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Literature; General literature

Package labelling (en-GB) or labelling (en-US) is any written, electronic, or graphic communications on the packaging or on a separate but associated label.

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Literature; General literature

An American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents. Published continuously for the past 138 years, it has carried the tagline, "The ...

(1771-1845) Miscellaneous writer, born at Woodford, Essex, the son of a gentleman of independent means, and educated at Winchester and Oxford, took orders 1794, becoming curate of Amesbury. He came ...

Sophia Lee

Literature; General literature

(1750-1824), Harriet Lee (1757-1851) Novelists and dramatists, daughter of John Lee, an actor, were the authors of various dramatic pieces and novels. By far their most memorable work was The ...

Thomas Bowdler

Literature; General literature

(1754-1825) Editor of The Family Shakespeare, born near Bath, son of a gentleman of independent fortune, studied medicine at St. Andrews and at Edinburgh, where he took his degree in 1776, but did ...

Thomas Dekker

Literature; General literature

(1570?-1641?) Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, was born in London. Few details of D.'s life have come down to us, though he was a well-known writer in his day, and is believed to have written or ...

Thomas Hope

Literature; General literature

(1770-1831) Novelist and writer on art, was a wealthy merchant of Amsterdam, of Scotch descent, his family having emigrated to Holland in the 17th century. In early life he spent much time in travel, ...