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    Congratulatory Dinner To Mr, William Fau...

    an international copyright with his country . f He fhff !¦ wad ¦ not ¦ very hopeful ff of its immediate

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    untrammelled by trade restrictions ; but expressed his readiness to accept copyright with these restrictions rather than have none . If he

    could not get the whole loaf , he was content , . for the presentto accept half or even a quarter

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    wedge in , and perfect freedom would follow , such being the method by which all great

    reforms are brought about . Mr . Putnam spoke with terseness and vigour , and ^ vas

    loudly applauded . Mr . Manville Fenn , as an author A of novels 4 te boa for twent bbbb y ^^ years ^^ and more , *• . m ^* m _» _ _ _ _>

    • pitched ^ _ into' Mr . Faux with excellent humouras one of the arbiters of his . fate _ _« _ __ , —to ¦ * m * mm « m •• t _> _¦ V _ <>¦ ,

    whilst * Mr . Faux himself passed throug . h the trying ordeal with becoming modesty . Some

    of ^^ our distant ^ m mm friends _ t 4 ft -vbi may ask , * Who B _ B » Bmm * BmmB » is »* Mr b » m **^ . Faux ^^* B ^^ By ^ 0 BH BbbBbB ) ? BT _ b we ^ * ^^^ _ t know ¦ ¦ ¦ ^^^^ " b ™ ^ f ™~ v ^ hin ^^^^^^ r ^^^ v ^^^ - ^^ v ^ > ^ b not ~—r—^^^ r - ^^ ^^ r as ^^^^^ p v ^^^ p ^ m ^^ r ublisher ^^ V ^^ . P ^^^ ^^^ b ^^^ F v ^^^ W ^^^^^ r ^^^^ ^^^ or ^^^^ ^^^> __ * _* ^ at * •_* - *_* b » ^ - b » _

    booksell _ ^ er . ' Mr . Faux , be it known , is a power iri the land ; Mr . Mudie and he hold

    the fate of many an author in their hands , for Mr . Faux controls that great circulating

    library of Messrs . W . H . Smith & Son , which - - —— — — is — , in fact , j the only powerful rival

    of Mr . Mudie ; between them they can almost ^ make ^ r ^^ t ^^ V ¦ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ 'or ^^^ mar - a book ... . , as — _ . _ every — . —_ ^^^ publisher — — v — . ^^^ , —„— ^^^ v i" knows ^^ v ^^ k ^^^^ - ^^ — — - —

    well . Of course this is no disparagement to either of themfor half the books presented to

    them deserve no , better fate than that to which their quick perception at once consigns them .

    But let it not for one moment be supposed that this is the reason why these authors ,

    publishers , and booksellers met together to do honour to Mr . Faux ; it was simply because l

    they esteem him as a man , and love him as a jollgood fellow . ' No one can be in Mr .

    William y Faux ' s company for ten minutes without being infected by the ... _ hilarity with v which w v i he 1

    ~ i ~ ^ t ^^ m ^^ ^ . ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ b . ^ r ^ — — — — w — — _ — — _ —_ ^_ __ _ ¦ — ^^ m ^™™« ^»—seems to be ever bubbling over , as if such calamities as trouble and sorrow did not exist

    in the world , and yet he has known both . His ready wit and inexhaustible store of

    anecdotes make him , socially , a very pleasant companion .

    The occasion was quite unique , and many of - ^^^^ ^^ B those ^^ ^^ h ^^ m ~^^~ r ^^ P ^^^ r present ^ K ^^^ ^^ expressed H — regre — m ^^^ U t ^^ that ^^ ^^ — there ^^^ — ^^

    were not many more Fauxes to give them cause and pleasant excuse for meeting together

    more frequently than they are in tha habit of doing outside the dreary round of business .

    It _»_ should *^_ i ^^ ^ B hav ^ K e been ^ A mentioned ^ ^ ^^ that ^ A . Mr ^^^ ^^^ . Walter Besant was unexpectedly prevented

    ' from being present ; perhap 3 he thought of the road to Jericho ... in connection with an

    ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ g t ^ mr ^^ ^^ ^^ — — — — — — . ^_ _ . ^ . _ — _ — _ ^ — . ^_ ^^ ^^^ _ — — assembly of publishers ; he would , however , have fbund some good Samaritans amongst

    them _ . Letters —^^ m _ from ^ A Mr MBA ^ B * . . Mudie ^^ dan ^ A , Mr a ^^ K ^^^ . Colston ^^^ h A ^ K , Mr . R . Seeley , Mr . Tuer , Mr . Farran , and

    other gentlemen w ^ ere read , expressing regret ^ at ar ^ ^^ being . ^^ - ^^ " - ^ ¦—^^^ m unavoidabl ' y ^^ absent from so interesting I f ¦ ' g

    a gathering . Copy of Address presented to Wm . Faux

    * iven On the to him occasion by a of few a comp friends limentary representing dinner the g London publishers and other gentlemen

    Congratulatory Dinner To Mr, William Fau...

    who beg to oner their sincere congratulations upon his recovery from a serious illness and

    the to assure m to see him him of once the gre more at gratification ip their midst it g . ives

    ¦¦¦ ' In * te ^ ndering ^* a ^ him ^ ^ their . ^ m a heartiest ^ < ^ a _ wishes ^ _ for neaitn health , , nappmess happiness , , and ana prosperity prosperity in in the zne fut iuture ure

    they desire to place on record their personal , esteem and appreciation of those dualities of

    which couirtesy have , upri secured ghtness him , and so good friends fellowshi . p many

    ' In conclusion , they desire to express their best — ^ . _ wi T , shes that he — may _ ^^ lo _ ng _ j j hold - — — — the — " — honour — - ^^— -v- v *^^ b -

    able position which he has won and occupied for so many years with such distinction . Signed on behalf of the

    Meeting—I ^ bedekick Ohapmak , Chairman . Andrew OhattoVice-CJiairman .

    , Frbbk Joseph . Brougham Vbrnok WaifE , , ( Committee „ ... .

    John Diprosb , Bon . Secretary . July 16 , 1887 /

    The following are the names of the gentlemen present : —Messrs . H . W . Alabone ;

    Joseph Brougham ; J . ComynsOarr ; Frederick Chapman , Chairman ; Andrew Ohatto ,

    Vice-Chairman ; Alderman W . J . R . Cotton ; F . J . Cross ; James Dewar ; Henry Landon

    Diprose ; John Diprose ; Edward J . Dodd ; Edmund Downey ; Robert Dyer ; F . C . Faux ;

    Geo . Manville Fenn ; W . Glaisher ; Thomas Gunning ; J . Harwood ; George - BLorsman ;

    Samuel R . Hutt ; George Lock ; E . Marston ; John Moody ; John , C . Nimmo ; E . S . Power ;

    Geo . Haven Putnam ; William Reeves ; Edmund Routledge ; William J . Sandifer ;

    J ^^ H * . W ^ m ^ m ^^^ m ^ . ^^ Skerry ^ k a ^ b ; John ^^^ . rf ^^ Slark . — k ; Henry _ _ Sotheran _ _ ; Percy Spalding ; David Stott ; T . Fisher

    Unwin ; Thos . Verrinder ; Osbert Ward ;

    Lionel JBrough Wheeler ; F . V . White .

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    808 The Publishers Circular Aligns * v 1887

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1887, page 808, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081887/page/6/