By far the most fascinating nas-sages in this exceedingly stinfulating autobiography are those la. which the author describes his youthful experiences as an ofice boy in the firm of J. M. Dent & Ca, That important position had been held by him in a shipping concern, ud one" historic! 'Monday he was' transferred, at a. wage of 15/-'a week, as reception clerk, salesman. and utility boy in the book-publishing trade, in which he remained for the nexi'25. years. His new. master: was Joseph Mallaby Dent, who himself began life as working book-binder and, as wverytone knows, was-one of the pioneers the production of the cheap Engish classics. Dent: tumbled into the publishing trade by accident. His book-binding sense of artistic deeency was offended by the. form in
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