land, there is a far greater number of men highly cultivated-whether in public life or men of leisure-whose intimacy with affairs and with society as well as books affords supplies of a high order for periodical criticism. For all that, however, the old North is the best periodical we have ever had, or, considering its resources, are likely to have for the present.' "It is but fair to add that one of the obstacles noticed by Prescott no longer hampers the success of the Review, the contributors being now as handsomely paid as the contributors of any of its contemporaries. Yet the great difficulty mentioned above still remains, and will remain until Congress shall assent to international copyright." A PRINTERS' "SPECIMEN EXCHANGE." MESSRS. FIELD & TUER, of The Paper and Printing Trades Journal, 50 Leadenhall Street, London, in response to a number of communications urging the necessity and desirability of a means of exchanging specimens of their best works, publish the following offer, which, as it also extends to "the craft" in our country, we publish in full. The idea is an excellent one, and in the hands of such practical men as Messrs. Field & Tuer is sure of success. bers, they would receive in return one hundred and fifty all different. We would, in conclusion, exhort practical printers, for their own sake, to aid this movement. The volumes of specimens would not only prove of extreme value to subscribers as works of reference, but would be intrinsically valuable in themselves, as it must be borne in mind that it would be impossible to procure even a single copy by purchase. Subscriptions-which will be returned if sufficient names are not forthcoming-may be forwarded to us at once." It is to be hoped that American printers may take up this suggestion. WIRE-SEWN BOOKS. CONSIDERABLE discussion is going on in England as to the permanency and therefore desirability of wire-sewing-an important question in book-making. The librarian at Leicester writes to the Bookseller, London : er. "As far as my experience goes, 'wire-sewn books' are utterly unfit for circulation in libraries. For instance, after having had 'The Life of George Moore' in circulation for a few days, I found sections M, N, and O had given way on the top wire; and when it came back from the next reader, the sections were missing altogethAt that time the book had not been published more than three weeks, and I have every "If one hundred printers will intimate to us reason to believe that it had been fairly dealt their willingness to adopt Mr. Hailing's ad- with. The next book I noticed was Symond's mirable suggestion; we will cheerfully take Life of Shelley' (English Men of Letters). charge of the arrangements, and would under- Having received a new copy from a bookseller, take to have the parcels of specimens carefully I carefully opened it, and found section D quite collated into one hundred sets, which would loose; both the wires had given way, and I was be sent, flat, to subscribers by book-post. One compelled to send it to the binder's to be sewn ; shilling per annum from each subscriber would but before doing so I took it to pieces (being probably cover the expense of posting the par- well acquainted with every branch of bookcels half-yearly, and would also provide, at the binding) and I was surprised to find that each end of each year, a special and carefully printed wire was separate, and that there was nothing title-page for binding up with the specimens. whatever to hold the sections together except We think, perhaps, demy 4to (11 x 84) would the lining at the back, through which the wires be the most generally convenient size. Sub- appeared to be threaded. Surely any one who scribers would not be expected to print special is acquainted with books knows well enough work, but might work off one hundred copies that this is not sufficient to stand the wear to in excess of any artistically arranged and care- which a library book is subject. I think the fully worked job passing through their hands. fault must lie in the fact that when the books The size mentioned would, for the sake of uni- are 'backed,' the hammering which is necessary formity in binding, have to be insisted upon; is sufficient to crack or weaken the wires at the but the hundred copies of each half-yearly speci- bend, and thus when the book is opened it men might be single or fly sheet, and worked gives way altogether and leaves the sections either one or both sides, and each would have loose. I cannot think, for this reason, that to bear a full imprint. We shall be glad to re- wire-sewing can ever be as durable as ordinary ceive the names of printers, American and colo- thread-sewing, where one continuous thread nial, as well as English, willing to join us in holds the whole of the book together. It may carrying out Mr. Hailing's idea. The book--and I believe does-answer very well for post rates to America being now the same as in this country, one shilling per annum will suffice from American as well as English printers; colonial printers will have to forward a few extra stamps to cover excess of postage. The whole of the specimens will be noticed on their merits in the Journal, and we should be glad to see among them a few examples of fine lithography. Mr. Hailing suggests one hundred subscribers, but of course we should not