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824 The Publishers' Circular Senf T oo 1
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Is Somewhat Unfortunate That The Journal...
something of the new arena which he was about ** Many to blockheads enter , since in the he proceeds trade ¦ are r to making ¦ say :
they fortunes ^^^^¦^ ^ B ^^™ , ^^^^^ r ^^ B I SBfc W think , V ^ tfV and s ^ b ^^> ^^^ P SBk it did BM ^ must ^^ ^ Bi ^ V ^ h ^ F ^ P > B we ^ b ^ ^ Bk be VB ) ^^^ not ^ B imputed ^ ^^ % ^ B ) ^ Bjb ^ succeed ^^ " ^ ^^^ ^ B ^^ B ^ ^^ " ^ B > ^ BB * onl ^ B ^^ B as y ^^»^ tt ^ well ^" > *^* ^» —~ our ~ —^^ ~ - as - ^^^^ K
selves . " not * Unfortunatel t his friend y for 's offer himself which , Falconer was one did of accep
partnership on equal terms . , In the following Bf just Bj after the appearance of a third
year edition B ^ - ^^ Bj # ^ BJ ^ B > , ^ B ^ B *^ B of - ^^ B" ^^ ¦ " " ™^ ^ ™ The ™ ^^» " ^^ ~~ Shi ^— — ~— ¦ pwreck ^— «^ " ~ B ~^ " ^ ^ B ^ ^™^^ " ^ ^^^ " , ^^ " — ^^™ ^^^ ^^ which ^ ^^^ ^*^ ^^^ ^™ " ^ B ^ was ^^ ^^™ ^^™ ^^¦ ^ to ^" have contained some verses to McMurra 3 , he
sailed for the East Indies from Gravesend as H purs e h e oped r of , a on Government arriving , to vessel be appointed , the '' Aurora secre , " -
tary to the three commissioners who were on board with him , and who were despatched by the home Government to report on the military
Nizam situation were in pressing India , where the Eng Hy lish der Ali hard and . The the 4 'Aurora" never reached its destination . After
leaving the Cape , it was seen and heard of no more — . Shi _ p , crew , officers — , and passe x— ngers o— ,
poet , and commissioners , all were lost . At least this particular doom—one strangely accordant with the theme of the poem by which 4
chiefly he is remembered—the author of < The Shipwreck " would have escaped had he accepted the offer of his friendthe young
lieutenant 6 On starting of marines as a bookseller . and , publisher in Fleet Street , ex-Lieutenant McMurray
dropped " Murray th . " " This Me , " was and a called curtailment himself of simp sur ly - _ n — ~ - ame — — . si _ - gnificant HK w of - - and - —¦ - ^ due - ^ r- ^ w w - ^ v to - ^ m the ^ B" ^ B ^^ - ^^ keenly ^ M ^^ ^ B ^ ^» « B ^^ 1 BW W
anti-Scottish feeling then prevalent in London Wilkes and in E of the land North . The Briton popularity the reviler of John of
S rf ^^^ B cot ch men , i n general •¦ , and of L BB >* , ord B ^^ v ^* . ut e i n par Lieutenant ticular , was _ . __ . — McM at its u _ hei _ g 's ht , offer and in to - ^^ . the Falconer year v — - -b ~ of » v — — — — — — — rray — ^^^ — —w ^__ ^ ^^^ ^ ^™ ^™ ^ m ^ ^ ,
Boswell is found recording that * ' Dr . Johnson ' s prejudice against Scotland appeared remarkably strong at that time . " One old association
h owe ^ " ^ W v ^~ ¦ ^^ er ^^^ ¦ , ^ BB of ^ WL ^ ^ B ^ * ^ his Bk ^^ Bl ^ ^~^ ^^ pre ^^ ^ " ^ ^^^ - BB bibliopolic _ , ^ «« m ^ K . A ^^ " ^ ¦ ^ " ^ " *¦ ~^^~ A ^ H ^ ¦¦ V ^ B day ^^"" ^ ^ p n . ^*^^ B v ^ b ^ s V ^ B * - *^ the p - ^ ^ M ^ r B * ^ B' ^™ ^^ new 4 Kl ^^^^ ^ B * , BB John ~™~ " ^^ ¦ Murray ' ~ ^""^ " ^ " ^ " ~^ W of — " ' —~ ^ Fleet * —"" ^~ " ¦ —^ " Street " ^^ r ^ B » ^^ ^^~ ' ^^ ¦ ' ^^ cherished ^ T BBI B * ^ fc ^ Wi ^"" V «^ « HI V ^^ v ^^ W VtgT so ~*^
fondly , that as a memorial of his lieutenancy o f ^ K marines ~ - A « fe A ^ — A r- - jBfc , and ~ - ~ of BH Al service - . « m i r- H afloat ™— Bk ^—^ ^^ - , — ^_ ** a ^^^ r- shi v ^ hf ^_ ^^ BB _ Bl p W **^ * in ^ ^^ *™ ^ a ^^
full sail '' figured in the bill-heads of his accounts . ' An American Experience of Copyright . / —We quote the following from the American
