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    >iy 15,1890 The Publishers' Circular 863

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    Booa^c lleijs of To-Da?.

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    , ?^^— ( Gonfinenlal "Qofes

    The great success of La Lecture , that attractive in ^— — and popular sixpenny bi-monthl ¦

    y ^* »»»*•* w M - « A A JL V y ml , has induced _ ¦ . its proprietors to . MB bring out a ¦ ¦ similar H periodical exclusively devoted to the

    ^ ^^^ fA . Hp ¦ 'V ' — —¦ ^^ *^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ reproduction of the works of nineteenth century E 4 \ f F ^ ^** / writers who have ^^ died ^^ ^^ ' ~ before r ^ ^^ ~~ * ' ^» ^^

    January 1 , 1890 . The first number has appeared Ut ¦ ~ and contains contributions - ~ f ¦ i by Victor » f

    Hugo W J J J ^^ F ^^ p * ^^^ F , Sainte , w Beuve — , Theop — ~~ — ^ p ^* p ^^ hile — — ~^ p ~ ™ ^^^^ »^ p »~ G y auti «^ ~^ p ~ ^ er ^ ^ v ^^ , Edmond ^ m ^^ rn b ^^^ ^^ ^ ^ b . "^^ *¦ b ^» — ~~ About ~~ — —~ — , ^ p Albert ~~ Duruy — ¦ ™ —^ ™ b » w , vh a Stendhal p v ^ w ^ b » - ^^ r ^^ bb ^ f - ^¦¦^ p 1 ^ h ^ m FBB 1 A "Br ^ p ^ p » , *¦ and ^""" F ^¦ ^^^ w ^ b ^^ V ' k K ^ Ap * ¦ ^ B _ ^ K

    Alfred de ^ Musset ^^ , and a portrait of this last ^ - ¦ named b ^ u ^ Jk 4 ^» ¦ » ¦ ¦ author . La Lecture — "" - - — w ^ f- Retrospective ^^ bpp - ^ ^ p- v » ^ f- ^ p- g ^ -w ^ ~ ^ "w ^» r a S ^ m > ^ M A ^ k _ ^ a _ * k

    is the title of this new candidate for public ^ ^ favour ^ B Bg ^ g Bf ~ % ^ T ^""^ ^^ . It is published B ^^ ^^ b" ^ ™ y « J th ^» r ^^ BF ^« e ^^^ 'Librairie ^""^^^^™ ^^» ^ " ^^ ^^^» ^» ^^ " ^^ B > ^^ F ^ d A ^ B ^ t ^ i ^ ta ^^ h ^^ v a ¦> ^ k

    Illustr ^ e , ' which ^ also announces ' La Vieill e France : La Normandie' written and

    illus-A -to , trated b y A . R ^^^ obida ^ . ^ , the - ^ clever ^ editor ^^ of La Caricature . There are 340 illustrations .

    M . Paul Deroulede , ex-Boulangist and founder of the defunct League of Patriots ,

    publishes , through M . Calmann L 6 vy , his first venture as a novelist , called 'A Love Story . '

    MM . Firmin-Bidot & Co . have published i A Byzantine v * Emperor JL in the Tenth Century v :

    Nicephorus Phocas / by Gustave Schlumberger , illustrated with more than 240 engravings and

    chromolithographs . MM . J . B . Bailliere & Sons r m publish bv bi r bbpbb > b » bp- »

    i Lunacy ~~ in Paris / b y Dr ~— — - ~~ . Paul ^ ^^¦•^^^ P' Gamier v ^ q ^^ . ^ ^^ pp r ^^ , of ^ pp ^ v ^ Bp the ^^ p—^ m Prefecture of Police — ; W ' Health — ' ™ ^ r ^ — ^ B- ^^ ^^— of ^^^^ —^— Pa " ^ B ^^ f ^ ^ ris BP > " ^ " ^ ^ : the ^ B- ^ ^^"

    Dwellings of the Poor , ' by Dr . O . Du Mesnil , with preface by Jules Simon .

