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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st February 1887, Edition 1 of 1, Page 110

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      Literary Intbixigbncb 110—-120 Winsob's ...

      LITERARY INTBIXIGBNCB 110— -120 WINSOB'S HISTORY OP AMERICA 113 , 114 RELIGIOUS ¦ J TRACT SOCIETY »»•• . 'S PUBLICATIONS 114 fc 115

      Hl'f'ini m l *~» -r J . 1 JAAVA P ^/ X ^ ^^ * . - * - Jh ^ A V ** A ** W **** V ««'« ^ w- — , ^ « . »^ r NOTES AND NEWS 115 , CONTINENTAL NOTES , 116 , 117

      AMERICAN NEWS AND NOTES 117 , 118 SALE JOTTINGS 118 OBITUARY 118 , 119

      TRADE CHANGES 119 REVIEWS , *© 119 , 120 INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GItEAT

      BRITAIN BETWEEN JANUARY 16 & 31 .. 121 , 122

      BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN PROM JANUARY 16 TO 31 122—125 RECENT FOREIGN WORKS i 25

      NEW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED 126—140 , 156

      MISCELLANEOUS ... « .... 141—150 BUSINES 3 CARDS 144—148 BUSINESSES FOR SALE 149 , 150

      ASSISTANTS WANTED i 50 WANT SITUATIONS 150 BOOKS FOR SALE 151

      BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 151-155

      188 Fleet Street : February 1, 1887. 1

      188 Fleet Street : February 1 , 1887 . 1

      Rtnhe -A- * Government Controversy Liter...

      rTnHE -A- * Government controversy Literature respecting what has extended is " called

      somewhat of late . When the Stationery Office declared its assumed right to copyright , it was

      thought that the subject would soon pass to oblivion and be remembered no more . Such

      expectations , however , are not very promising now ., Other considerations have cropped up ,

      and doubtlesswhei ^ the various points which , have" been raised are settled , some _ good may

      have been accomplished by the agitation . Setting aside the copyright claim as

      unreasonable , even if tenable , the next question that has arisen is the expense of the Government

      books . To Professor Marshall is due the credit , if credit there be , of directing attention

      to this matter . Writing of the final Heport of the Commissioners on the Depression in Trade ,

      the professor said , I will only add my regrets that being bound up with other matter they

      are not to be had for a less price than 2 s . 4 d . Could they ^ r not be published mm separatel ^ fa y mein

      octavo form for a few pence ?' Those who may be acquainted with the

      expenses of book-production will not be ready to say that the Blue Books of the Government

      are exorbitantly expensive . Many of them have very valuable maps , diagrams , and so

      forth , the preparation of which means a very large outlay . The scale of price charged by the

      Government for the books published under its aut ^ w ~ - ~ — - *~ h ¦—• ~^ or - ^^ ^^ — i p ty -w- ^ m - is — ' - — ' — far — ^— ^ — - ¦ — from - — - ^ r ¦ being » - » ^^ ~™ ¦ ¦ h ^ k ¦ unreasonabl w ™ <^* ^* imm ^ r ' m iw ^^ ^ m m * 4 ^ w w ^ r " e ^^^ , ^ m ^ as ^^ TTMm

      . matters at present stand . Of course there are reforms which might be effected with benefit

      to the economic condition of the department , and possibly with advantage to the country

      generally . Mr , Arthur H . D . Acland has written some very pointed sentences not only

      upon the expense of the books but upon their editorial shortcomings . We agree with Mr .

      ¦ ¦¦ * + Acland as to the undesirableness * mm * of misprints , but a long experience of consultation in Blue

      Books , which are far from being such dead matter as some persons imagine , has impressed | m ¦ '

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      us rather favourably in so far as orthogra- I

      phical and typographical accuracy is concerned . ; Mr . Acland says that booksellers as a rule j

      W J have little desire to be troubled / with pro- j curing Government publications for sale to the j

      public . This is a practical hint . No bookseller would be so insensate as to keep such a

      stock . The fact may account in a large m * mea- i sure for the non-circulation of Blue Books

      among the people . What is wanted ( although it is difficult to see how the allowance could

      be effected ) is a more liberal trade discount , than that of the ' three-farthings-a-year-

      paidquarterly' kind which at present prevails . As will be seen in our pages , however , Messrs .

      Cassell & Co . with their usual spirit have determined to publish a series of digests of the

      principal Blue Books , and the series will undoubtedly meet with much popular favour .

      The books are intended to be brought out at a moderate price , and will be known as

      the ' Imperial White Books . ' Although De Quincey would not consider Blue Books , or

      White Books either for that matter , as deservii \ g the designation of literature , they are

      often distinctly a form of literature in these times when exhaustive report tms are written by

      men who are not infrequen tly of high stand - ing in the world of letters and of science .

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      Booksellers' Provident Institution.— At ...

      Booksellers' Provident Institution . — At the usual monthly meeting of the board

      Thursday o . JL . f V di ^ ft . rectors UVIbVJ , January % - ^ , I ^ MLA held UMI . 1 JT at 20 4 MT ^^ 56 , * 1887 -JU ^^ Old V- ' f , * prese K" Bailey ^/ fk ^^/ J ^ n Jb t 4 / , P » # ^ E v r . enteen ^ C ^ AA . , ^^ on * '

      the directors sum , of C . £ J 1 . W Longman . Os . 4 td . was , Esq granted ., in th in e c relief hair ,

      to seventy members and widows of members . Melbourne itfr ~ nrir ~ J r m > v n -g Centenn ~ t —nt »* ifv ¦«¦¦ ial i na Exhibition itj * « ifc «^^ u- ^^ h- ^^ - — - . — — _ . *» - ^ ^« r ^* j _ .. _ ^«^ . . ^ ¦ * ^ ^* . — — ^ ^™ ^ .

      In connection with the Centennial Exhibition which which is is likel to be hel to UV be d K ^ V # in the WJk Melbourne finest / ever VJ in > held JiJt 1888 f in , and the

      Colonies »» . Mk . M ilJ ^ VM JLU , we . ** . V / A y V h ave pleasure J ^ K «>>> AAAAVMV in A VT informing A ^ A ., ^ - » x ^ . A « A the — A H - _ tra T M VT d Ii T e t Hutchinson TTnfr hat our liiT » 'friend sn-vn bookselle Vkr and » r ^ lr «« correspondent ll « i r of r » f . Melbourne TVr Al VimiTTief , Mr .

      is specially . making . laying all needful himself , arrangements out to , give , personal and is ,

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1887, page 110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021887/page/4/