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    r l886 The Publishers' Circular I2 g 9 t

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    ^Tratic Change* Mr. Henry S. Phillips ha...

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    Correspondence*

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    3Unnouncement£.

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    DIARIES AND ALMANACS. Collins 1 Diaries....

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    works . In v his * t ' A iM ge of Man ^ fe m * y % ( 1866 - « ir * V •* y *» ) he ^ contested the arguments in Sir Charles "L yell ' s

    approval ' Antiquity of Sir of David Man ; ' Brewster this he . did with the

    Ernest Desjabdins . —The Times Paris correspondent tells of the death of M . Ernest

    occurred Desjardins on , the the 23 eminent rd October palaeograp . M . Desj her , ardins which

    was 03 years of age . Born at Noisy-sur-Oise , and educated at Dijon , he went to Paris in

    entrusted 185 C as Professor with archaeolog of Latin ical Ep missions igraphy , in Ital d was y ,

    E his master t , and Le Hungary ' on Renier . In as 1880 Professor he succeeded of Latin Epigraphy , at the College , de France . His great

    his work 1 < - > on J . * Peutinger l hof Roman 's tables O Gaul is unfinished is in course , and of geograpy

    publication . Few men have had such a mastery describe of himself ancient as a graphy , he and r he led used with to geograpcoup

    an epigraphist .

    R L886 The Publishers' Circular I2 G 9 T

    r l 886 The Publishers' Circular I 2 g

    ^Tratic Change* Mr. Henry S. Phillips Ha...

    ^ Tratic Change * Mr . Henry S . Phillips has taken into

    partners business hi in p future Mr . James will be E conducted . Mowle . b The and y ,

    * nown as that of , Phillips & Mowle .

    Correspondence*

    Correspondence *

    CAUTION—A CLEVER DODGE . To the Editor of the Publishers' Circular .

    we Sir trad , — e May against <" t 3 uiuo I , a throug B * J \ eat J < ' > y little Xil h your trick Ull ^ A columns . which n UJVyU , has J-1 C caution 10 been L / DCll

    successfu lly at practised upon several stationers and elsewhere ^ oksellors ? of A Derb traveller y , Notting styling ham himself , Leicester the , and

    -^ nr . itivc a wel l-known , pen manufacturer repre of jjrm term J'lrmingham s tho tlii- > sole . ¦ , „ , !_ calls _ - and for * offers the xi . . i upon iifl _ Tery ^* ^ Electric t ^ liberal i a

    en . tho conditions agency being that Magnetic twenty _ boxes be Pu 1811 rchased ! also at 2 s . per box . These he leaves , for

    CdrTU ou . attac uso he a a d , few few and handbills handbills promises , , to with with send manufacturer manufacture in a few day r's s s Kplonc yeuuia Jid sftow show--case case tor for the the window window , wi with th agents Ro-ftnf ' s

    ( llllo for thereo n in gilt , containing another , twenty ^* V es ( * sold stock therefrom , all free are of charge to be replaced , to sell from at 2 . « All

    ni exhV 0 'biting o ^ in the ent ° show show deriyin --case case g his in in profit the tho window window as followe . 7 7 j s » . . r . per ner per for

    ' . i ir , tising : . 2 l * in - P addition er quarter to , to which be paid he him is , to for be so

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    It is needless to say the promised show-case never comes — — , — nor does - ~ the - —— adverti n ¦ w - ^ ^^ - ^ sement — ¦ w ^ appear - » — ^^ V H ^ p ^^ ^^^ ^ .

    What makes the bait take so readily is that the fellow shows from his pocket-book a newspaper copy of the suggested advertisementapparentl

    taken from one that has already appeared , 'with y some other name . He also shows you receipts from other agents , memorandum forms or

    billheads purporting to be receipts & c . given him from them for money received for exhibiting the showcase in windows . These , we need hardly add , are

    forgeries , the said forms being surreptitiously obtained for the assumed purpose of getting the agent -m ' s name - ^— correctl h yon ¦ the h show h -case h and b so

    filled ^ r in to decei — — — ve the - ^— - ^^ r ~^ r . I unwary ^^ — — —*^^ m . ^ r ^^ ^^ ^^^ — — ^^ ^ - - ^^ ^^ p , « ^ p—^ r ^^ - ^^^ ^ . ^ - ^^ v ^ p ^^ p Our object in -writing is to put others on their guardandshould the attempt be made in the

    future , , it would , be as well to have tho fellow detained and the police authorities communicated with at onceas the man is a swindler .

    , Yours xespectfally , Oct . 23 , 1886 . A Xeicester Victim .

    I inclose my card . The pen , per se h a goad ono . The name it bears * S . B . 'Whitfieldis that

    of a most respectable firm , knowing nothing , of the transaction , and from "whom the pen may be bought

    at Gd . per gross .

    3unnouncement£.

    3 Unnouncement £ .

    < Home Words' Office . Something New , anecdotes t for the young folks

    all the year round , illustrated , by the Rev . Charles Bullock , B . D ., Editor of Home Words , & c .

    The Man of Science the Man of God , leaves from the life of Sir J . Y . Simpson , Bart ., with portrait , by the Rev . Chatles Bullock , B . D .

    The Queen ' s Resolve , I Will be Grood , illustrated , by the same author . England ' s Royal Homenew editionfifth thousand

    , , , illustrated . : The Fireside Annual for 1886 , illustrated . Home Words Annual for 1886 illustrated .

    The Day of Days Annual for 1886 , , illustrated . Hand and Heart Annual for 1886 , illustrated . Goodwill to Menthe Christmas number of the ,

    Fireside , illustrated . 1 Rine : the Bells , the Christmas number of Home \ Wordsillustratedfirst edition of 300000

    , , , copies . I The Tablet Almanack for 1887 . '

    The m i Fireside ¦ w < ¦ ^ Sheet ^> a Almanack a i f for /> 1887 « y-c f ^~* ^ iv . j

    Diaries And Almanacs. Collins 1 Diaries....

    DIARIES AND ALMANACS . Collins Diaries . —A varied collection of these

    publications for 1887 has been sent in by Messrs . W . Collins , Sons , & Co ., Limited . The diaries are stronglboundand sensibly adapted to this

    y , purpose . The largest , a ' Scribbling Diary , ' shows a week at an opening . It may be had interleaved with blottingand is a useful office or home

    , remembrancer . Smaller in size , the * Commercial Diary '—a quarto—is equally serviceable . The * Portable ' the * Hand / and the * Pocket' diaries

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1886, page 1289, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111886/page/11/