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    April 15 ,1889 T^e Fiiblisliers' Circula...

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    Dr . Benjamin Halii Kennedy died , we regret —to recordat Torq — uayon the 6 th

    instant J . WJJ -- - at the ripe -y , age of -j ergnty -r ~ tf ,, -five . He was one miR 01 of , the the most moat successful successful scixopima schoolmasters . sters of 01

    modern times , as well as a distinguished classical scholar . Born at Birmingham in

    1804 , he ^ a received Jh * ¦ * pppt . his ppft A * earl y training t ¦ * ¦ a at King ^ pp ^ Aip . ^ " ~ Edward ' s School in that town ; afterwards he dPfe ^ d PP l ^ k *^ ta _ ^ H ^ ^ PPi _ . P > k b

    was sent to Shrewsbury , of which at that time the well-known Dr . Butler was head master .

    From Shrewsbury ^^ M PPPl P > K - lie P ^ Pl passed in d 1823 ~* a ^ Pfc ** Ph to _ St . ^^^ k ^ — . John ' sCambridge ; after — an exceptionall j ^ - y

    , _ , , - a ^^ 1 . B ^ A . ppi — pp - . ppm A pph ^ brilliant career in classics he took his degree ¦¦ in 1828 and was elected a fellow and lecturer

    of his , college . A few years were next spent as an assistant-master at Harrow , and then

    suddenly the opportunity of his life dawned upon — ^ him — . His old master — Dr . Butlerwas

    ^^ , _ _ . ^ _ A _ B ~ A - , K PPta - Ai Pfe Pl b , ° MPPt in 1836 appointed Bishop ^^^^ ^ of Lichfield ^^ ^^^^^ , and * Dr —— — . Kenned — — — y was —— called — — to — succeed — — him — . For

    w - exactly the life-time of a generation he remained at Shrewsbury , and during his

    headmastership the reputation of the School grew steadily . He was a born teacherand was able

    to inspire many , at all events , of the , lads under him with a genuine love of learning . 'One

    proof of Dr . Kennedy ' s remarkable success in this direction must suffice : no less than

    fiftyone fellowships were won at Oxford and Cambridge between the years 1840 and 1860 by old

    Shrewsbury boys . He was a stern disciplinarianbut he nevertheless secured the affection

    , Ph pB PPPi Pi as well ^ ^ as the _ ^ P . respect ' ' ' * of the ^ youths . ¦! _ around him . In 1867 Dr . Kennedy resigned his arduous

    duties at , Shrewsbury , and was appointed Professor of Greek at Cambridge , and Canon

    of Ely . He was the author of a number of educational worksof which the mo > st widely

    known ~ m ^ *^^ ^» ^^ f ^ h ^ pp » ^^^» ^ v ^^ b are - ^^^ ^ ppvppB ^ P ^^^ "" the » v w ^ ppr ' ^^^^ Latin ~ ~~ , ^ m —^ ¦ ¦ Primer — ^^— ^™~ ~^— ^ - ^ , ' and * ~^^ ~ ~ the ^— —~ — ~^ r ' Public — — — — g School Latin Grammar '—two books which

    have had an extremely wide sale . Few schoolmasters h since h - ^~ ¦¦ ' Dr . Arnold of Rugby diedwill

    — —— - ~~ ^ p t * ^» r - ^^ ^~ p *^ pv , ^ p ¦ " a — - ^ - ^^ »¦ — — h — ¦ — — P > - ^ p ^^ Ph pb — Ph m * A — — P — — , -m — A be ^ missed - > b y so wide ^ ^ a circle ^ ^ of friends ^ ^ . and former pupils .

    Mr . "Van Homrigh . —We regret to chronicle the sudden deathon April 8 of Mr .

