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    j 1122 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 6, ...

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    J 1122 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 6, ...

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1881, page 1122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121881/page/66/