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Present rate of Importation. $1.10 gold, per Thaler, à 30 gr. Rönsch, H. Das Buch d. Jubiläen od. die kleine Genesis. gr. 8. Leipzig, Fues... ......4 Th. 20 gr. Siebeck, H. Untersuchungen zur Philosophie der Griechen. 8. Halle, Barthel... ..2 Th. Stutz, U. Der alte u. der neue Glaube od. Christen. thum u. Naturalismus. gr. 8. Zürich, Hanke.1 Th. 10 gr. Lasker, E. Zur Verfassungsgeschichte Preussens. gr. 8. Leipzi, Brockhaus..... .......2 Th. Wigand, A. Der Darwinismus u. die Naturforschung Newtons u. Cuviers. 1. Bd. gr. 8. Braunschweig, VieRabuteau A. Eléments de toxicologie et de médecine weg & Sohn... ..4 Th. légate appliquée à l'empoisonnement. er fasc. In-8 Raabe, W. Meister Autor, od. die Geschichten vom verjés, vii 324 p. avec pl. et fig. Lauwerey, s. sunkenen Garten. 8. Leipzig, E. J. Günther..1 Th. 15 gr. Saint-Albin, A. de. Histoire d'Henri V. In 8°, viii-516 Stengel. F. v. Aristocraten. Roman in 2 Bdn. 8. Nürnp. Palmé.

The Question of Prices.

The question of the prices of books is one of the most important phases of the discussion of reform, and it should be thoroughly understood that it is not a reduction simply, but chiefly areorganization of prices that is needed under the present circumstances. The wording of the Convention recommendation itself suggests this:

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pass. It is not which house shall attract patronage by offering the best goods at the lowest price, but which shall make them dearest, so as to tempt fallacious buyers by more enormous nominal discounts. This is not wholesome, but the contrary. We do not believe, then, in attempting to bring the trade to a dead level of uniformity, which indeed would be impossible were it desirable, but we do desire to see such a state of things that the best books and the best men shall succeed best, and that artificial and factitious "tricks of trade" should be severely "let alone " by the trade.

"IMITATION is the highest flattery," says the proverb, and we rejoice accordingly in Mr. Whittaker's project of an English "Reference Catalogue," on the plan of the "Uniform Trade List Annual." Mr. Whittaker has asked us to act as the American agency for this useful compilation, which will be even larger than our own, and sub

4th. That to assure permanence in these reforms, the retail price of books should be reduced so that the largest discount under any circumstances could not exceed one-third. That is to say, it is desirable that the prices of American books, at least, should be based fairly upon the cost of production. As things now stand, prices are chaotic. The less conscientious houses use thick coarse paper, and large type, and pad frightfully to make a $2 book out of one that could be put in much better shape at $1, while other houses make a volume which is very well worth the price now charged. Add to this the diversity of discounts, and it will be found that there is scarcely scriptions will be received at $1.50 per copy, which, any standard in the trade. Of course, this is an in-counting exchange and freight charges on this dividual matter, which is in one sense the business bulky work, is the same as the English price of 2s. 6d. They should be sent in immediately. of the individual publishing houses alone, and so far as healthful competition is concerned, it is well that there should be difference. This is a wholesome principle of trade, which can neither be suppressed nor overlooked. But it is the abuse, the reversion, of this principle in the present case which has helped to bring things to their present

THE letter of Mr. Solberg, in our correspondence columns, will, we trust, receive the attention of publishers. It has always been our grievance that it is so difficult and wearisome a task to obtain information for the trade, even when all the neces

sary blanks are supplied freely and no charge of any kind made. A change in this respect would certainly be most gratifying to us.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. The interests of the trade cannot be better served than by a full discussion by its members of all questions which affect it. Our columns are always open to communications on any such subject, provided they be brief and suggestive, and we cordially invite the trade to express any suggestions or opinions of interest or value in "Letters to the Editor."

Trade Journalism.