object to receive more should the names be forthcoming, and we have no doubt that our friends would, if necessary, contribute in excess of the hundred copies of their half-yearly contributions, as in all cases they would receive an exact equivalent-i.e., if we called for, say, one hundred and fifty examples from subscri magazines, where no backing' is required; but for anything in 'boards,' experience has shown me that it is nothing like so lasting as thread-sewing." To this the editor of the Bookseller replies: "We think that wire-sewn books require to be sewn on tapes, and not too closely, in order that, in rounding the backs, the stitching may not be unduly strained. Even without tapes, we believe it possible that sufficiently stout muslin might be obtained to stand any reasonable amount of wear and tear. The ordinary muslin employed for backing cloth-bound books is certainly not sufficient to withstand the strain of wire-sewing. We have seen wire-sewn books that were assuredly strong enough for any purpose, but they were sewn on tapes. COMMUNICATIONS. PROF. TYLER'S ADAPTATION OF PROF. MORLEY'S ENGLISH LITERATURE. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Oct. 30, 1879. To the Editor of the Publishers' Weekly: SIR-Professor Henry Morley's recent statement respecting my revision of his "First Sketch of English Literature" is admirably framed with reference to the object--a perfectly justifiable one--which his publishers had in view in making the statement public. I am sure, however, that Professor Morley did not intend to suggest, much less to encourage, the inference to which his words seem to have given rise, namely, that my revision of his book was made without reference to his wishes, and even in defiance of them. Standing by itself, this inference would be sufficiently disagreeable to me; but when taken in connection with that sentence of my Preface which declares that I had revised the book "under the sanc tion of Professor Morley's courteous and gen erous consent," it involves me in an embarrassment far more serious. To protect myself, therefore, from the painful misinterpretation which has been given to Professor Morley's words, and which, I am confident, he did not foresee, I need to mention the following facts: On the 25th of February, 1879, I wrote to Professor Morley a letter, in which I stated that an American publishing house had resolved upon a reprint of his "First Sketch," and had proposed to me the task of its thorough revision. I also explained to him, with out reserve, the character and scope of the changes which, in my opinion, should be made in the form and substance of the book, in order to adapt it to the methods of English studies in America. I told him, furthermore, that I should be glad to execute the work which had been proposed to me, and to do so in the way indicated, but that I would not do it at all without his "permission and sanction for such an undertaking,"-which I accordingly solicited, urging a number of considerations in support of my request, and again saying with emphasis that if he deemed it best to decline my proposition, I should withdraw absolutely from the affair, which would then, of course, go on under other hands. In reply to my communication came the noble-minded letter which I append to this, and which I desire to have printed in full, lest there should be any doubt as to the significance of omitted passages. Yours faithfully, MOSES COIT TYLER. "8 UPPER PARK ROAD, HAVERSTOCK HILL, March 26, 1879. "MY DEAR SIR-I thank you very heartily for the courtesy of your note on the subject of a proposed American edition of myFirst Sketch of English Literature.' I had heard high praise of your volumes on American Literature, and hope in a day or two to have them in my library. If the text-book is to be dealt with as you say, I would prefer that it should be recast by a competent fellow-worker like yourself, and will not fetter your discretion with any suggestion whatever upon the subject. My interest in the book is represented by a royalty, and I have no reason to be dissatisfied with its publishers. If it suited the publishers of the American edition to admit them to partnership in the venture, they say they would be glad to arrange terms and so console themselves for loss of their own American sale, which they have been at some trouble to cultivate. As for me, I must be content with the sale in England and what demand remains in America for the original book after your adapted edition-to which I wish every success for it, as possibly it will. -may have created some occasional inquiry Any thought of the very slight advantage I have had from the sale of the book in America vanishes before the good hope of aiding-through your help-to a much wider diffusion of the love of literature on your side of the water than could have been possible to me alone. If your publishers make in the way of fee to me any acknowledgment of world goes, generous; and if they don't, I shall their use of my book, I shall think them, as the not revile them. MACMILLAN & Co. have nearly ready the third volume of Freeman's “Historical Essays," the fourth of Miss Yonge's "Cameos from English History," and the second part of Mrs. Gaskoin's "Treasury of Bible Stories." THE Happy Hours Co. has just published a new and enlarged edition of " Punch and