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      facsimile by , photo-engraving , on copper-plates , from photographs taken by Mr . J . P . May all . I Mr . F . G . Stephens supplies biographical notices

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      and the success of the process by which the pictures are produced is so great that we may justly describe it as preserving all the best

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      artist at work amidst his normal surroundingsin his workshop , as his studio really is—and then i proceeds to sketch Sir Frederi BBBI ck Leihton ' s career

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      seventieth year , while in his ' sanctumwe see him sitting , with a * pose * which is just suggestivo of the hotographer ' s ~ m » -B » amid the

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      effective p icture ^^ ^ of ^~ v the venerable ^ B ^ B , * ~ , artist ^ B * ' seated W ^ ^ mm ~— in *—mT B * his garden at Cranbrook . The fourth sketch—Mr . Val C ¦ - . Prinsep ¦ ¦ —brings Bmmw fBi us Vi back mmmr mtmmmt to busy ¦¦ Bi i life b » -

      and tells us how ' ™ —™~ , ^— after B »^^ ^ entering » ^^^ BIK ^ ^ B * * m at ^^^ ' - Hailey ^^ ^ v ^ mm' m *^ m . bury J ^» in ^ , w the old days when the College was under the rule of ' John Company ¦ ¦ ¦ i ' he threw up the Indian BiBP

      Civil Service ^^ ¦ " and b ^^ —^ became , b ^ b ^ ^ B ^ ^^ a W ^ b > pup w B ^ V il of mf ^^ r Mr ^ mr mm m ^ m ^ t ^ . Watts ^ b ^^ ^ ' ^¦ b B ^ m- ^ v b . *^ and The scene brings tf ^^^ m ^ - in to ^^~ the a ~ - ^ close - * mr studio h ^ i ^^ —mm 1 ^^ mr the mm ** ^ m * mi is w ^ a fi ^ ^^ Bk rst most mmm 1 ^ B > ^ issue B > 9 fmT m ^^ successfu ^^*^ V ^ B ^ of ^^ f ^ B | this B ^ F B > ^ mt l ^ m ^^ p l new BM ate | ^^^ B V ,

      and ( I ) . Bogue promising ) has wo an rk i . nteresting —The Anti arti gicaria cle on n Magazine * Thomas Gray and his Poetry / bSir Egerton Bryd

      y ges ; the first of a series of papers on 'Our Old Country . Towns / with a quaint old picture of Chard in 1750 etched by Mr . Bidgoodand

      , , several other attractive papers . Mr . Walford ' s skilful editing makes the notes , correspondence , memoirs —~ ~ ^ , b ^ ¦ and " ^ - ~ — —* proceedings mw ^*~ ^^ m ^ mr ~^~ ^ m * ~^^ ^ rmm ^™ p ^ ^^ BB | W ^ r ¦¦ of ^ B ^ ™ ^ learned m ~^^ ~ - - ^ ^^^ »^»^ ^^» ^^^^ societies r- ^^ ^ m- ~ mm- *— —^ ^ mw ** ^^ mr m ^ m * ^ a B | mw

      strong feature in hie magazine . —Merry England ( 44 : Essex Street , Strand ) would be worth buying if only for its etching , by Tristram Ellis , of

      Canterbury Cathedral , and of the ' Dark Entry ' still made one famous of the i by most Barham icturesque ww ~ w in hie Ingoldsb bits of y the legends outer bibb ,

      remains of ^ - ^ ~ — ' ¦¦ - *~ the ™ v— ¦ — old ™ ^ ^^^ ^ — p ^ buildings wmr ^ mW ^^^ T mmr —mw m ^ ^^ "BJ . ^^ f Mr ^^^ ^™ ^^ ^ . ^*^ ^ r Lo ^ *^ ftie mw — ¦ ^^ r ^ sup ^^™ ^^^ ^^^ - plies a pleasant gossiping , antiquarian , architecturaland personal sketch of the ancient city .

      , Pleasant essays on * Poetesses , ' by Alice Meynell ; II 'Amateur Art at Home , * by John Leyland ; a

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      b batch y Alice of Corkran sonnets b , y comp luim Mrs lete . iuus Pfeiffer a pleasant , and a number novel f the magazine lua ci ^ iuo the luxurious and

      Eng which mo land make ^ ( Sunday , . it a School pleasure Union to type type open ) has and it nolC - pane x Ly . **^ ?

      the Rev . F . Arnold s papers on ' Cniversities . \ f University LiV which will come in a

      Journal in this ( 113 boat- Cannon race month Street . — ) The is a British good pproprf n umbl Tr L ^ full of trade ' articles and

      genuine ' information ' We have also received : — Journal of Bankina Rhodes & York

