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    L^ E^Ic Wf, &Q. From Mr. Td. "W. Allen, ...

    brought in contact with it . Moreover , it is an interesting- book to look over , for the editor lias

    not confined his attention to the essential but dry list of names , preferring to add particulars of ^¦^ ^^^* the ^^ ^^ " ^^^ ^ W book " ^ " ^ F ^^ F ^^ F ^^^ B ^^ H -world » * ^^^ r ^^ B ^^^ - ^^ r ^^ m which ^ F W ^^ F ^^« W ^^ ^ P ^ p V ^^ P ^^ V ^ are B ^^ F ^ H ^ ^^^ P ^ not ^ V ^^ B ^^ P ^^ F usuall ^^ F ^^ V ^^ F ^^ F ^ ^ P ^^^ F 1 «^»^ p ™ y F incor ^ BV ^^ W ^ V ^^^ F ~ ^^^ F tf ^ B -

    porated in works of reference . For example , we find lists of pseudonyms and initials , notes on ancient centres of printingon bibliographical

    works of reference , trade directories , , journals of the book trades , and so forth . The remarks on copyright are somewhat misleading and might

    well have been subject to revision . On the whole Mr . Clegg is to be congratulated upon the appearance and genuine value of his volume ,

    which we have little doubt members of the trade will cordially support . From Messrs . Diprose & BatemanLondon . —

    • Sharks of Society , by Bracebridge , Hemyng . This is a racily written book in Mr . Heznyng ' s best styleThe sharks are divided under three

    . * heads , viz ., The West End Shark , The Domestic Shark ~ ^^ ¦ ™ - ~~ " ^ " ^™ , W and - ^ — ^~ - ¦ The ^^^~ ^^ - ^™ - - ^^ F ^ Marry ¦ — - ^ ^^ ^— W ing ^—^^»^^^ F ^^ Shark F" ^^ ^^*^™ ^^ F ^ * F > p ^»^» . V ^ Mr . W * tfWF ^» tW . Hemyng ^^ V ^ P ^ " ^ F ^^ " ^^^^^~ ¦ «^^^» ^^ VPA

    is a close observer of the niceties and shades of crisp human manner < haracter that and " ^ cannot he brings fail them to attract out in and a

    please , if only by reason of the strong dramatic interest created . It is an exceedingly good shilling ¦ 's-worth to take to while away F the

    tedium ~— ~^~^ ~~ ^^ . HH of -r a — - ^^ r long ' ™ ^^ ^ ^ P » railway ^^^ ^ P ^ ^^^^ P . ^ P ^ F ^^ ^ i ^^ up ^ i journey ^ F ^ P" H ^ P ^ F ^ i ^ ^ P ^ F ^ ^ . ^ i ^ i ^ Bi ^ ^ i ^ F ^ i ^ PF ^ p ^ f ^ ^ PF ^^^ P ^ ^ » ^^ 1 ^^ H ^^ ^^^ " ^^ F ^^^ F From ~—~ ^ Mr ^^^^ ~^^^^^^^—^~ . - - ^ ^ Elliot ^^^_^^^^ ^^^_ ^^ ih " ^^^ - ^^^ ^ Stock F ^^^ ^^» ^^^^ ^ P ^^ P ^^^ " ^ P » . ^ ^ F —The ^^^^^ ^^ m ^^— ~^^*~ ^ first ^ B ^^^^^^ ^ " ^^ " ^ part Py ^ F ^^ F ^ P ^ ^^^ ^ P ^ F of ^ H ^»^ ^^^^ the 1 ^^^ f ^^^ ^« P »^

    new volume ( II . ) of ' Book Prices Currentis before us . It shows very clearly the market value — - — ~ of ~^ f - books —¦ " ¦ - ^^ - — - —¦—p— - ii sold pr ^ v ^ p— - ^^ h ^ " ^^ in p ^ p ^^^^^^ the ^ p ^ ^^ f ^^ - ^^ principal ph ^ wmm p ^» ^^^^ - ^ p ^ r ^^ h'p ^ ^^^ r ^^^ auction ^» - ^ ' ^^^^ ^ t ^ ^^ ^~ ^^^ ^ p ~^^»

    rooms of the metropolis , from December 1887 to February 1888 . Remembering the fluctuations of the value of old books , we can < honestlv

    commend this guicje , which bears the appearance of practical and accurate supervision . From the same . —* The Early Writings of William

    Makepeace Thackeray , ' by Charles Plumptre Johnson . The author of this bibliographical monograph deserves all praise and honour .

