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    CYCLING* Not very many years ago the ' E...

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    Authors An1> Publishers.

    or dealings that of with others publishers , T j suppose than I any 4 * ave man had living more . '

    I commend these extracts to the notice of Mr- Walter Besant .- — : ^ airi , & c . C .

    * I can Mr . conscientiousl Joseph Hatton y warn whites the young as follows author : —

    or who responsible , finding his editors MS . , rejected is induced by good in despair houses to B «^ for an ¦ ¦ si . The path ¦¦ - ¦ ¦¦^ . of lite «»^

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    well Everybod It y has writes therefore nowadays become , and all many the write more

    . j and difficult when for they beginners do they to obtain must have a hearing some- ,

    : well thing V W ^ BTdfr ^ H worth V very V ^ fe ^ ** . ^^ 4 »^ V well telling ^ P ^ V ¦ M . ^^ WMfe worth to ^ v ^ say command ^^^ " ^^ ^ h ^ ing h ^ bv ^^ v ^ v- *^ p ^ p or w-p—¦ - ^^^^ a attention ^ v- ^ v ^^ story ^^ ^^ Hr ^ v ^ H ^ v p « j . ^ h ^ very ^ " vbv » in ^~^ w

    j ^ Ihe next ^ H ^^ ^^ ^ V ^^ . ^^ . first 9 V Head ^ W ^ V ^ p ^ B ^ l ace ^^^ BV the ^ V , ^ V ^^ V * vr an memoir ¦^ ' ^^ d P ^^ P ^^^ t o ^^ ^^ r ^^ earn v- ^^ of ~^ v ^^ a Charles f- ^ n ^ r - ^^ y ^^^ h thing w ^^ v ^^ v - ^^ ¦ ~ ^ Reade p—~ in - ^ r - ^^ p- ^^^^ the - ^ v ^ v ^ p ^ , v

    j I having j that ust published strong made man his , and had note to to how keep make hard his his position a fi way ght , . even and If ,

    . Mr . Besant has encouraged way , any young author j whose ¦ onl mt hope is to live by his ¦ pen ¦» to believe - ¦

    j that v w ^»<*^ ' ^^ ^^^ - ^^ the - ' ^^ ^ m ^^^ y m chief ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ obstacle ^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^^^ w " ^^ in - ^ ^ w —— his - — ^ ' ^ path - , — - ^ - is ^^ - ^^ — ' " the - ^ w — ' avaricious publisher , I fear he may be ^

    respon-, - fiible for muefo heart-break and misery .

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    Cycling* Not Very Many Years Ago The ' E...

    CYCLING * Not very many years ago the ' Encyclopaedia

    Britannica * velocipede ' ' gave that as it was a definition a child ' for s toy the worked word

    of by our means readers of a wheel will doubtless h v « ~ and crank ~ remember . A number the ~ mr ^^ p * ^^^ i ^ iv ^ ^ a ^ w w * 9 . W i ^^ r ^ ^^ r ^^ r ^^ - ^» —^^ ^^ _ ^ p if w ^ ^ p ^^^ v ^^^ ^^ ^^^ v ^^— ^ r' ^^ _ ^ p ^ t ^ iv v ^^ bv ^^~^ ^^ mm ^^^ w ^ t ^^ v ^^ v ^ rw _ ^ . ^ p _ ^^ ^^^ ^ p ^ nm ^

    invented toy in question as ¦¦ far »^» --w t back . The as veloci the year h pede 1779 itself ' ^ pr but w ^ p- was it

    ^ ^^ ~^^^ m » ^^ p ^ ^^^ . p not ^ mr 'WPP ^ ^^ until ^~* w m """^ - ^_ much - ^ ^ ^ p ^ ' — ¦ ¦ ^ latex — » - »^ ^^^ ™™ ^ ^ w tha t - ^^^ ^^^ it ^^ came ^ , ^ p . ^» i nto - ^ - ^^ - ^^ popular ^ p ^^ p ^^ pr ^ r ^^ p ^^^^^ p ^^ ^ P" ^ r ^^^ ^ favour ^ i ^ ^^^ ^ p * v ^^ p ^ ^^ " ^^^ wpp . ^^ After ¦^¦^^^¦^^ ^ p ^ pr ^^^ ^~^ v man ^¦^ ^ " ^ ^ i * ^^*^ w ^ ¦ * ^*^ y ups ^^ p ^^ H ^^ ^^^^ ^ and ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ downs ^ bp ^^*^ ^ i ^ p ^ ^ ^ pv ^ p ^ v ^^^

    it esteem perman r in entl 1867 y succeeded and since in then winning PVP / the - ^^ P cours public e of

