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' - ." » , ' .- • ' " * " 'w'3»m| llx ^ " \ . r ^ * The Pu blishers* Circular H^82 • ¦ Sept , ¦ ¦ i I : _._ __ ______ - " . .. i^ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ^ » 1,0 — —" 1^b__p li 188 Fleet Street : September 1882 W TITHE issue by Messrs . Macm illan & Co. of the memoirs of Barrel Macmillan , by Mr. Thomas ; JL Hu ghes, Q. C., has not only given the reading public a volume of considerabl e inter est, but Vi llas afforded all who are connected with the wor ld of books a record which shows how success tin publishing may be deserved and attained. The friends of Mr. ' Macmilla n have been for- tunate in their selection . -of a biograph er. Mr. Hughes has also enjoyed the exceptional privilege of wr itin g the life of one whose career was eminentl y worth y d£a perman ent record. ^^< '^f^a»^Bva_p mm » ^p ^ ^p>^___p aj r ^mr r *r -^— p> »^- ^ mp*__p » » _ -— ^» ^- -—- ^— ^» ¦ ^^ ' ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ — ^ — »—^ "— ^^ ^ w ^™ » — ^|aw aap> r& | II I Jk ' T^J ^ Jhe ^^ ___p ^^ _F " resultJm9 ^bbf V^F ^*»^^V » ish ^ ,m that we^ * have** before^^ us fc fc a thoro^ u» gw9w hly^mW * attractive book ,y pleasant ^ tb-^ rea^^ V^V^«V» d .A and [ what is bett er , telling of nobl e thoug hts and noble/deeds. It is a memoir which may be! look ed at from many points of view ; for , while it is the , chronicle of what may Emph atical ly be described as a good man 's life, it sets forth the intellectual pr ogress of one who was, in the b"hafihest seflftnspnse of thei/h fi wordwnrrL, a seekeaeftlrprr afte r truth , and it also illillustratesustrates the powerDower of steastead dyv perrwwa*v se- verance in the formation of a business which was literall y begun without cap ital, or per haps it would be more accurate to .say on a small borr owed capital , and . is, now tine q£ the leading houses in. London . * It is as Mr. Hughes justl y remarks in his prefac e pu blishing ^ , a rare ¦ ¦ ^_ — -^ ¦ — — — — - ^i— r — v V a i^b^M^M ** Vi^k ^^fc ~ — ^^^ v^^p h ^^^ ^^rf^b^B*^^ «^^k W *i^ ^ ¦ ^ ¦¦ ^.r ^^r ^^^^^ ^^ ^mm^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ V ™^^» ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^~ ^^ ^^ ^^^ | ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ T ^~^ ^ ^ ^~ ^"^ ^~^ — ^^ ^^*^—— ~— * —w — w v — ^ ^ ^— » ^^ ^ ^~ ^^ ~^^ w^v ^r ^b^^^ ^^r ^^ p thing for a young Scotchman , born in a peasan t h ome, with no^ schooling^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ but what he coul^^^ ^wl^fc d^b^L get in a small provincial town , before he was twelve , an d in spite of want of means and wretcwrfttnhftd oed healthh ealth , tato win his waywav to tnethe trontfront ranJiran k in a dimcultdifficult businessbusin ess , anaand to become,become, ataf. - an earl y age, the head of a well-known firm of publishers . But rare as such a career is, it would ii\j \j \. *x iiocii ucu j . J.\JM. <*ii o^cvj lc*x vuiuincinv -' i aitiu ii chiva m %> jihitv uiivivivi v/ v\j x^v^av xumu ci 1{JI not of itself call for anyj special commemorat ion ^, and we have therefore to look furth er for the justification of this book , and .we find it, in Mr. Hughes >s opinion , in ' the touch of the ^B» B/ wv ¦ ^^v ^^^— ^ ™ ¦ - ^^^^» ^^^^» ^^^ ^^ i —^ ^*— —*— ™ ^^ ^ i ¦ » i ^ — -^ ™ ¦ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^^ ™ ^^ ^^ i ^^ ^^ ^ ^— »~^r — ^^^— ^^ ^^— ™ ^^ ^^^ v rare^^V ^B^^^^^^B ^. p^ q^^^^V ualit^B^^Bf ^**^B^ ^BBl ^b y^B which» ^B> ^^^ ^Bl^ ^B" ^^^ weW ^ ^U^' call^BB^ ^¦^^B'^"^" ^B* heroism^^^ ^ I^. ^BB" ^BB* ^^^ ^^. .^^^ ^^" ^^^ ^** ' to^B^ ^.^^ be" ^^^ ^^^ seen^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ in Mac millan' s life. To this assertion we^ ^.JB" are^^B V^Hb ^^p' quite prepared to assent , for there must be much of the true hero in one who, from boyhood , *^J B>^^F p» ¦ ^gp 1 ¦" ¦ -^^» ¦ v ^ ^^ —^^ '—^ ^— -^ ¦ — » ^ ^ — ™- ^ ¦ ^ ^^^ • — -*—' ^— '^ — -¦- ^pi^H "— ' - —— -¦ ^ p.^K — - ^— T isBBiB^ conscious^ ^"^ ^B*^^ W*& ^>B* *•* ' ^ that^B^ ^^ ^^ ^^^BT ^i^ he^^ ^BB i ^^ bearsr*^ ^b^B^ ^"^ W^^ about^r^W W^^ ^^ ^ ^B*^ » ^B" with^ ^ ^^ ^B^ ^^ ^^B him^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^— the"^ ^^ ^^ '^^ seeds^^ v of a disease which is growing with^r ^^ ^Bt BBh^Bi^BB^p !¦& BBh his ^_ i^ ^m a ^K ^ ^Bl ^ — A ^ ^BI A ^M 4Bl a ^Bh ^ ^Bl ^H growth , and must ultimatel y prevai l against him , and yet who is able to build up a great trading house with no other foundation than his own mental power and energy of charact er , W^^ ~ | |~ ^ . ~ ~ ¦ ¦ —m~^^ —w ^ -^^ — ¦ ~^^ —~ -^ -^^ — w -^"— »»¦ -^» -— ™ ^ —' ~ — -» —^^ -¦ — blessed^^ m ^BBF B^^ r^B' ^BB^ ^^^BJ b^^^ r yW a^V^W Providence^^^** ^BBi ^ ^ ^^^B* ^B|^ ^^ ^B^ ^V ^iB^ whose^ • ™" ^^ 11 .^B* ^B^B' hand^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ he^PB ^^ "^^^ never^ ^m ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^h fails^^ ^^ ^ ^-^^^— ^ to^^ ^*^ recogni^^— ^^.^ ^p^ ^p ^p ^ se ; but while this is true^^ v it^^ ^^ does^v^ ^^' ^BW^BF _ , not seem to us to be^m~ the^_ whole^» ^h truth^ . If¦^ ¦^P^ ^K we were to- subtractA > _ from^Bk the. ^B factors^Bfe a which^K tt ^Bk madea. up Macmillan ' s life and shaped his career the ever-present physical weakness in the strugg le A ^_ ~k > ». A ^h ^h A ^a .^ i^^ n* ^^ . ^ ^ ^a ^^ 4B ^k — A ^BB ak .^Bh > 4Bh > against which his heroism showed itself , there would still be left in his fine mental perceptio n r r v^H. 1 - ^^ - ^^ L ¦. 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BA ^Ba m a ^m • constantl- ^ y an d^ conscio& usl^ y eye to.