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    i Marcb 1^1884 The Publishers' Circular ...

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    t t , * nt vr would although Stanley not let he was me was very go burning forward ill with and wi feyer thout shivering the ascertaining day alternately I started that , ;

    placed pvervthin -JLfMiKr at my g which which disposal could could . aid aid me me in in my my journey iournev had had been been Friendliness like this—and Mr . Stanley gave him

    three of his favourite attendants as an escort—easily accounts for the admiration which Mr . Johnston his herohis adhe meets

    for . On vance and expresses sights tree bea -ducks utiful with and strange the latter : ground of whom -hornbills he

    , made madR imag ines vou Dame "W eo "X and ana _ _ Nature iWl tak z & k q e -- A . to to to A > ^ "fc . living living argue , «•* ** 4 * p >*« ^ W thus A on on W * ** « PB trees trees : ' Whateve ^ Kft , , when wnen « - « A *¦* . »¦ W ** . ± I r you go

    bad for the shaped water and ? ' adapted The waterfall your feet s are and describe your 1 bod and y

    African sketched a fripAn market m ; arket a grap , ana and hic then tnen descri we we ption get get an an is g idea idea iven of ot of the tno an

    relaxation Mr . Johnston , chose ; for on one memorable ^ CAI ^ Avy occasion w % * » - »¦••• - — —— , j when - — , y during — ^ y a rain and torrent his tent , g' whs the

    wind rose like an angry devil , Daudet whipped ' s over 'Lea his Rois head en , exil ' his ' was novel reduced , Alphonse in no

    __ ^ j _ ^^ ^^ pfc ^^^ B ^^^ ^ Pff Wpp' ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ — — ^ — time to yellow pap . Himself a veritable ' roi en ^ exil ^ j ^^ p ^^ fc ^^ fe > , H ' . Mr ^ p . ^^ .... ^^ . . ™ Johns ^^^ " ^^^ ¦ *^™—^ ¦ ton ~~ ~— — - dried — his — — clothes , ^^ and the

    novel was almost the only thing he lost , so speedily did Mr . Stanley ' s faithful Zanzibaris come to his rescue « . The habits of the natives are fully

    de-^ ^^^ p ^^ p ^^ f ^ g ^ pj ^^ r ^ ^ " ™^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ — — » scribed , including _ ^~ A their ^ Pk A fondness . ¦ . > 4 for ^ Ph eating P . bats ^ , while—history repeats itself , find Tom Hood ' s lost child is reproduced in Africa—the children * make

    p ^ gf ^ . V ^ pp ^ m ^^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ — — dirt pies . ' Stanley Pool , which has local sed the explorer ' s name , is next visited , and here Mr . Johnston meets the temptera wicked old

    gentle-, man , with a _ a wife A . ^ P . and two marriageable Pk ^ B « daug PB 1 hters PI , whom he desires to exchange for some cloth , and , mistaking our author ' s look , for one of scorn ,

    drags forward his wife as a possible substitute . ' JVLr . Johnston contrived to evade their kind offers , and the elder lady presented him with a fine large

    fish , while the daughters brought eggs , and he in return offered the proverbial gaudy handkerchief . The descriptions of the people met with

    en route ar 9 lively and amusing , and of the babies it is said that ' they squall terribly , and are endowed ~~~ V V ^ PP » V ^ p . with * V ^ B ^ pr ^ m ^ . ^ p ^ F ^^ lentifu ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ l ^ crops ^^ ^^ ^^^ V ^^ ^^ of ^^^ ^^ ^ hair ^ B ^ ^ - ^ ^~ ^ B / ^ ^ For ^^^ ^ ^ J ^

    some tions part are of transcribed the journey diary Mr . Johnsto fashion , n ' s until descri he pdescribes reaches Bolobo and then and turns Msuata to , retrace which , his he steps fully

    , . Chapters on the climate , natural histsry , and the languages of the natives on the river banks complete the volumeThe & A illustrations . * .. * . \ ¦ - » add % jm much to

    j | ~ " ~ " w v » ^* »<¦>¦ v . . ^^ *** kj % / ^ jh u & x ^ u - ~ % *—•¦ u A U . Vv X A % J \ -J not the a attraction single dull of pag the e from work the , in first whic to li the there last . is irom XTOin the f . MA sam Rnma e— ' Tracks I ^ i-q ^ Itcj in -in \ r « - »>«« r < i tt of r \ f Four TJVvi »»» Pairs P . ii « a

    of Feetdelineated . bFour Norway Handswith Notes on the handiwork , : of eac y h by the , others' Thus

