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    ^ ^ tising he * took department round' . was The Macaulay first new ' s book ¦ ' Lays which of

    Ancient Rome , ' at the rather odd price of 9 s . 6 c ? . Mr . Sykes lived during the whole of

    the copyright life of the book , and advertised an editionbefore he diedat 6 c ? . It may here

    be mentioned , that so little , hope had Macaulay of the success of this work that he made Mr .

    Longman a present of the copyright on the sole condition that it should be published . It

    is needless to say that the firm did not take ¦ ¦ advantage ^ m /^~*^ v ^^^ fc ^^~ " ^^ ^^ bb " ^^ of ^^ ¦ the ^^ ^ " ^~ ^^ r ^ rash ^ ™ - ^^ ^— ^^ generosity v ^ k ^^ «» ^ ^^^ ^» ^ " ^ r »^ ^» ^ w of ^» - ^ ^^ the ^ r ^» ^» ^ i ^ author ¦ * ™ ' ' ¦^ ^* ^» ^ v ^^ jv . v

    One of the incidents of Mr . Sykes ' s subscribing days , / _ which . __ he was — fond - of recalling o was - „ , that

    1 once ile of he a saw new on book Mr . Churchill entitled ' ' s Vesti counter a of larg the e IsTatural p History of Creation / and ges that Mr .

    Churchill S ~^ 4 1 i f ^ 1 remarked ^ «• to him «• ¦ that 1 ¦ he 1 thoug I 1 ht 1 I most probably it would cause considerable

    sensation and command a very large sale . He said also that he did not know the author's

    name , and had no clue whatever to it . We all know how fully the book justified Mr .

    Churchill's prediction , and also , from Mr . Alex . Ireland ' s preface to the new edition

    that the publisher never knew the name of the , author of the most famous book that ever bore

    his imprint . We may add that ' The Letters of Junius' and the ' Vestiges' are not the only

    books of the authorship of which the publishers were ignorant .

    The amount spent two generations ago in advertising books was larger than might be at

    first supposed . According to the Literary Magnet for 1826 ( vol . ii . pp . 65-74 ) , the sum

    paid by Messrs . Longmans & Co . in 1817-18 for advertisements was nearly £ 5 , 000 , and

    Messrs . Whittaker & Co . in 1824-25 expended nearly £ 6 , 000 . It is probable J , that more than

    this sum was spent annually during the time that Mr . Sykes managed the department , and this represents a large amount of patient and

    careful work . We may note in passing that the method of advertising books was very

    different forty years ago from what it is to-day , us a glance at an old newspaper or an odd

    number of the Edinburgh or Quarterly Ileinew will showlists of books ii fc by the same r ¦—¦ publisher ¦

    being *^» ^™ ^¦ ^ r ^*^ ¦ *^ fc then ^^^ V , H riw — unusual lif *^ ^^^ ^^^ rfVv ¦ ~ j ~ ^^ , the ^ ^^^ ¦ p rule ¦ ^ r ^ " ^^ ^^^ ¦ being ~^ ' ~ " ^^ ^^^ »^ to issue ' —— ^~— —~ ^~ - short isolated advertisements of each book as

    it was published . One reason of this , so far as newspapers were concerned , was , that until August each advertisement 5 , 1853 , there . was a duty of Is . 6 d . on

    Mr . Sykes' business career was an uneventful » " ^ ^« -m * ^>» ^ L *^ H *^ P » one ^ fc ^ rf * *• ^^ , ^ K f since ^^ * K * ^» ¦¦ * " *^ ^^ he ^» *^ ^ " ^ was » » ^ - » -W ¦ ^ filling Hfc *^ ^^ ^^ »^ ¦—1 ¦ - — VBB ^ h the ~ " •—^ ^— - — ' » same " ^ ** - " ^ ^^ - —^ - ~ —

    [> ost when he finally retired in 1884 as he occup him to ied be in compelled 1841 , and it throug was a h great ill health blow to to

    Relinquish the routine of work which was the greatest leasure of his lifebut which

    inp , him creas to ing continue infirmity . rendered it impossible for

    The Ee \ . Henry Norman Hudson . —The Hev . Henry Norman Hudson , widely known ' ift us a Shakapearean scholar , died at his home ,

    Hi Ca Cn . mV mbrid > ri < lge < ro , Massachusetts TVTfLHftn . r ; lniso > t , t , H , on on the the loth Kith January following , the a sli cause ght surg of ical death operation being exhaustion . He was , 72 Vfin . ra nlrl TVTr TTiirlwon wpnt , to TSosfcm in

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    > m «« hm ^ ^ ^ . m ^ Maw— - «—^ MHwa ^ W / 1844 , delivering lectures there and also in other large cities . He was warmly welcomed in

    Boston by men like Emerson , Theodore Parker , and George Shillard . He subsequentlbecame

    identified ^^ with the E -1 piscopal Ch •¦¦ urch y in New York ^^— - ~~ - , ^ m and ^^ ^^ ™ ^ ^—^ ^^ was » » ™ ^^ ¦ for ™ ¦ — — three ^^ ^^^ ^^^ — - ™ ¦ years y ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^» " ^^^ the ^^ v ^^ " ^ . ^ ^^^ editor ^^^^ ^^ p ^^ v v ^ v ^^ r ^^^ ^^ W of ^•^^ ^^^^

    the Churchman . His first edition of Shakspeare appeared in 1851 . The * Harvard Shakspeare , '

    his last work , appeared a few years ago . Mr . Azei . S . Hoe . —On January 1 Mr .

