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      Obituary. Mr. J. M. Jones, Formerly Of T...

      The death is announced , at the age of forty-one , of Mr . Henry Kendall , the well-known poet At an of earl New y age South he contributed Wales . Mr . to Kendall the Emp was ire born published in Ulladulla in that , New cityand South later Wales to , the in 1842 Mel . !

      A Tl MT 1 T % T A M T , , - ¦ bourne The A death rgus , is Melbourne announced ^ Punch , at Berlin , and , A of ustralasian Herr Edouard , & c . Krauss , the printer of the National

      Zevtung and other well-known periodicals .

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      846 The Publishers' Circular Sept . 151882 I ¦ ^ . ¦¦ ii-biii-iii 1 ^ PMIM , ^ , ^^ , , >^ a ^ aaiMaMW »^ a » a « aM . »^ M i ^^ aMM . Ma ^^ a ^^^ i . ^^ Mia ^ i « a ^»^»^ a »^^ aMBa ^ a ^ a ^ w » ^ a ^ MM « iwM ^ i ^^ M ^>^ aiaa , « , , , >^ , ^ , , w ^> ^ ^ ^^ . ^^< , ¦ , ^

      Law Intellig-Enoe.

      LAW INTELLIG-ENOE .

      HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE—CHANCERY DIVISION , August 30 . ( Before Mr . Justice Day , sitting as Vacation Judge . )

      I CHAPMAN AND HALL ( LIMITED ) V , DICKS . obtained On August an injunction 5 the plaintiffs restraining , the the well- Defendant known publishing until the comp sitting any , app of lied the for "Vacation , ex parte Judge , and

      j Pl from aintiff publishing Company and ' s copyri selling ght a . sixpenny The defendant edition of now , ' Barnab appeare y d Rud and ge consented , ' in infri to ng the ement injunction of the ,

      being extended until the trial of the action upon the Plaintiff , Company giving an undertaking b y their afcft A chairman A rfkK J as to damages k Mh H . Mr . William a > m Barber IB , Q . hC ., and Mr . Bonsor appeared for ^ ^^^^^ . ^ ^^^^^ ^^^* ^^ ^ ^^ . ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^ .

      tne ± * iaintin Company ; and JVlr . Allan { Stewart for the Defendant .

      Court Of Bankruptcy, September 8. {Befor...

      COURT OF BANKRUPTCY , September 8 . { Before Mr . Registrar Brougham . )

      IX RE HAUGHTON AND THOMPSON " , The debtorswho have filed a petition for liquidationare booksellers and publishers

      carrying on business , at 10 Paternoster Row , under " ¦ the , firm of Haughton & Co A . Their ^^ , liabilities are estimated - at about — _ £ 5000 and assets £ 4000 . Upon the application of Mr . E . !

      Henley , his Honour appointed __ Mr . , y George , H . Carter , accountant , , to the office . X of receiver and j

      manager of the estate , and restrained several actions . |

      Oorrespondbjsrob. To The Editor Of The P...

      OORRESPONDBJSrOB . To the Editor of The Publishers * Circular . !

      COMMERCIAL ' GENTS / Sir , — "With your permission I will make a few remarks upon Commercials of the present day as they

      appear to me . ISly remarks , I have no donbt , will he acceptable to some and very unacceptable to others . I have been in the bookselling-line many years , when 2 c ? . and 3 d . in the Is . discount had not even been thought about . It may be fancybut I cannot helthinking that the traveller' of years ago and tho

      ' commercial -i _ gent ' of _ /» the j i _ present , day i are a different _«> i p race _ of _ /> men . The mi ' traveller ' ii 7 » was . .. patient «•» , courteous i , and affable , and , as a rule , knew something of the inside of the books he exhibited . The ' commercial

      gent' of the present day , as a rule ( there are exceptions ) , is pert , dictatorial , always in a hurry , always wanting ' to catch IV ^^ AA the next train / priding / l 1 \ himself the number of towns lie can UUlLl * do' in a

      dayReW UAJLl *^ rS l ^^ - ' V I . A A . VS JLJ-X- ' ^ -V . U WJLCaVAlAy L . A * n IKtJVIA upon U 4 f- " - ' ** V * -A ^^ At •_« A A A Ik * V JL \ S A . \ J ^ S If A- * * J A M V ^ VlV A * J «« V 4 « - *• T . •*¦ * ^ maining in a town for a couple of hours , say twice a year , h ^ knows more about what will * sell' than the tradesman who , most likely , has been years in the place ; he tells fabulous tales of the number of books

      he has sold on tho journey , and he is surprised and annoyed if , after all his chatter , he does not get a line , and does not scruple to show that he is so . The * commercial gent' thinks he has done his duty toward Vv >^ 1 V 1 _< V A . ^ - * m s -f t his LM . t - * emp ^ - < &* ' m ^ loyer « k ^~ r W ^— JL . * if A he A <* ^~ r m hurri * Vk * Jk ¦ # ed ^>^ ^ - ^ l » y ¦> shows - a >^ N . ^ * V tho « m M . A ^^ whoh *^ k ^ ( f V- " V pf of ^^ r ^ * his . J . * ^ j sam vii » * * | ^ ples * . V > » - / , and •>¦» M . M ^ - » calls T . 'Ill A . A , K _ 7 attention VLW v * - »— ' Jk . A trf A V- ^ A ft to 1 . \^ the «^ A A V showy w' Jt * ^ - ' f ; .

