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    Feb. 15 , 1888 The Publishers' Circular ...

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    ' Booksellers' Provident Institution. Th...

    Whitaker also kindly sent a donation to be distributed to six members at the discretion

    of the Committee . The 'Charles Mackay Fcjnd . ' —It is

    gratifying to hear good reports of the prospects of this deserving scheme . Lord Tennyson is the president of a powerful committee which

    is daily gaining strength and influence ; so that the ' British Be ' ranger , ' as Douglas Jerrold

    called Dr . Mackay , may hope to see tangible proofs of a nation ' s gratitude . Dr . Mackay , — in his 73 rd yearpublished — — —his first book

    in 1839 . The - names ^ j , - j ^ of those with whom he has come in contact through literary associations include Macaulay fc bi bb Thomas r Campbell

    ¦ Earl ^* ^» —~ ¦ ¦ » . Russell —~ —— ™ ™ ^~ - ^ " ^» , ^ Dicken ^» ^^ v » m *^ v ^ b ^ ^* r * r ^ w »*^»» s , , Thack . ^^¦ ^ ^ B > . * k ^^ w ^ BWBi eray ^ b ^^ r—fc ^ , " ^»^ 'B « ' b » L *» ^ fc ^» ytton m *^ w ^^ - ^^ - . ^ «* , « , CobdenHawthorneEmersonO . Wendell

    BBBB , , K M , K B A . Holmes ^^^ " ^™ , & ^^ c . It ^^ t ^ is to . be ^ hoped ^ ^ that ^ this _ ^ appeal on behalf of the author of ' Cheer ,

    Boys , Cheer / 'To the West , to the West , ' and other national lyrics , will meet a ready

    response . L . C . Alexander , Esq ., LL . D ., Upper m M — — Parkfields - ¦ — - ^^— ^^ . ^^— »™^^^ - ^ v ~ ^^_ - ^ v ^ b m ^ t ^ , ^ m P b ^^^ utney - ^ v ^ v ^^ ^ h >^^ ^ fcP * w , ^ p v S - ^»^ B . * W » » . . » , BMl ^ is ^» w ^^ the ^^ ^ " " ^ " ^ B ^

    secretary . The Archaeological Review . —On March 1

    Mr . David Nutt will publish the first number of this review , which is intended to chronicle

    and discuss the results of antiquarian research . The systematising of archaeology as a science has gone on steadily . Something more robust

    than dilettante gossipy periodicals is certainly required in connection with the science . The Archaeolog h ical Hewew h % promises K ¦• to meet fc k this

    — - — — — — — — — — - — — ™* ^ p * ^^^^^^ ^ v ^ v «* - v ^* - ^ - ^ - ^^ r ^^^ b ^ . ^ F ^^™ •^^ m ^^^ w ^^ r ^ f ^ r *^ h ^ ^ . ^ - ^^ r ^^» «^^^ v ^ . »> ^^ " . ^ ^^ ^^™ ^^^ ^^^ ^^*^ r demand , and if its programme be adhered to , it should become the recognised and responsible

    medium of those who make this science a study . Arrangementswe are informedhave

    been made for correspondence , from , Paris , Berlin Bk BF , BLei B psic , Copenhagen , Cairo , India , and ~^^^^ ^^» ^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^» _ __ _¦_ _

    New York . The list of contributors contains the names of nearly all the most eminent living authorities .

    The Bookbinding Exhibition . —An exhibition of specimens of historical and modern

    bindings opens at the Society of Arts on the 15 th and will remain open till Saturday next .

