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    Feb. is, 1886 The Publishers' Circular i...

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    4 Routledge ' s World Library , ' edited by the RevH . It- HaweisM . A . starts this week

    with . — . Goethe * - * 1 ¦» 1 ' s ' Faust -m , . ' A , volume 1 is to 1 be 1 issued LyjhJ -w ™ -w — once — a fortnig ^^ ht - , and — costs __ . _ 3 — d — . in _ jpaper ^ _ j ^ , _ « v ^^^^» * M . m *** . * M * m - a

    fid . in boards ^ . Each contains an introduction written 4 Faust' were hy the sold editor the first . day 20 , 000 . copies of

    Mr . Edward Laws' History of Pembrokeshireor rather of ' Little - — Eng h ^» land ¦ beyond •***

    ^ y ^ p r 1 ^» , — — — — — — - » — — — *— — — Wales * / will ^ ^ be * m published * m ^ A ^ ^ in A the - * tm course of the . A present year . It deals with the physical and

    ethnical history of the district rather than with the descent of property or families .

    Mr . F . T . Palgraye , the new professor of poetry at Oxfordwill deliver his first lecture

    in the Sheldonian , Theatre on Thursday , February 25 . He proposes to give a general

    introduction to the study of poetry . In compliance ¦ with ¦ the ¦ suggestion of the

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    readily undertook the , important engagement to - » ¦ — ' prepare ™— - ^^ - —~ — — an - ^ " - — »¦ ¦ edition — ¦¦ — ' ^* r —^ - *** 1 - ^— ' ^ m * m of ~* mr ^*** i the - ^ m- ^~ *** m ~^* w * Book ********* - ~* mr ****• m * 9 ** - ^** of - * m" . *** * the ** W wtw * r ^^ ^**^ ^ Dead ** ** ^ ^^ w ^ rT * tT ~*** T * a *

    of the Ancient Egyptians from the older Theban papyrus manuscripts . After ten years h '

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    undertaking , on the steady progress of which he had kept subsequent Congresses

    dulinformed . The workwhich embodies y the results — - — of - ^— — - w several h ~^ h ~ w 1 ¦ - ^ b * ^ h journeys h - ^^ - - ^"' , ^^ ^^^¦ ^ ^^ w ^^ B ° " ^^~ ¦ * * and ^ V ^^ F ^^ ^^ ^^ M . ¦ the ^^^ " ^ p ^ - *^ m ^ ^ fruits ^* W ^^^ # ^^^^™ ^^ fc ^** T *^ mW of ^^ " ^ " *

    the most unflagging industry , has now grown to two A M H sump B A tuous _ h > volumes ¦ , which will V be *^^*^^^ ^ . _

    published shortly by Messrs ^^^ . A . Asher & Co . Chief Dr of . Von the German Stephan Post , Secretary Officehas of State presented and

    to the Imperial German Diet a very , interesting report , from which we learn that no fewer

    out than the 34 , worl 000 newspapers d , whose total are published issues during throug the h-

    year America America 19 , 000 amount appear . 775 775 to 592 in in in Europe Asia Asia millions ., , and n . . n 12 rl Of , 000 609 fiOO these in in in papers North South Knufh

    America , . 16 , 500 are in , the English language , 7 1 > , 000 800 in in Spanish German . , 3 ; 850 in French , and about

    A writer in a recent number of the Amerinin Journal ¦* of Philology ¦ % /¦ in * . tracing ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ the uii \

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    sentence contains , an average of 6 02 verbs with M ) 5 Fe and ' nelon Daudet 4 * 48 , 3 Yoltaire ' 38 . 389 , Sainte-Beuve , ,

    * *> . ' Bentlev i Old ^ entley "Miscellany & < Vc bon Son . " has Days l been ^ fi / issued n . a rp remarkabl b y M . rkn essrs . KNr .

    successful book . The , volume is a handsome y onecontaining thirty VA 4 XJL -three UXIX of V * . the % JAA \ J best KJKjfD stories k » UVX

    , —"' - ' * » ^ « - ^** . ^** . AJl ^^ V V W U H > O stories Jt which -century k ^^ appeare v **^ has aavv ^ d elapsed ^ - in * AW r the ^ kJ ^/ X- « old . since KJJLM . * J- Miscellany \^ *^ some K 5 V ^* l . l . Vy 17 of . ' Half these UJLJ 1 V > K ) V -

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    poorly the magazine stories of to-day corn-^ pare "ft ' ty with those of short the vi stories gorous were olden not times so ,

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    a ° wise «| iuey step s lor of the ample Messrs proot . Bentley or this . to It issue was \ ^ == ^ — —

    I ' Old " Miscellany » f " Days - fj " - 7 / were it only on

    account of the fine illustrations which George Cruiksbank supplied—one for each story .

    These illustrations , printed on steel , were very scarce , being printed only once before .

