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    Messrs. A. & W. Galignani Ajsfd

    stud aives y us these a most many years hic account past .. of This the brothers article grap

    Galignani are indeb and ted their for good the fo work llowi s , and informa to it - we ng

    tion : — The father of these late exemplars of the genus o Cheeryble Brothers was a native of

    Brescia in Italy , and also an accomplished linguist , who , in the last decade of the eig m ^^ ^^ ^^^^ h vm » ^ m : teenth ^ m- -m ? - * mv ^— - — century — - _ — - g , - — foun ... — — — — d his ~— way - — — m t n """ r o ~ " ~ ^ L ^^^^^~ ondo ~~ ^ " ~ ~~ — — ~~ n ~~~ ~~ , * mj

    where he married an English lady , who bore him two sons . The elder , John Anthony , was born in the English capital in 1796 , and

    the younger n the year , Wil 18 liam 00 G , in alignani 1798 . removed with hi 3 wife and children to Pariswhere he

    established a bookselling and publishing , business ; and , in 1808 , he ventured upon what most people would have thought a hazardous

    speculation . At the moment when Napoleon I . had cajoled or coerced Austria and Spain into joining the Continental blockade against the

    Nation of Shopkeepers , Galignani started a English English monthly Literature Literature publication . science Science , * The aand nd Repertory Art Art . ' This This of

    periodical was written , in Eng , , lish about English matters , and it is not surprising that at such

    a time and under such conditions it was not a success . But whenin 1814 after twenty-two years

    of almost incessan , t w , arfare Europe entered on a peaceful period , only temporarily interrupted by the return of the Emperor from

    tunity Elba , G o ffe gnani red to at his once enterprise embraced by the founding oppor-Galignani ' s Messengerwhich first appeared

    only once a week . , M . Galignani died in 1821 ; and , no long time after his decease , his sons J ohn Anthony and

    William took the management of the paper into their own Lands and made it a daily instead of weekly publication JL . The elder

    brother never changed his nationality ; but t F he rench younge citizen r , William thus , symbolising became a n the aturalised policy

    they always consistentl , y followed K-J ; which m- was v durable to cement — _ _ alliance , as far between as lay France in their and Eng power ^^ land , a .

    But besides the Mex & ervjer ( which years ago well merited the popularity it enjoyed and the pra _ — ¦ i — — ises ~~* i ^ -mm- w- ^» - of — - Albert Smith in the clever song am

    whose refrain is quoted above ) , the Brothers well Galignani as bookselling had a larg business e Eng . lish For publis we ¦ speak hing as of

    a time - — -r * m » ^ »^» when - — ~ ^~ international m m copyright convenanterior tions — _ - ^_ — were to Mr as . - yet Justice unknown Talfourd , and ' s Copyri an ^^ ^ m g ^ age Jht

    Act rinted ; so that on the Eng Continent lish books with could no then more be regard rep for the Eng fmmv lish ¦ —¦ ¦ a - ¦ uthor ¦— ¦— or publisher

    than _^ ~ m ^ pfllfc VVJh Ym ^ is m * ¦ , shown ^ - ^ ^^ " ^ ^™ " ¦ ^» " in ~ ' ~ ^— ' — these ~~ " — r w ( more — — - — - - ^ enli — ~ — g htened ~ - „ . _ . ^ - - -. ^^ ?) days by some , at least , of our American

    cousins . Whatever view may be taken of these matterswhich do notafter allconcern the /

    subject ^ 7 , in hand , there , is no doubt , the firm of A . & W . Galignani prospered . Riches

    incr creased eased ; : but but the the brothers brothers did did not not set set their their hearts upon them . They rather studied to do good . From the year 1827 the brothers

    I occupied a house at Etiollea in the parish of

    Town Corbeil Hall , where in a now square may called be seen after near them the a

    pedestal monument of which , in marble " ~ " — bears —M _ this to ^^ ^^ h their simp ^ Hm *» - ^^ mp ^ le memory V ™ yet »«» "J ^ mm * eloquent V m * « V ~ fc H , ^ m »^» m the , H W ^ T

    ^ nani m nscri in ption recognition : Tp ^_ -mv ^— ^— Anthony - - » - -m— b - »—— y the — ^— ' - ^ —^ and town ^ m ^ ^ k *^^ , ^ B ^ B Km William r KW and - ^^ W ^^ r my pa -fc , — ^ rish ^^ r Gali ^ m ^^ - ^^ mBaBt g of - '

