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    THE BYRON CENTENARY.

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    CHOOSING A TITLE.

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    Mr. Elliot Stock And The 'English Catalo...

    The following is a copy of your letter of complaint , and I invite you to follow i it with own » w :

    my SIX J v ^ - »»»—• - Jan . 28 , 1888 . Stock Dear Deane Sir , —I congratul The ai ± defendan ate on t asked aork your success jlli to

    pilUt - ztt . v *> . jl- ' ocvjlav ^ . . . sj \ A . ^ i . K ^ ix \ jLOii . xv . cu me c \ . kj give evidence against ' you—which I declined to do far — needlessl but I should out like of to know wh t y you speak went ill of so

    y your way say our that ' Eng _^^^^— * lish ^ m no al ^ t C a *^ f ~ % bI a t t wen alog ^ m t u ieth e ' ! of I bbbibb the t is _ work simp ^ s l y published false —~ to

    appear there ' t and this you . are reported to have said ( see City Press ) . titles We tak t e every t possible happen means occasionall to get at t the hat

    obscure , books a ppear which publishers do not take i . C- *> - *¦>• ^—* the *¦* *¦ * >—* trouble ** ¦*¦ ^ - * * - *• *• - * *¦ ^ - * to ** ^ - * -KJ subscribe v * . Pw » K- » >^ M . . A . *« # >_** ( at A ) ^ S ^/ . s M ^ ij . . „ ' s a or V . * J-. else V ^ X iJ \* s - p ,

    where . Our people are constantly hunting up ii such VA \ J » - . titles * j . fc * - . * - - » w •*_»¦ , whils ¦» * .-B .. M . * . « v >*_ r t v i . Ik t w is -ft-t ^ J no xa ^» # t » j t * j o V ^ o V ^ much * * *¦ 14 V 1 A t i ;\ j o » \_/ ex . *^ pect y j K ^/\^» \ J

    that publishers would send such titles to us—I ** sometimes ^ )\ * J ^ *¦*¦ ^ - * ^* •¦ - * ¦* * ^^ * - ^ the ^ " * ^^ ^*^ y J do ^ v ^ w \ , f , m but * v * f * ^ * ^* general ^ bj & ^^ ^ A ' ¦ * - * . bV ^ » V l - » . y y t ^ Bt hey ^ k ^ ^^ / T don X ~^ \ ^ J m Ti 't % _ f . a

    and consider needless inj you ury r r t emark o ourselves quite . uncalled for , Yours faithfully «

    . , * Elliot Stock , Esq . E . Maeston . STOCK v . DEANE .

    kind ¦ Gentlemen ¦\_ r tulations , —I am on much this case obliged I have for your not

    seen »* - »¦ * a .- ^* . the congra 'i ^* .- ^^ report a . m- » u »_ * v- « , ¦*¦ - * - . ^ * in v *_• > the -v _» J . A City UJ . A a . KJ Press VLUOV / . of JU 11 the C 4 J » V- / pro 1 . J V- / - ceedings v- >\_/'— ' v . * . jl i . ^ . t » ** J , so KJV am «^ , A- » - » . in aaa the V * . * ¦* - » dark V 4 Lb l X ^ as I ^ VKJ to 1-iV ^ wha VI AlCb t U I J _ QHJ am .

    there Catalogue made ' to arose say . th The us : — allusion The book to on the which ' English the i action ^ u "" was * v c * o broug uiuugut ht was vvao no UUt t m 1 UCUUJLU entioned 11 CU in J . 1 A the LillC

    fendant ' Catalogue , wishing . ' Mr . to Wildey make this Wri a g poin ht , t fo ag r ainst the de- , asked \ me if \ k ubli iti / i / ca / ti «/ on i // t / issued in land

    * v . axv ^ no .. mv t recorded aa . ecevy s Ks r \ j p in iy the tiyuv * Catalogue lOQLlvkl . ' I Eng l'JUcliClllVX replied that ' No ; not ' and a , twentie on his XV ^ th pressing UIJ of the L / iH ^ further publications IA , said I published kj believed U . kjl IB JUi

