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    The Book Trade In Russia. Carl ^«* » Vw1...

    books , which have hitherto found a ready sale amongst le cf culture in the

    Germanpeopled Baltic peop Provinces . But the spread of Russian speech and thought in these Bi k vine » es

    ^^^^™ ^^ ^ . ^^ w ^ r r ^ r ^ H * ^ r ^ r ^ p ^ ^^^ p *^ ^»^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ W ^ b ^ ph ^ Br ^ V V ^^ ^^ m ^ fc ^ M | Q ^ h «^ ^ ^^ ^» ^ K ^ v V ^» « ^ p ^ ^^ L ^¦^ pro PJ ^^ ^^^~ ^^ ^ w ^ M ^^ ^ ^ v r threaten I ^ t s this ¦ f branch ^ « of the . ^ publishing ^ ^ " 1 trade ¦ ^ very seriousl r . The publishers . p . of German h

    ior school for v ^ mr *^ w their tliPir - books - ^^ ^^ ^™ warps wares ^^^^^ «^^ ^ v y w have ^ . Germ C ^^ ^ firmurt ^» ^ fr alread ^ a ^ an b «^ ^*^ n bein hnincr r y ^^ ^^ ^ lost » ^» ^^ ^ p » p now n *^ nxir the - ^^ ^ v excluded gt m ^ w ( * arket ^ \ mc ^»^» ¦ ^ p \ pc m > v ^» ^^ \

    from the primary , schools . g Gradually the demand for Russian and French literature

    is sure to spread amongst the upper classes ; : and to reckon the German with the publishers inevitable have . already begun

    In St . Petersburg , with its million inhabitants bf ¦ there 4 b are three at wt bookstores f ¦ u 1 —one b

    of ^» ^ ^^ r «~ whic «^ ^ vr * r H ^» ^» h ^^ v ^ r deals , ^* pr ^ - ^^ ^^ ^^^ exclusivel % ^^ ff ^ b v ^ ' ^ r f ^ ^ ^^^ ^ r ^^ r y gre V ^ h ^ b in ^^ M- E ^^ ^ ng _ ^^^ ^^ lis p J » ^ b . ^ h % ^ , ^^^ ^^ a ^^ secon ^^^ ^^ d i in n T F ^ rench rfinr / h . and aYiH a third fr / hirrl m in Swprlisli Swedish Tir books > nkR . But Tint

    the majority , of t } ie foreign booksellers sell books both in these languages and in Russian .

    The sales are principally for ready money , and even country customers do not ask for long

    credit . The sending of books into the country for inspection before purchase is not to be

    thoug to ^^ ^^ be ** r ^ h ^ ht covered ^ k ^ ^ - ^ of ^ ¦ ^ , rf ^ becaus ^^ ^^ . v Country e ^^^ ^ of ^ ^^^ ^^ the ^^^^ % / « enormous business f ^ ^^* 9 ^ db ^ A ^^ ^ , S P ^ p' has ^ distances b ^ ^^^^^^ been ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ A

    much simplified by a postal regulation of receiv January e payments 1 , 1888 , authorising of invoices for postal book officials packets to

    not exceeding 100 roubles in value . The Russian Post Office—more liberal than our

    great English Railway Companies—allows a on preferential book packets reduction over in other the wares parcel when post tariff

    forwarded long distances . The custom which obtains offices to so receive largely su bsc G ripti erman ons y to for news the post

    and periodicals is in Russia only followed papers in St . Petersburg , Moscow , Riga , and Odessa .

    A the conse t supp no nt t l y the rece of r p i ve eriod laces subscri ica will l ptions publications the . Russian Consequentl is almost post y

    eexclusively xclusivelv in in the the hands hands or of the the miscellan miscellaneous eous booksell St . Petersburg ers . The book periodical sellers for catalogue 1888 fills of the 48

    ro 694 yal F 8 renc vo ¦»* . h pages 495 , and Eng «« t in lish cludes uiiji and ^ 1 , 3 3 1 jl 3 G R erman ussian «^« UUli ,

    p - " eriod ~ - — — i •*¦ ca ^ - ^ l ^^ pu ** , * blications j ^^ r * _ r -m ^ m . » . p ^»*« , * v « . ^ - ^ x _ r _ m _ ^ . v LI In St . Petersburg there are no exclusivel