    187 Corbeil T 5 , g . Girl —1886 s' Schools , ^^ - ^ Hosp — ^— ^^ - ^^ - = ^^ . ^ m ital ^ and ~^ r-- , — ^^ Hos - ^^ - ^^ Asy m ^ K ^^ p ^ . —^ *• ice j lums mmr ^^ h ^^ av Gali ^^ ^ v v ^ V ; ^ B gnani ^ 1877 A ^ H ^«^ " ^ p ^ H , ^ M r -

    es Orp tablishments hanage ; 1873 . -1883 , legacies to hospital | John Anthony Galignani died on December

    nearl 30 oU 1882 . , . y 1 1873 » 7 But nine * 5 . . as Wiliiam W years illiam the , brothers dy survivprl survi ing ved on were December h h ;' S s as brother "hrnth one 12 fir in , . ! !

    after their thoug Anthony ht * , ' s wo death rds , and William deeds ¦ pursue in life d , the so ,

    — w ~^ ~^ — — — ^ ^~ ^~ ^~^ , ^ m ^^ ^^ ~» mv ^ ^ ^ . ^^ h " ™ ^» ^^ w *^ f ^ fc *^» ^ fc ^ ^ fc . ^^ ^^ mB K * ^^^ f deeds same assoc benefi iated cent his cou brother rse , and ' s in name all h is th his d

    own . LaRetraite — ¦ " ^ " ~~ - Gali ^* -- ^ ^ m mV gnan " ¦ H ^ -m * V BSmW ¦ m i » ¦ m is * I H situated W * *• ~» Wjl ^ l *^»» ~^ ^* ^^ at «* ~* > Neuill 4 ™ ^* ~^ V mfe *• 4 * y J M ,

    covere a prett d y with suburb buildings of Paris by , now that rapidl ubiqui y being tous

    person endowed the by speculative William Gali builder gnani . with It an has income been > .

    from V 140 «« J ¦ V * -V , 00 land I 0 J- ^ a francs « ^ J , houses Lw rf * . _ , . -. ^ equal _ - » ± ^ - , and . _ . to - J about funded C __ — - _ 1 _ J £ 5 proper , 600 — . sterling - ty A . . , of _ ^ y __ P T ¦

    per is unforeseen cap annum italised . contingencies Of every this year ] incom mm ^ . to e provide one-ninth against part j j

    rather The with building — - a vie — ' " — mw , w which mmK -m » " ^ to -Pw m ^ ^ m durability v ^^ has V been and constructed comfort | i

    furniture than for show and fittings , cost 700 134 , 0 , 000 00 francs francs , . and In all the , f 6

    This 834 , 000 , for francs an almshouse , or about to hold £ 33 , 3 100 C 0 inmates sterling , .

    seems very moderate indeed . been The engaged inmates in are artistic of both or literary sexes , avocations and have

    or in the book or printing trades . The two , pay sexes £ t 20 ake sterling their mea ( 500 ls se francs para ) tel each y ; 50 for inmates their [ j

    b ture oard , and gas , and ging fuel , pay . ing Fift also y for are their admi furni tted - ) j

    gratuitously- 10 of them are old booksellers or printers , nominated by the Paris Book- ' sellers and Printers * Club ; 20 French learned |^

    men nominated by the Society of Friends of ;? Science ; 10 French writers and 10 artists

    elec l t ed by tho Jl Acad A *¦ e ' mie Franyaise X 7 » and the , / J Acade " mie des Beaux-Arts . The testator , with ^ A A ^ ^ a ^ ^ ^ B «« - ~ ^ Wit

    characteristic . feeling , says in his wil l : * As the r nominations must be mentioned in the pub- I lished Reports of these Societies , the names I

    must only be indicated by initials . ' The library consists of 2 , 000 volumes , the generous gift of the Paris Printers and

    Booksellers' Club . All the volumes are uniformly bound and bear the arms of the Club . The pensioners may borrow the books and read

    at them the in end their of a rooms month , but . they must be returned For further particulars of the management

    of this admirable institution we must refer the concluding reader mfc' m ^ - mm Km -mm- v ^ mj ^ mi -v to -V H ^ M Bm M Mll ^ ^ remarks ^ . Maxime P . ^» Wm ^ ¦ ' ^ mm ¦ H « l H not Mm m ^ m Du ^ ^ m- onl -m ^ - k ^ Camp bhj w ^ y h Km in > ^ m m ^ ' s regard m ^ — ar r ^ P *& ticle . to — this His — ... _^

    the for particular consideration the old asylum age of , of workers but every also r in thoug as general to htful the provision , deserve reader . ¦ I

    and especially at this — present ~— time . 1

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    june 16 , 1890 The Publishers' Circular 7 S , '

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 16, 1890, page 751, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16061890/page/13/