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      500 is is considered nona , 000 ifl francs ftrprl a a , doubtrul d or oubtful £ 20 , 000 one one . . the the The circulation circulation speculation 01 of

      the paper having steadily , diminished since Grambetta ' s death .

      At a recent sale by auction in Berlin some . letters pk ^ p » p * ^ # ^* ^^ dp . r % ^ of ** m ^ ppp . literary ^» ^ pp * ^ ^ pp » ^ p » p >< p . m ^ m w and pp p * ^ * ppi ppi other ^^ - ^ -pp- — ^ p ^ ppp * celebrities - ^^ - ^ —— — -- ^ —~ - —~ — — — fetched ~ — —

      the following prices : —Five holograph letters of the Lessing famil P ^ l 1222 marks ¦ « »~ i = £ 61 . 2 s . ;

      ^ p" 4 P ^ P 1 ^ pf ^ p ^ " ^ " ^ f ^ pp ^ ^^^ . ^ P ^™ ^ pp *^ P ^* ' ^^^ ^^* . ^™ ^^* ^^ B ^^ k ^ pp . ^ ' ^ P * ^^ " ^ pp ^ ^^™ . ^™ *^^ y ^ V « , ^^^^^ , ^ H ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ " ^^^ ^ ™ ^^ ^— - » ' ^—^ ~ - ~~ m a letter + m _ of Adolf a ppb * m ^ Menzel ^ m ^ ^ , containing m % pen sketches sVfitrVhfis " by h v that t . Tin . f . artist fl / rf . ist . 210 210 marks marks = = £ £ 10 10 . . 10 10 ss . . ; :

      one of Schopenhauer , , 250 marks = £ 12 . 10 s . ; one of Marie Antoinette 600 r marks ¦ ¦ *»~ ¦ w ~— = £ 30 ~— ;

      one ^^^ r < PP . ^ P ^ . ^ PaPr of ^ p . r ^^ P * ¦ PpP Marguerite ^ v ^^^ P * ^^^^^ . Pp . ^ P > ^ PfcP' 0 PK ^^ P ^ . ^ PP * ^ PPi PP ^ ^^^ ^ P de " ^ PP ^ ^^ v ^^^ ^^ PP Valois " ^ ^ H ^ , P ™ ^^ " ~ *^ , 222 ™ * ™— — ™ — ^ marks *™~ = £ 11 . 2 s .

      Mr . F . A . Brockhaus , of Leipzig , has just comp h letedb ¦¦ y the publication w of the 80 h th h part h

      ^ P . P" ^^ ^ W ^^^ B PT ^ T pppt ~^ p » V ^ ^ PP" ^^^^* , *¦ . y ^ pp ^^ " ^^ B ^ pp * « F *^~ ~^^^^» pr ^ pr ^^^^ ^^ " ^ p ^ ^ P ^ ^ P ^ ^^ P ^^ W * ^^^ ^^™ ^^ ^^ " ^ ^™ ^ ~ - ^ ~» ~™~ ^ v - ^ ^ — —m ~ , -g the People ' s Edition of a great work , entitled ' Bilder pp ^ pppi -Atlas der m Wissenschaften t « h Kiinste und - ^^ p . ^^ ^^^ ^ p ^ p * ^ ppb ^ ppb ^^ B > v ^ " ^ M ii ^ ^ . ^ ^^ ' ^^ - ^^ ^^ " ^^ ~^» ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ — ~^ r ^^ ^^ ' ^ " ™^^~ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ , ^^^ " ^ ^^^— ^—^^^ -- ^^ — ' ^ - ^ ' —¦—

      —Gewerbe . ' It comprises illustrations of 10 , 000 different objects on steelwoodand stone

      forming three octavo volumes , . , There is a , separate volume of descriptive letterpress .

      A new ' Life of Heinrich Heine , ' by Hobert Proelsshas just appeared . It is founded on

      memoirs , which have already seen the light , but has the advantage of being illustrated by

      some extremely interesting portraits ; that of the poettaken in 1827 bears a remarkable

      , , resemblance to the late Count D'Orsay ' s portrait of tlie Earl of Beaconsfield , prefixed to

      the last published volume of his correspondence .

      It has been resolved to place a tablet on the house , No ~ . 17 , ' Auf dem Berg / in

      Nuremberg , where the bookseller Johann Philipp Palm resided shortlbefore his cruel

      execution X X by command of y «/ Napoleon I . On the 26 th will be celebrated the 80 th

      anniversary of poor Palm ' s death , and the tablet will then be inaugurated . The house is now

      occupied by a bookbinder . We have received mf from ta the publisher Vli \ f b Heft