Judy," which gives, besides an interesting and most complete history of the adventures of Mr. Punch for the last two hundred years, full instructions to enable any person to build and carry on an entertaining show. MR. MOSES KING, of Cambridge, author of "Harvard and its Surroundings," proposes to issue, from Jan. 1st, 1880, on the first of each month, a periodical to be called The Harvard Register (at $2 per year), which will be a full current record of the university affairs and of its past and present members. THE Successful series of holiday books which, thus far, has included "Lotos Leaves" and Laurel Leaves," is to have a new volume this month in Papyrus Leaves," edited, like its predecessors, by Wm. Fearing Gill, and to be issued with new editions of its companions by R. Worthington. In profuseness of embellishment the new gift-book will, it is announced, surpass the earlier works, while its list of authors is as strong and varied. The dedication is to Mr. Longfellow, who contributes his birthday poem, addressed to the children of Cambridge. Holmes, Whittier, Lowell, Bryant, Victor Hugo, H. H., and Nora Perry are among the poets represented. Auerbach, Wilkie Collins, Edward Eggleston and Harriet Prescott Spofford contribute the principal stories, which have never before been published in book-form. GEO. A. LEAVITT & Co. will hold a special trade sale of miscellaneous, standard, juvenile and holiday books, to commence on the 15th inst. The sale comprises, besides a large assortment of books from the different publishers, the entire remainder of the art publications of Colton, Zahm & Roberts. OLIVER JOHNSON's book on Garrison, making a volume of 300 or 400 pages, will be called "William Lloyd Garrison and his Times; or, Sketches of the Anti-Slavery Movement in America." John G. Whittier will contribute to it an introduction. B. B. Russell & Co., Boston, expect to have it ready before the end of the year. THE catalogue for the fall parcel sale of Bangs & Co., numbering 112 pages, covers invoices from eighteen houses, including Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Scribner & Welford, Roberts Brothers, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, Little, Brown & Co., R. Worthington, James Miller, Lee & Shepard, and Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger. D. LOTHROP & Co.'s list of books just out, or forthcoming, includes "Art in the Nursery," a little book of slate-drawings and entertaining pictures for little ones, a delightful collection, with a Walter-Crane-ish cover; Babyland for 1879," a thin book full of pictures that will fascinate children, and large-print reading to match; "The Dogberry Bunch," a story that promises to be very popular, by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, with thirty illustratious by Miss Lathbury; "Our American Artists," a large quarto, containing portraits and pictures of several of the popular artists of this country, with descriptions of them and their works, by S. G. W. Benjamin, a handsome and attractive volume; "The Wide Awake Pleasure Book for 1879," a book full of excellent original stories and sketches, far above the average of children's holiday books, and illustrated with many pictures as good and worthy of praise as the reading matter-all for $1.25; the "Young Folks' History of France," by Miss Yonge, whose histories of Germany, England, Greece, and Rome have proved so popular and acceptable, and are so available and every way suitable for holiday gifts; Child Lore," by Mrs. Clara Doty Bates, a book full of child literature of great interest, and pictures that cannot fail to charm little ones; and "Christmas Pie," the plums of which will delight young folks. 46 Lee & SheparD will publish on the roth, as a holiday book, Mrs. Hemans' famous Pilgrim hymn, The Breaking Waves Dashed High," with illustrations by Miss L. B. Humphrey, in similar style to Nearer, My God, to Thee," "Rock of Ages," and other little quarto holiday volumes. At the same time will appear "Between Friend and Sweetheart," a novel by Amanda M. Douglass. On the 15th will come Camps in the Caribbees," by Fred. A. Ober, describing two years' adventures and discoveries as a naturalist in the West Indies, under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institute; Wallace Bruce's poem, "The Yo-Semite," with illustrations; and Mr. Linton's "Practical Hints on Wood Engraving, for the Instruction of Reviewers and the Public." This is really practical, as well as full of bristling Linton-pointed hints, and by means of cuts shows the difference between mechanical and artistic engraving, as Mr. Linton is very competent to do. Three other books are promised for the same date-T. W. Higginson's "Short Studies of American Authors," Hawthorne, Poe, Howells, Thoreau, H. H., and others, a very inviting book; Pres. Sturtevant's religious book, "The Keys of Sect;" and "The Island of Capri," long famous as Garibaldi's home, translated from the German of Ferdinand Gregorovius by Miss Lilian Clarke, daughter of Rev. James Freeman Clarke, and an accomplished German scholar. On the 20th we may expect "Cruises genial writer and man, whom everybody knows with Captain Bob," by B. P. Shillaber, a most Mrs. Partington." as 'SUNSHINE AND STORM IN THE EAST; or, Cruises to Constantinople and Cyprus, 1874'78," by Mrs. Brassey, with