    ""' XJKJU uu u »» v ^ J . J . I . . KJ JL ^ J UULV / OiUlL / llO 1 lJ . correc v iound ^ * / t . j . v- / \ j t KJ their as fJk )< D C an -I */ . * way answer CKUU VT into V--J . to LU the the DllVy lis question ^ A t t- . O tlUU This as 00 . is put J \ JL probab KJ , m which W JL 1 l ^ l y

    books applied , pamp to all hlets publications , magazines of , newspapers sorts , whether , and what notIf . JL- & . the « - « A-A question » - * O had been concerning

    * - * * mj « -- * - * V ^ t ^« . ^ S V ^ . V ^ twf V J-V- ^ A . JL _*«^ U ^^ . K / KS Vli . X > V ^ J . J . V lil — 'X XJ . l t books , my answer would have been very different . I hope + - * ^ £ S * ^ s you jrv > *»_* will VTJJul acquit « - *<\_/»_^ LI . JL U me lliV of V _/ l _ any C 4 / 1 JI J' l desire l ^ OUC to Lj ^ . /

    disparag and depreciate useful should record ing the ly , not of to * Eng it which go . lish out I Catalo am of my g s ta way ; ntl ' i y t is to referring a speak most ,

    I am , Gentlemen , Yours faithfully

    , 62 Paternoster Row , Elliot Stock . London , E . C .,

    Jan . 30 , 1888 . You have been \ j \ Jli misled 11 on a minor and

    un-~ " ~ vy * a AAL « f * »/ ^ y . IJ . UA . « JVA ^ ' X « . « -4 J ILLlliVL C 4 iX L \ A U . II the important case \ b matter which in the has no bearing report on

    -- » , _ . ¦« - <»* ij . , \ j < jr y an urn error \_ -ixv . » x xxi . uiivj newspaper no * y nijchyjux . x \ 3 ij \ JX . \ j . . H is this : —I am made to say 'I do not advertise advertise in in the the Jrnbumers Publisher }? C Circula ircularr ' whereas whereas

    I what I said was that the book under , consideration had not been advertised in that journal *

    I am , & c ., Elliot Stock . ¦

    [ The second paragraph—beginning with the words letter is « 1 inaccurate ana somewhat When surprised we passed '—in the the Feb above 1

    Publi iu s / wrs' Circula . r £ qr press we had seen neith . er

    r . Marston s remonstrance nor Mr . Stocks ex-

    Mr. Elliot Stock And The 'English Catalo...

    planation . Our reraarks w ^ ere independently ba $ ed " upon rall % ^ the VM . ^ a report trust % in wo the rth City Press / Il , auth «/ whic o ¦» h ri a ty

    gene hb ^ V - V ^ y J % ^ V very W •*_/ » » ^ . L VKJ I f X- ' - * . If-VJ y T newspaper 11 V V T **^ I ^ CVV * - « --L "* - 'J— - » —^ . < sv *' T . and As Mr dep . Stock th of ' s his case distinction concern , in a rep boo ly k , to the counsel width ,

    between ' publication ' and ' book ' may be under" s' tood * V » F- V- ' V >^ b . - No -V . 1 VfF * editorial ^* ^ -- « - * VXf" Jk Bft . ^ VA remark ** B > J . A . was V V LlVkJ ¦ made 1 « II A X ^ on ^ * -A the ** .- *• ^^ sub ' » - * "V-F- - -- Xi _| -B . V ' ^ ^ ^* f \_ V / - »—

    ject of advertising . —Ed . Publishers * Circular . ~\

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    ieb . 15 , 1 SS 8 The Publishers' Circular 165

    The Byron Centenary.

    THE BYRON CENTENARY .

