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1 • 384 The Publishers' Circular April i...
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will—if completed—be worth in a few years £ 50 ! ««
A catalogue just issued by Mr . George I Rivers 4 Queen ' s Head PassagePaternoster
— , . , Row on _ America , contains Chin 1 some a good Indi items a _ and , notably Jap - an ¦ works ; also ^
on ^^^ fc ^ p , ^ k such ^^ fc ^* ^^ w ^ ^^ f ^ subjects i ^ r , a ^ i *^ ^ * a « i «^ r , V as ^^ ^^ ¦*^ S ^^» - p m *» r iritualism , w ¦™* w ^^— » - * ¦ " — , r— — - ^ Animal —^ y — — — — Magnetism , Sec .
The following are some of the sales to take i lace in various provincial towns during ¦ i b ¦ the
¦ p next ¦ ^^^^~^ ^ HV - ^ BP fortni ^^ V ^ V ^^ B V ^^^^ V ^ W g ^^ ht ^*^^ ^ V . P ^ V ^ MT Among , f Jh ^^ V ^^ B *^ Br ff ^ ^ BP ^ B * ^ PV them ^ P ^ P * ^^ ^ W P will ^ B *^ T ^^ " ^^~ - ^ ^— be found ^ p ^^ K " ^^ several PfepV ' ^ P' W ^ P- « B « rf B | ^ V containing ^* T ^ . ^ ^ b ^ p > * j ^ ^^^«^ m ^^ m * 4 b > W good bk ^*^ ^ " ^^ 'WBJ and Btf BJ ^ Bk ^ ^ i ^^ interesting ^^ rfB ^ ^ BF ^ p- ^ B > ^ T P ^ P * W ^ ¦ IBk ¦ V ^*| books " ^— ' ^* - - ^ — . W
Fuller , of Colchester , at his rooms , April 21 ; Bennett k , of Buckingham , on same date thn ; Chur 27 th
ton ¦ nrt . , Hjl fllnh phicK ifil ? - , & & Co On ^ ., of ctf ( Chester ^ "hfiRfpir . , on nn the 27 th ; : Gray , New Inn Hall Street , Oxford , 1 , 000 vols . on the 28 th and two following days .
On the 3 rd of May , Mr . Simpson , of the B ¦ BirVB ull Ring W asBK , Northwich , will sell the librax y at ^^ . . ^"
Hertford ^ Manor . Mr . 0 . ShellardHerefordwill sell on the
Bk BB A B , Bm , BJ Bl . H ¦ ¦ 20 . ^¦ ^ . ^ th ^ inst . about ^ . 3 . ^^^ , 500 _^ ^ >^ ' volumes ^ , several ( judging JBBK from ¦ h the - ^ B * somewhat rhrfF pj crude catal ll ogue ) of
^ m ~ - ^ m ^~ ^^» ^^ ~^ r ^ m ^» - ^ ^^ ^^ " ^ K ^^» - ^^ » w ^^ ^^ WW ^ P' ^ B ¦ ^ ^ " » B * ^ B ^^ ^ S * ' ' ^ B ¦ ' ^ V B > ¦¦ B ^^^ — ^ BK — ' ^ - ^» M ' ^ scarcit of Ornament y . Copies 9 ( of ori Owen inal edition Jones' ) * Gram and OiXll m also CliJ ar i 3
Ul Sharpe V _ rJ . XJ ' s . O ) Li _ * Architectural i . U i . ^ WXXgHlCL g l Parallels CUXbiUUy 9 are ^ in . * -
cluded .
1 • 384 The Publishers' Circular April I...
1 384 The Publishers' Circular April i 6 v i 886
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The business hitherto carried on in Ireland ¦ by * ¦ — Messrs ^» v ¦— *^^ b" ^ v w ¦ ^ ^^ w ^ ^ . W ^ . b ^ H b ^ i ^ h ^^ . w * Smith ^ b ^ ^ w ^^^» ^^ « r ^^ ^^ & ^ m * *^ 0 W Son ^^^ ^^ mm m ^ is ^ m Hi now ib ^» ^^^ v v trans ^ F d ^ ^ fi ^ ^ b «^ p ^^
-ferred to Messrs . Charles Eason & Son , who will discharge all liabilities and fulfil all
under takings from January 1 last . Mr . Eason , ¦ sen ¦ . v has h ¦ ¦ v been for more than b thirty ib rni the
man *—^ * v , ager w ^^ of ^^ ^^ this ^^ >^^^ « v business ^ . ^ ^ w ^^ ^^ *^ ^^ ^^ ^^ v ** and ^^ ^^ vr **^ under v ^ ^* ^^ ^^ v ^ ^* w his years w ^^ ^^^ r ^ care j ^^^ ^^ it ^^ , has reached its present large proportions . "We
hope success may continue to attend its future operations .
