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Jhirty-F Ive Years Ago The Following T J...
literature of past ages , but also possessing some knowledge of what was being written
and said in their own time . That greatest of all comforts , a love of books , should never fail
to be implanted as early as possible in youthful minds for , as Clarendon urgently declared
• he who , loves not books before he come to , thirty years of age will hardly love them
I h afterwards to understand them . ' enoug lOi
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^ gu st i 5 > *** s The Publishers' Circular 735
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with the subject will agree with Lord Iddesleigh in his reply to the deputation which
waited upon him the other day with reference to a grant of Government Blue Books to public
I libraries . Not a few will be surprised that I Buch a grant should ever have been demanded .
HI The great difficulty in connection with many I H of our libraries in these days is a continued
P I want of _ £ space ____ . « . Wh TTt 7 "l y should 1 _ 1 -T the j 1 space that i * i II exists be filled up with an ever and rapidly
increasing mass of Blue Books , which , in nineteen cases out of twenty , are absolutely
useless for ordinary citizens ? All the publications of that nature which might be of any
service to the general body of the public could be boug _ ht for a mere trifle—ten or _ fifteen _ —
HI shillings a year would cover the whole cost . In the event of special Mm cases arising | J , any ^/ of the
reports connected therewith could be bought for a very trifling sum . We ¦ cannot help
thinking that a ^^ v nearl a ^ J y every — - — librarian - ^ p ^ ^^ " ^^ p ^ ^» ^ p ^ ^^ ^ ^ p- . ppr who ^^ ^ pBP ¦ ' . BBT i i alread y holds the — privilege j — — - - — - ¦— - ^ p ^ - ^^ of ¦**» - « m getting b ^ ^^ «« . kB > p « kaK these ** * ¦ A <« b ^ a >^ Ptar ^ pp *
self books of waste of would the honour be is onl . y too The happy accumulating to divest mass himpaper a perpetual eye-sore to him ;
and Wld duty we Wft to heartil liA catalogue ar + iltT y p i-ii it 4- and y <™ him !* : ¦»» preserve . if Z £ it is Z ~ a the part precious l of _ £ his T _ r _ VOlllmeS * wumes . It it is iR possibl rmSSlKl e however Tl nnrnTTO-n that f / hof some onmo
extent of the of deputation their demand were , not nor aware of the , of wei the ht full of load , ¦¦¦¦ g
™ tteir * shoulders which . the Before concession going would to Lord lay Iddes upon - eigh they should have been taken AJk through
» » " «™^ " *^» . v ^^ ^_^ r ^^ ^ rf JLJW VVUU > ^^ . \ t * Jk , A . V ^ ^ pA CfL JL Jk J ^ li oode Wareh . We 0 USe ¦ feel "" 8 ¦» " ¦ of ass MWOUHJU Messrs ured that VXUX - V Evre the l / IJLO \ visit & LttM . l S pottis would WUU 1 - .
II thi made 1 mona them ent . P The ent li their brarians temerity of the even public at
recent ™ ^ T raries * T nt tunes tir « f ^ Great done ^ Britain lendid ^ , have ., , especiall . . y * in
less « Mwe \ h of national luimi , enngntenment enlicrhtenment spservice . and and to doubt doubt the . --
¦ tinJ thou ^ xt recent mistake movement n » effort in the an same 1 h earnest direc 1 -
^ P ^ ^ M ^ f 4 ^^ p ^ Bk y ^^ V ^^ pVV ^ Ph are glad tiiat ^^ llas ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ^ been ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ »^ ^^^ " ^^^ ^ PF ^ unsuccess PF ^ PB « v ^ ^^ p ^ ^^^^ pi ^ pB ^^ ^| p ^ p ^ PpB ~ W * Vi" fl rf y bcauBe do not not think tninK that tnat
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any .
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Messrs . Kegax Paul & Co . and the I fro 'Fall m the Mali cop . ious Gazette extracts . '—The published case arising in the I
Pall Mall Gazette from the * Journals of I hearing General before Gordon Mr at . Kartoum Justice Kay * came on the up 6 for th I
inst . A motion was made on behalf of Messrs . I Charles — — — tt Kegan — — - ^^ % ¦ ^ Paul ^ ¦*» ¦ ¦ i ™ ¦ and ¦ n d ¦ . A b ^ bpbbb . « . Chenevix ^ " ^ ^<^ ^^ . m ^ p * ^ p » T rfk ^ h ^ b Trench . p ^ Lp , ^ k * " * m " ^^ A ^ b pa I I ^ V S > A _ a ... — . bbbi . _
for an injunction until the hearing ^ of the ^ action bert Messrs or further , their . Yates order servants , Thompson to and * restrain agents , and the from Richard defendants printing Lam- , .
