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    ¦*• 6 , l 886 oo . The Publishers' Circular I 47 r

    Baron Gexdern.—Baron Gustave Heine

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    K in London . Besides editing several KLnoz K ted one rap an hic extensive newspapers frfi t nth practice , the as deceased a teacher con of

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    ¦ K Thursday t negate , accordin Cemetery g to ., the the New Rev Church . Dr . Tafel service , of

    WT Kensington [ J , E officiating van's . —This . talented colonial

    y . Kctober Hrriter ^^^^^^^^ B died ta- 22 A Australian . "B We at Adelaide Am copy . 1 _ W _ Advertiser the __ ¦ P > ^—^ , following South Y ^ h ^ . , * k . ^ k ^^ « . ^_ ^ Lfc Australi ^ ft ^ PJ notice ^ PB . ^^ ^^ k ^ PL ^ h ^ P * I ^ a ~^* from v , on I I ^^ l

    Kooks K ie & mtfi are well known in this-country . Mrs , althoug . Evans h ' is familiar to British readers

    ¦ K K rezret y ie author to pen have -name more to record * Maude the Jeanne death Franc of Mrs ' : . — M ' . We J .

    Mfrans HP o who . was well til known to iii the public -1-1 * b 11 y her ¦ B iterary , " nomme The late Mrs pl . ume Evans of was '' Maude the authoress Jeanne ranc

    Knd Kf four nine . teen shorter tales descri stories ptive . Her of domestic novels were life

    ¦ ¦ nostl narked y of by hi sem gh i- literary religious merit character several , an of d them were

    Raving passed through a number , of editions . whey were published in England , where Mrs .

    fcvans' work was greatly appreciated by the Beading public . Her London publishers were

    ¦ ¦ fesi eceased *; . Sampson lady lived Low a quiet & Co retired . Thoug life , her he

    ¦ B rcquain > whom tance the was news hi of ghl her y valued death will by her be received friends , y

    Bhrough ¦ rith deep her regre liteTary t . " work Maude made Jeanne her way Franc into "

    ¦ nany homes where the gifted authoress herself Bi Bras rous unknown stle . Her a writ pure er wil and l be homel much y thoug missed h goy

    Htt a Australian Australian literature literature * . . W We ^ e havf have * now now m in type tvnft B anstmas tale written by the deceased lady for the

    ¦^ number of the Chronicle this year .

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    I A CLEVER DODGE . ^^^ B To the Editor - * — - w - of - *^ m * the p * P V ^ pr Publishers H ^^ ^^^ J *^ W . Ph ^ p ^^ pB Jl <^ m ^ f" T ' Cir ^^ p » ^ ^ k ¦ V cular ^** ^^ Tir ^ . T #

    1 Sir , —The letter of * A Leicester Victim' in 1 wour The issue dodge vavvj of ^ the ' 1 st inst be ue . clever mo is just but under is my notice old .

    ¦ one as the following o may ixiny account of er , , my uut own ih a a experience very vwxy uiu . ¦|* "llL ill show Baow . - » So o tar far back haolr as as 1834 1 R 34 when wh « n I T was was 15 1 h I T

    |] |* ? as father , after and only brother uiru one year ' s bookseller experience , and , started stationer , by

    ¦ mme mCs were y morning were no * —O ¦ railway ¦ , simp iier as as le s , a a no if DOOKseiier not electric happy telegrap auu time HLtiiioner , h when no ..

    ^¦ i " * - •> * k W « - *• Y U , m A 4 \/ V ^ V ^^/ UA , A V WV 1 VC A . CW t ^ r JLA , * - * V ^ ¦ PQought Kf £ 7 ^ postage of or tnxm *™ , no to to disp disnlap envelopes lace . fi the thfi , no T ^ lebei l « note V ) eian an -paper wafe wafer , r no or or

    I o e steo ° anstociatic UDt . l pens in g , no 8 ealing threepence > wax , no or headline p any oth copy ^ r -books pence , billing off booksno companies