    its " ^ " ~ » " ^ p » I ^ F ~ p ^^ " ^ p opularity ^ ^^«^^^^^ - ^ pi ^^ i ^ B ^^^ pa I - ^^ T ^ Pf Has f ^| , ^ BM ^^^ ^^ been ^ I ^^ p ^ " ^ F >^^ P '"^^ - w ^ an w— 1 " ^ ^^^ ever ' ^ P ^^ P ^ w ^^ P widening ^^ " ^^ IP ^ ^ BJ . r " ^^ P ^ mW 'P ^ "TP /^ PJ ™ one ffP ^ r ^ " ^ ^ P ^ . »^ "J ^ Ho ^^ m bj ^^ thing ^ wr ^^ ™ ¦ p—— ^^ f ^* H could ^^ ^^ ^—pi ¦¦ i 'wpp better T ^^ " ^ "f- " ^ ¦ - ^ p- ^^^ display - ^—»^^ — ~ pp ph ¦¦ - w j - ^ ' ^ m the ¦¦ —^^^ ^^^ attracti p » -pp " ^ p " ^ " ^ ^^ pp ^^^ -p— ^^^ p ^ ve pf - ^ b" - -

    fltiess has spread of the than pursuit the and / volum the e in extent the Badminton to which it tiibraxy * which now lies oefore us . That there ,

    Z- t ¦¦ 1 , ¦; -w -. , , w . gr-HilUer * Cycling . London , Tby Viacownt : Xongmans Bnry , Q-reeu , K . & O Co M . GK ., 1887 ,, and ^ * O . I ^ ' oy yLjT— ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    affords should : ample be a <^ Vr ; call testiinony BV B fo BBr ^ r such to pp the a work growth in ^ o itself | ~ 'i $ & !

    ¦ , mavement P W P ^ l ¦ ' ^^ ^^» ¦ ^ ™ ( ¦ p" ^ J *¦ BIP . HJBJ ^ ^^ Lake - -P" — ^ P— P ^ P ^ B » ' ^ - alL ^» p » ' BB I ^ ffBT the ^ y . - ^^ T previous ^ bF ^^^ i ^^^ ¦ . ^ B |^ B ^^ B » ^^ T ^ ^ \ issued ^^ BBp ^ B ^ ^ ^^^ ^ W ^^^^ V in ^^ ~^^ V « 1 this ' ^ ¦ ¦ —~ r ~ series p ™ - ^— - - ^^ ^— - ^— « ^ . It ^^ ^ ¦ ^ ^ is ^^»^^ clearl - ^^^^ ^^ m ^ ^^ y w written ^ » ^^ H ^ ^^ w ^^^~^ m ^ , M i thorough ^^^^^^ ^^ 4 BV ^^ ^^^^^ m ;^^ v v , \ an ^^^^ v ^< h v 4 ^ v 1

    learn eminentl from y practical the introjiuctory . It is chapter intended not , as onl we . ! \

    to - useful »— ' ^^^ ^^™~ ^ interest ^ ^ i ^^^ " ^ handbook ^™ i ^^»^^ - ™^^ the ^^^ ^ - "" p ' ^^ p' ^ general ^ ^ ^— for ^^ ^^^ ^^ p- ^ ' ^^^ p ^ all - ^^ r ^ m ^^ p ^ ^ reader Ip who ^ p ^ ^^ . w , B ^^ are ^ p ^« , ip ^^^^ . but ^ n ^ r ^^ interested pr ^^^^ p ^ p ^ , ^ h to ^^ v ^^ b - ^^^ - ft ^^ > rm ^^^ ^^¦^ . ^ f ^ in ^^^^ y a ;

    and any this of the twofold various i obj h ect ramifications it admirabl of fulfils cycling . ;

    ^ p ^^ r ^ v ^^ ~^ 'pv Everyone - ^ r ^^—^^ p ^^^ w ^^ - ^^ ^ ^ v ^^^ ~ knows ^^ ^^^ - ^ r ^ . ~^ v ^ ¦ ^ ^^ how ~^^ ^^ ^ p ^ ^^ p ^ within ^ p ^ r ^^ p ^^ p ^^ . ^ r ^^ v ^^ ^^^ ^ a ^^ p * r ^^ P a ^^^ y w few ^^ v ^^ v . <*^^^^^ r ^ yearp ^ F only cycling ¦ has risen i to P the rank 4 of a British

