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May 2, 1887 ¦ ' ¦ ¦- ¦¦• •¦ • •V ¦ -;• ¦...
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The Subject Of Early Closing Is At Prese...
tender * their best thanks to 43 ie board of directors of the company for the concession
which has been made in regard to the earlier closing of the offices during the summer
months , and to assure the board that they are determined to spare no effort to show their
appreciation of so great a boon , and to use their utmost exertions to assist in carrying on
the business of the house satisfactorily in the
shorter hours . '
May 2, 1887 ¦ ' ¦ ¦- ¦¦• •¦ • •V ¦ -;• ¦...
May 2 , 1887 ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦¦• •¦ • V ¦ - ;• ¦ £ ¦¦ ??• . ; ¦ ¦* •¦ ¦ ^ Ti mr a -v ^ ;^ / ^ !^ BJii : -: ^ # & ers' Git fciiliar "¦¦ ¦ ¦ '• t : - ^ ¦ '¦ "¦'¦"''' . ' ; - - . r ^ n . y ^^ ^ ira ^ 0 ^ * * ; , . ¦ . ¦ .. i . -. ? * , 1
Saturday W ^Upp' ^™^ ™^ ^^ Messrs — ^_M ...
Saturday Messrs April . Longmans 23 the h —~ , Green members h ~^ pp >~ -vppppipbp & Co this 94 . — firm pbb > sk On bb
w ^ upp' ^™^ ™^ ^^ — ^_ m , ^ w ^ ^ r ^^ ^—^ _ , ^ . — — ^^^ v ^ p ^ r * ^ pp ^^ pppppp" w ^^ r ^ pjp »^ ^^^ ^ pp » ^™ ^ pp * ^ . ^ ^> ^ ppb ^ pp ^^ bb entertained the whole of their employe ' s , with their ^^ ^ pp ^ ^~^ ^ " ^ wives " ^ " ^ *^^~^ or ™^ ~~— ^ sisters ^ " ^ —~»^ pp * - ^ ppr - ^ p ^ - ^ p » pp , « and ^ B >^ r ^ pphppp * ^ pp- ^ ppr a ^ b' - ^ pt party bm ^ VJp ^ v ^ vsHi ^ bp ¦/ of ^ b ^ « bv friend w ^ bb ^ fcv * 4 p »^ BA ^ p » p * b * s b ^^ t of ^** « wfe
the family and firm , at Queen ' s Gate HaU , Har ¦¦ - rington ^^_ — ^ p- j — Road — — — — , S - — . W . — It — ¦ — was — -w - — — ' - — a - ^^ -- ^ source pt ^ b * - ^ pp" ~ - ^ - " ^^ - ^^ - ^ ppr - ^ pv of - ^ p— ^^ v general JpVah ^ b ^~ «» pp > bpb > ^ v" « bppp ^ pf ^ pp « bb
satisfaction that Mrs . Longman , the widow of the late Mr . Thomas Longmanand the mother
of Mr . T . Norton Longman and , Mr . George Longman — — ^ pppp ^ p . , j - was ~ — - — ' — ' able — - » » - ^ p- — - ^— to —¦— - ¦— Be v- ^ p— ppi present H h - ^^— ~^ pp »~ w ^ BP ^ BV ^ pppv ^ ppppi ^ pp . ^ ^ At « bbp « b ^ b- ^ b > 5 ^ BV o ^ pppr ' clock -vs ^ pH 1 r ^ ^ B ^ ^ B . ^
pball met at an informal tea , which gave an opportunity for social intercourse ¦ and was / BPIB a
very — H — « — pleasant M ^~ introduction ~~ ^ ™ —— ¦ ~~ ~ - ^ *^ PP » ¦ ¦ ¦ ™ ^^ —^ " ~ ~^ P" ~ to *«» ' ^ PP ^^ PP ^^ P" ^ " the W ^ PP » ~^ B ^ , VH *^^^ later P » ^ PPPP ^ PP ^ ^ PPP 1 ^ PP sV vbpf pro ^ pp 1 * V ^ - ceedings — — — ^ pp ™^^ p . — of ^^ the ^^ ^^ evening ™ ~ ~^ p ° ^~^~ ' ^ ^^ " ^~^ ^~^ ^ r ^^^^ M . ^^ These ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^* ^^^^ ^^^^ consisted ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ w ^^ w ^^^ v ^^ p ^^^ ^^^ F ^^^^ . of ^*^ F ^ ^^^ B "
the performance of * The Coming Woman ' and ' Cox and Box' leading parts being taken b
members of the , firm and their friends . The y ¦ pieces - - w - ere —¦— most - —¦ - thoroug ¦ hly enjoyed b ¦ the
