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    m j6, 1881 The Publishers' Circular 3gl

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    TRADE CHANGE.

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    II Booxs Received :—

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    Obituary. I

    The late Mr . 24 Jaones had T rendere . Fields d — valuable whose deat service h , in to his American 65 th year literature , took place besides at Boston ,

    Mass done . something on April towards — decorating its lighter departments himself . He , held intimate having

    personal 11 Nathaniel ^ fcuiii * ' ** " *^' " relations Oliver Hawthorne Wendell with , a William very Holmes wide . Cullen circle of Bryant men v Lowell of , lette Halleck Whittier rs , among , R . Bulwer whom H . Dana were , T Long > e Quincey f fellow , ,

    Em Thackeray erson , , Dickens , Charles Reade , , Alfre James d Tennyson R . , Robert , Browning , , and Harriet Lytton Martineau , W . M , . ¦ ¦ whose books were published by the " ™ firm " ¦ of which he became a member at an e T arly ageviz .

    Ticknor r Bill ^ jl ^* | L ^ ^¦^ p' & ^ ^ ^ " ^™ Fields ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ , Boston — , Mass ^^ ^ g . He also " ^^ ^^» ¦ found » " ^ ^ - ^ ^ ~^» —^^^ " in ^^^^ i this " ^ PF" ~^^ - ^ literary " —^ ' ^ ¦ - ^*~ m ¦ ^^ acquaintance — ^ ^^^^ p ^^^ ^ . p- ^ ' ^ ^^ h ^^^ pr ' ^ p' ^^ - ^ ^^^^ an ^ B ^^ inexh r ^ B ^ ^^^ M h ^ BHBBk au ^^ , ^« stible * ^^^^^^ ^ ^ , H fund upon — which to draw for the entertainment of lyceum audiences in the United Statesand

    ^ it uj- also * - ^ - * i resulted in the publication in 1873 of a volume ^ of prose sketches entitled ' Yesterdays , with _ . Authors . Monthl - »/» - »» / 7 published with m it in this for r » country number i by of Sampson /• and Low t several < fc Co . other Mr . Fields t > edited vent the

    I Atlantic such as a collection y of success the works of a De Quincey years and , conjointly with Mr literary . E . P . Whipp ures le ,

    < A Famil — . « y Library -W- 1 of Eng TTT * lish "I it ^ Poetry T" ^ /• ¦ , fro rf * m Chaucer . fNin , to the , Present ""»~ ^ ¦ Time FT 1 . ' At A I different T -Of » I times t , _ i ^ ^ n p iii f *

    he also pubiisnea no iewer tnan rour small volumes or verse .

    M J6, 1881 The Publishers' Circular 3gl

    m , 1881 The Publishers' Circular 3 gl

    Trade Change.

    TRADE CHANGE .

    Mr . Birmingham Howard Davidson . —The station has been ery purchased and booksellin by Mr g business . B . J . Davi carried s , late on for of several Rochdale years . The by

    Faluation was made by Messrs . JbLolmes < x Son and Mx . J 3 urghes .

    Ii Booxs Received :—

    II Booxs Received : —

    From the American Book Exchange , New York , U ^¦ v . ^ r S «^ ^ p . —' The ^^^ ^ ^ ~^» Choice —^— ¦¦ - ^^ ^ - ^» ^ B ^ of ^^ ¦ — - Books ^^ h ^^ «^ ^^ r ^ b" ^— v ^_ r , — B' Bk ¦ b w y J ^ Mr p ^ v ^ h ^* ^ p ^ . . j Charles ^^ . P ^^»^» ^>^ v ^^ ^ pk ^ p ^ ^^ v ^ F ^ . v . ^ ^ W ^ . •¦ * A . ^ ^^^^ a _~ a A

    Richardson * ^ , author of ' A Primer of American Literature / Tho title only of Mr . Richardson ' s little ^¦^ book is taken from the late Thomas Carlle ' s

    essay " » ^* m ^ v nr on ^ b' » the ^ bbb > ap * . *^ sam ^ r ¦¦* ™ pafe ^ t ^^ e ^ h 4 bbbbpi s ubj * ^ av BJbdk ect ^ pf ¦¦*•& , for ^ . fe ^ BPW ^ b » ^ b *^ it ^*^* «« is ^» 4 hA chiefl ^ ^* v v ^ r ¦ ^•^ ' ¦ y *^™ » ¦ ¦ mad ^ y ^ Bh » bf e I up of approved extracts from many authors who

    ha how nave ve much expressed exDresssd to read themselves themselves , and other on on similar what "what . top , when when ics . , , and and We commend commend the the au author thor for for having having created r » rfiatftd such fmeh a a

    book , that possesses a thoroughly eclectic spirit

    combined combined with "with common common fipnsibi sensible fi advice arlvme . which which . readers readers will adapt who who it know know to the not not uses when Wh of en . that how how . large and and what what , class to to of

    read hand . y It form is issued , at a price by the which publishers , ought , in to a neat place and it . within -.-.. *» the wuv reach * V / Cmv ^ ii v of * j . the tllC humblest AlUlUUlCOt who | f uu need uo & u a * hel . «

    pful guide in the formation of a genuine taste I readers shortl for reading y . issue . a Messrs reprint . Sampson of the book "Low for & Co Eng . will lish

