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ality it was never ostentatious . He loved to do ; good quietly . An excellent letter-writer , never diffu fcP se but ¦ alwas terse i —¦ vigorous _ _ _ _ and pointed .
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^ ~^^ < a * aw ^^^ ^^ ^ " * "" ^^^^ J J ^^ , , his ready resourc e , great tact , and indomitable ^ almost invariably succeeded in
bring perseverance W *^ ^*^ ^¦» »^ ^^^ ing w ^^ - ^ - ^¦ them r *«» a » ^^ - ^^ - ^— to ^— ^— ^— — a - ^ » - satisfactory ^ ^ - — mj issue . He was an ^^ - ^ r ^» ^ K excellent ^ fc ^ t ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ HB ¦ « Hb ^^^ « K ai » ^^ ¦ jud ^^^^^ ge ^ v ^ Bj ^^^^ ofi ^^ ^^ W character ^^ —^ ^— — ^ — — , and he leaves
behind him a staff or faithful and trusty men well ualified to carry forward the great
business q he has established and placed on so firm a footing . To all who knew mm his
^—^^ - ^^ ^^ ^ v ^^ ^ h ^^ v ai ^ ^^^ ^«^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^ ap ^ k ^ ~ ^ — — death has caused the profoundest grief . He will be ever remembered as a kind and co ' n-
siderate master , a true and generous friend . Some time ago Mr . Spalding was medically
advised , by Sir William Gull , to try a voyage to Australia for the benefit of his health . As
the firm was exhibiting and taking considerable interest in the Adelaide Exhibition , Mr . Spalding determined to attend the opening
K O I . * ZJ of that display . At that exhibition the firm displayed the immense roll of Graphic paper
nine and a half miles long . This reel of news is the largest ever manufactured . On MondayJune 20 successive cablegrams from
Adelaide , told of , hopeless illness and death . The ultimate cause was heart disease . Mr .
Spalding entered the firm in the year 1857 . The lamented death of Mr . Spalding will not
affect the conduct of the firm . Mr . J . Howard Spalding will superintendas he has
done for many years , the business , at Drury Lane . Mr . Sidney T . Spalding , the eldest son
of the deceased gentleman , will as heretofore continue the management of the works at
Horton Kirby , while Mr . Edward S . Spalding , the second son , will continue to represent
the firm amongst his late father ' s valued and extensive business connection in town . A . ~ m W - ¦ . PASSMOR vh ¦ h r ~ » r w - h - - -te -- ^ . p —We - > - ^^ r have v h - to | record r h the
— * — ^ ^^^~*^ — — ^^^^^ _ ^^^ _^^ - ^^^ ^ . ^ — — ^^^ ^^^^^^ p - ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ f ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ death , at the early age of 28 years , of Mr . A . W . Passmore , son of the senior partner of
the well-known publishers , Messr 3 . Passmore ct Alabaster , Paternoster Square .
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XL 4 JOT OJ ^ ENGLISH BOOKSELLING . ( A Contribution towards a Trade History . )
( Continued from page 620 . ) By W . ROBERTS .