    . & sketc quaintl nd h y of titled an we Official have , a a Philosop pleasant her little , a travel Judge - , a journey due northmudo

    recentl Savag y as August e , on a last . The experiences , of the as quartet are ui described from day to daythey

    A - < . w . u VIVOL 11 MVU 1 A V / lll V * l * Jf W V 44 . lt T , C as * O tUCJ w jotted down in their diary ; and . to anyone J * "ho meditates a Bimilar tour in the coming

    holiday seasonthe little book will form a useful , forms 5 ^ d pleasant a frontisp companion iece to the . volume A map . of the tracks

    fro series m the of same Ori . g — inal ' Fortunes Sketches made , Biogra in Business phical aud : a aud * Anecdotic K ( l Commerce ( j finnnn , irom - » . /» £ w / ' b the . ^ Various Voninna recent Writers " History Wrifaita of 2 " > vols iml Industry a We W *»

    gather volumes from that the the y idea prefac of e taking to these down . interesting from . the P ? of the living facts not previously reduced to

    ^ ^ ahiable j ^ !?* and material of collecting lying about and in crystallising fugitive- liter the a-

    - '» —»» m v » uij ot tne maiiy oujrenuus'ua iu reiorwucw

    to the great commercial houses whose successes are here chronicled , suggested itself to the editor

    some years ago . In conjunction with various writers he set about the task , and as a result we have 900 pages of what may jmtlbe described

    y as ' a genuine contribution to our commercial history / Those who have undertaken a similar task can alone appreciate the enormous amount

    of labour bestowed upon the work , involving not merely personal interviews , but many journeys in order to trace the oriin of the houses whose

    growth , progress , and g fortune-making are here chronicled . Where it is on the one hand an attractive budget of biographies , it is far more than

    this , for it supplies a trustworthy epitome of the history of some of the great industries \> y which the fortuoes have been made . Volume the first

    opens with a sketch of the firm of Isaac Holden , whose portrait forms the frontispiece , and an interesting history is given of the rise of Mr .

    Holden from the humble position of a factory lad to be the great manufacturer whose wool-combing establishments at BradfordCroixand Kheims

    give employment to 4 , 000 peop , le . , Next follows I a biography of Mr . Samuel Cunliffe Lister , whose i industrial achievements are commemorated pf bhis ppp I

    statue in ^~ one - ^^ — of ~^ the — — - ^^^~ - ^ public ^^^^ - ^ ~^^ ^ p ^^» r ^^ p' - ^ p ^ parks - ^^ - *^ ^—^^»^ pr p ^ i ^^ " ^ pB of ^^ ^ v ^^^^ pr ¦ Bradford ^ p jp ^ ^&^^ ^ p ^ —^ —^ p ^^*^ , y » and 1 ^^ ^ **^ _ I who has , we are told , ' registered more patents than any — — ^ w other - ^ — - —^— ^ p » - ^— man ¦ - - » ¦ in « p » " ^ Eng ^ PPPIp ^ pp ppj SpIM *^ land phpp ^^ « . PV , -J and I ¦ P » ^^ P » »^^ in ^ ^ P- ^ pr carry ^ ppp'm .-PP' ^ — ^ » ing . r » pg j ^ k

    out improvements in machinery of one kind and however another has holding spent * on - ^ " - fortune until success upon fortune has been , always won | \

    when his — — outlay — — — — ^ p ^ ppB has come - ^^^ —^^ ^^ v ^^ back ^^ pf- - ^^^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^ - to ^^ ^^ p ^ ^ pv him ^^^^ p" ^» ^¦ p > ^ ppv fou ^ ^ PP' - ^^^^ rfold — *~ ^ " ^ ^ - "" / , w ^ One of Mr . Lister ' s great feats w . is the perfecting and bringing ioto operation of the wool-combing

    machine , and another'the invention of machinery for the manipulation of silk waste , theretofore treated as refuse but now made the basis of many i

