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    B "7 zr——— ' - nr 161888 The PublishersC...

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    WAGITEB AND LISZT.* Kichard Wagner is pe...

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    a Doo about nothenge , " Th other the second parte of the ' * History of Kinge Henry the

    ILLJ TTTJth th .., " " with " with the thft humours nnmnnra' of of Sir Kit John . John Ffallstaff : Wrytten by Master Shakespere . ' This form of entry lasted for hundreds of

    years . It is very curious to look over these old registers at Stationers' Hall , provided one

    has has a a definite definite purpose nurnnsfl in in view vifiw . . ' Chambers — . ¦ i . — - — - »¦ —^^ " * ' Encyclopa ' ^ 'di ^ ^^ ^^ ~\ ~ - - v ^ - * u | * edia --.-- » AAK . ' — ¦ ~ Literature g w ^ aa ^ -ph « JW W VKJL V ^

    will be powerfully represented in the new paedia volume r- ' — — , 3 which ( II . ) -w ^— of - ¦ is ¦ ¦ ™ the expected - »¦ ¦ •»¦¦ ^ re a-- ¦»¦» - •*¦ issue ^^ - *^ w to * r ^^ - be aa of ^ ^> r published »_^ this w « ¦¦ i » v ^ i > » ar . * am . B Encyclo » - ^^ ^^^ about ^ -a » » a ^ ^^ . «¦» ^ -

    the middle of September . The volume will contain the following prominent biographies and Walter studies Wh of literary te' Robert men Burns : ' Boccaccio ' by Mr / Andrew by Mr .

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    ' Byron / by Mr . Saintsbury , < Carlyle , ' by Mr . , W W . . Wallace Wallace , and and others ofchfirs of of minor minnr interest intftrAsf . .

    Several notable , contributions will appear in the hical section perhaps the most

    interesting geograp to anticipate are ; those on Bechuanaland land bv by feir Sir Charles Charles Wan Warren -fin and anri B "Rnrma urma b hv Sir Sir

    Charles Bernard . Space does not permit y Us to mention more names ¦> fc at presentbut it is

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    The Pope Commemoration . —The result of the meeting held at Twickenham on June 15 has ¦¦¦«¦ been ++ so far satisfactoryA

    influential — —~~~•* - " ** -r ¦* committee - ^^ . ^ -W -v ^ - .. W ¦ .,- !» . » . has MtWVAMAUIV been formed J . •* " - * " com very ~ Xa / A » - prising most of the prominent men of , letters

    residing in London . It will be remembered that the object is to celebrate the completion of two ¦ ¦ centuries from the birth of PopeThe

    ~ — ^^ ^» ^^^^ . « a * V « Jh J * . ^ a * P ^ P * . * . •¦ . V ' * AXA ^/ AA \/ K ^ JL * - KS i ^ A . ^^ r Jk ^ - ^ 1- ^ V > S . —»— J _ i ^ m / when celebration the exhibition will begin will on be the opened 31 st of with Jul an y ,

    address by Professor H . Morley . It was decided that the Commemoration take the

    shape of a temporary loan museum of editions of the works , autographs , portraits , and relics

    of Pope , his friend and contemporaries , as well tion as engravings of a of anent Old Twickenham l ? collection ; the founda in the

    -Twickenham perm Free Public opean Library ; and a is water Mr . pageant H . H . Tedder . The , Athenseum hon . London Club secretary .

    The British Museum : Appointment . — The army of readers who frequent ' the Room ' in the — —¦— ' % ^ British . » . *¦ A . Jk VJLMAA Museum ^ . T- ^ ^ rf ^ Pi ^ r X VtA & l , A looked . X _^ VAA . VV 1 . A fo VA rward IT « V- - with fl Jk VJk MV some / « JL M \ ^ . ^ . ^*^* ^^ . . ^

    interest to the appointment of the new chief able Librarian whether . However a gentleman desirabl connected e , it was question with the

    -Printed Book Department would receive the appointment « tt rest bthe . All intelli doubts have that now the been trustees set have recommended y Her gence Majesty to give the position ^ to MrMaunde Thompsonthe

