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      Sal^ Jo Ttings

      into a limited liability company in 1883 , Mr . Fetter retired from active workMr . Galpin

      becoming managing director of the , new firm M . . For some months past Mr . Petter ' s health had

      been Among failing the , many and his literary death enterprises was not unexpected in which .

      Messrs . Petter & Galpin were engaged during their long partnershipand that which afforded

      Mr . Petter the highest , satisfaction , was the Life of the late Lord Shaftesbury . It is

      largely to the personal and indefatigable efforts of Mr . Petter and Sir Arthur Blackwood that

      the public are indebted for the interesting recordby the pen of Mr . Hodderof the

      useful , life and labours of * the good , Earl / with w w bbi ^ Br aBB ^ Bt whose w ^^ B M ^^^ ^*^ ^^^ reli ^^ " ^ B ^ ^^^^™ gious ^ BBBL ^ V ^^^ ^^^^ w ^^ and ^^ r ^ m ^^^^^ m - ^^^^ m p m i" hilanthrop ^»^¦ ^^^^^ — ' ^ ^^ ^~ ¦ - » - ^^^^¦ ^^ w - ic ¦— ^^ work w w " ^^ ^^™ ^^^ " ^

      Mr . Petter was in cordial sympathy . Jon Arnason . —The Academy states that

      on September 4 there died at Keykiavik , aged 70 Jon Arnasonthe collector of the Icelandic

      fairy , -tales and , folk-tales . Two volumes , dedicated to Jacob Grimm , appeared at

      Leipzig in 1862-4 ; a ^ third volume , the work of ~^^~ ^^ h ^ his »^^ v ^^ ¦ ™ latter ^^ v ^^ - ^ - ^^ ¦ — —^— years m ^™~ ^ ~ ' *~™~ , ~ w containing — ^^ — — — ¦ J ^^^ riddles — , games f—^ % — , w

      A children quiet ' s unassuming rhymes , and man the of like the , is type announced , almost . extinct ,

      patientl his extinct work , , y of of . the the of A collecting stiUer stiLler discip Uelehrter Gelehrter le of very Dr - , he h . faithfull e E accomplished accomplished gilsson y and the

      • translator bL •/ of Homer * , he piously ^^ wrote , that scholar ' s biography . Whenin 1877 it was

      intended to send two deputies , to represent , Iceland at the Upsala University Centenary ,

      being it was too privatel ill ) that y suggested Dr . William ( Mr . Finsen Sigurdsson the

      lawyer , and Jon Arnason would represent , most moat , worthily wnr +. hilv Icel Icelandic andic letters letters ; : but but the the omcial official

      mind at Copenhagen was horrified . ' What , would you send a porter !'—Jon Arnason

      being p scholar ^^ ^^ l ^ k tfBri ^^^^ ^ Bb ^^^ 1 # * j P s anitor ^^ F recognised ^^ ^*^ ^^ ^^ VH ^ of K ^^ ^^*^ " the ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^* Iceland hiss ^^ ^^ " ^^^^ worth ^ * ^^ ¦ " ¦ Hi " ^^ ^^ ¦ ™ g ; y h and — ^ School — - — the - "" " . ^~^ ¦¦ late But — " ™ — ^ ' ^

      Mr . J . ll Camp would bell , often of Islay that , who he envied knew him him personay , say

      the leisure , and quiet retirement of his little room mm in Iceland - . Of F-. —— modern ~— Icelandic ~ ~ books - | ^^ ^ ^ — *^ ^^ ^^ H ^ b ^^ ^ V ( t ^ ^^^ ' ^^ B ^ ^^ " ^^^ ^ HB ' ^^ ^ " ^^ — " — " — — " , ™

      next to the prose translation of Homer by the master , the disciple ' s ' Theodsogur ' is certainly

      to "be placed . Frederick Thomas Gammon" . —We are

      sorr Gammon — y to hav 7 head e ~ - to of announce the firm the of S decease . W . Partrid of Mr ge < .

