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    Hllbesheimer & Faulkner V. Mendels-

    at Mr . 62 C Patern P . Deane oster Row was , and a so the licitor defendant practis , - ,

    w ing ho at was 3 also Union the Court author , of Old three Broad books S . treet In , , respect ~ of one of theseon ' Church

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    publication claimed ^ 24 of . 12 a work s . l ie ? called . , balance ' A Short due History on the

    of Ireland ies of . it ' were The defendant not sold within agreed six that months if 300 after cop the date of publication—July 20 ^ . 1 886

    —he each would , f the purchase published the price number being un $ old 6 s . at The 4 « .

    eac defendant h : after copy 500 was sold . to beyon In have the d event 350 a royalty , of an the d Is of . ublished 3 8 d c ? . . per for copy p

    portionatel price , being y »/ reduced sma r ller ¦ ¦ , ; j the the copyri roya a * % / lty ght to be rema pro in - ^

    were the property sold . of There the auth was or a . counterclaim Only 179 cop for ies damageson the ground that the plaintiff had

    p laintiff t proper advertised , ly pushed it and in all published the leading it ; but papers the ,

    distributed bers of Parliament 50 copies , incl for uding review Mr and . Gladstone to mem- ,

    and issued a number of leaflets . The criticisms of were quite all , exceedingl opposite politics y favoura . It ble was , even an i impartial n papers

    written history , ; but , like part many y book other , and good was books very , had bly

    not had was commanded £ been 33 . 7 taken s . 10 g £ off . a , but sale in . order some The to disputed ori simp ginal lify claim items the

    port case . of Mr this . Elliot statement Stock , an gave d said ev idence hat 500 in sup ies

    were cross- exa inte mination d , and , more he said than he did 300 not bound advertise . In in Irish - or provincial - ^— ¦ pap h h ersbut the work

    v ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^^^ rev ^^^ h ^ - ^^ r — - iewed ^ — - -- - ^ in the ' — - — princi pa - ^^ - - l , ^ m ones , an d sent to the princ . & . ipal axpublishers and libraries for

    ' subscription . ' Altogether , 61 free copies had been sent out at plaintiff ' s expense . Neither he nor any other publisher had any power to

    secure the insertion of a work in the ' English Catalogue '; it was entirely at the discretion

    of the editor of the catalogue , and not a twentieth of the works published appeared there . He did not advertise it in the Publisiiers '

    Circular . , The net amount expended in advertising & c . was about £ 6 . He did not think

    it was necessary to advertise it in Ireland , as it was extensively reviewed in Irish papers . Defendant — — was calledand . said he considered , *

    that the expenditure of £ 6 in advertising was not sufficient to carry out the ' usual duties of an advertiser' and that the newspapers

    advertised in were , not well chosen . The % A . 'General that Catalogue it contained , ' on the its title names -page of , represente * all' books d

    ^^ (^ B ^ .. ^^^ F —^ ^^ ^^ ^ v ~^ " ~~ — ^ " ^ ~ — — — " ~™ " —~~ ~™~ ^™ ^ - ^^ published . He did not think the plaintiff had used the necessary skill and diligence in

    pushing the book . He had not shown proper discretion in the choice of advertising media . ¦ Mr w ^ v i ^ m ^ v ^ . ^ Wildey ^ — ^ ^~^ Wrig M —~ J ht - — — urged _^—_ -- that - on — account — — — — — - ~ - —¦ ^^ - of —^ ^^

    be the in l made oss inj ury from sa which le a the very the plaintiff larg defendant e ' deduction s claim had as oug suffere adver ht to d -

    I , favourable tittements ought reviews to had have been appeared given , , after quoting the

    theni in both JuonQon , provincial , and Irish

    papers laintiff . for The £ 25 jury . 15 returned s . lid . and a verdict also for for the the p ,

    plaintiff on ike counterclaim . Debrett jjebrett ' s s Peerage rEERAGB , ± 1888 ooo .. — —This xnis '' Peerage Peerage .

    , , Baronetage , Knightage , and Companionage , ' has now reached its 175 th year . The volume is

    as as ever handsome . One , as thi comp ng that lete strikes , and as us trustworth as showing y the ^ employment of exact editorial care is the

    pr b insert y inting Her ion ' of are Majest all faithfull the y . new The y noted year ' occurrences honours in a special conferred during place .

    o The f the immensity book contains of the w ork is manifeste which the d revision bthe statement that upwards of 30000 correspon y -

    dents supplied info X rmation during , 1887 . It js known that the book is personally revised

    by the nobility . The preface states that on the occasion of the Jubilee an unprecedented number of titles and companionships were

    bestowed , the list comprising upwards of 420 . M 4 D essrs ebrett . , ' Dean are to be Son congratulate , the O publ d ishers on the of

    superb appearance and continued usefulness of this indispensable book . German Books its 1887 . —The following

    comparative table of German publications during the years 1886 and 1887 is extracted from the Bbrsenblatt ' of January 25 . The

    table is prepared by the celebrated house , Messrs . J . C . Hinrichs , of Leipzig , whose admirable catalogues of German literature are

    standard works . 1886 | 1887

    1 . Collected Works , History of Literature , Bibliography ... 432 439

    2 . Theology 1 , 517 1 , 45 G 4 3 . . Medicine Law , Politics Veterinary , Statistics ... , & c . . . . . . 1 1 , 016 362 1 1 , 082 369

    5 . Natural , History , Chemistry , ,, Pharmacy ... ... ... 1 , 044 867 6 . Philosophy 138 126

    7 . Education , German School Books , & c . ... ... ... 1 , 916 2 , 063 8 . Juvenile ¦ Works ... ... 397 464

    — — — — - _ - - ^^_ - ^^_ - -r -w - ^ v ^^_ —~^» ^ ^ ^ p ^ ^ ^ ^ J ^^^^ ^ m ^ p ^ ^^^» ^^^ 9 . Classical and Oriental Archeology , Mythology , 566 585 10 . Modern Languages , Old

    German Literature ... ... 570 585 11 . History , Biography , Memoirs ... 800 722 — 12 . Geograp — — r-y — —— f— hy ^ j , Travel ^~ »¦ - » ^^ ~ m m m « « 429 jg . ^^ m * r 370 » # ¦ m ^ S

    13 . Mathematics , Astronomy ... 224 223 14 . Military , Hippology 404 389 15 . Commerce and Manufactures 680 725

    16 . Building , Machines , Railways , Mining , & c 437 377 17 - . Forestry - — ¦— — — - — ^ m and v - - — ' — -w ^ S w ***^ port r *^ ^ " ^ ^ ¦ • • • • 122 r ^ bv ^» w ^ 81 ta- ' ^^

    18 . Domestic Economy , Farming , Horticulture 416 452 19 . Belles-Lett res 1 , 461 1 , 402

    20 20 . . Fine Fine Art Art . , Shorthand Shorthand ... ... 657 fif » 7 648 « 4 H 21 . Folk-lore , Almanacks 757 729 22 . Freemasonry — — — ——— - — - — — . — . , vvh * * m .. . 16 — ^ f ¦ * 16 ^~*

    23 . Miscellaneous ... ... ... 497 387 24 . Maps 395 415 Total ... ,.. ... 16 , 253 15 , 972

    way These of comparison figures are with interesting the annual , if table only by of

    literary production in England . The first

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    ^ j | vi— - i . . 1 i i . ¦ i i * ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ , - i « a lo 8 The Publishers' Circular Feb . i , 18 & 8

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1888, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021888/page/6/