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The Cambridge University Library Syndica...
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Li The —* ^^ Sufferings **~* ^"^ *^ Jb- ...
- —¦— == has ruined the little market we had . Although we have a copyright law protecting the I American publication case in point editions of . British Failing come authors to in get , in , a sp it purchaser ite is virtuall of everything for y a serial dead . form letter The , story I so thoug far you as ht protecting sent it next us last best us December . to The publish cheat is re it a ) I I I
and and ourselve a Harper s in a 's volume 10 shelves c . edition , but Under , no and sooner , with these was the circumstances it exception issued than of and about it was 50 met cop readers ies by , the the edition Eng well lish is periodical now high I I
statement dry on of our the injustice . ' is by no means exaggerated , ; it as ia our to be hoped are that the aware Novelists the ' 1 1 _ _ 1 to _ J _ _ i the ^ 1 __ Times w M t * . . _ . « a ^ . for AZ ^ - ^ — - its M ^ L «<« ^^ j ^ . . * - &^ ^^ « AJh ^ L k ^^ ^ s ^ to ^ L ^^ ^»* ^^ ^^ v « ^^ ^•^ »& ^^ ^\ ^^^ m » ^ m ¦* ^^ a ht b ^ ^ t treat < bV * B 4 ^^ ^^ # ¦ ^ v ^ betwaen b »^ *^ ^ t ww ^^ % ^^ *^^ the ^ L 1 & . ^ . two -A _ - I ^ bYI
may appeal be more successful than co the -operation * previous secure efforts a made copyrig in other y quarters to secure _ countries the same 1 I result . II
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and The out British of Parliament Museum that Library it seems has difficult been the to subject believe that of so th much ere is any discussion grievance of in late connection , both in II I
with the great national , book-house which has not been ventilated . We are compelled how- I ever ever , to \> o admit admit that mat Mr lvxr . . o J . . E sh . . Cusoan vvusoanss , , in in his ms letter letter to to the tne j A ± theiwzum intiuEum of oi the i / ne 7 / th tu instant instant , has has , py ex- . I I
I posed systematicall what is y in adopted reality b a y public certain scandal persons , when who use he comp the lains Library of a for practice the purpose which of is , addressing he asserts I I
trade London I 1 circulars or provincial , and who directory , to 1 put from themselves the pages * ' in of order which T ' as they / ' readers proceed 1 , ' take to direct l down ¦ their a volume i envelopes of a . I I
If Mr . Cussans M . can prove that •// , this conversion XC 7 of the Library •/ A into a trade circular office * exists ^ MVOi I to any service extent to , it ought at once to be checked by the it authorities , and he has at any rate done I
good oona jiae literary men oy exposing .
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the tne Professor Nettleshi the tne books dooks p , of Oxford in in , havin the tne recent recent g appealed fire at at Professor in the Eng iviommsen lish papers house for funds towards I
loss loss a letter replacing replacing of or my my from library norary : Professor , , wnicn which Mommsen destroyed destroyed Jias has appeared appeared in which in in tne the he papers papers says nre : , — jrroressor signed sisrned ( Sir , — bv oy The Mommsen you vou advertisement and ana some some 's s nouse oi of , regarding , your vour has nas received received friends mends the . II I II
requires my deep and heartfelt thanks . You may rest , assured that if there is some consolation , I for the disaster I have undergone and the crippling of my literary work , it is to be found in I
men thankful the sympath . My for own y the , to collections preservation which I did of of not 30 the years think materials ' standing myself prep entitled to ared me for , can of our so never great many be ep good igrap replaced hical and . distingu work Still . , They i I shed am I I I
have now to been be repeated heavily damage ; but I d , hop and e and the restitution trust still to will be cost able much to finish labour that alread part y of got the over corpus and I I
which very ¦ ni has g _ ht _ .. been of . __ the confided disaster _ _ _ to . my M ¦ ¦ y care library , and has of which been destroyed I thought ' r ¦¦ ^ ^ ¦ to too have and written if I am the to last continue page the my I I
