THE PIONEERS OF CHEAP REPRINTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1297, 28 November 1911, Page 11

THE PIONEERS OF CHEAP REPRINTS.

The dentil of Mr. Heni-y Boirn would: have been more general] r noticed ten or fifteen years ago (says a writer in the Manchester Guardian"). Nowadays cheap reprints of all kinds of literature are so numerous that Bonn's Library is no longer tho .household word I hat i't was. 31r. Jtlenry liohn was the eldest son nnd partner of the man who started the onco famous library. We should not, I am afraid, be very grateful for any of its volumes now. They wore cheap books in an ago when Urn materials and means of production woro not so cheap as they have beconio since, and the result was that they were very cramped iu appearance. The paper was poor, (ho type showed through, tho binding was- ugly, nnd," compared with any meilern series of re'prints, they lacked distinction. But-they-brought versions of classical books within reach of tho poor, oven within reach of the schoolboy. . Bonn's Library was a notable provider of "cvib.v" and the very name of liohn was enough to infuriate a form-master of the eighties. In middle life Mr. Henry Bolin joined the Bar, and with the late Mr. M'Connell, who became Chairman of London Sessions, ho practised on the Xorth-Eastern' Circuit. But failing health began to keep him at his homo in Kensington, and thefo he lived to the gobd ago of 78. talking with enthusiasm of his father's publishing ideals and collecting china. SPECIALITIES IN HCJMAS HAIR Mrs. Rolleston, "56 Lninbton Quav, makes a speciality of hairwork in a 'ji its branches, and imports direct from leading hair merchants the best Eur., lish and Continental hair. " Complete transformations to order (not 1 imported), from JM -Is.; toupees, from £i 10s. Clusters of curls from Ts. Gd. A very lai'RO variety of switches suitable for rolls, plaits, or swatheing from 15s. 6d. Natural hair pads, ss. Gd. Natural hair, covered, first quality hair 2is. Chignon hair frames, 3s. 6d. (as now worn). ■ . . . HairdressinK taught eratis to purchasers of huinaa hair enods Advice free on all matters relating to tho hair and complexion.* SUPERFLUOUS RAIU. destroyed by "Eusma" (Keg.). A guarantee- given with' each case Undertaken. Skilled massage, shampooing, manicnring, etc. Mrs. llullen and Miss Holland, i.tmLton Quay, over "Economic." 'Phono ' 1017. RHEUMO IS THE GREAT REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM. Rheumo comes as a boon and a blessing to those troubled with RHEUMATISM and kindred complaints. It cures effectually and permanently for it eliminates tho excess Uric Acid from tho blood. Chemists and Stores everywhere, 2s. (id. and Is. b'd.—AdTt. ' 16 Weddings—Shower Bouquets for brido and bridesmaids. Only the Choicest of Kowers used. Specially packed, and sont lo any part i>! (lift " Dominion. ,Mk-t , Murray, :!0 Willis Street (l-'loriit to TliH Excellency L<jrd Isliagton), I