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    and offered According the the Grovernment Treasury to the papers for made £ 90 officiall an , 000 offer the y printed Stowe of £ 70 and 000 and appendix just which issued Lord divisions , it Ashburnham appears of his that collections || would Lord Ashtnirn not of Mgg }^ ' I though he professed great desire that the collection ,, should go to the British Museum . accept There III

    only upon , the for £ negotiation 45 , 000 . A took catalogu a different e of these line , , treas and ended ures just in the issued purchase shows of them the Stowe to be extremely collection - III III I diverse in character , including , together with beautifully illuminated of copies of the Koran in III

    letters Ara Arabic bic , of such ftii kings r . h MSS TVTRSi and . as as queens the -Mia rules riil of Eng s and and land orders nrrl , the pra ori for for ginal the thft return household household concerning or Charles Charles the levy 11 JT \ ., . of many -man shi p original ™ .: ^_ -i III III III letters from Hampden and Cromwell , & c . money I

    The statue of Henri Conscience , the most celebrated of Flemish authors , which has been I erected before the new library at Antwerp , his native town , was unveiled on Tuesday in I

    presence r > resenee ot of the thf > members rnflmhftrs of of the the family farnilv of of Conscience Conscience . . An An address address was was delivered deliverer ! b hv y Jan Ja * i Van xr ~~ I I Beers of Flanders , himself , with a Flemish their banners author , of denied much past repute the . monument A great number . of societies from all parts I

    library of IFornliam A new contains free Park library more , at a than has cost been 4 , of 000 about ere volumes cted £ , 6 supp , . 000 , lied as a with gift books to his , native and endowe town d of by Newark Mr . Gilstrap . The

    The sixth annual meeting of the Library Association will be held at the Free Public Library of oi Sir ibir JJa , Liverpool ,-mes mes Jricton Picton , on . F Jb Tuesday .. S S .. A A ... chairman chairman , September ot of 11 the the , and Jbiverpool Livernool three following ± Free ree Jrublic Public days , Libraries libraries under the Committee Com presidency -rmtw .

    Reports will be laid before the meeting by the Council and by the Committees appointed of to prepare size notation illustrations . It is to proposed the cataloguing to rules special of the attention Association to the and subject to consider of classification the question

    Papers will be read on various questions pay relating to library administration and bibliography . . ments It is proposed < fecof to libraries hold an in exhibition all their departments of objects and . appliances illustrating the working

    airange-, , ijrui Guide A ae note , ' ana and recentl the the date date y published or of its its li first rst in publication Dublication the St . James . has has ' s Gazette led led to to as a a to correspondence correspondence the origin of c in in Bradshaw Jy Note otes s and and ' s Railway Queries Oumex .

    when from which the , desirability it appears of that a general the idea ~ key dates to the back , train to the service commencement occurred to Mr of . the George railway Bradshaw system , ,

    of Manchester , a member of the Society of Friends . After some objections raised by certain a railway small book companies called had * The been Railway over-ruled Companion , he com / menced and th is in was 1838 corrected to publish up , at to irregu date every lar interv month als ,

    bv by a a brnadaifl broadside p . time f . irnA- - table . lVlfi . A A copy n . nrwr of nf the f . Vifi third +. Viirrl number TmTn"hp > r is is . , we -wft learn lp . fl , rn from from the +, Vift Mamchester Hfa . 7 ifJh /> fde . r Guardimty one of the curiosities of the Free Library in that city . The present form of the Guide —^ ~ " ™ ^~ ^^ ^^ dates ^^ hw ^ ^ - ^ r- v ^ apparentl *¦ » V ^ m ^ V H . VM ^^ itf »^ Yd * y w ^ from ^ ^ b ^^^ ^»»^ fe W December ^ k ^^ ^ k ^ ^^ - ^ " ^ ~ Jh , ^^ ^^ r ^ k ^ 1841 ^^ ^^^ «^ b » ^ B ^ , B and » m ^ ^ ^^*^ ^ it b ^^ has if * J ^ y r _ r been ^^^ ^ k ^ ^^ ^*^ b continued ^^ i ^^ ^ 4 » ^^^ b ^ b ^ b ^^^ ^^ ^ tf' ^ V without V F ^^ ^^^^^ v - ^^ ^ r » ^ interruption ^ h ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ r ^ ¦— <—^ || - ^ —

    ever since . The second number , that for January 1842 , contained only 32 pages , and gave Norway and particulars carry b ing y the out where literary of his 42 he enterprise or skill had 43 of lines Mr Mr to . . of Bradsh E get . railways L some . Blanchard aw was information in Eng aided . land Mr by for . only Bradshaw his his , London w Guide ithout , who agent has any died left , advertisements Mr at a . name Christiania W . J . of Adams almost . , In in , 1