    ¦ K without * Yv souls to be saved or bodies , to be kicked ! bed 7 P ne T doming d 8 ^ t ° in P ene the ( i ' summer m Y elder of Mother that year still , the in . when I WttD addressed who

    w commissi ., was oned uuu from resse a Mr . by oy Martin * a a genueman gentleman J to offer ,, ' me agency for a new pencil ¦ ¦ r . This wonderful pencil

    ^^ n g ^ h ¦ ^ —¦ ' ^^^ fc ^ ^ B ^ l ^ h ^^ — . ^ » ^ ¦¦ ^ mm * ' ^ ^ " ¦> ^ " ~ ^^ ^^ B I — HV ^^ ^^ ~ R lasa ^^ w earthenwar ^ " ^ ° © , P or a P on ' w any ° od substance , metal , cloth whatever , silk , ;

    b v toe as agent selling 8 the largel larcrelv artisan y in in s of other nhhor the town towns t / iwns , so , and and soon if if as IT

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    they knew I had a stock , would almost besiege my shop for it . The bait took . The terms of the

    agency were purchase of a specified quantity of the pencils , which the * gentleman' carried with him . This first transaction was to be for cash . On these

    terms being accepted and carried out , a ' patent , ' framed and glazed , would be sent down by the coach , , and ¦—¦ the agency k ¦ would i be adve ¦ rtised in the local .

    ^ ^^^ — — had - ^^^ p * ^^ jus — - t - ^^ m started - ^ w - ^ - — - —^ - ^^ in •—^ - ^» business ^ v ^^^^ ~^ ^^~ ^ r ^ ^^»» , ^ fc ^ ^ P were ^^ PJ ^ m ^ Bv ^ V ^^ ^ B . ^ .. very —i | ~ « VM ^^ " ^^^^^ plW short ^ . B paper H ^ p * ^ rf . ^ HpT ^ . ^ of ^^ fpl cash — — —had - — - ^— ¦ m « —— not ' — ' " » , —~ in - fact ^^ ^^ ^ r , y enoug - ^^ - ^^^ —— ^^^ r ^ % h ^^ to ^^ ^^ pay M ^ ^^^^ # ^ him ^^^ ^^^»^* the ^« x *^ - ^ ^^

    specified amount , and told him so . He looked ^ round — ~^ - ~~~ - — ¦ ^ , and ' ¦ m ^ PW -w ^ p . v said ^ ^| ppv _ ^ . ^ IPJ , — ' You ^^^* ^ pp' ¦ ¦ I have ^ ™ *~^ W » ^* P ^ . stock ^* ^ ^^ ' ^^^•^ BS ; M ^ I . ^ can ^^ JV »^ tak ^^ WW ^ P- ^ e ^^ part B ^ ^^ VV ^ B ^ ^ p ?

    in cash and part in goods , ' and so he had two or three —— ' i ^^ - ^»» ~^» - —— ^ reams ^— - ^ p ^ ¦ —^^^^^^ - ^^ pr of ' ^ ¦ good ar ^^ l ^^ ^^ ^^^^ foolscap ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ¦ ^• pp' ^^^^ p «^ , p p some *^ ^ ppr ^^ " ^ B >^ P 4 ^ . p' cash ^ pipr v >^ pvpi ^ p > ^*^ p » , pm ^ left vfc ^ ipr ^ v the ^ p *^ p *^ p * * a ^ v

    pencils , and departed . We anxiousl ^ - ^ '"' ¦ y W met ' — the ~~ ~—^— — coach ^^ - - ^^ - ^^ ^^^^ day ^^^« -m ^^ m after ^ pppr ^^ ^ bP ^ P ^ ^^ Pfc day ^ P" ^ ^ . ^ . ^ W ; VJ . no PP" ^ ^ p ^

    ' patent' arrived . We anxiously for two or three weeks scanned the columns of the local paper for the promised advertisement—effects were none .

