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      there is no reason to suppose that they differed essentially in this respect from those I have mentioned . '

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      June i , 18 S 8 The Publishers' Circular 647 1

      A Warning. To The Editor Of The Publishe...

      A WARNING . To the Editor of the Publishers' Circular .

      Sill , —The following facts may have an interest for some of your readers : —In August 1887 we received a letter # ¦ to with a printed fc head JkJk

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      ak--, ing for a catalogue and terms . We replied by sending a catalogue , quoting terms , and asking for references . In answer we received an

      order , signed ' Symonds , Howes & Co ., ' for over ¦ £ 300 hh ' s worth ¦ b of h goodsbut i unaccom % Jk

      panied ^ " ~ ~—~ ~^ ' — - ~*^ b ^^ y ^^ " ^^ a remittance V ^ h ^ * m * m ^ ^^ k ^^^^ ^ * ^^|^ ^ or ^^ \^ ^ v ^ *^ references ^ , ^ B ^ C ^ T _ ^ * mj ^ ytm , m > . . ^^ J ^^^ ^^^ The V »^ A ™ f ^ goods * ^^ - ' ^^ ^—^ *•** were * * ^— » ' — + ^ m ^ to ** ^ wr be ^ u' ^^ sent P » ir V- » - ^ - » - ^/ in JK Jk . Jk - instalments ^ JU Jk , *>_ j > \ j % J % J Jk Jk JK . JL V / JL JL \ J KJ . m In JL JL

      December 1887 we sent a first instalment , to the value of ¦«¦ k about £ i 50 and drew agains \ t the JL JL

      bill ^ " " ¦ ^ ^^ » of »*^^ -.- ^ ^^ lading - »_^««<« r i *_ , ^ . ^ «_> thus ^ x ^ ^ ^_^ ^^ , * necessitating ^^^ Jt JL ^^ W * - ^ fc Jk . ^^ j » y ^ . JV C ^ ¦ 1 payment " * I , 1 ¦* r *^ ^ f N ^ before rv ^ - * - ^ ^— ' " ~ - ^ - ^ delivery ^ - < " » *^* - " ^ ^ - * *— ' J » - % f . After m ± - Jk ^ k . « af ^ J > JK . some r « J > V- ^ JL Jk Jk >— ' delay X- ^ V ^ JB- * - * # «/ and ^ V JL JL ^ - ^ ~ corre ^/ V ,- ' Jk ^ - ^~ t -

      spondence our bankers' agents at Sydney have ^ returned ** ^ " ^ ^ ' » - ^~ ^ ^» ^ h ^ ^^^ our ^ . ^ ^^^ . ^ k > draft ^^ ^ k ^^^^ k ^^ , a stating ik ^ y ^ ^^ v ^ y ^^ Jk A ^^ that w ^ ^ W * JV ^* the ^ J JL JL ^^ person » . / ^^ y jk f ^ jr * , * jl Jk

      named Howes , who is supposed to have carried on business under the designation of the Sdney ++ Purchasing Jk Jk «/ Codenied S all knowled JL

      •— - ^ y T —»* k— . ¦ J - — ^ - ^ . Jk . ^* f «^ P >^ JL JL JL ^_ "V ^ V _^ ., A ^ . ^ >»^ JLJL JL - ** V- ^ l ^ VXJ . JL . A . JL JL V ^ » » X ^ V- ^ . fc ge >^ % _>¦ of the transaction . —We are _ , Sir , your obedient servants . f

      w ^^ ~^^ ' ^^^* ^ ^ . ^ vp ^ m * ^ m * ^ m ^ w *^^ r ^ . George Bell & Sons . i tot

      Sale Of An Interesting Copy Of 'Pickwick...

      SALE OF AN INTERESTING COPY OF ' PICKWICK . '

      Miss E . Langley , of Love joy ' s Library , Reading , writes the following : —It may be interesting ¦¦ k / to some of A the JL JL readers # of the

      ~ - " ^ " *• - ' "" - ^ - ¦ m- ^ - Wk ** V- ' W ^ f »* - » Jl 4 . A ^«» V _^ . ^ J »— I JL . » . _ . % ^ V V _<^ \_> JL KJ \_^ JL \» J L JL V i Publishers' Circular to know that a perfectly unique unioue copy conv ot of ' ' Pickwick PicikAvir . k / ' in in original onVriniLl parts Twirt . «

      has just been sold . , lieing the author ' s copy , and presented ( up to the date of her very sudden death ) , ' to Mary Hogarth , ' it was , doubtless , the fir at

      copy f : onv l issued Ptsntul from from the t . Vm press nrpss . It Tf nnnfjuna contains , of t \ f two two course 33 liuss uss , the i i ) ^ lates lates seven . . Seymour Sketches , and the

      The autographs , on the covers , are speauthor cially ¦¦ interesting signed himself . In addressing 4 The Editor Jk the first on , tlie the

