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Dec . 30 , 1882 The Publishers' Circular I 5 S 9
In Presenting Our Readers, As W E Ha V E...
In presenting our readers , as w e ha v e been won t t o do for m an y a y ea r , with a table which g ives a n a pp r oxima t e idea of publishing activity during the past year , we can offer but little
in a twelvemonth the way of remark since . . The Indeed extraordinary , we h a ve scarcel activity y more which th a prevails n t o repea in t the t he departments o b serva t io n s of of
Journalism and of Periodical Literature must make itself felt in the shape of inroads upon the time of readers of books . It is not surprising , therefore , that one should have to notice a
necessar pa u se , as i l y on t w the ere , increase in the . growth Indeed of , there figures actuall which y is one , i t has wo u ld been appear accustomed , a ver y s to l i ght regard falling as
statistics off in th e as we d find uc t ion them of ; books but , c prop onsi e d ering during the 188 variet 2 . y There and extent is no of standing the rival out demands against upon the
attention , the real wonder is that the effect is not more marked . As matters are , it is not imp robable t ha t t h e real v alue o f th e li t erary w orks o f 1 8 8 2 , whether viewed from an intellectual
or fro m a ma t er i al s t a n dpoin t , is superior to that of its forerunners . ANALYTICAL TABLE OP BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 1882 .
B- ^ T a ! New Books ; b New Editions . Subjects Jan . Feb . Mar . Apr . May June July 1 Aug . Sept . Oct . Nor . Dec . on Total each of Subject Book * for the Year .
1 . Theology , Sermons \ , a 29 65 33 58 35 50 44 25 30 43 79 105 596 Biblical & c . . . / b 7 11 14 13 25 14 8 17 11 19 19 35 193
, 780 mm >¦» . ^ v 2 . Educational , Classi- \ a 29 51 44 11 45 10 25 25 22 30 30 34 53 47 435
cal , and Philological / ^ 3 4 9 6 5 5 3 11 8 15 90 525 8 . JuTenile Works and \ a 16 37 27 32 29 24 42 53 32 152 147 136 727
Tales . . . / 2 7 8 13 21 19 19 17 14 38 59 43 260 ^ 987 4 . Novels , Tales , and 1 a 10 34 26 41 25 37 26 11 16 17 34 29 306
other Fiction . . J & 2 11 12 4 6 18 21 18 6 8 7 11 ! 24 420 6 . LawJurisprudence ^ ! ^ 2134222323469 52
& c . , . . , . / b 1 2 4 1 6 3 2 4 23 6 . Political and Social 3 i 0 20 19 17 16 18 8 5 5 9 15 145 75
| ? rSe ? eand ^ a * 1 2 ! 0 4 3 5 2 4 2 4 7 4 , ^
7 . Arts , Science , and 1 a 13 24 14 20 21 28 17 11 23 17 34 42 264 Illustrated Works . J 613 8 95 6 94 108 8 9 80
344 8 . Voy ^ •* ages ° , . Trav ~ els ~ , ' ^! a a £ 6 14 14 : 8 0 1 1 ^ 2 1 11 1 A 12 ^ y 9 22 -G £ 2 ZU 0 2 ZU 0 33 t > i ) 38 » JO 2 * V 0 * 4
BeaX Beaitii P . j f * 1 1 4 1 2 2 4 3 6 7 9 40 244
9 . History TIZr & c . , 4- ~ - ~ rr , . Biogr Ti : ^ , * . ap ^ ^ h — y , . J \ 6 a 13 1 2 28 Oft 2 23 OQ 8 33 S 6 19 1 Q 7 23 9 . 8 21 91 6 13 IX 6 23 O 7 31 fli 9 59 AO 6 24 75 7 f » 361 361 91 452
10 . Poetry and thel a 9 5 10 15 6 10 9 12 9 22 25 26 158 Drama . j b 1213322135 23 181
11 . Year Books and \ a 24 40 21 6 5 12 13 13 1 5 38 77 255 Serials in Volumes 12112 314
. / b 2 2 , 12 . MedicineSurgery \ a 1 6 11 11 6 9 16 7 7 13 23 9 119
& c . . , . . , / ^ l 2 3 6 2 8 8 6 7 7 8 58 177 13 . Belles Lettres , EbO d 9 i 420 5910743164 92
says occ . , Monograp • hB » , j | " 6 2 , 4 2 2 12 14 106
14 . Miscellaneou d s p hlet 8 --j Q 6 - 7 13 7 24 8 23 7 27 13 27 17 10 16 18 4 26 6 33 11 43 9 264 92 356
± not Sermons a ^? ZtT . ' . J J ^ 7 [_ O / [ __ id u W [ lvl ** Oil « l 0-6 .
194 382 365 407 324 390 376 322 288 617 722 837 5 , 124
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 30, 1882, page 1559, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_30121882/page/3/
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