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    Mr. W. H. Smith At Stationers' Hall. I

    that two inquire or he three h int ad dis the year sented work s ago f do rom he ne the b y - this chairma reco C m ompany m n en of dati , on and Copyri f he the ha m g d ht been jority Commission so of mu the ch C ht , i m h m pre miss s had sed io b n b e occasion rs y its that the lue to

    -w iikii JLA ^ r ^^ ^ — bJ —^ ^^ a # ^^ ^^ ^^»^» ^^ ^^^ ^ b ^« b «*^^»^«*^^ vr ^ mmm ^ t ^^ m *^ ^^** m ^ jm ^ ^ F ^*^ P ^^ W work iiui m heard of reg upon istering — . — A the m * m . ** m books V hi ^ ^ m . g rf"v lw hest m should a 1 ¦ * authority jk . * s j > 2 be l-fc . ^& . ¦ transferred A that ii *& . & £ a ^ before mka . J to ^ . . _ . another long - ~ . _ . A . ¦_ a commission great _ . ^ J _ bod L . 1 y would . ( / TTT Hear be , hea appointed V r ' •* - . *» ) ^» They # * V ^ K to

    AAt ^ v W ** w ^ ^ L ^^ J ^ m — — ^ ^^ m ^^ ^^^^ *^^— ^^ ^*^ m w v ^ r ^/^^* ^^» »^^ ^^ ^ w ^ »*^ bv ^ v ^^ ^^ ^ r ^^ investigate need the be affairs under of no the fear City as to com the panies result , but of the , as investi far as he gation could because judge , they the had Stationers shown '

    that Company they were doing very useful work . ( Hear , hear . ) , The Lord Mayor , in proposing the health of Mr . W . H . Smith , said that they had met to

    at express Stationers their ' - gratification halL ( ' Hear that , hear their / and distinguished a laugh . ) The guest Stationers had permitted ' Company himsel had f to existed be entered for a ii It consisted consisiea of 01 limners limners writers wrixers

    'I long Innff aw Il writers l / Mf i , penoa period credos ^^ who ^^ in , g . . wrote an the d the ongmaiiy originally , bou like hbourhood nd M , which and - ~ — of sold had — __ St . _ g r ^ % their iven Paul — — their own books names or or ^^ , to which the of or ^^ different ^^^ illuminated uiuminated were ^^^ ^^ *^ ^^ ^^ princi ^ ^ streets i ^ ^^» ^ pall i ^ ^ books dooks ^ vi ^ y in »^«» paternosters and and which v » ^^^^ ^^^ of ot ^ they ^ text text r ^ Kj ^^ i ^ ^ w ,

    I were sold g . ' s . The earliest notice of the Company was to be found from servin in the g records on juries of and the inquisitions Court of Aldermen was granted under to the the date members of 135 of 7 , the whe Company n an exemption . The

    J Company was first incorporated in 1556 , in the reign of Philip and Mary , their charter giving livery them Queen a i Elizabeth n most 1560 valuable . Thus and b monopol fo y r Charl some y 5 0 II 0 printing years , the the Court and Company of sellin Aldermen g had books been . havin This connected g charter granted with was the the confirmed Company literature by a

    of the country , and had in that time done much towards developing the intellect of mankind . it It was must actuall not be y forgotten a trading that Company the Company and therefore was not whatever only one course of the the City proposed companies inquiry , but that into

    the affairs of the City companies took , , it would be , most unfair to require them to submit their trading hooks to investigation . ( Hearhear . ) Having referred at some length to the benefits

    , which Mr . Smith ' s energy and foresight had conferred upon literature by providing for the supply of standard works at Kailway stations in place of the trash that was formerly sold

    there , the Lord Mayor concluded by proposing the right hon . gentleman ' s health . The toast having AA V O been HV MPwarml MM P > d y f _ B received a , M a A K A H m K ^ b _ k ^^^^^^^^^ * ^ ^^ ^ ^ . ^ ^

    Mr . W . H . Smith , in responding , expressed his thanks ^ for ^ the great personal honour that althoug had been h the done responsibility him that evening did . not The now Company rest had done them admirable of exercising work a in censorshi past times , over and

    II literature , yet still they did much to preserve the upon purity and the power of our English writings p , and to diffuse sound and useful knowledge throughout the world . ( Hear , hear . ) A successful

