GOOD WORDS. THE PUBLISHERS' TRADE-LIST ANNUAL FOR 1878. This huge volume gives one the most comprehensive view of American literature, so far at least as titles and subjects go, that can possibly be obtained. It is stated by the editor that every list of first importance in the trade is included in the volume, a fact which materially enhances its value whether for purposes of study or mere reference. To indicate the uses it may serve or give an idea of the information that is contained between its covers would be an impossible task within the limits of a paragraph. For the book trade, libraries, the editorial sanctum, and literary people generally it is invaluable; and the admirable style in which it is brought out reflects the greatest credit both upon compiler and publisher. Christian Union. W. O. DAVIE & Co., CINCINNATI, O. Mohr (or Moore), Redwood & Proctor's Pharmacy. D. G. FRANCIS, 17 ASTOR PLACE, N. Y. Dickens Tale of Two Cities; Master Humphrey; Edwin Drood. 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From this we come to the main portion of the catalogue, the whole collection not only of the year's publitrade lists of the various publishers and the cations, but of the books of past and present authors covering the whole range of literature. Hartford Courant. THE Christmas Number of the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY is more like a work of art than what it purports to be. It is adorned with specimen cuts from the finest gift-books of the season, and we have spent a very pleasant hour in turning over its pages. The mechanical execution of it would have been better, had not the dilatoriness of certain publishers compelled undue haste in the press-work and binding; but for all that it compares favorably with the issues of previous years.-Examiner. BUSINESS FOR SALE. THE stock Batisfactory reasons for sellingHE stock and plates and all appurtenances of a subAddress SUBSCRIPTION," care of "Publishers' Weekly," New York. 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