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      1648 The Publisiiers' Circular Dec. 31,1...

      1648 The Publisiiers' Circular Dec . 31 , 1890

      1 Analytical Table Of Books Published In...

      1 ANALYTICAL TABLE OF BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 1890 .

      'i States The during Academy 1889 of show March the 1890 same remarks decrease that , as the compared statistics with of books the fi published gures for in the the preceding United

      adds year , at as the the end corresponding of the paragrap figures h , * of We the can tables only suggest issued that by the the Publishers wants of the ' Circular reading public , and are becoming w * r & more - ^ r and h more ** r h satisfied vi with newspapers v * r ¦** - reviewsand ™— magazinesand that

      authors ^ V ^» ^^ ^^ ^ r ^^ consequently ^^^^*» wjm ^ m ^^ ^^ ^» v m ^ find ^ ^ ^ mm their ^* ^^ r r < own m ^^~ v ^^^* m best ^^ ww w w ^» market ^^^^» ^ m ^ ^^ w w in m ^ w w the ^^ ^» »^ , v same ^» - ^^ » ^™ ^^ field » ^^ , . ' —^ — — This ^— T ^^ view J is , confirmed . by the classified table of publications during 1890 . The decrease in the number of new books

      and and books new editions for the amusement is very nearl of y the the young same as we that find recorded higher figures for 1889 . Of . In novels educational there are works not

      new quite novels so many per as diem in 1889 , besides , and yet one the in reader a new of edition fiction for has each had week provided -day . for Perhaps him almost the three most about striking half fact the to number note is that put artfistic forth in works the , precedin whether g new year . or Poetry in new at editions first si , have ght seems dropped to be to

      idler flag in , but that the direction increased . number Belles-lettres of new , too editions , as a class shows , does that not at all suffer events by public comparison taste with does not the production of 1889 . Heretoothe number of reprints is also in excessshowing that interest

      in pure literature or standard , work , s is not on the decline . Lastly , books , which have to be ranged under ' miscellaneous ' are greater in number than those of 1889 .

      Subjects Jan . Feb . Mar . Apr . May June July Aug . Sept . | Oct . Nov . Dec . on Total each of Subjec Booka t for the Year

      1 V / i . UliV A wCV & . 1 . Theology , Sermons , \ a 17 34 45 44 47 39 41 21 10 77 78 102 555

      Biblical / J 2 13 20 7 11 7 15 / 10 15 22 24 153 2 . Educational , Classi- \ a 18 6 G 45 63 56 28 46 42 37 52 85 77 615

      cal and Philological J h \ 9 128 17 4 7 4 3 9 11 3 88 3 Juvenile Works and \ a 6 9 12 19 21 18 16 6 21 1119 99 97 443

      . Tales / b 2 — 7 8 10 7 — 2 2 9 28 20 95 4 . Novels , Tales , and \ a 36 65 66 65 86 45 73 58 54 103 131 99 881

      other Fiction ... / 6 3 25 33 42 33 15 39 21 30 12 38 32 323 5 . & Law , Jurisprudence \ a— 425112 52 — 11 2— — 16 16 7 39 40

      c J ^ 14 1 . — — 8 6 . Economy Political and , Trade Socian , > , 13 7 X t i i 2 3 9 6 „ 87 22 o <)

      and o ,, / i Commerce p JLM .. ' . J ! " & * d 3 — — .. — — * r 1 * 4 1— — 1 z a ° "" , 7 . Arts , Science , and \ a 1 4 — 6 1 10 10 1 3 10 1 7 54 Illustrated Works ... / £ 3 1 3 2 4 14 1 — 19

      ' 8 ' Geograp r ^ T ^ hical i / i ^ Re H - V « 4 19 5 *„„„„ 7 i 17 6 11 , 8 20 11 .. 4 „ 0 2 14 „ 4 . 28 9 . 35 4 188 ««

      SbT I /* - , J » _ 9 . History , Biogra- 1 a 12 20 23 26 19 21 26 6 6 31 57 47 294

      phy . & c / 6 1 8 . 11 7 8 3 10 6 7 7 13 16 97 ¦ ^ 10 ^* - *^ . » Poetry ^^™ ^» - ^ i ^ ' ^ ^ w ¦ and - ^ — ' —— ^ the ^ m ^™ ^ ^ w' \ ^ a ^^ 4 4 m % 3 ^^ 9 ^^ r ' 10 ' ^^ 8 ^^ 7 ~ ^ 5 *^ 3 ^ ' ^ ^ 2 ^^^ 3 ^^ 26 ^ 14 ^^ ^^ 34 13 114

      Drama J 4 5 4 8 6 8 1 — 6 74 ^ 11 . Year-Books ai ^ dl a 38 23 26 18 14 19 21 11 7 28 49 64 318

      Serials in Volumes / £ 1 1 12 . Medicine , Surgery , \ a 8 11 11 15 14 9 11 10 4 6 23 21 143

      be / b i 3 5 g 3 6 4 2 3 3 6 6 50 1 \ aS : eS MS rktl « 3 8 U 21 12 9 29 6 4 H 27 30 " ^ p ;

      ^ ^ ^ I 6 6 7 7 12 12 7 7 15 15 17 17 16 16 16 16 ( 6 5 13 13 17 17 27 11 38 38 191 liH "" Snl ~ hlJt sl * 2 * *» . ' 41 41 42 32 « 8 «* 29 * 8 53 82 5 ^

      not Sermons ... ; J J ^ il . Jl JL „ A __ 1 i ? . 1 1 L J : ^ ^ ^ __ 204 409 430 479 481 338 468 293 273 ( 507 868 890 5 , 735

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1890, page 1648, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121890/page/6/