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    ^ ^ ^ COMPETING PUBLISHERS OF CHEAP

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    April i , * 886 TJie Publishers' Circular 3 I 7

    ^ ^ ^ Competing Publishers Of Cheap

    ^ COMPETING PUBLISHERS OF CHEAP

    LITERATURE . The following correspondence has appeared

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    of commen Sir , —You ting hare in recentl terms y of done warm 'us the approval favour

    upon enterprise the _ — issue a , as of readers A our * National ^ . "f of the Library IT Times - ! of w . ' ill This ml b e

    \ works aware , has t prices for its so objec low t the as s t u pp be ly within standard the reach % i / V of the most » . » humble - . The ' National

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    and coun t try he t ' Universal rival the Bibliothek * Bibliotheque , ' wh Rationale ich are so '

    widel Germany y kno respec wn an tiv d ap y p . reciated in France and

    venience it f was We Wfi i have Tuvvp m in ossible carry ' , however lin ing wfivftr to ou foresee . t , our met met programme witn with but an an wh incon incon ich which is - p

    t yp ^ w ical w w w ^ of ^»^»«» the W ^^ ^^ ^ difficulties ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ — which ^^— , surrouiid --- any — enterprise of the kind .

    hands Professor has been Hen ry trus Morley ted t , to edi w t h orshi ose able of p

    w the ith ' National our desire Library 1 a cer , ' tain selec ¦ ¦ ¦ ^^ number ted i ^^ ^^ — , in - ~ — accordance of ^ - ^ — - work ~ ^ — — — s w w r *^^ ^^ ^ K ^^ v ^^^^ ^^^^^ 4 W ^^^ ' ^ fc ^ B ^ " W ^^ 0 ^^* ^^^* ^^^» , ^^ . ^^^ ^^^ ^^ v ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^™ ^^

    li from terature the great which bod he y considered of English bes and t fi forei tted gn to

    names form — — ^ * " w ^ vw ^^ ^ ^^ ^ V ^ ^ ^ V r the ^^ V g— ^^^ V of ^ ^ ^ ^ . r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ opening , H these ^ v W ^»« W ^ tf ^ ^ k * ¦ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i ^ tf ^ . V works » w ^^» volumes ^ ' P ^ . ^ ^^ ¦ ^ ^ ^ i i ^ i ^ w ^ . ^ ^» " " were ^^ » " ^ » ^^ - " ^^ " ^ — — of ^ ^^ - ^ ^ ' ^^ the - in ^^ " ¦ " - the — — series — - — — ¦ ordinary — . The — — ~ " ~ ^ j

    course announced beforehand to our readers and subscribers . The result of this

    announcement has been remarkable . A well-kno \ vn ¦ publishing house *¦» J *» fc ( which ¦ since the initiation ¦ of

    the ~ - " » r ^»^* ' National ** 4 b rffc J ^ M ^^ h ^^^ ^^^ T ^^ ^ Library ^ » w » ^» ^^ *¦* ^* r *^ ** 9 ^ *^ has ^ — ^^ - ^^ commenced - ^ ~~ — " ^ - ^ ' ' ^ - ' — ^ - - — — the ~_~ - — . issue - ¦—~ - ^^ of ^^^ g ^^ a ^^^ p ^ series ^^ ^^^ am ^ H * ^ fc * ¦ ^^* ^ iden ^ ^* r ^ ^^^ " ^ ^^ tical ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ in - ^ » price H " - ¦ - ^ — ' ) m has ' — — - —

    apparentl critical judgment y instructed in their such editor a way to that use his his

    coincide selection wit of h that work of s Professor to be published Morley ' s , shall and that the actual publication of each volume

    week shall . precede that of our own by exactly one

    tition We do and not welcome complain of rival legitima s who te com will - divide pe with , us the privilege any of supplying the

    can Haweis that public not thei , with princi howeve who sound p is le r , the adopted bring and pure ourselves tleman by the literature Rev directl to . believe H . . We re Tt .

    sponsible , for this n gen ew form of editorial y and ^ selection vhich . the , public comes are within always those ready wide to approve limits

    sanction . The practical upshot of the matter is that we i shall be compelled for the future to make