Messrs . Saxon & Co ., publishers , of 23 Bouverie Street and New Yorkhave adopted
as their trade mark a facsimile of , the jewel of
Alfred the Great , one of the oldest Saxon relics of the kind .
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Mr . J . C . Juta . —We regret to have to recorcl record tne the deat death h ot of Mr Mr . . J J . . ( OJ . . J Juta uta .. the the wp well .
11--known bookseller , of Capetown . , Mr . Juta was was ot of Uanish Danish origin oriVin . but hut . was wa . « born horn on nn March Ma . rrh
23 , 1823 , in the Netherlands , , at Zalt Bommel , a — - — p j— leasan ¦— — — -- — - — - —¦ — — t — old - — —t » - » Dutch ~~ - * r ^^ ^ , - ^^ * m * t , town is *^ r > r 4 A jm in . ^ f . the t / A * \ S province > J « . ^ -f ¥ ¦*• A A V ^ ^ S of V ^ *•
Guelderland . As a youth Juta liad the advantage of a liberal education , which upheld him well throughout his careerAfter leaving
. became school became he an studied advo advocate cate for . the Whfitvhor Whether legal profession ] however mwftv (> r , and the f . hft
brie bar fs was did not not congenial come in to so his quickl literary , y as mi tastes ght , , be or
wisjied wished , , certain certain it if . is i « that that in in 1853 Iftfrtt Mr Mr . Juta . Iiifn . quitted the Netherlands for the Cape Colony ,
wnere so many of his countrymen are settled .
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Arrived at Capetown , he began business as a bookseller . He -v had a hard struggle to
¦^^^^ P ^ P * " ^ B ^ ° ^ p" *^ m ^^^^^ ^^ r ^^™^^» " ^ B * ^^~ ^ V ^ - ^^^ —_ ^ v ^ ¦ I - ^^ — ™ ¦ ™ ^^ T —^^ ^^^^ v ^^ ^ BT ^^ B ) ^ H ^ BJBk ¦ _«& B KW V establish himself , for there was competit ^^^ ^^ io ^^ n ¦ and ¦ underselling even in those r daysbut
perseverance ^^ B ^^ p " ^^^^ - ^^^^^^ ' •^^ ^ r ^ v ^^^^ ^^» W ^^ - ^— and ^^»^^^ H ^ BHM knowled — ¦ ^^ " ^^^ " ^ ™ ge enabled — " - ^ ' V - ^ " ^ H r ^ V him ; Bk p ^^ P to B ^ d ^ B B ^ P establish p > pt mmt the b business 9 % bbbbj in Wale tbb Street 1 »— - ^ r «¦ which is
who who known ^^ ^ t ^ b > bs w have nave ¦ ap-BV . p ** ' to ^ visited visited vp every «>^ ^ b * ^ ^ vwp , Cape f uapetown Capetown * - ^»^ , ^ - . ¦ w colonist bvx'b *^* - « . . Mr lvir ^> ^ b ^ , . and ^ . *^ j Juta ^ p uta ^ b * even ^ p . , however nowever w w **^ w to Afc * *^ ^ L Jb all bYbp .
was not satisfied with being a bookseller , only , , he also became a publisher ; and the Cape
colonists a a . — Dutch ^ pi ^ « as well < bi bb as Eng bbmv ^^ lish b » a «¦ —owe ^^ to , his ^^ ^^^ B * p ^ v enterprise - ^^ r ^^ " ^^ ^ p ^ ^ B" ^^ " B ^^ ^^™ ^^» ^^^ ^ PF some ^^^ ^^^ ^—i ^^^^ - ^^ pr excellent ^^ r ^ ' ^ pv ^^ r ^ ^^^^^ ^ B ^ ~—^^™ " ^ publications BP <^ ^^ r - " ~ ' ^ ^^ —^ " " ^ »^ " ^ ^^ ^ K ^ fc ^ ^ Bf ^ BaB ^ A *
relating to the history , geography , and topography of the Cape Colony . Some of
these works were well illustrated , and Mr . Juta ' s taste and judgment enabled him to
for — select him as _ illustrators _ mi — g — ht long CT young _ have _ artists remained — _ who , com but - j j | ;
parativel _ , y unknown o . One of these artists ! , was the late Thomas Baineswho accompanied
Livingstone in his JZambesi , expedition . Mr . \ ; Jut a also published some excellent maps of \
South Africa and the Cape Colony . He was \ well known to the legal profession even f here as a publisher of the law reports of tlie I
colony , as well as of English translations of r the writings of those great Dutch lawyers , Hugo GrrotiusVan der Keeseland others .