    Sir , —With regard to the Byron Centenary which v W ^^* ^^ ^ v * - ^^ r b ^ b ^^^ you w ^^^^ ^ b ^~^ bf ^ allude ^ ^ PV <^ b > ^ ^^^^ b > ^ b ^~^^ ^^ b ^ to ^ b ^ ^^^^ ^ in Pba ^ PP > ^^ bj your *^ ~^ ~ ^ B' ^ b ^ bbv columns ^ bj ^ ^ m ^ ^^^ ^ b ^^ b > ^^ ^^ b ^^ b ^^ b ^^^ ^^^ v ^ for ^^ ^ h ^ r ^^^

    Feb . 1 , may I observe that the Greek Archimandrite in his discourse bP > at the bP bB bb » ba Greek bV bb > Church ^^ v ^^ h ^^^ v ^ -- ^ r ^^^ ^^ b ^ b > ^ v ^^^ ^^^ ^^ p ^ K ^ r ^ . v ^^ h ^^^ bbb ^^ bi ^ Bbi W ^^^ ^ b *^^ ^^ to F ^^^ ^ PjpP ^ b ^ ' ^^^^ PPbi V ^ bP' ^ BT ^ b ^^ P ^^ pr ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ pP ^ ^ b ^ ' ^ p ^ f ^^^ ^ biB ^ ^^^ ^^ m ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^~ ^^^

    on ing Jan that . 22 i B was curiousl had more y mistaken influence in in imag eman in-

    yron ci Pb pating A Greece . ^*^^ than . ^ Pl any of her ^ bl own patriots . A — , ' if •^ ^ b » B he ^ ^^ ^ i ^ real ^^ ^ BMT ¦ ' ^ - ' ^ ^ l ^ PB . y said bV ^ ^ ' ^ ^^ ^ B ^ Bb > so r ^ h ^ ? bP Even ^ b ^ bb ^ bV V ¦ ~ 1 ^ Bb « Bh » allowing ^ iTf pW * BB ^ f W W ^ ^ K B * Bj ^ BW * for V ^ ^ ta ^ 4 ^

    Oriental hyperbole , his influence , and that of the London Committee to whi B | ch 1 he belonged

    was ^^ —™ ^™ ' ^^ ^^^ not ^^^ " *»¦ - ^^ ^^ enoug 'B ^^ ^*^^ ^ v ^^ ' ^ b ^ h ^ " ^ . * to ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ induce ^^ ^^ ^¦ P' ^ fcB ^ ^ B * ^ b > ~ our ~ V Bbi ^ b Cabinet » ^ ^ B *^ Pta 4 ^ B ^ K ^^ ^ ' ^ i' ¦ — to ~^^ ^^ ~ ~ throw ^^ ^™ ^ bBBK " ^^ ^^^^» , W - over ~ - ' ^ b ^ i ^» old ~*~ - . " 1 * W treaties - ** ^^ ^ BPP * 'B- Pb ^ pr tf ^ ^ b * 1 P ^ MV with » ™ ^^ ^ P » ^»^^ Turkey ^ BBB ^ PB ^ ^ « b ^ ^ H ^^ ^ bb * W , H m and *^» - ^ fc «^ ^ ip ^^ fc acknowled ^ i ^ f ^^ ^ fc ^ Pfc ^ bb BBB » " ^ - ^ W W ~~ ^^ « ~ ge ^ BBBBb ^""^

    the Greeks as belligerents till it was computed half the nation had fallen B bbi bB B in P > BBK the VT > B civil bw war . I ^^ - ^^— B ^^^ iV ^^ B - ^^ ^— ^^> ^ B ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^>^^^^ ^^ P ^^* ^ B ^ *^ v H ^^ ^^ B ^^ B ^ B ^^^ ^ B' ^^ B ^^^^^^ f ^^^ b ^ p P ^^ B ^^^ Bbv ^^ ^^^^^ pv ^^ p ^^* ^^^ ^^^ * ^ B *^ V ^^^* ^ V ^^^^^

    should recommend to the Archimandrite ' s ^ notice ^ ^~ ^ k ^ r ^ Fr ^^ ^ PPP ^ F- the ^ Pf ^ Pl * ^ PB ^ . F * speeches B ^ bP' PTi ir" ^ BBP ^ pP " ^ BT ^ ^^ ^^ ^ hP' V % ^ V on ~ " ^ ^^ BBk the ^ P * ^^ ^ M ^ " occasion " ^_^ ^ BBT ~| ~ ^ ta ^ bpi I I ¦ ^^ " *&^ ^ M ^^ of " ^^ B ^^ the ^ V ^» ^^ " ^ B ^

