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A Publisher and His Friends

CHAPTER VI
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We must veto ponderous articles; they will simply sink us." Isaac D'Israeli also tendered his advice.

He was one of Mr.Murray's most intimate friends, and could speak freely and honestly to him as to the prospects of the _Review_.

He was at Brighton, preparing his third volume of the "Curiosities of Literature." _Mr.I.D'Israeli to John Murray_.
"I have bought the complete collection of Memoirs written by individuals of the French nation, amounting to sixty-five volumes, for fifteen guineas....

What can I say about the _Q.R. ?_ Certainly nothing new; it has not yet invaded the country.

Here it is totally unknown, though as usual the _Ed.


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