R. HOLMES is instructed to Dispose MR. of a BUSINESS situated in one of the best parts of Town. The concern has been established half a century, and is in a very flourishing condition. Satisfactory reasons for disposal. There is a very good house, and it is altogether a most eligible opportunity for commencing business. £500 to £700 required.-Apply to Mr. Holmes, Valuer to the Trade, 48 Paternoster Row. MR. HOLMES is favoured with instruc tions to Sell a BUSINESS near the Angel," Islington. It will be disposed of at a great sacrifice in consequence of illness in the family, which renders an immediate sale indispensable. This is a genuine concern, and a most favourable chance for entering a good business for a small outlay.-All particulars can be had of Mr. Holmes, 48 Paternoster Row. R. HOLMES has for Disposal a first TO BOOKSELLERS, PRINTERS, &c. To be Sold, on very liberal terms, the STOCK, PLANT, and FIXTURES of a Bookseller, Stationer, and Printer, in one of the best towns in Cornwall, with immediate possession of first-class business premises, well situate. About £400 required. An unusually favourable opening for a young man of good business tact, with a small capital.-Address, pre-paid, to John Gray, Valuer (of Croydon, S.), Bournemouth, near Poole. M class BUSINESS, PRI It is situated in the North of England, and the Proprietor wishes to retire from the Trade, having been in it above 20 years. Anyone who can command £1000 to £1500, may enter upon it very advantageously, and will find it a most lucrative business.-Apply to Mr. Holmes, 48 Paternoster Row. то PRINTERS.-A BARGAIN.-To be Disposed of, a first-class Columbian Superroyal Press, and a Foolscap Folio Press; also, a most excellent Standing Press (iron), all in good working condition; and a beautiful assortment of Jobbing and other Type, the principal portion of which is quite new. To parties about furnishing an office the above is a most favourable opportunity. May be viewed, and further particulars obtained, on application to C. Markham, Mr. R. Todd's, Bookseller, Arundle. PRINTERS and BOOKSELLERS' VALUATIONS.-Mr. NOBLE, many years in the Trade at Boston, Lincolnshire, having relinquished his Business to his Son, has leisure to attend to TRADE VALUATIONS in any part of the Kingdom, on liberal terms. Mr. Noble has had more than forty years' experience as Valuer, and can refer to many gentlemen by whom he has been employed; among others, Mr. Bushby, Grantham; Mr. Swain, Long Sutton; Mr. Loder, Lincoln; Mr. Bowden, Richmond, rough, Mr. Bradfield, Bishop's Stortford, &c.: also to Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; Messrs. Longman and Co.; Messrs. King and Loder; Messrs. Batty and Co.; and the London Trade generally. Melton; Mr. Clarke, Peterborough; - ORINTING and BOOKSELLING BUSINESS for SALE. To be Sold by Private Treaty, the highly respectable and lucrative Bookselling, Printing, Stationery, Bookbinding, and for upwards of seventy-five years by Mr. John Fox, Newspaper BUSINESS, which has been carried on Mr. George Fox, and Mr. George Fox Copley, in the Market Place, Pontefract. The Connection is of a first-class character; the Stock is in excellent condition, and principally new, and was, in the month of November, 1858, valued by an experienced Valuer at between £1300 and terms, and reduced to suit a purchaser. The Pre£1400, but will be offered on the most advantageous mises are peculiarly suitable for the carrying on of this business, are in thorough repair, and may be entered upon immediately. Reference as to the Bookselling Department may be made to Messrs. Simpkin and Co., Stationers' Hall Court, London; and as to other particulars to the Assignees of Mr. Copley, Pontefract. TO BE SOLD.-A BARGAIN. A WANTED, by a Lady of good address nearly new Double Demy Columbian PRESS for sale. It is in first-rate order, has been used for a Newspaper, and is sold to make room for a machine. Apply to W. R., care of Mr. Eglington, 163 Aldersgate Street, London. much experience in the Trade, a reengagement in a Bookseller's, Stationer's, or Musicseller's. Address S. S., care of Messrs. King and Loder, 239 Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. G WILLIAMS, Booksellers', Stationers', TY BOOKSELLERS.-Wanted, by a G. and Printers' Valuer and Appraiser, King Street, Wolverhampton, will be happy to render assistance to gentlemen requiring a practical Agent in the Purchase and Disposal of their Businesses. Testimonials for twenty years can be given. Terms moderate. Young Man, aged 34, who has a thorough practical knowledge of the business, a situation as ASSISTANT. Has been for the last seventeen years in one family, and can take the Management in the absence of the principal, if required. Will be disengaged the end of the month.-Apply to J. R. B., 40 New Street, Birmingham. NEW JEW AMERICAN BOOKS (vide List, p.7). - Importations received Every Week, which include all the New Books of interest in advance of, or immediately upon, American publication. Lists forwarded regularly, where requested; and any work not in stock will be obtained within six weeks from order. Sampson Low, Son, and Co., English and American Booksellers and Publishers, 47 Ludgate Hill. STATIONERS. TYSTA MAONE Rood address, Situation Wanted, by a in a Wholesale or Retail Stationery House. Has had considerable experience in the Account-Book and Commercial departments. First-class references.Address R. S., Publishers' Circular Office, Ludgate Hill, E.C. TO BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, то &c.