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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st October 1886, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1057

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      . »On* . The Drowsy Precincts Of Gray's ...

      I the Benchers , the members of the Library I Association of the United Kingdom were then

      I permitted to hold their meetings in the hall of II the Inn . This ninth conference of the Asso-HI

      I ciation was characterised by the consideration I of several questions closely resembling those

      I brought forward at previous gatherings . But I the papers this year were of a higher order of

      I merit than those of former years , as will be I seen from the report , which we print in this

      I issue . I While admitting the value of the work

      I done by the Association , we must confess that I we are already becoming somewhat tired of

      I the subjects so often recurring at these annual 1 meetings . There seems to be a perpetual

      I round of ' statistics . , ' ' rating / ' requisites of I library buildings , ' ' cataloguing / '

      classifica-Ition / and such mechanical details . * Classifi-1 cation' seems to be a perennial topic . Such

      I subjects doubtless are of very high importance ¦ I to librarians ; but we think that broader views

      I might now be taken . Dr . Bond ' s address for I the present year is an example of breadth in

      H I this respect . We hear too little of the choice of books and of the means of purchasing them ;

      although , much is said on the subject of bequests and gifts of collections . We refer more

      particularly to free libraries . Is it possible that the keepers of these

      - ¦ - a have become or may become mere measurers of shelves and counters of volumes 1 Very

      few of the institutions give any encouragement to the progress A Oof modern literature .

      New books are absent from their shelves . The liking for gratuitous accessions is so

      marked that some librarians were actually jubilant lately over the prospect of receiving

      free copies of Parliamentary papers—useless encumbrances which in a few years might be

      measured by miles and weighed by tons . Lord Randolph Churchill has checked this

      acquisitiveness by offering the required publications at a reduced rate , but reall - y j - if the

      libraries . even paid full price for every one of the Government books which might be of the

      sli ghtest use to them the cost would only bo a few shillings a year . In the report of one

      public library wo notice a collection of nearly » J , i - > 00 volumes of specifications for patents of

      inven tions ! One institution presents in its report a

      remarkabl ' Reference y long Library list . of 7 recent T * he list additions abounds to w the ith

      tho titles of old books which are very rarely co nsulted even by the most diligent literary

      workers . In the midst of the list we notice five indispensable -ir modern dictionaries W very

      sensible additions _ — *— v— *~_ - _~_~ * ^^ —n . Besides » ¦ - " ^ » ' ~ these ~~ — ~ - ~ a copy ~ , ' of

      * roude ' s ' Oceana ' and a copy of ' Gordon ' s : r ==:: =: ' — ' - ~ ^

      . »On* . The Drowsy Precincts Of Gray's ...

      —^^¦ " ™ ¦ ¦ . 11 1 « mm m Ml ¦ -MamaMMW , Journals ' represent the year's additions of modern books ! This library expends £ 800

      on salaries and £ 490 on books , magazines , and binding .

      At the meeting of the Library Association Mr . Tonks moved the support of Mr .

      a . 4 b Hopwood ' s [ Free Libraries Bill , which would increase the rating from a penny to twopence .

      In the interests of the people we would agree to this , but in the meantime we would be glad

      to see the Committees of Public Libraries do with the funds they ** have a little more for cur- ( 1

      rent literature . The institutions to a con- I siderable extent have abolished the businesses

      of small circulating libraries which used to have a regular supply of new books that could

      be read for a penny or twopence apiece . Something should still be done to keep the

      public thoroughly acquainted with the best books of the time , and this is a part of the

      mission of free libraries . ¦ Am

      I Oct. I, 1886 The Publishers' Circular ...

      I Oct . i , 1886 The Publishers' Circular IO 5 f

      ~ * * ~ Diaries Jjiajeties And And Alman...

      ~ Diaries jjiAjEtiES and and Almanacs almanacs .. — —In in the me next next

      m issue ( October 15 ) of the Publishers' Circular some attention will be devoted to the

      department of diaries and almanacs . Publishers of thesG works should communicate

      with the Editor , who will be obliged if all suitable particulars are forwarded to him as

      early as possible . IgjTThe Editor will be greatly obliged if

      all books , & c , intended for review in the Christmas number , are forwarded as early

      throug as ^^ ^& ^^ t ^^ ~ possible p ^^^ k ^^^^ h ^ k ^^ b . late ^ b ^ h ^^» ^^ , ^»^ ^ arrivals » as ^» ^^» *^ ^^* w much ^^^ m ^^ w ^ . ^ Any ~ inconvenience ¦ *^^ w ¦ inquiries ^^ — ^^ ¦ " ^^ respect ^ ^ arises — — ^ " ^ ^ -

      ing the Christmas number will be answered with , pleasure by the Editor .

      Literary News in the present Number follows

      the Lists of Announcements , page 1097 .

      - •<3» Doyle's Reminiscences Will Shortl...

      - 3 » Doyle ' s Reminiscences will shortly be

      published by Messrs . Longmans & Co . Mr . W . Montagu Kerr ¦ 's book ' The Far

      Interior ^ J ^ V ^^^ ^^ ¦ 0 ' will W Jb ^^^^ ^^^ be ^^ ^ ¦ ^ ^ . ¦ ^ ^^ published ^ 0 |^ k ^^^ ™ " *¦ " ^^^ ^^ ^^ - ™ on - ^~^ - *^ the , 5 th ' ^ inst . by Messrs , . Sampson Low , Marston , & Co .

      The first edition of Mr . Raleigh ' s / Elemenwas tary exhausted Politics' issued on the by day Mr . of Henry publication Frowde ; a ,

      second edition is now at press , and will be ready immediately .

      Chalmers' * Caledonia , that rich and U sc \ By h ^ ^^ o \ ^ f l J ^ arl |^ f ^ . Jt y m re ^ . ^^ per J ^ ^^^ " ^ t ^^ ory ^^ " ^ T of ^"^ ^^ hi ^ stor ^^ ^^^ ^^ ical ^^ »* " » - ^^ me - — - —¦¦ - ^ mo — — ^ - *^ ^ ria — » ^^^ l — s --w- , « is — - —

      about to appear in the form of a re-issue and com encouraged pletion . to Mr take . Gardner this ¦ ¦ sp , irited of Paisley ¦ step , h in pub W been - ¦ I

      ^^ J ^ J ^ ^^^ J ^^^^ ^>^ fc 4 k ^ fc ^* M ^^ ^^» " ^ i ** ^^^^ ^^^^ B ^ ^* - ^ c f ^ t ^ ^ " ^ ^* ^ " ^ " p »^^ »* ' ^~ ^^ ^^ ^^^ " ^ " ^« ^ " ^ r ^^ ~ m ^ " ^* ^*^ ^^^^ lishing the reproduction through the of success Jameson which ' s 4 attended Scottish .

      Dictionary Gardner trul . ' Each remark of smay these be works regarded , Mr as .

      the complement y of the , other , and no library possessing a Scottish department caa afford

      \ to dispense with either . ¦ 4

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1886, page 1057, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101886/page/7/