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    Nov. 151887 The Publishers' Circular 138...

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1887, page 1381, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111887/page/15/