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      the paying navi production ncr attention attention of to to the the the work beailtv beauty ; fourth or Of the the , work WOrk the papermaker ; : tJiird third , the f . Vlft ; printer rvrinf fifth . f » , , the m in not nnf inkmaker . properl nrnnorliT , y in superintending anr . making a-miifBC . Ti / 1 bad innf JLA materials -L . WV " - "ta ^ --1 - » - » - ¦ - ' — - — ; — - sixth ™ - — — ¦ , — the — — compositor — — j ^— — — — — , who . . — — — was .. __ _ probabl jp , _ - _ . — _ ., . _ __ y _ to __ ^^ be ^ , ,, _ . excused ^ y ____>* - -w- ^ a ^ - »_/ v ^«_ in JL-LX having JLXL ^ V T ' "m . too W- 'V _ - JLXA much V 4 V 1 X

      ; responsibilit i justifying' y the thrown pages upon ; eighth him , ; the seventh binder , , the in spoiling pressman the or appearance machinist , in of not books properl ; and y , nintn ninth , the tne consumer consumer , who wno was was a a great great sinner sinner for tor accepting accepting sucli such bad bad work work . . In In other oth ^ r words words .

      Mr . Stevens , arraigned , the whole company of bookmakers , and had a hard word for each , . His somewhat sweeping charges roused several speakers , who took up the gauntlet on behalf of their respective ~~ crafts ¦ . Mr . Blades ¦¦ - » and ¦ Mr . W ¦ m- BV defended fc / the printersand Mr . If

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      in ± . ngland scnools ^ oi typography such as prevailed m f ranee were wanted .

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      The Distribution To Public Libraries Of ...

      The distribution to public libraries of the blue-books and other publications printed at the national expense has often been referred to in our pages , and it naturally cropped up at the meeting bbi bb bbb of the bb bb Library bbi bBB Association bbBbbf b bb bb . V ¦ It ¦ ¦ bb appears b Bbb b b bb bbb- that bbBr b so bbhbb far bb i back fBaBB as f ¦ 1858 bbW it was bb * y suggested that

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      \ was ^ as that if such a a gut ffift were were accorded accorded to the libraries libraries the mechanics mechanics * institutes inst , i-fcnfp > s mig mio- ht hf . fairl fnirlv y claim some equivalent recognition . The following resolution on the subject was agreed to at Cambridge : — ' That it be an instruction to the Council bb to promote the necessary b > measures to bbb - — SB BBl - * M A M A _ ^ B . — _ bb ^ B b > _

      secure that those documents which are printed at the public expense and for public information should be regularly distributed to libraries established under the Public Libraries Act . '

      The Free Library And Museum To Be Erecte...

      The Free Library and Museum to be erected at Preston , Lancashire , at a cost of £ 100 , 000 , left bbbbb bb bb for bbbi i bb the -Bar bbb bb purpose bb-bbb-wb bbbb vhb-bb bbb b bj the bbbb b late bbb bbbpBBP Mr . bb E bbbbb . ¦ R ¦ . Harris Bhbbbb ¦ ¦ -- b prothonotary - ~* - —^ B" r b bv ¦ v ^^ pi ^^ v of the bt ¦ count b bids h b fair b b to be

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      contain three floors above the street level , in addition to the basement . The ground-floor portion m ^ T - * . * e < B ^ ¦*> ^ b , - ^^ Baa ¦ B . will W B 1 B > B . contain *^ *^^ - ^ B » Bk "B * ^ B . 1 B « BBa ^ BfBBi the W » B ^ V lending » B « ^ B * BB » ^ B » «« BB —B » ^^ ^^ J ^^\ library ^^ ^^ ^^™ # * B- . B , B | patents B V V 'B- -W » " — —^ ^ - — library - ¦ w ^ — V — , V reading ^ ^^ — » ' ^ ^ B » ^ B > BB . -room B ^ — ' ' ^ h' « B m BBB , news BB > B « ^ ^ P ^ -room ^^ ^^ * ^ —fc ^ « , work B B ^^^^ JB ^ ^ c fB ^ -room ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ B « B . ^

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      and the reading-room on the north side are each 20 feet by 55 feet , and the lending library is 55 Br- feet 0 Bb > b 29 B feet BB B . The BBBBBh B B central BbB 7 B | BB l B hall B BB is 54 Bff ¦ feet i squareall V V ¦ the B floors ¦ W ¦ being -w hv B B « B 0 | BBl li Bfe hted B BBT bthe