    German publishing or bookselling establish y % - men > p »^«» ^ - * ^ ts ** ¦ - . The - *¦ -- ¦¦¦¦* ^^ present *~ / & V ^ % J vil * ¦ ^ proprietor ^ JL V / 1 ^ A . A V * W- ' X of ^ _* i . C a 4 f house A A V ^ \ . l fc j ^> ^ j—vj ™ _ _

    Russian w Russia ith . a , German and books therefore , name which has ^ are perhaps prefers more been to profitable publish born ^ in , rather than m ^ p . books in German for which AV ^ Jl he can

    • " ' ** ^ - * ¦ " ** . ¦»• «^* «^ - v ^ - -v- » Am p ^ j a « a "V- ^ 1 ^^ * . » » * V ^ WJi JL JL . Vj » Jp . f » 11 . * . A ^ - / V / CW ** tion tion find no in in suffic this this ient onnnpntinn connection sale abroa the fcl d - . m W firms firm e may a Kicker Rinli men -p'r ' -

    a l thoug ient h , this Hoppe latter , Marx is , almost and Schnutzdorff exclusivel , ,

    German in its undertakings . Carl Ridker has y for - ¦• - ** - —¦ more — — «¦ -w ~ , * **¦ than m . « m «^ w five ~ M T ^^ and « - * A A ^ . ^ twenty «^ * T >/ A A 1 , W years W % / tAA flk ^ published »^ VA ^ -T Ji AM 1 IV V * .

    recen ^ wor * ^* " ^ ^^ ^*^ ks ^ * tl ™ ^ in y T produced § medica - ^ ^* " ^*^ ^ - ^ ^^ ^^ ^ L ^ l ^^ and some 9 * J \ y JL 4 p > natura ¦ ^ L ^ technical ^^ ^^ ^^ J Jk Jl l science ^^ I % B _ books * k ^ ^ - ^ ^ l ^ A , p and ^ 7 . The . JL has ^ JV ^^^

    por Wra tan t 8 c t h Russian ( 'Physic medical ian' ) which periodica is l the , is pub most lished imbhim % ¦¦ in connec -v ^ ajh tion A' w AU ith 1 A which A . A we /

    mention * w y V — - —»» - > , the M « ^»» St . ^> Petersburg V ^ % A . - MA II Weekl VV- » V > K JL y F Medical W V- may A A I LW T Heview and the Itussian Pharmaceutical

    Journal , issued in two editions . The

    lastnamed periodicals are in German . Carl Ricker fifth celebrate anniversary d about two of the years foundation ago the twenty of his

    business . He has inaugurated a new era of medical ¦ i science in Russia 1 btranslations of

    the ^»^»^» ^^ r ** ^ works ^» ^^ ^^^ m wm * - ^^ of ^^ *^ v ^^^ some *^^ ^ r ^~ ^^^ v of a ^^ v ^ r ^ the " t ^ . ^ v ^ v ^^ - ^ p foremost v ^^ y _ y ^ v ^ iP ^ v ^^ r ^^^ . ^^ writers v ^ i ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ B ^ fcy of 111 other r countries b r . ^^^ p ^^ ^^ ^^ r ^ p * ^ p ^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^ m ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^* ^^^ ^

    Devrient's house publishes principally works juvenile on agriculture books wy ^ r . and Amongs forestry t the , latter and recentl we find y

    w ^ v ^ mr ^ m ^ m ^ ^» ^^ ^^ ^ b ^ ^ m ^ w ^ 0 ^ ^^ ^^» ^ m ^^*^^ ^^ r ^^^ Vp *^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ Pr 4 p ^ p > II JL A . friilli translations ( jrullive vfcr r M IVrnnfili unchausen of our aiiRfiTi old & & friends c c . . JJevrient Dfivrifin Dor * Quixote confines nnnfinoo ,

    his and ¦^ miscell forwards k ¦ v- ' , aneous m / W dB books T business Suir ^ , carriage «^ W to 4 P Russian » -free literature whereas ,

    other « - ^ T ^ *» ^¦^ firms ^ ¦ > " * generall ^« ' ^^^ T * r- » — M y ' charge ^ V ^ > ^ " ^ rVP % 10 ^ ' ^~ per ^^ ^^ , V cent * " ^ ^^ , ^^ ad * --V Kj valorem V ^ ^* V « f ^^ " p ^¦ ffi' V « r , ^ for ^ - ^(^ ^^ carriage —<^ r VT 4 ^ ^^ ^ pr ^^ w Mp ^ ^ ir .