    There is an amount of genuine enthusiasm shown in the work , which is coupled with a scrupulous of honest research regard to . the We fundamental question if a princi dull p line les

    could be ivritten about Thackeray by anyone who has read and even half-digested his works . For our own part we have little or no sympathy

    with with , the the cry ru-v that thai " , this this or nr that tha . t . should shnnlH not not . have V » n . v . o been published ; nothing in literary stud } - is more useful wiw than tracing the development of a

    " - ¦"" — ¦*— - »** . - ~» a . v pv--m- «^«/* . « . v , A > a ^ wx ^ AAAkM m ^^ LJft ^^ ^ -- ^ X ^ V *^^^^ > r " m ^ S- * JL \ J ^^ Mm mJmi great man ' s genius . Concealing or burying the crudities of earlthought is a form of snobbery

    which - ™~ ' ~ ' could ^ " ^ F I ^ 'F' onl ^ F- ^ P ^ ^^ y y H ' ^ F' be P ^^ H ^>^ ^ N tol 'VIIV . P ^ Fh P ^* ** e rated IKF ^ T ^ l ^^ f ^«^ ^ P in ^^ >^^ P ^ fc ^^ exceptionall ^ " ^^ P ^ F ^ m ~ ^ rf « ^ - ^ ' ^^ |^| J ^ ^ P ^^ ^ m ^ y vain folk . When dealing with genius , not

    mere talent , one should analyse everything , and to -v — ward — - — -- - __^ f s ¦ — the ^^ - p * v ^ m ^^ r- elucidation - ^ p ^ ^ ¦ ¦« ^^^ . ^ ^ fctf pa wf ^ pp v « « f ^ ^ i— *^» 4 h of ^^^ >¦ . « Thackeray ^^^ Jk « VV ^^^ pjlVt ^ b ^ p ^ ^^ ^ bP ^ F V ' s fl ^^ life ^ ph Jh ^^ p ^ ^ -

    work Mr . Johnson has done yeoman ' s service . Fro burg m Mr ' ¦ s . Musikalischer Ernst Eulenburg - ^ pj ^ - Haus , - Lei und pzig . — Familien * Eulen-

    " ^ ~ rv ^ ^~ " ' " " f « i- ^^ ¦ m ¦¦¦ *¦ ifv f *^ » ^ ^^^ vapW-J ^ V ** W ¦! . i » i pw ^ ^ . ip J ^ J « ^ p ^^ fi ^ B ^ ^ iT ^ jl ^ n A * ¦ >* ^^ A ^^ kalendar , 1889 , ' herausgegetien von Franz Huldschinsky . This is a very attractive publi-. cation . It contains not only interesting , and

    amusing literary contributions , but also pieces of music and illustrations , the latter of various doubted degrees merit of meri . The t , it head is ~^ . ^ F 4 true h pieces , but to each some month of un ' s -

    — — ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ r ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ > V ^ ^^ p .. ~^ fe ^ pT ^ J 4 ^^ p ^^ ^^^ mm ^^^ v * V | ^^^ m p ^^ p ^ r p ^^ p *^^ ^ , ^ ^^^ r * 1 pV # ^ r ^ tap'pFvi ^ L ^^ ta ^^^^ L ^ ^ jBlpflh " ^ ¦& Jh , f almanack are very piquant and clever . In' the literary portion of the Almanack the Neue

    haps Erinnerungen attract most an Richard attention Wagner . There ' will are per also - some amusing tales and sketches , of which ' Das Rundreise Konzert' and Der Tenor " s ,

    t ¦ , , , . t ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - -- ¦¦ - - ;

    Friedrich' arq perhaps the most amusing . Of I the nine musical contributions one is by Sir I

    Arthur Sullivan and another is from Carl I Maria von Weber ' s posthumous' opera , * Die I

    drei Pintos . ' We had almost forgotten to I mention that the Almanack contains some I

    capital * . M anecdotes ^ of celebrated < M -a -W musicians A ' , and I we have no hesitation in commending it to the I

    - notice of our musical readers . I From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —Graced by a

    noble preface from the pen of Mr . Ruskin , * A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery '

    compiled by Edward T . Cook , is one of the most , useful of art guides , or comjr anions . Mr . Cook ' s

    descriptions are elaborate without being diffuse ; they are artistic without having the objections of dilettante pedantry . Some difficulty must

    have been encountered by the compiler with regard to the arrangement of his materials , but there can be no question that the

    department has been sensibly managed . Each room and * school' have their special descriptions .