    world-wide , fame . gone , ! Fort House , better known to Broadstairs visitors as ' Bleak House / from its association been

    wit wit sold n b the y auction memory memorv by of direction the the late lake of Chariest Jharles the trustees lDink > ickens fins under , , who who the trequently fremientl will of the v resided resided late Cap there there tain , G has has . Gooch jiust ust , oeen and it it realise realised d £ £ 2 2 . oUU 500 . JLawn Tiawn Jblouse TTnnsft . also also an « . n occasional no . p . a « innal rp residence > Ridfinf » ft of of lJickens "Dip . lrfiTifl- and and . tormmg formin 2 part part

    ,, , of the Under Under sa . me the the estate title titlo , was of of k 4 sold Old Old for Worl Worl ^ 730 d d Idylls THvlla . . and and Other OtTi ^ r Selected Sftlfip . tfid V V ^ erses rafia / ' Mr Mr . . Austin Austin uodzw Dohson

    will publish in the autumn a selection from , his 'Vignettes in Rhyme ' ( 1873 ) and ' Proverbs in taining Porcelain the ' ( 1877 ) ritten . Within since a 1880 year Mr He . Dobson is preparing will also edition issue a new of the volume Vicar of of verse Waiefield ,

    confor mass mass Messrs ot of new new . poems Kegan material material w Paul & availabl availabl Co . ' s e e ' Parchment for for . notes notes . . Library Mr Mr . . JDobson T ~ , 3 oV having an » roti is in been also also fortunate encrao ' -ed d on on enoug a a h volume volume to find ^ a

    the ' Selections ' Golden from Treasury Steele , ' series by the a selection request of from the Horace Delegates Wal of pole the ' s letters Clarendon engage . Press , and , for ,

    nov Mr el p . lan Edmun of selecting d W . Gosse ' a typ has ical , prepared figure for a volume each decade of ' . Seventeenth The ten worthies Century he Studies has chosen ' on are the , Crashaw Oowley

    Mrs in chronological . Philli j- ^ h « , ( the order ' Matchless : Lodge , Orinda Webster AAAV 1 ' ) , Ethere - »—« Rowlands « WV d « a , and Randol Otway II ph , Herrick The chap , ters ¦ ww- ^ on Etlieredge , ,

    — - " — — " - — - ^ , p »^ .- »^ j ps ^ . m -vaa ^^ J . * _ A . W W ^ AAA ^ MM X _^ A . IJW * , * yAAVX O- ge . V , * MfJLAVI , ' \_^ ' V *** J . - ** ' * - ' ^ - * ** ^ t ~ ^ r > - and The ™~ Ot " ** " - ^^ \ ray r subscri - ^ *^^ ^ -r are rss /^ v'A . A especiall ption - ' »/ Jt ^ . ^ JL JL list JLa & K # W y for rich ^ ' Jl . the % JA in new * General X ^ I ^^ material JL JLV ^ J- (> VJL _ Book ^ *\_ . ^ _ F A * V . The Catal \/| V % Jl > book VJfc ogue V ^ CSL » rf ^^ will ^ ' closes ^ y jf . be VrfrJ ^ yfrJ published Augus _/ , ^ , » J C » ^_< K F t IV shortly 31 ^^ ¦* " . Subscribers — . ,

    names We are understand received that by Messrs Lord Ronald . Barnicott Gower & Son is editing , 44 Fore a ' Street Life of , the Taunton Queen . / by Sarah £ Tytier , ,

    b I which The vcr Mr TVTv same Messrs Stanley Sfnnlov publishers . J Lane T . , nno S . are - Virtue Poole T ^ rw / also Ylfi & which - preparing \\ l l- Co » i nil , will will -vxri ll a publish describe ^ lcci large r » T'i"l l -kO y . illustrated the -t-Vt It will present -r \ r * ckU be Ck-r \ volume + illustrated condition smr * rl i f inn on of r ' with f Social Egypt TT . or steel " « ni Life ' , witn with engi in tne tlX ^ Vings ^ P * jj i I

    y . , knowled Mr . John ge of S one . Clarke intimatel is said y acquaiinted to be preparing with all for the publication pressing social a little questions volume descrip of Egyp tive tian oi I sixteen years'experience of the London stage . The book will make mention of many II

    ( An tinguished authors , actors , critics , and artists . — ^ r ^^ - ^ ^ Jb y ¦¦¦ KALI . .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1883, page 690, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081883/page/6/