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      Ijterary Intelligence -..^..I .* 7ia—722...

      IJTERARY INTELLIGENCE -.. ^ .. i . * 7 ia—722 v DICTIONAKY OF NATIONAti BIOGEAPHY ........ 712

      THE QUEEN'S HIGHWAY 7 J 2 , 713 THE HEIGN OF . QUlllSN YICTOBIA . 7 l 3

      NOTES A & D NBWS ... 713—715 * CONTINENTAL NOTES 715 , 716

      AMERICAN NEWS AND NOTES 716 , 717 TRAPS CHANGES ) . 717

      OBITTJABY 717 , 7 fl 8 THE DAWN OF ENGLISH BOOKSELLING .

      NO . H , 718 , 719 BEV 1 KWS , & c . .... 1 719—721 i r ¦ - - - - . ' . . j

      INDEX TO BOOEal 1 ^ i &^ Ei ^ SHEI ) IN GREAT OBBJCfAJCN BE ^ WbIIn Jl ? fe . l 6 AND 30 722 , 723

      BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN -J ^ BOM : JtHNE 16 TO dO .: <; 1 .... 723—727

      BEOENT FOREIGN WORKS . i . \ " % T ^ X J , # 27 NEW ^ BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY PIIB-1 %

      lisHED ...... i ... 727- ^ 74 ^ , 760 MISCELLANEOUS 744—754 BIJSnjESS CARDS 750—752

      BUSINESSES FOR SALE . 753 ASSISTANTS WANTED 754

      WANT SITUATIONS 754 BQOKS FOR SALE ..... . ^ 755 BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 755—759

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      188 Fleet Street: July 1, 1887.

      188 Fleet Street : July 1 , 1887 .

      _ Hen A ¦ Clergyman : Unexpectedl ; Y Vi...

      _ HEN a ¦ clergyman : unexpectedl y visits ¦ i a publisher , the latter usually has an

      ominous and tolerably correct idea of the probable subject of conversation . Such was

      the case the other day when a distinguished divine interviewed the principal of one of

      the leading West-end houses . The inevitable remarks about the weather and the Jujbilee

      were duly made , and then the publisher ventured to say that he knew , he more than

      anticipated , what his visitor wantec ^ . * Oh , no \ I assure you 1 i I haven't called for a subscription

      this time . Perhaps not / was the response ; c but you would like a few books , just a few

      , for a deserving library , wouldn't you V * Yes ; that is actually the object v of my rvisit . It is a

      small and struggling institution in a sadlyneglected neighbourhood . But how did you

      guess so well V Almost all publishers , and not a few

      booksellers , could have guessed just as successfully . The incident , however , is apt to stir some

      troublesome reflections respecting the formation and arrangement of people ' s libraries .

      Strange as it may appear , it is nevertheless true , that , with few exceptions , all our great

      libraries owe their origin , and actually their maintenance , to charitable gifts or bequests .

      iptrong instances of this are noticeable in the founding of the British Museum and the

      fiodleian . Some of the free libraries" which have recently been established are exceptions

      — + to the old rule , being formed by rating ; but still , even in these cases , adventitious aid has

      done g £ pd service in many quarters , as in Edinburgh , where Mr . Carnegie ' s munificence

      seems to have energised the slowness of the northern pulse .

      Our remarks in the present instance are called forth through a perusal of Mr . Thomas

      Greenwood's ] t > ook , * Free Public Libraries / ¦ i i- ¦* - — .. .. . _ . . .- . _ ,..- . _ — . . i ..

      * London : SlmpkjLn , Marshall & Do .

      ^ Mr ^^^^^^* ^^ . ^ Greenwood ^ h ^« ^^* ^^ r i ^ r ^^ k ^^ w w ^^ ^^ f v ^^ p ' s ^^ b v ^^ p 6 ^^^ ok ^^^ ^ v- ^ ib has A ^ ypp ^ passed » ^^ ^ WV ^ ' w ^ W ^ u ^ ^^^ b ^ through ^ p ^ p ^^ ^^ * ^ i ~ » 1 b ^^ ^^ ^

      several thousands . Far from being ari ambitious workin so far as style is concerned

      it gives , according , to our opinion , the first and , most comprehensive account of British free

      libraries that has been published . All that one requires to know relating to these

      institutions is noted by the author , whose enthusiasm in the cause is manifest in every page of

      his descriptions and opinions . It is impossible to avoid seeing how far free libraries

      depend , even now , in so far as books are concerned , upon philanthropic assistance . Why j

      should this be the case 1 Kates being levied for the purpose of maintaining these libraries

      for the benefit of the people , it is surejy a sign of * - »* . impotence AJXipv » UOliVyt 3 , , mismanagement i-U . A » lllc * iJLct . gtniL *? lll / j ^ or JJ . indis IIIUIHUIOUI cretion UIX

      when applications are made for that eleemosynary help which is continually in request by

      " — 1 JL u those who have administrative connection with institutions of this description . Secretaries and

      librarians in some quarters never seem to be at rest in their happy Jk A Vefforts to fill shelves at

      the expense of those who produce books and are 4 free supposed lists' is to the sell prime them ambition . To be of placed modern on

      free librarians . But the system is to be blamed more than the men . Mr . Greenwood ' s volume

      contains pictorial illustrations and plans of many elegant edifices which were erected for

      the reception ojf books to come , the result being a huge disproportion between the initial

      cost of housing and the real formation of ' libraries . ' The adornment of a town by fine

      buildings , well upholstered and well manned , is a worthy aim , but one must not forget that

      good and useful libraries may be girt with unpre unpretentious tentious architecture architecture , a and nd conducte conductedd

      under . economic Stewardship , . The opposite , we we iear fear , , as as in mi the tne case case ot of fcjcnool School ± Boards 5 oarcCS , is is one one

      of the peculiar dangers threatening the , success of ; free libraries . , ;

      What is said * here does gtiot apply to g ift > 3

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1887, page 710, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071887/page/4/