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      A Subject Which Has Lain Dormant For Pau...

      tents bills . One adventurous evening paper auoted ilV / uwv * sufficient — to fill three of its columns on y

      the day before publication , and on the succeeding day began its continued ' review' by special reference to this achievement , after which the copyist calmly proceeded to give

      other four columns of spoil . Enoug h , has been said to show the direction

      of much of the modern reviewing by the newspaper JiV " •"' 1 ^—J 7 press A .. Of course we are bound to

      acknowled ge that there are some worthy excep tions to the rule . It would be well , however if editors generally would take the

      troubl , e to con the proofs of their reviewers in order to see that intelligent work is done

      with more signs of the labours of the conscientious man of letters than of the

      journalistic freebooter .

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      Pp Sg- > J v r % a ^ y - > * < - r * >* - ¦**¦ ¦ < - - " - - - > , ^^ * ^ ^ i ' '/ ¦ ¦ ¦ ? v tui ;* - i , * * ^ ^^^^ ^ Publishers' Circular ¦> . , ¦ 5 s :

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      IO 1 ¦¦ * Booksellers' Provident Institution . — At the usual monthlmeetingheld at 56 Old

      directors dirftffcnrs Bailey < . xi Mr Mr Thursday . . Ijreorge Georcre y , Hora noraman June man , 18 , in m present the the chair chair 13 .

      the sum , of £ 127 . 10 s . 4 d . was granted in , relief to 75 members and widows of members .

      Ticknor & Co . —The reading public will j learn with pleasure that the long familiar ,

      ! but of late long absent , imprint of Ticknor & Co . may be expected to appear soon again

      upon nnnn American Amfirinan title titlfi - pages naorest , where whfire it it will will be V > e most welcome . Not that many pleasant associations are not connected with the names

      of Fields , Osgood , & Co . and of James It . Osgood & Co . ; but these brought no

      immediate memories of the old original house of which Boston was justly proud , and which ,

      with ffith Willia VVilliam . m JD T ) . Ticknor Tiolrnor at at , its its head hfin . d . set sevh the t . lie example of that honest comity between , pub-! lisiier lisher and and author author which -win * nh . whp wherever . rfivfir it it , fixtfindp extended . rl .

      left ^ eaties no . room It is for agreeable any , need - to of think international T that the , * . _ , *¦ 1 1 ^ 1 | IT /»

      name which disappeared when the elder of jfr is now . Ticknor to be restored 's sons withdre to the w trade from and business to UV the

      - ' w ** WV JL , UMU > J i . ^ V \ WX-T VHV VJLUIViV MtAXVi UAJ . V broug worl d ht of readers to their by work his and two hi younger hly reputed sons ,

      for taste up , abilityand honourable , ¦ g character . « A areJy & reJv has nfl . fi a . rtxr , mercantile mornQTifilA embarrassment ornTvvTPTMjaanrifvnt .

      I feed such any interest and sympathy in this ^ com d m it unity is rare as that in any of of Messrs community . Osgood that & an Co in . - ;

      ^ gating committee creditors has indorsed 80 -- uc hear <»& tiil U | y y- me the methods metnoas of or a a debtor aeotor firm nrm , so so ,

      f absolutel ? lve transaction y acquitted and it of so any warml foolish commended or specuy

      and «© plans 8 upport of its The successors general disposition to encouragement of the ^ edi 1 tors is most "lost favourable tavourable to to . the tde new new firm nrm .

      . th a " » t f rr , k before W ^ s ^ many ^ s widespread day me s , the in formal or the community adjustment go , , , W l be made ***< % iu 3 and ctiiu the house nouse of Ticknor xicKnor & vjo Co ..

      EZT fo ^ o ft aucted n * a that new Mr . . w career & ch h regard the which founder to the shal of change l the more business in than the

      g ^ Jf ^ James R . Osgood writes as follows ^^ A 4 ^ - A ^ 111 ? rti 8 aetails er * from which To tjhLO we have 11 011

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      Io 1 ¦¦ * Booksellers' Provident Institu...

      of the Boston Advertiser . —From the fact of your movements making I infer inquiry that concerning regard my them future as of

      some public , interest . Permit you metherefore to to state state ttnat hat I x am am at at present present awaitin awaitin , or here here the the ,

      final settlement of the affairs of the g late firm of James R . Osgood & Co . When that shall be accomplished I expect to remove to New

