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them, to know that they exist, and then to actually 

 see them — as Londoners see them in every street — 

 is a logical process leading to purchases. As already 

 pointed out, there are little shops in every village and 

 hamlet where the local paper can be obtained which 

 would gladly expose books for sale if the offer were 

 made to them. The same remark applies to the shops 

 in the market towns. These, too, require to be sup- 

 plied ; they require the thing explained to them, and 

 they would at once try it. Finally, let a traveller 

 once now and then come along, and call at these shops 

 to wake up and stir the business and change the face 

 of the counter. Let him while in the hamlet also call 

 at as many houses and cottages as he can manage in 

 a few hours, leaving circulars — always circulars — 

 behind him. There would then be a complete system 

 of supply. 



