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    I Boo& $ And I^Umouijr^ Of

    A Danish translation of Max O'RelTs lively criticisms of American society is about to

    appear in Copenhagen . * i t * - r

    * Mr r ^^ fe ^ b During Whittier 4 fc ^ fe ^ fc the took leisure advantage of ¦ the ¦—¦ —¦— summer of his ¦ months visit — — — to — ,

    ^^ . 9 » t * r »» jfc ^^*» » r ^^ ^^ ^^«» » - ™ — — — - - ^ — —— — - - Conway to write a new poetical ^^ * legend' of considerable length . It is to be published

    shortly in New York .

    One of the leading belies in Canada isj about to publish a noveldealingfrom a lady ' s

    point of view , with , , the freaks , and follies of fashionable society in the Dominion .

    ? * : # Dr ¦ . ¦ Garnett ¦ ¦— b h ¦¦ of fh . e — - British Museum - ~ is busy

    with ^^^^ v « a ~ volume ^^~ " -- ^^ - ^^ - ^^ - ^ , ^ m on ~^— » ^ v Milton which — — — — — — Mr - — . , j - WaRfer — ^^ Scott intends to publish in his well-known

    series of * Great Writers . '

    ir According to the American , the mysterious new Boston periodical scheme has taken shape .

    It' appears that several experienced journalists have united with capitalists in the formation of . ^^ - ^^ the ^^ ^^ ^^_ . ^^ Transatlantic w ^^^ ^^_ i ¦ - ^ V ^ V ' Publishing ~ ~ -j ~~ - " ^^^^ M Co ., whi ^ ch ^^ will ^^

    issue in a few weeks 1 ihe first number of a large semi-monthly called The Transatlantic : a Mirror of European Life and Letters . The

    new paper , it is promised , will present the cream of the interesting and important news and ——— — literary — — — matte — — r which is found in — the — — da — ily

    weekly , and —y monthly press of Europe . —j , * *

    Mr . Laurence Hut ton , author of ' Literary Landmarks of London / will contribute a

    critical paper entitled * A Century of Hamlet , ' to the November issue of Harpers m . Magazine t / .

    It will be illustrated with portraits of some of the famous tragedians of the past . In the same numberMr . Richard Wheatley will

    describe the quaint , and picturesque old city of York , and his article will be illustrated by

    seventeen drawings by the skilful pencil of Mr . Joseph Pennell . ¦

    ? ? * A new -- and enlarged - - library editionin one

    — — — — — — — — ^^^ m — — — — ^ M ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ , 1 ^™ ^^ *^ ~*^^ ^^ ^ k ^^^ volume , of Mr . Charles Edmonds' * Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin' will shortly be published

    : by Messrs . Sampson Low , Mars ton & Co . It comprises parodies H b - ¦ & the c . of political the Ri ~ g and ht Hon satirical . G . Canning poems ,

    ± the the lie - —~*~ — Marquis "Kight Riorh ^ , -m t ~^—~ — ± Hon " ~~ — lon , y Wellesl . . W W . . ey Jfitt Pitt , ^^^^ the , and and Earl 4 ^^ ^^ ^^ * others oth " ^ i ^^ T of m ~^ - ^^ Carlisle r a ^^^ . ^^ B * ^ K 4 > ^ The TIi M fl ^ ^ Hk jplh a , ^ ,

    , w ^ ork will be illustrated by reproductions of Jam - es Gillray - ' s original - ~ p »— lates - — -m and *— — ' - ~ *¦ will

    innotices elude — — —~ — — — ™ numerous . - ^^ - A — — — — large - ^ — — ¦ . - - ¦— biograp ^ «^ " ^ aper j — — h —~ — ' — ~ — edition hical — ^ ^™ - ¦ ' — ¦— - —— and , will w ^» ^ mm ^ ^ historical ' also ^^^ ^ m ^** w * ^ ^ ^^ ^^ be ^ ^ ^ r ^^ ^^^

    issued , limited to 250 copies , numbered and signed — -- ^ ^^ ^^^^ k — — by ^^ M the ^^ author — — ^^ — , ^ f and — — will ¦ ^^^^ contain h ^™ ^^ ^^ ^ pr ^ r ^^ flVb ^ B ^ an ^^ HV . H ^ " * ^ ad . ^^^ ^^^ h -