    4 Pi A *^ ^ ib ^ J ^ ^^^ f ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ pl ^^ ^¦ ' ^ j ^ hlprBa ^ H ^ f ^ " ^ k ^ ^ B ^^ ^• ' ^ B ^^^ ^ t ^^ B > ^ BT ^^ ^ P » , H " ^^ T ^* * B ^^» ^^^ B ^^^ Pl ^ P" ^ ^^* ^ N ^^ r , PB ^^ l *^ m P >^ P > V ^ PB ^ « ¦ PP Bartholomew * "Van Homrigh , well known to the maj ority of our London readers as manager

    for many years to Messrs . Richard Bentley & - Son - ^^ - ^^ - 4 pb ^^ . v Mr ^ p »^ w ^ " ^ pi ^ ™ ^ . ^ v Yan » ^™ ^» ^^^ ^^^ r Homri 1 ' - — — — ¦ — — — g ^ p ^^^ k h — — was ¦ — — — - in — - the - ~~ — — enj — B oyment ^^ M ^^ ^^

    of his usual health and in discharge of his customary ^ v ^^ ^ q v ^^ P' ^^ F ~ 1— HW W ^ . pp ) ^ ip ^^ V ^ PB > H duties ^^ ^~ ^ " ^^^ ^^ -r ^ ^^^ -- v ^^ p as ^ - — — — late ¦ ¦ ^^» ^ r- — - ^— as — — — ~ m- Saturday v I I ¦ — - — " ^ " "" — - ^— ^ w week " ~^^ ^ " ^ ' , but ' — ~ ^^ ~~ , ^ PB

    feeling unwell on Sunday , went , accompanied bhis wifeto consult a West-end hysician in

    the y forenoon , of Monday . On his w p home in the ¦^ ¦ ^^ r —| _| - ^ middle pt ^ pt p . ^ p ^ ^^^ " ^^^ P > ^ P * ^ P ^ of ^^^ ^ " ^ the ^ P '" ^~ ^^ ^^ day " ¦ ^^^ W ~ he " ~~ was » » ~ " ~ suddenl "" ~~ ' " y » ¦ s ™ eized " ^ PP " ™ ^"

    with a spasm of the heart while waiting for a train »— ^ - ^ ^ ^ P ^ fp ^ ^ p ^ 4 Qq ^ at p ^^^ P * ^^^ Victoria ™ ^^ " ™ P ^ ^ PP * ^^^ ^^ m ^^ ^*^^^ ™ Station ^ " ^^ ^^ ^»^^^ - ^ r ^~— ^^^ ¦ 1 ¦ , ^ b and ^^ ^ ¦ — ¦ ^~ ^— exp ^^^ ¦ « ¦ pa ^ —— ired - ' ^» ™ ^^ almost ^^ ^ ^ ~ - — ^^ ^^ p ^ b ^ r ^^"

    instantaneously . His sincerity and sterling w w w o ~ 1 ^^ rth ^ p ^ ^^^ ^ pj ^^ had pPH ^ PBj ^ p ^^ V ^^^^ Pl g S |^^ p ^ a ^ t ^^ P ^ ined V ^ ^ P . ^ P" » ^ Pj ^^ ^» »^ him ¦ ¦ ¦ ™ ¦ ¦ ^ " ^ ¦ ¦ ^^ many - — — 1 1 ^ ^^ - ' — M friends ^^ ~ ~ ^^ ^^ ~^ ~^ — — amongst ^^ ~ r — - - — ^^ ™ ~ ' BpP ^ k ^^^ ™

    tliose brought intimately into contact with him , as well as the respect of all who knew

    him him . He TTa leaves lf > n . v « ft a widow wirlow and and eight ei ^ ht nhildrp chiidre . n n to deplore his untimely death at the early age — pppp ^ ^^^^ of ^^ g ^ pjp ^ 44 ^^ p ^ a VPh * . Pf The pi ^ " ^ fc * *^ ^ " ^ ^ P ^^ P interment ^ " 'i ^ ^ i ^> ¦ ¦ - ^^ ' " ¦¦ ¦ " ^^ ^^^ - ¦ ^ ¦ ¦ ^» took ¦¦ " - ^ -- ¦ - p H n ¦ ' lac — — " ^ » e ™« a ^»^ ™» t ^^

    Slough ; and in special token of the esteem in which Mr . Van Homrigh was held , the offices of the Queen ' s Publisher pi ¦ ¦ s were closed on ¦ the

    f ^ Ph ¦¦> ^^^~ ^ "VT 1 ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ - ^^ | ¦¦ p ^^^^ r " ^ —»^» ¦—» ^ " — * ¦ " ' ^^ ^ » ^ " — ' —~^ — - ~ — —* ' — - ^ ' - ^^ day of the funeral / .