    I I From mtrnation Messrs xl vi . A Re . view S . Barnes & This Co ., is New number York . — of

    I unusual - -- ^ vw interest . v AlOC . tC It ) , contains May jUU . il V . . JL nine XllO art JO a Ck icles UU 1 UUC 1 VI ¦ ^ which ast Trial may *~ J of be * - * yJ the named JUUdllClO — . Sir KJXX Alexander AlCAailUCl Balance Cockburn V ^ VSV , among AUU .. * . U ; ,

    I Russian Nihilists ; of 1 I xv "to - ? ^ gs eneva ; Oonatitutional Award ; George Tendencies Eliot ' s in Li Fran fe and ce

    and Recent Changes in Japan . ; I ? Messrs . Thos . Cook & Son . — ' Cook's Hand-HI DOftt f IVt * . T d 011 with » , i 1 edition »• .. of

    I | tik ue i hand . ° y ^ little * guide ' - to maps the . metropolis A new , issued I ri ? eWe H ~ known tourist and excursion agents .

    I h « e ' ^ lions Phtrt . ' ^ of tical the lists metropolis are added are dul of y the catalogued principal , "OUrchfia utu 8 and an / 1 lapel s * u ~ i _ theatres * . i a _ i _ ri ii ic : _ io ;_

    I I r ?^ ^ . ons , and , in s fact , , build , ings philanthrop and places of - I ^ descri Ption in which a visitor is likely to

    I I all * ia lotte nS Rtiv d to interest ¦» * railway »« - ^««^ i . - s , omnibuses T m « » e portion _ __ i , trams of ^ j * , and the 1 . 1 boat guide ? J s , I *? Nearl y arranged , and there is a good map .

    H 17 I JL \ t ' Waah " * ^ HatokardB gton Moon — , F The . R . SX King . Mr ' s E . Moon lish / , «© au tnor i

    ¦ w- __ " — " " aa ^ or " xno ^ ueen s j ^ ngusn , , ^ ^

    Ii Booxs Received :—

    ia which he ran atilt against Dean Alford , here

    borrows a title which , on the strength of evidence collected by Dr . Richard Morris , he proves to have been in common uso in 1553 , and which

    was probably current in still earlier days . He treats successively of the sources and history of the English languageof the oriin and ¦ progress

    of ^ t ^^ b ^^ *^* written ^^^ fc ^^ p »*^» ^^^~~ ^ ^*^ ^^ language ^^ ^^ ^^ i ^ ^^^ " ^ p ^ h ^^» " - ^^ i ^ ^ ri , ^^ , of ^^ ^^^ the ^^ ^^ " ^^ puzzling ^^ ^^ ^^ — g tt ^^» ^ ™ peculiarities — h— — ^~^ ^^^^ ^^ — —™^ —^ of English , and of spelling reform . The book be said to present the results of the author ' s

    private may reading , or rather the contents of a commonplace book , in which he tells us he noted down maoy interesting statements as he came across

    them , concerning the history , peculiarities , and anomalies of our language . A very interesting book is the , and result , indeed and the collection author adds of rare his own information oriinal g

    contribution , to the reconstruction of our mother tongue , in the shape of spelling reform , in favour of which so much has been said and written of

    late years . To this end he gives us a revised al alnhabat alphabet habet , he he the bases bases superiori on on ty its its of possession possession which to the or of one one existing sign sifftt

    for p each distinct elementary sound in the language , and he argues that * if in writing each sign were

    pronunciation used iiRArl to t . n indicate inrlinafft would onl nnlv y be its its facilitated own own one one sound sound ; learning . , correct COrreefc to spell and ¦» to read would be among ¦ ¦ » the easiest of

    Pn ^ m * S ^ f ^ *•• *»¦ *^» ^^^^ « b ^^ ^ . ^ 1 ^ . ^ * W ^^ « i ^ ah ¦ " w ~ r - — ' ™<~ — — — L \ M ^^ — ^^ — attainments difficult , and , instead writing of would , aa at be present restored , the to what most

    it was originally intended to be—speech made I visible . '

    From Messrs . Hodder & Stougliton . —* Ilobert Hall / By the Rev . E . Paxton Hood . A new

    volume of Messrs . Hodder & Sto ugh ton ' s capital bering series / of biograp The career hies of styled the * old Men Nonconformist Worth Remem ia

    sketched with all those vigorous touches which characterise Mr . Paxton Hood , both as a preacher

    and with ff 1 , Lai A as those bl | \ J a * J \ S writer strange ^* »/ A " v" *»^* rfc , ^^ and mannerisms »»*» - » A he ^ f-O W-A bri «*^ MJ >« n gs « and - » - Hall ¦ - »^» paroxysms » rf- * . ^» " -V before — — » - ^ - __^ __ . us of . _

    excitement which marked his career . Mr . Hood makes some valuable critical remarka on hi »

    Btj corresponding le , which he to asserts and to comparable be * in many with princi that ples of

    Demosthenes . ' Specimens of some of his moat

    famous sermons and addresses give a lair idea * or

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 16, 1881, page 391, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16051881/page/7/