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A new and cheaper edition of ' Child Chap Life -ww li n ¦¦ A Japan yrton SUB , ' will by the be # published late RakPS ^ Mrs . at rfW ] V £ once . C
b •^^ y — G » - r ^— iffith ^^^ ^ ^— , w va JTarran ^ ^* r , « V V *** & Co •* - » ^^ . »*^ ** It ^ ^ K ^ was « ^^ ^*» ori g ^* inall ^^ ^~ " - - ^ y issued ten years « r ago t ^ i , - * and — in its — tthen
expensive form met with considerable success , the edition being entirely sold out in a very short time .
When one speaks of a ' quarterly , ' it is usually understood that bulky matter is on the
tapis . The Imperial Review ( Melbourne : A . McKinley & Co . ) is an exception ; it is a
bright publication , full of quaint notes on current top ^ m ics — , —^ and — — ^^— h — — on — —™~^^™ ^ literature —^ h - ^^ ~^^* ^^^ ^^ b—^ f ^^ p ~^^^^ F ^^^> ° " ^^ F » , ^ BJ science F ^^ F ^ . * ^^ " ^^ . ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^ ^^ " ^ , ^ B and ^ " ^ ^^ ^^¦ ™ ~— ^^
art , generally . The fourth volume of * Expositions' by
, Dr . Samuel Cox , is published by Mr . T . Fisher TJnwin - . The book - « which m w b —¦ w concludes - w F » -F- » f - 1 11 « the v a r series 1 f v ~ w — — — ^—^— , ^— ^^ ^ ^ ^ - ^^ — ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ' ^^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ . ^ " - ^^ ^^^^ ^^¦ ,
is dedicated to the late Rev . Thomas Toke Lynch . The Goths' by ¦ Henry _____ _ Bradley _ has __ just _ _ _
' , ^ — ^ , ^ been published by Mr . T . Fisher Unwin . The author claims for this volume that it is the first English book expressltreating of the
history of the Goths . The y volume belongs to the ' Story of the Nations ' Series .
A catalogue of books published in the United States during the 1887 is iven in
the American Bookseller year of February g 1 . In the same number will be found a list of
publishers and book firms in the country . We find — — — — — them — ——— - — — to —— — number —— —h * ———™ — — ¦ — —^* - —^— about i in ii 350 of f which o ^ w ^»^~^» u ^*^»^^ ^^ v ^^^^^ ^^^^ m , ^ m ^ ^^^^ w w ^^» ^^ " ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^
nearly 250 are credited to the four leading cities , New York having more than the other
three combined . The figures are interesting : — New » — - York — , —| 130 —¦ - ; —i ^ Boston ^^^^ " ^ ' ^¦^ ^ ^^ - ^* ^^ ^^ , ^ h 38 ^^^^ — — ; w Chicago ^^^^ - M ^^^^^ b ^^^^^^^ Pta ^^ k ^^ , ^ J 35 ~ ~ ~ i ~ ; M
Philadelphia , 34 . Jobmann ' s ' Treasury of Monograms' (
Leipzig : G . Hedeler ) is fertile in invention , rich and artistic in taste , so that the publication
will be very useful to engravers , lithographers , & c , especially as attention has been paid to rendering the monograms practically available .
The execution of the plates by Mr . H . Dora , of Leipzig , is first-rate .
In India they seem to take much more interest in geography than we do . A firm of
drapers , tailors , and general importers in Rangoon gave great prominence recently to an
advertisement announcing as a special attraction the receipt of Another 500 copies of the New ¦ Map of Bukmah ¦ . Unfortunately i the
—*— - ^ — - — — — — ^_^^_~ - ™ - — -v * —— ^_^^ r w ~^ v ^_ ^^ ^^ m - ^^ - ^^ b ^ v ^^^ «^ ^^^ a ^^ m ^ r ^^ i ^ ^^ w ^ »^ ^^ ^^^ British people are not so easily impressed with the importance of map study as they ought to
be . A tradesman in London might advertise the receipt of 500 maps for a long time . Mr . George H . ElliottLibrarian of the
Gateshead Public Library since , its establishment some years ago , has been appointed to the Chief Librarianship of the Public Library
about to be opened in Belfast . We have received the quarterly number of
- ~~ ^— ^~ - ^ — w w ^^ •^ r - ^ r - ^ r — - » ~ ^^ - » - ^ ^ ' - ~ - ' ^¦ ^ ¦ ^ a v ^ ' ^ ^ - ^ - ^ - ^ i ^ «^ ^^ w ^|« ^ p ^ ^*^ ( IV «« 4 S r *^ ' ^^ i ^ ih ^^ «^ Dr . B . W . Richardson ' s magazine , The Asclep _ - iad — — — — - . w As w - ™ - usual ^^ — * -v —» - ^ ^ - - ^ ¦• f , it - ~ - is - j— rep — h — lete - ^— ' - ^»* —^ - with -r — ^^ ^^^ ^^ v ^^ h interesting ^* m ^^ ^^ w ^ i ^^ . ™ . - ^^ r ^^ ^ ¦ r ^ " ^ ^^ H ^^ k
articles on medical subjects , and presents many I scientific considerations for thoughtful reflec-
