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    April 16, ishs ' TJie Publishers' Circul...

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    ia the desert . These persecutions continued until the days of Louis XylThe 'Album '

    - contains portraits of all the prominent characters in this century of oppression . These

    portraits are engraved by the best artists , and M . Hugues has written notices of each person

    portrayed , rendering the book historically and artistically interesting .

    Messrs . Gamier Freres have commenced the publication of an illustrated edition of the

    ' Romans de Voltaire . ' Voltaire ' s novels are not too well known in this country , although

    ' Zadig' was supposed to have suggested to Dr Johnson the charming tale of ' Rasselas . '

    This edition will contain 110 illustrations , and is published at a very low price .

    ' I / Ambassade de France on Angleterre sous Henri IV ., ' par M . de Kermaingant ,

    while it contains * no scandal about Queen Elizabeth' gives an amusing account of the

    Virgin Queen , in her old age , when she still had matrimonial proclivities - *• . The embassy ft /

    was specially sent by Henry IV . to announce his approaching marriage with Marie de Me'dicis .

    his On receiving speech — j— — " — - ¦ ¦ , ^ Eliz ^^^ the * * * » abeth " ¦» Ambassador »*^^ ^»^ • «^ said " ««^ * - ^* ^ ^ - >^ the ^^ ^ ^ ^ t and ^ news ^ ¦ b . ^ v' » rep » p >^ f l put »_ y ^^ ing *^ the *• a to A . ^^

    idea of matrimony into her own head . ' But * she added , ' the princes of the present day are ,

    too young for me . ' trations The Munich are far and Fliegende Blatter superior , whose to those illus in

    any other satirical periodical away in either hemisphereis to — - hav - — ¦ - e a formidable rival in Deutsche

    ^ , y — — — — — - ^^ » — ^» ^^ ^ " ~ ^ ^ *^ ~ ^ ^< v * - ^^ ^ ^^ .- »» ^^ » m- ^^ J ^ ^ ^ < flh m - ^ v ^ l- 'l * ' % S m—* ^ i-h' «^ ^^ lished Wespen in ( ' Berlin German . Wasps' ) , which will be

    pubannounce Herren for Duncker immediate and Humblot publication of Lei * pzi Ge g -

    helm the schichte history von der Giesebrecht down Deutschen to , the vol Kaiserzeit . v fal ., l part of , Henry 2 ' , von carry Wil the ing

    -Lion . They will also publish ' Forschungen ^ : ur Brandenburgischen und Preussischen

    Gearticles schichte , , ' the vol first . i ., part part will 1 . contain Amongst 4 Extracts other

    from lnedited Memoirs of Frederick the Great's Brother ; ' ' The Duke of Cumberland and the

    Letters Hanoverian — — — — of -w- — Voltaire Constitution » v — « s ^ w « . a . - ^^ on -v ^ A A . of his A » . A KJ 1833 going C _ >_^ * . A ; ' and to W-T A live ' Thre , T V > A in A e

    < Prussia i work , of 1750 great . ' interest The same at the firm present also announce moment when the — — — -w- attention » -w v w -w m . » . * j m . -v ^ a m . ¦ of v- * " Jfc * all - *» ¦¦ A Jt Europe 141 V- ^ i ^^ V ^ lU is riveted A . X V X . J Wy V * on V- * A A ,

    the Northern Colossus . It is called 'Deutsch-Protestantiatrhe Provinzen Kusslands Kamp . ' fe It in will den narrate baltischen the

    struggles of the native German inhabitants of the uia Baltic provinces of Russia for religious

    < Ulld secret eaucational educational police espionage libpi liberty rtv and - . of Th Lhe civil « rp revelations and . vp . lat reli . iona ious of of oppression under Russian domination are g the

    more striking because the information has been gleaned from official documents hitherto abaolutel

    also y admirers inaccessible of . Mendelssohn Lovers of music will welcome who are ' Briefe ^ riete von von Felix Jb elix Mendelssohn Mendelssohn Barfcholdv Jbartholdy an an

    Igna j z und Charlotte Moscheles . ' To no " one to ^ to as Ignatius Ifimatius Mendelssohn JXloscheres Moschelfea more . to to warml whom whom y he ho attached contided confided than all all

    tiall his joys all and the sorrows incidents , and of related his musical circumstan career - . y ' ~ "" ¦ ¦ ¦ — 1 ., —i — ii-i . — > - ¦!¦ + m - yi" •

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    These letters were often accompanied . . hf sketchesskilfulldrawn bthe master

    him-, y y self These , and are by reproduced original musical in facsimile compositions , and will .

    add vastly to the interest of the volume ., Our valued ¦ % i % and well-informed

    contem-^_^ ^^« ^ b * mi ^* ~ - ^^ ^ ¦ 1 ^ ^ b ^ v ^^^ ^^^ » ^^ ^^^^ — ^— ——— — — ^— — — porary mistak , e Xe of ^ attributing Temps , has to made Earl the Ijytto strange nour

    Ambassador in Paristhe authorship of , that clever work ' The Coming , Race , ' which , as

    everyone ought to know , was written by the author of ' Pelham . '