      - ^ r — ^ m » --w - ^ ^ ^ i ^ ^^^ - ^^ — * ^^ *~ ^^ ^ - * - * " ^ ^ « v ^ *« ^^ ^^ - vs ^ r- ^ ^ m ^^ r *^ J ^ ' ~| ^^ ^^^^ Pfc . ^^ ^^ ^^ 9 of Schorer ' s Familiesiblatt , which fully maintains its high reputation for charming ictures

      p and interesting articles . * Konigin Luise und - -w der — — - Fiirstenstein - » r -- - ~— -w ' ' Bilder i-h - ^^ < aus fr i « ri » Polnisch » 1 r ah «« tfn - ^— —— * ™ ^ ^^ ^^^^ — —^ ^ ^^ ^^ , mp ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ . *^ . ^^ v ^^*^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ b ^^

      Deutschland , ' and 'Die Pulsadern des Weltverkehrs , ' are good examples of descriptive

      writing . M - —— . — Caimann - ^ *• — — ¦— ' ^ — - - **^ ^^ p * ^ <^ - . ~ Levy ^^ - « - ^^ w w ^ has ^ ^ vwn ^ just a ^ . ' ^ r *^ ^* ¦ published _• ^ nTfc # x ^ ** p ^^ ^ ^ b' ^^^ the ^ ^ L A ^^ x

      eighth volume of M . Sche ' rer's ' Etudes sur la Literature Contemporaine , ' which consists of nineteen nineteen papers T > aners . . We We may ma , v mention mention as aa most moat

      likely to attract the attention of English readers those on M . Taine ' s c Robespierre , '

      and ana on on the tne JJournal ournal Jnt Tntime ime . or of Amiel Amifil , . on on Baudelaire , Renan , George Eliot , Guizot and JJules ules bimon Simon . Cherbuhez Olmrhiilifiy : - Pasteur T ^ n . stfiiir . Lesseps TiPias ^ na

      and Victor , Hugo . The , essay on , GeOrge , Eliot is founded on the life by Mr . Cross , and occupies rather more than a sixth part of the volume . M . Scherer regards George Eliot ' s

      novels novels , , with with one OHfi or or two two exceptions p > xofirit , ion « , as a . s the f . liA most rnnsif perfect works of fiction which the world has ever seen ; but he does not admire the volume called * Theophrastus Such . '

      The title of M . Guy de Maupassant ' s new novelpublished b r ^ r Messrs b Cohen f ^ j AA Freres ju jlKm &

      ¦ , j *^* ""^ " ** " ¦»^*»^« ^ - *» . y w m » -w ^ . ^ s » - *^ jrA . * j m . ^ V ^ Km . ~_ V . - ' * U V ^ % JU Co ., of the Rue de Provenceis ' Th ^ rese ,

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      "Valignat / A young and able attorney seeks in marriage h the hand h of Berthe Desbrosses

      ¦ ^^— ¦ ¦¦ ^^ — ^^^— - ^ ' " ^ ^ ^^ pp ^ B — — " ^^^ — ~^ - *~ — — ¦ —r I — - - -m ^ ^^—^^— ^^^ V ^ F ^ pr ^^ B ^ ^^^ P' m « B ^ k « . ^ . the Altho daug h hter refused of in a mu a considerat ch-esteemed e jud ^^^^^ ge ^ . PK ugPB PPM Pitt manner m ^ m ^ PA ^ PA PV A _ 7

      the ^ lawyer is deeply offended , and meditates ^ revenge •¦ —— . While ^__ in this __ . _ state _ _ — __ of _ min _ d . _ his —_^ p ^^ aid

      is soug - ^ 23 ht by a lady whose deceased , brother » - » « ' ^^ -4 > h . as left his money to Th ^ r ^ se "V alignat instead

      The of to lawyer his own undertakes family , who the are case in a actual nd find need s out j

      , that Therese is the unacknowledged daughter of ~ m ^ ^^ . the -m ^ ^ pb ^— - ^ pp * jud ¦ ^ v ^ ~ m ^ - ^ ge ^ p ^ p ^ ^ p > ' s ¦ u wife w . ^— —^™ ' ^^ b . ^ Here ¦ . -m ^ r ™ ™ —~ ^ is ^— " ^^ the " ' ^" desire ^"" ~ " ^ pr P ^^» ^^^ rfP * ^ , J d m , jP ^_

      opportunity , and a cause celebre is the result . One of its effects is that Madame Desbrosses , the -v- judge ' s wifediscloses - to Therese - --- Vali - gnat

      that _ pa — _ i ¦¦¦ — she — — — . — - ^ is m . ^^ - her pbj ^^ , — mother — ¦¦¦ — . — . _ They pTfc * » fc have to _ ¦¦ already — —p ^ ^^ *^^ V met on the ordinary terms of friendshi .

      The scenes which ensue are an interesting and p beautiful feature of the

      bookwhichmoreover , is almost entirely free from , the blemishes , which make English readers sometimes afraid

      of French novels . The river Hhine has now a periodical

      devoted to the interests which cluster about it . The towns on its banksfrom Mannheim to

      Rotterdam , and on tributary , rivers are represented by articles and statistics of trade . The

      new paper is called the Bheinschiff ( Rhine steamer ) and is published at Mannheim .

