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I M Ow Far The Prevailing Depression Of ...
I M OW far the prevailing depression of trade has influenced the business of the book world I - * - *¦ may be judged by a glance at the Analytical Table of
BOOKS PUBLISHED DURING THE YEAR , 1 which , according to our usual custom , we now submit to our readers . Compared with 1884
there is a deficiency of 733 books in the aggregate , the loss being 525 in new books and 208 in new editions . The sections in which an increase has taken place are Juvenile Books and
Fiction , the former ittereasing from 603 to 671 , and the latter from 408 to 455 . The sections in which considerable falls have occurred are Theology , and History , Biography , & c . Other
comparisons may be found in the year's results which are clearly stated below , and supply an interesting commentary upon the state of the literary market of the year .
ANALYTICAL TABLE OF BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 1885 .
KIT" a New Books ; b New Editions .
1 I Total of Books Subjects Jan . Feb . Mar . Apr . May June July Aug . Sept . Oct . Nov . Dec . on for eaeh the Subjer-t Year .
1 . Theology Biblical , , & S c ermons . \ . , / b a 19 35 13 44 18 44 31 24 60 55 19 33 13 32 15 43 17 72 14 81 15 118 32 211 636 i |
847 1 2 . Educational , Classi- * 1 a 25 46 46 48 34 49 44 ' 37 27 45 63 69 533 cal , and Philological / 6 6 12 13 5 14 6 6 15 5 4 14 19 119
3 . Juvenile Works and ~\ a 19 24 19 32 41 30 28 41 47 116 | 162 112 671 652 Tales * l **» 1 net I b 12 -ir » 5 10 i s \ 9 11 11 14 1 A 7 h * 13 i r \ 7 r * 18 -m e \ 29 ^»^ % . 142 ¦• * r »
. . 'J 7 813 4 . Novels , Tales , and 1 a 9 35 32 33 41 44 32 32 30 37 46 84 ± 55
other Fiction . . / b 3 8 14 18 26 33 35 22 14 26 16 25 240 695 5 . L , aw , Jurisprudence , " ! « 5391157778433 72
& c . . J b 4 2 8 17 5 2 5 3 3 3 5 57 I 129 6 . Political Economy , and Trade SociaH and > , 6115642452634 13 , 14 lg ^ 21 .. 16 « 13 - 6 ^ 17 JL 18 ^ 34 « 41 2 43 10
Commerce n nJL " ' •; - joii (& o ^ -fifcozotf * <** 7 7 . . Arts Arts . Science Scienceand and ! all all 26 26 24 24 16 16 14 14 20 20 26 2 b' 21 21 12 12 19 19 34 34 41 41 2 264 t > 4
Illustrated , Works , , . / b 9 11 4 6 9 9 12 10 9 8 11 11 109 , 8 "W"r . Travels FT ] 1 *^ 3 ] 0 j- 24 14 J 6 23 18 " * '
. Voyages ^ Q , 9 J 7 2 169 ! Sr ^' . ^ . h 3 7 a 6 8 6 23 2 7 3 70 _
» ' ' 46 V - 9 . History & c . , . Biogr . aphy . , J *! b a 22 6 38 14 28 13 30 5 33 14 24 7 27 3 14 6 20 5 35 7 47 8 57 18 375 106
481 10 . Poetry and the " I a 9 6 5 8 27 10 13 11 5 9 1 14 118 j Drama . . . J 6 2 " 2 1 6 1 2 2 1 3 12 14 46
11 . Year-Books anda 32 39 23 24 1 % 26 15 11 8 18 37 86 337 164 ; Serials in Volumes . ^ / b 12 33 1 10
347 ! 12 . Medicine , Surgery , *) a 9 11 10 10 11 7 13 8 11 8 3 15 116 \ & c . . . / b 6 7 4 10 8 7 5 2 4 4 5 9 71 !
187 . 13 . BeUes says , -Lettres Monograp , EsO hs , K 13 498282 10 J 0 12 8 12 l 18 8 9 11 14 0 26 146 74 \ I
* x ' ^* • • J , * » O ii ** ^ X O e W . ua X' * ^ 5 V # * 220 i 14 , Miscellaneous , _ in- *] n lfi 17 24 io 7 9 q 15 13 ok 47 oak
gi ; not Sermons . . J g x 2 J ^ I _ 2 f ? t 1 __ L 35 240
^ IS ?«] 232 409 396 423 489 442 400 375 332 513 706 924 ' AAiy '
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1885, page 1618, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121885/page/2/
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