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the attainment ofagoncral know- s'oppose h une connaissance grnr- 



ledge of the enylisli -writers, on rale des i^crivains anglais, 

 account of tlie exorbitant price 

 of books printed in England. 



There can be therefore no n „'est done aucune speculation 



booksellingspeculationmoread- de librairie plus avantageuse , en 



vantageous both to commercial m6me temps, aux intdr^ts da com- 



intcrests and those of literature, merce eta ceux de la litterature 



than those reimpressions which que ces reimpressions qui tendent 



tend to deliver us from that spe- a nous affranchir de I'espece de 



cies of tax which is annually le- t"but leve anuuellement sur nous 



vied on us by the presses of Lon- P'T 'es presses de Londres et d'E- 



don and Edinburgh. In this res- dimbourg. Ace titre, nous pouvons 



pectwe may without vanity here '^'''^•' '''"''' l^^^'l"^ °'S"eil 1* l^^lle 



take notice of that beautiful ^'''''O" ^^* OEuvres completes de 



edition of lord Byron's complete L*""^ ^y°"' ^« 7 volumes in-8C)', 



„r } ■ 1 ■ o »i- comme I'entreprise la plus remar- 



Works, in 7 vol. m-o. , as the ^ / 



, ,, ■ c 1 quable en ce genre, puisque les Au- 



mostremarkable enterprise ot the ^ . " ' r i 



- _ ,. , . glais eux-mdmes I'ont vantee com- 



kmd, since the English them- ° , ^ ,, 



me unchet-d oeuvre de typographie 



selves extol it as a chet-d oeuvre , ,. . , . t 



et une edition econonuque. J usquc- 



of tvpoirraphy and an extremely ,, , , 



■''=''■'. -^ la , les romans en vogue et quelques 



cheap edition. Till then , the ro- ,, , . ui • . 



^ ouvrages elementaires semblaient 



mances which were the most in ^^^j^ ^,^^^^5^ j^ ^^.^.^,^^ ^.^^^ ^ ._ 



vogue and a few elementary impression en France. La direction 



works seemed alone to have ob- p,„^ g^^^.^^ ^^^^^^ 3„^ ^j^,j^^ ^^_ 



taincd the privilege of being re- dernes, doit encouragercbaque jour 



printed in France. The graver davantage les ^diteurs francais a 



turn now given to modern studies ^tendre a des ouvrages plus serieux 



ought to encourage every day et plus utiles ces veritablesconqu^tes 



more and more french editors denotre typographic sur les presses 



to extend to more serious and de la Grande-Bretagne. 

 useful studies these ( if I may be 

 allowed the expression ) real 

 conquests of our presses over 

 those of Great Britain. 



Among the english writers that Parmi les ecrivains anglais qui 



deserve to be universally known, (») Sur papier yilu^T^^MeT^. 



it is but just to place histO- trait, saline, prix 70 fr. 



