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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th October 1887, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1229

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      William men Inglis having . — active In £ } ie publishing and important trade many influence live in comparative obscurity ; their

      labours being known only to those who are in near connection with them . Such a man was the late Mr . ¦ William —¦ * Ing ^—¦ lisa " ™~~ ~~ much 1 -respected

      partner ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ~^ p- - ™* - ^ m ~ in -- the firm — — — — of —^ ^^ m W ^^ m ^ " ^ . , & ^^~ ^^~ R ~ " ~^™ . - ~ ^^^ ¦ ^ - ^ Chainber " " ~^" r - ™~ J ^^~ ^^^ *^^~ ^^ 3 ^ ^^ P . - ^ V ^^ V Mr . Inglia died suddenly on the 11 th instant .

      For more than lialf a century he managed the commercial branch of the great Edinburgh

      publishing house , while a healthy and natural ability often fitted him to speak with authority

      late on many Dr . William of the . firm Chambers ' s literary thus ventures acknowled . The ged the services of Mr . Inglis in the * Story of a

      tude Long be and withheld Busy Life from ' ( 1882 those ) : — who 4 Nor have can grati aided

      -, I- in conducting ^^ a the _ U ^ business ^ H ^ ^ portions ^ of _ . i the ¦ * concern ; I would more especially refer to Mr .

      ful William in presiding Inglis , over ever the accurat accounting e , true , department and

      faithfor now the happ long ily period a member of fifty of years the , firm and . who The is

      words ' ever accurate , true , and faithful' sum up exactly the character of the man ; " and we

      mi modest ght y add . Mr the . Ing virtues lis was of born thoroug in Koxburg hness and h-

      shire in 1812 , and becancie attached to the service of the brothers Chambers shortly before

      the famous Chambers' ' Journal was started . Besides conducting the financial affairs of the

      house he was the compiler of soine of its most I useful pablications , such as ' Book-keeping

      bywhich S ing Commercial le ha and , s had Double Tables stead Entry y ' and 'Farm continued ' ( a ' standard Bookkeep success work ing ) , , '

      & e . The deceased was , a brother of Mr . Robert , Inglis -LllgllS , , of UJ . the ( jll < t ? firm ULJLX 11 of Ul Gall VXclll € < & Inglis J-lJ . gJ . l 8 . . Several OtJVeLfcll

      names have lately disappeared from the roll of Scottish publishers and booksellersbut the

      memory than that of of none the can late be partner held in iii . hi the gher , house esteem of \

      Chambers . Lads : Brassey . —On the 12 th inst . i the

      ban Times : — correspondent l Lord Brassey ' s telegraphed yacht the " Sunbeam from Dur - y -

      has arrived at Port Elizabeth . Her com-- mander reports that Lady Brassey died of ^ I

      Mauritius malarial fever . The between < 4 Sunbeam Port " will Darwin it is expected and the 5

      proceed homewards to-night . ' , The deceased ladwill bo chieflremembered in book circles

      * throug " S feunbeam -I y T unbeam VV J h X . her KS \ S r "' \ JAM sp ' wmcn w irited . \ SJLJL hich y Y J . U 1 work vivaciously vivaciouslv JL 1 U 1 U WJ , the , VU ' Voyage X descri described JL Kf \ JKS 1 bed * . \ of JlX \ the the the J ± \ J O ) j

      leading features of a very delightful cruise . Our — - ~ " ^ —*¦ business i m ^*^ »^^^ wm ^^ tmm - ^^ *^ r t *^ aw readers ™ ^ w ^ ' ^ w * - ^ v ^ p ¦ ^ v will » w . w- ^~^ recollect ^^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ht ffv ' ^¦^ ^^ - ^^ that ^^^ - . ^ " » mr ^ ^^ this ^^ ¦¦ # ¦ »^ * ^

      work was the initial success of a aeries ofF brief cheap popularity quarto reproductions a few" that enjoyed The a j i .

      years ago . f- in * Voyag 1878 e , of and the was "Sunbeam immediately "' was su publ ccessful ished . , I

      Messrs editions . of liongman the work s hav , and e since an adap issued tation several for i school use has even appeared . This is one of

      — — ~ - •« lr AM ^ WIW iV bMta « ar > » - »<*¦ « i W r *» ¦ <• J »* sr « a « the " ^ surest ' ^ (^ *^ ' ^ ^^ signs ^*^ of success | ^ ^ ^ ^^ ' * in ^^ ^^ works ¦^ of ^*^ travel ^^ *¦ *» ^^ ^ . . Her ladyship was also , the author of 'A

      i ' J Voyage r ^ P Canada in the " and Eothen the United , "' which States described * Sun a - ^ ° ;

      shine , and Storm in , the East , or "Cruises f fc <> Cyprus and Constantinople . ' This work iWaa j

      issued and , 114 in a illustrations very elaborate , engraved form , with by two Pearson maps ,

      | j I Bing chiefl ham y from with dra a * cover wing 3 fro by m the an ori Hon ginal . A desi . , Y . : \ i

      by Gustaye , Dore \ ! N " or should mention be gn « omitted of a highly important work * In the

      Trades , the Tropics , and the Roaring , Forties / the description of a cruise of fourteen thousand

      miles in the * Sunbeam' in 1883 . Captain Stuart-Wortley ' a series of photographs upon

      ' Tahiti' gained value from the letterpress description contributed by Lady Brassey . Her

      ladyship was a daughter of the late Mr . Thoma , s Allnuttand in 1860 was married to Mr *

      Thomas , Brassey , M . P . for Hastings , who in 1886 was created Baron Brassey .

