REASONABLE ADVANCE.
Disagreements between authors and publishers are not confined to any one country. One of the latest cases is reported from Germany. Author : ‘ But why do you charge me more for printing this time than usual ? Publisher: ‘ Why, sir, you see the compositors were constantly falling asleep over your novel.’ ’ I declare now,’ said an enthusiastic worshipper, as he came out of church, ‘ that was a finished sermon.’ • Yes,’ responded his more cold-blooded companion, ‘ but I thought for a while that it never would be.’ He : ‘ Do you think. Miss Hattie, with the poets that an honest man is the noblest work of God?’ She : thoughtlessly) : ‘ I don’t know. I never saw one.’ A lady wishes to know the best way of marking table linen. Blackberry pie is our choice, although a baby with a gravy dish is highly esteemed by many.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue II, 11 January 1896, Page 46
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143REASONABLE ADVANCE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue II, 11 January 1896, Page 46
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