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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 16th April 1886, Edition 1 of 1, Page 383

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

      Messrs . A . R . Hart & Co ., New York , the ¦ ¦ publishers of Gen . John A . Logan ' s

      forth-H m m ^^ 4 ^ W *^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^*^ ^^^ ^^ " ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ m ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ . ^^^ «^^ B ^ ¦ ^ i ^^ v ^^ ~ w- ^^ bk ^ ^ b ^ hv r ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ r ^^~^^ v coming ^^ book , 'The Great Conspiracy , ' an ^ nounce the work for immediate publication .

      ^ m m ^ w »^^™^»^~ " ^~ r ~^ " — ~ — ~ ~ " ~ ' ¦ ¦ " ^~ w ^~^ ^ ¦ — — — — — ™" It will be in one octavo volume ^ . It is said that Gen . Logan ' s object has been to give

      in the book an impartial and faitliful review of the causes and occurrences which led to

      the civil war . A new translation of the poems of Goethe

      is soon to be issued by Messrs . Henry Holt & Co ., IS ^ ew York . The translator is Com-N

      mander W . Gibson , United States ~ avy . Mr . Edmund C . Stedman will contribute

      an article on a literary subject to the May number of the New Prmceton Revieiv .

      The Cosmopolitan is the title of a new monthly magazine published at Rochester

      New Yorkthe first number of which is now , ready . ,

      Mr . Henry George , the author of ' Progress and Poverty' is about to > issue a new work

      , , entitled * Protection or Free Trade , ' in which he treats the tariff with especial reference to

      the interests of working men . Mr . H ¦ . C . Bunner ¦ auth f or of c Airs from

      ^^^ ^ ^ ^ B ^^^^ ^ P " H ^ V ^^ B ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ , ^ p ^^^^ ^^^ V ^^ T ^^ ^^ ^>^ ^^^ . ^^^ ^ V ^ B ^^^ B «^^ b ^ " ^ . **^ B W ^^ ^^^ ^ P ^ V ^^^^ ^^ . ^^ B V Arcady , ' has written a novel of New York life , soon to be published , to which he has given

      the title of ' The End of the Story . ' Two interesting papers on James Russell

      Lowell appeared in the New York Critic of the 27 th ult . Mr . Thomas Hughes , author of ' Tom Brown b ' s Schooldays' writes of the

      ~— ¦ ~ — ^^^ ^^^ - ^~ ^~^ - w ^ w ^^ m ^^ rm ^^^ r w ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^ ^ i ^ ^^^ V ^ V . P ^^^ v ^^ ^ r > " ^^^ , ^ V * ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^*^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^* ^^* ^^ ' ^ poet ' s humorous poems , and Mr . George E . Woodberry ¦¦ ¦ the author of a recent biograp & h

      — " ~ — ~ ^« - ' ^^ ^ ' ^ ^^^ ^^ m , ^ m ~^ " ^^ ^^~ ^^^ ^ p' ^ ^« ^^ ^^ ^^ - ' ^ ^^^ - ^^ ^^^ ^^^ p ^^ m - ^^ - ^^ - ^^ ^^ < pv ^ r r- ^^ ^^^ ' ^^ ^ vjp ^^— ^^^ y ^ pr ^^^^ y w of Edgar Poe , describes Lowell's home-life at Elmwood .

      Mr . Andrew Carnegie ' s new book , c Triumphant Democracy , ' is to be published this

      month by Messrs . Charles Scribner ' s Sons , and will - - ^— - ^ — , v ^ it ^ ^^ is ^ w ~^ w said ^ * v ^ ^ ^^ ^ , w certainl ^* p » - ^ d p ^ . « p * m **^ ^ . ^ 4 y w create ^ ip » - «^ ^ . # ^*< "w ^ ^ p ^ a ^ - ^ w sensation . ^ ^^ ^ ^^ » x * «^ v ^ j ^ ^ h ^ - ^ ^ .

      The London edition will be published at once by Messrs . Sampson Low & Co .

      Mr . Nathan Haskell Dole , formerly the literary —editor of the Philadelhia — Presshas

      made a translation from the Russian p of Count , Leo Tolstoi ' s novel 'Anna Kare ' nina , ' which

      Messrs . T . Y . Crowell & Co ., New York , have now ready . » o <

      April 16,1886 The' Piibiishers' Circular...

      April 16 , 1886 The' PiiBIisHers' Circular 383

      £>A\T Slotting^.

      £ > a \ t Slotting ^ .

      We have received an early copy of the second part of the sale catalogue of Mr .

      Mackenzie ' s library . This is the concluding portion of the books which will be sold byauction from April 27 to May 11 ( excluding

      Saturdays ) . Included are many tracts 011 the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 , besides a largo

      collection ( arranged chronologically ) of works upon Scotland . Among the interesting items in the catalogue we mention 52 lots under

      may the heading ' Defoe , ' many of rarity . An item item worthy "worthv or of notify notice is \ f \ the tho ' ' Orderl Orrlftrlv T . Books ^ nnlra

      y of the Duke of Cumberland ' s Army , 1745-G / extracts from which Sir W . Scott once

      characterised as very edifying and amusing . Many

      £>A\T Slotting^.

      standard works which we have not space to notice appear in the catalogue .

