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    B- : _; : " * Dec _ . 6 ¦ , ———— 1887 ¦——— ¦ 1 ——— ________ The . Publishers — _.. . _.. ' Circular _ — l t _.. .. ¦ _ 1 - — - — 1 -- - — —______________ 1455

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1887, page 1455, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121887/page/33/