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      j lishing prospectus issued onl Co y ., we by Cincinnati subscri learn nf ten ption that . From . the It work is the to will consist printed be ,

      to whe wTi p exhibit n n completed ^ mrmlfifprL the fruits , or te of n the octavo octavo American volumes volumes mind , and and from the earliest settlement to the present

      aim time ^ H to ; ^^^ T illustrated ^^^^ h ive V distinctive W SV wit h portraits ^» ¦ reada i ~— ^ "i ¦ " ^^ - ^ . bl — - e ^^ - ^ The exa ^¦ - ^ ^^ — editors m ~ les — W ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ . ^^^ g ^^^ ^^^ ^*^^^ " ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^^ ^^^ , p ,

      from every authori class and tative period texts , and , of in th longer e writ extracts ings of

      than than are a . rf * . usual iisna . ) m in compilation r . nrm ) ila . tinn s oi nf the the kind kind .. Dr . George H . Picard , the author of ' A

      Matter of Taste ' and * A Mission Flower , ' two recent successful novels , has another in

      hand for early publication . The first number of a new monthly

      maga-New zine , York called . The It Forum is in form , appears modelled this month after the in

      Eng Metcalf lish reviews who for and is edited was by Mr associated . Lr S . many years

      with Mr , . Rice in the editorial management of the North American Hexieiv .

      announced Besides in the our new last book issue i by Messrs John . Burroug Houghton hs ,

      larged Mifflin , and & Co revised ., of Bos edition ton , , will of publish Nathaniel an en J . - , 6

      vo Holmes lumes ' Authorshi * The Student p of ' s Shakspeare Kentan , ' A in brid two g-

      ment of Kent ' s Commentaries , on American Law , ' edited by Eben Francis Thompson ; a

      reissue of Mr . C . D . Warner ' s ' Back-Log Studiesin the ' Riverside Aldine Series ;'

      and a n ' volume of verse by Mr . J . G . Whittiercontaining the poems he has written

      since the , publication of ' The Bay of Seven Islands' in 1883 .

      A history of the United States in chronological order , from the discovery of America

      in Childs 1492 , is to to be the published year 1885 at , once by E by Messrs ery E . .

      Baker « fc Taylor , of New York .

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      2 ; 2 The Publishers' Circular March i S , l 886

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      J > ale ^ [ otttnsjer . Messrs . Christieon the 4 th inst - _ - . ¦ so U ld ~^ tf

      some ^~ book - — _~ . — v s fro — - - m w ~_ - the - — , _ Moxhull — - — Hal , l _ . __ v ~ . Library ^ v , — ^^ > ^^ , ^» Warwickshire , besides some other books .

      Among the more interesting lots were the fo — ¦ llowing — ¦ - ^ » - — ^^^^ k ^ : ' " British ¦ " ^^ ^^ ¦ ' »^^ - Essay —— ¦ ¦ ¦ - — —¦ - — — ¦ is - - ^ t - ^ i s »¦ , -m ' ™ 29 ^^— - *— " vols ^ i ^^ ^» r ^ . ^ . « , a ^ a ^ u

      Eng nice - ^^^^ b lan — — — — se d — t , and — £ ' 8 . Ss W - - . — ¦ — l ( es Sotheran — , * m ' ex ¦— — — tra - ¦— ° — ) - " - ^ ; illustrated " ^^ ^^^ < ^ B ^ r *^ ^ ea » w ^ at ^^ mm ut ^* " »^ ies ^^^ fc , B SI " ^ of — ^^_

      vo ville ls . , , ' Booke d morocco of Faulconrie , £ 33 ( Walford or Hunting ) ; Turber , ' 1575 - £ 25 . 10 s . ( Qnaritch J ) ; Whitaker ¦ - ' ¦ s ¦« ' Richmond / ,

      2 ' Catalogue — vols —~ ^ w ~ . , in — « ^ par »«— Raisonne - "" » t s , ^ " - ^^ £ 10 ' f y . , 10 ' ^™ s 0 . ^ ^^ ^— ( Walford — vo —— ^^» ls ., v ^^— £ ) ir «¦ 13 ^ ; — ^ B ^ Smith b ^ . *^ ^^^ ^ 15 K ^ ^^^^ s ' s .

      21 ( Sotheran vols dal ., wi ) t ; h supp Bartsch lement , c L , ill e P . 10 s vols t . ( Quaritch -Graveur ) , ' ;

      £ Duo Uugdaie 21 . - 10 e ' s s s . ' ( Sotheran Warwick Warwickshire ) ah -, Hol , * y i 2 ^ Bible vols ., , 1 1 15 7 ^ 30 39 30 , , know known n as as the the G Great reat Bible Bible . Hzx i . ' 22 : Booke TJnokp . of nf

      Common Prayer 1541 ) the , first ; book of £ Edward ' 24 . 10 s . VI ( Parker ., . £ ' 30 ) , . ; These firs , t folio three Shakspeare latter were ,

      imperfect . Five hundred volumes of l ) ooks are to be

      smith sold at & 44 Co Lowndes ., of 2 Pont Square { Street by M , essrs on t . he Gould 23 rd

      and 24 th of this month .