      An unusually important collection of books coming from various German monasteriesas

      well as of works of the eighteenth century , , is to be dispersed at Stuttgart in the first week

      in May by Herr Gutekunst . Messrs . Puttick < fe Simpson Id h Pf willon the

      17 th and ~~ ~~ — - ~~ ^^ two —— ~— — ~— following ~— — ~»— ¦ — ¦ ^ K ^^ V W ^^^ ^^^ days ^^^ P ^ ^^ ' p- ^¦ ^ I ^ M ^ pB of ^^ PP ^^ May ^^™ , ^ H ^^ ' p ^^ , ^^ sell ^^ p ^ ^ p £ ^^ to ^^ p " p some - — - — ' —^— — books --w- w — - — in — < p » choice ^ P ^ ~~ — ' — - ^ - ^^ bindings w - *^ ^~ — ^— - ^^ — ^^ ^» ^ ^ p ^^ wm , ^ ^ from ^ ^^ ^ -p- 4 fc * fe ^ b the ^^ ^ P » ^^^ ^ libraries ^^ h *^^ ^>» ^ PV *^ ^ b ^^^ Fl _ f

      of Catherine de Medicis , Marguerite de Valois — ~— ~~ — ^ ™^ ~— , m and *^ " ~ " m" ^^~ ^~~~ ~~ —^ ¦ the ^^ ^^ ¦ ~^^ ¦ Marquis ^ - ^^^^ p *^^~ ^ v ^^ p ^™^ B ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ de ^^^^ ^*^ ^ Liveri ^ p ^^ b ^ V ^^» w ^^^ P ^ ^^ to *^ P * ^ . J Other ~ ^ P ^ ^ p ^ ^^ r ^^ m ^^^ r ~^*

      interesting books and MSS . are included . An — autograp ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ p" ^^ fc ^^^ ^ " ^ ™^ ¦ |™^ ^ h ^^^ " sale ™ *¦»¦ ' ^ p ™ ^^^ of ™ 1 ^ interest ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^— ^^^ m ^^ T ^ w ^^^ will V W ^^^ ^^^ ^¦^ B be •^^ ' ^^^^ ^ held ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ fc ~*^^*

      on the 19 th inst . by Messrs . Sotheby . Among the lots are letters by Leigh Hunt , JJickens Dickens . JDr Dr . . JJennftr enner . JN Nfilson elson . & & , c . .. bfisidps besides a a .

      series from , W . Etty , ! , R . A . , , Mr . Hodgson willon the 21 st inst .

      dispose of several remainders , of good books , , besides a number of copies of modern works .

      On the 12 th and 13 th inst . Messrs . Sotheby sold a fine and interesting collection of books

      H B H H H M H b , the ^ whole ^ ^ sum realised ^_ ^ b y the ^ two day ^ s' sale ^^ being £ 2164 . 18 s . The following were some

      of the more , noticeable books : ' Book of Hours — — of — the — XYth — — to — XVIth — Century _ — — / 7

      travers with ticivfcjrs autograp and aaiu Mary mury h inscri , , Queen v ^ ptions utiuii of 01 by Scots ocu Lord ls , , sj £ Mal 420 ^ ^

      -( Stourton ) ; Lcv Fontaine , Gontes et Nouvelles , ' Amsterdam 1702 ( edition des

      Fermiers-rawx ) , £ 34 . , 10 ^ . ; set of Arundel Societ gene y ' s Publications £ 27 . 10 s . ( Booker ) ; a fine set

      , of Hogarth's Works { circa 1785 ) , many being proofs and in two states , £ 100 ( Gough ) ;

      Hasted ' s < Kent / 4 vols ., folio , £ 20 . 10 * . ( Booker ) ; Boydell's ' Shakspeare Gallery /

      £ 25 . 10 s . ( Booker ) ; * Present State of New England , 1675 ' ( all faults ) , £ 20 ( Ellis ) .

      Messrs . Sotheby are going to include in an early sale a MS . Bible , which is stated to be

      the copy taken by Saint Louis to Palestine , and by him used .

      Until very lately only one copy of the first edition of ' The Pilgrim's Progress ' has been

      known , but as a proof of the uncertainty which always surrounds such matters tivo

      copies have been ' picked up' by fortunate collectors during the past few months . Strange

      to say , both were secured for the sum of sixpence . One copy was gladly purchased for for * the i . h t * national nn +. mnnl col r > r > lection llor ' . tinn at n . f , £ / L 05 ' () B . while "while the the

      other became the property of a well , -known London f publisher Jfc for Jfcb £ 25 # . i Should ¦¦ another

      _ J ^^ r A - * . ^» fc ¦ V ^ A A *^» r * S » JL . t ** r * . >«^ . »• - v- ^ ^ ' - ^^ m ^»^ * - *— ' — - «—» — - — — — — — copy ever appear for sale—which is very unlikely—it would probably bring

      considerably over £ 100 . 4 When Arabian Captain Nights Burton J made 's translation its appearance of

      persons npr « ana familiar fjvmilir > . r with with the flu' ( demand Inilliliul likely likelv to to arise for such a work prophesied an early and great 2 * jl KjfMlXJ rise JL X . UO in A . KM . 1 its VM value » * - »! . * . * -A ^ y « . Time ji . jl * aa \^> ¦ has * ¦ m i . v » ¦ ^ proved ^ « - ¦> - * » •** ' ' -- * them — — — " — ( i

      to sorts from be £ ri of 18 ght prices upwards . Ori are ginall We being y issued know given at of X one for 'lO . copy lO cop . s-. ies for all ,

      . which wViiln . ^ £ ' 36 ni p . was si n . f . paid - £ ' 9 fr nomiTm by a ¦•—¦ ii private d n . readv purchaser market , , ¦

      W A A A . -A ^^ ^^ V- ' 1—^ Jfc . ^«^ r ~ F » - ^» *^ ~ ^ ^^ ^» - ^^ « - ^ — — < - > « —• — r ~ — — — — - — — - m An expert tells us that in his opinion the book |

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1886, page 383, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041886/page/9/