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    • 1 ¦' ' - — — Index to the Books published between April 2 and 16.
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      From ICr . Elliot Stock . r—We have often referred to the difficulty which booksellers and general

      buyers experience in ^ acquiring a knowledge of the current prices of rare books .. Lowndes ' is an invaluable reference book , a steady

      guide . But in the present state of competition , in trying for the possession of wonderful rarities , some trustworthy work of modern date

      was required . The place seems to be well . taken up by a volume entitled * Book-Prices Current 1887 / which is a clearl i expressed

      record , » of ™~ the j prices — " ™— ~~ ^^ " ^^ " ^^^™ at ^™ i — ^^ which —^ - ^ t ^ ^ m ~— ^ B ^^ p ^^ ^^ y » books — ~ ^^ - ^™ ^ m ^ « — have — ^»» " ^«^ ^^ - ^^^^ been sold at auction , from December 1886 to November 1887 . It is well indexed and

      carefully edited . Notes of current prices appear regularly in the PiMis / wrs' Circular , under the heading « Sale Jottings hk / but v *^ b in volume form

      — — — - £ —« - — — — - - ^^ - ^^ - ^ v - ^^ ^ v ^—^ w ^^** * « ¦ i * ^ p ~ ^ . k ^ fc ^ M * ~ — ^^ ^ v ^ b ^^ b ^^»^^ —I ~ ^^^ ~ i ~ «^» ^^^^ pp ^^ we are not aware of any book that can compete , with ' Book-Prices Current , ' as a powerful help to possessors , collectors , and valuators .

      From ( London Messrs : Messrs . Stone . Cro , Son sby Loc 8 c Co k wood ., Dunedin & , Son ) , . — N . In Z . its- fifth annual appearancethe * Otago and

      — - ~ * ~— ~~ ^^— ^ r- ^^ ¦ ^^ ^ — ¦ ^ * ~— ~^^ ^^ pp , ^^ ^ - ^^^^ h - ^^^ ^ tP ^ ^^ ^ fc *^^ ^^ p ^ pk ^ . PP ^ ^ p ^^ p ^ P" ^ P" ^"»^^ Pb Southland Directory and New Zealand Annual ' shows a remarkable increase in bulk and general usefulness . r It is edited by Mr . John

      M 1 ^^ ~^ ^ " ^ ^ ^ " ^ " ^^ I M * - ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ P ^ ^ ip" ^^^ p ^ pp ^ ^ pf ^ — ^ JPA ^^^ p W PPB > V ^ PB . ^ P > V ^ ^^ p # ^ ^ p > ^ ^ p ^^ p ^ Stone , and comprises the details essential for a

      general , municipal , and commercial directory . ¦ - ¦¦ ¦

      Maps and descriptions of different localities " have FV B ~ - been --T - introduced ~ - ~ - ~— H H -rV and on -rr the I F- whole I the ~« ^^^^^^^^^ — ^^^ " ^^^ ^^—^^ ^^^^^^ ¦ ^^ ^^^^^—^^ ^ PT - ^^^ ^^^ " ^^ , ^ B ^^^^^ ^^»^^^ ^^^^ . ^^^ ^^^^ " ^— " ^^— — ^—— — — ^ ^

      directory seems to be flourishing well for the benefit of those whom it . is intended to assist .. From ¦ ¦ i Mr . 1 T . Fisher TJnwin . —We are ¦ p H leased to

      ^^^^ " ^^^ ^^^^™—^^ ^ pppp ^ P ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ p ^ pp ^^^ ^ pr ^ . ^^^^ ^^ P ^ i ™ ^^^ - ^»^^ ^ ppp ^^ p ^ - ^ pppp ^^^ b ^^^ v ^ ^ ^^^^ - ^ p ^^ p ^ i ^ r - ^ ' » ^^^ ^^» - ^ ^ ^—^ — — — — note the appearance of a popular edition , cheap , of * The Way to Fortune , ' one * of our best counsellors of youth . The essays are pithy and are

      also rich in suitable illustrative anecdotes showing how to succeed in life . From fc Messrs Mpy Virtue A Co—The * - ¦« second ¦¦ volume k

