cs of Cambridge were desirous that Mr. Clowes
should go down there to set their printing-office in order; they
offered him 400L. a year if he would only appear occasionally, and see
that the organisation was kept complete. He declined, because the
magnitude of his own operations had now become so great that they
required his unremitting attention. He, however strongly recommended
Parker to the office, though he could ill spare him. But he would not
stand in the young man's way, and he was appointed accordingly. He did
his work most effectually at Cambridge, and put the University Press
into thorough working order.

As the 'Penny Magazine' and other publications of the Society of Useful
Knowledge were now making their appearance, the clergy became desirous
of bringing out a religious publication of a popular character, and
they were in search for a publisher. Parker, who was well known at
Cambridge, was mentioned to the Bishop of London as the most likely
person. An introduction took place, and after an hour's conversation
with Parker, the Bishop went to his friends and said, "This is the very
man we want." An offer was accordingly made to him to undertake the
publication of the 'Saturday Magazine' and the other publications of
the Christian Knowledge Society, which he accepted. It is unnecessary
to follow his fortunes. His progress was steady; he eventually became
the publisher of 'Fraser's Magazine' and of the works of John Stuart
Mill and other well-known writers. Mill never forgot his appreciation
and generosity; for when his 'System of Logic' had been refused by the
leading London publishers, Parker prized the book at its rightful value
and introduced it to the public.

To return to Mr. Clowes. In the course of a few years, the original
humble establishment of the Sussex compositor, beginning with one press
and one assistant, grew up to be one of the largest printing-offices in
the world. It had twenty-five steam presses, twenty-eight
hand-presses, six hydraulic presses, and gave direct employment to over
five hundred persons, and indirect employment to probably more than ten
times that number. Besides the works connected with his
printing-office, Mr. Clowes found it necessary to cast his own types,
to enable him to command on emergency any quantity; and to this he
afterwards added stereotyping on an immense scale. He possessed the
power of supplying his compositors with a stream of new type at the
rate