    Our *«^ b . faith ^^ A ^ had ^ m ^ pt been . ^ m so imp ^ licit i ^* ^ a that __ we never asked for the ' address ' of Mr . Martinand we as a last

    expedient ^ - ^ ™ ^^^ ^^^ IB I Pfe ™ ^^^ - ^ broug ^ Pl ^ ^— ¦ ™ — ~— w ^^ ¦ ht ^ Pi ^ . ¦ the . ^^^ H ^ - ^ " ^ »^^^^^ pencils ^^^ p ^ ^^^^»^ ^ " ^^« ^ m ^""^ ^^^ ^^ under ^^^ *^»^^ B , ^ H ^ b ^^^ ^^ " ^^ ^^ . ^ p . the ^ H p P | ^ . ^^ notice ^^^ PV P *^ " ^ P ^ . ^ PPF PP ^ V ^ B ^ Pfl of P ^ p ^ P ^^ ^ - some — ¦ —¦ carpenters — - ^^^ PJ I ^— ' — — H and - — — ^^ " tailors H ^— ^^ . ^ They ^^^^ - ^^^^ ¦ ~^— simp ¦ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^ | V l ^^ " y W laug ^ PPt ^ h ^ ppi ^^ p > ^_ b ^ hed ^ p ^ i ^ p . ^ pV ^^ P 0

    afc them—they were common French chalk—and we slowly received into our minds the truth that we had been * done . '

    That was experience dearly bought , but it has profited me well since . Many a time has an agency —i m-mM . H " ^ " - ¦ ^— ' ¦ of - ^ this - ^ — bogus — - ^ ^ PPP . " »^» ^ kind PP ^^^~ '—~ " T ^» been B - ¦— ' ^ p ^ ^—^— offered ^^ pv ^^ i ^ MP > ' ^ ^^ - ^ p ^ - ^ p ^ pp across ' ^ p ^ P' -W ^ P * ^ P ^ ^ IP * •¦¦ PF the ^ P ^ ^ P . ^ P ^ ^ P *

    counter to me , and at the fitting juncture I have said , * You mean that I am to buy for ready money a — — — stock —* - ^ ¦ ^^^ w to ^^ " ^^» beg ™ ~— ^ pp ^^ h in i ¦ ' the ^— ^—»^^— - ^ agency ^ ^ h ^^ b ™ ^^—^^ ^^» . with . ^ — - ^^ ™ ? ^ r ' ^ I ^ " ^^ ^ have ^^ " ^^^ ' ^ . ^^ pr v ^ pr then ^ pp 1 ^^^^^ ^ Bgpr . ^ i ^ i ^ H

    bowed the rogue out of the shop with a tone that meant he must go or be kicked out . This is my experienceand if its narrative is not too long I

    , trust you will admit it into your columns .

    Chelmsford , Nov . 19 , 1886 . T . B . A .

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    kno Messrs wn medica . E . l & S . Liivingston l boo e k , the lers well and - genera

    publishers purcliased |~/ IAJL VAXlWk-lV \ A , the UJIlv of business Teviot IL / lAIJAAiVrJWi Place , mac -K .-LX CVVAAXAA , hinery Edinburg \> X y , ( and JVJkAvL h , ^_^ hav ^ X t l / ire U e

    printing plant of Mr ., D . S . Stewart . The * ~ printing connection which has just been added

    to M . Messrs *~> . Iiivingstone ' s business V promises to be extensive , and we trust it will be prosperous .

    The old-established stationery business of the late Mr . Henry Cockayne , 195 Walworth

    Road , has been purchased from the executrix by Mr . J . E . Bennettwho has for several

    years acted as manager , . The valuation was made on behalf of both p arties by Mr . A . M .

    Burghes , of Paternoster Row . E . C Messrs . have . been Marshal appoin l Brothers ted i Row , 3 Amen ' Agen Corner ts for ,

    all C , rane 7 ' s Diaries , a nd they are now supplied by them on publishers' terms . ¦~^\ m i

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    From Messrs . Brook & Chxyatal , Manchester ( London : Simpkin , Marshall ) . — ' Pulpit Parables

    for Young Hearers / by the Kev . P . T . Forsytb , M happ . A . il , and -conceived the Rev . and J . A . happ Hamilto ily-executed n Saltaire book , is a .

    The authors y have avoided attempting to thrust upon young minds thoughts which are too abstruse for childhood and its ' natural iety . '

    It ia a book to be commended to the attention p of al ^ who have to do with the spiritual instruction

    of young people .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1475, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/71/