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      Louisa M. Alcott.* Wherever The English ...

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      There is a very graphic description of her early to strugg win les literary and frequent recognition defeats HJb in put her amid attempt it

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      kept practical a « v % / k her bright ath and and merry - * - ^» goodwill ¦ ¦ temper i » for , and others ¦¦»¦ her .

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      soldiers in the Givil War , and the other shortly before her W death lf in BlBB 1 B 87 It onl f yremains F <^ to

      f ^ _ W ^ B ^ Bf ^ B > ^ m ^ Jm < ^ m ^ ^» « ^ B ^ «^ ^ hB *« k ^ BB >* 1 ^ ^ B * B & ^ fe B ^^ L > Tl I ^ ta ^ ^ B . ' * Q . ff ^ ^ BT ^ .- B » >^ B «^ W , B ^ ^ B «« - •^¦^ ' ¦ B " * ^ B ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^« - labour be said of that love Mrs with . Cheney sympathetic has performed insight and a

      no small measure also of literary skill . Ol

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      A Practical Suggestion.

      A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION .

      To the Editor of the Publishers' Circular . Sir bBb —Will you allow me to use your columns

      B ^^^^ B' * J ^ B » , ^ B ^^^ ^^^ * P .. W ^^ rf ^ ^ fc ^^ B ^ fc" ^^ ^^™ ^^ fei ^ ^* W V ^^* BHb BBI ^ BbB" ¦ ^ B" ^^ B ^ ^ B ^^^ " ^^ ^^^ F ^^^ ^ " ^ Bfc "BB * ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ Bj ^^*^ B ^™ 4 v ^* BBk BB | V ^ bbV to call attention to a paper on ' A New Size Notation for Modern Books hh ' which I read

      ¦ before ^ Bllhm , ^^^^ V ^ # ^^^^ V BB * ^™• ^^^^ the ^^^ *™ . ^^^^ Library ^^^ ^^^™ ^^^^ " * — ^ v ^^ ^^^ ^ Association ^^ ^^ b ^>* ^^^ " ™* B *^ ~ i ~ ^^ ^^» - ^¦ v ^^ r , ^ h the ^^^ v ^ ^^ h other ^ b *^ ^^ ^^ h ^^^ B ^ to day ^ . to ^^^* ^ b ^^^ ^^^ ? The ^^^ bb > bbb ^^^^ matter ^^^^^ to ^^ B ^ B ^^^ ^ JBT ^^ ^* B" ^^^* is *^^ *^**^ one ^^^ m ^^™ ^^^ that ^^ p ^^ m ^ *^^ ^^ ^^> concerns ~^^ p — - ^ m ^^ m ^^^ - ^^ r ¦ ^^™ ^ p ^ v ^ *^^^ ¦ publishers ^^ r ^^ ^ v ^^^ ^ k rm ^ ^^» ^ " ^ ta ^ BBb V ^ bb *

      quite as much as librarians ; indeed , publishers must A ^ fb V ^ rfBh B ^ JV » B » ^ first B >^ B » ¦!> V ^ b ** ^* " be ' *¦ " ^ B" ¦ willing V « . > ^^ ^^ ^ " ~~ ~ " 1 VB > t ^^ o ^ ¦ ' ¦ adop -w ^ ^^ h- ^ - t ^ v ¦ suc ¦* - ^—^ - ^^ ^ h k ^ b a w * " ^ r v sca ^^ ^ B * B ^^ B" l BV e ^* bB "

      before librarians can use it . un BBt d Briefl er four y , i BBfc nc flB my hes proposed h B «* ih Bl which scale would is this common » : —Books l

      be V ^^ ^ k o ^^^ Vfe mar W «^»* "Bta B »» b k ^ k ^ ^ by ed ^>> > ( h ^ Bjb ^ ^ M owever W ^ BB » ^^^ ^^ ^™ g IV ^ k *™ B ^ incorrec , * ** ' ^ ^^ ^^^ ^* ^^ tl V v y ^^^ , ^ " ^^ ^* so ^ k ^^ b ^ far ^ ta >^ ^ B ^» ^^ ^ as 4 ^^ ^ fe ^^^ ^ t ^ B he ^ y W meaning of the terms goes ) 24 mo ., 32 mo .,

      48 4-Rmn mo ., . & frcc .., - would would all all Vbe > n classed clasaed und unrler ar A A . We may call them ' pocket volumes . ' B ^^ g ^ r ^^ oo ^^ ^^^ k ^ k « k s r * from « to ^^ ^ k ^ T ^* « b «^ 19 four ^ ^ h ^ ^^> - ^ ^^ t ^«« o ^^ . ^ ei HI ^ B < g ^ pj ^ h ht ^ B ^^ ^ ff- ^ inches ^ ^ B ^^ ^ ^ B > ^ P * " ^ B ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ a > a hi ^« ^»¦ f « Bk g l ^^^ h h ^» , com ^ Bar ^ k ^ ¦•** ^ ft ^ fe

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      These are the so-called ' library editions . ' vanous various Books folio folio over sizes nizAft twelve . would "would inches be V > a T D . high , i . e . the

      That this classification , is simple enough , no one will deny . The question is , whether it

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      A Practical Suggestion.

      a more elaborate scale . But I shall be glad if my proposal evokes discussion .

      Yours faithfully , Arthur W . Huttow ,

      Librarian of the Gladstone Library . National Liberal Club

      , October 9 , 1 ^ 89 . j

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      and the Putnam Phalanx . " The Boston Mob I and William Lloyd Garrison ; J and " The [ I

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      ¦ ¦ copyri first question ght in to conjunction be considered with will the be Printing that of ¦ and Music lviuaiu Trades iciuSections otsuiiouaIt is also proposed

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1889, page 1330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101889/page/12/