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    17 it* 6 The JLne jruDii Publisners sher...

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    WRITTEN TESTIMONIALS AND REFERENCES.

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    The Will of De. Westland Maeston.— ojppp...

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    shrewdness in speculation . As communities began to sproutschools were established and

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    -costly at the time , but what of that *? The buyers were men and women of quick intellect ,

    and the sagacity which urged them to seek their fortunes abroad had not been suppressed by hardy toil in primeval A forests - - and untilled

    land so far as to make them forget the beneficent book-guides which taught them to worksearchfindsowand reap . Standard

    works , , much , more , expensive , than they now arewere therefore freely imported — and

    remembering , - the numerical - w «/ paucit y of popula , - , tion , the exportation j . from this country was

    very large . The ' Old Identities , ' as the first settlers are called in New Zealand , were proud of their adopted country . They founded - - —

    J . A «/ «/ permanent homes , and lived and died on the land they had helped to make productive . To this class the colonial book traders and

    colonial book lovers generally owe a deeper debt of gratitude than is due to the huckstering stock-jobbers who followed themmen who

    , had no interest whatever in the country ' s progress or permanence beyond pushing the

    transactions , often shady enough , which brought fortunes sufficiently ample to allow

    them to return and live at ease and luxury in Europe But young h JPJJJVM Australia is bb becoming b puissant ¦ .

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    alone , but of all . Old settlers speak of England as ' home' and their children speak

    of it in the , same way . A new body , however , is coming to the social foreground .

    Speaking of Australia not as the land of their adoptionbut as the land of their birth—their

    , home—a race of hardy men and comely women is — springing _ - - ^ b ^^ q _ - __ ^ ppppj . up ~_ _ _^^_ - , ^_ g ^^¦¦ H iving ^^ ^^^^ r ^^ a ^^^^^ perceptible jb ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ B ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ and ^^ ^^ ^^

    infrangible character to the social life and institutions of the various -JL provinces . From

    this race we must expect the natural colonial literature . Inspired by an inborn love of its scenessoundsand storiesand animated by

    national , sentiment , the foundation , of this literature is alread , y rising above ground

    giving signs of the ultimate creation of a fair , and firm fabric .

    William Stephen .

    17 It* 6 The Jlne Jrudii Publisners Sher...

    The PublishersCircular ic

    17 it * JLne jruDiisners ' circular Feb f * k . 1518 i *™ 90 ,

    Written Testimonials And References.

    WRITTEN TESTIMONIALS AND REFERENCES .

    To the Editor of the Publishers' Cibculae . Sie—May I suggest through your valuable

    columns , that employers and others , in giving or obtaining references or testimonialsshould

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    person , I think , whether employer or emloyedwill deem this suggestion either harsh

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    BB _ A BBk , Btfl BK Bh , a H and stopping much fraud . ^ and deceit ^ ^ , and of placing those who are reliable and deserving

    upon a far better footing as against the competition of the unscrupulous and base—

    Written Testimonials And References.

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    filling up time-gaps by plausible excuses , and , skiing over periods of reprehensible

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    ^ p ^ V ^ B > ^ p *^^ BJp , ^^(«^*» ^^^^ Pf ^^ P ^ ^ BP ^ BP * ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ~^ ^ ^ ~ — ^— ~ . , be sacred and confidential ; they are never enhanced ^ bjjjt fjjj , sjjjjsbjj « vjt ^ ppvjp ajjB Bjjp ^ bjjt ^ ^ BP ^ Bp ¦¦¦! either ^ pjjr vjjp bbb > ^ pjp aiajBi in bjjbji « bjjj sBjjr value » 'b ^^^^ w ^ b ^ or ^— - wei - - ~—~ g ^ b—^ p | ht , -m but

    decidedly diminished , when entrusted and submitted to T P the JP custod B « JB aiir T »¦¦ y W ¦¦ and ¦» scrutiny of the

