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    I Pointers' Pension Corporation.— The

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    The Late Sampson Low.

    that the Society's infiiience for good in the same cause will be continued by the arrangements that we have

    made for its permanent Reward Fund . Whether we ¦ still meet together 9 ^ to aid in the distribution of * rthis

    fu 1 \ d > or not , the object that it promotes ' will always I be dear to us and it will long continue one of our

    p leasantest memories that we were Tnembers together of «/ the Committee of * s the Royal * Society AS * for sthe y

    Protection of Life fro 7 ) i Fire . With best wishes for your heaffh and happiness

    , We remain , dear Sir , Yours very truly ,

    THOMAS Q . FINN 1 S , Alder- TH 08 . WEEDOZf . man , Treasurer . R . L . MIDDLEMI 8 T . HENRY POWNALL , V . P . T . HENRY BAYLTS .

    JOSHUA W . BUTTER- A . M . PERKINS . WORTH . C . W . COOKE . WILLIAM WOODS . GEORGE KING .

    1 HOMAS LOTT , Deputy . JOSEPH SURR . ROBERT OBBARD . JAMES L . SliUTER . VINCENT YARD LEY . W . A . H . HOWS .

    J . H . SA UNDERS . Oftentimes during his connection with that

    Society , after laborious days spent in business , he used to spend long hours of the night

    in attending fires , or in rushing round to see that the Escape men were wide awake and on

    ! the alert . Nor did his philanthropy exhaust itself in this one direction ; he was , without

    the least ostentation , a deeply religious man , and perhaps he was never so happy as when

    engaged in Sunday duties as a school teacher , or in superintending some good work in

    connection with the poor of his neighbourhood . It should also be recorded that from its

    foundation in 1837 , Mr . Low took the deepest interest in The Booksellers' Provident

    Institution ) on the committee of which he was for many years one of the most active members

    and also one of the vice-presidents . It may , not be out of place to add , and doubtless the

    committee will be pleased to learn , that he has bequeathed to them a handsome legacy .

    On the issue of the 1000 th number of The Publishers . Jruotisliers' ' Circular utrcuiar . y May may 16 lb , 1879 JO 7 U . Mr Mr . . Low JLow

    , , gave a short account of its origin and history from which we may quote the following

    reference to the Catalogues with which his name is identified :

    Its fortnightly lists have formed the basis of separate annual catalogues which give in one

    alphabet , and also in special index form , the literary product of each year , whilst these again have

    furnished the material for the British and English Cataloguesin five volumes—now comprised in four

    , volumes , viz . two volumes of alphabet and two volumes of index—which furnish titles and dat ^ n

    of publication of all the works recorded , both in alphabetical order and index of subjects . This

    I Circular and these Catalogues have been issued I under the superintendence and anxious euro of the

    I one same editor , who , however conscious he may he I of the many imperfections which may be regarded

    1 as almost inseparable from such productions , yet

    Inaturally looks "back with no small degree of satisfaction and pleasure on the work which in God ' s

    providence he has been permitted for so long a period to carry on .

    It is not too much to say that the whole of the material , that is every title , contained in

    these immense volumes passed tinder his own supervision , and a very large proportion of them

    was written out by himself at odd times which never interfered with his regular business .

    It should be added that the insertion of dates of publication in English catalogues of

    general reference is due to Mr . Sampson Low . Ascertaining the dates of books which . have

    been issued years ago is a work of immense labour . Many and many a day did Mr . Low

    spend at the British Museum collecting and verifying figures for his retrospective volume ,

    his magnum opus in cataloguing . About the year 1844 Mr . Low became

    acquainted with the late Mr . Fletcher Harper , of ~ New York , which resulted in his becoming

    the literary agent and correspondent of the Messrs . Harpers for an uninterrupted period

    of over forty years . This connection and his own business operations brought him into

    continued contact with probably almost every author of celebrity during the whole of that

    lengthened period , and the tact , zeal , and ability he displayed were constantly recognised ,

    not only by his friends the Messrs . Harpers , but also by the many authors with whom he

    negotiated . It is almost superfluous to say that a

    character such as that of Mr . Sampson Low , so courteous , so kind , and so thoughtful of

    the good and the interests of those with whom he was surrounded , at home or in business ,

    caused him to * be beloved and honoured by all who knew him , and by none so much as by

    those with whom he was most closely and intimately connected .

    Mr . Low retired from business eleven years ago , disposing of his interest therein to the

    present firm , which now comprises Mr . E . Marston , Mr . S . W . Searle , Mr . W . J .

    Rivington , and Mr . R . B . Marston . Mr . Sampson Low died on the morning of

    Friday , April 16 , and was interred in Highgate Cemetery on Thursday , the 22 nd .

    E . M .

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    May i , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 433 *

    I Pointers' Pension Corporation.— The

    I Pointers' Pension Corporation . — The

    fifty-ninth anniversary dinner in connection with this deserving institution is announced

    to take place at Willis' Rooms on May 25 . The Right Hon . Earl Beauchamp will preside

    and will be supported by the Sheriffs of

    , London and Middlesex .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1886, page 433, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051886/page/7/