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    ' ¦ ¦ - " - ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ i ¦¦ ¦ ~ ¦ . ¦ "" - >¦ ; . ¦¦ : ¦ m . .. ;* [ . . . . ., . . ^ 914 The Publishers' Circular August 1 , 18 90

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    VII . —MR . DAVID STOTT . Comfortablensconced in a well-fitted and

    judiciously stocked y shop , Mr . David Stott is USUflllv to he found rfladv tn mant . nnv nnmflr bbb bbbbbb bbt ' £ bbf 0

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    interest created by this gentleman ' s conversational power . Mr . Stott talks volubly upon

    all all little matters m that atters is relatin relatin not valuable g & r to to the the and trade trade well , , hut but considered he Vi « says ao ™ . He is a man ¦^ P' ™ who has ¦ foug r ht the battle of III life

    — ~ " ^^ ^^—^ PF " ^^ ^^^ Hjpp ^ W ^^ ^ V rmr ^ m- - ^ v ^^ ^ WT ^ ™ ^^ P - ^»^ B ^^_ VBB _ ^» ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ BBP ^ BB * B ^ bV BJpBy WmW TBF B B B HBWJ with are are iij still still true at at Scotch rNii their tneir best best perseverance . , He lie has nas , lately latelv and *» his ^^ ^ « bean ^ been ^ powers one ^

    of the prime movers in establishing the London Booksellers artment artment ' Societ the tne y . In ata at a 370 quiet / uxtora Oxford and pleasant

    ap apover over snop shop u Street Strefit our representative had a pleasant chat with , Mr ^—— - ¦ - — ^^— . bt Stott ^^ ^^ - ^ ¦¦ - ^ - ^ p- , v who ¦ " w m ¦ . ~^ readil A ^ B « B - ^ ^ - ^¦ — - ^— ' y ¦ ¦ gave bbbk ww 1 — - ^ p- such - ' —— - a ^ - ^ pf ^ bfbbj particulars if . ^ f ^^^ ^ P ^ B > ™^^ ^ V ^ BsL ^ LbJ ^ L £ ^ K

    as were 4 1 started soul soug in ht here tne of him in est . 1876 He without said : London — knowing a

    single single soul in the West wEnd . c . na of or Juondon , and and now members my customers of the Royal consist Family of the Queen Dukes bb ^— bb , many , and bljbb

    Duchesses — - ^ —» - — - ^ w- ^ , down _— — ——_ — - to the — — ^ — boy __ - _ who _ — — buys , — ^ j , a Kingsley bbb — , ^^ V ^ . m . fc ^ M , at Qd 4 . * BB > -BbV : ^ P * J BB ^ BBBk BB ^ B B > M ^ K ^^ B

    4 I am are a native a Scotchman . of Edinburg , I believe h , and Mr . Stott served . V

    A Bit A BBBBBBb 4 BBBBJB w , my apprenticeshi . m p with - » W . & R . Chambers jp ^ - - _ _ in the publishing department . Those are the

    ^^ ^ m ^ ^^^ V ^^ ^^^^ V *^^^ ^^ V ^^ B' ^^ ' V ^^^ V ^^^^ V ^^ V ^^|^^ k ^^^^ ^^ V B « V ^^ P ^^ ^^ BP ^^ P ^^^^ B ^^ H ^^^ p ^^^^^ B ^^ ^ p ^ pj ^ VJ ^^ B ^^ V ^ fe ^ V ^^^ p ^^^ V ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^* ^ B" ^ M ^ B ^ B ^ F ¦ Chambers -I . . m A ' portraits A _ . [ Mr 'lB ^ ^ Bfe . S ^^ . here BB pointed — ^ to two excellent engravings on the wall . ] When

    my five years were up , Robert Chambers said " Would you like to go and see London ,

    David ? " and he gave me a £ 10 note to go with . I started off that nightof courseand spent

    , , the ~ flV whole # Si ^ Bl of ^^ the > . ^ K week walking ^ B . ^ B AI up and ^^ down ^ B i Paternoster ^ v ^ B ^^^ ~^« - ^^ ^ p » ^^ B ^^ ^ ^ " ^ p" ^^ ^^ p \ ^ B ^ ^ Row ^^™ ™ ^ " ^ ¦ » . ^ ^ I ^^ " ^ made w ^ h ^ p * ^^ ' ^^ ^^ ' ^ ' ^^ ' ¦ up ¦ mj w my ^^^^^^ b ^ mind ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ p ^^ v that ^^ ^— ^^ ¦ ¦ - ^

    one day I would come up to a publisher's office ¦ in London . ¦ But ¦ ww I didn't realise that hope for