audience — — — — and also — —r - — we ' » —— ^^— - ^ venture — J ^^ V ¦ —^^^^ W ^^^ to ^^^^^ " ^^ think " ^ W ^^^^ ^^^^ •^¦^ y b ^^ all ^^^^ ^ . ^ who acted , . Advantage , was taken during , y the
performance to introduce allusions to business friends In fact and the affairs first p that iece were 4 The very Coming much Woman relished . '
which , was a dreadful , picture of what may , happen ¦ — ¦ ™ - ^^ - — Hr if " ¦ ¦ ¦¦ the - ^^ ^^ m ^^ m - ^^ w ^ ^ eaker - ^^^ ^ b ^^ v ^^ b ^^^ ^^ r ^^^ ever ^^^^ ^ - ^^^ v ^» become *^ h ^ ^ B ^ ^^^ ^^^ F flP ^ tf ^^^ ^|^ r the ^^ ^ V * ^^> ^^^ stronger V ^^ F V ^ ^^ H ^«^ ** V % ^^~ ^^ B *
entitled sex , might ' She , ' on and thi He s occasi : ' The on onl pro y gramm / have e been card
Jt ^ *? was designed and drawn by Miss Longman ^^ , to whom also praise is due for most
effective stage-management . Th 3 wnole of the performance reflected the ii greatest credit upon
¦ — ~ " ~ ¦ ¦ ^ ' - — ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ i ^ ^ vv - ^^ ~^^ r ^^^^ ^^^ v ^ . o ^ v ^ h ^^^ r ^^^ r ^^^ ^ q ^ r ^^ vw ^ iv ^^^^ p ^^^ r ^^ " ^ L ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ V ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ too all hi concerned ghly of , the and thoug it is htful difficult kindness to speak that
prompted all the arrangements and of the graceful hospitality with which they were carried out . The company , numbering nearly
T 150 . Norton , was honoured Longman b , ^ y Mrs a the . Charles presence J . of L Mrs ong- . manMrs . George H . KlongmanMrs . Hubert
Longman , , Mrs . Header , and , other ladies . After supper , Mr . T ., Norton Longman
proposed the health of the Queen , and cordially expressed his pleasure and that of the other
members of his firm in thus meeting their employe ' s and friends , adding that he hoped
this might only be the first of other somewhat * — — 'VW *^ similar — - — — ^— r— 1 ,-y a , | gatherings b % V VAAV »• *»»» " » ta » k »»* in J » h , * fc « - » time ^» - »»» Jl . ^^ - ^ to "fcF "^^ come ^^^ . r « a « B , 4 * - ^^ " . « ' Mr ¦ h <^ H fbj .
Longman ' s speech was received with great b cordiality ehalf I of himself , a nd Bf | Mr and tfBBf . ffBH Thomp the BJBBBV " rest B 1 s on 1 of BW expre the emp ¦ sse loye d , on ' s
A B — " ah ^ " ~^ ' ™ «¦ " ^ B ^^ W ^ B BHB b . BP . BT ta ~ B ^ B" V >« BJB . ^ BT ^ V ^ B ^ BBT ^ - I ^ V ^^ p BHV ^ F ^ ^^ T ^^ BV ^ ^^ v ^ ^ * p ^ h ~ ^ " I W ¦¦ ^^ , their * thanks ^ ^ for ^ . the *^ kindness . ^^ _^^ of ^^ ^ ^^ he firm , and their appreciation of the enteriainmeilt that had nad . lbeen > f » an provided nrnvidftfl for fo-r them t . Tiftm . Mr IVTr . Thompson Thotnnaoii /'
. has been in the service of the firm for fortythe five post years of , - and country has . pnl traveller y recentl though y retired — e fr still — o m
remains ¦¦ ^ ^— ™ T ^ - ^^ in p ^* the ^^* ^^ ' ' ^ B' ^ w hpuse Bl ^ WBI " ^^ ^^^ m . ^ BF" B ^ BT ~ B ^ r ^ B > Mr V ^ B ^ ' ^^ W ^^ . ^ Simpson ^ , BH ^ "T f ^^ ¦¦ ""^ J ^ B" ^ | fl ^^ V ^ ^ ¦ ^— ( Messrs ^^ .
