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    Chambers's Encyclopaedia* A Very Cordial...

    we observe what pains have been taken to condense or enlarge the articles as the subjects

    demanded . The authorities are generally ^ men ^^^~^ " — w- of mark - —— in their ^» ^ ov ^ m - ^^ r ^^^^^ special n « »^ ^ h ^ ^^ mmm ^^^^^ m branches w *^ w ^ m viv ^^ ^ " ^ ^»^™ ^ m ^ Pif of ^^^ ^ b

    knowledge . , Thus , in the chief contributions on the subject of geograph ( muchof which

    appears in this volume ) , Professor y , A . H . Keane writes on AfricaDr . R ¦ . W . Felkin 4

    — — ^^^^^ ^^^ " ^^^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ V ^^^» , ^ H ^^ " ^^^^ ^^* ^ ^^^^ ^^ » ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ A « ^^ fe ^^ t V ^ V Dr ( Uv Emin . . Charles < Jnaries Pasha W W ' s . . friend Ureene Greene ) on on on the America America Albert . Dr Dr N . . yanza J John ohn ,

    Murray , of the Challeriger , on the , Antarctic Oceanand Prince Peter Kropotkine on Asia .

    The literary , articles are , as a rule , comprehensive and exact . 'Addison , ' by Mr . W . J .

    Courthope Whyteare , the and best ¦ ' Balzac ¦ examp / les b of y critical Mr . Walter

    judment and — , wise ^— — — condensation ^^ ^^ * . ^» " ^^ ^»^™ ^» ^» . » g ^^ ^ . ^ rs * ^^^ ^^ b ^^ ^^ ^^ v ^ ^^^ »^ w ^^ ^*^ ^« rf ^^ g H ^ h 'Art — ' comes — - — ' ————~— - ^ - ^— - ^ from ™ ^™ ^^ ^»^»^» the ^ r ^ b ^ b ^^ i pen n . ^ ^^ ^ b ^ ta of ^^ ^^ ^ Professor j ^ m ^^ . ^ - ^ ¦* ^^ ^^ 1 ^^ ^^ afl ^

    W . M . Conway . Professor Bain writes on c Association of Ideas . ' In Geology , Professor

    James Geikie is responsible for the chief contributions : 'Alps' in the present volumeis

    a characteristic examp , le of his work . Maj , or Dunlop , R . E ., a very responsible authority ,

    has undertaken ' Army' and other military of articles the . value These of the indications ' Encyclopaedia give a ' roug as a h work idea

    nience of reference cheapness . It is and up comp to dat leteness e , and for we conve do not

    hesitate , to speak , of it as the best economic

    reierence book of its kind .

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    March 15 , 1888 1 he Fublishers' Circular 293 ^

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    In the forthcoming volume of the 4 Dictionary of National Biography , ' which extends

    from Damon to D'Eyncourt , Prof . J . K . Laughton writes on William Dampier and the

    Chevalier D'Eon ; Mr . James Gairdner on Lord Darcy ; Mr . Francis Darwin on Charles

    Darwin ; Mr . Joseph Knight on Sir William Davenant King of Scotland ; Dr . ^ Eneas ; Mr Mackay . Sam . on Timmins David I on .,

    George Dawson , of Birmingham ; Mr . A . H . Bullen Tnomas Thomas on Dekker Uekker John ; : Mr Mr Day . ± FT , 1 . . the K "R , . Tedder T dram ^ rl flAr atist on on , John . TnTi and

    Day , the printer ; Mr . Leslie Stephen on Thomas Day , of * Sandford and Merton , ' Defoe ,

    De Morgan , and De Quincey ; Mr . Thompson Cooper , F . S . A ., on John Dee , the astrologer ;

    Mr mr Times . . J J . . and A A . . Ham Hamilton Lord ilton Denraan on on J J . . T 1 Mr . \ JL Delane . > G elane . P . , . ot of Mac the thft - donell , on De Lolme ; Mr . Henry ; Bradley on

    Thomas Dempster , the Scottish biographer ; Mr . Sidney L . Lee on Sir John Denham and

    — — — ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ " ^^^ ^^^ V ^^^^^^^^ b ^ V ^^ v ^^^^^ b ^^^ V ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ B ^^ V V ^^^^ v ^ b ^^^ B ^^^^ ^^^^ d ^ h ^^ v ^^ V m ^^^^^^^ F ^^^^ F ^^^ ^^ h ^^ b V ^ F ^^^^^ F ^ B J ^ . ^^ v ^^ ' ^ V ^^ v ^^ m ^^^^ . Robert Elizabeth Devere ' s fav ux ou , rit second e ; Sir Earl Alexander of Essex , J Queen .

    Arbuthnot on Sir William Denison ; Mr . Stanley Lane-Poole on Emanuel Deutsch ; and Mr . S .

