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    Extract from, Letter of the Humboldt Pub...

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    To the Manager of the Humloldt Publishin...

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    To The Editor Of The Publishebs' Circula...

    the agency of the Post Office . —I am , Sir , vnnrs nhftdip / nf . lv- Ramttrt . TVTtttt . ij ' . tc

    Melbourne : March 15 , 1889 .

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    > - = ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ " - ¦ " J -- - ' —^ r ® - - : - May i , 1889 The Publishers' Circular 4 S 9

    Extract From, Letter Of The Humboldt Pub...

    Extract from , Letter of the Humboldt Publishing Company ¦^ MS r , Nero YorJt .

    * We publish the best works at the lowest prices , giving , for 15 cents a book selling at ( is . 6 d . to 10 s . in England and # 150 to # 250

    .. in America . As a result our sales are large in the British Colonies where no law rules to

    forbid their entrance , and even in the British Isles our sales are large . The latter is all done bpostandthough a loss sometimes

    occurs y by confiscation , , ? still our customers don't grumbleas they receive sufficientthey

    think , for their , money , and can stand , an

    occasional occasional loss Ions . We « give orive you von these t . Vi ^ sft facts fant . ft to to show that our letter is worth while reading . '

    Dated . January 5 , 1889 , from JNew York .

    To The Manager Of The Humloldt Publishin...

    To the Manager of the Humloldt Publishing Companyy New York .

    Sir , —I am in receipt of your letter of January 5 . In answer , I beg to say that it

    is ia out out of of my ttiv power nnwp . r to +. r » tak talrA e the f . TiA agency a . o-ftnov in in Australia for your publications . Your ¦ list Mt ^ n ^ consists k WPt . r chieflof reprints of

    right •^ * w works w ^ of ^^ - »^ r A British .. **^ A ^^ ^^^^^ authors fc ^^ -ifc ^ y W ^^*^ . ^^ VA The ^^* ^ 9 tJ importa X ^ r . A . copy ^^ V ^^ *_^ - tion of these is rightly prohibited here by our

    laws , and our Custom House officers confiscate these productions whenever they axe put in possession of such information as indicates

    the ownership of the copyright in Great Britain .

    I am glad to say that a reasonable amount ot of vigilance vicila . np . ft is ia AYfirp exercised . ianri b fiv the f . Tift authorities fl . nthr » rihif > a

    in Australia to check the influx y of unauthorised reprints , and I can only regret to learn from you that more care is not taken in England to prevent the Post Office being used as a medium

    for their sale . I have thought it my duty to send an extract fixtrar . fc from from vmir letter lp > ffp » t » as n . « well w ^ l ! as n . a a f . nrwv of r ^ f

    this answer to your the Editor of the Publishers copy ' Circular , in the hope that steps may be taken to protect the interests of British authors

    whose rights are so unfortunately and so persistently violated in America . —I am , Sir ,

    yours obediently , - Samuel Mullen . Melbourne : March 15 , 1889 .

    Boofi $ And L^Umoui^F Of

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    TfT * f ¦ Booft « * I $ w . f 1 i 1 ¦ i 1 learnthe be 3 t authoritthat the

    Hill Rev We . John Liverpool W , . on Di has ggle almost , M . A ., Vicar leted y of , Mossley a work

    on which , he has , been engaged comp for some timethe story of Dr . Fraser ' s life and labours in

    Lancashire . Mr . Diggle , who was an intimate friend of the noble-hearted * Bishop of all the Denominations Dannmirifthiona ' as as Tjn Lancashire . nr » finhirA r »« m- » iA le still af . ill

    proudly term the , late prel & te , undertook peop the will task at contain Mrs . Fraser a large ' s selection request , of and the the Bishop volume ' s

    hitherto unpublished letters as well aa others material of exceptional value .

    Bishop Fraser occupied a unique position in in . the the TT Established , « tahliRhftrl Church fihiirch . and and ins his innuenee influence

    with the industrial classes , on the one hand and with Nonconformists on the other was

    of such an exceptional . character that , the full story of V ^ Jh . his AAJhM busy and *< wm »^ fc *» m ^* tmm -sided w ^ + ± * + * m' + r iscopate - « w w ¦»

    ¦ cannot ^ W ^>^* ¥ fail to MM prove T of many wid e and - *¦» permanent ep ^» p * w - *« r p ^ v interest inf . ftrAftf . Mr Mr . Digg "Hifinrlft le . who who is ia already alreadv known known

    , , as 4 University the editor and of Parochial the Bishop Sermon of Manchester s' hopes to ' s

    send the last sheets of the new "biograp , hy to the press within the next few weeks .

