ar_as is the name of the great publishing house of Smith, Elder & Ca., the name of its senior partner, Mr. George Murray Smith, was little known to the general public, and it is only his death Which has revealed to many the greatness of the services which he rendered to his country. Ihe great business which he conducted was never conducted simply lan eye to the profits to be made; Mr.
Smith rejoiced in the discovery of venins and in presenting their works tothe world, He published for Charlotte Bronte, Darwin, Leigh Hunt, Thackeray, Browning, George Eliot, Ruskin, Matthew J, Anthony Trollope anda host of other great writers; he founded the "Corn.
me," the Pall Mall Gazette,"
"Dictionary of National Biogrs-Wrote tact "year in honour of the com by." At the benguet given at the Mansion
jon of that last monumental work, Mr. Murray Swnith intimated that. it hid ce-t. between £140,000 and £150,000 to produce, and that' not much more than half that amount had been got Umek from sales. Of nurse, the copyright is still of great value. Some day probably, it may even prove a profitable undertaking. But the fact remains that Mr, Smith has cou tained a state subsidy, a sum of £60,000 or £70,000. The "Times" announc-s that M-. Murray Smith's name, had he lived, {would hav app-ared in the King's first list of new titles of honour.
12h April.
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