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    ¦*-" • L^E^I Ew^ , A»Q.. ^ From ^^^ " ""...

    / and , we have little doubt that the limited number of copies which has been printed will

    soon be exhausted in the ranks of genuine bibliopoles . From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —We have

    received the ninth edition of * The Pleasures of Life ovt ^ M b ^»^ Bp * **^ , H ' ¦ b v y w Sir ~ pp ^ ^^^^ John p _^ ~^^ — ^ ^ " - " p L «» p * v u w *^ v bbock w ¦ ¦ "" i ^ ™—w —*•¦» , ^ m ab " ¦ " ™^ ou ^ " ^ ~ " ^ t ~—^ which — - — -p— p— -pp- p— , « in — -

    face of the acceptation with which the book has generally been received , it is scarcely tadd further ai

    . . necessary LXKZSJKZsoaiy iu o ciu . u . auj . tLijet p pi rcusc se . . From the Maison Quantin , Paris . — -I ' L'Inimitable ^ Boz ^ bh ^ ™^^ W , H p . ^^ fifcude -B * ~ bt " - " ¦ " » *¦ ™ ^*^ ^ Histori pw-ppB * ^ B p ^ # pa * pp ^ pVp i -B * qu E " ¦ V . * e "" p ^ et ™»^ ™ 4 * p Anecdoti p —»* . ^^ fc ^» —^ r va ^ "a ™ " ^ " . ^ —^ ^ B » que ™»* ¦¦ " | " - —¦ - —»^ - stir - ^ - V ——— ^ la B * —pi ™

    Vie et l'OEuvre de Charles Dickens , ' par Bbbert du Pontavice de Heussey . Many years ago Th wBB- ackeray - wrote pp— a P » sketch --r pp- - called pp-pf- ¦ - * Charles -- -- i

    p—pp— p—^ ppp— pp— p ^ ppp" ™^ ™— ™ p ^ p— J — w ^ p—^ —^ ^^ p ^ ™ p ^ pppp ^ ppppp" p ^^^ p—pppp p ^^ ppp ^ p— * p—^ —p pp— ppppp * * p— * p ^ ppp ^—^ pp Dickens in France . ' This little essay has been reproduced in the latest edition of the great writer p ^ W ^ Bb ^ bp p ^ p ^— Vp ^ ' s —p » works p" » i p ^ p" ^—— - — ' —a . — W bp In » ppppp—^ it pp- p— we — - ^^ find ^ p > pp— pppppj pj ^ p ^ p . such ppp— p ^ p ^ p _^ -p—PV a p—vpp descri -p— -p * p—— —p»— ¦ wav pp- p—p ptio h - ^ ^^ ~ yv n ^^ " ™

    as only Michael Angelo Titmarsh could give of a most remarkable jBrench dramatic version 75 f ' Nicholas Nickleby' performed in the year

    , 1842 at the Ambigu Comique . "We also learn from it what the great French critic of the periodJules Janinthougkt of Charles Dickens

    , , and ' Nicholas Nickleby . ' It is quite a revelation and a very amusing one too . It is , perhaps ,

    fortunate that Dickens was in America when this travesty of his novel was put on the stage , and ^^^ w ^^^^ t ^^^^ p . knew . w ^ " ^^ ^™^™ ^^ v nothing ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ v ^ ™ ^^^^^^ H ^ V of ^^^^ ^^ " ^ ' , J Nickleby ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^ r ^^^^^ r ^^^ ^^^ r ^ r ^^ r w ' b ^^ e ^^^ r in ^^ b ^^ p ^^^ B ^ g p ^^ fc t ^^ r ^ hus ^ v ^^ ^^ v ^ v ^^ . ^

    * done into French , ' for Jie was very sensitive , and with good reason , on the subject of unauthorised dramatic versions of his stones .