    L tioned < slight in alteration our prospectus in the announcemen , and so favour t men ably

    henceforwar commented d upon omit by all the notices Times as ; and to future shall , ,

    publica the insidious tions , in form order , of to attack protect which ourselves has been from

    may referred rest to assured . Our that readers they wilir ? tnd ^ ^ subscribers iot in any

    wa to y adopt be th . e losers Meanwhile by the course however we are we forced must

    b vary in this endorsed one particular in the , T the imes promises , made y .

    in We the venture first p to lace trouble because you with the this * Nationa letter l ,

    i L ts ibrary arrangements ' has now have reached become a position to some in extent which

    a lace matt er of ause public we think terest , and readers in the will second be p your

    cul interested ties which in learning laced something in the of the of those diffipway

    believe who desiro , a praisewort to conduct hy a enterprise legitimate . , as we

    1 am , Sir , your obedient Servant , H . O . A rnold-FobsterSecretary

    Cassell & Company ( Limited , ) . , La Belle Sauvage Yard ,

    Ludgate Hill , E . C ., March 17 . To the Editor of the Times .

    in the Sir Vt Time , —We s to trust a letter you will from permi the . t secre us to tary repl of y

    Cassell Times of < XKJo to ^ - j day ( Iiimited , sugges ) , which ting appears that we in have the

    adop ' World ted Library a new ' form which of exceeds selection legitimate in our

    compe In tition the . month of StemberProfessor ep ,

    t Henry aken - for ^ k Morley us the , edi who torshi had A H p of pre t a viousl shilling y under M series - ^^ ^ ^ ^^ a ^ m

    under of — st andard the . _ title , w .. _ _ ork of ' Morley , which _ _ ' s Universal _ were _ — _ publ Library __ i shing L

    infor _ - m — ed us ^^ that he had — arranged to edit for ^ f —* , Messrs . Cassell another series of standard

    the work price s to . be We issued naturall by them y pro at tested one-fourth against of

    this that compe gentleman ting library undertakin but g were the editorshi informed p b of y

    him - ^ ^^^^ ^ n w- ^^ ¦ -vv tha - ™ t ¦ — ~^ it v - " ~ ^^^ was ^^^^ M ^^ to AM our , — ^^ interest — ^ ^^ to have ^^ — ^^ AM a *** ^ friendl ^ ^ mm ^^ ^^^ ^ b ^ h ^^ v * ^^ y w editor ^^^ ^~^» ^^ ^^ ^**^ ^^ , ^ M as ^^ ¦ ¦^ ^ ¦ ^ he ^ ^ h ^^ r woul - ¦ ' ~^ ^ d - ^^« under — ' — - —¦ - *— —» ^^^ ^— take ^» ' ^ — ¦ » ¦ —^^ not ^^^^ ^^^ - ^^ b to - ^^ - ^^

    -issue had previousl in the * National y appeared Library in the ' any ' work Universal that

    Library The / first and the most successful volume 3

    Plays in ' Morley ; we were ' s Universal therefore Library surprised is to Sheridan find the ' s

    con third tained volume the in most Cassell popular ' s ' N p lays tional of the Library same '

    against au thor -- ^ . this ¦— We illeg again itimate protested competition to Mr / . and Morley were

    ¦ ** b informed r ^ -w ^ ^^ y m the 0 ^ ^ w ^ ^ v 4 *> Ah r ^ ^ fc ^ ^^ ^^ publishers ^ ¦ »* ^ ^ ~^ ^ t ^^ m ^ by " ^ t ^ ** * mm ^^ w ^ ^ ^ ^ him *^ — ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^» — t ^ tha ; h ' it ^ " ^ . v ~ ^ ^ ^ ^ " t . was — he — ' ^^ ^ — ^ ^^ therefore had " ¦— - " ^ ¦ ^^ - ^—— —•* —— been ^^^ - ~ — ¦ ^ " ^ . - — no overruled ¦—^ - ^ - ~— — -. — p mat —» ^ , r ^ , — ^ ^» - _ ter ^ ^ v . i ^ — ^^

    publication of surprise to in us Cassell to find ' s ' National announced Library for earl ) y a

    certain number of works of which we had already issued cheap Xeditions .

    defence We , were to produce consequentl another y compelled series of , standard in

    selfbooks \ i . It is at indeed threepence a novel per proposition volume . for a publisher

    to advance that he should have the exclusive

    right of puplislnng cheap editions of non- - . y ¦ ¦ .. . , .. , . fft > ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1886, page 317, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041886/page/7/