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By Dr. Charles Mackay.

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General Record of British and Foreign Literature

CONTAINING A COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF

ALL NEW WORKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN

47 LUDGATE HILL: May 16, 1859.

THE THE recent proceeding of the Canadian legislature in taxing the import of English books is taken with unaccountable apathy by our press. It may be thought a publishers' and booksellers' question merely, and not worth words about. It certainly is a matter interesting to publishers, curtailing, as it does, our demands from the Canadian provinces at least one-half, and threatening to deprive us of the market altogether. But if it affects publishers, it does so the best interests of literature, and, as it would seem to us, involves also a great question of right of a colony to thus injure home trade. It is no light matter that, as publishers, we find ourselves deprived, without any warning, of a market for our books to an extent of at least £4000 a year, a market that was yearly improving, and one that we naturally regarded as to be depended upon. We use the word deprived, for the imposition complained of has that effect. The impost is not one for the benefit of the colonial revenue, or we might bear it; it is not merely a hindrance and restriction to our export trade, but in great part it amounts to a prohibition, causing to be substituted for the regular demand a supply of cheap reprints from the adjoining States.

The measure greatly aggravates the injustice hitherto suffered by English authors from the admission of reprints into Canada; for whilst books under this objectionable tariff will have to pay 10 per cent., United States pamphlets and magazines are admitted free, offering facilities, not to the most respectable and desirable of the United States' reprints, which now, we are glad to acknowledge, mostly yield some little benefit to the English author, but to the cheapest and meanest kind of reprints issued by American houses who avoid paying the author anything. It will actually promote rival reprints of this class.

One illustration will suffice. Messrs. Chambers have just commenced a popular Encyclopædia, characterised by enterprise and liberality, and especially adapted to the new generation in our colonies; its reproduction is announced in New York, which Messrs. Chambers inform us they neither sanction or will derive any benefit from. Now the latter, as an American pamphlet, will be admitted into Canada duty free, whilst the original home work, equally as cheap, will be prohibited by this imposition of 10 per cent. duty from any chance even of competition.

In short, the tariff in question would appear ingeniously concocted by an enemy so as to benefit no one, only setting a bad example to the English colonies to prevent the English export of English books.

Maps and Plans of Italy, The National Airs of Italy, The Vicissitudes of Italy since the Congress of Vienna, The Rifle, Manning the Navy, England and her Soldiers, The War, &c., are already showing conspicuously in Publishers' lists, indicating a change in the usual literature of May and June: notwithstanding, our list of new books includes a few of considerable general the following will be found a summary of the principal:

interest;

:

In Literature, Science, and Art.-Henry Constable's Critical and Theological Essays; Nicholls'

Grammar of the Samaritan Language; the First Volume of Caspari's Grammar of the Arabic, by Wright; the First Part of Tymms' Art of Illuminating-to be completed in twelve parts; Dresser's Structural and Physiological Botany; and in Entomology, The British Tortoices (misprinted last number Tortoises), by S. J. Wilkinson, with plates, 1 vol. 8vo.

In Travel, Geography, and Adventure. -Dendy's Wild Hebrides; Harcourt's Sporting in Algeria; Bevan and Nicolay's Manual of Descriptive Geography; A Panorama of the New World, by Kinaban Cornwallis, the recent traveller to Japan, in 2 vols.; The Jews in the East, translated from the German of Frankl, by the Rev. P. Beaton, M.A., Chaplain to the Forces, in 2 vols.; The Romance of the Ranks, or Anecdotes and Social Incidents of Military Life, by Quarter-master Connolly, in 2 vols.

In History and Biography.-The Third and Fourth Volumes of the Wellington Indian Despatches; the Eighth and concluding Volume of Sir A. Alison's History of Europe, 1815 to 1852; the First Part of a Political Biography of Louis Napoleon; a Second Edition of the Cornwallis Correspondence, in 3 vols.; and an exceedingly pretty Edition, somewhat abridged, as the Story of the Life of George Stephenson, in fcp. 8vo.; the First Volume of Dr. Bunting's Life, by his Son; The Memoirs of James Wilson, a distinguished Naturalist (brother of Christopher North), by Dr. Hamilton; The Life of Alexander Wilson, the great Ornithologist, by Miss Brightwell, Author of a Life of Mrs. Opie (nearly ready); Women of Worth, a Book for Girls.

