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    The Publishers' Circular Feb#, ^ ^ ,

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    1 i Hamilton Mr. Henry Library G. , Bohn...

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    the Registe princi r , the pal British Almanack newspapers and , Co a mpanion , and o ' s ther works of reference , for facts and Annual dates I the value of the j » collection ^* ¦»•* »•¦ would - »— — — — be — mat — — — — — e — riall — —— y increased — — - — — . Perhaps it mig f—j ht he found — — — —— actil

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    is such a serious hindrance to the coveted entree to its portals , and in that case the suggested , ¦ library JLA . ^ J M tf ~¦ % W migh J , 1 * | mk •* t " find J A * * ^* . a » - "F * home » ^^ * *¦ « ^ " ^ ¦¦ in * •» ** the »» a » •¦ -s ^ - Club - ^ w ^ -fc «™ r ^ mw i House —km -w ^ - ™ — - t . m i A — building - — - ¦—¦ — - — — t ^^ in on — i © t of the bookse off - — l streets — ^ ^^ ^^ w | |^ near J tHif ^ f II I

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    The Publishers' Circular Feb#, ^ ^ ,

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    In Lord The Movement Lytton, Who For , E...

    in Lord The movement Lytton , who for , establishing at the opening public of libraries the new has Public found Library a fitting at and St . Albans eloquent , las supporter t week , I I warmly warmlv commended commended the the resolution resolution ot of tne the citizens citizens to to aaopt adopt me the P jtudiic ublic Lib JLiDranes raries Act aci , , and ana tneir their II

    energy condition in of freeing Englan the , library the Earl from said debt that before it seemed its opening to him . that In contemp there was lating nothing the intellectual about it I I more remarkable or honourable than the vigour with which knowledge was being pursuednot I

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1882, page 90, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021882/page/2/