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      I55 8 The Publishers' Circular Dec. 30, ...

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      188 Fieet Street : December 30, 1882.

      188 FiEET Street : December 30 , 1882 .

      Ri^Ete Admitted Improvement In The Comme...

      ri ^ ETE admitted improvement in the commercial transactions of the year which is just closing JL has happily been shared by the publishing and associated trades ; and , in offering our

      readers our cordial wishes for a bright and prosperous new year , we need only express a hope that the revival of prosperity . A . Jk v to which we have referred may be maintained and strengthened \_ * .

      Among the noteworthy features of the year ' s work , the great increase in the issue of low-priced editions of standard books deserves to be noticed as a proof of the willingness of the trade to

      rise to the occasion and meet the demand of the public for cheap literature "by furnislhing a supply which is as unstinted as it is rich in variety and quality . Not only haTe the

      works of Hood , Barham , and Marryat , with numerous illustrations , been brought out in sixpenny A- « r volumes' , but some of the famous books of fiction of the present — day — — , includingK . J

      i Tom Brown ' s School Days / have been produced in the same way , and works of travel , such as Lady Brassey ' s ' Voyage ^ < W ^ in the Sunbeam ,- ' and last , but not least , the Queen — ' s own

      books , have been similarly popularised . As might have been expected , the example set in England has not been without its influence on the Continent ; and marvels of book production

      , although not yet supplied at the same low figures quoted in London , are announced . At Paris the correspondent of the Times calls attention to several volumes of exceptionally low price ,

      which , in his opinion , * decidedly mark a new departure in French publishing . ' In one of these worksentitled 'La ReVohition / nearly every one of the 100 pages bears a drawing , facsimile

      , portrait , or illustration in sepia or colour , and its cheapness seems to show that modern French publishing has made vast progress , and is now able to vie with that of any other country .

      All this suggests that competition in publishing , as in all other trades , is leading to reduction of prices , and we can only hope—although we must confess to a feeling of doubt upon the point

      —that the extent of the sale will be so enormous as to be remunerative , and thus save the publishers from the commercial failure which too often attends what the purchasing world

      regards as unequivocal success .

      The Obituary Of 1882 Includes Some Names...

      The obituary of 1882 includes some names well known in literary and publishing circles , and among them—William Harrison Ainsworth , the author of ' Historical Romances' ;

      Richard Henry Dana , the American author an d lecturer on International Law ; Professor Cliffe Lesliethe political economist ; Richard Brinsley Knowles , the journalist and worker

      , for the Historical MSS . Commission ; Berthold Auerbach , the novelist ; Henry "Wadsworth Longfellow , the poet ; JorgenMoe , bishop and poet ; John Francis , publisher of the Athenaeum ;

      Denis Florence McCarthy , the poet ; Dante Gabriel Rossetti , poet and painter ; Sir Henry Colesometime journalist and author ; Charles Robert Darwin , philosophernaturalist , and

      author physician , ; James and author Rice , the ; Dr novelist . Hanna ; , Ral author ph Waldo of i The Emerson Life of , Christ the essayist '; James ; t Thompson ) , r . John Brown , poet , ;

      William B . Donne , formerly Librarian of the London Library ; Dr . Ward , sometime Editor of the Dublin Review ; Hablot K . Browne ( ' Phiz' ) , the illustrator of Dickens ; Professor

      Stanley Jevons , the political economist ; Dr . Pusey , the divine ; William Sawyer , poet and

      journalist ; Anthony Trollope ; and Archbishop Tait .

      The Army Wnd Navy Album (Stafford & Guy,...

      The Army wnd Navy Album ( Stafford & Guy , 4 Russia Row , Milk Street , E . C- ) . We can congratulate this enterprising young firm on its first publication in the illustrated photograph

      album line . It was a happy idea to secure the services of the artist , Mr . R . Caton Woodville ; and his vigorous and carefully coloured pictures make this album one of the most attractive

      and valuable very of the kind . In fact , when we say that the work contains eighteen exquisitely pnrfin executed nfr . firl p chromos . liromoH of of the fchfi following folloivino subj aubienta ects . it it will will bo be seen seen to to" have have a a permanent nermarmnt national national

      , interest : —Frontispiece—Drum Major of the Guards in state dress and Band ; Ptoyal Horse Artillery Fifth and , Scots march Greys past , drummer Lancers , Hussars gun in action Grenadier ; Field Guards Artillery officer ; Life with Guards colours ; Dragoons drummer- ,

      boy ; Royal Engineers ; and 66 th ; Light ; Infantry ; Highlanders , ; Rifle Brigade , ; Sailors , Marines , and gun ; Sailors , boat ' s crew and H . M . S . * Triumph . ' The embossed cover is very

      handsome , and the general get-up leaves nothing to be desired .

      By Him ' Heroic Of This Ab Volume Ventur...

      by him ' Heroic of this Ab volume ventures , it . has '—Mr been . T . found Fisher that Un win the work wishes contains us to state a large that , amount aince the of puWication copyright

      matter from the following books published by Messrs , Sampson Low , Marston , & Go ., viz . : — Schweinfurth'a ' Heart of Africa / Prejevalsky ' s ' Explorations in Eastern Asia / Markham ' s ' WhalinCruiae / and Pinto's ' How I Crossed Africa' The invasion of these copyrights was

      g BB 1 . B v ^ B ^ flM committed Sampson ^ Low entirely & A Go ^^ . without , a ^ fei _ ^ special ^ the - ^ arrangement knowled ^ ^ k ABB ge has of Mr «^^ K now ^^^ . Unwin flM been ^ ^^^ A made , but ^ B ^ , b by y which the . ^ k courtesy he is permitted of ^& Messrs ti > .

      continue the publication of the work .

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 30, 1882, page 1558, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_30121882/page/2/