Bo Lew B— ^¦ ^ P ^ . W ^ " ^ B- okseller « V ^ B Wallace - ^ M VI B ^ B ^ ^ - . ¦ ^ ' i ^ - ^ The BVV ^ ^^ B . VA the ^ ^— - ^ author ^* - late ^ W « BJ 4 Bh ^ ^ W ^ United - ^ of W ¦ ^ b . B » 4 ^^ * .. ^ f Ben . bibi ^ *^ a » ^ States ^^ Hur ^ k " ^ ^^^^^ « . > ^>« JV *^ B ^ , " Minister BbW General * «*& ^ m- * B ¦ & J ^ A * fc fTb * «» J , ^ ^^ ^ ^
to his -- _ _ _ Turk authorised ey , when pub in lish London ers , [ Messrs called . one Sampson day on
Low — , -v — & Co . ] . He was ^^ told — — ^^ that ^^ I ' * ^^ Ben ^^ ^^^^ Hur ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ r ^^ had ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ . ' sold — - ^ - . - ^^ well — - — - , j MB and — — — was - so - — M IB popular _ -w —— H V ^» - — —^ ¦¦ B v ^ that - ^* r BV BV W BV ^» another Bjl B | « B B * ^^ ^ T « W ^ K W MB ) ^ b A a «¦ ^ B a ' ^_ .
¦ edition General i ¦ had learning ¦ been issued the name by another of ¦ this ¦ ¦ ¦ i firm firm . which The
has - ^— — - -- , we —— - — - — , —j — may - k — — — — - * -- —— - * add ^ L ^^ l , a branch ^^ ^^ ' in *^ v New »^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ B * , ^ B York ^ » ^ BB BB > VBJ ^ B ^ V ^ , strolled F ^^^ ^ B BBJV ^ BT BV V ^ ^ B ^ ^^ ^ B ^ into ^ v ^ BX B ^> ^ B ^ W ^ the ^ " ^* ^^ ^^ ^^ B * store r ^^ v ^^ v ^^ r ^>^ r ^^^ and ^^ v ^ v ^ v ^ B ^ ^^*^ BB bought ^ W ^ ^^ V # V f ^^ % ^^ ^^^ ^^^ a V ^^^ f copy ^ BF ^^^^ V ^^ r V ^ of ^^ B ^ ' # ¦ ¦
the pirated " Ben Hur . " He asked how the work was selling . " Wonderfull" lied
the » - ~» - ^~ P ¦ I salesman - — " ^ ^^ ' ^^ " ™ ^^ , - ^ - —• •—» - 1 " - ^ ^ BMBk we ^ have - ^ P- ¦—• W disposed " ^ - » ^ B- " B ^ *»^ ^ V-IWBF BV y H , BM of rep ^ B « ^^ v * B over ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^»* V « 75000 copies . " " 1 am very ¦ glad to ¦¦ ¦ hear ¦ it "
^¦ " ^ " ^ , ^ B mm ^^^ — " . < w ^^ — ' * si « * ^^ - « w ^^^ B ^^ ^^ ^^ . ^^ .. ^^ ^^^ ^ ^«^ ^^ . ^ B ^ . ^ MV ^ BF , . a The replied clerk » the smiled General ~ and - ~ ¦ , " asked for 4 -- Tarn if he _¦ the i would author _ like . "
to a see the * IK firm ^* A . , . _ The JBBMVVKafc — — General . BE . j __ - . _^ - — , BK , did * B ^ * ^ ^ «_ ^> B like ^ w B ~—~ *> . w ^ ^^ ^ to »^ B B ^ " see Bl . | B > B ^ ^ ' ¦ ^
ji firm . , and = ¦¦ introduced to a most
re' -= spectable suggested that gentleman he expected . The som General e payment mildly for
his " I work believe . " in Yes , international yes , " said the copyri publisher ght , of cours course e I 1 do do . and and as as to to this this li IiMttl-. Ia e matter » noff ^ J rm \\
look General into was it , , listening 111 look to into this it . " denouncer While ' the V of
ri pirate r > g irates ht , s he and and happened advocate advocate to open of of international mtftrn the copy afinnol of " copy ~~ Ben , Hur" which he had just purchased in the outer
department have J altere L i d . the C " I title see of , " my he 1 _ exc book laimed 1 « : my -. , title " you is L T ~» TT A Tal m _ 1 _ of _ C the _ L"L _ Christ / "Nl i «
' Ben Hur : A e , ' yours is did simp not ly ' Ben hesitat Hur e . but '" exp The lained London — that publisher he / had
feared omi tt jj ed it t he might secon , offend d part some _ j _ of /* of the jT the title i - »•*« • • ¦•* i relicrious - , HIV as , j . flffrj he licAnother said the
pub . " thing , " General name '' I see is si some gned —— prefatory ; I never ___ wrote - matter - it . to " which saa Again b ¦ the my
ves London . . Your Y our publisher own own — j lett letter did — er not did did hesitate __ not not seem seem . .. ^ . ^ " exactl AxaoH Well ^^ WXXw w , j yes
