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I46 The Publishers' Circular Feb * ~* . ...
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LEGAL.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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Trade Changes.
_ _ Tract Tract Mr Society Societv . Bradshaw . Paternoster iraternoster has succeeded Ito ± Cow w ; : the and and late Mr Mr Mr . . H J ± . . . John < CJ . . Hol iiolmans Althan mans . s who who as trade has has man been been ager tor tor of some Rnmo the Religio ¦«„ JL i -
charge of the , wholesale counter , will take Mr . Bradshaw ' s post , as country representative years the 21 Berners We firm are of desired James Street , Nisbet W to ., state and & 46 Co that . Gordon , publishers Mr . Thomas Square and , Tay W booksellers . lor C ., , who son of was and the one great late of - Mr the grandson . original Thomas of p Mr Taylor artners Jam in * of
, . Nisbet Robertson of 1 ^___ I July _ _ H _ __ J ___ , 1881 the J B __ . and founder _____ , __ t __ and ¦_ _____ Mr . I ___ that — . of ___ Thomas ______ the ______ the -l--i _^_ firm present _ k __ _¦¦¦ - __ Tay ____^ - , has ™ lor _^> members _ ^_ i . been M iT _~* _ ^^ ^ K *^ a i ^ par ^_ of ^* _~ c f ^_ tffc the tner ^__ ^_*^ — " ^ AA firm in ^_ ^_<^ the ^_ k are _ l ^^ _ ^_ above _* Mr ^^^ _ " ^» * Hb . 1 ^ James - named ^ _ *^ ______ - _ l _ i - _^ a ¦ Robertson B firm ______ __ _^ _ __ since . , Mr the I ^ B . Thomas 1 st dav ,
I46 The Publishers' Circular Feb * ~* . ...
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Legal.
LEGAL .
AN AUTHOR ' S ACTION FOU LIBEL . the i i ~ i ^ I case n t he r of Q Watt ueen ' v s . Bench Emrn --- ott Division and __ . another on Tuesday was . ___ heard — , before _ — . _ It Mr was . Justice _ . ¦ an __ __ . —_ , ____ . action . _ . _ . __ __ Step __ . __ ____ , _ ¦ hen for , _ , a _¦ and ¦¦ libel a special brought f jury bv
the written — ¦ ^ __^_~^ p ^ rf ^ laintiff " I ¦ _ , entitled ^^ I tX » , an — ^ ° ~ " ~ ~™~ experimental ' Mechanical — _ * — _ - _ l _ Industries chemist "l _ _'___ , for Exp - a lained l i bel co , ' a nt nd 1 ained w — — hi t c in h had a re appea v i ew -- r o —p e £ f d —• ¦ — a in ^^^ book " 1 a ,- > n ^^ i ^ ¦ he ? i I h _ ad V called called the tne ivt Mechanical ecnamcai World rrona , pu published oiisnea at at ivxancnester Manchester , , or of which wnicn the tne defendant aeienaant . ] M \ fo :- ? 5 ewspaper Emmnff Jlmmott
, , __ m is atter the * proprietor charged and as libellous publisher was , and to Mr the . Thomas effect Arnal that a l , work the other of equal defendant value , the might writer have . been The written riuien mieii intelligent fifth iiiGiistandard ttniuaici boy after aiter volume volume of 01 the \ edia
w or a few by Dy old any any numbers igemi of any technical -- » journ vuy al from reading rtsaumg what a a he remembered me ' Penny jrenny , and Cyclor that ciopaeclia > it _ was > * a gross nuisance to publish such stuffand only one remove from a fraud .. _ on _ the __ public 1 ™ to sell
interest in it . terest ' 2 - The — , written written — defendant - without without s ^^ pleaded malice malice that , and ana the . ifurther , alleged urtner , libel ^ tth j nat at was tue the a book book fair was was comment compiled comniled — - on a rrom fro matter m other of- li ^ of r writers writers public ^^ ""^ y * i
for the , most part without acknowled , , gment of , the sources from which the information vras , taken . Mr . Morgan Howp ^ d Q . C . and Mr . E . Morten were counsel for the ¦ plaintiff . Mr .
and Frederic — ^ v in —^ - ^ his k Marshall cross — -examination ^ ^ j represented - b , w ^^ Mr the ^ . , B defendant Marshall . admitted The p laintiff - that — — - - - — he was had — — — called — taken — —— in ~— —^— ¦ support — —¦ w m *^ " ^~ ^^ " ^^ ^» of " from ^ ^^ - ^ ^^ his ^** mw * Ure case ^^ v ^^^ fh ' s , m m A k h M y H ft m Mam am passages » ^ ^* ^^^*¦ ¦ ^^ ^^ __
work by J quoting — ^ j , written - _ ^—^^ them in 1839 and ^^ ^^^ , others from ^ Cooley which and he had other not authorities . ^ He had — - made some — — alterations of which — — — — — he , y some - ~— had — ^ ^^ - acknowledged of - ^^ ^ —¦ which » - ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ v he ^ ^ ^^
work now admitted which should were be wrong alike as readabl bearing e and on the instructive subject treated for the of ; bu . t his In severa ject l cases to wri he t had e a described the old and not the modern processes of manufacture young ; for if he had done the latter
the he K would p ___ m laintiff — — — , ^ , —~ — hav amm ' - s — work e infringed _ . _ was . _ 4 A of c value opyri g for ht the of purpose works A . _______ for Other k whi — ch — witnesses . _ .- ___ it was ___ ___ . — _ . __ written _ , _ , were , —_ ___ , ___ , ¦ ____ ___ ^___ . called _ , The a ^^__— ^ h ___ r , ^*^ cas t —ir o ii mi ii e prove " ^_» " was T ^ w ^^ - ^ t part H Zm H ha ^^ ^ " ^ t ^ ^ ^^^^ ^ 4 ^ ¦ . . ^^
reserve heard on d his Tuesday summing , wh - up , no W wi ed t nesses nesday b an ein d g cal le ^ ts d c o nclusion the defence ^ the jury , Mr . u Justice nd a verdic Step t for
the detendants .