    The German booksellers' new house in on Leipzi Sunday g will the be opene 29 th d inst with . The muc members h ceremony of

    the Borsenverein , and their guests will assemble in the old Booksellers' Exchange at 8 . 30 a . m .

    and walk in procession to the new building , where at 10 . 30 will be held a festival meeting ,

    after which those present will walk through the festival rooms dinner and will inspect be held the at trade 4 o ' clock exhibits . During . A

    the festivitieswhich are to last from Saturday the i / HV 4 28 * \ J 1 th / JiX till U-L-A . JL Monday A , . TJ . V / al \ AU > If the v / a . a . v ^ ^ 30 - ^ ^ - ^ th w ** . inst » -. — - * - w . » , a —w festival — —

    concert and a performance of Weber ' s posthumous be given comic Althoug opera h , the ' The recent Three death Pintos of , ' will the

    Emperor j ^_ j V * ' Cb * . T ^ - * A . A . William ^ . ^ A . * J A . A ^—^ ^ At modified aK *^ V ** ^^ - ^ ^ the ^ ^^ " *¦* ^* ori ™^ —— g inal —— p lan of the celebrationwe trust that the booksellers

    ing may to have inaugxir a pleasant . ajb , e their and handsome well-attended new building gather- .

    We have heard with much pleasure of the marriage of Monsieur Jules Hetzel , son of the

    late publisher esteemed , J . and P . regretted Hetzel ; and author we Hetzel rietzei , as sincerel well late as y

    and and cordially r . ordiallv wish wish to to Madame Madame ( ^ iate of Madame that charming Veuve A JL ¦¦¦ Blanchard writer . * . - •¦ and # Jfc v ) , judicious and to the caterer son

    • K * r Mm % SA . JmV \ S \^ A . OVA . «~ JL A . A . A . C ^ » ¥ V ^^ ^** J ^^ for juvenile readers , P . J . Stahl , all health ,

    happiness , and prosperity . - —

    April 16, Ishs ' Tjie Publishers' Circul...

    April 16 , ishs ' TJie Publishers' Circuliar 401

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    E . J . Stoneham . —The death , is announced of this well-known booksellerwhich took lace

    on the 8 th inst . Born at Greenwich , in p the year the present H Queen f came ¦ to the I I throne —* «^ w

    Mr » - . Stoneham was educated ^^^ —— — — at - the " ^— — proprietaiy - ^ r " ^^^ - ^^ ^« ¦ ¦ ^^ ^^^ , ^ H school in that town . When 22 ¦ years of age

    — ~ — - — — - — — - ^^~ - ^* - ^ ^— m - ^ -m ^^ ^^ ^** " ^ Hb - ^^ he commenced business for himself , starting in an humble way as a secondhand bookseller

    at Wool wich . A few years later he was obliged throug w ^^^ m h the - — — increase — - — - - — in - — his — » - ^^ business - ^ — ^ — - " ^ ^ ^^ ^ m - ^^ ¦ ^ ^^^ to - *^ * - * ^ remove ^ ^^^ ^ m ^ K ^» ~ , — v ^ h ^

    to the Borough , where he opened premises in the — Hig v ^^^ H h Street - — - — — —~ - . — A — - h further ^ - ^ ¦ — " ^— ~— — ^^ v ^^^ advance ^^ ^ r - ^^ ^^ -m - ^ b ^ - ^ ^^ h ^ - ^^ r ^^^^ was V ^ ^ fc ^^^ . ^^ tf ^ after ^^ W ^^ ^ fc # ^^^^ J ^ fc

    wards made to 70 Cheapside , where he remained to the day of his death . Mr . Stoneham will

    chiefly be remembered for the part he took in introducing ^^^^_ the new — - - ~ " - — form — n of - _ r m discount ^^^» ^ W ^* ^ fc ^ ' ^^ " ^^^ ^ ^» «^ trade ^^ ^^ ^ h' ^ V ^^^ B ^ k ^^ .

    The matter attracted a good deal of notice at the timeand was productive of the lengthened

    dispute - - — with , — -- -- which - — — - — _ readers - — — — ~^~ — . v of - ^ m- -m ^ w this ^ r ^ ^ mt ^^^ ^ journal » ^^^ «» ^^ lPMk ^^ ^* ** ^ 1 ^ *•¦ are ** ^*^ ^^^* only too familiar 1 . Mr ¦ ih ihiv . Stoneham was also

    — — — — _ - ^ . „ - ^ ^ ^_ - _ - - — ^^ —_ — - — •^ ' ^ ^ - ^^ r » «^^ r ^^ ^^^ «^ ^ i ^ ^^^^ ^^^ 4 S ^^^^ V vw fl | f ^ y w ^^ # V V ^^ p ^^^^ P * *^ W ^^ r ^^^ r activel entered y the connected Corporation with munici in-1881 pal . life , having

    - >* TMjltthew Arnold . — The death of Mr . Matthew Arnold , which occurred suddenly at

    Liverpool ¦ pn Sunday , the loth , removes on & - =-s—— . . — -i : di

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1888, page 401, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041888/page/7/