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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st April 1886, Edition 1 of 1, Page 318

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      ^ ^ ^ Competing Publishers Of Cheap

      copyright standard works because he thinks fit to make public announcement of his

      intention . The first volume of Messrs . Cassell's

      ' National Library' was a reprint of an earfy edition of Macaulay's Essay on Warren

      Hastings ; Messrs . -Longman , the owners of Lord Macaulay * s copyrightsdid not adopt - the

      % / JL t / O , _ x unusual course of ^ rriting to the Times to complain of this * illegitimate competition '

      but at once issued an edition of the essay at , the same price .

      We are , Sir , your obedient Servants , George Rotjtledge & Sons .-

      Broadway , Ludgate Hill , March 20 . To the Editor of the Times .

      Sm—The difference between Messrs . ~ Oassell & po . and Messrs . Routledgewhich has

      been before the public in two letters , to the TimeswasI believepractically at an end

      when , the first , letter ^ appeared . After many years of friendly relation with both firmsand

      constant experience of their honourable , deal-I ing , I had no difficulty in exchanging between

      them the few words by which all serious misunderstanding was removed . Messrs .

      Routled which ge , have appears shown this to week me that , they , after had the no volume intention of anticipating in the c World Library '

      any one of the books which had been advertised to appear in Cassell ' s ' National Library . *

      Their reasons for anticipating three of . the books were such as they % / have themselves

      stated in their letter , and what misapprehension there was in the matter is now removed .

      If I misjudged in the matter of Sheridan ' s and — " - Goldsmith - ~—~ — ¦ - - " ¦ — — ' s p H lay ^— ^ s » — ' , -V the H —V ^^ - ^^ ^ mistake — ' —^ V ^^ n ¦¦ T ^ V ^^ ^ V ^ ^ - —^ - ^^^ was W W ¦ ' — » mine ^^ ^ " ^» ^^ ^« « V ^ m ^ .

      Both firms have always understood that I ¦ consider ~ mm wr - ¦ ¦ the 1 ¦ interests -r ¦ of the » b ' Universal HP B k tfV ' and

      * — ^^~^ ^ " ^» — ° — ~^ —^ m — n "" r ~^^ r ^^ m ^ " — »^^» ^^ *^^ - ^^ w ^* ^^^^ " ^ " ^*^ ^^^^ . ^^^^^^* ^ T ^^^ ^^^ ^ . ^ v ^ . *^^ ^ v ^ H ^^»^ fc the ' National Library' to be best served when — I do — — -w- my ^— ~— w best — — ' — ~— —»— for ~^ ™™ each " ^» ^*^ ¦¦¦! - ^^ —~ m and . rf v ^^ ^ tr ^ m keep pVB « ^»^ ^^^ » v ^ them «^ «« b « ¦¦¦ - ^^ ^ h ^^ a ^ b ^ from ^ . ^ b ^^ ^ V ^^ ^ b

      unprofitable interference with each other . Messrs . Cassell & Co . have already in six or

      seven cases withdrawn suggestions of books to which I obj h ected on —¦ ¦— tlie ground & that they

      - — — - — —~ - - ~ ^— - — — ~» - — — - — ' ^^^^^ ^ Br ^^^^^ ^ *• ^ t ^^ m ^ " ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ b ^ - * r ^ t ^ ^* ^^ ^^ ^^^ v would conflict with volumes of the ' Universal Library / and they would have withdrawn

      their suggestions of Sheridan ' s and Goldsmith ' s p W ¦ ^ lays —** *^^ W ^^ ¦ ^ ¦ ^ if ^ I — had - ™ M ¦ ^ felt ^ ' ^ i ^ ^^ ^ r that ^ r ^ m , * m ^ s ^ r ^ f I i ^ could ^^^ ' ^ ^ ^ Sih ^ Bm N . Pi ^ fairl b ^* V ^ k *• y W consider ^ fc' ^ i ^ A *¦> Ps ^ ** ^ ^ ^^^ 4 k

      them dangerous to a shilling edition of all Sheridan's dramatic works 4 , and a shilling

      edition edition of ot broidsmith Goldsmith's s ' Vicar Vicar ot of Wakefield WakenelcL /' their plays , part and have poems iven . Messrs me like . Routled freedom ge , and on

      in one case , they withdrew g upon my objection , the suggestion of a book which would have

      brought a large immediate profit . The result of this short controversy is that

      the each Libraries doing its in question own separate will go service on their to way the ,

      public . I can of course say nothing to bind firms ; but after much friendly talk in both

      trusted houses I me may with say that a list Messrs of . 30 Routled forthcoming ge have

      volumes of the * World Library , ' a list of ! whicb contains nothing to cross any announcements ¦ ¦ in ¦ the * National ••¦ Library fc % fc ' that Messrs

