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MESSRS HAMILTON . SIMPKIN , KENT , MARSH...
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The Readers' Special Pension.—Lord
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A1st Edition And Its Life:
was eight years in selling , and the octavo form at ten shillings was sold out in four
years The . demand for a work such as Miller ' s
' Gardener's Dictionary' would naturally be somewhat circumscribedand it is rather
surprising that the folio edition , at three guineas should have only been nine years in selling ,
and that an abridgment in quarto should have been sold in seven years .
Suchhowever , appears to be the case . Peter , Miller was evidently a man with a due regard for
posterity , because lie stipulated in the original agreement that either he himself or his heirs
for ever were to be paid a sum of £ 40 for each and every impression . This apparently
did not ' coverany new matter , as he was paid £ 94 for the fifty sheets added in the 1752
edition . And seven years afterwards , when the p , B » ~ B ^^ dictionary came out in sixpenny weekly
B ^ ^ ~^ v w ^^™ ~^» r ^^ - ^^ ~^^~ ™ ^^» - ^*~ ^ m ^^^™ m ~^^ ™ ™~ ™ ~^ — — ™ — - ^ — ~~ ~— — ^ BT ^^ ™ — M ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ M numbers , he received thirty copies and cash to make up £ 300 . In 1768 he received £ 200 for
additions , whilst the abridgments of 1764 and ^ 1771 ^_^ b ^ m BBBb each ~ BB * ^ b ^ ' ^ r ^ BPF ^^» ^ " ^ represented ^^^» ^ BBF B ~^^ ^^^ " ^ BB * W ^^^ ^^^ ¦ ' — *^^» p ^^~ ~^ r - ^— £ ~ - ¦ — 120 ^^—^^— ^—~^ ^ p ~ to ~ -w ~ w him h ¦ — h - ^^ . v These ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^ ^^^^ ^^^^
figures are exceedingly interesting , as indicating Bk thateven in an i age ~ bbbb of ¦ shams ~~ ¦ and ¦ shoddy
of B ^ ^^ ^ B . barren ^ Bl ^ k ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ , j 0 p ^^^ hilosop ^^^^ ^^ ^^^»*^^^^^ ^ h " ^ ™ r — y and ^^^¦ stereotyped ^ — — - ^™~ = ^^ ~— — ~ - ^^ ~— ^^ — — theology ™— — ™ ~— ~ - ™ ~~ ^» ^¦ ~ — , ^ , the tastes for the higher occupations of
outdoor life were becoming extremely popular . The charming essays of Addison and Steele *
had given a great impetus to gardening , and Miller ^ P ^ 1 ^ B ^ k ^ Bb ^ Bi ^ B > ^ Q ^ p . B . ' s BB ^ P . somewhat ^ P ^ ^*^ B * ¦ BB » BB ^^^ * ¦ ^^^ ^^^ ^» *^^ stupendous ~ ^^ ^ " ~ - ^^^ - H ~~ ^^» — — i ~~ — ~ " ~ - ^ ¦ ~" r tome ~ " ~ ^^— — — ^ - ^ V appeared *^ " ~ ~— BT ^ " ^ h — ~^^ w ¦ w h h ^^ ^ m ~ ^ h
just ' when Don Quixote it was most 9 was likel one y of to the sell most . popular
books _ « of the - ^ last ^ _ century - . Thre ^ FfVBH v e fairl j * * b * y good translations vied with one another , but it is
not at all surprising that Smollett's version was the most popular . A duodecimo edition
in four volumes , at twelve shillings the set , , was exhausted in five years ; although Jarvis ' s
translation , in two vols . octavo , occupied twent b J « y-six years in the sellingwhilst his ¦
quarto v * w - ^^ ^^^ H edition P N ^ ^^ ^» ^» M ^^ P ^ " ^ , ^— ^^— at W ^ £ 2 . 10 — ^^ s ., was JV « M sixteen , "y ~ — — years in going off . Motteaux ' s duodecimo edition ,
