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      this rg ^ L ^^ % ^^ moment «^ r ^ ™ ™ - ^ y ' in my own - — — , country " — — - ~ ¦ " - . Like ^ — - ' — Garrick — ~ ^ m ^ - ^ — w ^^ in r ^ ^^ Reynolds ^ " ^™ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ m * r ^ m * ^^ 's «^ ^^ ^ m p icture v ^ . n ^ j ^ ja > ^ p ^ your he - *^ ^^^ k ^^ excels ^^ ^^^ a ^^ ^^ ~^ ln either _ r ^^^»^ fc ««^ Vp ^^^ b in v ^^ skilled tragedy with or comed equal genius y , and either is deli to ghtful move the whether hearts as of Hosea his readers Biglow to or smiles James or tears Russell . And Lowell Mr . ;

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      felicitous ; phrasing of these delicately complimentary , sentences you is admirable in the extreme and the way in which the distinguished ¦¦ judge contrived to say pleasant things of each of the ,

      whole leading ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ fc ^ ^ . ^ was writers » " ^^ ^ as W ^^ graceful of ^ the ^— ^^ States as ^^ it was , withou ^^ judicious ^^ ^ —— ' t of ^ " — fer m . —^^ i ^^ n America " ^ 1 g ^^ a ^^ ^^ si ^^^^ ng ^— ^^ ' ^^ s le ^^ lit ^^ commen e rary ^ ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^^^ # strength t r ^ on ^ ^ t ^ ^*^*^ A ^^^ P «» mer ^^ * r lies ^^ » m i can r ^ ^ ^ b in ^^ K *^* the lit ^^ ^^ era ^^^ excellence ^_ ^ f ^^ t ure ^^ ^^^ ^^ b as ^^ a ^^

      of its individual , authors , and Lord Coleridge is to be commended for singling them out and

      have referring provoked to the comparisons m one by one with , inste other ad nations or taking . them on any general platform which might

      Glasgow The Will Following Have A St Spe...

      Glasgow The will following have a st special atistics interest of the for second many million readers of while issues the from reports the of Mitchell the Library Library Associa at

      t million ion ' s Conference issues were are comp before leted them January . The 14 first , 1881 book , being was issued 982 working on November days from 5 , 1877 the ; the ning first

      the and second occupied million 808 working issues were days . comp It leted is believed at 6 . 45 that p . m . there on Saturday is no previous last , Sep instance tember on 1 , record 1883 ,

      library of the . issue As will of two be seen million from volumes the statistics within below so short the a readin period g of of fiction the opening forms but of a a public small

      volumes element in asked the total for at figures the counter . It should there be has stated been , a too very , , that great in use addition made to of this the larg current e number periodi of

      cals—literary , artistic , scientific , technical , professional , and other—which , to the number of issued more than in each 200 , of lie the upon classes the tables in which . The the following library is is a rran statement edwith of the relative number proportion of volumes of

      the whole issue : — g , Per cent . Theology and Philosophy 184 , 681 ( 9 * 23 )

      History Law , Politics , Biograp , and hy Commerc , & c e ... ... 435 54 , , 326 694 ( 21 ( 2 ' * 77 73 ) ) Arts and Sciences ... ... 402485 ( 20 * 12 )

      Poetry and the Drama 147 , , 115 ( 7 * 36 ) Language ^^^^^^¦^ v w ^ r ^ v vw ^ i ^ B , H ^ b ^^^~^ . ^¦ ' ^ w ^^^^ l ^^^^ ^ .. V . ^ P ^ . ~ .. ^^ ^ . ^ . ^^ . . ^^ .. ^^ . ^^ .. ^* 54 ^^^ ^ , ^ B 971 ^^ ^ p ~ ¦ ~~ ( m 2 n * 75 ^ f ~^ ) m

      Miscellaneous Prose Fiction Literature ... ... ... 566 154 , , 123 605 ( 28 ( 7 * * 31 73 ) )

      Total 2 , 000 , 000 ( lOO'OO ) ^ Of nt the . This whole small issue attendance , no more t of han ladies 10 , 481 is volumes regretted have , but been is probabl issued y to ladies to , the or o abse nly n ' 5 per of

      separate accommodation of a suitable character .

      The International Literary Conference Ha...

      The International Literary Conference has been holding its annual meeting at Berne , M . ; ¦ * J Nu -ne " « ma President -rresiclent Droz , ex of of -Presiden the th « Confederation f ! nnfArl t of prfl the . tion Confedera _ M M . . . "EEmmanuel ti mmanuel on , and no Arao Arago w - Minister o . the the French F of rench Commerce Ambassador Ambassador , presiding the the .

      ] tive Spa . irec : *^ nish s iur tor of li Minister of ot terature the *«© Mevue Rama , and were dvi dtr Messrs ther Droit Tirn no . t it abili Louis Interna Twi t pr ies . , Ulbach 'nsit , were tional / i . an . al ( present France Jrrtve PrivA ) ; : , at Count Count Blanchard the sitting , d d'Almina Almina Jerro . Among . l rep reoresentins d ( resenting Eng the land representa ) ' , Spanish Snanish Clunet , , - ,

      . Ueraturo jrec miner tor Presse of ; Karl the A famous Baetz ssocia , tion represen Swiss ; Felice BibliotJU ting Carotti the dramatic , from Uiverselle the authors Italian Djuvara of Gens Germany de S Lettres ; t , Loe Society of wen the thal R ; , oumanian Tallichet from UltlUll the »« JI ,

      Tk j » * J ? 8 tr ^ y of Concordia Forei «« O JLdJLAlVJUU gn . Affaira of Vienna lOWlBS ; Szymanowski JDUjlWl and o / ZiU thers qwa 'UAs , the \ . n IliVV editor M . OCI Numa / f / t > of ; the JL ^ Droz J Conrrier V OiJl opened Cb , , KJOUJL ecre de the XtOil Varsovie ary . J proceedings * JX . UJLX ; F JLVV riedman ^ on the n ,

      * n £ *} ot r tu © Federal Counciland , the course of his address heartily welcomed the members of i Countr zerland men > and adding assured that , them he that the happy objects to be of able the to association state that had the the holding warm of sympath the con y -

      TJlka f tion eren f n re !* y g ^ t of wa > literary ? comci < i and © nt with art was property the promul . At gation the close of the of first hia address Federal law to to which for the M . protec Louis

      -^ wacn u 8 ponded ) M jy roz inv [ ted j ^ . Blanchard Jerrold and M . Ulbachi , take seats as ^

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1883, page 815, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091883/page/3/