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    Nov. i, 1890 The Publishers' Circular 74...

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    Booksellers' Provident Institution.— The...

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    — — -V-W An Author On Publishers. Mr. An...

    body who is not in absolute need of the instant £ 50 can --- avoid this __ sort . ___ of bargain _ _ .

    ^^ -v 4 As to hack-work—that is , the acceptance of a commission to write such or such a book

    or paper—the author has no right to grumble if he receives his stipulated price . He has not

    even furnished the initial idea . It is very w seldom ^ ^ p , __ . __ .. — that , like — Collins - ___ the — poet _ _ T , he recoups _ — _ — ^^

    —the loss which his publisher may suffer ; very seldom that he declines the additional bonus which publishers occasionally offer . Nothing

    is more distasteful than to hear an author grumble over a transaction which he made with his eyes open t ; t it is childish and untrades *¦—~

    -ppp •^—1 —^» —^^ ^_ ^— — ~^ — — —^ ~— ~~ — — — ~^ — — —~ ~~ ~~ — ~— - ~~ manlike . No doubt the fairest plan is some form — " of dividing ^ profits A- - - - , either by - ^ a -- royalty - - ^ ^ or

    in some other way . The system called halfprofits i . _ Pj will ^ B ^ B work A % n a very ~ «/ _ --i _¦» well , if it is _¦» not (\ as itA _ - > ^^

    occasionall ^ y is ^ ) vitiated by some "trade custom " not foreseennor consciously accepted j ^ j by the

    an m , A pm _¦ 1 / ~ ---- - , - ^_ - m author . One ^^ has very little ^ sympath . y with authors who grumble at the publisher ' s getting

    his share . He CT did not make X the book : true , -- > but he made it possible . You cannot get on

    without him . His life is far more laborious than yours . He is mewed up in Paternoster Rowor wherever it may beall the best part of

    the day , , summer and winter , . You , if you choose , are on the moor 3 or the links or by the

    river-side , or , at worst , in your own study , ' while he is in an office , answering nletters and

    making his life tedious with estimates and accounts . The author may be in Samoa or in Lochaberwhile the poor publisher is in

    London , toiling , for the author and his brethren . Of course he may make more money than the author ( though I never heard yet of a publisher

    who became as rich as a lucky speculator in minerals or nitrates , whatever they may be ) ;

    but his life is far from being so enviable as that of the scribbler . The successful author need envy nobody in the world ; the unsuccessful

    author has his compensations , while I do not see that the unsuccessful publisher has

    anything of the kind . 101

    Nov. I, 1890 The Publishers' Circular 74...

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    Booksellers' Provident Institution.— The...

    Booksellers' Provident Institution . — The usual monthly meeting of the Board of

    Directors of this Institution was held at their ofliees , 56 Old Bailey , on Thursday , the 16 th

    ult ., at 7 o ' clock in the evening , Mr . C . J . Longman presiding , and there were twenty-one other directors present . The sum of £ \ 1918 s . Vd .

    was voted to sixty JL -two members and widows of members in temporary and permanent

    assistance .

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    The business of the late Mrs . Dixon , Market PlaceBeccleswill be carried on in

    future by her , executors , for the benefit of her youngest daughter and of the other members

    of her family . Miss Hannah , who has been in the business for over 18 years , will continue

    the management . Row Mr . Hi - —— gh pk *— - i . Holborn Blackledge W , . of C . 36 has Southampton taken h over b

    the 5 Bish ¦ - ^ business , ^™ * op " ^ pp ' s »^^ Court l p ^^^ atel « h ^ ^^ . ppi T y r" , -w ^ p carried ^^ w ^ Chancery —^^ , ^ m w - — on v ^ , ^ m by ^™ Lane ^^ ^ - — w his ^* - - ^» r ^^ , father ^—^ and ^—^^^ - ^ m- has w at - ^» r p ^

    flfcremoved it to the more convenient premises occupi . ^ p > ed bhimself .

    ™ ^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^ pp JL ^^ r ^ p ^ ^ p ^ p ^ p ^ p ^ y p ^^ ^^ ^™ ^» ^» ^ p * p ^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^^ pph v Messrs . John Steen & Co ., Queens SquareWolverhamptonhave acquired from

    the trustee , in Chancery of , the late Mr . John Steen ~"~^ ' s estate — — - _ the __ . __ whol _ - . ___ e — flA of _ _ the _ printing _ n , ^ pft ^ pt ^ pb ^ p > ^ pj A ^ ^ h' M ^ K

    stationery ^ , and bookselling business , founded . in the year 1760 by Mr . Thomas Simpson , and

    since since carrie carriedd , on on continuously continuouslv at at the the abov above e address by him and his successors , and for the last Fl thirty ifaAA b by Mr . Steen himselfwho

    amal ^ m ¦ ^ ^> r ^ F gamated * ^ p years W ^ kr vw with ^ w v ^ r it m ^ mm the * ^ m ^^ m v business v ^^ ^ r ^ v ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ v ^ ^ of m ^ m ^ m v * m - ^^ the ^ m ^ , v late * * ^ " ^^ ^^ Mr . W . Parke . They will continue the

    business under the same style and firm as heretofore fnrft . with - wit . li Mr Mr . . Dunbar "Dimhar JSteen Stftftn . the the only onlv son aon of of

