_ T , ~, . , T « N ° less than : two columns of a Te ? ent number of the London Era were taken xip with laiidatory press notices of the performances of "Much ado about nolihiiig at the Lyceum Theatre This stupendous advertisement must have cost Mr Henry Irving £5000, but : it is said he reaped a £2000 advantage by it. Not a bad speculation indeed, It is a curious fact that " The Tale of Two Cities," the most dramatic and artistic of all Dickens' books, has had less sale than any other. " Pickwick " leads, and during the twelve years since the novelist's death, some 4,239,000 of his 'books have been sold m England alone.
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West Coast Times, Issue 4259, 12 March 1883, Page 2
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