      J>Ale ^ [Otttnsjer. Messrs - ^~ - — _~ ....

      & Co On . the will 0 23 sell rd and in 24 Manchester th inst ., Messrs a library . Capes of I I

      over ovftr o 8 . , 0 () OO Uvolumes volumes , . which whicH i in nclude ftlnrlA some anma wood rv ,, ~ .- \ I I books Sutton will of standard send catalogue interest on . app Mr lication . K . . ^ H . j I

      day Me of ssrs Marc . h Puttick will .. _ commen ____ & Simpson _ ce _ _ the _ , sal vvv on e the of v ^« . some last I I

      books Liverii i /— . from Many the , are library old of and the rare . Marquis h . . in \ fine JXkl de \} I I

      bindings — — ¦ - — — . S — — ^— pecimens ^ j ^^ ^ ¦ ^ ^ are — ^— ^^^ ^ included — - — ~ - ^^ ^ . ^^ ^^^» p ^^^^^ r , ^ B from ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ¦ ^* the ^ ^» ^ p I ^^ libraries & of Henry IV ., Marguerite de Valois I

      c . I In Berlin has just been sold an interest hi" I

      collection of autograph letters . It numbered I o — v - er seven . _ - _ _ hu - _ n . d „ red - ^ - ___ , an __ d comprised _ __ „ ^ - ^ - ^ , -- ^^ - ^ - ^ - v letters ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ j ^ ^ j ^ I _

      from many celebrities . There was one written I by Goethe to his son Augustand dated I

      J Tl ena ^ e , onl Marck "A jr y thing 1 22 i- » r ^ I , wished 1818 irtin . was The nil that , poet my children writes ¦ : I I I

      might once or twice go about in Paradise with I me ; they would rejoice over their transformed I

      papa / An album leaf of the philosopher I Mendelssohn has the following : ' Search after I

      truth the best , love . In the friendl beautiful y remembrance , wish , the good —Moses , do I I

      Mendelssohn A letter of Schiller . Berlin ' s to , his February publisher 20 , Schwann , 1782 / I I

      ( June 0 , 1784 ) , furnishes an instance of the I poet's absent-mindednessfor he breaks off I

      new in the line middle to write of a about sentence another , and subj begins ect . in A « a j I I

      letter written by the poet Burger from I Gottingen in 1786 is touching for the sadness I

      it reveals . Mourning the death of his Molly , I he says : ' Ah ! I am now nothing more than I

      beau tlie bare tiful , vine naked -stock , paltry , which rod had from twined which around the I I

      it , has been torn . ' I Messrs . Sotheby */ will , on April L 12 and ¦ K > , I

      sell some good books and MSS . Included is I a xecuted beautiful for MS Lord . on vellum Hastings , a ' Book Chamberlain of Hours ¦ to / I I

      e UACtJUUCU IU 1 iJUJLU . J . iU . C 3 tlXl ^ a . V _/ iicAlUIL » Cl . Acl ( HJ- H' Queen Queen . Mary Several , with earl an au Shakspeares togra ^ ph letter are of to the be I I

      y ¦ sold Niht , ' s viz Dream ., * Poems ' 1600 , ' 3 and 640 ; ' Merry ' Midsummer Jk Wives -w I I

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      , fi market rst edition at present < fcc . ) This ; Cocker should ' s ' Ari ve thmetic a , ' I I pvery

      interesting sale , . j Messrs . Puttick ' s sale of books from the I

      we library noticed of the in late our last F . J . includes Thynne , Esq ., others which , among

      the following valuable or interesting works Bibles , & c , am ongst which may be mentioned

      Pol tlie ' Plantin lots ; the , ' Comp ' Yinegar ? lutensian Biblo , ' , ' and larg * e Walton paper ; '

      D 4 D uncan anube ' s ' ' Coesar Froissart , larg ' s ' e Chroaicles paper ; Marsilius / P ' s 1525 < P ; urchasHis Pilims' 5 ynson vola . , ;

      Voyage Hakluyt ; ' ' s ; ' Oviedo Voyages , , / ' Las with Indias gr the rar , ; e O ' Cadiz vallo , M 4 Chili ^ liili ''* Suetonius Kiio . f <'\ iiiun ' ' Rome l ^ nvr ^ o ' ' 1470 1 dJl (\ Lactantius T . si . r » . f nnilllS .

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1886, page 272, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031886/page/10/