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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th February 1883, Edition 1 of 1, Page 144, OBITUARY.

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      Onth ~ Two "W», , One One Volumes Bv Oy ...

      of the Th suite e Beading Mayor of of Free Reading Library recentl , Mr , & erected c , ackall by entertaining in Simonds , about celebrated at 1 cost , 000 of on of nearl his Friday fellow £ the 60 townsmen 000 formal openin in th g *

      new buildings y Reading , a y ,. The Free Library , Reading-room , and Museum , and also Schools of Science and Art , are attached to these buildingsand — — — as — — each — — department — — — has been — completed it has been opened at - ¦— once —•¦ to the

      public . < jji , ¦ " ^ ^ L - ¦** - ^ r v \ s 4 j . Ilfr * The valuable Benjamin Franklin collection of Mr . Henry StevensF . S . A . which has

      recently been purchased , we believe , for £ 7 , 000 by the Government of , the United , States has xrtxa been ueen iianutj handed u over over to to tne the xxon Hon . . o J . . R xv . . Lowell nuwen . . The -lh « whole wnuie collection uuixe ^ tiun embraces cmuiaces sixty sixtr

      volumes in In prmiea printed of matter matter manuscri tne the pts collection collection , mostly can can large boast Doast folios oi of , Franklin xranKim and about ' s s cnapter chapter 300 volumes additional auuitiuiiai of ' printed to to Genesis vxenesis books , his hia .

      a a supp compiexe complete lement to set set the pi of his nis Boston '' jrocKet Pocket Chronicle Almanack AimanacK , twent , y ' -seven eignt eight years vears numbe oi of rs of the tne 'Poor Pennsylvania i-ennsy Rich ivan a ia rd ' s uazette Gazette A lmanack , , and and ;'

      Franklin ' s first work on ' Liberty and Necessit y / of which the author printed only one hundred , ^ Printer L cop yon ies . , gave Among and thre the the e or dup numerous four licat away e , MSS and of . destroyed the are last the petition celebrated all the of rest Congress letter excep to t Mr to one . the Strah copy King an annotated , the signed King b by ' y s

      Washing , ton and all the members copy of the Continental Congressthe other copy , of which ia in the Public Record Office . The volumes of manuscripts are , carefully bound , and Mr .

      Stevens has not only compiled an elaborate slip-index , but has prefixed to each document a Blip showing the nature of it , and stating whether it has been printed , & c . The manuscripts are , by the terms of the Act of Congress , to be deposited in the Hall of Records in

      tne fotate JJepartment at Washington ^ and trie printed books in tne library oi Uongress .

      I44 The Publishers' Circular Feb ^

      i 44 The Publishers' Circular Feb ^

      Since Our Last Publication The Following...

      Since our last publication the following Publishers have issued Vooks , full titles of which will be found in the New Book List : —

      Messrs . IV . B . Allen A . " Co- —Life of Edward , Lord Hawke , by Montagu Burrows . Sketch T . Griesinger es , reprinted , History from of " the Vanit Jesuits y Fair , . translated from the German . Diplomatic and Consular ;

      Messrs . Black wood 6 , Sons . —J . LorimerLaw of NationsVol . 1 . Johnston and Cameron , , , A bv by gricultural J JT . < Caird Jaird . Chemistry J . Cameron Camernn and . Oflplifi Gaelic Geology JN T ^ n ames / . fta A . of nf Watson Plants PI ant a , Christ Scottish 8 r » ntf . is ' s Authority and n . nrl Irish Trial-i . , & c « , Sermons , Preface

      , , Messrs . C as sell , Petter , Galpin , U Co . —Sir C . G . Duffy , Four Years of Irish History .

      Guide Uruiae to to EnmloTment employment in in the the Uivil Civil Service Service . . luive "Live » Storvk Siock J . Tnnrrm ournal " L new new volume vol-ii-mo . . J J . . U Ct . . and and T T .. Wood , Field Naturalist ' s Handbook , third edition . R . Hunte , r , Encyclopaedic Dictionary , Vol . 2 , Part 2 . W . Landels , The Marriage Eing .

      ? " * £ » Xessrs . Griffith & Farran . —C . i Hopley , Snakes , Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life ,

      Messrs . Crosby Lockwcod A . Co . —Every Man ' s Own Lawyer , 20 th edition . W . P . f Buchan or 1883 ( Plumbin WeaWs g Se , ri fourth es ) . edition ( Weale ' s Series ) . Builders' and Contractor ' s Price Book

      Messrs . longmans 4 b Co . — Cabinet Lawyer , 25 th edition . C . Witt , Myths of Hellas . Messrs - ^ rv ~—> . Sampson l ^ xia wim 3 wmmi bow ¦ ww Mar awMi s ton flb SearleARlvington ¦ w —Lady ACadogan IHus ——

      -trated - ^ - — w Games ^ w ~ « ^ w of Patience ^ m | , ^^ fourth , Mr edition * wm ^* , * . ^~ C *~/ mm . M m ^ - * . , Clay ^ pir , ¦ , Bab 1 MB y Rue u . , new JL-4 € At \ A edition . y . X ~ . V _ x ( CJUViV JRose - '&»* - ** Libra a * , - ^— - ry ) . F — . Lenormant —— ¦> - ¦ '"¦«¦' - . —••• ' ' ¦» . •* , , The j . *» . »»» Beg JJ ^ xiiiiJiJ innings ^ t-j vrj of . History jjiiiJVUA » , according uvv / vi uujg to l / V the l ; XJ . V 3 JLSXKTXKJ Bible and aiiU Orienta VllCJLll / aJl l Traditions J . J . t * v »» v- Art -- .

      tran H . Pocock slated . , The Mau Gravesend d J . Franc Eistorian , John ' s Wife , Naturalist , new edition , & c . . F . Von Heber , History of Ancient ,

      btep fttfiiVhfiT Messrs hen ) . History TTi . sfnTv UTacmillan of r \ f the fV » o Criminal flriminni & Co- —S Law T . N tir - ewcom T HP H IT b , Popular Farrer TT ' o ^^^ -w A The ^ Tl stronomy -. ^ State . Q + ^ + ^ , in * ¦ second » - » its ¦ :+ « Relation T edition >^ 1 ^ ± ;^* - . to + r Sir \ Trade Trarlc J . F . .

      G . E . Fasnacht , , Synthetic Grammar . Brain . . new volume , . Babriuswith Notes and Lexicon , by Rutherford , ,

      Mr . Jrohn Murray . — Samuel Smiles , James Naemyth , Engineer .

      Messrs . Sinltb , Elder , 6 . Co . —Portia , or , By Passions Rocked , 3 vols .

      Obituary.

      OBITUARY .

      Recently , at his residence in Glasgow , Mr . James McGeachy . Deceased was well known tnrougnoui throughout ; the tne trade trade , , hav naving ing been oeen employed employed bv Dy Messrs iviesers . . UoJUns Collins < A fe . Co Oo ... Grittm Griffin & & Q ^ ° . " , >

      and keen Campbell and & Co . before he commenced business on his own account . He , was attentive attentive shrewd , to »

      Keen commercial buyer ouyer , , travellers ana very very particular particular who much in in regret all au matters matters his loss relating relatiner . The business to to business business is , , in very vprv the kind kind hands and and of the trustees ^ , » 1 j 1 ¦* , * 1 1 1 1 1 A

      to oe continued on tne widow s Denair . . ^ s

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1883, page 144, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021883/page/8/