at eight shillings , was not ' out of print' for a <{ iiarter of a century . Another foreign classic
which won its way immediately into the hearts , of - ^™ Eng ^^ B ^^ BB Bi ^ fe ^ 0 Bk lish ^ " * " ¦ ^^ B * ^ Bl ^ B , peop M i ^ ^ i ^ ^^ H ^^ ^ le ^ ^^^ , ^ . and ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ at ^^ about ^^ ^^ ^ the ^^ ^^ sam ^^ ^^ e ^^ time ^^ ^ ' — ' —^ ^^^
ns two Cervantes chief popular ' great ^ editions work , is of ' Gil this Bias famous . ' Of book the
, one was in duodecimo and the other 18 mo ., and each consisted of four volumes . The
former , at twelve shillings , was seven years , and ^ ^ ^^* ^^^^ H the V * V B- Jpk ^^ . f latter . B ^ Vfe'Vf V ^ P B ^^ ^^^ p * ^ PB » , BJ at ^ B ^ V * ^ B ^ ei ^ . ^ ¦^^ B g ^( B ^ k ht ^^ ^¦^ ^ P ^ shillings V ^>^^ *^ ^^ ^ ' ^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ " ^^ W ^ ¦ ^ . > ^ «^^ r- , s was ^ v -m * - ^ " ' ^^ ten ^^ v ^ p 1 i ¦ ^ i ^ years w ^^ r ^ B ^^ p 1 . ^^ T ^ N . *
in the market . Still confining ourselves to iictionit is interesting to note that
Richard-, son's ' Clarissa , ' in eight volumes duodecimo , at twenty-four shillingswas six years in
selling . ' Pamela' is rather , better , inasmuch as an impression - ~ ~~ -I V J M * ^»^ " ^^ Fw * " ^ ^^^ - ¦• *¦* J in * ** •¦» * half " ¦ ¦ " * ^/^ M- ^ B , jm . the ^ T ^ BBP ^ b >* B number ** ¦ fc ^^^ Bfc H H - ^^ ^^ # B >> of ^ p ^ " < B | volumes W ' *^ ^^ . M B P . ^ ^^ -1 ^ " W and ^~^ ** ^ ^^ Wp
half the price , but of the same size as ' Clarissa ^ - / AC ^ Jk 1 OD (> V * / sold OV / ALl V out ^ t ^ C 1 / in J . AJL II five r V > years V V ^* 4 * JL kJ . « ' f Sir ^/ JL JL Charles X ^ A IMi JL IVkl
v Orandison , ' also of the same size but consistonl ing of four seven volum selling es , . at To a guinea take quite the set another , was
class y of novels years : the cheapest , or twelve-shilling edition of 'Torn Jones \ in four volumes iP
< luodocinio ^ ^ ^^ Bh ^ r ^^ ^^ ^^ J ^ PW , was ^^^«* ^^ T B not « Bi B . ^ r sold ' ^^ . ^ # ^ ^ " * " r ^^ , out 4 . ^ ^^ ^™ for ^^^ ^ " —^ - ^ - ™ four p ^»» ^^ years p ^^ ^ b ^ r ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ 1 f * ¦ . ir Tim statement seems a very extraordinary
* Spectator , Juno 25 and August li % 1712 ; Guardian , September 20 , 1713 . t
this one ¦ , considering the H -BV finest r the novel F- remarkable in Bi the language popularit ivBBi k Wi . y of It
— I - ^— - ^— ^^^—^^^^ ~~ ^» " ^^^ ^ B' ^^ ^^ ' ^^ W ^^ m ^ " ^ BB V ^^ BB ^ P BB ^ ' ^ B' ^ B * ^ PJH ^^^^ " ^ J ^ B » ^^ V f ^ Bj ^ should , however , be remembered that a century and ¦» a half ago W as at fcrpi the F B present d " ¦ h
publishers — m -- ^ « ^^^^^ ' ^ were ^ ^^ - ^^ — ™ —•— —^^ shrewd ^^^^ BH » " ^» " - , " ^^^ enoug *^ BT ^^ ^^ h *^ ' ^^ to refrain ^^» ' ^^ . ^ 4 > ^^^ ^^ ^^ " ^ B" from ~ ¦ ay ^> "VP , BB issuing a cheap edition until the market -was
completely saturated with the more expensive
impressions .
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August r , 1889 The Publishers' Circular 885
Messrs Hamilton . Simpkin , Kent , Marsh...