    Battle of Navarino by the Duke of Wellington ' and » ™ ^» B ^ ^^>^ others - ^ i ^ ' « - «« ^ b ^^ 41 ^ ^ 1 W ; H ' — Recollections MB * . ^ V ^ B * ^ B # * ^_ b ^ ^^^ b ^« B ^ ^ BB * « P ^ B > ^_^ BBB «¦ Fn f of ^_ F * ^ B . the « F * ^ h ^ B . ^ B * T ^ late ^ VV «** ^ H ^ King H »*^ ^ ^^ ^^ « pBB > *^ BBVB ^ B ^ B pVi _ — BBB ^ H ^^ ^ B «^^ B ^^ B « ^^^^^ b * fe ^ ^ B >

    Leopold , ' at the end of the . ' Early Day . s of the Prince Consort' ; the ' Letters and Despatches

    ^^ B ^^ ^— ' - ^ ' ^^ ' - ^^ " B ' ^ ' ^ ^^ ^^ - * ' ¦¦ -r ^^ V V ^ PP ^^™ ^ BBP ^^ B ^ l ^ P ^ ^ pr ^ pT ^ p > ' ^ . ^ ' ^ PB > W ^ ~^* ^ ^ B ^ B ^^^ -B « ^^^^ F ^ ' ^ fF' kri B- ^* " ^^^ ^— ' ' ^ B' ^— ^^ ' ^^ * " ^^ of F * VT- « bBB . . M 4 fe BltV * . the - ^ late ^ Duke ^ BBr ^ k ^ of BBf c Wellington - ^ ^^ - ^ « ^ m . , ' edited " ¦& A . ^ bhis son ( between l £ 20 and 1830 ) ; ' Life

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    " *~ ^ fe ^ ^ f' ^^ ^^ , ^ H ^^*^^^^ B ^^ ta ^^ ^ BF ^ *^ V ^^ ^^ B ^^^ a ^^^^^ BBb ^^ ^^^^^ ^ B ^ P ^ ^^ f' ^ ^ b ^ b > ^^^ Bb B ^ B > ^ B ^ p * ^ B * >^ H ^ bi ^ 'iP ^^ ^ B ^^ ^ b ^ bi ^ ^^^ ^^^^ B V , ^ Bl Emperor of All the Russias , ' 3 vols ., 1874 ; and fl . nH I T mig micrli ht f , add a . r . rl nmnv more mnrft . Lamartme T . ^ . m ^ . rtinfi

    moved France with many his irited odebut the sp , most most TSvrrm 13 yron did c \\ c \ may mn . v possibl r » o «« iV » lv have Via . vft Viftftn been to to

    prevent the alliance of 1854 for y the preservation of Turkey being concluded against Russia

    in 1827 , with the substitution of Austria for ¦ France V r in which case Greece would not have

    been " ^^^ ^ B *" - ^^^ ^^ ^^ F freed ^^ F' , ^ B ^ BB ^^* ^^ B . ^ V ^»^ In ^^ T ^^ ^ B . *^ ^^ B ^ those ^ B ^ BF * ^ b ^^ bW . ^^^ ^ BpF * days ^^^^^ * B ^^ ^ B ^^ ^ B ^ P a ^ bpF * ^ B ^ British ' * . ~ |— . ^ . ^^ B ^ k ^ ^ B > Conserva ^ i ^ F ^^ ^>^^ ^ . F' ^^ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^ « - tive 4 feBP Cabinet was not altered from Bi its ¦ fixed ¦»

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    C . JOYNEVILLE . ¦ x >»

    Choosing A Title.

    CHOOSING A TITLE .

