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      nine ^ ^^^^ ^ -and ^^^^^^ - ^^^ T fcwent ^^^^ ™^^^ T" ^»^^^» *^»^^ , ^ Bf y ^^*^ ^ BV years V ^^^^^ V ^^* ^ " ^ ^ P * ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^^ . ^^^™ ^^^^^^^^^ tJ His ^^^ ^ P ^ V ^^^ I ^^ ~ return ^ m * m ^^^» - ^~ ^ ~^^ - ^ to ^ ^ " —~ ^^^ the ^ ¦ ¦ mother ¦ ^ 1 ^ r B ^ pa ^ V ^ P * BT ^ P ^ country - ^^ ^ PP ~ w ^« ^»^^ ^ p ^ ^^™ . w was v PT ^ P ^^ P" »^ PT Qr si ^ PP ^^ BBBL gnalised —~^^^ ^ ^^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^ P * ^ Bf r ^^^™ by *^^ W the ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ¦ publica B ~ ^^ ™ " ¦ ™ ™ " ~~* ^ P » - ^»

      tion of his striking romance in verse , * Ranolf and Amohia' in which the fruits of his New ¦ bibA , at <¦¦ - ¦ * « bb | . "W- *

      Zealand experiences were clearly evident . In 1877 Mr . Domett published * Flotsam and

      Jetsam _ _ / 9 . collection m aa ' » ' ¦» " ' of pieces * written * . ¦ at various periods during his life , and he was also a

      contributor to Blackwood , Jacob Auerbacet *— --Intelligence of the

      death of this authorwho was born in 1810 brother of the well-known , novelist , has reached ,

      us . His works chiefly related to the history of the German Jews .

      age John of John Hosack Hosack . —The best death known , at to an the advanced public

      ^ . _ ' ' ¦ ^ , . A - ' -. ... ' — . ¦ ¦ . ¦ - . ; . "•¦ " , ' ' . . . ¦ - - j , bMI . a « rt ' - ¦ ' ,. ¦ ' ' - , L ^ Bh ' ' - ^ rfh ¦¦ « ¦ 1 , « bi her by his Accusers ; two volumes , ' is anitiottnced , * Mary ( Jueen . The of Scots deceased and

      geritleman was a contrioTitor to Blackwood . 0 ONSTANTIN Scjhlottmann . —We hear from

      ' Hlalle ^ K ^^^^^^ ^ Bk Bft of ^^ ' " the ^ K " sudden ¦ ^^ ^^ ' death aM . . ^ of *^» L the ^ h distinguished i ^ K - ^ * ' ^ ^ A ^^ , evangelical theologian and

      OrientalistConstantin Schlottmann . He was born in , 1819 at Miiideriand received his education at the

      Berlin University , . His principal works arean 'Essay on the Book of Job ' * ( 1851 ) , * De

      Pliilippo Melanchthone Kespublicse Litterariae Reformatore' ( 1860 ) , * De Itespublicae

      Litterariee Originibus' ( 1861 ) , 'The Inscription of Eshtnun XJDAtJ . llUlXHIfi azar 9 UIJL ' ( yiVJV 1868 / Vyj ) , < The JUJLIV ^ Triump JL . i J . UllL | JllUl hal Pillar JU XJLX . 1 AIX

      of according ¦ ^ Meza . ¦ typ ¦ ( JJB to ¦ 70 Aristotle — ) , * The --- . Immortalit - ' (^ 1873 ^ m — ^ ) , and y of * . Erasmus the _ _ Soul

      Redivivus' ( 1883 ) . Emixb Marco de Saint-Hilaire . —M .

      other Emil ^^^ ¦ ^ 1 ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ - ^ ¦ m ^ ^ >^^ e day ^ ^ Marco ^ - ^ ^ HB > ~— — AMIM g at x ^ ^ - — Neuill — - — de — ^^ ^» S ^ ¦ Ml ^ _ B ¦ aint y , BJ near ^ > - ^ ^^^^ Hil BIHAB ^^^ ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ™ ^ ™ 1 ^ K aire Paris ™ ¦ ¦ ^ - ^ ~* - ^^^ , ™ ¦ ¦ ¦ who , ^ BJ was ^_ * ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ died ^^ ^ in i ^»» _ ^ i ^ ^^^ ^ more ^ a ^ m ^ B ^ ^^ b the ^^^ ^ » _ ^ b ^ v ^^ p

      than known one when respect he a was celebrit born y . but It there is not seems certainl no y

      do BBi ¦ ub t ¦ that a ¦ f ^ B he was h over 94 ^^^ * , when BHt he ^ Bt died MA Ai ^^ . His *^ B | iB a — mother — ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ^— ^^» ^^^ - ^^^ - ^ was — — ~ j- — Maid . - - — — —~ — - ^— — - - ^ ¦ of ¦ — — Honour 1 —m ~ —m ^^* H ^^^ - ^» - - ^ ^ to - ^^ ¦ ¦ Queen - ^ i ^ h - ^ r ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ m ^^^ ^ Hortense ^^^^ f ^^^ i ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ p ^^ f ^ V ^ W V ^ B ^ ^ . B" ^ B