    beautiful fabrics in velvets , silks , plush , and other \ kindred — ¦ m --VPpP * materials PPI PPi » PI P . rf PB ' Fro PP «» r m hP an bPPPT PPfc individual P » » ~ *» P»—PP success ¦^ P' ~ r -m- I ^ P * ^ ^ ^ * ^* ^ PT ^— —^ ^* Pp ^ p ^^^*^^| ^^ ^ m ^ ^» ^^^^ ^ ^^ p ^ ^ " ^^ ¦ ™ ^^ ^^ ^ ^

    we pass to the fortune made by the Low Moor Company , of which Messrs . R . Hird , John Preston , \ and John Jarratt were the oriinatorsand which lT

    has owed its successes largely g to Mr . , Dawson , a ; Sometime Nonconformist minister . As ironmasters \ the . » directors ^ « « amassed immense * wealth V . I Sir pf ~^ "

    soon . ) Josiali Mason , whose name and career are more \ familiar to the is the of the next

    public , subject chapter , which tells of his manufacture of tons of . the * Perry ¦ ¦ ¦ v ian pens' and who afterwards added \

    W ^ ^ m ^^ ^ p ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ g ^™ —^^ - ^^^^ p ^ p ^ ^^ ^^— ~—^ , v ^^^^ - ~—~ - ^~ ~^^ mr - ^ — ^— ~— — ' ~— ~ - ^ ~~ — — ¦ electro-platinof and other industries to his varied \ works >» v _ ijl IV . C 3 . . The jl . lx \ i * xt R > im imance autv of \ jy Invention xuiouiivu ' is u illustrated utucuui > v ^ '

    in the career of Sir Henry Bessemer , who pro- induced ^ A ^ 4 ^^ ^^^^ % the ^^ ^ k ^ ^^ firs m J ± m w ^ J t ^ pf perfo m ^ ^ b / p ^ ^ ^ pj ^ rating * h ^^ pW ^ ^ t TU- ^_ stamp ^^ v # ^ mp « p >^ b . ^ b ^ , » ^ and v p— . * ' ** . ¦ afterwards * v ^ v ^ pr ^ «¦ — **— - ^ . ¦ ;' , ;

    familiarl became the y associated inrentor with of the his grea name t proj . ectiles The notice now ] ) of % Sir John Browntha great Sheffield manu- j

    factarer ~^ T PPk ¦ I I * ^ " ^^ F" in ^^ ™ " ^ steel ^ ^ ^^^ ^ , ^ ^^^ whose ^ —» , — ^^ armour ^^^^ - ^^ plates produced i f a sp t ^^ — ^^ ^ rerolution ciji ^^ p ^ ^ p ^ pjip l jp ^ interest . pi . . . * ^^ ^ ^ p ^ - ^» "n ^ in for ^ n ^^ - " ^ pi ival all ^ p ^^ ^ ^^ warfa who — — *~ —¦ ^^ - re take — - , — — will — a - - patriotic » have ^ ¦ — a ' ,

    pride in that great arm of the service , and then we p . iss to the peaceful work of the irvi . lt family ' and P ^ . . * S - ^ ^* ^ the ^ ^ P ^ P * ^ PP ' discovery ^ " * . " "" ** ^ P » - ^ ^ ^^ W of - ^ PPi al " ^ ^ ' - ^» paca ^^ ^ — ~ - ^ , of ^^ which they p ^

    fbecam © the leading manufacturers . Sketches of the ; Peases of Darline ^ ton , the early railway promo-Burley ters , and -in of Wharfedale the Fisons , and fill the Forsters remaining of pictaresque pages of , [ ¦

    this this hal li > il f f of of the thn work wnrfer . Vol Vol . . 2 2 opens ooens with with a a very Verv interesting account of the Fosters of Queensbury , a famous v « KBay . t * v *« »>^ in •* the ^ ijm ^* history «^ i ¦• »^ ^* ^ p ^ <» f of * - " *» worsted » » ^** - ¦» ^ p > — - — - —— manufacture — -, _ - _ -. . , ra

    of portTait the illustrations of the late Mr while . John the Foster interest forming taken one b the Countess of Bective , in the ¦ restoration to y

    ^^^^ p ^^ - ^^^ ^^ ^ pfll . » p » ^ p * ^ p * ^^» . ^ p ^ ^^ » iPWPi ^ ^ p- - ^ p ^ - w ^ — - ^ ^ — — — - - popularity of home produce in wool fabrics justifies the insertion of her ladyship ' s pietwr * as a second garnishment of the article . Hornby Castle , |

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1884, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031884/page/13/