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    if Newton he deemed must that have the been quantity exceedingl of honey y austere used

    by Cowper was excessive . Fame . and Finance . ^ Some of our readers

    may and like Pence to know of < Literature tbat the * ' Found Is the s , subj Shill ect ings of ,

    rather ber ber of or the the an interesting Indies Ladies' ' Treasury Treasurv article . in In In the France France July - num ZoJa Zola

    is the best-paid novelist ^ -a fact which speaks , volumes * Amid 1 ¦¦ ¦ I I much that is «» vague in the

    article W ^ " ~ a * ~™ " ^ ~ ^ m~—r ^ m- , ~^ -r we -W — pick A —^ — " ^— ' ^^ out — ^ ^^ ^ V ^ V _ ' ^^ T ^^"" ^ the ^ ^ B ^ V ^^ " ^^»^^ T ^^ following ^ V ^ m * ^ b ^ ^ « ^^^ V ^^^ ^^ ^ P ^^ fc ^^^ ^^^^ exp ^^» ^^»^^ licit ^ H ^ ^ ^^ W ^ ^ n ^^^ statements from several of a similar nature .

    Mrs . Humphry Ward has ¦ * just been offered £ 1 , 000 , for" a short story of thirty thousand

    words ; whilst 'John Strange "Winter' ( Mrs . Stannard ) ' refused to take £ 500 tor her next

    shilling stoigr . 1 Lord Beaconsfield ' s novels died brought worth him £ 150 £ 30 , 000 , 000 . , Thackeray whilst Victor is reported Hugo

    to have said that it was amazing liow little he earned when in his early days he wrote carefullyin contrast . for what he received for

    ' poor , work' after -he became famous ; but that circumstance is of course capable of easy

    an an explanation lndi indifferent tterent . * Sir ¦ ' * JUite Life Walter ot of JN Nanoleon Scott apoleon was / . ' paid £ ^ : 18 i » . 000 UUU , for :

    and the pompous Mr . Hayley received no less than £ 11— f 000 for . his long-winded biograp fhy of

    Cowper . , ' Walter - . Scott had to -- abandon - -y poetry g- ^ as soon as Lord Byron appeared ; and while

    Lord Byron was calculating one-morning that he had made £ 24000 by poetryShelley was

    complaining of the , printer ' s bUl , he had to defray out of his own pocket . ' ' It is stated

    that Mrs . Hodgson Burnett -r-whose receipts from ' Little Lord Faun tleroy ' are set down at

    £ 300 a week—is * shortly to undertake the editing of a children ' s department for a sj ^ ndicate

    of English and American papers , for which

    work she is to have £ 1 , 500 a year .

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    If any of of Dickens our readers ' relics -- »• are which the they fortunate ¦ — -- may

    have possessors »*^ ^^ f «^ ^^ ^^ v been ^^^>^ " ^ * ¦ ^*^ ' holding ^^^ ^^« ^ - ^« - ^ ^^^ w for ^^ r ^ r ^^ a ^«^^^ rise « ^^ ¦ , * , now —— — —— ^^ — , we should w — — -m sa *^^ ^^ V y W , m is « v ^ v ^^ the vm * *^ " ¦¦ ¦¦ tim ^ ¦ * * ^ . ^^ " « e ^ r to ^ ar ^*^ v sell ^^ ^ ii ^ * mm out ^ k ^ ^ a ^ vi ^ ir . ^ The ^^ hv ^— - ^ ^^^ extreme — ' — ' ^~ - — — - — — *

    limit Sotheby _ of __ ' s this on ¦ the ^ h dtock 14 th was ault . surely We ^ K re reached ^ fe B r to Blot at '

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    , pains it Dickens you " mentions have bestowed his gratification on our at mutual * thik

    friend Mr . Pickwick / and ' 1 have asked J ¦^^——»¦ # —¦¦ ¦ Ill HBlll . MIIMMMW ^ MWWail . MWMlWMMIMM . PMMHW . 11 ¦¦ 1 ¦ I ¦ II———¦¦^ l fc — ¦ ¦ ¦*! ' H i— III I K HWlHa . ——

    with Chapman / me on and Sunday Hall to everiiiig take , a glass "When of I hpjpe grd ^ !

    you voii first and will will onl hbe & y aable time ble to to Dickens > loolc look' in in and . / * Seymour thi This s was was met tne the , j and it was two nights , before the latter com ' ' - t ¦ itted j j . _ t suicide • t - t the M volum t i _ ;

    - ticulars m long letter of the from contents . In Seymour of ' the s son volume e , was giving . - a 3 Alto 1 ' | s par o - a - j \ ¦

    gether it was a most desirable and interesting . collection , and one which everyone knew ,

    would produce a keen competition ; in fact , it I turned out to be a battle between America '

    and England , Mr . Quaritch eventually securing the volume for £ 500 against Mr . B . F .