Mr •^ m * . Juta " ^ P * . A ' s onl , y surviving mm son , , the . « advoca te . , I Henry Jutais a distinguished member of the ¦
- ^^^»^^^^ ^^ p 1 " ^¦ ^ ^^» ^^^ ^^ i ^^»^™ ^^ ^^» ^ , ^ B ^ H . ^ r ^^ ^^ r ^ m ' ^ ^ ^^^ - ^^ ^ v ^^» ^^ ^^ VMh ^^^^ ^^ ^*^ ^^ ^^ ^*^ ^^ r »» ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ' ^" ~^» ~ ' ^^ ""^^ —¦— ^^ " L Bar of Cape Colony . He has translated Van I der Linden ' s * Institutes of the Laws | of
Holland Reports . , ' ' Mr and . J has . C . edited Juta died the at his ' Cape residence Law [
painful at Chiswick illness on . the In 7 th his inst business ., after a career long and of | I
and thirty i 1 i usefull -three i 1 y . years He was he t a laboured l- man l of no assiduousl ordinary •» | _ 1 y j
attainments Frenchand , German and was as a well master as of of his Eng nat lish ive , j language , . He was , a great reader , had J I
travelled and seen many lands and peoj ) les . Being a keen observer , he profited by , deprived what he hiiri saw . of the Deafness enjoyment , AAXVilA unfortunately of f . general / AHJi , j
VH /|/ il » V , U JLI . XJ . 1 . JL V ^ J . \ Jl ± \ s ^ -l * J V / Jf U V- i gV l ** society ; but in his own house he was a genial ; host » tiv and h ¦¦ mj an i admirable f raconteur . 9 He « i « rii belonged k '
w ^^ , ^ . . ^^^ - ^ ^^« y ^ ^» ^« ^^^ F ^*^» . B . ^» ^ « M ^ V V" ^ r \ . ^** ^^^ 0 ^^ V ^^ ^^^ V ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ r ^^^* ^ r r ^^ ^^ ^ v ^ N ^ vw »^ ^^— — to the old-fashioned school of booksellers , thoroug "w ^^ ^^ '"^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ B ^^ fc hl —~ ^^ ^^ y W devoted B ^» ^^ T ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ h ^^ p to ^^ ^«^ the ^ 1 ^ ^» ^^ ' ^ i ^ conscientious ^^^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ P ¦ " ^» ¦ " ^^^ ^ " » —^ — ' ' — , '
pursuit of his avocation . There are not too : is lfl many indeed indftftd men of a a real his r ^ al calibre loss l oss to in , and trade trucl the pi . as aa death well wel l of as aa one to to ;
the reading public . , ; Victor Scheffel—This well-known Ger- j
. man poet died in his native town , Carlsruhe , j on ^¦ A JLJ + the ^^ > m \ M \ v ^ 9 ^ r th ^* jmJ , + r of ^^ JLi the W ^ ^ m * ^^ r present M ^ ** ^ v ^ F *^ * % ^ + Mk ^^ W month »* * ^ V «^ ** *^ *^ ¦ ¦ " * . * It ^ m' was v ' w « - - — -
originally intended that he should follow the profession of a lawyerbut he devoted his
efforts wholly to literature , after passing his thirtieth f . Viirhiftt . h year vpjir . . Of Of his hia most moat , famous fiinniiH work virork . the the
, 'Trompeter von Siickingen , ' first published in I 1853 more than a hundred editions have been
-L . l _ J * . JKS , - 1 HU 1 V / UXiC **! . («> JLI . U . A 1 VAJL \_> VA V > VIA C / JLVJ JkXU 1 A < U \ \ J *^ rv > VJJLA published ' * JjF rau ran Aventiure Avfinfiiirft in Germany . ' 7 and nnd alone ' Juniperus . Tnninfiriis . ' Ekkehard : : The Ihe / Ii j
, hetter Story -known of a Crusader works . , ' A are collection also among of his his (
humorous poems , published under the title 'Gaudeamus / is very popular in Germany . The deceased poet was in his COth year , having
been born at Carlsruhe in 1826 .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1886, page 384, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041886/page/10/
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