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      Tative \J*Jv Va. The W ¦ V--* Gathering ...

      The meeting adjourned until November 4 ,

      when progress will be reported , and a working committee appointed . ? , — . v ...

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      Oct . 15 , 18 S 9 The Publishers' Circular i 33

      M M The Preservation Of Ancient Records....

      m m The Preservation of Ancient Records . —The Corporation of Winchester f have

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      documents—a few more than five hundred years old—were in a very neglected condition , and by exposure to 1 damp " ^ F ^ B » were idlcrum BBS Bk Bt

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      are bound in volumes , and consist of the Book of . ^ i Enrolments 1 ¦ « 1349 k -1411 Bf BB BB > BB Tarrage hbVB B ^^^ bT BBBh Book \ HBJBB

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      other documents is a very ancient parchment manuscript , in double columns , of the New

      Testament Testament- . The The initial initial letters letters , which which are are sii pposed to have been elaborately , illuminated , ¦ are _•«• — - - ¦ ¦ wanting " B . — - — V MB > aB ; V « and P > Bjr ••> . ¦> BBJBBl ^ it B . B , ^ 4 is ^«< BT thoug «¦• BBbBBh ^ b" -B- «» M . ht BV ^» -Bj # that »»» . B . ^ »»¦«» * B » » some ^ B » "" BBT BB bB | B » " »^ per B , ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ B > -

      son , ignorant of their value , cut them but to use them for purposes of ornamentation . -

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      ! second exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society - f at «¦ the ¦ # New Gallery BkBi H Regent Street Bi

      contains ' — ' ^ ' ^^ ^~ ^^^ V a number ^ K ^» V ^^ v ^ p ^ V of ^ h ^^ ^^ BT ^ artisti ^^« pr ^^ w , . c Bi ^^ ^^ ^ examp Bh *^ ^ " ^* ^^ *^^** les B ^ ^^^« T ^ B ^ of ^ p' , « j workmanship wortmanahin for for house TirmRpi decoration rl p « f , r » ra . f , ion . The TV »« de rlp -- .

      signs of Mr . Lewis F . Day and Mr . Walter Crane demand special attention on the score

      alike signs si yna for for of beauty wall wall nan and ftra and and orig cretonnes r » inality rfit , nnnfta . These as a . a avpsII well de as as

      others by Miss papers Mary GemmellMr , . Mitford , Warner , and Mr . A . F . Brophy , have been carefull ¦ executed ¦¦ bMessrsJeffrey i & Co

      Lincrusta — - — — -v « . -- » y —/ ^ - Walton ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ** »^ ^^ ^— " ¦• rC and ^ y W - *^ . » - » - similar ^¦ J' * SaT * V _ r *• B ^^ . ^^ ^ methods . ^^ -BV ^ ^^ W ^ - J ^ S ^> for - ^ ^ - ^ . decorating flat surfaces are admirably repre-• sented * v * •¦ v ^^ ^ - »> b *^ y J the *** . » » *• Anagypta A-K-AAVVCk T ** - * */* -W Company ^ - ^ V ^ O . JU-A- t- 'ftvVAA T , Jk Messrs - * - »» . "W K ^ i ^* Jk »»/ .

      Stained Hay ward g < lass fe Son , paintings , and Messrs for mural . Godfrey decoration & Sons . , painted tilesand hammered iron and

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      ^ So n , of Cambridge . Book illustrations and the newest ¦ in that branch of art

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      advanced ~ " - w- '» » » v- b « . y such 9 * useful , ^ h >« ^^ _ - . ^ T V ^ and ^ . ^<^>^ r- artistic ' -V ^^ V ^ ^ -r ^ . exhibi « , ^ . ^ ay «^ aA y W - tions A *^* . The UK- Alv jud I * - * VI ges GbL V- / fcJ appointed CVL / WV / J . 11 W ^\^ l . b H _* v y V the V A 1 . V > Council ^^ V- »* W * 1 AL / AA of V-r JL

      the Society of Arts have just awarded to successful ^ vVV - > WWA \ AA competitors VV / lAJLk / Wi / l . L ' V / X » ill in the UAAV departments VAVpUlX VAAAVA 1 UU of VSJL

      metal work , pottery , enamels , glass , jewellery , number bookbinding , textiles , lace , designs , & ¦ c , a

      ot medals and money prizes .

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      intellect A , Novelist has nothing ' s Favourite to do with Books ; our likes . —' Our and

      dislikes ; and it is not brains in a book that makes me care for it , but nature and tempera-

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1889, page 1331, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101889/page/13/