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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th May 1889, Edition 1 of 1, Page 514, LJTERAB Y INTELLIGENCE .. 514—544 BOOKS ...

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    • St. Dunstan's House, E.C. May 15, 1889.
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      Ljterab Y Intelligence .. 514—544 Books ...

      LJTERAB Y INTELLIGENCE .. 514—544 BOOKS AND BUMOUKS OF BOOKS 515—517 LORD ABERDEEN ON PERNICIOUS LITERATURE 517

      SOUTHEY AND COLERIDGE AT THE BRISTOL LIBRARY 517—519 THE NATIONAL IMPORT OP BOOKS 519 , 520

      NOTES AND NEWS f 520 , 521 AMERICAN NEWS AND NOTES 521 , 522 CONTINENTAL NOTES 522 , 523

      MR . SWINBURNE'S NEW VOLUME 525 | ,, 524 LIFE AND LABOUB IN EAST LONDON 524 , 525 TWO BOOKS ON AUSTRALIA 525 , 526

      THE BRITISH EMPIRE 526 THE FREE LIBRARY , MUSEUM , « fec , LIVERPOOL 526 , 527 MR . GEORGE BANCROFT'S ADVICE TO AUTHORS 527

      MR , JOHN BURROUGHS / 527 AUTHORS' CORRECTIONS 527 , 52 $ JOHN BRIGHT AND ENGLISH LITERATURE 528

      STATISTICS OF THE GERMAN BOOK TRADE 528 SALE JOTTINGS A 528 , 529 FRONT-EDGE CUTTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES .. 529

      PRINTERS' PENSION CORPORATION 529 , 530 READERS' PENSION FUND 530 QBITUARY 530

      TRADE CHANGES 530 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 7 530 , 531 TRADE *~ lNTELLIGEISrCE .. \ . m 531—533

      BOOKSELLERS CATAL 0 GUE 3 533—536 REVIEWS , & c 536—544 INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT

      BRITAIN BETWEEN MAY 1 & 15 545— 547 BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN FROM MAY 1 TO 15 547—553

      ' AMERICAN NEW BOOKS 553 , 554 NEW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY

      PUBLISHED 555—617 MISCELLANEOUS — " « r" . uui ji . ¦ - m Mm . M m ^ f ^ f «*•• • • • ••*••• •• - ^ , •¦••* •••••*•• GUXU 18—642 \ J ± . M "

      BUSINESS CARDS 639—642 ASSISTAN k TS ht WANTED mi 0 ¦ 643

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      BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE ..... 646-652 s .

      St. Dunstan's House, E.C. May 15, 1889.

      St . Dunstan's House , E . C . May 15 , 1889 .

      Loud Aberdeen—In The Important Letter Wh...

      LOUD ABERDEEN—in the important letter which he has addressed to us , and which

      we publish in another column—takes up a position , on the difficult and delicate subject of

      pernicious literature , which in our judgment is unassailable . The evil to which that letter

      refers has always existed , but of recent years it has spread with alarming rapidity , and , from

      the legitimate desire not to interfere with the liberty of the Press , unblushing license has

      been permitted . The Home Secretary not long ago admitted that the 'French romantic

      literature , of which cheap editions were sold in this country , had reached a lower depth of

      immorality than had ever before been known . ' And in comparing such literature with classical

      literature he further stated that it * must be borne in mind that while the latter was

      £ written with no evil purpose , the former was written with the object of directing attention

      to the foulest passions of which human nature was capable , and of depicting them in the

      most attractive forms . ' The law against obscene publications and indecent pictures

      needs to be resolutely enforced ; for it does not admit of question that the youth of the

      nation are at present exposed through the agency of obscene books to temptations of the

      most insidious and deadly kind . We perfectly agree with Lord Aberdeen in thinking that it

      is ' mere quibbling' to talk as if those who oppose _ - _ such a prostitution _ of the Press - w - _ - desire r — v- ^ r - — w —^ T

      to place Boccaccio rind Rabelais altogether under lock and key .

      It is , of course , sheer nonsense to imagine that men and women can be made virtuous

      by Act of Parliament ; nor have we the slightest ¦¦ wish to question the right of people

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      who are supposed to have arrived at years of discretion to select their own "mental

      pabulum . Bub , all the same , we contend that during the formative and impressionable

      years of youth , when the passions are strong and the judgment immature , such literature should

      as far as possible be rendered inaccessible , and the people who tempt lads and even

      girls to buy such filthy garbage ought to be made to feel that the moral indignation of the j

      vast majority of their countrymen of all classes and creeds is not a thing with which they |

      can any longer trifle with impunity . Let it once be clearly recognised that there

      are men in our midst who are trading on the susceptibilities and inexperience of the

      young to pollute their minds A . with abominable trash of this description—the chief

      attraction of which lies in its uncleannessand the rapidly swelling ¦• tide of public opinion

      •¦ - w — ' . a . ^ k will demand that no possible infringement of the * liberty of the Press' shall any longer be

      permitted to stand for a moment against measure for the prevention . ab of that actuals and

      open ' license' which casts a slur on our literature , is a dishonour to Christianityand

      wV imperils all that honourable men hold sacred and dear in national and domestic life .

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      We Publish To-Day Some Facts Concerning ...

      We publish to-day some facts concerning the import of books into the United

      Kingdom during recent j'ears which are worthy of careful consideration . Our yearly bill

      for imported food , including of course in that term the wines and sp ik , irits which the

      teetotallers assure us ought to be described rather as * poison / has now reached no less a

      sum than £ 150 , 000 , 000 . This means , in other

      words , that the average share of Ahe little I

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 514, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/4/