      And * cases so , ' he and rushes occasional from ly town to the to town illustrations , an active . , The fussy contents , ' commercial and merits gent , ' of getting a book * over are no tho concern ground of , ' his but . | missing ilk bvj an «¦¦ orderwhichwith Bi a little more jb > tact and a little less hurry ak mi av ht have been secured .

      ^» m m m ^ aw * ^ ^ many A ^ L ^ * *» rf m M w * -A a ^ p ^ » v *» ^>^ a \ , A ¦/ v a ^ ^ & ^^ ^ M , "J v « V ^* K ^^ - ' ¦ v ^>> «^ « y ^ ^*^ * m , v ^ ^ ^^ m « ^^ x ^ ^^ i v A * x «^ ^ JV ^ A ^/ ^^ J * V ^ - ^ X ^ * V »^ r ~ ^^ ^ h « . , ^ ¦ ¥ a , | a ^ g ¦*» &«» ^/ A-A % JV V ^^ f ^/ ^* y ^^ ' ^^ ^ " ^ ^ ^^ ^^—The a rule same , know remark more s , of so the far suitability as my experience of their goods goes , to also the app wants ly to of the their ' stationery customers commercials , and what he ; ' oug they ht , as to I i

      buy , than the customer himself , and are full of push and injudicious energy . There ^¦^ ^^ ^^ *^ ^^ is ^ * - ^ one ^^ j «^ ~^»* other v . ^ v a \ -j « ^^ m ^ subject v * - * ^ -- ^ ^<^ ¦ ^ s ^ . ^ ^^ I ^^^ - would v v ^^ Vp ^ ^ ^^ « b like ^ * ^ lbi ^^ to ^ - * ^ * mention Ji A Jk ^ s Jfc ji * . Jt ^^ ^¦ a , and « kjv # * ^ - ** b that ^^ * J < ^ JV ^ S is A *>^ ' handshaking a \ ji ^ ay jl * ^ ^ k ^ & JL V ^ Wa ¦¦ \ » JI ^ A m ^^ . # ' I ^ K . ¦ am * V * ' ^ a ^ w quiet * « ^ - ^ ,

      inoffensive man , who would like , if it could be managed , to shako hands only with my own particular friends and acquaintance , and with those whom I esteem , when such a process is deemed necessary . I am not % «/ allowed Mi * - *^ - to use ^ - «• w own -v * - discretion V 1 » - / perhaps at during the day two or three A or even more ' commercial kl s '

      M-m > r » a " * - » " ¦ ^^ «^ v ^ vms ^^ my v » A A - « . U VL X > * V ^ »» ; a J- ' V > aV A . * . K' •»* VA MA . I A J" ^ ^ - * - *» T V « T V ^— ' * . C- «* A . V ^ V ^ \^ aW V > 1 VIA AJU \/ a , V- / " * - / VJ 7 « I «* VA v <"" , Bom seen yrVVAA o of before m-r ^^ » them - ^ r J » . ^^ , and ¦*— haTdl »* - ^*» others v y — ¦» arrived - »^ — . - ^ for *• - «_^ — . about « , « at . ¦ V -f >_/ maturity * - »* half «\«« ai . a \« . * an , do . A AjI hour ** rno V * . A . the twice &^ V F 4 X _ favour *^ a « JH year ^ » ^ . % . of M . JL . calling In - » V * - « they V ^ AJI ^ upon ^ T ^ come * ^ - » 4 VJVA me *^ wi ; TV « J some th Vi * outstretched X / *^ of *» **¦* * J ¦ them *¦ V ^ L V- * * - * ^^ I have pal »_ T » jW * m » vav *> , nover »— as -- if

      they were my dearest friends . Some will give mo just tho tip of their fingers ( to those I am very grateand ful ) , horn others v , cold prids and themselves flabby , soft on g and iving limp the , ' warm hearty and ' gri soft p , and ,, wet ( , oh col , the d and horror slimy of it ( the !) some last makes hands are my hard flesh und creep erstanding while I write Wh ) . Now cannot , wh these i y I should gentlemen have of to whom submit I to know the nuisanc nothing e , for when it is they a nuisance into , passeth the shop my

      give UULULVJ . me 0 VUiJU a friendl " H * . y y nod * - **** , or ¦ ¦^ -r , *> if ¦>« v * th ^ - » ^ ey - ' £ 2 ^* want A « A , vuiVlI to , y bo V JL thoug If UVU 1 ht polite A . UVSVV , lift \ J bill their I J LC , WT hats A 1 VJ ** , ?— * - JL *^ - I should VyV come fJL-H V Jl Ii like l ^ VT t » the * v ^ - nod -- ^ l best / ODIM . It « . »/ would nUULVA save UUIV me 1 UU many 1 UUUT a »» cold v > vr « . VK shiver HllllVt when fVJUVJJA l a » stranger DblUll ^ Ul , , hand <*(» U V »— -bag H ^ Cl > t ^ in tU hand ** C » IJ ^* , , walked ndllVVU into 1 UIV the HUV shop UUHJJ- . . I

      should gain confidence in time ; I feel relieved already , and shall be much better when I see this in print . Yours , & c , Booksbixhb . -

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1882, page 846, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091882/page/10/