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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th February 1881, Edition 1 of 1, Page 127

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      in the m same •• in way l ^ _ as said _ _ they * ^ the 1 V ^ now make in grants ction of J specifications with » il the / I * for I patents of *• these * 1 . Lord documents T Frederick f

      tion great Cavendish . " and unavoidabl , repy , y increasing expense . The matter conne should , however printing , receive his careful considera was -

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      Feb . 15 , 188 * ^ Publishers' Circular I 27

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      In B J ^ \ our ^ J VA <** < issue p >^* "— r ¦—» f t of ¦— - — ¦ ¦ December — — t — —— - — 31 - >• - —— , j - 1880 — ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ % ¦*• - ^ -- * -r ¦ , v ¦ ¦ we - ^ v ^ laid *> — vw before ^ k ^ ^^ ^ ^^ 4 b ^»^ our ^ r ^<» d ^ « readers b ^«^ % w ' - fc ^^ i ^ p «^ «¦« an « ^ V anal ^^> A Xrf ^* ysis W P ^ JfcF - ^ of ^ - ^ ^» ¦ the *» & m ^^ Eng ^ pfe _« B «» j ^ Mfc lish <^ *~ -r * — ¦

      publica to Iff the at j ^ ¦ ^ j t literary f ions w ^^ ^^ * "w o ^™ production W he ^ ^^ pas — — — year ^^ — of . ^^ Germany ^* We ^^ ^^ now **—¦ ^ - ^ j during ^^ ¦ are w-w ^ w ^» ™ enabled jgL the « r ^^ ^^ ^ sam ^^ ' ^ to w v ^^ . ^ e ^^ print space f *^ b » - ^ ^^ p ^^ a ^^ similar of x ^ - ^ ^ bb time ^ f m * m jm ^^ ^^ m . statement The ^^^ ^ ^ ^^ gross r ^^ r ^ ^* with ^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ numbers ^ ^ m ^ " ^^ regard ^^* n ^ r ^* r *^ ¦ - ^» immenselin favour of

      areof course , y Germany ; but the gross amount , in money , if we may venture , a guess , would riot be found so widely different , were any one to take the trouble of ascertaining . We attribute the numerical superiority of our Teutonic brethren in part to the care which is taken by German booksellers and publishers that new publications shall be

      reg a comp istere In educational leteness d , which which puts works we the , at and compilers home in phil can ology of rather periodical it i envy s , that than catalogues Germany at present shows into hope a the position to greatest emulate to fu dispro . rnish p lists ortion of ¦ ¦ of numbers i % ^ . This ¦— - was - » v to be - expected 1 ¦ ¦ 1 r th » o » » ug tah hno ¦ doubt 11 r a number rr «<« i of J \ mere college r theses

      Lave ^ r ^^ ^^ ^^ fc ** gone * ^ " ^ " ^ ^^ P" ^^ ^ to ™ swell ^ " —— — a crowd — — - ^ - ^^ which ^ »^^ ™ ^^ looks ' ^ ^^^ - ^^ — , w ^^ ^ so . ^ ^*^ ^^ formidable ^^ ^» , v ^» ^^ ^ . ^ ^^ -h ^ . r t ^ v ^ , v On ^ ^ *« ^ the ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ p ^ v ^^ other ^^ r m ^ ^^ ^ hand ^»^»^^ ^«* ^^ ^^ , ^^— in ^ - ^^» ^» ™ work J *^ % ^^ s ^^ of ^^ divinity indicated Eng would land lead has us a to more expect than ; while respectable show hand , that travel is , beyond history what and bi the ograp proportion hy yield

      figures which are almost abreast of those in geograp the Germ y an table . , This fact may be consolatory to our national pride in the direction of discovery and adventure .

      Systematic view of the literary productions of the German bookselling trade in 1879 and I 1880 , extracted from the Borsenblatt : —

      1879 1880 + 2 1 . Di Collections vinity * or Sets of Works—Literary History , Bibliography ... 1304 278 ¦— - — 1390 377

      —m . *^ " a . w m ~* . « ... ** r w w w . .. .. « . ... ... * ... ... ... ... - - 3 4 . Law - Therapeutics - , Politics # « - « fc ^* , Veterinary . Statistics & rib , Trade # * . .. . . . .. . . ••* .. . .. . . . 1683 732 — 1557 790

      —- » . . - ¦ - -M . M- "V ^ . « - « - ^ ^^ . ^• P ^^ r ^^ « yfc- ' - * ^^^«<«_ j ... .. . •• .. # . ... « .. . .. . v ... * w 5 G * -r * . . Natural - Philos « . . * . « . * - * . \ - * fcJV o * phy I History J , . # . . , Chemistry ... .. , . Pharmacy ... . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , # . .. . . . 84 139 —— 1 " ¦ 1950 787 125

      —7 7 b a . Juvenile Education Books , German School-Books , Physical Education ... ... 1741 434 490