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
To the Editor of The Publishers' CincuLAP . ' THE BOOKSELLERS' UNION . '
Booksellers 1 ¦"" ^ r Sir m —~ - — —— , — - _• — 1 ' have U -ibv ——• nion — ¦•__ - « . read __ | . w <•¦<¦ hich , »^ and »^ ^_> » / you -. » y ies » k have « so i - > ^ considerable -- of »« A * course ¦ *• « - «• »_ r » - * -f read a »^ f Pa _> b ^ % , «^ the v . in » » correspondence tlio » - » __ i A f current ^ ,. * . « . A ^ L , \ y AA number »_ -L on <*_»/ A the of W JL subject The __ / \ t Bookseller Jf _ # \ of |/ ; i f ^_ a [ v ¦ \ proposed - / r . The ^ A ^ B * occup ^ ^ ^ ___ ^^ ^ ' ^^* ^^ " ^^ . ** _¦_ ^ ^_ space . __ ' ^ « ¦__ __ ^_ , ____ V _ ** k *_» . * _ ^ . _ _ * . | (/ ^ ^^ ^ _^ _^ the _ 1
bookselling correspondence trade itsel . at f witnessing may be taken the progress as a natural made outlet by a of ne tho w order dissatisfaction of booksellers felt by in a the largo development section of of not their su business rprise me upon , but linos I must out say of harmony that the with comments tho old of school The B . ookseller The correspondence , in its summing itsolf -up , of therefore the caso , docs , do - ise iuv mo iv For a threat uui i so / \ defiantl llllltlJ thrown at the heads iJH of the publishersof establishing a trades
union before surpr w *_ " » . a - . | ^ . »_» in B it »» ^ its A j received . _ -- . . most -i » - » . v « -. aggressive the u" u endorsement vuv * _ v < / jiovi u uv _ form _^ h . uuii _ . H . , of _ should » 1 » k . so OU y L enli Vllll / 11 LU have ___ ^ ghtened ^ W ^ UlDUDU 11 _ . CJL been ____ U V _ . *» a J more gentleman ^ ^ _ - < H- 4 O A carefull < T i t » A -I J UIJU . _ __ . aa ( IO y IJ wei the L _ Ci _> . g OUIWJ editor hed . JIUX O from l , y \ of J i . CO J The . every / UU CO Ulli JJCSUn Bookseller _ point lH -O Utl Ol' _________ lls ' <» of . I *— view Tho — — to
the extraordinary « .- ___ ¦ whole uiiviv bod kjxji ^ y j encouragement vj of >* jui Eng j glish ijou publishers ^ WU thus -IOHU g iven O , ( and MJU to to i an / v the l ^ imaginary liO entire OJIJ | yJ _ ll _ 7 British JlJL army iljioil of public J ^ U ' a HJ thousand , has i !
press osed — •«» notabl ¦ Union y Z that « ! Ae la Athenceum it must be , The alread i # -ivw S tandard i manifest A * «/ , and t 7 «_ y to vv « r 7 t liav % hem £ D that i ail JA y their News / i — proposed so forcible tactics a — condemnation to the mildest
pr Y * op v Jh ^ v ^ ^ - * * - * ^ - ^ «*» v » ji . _«^ - . v *¦ v ** --. v ** - ^ v «^ , j y _ a .. « - *•«• . A v . _ , «« i > -UJLAv _ L ^ | ^ y « , vf I ^ V / OvJ vi . C < fc % -, li JLv ^ o " ~~~~ V . »\ J use W &\ D f UV **«• - have term « — received will 4 I *« have 4 the to - crit _¦ be icisms reconsidered of the . press Be ^__ r" * - _ . the - up v to spirit _ the i _ i what present >_ - it m may time with , I think which ... __ ~ it the may _ promoters be taken of for this granted _ movement th -t the
pub f the s * + ' * y l . i m sh must * jMM ers . vM . * j perforce o v « n . _ the vjlaks one *_ f ik al re hand MUt ad -Ll y < and see * 1 JV * , , that the UIX \ J public jyuuik they have on \ J - _ the UUU not other - the » -i * V > -L sli . . g Bub O htest _ - > L 4 u my Ut prospect * llldllX main object UUIDCt of succeeding JIU in addressing ChVl wl I ( J 3 in 3 lilt B o this Lillo y cotting «» letter " " "" this to
sub you ject is t . o ask you , The Publishers * Circular , to give your readers the benefit Yours of faithfull your views upon
~~~ WW ~ W" J . VUJIO lltll / IUUtl y P , , . N . ROW . February 13 , 1883 .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1883, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021883/page/10/
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