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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th September 1880, Edition 1 of 1, Page 710

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    • 188 Fleet Street, London, E.G. : September 15, 1880.
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      ; 710 The Publishers' Circular Sept. 15,...

      ; 710 The Publishers' Circular sept . 15 , 1880 i ~'" ' — -

      188 Fleet Street, London, E.G. : September 15, 1880.

      188 Fleet Street , London , E . G . : September 15 , 1880 .

      E Have Heard A Good Deal Of Late Of Agit...

      E have heard a good deal of late of agitations for spelling reform in the direction of what its advocates assert would be greater simplicity , but within the past fortnight we have . «« laint -i » 1 in » the 1 > columns » of the Times m » from it e k Til lishman i « i / who T 1 1 . . . _

      growing had a new tendency p to spell foreign and especially Indian * An Eng names in such a protests way as against utterly the to bewilder TT Uv the ordinary VA English readerThe correspondent VM cites as UTM a case in aaa point VSAAA the third

      , 9 k ^ W fcVii | UAV VUUUII . I JbAXAfiL & X | k 7 AJL X VVVVfcVJk . ^ L . AAV VV * * VW M V ** VI V VAVVU ¦ % ** JV + J' ^ LSV VAAV craze volume appears of Colonel ¦ to have ¦— Malleson reache ' s d ' its History hei ¦¦— ' r g ht of . ' the The Indian names Mutiny of places in 1857 / he / adds in which i may he be assert ¦¦ spelt s VXJLXLU with this

      ^ r ^^* ^ t ^^ ^ . ^ " ^^^ M ^ m ^^^ ^^ ~^ —^ ^ ^^^ ^ " ^ " ^^ ^ ¦ * ^— ^^ ^ ' ^ w ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ¦ ^ " ~ ^ ' ¦ ¦ — ^"^^^ P ^ B ^^ ^— ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ — B — — — — y — — — , ^ F ^^* — ^^ I ^^^ ^^ ^^ W W ^ M » perfect arbitrary correctness —but I find —of great that difficult I am no in jud recognising ge , though them I am told derabad that k / oi the \ and uuiu system M is utterl have y

      become jUUibicu jr Haidardb uu . it a & d JJ . UU and . gL & Maisiir atij u . JULUi ; Me . xujr y erut xxx i is cwgiuouig Mirath ; the ujiclu Parsees . . Hy j _ . jr uci are «* Pars jl e ' s ; Delhi jjj ysore . jctyji , KJ Dehli Have ; ' Mhow w . famous famous for for its its co noiirt urt--martial martiaL is ia now now written written Mau Mau ; : Poonah ± * oonah is is Jrunah Punah or or runa Puna indif indif . -

      Nerbudda ferentl , y ; Oude Narba < becomes Ia ; and worst Oudh of ; , Nepaul allLucknow , Nipal is ; travestied Mooltan , into Multan Lakhnao ; Jeypore and , Cawnp Jaipur ore ;

      into Kanh , pur . ' There seems to be some , justice in the complaint , for very few , people would recognise Poonah under the veil of Puna , or Meerut as Mirath , or Nepaul as Nipal ; and the

      g obvious iving the remed true y native would ori be g to inal revert , as far to the as it commonl can be y expressed accepted Ang by our licanisms alphabet of the , either Indian in words a note , s \ i % in in the + V » i-k ¦» - » - » n w » r > ri in v \ nn attak in i » ^ the + V « « - » text 4- i-v ^ r + When Wf V \ Mr \ however In / -wrrrrkTT / -vii » 4 the - 1- « e \ ' lT « mi lishman Q n m o T » ' ' attempts o + ^^ iTV ^ T ^ TCI to TA * 1 f / "V further T 1 ir > + k <\™

      and or draws marg a parallel , or even between the man . who , thus gives , the genuine Eng Hindustani spelling go and the , man who in ordinary society talks of Paris as Par-reeor of Calais as Calayhe weakens his

      argument , for in the latter case it is simply a question , of pronunciation , whereas , in the former it is a clear question of spelling . His case is good enough in itself without any attempt to

      reduce a writer on Indian history , who is after all only erring on the side of excessive exactness , to the level of the travelled cockney who , after a few hours , or it may be days , across

      the water , comes home to afflict his friends with his x rench ( acquired on the Continent ) .

