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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th September 1888, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1062

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      io 62 The Publishers' Circular Sept . 15 , 1888

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      LITERABY INTELLIGENCE 1062-1069 B 0 OK 8 PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN " CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA 1063 , 1064 FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO 15 1071—1075

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      SALE JOTTINGS 1066 IJBHED 1077—1092 , 1108 OB 1 TUABY 1066 - MISCELLANEOUS AM-A . lbrf ^ Vliaillfl I . ^ JLWV ^ \ J * * 1093 J . V W -1101 1067 » J m 9 m «••• ••*» ••«••• •• • •••••• X 1 U |

      the TRA _ DE bakcelona C 5 HA _ N * GES exhibition :::: ' .::::::::: ; ::: w *™ v ™^ cards ^ - ^ A REMONSTRANCE 1067 ASSISTANTS WANTED 1100

      REVIEWS , « fec 1067-1069 WANT SITUATIONS 1100 INDEX TO BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BOOKS FOR SALE 1101

      BRITAIN BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1 & 15 .. 1070 , 1071 BOOKS WANTED TO PURCHASE 1101—1107

      St. Dunstan's House, E.C. 1

      St . Dunstan ' s House , E . C .

      September 15,1888. I^\ Lasgo W Should Be...

      September 15 , 1888 . i ^\ LASGO W should be proud of an auspicious

      ^ J year in her annals . Not only has a noble exhibition flourished , but more than one of

      the learned societies have this year made the city their place of conference . Among them

      have been the Archaeological Society and the Library Association of the United Kingdom .

      Bookmen , outside the limited circle of English librarianship , take more interest in

      the latter body than the members themselves may imagine ; and the Glasgow meeting has

      attracted special attention for one reason especially , to which we shall presently refer .

      [ Before doing so , however , the opportunity should be taken to point out the prominent

      subjects considered by the Association . A good many members were probably

      surprised at the local book-lore brought under their notice by Professor Ferguson in his

      paper on the Brothers Foulis and other Glasgow Printers . Those who were inclined ,

      and naturally so , to ' look upon the second city of the Empire as being purely a manufacturing

      and mercantile centre could not fail to be struck by the details of the beautiful

      typography which emanated from the Foulis press between 1743 and 1746 . The first book

      printed in Glasgow appeared in 1 G 38 from the press of one George Anderson , a printer who

      hailed from the more erudite city of Edinburgh . We may remark that a characteristic

      feature of Glasgow librarianship seems to be the collecting of books actually printed in the

      city ; if we mistake not , Mr . Barrett , of the Mitchell Library , inaugurated this plan , which

      might reasonably be adopted in all places where book production has been a

      compara-- " - a . tively limited business . Other papers read at the various meetings

      raised discussions on subjects which already have occupied the attention of the association .

      The working of public Free Libraries and Board Schools in furthering national

      educam

      tion was treated by Mr . Wright of Plymouth .

      The Rev . P . Aitken described ' Water Marks in collation of Fifteeners . ' But possibly the

      most interesting incident of the meeting was the production by Mr . Blades of a singular

      tract found in the Wigan Library by Mr . Folkard , the librarian , entitled c An Overture

      for founding and maintaining a Bibliothecks in every Paroch throughout this kingdom ,

      humbly offered to the consideration of this present Assembly . ' This work was printed ¦»¦ in

      • Mm V 1699 . It shows that arguments in favour of public v «^ ^^^ w ^^ ^ k ^^ ^^^ libraries mm » ^ m *>^ r ^ fc a m «^ h jfe ^^^ r _ were w w ^ " ^ ^^ ^^^ quite ^ " ^ B ** ** v ^^* as ** pw r if ^ forcibl ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^™ ^^ ^» y f expressed ^ r ^» - ^» ¦ - ¦^ ¦ - ^^ *^ - ^— —~ ^ —

      two hundred years ago as they are now . ' The special reason for noting the recent

      meeting of the Librarians is the absolute j paucity of subjects at their command for

      consideration and discussion . They cannot go on for ever , year after yearspeaking of the

      , modes of preserving and distributing books . The art is as restricted and immutable as the

      science of arithmetic , and its laws are simplicity itself , unless a pronounced literary element

      be introduced , and that is an innovation which many of the most enthusiastic librarians

      would hardly care to see . We would , therefore take the part of that section of the

      A . association who think that the meetings might in future be triennial instead of annual . The

      interval would permit subjects to be treated fully , with freshness of spirit , and , we think ,

      to the advantage of the cause ; that is to say , if the pleasures of ' outing , ' so much required

      , * . _ % —r ' -m . by the hermit librarian , do not enter into the attractions and value of the programme .

      JL » Should the annual meetings be upheld ' , we would counsel the introduction of a wider

      range of topics . As it is , the association , active and earnest as its chief members

      unquestionably are , is but a dead-and-alive affair after all . The recent meeting in Glasgow was

      only its eleventh annual assemblage , and yet it seemed as much fossilised as any of those

      most learned societies which have existed •^ r —how ,

      it is difficult to say—far many a year longer . : . ' ¦ : ¦ . , -= ^{

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1888, page 1062, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091888/page/4/