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    The National Import Of Books. Foodwhat

    about 35 s . per cwt ., or a reduction of 17 per cent . These results are equally satisfactory

    from either point of view ; it may be hoped that the diminished value is due as much to

    the cheapened cost of production , in common with other commoditiesas to the keen

    competition in the trade . , From Table II . ifc will be seen that the

    countries to which we are the most indebted for our intellectual food are the United States ,

    Holland , and France . A study * of the figures will further show that for 1887 we havej got

    our books cheaper than in 1886 from France , GermanyBelgiumand ' other Foreign

    ¦ Countries .-ii . m , ' ; that - _ in « k , the - « fe case of the - United ^^^^^ # k ^ States m Bthere P fa « V is only a fractional « m w difference , •*¦ ^^^^ ff

    while Holland has charged us about 5 ^* s . per cwt ^¦^ fi % J . » more AA & V ^ * . V , « and W » VL prices f * ' i ^/^^ KJ for A V ^ JL the VAAVS ' total VV ^ WWW A ' have «**«^ r T "V

    come much , higher frdm our own possessions . —i The above tables contain the whole of the

    official records . Their own special knowledge and interests will no doubt enable some of

    the readers of this journal to explain the irregularity in the range of prices that I have

    noticed and to elicit other useful information from these official figures .

    l Formerl 1 ormerly y Scholar Scholar T . J . of Dymes Lincoln Tjfnn . nl , B College r ! ol . A lftxrp ., Ox Osr - -

    , ford , and Author of * The Trade of the United Kingdom with the World , a Manual

    of Reference ' ( Elliot Stock , 18899 ' . /

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    Mr . S . G . Owen , Classical Lecturer of the Owens CollegeManchesterhas nearly read

    for ^ K publication ^ Fh H A M , his dFfc ¦* promised A , ^ FFh critical — __¦ i ^ FI edition »~ _ of y Ovid 1 's ' Tristia ff—— -r-f / with fffh fff Latin ¦» Prolegomena ft fff t ^^ fc .

    -w v — -- ^ — — " — ^ — — - ^ -w w ^ » ^^ — ^ — ™ v ^ v ^ " ^™ ^^^ «^ " ^ ff ^ ^— )¦ ^¦ ¦ ^*^ ^^» ^^ **^ F « -It forms a , substantial 8 vo . volumeand will be issued by the Clarendon Press . ,

    The number of visitors to the Guildhall Library — - w last - year ^ g — * — was — - — — - — 696 — - ~ , -m 720 ^ — ; y out - ¦— ' ¦ —¦ ¦» ¦ . of ff ^^ this ^^ f- fff » ^^ m ffff * fp ^ fjft total -w ~ — ^^ fj ^^ fj ^ tH *

    150 , 000 were readers and the rest sightseers . Works of fiction do not appear to be greatly

    in in demand demand at at the the chiei chief tree free li librarv brary or of the the city nitw ; - ¦ novels cent f » *^ ff » — " ¦ ° " ™~ . ^ , j * and ~""~ *™ r were ° ' M ™ — - , -JB according *^^ » - ^ ff ^ read ° " ^ f »~ - ^^ 0 ^^^ ° " ^ f ^^ fp fff > f ^ fft to "fffi ^^ p ^ h to the ^ fft i i the - ^ f ^ ^^ extent ^^ ^^^^ testimony ^^ p ^ l ^ V V ^^ r ^ V tf ^ ta ^ of ^ ^^ ^ Pk ^^^ r ^* 15 JVh V * 76 of ^^^^ ^| fe per the ^^ v v * P ^ to ^^^^^

    librarian , the majority of the stories were of a volumes high-class in . character the Guildhall . There Library are . now 56 , 737

    The Southampton Free Library has been unexpectedl ¦— - ~ — - — ¦« - ^ ^^ ¦ — — - ™ ^—^ ^ - ^ y enriched ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ' ^^ ^ ^ " ^^^ - »•*» within ^ w ^ ^ r ^ ^» ^ b «»^^ the ^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ last ^ ^ ^ ff » r ^^ ¦ few ^ L m -H W

    weeks . Xot only has Mr . Passmore Edwards of the JEcho , given one thousand volumes , but ,

    iviiss Miss iiordon Gordon , , the the sister sister or of the the hero fi ^ rrk of r * f Khar TChnr- - toum , has also presented the whole of her illustrious ¦— brother i h ¦ ' s library to the same ¦ insti jj fi

    -— — — — — ' " — — - ^ - — ^ -- *— — - ^ ^^ *^™ . ™ ^^ - ^ »^^ *^ - ^ ^^ w ^>* ^^ ^^ < p * . » ^^^ r ji y j & Jk ak , _ , * j ^ ^ l J M J ^ 1 ¦ tution . . . Many ^ a ^ m * of *« the . « books ^ ^ are 6 f extreme interestbecause ) of the characteristic

    annotations scattered , through their pages in General Gordon's own handwriting .

    a work Mr . on Albert seventeenth Hartshorn and e ei has ghteenth in preparation century

    wine-glasses and goblets . The book will contain a great deal of curious information about

    political ^ m « m v glasses % froin jm the -a time *¦* of the ^ Civil _ _ War to the period of the Jacobite cluba .