    April 15 ,1889 T^E Fiiblisliers' Circula...

    April 15 , 1889 T ^ e Fiiblisliers' Circular 4 I $

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    A little volume of which our first impressions are are on on the the whole whole distinctly distirm ' tlv favourable favmirahlfl is is Mr Mr . .

    Goadby ' s ' The England of Shakspeare ' ( Cag | seU & Co . ) . The author states that it is idle to expect ¦—^ k— l histories *¦ i . » to ¦ v ^ deal » p . ^ ¦^ p > fc « i ^> at length with xt / social ]^

    genera m ---- »• .. » «™— »« apw »»^ av "' ^* ¦* ^^*» ^* any *^» pm * ^ w . *• yf m fc ^ ^ . pTAuAi t » i I l . ^_ character pM a istics a _ pm , wh ilst m ppB special ^ ^^ histories ^ b a . , on the . o other ther hand hand , are are apt ar > t to to sacri aao . rifice fine breadth brfta . rlt . h and nnrl ni ic ft -

    torial effect to detailed narrative and minute p ana ¦»¦ ¦ ¦ l •¦ is therefore iPPBip ^ it ¦ . » appeared to him that there

    — ¦ ' —> ys ^ » ^ ¦** ; 5 »» . » .. » -pa ^ . «^^ p > - ^ r ^^ w < w fur k ^ ^^«> wja . >^ - ^^^ ^> ^^ - — — — 1 a WpBkJ ^^ VW ^/< pL . & V /^ L ^ p * was still room for a * concise and fairly complete acco # ppb unt of the Eng ppk A land in ^^_ pi which our great pT oet * pfc .

    lived , wrote , and died . ' These chapters ^ might perhaps ¦ be described 4 p > as so sidelights on

    Sh r- ' " ~ ~ a k ¦ pfc speare " p * - " " ¦ >^ , for -. ' ^ ^^ Ppm the > ^ p <^ ( V genera ^^ ^ 1 % » p ^ M » fcpp' l Pta" hi >_^ story many | T | iH 1 ¥ o f * . ^^ AV the A *¦ Sik ¦ per » VIp ^ iod * h «* B , the the tr trade ade and and commerce commfircft . man mannprs ners and and p customs .

    nstnmsliterature and drama , reli , gion and education , science and superstition are Pfc all ca ll 1 ed into b pla

    mere V - ^ pp-ppb Vas l y T ^ pr so I"p » p" * f ar WpH ™ as |*^ - ^ pf p » th «^ - « P- ey p | h Vp » ^^ serve P » ^^ f ^ p ^ t o >^ . « . ^ ren ^ fB ¦ " d er XrT-1 . v i v id > V L and /^ M' y T lifelike the central figure of the work . The book

    y is is et "written t ritten he picture in in a n wh easy pasrv ich , . it if g somewhat snniPwVmt ives of Eng . florid florid land , strain sfrain under El ¦¦ ——» izabeth HJ' ^^ - ^ pr -PP .- B ¦ -plPb ¦ and ¦ ¦ I I P— James ^ . tr WPkd ^ b ^ prftrf ¦ . I . ^ . and - —•— — - — the ^^ ppfpV ^ pPT pMpBV London / AAX 4 \/ p » pk which f f ft ^ Pl * > pfc ^ Q _ ^^ . T Bit Pi Pb 4 * -. ¦ PH A PBB ^ _ *"

