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    86o The Publishers' Circular July iS( 18...

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    Ilolef and Hew$

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    Boods And Kumoui7s Of

    Messrs . Houlston & Sons have nearly ready a new edition ( the fourth ) of their *

    Denominational and tenets Reason of Wh the y , ' Christian giving the Sects origin , , and history the ,

    reasons assigned by themselves for their specialities of faith and forms of worship , with considerable additions and an entirel

    new index , y * ## *

    in finding Althoug the h Mr tre . E asure . F . Kni in search ght did of not which succeed he

    has recently been cruising in the 'Alert , ' he collected material enough to make an interesting book . Accordingly lie ¦ intends to publish

    a description of the search v . Messrs , Longmans hope to bring out the book in the autumn .

    * # * * Wayfaring in France' is the title of a

    book Bentley by & Mr Son . E . will H . shortl Barker y , publish which . Messrs It de- . scribes the scenery and buildings of

    archaeological interest , and the customs and character of the people in various districts of Gascony ,

    The Daup volume hine * , L will angue be d illustrated oc , Brittany . , and Alsace .

    # # # After a period of comparative neglect

    De Quincey is again becoming popular , and his fugitive papers are being searched out and collected . The latest collection is made by

    Messrs . Atkinson & Pollitt , of Kendal , who will shortly publish a selection from De Quincey's contributions to the Westmorland

    Gazette during the year that he was editor of that journal . # # #

    There is a revival in Thoreau literature . Messrs . Bentley & Son will , we hear , publish

    Mr . H . S . Salt ' s * Life of Thoreau , ' and Messrs . Sonnenschein will bring out in their ' Social Science Series ' a selection from the '

    Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers ' edited by the same author . We further hear that Mr . David Douglasof Edinburghwill issue a selection

    from Th , oreau ' s writings , . *

    Messrs . Routledge & Sons , Ltd ., have in the press the fourth volume of Canon Dixon ' s c History of the Church of England . ' A

    particular feature of the work is that it examines the Martyrology , which has not been done since the age of Foxe . Besides this there

    will be much fresh matter in the volume and new light is thrown on the last part of the life of Cranmer . The career of Cardinal Pole is

    also critically examined . # Messrs . tlildesheimer & Faulkner ' s list of

    Illustrated Gift Books and Booklets for the coming Season includes * Odatis : an Old Love Tale / a Poemby Mr . Lewis Morriswith

    photogravure illustrations , by Alice Havers , and G . P . Jacomb Hood ; ' A Book of Old Ballads /

    illustrated to 4 The fe k Harvest » . fffc by A Alice h Fields ** tt Havers ¦¦¦ I 1 M , ' illustrate and Ernest ^^ - ^ d in a Wilson W ^ m *^ M combi » A « - ;

    nation of- monotint and colour by Ernest b W v -

    Wilson . Several illustrated editions of ment by Fred of Booklets . E . Weatherl . y and a large assort poe ms

    -* * We — understand — that the — —— — Rev —¦» w ¦ ^ . JJ Nowie » y I lj

    -r w ^^ . e ^_ j . 0 i m a upon _ X di Jl * gnitary a -- J history — ¦ -- of _ - f , the Xl / - of — i Chaldean " 11 the - . 11 ancient " Church /" ll — churches ^ r ^ 1 M . ^ , is . . ^/ A e ngaged * Aill ^ UJ 1 J ' •_!• in '__ C 1 '_ Persia X ^ and TT _

    author existing who S is yria Archdeacon , , of Bab India lon . The has been spen , ding some weeks in Southern y India ,

    visiting the centres of both the Uniate and the Jacobite Syrian Churches in Travancore

    Bangalore , & c , and making copious extracts f Christian Unristia rom reco nity it rd v . some some in th of oi which wnich seats are are of said saitl early to f . Indian n date dnfo

    back to the , fifth century a . d . One portion of the Archdeacon ' s work is said to comprise a

    com como plete lete series series ot of annals annals oi of the the Chaldean OVialflpan race from the most ancient to the most modern times .

    # * * A work that cannot fail to be of ¦ interest to

    readers in the autumn of all tastes . We and are classes to have is Sir " ^ promised ^ ^^ ^^^ Walter ^^ ¦ b ^ . ^ r ^^ ^^ g ^^ g w

    which Scott ' s is * Journal preserved ' reproduced at Abbotsford from . the The ori editor ginal , Mr . David Douglas / will add elaborate expla- ,

    natory notes and ^^ , illustrative extracts fro _ c —~~ m papers IT L hitherto unpublished A ' , chief amongO

    them being the reminiscences of Jamea Skene , who will be remembered as an old and intimate friend of Scott . The book will also

    contain letters by Carlyle and Lockhart . The whole work will form two octavo volumes , and

    they are said to contain nearly double the amount of matter given by Lockhartwhile the

    sentences and paragraphs will appear , as they were written by Scott .

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    Messrs . G . W . Bacon & Co ., Limited , have declared an interim dividend at the rate of

    10 per cent , per annum . What has for a considerable time been an

    open secret has at length been publicly announce Dreamer d . Dreams The , author ' and ' Toxar of * Thoth 1 is Mr / . ' J A .

    Economy Shields Rhifilflft JN Nicholson in icholson the University , . JProfessor rrofessor of Edinburg ot of Political Jronticai h . All JL m . Jl JL lovers A VJ * V X ^ * . K # of X ^ « . literature AAV ^ - / M . * JV % t * -m M . ^ - » will 9 » * * Jfc be » v ^ -+ ~ r g te m lad w w » to — ¦* ' hear — —

    his that recent Mr . Lowell illness haa . A practicall physician y recovered who has been m he stud had ying a him long with conversation a scientific with eye Mr says . Lowell that

    the a week poet or keener two ago or clearer , and he in h mind ad never . found

    blished The a inhabitants Free Public of Barnsley Library , w have hich esta waa opened on the 7 th by the Marquis of Ripon .

    X haa We 1 C « U hear Ht made kiM \ A . \ that J a * liberal i . M a local \ JM . l * JL . \ contribution resident J \ J * . M . U * . »«^ Ml , Mr VH . towards « C v . Harvey »• v . i-the , , C Act

    should object on be the adopted understanding . The peop that le of the Rugby

    have likewise resolved to adopt the Act . The Levant Herald states that the criminal

    court of Stamboul has sentenced Mustapha

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1890, page 860, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071890/page/6/