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    Bag / six vols . ( 1872 82 ) , 'Work' C 1873 ) , 'Eiht Cousins' ( 1875 )' " A Rose in Bloom '

    ( 1876 ^ jWmmm _ m ¦ mi Mm , g ^^^^ h —* * ^ ^ ^ ) , { m ^ * ^^^ Silver ^^ d ^^^ Mm ^ m ^ —~ B ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^™^^^ ™ ™ Pitchers ^^^ F ^ Bfc ^ i . A ™ m *^^^ ^ ^ K -mm * ^ m , ^ m and " " ^^^^ " ^ B ^^^¦^^ ^^ Independence ™«^ ~ " ^^~ v ^ i ^ ^^^ r ^ K ^^^ ^^^^ n ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ' ( 1876 ) ' Under the Lilies ' ( 1878 ) ' Jack and

    , , Jill * ^ ^ ' ( 1880 ~ m ^^ m . ^^^ ^ P ^ ) , ' Proverb ^^^^^^ c f ^ B Stories ^ ^ J ^ A ' ( 1882 _^ ^ ^ ^ p ^ ~ m ^_ fc ) ,. & . ^ ta . c . A TI collected " ^^ ^ p ^^ i ^ " ^^ " ^» ^ v ^^^ ^»~^™ edition B r ^ w ^^ — - ^— ^^ ^ w ^^ of ~* m-- ^ bv ¦ ^ her ^^ v ~^ h ^^ w works w - »^ ^^ v ^^ k ^ i ^ mmmmr was ^ 9 ^^ qp ^ i ^ issued ^^ pbj ^ —i bb rfb 4 in bV ^^ ^^ ^ mr ^^ ^^ r ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^

    Boston in 1881 . Miss Alcott ' s books are very ¦ popular in Great Britainand there are no

    ^ ^_^ »_^ ^ k *^ ^» W " ^ V — ^^ , - ^ - ^^ - ^ B * - ^^ W ^"" ^^^^ ^^ -B ^ ^ « i V - " ^ ^» *» , W ¦ h ^» « q ^ ^ h ^^ B ^ i ^ ^^^^ ^ h ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^*^ , ^^ J ^ ^^ books i _ more widel mi ^ M ^ B y read in mm the . ^ B United «^^^ ^^_ _ ^_ States _ - _ than hers . In her stories she h - ^ i ^ ' has i done for ¦ ¦

    ^ r -A ^ fc ' ^ . ^ i ^* ^^ ^» ^^ ' ^^ ^^ ^ " ^^^ " ^^ ^^ " - ^^« - ^_~ ^^ v v ^^^ ^^ - ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ i ^ ^^ ^^ . ¦ ¦ ^^^^ ¦ ¦ - ^^^» — — «^ ^^ ^ h ^ ^ Bk ^ ,- ^ _ ri New England , in kind though not in degree , what Miss Edgeworth did for Ireland .

    H . S . R . St . Joh ^ .-On Feb . 29 , Mr . Horace Stebbing Roscoe Sb . John died at

    Anerley , Surrey . He was born in Norof man British dy in 1832 Conquests . His work in India s include 5 ( 1852 a ) ' History in two

    , volumes . He also wrote a ' Liife of Chris- ; ¦ top I her Columbus / and ¦ in 1853 issued 'The

    ^^^ - ^ tm ^ ^^ ^^ V ^ . ^ ^^^ ^*^ ~ ~ ^^^ ^¦ pr ^» ^^ ^^^ ^^ * ^ h ^ ^ I ^^ p P ^^ V ^ H . ^ ^^ ^^ . ^^^ v ^^^ ^^ k ^^^ ^^^^^ -v _^ p- ^^^^ - ^__^ ^^ ta P ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ «^ ^ . ^^^^ ^^^^_ ^^ h ^^» ^^^ Indian ArchipeJago : its History and Present F State *¦ * Vv ^^^^ W ^^ p ^^^ ^ / ^ Mr B ^ * ^^^ b * ^^^ . ^ St ' ^ . ^ p ^^ r . ^ John ^«^ r- - ^^ ^^ h ^^* ^^^ ¦¦ v . v ¦ subsequentl ^ . ^~^> p ^ nv r- ^ i ^ ^^^^ ^~ \ J - ^ . ^^ . ^^^ ^|^ ^^ h ^^ 0 ^ m * y became W ^^^ r ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ k ^^ ta ^ B > ^^^^

    connected with the London daily Press . He married a granddaughter of William Roscoe , of Liverpoolthe well-known historian . Mr .