    The exhibition will be open on Wednesday and — — Thursday — ^^^ ^*^ ™ ^ " ~^^* ° ^ r W ^ from " ^™ ^^ " ~^^^ ^^ " ^™ ^* w ^ 11 M ^^^ ^^^^^ v a ^ ^^ t- . ^ m ^^ »^^ fc . Br till . ^ F ^^ ^ V ^ ^^ B 9 ^ fc ^ p . ^^^ ^ . ^ m ^ v ^^^ . ^ , ^^ ^ and Ktf' ^ V ^^^ ^ P ^ ^ N ^^^ V

    on Friday and Saturday from 11 a . m . to 6 p . m . Admission will be free an presentation of a

    visiting or trade card . The Henry Irving Shakspeare . —

    Volume II . of this notable edition contains ' Henry VI of ., fc ' Henry Parts II VI . and . ' arranged III ., the - ^ r ^ m condensed for the i stag version e b 3 '

    - £ - — , -m — - ^ — ** ^ ^ ^— ^ v ^ h ^^ a ^ m - ^^ - ^ ^* « k ^ - ^^ - w *^ m ^ ^^^^ P ^^ h ^*^ »^^ w Charles Kemble , and printed from Kemble ' s MS - — . — in — Mr — . — Henry ¦—<^**^^^ " ^^ »• m ^^^ m Irving ¦¦—fc « fc W ^ K ^» riH | K ' y s >^ possession n ^ ^ - ^ riif nij ^ ^ b ^ P ^^ f ^ f ^ k ^^ Jb ^ h , ( ¦ ' The ^ ffl ^ rfft d & ^^^

    Taming of the Shrew , ' ' A Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'King Richard II . ' The care so

    observable — - - — — — , y in - ^ - ^ the - *^^* ^ ^»*» firs H ^ h ^ . ^ »* t ^ fc ^^ volume ^ ^^ - ^ P ^^ - ^ - ^^ dpk , ^ 1 W of the J » JV ^ ^^ edition ^^ ^ " ^^ k ^^ ¦ * ^ ^^^ has been well sustained . The notes to the

    third part of ' Henry VI ., ' with the exception of those lied on b the Mr . dramatis P . Z . Round personge , have otherwise been suppy

    the interesting and studious remark ; s that accompany the text are from the of Mr

    F . A . Marshall . It is to Charles pen Kemble's .

    condensation into one play ot , the however three , parts that of Shakspeareair ' Henry VI . \

    scholars will turn with most interest . This is now published for the first time , and contains

    many features of attractive importance . Mr . Gordon Browne ' s illustrations are for the most part X excellently conceived and excep

    ITtionally well executed . Strangely enough , he fails somewhat in his delineation of the very scenes where one would have expected him

    to excel , while on other and less promising ground he is especially artistic and successful . The consequential Bottom and his comrades

    — — - ^_ - — _ — ^_ - - _ - _ — - ^_ - - _ - — — - — - _ - - ^_ - - _ - - _ - — _ ^^ - ^ m ^^_ - _ ^^_ ^^^ p ^^^ w _ - ^^^ - ^^^ ^^^^^ m ^^^^^ r *^^^ ^^ v ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ r ^^~ in 'A Midsummer Night ' s Dream , ' for instanceare depicted with little individualit

    and appreciation , whereas the sylvan scenes y are — - _ - in - _ every — _ — g respect -- — - — , _ — — — - _ - excellent — - - _ - - — . - _ - ^ It ~ — may ^^ . ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ _ be v ^^^ ~^^ r

    said , however , as a whole that the engravings are characterised by strong dramatic force .

    The printing and general finish of the work are admirable . An Ancient Printing Establishment . —A

    correspondent of the North China Daily News of Shanghai describes a printing establishment

    which which he he found round in in a a vulage village m in the the interior interior . about 150 miles from Shanghai . The printing , was — . being . _ _ temporarily carried on in the village .

    , _ ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ 3 temple , and movable type only was used . In the 1 large ¦— H central 1 hall of the temp H le ¦ were p d laced

    about - ™ - -. — — twent ^^^^^— ^— " y ordinary — - — - square — ~ tables -- , - ^ - " on r - ^^ which ^^™ ^^*^ V - ^^ ' ^^ F' " ^^ "V ^ the - ^^ «* «^ ^^ pr cases - ^^ ^ fc ^^^^^ w - ^^ ¦ m of —~ typ - ^ m M e ^^ were ^^ ^^ spread I — out ^ ^^ , ^ W very ^^^ ^^^ W ^ much ^ ^^^^ ^^^ W ^>^ ^^ ^^ n

    after the English method , only taking up much more room . At the time of the visit , one man was engaged in setting up typeanother

    was printing . The former stood before , a table , on which was what may be called the

