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St. Dunstan's House, E.C., September 1, 1890.
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rPHIS present .age is wonjfc to felicita...
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i NOTES AND NEWS " U .. / . V L .,... . 1062 ? ' CONTINENTAL CONTINENTAL NOTES NOTES '; . \\ ....: ^ \ . \ . . .. . 1064 1064
BOOKSELLERS } -QJfr T " 0-DAY . —IX . . ' x [ MR . C ^ AHLES HI ( 3 ( HAM 1065
GLJMPSES OF EJIINENT PEOPLE * .., ' ... 1066 STANLEY AND THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW —
ZEALAND COLONIES , ,... . 106 * ANCIENT COPYRIGHT , 1067 THE DISCOUNT QUESTION 1068
ASSISTANTS' OUTING J '> 1068 TOLSTOI'S NEW WORK IN AMERICA 1068 NOT THE GOLDEN AGE .... ' .. ... 1068
TRADE CHANGES 1069
IN MEMOBiIAM ... > . w . ........ 1069 REVIEWS , « fec . ....... * . 1069
INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN BETWEEN AUGUST 16 < fc 30 1074 BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN FROM
J- >\ J \ JJCL . K > . T U-UJiXOXLEiXS J ~ L % VJXM'jqX JL » XkX JL ^ XXX ^ XXkViXL . AUGUSTae TO 30 ............ 1075 NEW B 60 KS AND BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED .. 1078
¦ - *» ¦' MISCELLANEOUS 1094 BUSINESS CARDS ... 1101
BUSINESSES FOR SALE 1104 SITUATIONS WANTED ,..,..,. ...,. 1105
ASSISTANTS WANTED , 1105 BOOKS FOR SALE 1105
BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 1106
St. Dunstan's House, E.C., September 1, 1890.
St . Dunstan ' s House , E . C ., September 1 , 1890 .
Rphis Present .Age Is Wonjfc To Felicita...
rPHIS present . age is wonjfc to felicitate itself J- on its supply of cheap literature ; it boasts ,
and justly , that the literary masterpieces of the world are to be had for a mere song . It
is no longer necessary to be rich in order to taste the subtle and delicate joys that accrue
from companionship with the great men of the past whose thoughts and Conceptions are
enshrined in books . Whosoever is master of a few pence , and has the ability to read , can
command and enjoy the best that has been accomplished by sage or poet since the earliest
eras . He who can afford a glass of beer , can , if he be so minded , follow the creative nights
of a Shakespeare or a Goethe , and con the deep wisdom of a Plato or a Bacon . Never
Were there such opportunities to cultivate the mind as exist now . That this is an incalculable
public benefit no one would attempt to gainsay at this time of day . It has happily become a
truism to say that the welfare of a state , d e p ends upon the enlightenment of its citizens ; and it
is generally admitted that literature is at once the readiest and most potent method of really
elevating a people . Therefore , cheap book « are a blessing . But as there are few unmixed
blessings in tl > is world , so with the blessing of cheap books there is mixed an evil . One grave
disadvantage of lowness of price is that the bad ar-ticle as well' as t } ie good is easily
procured ! , and lovers of literature are not yet ftble to say that it is wholly without tjaint or alloy .
It was to be expected that the tremendous 1 impetus the which the indefinite ^ la multi tp Jliterary plication , of
printjin ^ -pre ^ s ,. sgi ^ eu pro-^ ^ The imperative demand for something to read '
has produced a supply which is ^ oV satisfactory thrdiig public hoiit ben ^ » fadtoBfc A Not . ' all ., - Genius authors ia can Tare be acco , : and unte not d
every person % whom the philanthropy of the ^
School Board has enabled to grasp the rudiments of grammar and handle a pen has the
| gift of literary integrity . All branches of | literature suffer from the efforts of the
incomj petent and the dishonest writer . Of the twoalthough Schiller assures us that the gods
themselves are powerless against stupidity—the latter is the more to be dreaded . And it is in
juvenile literature that his direct effects are produced . A contributor to the Quarterly
Review , considering the subject of ' Penny 1 Fiction , ' avers that this class of literature is
i working unreckoned havoc with the morals of the young . And we fear there is too much
ground for his accusations . The * penny dreadful , ' with its gorgeous villains , its crime
and evil excitement , is assuredly not wholes ; some reading . We think , however , that the
influence of this sort of fiction is over-estimated , i There is a saving grace of common sense at the
heart of English boys which protects them from the erroneus belief that they mroan rob and
cut throats in the magnificent style of their favourite heroes . The ordinary lad ( and mos t
lads not not his his are lot lo ordinary t to to be be born bo ) speedil rn to to the the y percei glorious srlorious v es th vocation vocation a t i t is
; of highwayman or buccaneer , or even of first- | ra so t that e burg he lar may . This read percep eagerl tio y n without keeps him any sober idea , , ;
of emulation . lTt t would would bo be be better tt « i \ oof r course course , it if the the tempta
tempta-tion to take up a vicious , life were , not i > ut in his i h way *** . The Legislature .. _ .. — . _ . _ in its'wisdom ,
prohabits ^^ ^^ ^^ w w ^ m the ^ ' sale ... , - of . —^ . a certai , . n class of books ^^ in intandad tended tor for auults adultsa annd d dou doubtless btless something sometmng
might be done to , , guard the morals of the yo of , un t \ $ 4 J # cif j & believe ^ ard ^ that ( f ^ eV pf popularity ^^ to
reflect dec rlflrilininor lining that , and and it , b i in y n no any nnv means case chrci , iit monopolises t is IS pleasing measiniT Mio w market . There is a greafr deal of penny fiction distributed that . is as healthy as the heart
of moralist could desire . Publishers hqvej ^
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1890, page 1060, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091890/page/4/
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