WORRIED BOOKSELLERS.
Ifc is curious how 'badly the 'booksellers of London have always fared, considering tlhat Lqndora must ponton* -the largest xeadimg public in the world. la St Paiul's C&urohyard, -Where the booksellers formed' part of thie immense rpop-ukticm' for -whom 200 gallons of beer Tvere •provided' daily they- were driven out by the Reformation, and liad 'to take refuge in Paternoster Row; then came the Great iFire, which destroyed 1 St Faith's Church and all the books which had been placedi ■wltihin it for safety. The Fire also destroyed <t(he houses on London Bridge, where for generations the booksellers had exposed their wares to catch the eye of the countrymani who led' his pack -horse into the Ctfcy. Only -the 'obher • day the Holywell Street bookstalls went down before 'tine advance of the municipal reformer ; and now the sellers are to foe driven off the pavement of Charing Cross Road.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7295, 7 January 1902, Page 1
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