    Librairie de l'Art has just added to the series ' Collection des Artistes Celebres ¦¦¦ ' a new

    , ^^ ^^ ^^^ " * ^ »— ¦ 'P' V ^^ V ^^ ¦¦^ B ^^ ^ B ^ f ^ pV BJBJt ^ B > Pr W ^ ^ Bp ^^ pi a ^ V ^ W ^^ p ^ ¦ » volume by M . Emile Michel , containing 'Jacob — van — Ruysdael - f ^^ ^ and " ^^ ^ " F " ^^ the - ^ m ^ ^ B ^ . F ¦¦¦ Landscape BB ^ PB ^ BBT ^ V ^ ^» BPp | V * IbF ^^ ^* F ^ P ^ W *^ ^^

    Painters of the Harlem School . ' The prospectus ¦ —¦—¦ of the »¦¦ National ha edition of

    - — -- — r- — - ^ ' — ¦— — ' — ' — **^ - ^^ ^ " ^» *^ v- ., - ^>< - _ V ^ ^ ^« p » 4 » - ^« p *^^ ^^ ^^» *« ^ rfk ^ -p * Am ^ b ^ & the c Works of Victor Hugo' bears witness to the remarkable popularity of that great writer .

    The edition will be completed in 33 volumes at the price ¦ of 30 -V francs ¦ f PBB ~ SJ ^ each f | ~ . Of these the

    M ^ B- ^ Pr — ' ¦ ^ ^ w ^ - ^ n * P - ^ U ^ V ^ fe ^ 4 K > ^ B V ^*^*^ ^ ' ^^ " * ^ " > ^ FB ^ f ^^ ^ " ^ 4 * 0 fe bW ^^ pT volumes vo Poetical lumes , Work and and s 4 4 in or of 15 the tho volumes 14 14 , volumes volumes the Play of of s in the thu 4

    issued Novels , have letes appeared ' Notre . Dame The de Paris last volume ' which forms comp two volumes -4 » 4 - ^ b , to F . illustrated h pv rfVV with , 41 & 73

    ' — -- ' -- - " ^* - ^ ^ ^»«» ^ p » ^ ^^ - ^ p-- -j , -a - >^ «« F > v «^ ^ F ^* 1 ^ ^ b ** * V » V ^ ^ V ¦ - ^^^ etchings Richard . after Luc Olivier Merson by G ^

    ry-4 is the ¦ The title Madness of a an of interesting Jean -Jacques psycholog Rousseau ical '

    — — «» - » **•** ** r T ^ x . M »«* AAp * VV V / KI VAAJIfat , J' - " »* W X / A * V ^ J-. V-T ti A Vi « A Librairie study by Fischbacher Dr . Chatelain . , published by the

    Pierr Georges e , ' reprinted Ohnet ' s from new L novel y Illustra , * L tio 'Aine n with de

    Emile Bayard ' s clever designs , has just been published in book form by M . Paul Ollendorff .

    * Don M . Ollendorff Juan , ' by has Charles also published Gounod Mozart . This ' s du uction uction , we or of believe tne the composer comnosar , the first of of ' 'Faust Faust literary ' and and pro so ho

    many other musical works . notabilities A large assemblage was gathere of d together literary and on scientific the 28 th

    ~ — - —¦> ' « VM IIMHJ KUVItUlVU UVKVVMVt Vll VHU WUVlt occasion ult . at the of cemetery the obsequies of Montparnasse of M , Charles on the

    . Marpon ^ founder of the well-known publishing ftf * " *""''^*^>> wl ** *"'*«» " « w- » p » w »« wi »»^^

    house of Marpon & Flammarion . M . Marpon , who » »¦ was on ] y fifty ¦ -two ¦ years of age T - ¦ had _____ long

    suffere "" . ^ v » ^ d »^ - ^ from ^ b ^ ^^ m ^ ¦ t m ill *^» f ^ « f- - ^^ health ^ p * ^^ . m ^^ ^ The — - ^ - ^ —— funeral ^ - — ' ^^^ , ¦ oration j was pronounced «_« by the - distinguished - ^ p ^ V f ¦ - ¦ --- scientist -- - ¦ -

    » W ^ 0-99 ** » - ^ ^ ~^ - ^^ ^ rf ¦ ^«»^ ^^ ^ 1 ^ ^ W ' ^*^ ^ ^^ _^ ^ - ^ - ^^^ HK — - ——— -- ___ — , , M . Camille Flammarion , who in eloquent languag c c > e retraced the career of" the deceased _

    publisher . Bigolcto is the title r of a new comic

    «_____ ^ "_ r ^« ^ i ^ - » r ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ *«^ ^ r * fc ^ —1 _^ — - »¦ ^^ "" " ^ ^^^^^ " ^ ^ ^ — journal of which the first number has been sent us from Buenos At yres . The illustrations

    are very clever . In _¦_ bVAJBA our | Ffc k last f issue fc ¦ - _¦—¦ we stated P B- that we believed

    . _ - ^^ *¦ ^^» ^ T <^ JB ^ »* ^^^ BT B ^^ ^^ - » ' •—P' » 'F * - " ^^ - ^ - ^ — — — " — — — - " " ~ — no English translation had hitherto appeared of ^^ ^ b the ^^ » m . ^^ letters ^ b ^^ ^> f ^ ^ fc _ p * ^ !*_¦ # of ^^ f _^ Dr ^^^ r ^ . t _ r ~~* Schnitzler ^ ^ r ^ ~^^ ^ — ^ f ^^ ^ ir ^ - » ( » Emin - — — — - ^ Pasha ----- ) j .