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Simpson 8 b Bevington ) expressed his acknO ^ wKled BKB « MB ents ¦ l ^»«^ # fU to Messrs BBBBJ . Longmans « BJBJBaT BBJBWB ^ W V & Co . for BBV Wo
^ " ^^ B ^ ^ BW gm ^_ ^ ^ M ^ BVJV *« B ^ Va ^ 'BW ^^ T ^^^ VBT V ^ ^ . ^ ^ " ^« . IBI -- ^ TW ™ ^^^ ^ W ^^ V W ^^ kindl B ^ Ah ^^ d ^^_ y i nviting - _ himself ^^ ^^ ' «^ - _ and others _ to ^ partici ^ . k ^ pate in the pleas WJ ur VIBI e ' ^¦^ s of the Fi evening ¦ ¦ and referred to
BB — - ^— ^ ^^ " ^— - ^ B' ^ ^ V ^ B ^ ^^ B- ^ H'VI . W ^ B ^ d BBB ^ B » ^^^^ ^ ^ B ^ W ^ B ^ - - ' —— ^ BBM * B m , ^ B ~ ^ _ ' ~ " - " - ^ his > many years' pleasant ^ A connection with _^ the house - ^— - ^^— - ^— - ^^ ~— v ~^ v —^^ m . ^ m" ~ Mr ^ rw ^ ¦» ^^^^^ r ^^^^ . ^ p Charles ^^^^ ^^^ V ^ B > ^ B" ^ B ^ BB ^ P ^^^ P ^ B ^ F ^^^^ J ^ B ^^ . ^ B ^ Longman ^^^^^^ " ^^ ^ ™ ¦ ^^^^ BJB ^ fc ^^^^^^^^ p ™ ^» ~ thanke ^ - ^ — — . d " -J the ^
various ladies and gentlemen , on behalf of himself and the rest of the audience , for the pleasure iF B 1 they had BBB derived VV ? 1 from the VF BJVBBb performance Bjf ¦ ¦
m H ^^— - ^ BF W ^^^* B »^ BB » ^^ B * .. BBB > ^ BJ > W H . ^ . ^^ ' ^^ ^ nj ^^ B ^ ^^ B ^^^ V ^ BjrF ^^^ W ^ BB ^^ B - ^ H , ^ ^ B . « . T . V ^ B ^ ^ B ^ ^^ H ^^ " I ^ - ^^^^^^>— ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^^ ¦ ^ VV which they had just witnessed , and took the opportunity of acknowledging the presence in
g . x ^ f - O'O Jl the company of the representatives of two ^ tirms that were intimately connected with his own
namel y Messrs « BBh «¦¦! . Dickinson B ^ i ^ i ^ i ^ dh Bk « 1 & Co ^^ 1 . ( as represente d , by Mr . Frank Barlow , Mr . Thomas , and Mr .
iiing , jun . ) and Messrs . Spottiswoode & Co . ( h as represented ¦ h h ¦ by IVJr . Wilson ) . Mr . Bray was
- — ——^ r —^^ H ^^ r - ^^^ - 'w - ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ v - ^^^ ^^ ¦ w - ^^ g ^—^— I ^ " — ^» ¦ — — — ^^^ called ^ M ¦¦> ^^ K upon to _ respond to . b the i . . ¦ toast — _ of ^ the * . 4 B visitors BVAk W ^^ 0 w- ^ v > « Bt V ^ ^ « BB B ^ v * , which V V K « V * 4 I . B | V BB ~««* k « B » 4 BB * ^ he B OA >^ P > ^ k ^ did BV BI « JB > ^^ V ^ B > BB B «** in A BJ a ^ B ^ BT « humorous ¦¦«^ ¦^¦ P ^^ B BB »^ W ^^ BV I « HV ¦ ^^ M - ^ B *^ ^ B speech V ^ B i ^ VBf *^ ^ B ^ » T ^ B « r , BB ** . ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^ _ >
Mr . Frank Barlow adding . a feV further remarks for himself and his firm . The
proceedings terminated at 11 o ' clock with cheers for the house .