sincerely sincerelv work — ^^ ^ , which thanktul thankful I have to to resolved those those ^ who who to m try want want " ^ , it to to m must ¦ assist assist - ^ - - ^ be w- » me ni ^^ ¦ ¦¦ renewed m v « in in * this this ¦ — - * . task task ' ^» I have ^ . - ^^ p as ^^ . , W s man ^« begun ^ ^^ M ^^^ V v ^^ fc ^^ fc nf of to ^^^™ mv ^^^ P ^^ rep ^ f ^ B ^^ German Ci ^ lace ^ ^^^ Arm " ^^^ ^^^ it ^ an A ^ , *«^ J * an friends ^ friends fa ^^» d ^^ ^ . am *»* . W B I II
have done , and as you . are about to do . But it seems that the , importance many and my the value of my I library has been considerably overrated - ¦ - - ¦ - . I am - ¦— neither a i rich man nor a collector books I
were selected ^^ m — only for - ' — my — - — — different — m — — - works — — — , and ~ ^ — I —~ ^^ - ^ miss — ww ^_ - ^ m _ th ^^^ em ^^ ^^ ^^ v . ^ as ^^ n ^ the ^ ar ^^^^^ m disarmed * ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^ V ^ P ^^^ ^^^ rf ^ ad ^ soldier ^ 1 ^^ ^^^ ^ W ^^^ ^^« ; K my ^ misses ^^ k ^ k W T *^ ^ ^ his H I weapon ffe . But * I was ftv ^ , perhaps not m fully , but ¦ ^ ^ a very fairl - « y insuredi MB , and the restitution of my ^ loss , BVfl I ¦ _ _ _
friends as far as when it is possible they proposed , is in a to fair me way something . This similar was the immediatel answer I gave after privatel the accident y to my and German I beg leave leave to to it beiore tne y al / tafL , have
been touched repeat repeat by it it now now to the before heart the ' s JLnglish Enerlish core , and pu Dublic I blic shall , . to to never which which forget your vour noble noblo it ; but appeal armp permit . is ia dirp directed me . p respectfull . 1 I have y
and gratetully to decline it .
The Cambridge University Library Syndica...
The Cambridge University Library Syndicate have issued their 20 th annual report . They compared state that with the number 17 , 477 in of 1878 titles . printed The number for and the of ' Eng General lish publications Catalogue' during in 1879 1879 was 3 was , 771 14 , forei , 047 gn as ncations 2078 / ish donations donations and books books 14 the Old
puo publications z ,, ve ; : Engl jungnsn ^( bouerh bought t ) ; JL 1 ,. 252 2 o 2 ; : and and U ( , y 946 u books books m in the vm Sziuessy Li Assistant brary ^ were for Secretary the re- comp catalogued of letion the . Societ of The the S of catalogue yndics Arts have was of last Hebre made w fresh manuscri appointed arrangements pts b . the Mr . with Syndics H . B Mr . Wheatley . to Schiller inspect - ,
the library for a third time . His y reportsubmitted , year in October 1879 y dealt with the following two 2 . The points alte : rations —1 . The in state the catalogues of the library and , in in 1879 the catalogu as compared e rules with Mr its , Wheatley state in 1877 reports and 1878 that .
. . ' attention a large proportion have now of been the rectified points which , or are have in course been of alluded rectification to rf »«*^ in ; previous ' but he again reports calls as attention needing to the fact that ' the ----- want - of — " a —— large ¦— —— — - ^ - ^ - — increase — — — - ¦—¦ ™ - « r ¦— - —— - - >* - of - »^ - shelving r . v ^ . n - ^^ h . » . x * w |^ g ^ pur still va « a hampers wjt A A » J ^^ * . r ~ r the UA 4 V work » f X ^ 4 . AM . ^ of ^ Jk the ^ Jfc * . ^* library ^» i— — v . '
the A Commissioners further Library representation . The , Febru number ary from 11 of , 1880 the persons , S renewing yndicate not members was a previous forwarded of the application to University the Universit for additional to whom y of Cambridge tickets funds for of admission — — —— to — ^ the _^_— library _—— »—_ - for ^ the ^ of ¦ % ^ - studand i & % research % / have been granted during the
year publish ending in an - October appendix _ 20 , a 1879 list , ^ r «» , of a ^ ia ^ purpose « presents » 51 * ¦*^*^ , »»^ as - ^^ «^ ^ compare ^ to *» k the ^ " ^ *^ fc ^ d y librarv w with » v « v 60 ¦ ¦ . during ^ in jptS ^* the \ JVMm aa preceding , the a * M * T vear ^^ P * ' ^ l ^ Xji 1 year ! ^ A 879 fib A * . . ¦• . and * W The V *» cal ** Syndicate **** l special EJ
J attention to the gift of the Rev . E . W . Blore , late Fellow of Trinity College , consisting of the j
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 16, 1880, page 600, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16081880/page/4/
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