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    At The Booksellers Usual Meeting ' Provi...

    numerous readers against certain canvassers American publications whoblausible

    -, y ppro _^ _K _actuses books , decoy at much a too hig confiding her prices public than into they purchas can be

    _-JSLht _natance for of this at well mode -known of trading bookshops has withi . A n the glaring last iii the and the Story

    of few the days Bible been , as exposed issued threatens by the Argus Melbourne to ; become Royal a sad Publishing Company

    , story The indeed vendors . are fortified with numerous

    testimonials and others in praise held of in the high book esteem , signed throughout by clergymen the

    colony of the . Bible It could is in hardl Bible y be phraseology otherwise . altered The Story here

    and there to connect the narrative , portions and render them more suited to the capacity and comof childrenis natural

    than prehension that clergymen should . Nothing recommend more a work of

    this character . The commercial value of such a publication is , however , a consideration quite apart from its

    intrinsic merit as a book , and is out of the sphere of clerical judgment . This book is one of a numerous class compiled ( for it is nothing more

    than a compilation ) for the use of the young , and published in Great Britain , in much better form than the volume in question , at prices varying from

    5 a . to 78 . 6 d . The Melbourne booksellers have on sale Messrs . Griffin ' s edition of Foster ' s Story of the Bifrle _, complete , a little smaller in size than the

    reprint for 6 * , . bitter ; 25 a . printed each have , and been with paid superior . for cop illustrations ies of the , Eoyal As Publishing the work in Company question ' s purports edition . to Verbum be printed sap .

    in Printing Melbourne and Publishing , the vendors Act of are Victori , accordi a , liable ng to to the a

    fine of £ 5 for every copy distributed by them without The a ladies printer however ' s or publisher who canvassed ' s name this and book address have .

    doubtless probabl , partici , erred pated in i , gnorance in a ' ious of the fraud law ' , onl and have No ,

    y py . . them one , therefore with the , would clauses be of so a statute churlish so as severe to pursue in its

    penalties . two As -thirds amicus of the curia purchase I would -money , suggest as fair a refund and just of , and likel

    subscribers y to to satisf the Royal y the Publishing reasonably Company aggrieved ' s edition of Foster ' s Story of the Bible . —1 am & c June 7 , ,

    . SAMUEL MULLEN . Those who buy books get notion of

    many some « wo _«» ks comm originall ercial y published value ; they in also America know that are

    iu _Stk £° ? ° ublishi d and POP houses ** * * always at prices reproduced much lower by , _* in the United

    mately _« _« tern _n ational sold copyri States ght law , and , they , as there are leg is no

    throughout the British Empire _, Cr nnrl ° I * ™ Briti satisfactory sh reprin in every Those way to

    _* V £ _inLi _?^ , i i _^ ow r about SOI _» _ething a quarter of the of a history century in of

    Sw _ _inrru 7 ? P ° P ularly as * American Book _kkdTZ _itt __ _S _? l » ' ' and egun C 0 I y > _tinued a wor 1 k entitled others o A f meri a like ca

    only _^ le Am m _ ? . nCan _r merous one above to detail is - we y are Story informed ° f the , _The 25 _rt mso far that _tt Canadian

    _* We ade as to _T « n _^ pies _? A and are said P _^ nounce to b _© in it morocco _^ in sheepskin ; we .

    i I <* U y _Mfa tn , J _^ ii _^ ookbmders 7 _morocco _^ vingfl , as and ' known driver edition ' techni The

    _-JW g . fe _^^ _S _^ _J _^ _en this

    contains can be seen from the picture of the has c Gard the en appearance of Eden ' on of page having 11 . done This duty woodcut in a

    child ' s primer forty years ago . Ex uno disce _omnes . In justice , to the lady canvassers we record our impression that they are only

    instruments and not prime movers in the distribution of the work mentioned above . Specimen copies of both editions are on view

    at our office . In making the foregoing remarks that we w w oul e d ar wish e actuated it to b n distinctl o unfriendl y understood feeling

    to American publishing y houses at larg e . The list of American publishers contains the names

    kn of many wn me hi n , h who -minded heartil , intelli y join gent in deprecating and

    wellthe proceedings of those who bring discredit i on their 9 useful and honourable calling . —

    J S . Mullens ' Monthly Book Circular . ! j Victor Hugo ' s Will . —A copy of Hugo ' s

    last testament was published in the Rappel on the 26 th of July . The executors are MM .

    Paul Meurice , Auguste Vacquerie , and Ernest Lefevre . These gentlemen have accepted the honourable trustdeclining to receive any

    remuneration , such , as is provided for by the wilL We append extracts from the portion of the will which deals with the literary property : —

    I request them [ the executors ] to publish my manuscripts in the following way : —The

    manuscripts may be arranged under three heads —( 1 ) works which are entirely completed ; ( 2 ) works begunpartially carried outbut not finished ; ( 3 )

    _sketches , , fragments , scattered , ideas in verse or prose , thrown out here and there , either in my notebooks or in loose sheets . I beg my three friends to

    make this selection with the greatest care , and as I should have done myself , in the spirit and thought which they know to have been mine , and with all

    the friendship of which they have given me so many proofs . I request them to publish , with intervals to be fixed by them between each publicationfirst

    the complete works , next the works begun and , partially finished , and lastly the fragments and scattered ideas . This last class of works , relating to the

    whole of my ideas , although without apparent connexion , will form , I believe , several volumes , and will be published under the title ' Ocean . ' Almost

    all of it was written during my exile . I restore to the sea what I received from her . To meet the expenses of the publication of this

    body of works , there shall be withdrawn from my succession a sum of 100 , 000 fr ., which will be reserved and applied to that purpose . Messrs .

    Meurice , Vacquerie , and Lefevre , after payment of the expenses , will receive , to be divided among them in the proportion of the work done by each —( 1 ) on

    the first class of works 15 per cent , of the net profit , ( 2 ) on the second class 25 per cent , of the net profit , and ( 3 ) on the 3 rd class , which will require notes ,

    perhaps prefaces , much time and toil , 50 per cent _, of the net profit . Independently of these three kinds of

    publications , my three friends , in the event of their condeat sidering h , are it desirable expressly to intrusted publish my by letters me with after their my

    publication , in conformity with the principle that letters belong , not to him who has received them , but to him who has written them . They will make

    the selection and will be the judges of the conditions , of the propriety , and expediency of publication . They will receive 50 per cent , from the profits of

    the publication of . my letters . — . i ii i ii I i i i I _Ii————»——»|—W——————»——»—»¦¦_—W—i——_^_—— ___ P

    August ¦'¦' . . I/ , ' F Gg Oo5 . The Pu...

    August ¦'¦' . _. / f gg oo . The Publishers' Circular - 68 * _

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1885, page 683, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081885/page/3/