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      sation-room and a room for chess and draughts . The whole of the upper floor will be devoted to a i museum bbb bBb bBb % Bb b b ^ bj , £ b and 1 bb Jb VbI fine bb % bVbi -art bbi Bbb purposes . The BB bBbj BbbT arrangement vajBr bbbi bBBbbb bb Bjajbh bb 4 bb « of bookcases bb # -bb i b b bt shown bP bbb b b on bbb the b b lans « N b ¦ bbB i J pro bbb k -

      vides ^~ * " ' ^^ for V ^ b" . ^^ shelving BJ . bp . . " 9 * ^ w ^^ V >^> 89 ^^ p ^ 825 V * ' ^! . ^* W volumes ~ ¦ ' ^^ " ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ F * " V for the . - ^ library ^^ ^ '' * - ^— of ^ patents ^ p' ^ - ' ^ ^^ ' — - * - —^ ~ , *^ and > ^ - » , ' — the ^ *~^~ ^ ~— remaining r ^ ^^ ' . » ^ ^ j ^ « A « portions ' p _^ ^ wm * » p . ' for -, ^ the — ' — BB « BB- reference B ! B , ^ ,- ^ B , B ^^ ^ B ^ J ^ jj ^ «_/ B ^^ SB libraries « B Bk FV' -BB . ^_ ^ WbT , ¦ , ^ B . \ b / f , . W ¦* The - B « B . Bb ** estimated *»** f— ' ^^ . BB > ~ ~ ~\ ^ S ^ f « . / ^^^ ^ - ^* BB | cost " -T ^^ h' FSb * * " of ^ W B , the B ** BB BB -BB- building * ~ W « - ^ B BB % /*) BB Bk B » WB itself B By BKhB * ^/ BB B ^ B is *> - ^ b * £ B ^ BBB 70 Bp ^ tf * ' , BB 000 \^ ^^ | ^^ , B and B . -BM b > B VCB the ^^ ^ B . « B » - cost ^ B 4 . ^* - * « BB of «„ # * - B-B «

      the site £ 30 , 000 , which is provided by the Corporation . The total cost of the building and site BBfBT will f bb Bta thus Vb / bBB be flBB about BB ¦ £ B 100 bVbb 1 000 . The bABbBb b Harris Bi I W BB » BBBB trustees BBB BBB f BBB- bBbbB contribute BbBB ) BBB Bfc fV in BB BBI the BB B aggregate BBBB BbBBBl B -BBBBBb W BBB £ 100 I BBB 000 T BBB

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      tions to the reference library , museum , and art galleries

      Mr. Matthew Arnold Contemplates Making A...

      Mr . Matthew Arnold contemplates making a tour of the Australian colonies . Mr . and Mrs . Tennyson have left Farringford for Aid worth , their place near Haslemere , where they intend to remain AV / V J-. bb . throug l _ . h the autumn .

      — ~* ~~ ~> a ~ »—» ¦• A \/ W , _ _ . I - ^/ « . , * Jfc bW *_> m > V ~ t ^ - - * - A W ^ _ a _ Jk " \^ v * l t ^ . b J . b . * - ~ — " —¦ -V " - — " * . * w * - '"• * - ' " * - "» » » -V - — . » The foundation •/ -stone of a free library for Leek , Staffordshire , tlie gift of Mr . Joshua laid ^ Nicholson BBT — — on ^ -T BB . n Monday * #% , - .. B ^ VjB , J ^ head JB ^ B ^^ ^^^ m 4 afternoon L of V Jb . V V the -b" * R * Jbb Jk " w ^^ ' firm V * Mk *& b ™^_* " y of W b Mrs * . ¦ " Messrs **• ¦ b ^ » Sb ~* " . B Nicholson * Bb " flV . bB * *» Broug ¦ "— ' * - * " ^ B * ' ^ - , T h , wife Nicholson Bl ^^ of ^ " ^ the BB ^ ^ , donor & Co *^ . . , After ^ silk ^ B ^ ^ " B ^ manufacturers the B ^ " ^ ceremony ^*^ ^^ ^ ^*^ — ¦ . # »—» ^^^ alii # K Jf , Mr bVBJ was - ~ BB . BBB , . «* fl . ^* ' ^ M B ~— _ _ —

      Nicholson expressed the hope that the institution ^ , which ^ would include an art gallery ^ , educational museum , and facilities school . of The art , building would bo and productive endowment of great will good cost about to the £ town ' 20 , 000 by , providing and the erection greater

      of or the the Last structure fthmri month fnvft there , which wViinh was is ih an to tn bo Vim increase called r » n . ll «< l in the tli « the N Nirih icholson exportation olson Institute TnHt of . it . ufp printed , will will occupy nt books ^ fiiinv , nearl n as oa . rl appears y v two two years Vfi fro ars m . a public document fc just issuedFor the month the ¦ - value was £ 100 ¦ 312 against tfc b £ i 98 j 604 ¦¦ ¦ - in the - ¦

      j . corresponding exported A . — ^ ^ ^""~^ r * waa ^ " * - » M A A ~ k £ A month 706 A "IS ¦ V ~>*>~) 748 »/ of JI # ^»* b" against " 1884 iv * ~ t ^ ~ i—^ . - - -. £ In \ -- 665 " A . the »/* -fc X 559 - » last M , m a- b * in ' <* - — •¦ ei V * the A ght - ^ J » same - * months » -I —» -v ~ v period * ~»_ " w W the ¦^ --F ~ - —r of " declared ¦ ----- - _ the r ^ - " , « - -- - previous -- ^ - » - , value - — - ^— - —r * . _ K «^ year ^ of - _» --w printed — , -- _^ , •_—_» - —>_ * - ¦ books o » -v «» •« I ,, ,

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1882, page 839, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091882/page/3/