    Messrs . George Philip & Son write to us to say that the volume entitled ' Emin Pasha in

    Central Africa , ' published by them in 1888 , containswith other matter , a translation of

    the letters , . -AA *

    >Iy 15,1890 The Publishers' Circular 863

    > iy 15 , 1890 The Publishers' Circular 863

    Booa^C Lleijs Of To-Da?.

    Booa ^ c lleijs of To-Da ? .

    VI . —MR . EDWARD JONES . The bookselling establishment of Mr .

    Edward P stands ^ B ^ B | , y ^ ^ ^^^ p ^ well f T ^ Jones ^ « ^ to »^ ^^ the » , ^ •¦• in ^^ F front ^ ^ Queen ^^ ^ ^ ^ as » " * a » Street ^ depot ^ — '"' r— , for Cheapside ~ the best ,

    editions of modern works , and in certain lines Mr ^^ .-f p ^ . Jones ^_ 1 » V ^ ^ ifc ^^ " «^ effect ^^ «^ " ^ P ^ ^* ^» 3 " *• large " " »™ «» ^ ^ ^ r ^ sales ^ — --- » — — —¦ than — , perh J- aps i » ^ , __ — < V Ft ^ _ " ¦ ^

    any other man in the trade . It is a good City ^ trade house , and Readers has also of this a well series -founded of notices colonial will

    . remember that this establishment was not long a branch ¦¦¦¦ of Sotheran b ' sit —' having been

    A handed ^ " A . * taK ago T V & m ^ # * over W » ' ^ pT- * fc v ^ in - ^ A ^^^ 1884 J » ^^ ^ " ^^ ^ to ^ ^ r ^^ Mr - ^ p' *^ . ^^ - ^ Jones , —^ ' ^—— , who CU had been f ^^ ^^ ^^ A 4 ^ its l ^ iw # manager « -w ^ ^ ^^ - > 4 ii ^*^« --k ^" *¦• for ^ ^ " ^ ^ many ^** _ fc # years _¦ -T . Upon ^ L

    proprietor making a at call his , our priv representative ate desk , and a found pleasant the

    chat ensued . * I served my apprenticeship , ' said Mr . Jones , * at Dixon ' s in Sunderland , and I

    remained rATTiainftd there thftrft for for thirteen thirtften years vears . . I 1 only onlv lost lost a I day have in remained coming from ever there since up . here An , attack and here of

    paral a bit , ysis otherwise has recentl I have y kept been me in . harness from business all the

    time timn . It Tf . was war in in 1849 184-9 T 1 cam name e to to London Juondon , , ana and the business was then Sotheran < fe Co . Afterwards it was Sotheran & Willisthen Sotheran

    & Co * But . again the . house It was has their a good City , business colonial . '

    connection 4 Yes now . We ? do principally with Singapore , ShanghaiHong f Kongand ¦ such places . '

    T ^ w * " 4 B A ^* " ^ ** ^ fV ^^ , H -- "b _ . ^ b ^ - _* - < - ^ " ^ p-k —* ¦¦ ' - *~ — ^™ ^ p » m , — — m ^ 4 Oh What V' -p * * , * the V * are » X ^ best fs your ^ ^^ P ** w paper specialities » . *» » . » ' ^^ «¦• edition ^ - » ¦— - —^ — ¦ - — ? ' s — , - ¦ especiall y - — — — ^ y

    Ruskin ' s . I have never touched publishing . ' 4 And Well what broadl of underselling it ' s an infamous , - ¦» Mr . Jones thing ? but '

    how it ' s to * , fv * be fc % ^»^ WXrf got »^ fc y W , over T ^^ »«^*»»« - I ** - ^ do ^^ - »> - —— not >*—™™ know - ^ - fj . , It we does always not app adhere ly to special to the -priced special books price , because if it is

    «/ m . — made 4 But . ' do the better class of customers ask for the discount ?'

    4 Certainly . They argue that they have a ri ri ght crlif . to to it if . if if it it is is given mv « n to to other other people Deoi > le . . But J 5 ut

    safeguard there are som is to e have who will an exceptional not take it . publication Our only

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1890, page 863, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071890/page/9/