    ^ II ¦ n pnblisher The trad ~ - ^~ ^™ e ^ must r , « ^ however » . - *^ - possess i i ^^ « ^^ ^ , k he « much k ^^^ regrette ^ Vtak business * ^ v ^ m W ^^ d ^<^ to *• "V skill ^ say * h ^«<^ > , , B a was * power » «^« i ^ not ^^ ^ - ^ ^ of an ¦< ' organisation ¦ m ** eminentl ~ ir ^ ~ T TH . » - ^ v * y 1 , prosperous B and >^ ^ ^^ *^ B considerable ^ ^^ * ^ . v ^ . ^ ¦¦^ one ^^ »^ ^* ¦ , m and ¦•• courage " ^ ¦»• large — ¦ ' ^ w ^ ^ .

    n II tttirfaction fortunes were of rarel knowing y realised that they by following were assisting it ; but in the those education who entere of the d upon masses it of had the the peop great le ^ and in — ¦ influencing »« «• w aa VAAAflL the V 1 AV future A * - » V VCi ^/ policy mJ \ SJLMt \ S f \ of SJL this VJiJ AO country V / X * ' * - **^ VA T . ( 1 Hear m ff ^ . ^ TIL , * hear AAVMA . ) ^* . It J & V would f T ^ - * \ IA \ A be I ^^ X ^ most ¦^» X ^» J V unfitting * - »•»*> . « r */ 4 k ^>^ fl ^

    1 I tanity an that of occasion thanking to those touch who upon being political politicall matters y opposed , but he to could himhad not hel united p taking with that those oppor who - I held the same xs political views with , himself to do him the honour , of X ^ A conferring 1 AA « him the

    I freedom —— w of *** mm the *^ . I / Company V 1 XV 1 VUA W A . - O He IVi cam l 41 AJI e there WAA WV on V * V- ^ that 11 AJXA VHV occasion A 1 VA 1 VUA not onl VVAIJLV y as a member upon VB fc ^ V ^«* *»** of the v &«^^ I Vfe Stationers I a 1 ' Company ft and ta as a successful b trader , but as one in whom IB latel a . h y Her A Majesty ft riA had fc ^^ . ^ ^^^ ^ ^ . * . ^_ k

    I placed confidence , and who . ^ had ^ occupied an important ^ post in ^ the Administration ^ of the ^ I nmed country in . Eng ( Hear land , if hear it . ) This d showed as he ventured how much to hope public it service did in and his case public that work the were public recog man

    -^ J had ^ ag nnected actuated long ^ J ceased ¦ " ^ ^ ¦¦» # ^ b ^ y to VX the ^ exercise V / . ^ sole k V / Jt appeare VJlJV object * any MAfMA J , of AAAJLJk influence doing IIUIAVV his or V ^ & duty any UI 1 A 1 b control V y V ^» his A VJk X ^ cou A V over ^ V ntry VS Jk the V . A X ^ ( Hear trade » # - « i « v « v , , hear with V * A v < a . ) which »» aa Althoug « v > a he — — ¦• - h was »• he ---

    —Company «> Several , mi it other ght had long toasts still continue his havini — warm ? to been est .- _ flourish _ sympathies _ drunk - and , the . prosper comDanv In conclusion A as it separated had A , done he . trusted for so that many the years Stationers . '

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    ¦ BMW & ' \ ~~ r . ' - ' i - ¦ - . ] mi $ flS 8 ° ^ Publishers' Circular 445

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    wterary - " - «« Messrs * j Notes not . Sampson es , ' bv by Bavard liayard Low & Taylor Taylor Co . will , edited edited publish bv by Marie Mane immediatel Taylor Tavlor y . , uniform unitorm a volume with witft of ' Studies otucues Critical in in Essays ¦ * uerman German and

    literature ; ' and , will contain papers , on Tennyson , Victor , Hugo , Freiligrath , Thackeray , PJWiaherB dK ? i ? Weimar have > nearly Literature J ready as J for an Art issue , Bryant , the ' , Life Long and fellow Letters , George of Horace Eliot , Ac Bushnell . & c . The , D same . D . / * " « th a two two Portraits Pm 4 . Mu . '

    . An interesting discussion as to the teaching of reading in elementary schools took place on Pinum nursday 8 previously in at the National expressed Society in the ' s House Annual of Conference Lordsagainst , when the Lord extension Norton of the reitera llabus ted his of

    T j ^ ^ won ™ ttea «» , Traininflr j . rauung elementary UoUeg OoUecre schools e . spoke snok beyond e very verv the decidedly decidedlv thre e R / on on s , . tne the Canon other other Evan side side D , , aniel ana and , urgea urged the Princi sy xnax that pal some some of

    tjjjffij ^* 81106 with higher subj , ects was essential to the acquisition of a power of intelligent Tfc rrP **^ for now June devotes a section biograp of hical its pages sketch to art b trades the editor . MrCharles Mackesonof

    I Cb ^ Ttt j ^ flM » ^ tho eminent W author * a of works on music . y , . , , p

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1880, page 445, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061880/page/5/