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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 31st December 1890, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1655, Booksellers' Provident Institution.—

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      The Illustrating Of Books. —Mr. Harry

      looked view at down the garden as Charles gate . Thorndike She " sig took hed and her

      hand "—unavoidable and not unacceptable subject . Lovers are all commonplace young men with large eyeslong Ph legsand 1 small 1 i

      moustaches ~ p ~ — — w ™ ¦ ™ —^ " ^ P" ^ "P - — ( ~~ —~ villains - - ^ MP ^ M ^^^ ™ ^^^ p ' —^ " ^ » moustaches ~~ , —J - —^ — " ^ PpPJP ¦ ^¦ *^» ^ P pSPH' —~ grow , -PM ° " ^ F ^ * P ^ ^ "PP ^« " ^ apace ^^ P * "P » P ^» ¦ P ^ P ^™"" * P ) ^^» ; moreoverloversI believegenerally take

      care to avoid , observation , . But , no ! it appears that " our subscribers" have a stern code

      which may not be lightly infringed . A letter from the editor rebukes my worldly ways : —

      ' " Dear Sir , —Will you kindly give Charles Thorndike a beard , and show an aunt or uncle

      or some chaperon in the distance ; the subject and treatment is hardly suitable otherwise to our young readers . "

      i Sometimes a publisher steps in and arrange G 7 s everything * f KJ ? , regardless f of all the

      author and artist may cherish . ' Years ago a well-known but not very prosperous publisher sent for me , and spoke

      as A follows 6 l 4 Now : — , Mr . F ., what I want is to knock M .

      the B . P . with Christmas . The story is all blood and murderbut don ' t mind thatyou

      must supply the antidote , ; put in the , holly and mistletoe , pL lenty */ of snow and p

      Xlumpudding ( the story was a seaside one in — summer —_ -time ) j . I like John Tenniel's work ,

      give us a bit of him , with a dash of Du ^^ Maurierand a sprinkling of Leech here and

      there __ ; but , none of your Rembrandt effects ! ¦ they ^ . r ^ B p | p | - ^ gir are » V P ^ V ^ pP ^ too ^» ~* - ~ ^— dark — — -r ^ n ¦ , —m and - ^ v — don — ¦ ' - ¦ - w 't - _~ print p- - - ' — up — _ — - well - >^ p- . —

      Ney er mind what the author says ; he hasn't made it Christmasso you must ! "

      ' It is equally difficult , to comply with an editorial request such as this : " The story 1

      send you is as dull as ditch-water ; do , please , read it over and illustrate it with lively

      pictures . "'

      *- I Dec. 31, 1890 The Publishers' Circu...

      * - I Dec . 31 , 1890 The Publishers' Circular t $ ^

      Lord Tennyson's Childhood. — The Laureat...

      Lord Tennyson ' s Childhood . — The Laureate h himself - - has told an anecdote that ¦

      s ^ . PW h *^ ^^^ - ^ ows ^^^ ^^ ^^ r ^ ^^ ^ ^^ how ^— well a breast of contemporary writing was the secluded household . He was

      but fifteen when news arrived of the death of Band -ii how he received the intelligence

      is ^ 0 ^^^^^ yron _ told ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ m , p ^ thus ^^^^^ ^^ ^* ^^^ v : — ^ ^ ^ ^ " ^ 'Byron ^— ^ - ~ ^^^ - — — — was — — « dead — ^— ! I thoug r g ht the whole world ¦ was ¦ at an ---- end - . I thoug ,, ht

      every ^^ j ^ 4 j ^ — , — ^ ^ thing ^^ «« ^^ ^ H ' ^^ i' was » » ^ " - ^ over — — - - * and finished . _— _ for everyone _ —that nothing else mattered . I 4 fc remember

      1 walked out alone , and carved Byron is dead » J ^ ^^^^ ^^ f ^^^ " into ^* ^ B ^ B ^** ^ - ^ the ™^ ^~ ^^ ^ " ^ F sandstone ^ " » - ¦ ¦ " ¦ ^ " ^ " ¦— » --i ™ ' - ^ «^ ^^_ — . m * ~ ' Curiousl —m- - — ... y enoug _ h ,

      friend far away in in later Hadding life ton Jane , one Welsh w ho - ~ -.. - was heard - to be the a

      mt m 4 l ^^ ^ a ^^^» ^* ^^ ^ ^* ^ " ^^ ^~^ ^—^ ^— ^ " ^ ^^^ , — . - , _ told intelli it gence all alone with ' identical wrote M feelings iss Wel . ' I 'in was a

      room full of peop , le . If they had said the , sun or - the moon BIti was gone k 1 out of the heavens it

