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'Treloar, William Purdie, 1843- . Ludgate Hill,
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Trevelyan, Sir G. 0., Bart., 1838- .The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. 2 vols. 8vo, Longmans, 1876.
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In Memoriam Nicholas Triibner. By A. H. Sayce. Triibner's American, European, and Oriental Literary Record, Nos. 197-8. London, April, 1884.
Borsenblatt fiir den Deutscher Buchhandel, Nr. 118 und 121. 8vo, Leipzig, 1884.
Centralblatt fiir Bibliothekswesen. 8vo, Leipzig, June, 1884.
Mr. Triibner's MS. in German on the 'Book Trade of the Ancients ' (see MR. AXON'S note, 9th S. xii. 316) cannot now be found. Mr. Karl Triibner, of Strasburg, writes that "it "is not among the books he left to the University of Heidel- berg, but I might find it somewhere else. As soon as I get a trace of it I shall let you know." Tizetelly, Henry, 1820-94. Glances back through
Seventy Years. 2 vols. 8vo, London, 1893. The greater part of this book deals with the author's life as a journalist, but he|was connected with publishing both as a young and an old man. He gives some interesting details with reference to Mr. T. N. Longman (I.), chap, x., and Mr. John Cassell, chap. xxiv. Wagner, L. How to Publish a Book or Article.
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EPILOGUE.
"If asked, Why Printers and Booksellers, in par- ticular ? I answer, they are a valuable class of the community the friendly assistants, at least, if not the patrons of literature, and I myself, one of the fraternity. Let the members of other professions, if they approve of the suggestion, in like manner record the meritorious actions of their brethren." John Nichols (quoted from the title page of Timperley's ' Dictionary of Printers and Printing,' 1839).
WM. H. PEET.
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occurred in England at Different Periods. Crown
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Williamson, R. M. Bits from an Old Book Shop By R. M. Williamson, of the Waverley Book Store, Leith Walk, Edinburgh. London, 1903.
'Wilson, Effingham, 1783-1868. A Biographical Sketch, reprinted from the City Press, 18 July 1868, &c. With Portrait. Printed for private circulation, 1868.
MARK HILDESLEY. A marble tablet, now
broken into two pieces, with a somewhat
curious history, may be seen let into a column
in the crypt beneath the chapel at Lincoln's
Inn. It commemorates Mark Hilsley, Hildsley,
Hildesley, or Hildersley, as the name is
variously spelt, and was discovered built into
the embrasure of a window at No. 13, Old
Square, when that building was demolished
in 1881. No. 8, Old Square now occupies
part of the site. In Foster's 'Alumni Oxon.'
it is stated that Mark Hildesley was a
Scholar of C.C.C., Oxford, in 1649, but he
graduated B.A. from Emanuel College, Cam-
