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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 31st December 1886, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1696

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      ; ; Tennyson's New Volume.* It Would Ind...

      suppleness of the poet which enables him to conform without loss of freedom to the stringent laws of men and verse . Lord Tennyson retains his conspicuous mastery over the trochaic metre , and even the least favourable criticisms among the demanded instantaneous bthe , or necessities " pistol-grap of the h , " dail 1 y press , stingily admits y that the poem ' here and there exhibits the inimitable touch / ' >

      Murray's Magazine. ' I Am About To Comme...

      MURRAY'S MAGAZINE . ' I am about to commence a Journal ( monthly ) to comprise all subjects of literature and its varieties , and to exclude totally , as will be stated in the advertisement—Politics / publisher These , w in ords a letter were written to Thomas by John Moore Murray , poet , , on December 31 , 1817 . The projector , in the same letter , invited Moore to contribute ' essays , or letters , or scraps—on society . It is not derogatory to the fame of the Bard of Erin to say that the melodious little man who ' dearly loved a lord' was admirably fitted for the task of supplying items of that description . Mr . Murray showed a tolerably keen editorial discernment did when he in asked making B the request for sterner , as he stuff also . yron B manifests yron took this a deep in his interest jocular in rh the yme proj addressed ect , and , to his friend ' My Murray . ' Seven decades have passed since Murray was enlisting contributors for his proposed periodical , and it has been reserved for the present representative of the house to give visible life to the original project . How many magazines have lived and died in that interval ! Of high-class periodicals , distinct from the quarterlies , Blackwood / s is the only long-lived and lusty survivor . We have lost Frascr ^ T-it , B-ntley , and the Dublin University , all of which are now mines of wealth to busy toilers as well as fountains of delight to point desulto to ry readers . friends Fortunatel such y as we Macmillan still can reputations The Cornhill younger of , and note Temp while le newer Bar , all and having rather , imposing acquaintances , are seen in the Contemporary , Fortnightly , and Nineteenth Century . comparativel To present y day a fresh readers favourite Longman . Cousins is yet welcomed too , have cordiall come amongst : the us success and of have been , and The Century y showing in a measure Harper the friendly cosmopolitan appreciation existing among Eng lish readers . and Murra interesting ya Maga associations zine , however of , the from house the old is that peculiarl without y we a lcome strugg , and le it we will venture at once to take , say si position second to none of the many which English readers are now called upon to support . interest We perused and noted the prospectus with leasure with the not a little of ita promises , in connection p with literature range and art branches , science of , knowled geography , travels also that , and in other controversial matters it is ge not ; intended to be a z

      partial medium . Political topics , wjiich . the original projector clearly intended to eschew , are to be treated , and possibly it is wise to do adopted so , particularl , that y is in the to say mode , b which y inviting has been discussion from representatives of opposing views . By this time the contents of the first- . number of the new magazine are pretty well known , jand have been fairly criticised . Of Byroniaha published for the first time there is little , but what is supplied is of extreme interest , being the opening lines to c Lara , ' and ' Recollections of Madame de Stael . ' The latter forms a welcome contribution to the [ literary 4 Responsibilities history of of Power an interesting y and the ' Uses period of . C A . dversit A . Whitmore y ' are political , the Conservative , the former member by Mr for . 5 ¦ Chelsea , and the latter by Mr . G . W . E . Russell , the defeated Liberal candidate for Fulham . These articles are succeeded by an * anonymous sketch , ' An Irish Parish Priest ;' 'Amour Dure' ( Part I . ) , by Vernon Lee ; 'Cosmopolitan Theories and Colonial Facts , ' by Capt . Colomb , M . P . ; ' Major Lawrence , * ( Chapters I .-IV . ) , a story , by the Hon . Emily Lawless ; and 'What Germany is About , ' by George von Bunsen . The next item , ' Our Library List , ' is a praiseworthy feature . The number concludes with the first part of a good abridgment of General Grant ' s ' Memoirs / from the pen of Mr . Matthew Arnold .

      &Ott$ Anti $Eto£* On January 25 An Impor...

      & ott $ anti $ eto £ * On January 25 an important new serial work in monthly parts will begin its course under the title 'Our Earth and its Story , ' by Dr . Robert Brown , F . R . G . S ., F . L . S . The work will have coloured plates and numerous illustrations and will be published by Messrs . Cassell & Co . On the same day Messrs . Cassell will begin to issue monthly a new and revised edition of ' CasselPs Universal History , ' with about 800 illustrations . W . We G . are Stoneham glad to & hear Co of / s the excellent success ' Pellisfort of Messrs . Bookbinding . Early in the new year Bibles and Prayer Books will be supplied in ' Pellisfort binding by the Oxford University Press . Arrangements are also being made to provide ledgers , day books , and other office publications in the same strong and novel style . A new process of printing in colours , whicli is at present kept secret , has been adopted in the production of the art supplement of tho Lady ' s Pictorial . It appears to be a combination of ordinary colour-printing and typogravure ; in any case a softness of tone has been obtained by it superior to what can bo found in most of the kindred publications . Messrs . Whittaker & Co . have in tho press a series of articles on ' South African Hunting , and Notes on a Ride to the Victoria Falls of tho Zainbesi , ' reprinted , with considerable II

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1886, page 1696, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121886/page/8/