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Constable (ARCHIBALD a Scotch publisher)

ARCHIBALD, a Scotch publisher; born in 1774. He was the original publisher of the "Edinburgh Review," the poems of Sir Walter Scott, the "Waverley Novels," the "Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica," and other valuable works. In 1825 he pront nd jected the well-known series of works, "Constable's Miscellany." In 1826, however, the firm was compelled to stop payment with liabilities exceeding $1,250,- 000. Sir Walter Scott, who was heavily involved, practically sacrificed his life in the endeavor to meet his creditors , and Constable himself died in 1827. an