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    Oct. i, 1887 The Publishers' Circular IO...

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    BEVIEWS AND REVIEWING.

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    Oct. I, 1887 The Publishers' Circular Io...

    Oct . i , 1887 The Publishers' Circular IO 93 — —

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    Robert 1 ? a 3 ltl & nt . —On September 20 died Mr . It ? Farrantof the firm of Farrant & Grant ¦

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    of age , had ^^ been in . delicate ^^ ^ ^ health * ^^ for ^^ some years .

    S . R . Briggs . —On Sunday , September 4 , died Mr . S . R-. Briggsthe manager of the

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    at Parkdale , Toronto . W . S . Sym : onds . — The Rev . W . S .

    ham Symonds _ ¦ was ¦ ^^ , who —^ died w ^^ A ell the known — ^^ other a M as day a r distinguished at Chelten ^ P ^&^ h ¦ r ¦¦ ^ -

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    tion of Myra & Son , proprietors of Myrcfs J M ourna ason l , M has . Beeton changed son proprietorshi of the late Mr p . . S M . O . Beeton y , has now acquire , d the business , which

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    Beviews And Reviewing.

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1887, page 1093, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101887/page/47/