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    COLONEL FRED BURNABY : A PUBLISHER'S REM...

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    in t houg every h he company was , as , and popu _ . his «_ lar strong . at Bi , rming manly « h , trenc . as h h e h utterances ad been in , which e v ery ^ , mad p lace e him ^ which , Conseratjre _ ^ _ had been i ¦ .

    fortunate enough to call him guest .

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    Colonel Fred Burnaby : A Publisher's Rem...

    COLONEL FRED BURNABY : A PUBLISHER'S REMINISCENCE .

    greater The variety death of of Colonel c»— lasses than _ Fred h __ perhaps Burnaby that A will of V be almost felt m V M by any a soldier A larger , number or A , indee «_ of d , peop of few le and men b , y * —_ p _^ _

    in the whatever present day grade ^ . He of society made friends . Other ^ , an papers d could have not hel done p being ^ full j popular ustice to , w him herever in his he went career , and as soldierjournalistlorerand politician . We who came into personal contact with him in

    hi — _ s li _ h _ terary . , career , exp be _ k pardoned , ^_ _ i if __ . we say a few 4 B words ^_ about ^ ^ him _ h _ i from __ this ^ _¦ _ stand ^ _ i point _ > . Hor ^ M ^ V well do we remember ifl % his lendid b ffi and i gigant i ic figure as he used to stroll into ¦ # our office w —¦ - when

    he UfAAV and ^ y ^^ r ^ BiaB % had loud - _ X Wh * v « ~ ~ . some ~ * <«» w w ring _ b AJ - AH > ^ w ^ gr ^ ing ^ A B ^ * tab and ^*~ ^^» laugh * v v wv ^ ^ literary ^ » ^ Uk «» * a . ^^ ! ^ p ^^ sp np There __ w r . p <_ v . « ^^ roject . - » * - »/ ¦ was ^~ if « wm ^^« in ^» « a ^^ w view S sort f ^ / ^ - " « . ^ V ^^^ — ^^ of " » ^ - * his — ¦* ^^ , magnetism «« ^ - «« ^^ hearty _ u j A * ^^ w ^^ v ' > ^^ wa ^^ ^^^ «» gri ^^^^ « about ^ — *^^ r p - ^^ - ^^ _ r of w - »« ^^^ m * ^ v ^ v him ^ the —_ b « . m ^ * . « h hand which if via ^ a * ^^ i > -- _ ^^ ^ jfc , his ^ made « b ___ ^ b * « k ~ f ~ k twinkling «» ^ ^ us - >« ^ - _> ^^ all *— — ' — ¦¦^ ^^ joll J ^^ eye - - y in ~ -- ¦

    a his splendid presence han . d Notwi at strik thstanding ing a barg his ain j , oviality and by , no however means , under he had -estimated a keen eye the to valu business e of his , lite he raiy ww wor ? T VJL k Xk . a He JL-alVS seemed fc ? VV / A * a . * - /« J 1 to VV take V / CWJL ^ % / more At & VJLV pride L # JL __^ f > ~ - / in A . AM . overcomin V-r T ^^ JU ^_ # V ^« m , **** g fit a CjV publisher 1 / WWVWJfl / I V than VAAUfAA in X 1 A winning IT JLlllAM *^ a *« battle » such , ¦» ---- ! -

    However rose-colou unpromising red glamour his that project he soon may made , at it first assume sight , a appear more attractive , he managed aspect to , cast and over in this it wiy $ he carried his point . It must be admitted that in the result he was generally not very far

    wrong wrrvn and it , should for fnr he "h « made mad be added fi Ins liia infl influence that uenc in e the to to case be be felt felt of failure for for the the he good cood was of of always his his new iiaw as generous book book wherever wherever in the end ne he as wem wenti he * came came exacting io for r a a snort short in the interval xniervai beginning he ne would wouia . He write write was som : : * Two j e . wo what aays days fidge ! and ana ty about I x have nave his received received proof-sheets nowuug nothing ; if : . n this « ° - ^ » ¦

    . makes probably one le occasion . me You ri swear ght are when about — not puts a the the sli my ght onl repetition liver inelegancy out . of who . order of , has style I w and rite remarked was does as pointed I talk away about , and with out the to do the him not effect pretend he of wrote of the the waters to : ' have word You / anf att On sty y person repetition , j

    have let two or three people look at the proofs . They are not connected with the press , but are average mortals—I call them my Foolonieters . They like the book . I think they « yi reprwe til ITI " * the 11 _ * __»__ . _ _ - _ . __ £ _ . __ . of - _ £ the J . 1-. ^_ .- _ - ^ . 3 _ . _ -- - •» __ . ___ . 1 __ 1 _! - » . t ^ 7 " wil ill l make _ . ! / TT Hardl -Ft— .-. _^^ x 1 .. flit

    perhaps majority , to the " rea reading ding " public public . *) I ... You a success ' ( y a compumenw , Never would he admit the possibility of failure in literary venture he undertook aw

    fc l k ^^ a ^^ _ h any h , n ' he therefore _ __ says — . * I insisted _ do not upon like it being ^ . ' . It himself »_ makes . ^ _^ me well ^ as ^ paid ug ly — beforehand as nature —_ " . has Writing . ^* The about artist _ a reminds certain ¦ me c * 1 ___ * ot p D __ ^ *

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    i ! ' , ' l he ying said on , •** a Vm small glad bed to in see a you room ; how furnished are you with ? Wellington And on sorrow -like simp being licity expressed . * , Ah at 1 my ^ . ^ H ^ rSI SSI lb UUJLVJl

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 2, 1885, page 86, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02021885/page/2/