    To the Editor of the Publishers' Circular . Sir—I observe in the Athenaexun a letter

    from Messrs , . Digby & Long , who call for a system ¦ I J J v ^ fF " ^ PP — ~ ¦» ^ B ^^ of " « * Pi ^ public »^ P * " ^^>^ V ^^ ^ p ^ ^ Pb ^^^ reg M ^_ " ^ . ^ ^ gp ^ h istry ^ W V ^^ ^^ ^ P ^ V of ^^^ ^ PW books T ^»* ^^^ ^^^ * P > P ^ to | , M because V ^^ f | " ~| " ^ pj ^ ^^^ W ^^^^ ^^^ ^ hPT

    they have been making use of a title which already belongs to a published book . If there is ¦¦ ¦ need r of public ¦¦¦ k istration PI i for literary ¦ -

    ductions ¦^* ^ v ^ m — ~ ~ ~ ^^^^« - *^ , ^^ pm this ^^ ^ k ^^ p > ~^^ r ^ p » ^ p > ^^ case reg ^ Pb ~ ~ ^ I ¦ * ^ does ^ ^ 'pu ^ pp ^ Pb ^^^ dIP- not tfPk ^ pk ^ ^ ^ P ^ prove ^ 4 Pk ^ h ^ ^ ¦ jp > ^^ v ^ P » it . pro B ^ . ^ ^^ If ^^ . Messrs ^ v ' w ^ h ^^^^ h v ^ i ^ ^ i ^« . ^^^ . ^ ^ Di ^^^ i ^^ r- ^^ gb BPlpi ^ K ¦ y H & ^ P ^^*^^^^ Long ^^ H ^^^ pppi ^^^ r ppfe ^ PPi ^^ iMk ^ had ^ ^^ ^ k' ^ PF ^^ v ^ Pb turned ^ P' ^^^^ P > ^ PP > ^^ ^ P > ^^^^ ^^^^ V to ^ P ^ ^^^ r the ^^^ ^^ m ^^ ^ p ^^ v

    index volume of the ' English Catalogue , ' which ~ ~ ^** ^~ ^ ^ ppt ^ ^ v comprehends -m ^ ^^ - ^ h ^ « b M rf « h ^ p ^ ppv ffp « ^ pp * ^ K riflPr ^ p' ^ p ^ i ^ the V ** ^ P > ^ b ^ years V ^ p ^ P > m ^ Pk r « h ^ ^ 1856 a « . ^ ' t ^^^ ' ^^ 76 ^ ^_ r , «¦ l they ' ^^ p » ^ p ^ w

    would have found ' Mine Own Familiar Friend ' ™ ^^ ^~ ' ^ P' P" P ~ ' **¦¦ , IV ' the ^^ ** ^ " ^ ^¦ Pr title ^ P * ^*> V P ^ ^^^ they ^ pr pp ^ iPfr ^ p ^ w had ^ pfe ^ h ^ ^^ ^^^ p » to V ^ v * relinquish JP ^ ^«^ . ^ ^ P- ^ « P » ^>^ V ^**^ ^ V ^ PP ^ P «^ P * , V

    dated The 1871 4 Eng , under «¦¦ lish Catalogue letter M . ' and its indexes « 4

    ^^^* ^^ ^ P * ^^ P' ^^^ PP ^ PI ^ ¦¦¦ *^ ^ Pb ^ ^ Pb V ^^ . PB H . BJ ^^ . ^^ ^ b ^^ P *^ ^ PP ^ fe ^^ r dVk ^ fe ^ f ^ h ^ Vh ^ PB ^ ^ fe ^^ V . W >^ ^ . ^^ BB ^ Bk ^ b' ¦ I B * . B ^ m ^«^^ BJ ^ ' ^ B ^ KJBBi ^ b ^ B ^ bP * are pretty generally acknowled ^ ged to be the tools of ' the trade / . If those who are

    en-^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ B ^ ~ m ^ ^^ ' ^ T ^ ^ ^ B ^ ^ BP * PHI ^ b <^ B' ^ BB ^ BW ^ BB ^ fl ^ * flBBBJ aBBB ^ p « r flBB | flBB » ^^ rf * B ^ pP * ^ bJpT W ^ ^ BP ^ BP ^^^ ^ f ^ flBBB ^ pjgr ^ fejBF ^ B > aPB gaged in the trade , and the authors of books , neclent to URft th « m « an BBW PJPh pJPb « i of information whinn « B > I BBkBBBk PBP ^ BPBBPJ PPBfe PPPt « P * JBb fBBJ

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1888, page 165, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021888/page/11/