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    viarch i , 1881 The Publishers' Circular i 8 7

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1881, page 187, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031881/page/27/