Booksellers' Provident Institution . — The usual monthlv meeting of the Board of-Dire ¦ ctors Tsf of this vkvks VVV Institution b bb «¦»«¦» was B Brf B held «¦» b at vbj
vVv ^ ^^ 4 *^ T ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ * 4 ^ T alar B ^ ^ BBB , ^« B V ^^ VaT ^ B > *^ »* «^«« ^^ v » w ^ r ^^^^ ^^ ^^ w v ^ p ^ 56 Old Bailey , on Thursday , the 21 st ultimo , Frederick ^^ B ^^^ B . ^ B ^ F ^^ nB ^ B . P ^ B ^ ^ B ^ ^ BBF BBBV Miles B ^ B . * ^ BB ^^ v ^^^ ^ B ^ *^ W . , ¦ Esq ^^^^^^^^^ *^^* ^^ H . ^^ , ^ H presiding BT ^*^ ^^ — - — —~ ~— ' vp ^^ B , . One ^^ — of — the — ^ ^^^
trustees , Charles Awdry , Esq ., and seventeen was directors grante were d to present sixty- . six The memb ¦ sum ¦ ers p f £ and 108 . widows 8 s . 4 c ? .
V ^¦ " ^^ f ^ ^ ta ^^^^ B ^ B ^^^ TV ^ ^*^ B . ^ H ^ ^ Ba ^ _ V ^ B »^ B » ^ B » ^ B ^ ¦ T ^ B ^ ^^^ " ^ B" ^^^ ^^ ^^ «™ ^^ - ^^ P ^^ ^—^~ — — - —~ — ^—^ ^—^ ^ - ^ ^ - ^ — — — — w of members ~ Hnr- temporary and permanent assistance .
Dryden ' s House . ;—A contemporary says : The HB evidence that the i quaint little \ houseNo .
^ p ^^^ ^ w ^^ pp ^ p ^ p- - ^^^ - ^ ap ^^ - ^^ v ^ pr ^ B ^ ^^^^ V ^ ^»^»^ ^»^» ^— ¦ ^^^ ^^ ^ " ~— ^ - ^ ^ - ^ PB - » - — — , ^ v 16 Fetter Liane , which is doomed to demolition , was V W ^ BPWn ^ . Pr ever ^^ W ^ BJ * BB the ^^ p ^ P » p ^ p » ' ^ B ^ ' residence ^^ P" ^ P ^ PJ ^ P ^ "PPPP » ^^ ^ " | ^ " ^^^^ " ^ " ^ " ^ P ^ of ^™~ Dry W den rests — — wholl w ¦ " y
upon the fact that an anonymous tablet bears the inscri PPlPI ption : ' Here liVd « Tohn Drydenye 1
Poet ^ p ^ r ^ IPPB ^ PP . ^^^ 4 VBJ . . BI ^ BB B ^ BT ^ p' PVBt * Born ^_ ^ B ~ ^ ppT ^ B » ^ PPP » ' ^ B ^ PPPPBPPPJP ^ ^ 163 _ P ™ " 1 ' — I ~^^ ^ ^ Died ppppa ^ - ^ ™ ¦ ¦ ^ ¦ " ¦ " pplph " ^ 1700 _ . ^^ . ^ m ~ . ^ Glorious g ^ pfP ^^ . ^ PPPfe ^ , m PP ^ John r ^ pp ^ pKbA * ! V ? There •¦¦ " ^ " ^ " ^ bw- ppv - ^ B- is ^ pp- » - ^ no If — other — ^ ¦ — authorit - ~ - __ - - y _ for ^_ _ the _ __ ^ I _
circumstance except the apocryphal story which v W *«>^^ w *« » a ^ Pp *> HH | has HBimp * WnPr long Bpp » - ^ p ^ " pp > ppp > VBK been p- ^ pF" - ^ - ^ ¦ — current " — " - — " — — of — Ot — way "" , who . —— ,
as the tale goes , lived opposite Dryden , in which case he must have occupied a house
in the > grounds of the present Record Office . One - ^^ r ppppv B . ^ f day ~^ ir ^ B ^ mr ^ r » , ^ m ppp it ^ ^ pp » ¦ ¦ is ¦ ' ^ pp' said »—^ ^^ '"' ¦ ¦ ' ~— ' — , ^ B Otway —— - ¦— ™ — M called — ^ upon BJ — the ^ ' ~^ pp ~
Laureate early in the morning , and was told I I that ^^ ^ P ^^ ¦ PI ^ PPP »^ P ^ ^ PPT the —^^ ^ P ^» ^ P ^ P | ^^ PP ^ poet PV ^ PT ^ P ^^ "PP" ^^ had i ¦ ¦ ¦ ^— — " ^ gon ^ L ^^^ H ^^ e ^ to breakfast with the ^ " HJBJBJBJ A .