    Chinese ' case . ' It was a solid block of hard woodabout 22 inches long by 15 inches bread

    and perhaps , 3 inches deep . The inside was , hollowed out to a depth of about a quarter of

    an inch , this depression being still further hollowed out into grooves about three-quarters

    of an inch deep . The block had twenty-nine of these grooves , each filled to the deptTTof

    a quarter of an inch with ordinary stiff clay . With his copy before himarmed ¦ with a

    small ^ ^ ^ Bv ^^^ ^~ ^ B . pair ^^^ ^^* ^^ " *^^ ¦ ^^^ of ^^^ B ^^^ iron ^^ p incers ^ — — , , ^ B the ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ compositor ^ ^^ v w ^^^ ^^ ^»^ ^^ n ^ . ^ ' ^^ began his work ; character after character

    pressed was transferred into the from clay . the When case the and forme firmly

    was complete a flat board was placed on the top and the characters pressed perfectly even

    and level with the surface of the wooden blockthe edge BBk of which was cut to form 1

    the ^^^^ r ^ B . ^^^^ ^*^ border ** ^^ fc , Bb ^_ ^ . ^ ^^ . ^ ^^^ general ^^^ ^^^ ^ h l y ^^^ found JBi ^ h round — 4 ^ . every ^^ ¦ Chinese ^^ ^ - ^^ .. A < BB A ^^^ ^^^ ^^»^ page . The printer now received the forme

    and carefully brushed his" ink over the type . Taking ^^¦ ^ w ^^^ Bf ^ fc . ^ ^ K ^ P « ^^ BjBVBh a ^ " ^^^ ¦ sheet ^ " ^^ ^^ - ¦ ^^ ^ ^^ of ^" " ^ " paper - ^ ^ «^ —¦ - , y he — pressed «^^ — it down ~ " ~ — » "

    all over the forme so that it might be brought in contact with every character . He then removed the sheet and ¦_ examined each character ¦

    carefull j ^^ 0 ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ y ^^ ^^^ ^ p ^ adj ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^_ usting H ^ B - ^^^ - ^^^ ^ - ^^ ^_ ^^ those - ^— . w — — which ____ . were _ _ not _^ - _ . — quite — _^ . ^_ , - ^ m straiht with the pincersand apparently never

    touching B ^^^ V ^ r ^ Bd ^^ B > ^ B g bgh ^ Bk ^ Bp ^^* T T ^^^ the ^ t ^ ^^ ^^ . ^ . ^ ^^~ ^ type ^ . ^^^ Br- ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ with ¦ ^^~^ ^^^ , ^ P ^^ his ^ ^^^ — Bk fingers ^^ ™ — . ^^ ^ B ^ After ^ ^ — - ^^ r » ^^^^ — - ^ sufficient copies had been 1 struck ¦— offthe ¦ type

    P ^^ ^^ Bk J ^^ k * B » ^ fc distributed ^ ^ B > ^ fc ^ ^ B ^ B ) ^ l » ^^ ^^^ ^*^ ** ^*^ y *^ each ^^ ^^ ^ i ^^» ^^ " ~ " character ^ " ^ ^ " ^ w - ~^ - being , m returned ' - — " « BT ^ ^ " ^ to its particular , box . The type in the forme

    was of three sizes , each character being kept in lace entirely b ¦ the clay in which -- ^ - it stood w .

    They « k BB 4 B 1 p W ^^ * B » ^^ . ^^ ^^ were —1 ~ ^ m ^ M B ^ ^^ ^^ cut ^^ ^ B ^ ^^ V out ' ^^^ y W ^ " ^ of " ^ " ^ some ™^ ^ — ---- hard - , wood ^_^ _ — , - ^ . ^ . ^ and *^_^ _ „ _^ w ^ ere perfectlsquare . The writer was told

    that the art of y printing in this way had been 1

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1888, page 159, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021888/page/5/