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    — are notabl charming y , their ly got * vellum up ' but series look of books almost which too

    George ddeli elicat cate e Eliot to to Handle handle ( in 12 . . vols The Th . ) e is . , eattton Sdition also of especial de de luxe luxe im of - portance . There is also luxe Duruy ' s ' History of

    liom of Rom 3 , e e 000 ., ' an an en eaxtion Sd gravings ition de de , luxe 100 , , with wibh maps its its and bve five p series series lans , besides a number of chromo-lithograph plates .

    We notice also on the same shelves W . J . Linton ' s * History of Engraving in America , '

    the 4 George ^^~* ^^ ^^ ' ^^ Art H ^ k ^^** ^ Eliot ^* Treasures ^* ^™ ^* ^^ W Portfolio h ^^ b —i i— ^ M ^^ 41 of - ^^ t ^ H ^ b ^^ Ital ' ( m ^ Japan ^» y - ^^^ p ' ( ^ rf ^ in r « M ^ to 2 proofs a ^ t ^ b vols ^^ ^^ r ^ b W ^ 0 . ) W ) , V , and h ^ the VP ^ h ^ H ^ p ^^ v

    Harp Keats er ' ' s ' striking Endymion ly beautiful , ' with illustrations W . St . John .

    fine Messrs series . D . presentation Lothrop & Co volumes . ( Boston b ) have ks of a

    travels , such as . - the justly famed , ' Family Flights ' series of the . Rev . E . E . Hale and

    Miss 1 The Susan Story V Hal of e ; the works States by Celia ' are Thaxter also to and be

    found in this same section . Messrs . DoddMead & Co . ( New York — )

    Pepys mak j . V e ' a ' Diary good •/ ' disp (> 10 , lay vols with . ) / and thei fc Don r edition Quixote ^/ s of 9

    ( " 4 History vols . ) , of they Ancient also show Sculpture Lucy 3 and Mitchell Wolt ' s -

    bo mann th important and Woerman work ' s s ' , History the latter of Painting in two , '

    vojuines . Messrs . Gebbie & Co . ( Philadelphia ) have

    an ing admirab ' Masterp le ieces displa y F of rench fink art Art books , ' of * , German

    includ-Art / and of ' Contemporary Art * ; an enviable edition of Burns in 6 vols . ; their libraries of

    ' Wit and Humour _____ ' and of * Choice Literature . ' Their ' Engineers' Cyclojisedia'

    ' Lives of the Roman T ? Emperors t / X ' are also books to make a note of .

    Among the l single-row' exhibitors we have only space to allude to those of our esteemed

    and Weekl friendl and y the American temporaries Bookseller the Publ of C ishe . W rs . ' y ;

    C B ardeen t , C Syracuse ( c ( hiefl school ¦ the books Cen ) t ; of and the ury ompany y ury

    St ( scien . Nicholas tific ); ) J ; . the Wiley Johns ' s Son Hop s k ( scientific Universi ) ; F ty .

    Stokes & Brothers ( who have several rows of very prettily bound bookspoetstranslations

    , , , th & c ) , an t named d H . C . Baird ving t & hree Co . , w P hiladel of scien phia tific

    and engineering works . In a separate cornerall to itselfbut

    an within excellent a yard selec of tion the of foregoing books , from exhibitors the , well , is

    -Boston known firm New of York Messrs . Ginn , Heath er laces & Co . . The , of p

    from works , Eng shown lish cover Readers , a wide ' to ' field Selections and range from

    p X hi enop losop hon hy to and practical Herodotus rhetoric / from . Several practical of

    the others books are more are of obviousl English y Americanised parentage , . whilst We

    may opposi also te Messrs tion . t Ginn hat t ' s here i is n er se ' t of in shelves which

    various more or less well-known American trade and popular " journals are ' filed , '

    presumably for the benent of the numerous

    visitors from the land of the stars and stripes : ' [ It may be mentioned that the American book \

    exhibition is under the superintendence of , Mr . Lascelles . ' . . . |

    section OV ~ r \ J \ J The » . \ J IX . - is t < 3 French , , as CMia w VT ill XXX booksellers be KJX 3 supposed OXA ^ J ^ yja ^ KJL ' , and infinitely IIIIIUIUDI publishers V more IltVJ W ' I

    extensive than both the English and the H American ance to the put Eng together lish reader . But is measured as their import by just - ' i I

    an brief inverse . There ratio are , we however must be so corresponding many charming ly J J

