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    874 The Publishers' Circular August is, ...

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    874 The Publishers' Circular August Is, ...

    874 The Publishers' Circular August is , 1886

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 16, 1886, page 874, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16081886/page/12/