Mall Journals - publishing -- — . _ - ^ _ ^ Gazette - ^ _ — _ - _ _^ , of — _ containing - or ^^ . ^ ^_^_ selling ^_ ¦ ¦ ^ ^ p ^ ppwpp General . ^™ « g ^ h any ^ any pi' ^ p '^ B ^^ p . w extrac ^ p ^ copy # ¦» .. ¦ ^ p * pb » ^ p *^ T ^ P' t H of ^ ^ from b 4 BM ^^ the p' ^ 4 | J ^ l ' Pall The ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^
Major-C . G . Gordon , Manuscri C . B ., at Kartoum pt Introduction , printed from and the Notes Original by
; A . Egmont and Hake in the , " course otherwise of fair than comment for the purpose
and criticism . ' the Mr plaintiffs . Elton , comp Q . C . lained , and Mr that . Farwell long extracts , for
from the ' Journ , als' had been published in the Pall Mall Gazette without comment or
the criticism detriment , and of that the such sale a of course General operated Gordon to 's
1 Journals . ' Mr . Graham Hastings . Q . C . ( with whom
was Mr . Levett ) , urged that a fatal objection lay — - ^^ against - ^^^— - — - this - ¦ - - app — _ — _ lication w -1 - ¦ - —_~ —_¦ _ _ , - — inasmuch ^^ ^^ v _^ ^_ - ^ ^^^^ f ^ - ^» - ^^^ b ^^ v ^^ ^^ ^ as hp- ^ bt >^ the - ^» ^ BP B « ^^^
defendants Gazette to the had plaintiffs sent a copy who of in acknowled the Pall Mall ging
the — recei — — —*¦ — pt ~— - —^ m ~ of pi ^^ ^^^ the ^— ¦ ^^ ^^^ number ^^ , ^ H — ^^— ^^ , ^ . ¦ , ^^^ ^^— expressed - ^— ^ " ^^^ —^^^ - ^ m ^^^^^^ - ^^ ^ ^ ww ^ BB ^^ ^^^^^ their SVBBh ^^^ ^^ m ^^^ ^^ BBB ^ fc pleasure at finding that-extracts were being
published in the paper . Mr . Justice Kay . —But the plaintiffs were at liberty on consideration to change their
minds . Cannot some arrangement be made between Mr . Hastings the parties . — ? We may want to make
further extracts in another article on the Soudan business , which does not seem to be ended yet .
^¦ BV . » 4 V ^*^« ^ BBT ^ B «^ B > « - ^ B-1 ^»» «¦ Mr . Justice Kay . —I shall not prevent your making fair extracts .
and Mr Mr . . Hastings Paul actuall . —These y inserted were fair part extracts of our ,
comment in his advertisements . Mr . Justice Kay . —I find whole columns of extracts BB without BBBB any comment ¦ ¦¦ at all .
degree ^ ^ ^ l p 4 ^ B ^ B BBBB ^^ g ^ P . 1 ^ " ^¦* | B ^ k |¦ B ¦ ^ Mr * BBp ^ B ^ BP ^ P » - ^^ bP . . ^ ^ f Vft »* B ^ ^ B ^ ^ P H * The *^ ^ " . ^ .. » ^ astings ^ « . ^* W ^^ BP ^ BT BBP Times " ^^ BW ¦ . ^ ^ ^ ~ r - ^ ^ BT ^ BI ^^ ^ ^ r ^ . ^^^ — - ^ p « " ^ gave ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B ^^ ^ That ^^^^ h ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ —^ ^ far ^ — ^^ - is fuller ^^^ — - ^ * ^ ^ — a — ^ r ~ — — - ^^^ ¦ question — extracts - ^— — " - — — — ' — — — . of
Mr ^ Mr pWV B * Bk » V . . ff Elton Hastings . B ^ BtpjBl . —piBaj Bf ^ p * . BB ^ ^ . — ^ ^^» Have V *^ . m — - ^ I . " you am ¦* V ¦ ¦¦ seen told ^ ^ .- " """ ^ " ** the ^ so ^ ' " ^ . ^ Times At ~ " " ^ ? all ' ^_ . ¦ a - ^ a KB ^ ah * * H * V A
intend events , to we reprint have onl it . y 75 copies left and do not aVB Mr > V BpVBk . fl ^| . 0 Justice ^ BBP * ^ m ^ FBT BBBBI ^ B | ^^ . T ^ HbbBV Kay flBBBBPflBV ^ PlVV ^ Bbi bB"B . W —This ^^^ Bi » - ^ V ^ ¦ B II ^ mode — - •¦¦ ^^ — -P » ~^^ of — - - dealing — — - ^^^ _
with a book is not fair criticism in a newspaper are . not However going to , I make shall be fresh satisfied extracts if you or
reprint Ultimatel . the motion stood over on the defendants ¦ PihB giving VipK y •¦»¦ an undertaking in terms of
^ p ^ ^^^ f * ^^ ***¦¦ ^^ B ^ p ^ pB ^ P *^^ * . » V P ^ * . H ^ h ^^^^ BBBT « m " ^ W— V ^ ^^^ ' — — ~ — ~ " ^ L ^ M the notice of motion . Our ^—A V 4 LJLA readers ^ J % M \ J + ^ J * »* # will »» ***¦ remember * n > ^ fr » J * # fc ^^*»*» r % ^ - ¦^^¦ •^ that ^ r ™ , ™ ww w in ———¦ the — * ^^_ — . _ h BB ^ B | 4 PH ^^ B ^ V A ^ V
general Publishers ^ * remarks ' Circular ^ ^ for ^^ Jul the y prevalence 1 we made of a few the
custom of making upon wholesale quotations from new new booka books . to to tne the detriment detriment of ot the tne sale saio of oi such sucn
books worts . that Of , this course is , done it ia only that with is to really gre with at ; say ,
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1885, page 735, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081885/page/3/
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