      ^ ^ ^^ ^^^ p ^ ^^ ^^^ r <^ V ^ *^ — g— ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ — ^ ^* —~ ^ H ^^^ T ™ ¦ ^^^ ^ — — could not have struck me with the idea of a more awful and 14 dreary blank in the creation

      than the words Byron is dead . "' Her words are valuable as showing the extraordinary hold

      Tennyson Byron had as over exainp his ling own the generation intellectual , those atnio of

      sp where ^ y JR here Ji ^^^ J ^ ^^^ of poetry K r ^^ ^ his % <^ «« ^« w childhood made * " ""¦ ' ^ ' » w - **^ i - *^ . table — — — ' " » Except -- ¦¦^ - - talk - ^ ^ - ^ - ¦— — - , -j in the a house boy ^ g ' s

      passionate incredible . sorrow His devotion would to liave B been n did almost not yro

      long continue in its intensity , but was drowned

      Lord Tennyson's Childhood. — The Laureat...

      of in the his worshi century p whose of Scott fam , one e shines of the on fe with w wr clear iters

      and unquestioned m 4 ^ splendour A ^ . —From 4 M the j « A to

      Journal for January .

      Booksellers' Provident Institution.—

      Booksellers' Provident Institution . —

      The usual monthly meeting of the directors was held at the offices , 56 Old Bailey , on

      Thursday Thuradav , . Decem December ber lo 18 . . Mr Mr . . C C . . JJ . . Ijongman T ^ nnflrman presided , and seventeen other directors were present . The sum of 107 J . 158 . Sd . was

      distributed in temporary and permanent assistance to sixty-one members ----and -- — widows — — - — of — —

      members usual usual generous crenerona , which oj gifts erifts was of of supp Mr Mr lemented . W . . E "E . b Green y * rftftn the

      Mr . Joseph Whitaker , and Messrs . Sampson , Low & Co . in addition to the extra grant

      made by the , institution at this season of ^^ the

      year . o >

      Ragged School Union. Rr* The A L ^ Edi T...

      RAGGED SCHOOL UNION . rr * the a l ^ Edi t . t # * tor a . _ _ of the j . 7 " _ Publishers "T » «* ** _ — _ . - — — . — .. i Circular s" * - _

      To . ' . Sift—The practical sympath jr- y accorded to - _ .

      the Ragged , School ^ Union for nearl . y fifty — — — — years — — — by m the publishing J ^ ^ and allied " professions ^ T- " ¦ —— — — ' — — ' — and - - — ' ^^ »

      trades , warrants us in believing that we shall not appeal in vain to your readers for help in

      regard to nourishing meals * and warm clothing K for the 50000 poor children attending our

      schools and , missions . Our primary % f need is money—in sums large —

      A . m / O and small . We shall also be grateful for gifts of boots and clothing < . _

      Any remainders of books , pictures , scraps , and toys will also be acceptable .

      Trusting we may have the pleasure of receiving kJassistance in some or all of the above

      shapes , I amSiryours obediently

      , , John Kirk , , Ragged School Union tfperdary .

      CIO rnf ( established 1844 ) ,

      Exeter Hall , Strand , London , W . C . ¦ W

      - -^F- — — Tijad^ C^ Ange^

      - - ^ F- — — Tijad ^ C ^ ange ^

      Owing to the great development of their ordinary publishing businessMessrs . Griffith

      FaiTiiu tfc Co . have decided to , relin juish their , Bible ppi ¦ «^ " ^^^ " ^» ^*^ , ^ m Prayer <^ a ^ ta ¦¦ ¦ ^^ ^^ J ™ ¦¦ v ^ Book ^—^^— —^ ~* r i , - ^ m and ¦ - ^» ¦ — — ^»^™ tine ^^ ^^ *^^ h ^^^ bindings 11 ^ i ^ ^ - ^ *^ ~—~ <^ " ^^ ^ ^^^^ t - ^ ~ depart - ^ - ^^ -m ^ m ~ -r- — pi - - ^—

      nient , and they beg to announce that they have disposed of it entirely to the Oxford University

      1 «/ ml Press . This will take effect from January 1 next , and all books of their publication which

      were previously supplied by them in various styles of leather binding may in future be

      J - - - O «» obtained from the Oxford University Press warehouse .

      The partnership between Aga . s Henry Goose anil Walter Alfred Nudd , ot Norwich

      dissolved und er the b mutual yle of consent Goose . & JS The r udd b , usiness has been of , y

      the kite firm will be carried on by Mr . JNudd , and Mr . Goose will carry on the business

      heretofore conducted by himself at Rampant Hor . io' Street , Norwich . . _ L . QB

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1890, page 1655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121890/page/13/