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    April ,,rts86 ^ The; Publishers' Circula...

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    April ,,Rts86 ^ The; Publishers' Circula...

    April ,, rts 86 ^ The ; Publishers' Circular ^ ^^^^ ______ ^^ 339 _____ ^^— ___ MJ » ______ _____ - _____ ,,

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1886, page 339, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041886/page/29/