    pastime to * ^ ^~— — the " W -r - - ^» ' ^ m minds vv ^ , V health vv ^^^ K ^ w ^ of ^^ ^ - ^ b *^ y those to ^ p ^ ^^ p ^ the « ^^ ^^^ - ™ r who ^ r system ^^ - ^ r ^» have V iv ^^^ ^^ ^ and »^^ P ^ PP learned ^ P *^ H ^ BP invi ^^ P ^^ V ^^^ gorating » \ ^ H ^ PV o ^^ B ^^» ^^ ^ v «< in ^«^^^ ; ^*^^ p * ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ p ^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^ p ^^^^ ^^ p ^ pr " ^^ . ^ ^^ . ^^ p - ^^ ^^ . ^^ . ^^^ * ^^ F ^^^ ^^^ ^ i ^^ v ^ HK ^^^^^ i ^^^ F * ^^^^ v ^ v ^ . ^^ sp ^^^ w ^^ . ^^ l ^^ v

    merril delightful y along country the highwa with ys its and beauties byways of of field our

    ^¦ P ^ V ^^ ^^^^^^ V ^ M ^^ - ^^^* ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ K ^^ B- ~^^~ A ' ^ P' ^ v ^^ v ^^ ^^ ^^ A v w , ^ m A ^ ^ ^^ B ^^ W « ^^ P ^^ B ^ IV ^ . ^ ^^*^ ^^ V ^¦ B ^ p ^^ P ^^ ^^^^ V ^^^ ^^^ F ^^^^ B ^^ i ^^^^ P ^ ^^^ ^ BW A ^^ P >^ V , ^ H towns forest ^ , and and flood ^ village , its s which shad y lanes ^ have and been ^ quiet half

    slumbering coach woke since the inhabitants the old days to when knowle the d stage of ge

    life more in to P the enliven B B B outer V V old P world roads i . than Cyclists other 1 have » P « class done I H HI . —^^—^ m B ^^ - ^^ ¦^ ' ^^^ ^^ ^^ " "P ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ' ^^^ ^^ " ^ ^^^»»^^ ^ V ^^« H * V ^»^ V any ^^ - ^» T ^^^^ ^ ' ^^^^^ - ^^ ^^ p ^ ^ ¦ ¦ ^

    the Tlxe wistful railways cut off of seekers many familiar for laces retreats of rest from . WV We * Tia have vft eyes re rft marked nr . Ark'Afl that i . Vi *» . -h this f p . Kis book boolr . the \\\ c \

    j G oin . Lacy t production Hillier ^ ~ is of a Viscount useful , onej Bury and and its , use Mr . -

    fulness forms its most prominent claim to

    road TVfcn notice . fl might micTif . Perhaps . hav hav e e been hfien some introd introduced of the uced pleasures with with of ettect effect the

    but would possibl have y expanded under those beyond conditions reasonable the limits work . ,

    of There in is connection now sufficient with practical cycling , work and to the speak aim : appa Library rentl is y to of the be as books thoroug in ~ hl the y practical Badminton as

    VV ar possible < B * i fc es ^>^ f *^ o ^ n ^ ^ f fc . ^* " Many ^^»» * r * ¦ n ^^ ** at ^ f ^ deli »« i *» ona - ^* - ^ H »» g l htful . ^ spor »^ l » » S * - »^ - « H pleasures t ¦^ -r *~ s , W but ¦¦— - ^ r— — they - ™ - — are -p— -P—¦ ^ y auxili are V H P - ^ to - — -

    and be found not described and enjoyed to the by the novice sportsman ; beyond himself , per- , hapsin ¦¦ an ^^¦ ^ endeavour » T *!» ¦¦ b ¦« to awaken the latter i - r s

    ^ sympathies IMHV B *^ The ^^^ , ^ B ^^ ^^ ^^ new *^ tow volume ^^ p * ^* ^ ards H ^^ ¦¦¦ ^ healthy of . the ^^ ^^ Badminton ¦•¦ IV exercise ^ w p— ' ^ ^ p- 'p - ^^ I I I ^ - » . p-p- — - — Library —— " — — w »— --

    the contains modern all iron tlie rmmmf hors i latest ivB e t and information its —¦ riders r - ¦— - ¦ respecting . Tp the

    latter V ^ VW ^ BT ^¦¦•^ iw * ^ the ^» - ^^ r ^ - ^^ V . V "p book ^^^ ^^ ^ . » ^^ ^ wil ^ .. ' ^^ p l w ^^ be ^^ ^^^ »^ invaluable ^^ ^^^^^ r— J ^~^ v p" —^"" ^^ p . . ' ^^ The ' p / ^ " ^ his ^^ Tr ^^ ^ - ~^ i torical sketch is copious and admirably written ; I

    The descriptions of machines are precise and

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1887, page 385, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041887/page/7/