      ~ next are - ^» * - — ** —— si , gned k jk k , * ' The *_» JLta i * . J » JL fc ^— Author ' Charles * -- ^ JL JL JL JL wb A ikJV ri . 7 Dickens ' iW Jk JL . Jk . The Jl . J . A # X following ^ ' or \ ^_ 1 , \ * . KJ 4 _ J C JL , » D numbers ' K ' A . Ul J . V- /

      ^ - ^ ^** ^* " The ^* * ** ^ ^ death I ^^^ ^* # ^ ^ k of ^ k ^^^* ^ U Mary ^^^ Hogarth ^ k ^ JL " * ^^^ ^ ^ ^ JF , a y caused m ^ ^ ^ . ^ a . B delay in the publication of the work . For two

      months no number appeared . With the part ior for June . Tim ft 30 rif ) . 1837 1837 . is is an n . n address fl . rlrlmss from frmn the t . lin

      author to the , public , , in which he said the effort of writing had been impossible . This number was addressed to 'George Hogarth '

      ~^ ^^ " ™ ¦ ' ^^ ^ B ^^ w ^ m * ^ k ^ ^ P ^ i w V ^ h ^^ m m ^ mw ^ SWF ^ m ^ mmi ^ . tf ^ b ^^ ^^ r * J r ^^ ^^^ r ^^^ v * v ^ ^^^ ^^^^ 1 ^ fM \ ^^^ Jk , J ^ K _^ Jk ^ *¦ ^ k ^ Bh ^ v ^ v J *> w ^ JJL JL . 0 Filsewhere 4 the » - ' — . <* . +-r saddest fs ^ w - «^« . -v ^^ i ^~ r Phjr the « # and «^ w a « author b > most % v Jb ^ . jr pkjr w referred severe VWV -T Jk affliction % JV to r m m ^^^ r V this ^ % J JL VJL JL loss of V JL . his Jm Jk as JL K'* ^* . ** ^^ ^^^ ^** r * ^ ^ *

      life / He wrote the following epitaph : — * Youngbeautifuland Jk VV good IMk God numbere ft JL JL d

      her - ~ - " » - ^ among ^ - *» m . *» % m ^ , » I ^ jr VTVM his ^ - ^ V angels ^ A ^*«» Ja > , m v ^ w k at <^ the ^ Jr ^ - ^ earl ^/ k , « V y age Vj » . JkJL of , ^ J * seven ^ J * >>/ Jk ^ J ) "V - teen . ' an mimi d no doubt the * fmita . r > Ti riria . v still bfl

      ¦ " ^^^^ m ^^ -- ^ m * m ~^^^ m ^^ m ^^ ~ mmr ^^^ w - ^^ - ^^ f ^ b —•^ m' ^ r mmr m ^ m * B ^ - ^ mv ¦ ^ h ^ Mi ^ a * w ¦¦ ^ mr ^ f ^ mw F *^ ^^^ *^ ** ^** ** V ^ w ¦ W ^ mT ^^ MVlv ^^ H . f i ^ ^ kgv ^ found in the cemetery at Ke ^ sal Green . *

      Sale Of An Interesting Copy Of 'Pickwick...

      terestiiig I was commissioned of fc Pickwick to sell ' and this o very btained in- ^

      £ ^ V ^ B 50 ^ ^^ ^ mw wmmr for mw mm * 9 \^ imw y ^ it mm * . copy ^ mtT ^^ r m 1- ^ W ^^ r ^^* m ^ mtmt ^» ^ t ^ r Mm ^ mmm w V ^¦ ^ ^ 1 ^ «^ i ^^ , w ! ¦ ^»^» — ' ^ -v " ^ ^ " ^ ^ — —w" — — —

      Sal^ Jotting

      Sal ^ Jotting

      On the 8 th inst . Messrs . Capes , Dunn & Pilcher will sell at the Gallery , Clarence Street , Manchester p _ r jk . the JkJJ good topograp < fc « v ^ # ¦ hical and —¦¦ general ¦ ¦¦ -

      ^ k . r — wv ** ^^ -a . a . ^^ *^ ^^ , * **¦ ^ . ^ b _& ^—* ^— ' ^¦ 'W »* v- » f ^ r ^^ ^ sk -- ^ ^^ ^ ^^ »^ w ^» »» — ,- - * . mm »* - - ™ . . » - « - " — — — library belonging to the Rev . Percy M . Herford , vicar of Gatley , Cheshire . Kare books connected with Lancashire and Cheshire h are in

      ^ m * T ^ mr ^ *» * fc ^»^^ ^ mr ^^ * mt ^^ mm V W ^ mr ¦ mrnr . « fc ^^^ fe ^^ ^ ' * r ^ fc ^ fc ^ mw ** *^^ ^»»» a ^ h * «* ^^ ™ — ^ m ^» ^* - ^» ^ ' ^ h ^ h »^ r ¦ - — - ~ ' ^^ * w - ^^ — — —^ the collection .

