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Chapter 16

           The‘upperten’subscribedtothecirculatinglibraries,andtheseadmirableinstitutionsmadeatwoorthreehundredcopiesdoforalldemands,bythesimpleexpedientofkeepingsubscriberswaitingfiveorsixweekstilltheygrewtiredofaskingforthebook,andforgotallaboutit.Apartfromthelibraries,thepublicdidnottakemeup.Fromtheglowingcriticismsthatappearedinallthepapers,itmighthavebeensupposedthat‘everybodywhowasanybody’wasreadingmy‘wonderful’production.Suchhoweverwasnotthecase.Peoplespokeofmeas‘thegreatmillionaire,’buttheywereindifferenttothebidIhadmadeforliteraryfame.TheremarktheyusuallymadetomewhereverIwentwas—"Youhavewrittenanovel,haven’tyou?Whatanoddthingforyoutodo!"—this,withalaugh;—"Ihaven’treadit—I’vesolittletime—Imustaskforitatthelibrary."Ofcourseagreatmanyneverdidask,notdeemingitworththeirwhile;andIwhosemoney,combinedwiththeresistlessinfluenceofRimânez,hadstartedthefavourablecriticismsthatfloodedthepress,foundoutthatthemajorityofthepublicneverreadcriticismsatall.Hence,myanonymousreviewofMavisClare’sbookmadenoeffectwhateveronherpopularity,thoughitappearedinthemostprominentmanner.

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