In Divinity-The First Volume of Bomberger's Protestant Encyclopædia; Conversations on the Church Catechism, in 2 vols., by the Author of the Heir of Redclyffe; Balfern's Letters from Jesus; Newman's Lectures and Essays on University Subjects; Smooth Stones taken from Ancient Brooks, by the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon; Blakie's Bible History, with General History; The Book of Revelation, arranged in synchronal columns; Roberts on the Original Language of St. Matthew's Gospel; Reflections on Passages of the New Testament, by Dr. Sumner; Joule's Choral Service of the Church of England; Trail's Christian Graces, a Series of Discourses; Popular Preachers of the Ancient Church, by Wilson.

În Law.-Amos on the Statutes of Henry the Eighth.

In Medical Science.-A Third Edition of Henry T. Chapman on Treatment of Ulcers; Fraser on Penetrating Wounds of the Chest: Wardrop on Diseases of the Heart, a new edition; Henderson's Treatment of Diseases by Water.

In Fiction.-Newton Dogvane, in 3 vols.; Georgie Barrington, in 3 vols.; The Campbells, in 3 vols.; Alice Littleton, a Tale, in 1 vol. ; a Third Edition of Adam Bede; a Second Edition of Mrs. Gaskell's Round the Sofa; Romantic Tales, a collection of Miss Mulock's; and a little eighteenpenny-volume of Tales by Alice Cary, of which critics speak in high praise.

A new illustrated work by Leech is announced, entitled a Little Tour in Ireland, by an Oxonian; a Biography of Charles Kean is in the press of Messrs. Saunders and Otley; and the publication of a Memoir of Sheridan and his Times is announced by Mr. Hope as postponed for a time.

A new edition of the Pilgrim's Progress is announced, in fcp. 4to., by Messrs. Longman and Co., with 44 steel etchings and 80 wood engravings, from designs by Charles Bennett, with a Preface by the Rev. Charles Kingsley.

Mr. Martin F. Tupper is announced on National Rifle Clubs, but whether in prose or poetry it saith not. The letter T, meantime, is appended to a patriotic poet's cry to Riflemen in The Times of Wednesday last, which critics curiously enough hesitate whether to ascribe to Tennyson or Tupper, and consequently suspend criticism. It is deemed sufficiently good, however, to have elicited already two capital parodies, and there is little doubt but that the original is from the Laureate's pen, pointed and timed for the Government proclamation.

Mr. Bentley publishes very opportunely the First Volume of a re-issue of James's Naval History, with a Portrait of Nelson; and Messrs. Routledge equally well time an announcement of The Navies of the World, by Hans Bush, Author of The Rifle and How to Use it.

The mournful yet eventful Story of Cawnpore is announced for publication by Mr. Bentley, told by Captain Moubray Thomson, one, it will be remembered, of the only two survivors of the deplorable massacre.

Mr. Hodgson, the old proprietor of the Parlour Library, has commenced a new series of cheap novels, the first being the Rose of Ashurst, by Mrs. Marsh.

Messrs. Chapman and Hall will publish very shortly a translation of the Memoirs of Robert Houdin the great conjuror, written by himself, in 2 vols; The History and Associations of Tobacco, by F. W. Fairholt, F.S.A., with 100 illustrations; and the First Monthly Part, uniform with Pickwick, &c. of Dickens's new tale, The Two Cities, to form 8 one-shilling parts.

HOUSEHOLD WORDS.-Mr. Edmund Hodgson sold this day, under a decree of the High Court of Chancery, the title, stereotype plates, and stock of 620,000 back numbers, of the Household Words, after an hour's bidding, chiefly on behalf of the proprietors themselves. The lot was eventually knocked down to Mr. Arthur Smith (believed to be for Mr. Dickens) for the sum of £3,500.

Mr. Mitchell, of Bond Street, has issued an excellent Lithographed Portrait of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred in the uniform of a Midshipman, corresponding with the Portrait recently published of the Prince of Wales, photographed by Lake Price, lithographed by Lynch, and printed by Hanhart.

Booksellers' Saturday Half-Holiday.—At a meeting in connection with the trade, held on the 11th instant, at the offices of the Early Closing Association, it was announced that, in accordance with the arrangement previously entered into by the principal firms for closing during the summer months at an early hour, the several houses in the Row closed at 2 o'clock, and the assistants repaired to Blackheath to enjoy the manly game of cricket.

