PUBLISHERS. 



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the "world. Wynkyii de Worde,and 

 Pynson,aud "learned John Day," 

 were all of the Stationers' Com- 

 pany. 



INTENTIONAL ERRATA. 



Besides the ordinary mistakes 

 which take place in printing, there 

 are others which are sometimes 

 purposely committed, in order to 

 have an opportunity of introducing 

 into the Errata, what could not 

 have been permitted in the body of 

 the work. In those countries, for 

 instance, where the Inquisition ex- 

 ists, and particularly in Kome, the 

 use of the word Fatum, or Fata, in 

 any printed work is forbidden. An 



author who wished to make use of 

 the latter, adopted this scheme : 

 He printed the word throughout 

 his book, Facta; and then, hi the 

 Errata, he placed a notice, For 

 Facta, read Fata. A similar expe- 

 dient was resorted to by Scarron. 

 He had composed some verses, to 

 which he had prefixed a dedication 

 in these words: "A Guillemette, 

 chienne de ma soeur." Some time 

 after, having quarrelled with his 

 sister, just as he was preparing for 

 the press a collection of his poems, 

 he maliciously printed among the 

 Errata of the book, For " Chienne 

 de ma soeur," read "Ma chienne do 

 soeur." 



PUBLISHERS, 



THE HARPERS OF NEW YORK. 



In 1826, James and John Harper 

 worked as journeymen in a print- 

 ing-office in New York. They 

 were distinguished, like Franklin, 

 for industry, temperance, and eco- 

 nomy. The well-known editor of 

 the Albany Evening Journal worked 

 as a journeyman printer at that 

 time in the same establishment. 

 "James," says he, "was our partner 

 at the press. We were at work as 

 soon as the day dawned ; and 

 though, on a pleasant summer after- 

 noon, we used to sigh occasionally 

 for a walk upon the Battery before 

 sundown, ho never would allow the 

 ' balls to be capped ' until he had 

 broken the back of the thirteenth 

 token.'" 



What is the sequel ? The jour- 

 neyman printer of 1826 has become 

 the head of one of the first if not 

 the first publishing houses in the 

 world ; a man of ample fortune, and 

 enjoying the confidence of his fel- 

 low-citizens in an eminent degree. 

 It was in 1844 that, in the city in 

 which lie was first known as a jour- 

 neyman printer, his name was made 



the rallying cry of a new politi- 

 cal party, whose irresistible enthu- 

 siasm and overwhelming numbers 

 speedily elevated him to the chief 

 magistracy of the great metropolis 

 of the western world. (Arvine.) 



WILLIAM BUTTON, THE BOOKSELLER. 



William Hutton, well known in 

 the literary world as a bookseller, 

 struggled in early life with innu- 

 merable difficulties. His own ac- 

 count of his first adventure as a 

 bookseller is a good specimen of 

 that spirit of indomitable persever- 

 ance which is ever the forerunner 

 of success. He determined to set 

 up in that character in the town of 

 Southwell, about fourteen miles 

 from Nottingham. Here he accord- 

 ingly opened a shop, with, as he 

 expresses it, about twenty shillings' 

 worth of trash for all his stock. 



" I was," says he, u my own joiner, 

 put up my shelves and furniture, 

 and in one day became the most 

 eminent bookseller in the place." 

 Being employed, however, during 

 the other days of the week, in work- 

 ing at Nottingham as a bookbinder, 

 he could only give his attendance at 