    ( Kjti / lUll \ j \ J J-TJLX . . XIXU U 11 U . U J- JiiVyXiX |^» O \_ 7 J . J . U 1 1 U keeper of the manuscripts in the Museum , , . Hymns Ancifnt and Modern—We are

    .. for requested the statement to state that contained there is in no one authorit of our y

    contemporaries . Messrs . Taylor Brothers' New Card

    artistic its Calendars new effects desi . — gns Alread for y the the striking Leeds ensuing firm anything year has . issued Tile the

    are as as firm has produced . Colour-printing of this

    peculiar character has been brought to a high

    state oi perfection , and these calendars are instances of this .

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    July 16 , 1888 The Publishers' Circular 803

    Wagiteb And Liszt.* Kichard Wagner Is Pe...

    WAGITEB AND LISZT . * Kichard Wagner is perhaps the most

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    Page after page might be culled from these letters of Wagner's and inserted , byway of

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    him that he writes . If here we are compelled to IS ^^ f admit % ¦ > V "Wit AA * A Bfc * that «^ JBfc PBh * P ^« # «^ Wagner » » « - ' ^ 'tapB . ^ Ifc ^ fcB * ^ B . attempted *• -k ^ ¦»!» ^^ — ^ ^ » -B » - " . » '"¦ B- " «»^ the V -BB . BB , - *~ T impossible , BB . . Bi Pi — B ^> - ^ rf- FV B-P » PBB . .- ~ - > B _ -BaT ¦ , > ,

    he only suffers under the same disability as all I other serious a- .. n , t ^ r a-- theorisers «> -a- » a » b > on . ~ a > B art *» -- » pb . r a while » —• -a ^ over i « - - "pb- most j . bi - ¦•••¦ ¦ - --a » ^_^ fasiA ^ ^^ j ^ j ^ j »^ j ^ ^* pkar ^ ^ ^ . aT X ^ ^ , rfpW . * ^ pa ^ p ^^ ^^ ^ , . ^ — — . .

    of them he maintains the advantage that in him the art-instinct , in its most comprehensive and anH most tnnah condensed nonrlftnapifl form form , had had embodied ftmbodied itself itself ..

    We know of no aesthetic , writings from which so much , light can be drawn as from those of WagnerIn - —¦ them is to « # be b found ibbk ¦ rf b ~ m ^ r thing bbb- ¦

    that V a ; % JU ]¦¦» * c an ^ " ^ " * . . be revealed ^ > ab V aaV ^ ^ aa * * ^< a , r * as -4 » - ^ to ^^ v ^ . the - « -p « - - - ^> genesis ^ — — . -v-, every -s ^ . > ^ of w * r ^ tli -. - ^ o V art aB ^ a -work - avajato as -Bap ^ PhB F ^ v such W . ^ ^¦ ^ V | A JVai . ^ He ^ p ^^ bbbp . ^ bB * ppp is * t ^ one --. ^ - pp » ppp > - ^ p- of - ~— the - ^ p- » pb ^ pt world t - - *— ' —pp . ^— — ^ 's - ^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ j ^ ^ ^^ ' ^ |

    great witnesses who comes forward time after flr time ives ivAH , his Iii throug ' h artisti 2 .. W-. is hout f . i c testimony tftsf a long imnnv space on on each eanh of occasion onnasion years , and m in

    a g clearer , riper , and more convincing form than ¦ IS ^ ft Jk ^ V » Jaa befo IVi ^ ^^ Jaa , ^^ J re * . ^ aa' . P Even -a ^ -Jal W ^ B # ipaa . ^ where W » aav ^ fc - * B » - -bbb ¦^ b * his -bbj b-b » — . B ^ a « - theory --B-- — -. — ¦ - — - - *^ — m V stumbles — -mr -mr-mi - __ > v ¦— -PBr rw

    it strikes sparks of suggestion from the ground . ? Correspondence of Wayner and Liszt from 1841 to 1861 . ' Translated into English , with a Preface , by Fraaoia Hueffer .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 16, 1888, page 803, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16071888/page/5/