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    • OOSTTEHSTTS I
    • LITERABY INTELLIGENCE 762—774 THE PRINTE...
    • 188 Fleet Street, July 15, 1887.
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      762 The Publishers' Circular Juiy 15, M ...

      762 The Publishers' Circular juiy 15 , m I _— — H

      Oosttehstts I

      OOSTTEHSTTS I

      Literaby Intelligence 762—774 The Printe...

      LITERABY INTELLIGENCE 762—774 THE PRINTED BOOK 76 a » 764

      THE BOOKSELLERS' T % TE 765 DR . HILL'S BOSWELL'S JOHNSON 765 , 766 METROPOLITAN BOOKSELLING . —Ill 766 , 767

      NOTES AND NEWS . 768 , 769 CONTINENTAL NOTES 769 SALE JOTTINGS 769 , 770

      BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES 770 BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION .. 770 , 771 TRADE CHANGES 771

      OBITUARY 771 , 772 REVIEWS , & c 772—774

      I INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT I BRITAIN BETWEEN JULY 1 AND 15 775 , 776 I

      BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GBEAT BRITAIN I FROM JULY 1 TO 15 776—779 I AMERICAN NEW BOOKS 779 , 780 1

      NEW BOOKS AND BOOK 3 LATELY PUB- I HISHED 781—790 I MISCELLANEOUS 790—798 I

      BUSINESS CARDS 7 . 94 , 796 , 797 I BUSINESSES FOR SALE 798 I ASSISTANTS WANTED 798 I

      WANT SITUATIONS 798 I BOOKS FOR SALE 799 I BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 799—803 I

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      188 Fleet Street, July 15, 1887.

      188 Fleet Street , July 15 , 1887 .

      All Who Are Interested In The Work Of Th...

      ALL who are interested in the work of the Booksellers' Provident Institution will

      hope that the festival held on the 9 th instant , will have healthy effect in bringing to its lists

      a large accession of new members . It is rather difficult to conjecture why an institution of

      this description should be so far behind the times in regard to support from , the class

      whom it is intended to benefit . A letter which we publish to-day may give one

      indication respecting the reason for the lukewarmness * v ^ b ^^^ r uf ^ ri F of ^ w ^ * fe the ^^* " ^ ^^ ^ » trade ^^ ^^ fe B ^^ F *^^ B 1 ~ — generall ^ bjb 5 ^^ ^^ ^& ^^ ^^ r ^^ ^ mr ^ r ^^^ b * y . BF The ^^ b ^ h ^ Bh riBBp ^^» writer v p ^ Bh ^ Bb ^^ r ^^^ ^ Bl ^ says l ^^ F ^ V */ ri ¦ ,

      that the institution was not made known to j young men in his early dayswhen

      member-, ship would have been comparatively inexpensive , j

      i We do not think that such is the case now , but if so no better step could be taken than

      to print in separate form the admirable address ; delivered by Mr . C . J . Longman on Saturday

      last and to distribute it extensively throughout the trade , in small houses as well as large . We

      anticipate much good would result from this ' proceeding after the successful and pleasant

      gathering at Abbots Langley . In again referring to this outing , it would

      be well to take the opportunity of congratulating the office-bearers upon its success . That

      everything passed off so smoothly and so pleasantly was unquestionably due to the good

      •* * jl cj management of those in charge , and we might almost hope JL . that entertainments of a similar

      description should be continued , so as to bring together members of the trade who ought to

      have freer and more frequent intercourse

      outside the routine of business .

      Library Statistics. — A Correspondent Wr...

      Library Statistics . — A correspondent writes : —There are in the United States 5 , 338

      libraries libraries . . Of Ui these these not not leas less than than 2 2 . , 98 981 1 have li « . vn not not under 1 , 000 volumes ; forty-seven have each over over 50 fSO . 000 OOO volumes voIiithpsh ! ; amongst fi . mnr » or » +, these +. V » pi « pi latter 1 n + fper are jvta

      the public , libraries of HarvardColumbia Yale , Cornell , and Brown Universities , . The ,

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1887, page 762, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071887/page/4/