    St . John was , the author of a ' Life of Audubon , ' a ' Life of Masaniello , ' and other

    works . Thomas Tate . —A few days ago occurred

    the death of Mr . Tate , who will be remembered as fc Bi T-i f the - ** _ i & ^ mm - ^ m ^ author '" h . B * ^^ B ^* «>^ 4 ^ . — ^ h— ^^ of - * m ^ * - _ at » ¦¦¦¦ a ^^ .. larg ^^ mm ^^ m- ^ 0 m ^ e ^ mmr number ^~ ""¦^ ' ^ ¦ . " . » ¦ ^ "^^ ap .. of -Bfc ^^ — " educational — - ^ h «*^ " ^ i ^ " » - ^ . r -b # w » Q ^ ^> -. > r ^ b . ^ -.-v . ^ b m m ^ m *

    and scientific works , many of which had a ¦ wide t - umWM ¦¦ ^^^ reputation ^ mm * ^^ rf r " ^ fc " *^ ^^ » ~^ B-Bto ^ b ^ 1 ¦¦ ^¦ " * ¦ ¦ > ¦¦ ¦ and ¦ ^ " » ¦ " ..- - ¦¦¦¦ ^ ¦¦ an - ¦¦¦¦ -i ¦ - ¦ ^ extraordinary ^ . «* ¦¦¦» ^ " * ^» - mmrn ^ - i B « - ^ fc ¦ ^ 1 ¦ 'i . ^ -.- ^ -.- & ^ mm ¦ ^ ^ b ^ 1 -. > ¦ sale Wrf "Kb' ^ V * - ^ ^ . «

    Among his best-known educational treatises are works on arithmeticgeometry «^^ h mech k mir anics

    al % r'V mmm gebra ~ m ^^ V v - «_^ ^^^ , ^^ k ^ B > V ^ factorial ** ^>^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ¦ ' ^ mm » ^ m * ^ mr mWrnt ^ mm anal ^— ^^ ^^ ' ^^ ^ mT ^ m * ysis ~^ mw , ' , *> m' and ^ mt ^ m * ^^ - ^ mw ^^ ^^ the « « , ^ mmm mmm ~ calculus — - ^» ^ ' ^ bJ ^ ^^ ^^ i ^> ^ B ^ i I . , QJ Some of his works on mechanical science were

    published in conjunction with the late Sir William iW i i mm Fairbairn ^^ m MB ta b and mm are to i ¦ » - be found r i 4 i in - ^ mm- mmmt ^ m * ¦ . » ^» ^^* m ' ^ mmmm w ^ - ^ - ^^ mm ~ ^^ ^^ , ¦ ' « ^ mm ^^ - ™ -m * -mw ^ m * ^ m * ^* - •«^^ ^^— ^^ " ^ - ^* " ^ » ^~ ' ^ ^^ ^ b mm *

    the transactions of the Royal and other societies \ — m * notabl - treatises on the density and

    the ^ * «^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ expansion mm ^ ^^ -mm * ^^ mrw m ^^ mm - *^^ ^ . ^ ^^ - ^ m of ~ i ~ jb y «/ steam ^ v ^^ k ^^^ ^^ " ^| F ^^ r , ^ mwr r * m * the ^ mm * W ^* m ^ mmm strength mm * ^ m ^ mm ± m *^ ^^^ ~ i - Mm ^^^* *^ ^ of ^ ** m ^ ^ mm ^^^ % g lass m ^ j ^ g ^ m * 4 (* ^&^< , ^^ and the construction of iron ships . Mr . Tate

    was born in 1807 - Ferdinand ¦ von ¦ Riohthofen ¦ ¦ J . —^ At the

    —mm ^ ^^>^— -mm- ^ mm , r ^ . ^ ^ m * » ^ ^ ^ - » * m * -r ^*^ ^ ^ ^^™* ^^ ^ ^ . ^ - ^^ ^^» ^ - ^ ^^ i *_^ . ^ ¦ ^ mm » ^ ^^ *^^^ ^ tm ^* ^^ ^^ ^^^ comparatively early age of 55 Baron von Richthofen has passed AT to the majority * J •/ . He

    was one of the greatest of modern geographers and mW * mm * travellersand as a geological investigator

