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    Uofe^ and D ew ? Messrs. Skeffington wil...

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    The Attitude Of The 'Society Of Authors:...

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    -i ¦—¦—*— : —— - ¦¦¦ -- ¦; ¦ - - i - •¦ ¦ - -Tt ¦ - Mill ' '" it ' f ' < " . ' . ¦ » ¦ i '' ' ' 'I HiliH » H '| li ' l »} jl > . n - » H | j | -i » ilM ~ . « i ¦ " f > . ' The net proceeds are abdtlfc "•*• Vils - . Sd . less per bbpy . I larger on six-shilling discounts novels to the than trade on six are -shilling usually books a ^ ldweav of a non-fictional character . lishers It would could be never an feel infini sufficie te mercy , ntly ( grateful for which ) if pub ^ all - the unsuccessful novelists in these . island * were to resolve for Company indulging themselves ( publi in shers into the may luxury one ,, let vast us of Unlimited a hope vision , be ) Liability , excused whose , every mission member would of be the to publish company every , and MS to . share offered ( say by associatio in the Millennium n is formed ) . the , the secret quarrels profits between . When author this and publisher will be no more . —Faithfully yours , Wabd & Downei . ICI

    Uofe^ And D Ew ? Messrs. Skeffington Wil...

    Uofe ^ and D ew ? Messrs . Skeffington will publish in a few days titled * Th novel e Sweet by H o' . the J . Yea Wilmot r . ' Buxton , ennovel Mr . ' Leicester Francis ' Adams and a , book the of auth Australian or of the Essays / has brought out a complete edition of his poetical works . The printing and Griffith publishing , Farran hail , from Okeden Brisbane & Wel sh , St . Messrs Paul' . s Churchyard , are the London publishers . We learn that Messrs . W . Kent & Co ., of on Paternoster April 4 at Row 6 , o ' will clock close , and theif will establishment continue to do so through the middle of each month until September , instead of 6 . 30 as hitherto . Messrs . Skeffington & Son , of Piccadilly , have received a letter from the Dean of Windsor , intimating that Her Majesty the Queen will graciously accept the dedication of the collection of Special Jubilee Hymns which they hope to publish in a few days . Among the authors are the Bishop of Ripon , the Bishop of Exeter , the Revs . S . Baring-Gould , John Ellerton S . J . Stone , Jackson , Godfr Mason ey Thring , H . , D and . Ra Messrs wnsley . , . E . M . Southwell and W . Chatterton Dix . The new and original tunes are composed by J . Barnby , Dr . J . F . Bridge ( of Westminster Abbey ) , Sir George Elvey , Rev . F . A . J . Hervey , Walter Parratt , Martin S . Skeffington , Dr . John Stainer , and Berthold Tours . Mr . O . J . Duliea de ' s monograph on 'Claude le Lorrain * ^ ClauGele * e ) , the great French landscape painter , has just been finished . It will 4 Great appear Artists in * Messrs Series . . Sampson Low & Co . ' s Messrs The . Cassell series of < fc adventure Company , -books including issued ' Kin g Solomon ' s Mines / * Kidnapped / * Treasure ' Island derived & from c , is a about broad to by receive the publication an addition of * Captain Trafalgar , ' a story of the Mexican Gulf , translated from the , French of Andre * Laurie by Mr . William Westall . ** " In consequence of the success of Mr . Jackson's new style of vertical writing ! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ i 7 ¦ ~'"' ¦ " ^^^^ - . ^^ --f ^ . ¦ .. ' '_ .-. . '— . ... ' r ^!^ B

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1887, page 285, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031887/page/11/