1 , reference M- ^^ m ¦** i It . * . ^ - ^ a- seem * x * ^ - " to * - " s _^ necessary tho +-i a v *» " Stationers ¦ * *¦ » «• » ~ ' ^ ¦ at »* v ^ *» this •— ' ' - Hall " - »» point Compaq -v _ ^^ to ¦ « ¦ a a * mak */ Al f ' . e som This Jk Jk a A e
Originated in 1403 , but its first charter was not received until more than a century and a half after that date , i . e . on May 4 , 1557 , during the reign of Mary ¦ 1 The number ¦¦» of \ « b ¦ ' seditious rf Xi > ¦ Mb * -r and heretical
, A ljk * > . »«•> . AB ^ - » . « ^ - » . « m , — -wr - ^ r . > - » ^^> v > * V ^ V a ^ J ) ^_^ AA VA V ^ W Jk VUA books % / , both in prose and \ erse , ' that were issued daily for the propagation of ' very great and detestable V * V ^^ V ^^ w * *^ ^ - ^ - * 4 ^ ^^ 4 h fc eresies ^^ rf * ^^ * v ^ ^^ «^ ngainfrt ™ * f ^\ ¦*•¦•• ¦ * " ^ the ms » * * * faith ^ b ^ <»/ m w ^ ft al and inij ^ 4 ^ I sound ^^^ F w » % gj * m r
Catholic doctrine of Holy Motlier the Church ' onl becamo y too bo g with lad numerous to * recognise that 7 the the Government Company , and were to
entrust entrust it it ¦ with the the most most absolute absolute power cower to to the the , end « nrl <] es . ired . This charter v , as to * provide a proper remedy , ' or , in other words , to check the
fast-$ increasing number of publications v so much in oppositio opposition n to zp me the religio religion n oi of me the yourr Court . . But . but
stringent and pm £ hatic as was this proclamation ' its practical effect seems to have been almost
¦ published nil n ^ - « ^ . ^ » v « ' On ^ ^ ¦ - ^ r' ™ June fro ^ ^ v ^ i ^ ^ m » d ^ r ^ v ' 6 our ^^ , ^ p ^ v ^ 1 568 manor 4 »^ fc ^» v ^^ , ^ anoth ^ ^^ of ^^ p ^^ er ¦ St m * ' ^ r V . ri James ^^ gorou ^^^ ^ B-i ^ iw ^^ . ^^ s , h ' and act Vr ^^^^ w ^ will was n III be found in Ecclesiastical
( ed . 1822 , iii ., S Pt trype . 2 , ' pp s ^ ' 130-131 ) . It ha Memorials ^ i specific ' reference to the illegality of seditious books
importetjl , and others covertly printed within this realm , ' whereby * Dot only God is dishonoured , but also encouragement is giren to disobey lawful
^*^™ - ^ ~^^ ^^^ ^<^ ^^ ^^ ^^ *• w * ^^^ m ^ ^ v ^ ^^ a ^^ ^ h ^ ^* ^ b ^>^ b ^^ ^ w ^^ *^ ^^ ^^ r ^*^ » ^^ ^^ |^« ^ , w JL & jV fff All 1 princes and governors / This proclamation declared ^~ ^^ v ^* ^^ ^^ that ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ not ~ ~ ^^ ^^ onl ^^ 4 ^^ 4 » y v those rrh ^^ "W ^ ^ fe ^ who v v ~ t ^^ possessed p ^ ^^ >^^ v ^^ ^^ i ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ B such ^ VV ^^^ A book PvX \ . r \_ r J \ ^ s V ,
but also those who , on finding them , do not forthwith report same , should be dealt with as rebels . It will be seen , therefore , how easy it was , in the
absence absence of of any anv vverv ery fine fine defi definition nition , , for for books boolcw of nf whatever character to be proscribed . There was no appeal against the decision of the Stationers ' ¦¦¦ ¦ Hal - — ^ l —¦ representatives — - » - m ^ — ¦¦•*¦ - »» •** r *« w «* * rf « a ^^ *«* , a who * v «^ N ^ had AA » W ^ rf » the ^^< fc " ¦ *^ power B . ^ ^^ w v ^ ^ entirel ^ 4 11 |/ X [ V / X y T
in their own hands . A few months .. after Mary ' s desperate rind also futile attempt at checking the freedom of the press , a diametrical change was effectedand with Elizabeth ' s accession to the
, throne in November 1558 , the licensed stationers were as industrious in suppressing the objects of her aversion as they had bee ^ n with those of her
sister . The stormy and unsettled reigns of Richard III . —when * books were exempted from the restrictions
imposed on the importers of every other species of merchandise '—and of Henry VII ., were hardly conducive -v v — - - — — -fc ^ w- ¦» * - *^ - to **¦ >^ any «« AA V great U _ ^ B . ^« AI W enterprise ^ y La L / V ^^> ¦>«' Jk A fc- » ^^ in A J ^ aV the «/ AA % way VV « V V Vi of