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tion . Two portraits of Richard Mead , M . D . — one from the drawing by Hogarth of tne doctor
as a drill sergeant—are included . Mr . G . Woolley , of Ludlow , has nearly ready the descriptive account of * Ludlow Town
and Neighbourhood , ' by Mr . Oliver Baker . This work promises to be excellently produced
as it ought to be , seeing that it delineates a , locality ^^ m «^ - ^^ v ^^ - ^^^^^^ m ^^ m ¦ ^ so ^^ ' ^^ ^ lovel ^^ " ^ " ^ ~ " ^^ — ' — y . ^ " It " ~ will have ..- — -- — about _ . sixt - — — ^_ y _
illustrations in facsimile , produced by the T ^ h ^ v ypograp w m ¦ " ¦ ^ i ^^ yfl ^ k ^^ » > . r ^ hic ^^^ . ^^ - ^^ Etching ^^^^^^ ^ - ^ f' ¦ ^ — — ^ m ^ m Company —~ — m— — ^ m , of London — — - ' — ,
by their photo-relief process , from original sketches by the author . The book will be
published by subscription . On SaturdayMarch 10 an interesting
presentation was , made to Mr , . Edward Franck W » w yman h ^^^^ ^^ ^ r ^ v ^ B 4 V ( of ^^ f ~ ^^ B the ^^ . ^^^ ^^^ firm ^^ . ^^^^^ ^^»^^^^ of h ^^ v W — - yman ^^ m ^^^^^^^— ^" r ^ ^—— & ^ — — Sons — — — , m printers m — L — t ~
and publishers , of 74 to 76 Great Queen Street , ^ Lincoln F *^^^^^ F ^^™ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ F' ^ . F ^ ^^^ ^^^ W ^ V ' F s ^^ F ^ ^ Inn ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ F ^^^^ ^ Fields ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^^ r " ^ ^^ F ~^ F ) » ^ , ^« in — — — ^^^ celebration ^^^^ ' ^ ^^— ¦ — ^^ — ^— ^^ — of ^^^ his
Silver Wedding day . This occasion was taken advantage of by the heads of departments and
a number of the employes who had been longest in the firm ' s service to present Mr f . Wyman
dfe ^ b ^ fe vtf ^ b ^ fc ^^ f * ^ kiA ^ k ^ fc A ^ b ri _ f P ^ f * ^^ F *^ k V ^ b ^^ ^^ ^ v ^^ B ^ f * rf ^ ^^ »^^ ^^ ^^^* ^» r ^^ ' ^ HBW ^^ ^ W ^^^^^ with a solid silver drinking cup _ and salver ,
together with a congratulatory address .
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' Die Statistik iiber Arbeitslose in England , ' von Dr . J . M . Baernreither , one of the articles
in the first number of the new periodical , Archiv fur Sociale Gesetzgebung ( H . Laupp ' sche Buchhandlung in Tubingen ) is full of interest
and instruction for English readers . We could have wished , however , that the writer ( who
has taken such evident pains to put clearly before us the present state of the unemployed in England ) had suggested some remedy for
the present lamentable distress . Nevertheless , we — — - ^^— are - ^— - ^ ^^^^ - ^^^ p thankfu ^^^ ^^ v ^^* ^^ r ^^ r ^^ v ^^ h ^^ " ^ - ^^^ ^™™ - ^^ f ^ m ^ l ^ h ^ for ^^ ~^ r ^^^ the ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ~^^ ^ insi ^^^^^^^^^ r ¦ ^^^ r ^— g B ¦ ^^^ k ht ^^ ^ he ™ ^^— — has - ^—^ ^ —— g ^^_^^_ iven _ - ^_
-us into the condition of the working classes at the East JSnd of London and the horrors of the
sweating system . Dr . Baernreither is well known as the author of an excellent work on English Trades Unions .
Amongst other articles promised in early numbers of the Archives are : * The Princiles
p of the Law of Aged and Sick Workers ' Insurance in the German Empire Statistically
Illustrated , ' by Privy Councillor Dr . Ernst Engel , formerly Director of the R . Prussian
Statistical Bureau ; c Inquiries into the Corporeal Development of the Artisans in Central Russia : Influence of the Nature of Occupation '
by Dr . F . Erismann , Professor of Hygiene at , the University of Moscow ; * The Belgian
Inquiry : its Social-political Results / by Dr . Heinrich Herkner . Messrs . Sampson Low So
Co ., Limited , are the London agents . Herren Gebriider Kronerproprietors of
that deservedly-popular periodical , , JDie Gartenlaube , have purchased the Bitch fur AUe the
und Chronik der der Uhterhaltwng Zeit , and , Bi hith bliothek erto publi des s TVissens hed by the Schonlein ' scher "Verlag at Stuttgart .
Herr H . Baredorf , of Leipzig , has just
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1888, page 294, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031888/page/8/
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