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    Feb. i, 188S The Publishers' Circular go...

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    MESSRS. SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON

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    Hllbesheimer & Faulkner V. Mendels-

    thought of any ordinary person on seeing the two statements side by side would be , 'flow

    many more books they print in Germany than in England ! ' seeing that the total number of books published in these islands is computed

    at Ie 3 s than six thousand per annum . But ' Germany ¦ ' is ~ — a ~— ~^ geograp jbbbbbb ~^™~ ™ _ bbbbh ~^" r ~^~ - ~^ r . bbb" hical —^^^^— ™ ™ ~^_ bbtbb * - ^^™ expression *^ b— ^^»^ b ^» B ^^ bp *^ bp- ¦ b ~—^™ ¦ ¦ . ^ Even ^_—^^ ^ ~^ B' ^^^^^^

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    Austrian Empire is about double that of the United Kingdom . If we add to the great

    German empires the population of those countries — Switzerland for example -j— whose

    publishers are members of the Borsenverein , or association of German booksellerswe reach

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    caution was neglected .

    Feb. I, 188s The Publishers' Circular Go...

    Feb . i , 188 S The Publishers' Circular go ? *> : = .

    Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston

    MESSRS . SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON

    & CO / S HOUSE WARMING . ¦ The B ho use warming ¦ i i dinner i i given to their

    ^^^^^ " B ^ B ^^^ ^ " ^ B ^^ ^ BB » ^ B » ^ P » w ^^ ^^ - ^ ^ V ^ B ^ ^ P' ^^^ ^^— ^ PP » ^ P ^ ^^— BPP ^ ^^^ K ^^ ~^ ^^ ^^ ~^^ ^—^ JP ^^ BK ~ T ^^ ^^^ ^^ assistants by Messrs . Sampson Low , Mars ton , ¦ Searle & Rivington ( Limited ¦ i ¦ ) took place very

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    E . Marston occupied the chair . The large ¦ company " IBB BPV BP B ~ ^ B * ^ P" B "" " ^ ^ B of ^^^ B »^» ¦¦ assistants ¦ ^ "B- ^ B- B » ^^ " ^ ^ B- ^^ ^ ^^ ^ P ^ " ^^ ^ " ^ » ^¦ ^ and ~— ¦ ^^ BB , . guests bT ^^^ B ^^^ ^^ spen — I ^^ t a

    delightful evening together , and much credit was due to the Manager of the Xnns of

    Court Hotel ( Mr . Walter Gosden ) for ; the admirable way in which ^ the table was supplied

    and for promptness in attendance . . : : i . ' . The occasion was also intended to celebrate

    be the stated forming , by of the the way new , that Company the Company . It should is ; a

    private held by one the , members the whole of the of late the firm shares . being Among the guests were the following

    gentlemen : The Rev . W . Martin , Rector of St . Dunstan ' s-in-the- West , Mr . Mozley , Mr . Lake

    ( of Messrs . Gilbert and Rivington ) , Mr . Stuart ReidMr . W . Senior (* Redspinner' ) Rev ^ W .

    Low , , Mr . Charles Low ( grandsons of , the late Mr — — . ^ Sampson r - ^ b ^ ^ B ^^ P » ^^ ^ ^—^ BV ^^^ Br - ^*~ ^^~ ^ Low ~^^^^—^^ —^*~ BT B ) ^ m , ^ B Mr " ~ ^^^^^ ^^^ " . ^ Faux ^ B ^^^^ - ^^ - ^ r ~— —^ - ( bl of - Messrs ¦ - — — - . - - ~— ^

    W . H . Smith & Sons ) , Mr . Witheringtqn , architectMr . E . P . MarstonMr . H . IJtoscoe

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    Pub-, lishers * Circular ) , and others . The members of the firm present were

    Mr . E . Marston , Mr . S . W . Searle , Mr . Rivington , and Mr . R . B . Marston .

    The following is the list of toasts , & c . : Toast BPBP ^ V ^^^ B * ^ ^^ B : ^ — ' The ^^ Pi ^ ^^ - ^^ ^ B- Q ^^ B ^^ uee v ^^ P ^^ BT ^^ B' n BB- BBB and BP ^ w BB ^ B . Royal ^ BBBf VP ^ kp ^ ^ J ^ BT ^^ ^^ Family BBBB BP ^ ^^ - ^^ P- ^^ B ^^™^ B" ^ J . ^ * f

    Proposed by the Chairman . Address to Assistant ? by Chairman . Toast Proposed : — ' Heal by th the and Chairman Prosperity . Response to the Fraternity by Mr . Sutton . * .

    Recitation , Bdinbro Recited ' after by Mr Flodden . Symon , ' 3 . . . Aytouu . Toast Proposed : — ' The b / Mr Directors . Stephen b . ' . Re $ p - > nse by Mr . Rivington .

    _ v > A « r ~—~ i nio * iees Given ^ o , j f a . " by " . * Ttlarin Wben Messrs Breninflp giau . Cribb Volkslied , ' 8 Barnard Twilight . ' , Kidson , ' , and Creed .

    Toast : —* Our Visitor ^ . ' Proposed by Mr . Searle . Response by Rev . W . Martin . ¦ Toa- « t : — Sue Bi 3688 to Literature . '

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    Toast : — ' The Ladies . ' Proposed by Mr . R . B . Mars ton . R ? sp . by Mr . Jackson . Toast : —* The BBBBi Chairman b Bi . ' ¦

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    Song . . Sung ' Only by once Mr . more Todd ' . . . . Moir . God save the Quebx .

    Mr . Marston , in proposing health and prosperi IM _ _ _ — ty _ to - the — fraternity - - _ - ^ , _ ^ mentioned — ___ _ __ _ , that _ , _

    the firm might then be celebrating its centenary , for a hundred years ago' Sampson Lowfather Bb of the late BBB BBBP - ^^ B' Mr Bf BbBj . Sampson B Low

    ^ ^^^^ B « -BT » B publishing , BB > BPF - ^ - ^ BP » ^^ ^^^ ^^ B > ¦ ^ B . books ' ^ B- ^^ ^^ B * in ^^ Berwick B ^ B—— ^^ B ^ ^ . - ^ ^^ ~ BT Street ^^ ^^ ^^ W ^ P' —^ B » B " ^^ BBP , S ^ PB ^ B ^ o ho B " ¦ " — , , B . one of his authors _____ being — _ * Miss Charlotte

    Smith , whose works were-praised <~~' by Sir Walter Scott . The chairman , in continuing ^ C— ,

    expressed his gratitude to various heads of departments ___ _ , _ and _ spoke j _ of the p _ ^ leasant rela _ . _ -

    tions which have existed between employers and employed for many years . To the assistants , perhaps , the most important part of

    Mr . Marston . ' a speech was that in which he referred to a scheme ( for the encouragement of thrift and economy ) intended to allow

    employe ' s to become , on certain reasonable terms , holders of a small number of shares in the companyas it is now constituted .

    Arrangements , the , chairman said , were being , made to carry out this intention iBl BB , and BB 4 he invited BB - - « m

    the assistants to apply for fuller information . This proposal was listened to with - » Cm

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1888, page 109, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021888/page/7/