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441 PROVINCIAL BOOKSELLERS. York : Gent and Burdekin, Newcastle : Goading, Bryson, Bewick, and Charnley. Glasgow : Fowlis and Collins. Liverpool: Johnson. Dublin: Duffy. Derby : Mozky, Richardson, and Bemrose. Manchester : Harrop, Barker, Timperley, and the Heywoods. Birmingham : Button, Baskerville, and " The Educa- tional Trading Co'.' Exeter: Brice. Bristol: Cottle. T N this short chapter on provincial bookselling, we shall be necessarily obliged to confine our notice to those representatives of the trade in the larger country towns who were characteristically as well as bibliopolically famous who, with their native talent, determination, and endurance, would have succeeded in any walk of life, had they not, fortunately for the interest of our history, embraced the profession of bookselling. In old days, York was the natural capital of the 28