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    man . His father was originally a hand-loom -weaver , but ultimately quitted this work , and after ¦ " ¦ " ¦ serving " ^¦^ for a time ^^™»«» - ™ w with ^ Mv ^ to his ilk *^ fV brother ¦ h the fc

    ¦ ^~ ^^ ^™ » ^^ » » ^^ ^^ ^^ »«»«» i ^ p ^— ' . a . ^^ v ^ ^ ^^ ^ fe »«^ hT present Alderman tJ Abel Heywood , as a paper , ** - ruler , he opened a small shop in Dearisgate in 1842 for the sale of periodicals and

    newspapers . John Heywood , at that time thirteen ^ years of age , was serving as errand-hoy "in a solicitor's office , but he now joined his father

    at the shop . Thus was laid the foundation of that bookselling and stationery business whi ¦ — » . — c v h . »• - wa v ¦ m ^ v s - ^ a w fterw « . w . ¦ . » « a s w «> rd f- ^^ s >^ destin -w % ^^ P ^ V-4 . AA e ^ S d ^ r ^ t W o bec ^ ^ ^ o ^^ m * A >* e ^^ *** * _> V- '

    KVVfamous . In 1859 , the premises being found unequal to the increasing trade , a removal was made to the other side of the

    street . Further extensions soon followed , and in in lobb 1866 it it was was iound found necessary nenfissa . rv to tn build hm'lrl a large Ip / tca

    six-story factory in the rear of the existing buildings . Mr . John Heywood , senior ; died

    m in Ibb 18644 . , and and the the entire entire control rionfvrvYI of nf the +, h < a business VmsnnASQ then devolved upon his son . By this time an extensive extensive printing Drintinor trade trade had had been hoem pjsiaKliRhfirl established

    in connection with the firm , and this led to the erection in the Hulme Hall Lane of the factory so widely known as the Excelsior Printing Works . Another branch that arose from the

    energy and ability displayed by Mr . John Heywood in extending and developing the business — " was the ^/^^ t ^ church fc and UI 1 XM school furniture XJL JL VJL

    ¦ " - —— — ~ - ** - " + * » » w * -r .. r ^^ r ^ A . ^*^ O . ^ . ^^ .. , KJV 1 X V- * VX X 1 ^& . X U » V- / manufactory in Turner StreetCornbrook . The widening - ¦ of Deansgate — —¦ in 1877 , -8 led to H ^ . M . _ « _ _ _

    the demolition of Heywood ' s shop , and the present — - - —' ' — —> larg —*^*^ e stationery vxvij-vj . warehouse tvji viav / in J . XX Rid iajha i—

    J " eld ~ , covering — — -w .-w Mvw a ground space rr of 2 J acreswas ge fc ^ r _« - built . The adjoining ^^^^ AA ^ AA ^^ premises in Deansgate ,

    — ' — — — — - — - »— -w mv ^ w ^ j -.. JT V 1 AA 1 . UVVJ XXX . » ,-y IJtfcllOJ'Cl % JVJ were added soon after , and the trade carried on in — — — the * - — —¦ -w - immense ^ - ¦ ¦ ¦ - » ^ -- * w . *^ . »_* v establishment VMUM / VAXUAAll . lVAi . 1 / XXX in which M ilXVXl we Tf t / now XXV- ^* T

    find it . In this quick but steady growth the energy — ' — — — — f ^^/ and w ** .- *** business +-r mmxaj . \; mu capacit vtvpiwx % j y y of V- / X Mr O . TXX . « Heywood _| ¦_ \^ y Vt V / VM .

    were very conspicuous . Speaking of his administrative skill , a Manchester contemporary remarks — — — : I This vast and wixu varied establish

    « . — —« , _ - _ j . ^ a * s ^ t « - * h _? v y C 4 / X xv- /\ -X v ^ o tci / Ulioii - ' ment , which ^ , as we have seenwas almost the , creation ¦*¦ of MrJohn Heywoodentirely

    " — - » - — -- *¦ - >_ ' -. ^~* - & . « . . ^ # - v / Atxi . XXV V VT W > A « was TV CIO X X V dominated by his will . His power , of organising VyJLXWi t * enabled ^•» * « - « v j- ^^ - * . him linn to ti . » develop ucvcifjj < a system cj ^ youcin b mj y ' which wiiiun

    each employ ^ had his distinct functionand all were responsive to the impulse of , the

    — . » — — -v- -- wf ^ j ^ s v ^ axp ^ j . T v >» « - » V- ^ fllU JL 1 J 11 U UXkJU \ SX U 11 U master ¦ hand ^ **& . ¦ ¦¦ His ¦ A individualit ^ ^^^^ _ .- y ^^ was strongly impressed impressed upon unon every everv department dfmArtrrmn * and a . nrl he hf > was AArfi . «

    equally successful in controlling the , details of his — ——•** vast - *~« w distributive v » . i . K / uj . xMML / i v vj business iLf VAI 3 JL 11 UOO as C 1 O a eii bookseller HJvUIVOvilCl ;

    and newsagent , and in his productive enterprises as a printer and furniture-maker . This was the work of his life , and he rejoiced in it .