books . The spirit of printing , however , was a progressive one . Ames and Herbert have recorded the ¦¦¦ names of « k 350 printers aV engaged in producing
————«» » . » — a a . ^» ™^ ^ rf- ^^ ^^^ ^^ m ^ r ^ . *^ ^ . ^^ A . i ^ J V ^ A A 1 j i ~ ^ 'L ^^^** ^ *^ f *^* ^^ ^* " * -k V' * f . books in England and Scotland be-tween 1471 and 160 0 . They issued , it is computed , about 10 , 000 publications ¦¦ - ¦ ¦¦»>» . The afc Reformation contributed ¦ X / A
materiall £ ~ — —— « - * v w ^ y _» - — , of cours ^ . «• - *^ ^ e A . «« , ^^« to V ^« T ^ the . A A «^ V fc / ft . V demand ^ ** ^^ ^*^* « S ^> for P «^ « . « « ^ ^^ printed V- * very * ^ . J books , the monasteries being dissolved , and the office of scribe practically obsolete . The
ecclesiastical authorities for a long time hoped to see the trade in printed books die a natural death , and tho revival ~ - *¦ " " ^ w ^ »^ ' of ^^ ¦» the *^ ¦> ^ ^^ old ^^^ Jb ^^ b > methods ^ » » ^^ ^^ A . ^ 1 v \« i 1 ^ 7 ^ of ^ r A 'di ^* V ^ * ffusing H ^ ^ 4 1 ^/ ak ^ P * ah knowled r ^ * A \ mJ ¥ V A- X ^^* 4 ge ^ a . v . 0
* Under Henry VIII ., ' observes D'Israeli , * books became the organs of the passions of mankind , and were ^^ ^ ^^ ^ not ^ ^^ «^ ¦ onl ^ - ^ a ¦ 4 b y printed K ,, / ^^ a J . A V ^> ^ rfV , k but P «^ ^^ ^ spread fuj L ^ ^ L ^^ ^ aV ^ wv * about V ^ jII P ^^ V ^ ^*& ^^ ; aj for J ^ ^^^ ^ L , if ^\ aV the v aV A ^* s
presses of ^ England dared not disclose the hazardous secrets of the writers , the people were surreptitiously furnished with English , books from foreign presses . ' — It v is . » pw from —a . < v » . «« k this » ¦ ' a ¦ «^» juncture W ¦ « av « ^^ »> . « ^ ^ S that % J aVJV * vV V the I * * - * % ^ long - * V ^ J K P ^ ¦ roll ** * - ***¦*• of V ^ J . anti «»/* - * ** » -
book laws dates . We have indicated the wide difference between the laws which were enacted at different times by Mary and by her sister . It will Dot ¦ ¦« be uninteresting jm ¦ % A to / point out VaA that ¦ in-1526 anti « UW ¦ A-
-—— - — r * -r - ** r « , « m , a —— w - **« . ^ l ^^ s m m , M _ « r V | y \^ J ) aVA U ^^ V * - * * - ** */ A « V . A , ~ , * V 1 . ^ M \^ * ^ them popery , liable books to the were most condemned severe penalties , and those ; but who loss than sold ten years later , and under the seal of the same king , a proclamation jp- — - - — " - »^» ' ——— - » v ^^ ¦_¦> to « , v ^ an tJVfA effect ^/^ K ^ JK *• V ^ V exactl V- ^* . » - * VV- 'V * y has T the VAAV J reverse » - *^ » *^ aV ftk / V ^ was » »•¦—¦
made . Mr . F . ^ . Furnivall published in ' Political , Religious , and Love Poems ' ( Early English Text Society ) a \ ery curious ' List of Books ai Proscribed afe « h in Jfc 1531 % ' In addition to the
^¦ ' ' ^^ ^^ ^ ^«^ ^ * ^^ 9 ^ ^^ ^^ pl V ^^ ^^ ^^ fc AJfc dK p ^< ^^ Jk . % ^ L & a » ftJW *\« A ^^ > ^^ ^ Jt ^^^ r ^''^ *¦ ^^ app thirty lied books to ' alle speciall other y suspect named bokes , the , both prohibition in Engliesh was ~ and " ~ " ~ ^*~ - in *•* ¦» laten « - *» *^ ^^ * 4 / The ^ k . 4-AV X ^ comparativel ^^ S «^ K A A K . / CV JL 4 W L > A V V > f aV y J ^ enli - * *•* & ghten ft « * * *¦ ^^ *•¦ ed v ^^
contradicto time of Edward character VI . was of in that strange of his contrast father to and the at this period ry bookselling wasno doubt , in , better circumstances . ,
To return again to Elizabeth . Within a short time after Jier accession an injunction wns issued book in 1559 or , to the er whatsoever effect that no one mi fi g nama ht print b « firs any
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1887, page 718, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071887/page/12/
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