    Sh akspeare knew is both graphic and fascinating . . The cheap re-issue , in neat th ^ ee-and-sixpenny volumesof the k / works of h Miller ( Nimmo a ^ j inn

    * \ jiLliJLj . vk ^ , j PPPPi v ^ jl ^ ^«_> B K iiyino PPi vyjL Hug ^ Lugu xuxix \ ji » " * i , -Hay ^^^ b ^^^ b , & — , Mitchell ^*^ ^^* ) begins ^ appropriatel ^ — y enough with th « iw at classic > w >^ , » - book fc * My Schools p > and

    School-• • ^ - *^ - ¦—• " ^^ . »> - ^ v . ^ . r pp-p » . —» . ^ . - ^ n- » ^( r ¦* ' ¦¦¦¦¦ -p" --p" ^ ^ y ^^¦ »» ^ p » - ^^ % ^ < pi Pw' Vv * A V » | ri _| - « |/ f ^^ ^^^ - aTp . mastets . ' No one who knows anything at all about the struggles for bread and fame of the

    stonemason of Cromarty , or the charm and resear some p » pa ch of th k e nob -writings lest tra , c i a t n 1 , f of ail Scottish to recogn life i se t hat

    p ^^ ^* " m ^ . ir ^ . r ^ -m w ^^«^ ^^ p > ^ p ^ " ^ p ^ ^ ^^ ^* " v ^ r ^ w * v r *^^^ ^ pp » rnippf ^ . ^ ^^ ^ ^ pr ^ l ^ p * ~ p ^ ^ b p ^ pb ^ pp # ^^ » "j - |_ J ^ character pp > - were blended ^ K ^ Ph *¦ pPK in ^ h him ^ Ph ^ as if i ^ ^ b to * give _ the world * * ^ p * 4 pV ppV ^^^ assurance » - ¦ » P ^ T P ^ ^^» i A . ^^ HJfc - » " ^^ ^ . ir of ^^ . Bi a «^* T ^ mail ppp >¦ - ^ TL ^^ ¦ -p » . ' Inflexible - « L ^ ~ ^ ^ W *^ - ^^ . N _^ > pVi ^_^ persistency P < k > r Vp * ^ k R ^ ^ KJ % * \^ XA ^ T

    of purpose , manly self-reliance , and shrewd common-sense were linked in him to unswerving integrity ¦ cpk f and deep t ^^ but •^ ur > 4 , ^ vis unassuming w » Jl ^ M . jfc a . moral fervour A . X ^ i '

    ¦» k <* » V ^ - - * * " ^ J * - * J ^ - * - v ^ w . - * - *» _ - ^^ ^ . r v * . ** v « . ^ . jl •* Wk * *¦¦* V / A K ^ WpIpi . * Vy W « . JL . . ¦ intense a l y imaginative pft pi a p % , Hug . pp »^ pp » h Miller Ptpb . ^ PK ¦ A ^ was yet plod _ ^ w - ding - ^ -- » . 'AK , f > patient JW «^ v » — -l . ^ . —— ¦** , and »^«— - -wv - self ^ - - — . M _ - - denying w » ^^ - — . — p rfp . 4 fcHP > tab . There p » . » •* - * » ^^ was » » l ^ lk / indeed . « . A ^ - ^^ l . ^«/ ^ X ^^

    a massive simplicity and strength about his character which hal f suggests ' The Old Red _ ™ Sandstone' on whichin PkPH enduring lettershe has

    chiselled "" % » ' V « 4 J * ^^^ VW ^^ ^^ P ^^ Pb ^^ his , m ^ m ^ ~ own ^ W V ^ rift PBP unblemished > ^^ ^ P » , « ^ « ^^ pBhrfP * ^^ Ph ^ pIP *^ , J ± name ^ Ak ^ «* h ^ H # K . * ^^/^ Sensitive P «>/ , B ^^ ^^^ p ^ P ^^ g ^^ pf , proud 4 and vvpb « taciturn ppj iipppi pi Ph an pi pfpv he pk drank i ¦ ¦ it ¦¦ pa pp ^ deep ¦ la fAWW t t T i > mes . b ^ pV ^ B of

