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    had enemies been . a The poor man following he would passage have from had many Mr . William Jerdanfs " Men I have Known" will

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    proper name , as all the rest go by it . " ' Elzevir Illustrated Monthly ( Elzevir

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    Dec . 15 , 1890 The Publishers' Circular ! 6 oi

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    XIII . MR- ELLIOT STOCK . It has been written that wherever a

    bibliop Stock hile lives has and been breathes brought the home renown to him of . Elliot The

    house earned that a remar he has kable practicall reputation y buil in t himse a compara lf has

    entirel tively short ascribed time to , and the talent this success of the director may be . y

    ¦¦ V sides ^^ ~^ r ^ m ^^ The r W *^ commenced ^^ ^^ w ¦ business ¦ ' ¦ " —¦ ¦ - ¦ - ' " ^ " ~— — ' " as ^ " over ^ — exclusivel — ~ - which - — .--- y Mr — a - . Stock ksel pre ling _ -

    house . In 1831 James Dinni « occupied the premises at 62 Paternoster Row , and , in

    accordance with the usual custom of the

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    He time devoted , lived _¦ - ¦— ¦¦ in himself 1 the rooms to 1 the 1 second over his -hand own branch shop *

    must of - —— —— - the — — have — trade - — done —— - , althoug - ^ — - ^— some — - — -- ^ --- h publishing — ^^— in ^^ - » -- ¦¦ --- his ^ -- — —^ -----r ^^ -v lat - ~^ - ^_ - since ^ - _ - ^ ter ^^ -r -W — -W ^^ _ days ^ he F ^^ P ^ P- » ^_^ ' ^_ was ^ - ^ - ^___ . he ^^^ ^ - " H ^ .

    the first publisher of the ^ Royal 8 , vo , . edition of Youngman ' s ' Cruden ' s Concordance . ' Mr .

    Dinnis - __ old _ H-k a age _ . retired and A d y ing in _> due ^__ ouly course a few , living ^ years _ h ¦_ _ . r ago to a . good He

    sold his business to Benjamin L . Green ( an apprentice of John Snow ) , who embarked in

    wor modern ks of booksellin a religious g and charac also ter the . publishin The present g of

    proprietor Greenand of at the the house exp was iration apprenticed of his appren to Mr . -

    ticeshi , p he continued for a short period A X as manager . Mr . Stock finally bought the

    business at the in earl 185 y , age and of started twenty- on two his . He own continued account

    d on uall the y same increas lines ed as the his X predecessor lishing <_> depar , bu t t gra t -

    until it became the chief part of the firm ' s house responsi adj bilities oining . No About . 62 twent was y taken years ago havin the g

    been previously occupied for over one , hundred years by Dollondj optician . The two

    houses were t •/ hrown int , o one _ . , thus creating most commo — di— ous px remises , j and they fare now

    s tocked would be th a difficult n extraordinar to lace y var in iet y of books t of . py

    order advisable the works to brin that Mr t . since Stock th has thoug include ht - -- - g £ ey

    q be uarian lles-lettres s— tudy , r fo eli lk g - - lore , us boo na , , tural ks , wor history ks on // biblio anti-

    grap x hy , and , kindre 7 d subjects , . Some , of the firm ' s grea o test successes —have been achieved in

    pearance this 1 latter of class such of books work , when and the produce x tasteful : ! bears

    apled evidence —^_ - —** w ge h ^^^ k - ^^ v ¦¦ disp - ^ r ^ - » ¦ - r ^^ « t ^^ o layed - ¦ - *»~^ m t he __ r —^ * - — in stri their - ^ ct - ~^ - ^— care — productions and ample . know The

    reproduc standard b tion book ¦__ 1 of s firs such t editions as ' The of Pil Eng grim lish ' s

    Progress - — -- _^ - ~_^ -- _ - _^ ^^ h - ^ p- ___ - ™ r ^ v ^__« - _ v «^ , ' 4 _ . - The __ ^ ^^^ ^^ - _ ~ . — ^^ , ^ H Book i ^^_ — ^ ^ iim - ^— ^^ of — — St _^ v _ i . . Alban A ^ ^ s , ' ^ J 4 * The r * V % Vicar of Wakefield , ' ' Robinson Crusoe /

    and Herbert eih ' t s ' Temp th cen le t , ' r classics d other has seven made teent Mr h . gy

    Stock - ^ ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ IV ^ . ^^ ' s B ^^ k ^^ " ^ nam ^ m ^^ ^^^ ^ " . ^ . ^ ^^ e W ^^ ^ IWB bes ^ i ^ ^^^ - ^^ t ^^ known 1 ^^ - —T H " — — — among ^ - — , ^_ collectors and bibliograp Y ^^ T ^ fc *^^ T < . ¦ 4 ^ b ^^^^ JP ^^ h ^^^ ^ . ^^ V M ^ hers V ^^ ^^^ ^>^ B *^^ on ^^^ ^ . V ^^ B bo ^^ ^*^ th l ^>^ ^_^ - ^^^ - sides ^_ - r- . ^ ^ — - ^ - of the Atlantic .

    man The ' s ' Book Magazine -lover ' s Library Library ' ' and have the also Gentle been

    successfulas have likewise several periodicals which Mr . , Stock has initiated and carried to

    s successful tudof na positions turemostl . His well books illustrated on the popular have y ,

    attained In y the an course equall , of y la a rge recent sale conversation . with

    Amersham Mr k . « . kAA . Stock A PfcJR J »»*»»» we rv School »•*• leajned an •¦ '"" es th tablishment ¦—— at —¦ - — - ^ he - — — was educat which e I has at ^\^^ ^^ . ^^ ' *^ ^^ ^ , ^^ ^ "

    in sent var ou ious t many walks men of who life hav during e risen the to last eminence

    halfcentury . He has two sons engaged with him in the business .

    remarked Speaking that of he the was Row now , Mr one . Stock of its casually oldest for nearl

    year denizens s . The , having changes both bee in in he n the the had there seen firms there and during y their meir 40

    l that th ub at l i ishers ng time ti me men PJ , , have Mf , both are migrated ver ww w y -w great westward T T n « - nrms . Many ana and of their the

    p |^ V * K * AAKFMM . JM . A * T V mm , mM . ^ m . . v v . . —^ , p of nf laces other nt . hflr have trarlpH trades become , This This filled has has greatly exeatlv up b al altered y tered person me the s

    aspect of the Row , as compared with former

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 15, 1890, page 1601, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15121890/page/9/