      -a- >» ¦ ^»* t ¦¦ -aA « B *^ kB ^ pp * ** pr ^ pk V . ^ V W ^ fc ^ fc ^ ^ p <^ " ^ p * ^ pVr ^ a ^ ^ . ^ . •^"" ^— ' - * ^«» ^ ur ^ . pr — ' ^ - 'v . v - ^^ - ^»^ m m m -v of the re-issue of * Knight's Pictorial Shakespeare , ' containing another instalment of the tragedies , is to hand . The volume is

      handsome . The notes need no comment , being so well known for their lucidity and value . From ¦ Messrs . WardLock PPPPPPPPP & Co . — 'The Political

      ^ PP » ^^ " and ^^~^^^^— ^ pBBp Occasional ^ pBBppp ^ p ^ ^^ pr ^^ P ^ " ^^^ ^^ P ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^^» Poems ^^^ - ^ P ^^ PP , ^ p ^^ pV ^ of P ^ T ^ ^^^^^ P" ^ P Winthrop ^ P ^ PP" ^ PPP' " ^^ ^ ^^^~ ^"" Mack ™ ^^ ~~~ worth Praed , ' edited , with notes , by Sir George Young . These poems ought to be ^ widely jknown . Piquant

      , graceful , and spirited , they are fascinating to a degree that is rarely under the notice of readers of verse . Praed ' s poemsthoughcomparatively

      , , speaking , known only to a limited circle , are so full of life and original thought and expression that they are certain to have enduring and

      increasing popularity . ¦ ¦ ¦

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      r ~ ¦ r ~ - - " ~ ' - — ' — - ' ¦ . v-jo- ¦ - - ^ = ^ April 16 , 1888 T The Ptiblishfers- Gfroulgr 409

      1 ¦' ' - — — Index To The Books Published Between April 2 And 16.

      1 ¦ ' ' - — — Index to the Books published between April 2 and 16 .

      The Words In Italics Are Those Under Whi...

      The Words in Italics are those under which the Titles are given Alphabetically in full , with the Publisher ' s Name .

      Abbey Murder, Hcuton (Joseph) 1b. Accide...

      Abbey Murder , HcUton ( Joseph ) 1 b . Accident or Sudden Illness , Black ( G . ) First Aid , 2 a . 6 d . & 2 s .

      Acbamians , Aristophanes t with Notes , & c , Merry ( W . W . ) 3 s . Africa , South , Theal ( G . M . ) History , 2 nd edit . 15 s . Alexander I ., Memoirs , Prince , Czartoryaki , 2 vols . 25 s .

      Amusement , Evening , new edit , ls ^ Anabasis , Xenophon , Book IV ., Text , 6 d . ; with Notes , Is . Analysis , Qualitative , Fenton ( H . J . H . ) 6 s .

      Animal Life , Forms of , Rolleston ( George ) 2 nd edit . 36 s . Antipodean Notes , 7 s . 6 d . Arbitration , Redress , Lynch ( H . F . ) Digest of the Law , 5 s .

      Arithmetic , Higher , for the Civil Service , Haugh ( J . J . ) 2 s . Arithmetic , Higher , Ooyen ( P . ) 5 s . Arithmetic Questions , Watson , Standard II ., Id .

      Army , British , Lawrence ( Major J . H . ) Sis . 6 d . Anrah Neil , James ( G . P . R . ) Notable Novels , 6 d . Atlas , Ancient and Modern , Gall & Iuglis , 2 s . 6 d .

      Atonement , Sacrifice a Necessity , Fevrier ( J . T . ) 8 s . Gd . Auld Licht Idylls , Barrie ( J . M . ) Gs . Bad Boy and his Sister , Broadaxe ( B . ) 6 J .