suitable to our market , and therefore we drew y name up ano ih to ther it ? " statement " Of course . " " as An it d took printed the place my
of — ^^— j . ^¦ your ^^™ ^^ m - ^^ —^ r own ^ - ^ ^^ - ^ . " General > -sj - ^— — - ^— — •> — Lew -me - , -j - ^— — Wallace ^ r-wT — ' - ^— m ^^ - ^^ ^^^^^ b > ^^ is & ^^ 4 ^ ^^ b ^ one ™ H ^ V AB ^ B ^ V ^ of MP ^^^ the most amiable of menbut ¦ his faith in
Eng ^^ ^^ H lish » » w ¦ —w ^ " ^ —^ publishers ^""^ ^^™^— -- ¦ is shaken — , — - . -- He w wv- r- ^^ ^ B * finds ^^ V >* h ^¦« b ^ b ^ B ^ K a respectable Eng ¦» lish housewith a branch in
New ~^_ - _~ — m - ^ York —m ~ — - —~ ^ , and — — representing ~~ - - , -m - one - — — of ' ' - ^ r — the ^ I V ^»^ B 1 ^ VAB first ^ B BB ^ K ^ B * publishing £ _ — ^^ h — ouses - _ in Ame __ rica ^ , steals ___ his book — _ _^ ,
mutilates his title , and forges his name . All of which we leave to the consideration of the publishers of America . '
' i Re-issue of Popular Books . —This month we are pleased to see that Messrs . Cassell & Co .
( ings Limited from ) have Popular begun Authors the re- , issue ' a wor of k ' Glean which - f HJl ormer lllKsLiy ly ga gCllllCU ined . a CL v VCX ery hi XliglJ gh . degree UCglCO Ul of pub ]/« "lic »«
favour illustrations of the , selections throug also + h the were contained variet hig y hl and y in apprecia its sterling pages ted quality . , The and
jud in /^ mnfY g in ing command from -P *»/^ tv- » the £ \ admiration specimen arvaoitn or * before l . -kafr » We ro us list also they r . rlftV notice will Will j aga that Liiai the LIXJ . V 7 U first 1 OU part pCWl / of KJi . a CD re iO - -iOOUU issue of WA CasselU vi—
' Illustrated History of India' will appear on thoroug September hl 25 modern , and will be of accompanied IndiaBoth ¦— by of a
that these UUUX W * T Bk 0 * V ^ W *^ ¦ U the UglUV ^ " work ¦•*¦ * ^ BIT y enterprise ^*^ s H Jtil appear ^ B- ^ . VZVl B ^ . ViX ^^ ¦ BP XM " ^ B at . map AllCAjlJ of ^^ a ^^ good the ^^ — - ^ V / JL publishers 1 time JllUluli , an . d we will ~ hope ,
it deserves , be rewarded by success . have his The chatty recentl Athenaeum accounts b of Club London . — i Mr . Clubs in Hatton the , which , Art in
Journa literary l , club says y of : — the ' e The n metropolis appear Athenaeum ng / is It •» - the is chief hnut
JUllC / lCH Vs-LUU V # JL U 11 O J 1 JLV / L / JL V / J ^/ VAJLO . " upon J part ' The of architecture the old courtyard is of the of Grecian Canton
copied p order House JLXOUMW . nni « d , . from from severe JLIJLC that that 7 and £ H of of v' . Il . the the J impressive . L < 3 C Parthenon Parthenon ; ijUI . tJ iO . v / . The w * It it w frieze ^ was w » -- ° tne ww is #
colossal Doric portico figure that of insp Minerva ired the over ep , igram w the Roman :
" Ye , traveller ^ wlio pass ^^ by , just stop and — . behold , That And Minerva eeo , don herself 't you think is left it out a sin in , the cold
—J . ( Ittl / JXLIUUI VI * IIVIBVII . * O JCJJLK Will * * . »* v »«« ww ,.,, While her owls are nil gorging within fine . " ? le
of The ThA his figure fimirft art . is ia The by bv "Bailey Railev hall . , is and and divided is is a a nne by scagiipw examp v **» rr wk
from columns the and Ohorag pilasters ic monument , the capitals of oeing Lj ^^ --
824 The Publishers' Circular Senf T Oo 1
824 The Publishers' Circular Senf T oo 1
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1885, page 824, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091885/page/4/
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