      York xork , , and and . to to become become connected connecter ! with wit . Vi Messrs ' Mp > hst \« i .-Harper recent recent business business & Bros mistortune misfortun ., who , upon e , with - with learning characteristic r . Vin . rn . ntfiTMst of my . irt

      hospitality , promptly renewed , an offer made me several years ago of a position in their house . While I k deep ^ lregret leaving % ¦ Boston

      and ~™ ^^ —'"~ " ~ ^ my ~ » many ' ' ™•«»— ^^ - friends -. -v * . - ^^ Mr y mJ here ^^ F ^ , my ^^ JL ^ regret SJV w IXlc is * tem r K 7 W ^ rJl - pered bthe reflection - ^ m ^ rib that « r « r # future

      associations J" ~ — ' — — " »™ are »— y » to — ^"" " ^ be of " - » ^ r ^ so r »*** p leasan ^^ , ^ »* my - t and W A . «^«> ^ satisfactory V « i M . V ^ iWUUv / ^ XU / a a c character naracter . . With With thanks thanks for for vnnr manifesta nnn . nifp . Rtji . --

      tion of interest . ' your The Pbintebs' Pension"

      Cration—This very deserving institution orpo which should . get more cordial support from auxiliary , trades

      than it does at present , held its 58 th anniversary festival on June 15 . A very successful gathering at the famous Albion Tavern , Aldersgate Streetwas presided over bthe Lord Mayor

      The Chairman , was supported y by Baron de . Worms , M . P ., and Mr . Sheriff Faudel Phillips . The ¦» - chairman ¦ ¦» in proposing k -v the toast of '

      Pro-— - — ^ —— — — —— ^ , v —™™ . ^ |^ - ^ - *^ - v *^ *•«* !¦« ««^^ ^^^ ^ *«^ » i <» r »»«* ^^ ^ - ^ ^ - — jk ^ . ^ sperity to the Printers' Pension Corporation / said that he thought the institution miht

      well be a model to others , for he did g not ^ recollect ™ ^^ ^ " ^^ ™ ' ™ ^^ ^^ ^^ ever ^^ » ' ^ " ^ having ^^ ^^ * ^ ^ v ^«*«^ WK before ^^^ - ^ r ^ b ^^ ^^ ^^^ presided P ^^ rffe ^^ P ^^ ^ k *^^ fc ^^ ^^^ over ^ ta ^ ^^ Jta ¦ an m ^^ » ^»

      institution which connected the three objects of pensionsalmshousesand an han fund

      The needs of , the corporation , were orp increasing . rapidly ranidlv . and anrl at at the tlift recent vpiCP ^ 'ni : election ftlf > r » t . inn of r » f pensioners npnainnpra

      only 21 , could be elected out of a list of 63 deserving and necessitous candidates . The

      expenditure in pensions alone was £ 1 , 900 per annum , a sum which was divided between

      nearly 150 pensioners , while the Almshouses at Wood Green afforded habitation for 24

      inmates . The chairman appealed to the outside public to assist this charity , because I the work and interests of printers were

      intimately bound up with the business and leasure of the public at large . During the

      p evening subscriptions to the amount of £ 1 , 018 , ¦ were V »^^ " ^ ^^^ ¦ announced ~^ - ~~~^~ — ¦ - ^ F- ¦ - ^ - ~ I ^^ ^^^ - ^ V ^ B b V- ^ V y the ^^ ^ BB ^ - ^^ secretary H ^ ^|^ ^^^ V ^ - ^^ ^ T ^^ - ^ ^^ V . W W Several ^^ ^^ r V ^ t ^ . . ^ * . # ^»^^

      other toasts followed , and among them was I that of * The Chairman / which was proposed

      by Baron de Worms . Those who could not , be present should send their contributions to

      the bers Secretary . The obj , Mr ect . is Hodson worthy , Gray of a subscri s Inn p Cham tion . - |

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      { By an Edinburgh Correspondent ^) Edinburgh : 2 Qth June , 1885 .

      Here in the north , as in the south , the critics hav \ been hSOtTU much exercised 07 in their minds JMr

      AJ . I . VU e MXUUl CA . C 7 Jlv ; j ( 14 , J . IJL IUUIJL UllUUO over VJ \ KIJL . # u . . Buskin ' s « S prings of Wandel '—the first number of his his Pr Praitp & terUa . Tit fL . . Somewhat 8 r > mft" \ vh > it conflicti nnnflifttinor ng avpi are the the opinions oninions

      of 1 a the model leading of what journals an , autobiograp one of them hy styling ought the to work bo '

      , while another ' influential' paper describes it as « weak and watery twaddle / This differing of

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1885, page 587, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071885/page/3/