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The London Library: First Volume of the New Catalogue (1913)

In a preliminary note published in our Literary Supplement on February 27 last, concerning the new edition of the London Library Catalogue, it was suggested that the work "should be ready early next year" if the "present rate of progress can be kept up." Clearly that rate, a matter of 66 double-column pages a week, to be set, reviewed, and passed for press, has been more than fully maintained for the first volume, comprising the letters A to K, and extending to over 1,400 pages, has just been issued, and the concluding portion will probably be ready before Christmas.
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The London Library: First Volume of the New Catalogue (1913)

Wright's discoveries. For instance, the real name of Graham Everitt, author of "English Caricaturists" and other books was William Rodgers Richardson, a solicitor, who died at Norbiton on February 20, 1907. "William M. Cooper" (p.563) , the author of "The History of the Rod," was a pen-name of James Glass Bertram, as may be seen in his "Memories of Books, Authors, and Events" (p.xiii) , published by Messrs. Constable in 1893. There should have been a cross-reference under Henry Fielding to Adlerfeld's "Military History of Charles XII.," 1740
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The London Library: First Volume of the New Catalogue (1913)

These attempts formed the subject of hundreds of letters sent out during the preparation of the 1903 Catalogue, and have evidently been continued ever since. many of the mysteries must remain unsolved for all time, but the harvest has been abundant, and, from a literary point of view, a profitable one. So much labour has been spent on this phase in the compilation of the Catalogue that it might be assumed there is nothing else to be discovered, We may, however, be allowed to make a few additions to Dr.
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