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THE STRUGGLES

OF

BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON:

BY ONE OF THE FIRM

EDITED BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.

AUTHOR OF "FRAMLEY PARSONAGE," "THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET," &c. &c.

WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON: SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE. 1870.

1870.

CONTENTS

THE STRUGGLES

BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON.

CHAPTER I.

PREFACE.

BY ONE OF THE FIRM.

It will be observed by the literary and commercial world that, in this transaction, the name of the really responsible party does not show on the title-page. I—George Robinson—am that party. When our Mr. Jones objected to the publication of these memoirs unless they appeared as coming from the firm itself, I at once gave way. I had no wish to offend the firm, and, perhaps, encounter a lawsuit for the empty honour of seeing my name advertised as that of an author. We had talked the matter over with our Mr. 

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