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    BXH | » _ ^^ -^ * I P 1350 The Publisher...

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    Stoke Newington Free Library.—The openin...

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    Tedbj- Kococo Sttle..—Hue; Rococo style,...

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    W^^-M ——> How Literary Men Work.—Accordi...

    whether the spirit moved him or not , he sat down with pen in hand in the small attic which

    was his literary workshop , and laboured hard till three o ' clock . Nothingc ? , not even the

    opening of the morning letters , was allowed to distract him . This spell of work was followed

    friends by walking . - One — , — answering of — —¦ ¦ - —»¦ his ¦— ¦ — favourite ^ " - letters ^ - ^ relaxat , and ion seeing ¦ s ™ was w ^™ ^^^ - ^^ ^ mm ^^ ^» " ^^ ^^ ^^ r ^^ —w w ^^^^^ r r ^ *• ^^ ^ " ^ " ^ m w w *^

    I I which riding was in . also an omnibus characteristic , a taste of the —by late the Victor way , 9 ¦ M _

    I for Hugo the . work In the of evening the morrow he . read In and earl prepared life he

    wrote with great rapidity , but in later y years the pace ^ m became — ~ ~— — ^— slo ^— ~^ r wer w w ^^ v ^^^ and ^ v- ^ ^^ b ^^ - ^^ v ^ 0 the ^^ p ^^ ^^ ^^^ r ^ method ^ H ^ OB ^ H ^^^» ^ ^^ m ^^ ' B •^^ ^ " ^^ ^ more ^ P H ^^ B ^^^ ^ H ^^^ T

    laborious . He corrected and re-corrected his * later works with extraordinary care . ' The Rev .

    Jm J . . G the . Wood biograp ¦ stuck hy to written his desk b still his son mor and e closel pub y - .

    lished by ^^» Messrs — - — - — mj . Cassell ^^ ^^ ^^ & y W ^ t ~ Co ^ - *^ . we - * ' j » mw are ** ^^ k b ^ told x-a w ^^ thai ' only _» a —— — man ' —— — — of —¦ " - ™ the »• — — ¦ " •¦ strongest Pkf w ^ ^ if *« k _ «^ h _> W constitution ^^ V- ' ^^ J ^^ V ^& ^ »^ fc ^^ V ^^ A

    paration ^ could t have of ~ performed these — — - ~ — - - ~— ' ^ ¦ ¦ two ^^ ¦ ¦ ^^ the work » ^^ work ^ b ^ ^ s ^ ^ involved which ^ ^ T V- ^ ^ k » ^^ the ^/ b . # pre The ^^ W 4 & ^ ^ -

    three-mile run immediately before breakfast almost that was now my the father almost whole allo of the wed the onl rest himself y regular of the ; and day exercise during from

    until half-past nearl four eleven or five o o 'clock ' clock at in ni the ht morning he , was -, hard at work y at his desk . The g two , hours '

    till sleep four after —probabl dinner y — prevented regularly from him fro two m o break ' clock

    ing marvel down was altogether , that the . character But perhaps of his the work greatest did

    that not seem he could to suffer write at all as from brihtl its quantit and freshl y , and < aifter a long day at his desk ¦ g as -mrrr he h y ¦ could frfK when y

    that day was a J — just m — beg - —~ - — — inning ^^ ^^ ^ -- — - ^^ - ^ . ^ That ^^^ ^ r' ^^ he ^ ^^ ^^ B- injured ^ M ^ B w V m * mm - ^^ * m ^ m his health by this close application to work

    can hardly be doubted . He suffered greatly from sleeplessness at nightand had he

    deferred his rising to a more , orthodox hour , woul - - — — d have gained g- j no real * additional ~ ~ — repose — — j ^~ ~ — —

    b and y doing 1878 so was . And caused probabl almost y the ill as hea much lth of b 1877 the y

    reaction after all this incessant labour as by the worry and anxiety of the time . *

    Bxh | » _ ^^ -^ * I P 1350 The Publisher...

    BXH | » _ ^^ - ^ * I P 1350 The Publishers' Circular Oct . 15 , 1890

    Stoke Newington Free Library.—The Openin...