    * # * A novel , entitled * The Bondman , ' on which MrHall Caine i is reported to have «• —• been at

    * ijua . a ^ % va * ^^ ^ y < * ~ i _ r irj ^ ^^« . ^ - ^ . ^^ ^^^ -v ^ « r ^* - « v ^^ •*¦* - -v ^^ ^— vv ^ work for the last two years , is to be scattered broadcast by the Tillotson Newspaper SyndicateThe scene is laid partlin England and

    partl . y in the Colonies , and y the period dealt with is the middle of the present century .

    * ¦ * * Our sensitive neighbours across the Channel not be altogether gratified bthe

    anmay AlAUf nouncement T XAVV W- ' % ¦/ that MIA V ^*^ rS the ^ " ^ ^ Jl *^ - *^ author fi ^^ i IrWW *^* of ^^^^ ' Mr y . Barnes ¦•• ** " - »^»»^ of New York * is writing a novel called ' That

    Frenchman . ' Mr . Gunter means , we understand , to describe French society as it exists

    on both sides of the Atlantic . # # # **

    Edna tyall says , in the latest instalment of the Magazine LVUlVnrv capital story that now ' no running one ^ but throug an author h Murray —¦— or ^— a ' s

    ^ rC ¦ f W VAJUWV A . *^^ ^ -r » ax *^ " *^ v wa * m ^ r » . . v- ^ ww publisher _ , knows the fearful weight of a three Ul ^ X \> V -volume f VAU 4 . J 11 V novel AAV / T X ^ A in AlA MS ^ . V ^ L . FV ^ * . ! ' We - * ^^ venture * - % ^ . *^» ^^» ^> -v ^ to * f ¦« - ^

    think that there is a class of nien still better * lig licrhf ht . * 7 acquainted literature lit , erA . t , nrfi than th wit h either fiither the * fearful its its penmen nenmen weight or or ' its ifcs of

    publishers ' readers' . who At assert all , events with gri we m know pleasantry some , that they ' could /\ CjV a tale Vl unfold' concerning / ttre *»

    UlltVU L / JLJl ^ y JT VVUAA « AV V « JLA * ^^ A . ^» - ^^^^** . ^ , wju « a » a «« . w •** tales of others , which—though often lighter than V 4 AMT 4 A vanit » » . *»•** W y » —are VWA * - ^ certainl ^^ ^^*< ¦» »>»¦•¦ m »— y j heavy — ^^« - ^ f » » enoug - ¦» — — — - — ^^^ h — —• — in — — a — —

    very literal sense to them , # #

    The latest illustration , in literature at least , of is in furnished fnTTiiftlifirl ' that fierce by V » lig v two two ht which of of the the beat new new s upon books books a throne or of the the , '

    season son's damag . We ing refe 'Casket r , of course Letters , to of Mr Mary . Hender Queen - of < vf Scots 54 r » ofa ' 7 a vigorous -vioYvrmiH and n . nrl scholarly Rf ^ hola . rlv work work , which which

    is man shortl 7 a ' , Library y to be followed of Mary b -Queen y Mr . Julian of Scots , Shar , ' - a volume descriptive of the modest bookshelves

    during in the private the most apartments romantic at rei Hotyrood gn in Scottish Palace

    and library history by . consisted mean Mr . s Sharman of of a several curious states hundred manuscri that volumes pt Mary cata ' - s ,

    logue , preserved in the national archives Jk . , he hopes to place the public in possession of some

    interesting facts concerning the favourite books of the fair but unfortunate ## Queenr

    # * MrHerbert LAldrich -AA'A is about to publish »^ m n _ y- ^

    ^ T JL JL . M . Jk *\* J Mm 9 < J \~ ' J * U . ^ < . * . A . & A \ S ** A »^ *^» ^^ V ^ ^^ ^ f ^ -r m ^ ^ r ^ r — ^ a book of travel descriptive of his researches

    an nfi d rl adventure ji . rlv « r » f . iir « s in in the flift northern north « i n regions Tfif / iona ot of Siberia and Alaska ,.

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1889, page 459, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051889/page/5/