    , , the late J . Steen , as the managing partner . Messrs . Marshall Brothers have purchased

    the wholesale country connection of Messrs . Foulsham & Co . lOl -

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    Sir Richard Francis Burton . One of the greatest of African travellers and an Oriental scholar of repute has passed away

    in the person of Sir Richard F . Burton . The deceased , who was the son of Col . Burton , of the 36 th Regimentwas born on March 19

    1821 at Barham House , in Hertfordshire . , ^ His ^^^ B ^^^^> ^^ ^^^^ youth «/ , - ^^ r ^^ - ^^ - ^ r ^^ ^^ h was ^ ^ ^ " ^» ' ^» devoted ^— ^^ ^^ ¦ — ^» ™ ^— ^^ to ~^ - ^^ , travel ~~ ~ ^ ^ — rather — ~^ — ~^ — — than — — to

    study , and in 1842 he entered the service of the East India Company . In India he travelled

    Mecca much , but disguised it was as not a til pil grim 1852 , that when the he visited world

    heard ^ . 1 ^^^^ p ^^ . P ^ pr ^ . pF ^ # B ^ I of ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ him ^ p ^ BK ^^^» ¦ — ^ " ^ " as ^^^ ^^ ^^ one ^ ——^ r — ^ of p »^— ^^ —— ^ the p ^ gHk ^^^ — boldest , -j — — — » - trav — ellers of modern times . In 1855 he visited Harar ^^^ p ^ BBB ^^ ^ Bfe . k ^ 1 ^^ ^ . PVBP ^ .. r ^ ^^ ^^ " ^ i ^ ~^* *~ ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^ ^ — — ^^~ ^^— — ^ ' ¦ " — ^ — ' ,

    and in 1858 , in company with Speke , he discovered visit fc to h ^ the Lake City Tangany of the ika . Saints In 1860 '; the he paid years a

    ^ ^ n * ^^ p » ^ p » ' ^^ ^^ ^ v ^ . ^^ ^ " — — g —^ — — " —~ ^^^ — ¦ ^ # 1861-4 he spent in Western Africa ; in 1865-70 ^ he ¦ k ^ Bk ^ ha ^ exp ^ . ^ ^ " ^ " ¦ ¦ - ^ lored ^ ^*^ ^^ " ^^ - » ' ¦— the - ^ ' ^^ Brazilian ~ - —— —r — — - ¦ - Hig - —p- ™ hlands and

    Paraguay . When he resided at Damascus , in 1869-70 he spent his vacations in

    'unexplored , Syria . During a holiday in 1872 P BW he PB P . B fc 1 visited » » PPf Iceland P ^ p » " ^^^ ~ r- . ~ In - 1876 — ~ and — — — — ^¦ ^ ¦ ^ t ^^ ^ .. " ^^^ ^ . ^ ' ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^™ ^ " ^^^^ ^^^ " ^"" ' ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ g ^

    again in 1879-88 he carried on an explorer ' s work Bj pi . . in ' the Land ii hihp of Midian 11 ¦ ¦ 1 ¦ ' and in 1882

    he ^ ^^^ r accompanied p ) . p , gi ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ Cameron - ^ v-v m ^^ ^^ ^^ ^™^ ^ ™ ^ l to ^— ^ ^ the , ^ m Gold Coast ^ for Jl ^^ - 4 | bj gold kpk ^^ . PA ^ . hIPJ , . P . ' Burton ppWhrtV P . H PV * ^ p > ^ ^ . « « K was W W ^ . ^^ P ^^ a Pki V voluminous V - *^ - ^ - * -w— i m —~ ' ~ " author ______ —— . —— , - _ - —— . , __

    his most important work being ' The Lake Regions of Equatorial Africa . ' Besides his

    works of travel he has written grammars of . lore several . He Oriental has likewise languages translated , and ¦ ¦¦ ¥ ¦¦——¦— books —¦> the on works

    folkpP . PB ~^^ F « P —• ~ W ^ ^ P — ' — ' . > ™ P ^¦ ^ f . PP . PP . ^*~ P" »~»^ ' ^ ^** **^>^ ~ . ^~ V V ^^^ *^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ I " - —p » ^ ppr ~ vr —>*^ « ~ —¦ — ~ ' ~ ^^ of Camoens into English , and published a literal version of * The Arabian Nights . Since

    ' 1872 , Sir Richard Burton has been Consul at at Trieste .

    Mr . A . J . Duffield . The death is also announced of ] Vr . A . J .

    _ Duffield , a Spanish scholar of reputation , and an author of considerable power and originality .

    Mr . Duffield was originally intended for the clerical professionbut he was too restless to

    b , » l > a < k IB 1 « 4 >'»' take ex ¦—» _ ¦ tensivel wr ¦—¦¦ Orders . . h , vi ¦ and ¦¦ siting — earl Bolivia — y in life Peru he and travelled Spain p 9 .

    ^ pp— - w ^ ^« pf p ^ *—¦* p ^^ ¦/ ^^» " ^— " ^ y w , ^ w ^ ^— - ¦ ¦¦ —¦ — — - —<¦ ^^^^ ' ^ h ^^^^^^ > ' ~ ' - — — ' ~ , m , ^ m ' ¦ ^^ ^ m ~ r ~—Mr . Duffield published a translation of * Don Quixote ^ m j - — — ¦ — — — — - , y ' besides -- _ . ^_ . ___ - — _ _ two ^ , , books on Peru , _ and . a

    volume of travels . He was also part author of a novel * ¦ -vfla ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1890, page 1417, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111890/page/17/