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    called a ' -rose , ' very png to the nanftr eye . We were were understand used used in m manufacture manutacture that about 500 before beiore reams the tiie of

    paper d esired effect was produced . The * Romanesque ' and ' Papyrus' paper brought out by

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    the fresh ^ attractions * offered by Messrs . Camp ^^ - bell & Tudhope .

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    juiy 15 , ig 86 ^ ke Publishers * Circular 777

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    The late King of IBavaria , whose sad fate lias called forth a general expression of

    regret , was a great reader and an intelligent critic ~ . The dramatist , , Karl von Hei gel O ,

    Xrelates , in a recent number of JJeber Land und Meer . some very interesting reminiscences of

    the ill-fated King , from whom he received excellent advice on the composition of his plays .

    Brought up in strict seclusion , and subjected to severe discipline and more brain

    pressure than any other German lad of his age *^^^ — ( \ which ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ — ^^ is ^¦ ^ ^^^ say v ¦* ¦ j ing ^^^^^» ^^ p ^ h a ^ fr ^ mr g f ^^ reat 9 ^^ ^^^ v ^^ r ^ p *^ deal ^^ . * ^ Pap » ^• 'W !¦ . M ) * , ^ it ^ b V ^ p" * is ^ 9 ^ mw no ^^ ' ^ m ^ ¦*

    wonder that an intellect so sensitive and excitable should , at a later period , have given

    way to the results of such a rigorous treatment . Only the day before his father ' s death , and when he himself was 19 , he was ob f liged

    bv by h his ia tutor tutor to tr % tak t . akft e his Viia conee ^ . nfflpA . without wi +. Ti rm . sugar Rncrar because of an imperfectly written essay ! When the sudden death of Maximilian II

    . called ^ ^ ^ him ^ ^ suddenl ^^ ^^ ^_ . y to the . throne __ . , the young prince had just sketched the plot of a drama evolved evolved trom from the f . hfi overwrought ovpsrwrmic / ht , Tvra brain . in of of an an

    over king ' - s educated son excites boy . the It was peop briefl le to y consp this : ire a against his JJfc father lyjk whom ff lAV / Ai he JLJ dethrones 1 and

    then (~) "" ~ ~ " proclaims - ' ^ . A » - * JL «^ V — JL ^^ the ^ . , « Republic . A . V ! VV VAAA V / AA \;^ J , a C 4 / XAVA , reader — King ^* and lOiJVl Ludwi patron I / UIU 1 g , as of Vi . we literature JltVViUUUl have said l and ** i « , was art CAIJL . U . . a When T great » JIJ . \_^ XA

    lie read a romance which pleased him , he Latterl the commissioned King y , alone however some . , such playwrig pieces ht were to dramatise played for it .

    six Six He feet teet was tour four of statel inches inches y presence in in height hmfrhfc , standing ; : his hia hair lifl . i about r and n . nrl

    lustrous eyes jet black but they , the had Xk latter € Mi \ strange 3 most Oi C » beautiful expression CA JJ JL * 5 and

    as Sliakspeare " -v ^« o , , UUU ULX described ^/ Jf - * . C a * the » U A . A poet JL £ ^ ' s , i in a fine JL frenzy J rolling * vr ^ tll ^ j , ' which TT AlAVll . onl VJHAJ y too % J \^\ J surely UU 1 V 1 J foreboded A V- »« - \ J KfKT UUU

    did insanity of Hamlet . We , mi ' Oh ght ! say what of a him noble , as mind Ophelia is here o ' erthrown ! '

    luterest Ihe the Russian \ forthcoming public antici political pate CIX correspond \ with \ much

    tnce of 'W * JIA the J X ^ JL late VlLKsKJlAlXAlig Prince } J \ JIIKjIKs Borvatinski jJM . M . COJJJW , who 1 l \ X - ~

    captured v < nnUrecl the the celebrated celebrated Circassian Cirnaaaian chiet chiftf . ^ chamyl . The Prince was the moat intimate ,

    ' mediary "cna of between the late His Czar Majesty , and and acted the as leaders

    interof the Panslavonic movement in Eastern ~ Eur ^—^ ~^^^ r- ^^^ ope ~^— ^ r *^ - ^^ . - ^ ^ It ^ " ^^ . ^^ v ^ is ^^¦ ' ^•^ therefore ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ " ^» ^^^ ^ ^^^ ¦ ^^^ expected ^ - ^ ~ ™^^ ^^ ^ -- ^^ ' ^ that — — — - the _ - - ^_

    -work will contain some political revelations . Herr Costenoble of Jena is about ¦ ¦ to

    pro-^^^^^^^^^ - ^^ ^^» ^^^ ~^^ ' ^^ ^^ iv ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ . ^ ^^ . ^^ ^^™ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^~^ ^ " ^^ " ^ ^^ ^*^ ^— * — — ^ — ^^ —— — — — — — duce an authorised German translation of the well w ^ ~^^ ^^^^» - ^ k ^^^ nown i ^ m ^^ ^*^ v v ^^^^ B ^ and ^^^^^^^ ^^^ B ^ so ^^^ ^ i ^^ deservedl ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ¦ w ^^ ^^^ " ^^ y W popular W ^ — — ^— work I — , J

    'Three Years of Arctic Service , ' by Lieutenant Greely , which so graphically relates the

    sufferings of the Greely expedition . Herr F . A . Brockhausof Leipzig ( whoby

    the way , has just published , the thirteenth , volume of the thirteenth edition of his

    excellent and world-famed * Conversations-Lexikon ) has sent us a catalogue of a further

    portion , of his acquisitions from the sale of the library of the late Richard Lepsius . This

    part , which is most admirably classified , consists of works in classical philology and

    antiquities . It contains no less than 4 , 515 numbers . Sfails for more than a

    wellmerited encomium pace of this catalogue , the perusal of which is itself an education .

