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    • St. Dunstan's House, E.C., November 1, 1889^
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      ... | IilTERARY INTELLIGENCE / 1382 j BOOKS AND BTJMOU . RS OP BOOKS I ... . 1388

      -NOTES AND NEWS 138 ^ | AMERICAN NOTES AND NEWS 1386

      i ¦ ¦ j CONTINENTAIi NOTES .,. 1387 ! THE CENTURY DICTIONARY 1388

      • A GLANCE AT BIBLIOGRAPHY IN FRANCE . —I ... 1388 THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF MURRAY'S

      HANDBOOKS FOR TRAVELLERS j .... 1389 IS IT TRUE ? 1391

      > - AN UNEXPECTED BENEFACTOR 1391 WOOD-ENGRAVING «„ PROCES 3 1391

      IN MEMORIAM 4 1391

      TRADE CHANGES 1391

      ¦ ¦ * ' •¦• ¦ r -... . THE-NEW MAGAZINES ; . »• .. .. ^* ... v . . S 1392 -REVIEWS , Sec . .... t . J + ~ ..... »» . .. 1393—1396

      INDEX . ^ TO BOOKS PlfB ^ iiHEI ^ . IN GREAT BRITAIN BETWEEN OCTOBER ife & 31 1397

      BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN " FROM OGTOBKR 16 TO 31 * .,.... 1399

      RECENT FOREIGN WORKS 1405 NEW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY

      PUBI LISHED 1406—1472 r MISCELLANEOUS . . 1454—1463

      BUSINESS CARDS j . > . 1459 , 1460 ASSISTANTS WANTED „ 1462

      WANT SITUATIONS , 1462 BOOKS FOR SALE ., ...... 4 1462

      BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 1463 . ^

      St. Dunstan's House, E.C., November 1, 1889^

      St . Dunstan ' s House , E . C ., November 1 , 1889 ^

      Rithe International Exhibition O^ Fine P...

      riTHE International Exhibition o ^ Fine Print-J- ing , which was recently held at Stationers '

      I Hall , seems likely to bring about , a new and much-needed departure in the history of the

      trade to which Oaxton belonged ; . In spite of the somewhat angry comments with which it

      has been received in certain quarters , the Lord Mayor ' s speech on that occasion was sensible ,

      1 man criticism ly , and which practical it contained , and the lay sting in ^ ts of truth the 1 .

      ! Nothing can possibly be gained by shutting I our eyes to the fact that English craftsmen

      have allowed themselves to be left behind , if not as regards ordinary typography , at

      all events in the development of the more artistic and ornamental branches of the

      art of printing . One circumstance which the Lord Mayor mentioned , though trivial

      j in itself , is enough to show the need of immediate and concerted action ; the type

      of the invitation card to the Exhibition was entirely American , with the exception i

      of the initial letter which had been borrowed , so to speak , for the occasion from Germany .

      No one could examine the small but ' interesting collection of specimens at

      Stationers' Hall of fine job work , ornamental arid decorative printing of all kinds ,

      delicate woodcuts , and * process' engravings in colour and monochrome , without at once

      perceiving that English typefounders and printers have still much to learn from their

      American and Continental rivals . We are quite willing to admit that it is just possible !

      that English printers could turn out better work than that by which they were

      represen ted at Stationers ' Hallbut even V if this is I , 1

      I granted , the marked superiority in beauty of

      design as well as ii \ technical ' ? finish . * of - the relief

      printing of Germany and Austria remains a matter which no sensible man will care ta dispute .

      We are glad , therefore , to" learn that it is proposed to fornv a loan collection f & im the

      Exhibition ^ ust closed $ which will be available to printers in all the large towns of the

      kingdom . Fine workmanship of this kind deserves to be seen and studied by all who are engaged

      in the trade , and we only regret that no fuller opportunity was given to the sixty thousand

      printers of London to inspect so unique a ^ collection . Now , however , that a movement

      has been made in the direction of progress , other and still more representative exhibitions

      will doubtless be demanded in the interests of the tra ^ ie .

      The Exhibition at Stationers' Hall owes iu its o orig vsxigx in & x to uu the m . j . t 7 tJBritish - « - * xxpiou T j- ypograpHia . y j t tKf ^ Ju ai ^ jJLt . lxJb , f a a > t wouv rade

      association established in "the provinces in 1887 , and which already has branches in

      Birmingham , Manchester , Bradford , Glasgow , and other large towns . The Association seeks

      to give letterpress printers a more exalted idea of the possibilities of their artas well

      as to help them in practical ways to , greater efficiency V in their calling % -J . It seeks to form

      libraries of technical works , specimens of printing & cl , for the use of its members ;

      and . it has already established courses <> f technical instruction . It also proposes 4 h + to

      exam raise in the ations status , and of the grant workmen ing certificates by instituting m to

      those who acquit themselves creditably in typography . Upwards of a tliousaml

      members have enrolled themselves in the ranks of the JBritish Typograpihiaand there

      , is men every t is destined reason rap to idl believe y to spread that . the We move notice

      that one- object of the Association is to I

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 1, 1889, page 1382, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01111889/page/4/