      At The Guildhallon The 8th Inst.Messrs. ...

      At the Guildhallon the 8 th inst . Messrs . John and Arthur Pardonof LovelPs Court

      h _ ~ ^ M >^ k , , an ^ h ^ k * IH ^ H HIHV ^ A A A ^ K V , AB A JBk , with Paternoster ^^^^~ employing Row women , printers during , were hours summoned prohibited before by the Alderman Factories Fi Act ggins . , The charged defendants in four pleaded cases

      Mr * Guilty . Lakeman / but , urged an inspector that the , women said the were women over were thirty emp years loyed of age from , and 8 a did . m . the one work day until voluntaril 5 a . m y . .

      land th the e next next . It . . was That Ihat all amoun amount very well t of of to work work say was was that against against the women the the laws laws were ot of vol nature nature untary , , agents and and against against , but , in the the point law law of ot of fact the tne , they were not . If they were asked to do anythingthey could not venture to refuse . The

      law him » was to protect passed the to protect help less those , he was who determined could not protect to see , themselves that •» the law , and was , as obeyed it was . intrusted Alderman to

      Figgins lined the defendants 10 s . in each case , and costs .

      Present Pj.Ebt The 2.Ui/ Royal Domicile ...

      present eBt The 2 ui / Royal domicile UAJiiiiuii Library / althoug tiaiou at Berl h in celebrates library it xi thi is s 221 month the old uiu 100 th It i year of founded its iiv existence jlj in i j 1659 in and its

      located pj .. in the Schloss C , , u . / the gii cwj as residence aa > xxuxotxy of the > xo Great < uax years y Elector vaxa at . . whose jl > was * v ao death xkju . it * . « v * included . .-vrw , , 1 , 618 ~—manuscripts and about 20000 volumesbesides a natural history , museum and a collection of ,, & income and

      aairoaratus that William pparatus two . . I cop . cared JbLing Kinff ies of very Frederic Frederick each littl work k e 1 I about . . published took took it a a ; great great and in inte inte his its income rest rest dominions in in it it , . which , assigmin assi should gning at the r be a a yearly vearlv sent beginning to income it . of But ana the Frederick directing airecwiig century I amounted ^ ., _ x « Jl to j .-. 1 "I 000 i \ f \ f \ thalers i . 1 l had t J sunk in l i 1730 hrorv to a . * 27 o * t th . i . " U ~ al l ^ . ~ But T > ,, 4- 4 the -V » ^ . numbers - »¦ . i-rv- » Vi . r » . T » c ! of «* £ books KaakS

      increased , and , in 1735 they , were estimated at 72 , 000 . e Frederick _ rs . the Great paid great attention to its improvement from the beginning of his reign , spending considerable the tne sums

      building u uDon pon it it . . , which To To provide i > rovide was finished suthpient Kufficient in accommodation accommodation 1780 . It was he tor for who its its selected contents contents the , , he he inscri befir began an ption in in 1774 17 , ' / 4 Nutrirnentum = preset present Spvritm , * which called forth remonstrances from his philosophical friends , but in vain at at deal aeai . His for iui

      successor successor its and improvement the present to toook k a a King modera modftrata and . development te At interest intftrftst present , in in the conduct it it ; library : but but which ivmg TCirnor contains Frederick Frederick has over been 800 William W continued illiam , 000 volumes 111 III . b . y did did his a a and sons gre gre more , the than late

      lo , uUU manuscripts .

      Fund Bo Ao Far Far It For Is Successful ...

      fund It for is gratif the almshouses ying to know of the that Printers the Committee ' Pension who & c . undertook Corporation the , at task Wood of raisin Green g before beiore a , have reparation Winter been uiv

      sets bo ao ana and far far in that that successful successful , therefore tne the inmates inmates that that , it is they th will will hoped « v be ha have hava that housed housed felt fel the t jiiifltifiarl ustified in in repairs such such in in , whioh a a putting nnttincr way wav were as as the the shall shall so work work greatl conduce conduce in in y needed han hand d to to ; : , and and their their will be comiui comfort comp -w leted t aj «• «» * - , -

      redound tc th © credit of the trade . The chairman of the reparation / committee is Mr . W . [ 1 Blades , and the treasurer Mr . G . A * Spottiswoode . I

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1880, page 710, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091880/page/2/