      . f *_/ - . ^ LT \^ fc . W ^^ A »« . A . V ^ - ^ » * »^^ . *» . ** . « . . ... ... .. . ••• ... ... ... »•• ... v 0 8 . . . Modern M The odern Classics Lancmaffea Languages and Orient . Uld Old al ( German jrerman Languages ..... . , Anti ..... . quities ..... . , Myth ..... . ology ..... . .. . .. . . . . 481 485 ^ oo ouo 50 533 0

      10 . History , Biography , Memoirs , Letters ... ... ... ... ... 680 752 11 —• - » - . Geography v _/ i - ^ J-yj ^ M ^ . WUA 1 T tVAAVC and Travel JL . A . CAI F V /^» - # .. . ••• ... ... *•• ... ... .. . # .. . 306 ^ - 5 356 —¦ — —

      12 13 14 . . . Mercantile Mathematics War , Hippol Science ogy and Astronomy , . Technology .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 577 18 353 201 583 15 ¦ . Machiney iiiivilinv RailwaysMiningNautical 384 - — 403

      18 10 17 10 ~~ . . - Hu Domestic ' * . nting and , , Economy JLVUU Forestry . L TV **> J , , , A g r . Ulllig icultur ... , . * e » , V G VJLVOJl ardening . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1170 xi 421 103 ^ — ¦ 1209 izw 433 112

      —. iBelles 5 eiies--Lettrps ijettres . JN NVwels ovels . Foems Poems . JJrama " Drama . (< tec fee . ... ... ..- ... ^ u ; 20 « 10 £ v . . . Fine popular Popular Arta literature Literature —Painting , . Almanacks Alman , Music , ack , & s , c . . ; .. Shorthand , ... ... ... ... ... i 642 584 >* z ! 00 657 627 /

      22 21 . . Miscellaneous Freemasonry "'** " ^* , ... ... ... ... 378 ^ 21 ^ 423 20 — --v / AMa . ic ; viio ... ... ... ... . »• ... ... ... ,

      23 . Maps 300 1 301 , Total 14 , 179 14 , 941 (

      America Has Again Secured Some Of The Ri...

      America has again secured some of the richest treasures of one of our great English libraries , many & arl purchases for the United States having been made by Mr . Stevens at the sale of the

      tne j uate £ * ri manuscri of or Glare Clare — pt '' s s of hnolrn books ' Guy last lnj Mannering ^ f . tvp week -aIt b Jvcr y / Messrs " Miasma entirely . Sotheb ftn in +. the fiAfixr y autograp , Willrinsrvn Wilkinson h of , % _ Sir & & . Hod TTnfl Walter ge tm , and an Scott rl among amon , in quarto o" them them , aw ; d y xoi 1814 ^ -i 15 ^ . very Vftnr clearl rVfpsA . rlv written wri +. fpn and jltiH re rtf > m marTcA arkabl . Hlir fre fr ^ e from frrun alterations alt # > rations or additions adflition - which which

      aue jaa knocked to the splendid down , for bindings £ 390 y . of The Derome high prices Simier which and y obtained others of generall the best y were English in some work measure , . The , ollowing —1 > were " v > 4 . o among « ixnjiig lots ioLa which which bro uruugiu ught , the Lite iiigiieot highest , prices pucca :. — — * jlk Boccaccio / uc ;< hx ; ju ; —Decameron x ^ t ; cjoixict ; tc / ii , / 5 * j vols ww ..,,

      ^ plate reimirka n s lime , in bindi / with ng the by suppressed Derome , London passages and and Pari notes s , 1757 by Earls — £ 17 . Dartmouth 15 * . ; Burners and Hardwicke ' History of , and his matory , ' 11 vo Swift ia , Ox 6 ford vols . 182 , Oxford 6— £ 28 , ; 1823 Congreve , only ' s Work 50 cop s ies 3 vols printed ., Baskerville — £ 22 . 10 ed s . . ; , Birming 'Clarendon ham ' s ,

      ° ^ ¦* - * t l ce l i ' . 5 ° vols " 15 1 f . ** » large 5 ^ ^ rjden ~—J , ' s Works tut Paris , 1829 18 -to vols — £ . 33 , 18 iono 0 ' 8 Heures , £ 15 i cr . 15 - , a ^ . TFs ; ' Fabliaux t ? ai . i . i : de Renes & e c . du J ' < fc XII VTT c 1502 . et -4 - XIII VTTT 1520 .

      FWi roaigieuaes ^ - ° veUuin / , collection > illu paper min of , ated , , tracts with woodcut of the ; 16 th borders and , 17 Paris th ctJiiLurt , ge tu 1502 ri — - £ ouut 48 . , 10 in » . black , ; 'Histoire letter wuci s ,

      juque n < n « « ia . — - 1 vol > a *• . — msxiwijivii £ 9 Q ; Ben Jonson rare rare iracxs ' s Work oi me 3 > with loin note axiu . by W lxi . Giff cen ord , es eH 9 , vols » some ., 1 861— £ 17 * . . 10 a . ,, ; ^ ^ ¦ ¦

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1881, page 127, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021881/page/3/