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      Dec. 15,1884 The Publishers' Circular J4...

      Dec . 15 , 1884 The Publishers' Circular J 4 : 49 f

      Obituary. ! Merchistoun Ifb^T ^ We F^«Si...

      OBITUARY . Merchistoun b We f regret Alderley to announce Edgean the enthusiastic death , -- on bibliophile Saturday - w-- < , . of Mr ¦ Mr . . ! N George - ap - - ier — was William a native Nap of ier Man , - of

      -! and Chester If ^ t ^ in ^« sip » pp ¦ February , " - * — where — A , he A 187 was 9 ^^ read born « £ _ - j a about , m ^ paper m . 1824 ^^ on ^ - ^ ^ Ipk . A the . He . ¦¦ P'B authorshi ^ JB — * was — _ ,, ^—*^_ a ^___ member p PVP ^ ~ ^ ^ of ¦ __ . — , P ^ _ B . the ¦ ¦ of ' . b . — Imitatio the . ^ m ^ Manchester B ^ K Bb Christi __ ^ ___ « __ Literary "VJ 5 A of . . __ wh ic Club jpvi h ____ b . _ he Bk ^_^^ ,

      held M ^^ — JL ^ _ PB' ^ B' _ B" Gerson ^^^ _ - ^^ v _ i ™ ^^ — to — be 1 the f 1 ^» author V . When TTTI B — he % read _ . his ^ ^^^ ^^ paper ^^^^ ^ " ~ p ' ^»_^ ¦ he __ ^ p ^ ^^ exhibited ^ pp- ¦¦ ^^^^ <• ^^^ ^ - ^ ^^— . ^— ~ - •* his - ^^ valuable ™ — V *¦ , ^ collection li — t * ^^ ^^ ^ of ^^ ^^ - » e d ^^ i B t U ions ^ » ^^ ^» pT * dV * r ~^ of B —^^ th — e work - - , including — — — HPJ the ~ ° firs — —¦ ' —p ^ t » - , -W which — p ^ ——^ PJ —^ —^ W ¦ ¦ was Pf T "PP " . " p ^ " printed B | — ^ B ^ BB ^ MVJV p _— ~ ap * —PIB | — at """ p p «^ Augsburg ^^^ ^ P ^» —»~ B ^ BjJBfc T ~ BJ » ¦ P _ PJJv ~ v ~^ V W |^ Bh ~ about | r—P ¦ *¦ ~^ P" ~^"" " ¦— ¦ 1471 —^ " — B ^ ' . Out —• — " ¦^ of —P "' BPJ .

      twelve ^ ascribe ^ L ^^ PJB ^ J ^ B ^ P ^ B ^^^ «^ J earl the ~ BF PPJ >^^ —BJ » y work — — editions ~^ " » to — " - ~ p— a " — possessed Kemp "p- ¦ " B P is I I P , J ei — b ^¦ » y g ^ B ^ pjm ht —— ' — Mr - —— « —»^ to —B » . - Nap Gerson —^^ » —^ ^ P ^« W ier ^ t ^ —«^ ^^ m , , *¦ and and ~^~ BJ ^^ ^ PP » ~ pp ~^ a one r an «^^ ^^ ~ B 4 »* g has . P . ing ^^ *_ lp ~ Br PPt _ . ^ . no _ in ^^ B ~| J ~ date name ^ B ^ Bi ^ -B ^ PBT »^ Pi . " . ^^ from VpW attached ^ ~ p » T ~ b * •^¦¦¦ T ^^^ ^ 147 V _ p ~^^^ ~^ pP « B 1 . ~^ to In ~^~^ ^ B » ^^ 1509 ™ his ™ _^—^ p » ¦ — ¦ ¦ remark ¦ , three —^ " ~ p ^^^ p ^^^^ - _ _ . m ¦_» " ¦ a * . •* ¦ ¦ * . -ah - __ .... __ _ _ ¦ . - « - >¦ -W ^*_ •¦•• - ¦

      able and of library the literature at Merchistoun connected Vi ^ pr he had with an that extensive work . series He had of the nearl B ^ P ^ B editions y a BjP ^ Bf thousand of the black V ^ vr ' Eikon -letter Basilik tracts e , '