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    first Mr number . Ellio ¦ of t Stock a quarterl s has y j journal ust publ , edited ished the by , ^ I

    ¦ cmc Mr £ . B Queries erna rd S aunaers magazine , entitled is devoted Feriland . Notes the i I ¦ ant v _^ < v ^ iquities - — - ^ v ^ -. ^ ¦•¦— - <^ tv , geology ^^ % — — ^^ mf , parochial M — — — — record — — , legends C 7 — — ^^^ H

    ¦ and traditionsfolk-lorecurious-customs & c . ¦ Lincoln of the , , counties Northamp , of ton Hunting , and , Norfolk don , Cambrid . , ge , m

    According to the Printers * Register there I are few competent compositors in London I

    ¦ out very of •/ work at present ; and J- there is no lack j ^ H of employment amongst machine-minders . I

    The first number of ^ the ' Leicestershire I ¦ and Rutland Notes and Queriesand Anti- !

    quarian Gleaner / has just appeared , . It is I both edited and published by Messr 3 . J . 8 b T . I

    Spencer , of Leicester , who state that it has I long been their desire to place on permanent ; I Quaint record-the Manorial Antiquities Customs , Archseology Popular , Folk Snpersti -lore - , i j I I

    tionsProvincial Dialects , ' & cof a district i I which , is peculiarlrich in , scenes , of historical ! I

    ivmg interest TCincr Lear Tjear and is is objects claimed claimed y ¦ of we we anti o observe quarian bserve , in in research one one ot of , j I I

    the articlesas the , founder of , Leicester . I There are some , quaint illustrations and in- I

    and teresting promising essays quarterl in * No y . journal 1 , Vol . . I . ' of this new j I I

    We have just received a list of the lectures , j I classesconcerts & cgiven during the past j I

    winter , at the Parkside , , Institute , Edinburgh . I The Hall is the property of Messrs . T . Nelson ; I

    & Sons , the well-known publishers , and it is ; I devoted to the instruction and entertainment

    of their employe ' s . It is managed by a com- : mittee representative of all the departments . [

    in the Parkside Works . A library containing 1 , 100 volumes forms a much appreciated

    feature of this considerate and kindly undertaking . For the third year in succession the ;

    Librarian of the Mitchell Library , Glasgow , is compelled to report a decrease in the number ^ of books issued to readersThe collection is

    . a magnificent one ^ it contains upwards of 80 , 00 ( K I volumes . The accommodation for readers isI

    however , defective ; and this fact , together , I with the * great attractions of the International

    Exhibition'last year , are held to account , in ! cent part , at in least the ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ number , for a of decline peop H H L le ¦ I of frequenting nearl H y 15 per the

    ——— ° — , - ~ - ^ - — ^^ p ^™ - *^*~ ^ r ' ™ —^ ^^^ ^ - ^ - ^^ ' - ^^ - ^^ - ^^^ ^ ^ h ^^ V ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^»^^ « Hh ^* ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ Mitchell Library . Oddly enough , the Free Reference Library at Liverpool also reports a

    diminished circulation of books of ' about 15 per cent . '

    Messrs . John Walker & Co ., Farringdon J HouseWarwick ianeE . C . have almost I

    ready for , publication ' The , Pocket , Atlas and Guide ¦ i " - " ¦ —— —¦ ~^ to ~^~ ^ m v London ^^^ w ^ ^ ——^^ ' ^^ — ~^ *™ ^^ v . ' It —• ^^^ contains ^^ ^**^ ^^ ^ mt ^^ ^ fc ^ ' ^ ^^ ^^ mm ¦ ^ gen ^ " ^ K ^^^^ ^^** e ^*^ ^ ral ^ " ^^ ' ^ ' •^^ ^ infor * *»^ B . ^^ ^^^ *^ B -

    mation about London , and a concisely-worded guide ¦— to - the ¦ chief r r laces of interest and

    amusement ^^^^» — — — ™ »— " ™~ ; —™ sixteen ~^» " ^^» ^^ ' — " T" ' ^~^^» beautifully p MM >^^ ^ . ^^ ^^^ - ^^ r ^^ ^^^ ^^^ coloured H . ^ ^^™^ ^ . ^ ^^^ «« . - ^^ ^^^ map qar ^^*^ F ^ " ^^^ s ^^ , ^^^ ¦ comprising ~~~ " ' " ~ " " — -- ^ " ^^ — ~— ^ H ^ k ^ : Bird ^ - ^^ - ^ ^»* ^^ ¦ ' s F— - -ey — ' W e ^^ view V ^™< ^ J ^^ V V of - *^ ^ . B Central " ^ ^ rT' »^ «>» ^» " ^ l >^ ^ t >*^ V . ^ London . *^»»»»^ ^ b ^ rf ^ rfB . ^^^^ ^ i ^ ^™ «^ ,

    London County Council and Parliamentary Divisions ' " » " ~ ' ^~ ' ^~ " ^ " ^ ¦ . * , V ¦ Postal ' ~^^ ¦ *¦ ^^» W V *^^ ^ Distri W » ^ " ¦ 1 ^ ^ fe « «^ c ^ F ^ ts ^^ VF ^ T ; H Railway FftJW ^»» ^ F' ^ FlFKlffl * V Ff ' Ffc , l JJ W Maps ^ f «^^ " ^ f ^ W 9 ^ PH | fT of " ^ F »* ^^ ^

    ( 1 ) London , Central , (^) London and Suburbs ; , nine ' — ' — - ^ - ^ F Street ^ - « W -mf- FF ^ Fi ^ ^ T " ^ ^ Plans 'F ^ -FF . m' ^ « V ^ FFW ^ FT ; * p Map * F ^ " ^ FF ^ F ., ^^^^ P ^ of ^""^ ^^ the ^^ "' ^^ Thames FF *»* ^^ I—I ¦»> W > |« * « ^^ ^^ to ^^ ^ FF » -

    Windsor ; Map of the Environs of London . ' Fk FM Messrs Mfe . George F A JBell ^_ & Sons _ _ have ^_ recently 4 ^ A I d FFK , ^ ^^^ ^> ^

    added to Bonn . ' s Selec . t Libra ^^^» ry of Standard jGs

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 520, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/10/