      After the fall of the Empire he began writing popular faf ^ - ^ W *^ * ¦ - *¦ " » ' ^» - * handbooks m ~ i «* " »• —^^ 'H bb r ^« - - »_* - « b ^ d ¦ 1 Birw on ^ r BBaH minor •*<¦ ^ 4 Bi "V ^ «¦¦ ^ matters « h « B « a ^ r Brf ¦ B , ^ ^^ - a . n ^ , such r < - ^ Bm « . -B ^ r Jfcdta « as k ^ lF <^

      to * How take to snuff tie a ' cravat 'How / to * How dine to ' smoke and ' , How ' * Ho to w-

      make BK - love BK ' successfull , JB 4 B XI y . ' After A A . , the - ^ Jul « B « A * y He . «¦« volution he published several volumes of

      some * Memoirs success of the and Firs perh t Empire aps hel , ped ' which to pave achieved the

      way for the Second . But he did not receive at the hands of Napoleon III . the recognition

      aft of er his long services waiting which was he he had appointed expected Librarian . Only

      of withou the t Citadel a library of , as Strasbourg he called — himself a librarian . In

      he 1870 himself his rooms then were 80 destroyed of i r by was a shell carried , and ¦ ¦ ¦ years age

      a prisoner — " -- ~ — ' —* , , g into ' — * - ' - »— Germany — w j r ^ -m ~ w . On gT ^^ B ^^ his , g return ^^ ^^ ^^^ » " ^ ~^^ to ~^^~ , ^^ m Paris ^ ¦ ¦ «^» W ^^ ^ he " ^ ' * was » » —T ^ —~^ reduced ^^^ - ^^ —* " ^ " - ^—¦ ^^ - ^^ ^ T ^^ to ^ ' ^ the - ^ " ""™ P ^ " ^^ greatest ^^^ V ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ distress ^ ' ' ^ f ^ v I h —^» ^ ppk ~^ p ^ r ^ pr ^» ; V

      invited when , one him day to . a visit rich at widow her house lady , who touched kindl at y tJae the sad sad rate fate 01 of one one so so tried tried bv by ate aoft and and , tortune for +. nnft .

      proposed to marry him , Marco de Saint- , Hilaire , aged about 90 , accepted the handsome

      three offer , and they until lived at happ last il the y together old man for became about ; years

      ^ p ) ¦¦! A ^ BB BBk , ^ P ^ ta ^ ^ k ^ ta ^^_ ^_ ^ ^^ ta mi bed g h - ht ridden ¦¦ quietl - . y It die — was out hoped . But ¦ that so f the much vital V vi spark gour

      was — ^^^ still " . ^ « 1 ^ left «¦ ^ — A - - J in Bk ^—^— ^» ^^^ the ^ Ph ' ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^^ poor " ^ ' ^ old ™ ^ ^ » ^ ^ ' ^^ bod ^ I ^—^^ n ^ ^ pp y ^^ that w ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ pT ^^ B the ^^ ^ ^ P'B . ' ^ ' P . P

      struggle between life and death , terrified all 'who witnessed it .

      M ' ' . " ' ¦ ¦ - ! ¦ ' ' " ¦ ' '' . '¦ ...

      m ' ' . " ' ¦ ¦ - ! ¦ ' ' " ¦ ' '' . ' ¦ Wy y Nov . 15 , 1887 The Published Circular i 377

      A Fierce Attack On Ancient

      A FIERCE ATTACK ON ANCIENT

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      an disposal ¦¦ ¦ ¦ unlim 1 > of » ited li terary merchandise for ¦> the disp / has lay ¦ ever of ingenuity Bh » affo >\ rded fc «^ b . «« r

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      the of the whole subject of a seems closel to have printed been page so popular . No p in hase the e arlstages of iIb book-produetion bV Bb ¦ Jpj as ««« it < that of

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      ( adjoyned 1568 ) ; the , the ' Hold Castel of of Ilumilitie Courtesie , wi , th whereun the Cha to riot is , of Chastitie thereunto annexed bj ' of Yates r > a ^ ( 1582 Hlk );

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      of many bibliography . In the way of ^ tempting , ' titles '¦ we have ¦ Venus in ¦ the Cloister ai « # ' * Translatio fc i rr b » n

      several of ^^ Meibomius ta ^ y , v *• others V ^ - ^ ^^ " , ¦^ ' ¦• of ^ the ' ^^^ a aV like ^ ' Case ^» - type s ^^ s ^ of b ^ , issued , J Impotency - * — ' ¦ ^ . ^ b ^— y ^ - « y one «»^ , ' ^ By b and and ^ . a . ^ r *^ p >

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      secure unsold something and flat pamp new hle b t y , an essaj eminent ^ s , or poems author , was , and issue X ^ J ^ J 1 ^ t > V ^ CA a * pirated ¦>_/ J . Aa d > W V \> V ^ edition Vp ^^> Ip > Jk 1 / 4 . V , with V « hB > the mSa ¦ > ^»^ padding f c / bVUh Vh * » i B h » ¦ material , ¦ ¦ www » v ^_/ J , « , WV * _ - * K t « m Bl p- ^^ « 1 _ BBB «¦«! A PB B ' A fll Jph . BI

      as * somewhat beside . ' The * Miscellanies ' of the earlier in this part manner of the las by t century the ¦«¦ c «« pT lass WBJVIkClW were of publi largely shers Ph made pf

      up whom \ Jt ^ K _^ ¦ A m . ** p Curll BfcJi M . *** I r 1 T was . ' / l J . l * ^^^ w ^ l a ¦ fV- ^ promi ** ^ p ^ nent J ^ aip specimen > A > . I ** - ' ^ " ^ ^ " ^ " ^ ~ «^ . ^ IpTA ¦ The < - ' f" ^ ¦•• character of i Jacob Tbnson *«—* ' s * Miscell Ki anies' (

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      p especially wo lainly rk , and exhibit if the the numerous his titles padding of examp the propensities les books still and existing , more their

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      to title ove on r a the hundred covers , pages or the —utterl advertise y forei ment gn s pub the - lished liflVip > rl at at the f . hft timpi time in in the thf * ne nftWflnanArs wspapers . This This was was

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1887, page 1377, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111887/page/11/