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    Women As Publishers. 'The Active Preside...

    the in the top office of the of ladder Mr . . Rothwell First as , editor a typewriter 6 f the V and ^ President ^ T ^ fe * ^ B _ l of the A ^ Scientific £ ^ * __ L * __ f ^ Pub ^^^^ k 1

    Journal - lishing technical Company study . , she Finall improved y she was her * made mind ex in

    of change secretary editor and . Next treasurer a vacancy of the in the company office

    was well 11 filled ni l 1 1 by her 1 ' appointment J » . So CH . much 1 executive ability was shown that , after a

    connection of ten years with the establishment , the financial management has been given

    V 1 AV —— - —— t ? entirel woman . * y holds into i such her 1 hands 1 a position 1 . Probabl TPfc _ among 111 y technical no . other > 1

    | publications superintended ^ b ^ | ^ -v — — —¦ — — . With the other Government cares she has work recentl on y

    statistics connected with gold and silver for the new census .

    * As a publisher of etchings and other fine points Mrs . Janet E . Runtz Rees succeeds

    J . P . Waring , for whom she was business manager _ _« - ——^ — - . She ^^ held such a position ^ pre ^ -

    viously in the Prang establishment . She is of Flemish extractionalthough of English

    birth and training . She , was first known in this — cit , y as a journalist i / .

    ' At the Paris Exposition a medal was awarded the Teachera journal first issued

    three years ago by Miss , Mary R . Hargrove , a teacher in the public schools , and then

    twentytwo years of age . This young publisher has not only ceased to teachbut has transferred

    the business of her magazine , to other hands , having O her time wholly emp X loyed Vin editorial

    duties . ' The publication _ - ____ — _ — _ _ — of _ the _ _ Critic ___ was begun _ by

    Miss Jeannette Gilder and her brother . ^ j % f * In the directories appear names of

    women classed as publishers who have a capitalistic and nominal rather than an active

    business connection . Among such are Lillian oo E f r . Bleecker JBieecker Lovering , btreet Street and Mrs , represented represented . Catherine as as M a a . Masonic Masonic Barker ,

    publisher 4 A few . journals , are published by societies of 01 Wnmpn women . Of Of these fViciao is icu - the t-Vta Advocate A / iiirh / 'rtf- ^ and nvtA \ Guar f-lninv -

    dian , issued semi-monthly by the Female Guardian the ine Executive J & xecutive Societ Committee Committee y , under the . . management On On the the society societv of

    plan is published the Silver Cross , the monthly and magazine being representing under the immediate the King ' s direction Daughters of ,

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    ~ .. ^ jM .. iUM . \ . XVS \ 1 JVi > XVIVllkJlllj VyV ^ JL ^ VJtXVI ' jDO . . " 0 have again to call attention to the Con-4 gress yj A , th L I to * which " ' ¦ M . A . wx t . is XO to IjKJ be MO held 11 C 1 U in 111 London JUUUUUI 1 from 11 U 111 the U 11 O

    the International the Aiuuiui 11 th inst Literary ., under and the Artistic auspices Asso of

    7 Ptoce ciation be . — at . the » The "V Mansion JLTjLtUJl iai preliminary AJ OlV i \ j \ - z 'lX Lci / House JLXUUOO iy thiLKX meeting ixi on \/ ll uounj Saturday K will ? a > VVAL jr take \ * XOtJf . oa , - j-

    sentatives visitors gmning will at of be literature 3 o some ' clock of . and the Amongst art best in -known the forei repre and gn

    -^ Jacl i . igmt understand o to - ~ give t > vx xibOl them wicui that Oil / Ul ua > arrangements welcome w illlU oicuiiio Hit 111 worth wvL Europe JLL-LU vxiy are y UptJ of ui being , , JUJ the tiio . U

    joreign « y O delegates f England . and On Mansion others Monday will evening be enter the

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    London Booksellers' Society Inaugural Di...