-Wanted, by an active Young Man, who will shortly be disengaged, a situation as ASSISTANT (indoor preferred) in a Bookselling, Stationery, and Fancy Repository business. A good Salesman. Address B. B., Mr. Terry's, Bookseller, 6 Hatton Garden, E.C. PO BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS. Wanted, by a single Young Man, who has been two years and a half in the situation he is now leaving, a Situation as CLERK or ASSISTANT.-Address Bookseller, Mercury Office, Bridgewater. 10 STATIONERS' ASSISTANTS. TO STATIONERS, AS Manunturing Stationer in Yorkshire, an experienced Young Man of gentlemanly address: one who has been in the habit of soliciting Orders preferred.-Address, with references, B. J., Messrs. Fourdrinier, Hunt, and Co.'s, Sherborne Lane, London, E.C. ANTED, an ASSISTANT in the Bookselling, Stationery, Berlin Wool, and ledge of Accounts, and be a good Saleswoman. General Fancy Business. She must have a knowTestimonials as to character and ability required. Applications, in own handwriting, stating salary, to be addressed Cornish Times Office, Liskeard, Cornwall. WANTED, by a Bookseller and Stationer at the West End, an ASSISTANT (out of the House); one who has been used to a West End Counter would be preferred.-Address, stating and references, which must be unexceptional, to salary required, age, where last engaged, and time, C. G., 37 Upper Berkeley Street, Portman Square, W. 10 PRINTERS and BINDERS.Wanted, a good GENERAL WORKMAN, MASTER PRINTERS.-A steady who has been accustomed to a Country Jobbing Tags Man, who has been accustomed to office, and well understands Stationery Binding Jobbing and Newspaper Printing, is in want of a Situation. Has also a knowledge of Bookbinding Can produce the highest testimonials. - Address X. Y., 2 Lower Canal Terrace, Southampton. TO STATIONERS & BOOKSELLERS. TO STATIONERS & BOOKSELLERS. He has had many years' first-class experience. Has been accustomed to travel.—Address W., 19 Bank Terrace, Accrington, Lancashire. N APPRENTICE or Address, stating full particulars, to Dodd and Peeling, Printers and Binders, Woburn, Beds. WA WANTED immediately, a steady, respectable Man, to take the Management of a General Printing Office, where a small Weekly Paper is published. Good references required.Apply, stating wages, &c., to W. Ladd, Advertiser Office, Buckingham. PRINTING-GENERAL MANAGER. JUNIOR PRI The Advertiser, who now holds the above AN Worcester. position in one of the largest establishments in the North of England, is desirous of meeting with another engagement.-Apply, for further particulars, to C. A. M., 28 Olive Street, Liverpool." TO MASTER PRINTERS.-A steady, respectable Hand, accustomed to the routine of work of a Country Jobbing Office, seeks a constancy at moderate wages.-Particulars given by addressing Pica, 74 Union Street, Cardiff. TO PRINTERS.-Wanted, by a steady, respectable Young Man, just out of his time, WANTED, by a competent PRINTER, a situation as IMPROVER at Case, in a Book, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, WANTED, a COMPOSITOR, tg a small and PRINTERS.--Wanted, by a respectable, Making-up and Newspaper.-Apply to the Editor, Herald Office, Young Man, who has been five years in the Trade, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham. a Situation to serve in Shop, and assist when required in the Printing Office. Small salary ex TO PRINTERS.-Wanted, in a Country Office near London, a Young Man who is a neat and expeditious COMPOSITOR. He would be required to assist at Press.-Apply, stating references, salary expected, and age, to W. W., Post Office, Sudbury, Middlesex. pected. Address Y. Z., care of Marlborough and Co., Ave-Maria Lane, Paternoster Row, E.C. TO BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS. Wanted, in a fashionable business in the Country, a Young Man of gentlemanly appearance and address, with a thorough knowledge of the trade a good Accountant, and accustomed to a Circulating Library. - Address C. C., Publishers' Circular Office, stating age, salary in the house, and former engagements. BOOKS and ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. LEACH, A. B., Collooney, Ireland. Knox's Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland. Burges' Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Law. Supplement to Loudon's Plants, 1840. OGLE, J., Esq., Bolton. Erskine's (T.) Essay on Faith (Duncan). Erskine's (T.) Evidences of Revealed Religion (Duncan). Replies concerning the following to be sent to Messrs. Low, Son, and Co., Publishers' Circular Office. 