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p_ . . ^ _ 4 86 The Publishers' Circular...
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188 Fleet Street : May 15, 1886.
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SINCE our columns of ' Sale Jottings ' w...
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P_ . . ^ _ 4 86 The Publishers' Circular...
p _ . . ^ _ 4 86 The Publishers' Circular May 15 , 1886
188 Fleet Street : May 15, 1886.
188 Fleet Street : May 15 , 1886 .
Since Our Columns Of ' Sale Jottings ' W...
SINCE our columns of ' Sale Jottings ' were commenced , over a year ago , they have
included notices of many important sales and transactions relating to the transfer of rarities
in the domain of books . Perhaps not one of these can excel in interest the sale which is
now announced of the 'BibliothecaLindesiana , ' that is to say , of the famous library formed
chiefly by the late Earl of Crawford and Balcarres . Those who know anything about
the character of this magnificent collection cannot fail to regret the prospect of its being
scattered . It is satisfactory , however , to learn that
the large portion of the library which relates to mathematical science , in all about 16 , 000
volumes , will not come under the hammer , but will remain as the consulting library
of the Observatory at Balcarres . Not long ago an Edinburgh correspondent of the
Publishers' Circular drew attention to the want of a National Library for Scotland , and
the writer ' s opinions were supported by other residents in the northern part of the kingdom ,
although we believe that the proposal , in so far as it related to the Advocates' Library ,
was not a new one . Now , however , we observe from a report
in the Times that it is proposed to make the Balcarres collection of mathematical works ,
and if possible the Haigh Hall collection of general literature , the nucleus for a great
National Library for Scotland . The undertaking is certainly of more than ordinary
boldness , but if public spirit is sufficiently I awakened we see no reason why it should not
be successfully realised . In tlie meantime , Messrs . Sotheby ,
Wilkinson , & Hodge have received instructions to prepare for the sale , which will be one of the
events of the century in ¦ so far as bibliographical history is concerned , for the late Earl missed no
opportunity of acquiring great and rare books . His collection is a gathering from all the chief
library sales which took place during his time both in Great Britain and on the Continent .
Tlie books , too , have the advantage of being in si-dendid condition . As the Times says :
* For more than seventy years the best of editions , the most beautiful in typography
and bindings , and the rarest of books have been sought out in all quarters of the globe
and treasured up on the well-protected shelves of Haigh Hall . '
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tlie An Extraordinary Booksellers Meeting Provident of Institution the Directors was of acx .
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Bailey held h at on i i the Monday ¦ Sunday the School 10 th inst Institute . ¦ at which , Old l
^^ p ^^^^ ^^^^™ w ^ w ^^^ - ^^ r ^ m , ^ ph ~— ^^ m ^^ mm ^^ r ^ m- w ^ m * ^ v *^^ ^^™* ™ ^^ r ^^ *™~ - ^ m , ~^ m ~™ * ~ *^^ ~ ~~ ~™ ~~ ~ ¦ ~~ ~~^^ " ^^~ * " — ~~ * " ~ ^ , ^ J . ^*^ pP w ^ p ^ y y ^^ ^ . j was was Mr ¦ m *— . Charles / ssummoned ^ ummoned i i Longman -nr to to consider consider presided i a a draft arat . The # " t *^ letter letter meeting pm em _ -
of bodying altering certain the existing , questions rules as to and the also advisabilit soliciting y
suggestions of any changes , which may be calculated to increase the usefulness of the
Institution , and to induce the younger members of the trade to join its ranks .