      ¦ are are _ n | ri ^_ S _ BJ _ the tne books ^ b ^ pP ^ Vi ^ B ^ V worKs works ^^ P ^^ . ^^^ P ^ illustrating ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ P ^ ^ oi of ^^^ ^^^^^ " ™ Sir oir ^ ~ ' ^^^^ « p- Thomas xnomas ^^^ v the ^^^ ^^ v —~ ~^ " ^^^ v reli ^ BJ * ^ P ~ ^ BP iv More g ' ^^ P ^ ious ± —> ore ^ * ^ P > ^^ , , history ^ P ^^^ of or ^^ ™^^^^^ B nenari Hendrik P *^ ^ B > ^ ¦ of ~ P ^^ ^ HV - Eng ^^^ K ^^^ . ^ B Niclaes ix land B ^ icxaes pjbjB ^^^^ pl ~ BIB * B . B in .. ^ P . PP * ' pp the 'P ^ . the tne .. > BtjBI m ^^ P sixteenth T founder rounder . JB B . V TA * ^^ p ~ . jj _ B _ ~ ^^ of or century ^^^ BJ pp ^^ f * bV the tne * B > ^^ . P ^ k ^ p ^ T ^ b Family jp . 4 I ^ P ~^ amny W ^ Amongst ^^~ ^^ " ^ P ^ P * ^ PJP ^ ^^^ ^^ or of ^^^ ^ ' . P juove Love ^^ these ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ . ^ * _ ^^^

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      Mr most . J important . E . Bailey testimony , who gratefully acknowled y ges indebtedness to Mr . Napier the * ' Life s exac of t Fuller knowled ' b ge y of the WV literature ¦ and history pp w of ~— ¦ the ¦¦ seventeenth ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ century i ¦ T no iP less i than PP 1 to his . . . VP ^ F valuable library

      also *• The ^^ J ^ ¦ B ^ " - " * . Manchester ^^ BJ ' possessed J ^ ^^ ' ™ ^^ ^^^ ^ " ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ Guardian the ~~ — ^ ~^ art — - ^ — , » f ^— *• too ^ , to rare which ^^ — ^^ ~— in we ^^ ^^ - ^ Eng ^ —^^ are ^—^ fj ~— l ^^ and ~ — indebted ^ , y ^^— ~— — " of —^ ^^~ reading " — " ^^ for ^^ ^^— w , « ^^ these " well ^ - ^ — —^ " ^ , details ^^^ as ^^ — —^™ ^^ those »^^ w ^ ^^ . . ^ , *_¦* . says ^ -w ^ ^ who J ^ - ^^ > — _ -h _ r that Tf * LjPBT have - »* -1 VV pXW ' ^ ' ^^ . v ¦ fc' ^^ P ^» f Mr K ^ BF pVb heard «* ^ P ^^ V ^ ' . ^ W ^ k Nap ^ * . b W ^ ^ ^ ^^ r » ^^^ b ^ him AA Lj ^ Bf Bh ier 4 k A _¦ A bI J . -b M . p »> " ¦ 1 A " _¦ " >*• . ¦ 1 •¦ *¦ ft

      read Died the on lessons the 11 at th -Alderley inst ^ ., at Church Wilmslow will , remember aged ninety / years , Dr . Samuel Robinson , well known for h his - tasteful - » 1 — - » - ^^ translations 1 of ¦ the - chief Persian poets pi — p Firdousi ¦ - ~» Hafiz ¦ i BpiBPBW bi Sadi # N ¦ izami jhBr and

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      all Sketches Ages / from by Lieut Eng .- lish Colonel History Seccombe for Children . A comic of history —— ¦¦ - — rvr -Vh ^ ~ m w of _** «» Eng — ¦ land «^ m .-w m - ^ pp » has » ¦»< m- alread -p » jb ^ k ^ p * « r «« ^^ y «_ f been ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^"^ supp ^^ ^ " ^ W" ^ F ^ lied ^ " ^ >•¦» by » b" W

      a -writer whose name -will never die out . Colonel Seeeombe works on new lines , and gives us in verse and in som colour e clever which sketches will at , once with win picture the suffrages s MkAAA in tint

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      y suppy the muse Romans and his in pencil Britai with nCanute suggestive and his matter Courtiers ; and the landing of William , the Conqueror , Richard the ,

      First in the Holy Land , and sundry other the characteristic stage . The scenes illustrations are successivel are reproduced y placed upon in

      facsimile , by the Direct Photo-Engraving Company— , and worked in colour by Witherby wm & Co .

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      Foster Braithwaite . Mr . Braithwaite , ' e friends eorge did well in recommending him to republian in c

      ^ book "OoK Ppeared form fdrm in these tiiAHft the reminiscences TftmiTiiKf Westmoreland » en <* ftn which \ irhir Gazette » h originally ori . crinallv Since ^

      Mr . Henderson ' s * My Life as an Angler' we have read no angling gossip with more interest than

      the little work under notice ; indeed , the books are very similar in style and nature , and both treat of those border counties r ¦« whichfrom their

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      Braithwaite may be congratulated on having made a worthy addition to the wide domain of * angling literature . '

      From 4 Holidays Mesara . at Brydone a Hydropathic So Luke / , This Edinburgh somewhat . — a ^^¦^^ mbiguous title describes ii the experiences ¦ h > of PP ~ some vpvpip

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1884, page 1449, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121884/page/9/