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461 PROVINCIAL BOOKSELLERS. 461 Dublin, and by his brother^bibliopoles throughout the kingdom.* If it were not for want of space there are several towns in the Midland Counties which deserve notice here on account of their bibliopolical fame none more so, perhaps, than Derby, which at present possesses no less than three large bookselling firms, which have also branch businesses in London, Messrs. Richardson and Son having in addition another establishment at Dublin. As Roman Catholic publishers some of their productions have^achieved an enormous circulation, notably " The Crown of Jesus," which, honoured with the approval of the Pope, and of all the English dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church, long since attained an issue of 100,000 copies. The works of Frederick William Faber, D.D., late of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, have also been among the most popular of Messrs. Richardson and Son's publications. The Mozleys, of Derby, have long been in the trade, and are represented both in the country and in London ; one of the family was well known in connection with the editorial staff of the Times news- paper. The Mozleys publish the Monthly Packet, edited by Miss Younge, and also the majority of that lady's separate works. A third^firm, Messrs. Bemrose and Sons, have gained a considerable reputation as archaeological publishers, and as the proprietors of Mrs. Warren's " Household Manuals." At Halifax, where the book trade is of a more recent date, Messrs. Milner and Sowerby, by their nd ebted for the main facts in Duffy's life.
 * To a timely notice in a recent number of the Bookseller we are