Annual Exhibition of Original Drawings . —Messrs . Cassell & Company have
announced that their annual Exhibition of Original Drawings in black and whiteexe- i
, cuted * . . b «* * ¦ y well *^ - known artists AS . for ^* their ¦ pi various ^ fine-art publications , will this year be held
at the Memorial Hall , Farringdon Street . The " Exhibition ¦ - m — - —— will r ¦ - - open — - _ — ' on ' June — ¦ —_ 3 , - — and - — continue « v _ ^^ p , p ^ 1 I ^ ^^^ f
open till June 18 . It will contain drawings by R . W M . fM MacbethP , A v . Ra . A M ., «» Frederick A « Bar-^ p ^^ p . ^^^^ m ^ pr *^^^ p ^ p * p ^^^ p ^ p ¦ * pBpip ^__ ^ p ^ pf
nard , GL Clausen , R . I ., M . L . Gow , R . I ., J . FulleyloveR . I . Edwin BaleR . I . J . Pennell
R . Barnes , R . W , . S . Alice Havers , , P . Tarrant , Frank Dadd , R . I . , A . StocksR , . I . A . W , .
ar > , « J , hJ , F , Henley ^^^ . ^ T * ^ p , G ^^^ K . M . L " ^ H . Seymour ^ , Capt ^ p ^ . . . W p ^^ p ^ p ^ p * . W p ^ ^ PJp ^ p ^ . May ^^ B ppHp . , R . 9 I . and others . A series of drawings 4 Jb
^^* ^ r < ^ - « , H mlr ^ ^^ ^ j' ^ many ^ m ^ mm ^ nr ^^ w ^^^ « r ^* w ^^ ^^ r ^ r v «^ ^^ m v *^ ^^ *^ ¦» ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ¦ ^^^ 4 * . ^ v v ^ i ^^ »*^ made last summer to illustrate * The Royal River River' will will bft be included inolndftd : also also the t . hp . new nfi-w series shrifts of of
Frederick Barnard ' s ' Character ; Sketches from Dickens . '
An Important Decision . —The widow and executrix of the late Captain Mayne Reid ,
with Messrs . Swan Sonnenschein & Co ., the publishers , applied by counsel on Friday last
before Vice-Chancellor Bacon , for an injunction to restrain Messrs . J . & JZ . Maxwell from
printing , publishing , and selling , under the title ¦ ¦— of ' The Star of the i Empire / or under any
™ — — ^— ^~ ^ - ^ - - ' - - ^^^ ¦ - ^^^ ^ v ^^ ^ v ^^« ^^ r ™ - ^* ^^* ¦ ^^^ p ^^ m ^ b ^ V *^> ^^ ^^ v ^^ ^^^ «^^ b ^^^ r ^ B ^^^^ tf ^ H ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ p ^ ^^^|^ p ^^^ r ^^» ^^ v ^^ P ^ V ^^ W name whatever , copies of a book written by the ¦ deceased author ¦ called ' The Finger of
Fate ^^ ""— ' —~ — / and ^ " ^ ^^ ^—~ " ~ ' ¦ first — " ™ ^¦^ ' ^ " ^» published ^ ' ^ ^™ ' ' ^ ^™ , ^ p ' ^^ ~^ im ^^^^ m - «^ b ^^^^ y him ^ P ^ Bv m ^ ^^ ^^ in r ^ fl ^ to the ^^ to ^^ ^ P Jtfi ^ Boy ^^^ ^^ ^^ ' s Own Magazine in 1868 . The story was also
printed can - ^— — — — - — publication __ - — — - _ - in — - r —~ - - ^_ the - ^^ - ^_ - ¦ ¦ — — - Fireside — . ^ r For ¦ ^^^ ""^^ the ^^ ^^^ Companion ^^ H ^ . ^ v defence ^^ ^^ ^^|^» v ^ . ^^^ v ^ H 4 ^^^ ^^^ p ^^^^ , it ^^ to Vr an was ^ V ^^^ Ameri ^^ W ^^ P con ^^^ " ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ - -
tended that the requirements of the Copyright p Act lied , 5 with and seeing 6 Viet . that , c . 45 the , had actual not proprietor been com of
