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Introduction 1 I. PRODUCTION Chapter One The Organisation of the Trade Papermaking John Morris 17 Typefounding John Morris 26 Printing Trevor Howard-Hill 32 Illustration John Scally 49 Binding John Morris 64 II. PUBLISHING, DISTRIBUTION AND READING Chapter Two Publishing Publishing 1800-30 Peter Garside 79 1825-6: Years of Crisis? Simon Eliot 91 Publishing 1830-80 David Finkelstein 96 Gaelic Printing and Publishing Donald E. Meek 107 Chapter Three Distribution and Reading Bookselling lain Beavan 123 The Railways Stephen Colclough 141 Gaelic Communities and the Use of Texts Donald E. Meek 153 Reading Jonathan Rose 173 Libraries John Crawford 189 III. MARKETS AND GENRES Chapter Four Literature in the Marketplace The Rise of the Scottish Literary Market Peter Garside 203 Authorship: Six Case Studies Walter Scott and the Management of Copyright Jane Millgate 212 Waverley and the National Fiction Revolution Peter Garside 222 John MacLean, the Gaelic Donald E. Meek Bard and Rob Dunbar 232 Thomas Carlyle and the Lure of London Ian Campbell 240 Margaret Oliphant and the Profession of Writing Zsuzsanna Varga 247 Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pursuit of Fame Jenni Calder 256 The Making of a Scottish Literary Canon Cairns Craig 266 Chapter Five The Diversity ofPrint Antiquarianism Padmini Ray Murray 278 Religion Padmini Ray Murray 287 Science Aileen Fyfe 296 Reference Padmini Ray Murray 304 Maps Diana Webster 313 Education Padmini Ray Murray 324 Printing for Everyday Life Gen Harrison 333 Chapter Six Periodicals and Newspapers The Age of the Periodical Bill Bell 340 Reviews and Monthlies Joanne Shattock 343 The Popular 'Weeklies' Laurel Brake 358 Newspapers Padmini Ray Murray 370 IV. BEYOND SCOTLAND Chapter Seven Greater Britain and Ireland Agencies and Joint Ventures RossAlloway 385 The London Scots Robin Myers 396 Wales Philip Henry Jones 408 Ireland Charles Benson 418 Chapter Eight Bookseller to the World Continental Europe Sharon Brown and Barbara Schaff 430 North America Fiona Black 442 India Graham Shaw 455 The Pacific Wallace Kirsop 465 Appendix A: Personnel in the Print and Allied Trades Ross Alloway 476 Appendix B: Statistical Evidence for the 1825-6 Crisis Simon Eliot 486 Contributors 494 Bibliography 499 Index 525