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    appearing in 1725 , after in the the December author's death number of the which ' Biograp Franklin her worked that it was . the third edition , , published , , upon

    Encyclopaedia Messrs . T . of & T Biblical . Clark , , Historical of Edinburg , Doctrinal h , announce , and a Practical valuable Theology work as in ( based preparation on Herzog , ' An ' s ' Real ¦¦ -Ency ¦ ~— kloplidie ¦ ¦ ' ) edited ¦ by Professor — - ¦• . " SchafF » - *^ v-irvv « a T > T > Herzog fc Jfc ' s Encyklopadie MfT _» y is well

    known ^ VVV * ' — and ~^ . w hi — ' — g hl f " —— y " - —— valued — * , -j — ' by all students ^ j — — — —^ vv of »— —— the Bible * , . m ^ w . , Many m * r q . ' __ of . ^ ^^ the m ^~\ ms ^^ ablest f ^ ^ jf ^ V scholars T ^ H ^ Jfc ^*^ 1 Jl J . T _ hav T A * e con T ^/* - tributed This work to is it , not each a writer mere translation being an acknowled of ' Herzog ged ' but authorit an adaptation y in his own of sp the here most of important learning . ' .

    German articles , with a large number of new articles , prepared by British and American scholars ar » linlfl . ra . It It will will be be completed oorrmleted in in . three threfs handsome handsome volumes vnlnmfta . .

    H . ' s Messrs Own . Narrative Griffith & / Farran reprinted will from publish All immediatel the Year Hound y , * A , Wonderful with hitherto Ghost unpublished Story ; or letters , Mr . from m . m > the ^ late Charles Dickens —^ — respecting — h it . Mr ¦ ¦ ¦ . Heap ^^ hy ' s remarkable ^ experiences f ^ i ^ attracted ^

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    phenomena is becoming , of a more intelligent , character , its republication will be welcome and appropriate .

    In a convocation held on tlie 28 th ult ., at Oxford , it was resolved that the delegates of ¦ the press ¦ ¦ ¦ be authorised to contribute ¦ the ¦ following grants of books in sheets printed at the

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    Burmah to the value of 25 L , Mr . Oliver Wendell Holmes resigned on the 28 th ult . the chair of anatomy in the

    medical school of Harvard University which he lias held for thirty-five jears ' . A large audience listened to his farewell address . He retiresnot because he is in ill-health or

    because of old age , but in order to devote more time , to literature . He will be made Professor Emeritus .

    * Common Shorthand' is the title of an elementary treatise which Mr . Pocknell has published r for the use of those to whom shorthand ¦ is occasionally convenientand ~^* for those

    who w ^ ' ^ i m *^ r ^ " , ^»^ general ^ ^^ ^^ ^ t ^ ~^*^ m ^^ h ^^ " ^ H l y ^^^ , ^^ ^^ do ^ t ^ ^ . *^ . ^» not ' ^ i ^ ~ - ^ wish ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ' ^^^ , ^^^ to ' ^^ ¦ go ^^ very ¦ » ^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ dee ^^ r ^^ ^^ ^^ p ~*^ l ^^ y " ^^ ^^ into ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ^» ^»^^» the ^ B i - ^^ matter ^^^ ' ^^ ^^^^ ^^* " ^^ " ^^ ^ . ^^^^ - ^ ^^^^ This — - ^^ — — ^^ concise ^ ^» » ^^^ ^ b ^^ pi - ^^ ^^^ r ^ v ^^ ' ^ method , ^ ¦ m — ~ ' —^ — — —* lias — - ~ ' ^ the » - ^ - - " - ^ great o advantage — _ j _ that mastering ^ it __ wil . _ l not interfere _ with — further — — pursuit j . of the art at a

    future time should that seem advisable . Messrs . E . Plon & Co . of Parishave just issued a French translation of the American

    novel Democracy . , , The Architectural Catalogue - of Mr . -Comstock , of New Yorka , is an octavo K A , of nearl B A yk _ _ _ L ^— K ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^

    details seventy pages cottage . It architecture is composed American of—list of architecture books . in carpentry villa-building , architectural public drawing "buildings , technical

    outbuildings , , & c , & c , given in , considerable detail , and , illustrated by , numerous views , and diagrams . The whole is prefaced by an index to tlie contents , also sub-indexes .

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    is Criticism a public delight stands will to the enj disarmed oy eye next and before Tuesday to the this — mind that beautiful . of The seeing publication desi a gn comp of . the leta From cover copy the is of firs by Ha t Eliliu page rper ' s Vedder to the last . It * it . represents — the profile of a woman outlined against a % full Jfc moon j ^ The border ¦^^ is » - ——¦ of - _— conven — -, ——¦ . - — ™—

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    The total sum produced by the sale of the fourth section of the Sunderlantl Library , at the i I days rooms amount . of This at Messrs present is said . realised Puttick to have for more & Simpson the than Library equalled , in up Leicester to the £ most 4 G S , 672 quare sanguine 13 , s was . for expectations £ 10 10 , , 900 129 lota 8 , * ., , sold and bring in in ing some forty the i I

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    II- Dec . 6 , 1882 The P _ ublishers' Circular * ~ I 23 -- 3 ? ,-

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1882, page 1233, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121882/page/25/