the — — — work - - —— — — ' was , ^ m ~ ^^ — ' not — ~~ ^ jm ^ L ^^ Mrs ^^ ^ - ^^ ^» . ^» i ^ Jleid a ^ ^«^ ^ ' ^ i * -m ^ VpV « but ^« I ^^^^ IM u Mr iT ^^^ K ^ pT . ^^ p ^ George L < ^^> r ^ pp * ^^^ rf ^ a ' ^^ ¦—Munroa publisher of New Yorkwho now
filed an , affidavit to the effect that , in January 1868 — - — ~ he - — ^^ purchased W ^~ ™ ———p ^^ - — — - — -m- ^ n ^ ^ w -v ^ the - ^ . ^ ^^ vip * book T ^ p ^ ^^ ^ - ^ " ¦>¦ ^* rffc in « fcp «* question ^^ ^ p * Tfc ^^ *^ l ^ b **^ pw ^^^ ptbrfpb fro W *> ^ p- ^ p * ' m pp * — - ^
Captain Mayne Reid for the sum of £ 500 , Vice ¦ -Chancellor Bacon in his summing up
• — —~ —r ~~ ¦— ' ¦ " ' ^ " ~** - p- " — - - ^ p- ^ p ™ - ^ "p *^ F - ^ pp- ^^ pw fp ^ ppp * *» - ¦*• *>« pVp « p >* »* p ^ f i r ^^ pfc ^* * 1 p ** p 4 i ^ pj Jpb p ^ H ' PVh # v b i p' - ¦ — - held that of the sale to Mr . Munro there was no ' reliable — » - ^ " - evidence —¦ - » ¦¦ ' ^^ " •¦ ' ^ p '" p ^ p" ~ ~^ p * —^ . That p" * pp ^ »•• hi PM ^ p * gentleman ^^^ pta ^ vj ^ r PPP » « p * ^ pr f ^ p ^ ^»; p ^ •¦* pp * . p * ^ hpTH p ^ ^ p * M did ^ hpTBi P » a ^ pjp / p ^ not ¦* ^ " ^
produce a scrap of paper of any sort—neither invoice ' ~ ~~ ' ^ ' ^^ ^^ , recei T ™ ^*^ ^ p ^ ^ p >^ p *™ pt pT *^ ^^ , ^ ^ nor ^ ^^ ^^ " ^^ ^ letter ^ pIp" P . * ^ p * ^ p ^ pv ^ —from pdh ** W ^ p ^ , p 1 P p * which * . »^ jp ^ p ^ ^ * p ^ ^^ the vkp' « J- > * p » ^
court could gather the truth of what he had stated ; andin the absence 1 4 of such evidence
his ' ^^ — -- — - — Lordshi — - | w v — ^^ - *_* p ^ p , ph ^ could ^ p * ^ p , ^ pT , ppk « P ^ - * - ' not ^* rw ^ ffSv >* ^ decide ^ ^ p , p ^ ^ . ^ »^ # - - V _* " « 1 p . that Jp ^ pf ^ ^ ^ p ^ p > ^ the L JpW ^ fc ^ pp * ™ ri *•• V g Tp » ^ ht \ M * p ** ^ p' to ^ " ^ , T the - — - ^ —¦ — work - - " **~ p" * *~~ - ^ lay - » p * . ' p m in p"p « « p ^ pipk Mr ip" i p - ' * ^ . V p Munro * p- » -p"p » " pj _ n » . JpL Jpf iflpi * ^ 's ISv ^ hands , ^ _ flph ^ . ^ l p ^ -m ^ yfc F ^ p * tft . A i ^ ^ man pgp , Jk **¦ ^^^^
—did not pay away . £ ' 500 without preserving that some the evidence requirements of the fact of the . It Act appeared of Parliament to U # him
had — — - — — — ^ - been *^ ^ - * , r . _ full - ^ pp' p I ^ - '"¦•^ y p ^ ^ p comp ^ p ^ *»¦ ^* . ^ p- ' **^ Jfc * lied ## » v . pT ^— -- p « k with ^^ jl m ^ fcpp * ^ L . pBk b ^^ y >^/ ^^ the Jk . p p !> p VpJp > . laintiffs p ^ pfc JL *« A A p » ^ p- ** " * ^ 7 registration rOfriatrat . ion ; and n . nrl under linrlp-V these f . ll *> an » circumstances /» i rv » n m of nr » r ; OR
he had no option but to pronounce for an
injunction m the terms of . ' the notice of motion — . k
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1886, page 486, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051886/page/4/
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