    Hoppe and Marx , who are both Germans born fc H P ¦ V be I H considered as br publishers Pft of

    fashion **^ ^^~ ^^^ ^ » , « may ^^ ^ journals . ^ . ^ ' ^ p . ^ w '' ^»^ P * PV ^ The » ' ^ p ^^ ^ k ^ M ^ B ^ ^ a ^^ k most ^ ' ^ p *^^ m important ^ w ^ r ~^ ^^ ^» w * 0 ^^ ^* ^^ p * ^¦^ f of ^^ r ^ HoppeV publications is the Wsemirnaja

    ^ illustrated Illustrlaza ^ * ^^ p >«^ «* j ^ p ^ pv ^ ^^ ^ w'b , , p and which ^ . ^ i ^ ^ ^» i ^ g ^^ ive is ^*^ ^ s ^ handsomel an * - ^ r ^ dp > appreciativ m ^* u Bh . ^ - ^ *» ^^ y «^ ^ printed ^ b- * e - ^^ account ^ . ^ - ^ pT ^ pr - \_ r and ^ m A A V

    of events of the day . Marx ' s journal Niipa is the onlperiodical which vies with those of

    y . Hoppe scri sfifi ^^^^¦** hprs bers . to +, r There ^ » p ^»^ 4 ihpt the JSxwa Niin " are m . ; ore and a . Tid than . - as a . a the the 100 . ^ ^^ . ^^ . , su snliRnri 000 ^ i ^ . ^^ bscrip ^^ sub n - -

    tion price is 5 roubles , thk , gross receipts (\ calculating the rouble at two shillings ) amount j

    to the respectable o total of # 50 , 000 per o / annum . > S ^^ uvori ^ tm ^ b n mabe mentioned ^ feiKA ^ k ^ ^ i ^ as a ^ b ^ F purel ^^ i ^^

    Russian w > v ^^ ^ publish a * ^^^»«* v y pr er ^^ ^^^ and ^^ ^^ bookseller ^ «^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ v ^ nr , who « m * "w 'p p » has » y v p > Rt tablishments abli « liTnPTits in in Moscow TVrn « sr > . o-w . Ch C ! Vi ar a . rkrvff kon * . and st . rtf \

    Odessa , as well as at St . Petersburg , . , His Nowoje minp mine . Like T . Wremj iIta the fh « a a crrp is -n looked t f . firm firm of nf upon W W . H TT as . Smith Smi a +. gold Vi & & ,

    Son here , he monopolises grea the , supply of books besides and newspa which pers he has som the e o sole f the ri grea ht t of rail selling ways ,

    some of the daily papers in the g streets of St . Petersburg .

    The author-publisher is a being scarcely known JB ^ ^ ^ b ^ V V ^ 4 ^ ^ in e f ^ 4 P > this ^^ ^ ^ ^ b ^^ country ' ^^ ^^ ' ^ V «^ ^ ^>* ^ K W , V but *>^ ^ p ^» ^^ he ^» ^ ^^ ^ is ^^ b *^^ y W ^ no 4 Pk ' ^ i ^^ ^ mea Pk ^ K ^^ ^ h *^ n « p > ^ P . P s ^^

    of rare occurrence in Russia . In some cases he 11 V / puts L / U IO on Ull the V' ^ V / title V 1 V 1 V -page r Q of * his » I 1 O book «_/ V ^ V ^ UL the l / liv name 11 U 111 U

    of some firm to which he has , assigned the sole ri keeps ght of the f sale book . In altog many ether instances in pi his d , h own owever hands pft , he