    ^^ V ^^*^ m * ^^ f ^^ k ^ k ^^^ V -m ^^ r ^ m ^ ^^ v ^ mrm ^^^ P ^^^ , mm ^ m ^ m ^ ^^ ^^ b ^* m * mmw ^ m— ^ mw h ^^^> h . ^^ i ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ k ^^ ag ^ ^^ ^ b ^ ^^^^ F ^^ ^ m * . ^^ ^^ ta b ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ i ^ ^^ ^^^ k ^^^ V ^ m ^ ^^ r ^ ^ mm few e ( jualled him . His great work on ' China ' is one of the masterpieces of scientific

    grap ^ . ^ —^ mr ^__^ ^ b hical ^^ - ^ " ^^ ^^ . ^ ^» mr descri ^ w ^^ . mm ^ - ^ mm * * m * m ^^ m ption *^* ^ m ^^^ m ^ - ^ i ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ . m «^ ^^> - ^^^ Nothing - ^^ t ¦ . ^ ^ i — ^^^ v ^ v ^ v ^^ surpassing ^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ h ^^ v ^^ m ^^ ^^ h ^ . ^^ geo JV ^ Vk ^* mm ' ^ it ^ has ever been published . The deceased

    scientist was a native of Karlsruhe where he was born in 1833 .

    James Clarke . —This gentleman , who was well known as the proprietor of the ( Ih-ristimi

    World , the Literary World and other remarkabl 24 . y successf Mr . Clarke Wt ul publications edited the , died ( Ihristiaii oi \ February ' World & i

    mmmmmm j ^ m ¦ ^^ ta b ^ i ^ w mMm ^*^ m ^ ^ mm , ^ m ^ ^ b > ^~ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ r ^^^^~ ^* ^* ^^^^ ^* ^^ v ^ B mm , ^ tmr m mr m < - ^ ' ^ -. ^* ^^ ^_ ^ v . , r p ^ r my m ^^ from its first publication over thirty years ago . He was born in 1824 .

    Charles Layton . —We regret to hear of the death of Mr . Laytonwhich mmt B occurred on

    the * U mm , m . ^ mmT ^ - ^ 10 ^ m * «^ V th ^ mW m % \ A inst ^ - ^ ^^ ¦ . rfB »» - ^ B- ^ The ^ -mm ¦ » 4 ^^ deceased * m- ^^ ^^ , Bl • ^ a . was - ^ ^ K ^ B > - ^»^ head ^ pT ^^ «* m ^ b ^ K . ^ of . ^ ^ h /^ the ^* T jm mm . firm «» ^ MM . mm m % mm . ¦ of ^ mm * + m ± ^ Messrs b > . *¦» . ^ mrr W * mW mm , mV ^^ * W . ^ C ^ . a ^ . V & ^ h ^ ' ^ b' a E ^ Hi ^ v ^ . w Layton ^ b ^^^ v B « V V ^ V ^^^ « K ^ , Farring ^ V ^ ^^ W ^ *^ «« rf » ^ h MUVfc don ^ - ^^ ^ ^ JK ^

    Street , E . C ., and was one of the oldest members * m mw mm , —] m r M % 4 mt Mm , ' ^ m ^ ^ m » T ¦ % W * mW of ^ 4 ^ Mb the m ^ Mmt d ^ ^«^ ' printing X V ^**¦ < B > W ^ ^^ «^ IB «¦ C BiBak 7 trade ^* ^^« Bh ^ ^^» ' ^ i ^ . « ^ Mr PW V ^¦ ^^ ^ fc . « Layto ^ ^ I f a / W ^«* ^ - ^ A n d *

    was in his 81 st year . Alfred Smith Barnes . —At Brooklyn , U . S . A ., on Feb . 17 , died Mr . A . S . Barnes ,