    K of . Gardiner Essex the on Parliamentary Robert Devereux general , third . Earl The

    Mr article . Robert on Sir Hunt Hump , F . R hry . S . Davy is by the late

    Messrs . Sampson Low & Co ., Limited , write to the Standard correcting a statement in that paper to the effect that the list of

    abbreviations in-the 'Pocket Encyclopeedia ^ betraya a transatlantic origin . The publishers say : ' This is not so . The work is founded

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    upon Professor Kiirscher ' s " Taschen-Konversations Lexikon" to whom i & due the

    invention of the ingenious , '' signs and abbreviations . " His work , by his express sanction ,

    has been used by the English editor , who , in the process of translatingeditingand

    remodelling , has found occasion , to o , mit or to add so much matter that this volume may

    fairly claim the merit of an original work . ' MessrsJSVirtue & Cohave begun to

    . . . . re-issue a Library Edition of Knight ' s Pictorial Shakspeare in eiht monthly volumes . Each

    volume will contain g about 500 pages of text , and 150 illustrations by Sir Joshua Reynolds ,

    P . R . A . ; C . W , Cope , R . A . ; C . R . Leslie , ¦ R . A . ; G . S . NewtonR . A . ; Richard ¦ Redgrave ¦

    R ™ - ¦ " . A ^^^ ^^^» . J ~^^^ . ^ ¦ ¦ M w ^ m ^ ^ . ^^^^ W ^^ ^ . Turner ^ ~ i r ^^ r ^^ , h ^^^^ ^^» — ^^^^^^^ ^ R . ^^^ A ^ — ^^ . ^—^ »— — Frank — — - Stone ^—^ m — , A . R . A ; . ; Sir J . Noel , Paton , ; R . S . A . ; and ,

    others . The first volume , containing Romeo and of Athens Juliet , , and Hamlet King , C Lear ymbelin , is e now , Oth published ello , Timon .

    In the very bright illustrated work on the ' Silver Wedding' published bMessrs . Griffith

    y , Farran & Co . j the portraits and costumes are said to be taken from contemporary authorities ,

    and are thus historically correct in all details . Mr . Archibald Forbes has prepared a

    biography of the late Emperor William of ¦ Germany -b-v ilf K tf ¦ ^ which ii will ¦ be published in a few

    day ^^ - ^^ ^^ s ^^ c — ^ b y- JMessrs , H » ^^^» " » ^^^ ^^ . Cassell » ^—^^ ^^ ™ ^ ¦— & —""' "'"' Company ~ — — . The — work will contain personal reminiscences of the

    in Emperor other situ William ations , , both and will on the cover battlefield the entire and

    period of the Emperor ' s eventful career . No examination of the old documents and

    manuscripts recently discovered at Stratfordon-Avon has yet been made , owing to the

    librarian ' s illness ; but all the papers , numbering AAAC ^ between Pk _^^ S ^ » » ^^ » , J » » one V'AA ^ ' and « WAA ^^ two ** » » 'V ^ thousand ^^^^ -w -w » r ¦ ^ ¦ » ¦ - fc , hav — — — — - e — Been - — - - — - — —

    removed to the Record-room at Shakspeare ' s birth revealed place the . A fact cursory that examination there ¦ is a has manuscri alread pt y

    , M ^ V VLV * V **^* fc »^*» »*¦ « r ^^ — ^ - ^ ^ - ^ — — — . — — Committee dated ^^ ^^ 1560 ^^* ^* of , ^^ and ^ S *^*^* tratford ^ another -on-Avon 1609 . Town The Council Record

    held a specially convened meeting on the 7 th inst . to consider ItA the matter *^»» »»¦ » r -- m ¦ connected ^ — — with - - the — - _ — AA A * a ^ ^^ */ > w ^ ^^ ^^ - * . A ^^ . ^ fc ^— ' * fc *^ 4 » M > ^ - ^ ¦ " ^ ' ^ ^^^ — ^—— — —

    discovery . The mayor , Sir Arthur Hodgson , presided unanimously unanimouslv , and adopted ador the > ted following bv by the tne resolution Committee committee was ::

    house ' That , Mr be . Savage requested , the to librarian examine of Shakspeare and arrange ' s

    the t / hft various vflrimiB documents donnmftnts recently recentlv found round in in the tne room room Guildhall , and and , and make make now a a report report deposited thereon tnereon in the at at the tne Record next next

    -21 meeting st inst , . of , and the no Committee access to , to the be documents held on the to

    be permitted pending the librarian ' s report . ' Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . have just

    published Books VII . to XII . of ' The Iliad of Way Homer —M , ' . done A . Head — into -Master English Verse of Wesley by Arthur College S . ,

    Melbourne ^ , j . , j - ~ „ ^^ , Mr . T . Fisher Unwin will issue in a few

    days ' The German Emperor and Empress , Frederick ^ flb ^ fe ^ to ^ ^* VV ^^^ ^ fc *¦> ^ 1 ^ ^ m ^^ III m ^^ ^^ b ^^ v . ^ and w ^ m + ^— ^ ^ Victoria ' ^^ ^ ^— ' •— - * : — ¦ the — Story . _ . _ ^ _ of

    their Lives / Being the popular edition of Miss Dorothea Roberts' ' Two Royal Lives ;' m

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1888, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031888/page/7/