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f? ' == i498 The Publishers' Circular De...
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UTEKART INTELLIGENCE 1438—1572 THE SEASO...
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t St. Dunstan's House, E.C. : ji December 6, 1888.
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F? ' == I498 The Publishers' Circular De...
f ? ' == i 498 The Publishers' Circular Dec 6 , 1888
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Utekart Intelligence 1438—1572 The Seaso...
UTEKART INTELLIGENCE 1438—1572 THE SEASON'S BOOKS 1499—1558
MISCELLANEA 1558—1561 CHRISTMAS NUMBERS 1561—1564 DAVID fftTME ' S LETTERS 1565
A HINT TO SCHOOLMASTERS 1565 , 1566 NOTES AND NEWS 1566 , 1567 CONTINENTAL NOTES 1567 , 1568
AMERICAN NEWS A 3 TD NOTES 1568 , 1569 THE AFFAIRS OP THE LONDON LITERARY SOCIETY . ' 1569
AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER 1569 OBITUARY 1570 TRADE CHANGES 1570
REVIEWS , & c 1570—1572
Utekart Intelligence 1438—1572 The Seaso...
rtfDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN BETWEEN NOVEMBER 16 & 30 1573—1575
BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN FROM NOVEMBER 16 TO 30 1575—1582
Decent foreign works 1582 new books and books i * ately
pub-LISHED 1583-1720 , 1744 MISCELLANEOUS , 1721—1736
BUSINESS CARDS 17 : 30—1732 BUSINESSES FOR SALE 1733
ASSISTANTS WANTED 1735 WANT SITUATIONS ., 1735 BOOKS FOR SALE 1734—1736
BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 1736—1742
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I ^^ 855 «^{ OPIsx literature seriously . From a mercantile point of view we cannot look | l ^ S ^ fcj VjMl ' «\ books upon it which otherwise offere . We have public just seen exa teachers mples of sense some hundreds of
j Pr ^ KM ^ J ^ i * are d to the as of , or speakers ¦ ¦ ! ¦ jflf ll fw iW / l ^ N vr pervaded ° * nonsense the i tw books ( i must of admit the great that k it festival would be period well of if a the little year more . cheerfulness Why should
m mm IE \ ^ *^ t ^ w ^ ^^^ ^^~ ^ ^^^^ ^^^ " ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ - ^ m - ^^^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^^»^» v ^ r ^*^ ^^ ^^ ™»^^ " ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^*^ r ^^ ¦ ^^^ ^^ " ^ ™^ ^— ^ ^^^^ ^^^ — ^^ ^— — — ^ " ^ — — — ^ w — — — m ^ m J * * {&> ^ E so nclan 7 l > ooks of dismal tone be issued now ? Christmas is a grand and jayous time : therefore let the whole world be glad in remembrance of its
story and glory . There is little of this exuberance of joy in the Christmas literature of the period .
Concerning other branches of the season's trade a most notable feature is the almost total disappearance of originality in the production of Christmas cards , which may possibly lead to
the extermination of such complimentary devices altogether . The little coloured books which seem to be taking up the place of the deposed cards are very prettily produced , and show how
excellent is the mechanical art-work that may be offered at little cost to purchasers . Those , of course , will have their period of prosperity and decay . We confess , however , to a feeling
of surprise when a well-known publisher informed us the other day that he was very busy preparing his hooks for the Christmas of 1889 . The present had been lost sight of altogether ;
it was an old story , almost forgotten , but the future was with our friend : he was kept lively by authors and artists whose desire it was to amuse the good young people in a year hence .
This shows that young authors should not be too hasty in the expectation of their work being placed before the world in amanner so expeditious as thejy in their innocence may expect .
Mr "HAT _ . TTT W . D "V . Howells TUT 11 , in m his t ' remarks ' 1 on the ¦ 1 subject " ¦ * i of Christmas y- ^ 1 « i literature ¦•• • • , which ^ . ^ appear in Harper's Monthly , takes an optimist view of the question , saying that * it appeals to no
sentimental impulse , but confronts its readers with themselves , and with the problem which it grows less and less easy to shirk . ' We wish we could wholly agree with Mr . Howells in
his general remarks upon this subjects In the meantime it is to be hoped that the works which are now offered to the public as generous gifts teaching all mankind to love their
neighbour as themselves , and encouraging them to diffuse universally the consolation of peace and goodwill towards men , will confer the blessings that are desired by all .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1888, page 1498, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121888/page/4/
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