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    the founder and head of the firm of Messrs . ASBarnes & Cothe great American

    . . ., School Book publishers . Mr . Barnes was born ) L » VJill XJ in . 1 JLOJ 1817 - i . . Referring XVClClXllIg 1 to V \ J the OHO School kJWIUVl . Book A > W n-

    trade , the PublishersWeekly , says : —Very soon after & m ^ f * mmr mfM the 4 ¦ k business » . , * ^^^ 0 t ^ JL- ^ k ^ k ^^^ » V ^ BV ^ had ¦ [ fB > ~ ^ been *^«* ^ ip * ^ | ^ ^ k J ^ transferred ^^ ^^ % J « ^ b «»«^ ^ Bf ^«^ « V *^ ^ B ^ ' I H to ^^ - ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^

    New York , Mr . Barnes formed the plan of publishing a full and complete series of school Ti of

    books VinrVlrH , embracing t ^ mVvrji . oi cr every avpt v department Hftnfl , rt , tnftnt , of ele ftl e- - mentary and advanced education , which has now gained fm £ a world-wide reputation as ' The

    ^ m * ^ ^ t ariT w V ^ j ^ jm ^ m ^ f ^ j ^ % ***** ¦ ¥ v ^ m ^ ^^ ^ k ^ - ^^ T ^ w B . Bl ^^^ ^^ ^ . ^^ V «« ' ^ " ¦^ ^^ ^*^ r v ^ ^^ ^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ K- ' B « - ^^ ^^ v — ^^^ National > ^^ ^ J Series of Standard - School Books . ' ^ Mr ^ bV ^ mWmm m % . . W Barnes mm ~ V *** ^ L JL ^ f ^ J gave ^^^ 4 .- ^ « m . * every ^ a ^ V ^^^ ^^ V manuscri Ib ^ b ^ B < T C 10 ^ b ^ h ' — ^ ' — ' * ^ mW ^ - ^^ p W ~ t ^^ ^ submitted ^^ ^ ¦ ^^ i ' . 1 ^^ «^ ^ h i ^^ ^^ - ^ ^^^ ill ^ for — ^^ " ^^

    the series a critical personal examination , and justly prided himself that no book had ever borne his imprint which was not a ' good book . '

    This nrViia series aprioa includes ir » r > l nrloa Steele S + -. p »< alft ' s scientific SPlPTlt . ifip . books bonlrs ; bras Peck's ' and l Monteith Ficklin ' s ' s Series ' Arithmetics of # Geograp and - *^ Al hy ge ; - '

    T >** r mMtm m U- ^ mt *• - * ; ^ ^^ 1 1 - *^ tm * ^ ^ ^ m * ^ mm * Mm- *** m ^ ^ k m * ^_* f ^^^ ^^ ^ m * . * ML . ' •^ mm ***** - »„ - — ^ w * ~ v ~ W ¦ ^ m- m _ w ^ - ^ — -j Wood . ' s Series _ of Botany ^_^^^^ ; ' ' Worman ^ mrn ^ ^ mrn ^ ^^^ ' s French . Bk ^^^ B ¦ ¦ , Germanand Spanish Series' c McNall ' a

    , ; y Geography , ' Sic . ' Clark ' s Grammar , ' ' Davies ' Arith Arithmetic mfitir ' a and nd ' Barnes Earnea' United United fetates States His

    His-tory ' have , all had the phenomenal sale of more than one million j \ Mm \ M / ± ies . The firm

    publishes M \ M . m \ \^ T -Mm , VimS KJ very M \ M \ bW- & A X _ few ^ -M . M- ^ mS m * , * iscellaneous -. . M . ' V _^ -M . J cop »_/ X _^ ¥ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ books " ^^ ^ " ^ . Among f ~^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ these Martha J . Lamb ' s ' History of New