MESSRS HAMILTON . SIMPKIN , KENT , MARSHALL & CO . ,
To the Editor of the Publishers' Circular . Dear Sir . —As many paragraphs now
pearing in both town and country newspapers ap are — ^ - ^^ calculated ^^^ ~— ^ " ^™ ^ B' ^^ ^^^ ^ . ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ™ ^™ to ^^» ^ convey ~^^ r" ™ ^^— ¦ ^^^^ ^* an ^^ ^^ ™« ^^^ erroneous ^^^ ^ w ^^^ ^ . ^ ^^ " B ^ - ^^ r ^ B ^ ^^^ 7 ^ " W ^^^ ^ im ^^ ^^ ^^ BB
preasion with regard to the amalgamation of our firms , we should be glad if you will allow
us to state , through your valuable columns , that the alteration is notin any wayof the
nature of a combination or , monopoly . , Our ~~ B severa B « 4 T W l business ~ PP 1 V » Bv- ^ pv rB es B *~ ¦ will V B be F conducted V * B « W V « V > ^_*^ . ^ . ¦» . ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ *^ " ^¦^ ' ^^^ ^^ ^* ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ . ^^^^ pr ^<^ ^ " ^^^ p ^^ p ^ ^ pVJ
on the same principles as hitherto , and we sincerely trust that the union will be
advantageous both to our customers and ourselves . Our business relations are with the ' Trade /
to whose support we look with confidence for the ^^ ~— ^^ " » ^ w B future ^ B ^» - ^ B ^ B * ^ . *^ B ^^^ ^ B ^ , ^ H as ^ fc ^^^ T ^^» we w ^ - ^^ r have ^^ " i ^^ - ^^ ~^^* - ~— relied ^ r ^^^ ^^^ ¦ " ^^ ^^ on ^ — ~ ^ it —^— ™ ^ in ^^ ~ ^^» ¦ the ^^ ^^ ¦ ^^^ " past ^^ ^^ - ^ " V ^^ . BP
Coupling this with the fact that we have not appealed to the public to become shareholders ,
we have refrained from replying to the various statements in the general press . We feel
M Ml 41 dfe & BBJ Bl , however ^ , that ^ . our position . ¦ with * our friends in the trade demands an explanation through
your journal . —We are , youra obediently , SimpkinMarshall & Co .
Hamilton , Adams & Co . W . Kent , & "Co .
4 Stationers' Hall Court , London , E . C . v
July 30 , 1889 .
The Readers' Special Pension.—Lord
The Readers' Special Pension . —Lord
Derby has sent a very kind note with a cheque JBk for ~^ hi— pB ^ five ^ Bt « p ^ T ^^ .. ^ pounds ^*^ " ^^^^^ ^ " *^ ^ Bfc tfBi ^^ ^» " ^* B » ^ in ^ i * ^^ ™ ¦ aid ^^ " ^^ ^^ m ^^ ^^ of ^^^ ^^^ the ^» "" ¦ i ™ ^^^ S - ^^— pecial B ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ Pension — ¦¦ " ' " ^~^ " ~~ ~ ™ ^^^
Fund which is being raised by the printers ' readers 1 . Lord Bl Rosebery has ¦ given two guineas
and « Bl ^ B ^ ^^^ Wf ^^^ BJ Messrs ~ . ~ * B > r I BI « BP . B"BBr . E ' ^ ^ yre ^^^^ ^ B" ^^^ » " ^ & ^ ' ^^ » ^ ' ^ Spottiswoode ^^ T " — » ^^ ^^ ¦ ^"" " ~~ ^^ BH " »— ' —^ ¦ ' have - ~ ^ " ^ ^^^^» contri — ' - ~ — - — - , ^ B buted a similar sum to that given by Messrs .
Spottiswoode & Co ., ten guineas . » Other subscribers ft f ^ p ^ T Jb . ^ Bi fB ^ p B ^^ include . ¦• rf ^ JBj ^^ p * Bj ^ h ^^ ' ^ 1 B | ^ BPr Mr ^^ H » B . i ^ M ^^ . A ^^ ^^^ . J - ^^ . Butler - ¦¦ ^ - ^ ^ ¦ I W the —^ ¦ ' translator ¦ ~ ¦¦ ' ¦ —¦ - — — - ^ ^^ m ^ ^ ^^^ a Bl , > B A PB BB _ _ . r ^ *
of Dante ' s ' Purgatorio' and ' Paradiso ^* '; Mr . anti C . A quarian . Ward / JP , periodicals known as a . contributor A hundred to and various fifty
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penbo sion paid , and shortl it is y hoped . Further that a contributions similar amount will may be
g Murra ladly y received , 14 Marquis by th Road e treasurer , Finsbu , ry Mr Park . J . , N H . .
Kossuth at Home . —It is a pleasure to l H earn * ,. J ^ J ^} J ^_ JL JL , A on \/ Jl m , the "V M , A . ^ mS * authorit - ^ V ^ tartfc ™^ - **» ^ p ^ * » - p 1 * - ^* y ^ of **** ^ " a * correspondent *^ *» - ^ ~* rfB- ^ . ^ r ^* | - ^ ^ mJ ^ - ^^^ ^ p * ' - ^ . ^ ^» of ^^ - ^ b . i
the patriot Daily , Louis News 4 Kossuth , that the , illustrious is enjoying Hungarian a serene | and beautiful Indian fBBJBk summer Bfc B ' after W —¦ the » stormy TV - ¦« B /
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1889, page 885, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081889/page/11/
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