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    testimonials otherwise than direct were more strictl WtJ W- > - > ¦ " -- ^^ ^ . fc y adhered * -W ^» - *¦* ^ - < -fc ^ B * ^ i » fc ¦ to ^ ^^ , T and - »< f ¦> - » ^^^ greater H ^ •¦¦» ¦ ^ -p" " ¦ ^ ^ - » -- " caution — ' — — ¦¦ - 'w — —

    observed with regard to them generally , ¦ justice VV bT would VBBttfjjh be served w ^ - ^ and the public be

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    ¦ gf ^ ^^ , * f bjVbjjjji 'P _ VP | J ^ p ^ ^ p * VJJ fJJ ^ p ^ p•— l p HOMAS ^ — - — -- THATCHEE - — - ¦ , .

    44 College Green , Bristol .

    The Will Of De. Westland Maeston.— Ojppp...

    The Will of De . Westland Maeston . — ojpppbb ^ ppBiappBi ¦ jphvp— w • ^^ - ^^ ^^^^^ ^ pp- p ^—^ bbbbbbp >~ •« *» v " * jb" ^^™ p ^ p" ^ ¦ ^^^^™ ^^ - ——^ - ¦ ^—^— '' ~~ — — ~ ~~ ™ ^^— —~

    By his will , made in May 1887 , in a codicil of July 1887 the late Dr . John Westland

    , Marston , of 191 Euston Road , who died on January 5 devised that some one of his books

    or a set of , his books , should be taken by each , of ^¦^ * BJM > . his JJP * BBPF "PPF . ^ BJP ^ pBB friends . BBBBI ^^™ ^ BJJP fJJJJl BPJ . ^ . ^^ to r ^^^ — . VB Phili ^ I M ^ B ^ 4 V ^ ^^ H ^^ B p B ^ tf * James ^ 4 ^^ ^ n ^ ^^ ~^ ^^ ^ W ^ ' ^ ' ^ Bailey V ^ BBI ^^ ^^^ P *«^^^ ^^^ H ( ^ L * ^ Festus ^> v ^ v ^^ - ^— ^^ - ^ - ^— ~ — ' ) g , - ^

    Joseph Knight , William Ford , Frank Arnold ( Archer ) , Minna Loveil , Marian James , Charles F . DunphieIsabella Dallas Glynand Dinah

    Craik . He , bequeaths a letter from , Elizabeth ^ Barrett ^ B ^^ r ¦ ¦ ¦ - ^^ ~~ = Browning ii i i ^^ — — — — - — ¦ i ¦ »*~~ " ^« HB ^ B » ^ and ' ¦¦^¦ F ^™« ^ " ^ ^^^^ all ^^ ^^ ""^ BPW the ^^ W ^ ^ " ^ ^|^ t ^^ ype H ¦» % »^ ^ -written ^ » ¦ ~ ~~ or

    other compositions of his son , the late Philip Bourke Marstonto Louisa Chandler Moulton BB- ¦¦*¦» . MB , ¦ . > __ A < h B , _ ^^^_ * d B ^ . ^ ..

    of Boston , Massachusetts ^ , together ^ with ^ ^ 200 , a legacy from his late son , which Mrs . Moulton

    insisted upon leaving to the testator . There are also several small bequests of money . The Pope and the Book Woeld . —A

    remarkable correspondence between Cardinal Manning and the Chief Rabbi of the English Jews is published . The latter wrote to the

    Cardinal mentioning a newspaper report that a book recently published by M . Henri

    Desportes , entitled 'Le Mystere du Sang chez les Juifs , ' had been sent to the Pope . This

    book revived a monstrous fable that the blood of Christian children is necessary for the performance of Jewish rites . It was stated in the

    newspaper that Cardinal Rampolla had written to 4 greatly t » the author approves X JL intimating of his to work him on that the ~ the ~ horrible ~ Pope

    custom of the Rabbinical Jews . ' Dr . Hermann Adler refuses to believe that the exalted head of the Roman Catholic Church can have given

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1890, page 176, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021890/page/10/