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      Michael jQeilprin— . American scholarshihas lost a great man bthe death

      which p took place on May 10 , of Michael , Heil TTmlnrin . one rvrm of nf the t . Vift chief nliifif contributors r . ontrihiitnrs to to the the

      Nation prm . , Mr . Heilprin was a Polish Jew . His famil & Ai k emigrated V t f to % Hungaryand i 1 in the fc rib town tarir ¦ T

      fT _ 1 > V ^ L .. ^ ^ y V ^* r M * ^ W ^ L ^ ^^^^ ^ ^ >^ rf m ^ , - * c ; ^ \/ M I ^^ Jk . ^ v ^ b ^ * mw ^ m » w , H ^^ w ^ - ^ 'fc ^^ ^ ^^ ^ h' ^^^ ^^ ^^» ^^ of Miskolcz he opened a book-shop . Through the composition x of revolutionary % j poems x . he

      became acquainted with Kossuth . On his arrival in the United States his earlier literary

      labours were associated with the ' New American Cyclopedia . ' In 1879-80 he published two volumes of ' Historical Poetry of \ j ± the Ancient xi / icm /

      Hebrews v ui uiiica yJL } the JUiiDtfi third n- 'ai being jl kjk ^ ux left j . unfinished uuo uv at the time , of his decease .

      Thomas Applesy \—We regret to chronicle the death Jk of Mr ¦ A . ^ k . leb Ou bookseller Tr k k Stockton rs »^ h ¦ / Vrf

      on VmJ ^ ^ ^ - Tees ^ -ri * ^^ ^* V ^ f , «^ ^ which ** r ^ k . «^ L . M ^ . # . ^ occurre pp t <> - ' V ^^ ^^ ^» ' ^ y V d , A *»^ on ^ - ^^ ^ . ^ J * «^ p r May *^ ^ - ^ - ^^^ . ^ A . , V 15 . ^^ ^^ ^ M ^ ' A r . A A rmlfihv leb spsrvfiH served his Tiia apprenticeship a . r ) nrftnf , infiahin with with Messrs TVTftssra .

      Christop ppy her & Jennett , whose shop in the High Street was , during the earlier years of this century ^ _/ ^ , * i > j , % j v-h ^ m ~ w , m the ^ s mV M ~ V ^ ^ rendezvous U x ^ * M . * m . ^^^ ^^ ' - ^ T ^^^ ^ w ^^ h ^ of ^—^ ^^ the ^^ ^ ^ w « h ^ chief ^» ^ ^ ^ «*^ « . literary ^ k ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ u ^^^ ^ v

      notabilities of , Stockton . After completing his apprenticeship he remained in the service of his employers , and ultimately succeeded to

      their t . hm ' r businfiss business , which whinh ho hfi has hns carried carried on on with with much success till his death . Mr . Appleby was seventy-five year 3 of age .

      Thompson Westoott . —The veteran Philadelphia journalist , Thompson Westcott , died in that city on May 8 . Mr . Westcott was the

      author of a large number of standard works , including ' Life of John . Fitch ; ' * Chronicles of the Great Rebellion ' ' Taxpayers' Guide '

      * 4 1 History Olhcial Offinin . 1 Guide Onififi of the -13 -Rook Test ook of of Laws ; Philadelphia PhiladelT of Pennsy ) hia ; : lvania ' ' Cen Cen ; ; -- '

      tennial Portfolio ; ' Historic Mansions and cott Buildings ' s k History of Philadel of p Pliiladel hia ; ' Sharf x > hia ; and ' * Public

      West-Ledger Ledger ; : ' ' Settlements bettlernents on on the tno Delaware Delaware to to the Consolidation of the City and Districts in 1854 . '

      Laurens P . Hickok . —Dr . Hickok , for-A merl ^ j * tmS M . - M , y W President m JL * iV KJ Jk V * % ^ - * m . JL V of ^ - ^ ¦*» ' Union ^— ' ^» t ^ m- v ^ J » ak College ~>~^ - » —• ^ —¦ - ^ - J" ^ ^ " ^ , T and ** - »^^ widel » . » - » -f ^ - *^ ^ y w

      known throughout the world as a metaphysician of profound learning , died in Arnherat , Mass ., on May 7 DrHickok ' s books are

      exten-. . sively used in the higher institutions of learning and « Jk Jk have been translated « # h and i —¦ republished Jrf t

      JL , JL Jft- ^ k * ^ J *» ^ ***«^* T ^ "J" VJ' ^^ ^ " * afc *» * rf * k m ^«« mm ^ ^«^ - ^ W ^^ - *»»« »*^ —^ rw - ^ - ^ ~ - ^ r ™ .-v- ~ m n rw —^ -w w . » in a number of foreign countries . Among the

      more Psychology important ; ' i Sy of stem these of are Moral : Jiimpirccal Science ; ^ n ^ HBi

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1888, page 647, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061888/page/9/