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    earninin various at least £ 100 a he year was came ; and in so g , by he stealing was , for ways books he began , and as finding soon as a

    very 11 C ices v <« ready - . «» - " - ' His market delinquencies «/ for them ^ at were ridiculousl discovered y low cj ; pr he promptly boltedleaving behind him a

    pocket his regular -book t in nightl which » -j y , visits he had - ¦ - ¦ to — ¦ faithfull ¦ one theatre y recorded ¦¦¦¦¦¦ -- or - — -

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    of the cases here glanced at , the culprit , should at once b . . . have been handed over to the police .

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    whether prosecuted ; or not , the crime say in , each case has brought its own reward in the prompt

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    quote of foolish , , weak- many minded youths , being brought into trouble through finding too easy

    a market for these in shops the owners of which must be only too well aware that they

    were purchasing goods not honestly come by . I have written these plain lines in trie hope

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    false step he will pause and ask himself the question :

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    From Messrs . Alden & Co ., Oxford ( London : HamiltonAdams & Co)—That ' Alden ' s Oxford

    , , . Guide * has reached its twenty ^ forirth thousand is surela sufficient assurance as to the worth and

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1886, page 1013, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091886/page/11/