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    • 188 Fleet Street, London : September 1,1880.
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      188 Fleet Street , London : September 1 , 1880 .

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      certainl power in t affords heir hands a we to g insis hty argument t on the addition of an in an dex as a natural and legitimate have part the of ¦ everv book they bb publish bbbbibbbb bf . ¦ A tabl ~^» " •» e of contents —¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ is -- _ as a rule _ regarded ^^ ~_ - as i an — ' » ¦ indispensa bi b » bk ble prefer

      t bu ^ but ^ o ^ fcNf t -K , little little book W W ^ J * . * ^/ , con con m r * an *> sideration sideration d an m W aut ^^^ ^ hor * , *—^ unless unless w h ^^ o s ^» maeea indeed upp ^" lies " ^ ^^ ^^ ne he ^" a MS — mumatea in ^^ timated - ^ . for _— , ^ the - ^ - - _ inau that —^ v press _* xne the _ - , without — contents consents _ _ „ „ one v _ and ana would the tne — — ™— ^ - ^ ^ b stops stops ** be f *^ - ^ m treated p ^^ were were v ^ b ^ r ^ pf j ^ XJ Ui to to with . n ii be ho

      inserted for him , but no , similar rule seems to hold good as to the index , and thus the value of many a work in in which tthe tne has l perhaps Jtsookworm involve who d many writes writes years to to lvir labo Greenwood ur and research ournal ournal is practicall that y los hi t .

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      no nt , hpfin been able to give . . JtJut it occurre occurred to him that he might hnd such illustration in an m abl aW interes e a writer writer ting book whose whose nam nam two e A it it um is is needless needless es which to to trea mention mention ted of t , aand nd period tailed failed : ques tor for the the tion book book , published had had no no by index iruW a late ;

      t N eit her e had gen t t leman second published and revised , a few years tion ago of , the ano , same ther book book * , so iss identical ued some in years obje later ct with . But the . former that it miffht almost almost be be called called third third edition editionfco c k y bousrht of this

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1880, page 674, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091880/page/2/