      & Co . Mr , . Gammon had a serious attack of _ , ansemia last autumnfrom which he recovered

      though Sir William , Jenner warned him he , might have a relapse in the spring . The

      for emine several nt physician months ' s Mr forecas . Gammon t was verified was obli , and ged

      was to abs la t t ely almo hoping st en tha ti t real y from progress business towards . He

      recovery on the 19 th ultimo being made at St . , Leonards but he died . Frederick suddenly

      Thomas Gammon was , born in Somersetshire in the year 1850 . His father , who survives , is a

      highly respected Bible Christian Minister , # n ex-president of the connexional Conference

      and College , till . latel The y , son Governor after education of Shebbear at B Sheb . C - . ,

      bear C _> came to London , and entered as a lad the , house of S . W . Partridge & Co . where

      he gradually made a way until he was ,

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      trusted with the charge of a department . In January 1883 ¦ H he - ^— was ¦ offered a junior partner H -

      shi - ^_ - -r - _ - p , _ - ^ v ^ and r — , - ^ p — accep - ^— — " ^— , ^— ted " ^^^^ — — - ^— it . This — was - — the year " ^— ^» v ^^ ^^^ ^^ . ^^ . ^^^^ of ^^ J Mr . Smithies' death , followed by the transfer .- —i— -fcrf ^

      of his valuable periodical properties to the firm . Mr h . Smithies _— — died — in Jul - - MM y _ , - in August V 1 _ -j ¦ - ~| he — —— was w *^/ t > J' f I _^ K ^ B A « _ . ¦ * . __ . ^_ ^^^ Kl dl > _ .

      ^ followed partnerand by thus Mr ^^^ . Mr Geo . Gammon . Edis , the was manag called ing to

      , i BB Ml Jft tak e full _» ^ K ^ B responsibility A BK _ . for the _ ^ B concern ' . Under . ^ BB ^^^ his wise A and beneficent _¦ sway Bl Bi the MBB business has . _ m _ _« _ m ^ _ ^_ ^ IJ

      been developed considerabl ^ y . It was his constant care to improve bk JL the friendl «¦ jk y relations Mt « _ t m » * m - ¦ > ^» . . _

      and which ^ man existed y means between -- were - - ~ - - himsel adopted ^ f and to this the - - staff end - ¦ ffe . ,

      Among — A ^ ^ — — — — these . _ * B — — were — ¦ the * b 1 New ^™ bV ^™** J Year ^^ b ™ ^ % ' ^ ' s — Social . ^^^ J ____— _ * >* ^ Gathering , when he invited his employe ' s , with

      mutual their wives entertainment and prospective in the wives Saloon , to at a * tea No . and 9 ' j

      and the . _» more recentl . b _ i y established . ^ m ^ a « * b > summer ; excursion , when the same party was taken fqr

      a day ' s al fresco enjoyment out of town . One of the latest of his plans for their benefit was

      a scheme for helping the married men to become possessors of their own houses . But the

      whole of his dealings with those in his employ were of the kindliest and most considerate

      hpt he character was -wfl . a so so , highly Hi so crTilv that esteemed esteem it is not ed to bv by be them them wondered in in return return that ..

      In addition to his duties in * the Row' Mr . ; Gammon had for many years carried , on i

      various philanthropic works in connection with ' Waterloo-road Chapel and Sunday Schools .

      During the past fourteen . __ years he t / fulfilled i the duties of Superintendent of the Sunday !

      the Schools South ; and London was , we Auxiliary believe , of the the founder S . S . U of -, | j

      acting as its financial secretary until two years Tie ago he co nrmtinnfirl , when ntinued he to to was nil fill electe until imtil d his president death rleath . , It Tt an would wnnlrl office j

      be out of place here to dwell upon the various i departments of labour in connection with the \

      chapel with which he was so honourably identified ; but he was an enthusiastic and

      cause hard worker both with there his , sympath ever read y y and to hel his p means a good , j

      % f -L ¦ Prior to his partnership in the firm , Mr . Gammon had used his p en in the p roduction '

      little of small sketch books of * and Italy booklets ' s Libera , among tor' another them of

      , ( GarfielcL * jrarrield John B . under under Goug the h , ' title titl and e or of a li fc The The fe of ( Oanal Janal Genera --JBoy Tfcov l

      who became , President' which had a most successful sale . The remains , of the deceased

      gentleman were interred at Norwood on Wednesday */ last ' , in the presence . __ of a very

      large concourse of friends . W . C . Henderson . —On the 20 th

      Septemboo ber k Mr seller . W , of . C St . . Henderson Andrews , 2 , ST t . B he . well-known 1

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      latel We y assis understand tant ^ manager that Mr of . A Thacker . « T . Combrid & Co ge ., ,

      as Limi a t bookseller ed , of Bombay and , stationer has commenced in that business cityin

      , the name of A . J . Combridge & Co ., Bombay .

      The liondon agency of the farm is at 31 New-

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1888, page 1156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101888/page/50/