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    May i, 1889 Tbe Publishers' Circular 403...

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    THE BOOK TRADE IN RUSSIA. Carl ^«* » VW1...

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    with perfect fairness . Altogether the book is a model of what such a work should be . ¦ ¦

    May I, 1889 Tbe Publishers' Circular 403...

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    men ever turned their books to better account . of If Southey we ha feel d been persuaded ali ve ¦ bi in th that e present Mr . ¦> Elliot year

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    merits a special word of praise . ,

    The Book Trade In Russia. Carl ^«* » Vw1...

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    g roug literary and native hly productions divided . The into former of - other two are branches importers lands , — while forei of the the gn latter deal in home products ¦ comprising *»•* . *» fcb — ' **¦—¦ ¦ works

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    publications By importers , and , our 7 these author do tells the best us , he business means . almost n . irnnftf . exclusively ATmlnaivftlv the f . hfi Herman O-ftrnian miscellaneous miscellaneous

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    large y booksellers of the chief cities as purpublisher chasers of , more however importan , may t be works sure . The that French these large firms in biRussian towns -. — will ^^^ take ———

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    book i trad the e occupies lof a Eng bad lish third litera p lace pabulum j ^« in the » - _

    runn X consisting % ALM . MA 1 M l . ng M . A . SZ . , I / 11 V / chiefl supp OUUI ' ^ y y T ^ _ of »« . juiilgiiu light i' jk periodical » »»*^ . ry ^ yw s and nainT-anai ^ ra Ital T +. nW is ia t he w fourth fniirf . h in in the thft race race .

    and newspapers the other . forei y gn literatures follow , , Sweden achieving notable / ^ l *! results bher

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1889, page 463, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051889/page/9/