      Mrs . Craik . —We much regret to announce the death of this atithoresswhich took place

      on Wednesday evening last , at her residence at Shortlands , Kent . Mrs . Craik , formerly Miss

      Dinah as the Maria author Mulock of "John , and Halifax still / Gentleinan better known "

      , , was at Stoke in her -upoii sixt -Titent y-second in ye 1826 ar , having Up to been Wednes born

      day she was in her usual health , , and although she — - — . comp — £ ¦ lained r- . - — on — that - day - . ^ j of — feeling — some - ¦ - ^

      what evening unwell she , suddenl no actu y al fell alarm in the was drawing felt . -room In the

      happening and Dr . Jbo Philli ^ caAl ps at , her the - moment medical , attendant found life , ,

      extinct . Mrs . Craik ' s career as a writer was 6 long and distinguished 7 ; Her first novel ,

      by The ' Olive Ogilvies ' in , published 1850 a in work 1849 , was which followed fully

      sustained These x iiv * Jv were » F vjl the \^ quick \ j uiv hig h ly y promise jl followed \/ , ja \/ rr v / v % of by Pk - -7 its r ' ¦¦ The juaaw predecessor Head n . f vn of ^^ .

      in the 1852 Famil . y It ' in was 1 B not 51 and until ' A 1857 . gatha that ' s Husband the most * ;

      literary popular efforts and best , -and - known that of which Miss full Mulock y esta ' . s -

      blished her fame as an authoress ^ - 'John HalifaxGentleman '— appeared . This * was

      ^ Jk A A ¦ — ^ ma MM * A ^ h ^ K ¦¦¦¦ ' * A ^ h tt ' *¦ ) succeeded by Mistress in 1859 and Maid by * A ' Life in 1863 for . a Life Her , ' next and

      novel was ' Christian ' s Mistake / published in 1865 ; her other novels t being ¦— ¦—¦ * Two Marriages '

      ( M ^ BmM 1867 ^^ ^*^ ^ N ^^ ^ ) , m ^ WMt * ^ mw ^ My ^^» - ^^ - ^* ^^ Mother ^^ - ^^ ^^ m ^^ m ^^ - ^ w - ~~ a . nd — - I ' —»^ ( t 1874 ^^ g )^ The — ^^ Laurel ^ — ^^^^ M — Bush ' ( 1876 ^^^ ) ' Miss ¦ »¦ Tommy ¦ ¦—» ¦¦— ; ( 1884 i - ™ - ¦ ) and lw < King — ¦

      Arthur a ^ mm ^^ - ^ ar ^ mrmav ^ m ^* m » ' .. ( ^^^^ 1886 ^ - ^^ g , ^ m ) . ^^^» »^^^^ ^^ Miss ^ ^ ^ r ^ ^^ " Mulock ' — m ^^ ' also ^^ , - ^ p ublishe ^ ^— — ^ r—— — d ^^^^ B collections of fugitive papersentitled'

      Ro-, * , I mantic IN TNTfvur ew- ' 6 fc Tales { Shnrlifta Studies , ' 4 Domestic trom from Life Jjiie Tales , * * A A , ' * Woman W Nothin , oman ' g s

      Thoug , hts about Women , ' and , a volume of poems . Among i the miscellaneous iwhb works ¦ which 1 *

      ^ ^ m ^^ p ^^^ mr ^^^^ ¦ ¦^^^^¦ l W ^^ f ^ p ^ BW ^ ^^^ V V ^ •¦ . ^ V ^ M ^ ' ^*^ *^ B ^^ H ^ h ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ " ^^ T ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^~ ^^^ ^ v ^ m *^^^ ^ ^ ^ r ^^^^ "" " ™ ' ^^ ^ ™ ^ j ^ . have of ^ r mm Church ^* m * mm appeared mm v . . ¦ v ^^ « " ™ ' ^^ ( » 1875 »^^^ - ^^ fro ^ ^^^ ) m , v m ' ¦ A ™ her ¦ ¦ Legacy . pen - ^— ' v **« ¦¦* ^ ^ " ^ are ' (^ ' 1878 c Sermons v ^^ ) f , j ' Plain ^— out ^

      S Eng peaking lish ' Illustrated ( 1882 ) , and Magazine others . was When founded the , Mrs . Craik became f ¦¦ a regular contributor i - ¦— ¦ i ¦ to

      i ^^ v tm ^ mtmm ** ^^ v ^** r mmm ^^^^ r ^^ ^^^ mt w ^ mm ^ ^^ ^ " ^^ " ^^—^ ^^— ^^^^ »^^ ^ f ^^ B ^^ —^ ^—^ ^^ —> r ^^ ^^^ ^—» - ' ^ -r ~ - —~ - *^ —* its columns , and wrote two series of papers , afterward 4 An Unsentimental s repubHshed Journey in separate throug volumes h Corn — -

      ? wall' and 'An Unknown Country , 'the latter F descriptive of a tour in Ireland . In 1864 she

      . obtained a pension of £ 60 a year from the » . Qivil List in consideration of her services to

      i ; literature . " Mibb Mulock was one of a class of - novelists fast dying aw ay . Compared with Miss . - ¦ - ^ ..... > , .-i .. \ " - ' u ; . .. , - ¦ ¦ ¦ r ¦¦ „¦ ¦ ; ¦ ' - ' M

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1887, page 1229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101887/page/11/