    With regard to our great collection we cannot refrain from repeating what Mr . Ruskin says in a portion of the preface : —* We have indeed ,

    be it to our humiliation remembered , small reason to congratulate ourselves on the enlargement of the collection now Jbelonging to

    the public , by the sale of the former possessions of our nobles . But since the parks and castles which were once the pridebeautyand political

    strength » " ^^^^ " ^^ - ^^ ™»^^™ -m -m ^ p of ^^ F - ^ PW Eng ' P ^^^^ ^ QrV ^^^ land ^ ^" , ^™^^ ^^^^ W are *^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^^ T doomed ^^^ , ^^^^ ^*^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ by / , ^ l" ^^ the ^^^^^ ' F progress FB - ^^ ¦^ ' ^^ of ^ democracy to be cut up into lots on building leases I . / "VfT * e- % * -k . r * and » r * i « r « ^ \ have \ - \ *¦* . w ^^ th + l ^ v eir j ^ . m •*• libraries 1 V ^^^ r ^ ¦«•¦« ^^*^ i and # ¦* m ^^ Wi ictures ATITVAO

    , p sold at Sotheby's and Christie's , we may at least be thankful that the funds placed by the

    Government at the disposal of the Trustees for the National Gallery have permitted them to save so much from the wreck of English

    . mansions and Italian monasteries , and enrich the recreations of our metropolis with graceful interludes by Perugino and Raphael . '

    From the same . — Chris , ' by Mr . W . E . Norris , is one of the author ' s cleverest things , and the

    new cheap edition for two shillings is peculiarly welcome to his many admirers . Hrom the PClUlf — The J 110 Reverberator JlVO KiM' by

    JL ; J . W 1 U Ull \^ same . . » . UUiai-Vl y , KJJ Henry JlJLI ^ XAAJ ' James . " The uncommon attention attracted by this book when published in June will be well

    remembered , and there can be little doubt that the story has taken a place that is more permanent than the general run of every-day fiction .

    The new cheap edition is a very convenient volume , nicely printed , tasteful in appearance and handy in size .

    From 4 Teurkia »^ ^* w * Messrs . ^ pJ >«>^ H . ^ v mm m , « ' par M . Marpon ^^ . *«¦ Albert v * p ^ -pr ^^ " t ^ ^ p * & Caise " ^ bv V Flammarion v «* F ^^ ^ p ^^ v . Under ^ p *^ •»"' * rf * " ^ b ^ *^ , the ^ k ^ ¦ ¦ Paris i ^ n" guise 7 " % ^^^ . —• ¦ * V

    of a novel , or story of the day , this is an elaborate pjcture of Algeria and of its native population . We learn from it many curious

    particulars as to the influence of religion and ancient custom on the relations between resident Frenchmen , Arabs , and Arabs who have

    become French by law . The author , already known as a writer oE fiction , here gives us pictures from the life . The book , in effect ,

    while depicting the condition of the Arabs in Algeria , is nn ardent plea in their favour , and its plain speaking is likelywe imagineto

    cause much controversy in Al , gerian circles . , r Froin Messrs t . Pfautach st . b & Co . Stuttgart th . —

    ^~~ " ^ - > ' ^^ Mackenzie v ^^^ v ^ ^ vpv ^ itiwip * ^ tv "v ^ . v ^ . v ^ und v ^^ ¦¦¦¦ v ^^ hs seine ^ nr ^^ " ^ "op * v * Verlaumder ^ ^ pp ^^^^^^ Bpv ^ r ^ m ^ p ¦ ^ f ^ ^ , / von ^* ' ib ^ w Hermann ^^ ^ f % ^ 'w i ^ ^ i . w

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1888, page 1068, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091888/page/10/