      Cassell — —— — — & Co — . have - - ~ - » ^ - ' «™ »^¦ 'w al * , ways < .. j m »¦*¦ - «»^ wr -a left w ; * «/• me «« . vw *^ >« free l . » jm ^ * s . *** ^ j a . to KJ . m use mv m own discretion - ¦ ¦ v : and —~ - » - » - ¦— »— that »™ ¦—i ™» - —» we a ™ all b

      — ~ — ' — ^ — ' w ^^^ ^»*^ ^^ ^^ a ^ ^ ' ^ Y *^ ^ . v ^

      t ™ agreed that it is against the interests of trade and of the public for two firms to > issue the

      same books at the same price in two different Libraries ' National . Library The two books that announced have been for " fore the

      stalled , being ready for issue , will be publishedalthough publication is deferred . The

      cause , of conflict in their case was one of which I coiild know nothing . And so the matter

      ends now in a friendly understanding . I am , Sir , your obedient Servant ,

      Henry Morxey . University College , London , March 22 .

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      3 I8 The'publishers' Circular April I,I8...

      3 i 8 The ' Publishers' Circular April i , i 886 1 . ; ' ' 1 1

      $>Otc$ Anti Irctajitf.

      $ > otc $ anti iRctaJitf .

      Mr . Henry W . Lucy ' s new work , * The Gladstone Parliament 1880-1865 ' is now

      ready . Messrs . Cassell , & Company , , Limited , are the publishers .

      TJie same Company also announce a reissuein sixpenny monthly partsof ' Cassell ^

      , , Book t- » i of Sports i and Pastimes t ~» i -r . ' This mi « _ ...- elaborat _ i _ ii _ . 1 e work will contain altogether about a thousand

      illustrations . Part 1 ( now ready ) has a coloured

      plate-Exposures of evil systems are always welcome . Not a few new revelations willit is

      expected , be found in a new shilling , book , entitled c Sir William ' s Speculations ; or , the

      Seamy 6 Bubbles Side of of Finance Finance ' ' , Turf ' by the Frauds author ' & of c . the It

      is a tale of warning , respecting joint , -stock company swindling . The publishersMessrs .

      Sampson Low & Co ., expect to have , it ready immediately .

      4 The Wife new ' s Sister novel , ' which by A- E deals . Schlotel with the entitled much

      vexed question of marriage with the deceased wife ' s sisterand shows forcibly the injustice

      of the existing , law , will be published by Messrs ., Griffith , Farr & n , Okeden , & Welsh

      next week . The Official Illustrated Gruide to the Great

      Northern Railway , with route maps and bird ' s-eye-view maps printed in coloursis in

      active preparation , and will be published , by Messrs . Cassell & Co .

      Messrs . Griffith , Farran , Okeden , & W elsh will publish in a few days a new novel by

      Henry Hayes , entitled , ' The Story of Margaret Kent . ' Although the subject is tlie

      delicate and dangerous one of divorce , yet the author carefully avoids its difficultiesand has

      succeeded in constructing a perfectly , pure and attractive storywhich holda the reader ' s

      undivided attention , from beginning to end . The gossip of the American papers saythat

      Xiongfellow figures as Mr . Bell in the , story and Sherwood Bonner as the heroine Margaret .

      A fourth edition ® f * Frank's Ranche ; or , My Holiday in the Rockies ' has been called

      for , and will be ready shortly . Messrs . Griffith , Farran , Okeden , & Welsh

      are the authorised publishers of the liev , Phillips-Brooks Lectures on Preaching /

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1886, page 318, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041886/page/8/