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    treated of the present very well difl day ^ ereniify ho still keep now housed noused * - /) hat , bui ^ in jjhe * 5 sriliendirl ^ ^ | 5 ] | | | eep i * e ! |

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    to ^ the founders ot the Quarterly , Reviewy , the : milla millan CornhUl n ' ss . Magazine and and manv , L o others ongman thers ' all all s , Murray or of wnicn which ' s , Mac were were - !! \ many

    originated , by publishers or , , their own special ¦ editors ' The ? Dictionary P p ' The pJWBWjpfF Encyclopaedia of National w ppt ¦ Britannica Biograpliy ¦ Hpp , / ' ;

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    their structures . Mr . Walter BesantMr . an Blackmore i d it several ^ other Mr . Payn successful , Mr . novelists Rider Haggard are ^ their ,

    emp ^ own rvrm ¦ —<_ loyment * p _ t p arc _ r rr . ^_> hitects * W ~ W ¦ * « pp ¦ T to ¦ ^ r , printers r an d ^ W in ppjpv ^* w IW their and * »— ' ^ —»—» booksellers ^^ t urn ^ f—i p , give jra ^ BF ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ^» much ; but * . ^ aVJb

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    by pub Lord lishers Bjrron . wanted John Murray to publish

    an his eniendated attention edition to a Well of -known the Bible new , -and reading drew

    conce Napoleon ~* *** ¦* ~^* ^ r ning P . " Ppv pppp -because iP ^ r B ^ P *^ ^ ara P ^ p * ^ pp . » B b ^^ pp ^ bas p he . * PW , had PJPBjPfePAT and ^ B ^ Bb shot tVp Cam * p ) PpV pp p PftpV a bell publisher VpT « 4 pP » * PP ^ toasted iBPPHp-PP r ^ pr p ¦ ^ ;

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    hang bitter earnest over , an he d goes blish ers beyon , seems d th to be limits in of reasona -p-ppp-pp - > ¦ ble mm / discussion pjbp i . Mr . Besant P has

    a latel - ~~ bout —~ ^^ y ^^ backed a ppppp 6 s . novel ^ p' out pppF of , p- an pmvb a 4 rash pjpt I understand ; statement pp » rp ^ ppp ^ v pi pwppr pPffpp he rmpp that ^* w made « ft « he % viv I will will " "soon soon be be flatly flatlv contradicted contradicted on on a a very verv im im-

    ties portant among point French concerning publish the ers custom . Surely of a royal man - who brings such accusations as Mr . Besant -y

    - - — — - — - — - — >—m r » r p-p > »« w «* «< p « w ^ ~ ipr- -mpiww v * % ^ p >—vf * p » « bpiw * v . * p pT ~ . m ~ i 9 pvr ¦ ^ v rn ¦ ¦ */ matter has ** , oug cannot h t to _ be ^ PB be more J left as careful it is ^* " " . *"^ m ' "" than Mr ^^ . t Besant h __ is ^ . T « he or the secretary of this new literary trades , -

    resu union lts , must of t heir either * tfiree lay years before ' specia the l world and silent the investi —¦ gation p » p ™ ' ( this vpaaMiw is as ^ terrible w ^ f * t ap as # a

    sensa-Aut tiona — h l novel *~\^^ , ' num ^^ ) , or berin m this g —i possibl —pr ' Incorporated «^ w « s y sixt . < a . —fcpp ' . —»^ y a l Societ l counted v » »» p »~ ** y * pWVW of ,

    statements must must stand stand that convicted convicted as Mr of of . G hav ha . ving ir . cr Smit san aa / n h ctioned ni . ionfi . 4 * are absolutely unfounded , / eorge says ,

    There are c all sorts and conditions r of pu X" ^^ blishers "" — " ¦ " - - »• -- **' - »¦ -- ; y p if i > p ~ . there w »« - ~ p « rfp > -- *¦ be f * -r * % ^ any vv-I >* -black Fpp'd . ^ pV ^ p ' -U-. sheep - » , »• . ^/—tw * m ^ ir am « JV * J- *^ ong - * A-Sk

    be them to , the let us interest have them of all pointed parties— out except . It will the black sheep . —I am , & c , Jitstitia .

    To the Editor of the Publishers' CmcuLAit ^

    Reade Sir , , latel —In y a pub review lished of , th the e writer tiife of th Charles e Times of this -i ¦ morning t ( Ail 13 ¦ - ) : * In factReade

    he was — — ' went ' — emot p ™ ^ -- in i ona -- for — — -. ll » law y a » nd - p ^ as pr r *^*— even -W the - " •<¦ - >_» kni pass - » says W ^ I ^ TY IN ht i onate -erranfcs •¦•*» - » , iA ly « r « V l iti , sought gious -. ' - ' VlfvliV ;

    c of hivafrous his literaTriF adventure profits ; and must a g large have proportion been pai 4 , . to the

    to away Baron - Tauchnitz legal pro ^ fession in 187 2 . * Anthony In alettor TroHope written

    "" ^ - — - ' — - ' - * --- » - ¦ t-- « - » w- _ .- »¦ --- « p « .- *< fcp- » - * - »« -- — _» ri *~ fl » w ^ tt -w ** f |> ' *** , 5 t ^ pipjj . j . vnyjidi jy - ^« i . a vr ^ UiVhr v says uDiianer : * I never ttio had / eitaer . any contention with any

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1887, page 384, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041887/page/6/