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      296 The Publishers' Circular March 15,18...

      296 The Publishers' Circular March 15 , 1888

      Compiled Contributions. To The Editor Of...

      COMPILED CONTRIBUTIONS . To the Editor of the Publishers' Cikculae .

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      I am , Sir , your obedient servant , London : March 10 , 1888 . X .

      A Correction. To The Jlditor Of The Publ...

      A CORRECTION . To the JLditor of the Publishers' Circular .

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      t National esting restitution . account Library ot of of Pari the question s means was enabled g b ives y which to an obtain inter the

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      grave w jt r ho \ gg m Jb ^ was r jkP mistake ^ instrumental - ~^ ^ ^ »' " . It "" states — in , negotiating that the , bookseller the resti — ^ - whereas

      was tution Mr was Karl Mr ¦¦¦¦ . Triibner J . Trubner , Leipzi of g , Strassburg it

      fl UVKJ A . IJLA . . m . ^ — . — — - » - - r— . — , . O 7 , seller nephew and of publisher the late eminent Mr . Nicholas and ^ regretted Trubner book

      -Ludgate Hill . —Your , obedient servant , ,

      London , March 13 , 1888 . J . L . H .

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      revived Mrs . by Procter the announcement . —Many of memories the demis were e of

      Mrs inst . . Procter The literary , which associations took place of on this the lad 5 y th ' s

      life 6 links could ' between r hardly " be the surpassed past two by generations any of the .

      At ^^<^^ b ^ the b ^ ^ ** mf time * - *^ " ^ -w - of her death fl Mrs . Procter — ^*^ m — was in her 87 th year . It was in 1829 that she married

      Bryan daughter Waller Adelaide Procter Anne ( ' Barry author Cornwall of ' Legends ' ) . Her

      and Lyrics , , ' died in 1864 , ; her husband died in 1874 . Mrs . Procter was known for her

      cence rare powers but not of as conversation an author . and Her vivid death reminissays

      a - ^^ T H ^ contemporary ^^ K ^ mm ^ ^ m ^ , ^ H ¦ ¦ . ^ —^ ~ ^ fc ^^» , W % mW ^ break fcrf ^^^^^^™ ^ t ^^ T ^ mr ^~ s — ' ^^ II one " ^^^ ^^^ ^ of " ^ ~^ " ~ the chief , W re ^^ - — maining links with the generation - of By vron ^^

      and Shelley . Amos Bronson Alcott . —The death is

      announce eminent d teac of h Mr er . Amos d philosop Bronson her . Alcott He , was the

      born ^ 1836 ^^^ ~ m ^^^ — , t— ^ , ^ at Mr ^^» V m ^ m ^ my ^^» . Wolcott ^ ¦ ^ Alcott ^^ *^^ ^^» ^^^ ~*~ , -- Con published m ^^ —* — " necticut ^ —~~ — , * Conversations in 1799 — — . In y

      with ' Tablets —^ k . ^ LS ^ W r ^ r m ¦ ^ ^^^ Children ^^ mu ' ; w in ^^ ^^ ^— 187 — ' — on — ^ 2 ' the Concord — — Gospels — — — Day 9 s ; ' in ; an — - 1868 d in

      1882 * Sonnets and Canzonets . Mr . Alcott died at Boston , U . S . A ., on the 4 th inst .

      New Louisa York May dated Alcott March . — 6 A telegram the from first

      information , in . this country , of gave the lamented death , of this g ^ f ifted author , -. at the age ^—of

      55 . Miss Alcott was a daughter of Mr . Amos Bronson Alcott ( the friend of Emerson ) , whose demise we ¦ chronicl ¦ e ¦ above . In a house in

      H Concor W » ^^ awt ^» ~* mr m ^ m ^ ~^^ r h orne d ^^ ~~^ , T m ^— afterwar ^^^^ m ^ w ^ mr - ^^ Miss mr v ^^ v ii ds Alcott ^^^^^^ occup - ^^ m ^— ^^— ^^— ^^ ^^^ . wrote ¦ ied ^ v ^ v ^^^ by w ^^^ for ^ Mr ^ . ^ te ^ . ^^ her Nathaniel ^ " ^ ^™ ^^ ^ i *^ sisters ' ^^^^ I " ^^^ m + W m ^* - ^^

      Fables and for ( 1855 Emerson , ) . She ' s children afterwards her became ' Flower a

      writer Gazette . of Fro stor m ies the for of the 16 to Boston 23 Miss Eve Alcott ning was a governess . Durin age g the Civil War she

      ton was a and nurs in that i n t service - he army was hosp prostrated itals at - _ Washing by fever - .

      After ' Hosp , X ital her Sk recovery etc hes ' , ' she which published , ori ¦ g inall a y appeared series XX _ j of

      in works the Boston followed Commonwealth including her ( 1863 firs ) . t nove Other l

      ' Moods' severa , l collections of , tales and , sketches , and ultimatelyin 1868 the lirst of

      , , , her The popular author books portrayed for children herself , * Little and Women her two . '

      sisters 4 Little in Women the chief ' was characters so successful in this that book Miss . Alcott soon published 'An Old-Fashioned ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      Girl ( 1870 - — ^ - ^ ' ) ( , 1869 < Littl " ) ^^^* , ^^^ r a e conti ^ Men ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ~ ~ nuation ' ( 1871 ) , of ^^ ' * ^^ Aunt ' Little ~^^^ * V ^ pv * m Jo ^~~^ r ^ mr Women ^ m w ' ^^ s S ^"" ^^^ crap ^^ " » -m ^^ r - ^ r ^ ' M

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1888, page 296, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031888/page/10/