    LONDON BOOKSELLERS' SOCIETY INAUGURAL DINNER .

    fashioned belief Booksellers in the calling accompanying undoubtedl , and have y follow , of therefore an h , old a -

    business transaction with a sound any meal eavy . The above Society has juat sprung into

    existence , and has opened its doors with a 2 dinner ) and which was was well held ¦ attended on Thursday ¦ and generally ( October

    successful j , . - An excellent — — — — — — menu — — — - _ was ^ ^»^ J * provide ^ ^^^^ » # ^> ^* W »^^ d at sat the down Holborn . Restaurant , and about eighty

    Davi l ^ avi Amongst d a Stott fccott those CPresident rresiaent present ) ; in in we the tne noticed Uhair Chair : — and and Mr .

    ^ , , Messrs Whitaker Beeching . E , . F H . J . Marshall . Burnside Dodd , ( Warne G . G Stanley . H . & R Phili obin Co . ); s p on , G J . . W V S . . . T TH * , TTT" ^ T ««^ , S" * m « -w- . *¦** mm . _ ,

    A Innes C . . Weller M . , E McCall . , Ya F . rrow Hanson Smith , Elliot , , C J . . Young Stock Ellis , , , E J H . . . C J Standring . . Mather Knight , , ,

    Wilson Gold ueorge George , J JKeaway Redwav Alfred . C . Wilbee , . E J ^ i . . Jarvis Jarvis , F G . , A . U C F . . . Ko Roberta Glaisher berts . , H H , . . A J IS S . .. Pentlan , dF . Calder Denny , Turner . . Denny G . E , . Young Waters .

    ± H A 1 . . . Farmer Williams William , , s John . * F ' . . W W F . . . Dunn Walsh Walsh , . , A W W . . . Bachhoffner JShaylor ShavW . E V , . , ,

    Stoneham , G , . Glaisher , David , Rice , Stanley , J J . . -Killbv tullby . U H . . Joanea Joanes . Theo Thp . o Cohn OnVin

    W . J . Squires , , A . D . Innes , , Jesse Salis- , bury , H . Hancock , W . D . Hay ward , E . S .

    Burr , Sam . J . Mullen , C . Brown , V . C . Collier , J J R . . . Amer b S . . Morris Morris , A . . A W W . . . Tapper Hi Hiscoke scoke , W . . W W H . . . Harrison Harrison Bennett . ,

    W W . . E Grube . Morden , J , . , Mr Morgan . Kni , ght J . , , Harwood H . Methuen , W . , ,

    Glaisher Ulaisher . , G < jr . . Jfhilli PhilliDson pson . , and and T T . . JKurleigh Bnrleiorh ( Secretary ) . The Chairmanin giving the toast of the

    Queen , remarked , that the old sign of the bookseller was the Bible and the Crown .

    man They y still Bibles ¦ believed as they in that could , and therefo tried h ¦ ¦ to -i ^ p » re sell they as

    might ^^ consider — — - — themselves — — — — — , —m as - — — m —*~ loyal ^^ m- ^^— ^^^ - ^^ m ^ men ^ " ^ ^^ f - ^^^ H ( laughter and applause ) .

    The Greyfriars Quartette having sung * God Save the Queen' the ______ ___ Secretary , __ ___ _ _ ___ ___ . ___ , __ , ____ , __ p Mr ¦¦ . T . W .

    Burleigh , read ^^^ « — - ^— - — letters , -g of apology ^ , - - - _ -- »^ - » from w— -v ^ ^^ h ^^ ^ Mr - . Walter Besant (\ he thoug ht booksellers — oug ~ o ht

    to have the sympathy of all authors ) , Mr . Frederick MilesMr . Robert Routledgeand

    Mr . Edward Jones , . c _» , Mr . G . S . Beeching t _> rose midst app XXlause to

    propose * The London Booksellers' Society , ' remarking that he did not think he was the right man to propose the toastexcept

    because <_> he took a very great interest , in the Society . Howevertheir secretary—and

    a very kind - hearted , secretary he was—(\ app X X lause ) / took from him the feeling « - > of fear

    that he had about the business by saying they were really one big ofamily «/ x party - / that nig » ht

    ( applause ) . Now that was one of the hapJL p JL iest suggestions CJt __> he had heard ' , wbecause

    it was only that way they would become a successful society ( applause ) . It was

    • f \ X X / not exactly that they wished to have good opinions of each other and entertain good

    feelings , but to prevent their falling into the

    mistakes that must occur when men were not —m

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1890, page 1175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101890/page/17/