      ( Co ., New ) new number- ? Become Manhattan of E ( gypt New ? York ' is the ) Ma title rch number cf an article — , * What viw in will this

      number . —Bibtiothk u » . que Universelle > Revue - *« XU Su LUIS isw I I fl ( Stanford ) , Mars 1884 , contains the usual Chro- I Bl ^ b ^ P ^ BlBk ^ im from B ^ B _ . Ai . h k - _¦ - Paris I M — — - a ^ mi It al j I BB BB B > ^ ¦ _ ¦ W Bl _ B ^ H

      besides nique ^^ literary papers , ^ . y , Germany ^^ ^ ^ , and England ^ ° ' I Books received for notice : —

      Sermons Memories for of the Joh Church n Flint ' s South Year , ( Part John 4 Murray ( Griffith ) . & Lj . vmattB .-v < an \

      Far ran ) . Bryan ' s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers Part 3 ( G . Bell & Son ) . in

      Mediaeval JMilitary Archi ^ cture England 2 vols . ( Wyman & Sons ) . , Geographical ReaderParts 1-4 ( W . Blackwood ) .

      , Geographical Primer ( ditto ) . Stormonth ' s English Dictionary , Section 1 ( ditto ) . You ' re Me and I ' m You ( James Nisbet ) .

      33 , 333 Miles by Land and Sea ( Hamilton , Adams . & Co . ) . Sermons for Holy Week and Lent ( Wells Gardner

      & Co . ) . From the Religious Tract Society : — Large Type Series 1 , Nos . 54 and 55—Volumes for

      the Young , Nos . 147 and 148—Life ' s Pleasure Orarden—Helon—1 Packet Easter Cards . Pantomime h bb < Bi mm Wai ¦ bf fs BB ^ ( S V . W . Partrid bb > b ^¦^ ge h & b Co b . ) .

      ^^^^^* m * mm ~ ^ mr bjb ^ ^ " ^** ^ - ^ m *^^ w ~ mw ^ * «*^^ B ^ ^ ^^ - ^ B ^ V BP ^^ > ^^ ' B ^^^^^ BB _^ v ^^ ^* ^¦ v BP ^ Fancy Pigeons , Part 5 ( L . Upcott Gill ) Foreign Cage Birds , Part 4 ( ditto ) . Universal Instructor ( E & SLivingstone )

      . . . Shakspenre ' s Plays for Schools ( National Society ' s Depot ) .

      The History of a Lump of Iron ( A . John & tone ) . A Daily Text-Book ( W . Smith ) . i French Oratory ( Clarendon Press ) .

      German Love ( Swan Sonnenschein ) . My First Command (* Boys' World ' Office ) . ] Gordon Goodfellow ( ditto ) . Castle of Pictordu Gemmell

      ( Jas . ) . The Judge ' s Son ( ditto ) . ! Wilson The Ki ' ng s Tales ' s Daughter of the . ( Borders ditto ) . , Parts 3 to 7 ( ditdo ) . | »

      A List of Lenten Pamphle Services ts and Magazines at St . Paul . ' s Cathedral \ Mr ( . Griffith Henry & Irving Farran and ) . Mis » Ellen Terry in

      America ( Chicago ) . An . Exposure of the Pretensions of Mr . Henry ¦ George i ¦ ^ mrr ~~^~ ^— BB > ~ mr , BJ " as ^^ " ¦¦ ~*^ ¦ set ^*^ ' mmwm forth »^ ^^ - ^ w ^ Bi bB in B »^ Bi BB his - ^ * mm | , Bi book — - »~ — ' Progress ~^ m ^

      Allmen and Po ' s Land verty' ( Simp ( K . Wilson kin , Marshall ) . , & Co . ) . The A Short Art and of S Simp peaking le Catechism ( John Hey of wood the ) New .

      Testament History ( Houlston & Son ) . A Strange Life ( Palmer & Co . ) . Toronto

      The The Canada Canada lid Educational ucational Monthly Monthl y (( Toronto ;) .. May Textile BHB . -B ^ f ^ BB | Bia fair / ^ mmt , B ^^ . Recorder J ^ , Magazine B ^ f ^ J \^ l ^* l * - 't-T ^ ¦ ( « Manchester ' ~ ( Stroeter ~ . W - ¦ V ¦¦•*• ~ U fb _« " ) ~ . m-f M , , I V J ^ . • Heywood W )* .

      Sword and Trowel ( Paasmore & Alabaster ) . The Christian Treasury ( Groombridge ) . The Health Postnrnn Magaizine —Knowled ( Wyman ge & —Hand Sons ) . and

      Heart-The Fireside—Day of Days . JL

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1884, page 272, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031884/page/16/