    ditional large folding plate of Gillray ' s cele-i brated caricature , * New Morality ; or , the

    p nromis romis'd d Installment Installment of of the the JUig Hio-h h irnest Priftnf . of of the hhet Thedphilanthropes , —with the Homage of Leviathan v — - — -- — — - - ^ r , ^ - — and — - _ hia - Suite — - — . — ' Amongs . ^^^^— v - ^ t ^_ the - ^ m m v —_ ^ 1 additional •^^•^ r ^^ r ^^ - ^ VY ^^^ ^ jm ^ K ^ r ^^ flV ^^^ p ^^

    notes will be those relating to the United dk~— States , extra " . ctedfrdm the A nti - Jacobin .. ¦> . Review — . v _

    ~ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ j *••• ¦ - *• ^ su ¦ r »^» b ^^ j * I ect ^ n ^^ sp , 5 ^ it ite ^ ^^ ^ se ^ ^ o ems ^ f all that that * ^^^ books . has ^^ ^^ b accumulate " een " ^^ ^ " ¦ __ ¦ said ¦ i i ' \ jm p ^ F on ^» ^ after rfW ^ the ^ J ^ y ¦

    all only slowly on the other side of the Atlantic . It is somewhat startling to 'learn on good authority that forty-seven of the chief libraries

    of the United States aggregate only five million ¦ volumes , _ „ j ^ " — — -- — - , whilst -. - the - three oi y — great M ^^ B — libraries ' ^^ ^^ " ^^ of ^^ ^

    London , Paris , and St . Petersburg alone reach a total bf upwards of four million volumes . ¦

    , * — JL # * The Author of ' Dead Man ' s Rock' is about to invade the realm of historical romance . The I

    full title of his new book is as follows : 'The Splendid Spur : being Memories of the

    Adventures of Mr . John Marvel , a Servant of his late Majesty King Charles I . in the Years 16423 written bhimselfand edited in

    Modern -, English by y Q . ' Messrs , . Cassell & Co . promise the work early in November .

    • .-The amateur author is generally difficult to

    please . * £ his is ^ specially true of ladies who dabble in literature . Quite recently a bluestockingaccording to the Printers' Register

    had the , usual galley-projofs sent her for cor- , rection . She was much gratified , but still

    not altogether happy . Presently she mildly ventured to suggest that the book might be

    printed on better paper , and perhaps , too , it ! would be an advantage if the pages were ' not quite so long M

    * * *¦ . I The New York Critic finds a corner in |

    which to chronicle the meeting of Sir Edwin ! Arnold and Walt Whitman . The * good , grey

    poet' was both flattered and fluttered by the enthusiastic homage of his [ English visitor , who is reported to have * quoted page after

    page of Whitman ^^«« ^ * * to _ Whitman ^ B ^^ B ^^ B >^ K . ' The ^ - old «« > 1 Transatlantic celebrity appears to have done ; his best to return the complimentbut we are

    , assured that his ' memory seemed to be very | Asia defective when it ^ came to " The Light of

    . "' . ¦ MrAAitkenthe author of the |

    . George . , able and scholarly biography of Richard Steele , I about which everybody is talkingholds an

    appointment in the Post Office . He , deserves the thanks of every lover of eighteenth century

    literature for his spirited vindication of Steele , against the bitter sneers of Macaulay arid the j

    rather patronising compassion of Thackeray . I The book abounds in new facts patiently

    gathered and skilfully presented . that It Lord is stated Tennyson on exceptionall received y the good sum authority of i ? 2 r > 0

    each for his —in recent the New poem— Review four verses . This of is four a sli linf ght *

    contrast famous — to sum the which famous— Milton -or , rather obtained , the for in- 1 1 I

    ' Paradise Lost . ' I . . I*

    * . Messrs . Triibner & Co . inform us that tlie I first annual k volume * of their new * Periodical I ^^^ W ¦ ¦^¦ iPK A «^ « ^ m _ V W ii ^^ H

    reference fress Index work . . will is inten ^ be ready ded to in cover January ^ the ^ . slitj A ect ^ w 1 1 ' " ~ " " ¦ ' . . 't ¦ "" . ii " . M , n-. V'i . i . ' . : fl

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1889, page 1324, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101889/page/6/