maps and over one hundred illustrations, chiefly from drawings by the Hon. A. Y. Bingham, is announced in London. UNDER the title of " English Society at Home," Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London, will publish early this month a series of Mr. George Du Maurier's illustrations from Punch. The volume will be a large quarto, containing at least sixty drawings, each of them on real India paper, mounted. MR. T. WEMYSS REID, author of the monograph on "Charlotte Brontë," which passed through several editions a few years ago, and the editor of the Leeds Mercury, has written a series of critical sketches of living statesmen, which will shortly be published in London under the title of "Politicians of To-day." A "DICTIONARY OF HYMNOLOGY," a com panion to existing hymn-books, by the Rev. John Julian, will shortly appear in England. The work is intended to show the origin and history of the hymns contained in the present hymnals used by the Church of England, Scotland and Ireland, and various dissenting bodies. MR. CHARLES DICKENS has just completed an exhaustive "Dictionary of the Thames," somewhat on the plan of his now well-known "Dictionary of London." Besides full details as to fishing, rowing, and yachting matters, articles are contributed by well-known specialists on the geology, ornithology, botany, art, and literature of the river. The business of the port of London also receives a fair share of attention. The book, which will be published forthwith, contains nineteen maps and plans. SAMPSON LOW & Co. have nearly ready "Up the Amazon and Madeira Rivers, through Bolivia and Peru: a Journey in Canoe and Saddle across South America," by Edward D. Mathews, with map and illustrations-an account of the Amazon River from its outlet to the mouth of its most important affluent, the Madeira River, a distance of nine hundred miles, and of the Madeira River from its junction with the Amazon to its sources in Bolivia, and information on the climate, inhabitants, resources, and condition of Bolivia. UNDER the title of Foreign Countries Messrs. Sampson Low & Co. propose to publish a series of small volumes descriptive of the principal countries of the world, each country being treated of by a writer who from personal knowledge is qualified to speak with authority on the subject. It is intended that the works should be useful both for popular reading and for educational purposes. Amongst the volumes to be first issued will be " Greece," by Mr. Lewis Sergeant ; " Denmark and Iceland," by Miss E. C. Otté; "Japan," by Mr. S. Mossman; "Persia," by Sir F. J. Goldsmid; "Austria," by Mr. D. Kay; and Russia," by Mr. W. R. Morfill. The editor of the series is Mr. F. S. Pulling, Lecturer at Queen's College, Oxford. BOOKS WANTED. In answering, always state condition and price. A. G., Box 4295, N. Y. P. O. " WM. P. RAYNOR, P. O. Box, 3160. Harding's Elementary Art. London, 1858, or later. J. FRANCIS RUGGLES, BRONSON, MICH. Job lot of Dick's English classics, paper or cloth. 100 copies of Junius' Letters. A. WILLIAMS & Co., BOSTON. Baz., Gustars & Gallo's Mexican Railway. Mexico, 1876. Chipman's Northern Mexico. N. Y., 1868. Geiger's Peep at Mexico. Trübner, 1874. Lower California. N. Y., M. E. Brown & Co., Printers, 1868. Battle of Gettysburg. Bates, Phila. THE work upon the British Philological Society's great English Dictionary goes on well. Besides the regular workers, Dr. Murray, his chief assistant Mr. Herrtage, and their helpers Mr. Ruthven, Miss Shipper, and Miss Scott, nearly four hundred volunteers have come for. ward to read, and on some days as many as 4000 slips from books pour in. Up to the end of August they had completed 221 books representing some 300 volumes, which had yielded 81,600 quotation-slips; while 485 books were in process, representing twice as many more quotations. The portion containing the letter A, promised for 1882, is already done to Acr. Many more readers are still wanted. Surprise is expressed at the heartiness and excellence of American coöperation. A large number of readers are consequently now at work, not only in the various colleges, where the matter has been warmly taken up, but in the most unlooked-for localities, from Massachusetts to California amd Oregon, and from Minnesota to New Orleans. It has been a pleasant surprise to the promoters to find what numbers of Amer icans are happy in the possession of early editions of the writers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which they offer to read for the Dictionary.” WA 44 SITUATIONS WANTED. WANTED by a capable man, a position to take charge of the orders of a book-house. Address Pierce, care PUB. WEEKLY. THE undersigned has conducted a library with over 50,000 volumes, over 16 years. He is desirous of being engaged as a librarian. W. Brotherhead, 2307 Madison Street, Philadelphia. THE advertiser, who has for years been connected with leading houses of N. Y., wishes to purchase an interest in a city house, or house located near N. Y. Publishing preferred. State particulars and amount of capital required. Address N. Y., care PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY. Y a gentleman of tact, energy, and good address, with ery business as clerk and salesman. Has also acted successfully as a traveller. 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