[THE following letter seems intended for publication in connection with the Convention, but did not reach us, of course, till some time afterward. We print it as still of interest, and desire to express here the gratitude which we feel for such encouragement as that of our correspondent.ED.]

OMAHA, February 12, 1874.

not give the amount of time and attention needed for reading them if he did.

Now, suppose a trade journal is published containing in a condensed form all the book announcements of the various papers, and containing otherwise only what would directly relate to his business, he could well afford once a week to give such a paper a thorough perusal, and it would keep him better posted than any dozen other journals that he might select and read. Right here there lies the remedy. Let every bookseller in the country subscribe for and read carefully and regu larly a good trade paper, and already will the back of the book trade distemper be broken and convalescence set in; and if then the publishers will but follow and abolish the "trade sales," stiffen their discounts, and leave themselves a paying margin, so that underhanded dealings may not be necessary, the book trade will soon regain its rightful healthy and vigorous condition.

However great the wrongs the bookseller may imagine he suffers at the hands of the publisherand no one can deny that he is wronged-he must still bear in mind that the first condition of success lies in being qualified to sell books. If the bookseller is totally ignorant of the books that a customer wants, the customer is forced to look elsewhere for them.

Let every bookseller then support his trade journal, and let the publisher see that it is de. Conven-manded of him to make this journal a medium of communication with his salesmen.

To the Editor of the Publishers' Weekly.
DEAR SIR: To-day the Booksellers'
tion meets for the avowed purpose of attempting
the correction of certain grievous disorders in the
book business. What manner of cure they may
devise remains to be seen. But in the mean time
we indulge in the belief that we have discovered
the simple first step in a cure ourselves, and beg
leave to lay it before you.

When a book is about to be published it is customary for the publisher to advertise it by inserting "advance notices" in the principal periodicals. The wider the distribution of such notices the better. The more newspapers and magazines in which some item of interest concerring the forthcoming work is published, the greater will be the number of persons interested, and in this way led to become purchasers.

The reader sees in some one of his papers the announcement of a new book by Herbert Spencer on Sociology, and before his interest has time to become cold he goes to the nearest bookseller and asks for the book; but the bookseller, instead of answering promptly, "Not received yet, sir, but my advance order for it is in, and as soon as the book is out of the press it will be sent me," looks bewildered, and confesses that he has not heard of it.

We remember an example years ago, before the birth of the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY. Mr. A. and Mr. B., both proprietors of considerable bookstores, were chatting at Mr. A. 's counter. A lady entered and asked for Longfellow's new volume of poems. Mr. A. handed her a volume, but she politely informed him that there was a later one, recently issued. He was astonished, and suggested the possibility of a mistake, turning to Mr. B. and asking him if he had heard of it. Mr. B. was also ignorant and doubt ul, but the customer set their doubts at rest by saying that she had seen a copy at a friend's. Now, to our certain knowledge these two men read more than the majority of booksellers, and tried to keep them selves posted.

The trouble lies simply in the fact that the bookseller cannot afford to take all the papers likely to publish book announcements, and could

In a well supported trade journal is the only reasonable hope the dealer has of being able to keep pace with his customers in book intelligence, and this is the first requirement of a successful business.

A Suggestion.

L. T. S.

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LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS, by John Forster. Vol. 3. (J. B. Lippincott & Co.) The conclusion of this absorbing work is of intense interest. opens with much that is fresh and new about the writing of "David Copperfield" and "Bleak House." A history of many of the characters in both stories is given, identifying them with real people. Many delightful particulars of Dickens' residence abroad, his home life at Gadshill, and his readings throughout England, also appear. His separation from his wite is briefly related. The few details we receive will not place the great novelist any higher in public estimation. His wonderfully lucrative readings in the United States, with their attending incidents, are described by his own pen in letters to his daughter and Mr. Forster. The little that can ever be known about "Edwin Drood" fills the concluding chapters. The short, sad story of his sudden death will recall the universal regret felt for his loss. Mr.

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