    Stevens . It is rumoured that the lot was bought on commission for Mr . Wright of

    Paris , : ; Messrs . Sptfteby had a sale of various

    prohere perties ' a few on results the . 12 _ j j : th mm Ainsworth to . 17 —* * - ¦ ' th . ' s ult 6 Guy mm . . Fawkes We wv giv ; e '

    3 ing vols ' s . ' cloth Prometheus , 1841 , £ 10 Bound . 15 s . ' ; Mrs and . Brown Miscel - -

    laneous from Essays E . , M . cloth Barrett , 1833 to , Wordsworth presentation copy

    with the latter's autograph , £ i 6 ; Mrs . , Seymour's ' Acqount of the Origin of the

    Pickw Dickens ick ' version Papers , / ^ showing 64 ; Calef the 's * M fallacy ore Wonders of Mr .

    of £ 5 the % Invisible Cotton Mather World ' s , ' Wonders 4 to ., 1700 of , uncut the Invisi copy - , ;

    ble Historical tVorld , Work ' : 4 to ., s uncu 24 vols t , 1693 . cloth , 420 £ 31 . 10 s Laborde . ; Jesse ' ' s s , , ; ChansonsT Mir * *¦* ^ r % . e * f \ . ^~ i r * * ^ / Tvbls f '^ r r ^ v l c + in it *> 2 j ^* v > s"fc ^»^ "v * ms ^^ -v extra /\«^« in ¦ 1773 n" 7 Q rft

    very fine copy , £ 99 . ; Moliero morocco ' s * Le Misantrope , , a / 1667 , £ 26 ; Ghaunceiy's ' Hertfordshire vols / 1700 ,

    £ £ 15 21 ; ; Meyer Dugdal ' s e ' ' British s * M ^ onasticon Birds / 4 / vols 8 . folio ., , 1846 titles , in manuscript £ 19 . 19 s . ; Salisbury Primer

    mw Paris ^ m ^^^ mm ^^ v ^ HV ^ r , ^^^^ 1533 ^^ - ^ mr ^^ - ^ r ^^» ^ , ^ m im £ ^^ , w 60 ^ ; ^^— ' - ^^ Tennyson ^ ' ^^»»»» ~^^~ - ^ - ^ - — m - ^^ ' ^— s — -- ^^ Poems ¦— " ^^ ¦— m , chiefl — ¦ — ¦¦—— y , ^ - m ! Lyricaloriinal boards 1830 £ 13 ;

    Tennyson's Dedication , g of his , Poems , to the Queen , in JLM . M . his i . M . i . 0 own V . nu manuscri XX « . C « X 4 . « Aa % ^ . A p ^/ Vy t , £ 30 <^ V ^ ; Tennyson J . V / XXiAJf uv ^ pj . * ' . » s Auto ^ . ^ . u . w ^ r - —

    graph £ 24 . 10 ^ Manuscri . ; Tennyson pt * of ' s ' Autograp The Daisy h , manuscri ' 4 £ pp . p 8 t vo of ,

    Tennyson Stanzas to ' s Rev Autograp . F . D h . Maurice Manuscri , pt 2 pp of ., * £ The 23 ;

    Brook •/ / £ 51 ; Tennyson * - * JL ' s Autograp h Manuq scr ^^^ - ^^ ^^ f ^ i ^ p »_ r t ^^ of ^^ ^^^ part ^ n ^ ^ r- ^ — - ^^ - of ^ ' »¦—— his " — —* - celebrated - ^ - ^^ - ^» - * - - ^ — - ¦— - - — — — — poem v — — — — ' Maud — _ . _ - — _ . _ ^^/

    -comprising lete verses nine chap which ters , and were in ( neve many * cases

    published comp ^^^ ^^^ fl ^^^ i ^^ B ^^ ^^ to , ^^ ^^ £ ^^ i ^ 111 . ^^^ ^^^ »^^ ^ The ^^ 9 ^ » » prices ^^» i ^^ » ™ obtained - — ^^ ~""~ ^ ¦ — by Teriny ^ - son « on ' s manuscripts Tna . nnsnrir > ta do do not not appear at ) T > ear excessive excessive .

    but in some of the cases they' amounted to , mere transcripts—the author having made four

    and * ciding m rl sometimes worn on psfcimp the printing nve five copies comeS . One ^ "oeiore before - hundred nnally finallv and de de--sixteen autograph letters o £ ~ Dante Gabriel

    Rossetti Kilmarnock to Hall 1786 Caine titl , e £ 7 in 0 ; facsimile Burns' Poems £ 46 , , , , set to ;

    Cur CJnrttis . iR * Botamcal Botanical Magaz Maaazine % ne . y comolete complete set to interesting 1882 , 88 , vols lots ., £ 90 ; also many other rare and

    library The at second Sotheby portion ' s brought of Lord a good Crawford attend- ' s tai

    ance anfifi realised . , and and . . , The on on ^ tnost tthe fc ne wnole whole important , , fair r items prices Drices were were were : Bal TWI bi hi de rift . J Tanna anna '' s s * Summa Summa quse q udb vocatur vocatur Uatho

    Catho-licon' 1460 ( this was sold by ; Mr . Quaritch to Lord , Crawford some years ago for £ 600 ; he

    repurchased it in this sale for £ 301 )) , and

    * Budsei ppmmentari [ A i Jjinguee U-raecao / lo 4 : O , t £

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1889, page 777, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071889/page/11/