasing Bible , and a queer striking little images book , ,

      the sacred and important truths of Holy Writ . Though familiar for years in by-gone times , the Hierolhic Bible had so leteldisappeared from public that not a could

      be found g even yp in the British Museum comp . y Messrs . Field and Tuer eyes deserve some acknowled copy gment for having reproduced it at a price which places it within the reach of all .

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      IBSSBF the many publishers who year by year put forth their most exquisite wares to tempt ¦ Kfiwi * h ® Christmas trade , few excel , in the variety and pictorial brightness of their

      ^ " ^ "j' publications , Messrs . Griffith , Farran , Okeden & Welsh . This season the wellknown JillVVYH house ilUUDC in Xli Sk * 3 \ * Paul ¦*¦ «* l * * ' s O Church VUUlUii . yard jaiU has LXCLH apparentl < JU ] J } jajLK 2 LXljLJ y [ taken VCbMXKJLl . especial COJJCUiai pains J ^ O / LXX O to V \ J ensure OllOUJO OUUV success ^ OO , j

      and the result as shown in the beautifully bound volumes that lie on our table is one of which they r - well vi feel t MW proud .

      ~^— —— —g ' ^^ ^^^» may ^« v v * v W * mm ^^ ^ r ^^ m * - ^^ **^ ^ r ^ m « , - » „ c Old Corner Series ' includes some volumes that will ever be dear to childhood . In

      this case tne rriends ot our youth have been so marvellously embellished and beautituiiy attired as to provoke fresh interest . Take , for instance , Xlie Comic Adventures of Dame

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1888, page 1512, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121888/page/18/