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      438 The Publishers' Circular April 15,18...

      438 The Publishers' Circular April 15 , 18 90

      Contents

      CONTENTS

      Literary Intelligence 438 Books And Rumo...

      LITERARY INTELLIGENCE 438 BOOKS AND RUMOURS OF BOOKS 438

      NOTES AND NEWS 441 CONTINENTAL NOTES ....,,,...,,,, 442 BOOKSELLERS OF TO-DAY . —

      IL—MR . BERNARD QUARITCH 444 CAN THE BOOKSELLERS' POSITION BE IMPROVED ? 446

      THE ART OF PAPER-MAKING .................... 446 BOOKSELLING IN MELBOURNE 446 TRADE CHANGES .................................. 447

      IN MEMORIAM 447 REVIEWS , & C 448

      INDBX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN BETWEEN APRIL 1 < fe 14 452

      BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN FROM APRIL 1 TO 14 .... 453 AMERICAN NEW BOOKS ., 457

      NEW BOOKS AND BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED , 459 MISCELLANEOUS 473

      BUSINESS CARDS 479 , 480 ASSISTANTS WANTED ., 431 SITUATIONS WANTED 431

      BOOKS FOR SALE 482 BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 482

      St. Dunstan's House, E.C., (( April 15, 1890.

      St . Dunstan's House , E . C ., (( April 15 , 1890 .

      Toaster—Especially When It Falls Early—-...

      TOASTER—especially when it falls early—-1- ^ cannot be described as a lively season of

      the year in the publishing world . In truth , there is usually very little doing , and the holiday

      spirit is apt to linger restlessly in the air until Whitsuntide is fairly over . The spring

      announcements of the principal houses in the trade , and for the matter of that of the lesser

      ones as well , still remain for the most part unredeemed ; though there is of course no

      lack of preparation and even bustle behind the scenes . This year , indeed , it seems probable

      that May will have merged into June before the clamour for the chief books of the season

      begins to tax the energies of those brisk and obliging purveyors of literature , the assistants

      of Messrs . Mudie and W . H . Smith . So far as we are able to discover , the trade outlook is

      bright and encouraging , and there seems no reason whatever why either publishers or

      booksellers should be apprehensive of a dull market for the books which are now in the

      hands of the binders . Scissors and paste , as represented by the

      indefatigable ' press cutting' agencies , are in great demand during the Easter vacation , and we

      should not be in the least degree surprised to learn that Messrs . Romeike & Curtice are at such

      a time compelled to double their staff in order to keep pace with the ' book notices' which

      descend like an avalanche during the holidays . We will not go so far as to assert that Easter

      brings round a revival of learning in the newspaper offices of London , but everybody is

      aware that the season is rendered remarkable in and around Fleet Street by a sudden

      interest in current literature , which a hasty observer might be pardoned for thinking

      astounding . Journals which have scarcely condescended to look at a book since the year began

      come out during the Easter recess with column I after column of belated reviews . Books which

      Toaster—Especially When It Falls Early—-...

      appeared in the autumn , but were not of a sufficiently ' seasonable' description to attract

      newspaper criticism at Christmas thus stand a good chance of receiving attention in the

      spring , and as a matter of fact three-volume novels are not unfrequently reviewed in their

      original shape soon after ihe publication of a cheap edition . Even the critical journals are

      great sinners in this respect , and publishers often rub their eyes and look at the almanack

      when book after book which was published when the snow was on the ground is solemnly

      dealt with in the dog-days . The morning papers can find space ,

      however , to chronicle day by day the progress of the sickening 'experiment' at the Royal

      Aquarium , and when irresponsible scribblers presume in a case of life and death to sit in

      judgment on judge and jury alike , and to air their mischievous nonsense at the expense of

      the Home Secretary , they can always obtain ample hearing . The apathy which usually

      prevails at the newspaper offices in regard to books is of course instantly exchanged for the

      most lively interest when some important work which is likely to take the world by

      storm has reached the eve of publication . As a rule , however—except when a leader-writer

      runs short of a subject—the rank and file of books are left to take their chanceand it ,

      generally comes on high days and holidays , 1 when nobody reads the newspapers or half the

      world is out of town . [

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      Boo&P And E[Umou^ Of

      Boo & p and E [ umou ^ of

      Booft $ The Dean of Windsor ' s biography of

      Archbishop Tait may be expected in the autumn .

      Editors A , ' and Directory Publishers of ' is American in preparation Writers . , |

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1890, page 438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041890/page/4/