    Stoke Newington Free Library . —The opening of the temporary premises devoted to

    the JT purposes C ? of the *¦ Stoke v A . Newington Free Library took p ] ace on the evening of Saturday

    the 4 th in the reading room , Defoe Road , IO Stoke Newington . The Rev . Prebendary «/

    j Shelford attendance presided . The , chairman and there in was opening a large the

    proceedings , said that Stoke , Newington had the exceptional advantage of starting a public

    JL < tJ JL library without opposition , not even a poll being necessary , and he thought the

    commissioners and the inhabitants might congratulate themselves on the good feeling prevalent iu

    the parish on this subject . Since the time the commissioners had been appointed by the

    Act they had been very actively engaged , and the first result of their endeavours waa the

    opening of a temporary reading room and I library . Hereafter they hoped to found a II lending libraryand he should like to that

    I a great , deal had , been done towards bring say ing I the matter to a successful issue by several tcpy ¦ ¦ . IHH-----1—1-r r - ' - 1 — t - — l - ¦ - ¦ 1 ----- ¦ ¦

    Stoke Newington Free Library.—The Openin...

    members of the commission . It was due to one member of the CommissionMr . John

    Samson , that they had been able , to procure a large number of books at a very low cost .

    When the list of newspapers and periodicals was before them they would see that they had

    been chosen from the leading literature of the day •/ . Every * i school of thoug ( j ht and politics j . —~

    had been considered , and in the magazines they •/ would find those most commonly % iread m

    and which were in the greatest demand , so that all who used the room would find something to satisfy their needs . With respect

    to the reference library , they had received a donation from Dr . Cookof Church Streetof

    £ 25 , to which the commissioners , had added , ^ 100 ; andunder Mr . Samson ' s guidance

    they had 7 expended , the money in ever y branch , of literature they could think of . In the

    name of the commissioners be declared the

    reacting room and library open . l Oi

    Tedbj- Kococo Sttle..—Hue; Rococo Style,...

    Tedbj- Kococo Sttle .. —Hue ; Rococo style , zm offspring of the Baro ^ uej to wlaich it is closely

    related "Ij T had 1 T its * i biith 1 1 1 in France TTT 1 where 1 it gained ,, triumphs in the reigm / © f , Louis XV .

    ( 1715-1774 ) , and thence was introduced into Germany ^ this Ornamentad bookbinding was not

    spared b ^ intrudeir .. In one respect the Rococo isb preferable to- irhe Bswoque style , in that it exMnbits more of the neatthe refined

    , , the elegant * . The Rococo period- was that of a morbid , eaequisitely luoturiou » and innately

    frivolous generation . All of these ; characteristics are apparent in this styLe which was

    i . JJ •/ / chiefly employed in the petty biancheift of art . The decorafciMMfc of dwelKngs C 3 , the Graft of the

    jeweller , and the work o £ the bookmaker were brought under its domination . The weighty

    framework caaite to be aa . organised being , the ba »« L ornament vanished entirely uand

    scrollwork becai » e very mack negjjected . The franae encircl « d the paaaelij whic ]^ luxurious

    as meaiia it was tion >; / contained never showing more x . of , a vegseteublfc film basis orna but

    everything , ai odds and ends , , destitute , of synun £ tmcal development .. Suchis > the Rococo

    style . The word , althougjx of Freaich oiigin , is notcomprehejoided i by thikFrench © f to-day , who

    reieir rftfer to to trie the sityle sii . vlft 01 of JLouia Tjnuifv X XV . V . / Jbinally Finallv the the Rococo in the- nineteenthi centuiry gave birth to that pedantic style which in a half-hearted

    , narirow-mi ^ dcd way imitated th © ajitique , but only retain « sd the bar » forma . In old

    bookbinding establishments one can sometimes come across * stamps of tlais periodviz .: Greek

    , vases owes , its ; even existence * the Grecian to this st fille 1 ft . t , Each still of in these use , y

    atyles has . been recalled into use since the feeling of weariness over the inexhaustible

    Renaissance became apparent . The downward tendency of art since its abandonment of the

    we Renaissance have ourselv has es been witnessed pointed out within . Moreover the past ,

    ten or fifteen , years a remarkable advance in art after its return to the Renaissanceand

    the art of bookbinding is not last in the , long | line of crafts which have been benefited by the

    change . Of course the word * stylish has been greatly misused , and the expression — :: <&

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1890, page 1350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101890/page/12/