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    Aprii 2,18S3 The Publishers' Circular 28...

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 2, 1883, page 285, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02041883/page/9/