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    THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK.*

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    THE PARCHMENT DEALERS OF THE -« (TTT^V T...

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    Artistic Copyright.* The Majority Of The...

    ri of ght precedents being gone relating . ' Hithert to o artistic , those copyri in search ght

    have v [ - been perplexed to \_ r know where to turn ^ 5 ; therefore we do not doubt the collection

    offered by Mr . Winslow will prove acceptable to artists , publishers of fine art books , and

    lawyers .

    G. . , > , May 15, 1890 The Publishers' ...

    g . . , > , May 15 , 1890 The Publishers' Circular 5 67

    The Statesman's Year-Book.*

    THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK . *

    The publication of this authoritative international _ fc _ work of reference has this year been

    unusua ^ - j ^ ^ j ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ —^ — ll y delayed , but this has arisen — / ^^ from ^^ ¦ ~~* ~~ a ver — y successful endeavour to re-model the

    arrangemen t / t of the book , to greatly extend its scope , and to thoroughly revise its

    multifarious contents . The volume just to hand has been entirely reprinted with new type , and it — is much larger than any of its 26

    pre-»™ ^ j ^ j ^ decessors , for it contains upwards of 1 , 100 pages . The chief feature of the new

    arrangement consists of a broad division of the book into two parts , and each of these is , of course , followed by many sub-divisions . The first

    300 pages are devoted V to facts and statistics concerning the British Empire , grouped under the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

    Ireland and Dependencies , India , and of the the Colonies Crown , . Protectorates These latter , are arranged alphabetically under the parts of

    tj X M . I . the globe in which they are situated—Europe , AsiaAfricaAmericaAustralasiaand Oceania . , , , ' ,

    We are glad to find that an exhaustive list has for the first time been given of all territories over which the British Government exercises

    any sort of control . In this way , many remote and , for the present , unimportant dependencies are introducedand facts concerning them are

    published which , it would be difficult , if not imposs JL ible , to find in any other publication J .

    Special attention has been devoted this year to the Dark Continent , and Mr . Keltie—as Librarian — — — of the Royal *^ Geograp *» j * * hical Society

    •*—can on , the of course unannexed , claim African to speak dominions with authority which are described — — — in this interesting 1 rsection of the

    work . The parts of Africa claimed by European European nations Powers which are p clai laced m soverei under gnt the y

    over them . For instance , Abyssinia will be found under Italy , Sokoto and Nyassaland

    unannexe under the d British territories Emp which ire , and surround so forth . British The India are also introduced , as well as the

    countries in Central Asia to which Russia lays claim . The second part of the book includes all foreign countries ; and thesein deference

    , to a repeatedly expressed wish , are now arranged -. V -w in alphabetical orderand this naturally

    renders ^ V— — ^— _— . the work much , easier to consult . Mr ¦ 1 - . w ¦ ¦ Keltie — » m - _ - ^^ - - ^ — - » ^^ » state -- ^ — - — B that . , in almost every —r case , w

    the accounts of the various nations have been written by the officials of their statistical

    thorities bureaux , have or from speciall information y supplied which . In such all caaes

    authe notices of the English colonies have been written or revised upon the spot . More

    atten-1 * The Statesman ' s Year-Book for the Year 1890 . Edited by

    . Maomillan . Scott Keltic <& Co , Libra ., London rian . to the lloyal ueograpuictu society .

    The Statesman's Year-Book.*

    colonial tion is g possessions J iven . , it is gratif of other ying nations to find than , to has the

    hitherto been the case . The following is the order in which the information in the ' Statesman ' s Year-Book '

    is now arranged , and we print ' it because it shows at a glance the wide field which is

    and covered Relations by the ; work 2 . Government : 1 . Rei _ — gning — and — — — Soverei Constitu — - ______ gn

    tion ; 3 . Area and Population ; 4 . Reli _ gion ; 5 . Instruction ; 6 . Justice and Crime ; 7 .

    1 Pauperism ; 8 . Finance ; 9 . Defence ; 10 . ' Production 12 . Shipping and and Indust Navigation ry ; 11 ; . 13 Commerce . Internal ;

    I Communications _ JL JL . *—J ; 14 . Money C _ J / and Credit ; 15 . Money , Weights , and Measures ; 16 . Di-; plomatic and Consular Representatives ; 17 .

    Foreign Possessions ; 18 . Books of Reference . ! In every respect the * Statesman ' s Year-| Book for 1890 ' is a remarkable achievement /

    j , in our judgment , stands without a rival , \ as an international work of reference of the

    first rank .

    The Parchment Dealers Of The -« (Ttt^V T...

    THE PARCHMENT DEALERS OF THE - « ( TTT ^ V T ^ V ¦ _ - "_ - ^ A S ~ ** -W-7 % S - ^ 4

    MIDDLE AGES . ] M . Paul Delalain , the accomp A . lished pre J-- i 1

    I sident of the Paris Booksellers' Club , con-1 tributes to the General Journal of Printing and i Bookselling % S of the 3 rd inst . some interesting V- > *

    documents relating to the parchment dealers of old Paris who were dependent on the Uni- . versity to whose rules and regulations they

    were subject . These regulations M . Delalain has translated ; they appear in extenso in the Paris trade journaland seem worthy of a

    somewhat abridged reproduction , in our Export | Number .

    The first of these documents is a Decree of the University fixing the place where parchment mig » ht be stored and sold , which was within

    the _ Monastery of St . Mathurin ' , under a grant from the Abbot and Friars of the Order , made at the request of the University authorities .

    This decree is dated June 1291 . The second document is not dated ; but , ( judging from its tenour and evident connection ;

    J with O the D decree just m mentioned ^ , is probably of ' later origin . It is a statute determining the

    mode of selling parchment . Every travelling dealer ( marcfiand fora In ) who has parchment for sale must , on his arrival in Paris / bring * - # it

    to the place appo * inted for storage and , sale in 'the convent of St . Mathurin . He must then

    at once inform m j * the . % Rector * ¦ —V . of the _ •¦ Universit "W T • • y so \ that the latter can appoint JL JL . someone to verify % f '

    the quantity , and the quality must be valued by four sworn parchment dealers of the University . The Rector is at the same time

    require posted d in to the have thoroug advertisements hfares of the and University notices inviting the tutors and pupils ( Scolatres ) or any *

    the other convent persons QJ to in purchase want of parchment what \ they to require / go to v . | 'When the valuation has been made the mer-

    chant lace where is required his parchment to open to ia the stored public and the to ! await p thereduring ¦« - twenty-four hoursthe — —

    ^ ^ np w W 1 ^^ olars ^ fl * ^^ ^^ ^™ , ^™ ^*^ the ^* ^*^ , "w copy - ¦ - ^^™ ^^ ^^ ^™ ist ^^^^^ m s , and ^^ — — M all other — — — persons — , ^^

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1890, page 567, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051890/page/17/