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'^= 854 The Publishers' Circular August ...
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LITERABY INTELUGENOE 854—862 ' THE NEW E...
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St. Dxjnsta^'s House, E.C ^ August 1, 1888.
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DEFOE , in his 'Essay on Projects,' de-N...
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Booksellers' Provident Institution. — f ...
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'^= 854 The Publishers' Circular August ...
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Literaby Intelugenoe 854—862 ' The New E...
LITERABY INTELUGENOE 854—862 ' THE NEW EDITION OF SHEULEY ' S WORKS ... f .. 855
SHIPS OP WAR 855 , 856 NOTES A . ND NEWS 856 , 857-OONTINBNTAIi NOTES 857 , 858
OBITUARY ; 858 TRADE CHANGES 858 EARLY BOOKSELLING AT OXFORD 858 , 859
REVIEWS , & c L 860—862 INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT
BRITAIN BETWEEN JULY 17 AND 31 862—864
BO OKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN FROM JULY 17 TO 3 i 864—863
RECENT FOREIGN WORKS .. f . 868 NEW BOOKS & BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED 868—885
MljSOELI » ANEOUS 886—898 BtfSINES 3 CARDS 893—895 BUSINESSES FOR SALE 896
ASSISTANTS WANTED 897 WANT SITUATIONS 897 BOOKS FOR SALE . " 898
BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 898-903
St. Dxjnsta^'S House, E.C ^ August 1, 1888.
St . Dxjnsta ^' s House , E . C ^ August 1 , 1888 .
Defoe , In His 'Essay On Projects,' De-N...
DEFOE , in his ' Essay on Projects , ' de-Nclares that he ~ heard ' a bookseller in
King James ' s time say , that if he would have a book sell , he would have it burnt "by the
hands of the common hangman . ' More than a hundred years « r have passed -fc since a book was
publicly burnt , the last being in 1779 ; but still the principles of Defoe ' s bookseller
remain incontrovertible . This fact receives remarkable confirmation in the address by
the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords on the 27 th July .
The subject was the suppression of 'Indecent Publications . ' Lord Mount-Temple
introduced the matter , calling attention to the impunity with which large numbers of indecent
publications are sold or distributed illegally to young persons . He deemed it his duty to
bring under notice some striking facts illustrative of a very peculiar trade extensively
wr -k . w carried on in our large cities . Lord Mount-Temple was supported by the Earl of Meath
and the Earl of Selborne . The former said that anything which undermined the in oral
character of the young was hurtful to the nation . The latter declared that he did not
believe there was any greater source of corrup ¦>¦ tion in the country .
« In reply to various mr arguments the Lord Chancellor drew attention to the strictly legal
aspects of the question . The police are the servants of the public , and anyone may
prosecute if they choose to take the trouble and possibl a- y incur the expense . But the Lord ^
Chancellpr at once pointed out a grievous obstacle to publicity . 'A very vile pamphlet , '
mm w mr •*¦• jk r he said , ' was being sold in the City of London . The City authorities thought it right to pro $ e-
cute , and he himself was counsel for the prosecution . One result of that prosecution
was that public attention was called to tbat which had been circulated only by the hundred ,
I perhaps , and it went through several editions ,
Defoe , In His 'Essay On Projects,' De-N...
and itSv circulation was increased by many
thousands . The learned Judge who tried ~ the case called the attention of ( he Jury to the
fact that the circle of impurity and corruption which existed before had . been widened
tenfold , or , perhaps , a hundredfold , by the institution of the prosecution /
Official censorship of the press having been abandoned , it is difficult to conceive what
steps can be taken to check this evil . At the same time , we do not believe that its
ramifications are so extensive as some observers imagine ; the traffic is glaring in the eyes of
the public , and from this fact it may appear greater than it really is . On the other hand ,
too , a tremendous increase has taken place in the dissemination of pure literature , which will
do much to counteract the pernicious effects of the unwholesome stuff which emanates from
the slums .
Booksellers' Provident Institution. — F ...
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sum and of £ 107 1 t 5 assistance s . 2 c ? . was to voted 67 members in temporary and permanen
widows of members . The Sale of Carly i ^ e ' s Works . — Despite
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1888, page 854, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081888/page/4/
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