    The Nieivwsblad voor den Boekhandel tells us that the first Berlin Courant appeared — — — in —

    ^^^ w % ^ v ^» ^ a ^ j ^ vjr ^ pv ^ bflfc ^ m ^ ^ m ** ^ " * r ^* ^ 0 . ^ fc ^"^ ^ r »^ ^^ ^^^^ *^ ^^ ¦ ^^ ~^ ^ ^ ^^ M it the Tt . was was year e ftrh 1661 dited ' tfid , in hv by the a a time JN "N " etnerlander etherlander of the Great - Uornelius Cornelius Elector .

    , bookspi Bontekoe booksellers lfirs , the only onlv Elect . Kupert Runert or ' s body Volker VolKer physicia ana and n . Julias Elias Two

    Lochelwho at that epoch were allowed to trade in , books % which ¦ were ' usef ¦ ul and not I f

    % /^ h fc'v ^•^ ^^ ^ ^^» r % ^ ^* r ^—f ^ afc rj > « » ^^^ ^ tr ^^ * - ^ - ^ - ^ r- — — — — — — Alth d a nger bk o ous h publi , ' had f # shed permissi 1 ever on Saturday to sell —~~ the it Courant was --- not .

    sold ^ e ^^ ^^ hf ^^ until ^^ ug ^ Btf ^ taK ***^ m the W ^ ^^» ^*^ ^ Sunday » ^* ""^ ^ " ^ ^^ 'b ^ ^^ ^ , ^^ a nd y W ^»^ then ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^ o n * l y at n _— oon ; before V ^ - Xrf ^ Divine - ^ ^ Jb rfhxtv ^ ki service ^ ^^^ m » ^ ¦*» - ^» - . in ^—^^ the w —— - ^ winter - - — — — and __ . _ after _ . ^^ ^ » ^^ ¦¦ ^^ »

    f it rom in May the summer to September , when , , the during servic the e was months held

    concluding in the open prayer air . . The But sal Rupert e began Volker after , the the

    nrst firsf . bookseller "hr * n'k « ellfir in in Berlin . Berlin , , w was as allowed allowed to to approach the King and place a copy in his hand .

    The principal contents of the Oonrant were comprised in what we should call the Court sometimes sometimes

    condescended Circular CJirrmlar , . and and to the the tell Ureat Great the editor Elector Elector what he ht oug to insert in it . But with ¦— - current __ -.- _ events the

    ^^ ^^ p ^ J & ^ b 1 ^^ ^ p ^ ^ l ^ p ^ ^ A Jfc ^ Pfc ^ p * W pi" i ^^^ ^ " - — - — — — body physician dared not meddle . This mention of the Nieuwsblad ( the organ

    of the Dutch booksellers ) reminds us that Messrs MfiHsra . J . T . C H . J . Tnta uta . & < fe < Co Jo ... ot of Capetown Caoetown , nave have

    just published an excellent , and remarkabl , y cheap ' Elementary Grammar of the Dutch Language' bHeer Hubertua Elffersof the

    Stellenbosch , y Gymnasium , in the Cape , Colony . The Dutch ~\ Jk languagewhich — — — perhap — — s — more

    A . Jl . A V / *—^ - * V J A * . « -W « . * k & * - ^^ » w - -w jr-- - - - ~ closely than any r other ^ , Teutonic jj language resembles rfiSftmhifiH our our own own . does does not not receive receive from rrom

    Englishmen that stud , y and attention it merits . It should be remembered that it is spoken by

    a very large proportion of the population of ? South South Africa Africa ,, and and that that its its teacning teaching in in the tne

    schools of the , Cape Colony is compulsory . A f Jk good ¦ acquaintance % Jm f f with ¦¦ the - - « 4 » - »»¦ Dutch - — - language __

    > bb ^ r ^—r VA , - ^ V ^^^ ^ " \ **^ ™^ V ^ ^ ^* r- ^•* ^ ^^ ^ . * W T " p ^ ^ ^ p-1 " " 1 — — ^ -7 ^ would go a very long way towards assuring a better f ^^ ^^ ^ ^ J ^ h ^ JL understanding ^^ p » V M , ^ Jfmi ^^ , J ^ W ^ J ^* F pfc ^ V ** J * ^ , *» fc Ah- «^ p » M ^ between " ^^ ^^ ^* V W ^^ r ^^ ^» ** the ^ p » rf ^ .. ^ - ^ Eng p ^^ . ^ — - - —^ J *^ lish — — ^— and ^— --.

    —Dutch citizens of South Africa . Surely the attainment - ^ rf of such % fc a result ¦»• would amply

    •^ SV V ^ i ^ JM m ~ . Mm - K . tv » w * . ¦** - ^ w » » . T * J -j » -w *» pun *** r jm , - *^ »*^ ^>^ fc — - - ~* —• —— T- — J— ~ - ^ repay the expenditure of some little time and s

    trouble ! I

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1886, page 777, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071886/page/7/