    ^^—^ P" ^^^^^^ - ^ p' ^^ ppv ^^^ h ^ P ^ P / ^^^^ ^*^ Tf ^^^^ ' ^^^^ - ^^^^^™ ^ pr ^^ ^ p > - -.- » ^^ ^ pp v ' ^ p ^ ' -w ^^^^ ^ ¦ " ^ ^—^— ^^ r" »^ ^ —^ ™—ten years afterwards . In the meantime I entered PP > the BPB service PPI V P of PB William V BWPP 1 PJP > Blackwood & W ^ V ^^ ^ BF ^ B ^ «^ ^ pV ^^^^ B * ^^^ Bp * * V ^ B * ^^ ^ BT ^ B ^ ^«^ ^ * ^^¦ P ^ B' ^ Pt ^ P < . PV ^ P ^^^^ *^ ^ pT ^ P ^ P ^ «^^^^ ~ — ^ P ^ ^ v ^ " ^ ^^

    Sons and travelled all over the three kingdoms p for * k ^ p * mm them V A A ^ mW » a . b » . p In iPlii * that *>• plpBWPf * y way * * B ^ BV w I ¦¦¦> gained bft Tfc ^ f ^ B » B > TbsT iipIpbj an PW * f pBbW ¦ extensive - ^ pr bh * » - ^^ ^ . VPipr — » — -

    knowledge of booksellers' business . Then I received B 1 B > ^ B * ^ B- ^ B ^« P * W ^ IB" h PJ an ^ b ^^ BB > BB >« important PJP * B * . PV * W *^ ¦ ^ " ^ ^* ^^ ^ P ^ BIBB ^ F appointment ^ V ^ B ? S ^ BpT ^ p ^ H pP > P ^ ^^ , ^ ^ Pi P » i - ^ B * P ^ ^» ^ ^ in ™ ^^» " ^ Thomas ^^^ ^—»^ - — - - — b m ~ A » k A

    Nelson ^ p ^ pv ^ & _^ Sons *^ ^ ' Paternoster ^ p ^ p ^ . ^ Row p ^^ business ^ — coming six « itt vftfl . rs up . when whftn to London 1 T started Ht , n . rf . Afi in here Vi 1870 prfi on nn . I mvnwn was own at Nelson account account ' .. s

    There years was , no similar business my here beforeit was a tea shopand was the only place where , I

    could find an opening , . ' ' ™ How ¦ «™ ¦ ^^^ ^ ^ do ^^»^^ ^«^ you W ~^ T— ^ - ^^^ find v ^^ v ^ P ^ p *^ ^ B ^ ^— ^™ bookselling T ^ pr ^^^ ^^ " ^ ¦ . ^^ W ^*^^ ^^^ ¦ ¦ i ^— " ^— ^ H ^ Ph compare PJ

    with ? Well other lines it is of not business like ?' other business , the V 1 IV head AJk ^/ VyV ^* . , of V ^ JL the V «* W establishment VM V |« VAAMA 4 IA any 4 V AA V being P > expected ^ - *«» - » . JT- ' w —

    to be seen by almost every one who comes , and A it ¦» is a very who exacting wants a business single book in that is respect just as .

    - much PWJB . person » -r ' . » . trouble # ¦• _» . » .. » . bjV > , « wp as r > jV a f ^ AVAVM man *^ r « with *»> . » Jt . A Hk Jh ^ B a bi IVfi » g Vf ^ order » * - >»—¦ ¦ . ' * May ^ . w - ^^^ m m ¦ h ^ I ^^* ask h v ¦¦ ¦ ^^^^^ what p v ^^^^ ^ pr ^ p ^ p / p made ^ p ^ ^ p > ^ pr ^ p - ^^ - ^ - ^^ you h ^ " - ¦ ~> sta ~ - — — — rt as a

    bookseller ?' as Ptf a ' BV PJ Simp BT ublisher T ly because *¦• . I kne I could r w nothing ¦>¦¦> not P > P > P » afford « P about to start the

    retail — T * U trade p _ T ^ PT «> ^ pV BVkpBMB ^ pTp before B > pBa ^^ T ^ pVa I started BVBK 4 B «« pB >^ p ^ V V * here ^ W ^ ^^ . *™ ' | ^^ 'W ' — ' 4 4 But X / UU you VVU have JAM * TV gone ftt \ JAM . \ J in JL . AM . for AVI publishing j £ / V * R ^ Jt , *« j *»»«»(^ ' •\

    being 1 that have the don retail e a little bookseller publishing should 7 , my Jk also theory be

    HSVJMAAt U 11 C * U 1 / J . I . VJ JlUUUllI . Kf \ J \ JMX . f 3 % ^ JH- \ JJL Kjm . vr ««« A w . « v a with with publisher the the consumer fionsnmflr , as he comes and and knows knows into what what direct ne he contact wanwj wants

    days stay both as publishers puuiinucio to price were noi and , c character called ^ waicm . booksellers is . uwivpvmv In the » »* but - old to

    that expression has gone . I should like see the old system come back again . '

    « Will Will you vmi tell * a 11 iyi me all all the f . 1 ia books hnoka you vou nave hftVO published ?' Ji

    Frederick * I have , vis published . "Frederick books , Crown for the Prince . mpre ^ nd «» ^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1890, page 914, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081890/page/10/