    Jand valuable books , shov / , n that it 4 s not possible to pass them over altogether . The i

    section is called the ' Imprimerie Librairie' and the first * stand' with which the visitor I

    meets on leaving the American section is that m i of VSA » ' - Paul * - UVVi * Dupont _ a- ^ Vll 7 VfXlv , » ^ Xy % diteur AXWV /\ AX / or V / X , a in XXX full X LIAA ^ , the VAJkV 1 1

    administratives ^ oci ^ t ^ Anoriyme et des d'Imprimerie Chemins-de- et Fer Librairi * ( 4 Rue e j ;

    du Bouloi , Paris ) . ' Omnia Labore' is the motto of this firmwhose principal publications

    are of the first importance , in their particular branch . But the classics and school books

    of various sections are also an important speciality . ,

    The publications of M . Octave Doin ( 8 Place de FOdeVmParis ) make a good show

    but their interest , is almost solely of medical , or other phases of scientific interest . Among I

    them we note a translation of Dr . G . Hunter-MackenzieV _ — — . _ -importan — ^ _ _ t , book , yunder the title

    onl of y * Le book Crachat translated , ' which from , how Eng e lish ver into , is not French the

    in this section . reading Perhaps provided , as a b sort y M . of Doin set-off it was to a the thoug heavy

    htful move to locate the innumerable , novels which M . Paul OllendorfT ( 28 bis Rue de Richelieu ) has published within the past year

    wonder or two . ing On lookin they g have at them all been one cannot read . hel But p

    ¦ ¦ ing to ^ ^ ¦ Bp ^ B VV ^ h speculate , perhaps i ^ ^ i ^^ ™^» ^^ ^^ ^ ¦ i *^ ^ >¦ . ^ would ^ M ^^ ^^^» . ^ be Ollendorff - ^^ —¦ an - ^ — ' — unprofitable —¦ — . __ . has _ . __ . _ wisel . proceed y ^^^ had ^ ^ P 6

    a tribution brief accoun , which t of , his inter house alia | , printed indicates for dis the - C number Aflt % rf 4 of fc edi fc tions fc i th rough which the princi- j

    pa l novels * r v ^ vr ^ . ^ ^*« ^^ ^ have ^**^ ^»^» ^ ^* ^ passed ^^ ^» ^» »^*^ ^» ^~ . ^^ ^^ ^^ Georges ^^^ w — ^^ ^^ Ohnet — M ' s Le ' Maitre de Forges / for example , is in its 274 th

    edition ! The series ' Edition des Biblio- I philes ' of M . Ollendorff in a charming one not , I

    get but too the much price is for somewh the mori at ey hi « g _ h and you do ¦ j ' ] )

    Bonaparte The house ) have of a Lecene good selection et Oildin of ( 17 novels Rue ' |

    the and publishers line art publications of La Petite . This Itevue firm which are also at f jj

    , , and ten centimes deserves weekl the y success , is now it in its has second achieved year . B

    house L Instituteur andas is another ts ¦ name i piKB publication ¦ imp i ¦ lies ¦ deal of this th

    the M S ^^ chool ^^^^ ^^* 1 V ^ questions F ^/ f ^^^ F , ^ H -books ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ . ^^ W , ^ H ^ relating ^ ^ are V ^^^ ^ B * ^^ also V ^ W ^ . ^ B ^> ^ to ^ ' ^ v ^^^ published P schools ^ . ^^ —~ ^ ^ H—^ " and — in , J education variety by .

    MlVf . Leckne et Oudin . j A firm which issues almost two dozen

    j almos ^ ecio dicals t demands weekly a , length monthl y y , notice annually . But , & € it ., j

    must m -r ^ — - —w v- suffice — —rr — — — us to direct — « ^^ attention to the r . j

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1889, page 937, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081889/page/11/