    Kar that p » ^^^ ^ v *» ^^^ bitter ^ , * J ^^^ b cup . *^ ^ p ^ ^ - ^ of v ^ ^ vp ^^ despondency ^ , ^^_^ ^^ ^ ph n ^ p , fPj ^ and -p ^^^ m ^^ « A y self v % / -deprecia . ^^ p * , j *^ M ^^^ " - tion tion which which seems seems to to be be p Dart art or of the the heritae heritag-e ft of of

    not a few superior natures ; but , till that fatal moment on Christmas Eve 1856 , when his overtaxed tmrprl brain hra . in lost lost , its its balan hfl . ia . n ce rtf * . he hft was was distinguished rlisti-no * nisVif » rl

    , beyond most men by the kingly qualities of selfreverence , self-knowledge , self-control . * I perceived that for such a man'wrote ¦¦> Thomas Oarlyle

    ^— ' ~* S m , v ^~ s l aTfc ak' . K . ^ a ^ v * j rfk . "v- * >• . rs ^ v ¦ ^ ^ a > T j * tvw * j . p 1 m ^;* J > , v v ^_ A "t / ^^/ ^ s . JIA ^ - ^ AA 1 fc ^ l ^ ^ . ^ VU 4 J * . T JL % ™/ to his widow , * there was no rest appointed except in - » M * L the ¦* ' J ± JPi X ^ country ^^ ' ^ ^ -VLA-. h ^' J * T where W W « -. » ^^^ rfp >> ^^^^ ¦ he — ^^ Jp now rfa > U T V is p & K ^ . ' The _ lr .. A A ^ k «^ volume W ^^ 4 1 fl . V ^ A *^^

    before us contains a portrait ofHftugh Miller and is clearly printed and tastefully bound .

    The new volume of the Badminton Library ( Longmans % tt \ h ji- « j ^ v * va & Co it ) deals i ^ with t jp . « . a the m . attractive ^/ / L /*

    sub-» •_« ^ a , * . » pv k ^> » - ^^ >_^ - ' . ¥ - *~~ j * . >^> v * » - « * « . » w ^ ^ s » -v » , *» v ^_/ VAT XV k 7 V- * ^—r ject of * Driving , ' and the Duke of Beaufort , who _ is is not nnt , onl nnlv y a well wfill- - knnwn known member mfiinhftr of nf the tVi pk Four Fnnr . - in . -

    Haiid Club , but also a famous whip , is responsible jpu for ^^ r « this w ^> jt ^ ^ . ' latest *^ ^ h'v % ^ ^^ ^ h-r « f addition t ^^ p > ^^ m ^ -rK j . m ¦ fc' -4 k ^^^ jPk . ^ to . ik / v ^ what * v ^ - ^ ¦ ^ ' ^ - "l ^ vt seems ^ ^>* v ^ JpI ^ pVA v ^^ jl likel . m > &^ - \^ y J & . y w to m * \ j be f ^^ f ^_ ^ -

    come the standard national library of sports and pastimes . The late Major Dixon was to have written written tins this particular Dartinular volume volumn ot of the thn series HPrios birt hnt h hs ^

    , only lived to begin his task—if such a term is applicable to a book of the Badminton Library . The Duke ¦ found it next to impossible j to discover \

    - » - <¦ m ^— » j «— ' » - ¦• ¦» " - ^—r . »• >— ' * - ¦ " ^ . » - « - ^^ ^ . ^^ ** - ^ *•• > p > pk . » f «¦ -v . ^ a ¦ ¦» - » k _^ v ^ »* r ^ r jp , rv . ^ a . ^_ s » - ^ j * ^^ k A KJ . J \ J T * ... * " , aoy x ) ther man who knew the road in the old coaching days , and was at the eame time abreast

    of modern improvements in the art of driving ; he accordingly summoned to his aid Lord Algernon

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1889, page 415, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041889/page/13/