    and ^ ^ ^^ ^^ m . * so w *^ ^ the A ^^ ^^^ bookseller *^ r v ^ b ^ < fc jPb ^ y * ^^ i ^^ Sp 1 ^ can ^ " ^ v ^^^^ ^^ onl ^ fe ^ k ^ y obtain «» » ^ ^^ ^^ v v ¦ it ^» « ^ d ' ^ ^^ irect ^ a ^^ p ^^ , *¦ which from V V Apt Jk ^*/ A A him takes % SW AM . W KJ Now the * - **« ^» " , p I ^/ lace A as «^ VV ' the of ^ j » A . Russian our ^/ * m « . A . indispensable A A A . ^ - * JpV « catalogue - L / \/ 4 Alh . I ^ W HyTA V ^

    * English Catalogue' or ' Booksellers' Reference Cat ice alogu or e , ' bl f requent her ' s name ly om it its is . all difficult mention to find of out pr rftffirrin pu / ,

    out on on referring cto to it it trom from whom whom the the book book may be obtained . Every printer is compelled to send ten

    copies of any book or pamphlet he may print to the proper authorities for the benefit of diffe ¦* -- » J * . * - » % ^ - ^ rent v / * a V public W ~^ " . ^ ^ i- ' ^ ^ ^^ libraries ^ " ^>^^ " - - » - ^ ^ ^ - ^^ » v , « J ¦ PV stat ^ - »^ pu ^ f i b ng ^ a ? " * % ¦ a p ^ t * r t ^* h « pp e ** p same - ^ PL- ^ f ^ ^ * pi - ^ r

    time the number of copies in the edition . The in m . the titles ^^ book , together ) and the with publisher ^ t ^ Ph the PH" price ' s ( name ^ if ^ % ft - pri m ¦» 4 nt ed

    officiall ^ ^ ^«~ f- ^ *>• * » _ y ^_ no » - v- ' ^ w ted ^ " * / . ^ " ^* * " * *~ ^ These ^ ^ ^ ^ tf ^ K A ™^ <¦« <~ ^— ' titles * J- ' ^ P p ^^ ^ «^ , arran > A- ^^ * W ' * v ^ ged p > r ^* accord « p , , m m ** w ^ ^ - ^ in k ^ 9 g b ^ t ^^ o ^^ r language ^ *^ m ^^ M Uk ^ L ^ Pi ***** k ^ ph ^*^ , 4 ^ are ^ jpj » j ^ ^^ p »^ ub % - ^ p > ^ r * l & is «^^ v «¦ h . jpb ed ^^ * b » ^ in p ^ ¦»^^ t ^^ he < pt ^ b ^^ ' Imperial ^* ^» jp * a »^ ' ^^^ 0 « ^ ^ lhpv ^^

    Advertiser , ' and subsequently appear scientifically classified in the monthly * Book

    Advertiser oook Aflvpr trade tift ^ r . , ' the tti When f * onrcial offir . ijil all organ orcran these conditions of nf the th « Russian Tt . iiHainn have been ¦¦ - ~ fulfilled the book ih - is b p ^ p eafe ki . Otherwise ivh ppb it

    r % nr ^^ —i ^ m ^ ^ wpa ^ m *^ i j ± w ^^^ ^^ m ^ v A ^ ^^^ -t ^^^ ^^ jk p ^ ^ pw ^< p ^ ^ ^^^ pv " \ . ^ ^ ^ pj ^^ T V J ^ M ^^^ ^ % V ^ must wander from place to place seeking protec w - ^ s ^ r tion *** . -v ^ - «» « t . fro M * -v- ^ - m « « M the ^ - ** r booksellers w ** r "V * - - ^ J- ha ^ ^ rf « . a » ^^ . These - » - * <«^ ~ r ^^ official ^ ' ^ A . ^ ' ^^^^ ¦¦ . *• --pPb •** v p < w pd - ¦¦ pr ¦¦ pk

    reg the u Russian lations at Bookse any rat llers e afford ' Un an ion opportunity of producin to g

    a really prac — tical catalogue . Unfortun ¦ ately

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1889, page 464, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051889/page/10/