88 BENTLEY'S QUARTERLY REVIEW OF LETTERS AND POLITICS AND OF The Sciences and Arts. are a creation QUARTERLY REVIEW Shough much of the value of the earlier of these critical periodicals may be traced to the ability and zeal of their conductors, and to the sympathy which they offered to the growing character of the age (which they partly anticipated and certainly influenced), yet it cannot be doubted that a large element of their original success arose from the form of publication. It would be difficult to define the essential character of a Review, chiefly because the quarterly form of publication has been long adopted as a convenient shape for bringing before the world very incongruous materials. The first Reviewers, strictly so called, soon lapsed into Essayists, whereby the character of a Quarterly Review became wholly changed. At present, they appear to be conventionally regarded as vehicles for displaying the literary acquisitions of individual writers, rather than as channels for serious and responsible counsel with the thoughtful and intelligent portion of the community. They scarcely assume responsibility in anything like a definite form. They seem to represent only the accidental studies of unassociated literary men. They teach nothing, because they have no defined aim. The late disconnected series, published under the title of Oxford and Cambridge Essays, only vary from the Quarterly Reviews, by the unimportant circumstance that the contributors are not anonymous. The proprietor and conductors of the proposed Periodical confidently hope to render their publication more popular than Quarterly Reviews have been of late years, and this they feel they can best do by investing it with a definite sense of duty. In this respect alone, Newspapers have hitherto had the advantage of Reviews. They devote themselves, almost without exception, to some principle, class, or interest, though often a narrow and sectional one; and so far they secure public confidence. Under this aspect, the proprietor and conductors of BENTLEY'S QUARTERLY REVIEW trust that they shall as truly represent some definite policy as the most successful of the daily, or the most influential of the weekly, Newspapers; while the rare intervals of its publication will afford opportunities for more deliberate thought, larger views, and more accurate and independent judgment than usually characterise newspaper literature. Thus an respects, a novel position pendent, and, in some UARTERLY REVIEW, which it may occupy both honourably and usefully, if its performance be equal to its promise, and if its conductors can fulfil a purpose which they see distinctly, and desire to sustain consistently and conscientiously. In announcing their principles, political and literary, the conductors feel that they shall best discharge their duty to the public, whose confidence they seek, by asking attention to the merits of their Review, rather than the professions of their Prospectus. This Periodical is intended to be patriotic and constitutional in character-progressive, practical, temperate, and independent. To use a phrase, which in this case is not unmeaning,-measures, not men, will be its motto-the country, and not party, its object. In relation to all social questions, the editors will attach themselves to principles which recognise at once the facts of the age in which they live, and the traditions and experiences of the past. Science they hope to chronicle the discoveries of practical men, as well as to watch the theories of abstract speculation; while, as respects Art, they will endeavour to discuss its literature, and to register principles on which art-criticism ought to elevate itself above the mere empiricism of what is called taste. And as the relations of the human family are daily becoming more close and intimate, foreign literature and foreign politics will form a subject of constant notice. The conductors of BENTLEY'S QUARTERLY REVIEW will especially direct their attention to those vast Colonial Posses sions in different portions of the world, with whose prosperity that of the mother-country is so intimately connected. 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(92) Printed by ELIEZER CHATER WILSON, of Compton Road, in the Parish of St. Mary, Islington, at No. 5 New-street Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London; and Published by SAMPSON LOW, of 14 Great James Street, in the Parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, at the Office, 47 Ludgate Hill, in the Parish of St. Bride.- Monday, January 17, 1859. General Record of British and Foreign Literature CONTAINING A COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALL NEW WORKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN 1 OF 47 LUDGATE HILL: February 15, 1859. the new books since our last, Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English and American Literature may be justly termed the most important; only the first volume is now issued, but the second, we are informed, is more than half stereotyped, and may be very shortly expected. No book has appeared in either country so significant of the real union between England and America. It is a little singular that it should emanate from the younger country, but it evinces the study and veneration given by America to the literature of the old country, and at the same time the recording care bestowed upon its own literature: we could not have produced so conplete a dictionary of American authors and books, and it may be doubted whether we should have succeeded better with one of our own; it is a matter for congratulation, therefore, that so happily combined a work should have proceeded from the side that proves so well able to produce it. It is not our province to criticise, but this so especially concerns our craft that an expression of opinion may be expected of us. The first volume extends from A to J, comprising 1005 pages; the type is clear and varied, so In connection with this work we may appropriately refer to the completion of the Ind The imm 1 10 |