    Mme . Adam ( Juliette Lambert ) is said to be making preparations for a visit to America ,

    for the purpose of studying its institutions and writing them up in the Nouvelle Revue ,

    after the manner of c Berlin Society . ' Messrs . George Bell — & — Sons — — have - - — in - the — —

    press a new series ^^ of ' Essays in Finance , ' by Mr . GifFen , containing several essays not before

    published , besides others which have been published anonymously .

    Since his return from Egypt , Lord Wolseley has been revising his ' Soldier ' s

    Pocket-Book treatise . ' is A announced fifth and " enlarged b Messrs edition . Macmillan of the & y

    Co . as in the press . Under the title ' Haphazard Personalities /

    Mr . Charles Lanman is preparing his personal reminiscences of Henry W . Longfellow ,

    Washington Irving , W . C . Bryant , Horace Greeley , John Howard Payne , G . B .

    McClel-Ian , and other noted Americans . It is stated that Mr . Lucythe new editor

    of the Daily Newswill continu , e to contribute ' Toby ' s Essence , of Parliament' to Punch .

    Mr . John Morley has , since Mr . Lucy ' s promotion— , 7 been writing t y leading t ^ jaarticles in the

    Daily News . Messrs . Longmans hope to publish next

    autumn the first volume of ' A History of the Great Civil War / by Mr . S . R . Gardiner .

    The ml volume " * will 11 bring ^ " the i ^ narrative » do n wn to ¦ November 0 231644 the ¦ ~^ " ~ day of the King ' s

    ^ return . ^ v ^^ - r ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ r- ^ to ^ ^^ ^^^ Oxford ^^^^ m , ^ m ^^™* ^^^~ after ^— , ' " the second battle ~ " ^ f ^^ of V Newbury and the relief of Donnington Castle .

    Miss Mary Boyle , who wrote a Handbook to Lord Bath ' s pictures at Longleat ¦ has just ¦

    comp ^^ — — ^^^ h ^^ B — — leted «^ «^ H ^^^^^— - ^ b * w a - ^^ ^^ ¦ ^^ Bibliograp p mm t ^ ' ' - ^^ ¦ - ~ — —¦— - ~— hical - ¦ - - Catalogue — — ^^^» — — — , ~ m — " — — of - " — the — — — - Portraits at Panshanger ¦¦— ' ¦¦ ¦ the seat of Lord

    printed Cowper mr H ^ m ^ ^ ^ ma r mf ^ ~^ ^ ^ ^* - m **** ^ m , ^^ " ^ W ^ " *^» ^ 3 * ^ ^ ^^ W ^^* ***** »^ ^* . for ^ i * i ¦ ^ ¦ L *^* A r collectors — T *** ^ ^ - ^ ***^ — ~ few - — ^ mr ^ ¦ ^— r ^ ^ mr - ^ —™ ' ^ surp ^ ^* - ^ , ^^ —— and ^ m ^ mwM lus ^ " , ^ m may cop M ^ be ies — — had ' ^^ " ^ have throug — ' — been ' M ^ — ^^ ^ Mh ^~

    Mr . Elliot Stock . Miss A . M . F . Robinsonthe authoress of

    ' Emily Bronte : a Study / & , c , will give soon to the t public b through Mr . T . Fisher Unwin

    her ^ M ^^^ m ^ ^^ ^^ new ^^^ m ^ 0 ^^^^ r ^^ volume f ***** **** ^ I , H ^^^ ** ***• **** ^^^^ ^ of ^ J" *^ ^^ ^^ Poems ^^ , entitled ^ — ' An , 7 Italian Garden . ' It will - —• include - — ' Strambotti - ¦ -r

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    garden . Me j ssrs f WH ifi . Hay t den & Co . have been

    * t j ^ Vm ^ j ^^ p p ml f ^ j . s * * . # . **— m m * m ~~ **** yBr *» r w ••** ' ** , ^^^ ** . »** ' ^ ^ ^ n ^ - ^* ^ •— ^ ^—* — » ^^ - ^ — - ^** ^^ ^ ~** unable ^ ^ to register the word ' Dichroic' as their telegraphic addressowing to its being i

    a \ j Jl JL trade . VV - * J" . % J ^ - * - mark ¦ * ¦ V ^ \\ ¦ -i * - * " ^» . ¦•* " * * **• Subscribers * - * n- ^» ^^« . - * - ' —»• ^ - -- * ' , T ^ " ^ should — - ^ — ir ^ — , therefore — — — - — — -- ^ , U delete - C / jLC Uv > this 1 / Jl . JLO word W \ JL \ A . n from um . w our * i list xxuv of v ^ a telegrap ukjxv ^ a . tAi ^ sj hic . i M * j \

    addresses . At present , Messrs . Hayden have no registered address .

    Mr . Stanley Weale , whose * Sturm und Drang' drew some attention to its publication

    last l ' Babylon . R-fc year vfiflr , Bound has lin . H a drama drama / It will m in the the be press nress published . , entitled entitled by Mr , Elliot Stock . The same firm announces

    the following new volumes of verse : Ike

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1886, page 151, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021886/page/9/