      Manfred is the title of a volume of 410 octavo pagesby M . Emile Moreau . The

      puh-, lishers are MM . Firmin-Didot et Cie . The author describes his work as the first part

      of a drama . But he adds : Mon travail n ' a ete qyCiin travail de classement et de mise en

      scene . JEn dialoguant les chroniques , je ne me suis pas permis la moindre affabulationaucun arrangement thedtral . The personages , of this

      part of a drama number about a hundred . The following is a summary of the action : — i

      Innocent IV . : I . Mort de Conrad ; II . Au Chateau de Caserte ; III . Tente de Manfred ;

      IV . Entrevue du Pape et de Manfred ; V . Pendant TOffice ¦ h ; VI . A l'Auberge f ; VII . Pont ¦

      - ^^ - ^ —^ m ~~ r ^^ mw ^^ r- ~^— ^—^ - ^^— - - ~ mw ~ w * j - ^ — ^ r ¦ ^^^ ^^^^ ^— ^^ " ^ . ^^^^ v i ^ ^^ p ^ ^^^ ^ bbb ¦ ^^ ^ pjp ^ ^ m ^^ " ^^^ ^^^^ m p ^ p ^^^^— ^^ —* ~~ de Volturne ; VIII . Dans la Montagne ; IX . Pont du Olanio ; X . Chez le Comte d'Acerra ;

      XI Luceria — - ^— ^ m , ¦¦ ^ - ^ Veneri — - - ~ — ^ p ~ XIII — — - e ¦¦ w de . ^ Mort —~— — Saint ^— ™ ^ i ^^ ~ m ^ d ~ m * - m- ? A ^ lnnocent - ^ m ¦ ^ m gap ^ i ^ it ¦ ; . XII Manfred ^ i ^ p » . Devant h ^^» h ¦ ^— — : — , ; ^^™ ^ mw ^^ ~ m ^*~ ^^ ^^* ^^ r ^ r ^ " ^^» ^ m- ^^^^ v ^^ " »

      I . Cour de Baviere ; II . Palerme ; III . Villa " ^¦ ^ ^ ^»* " ^ pros pr ^ — v - ^^ r- *^ - d -mr ^ 'Ascoli _ ^^ m * w- ** r -m ^ - *^ ^^ ^^ ; P . ^ IV ^ " ^ " . ^ Chateau ^ fc ^ ^^ . »> P t PJ ^ k ^ - ^ 1 ^ Vk' ^ V ^ L ^ P * de ~ ~ M —I I . ^ Nocera P . . ^ ^^^ ~| — ~^ ~ ^^ ^^ — ; j -

      V . Comte d'Anjou ; VI . Bords du Tibre ; VII . Palais du Latran : VIII . Capoue ; IX . ¦¦ Le ¦ Camp ; X . Une M ¦ - ¦ ^ - ^ r tairie ~ m ^ m ~ ; XI . Be ' ne Pb # PB ' vent V P ;

      -r - ^ m' - " — - — ' - ^ ' pr— - j - ^ - — — ' - ^^ ^ ™ - ^— ^^^ ^^ -m ^ -j —^^ ^ mm ^ a ^^^ ^^ m ^^ r m ^^ «~| |~ > » - » - ^^ ~ J | XII ^ PK ^ "Plp . . Trani v ^ PP * ^ ^^ V ; *^ pi > . XIII ^ m ** A . Pont m — > de Benevent ; XIV .

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      382 The Publishers' Circular April 16 , 1886

      American ^ • P — Ctu T^ I ^ ¦ An& Jpott^...

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      Messrs . Charles Scribner ' s Sons will publish ^ immediatel - ^ ^ mt ^ m , ^ ^ ^ ^^ ** rw ~ ^^ - » - — m « - ^^ " —• y W a «^ V work W V ~»* h' p . ^ ^^ ^ on ^*» #% «^ ' ^ Persia m t ^ ^ ^ U ^ S * 'k ^^ # : the ^^ H * *^ ^^ ^ Land W - J ' % j M ^ ^ ' * rf ^ of " ^ ^ k ^^ r *« I A ^» ^ k m _

      the Twelve Imams , ' by the Rev . James Bassett , for many hh ¦ years if h h i a i missionary r 1 W l of the h Jb h Presb 4 terian Ph v

      ^^ ~ N ^ ^^^ ^^ ^~ ^^ ^^ . r ^^ ^ w ^ ^ ^ T ^^ ^^^ P ^^ . « ^* ^^ r ^^ T *^^^^ ^^^ «« ^^ ^^^<^ W X _^ ^ M ^^ ^^^ ^^ . ^^ K * ^^^ ¦ ^^^ F ^^ T y ^^ —I I ^^ ^^^^ ' Church in Persia ; * The Epic Songs of Russia , translated from the original by Miss Isabel F .

      Hapgood , with introductory notes from Prof . Francis 1 Manual J . for Child J 3 oat ; -sailera Lieut . E ; . and F . Qualbroug Lieut . J . h D ' s . J . Kelly ' s now work of fiction under the title

      of * A Desperate Chance .

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1886, page 382, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041886/page/8/