Earl he would of Pembroke call on the . followin Otway left g morn a message ing . When that | he arrivedand r asked B ¦¦¦ the pi - ^ pp > ] servant f - — whether -- his > r
BB . VHJ ^ B ^ WVV ^ V B . BH < B / - ^ a ^ ^ V ^ B , BJ | ^ n ^ PPB ^ PP . ^ PP ^ m m ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ P" ¦ »« - I BH . ^ pp ^— ^ I - -rm- — < 1 IB -B « V - P > _ , Bl . < M _ . .. ^_ master was at home _ , he was fa _ ' > ld , * No * , sir ; he ¦ . is Jbf ^ just VViftaF " »» \ ¦ gone Si ^ B ^ Jfc *^^ to "fcf " ^ i ^ breakfast ^ b 1 » - >* " ¦*• - »»»¦ . * "V « iw w with »» -.- »— . b— the > v" - — Duke — ¦ ¦ ¦ . •¦¦¦ bb , -v ^ - of *> r t / mm
Buckingham . ' Whereupon Otway , taking up a p iece of chalk , wrote over the
door—Here lives Dryden , a poet and a wit . Recognising the handwritingDryden wrote
, beneath it—This was written by Otway opposit ,
at P invitation ^ Bt B . 9 . BJ ^ the W ^ B ^ Bj ^ V ^ BF « BJ ^ . pT same PVt ^ B to ^|^ ~^^ breakfast V ^ B time ' | BJ ^ B V « TV « tB »« PPB *¦¦> ^ P sending « I IB . ^ BT «« Bu V ^ PPPPW , ^ PT ^ ^ ' ^ J his when w P- ^ P—^ nei < PB ^ ' p P . pa B g Otway ¦ hbour - " » W W I % M flaw W ~^ ^^ an T » *
the rhyme which had been linked tp his line h *¦• " ¦•^ Pl e ^^""^ t ^^ o ^ PpB ^ ok ^ B ^^ . PPP » BPPP > offence ^ B ^^ BPPPJPPPPP ( ^ B ^ r PVP ^ PPPPB ^ B ^ P ^ ^ PBB ^ , IBI a ^ PPfPPP ^ n P ^ " ^ ^ " ^ P 1 d ^ P" ^^ curtl ^ P > « P ^ »^ ^ " ^* ¦ * T ^^ y Pfc ^ T tolcl ~ " ~ " ~ ^ Dryden ~^ ~ ^^^ m f 1 ^ T , that ^ ' . ^^ ¦
himself 'he mi . g ' ht keep his wit and his ' breakfast to
^ ^ C The o . wijj Queen jpublish ' s PioTyEBS during May . —M * ^ TJi m e ^ Queen \ Oassell ' s « Pictures ,.. , r mustr ^ yw ating the' chief ..,. events , ¦ . ;• ¦ .: ¦ ¦ ¦ Ai ^ of her . ^ iJ iii i v n lulu i ' i i i iipin jlinjii' ' > * " i ' i ii' il i ' i ' i n i ii iniii i i i" ^ n i ' ' Mi
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 2, 1887, page 435, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02051887/page/5/
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