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    Welsh's Life Of John Newbery.* The Mmmwm...

    * . thropic publisher of Sfc . Paul's Churchyard , ' and -as the friend of JohnsonNewbery ' s

    » place * m > in mi the ^ tmt history mm ^ ^ of an interesting _ , _ epoch ^^ mm in English literature is unique . His memory

    has also a special elevation in public esteem through his having been the founder of that productive department of publishing

    known as ' juvenile literature , ' in which his successors ¦ «« n « of k to-dayMessrs 4 ti . Griffith

    the Farfan ^—^™ — *^ traditions ™ ^ mr , ^» & w ^* - Co ^^ m ** ^ mw . of , ^^ prove ^ the ^^ old ^^ themselves ^ -mr house w , v ^«^* ^ . v ^^^^^ k m ^ so 9 ^^^ true «• — — r n ^^^ to ^ » , v

    It is , happily , to a member of this firm , Mr . Charles Welsh , that we are indebted for

    entering upon the subject of the important discovery which Mr . Welsh has made

    regarding the sale of the copyright of the ' Vicar of Wakefield' a transaction which forms one of

    , the — mM most familiar ^^ ^ ^ m ^ anecdotes ^ . in ^ book ^^ ^ h history ^ h ^ , and one which we should be exceedingly sorry

    to lose . The first chapter of Mr . Welsh ' s book deals with the ancestors of John Newbery and with his . earl _ - y years — . It appears J JL ^ that an

    —_ __ _ ancestor of his was ^ a considerable publisher at the close of the sixteenth century , his

    publications 4 Holinshed including 's Chronicles ' Hakluy . ' John t ' s V , however oyages , and was

    the interesting memoir which has just been favourable published . opportunities Mr . Welsh for had the exceptionall gathering of y

    well to authentic say . The that materials author he has , speaks and employed it modestly is but this sli advantage g when ht prais he e

    refers It It is is a a to compilation compil his ation work which -whi as ' a must mnnt mere have Vin comp . vft involved involvp ilation . '

    v no ordinary amount of arduous and accurate

    fc % ' , ; ., ; arrangement research researcn , , discrimination discrimination , and a wide in knowledge selection RAlerrt . irm of and and the

    | | | p autnors Considerations and books ot of a space prolmc prevent literary us era from .

    the soi ^ of a farmer , and was born at Waltham St . LawrenceBerksin the year 1713 . His

    business connections , , , as is well known , included ^ mw ^ " ^ ^^ t » ^^ r *^ ^ m ^ ^^ t » other ^ m * ^^ i ^^^^ ~^ mr ^^ enterprises ^^ ^^ w * r ^^ ^^¦ f- ¦— . ^ h ^^ •¦¦ - r ^ r - ^^ ^ besides » - ^^— - ^^ *^ r — ¦¦¦ — ' — — - - ~ - books - — — — — — - — , -m — notabl --- —— — - ^^ —¦ ^ - - — ^ - ^ y ™

    tea and patent medicines . All these matters are discussed by Mr . Welsh with admirable

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    especially interesting , and in that respect Mr . Welsh brings not a few new facts to lifirht . facts which claim exceptional attention

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1885, page 1622, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121885/page/6/