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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 1

[obituaries]

Mr Joseph Parker, a wealthy papermaker, of New Haven, Connecticut, died on 22nd August, aged 77. He was the first manufacturer of blotting-paper in the United States.

A London telegram dated 16th October records the death, at the age of 61, of Mrs Craik (Miss Muloch), author of John Halifax, Gentleman, and many other popular works. This announcement will be received with general regret.

Lady Brassey, the author of some charming books of travel, died on the 14th Sept., on board the yacht Sunbeam, and was buried at sea. Her death was caused by fever, said to have been contracted off the Australian coast.

Mr John Ogden, publisher of the Argosy, died suddenly at Ilkley, Yorkshire, on the 18th July. He had taken a trip on account of his health. He was out with his wife for an afternoon walk, when, feeling suddenly faint, he went into a chemist's shop, where he died.

Stephen S. Hoe, junior member of the firm of printing-press manufacturers, died on the 29th July, at his father's house in New York. He was born in 1846, and was a grandson of Robert Hoe, the founder of the firm, who came to New York from England in 1803. Mr Hoe, whose health had been failing for about a year, was unmarried.

Mr James Madison Conner, the well-known New York typefounder, died on 14th July. He was the son of Mr James Conner, (who founded the establishment fifty years ago), and was born in 1825. Mr Conner was the inventor of some of the most valuable appliances of the typefounders' art, as well as the designer of some of the most popular faces produced by the firm. He leaves a widow and six children.

Mr Alexander Bonar Fleming, the founder of the well-known printing-ink firm of A. B. Fleming & Co., died on the 28th July. He must have possessed rare business gifts, as the factory, established in 1852, is the largest of its kind in the world. He will be much missed in Edinburgh, where his handsome fortune was freely devoted to public and private charities. He leaves a widow, but no family.