    York City ' and the music books used in many churches rVhiirrVhps have Vm . VF * added A ' . c \ c \ f > . c \ considerabl nrmsirlfirablv to to its its iman

    finan-cial prosperity . Among the most y familiar and valuable of the books mt bearing for years the ¦

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    Teacher ' s Library , ' ' The New Testament Commentary i Clark ' s , Grammar ' by the ' Rev The . Lyman death of Abbott M Mr t Barnes , and

    X / X CAf JL JLm . hJ \ fi km . % JU * ¦ X-m A . M . M . KAi X . . —¦ - J . A . V > V ^ % ^^ KAJ % S * . M . ~^_ r . -m ~ _«_ A . . _ m _ r % ^ am * . m . m . ^^ has been the cause of general regret in many circles . On the day following his decease the

    ^ J ^ J ^ ^ j ^ mJ' * ^ , J m ^ J M } ^*^_^ ^^ ^ k ™^ ^ L ^ k ¦ ^^^ ^^^^ t mt % J m ¦ jm * - *^** mm , ^ K . ^ m ** ™ ^^ Mm , mm . d mm ? ^ mm mmm ^ h m * m ^ ~^^^ B ^»^ ^ . ^ " ^^ ^^ i ^ ^^ ^ ^ h ^ ^^» ' ^ ^™ ^^ New York School Book Publishers held a

    meeting of sympathy .

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    March 15 , 1888 Thd Publishers' Circular 297

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    The Argus Printing and Publishing Co . of Capetown , Limited , has opened offices at 25 Cornhill . The step has been taken with the

    view of being abreast of public interest in this country - ^ - - ^ - ^^ ^ h ^^ B ^» mm > ^^» mmm W * in ^ N ^^ ¦¦ * mining ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ mw ^ ^^ ~— — ^ BB ^ h and ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ other ^ m" ^~^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ South ^ ^^ ^~ ^ — ^ — ^ African —^— ' — i ——

    —affairs . Irt of the deith of Mr . James ~ m- h

    Clark ^ Mm ^ & ^ m e consequence * * " ^ . ^ the Mm Jb W ^^ ^ ^ ^ business ^ M ^ to . ^ K ^^^ i ^ h ^ k ^^^ ^ ta ^ ^ ' mW— and ^^^ ^^ ^^ ~^ n ' ~ ¦¦ copyri ^ ' . ^ ^> ^ k' ^ m , ^^ g hts ^ ^ i i i ^^ b of * ^^ mm James - r «* ^ b ^ B ™ . ' W ^ -r Clarke , & Co . entirely Bfc ah into the hands f **^ mt of fc

    ^ . * J ^ 'VV Mw m \ ft * ± mf *•* . mmmmr ^¦ ^^* ^ ' pass ** - ^ . ^ -T ' ^ ^ ^« ^ B . - ^^ ^ Mm . W - ^ ^ <» * ' ^"^ *^ ^ mm > ^ m ^ ^ m , ^ ^^^ mm mm w-m ^ r - » ^ Mr . Clarke ' s three sons , James Greville Clarke , | I M ^ L ^ ^^^ . A A f mrn ^ . ml , m \ Perc ^ ML . ^ * m . \^ -, * y W Clark ^ h ^ , ^ Mm m ^ Mmt Mm . Mm ^ e ^^^ , b > ^ and ^^^ B « ^ b 'W mm Herbert *^^ - ^^~ ^^ . ^ ^ B ^ *^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^^ Clark ^^^ - ^~ ^ ^ V *^ ^ . ^ e -m , ^ , h who — » mm m * - r

    were previously in partnership with their father .

    The number of Messrs . Bowden & Co . ' s shop in Charing Cross Road is 33 , not 3 as

    before stated .

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    Messrs . Swan Sonnens 3 hein & Co . The Historv of South Africa , 148 r » -ir » iM , 1 >\

    -George Service , McCall author of Theal * The , of History H . M . Colonial of the Boers Civil ' & c , \ vith 3 maps , 8 vo .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1888, page 297, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031888/page/11/