      Before the Ourfew , & c , Poems , Holmes ( 0 . W . ) 5 s . Belfry of Bruges , Peard ( F . M . ) Is * Bible in Spain , Borrou ? ( G . ) cheap edit . 2 s . 6 d .

      Bible , Sermon , Genesis to Samuel II ., 7 s . 6 d . Biography , Dictionary of National , vol . 14 , 20 s . < fe 15 s . Birds , Birthday . Book , Ooodale ( D . R . ) 7 s . 6 d .

      Birds , British , Illustrated Manual , Sounders ( H . ) Part I ., Is . Birds of Herefordshire , Notes , 7 s . 6 d . Birthday Book , Twain ( Mark ) new edit . 2 s . 6 d .

      Birthday Signature Book , Pray for me , 1 , 8 . 6 d . & Is . Black Death , Dancing Mania , & o ., Heeler ( F . C . ) 6 d . & ad . Blacksmith of Yoe , G ushing ( P . ) 8 vote . 26 s . 6 d .

      Bohemians of the Latin Quarter , Afurger ( H ) 7 b . 6 d . Bonaventure , Cable ( G . W . ) 6 s . ' i

      Breviarium Romanum , 1635 , 12 s . British History , Longmans' Historical Readers , Is . 3 d .

      Builders' Prices , Sky ring , 78 th edit . 4 s . Burial Law , with the Acts , Little ( Jaines B . ) 10 s . Burke , Morley ( John ) 5 s .

      Burmese Manual , Sla $ k ( Charles ) 2 s . 6 d . Burns , Robert , Poetical Works , with GlO 3 sarial Notes , 3 s . 6 d . I By Celia ' s Arbour , Besant ( W . ) & Eice , new edit . 6 s .

      i Calendar , College of Preceptors for 1888 , 2 s . 6 d . Calendar , Schoolmasters of Scholarships , & c , 1883 , Is . Cambridge , Norfolk and Suffolk Directory , 30 s .

      Carlyle , Miscellanies , Ashburton edit ., vol . 3 , 83 . Cathedrals , Our National , vol . 2 , 10 a . 6 d . Cellini , Benvenuto , Life , by J . A . Sjmonds , 2 nd edit . 12 s .

      Century , New Series , vol . 13 , 10 s . 6 d . Cetewayo and his White Neighbours , Haggard , new edit . 6 s . Chaucer , Xiy A . W . Ward , Men of Letters , n . edit . Is . 6 d . < fe Is .

      Chemistry , Elementary , Furneaux ( "Win . 8 . ) 2 s . 6 d . Chemistry , Principles , Qailoway ( Robert ) 6 s . 6 d . Chemistry , Watts' Dictionary , new tdit . vol . 1 , 42 s .

      Chequers , Public-house History , Runciman ( J . ) 2 s . 6 d . & 2 s . Chinese Language Evolution , Edkins ( Joseph ) 4 b . Gd . Christian Chuioh , Aristotle and , Azarias , 3 a . 6 d .

      1 Christian Facts and Forcea , Smyth ( Newman ) new edit . la . Chiistianity , Metaphysics , Treatise on Morality , I ., 6 s . Chrietian Year , Ktble ( J . ) illustrated , 3 s . 6 d .

      Christ ' s Victory and Triumph , Fletcher ( aile 3 ) Is . Church of England , Official Year-Book for 1888 , 4 s . & 3 a . Church of England , One Body , Turnock ( J . R . ) Is . 6 d .

      Churchwarden ' s Guide , Chambers ( G . F . ) new edit . 6 s . City of Dreadful Night , Thomson ( James ) new edit . 5 s . Cliff M ¦ yst mr ery mr , Aidd (^ Hamilton . _ - ) - ^ _ Arrowamith _ .. _ . _ Lib ____ ., ^ le __ . Gd . 4 c Is .

      Collie , its History , Points , & o ., Dated ( Hugh ) Is , _ Communion ,. Sidebotham , Our Daily Brea ^ , 6 d . . / fl ' '

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1888, page 409, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041888/page/15/