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S Mr mith . B , . Professor Li . Cohen Blackie Mr . , W Mr . . W J . yke Rivington Bayliss ,
and the Rev . Dr . Adler , . In giving the toast , of fhe eveningthe chairmanLord Rothschild
k b K , 1 , i , appealed ^^ ^ for ^ liberal ^^ ^ ^ contribution — ^ ^ b ^ s to _ the ^* funds ^ b ^^ of the charity , upon which there was an
everincreasing demand . The Rev . Dr . Adler proposed jiL , r ^^ b * bbi ^ bbv b ^ b ™ c The ^^ bb ™»^ " " ^ b- ^ Literature —^—bb ^^ . bw ^ - ^^ ^ bb » » » — -bb ^ bb ^™ v of bb ^ ^^ m the bjp ^»^~ bbb' United -b ^ ' ^^ bi ^ bbb ^ Bar b . b- bvbb > King ^^ b »^^^ b » b ™^^ bbbbjl
dom , ' to which Professor Blackie and Sir A . Lyall responded . The . Treasurer announced
fresh to - . € 1 donations , 586 , including - h and subscri one ^ M p hundred tions _ A , amoun guineas ti ng
from Her Majesty the Queen .
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June i , 1889 t The Publishers' Circular 661
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One often hears of the misdeeds of the printerand indignant authors blame him for
making , them say what they did not mean . But do authors always IS mean what they «/ say 1
as They some say of rather the subj strange oined things instances occasionall ( written y ,
but not printed ) prove . They are all taken , XI from Ulll copy \ s \ J } jy sent OC / JL 1 U in XXX to VKJ the VILKs VSXXXVjC office ? V of / X U one 11 O of V ^ X the UJL 1 . \ J
chief critical journals . : One gentleman was so ungallant as to say
' whether it is Hamlet and Laertes or Remeo and Juliet that fight / A duel ^ between Romeo
and Juliet would surprise most people ; it is Mercutio and Tybalt who fight .
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' * tales of the acuteness shown in delivering wrldelivered letters / But the letters
were ong ri g y htl ¦ ¦ _ ^^ y delivered mm ^ m ^ ^^ in ^ spite ^ of ^^ being ^ h ^ wrongl y addressed .
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his attention was drawn to the name said that he was uncertain about the spelling and had
no books of reference at hand ! An historian wrote of Mary , Queen of Scotsand stated ¦ ¦ that ¦ i the ¦ ¦ rxiyal and ¦ ¦ romantic ¦ i i
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The Lady Novelists Of Brighton. ^Pb Db M...
THE LADY NOVELISTS OF BRIGHTON . Mr . William Blackto mention only the most
distingui ^ pb db ^ A shed •¦ ^^ representative , a of the _ ^^ ^ literary ^ ph ^ — calling in Brightonworthily representsin that
famous Sussex town , the man of letters , as novelist . Three ladies , who have won fame in
the realm of fiction are also associated more or ^^ pr ^ PPPi ^ less ^^ ^^^^ B ^^ P * ¦ ^ P' closel ^ p ^ P' ^^^ ^ ta ^* P *^ P ^ ^ PP ^ ^^ y ^ V with W v ^^ v ^^ ^^— —^ a ^^ r- ^ pr p __^ ^ lace ^^^ q >^ ^^ p ^ p ^ which ^ v ^ p ^ w ^ v ^^ h ^ ppv ¦ ^^^ Thackeray ^^^^^ b ^^ ^^ b ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ¦ ¦ ^^^ ^ ^ ppr ^ v h
following long ago termed extract * Merry from Dr a . local Brighton journal / as will the
show ¦¦ 4 Bri : — ^^^» ^^ g jv ^ p ^ k hton ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ contributes ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ i *^ ^^^ ^^^ " ^^ its ¦ ™»^^^^ — share ™ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^» ^^^^ of ^^ ^ living ^ - ^ — - — ¦ ™ ^^— ^ pppph
lady novelists , numbering no fewer than three . Miss Bayley ( ' * Edna Lyall" ) who is a native
of Brihtonbut now resides , at Eastbourne has come g most , rapidly to the front . She works ,
think to some out extent a central on a fi princip as le . hero Her . She first is ives to gure g
him his character and endows him with those qualities in which her ¦ thoughts can clothe him .
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novel . Miss Braddon has a lovely place at I JRichmond , purchased ' by herself , but she spends - ffi
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1889, page 661, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061889/page/11/
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