    jtudiic Public duties duties had had no no attractions attractions for for him him and ^ nrl we do not know that he ever occupied or soug , ht for — — — any official - ~ ' - —¦<•¦ ¦»_• - *>« . v a , position y * ^* J » v * . v ^ JL . A . . ' jl It v X is O stated U UCV U V > * vl that \ J 1 lC 4 f U the Ux JL \ - > 1 . ^ A _

    yearly total of newspapers sent from his establishment is over thirty millions . Mr . Heywood — — — was — born k on ¦* December 261832 and

    was - , therefore - - " *** - 'va . aa , in ~ ' * JL his JL / VWI fifty 1 J . R . / - sixth X ** J \_ Jm , year JU \_ 7 <_^* . , » Cm He / XXKA . leaves — ~ ~~ a widow »»« .-mv »» , , two UVTV 7 daughters V ^ . CVVA ^ JIJL < JC ? X O , and O / JIJIV ^ . two % J W KJ sons OKJlkO . .

    Mr connected . J . E 3 . Heywood with vax the xa \^ has business ujLiivoot been for in twelve which years Mr

    - " -- vv _ * * a un _^ » - , XxX W JlXXVy IL XTJL JL . F also . S . assisted W . Heywood . has for the last three years

    Henry Littleton . —This gentleman , who was for many years the sole proprietor of the m & / business — of Novello , Ewer & Co ., died at

    : - : - • « - Mr Sydenham Littleton on the began 11 th life inst . in ,- in the his house 66 th year of a .

    music service . of pub Mr lis . h , Alfred , and Novello in 1841 . That entered gentle the

    man had taken over from his father , Vincent IN "NTovftllo ovello . the the business business or of- publismn nublishinsr g sacre sacred d

    music . , Mr . Alfred Novello hadhowever formed the lan of increasing the trade , of his ,

    p fir ^ m and popularising the art itself by issuing vocal scores and other music at a far cheaper

    rate than before . The lowest price for the score of an j jfc oratorio ^^ f for voice ^ j ^ ^ i ^ and ¦ m ianof ^™ ^ ort ^ h e

    |^ y ^^ y ^^ ^^ ^ m ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ h ^ ^ ^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ «^ ^^ ^^ » - ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^* - ^ p p ^ ^ » »»« - *^ pv - ^^ ^ ^^ then was a guinea . In 1846 , after Mr . Henry Littleton had begun to take a most active

    part in the management of N " ovello & Co ., Vincent Novello ' s arrangement of the vocal

    score of ' The Messiah ' was issued in a dozen monthly numbers at sixpence each . The impetus which this step gave to the performance

    of oratorios is well known in musical circles . A gigantic business was the result . So practical a man as MrHenry Littleton was quick to

    . see the opening thus offered to enterprise . T T ' Tn-krkorT'fi . - nVi h v was wa . « p called . a . 11 ftrl in in to to replace rp . nlafift engraved engraved

    pl ypograp ates for the more speedy and economical printing of music in large numbers . About 1844 began the publication of lees and

    partsongs at a few pence a copy . g Anthems and other works innumerable followeduntil now

    , the ' octavo' editions of oratorios and operas published bNovello has reached some

    hundreds , and y of anthems , part-songs , and other r » i . h at * smaller « TYifl . ilfvr works works . tens t . eriR ot of thousands thousands . In in 1 1 856 oob

    Mr . Littleton became , sole manager , , in 1861 he Vto was was admitted 5 i . rimif . fp > H as n . s partner -nn . rf . nftr . and a . iid in in lobb 1866 He he

    became sole proprietor of , the firm . He is succeeded by his son , Mr . Alfred Littleton . MessrsNovello & Cohave now in London

    . . two publishing houses , besides printing and bookbinding establishments , and a branch in New York .

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    We are requested to say that Mr . Clark , of MessrsSwan Sonnenschein & Co . has

    . , gone to New York , not solely in connection with the + T 1 P 1 TTii Universal . i . rtp . 'rR a ] . Jtevtew l ^ p / nip / i 11 . but Vint , to t , o open nnftn a branch bra . ncll

    house for his firm . ,

    I Bacon's Booksellers. The Imprint Of A ...

    I BACON'S BOOKSELLERS . The imprint of a book is almost invariably important and frequentl VX \^ an 4 accurate guarantee WiWV

    CLl an -L 1111 p \ . / l LUllt' UUVl Jl . M . \^\^ X ^ X KJXJI y C > 1 ~ JL LlUVjUlUUU t UliX > v of merit , and not only is this the case at the present moment , but something very analogous

    existed in times which have long since become merged in the dim obscurity of the past . In writing the literary account of a particular person or epoch , historians , almost without an exception ,

    pass -r » f » R < 5 over nve > . r in in silence silpnr » . p > the t . Vifi part r > a . rf , which ^ wViir *}! booksellers hnnksfillftrs played , and apparently consider it not only as beneath notice but as altogether superfluous . The nrVip ! pisspcnti essentiall 5 i . llv intfirwnvp interwoven . n nnnnpntinn connection between V > p > twfien

    bookselling and y authorship has been so often pointed out in these pages , that it were perhaps a matter of supererogation to over the ground

    go again In . 1597 , Humfrey Hooper , whose shop was at

    the blacke Ueare in Chaunoery Jbane , brongaL out the first edition of the famous •* Besaye / . There

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1888, page 510, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051888/page/12/