    Azel S . Roe died at his home in East Windsor , . Connecticut , in his eig hty -eig hth year «/ . Mr .

    Roe wrote nothing for publication until he was about fifty years old , and at first met with

    slight encouragement . In 1854 , after Mr . J . C . Derby's removal to New Yorkthe

    manuscript of ' A Long Look Ahead' was , offered him . It fell into the hands of the late George

    Ripley , at that time literary editor of the New York Tribunewho was sometimes a reader for

    Mr . Derby . He , read the manuscript , and commended it very highly . On his

    recommendation , Mr . Derby published it , and it was a success from the start , passing through several

    large editions . This success caused inquiry for his earlier works , published X by •/ D . App X Xleton

    cfe Co . in 1850-53 , and these also met with a large sale . Mr . Roe ' s works were issued in

    the following order : ' I ' ve Been Thinking , ' * To Lov PMP e and T to be F Loved' ' Time and - » Tide » M / * A r ^^^^^^^^^^ f ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ . ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^*^^ *^*^ T ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ , " ^ ^^^^^^ ^^™ ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^ —^^^

    Long Look A head , ' "True to the Last , ' 'The p Star - ^^^ p- ^^^^^ F ^^ m ^ and ^^^*^» ^» ^*^^» the " ^^ ^ ^ . ^ Cloud ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^ B / ' How ^—^ ^^ * Could — — ^ He ^^ Help ^— ^^ ^— «^^

    It ? ' They are marked by a high moral tone reader and an to intense the end . interest —Publishers , which 9 Weekly carries . the

    Mr . R . R . Madden . —This well-known « writer < r « of nf died 88 ftft . at The Th Dublin « son son , or of on a a the Dublin . Dublin 5 th inst merchan merchant ., at the t .

    age Richard Robert Madden , after leaving school , , passed through the regular admitted course 1 ? of medical of ot the tne

    Royal study stiidv , . College and and in in lo 1829 of 'jy Surgeons was was admitted , London , a a Fellow euow . He was one of the colleagues of Clarkson , Wilberforce ,

    and Buxton in the movement for the abolition informing of slavery himsel ; and f had on special the question opportunities as he had of

    been in 1833 appointed a special mag , istrate in ^ Jamaica _/ C 4 /& A A S . V ¦ A- V 1 -V . In J » - •*¦ *• various v * s * r ^> ^ ^ - ^ * - *> " . ^ official "" ~ " ~ — " "" — ™ -w — capacities — —• ¦ - |— - — - — - — his . - - _ -m V a

    hostility to slavery and hia active measures tician against s of it all elicited parties the and commendation various Governments of poli- , including Lord Glenelg , Lord Palmerston ,

    Russell Lord T , r > rrl Derby Bfirhv and . , investi Lord Lord gations Normanbv JNorman into by , . the and and physical lLord ^ ord 1 condition , of the black population procured for

    the him the medical hearty profession appreciation . For of the a good leaders many of I votira Dr Dr Madden TVTnrirlpn had " ha . fi devoted flavour ! his his life lite wholly whollv

    years to literature . . Between 1842 and 1845 he issued , in seven volumes , * The Lives and y

    Times Ti ' inoct of r * f the flifi United TTnitnfl Tri Irishmen ahmen ; : but but the the work * Life as and to Mart style yrdom and historical of ¦ Savonarola » -- — interest ¦— .- — - .-w , ' his appeals | rf best

    to y y \_/ a A * larger . \ J * J ** J \ J V ' -r * class J *> J - *¦ ^ - * * of ¦ " * * ^ - ^»> readers ¦* * ¦* ' *"' ^* ^ - ' " "" . ^^ Among — — — . — - — his , -m j— other < v — — - books 11 . M are * The - ¦* - Mussulman ¦» . » . ** . ^^— — . * r- _ ' ' Travels _ .., . — . — in — — — the — ___ ^

    ; H _^ \^ V ^ hi JL V * * » V ^ ^ . » -- * r ^ r » ^ . «»•• ™ , ™ „ - ^ _ deal West s Indies — with - — a , the * ' ' E - ¦ — gypt condition . and Mahomed IB i « of - 1 his 141 ' slaves Ali / ^ which 1 and * 1

    Genius general subjects / literature / ' The ' The Memoirs Island he gave ot of ' The Cu the ba Infirmities Countess / # c . To of of

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    Feb . 15 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular t 57

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1886, page 157, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021886/page/15/