    But Janin did not escape a castigation from Thackeray . We recall the French version of * Nicholas Nickleby' to remembrance because

    ' L'Iniinitable Boz ' shows us at every page how very much French writers have enlarged their views on the subject of English literature

    since those days when Jules Janin , who knew nothing- of English literature , ventured to criticise and even vilify Boz . So much has

    been told . us about Charles Dickens , not only by himself in his novels and letters , and by John ¦¦ Forster in i i his life of himbut ~^ t ^ r also by

    ^^^ - ^^*~ ^^— ~ ^— W ™ ^^^^ ^^^ »^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ™ ¦ " ™ ¦ ™ ¦ ^^— ^^ - ^^ — ~ ^^ ¦ ^^^ - ^^ " ^ ^^^» ¦ ^ mm —^^^^^^ - ^ , ^ m ^^^^^ ^^ ^ b ^^ < W ^ " ^^^ ^ fc ^^ V ^^^ F B many who have had the privilege of his friendship and companionship , that it would be unjust to expect h even i from so clever a i young VBh writer as

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    published memoirs , a just and appreciative criticism of the great writer ' s works , and an enthusiastic tW * V ^ b ¦ " v ^^ v h testimony v p ^^ -- - i pi ¦ ¦ v to ¦ the pppi good tB wroug Bk ht B ^ . p . B > by

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    Inimitable Boz . " This is a glorious epithet with which the enthusiasm of his contemporaries saluted Dickens Ib - V when he published « Blj V 4 under Bkh the

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    Review of October 1837 , that Dickens ' having risen like the rocket will come down like the stick ? - " af" ^^ ABBA BBfc I pB-fH bA-TB « K i AB ^ -BBBB ^ lamin B ^^^ ^

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    ¦ B - — — - ———¦ — - — - -- » - ¦¦ I B-p ^ P .. B —| . ^ P ^ ^^ pW , « p ¦ y . p . p _^ ¦ ^^• ^ B _^ . ^ A *^^ T ^» rt ^ h « flb VV ¦ I ¦ From Messrs . Kegan Paul , Trench . & Co . — * Thomas Drummond , Under-Secretary in Irel nd / I 1835 1 O 9 K 1840 lQ / if \ Life T iX ^ and ^ - ^ . ^ Letters T ^ 4- ^ - ^ --. ^ ' by l-.--T > T >^ ---.-, r

    a , -, , , R . Barry O'Brien . Nearly ( half a century has elapsed since * » —™» i " a * - - ¦ Thomas ^ i -b ^ "• - ' —— - ——• II - " Drummond b ^ ppp- ^ - » ^ IpJ > pppppppp f * fl « pW —¦ p » - M ^ pV * Bfc r « B , died ' ¦ b—j j— | , v ^^ ' P _» 4 Vb ^ at b ^^ V " ^ the ^ - «« "" t ,, ^ early ~^^™^ J ^ . # « » age ^ Vf ^ ~*™^

    of forty-three , just as a great career in' the service of the State seemed dawning upon him . ¦ ¦ Yet pp— p * the ^ - p—p-pJ - « B- older -PJPi B ^ ^ PPPPB d ««^ race VBPi P ** -BJBh -Pj ^ P . T of Pp ^ 4 H | H politician % ^ BB ^^ p ^^ B * p ^^ , - ^^ ^ krfV ^ A ^ h 9 s ^ m are *^* < B > *^^ able V ^^ V ' ^ p' . " ^^ to ^*^

    recall the deep thrill of regret which swept through the nation when the famous Irish i Secretary was struck down in the midst of his

    ¦ •/ wise wise aijd and brave brave ende endeavo avours urs - to to re rftstore stnrft peace r » f » a . r » , fi and and prosperity to the geople whom he loved and served V ~ V pp-p * ^ so p ^ ppV ¦ well - -aB-n «^ . Drummond ¦ « v Wk-Fafh-B-iB ^ - « K JB % V « was V V W * k ^ born in Edin TJ ^ -i «« b-lB - "* " ^^ ** ^^ * ^ ^^ - ^ . ^ ^* . ^^ . ^^ PVr ^^ A A ^ k J ^^ Jh JJ ^^ .

    burgh on October 10 . 1797 , and died-at his omcial residence in the Phoenix Park , Ijtablin , on April 15 , 1840 . Just before the end came flA p « B Pt PH pp . p ^ _ pp . ^ _ p . ^ p ^

    he said with a calm . but failing voice , f I . wish to be buried in Ireland " , country of nxf adop-- j * i . x ., ,... ; ... ., .. ,, j , ,,, „ ,,, /; , ; ,, ,, M ,. . ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1889, page 170, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021889/page/12/