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John Bowerman Ferguson opens J.B. Ferguson & Co. in Victoria

May 31, 1882May 31, 1882 agreeableplace

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“The bookstore should be the most agreeable of places. It should invite those thirsting for knowledge, and those whose appetite needs to be stimulated by a tempting display of books, to come in, and make themselves at home, and buy to the extent that they may please." (Publishers' Weekly, February 28, 1885)

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