We have been favoured with a copy of the Report by M. Romberg of the Belgian Commission, which had been charged by Royal order to draw up a Bill on the subject of Literary and Artistic Copyright. The provisions of the bill are appended to the Report. It is prepared in a wise and liberal spirit, and should it become law, to Belgium will belong the honour of having taken a noble initiative in generalising a law which has hitherto been subordinated to diplomatic convenience, and in decreeing, unreservedly and without any condition of reciprocity, a respect for the rights of writers and artists of foreign countries equal to those of Belgium. This principle is laid down in the first article of the Bill, and its generous and comprehensive character, conformable to the spirit which animated the Congress whence it emanated, is manifested throughout.

The enterprising Mr. Bonner of New York, the proprietor of The Ledger, announces another triumph, we observe, as having secured Mr. Charles Dickens to write a tale specially for his paper; it is generally reported that the tale in question is a short one, but that its publication will be extended over eight weeks, by giving a column at a time, and that the retainer was $5000. This will not affect Mr. Dickens' copyright in the tale here as an English author: we believe this has been decided more than once in our courts, and the objection to the contrary was recently overruled in a question arising out of the claims of Mr. Lover to his "Low-backed Car," which was first published in the United States. Meantime, the new tale, "The Two Cities," which will extend over eight months, has been secured by Messrs. Harper and Brothers for their weekly journal.

We receive the following from our New York Correspondent under date of April 29 :

The list of books published during the last month does not contain much of interest: Mr. Frederick Saunders, Author of Salad for the Solitary, has produced a new volume of Essays and collected Table Talk, called Mosaics; Mr. Ireland, a New York lawyer, has printed a bulky volume of Travels, From Wall Street to Cashmere; Professor Jæger has a new and improved edition of his North American Insects.

In reprints we have had Professor Aytoun's Poems and Ballads of Goethe, 75c.; De Quincey's The Avenger, $1-in an address to the public, contained in this book, the Author pays a polite compliment to the American publishers, Messrs. Ticknor and Fields; Charles Reade's Love me Little Love me Long, 75c., of which over 5000 were subscribed in New York alone; Romance and its Hero, $1; More about Jesus, 63c.; Chevalier's Treatise on Gold, translated, with Preface by Cobden, $1 25c.; Spurgeon's Sermons, Vol. 5; Adam Bede, by George Eliot, $1.

The Fifth Volume of Irving's Washington is announced to be ready next week; The Pasha Papers, a series of clever Satires on American Society, published originally in the Evening Post, are to be published in book form; Dr. Beccher announces a companion volume to The Conflict of Ages, to be entitled The Concord of Ages. Appletons announce Paul Morphy's Travels and Triumphs in Europe. Harpers have just published the Eighteenth Volume of their Wonderful Magazine, and in an address to their subscribers they take credit for the fact, that with the exception of Mr. Thackeray's Virginians, and of a short tale by Charles Lamb (before unpublished), every article in that volume is original, written by an American author, for Harpers' Magazine. The circulation of their Magazine fluctuates between 160,000 and 170,000, is published at the nominal price of 25 cents.; nominal, for in most cities of the Union, and on the railroad cars, it can be obtained for 20 cents., and in New York and adjacent cities for 15 cents., the trade price being at 14 cents, by the 1000 copies.

The Atlantic Magazine is doing well, and has thoroughly established itself; its tone is lighter and more generally interesting than the defunct Putnam, though its calibre and morals are very similar; it is more uniformly good than Putnam, and is never dull even in its pedantry. Many of the old contributors of Putnam are among its supporters, and though its political opinions are not often given, enough has been seen to know that its influence will be used on the right side when the necessity comes for it to argue them. I am told the circulation is 30,000. Mrs. Stowe's tale has done great things for it.

The Washington, New York, and Boston Telegraph wires have been worked pretty well lately. During the whole length of the Sickles trial the daily average of words sent has been 15,000. AUCTION SALES DURING THE NEXT FORTNIGHT :-May 16 and following days, 8 days' sale of the remainder of the library of Dawson Turner, Esq., by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson; May 16, Household Words stock and title, office and effects, by Mr. Hodgson; May 16 and five following days, a large collection of coins and numismatic works, by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson; May 19, a collection of books of prints and water colour paintings, by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson; May 25 and nine following days, an important collection of rare and curious books, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson; May 23 and four following days, a collection of coins, by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson; May 18 and two following evenings, a collection of engravings, by Messrs. Southgate and Barrett; May 23 and four following days, the library of the late Rev. R. Hodgson, and other valuable books, by Messrs. Southgate and Barrett; May 27, a curious collection of MSS., drawings, and newspaper cuttings, by Messrs. Southgate and Barrett.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.-G. R. B's. caution relative to a person advertising a Printer's PriceBook, is acknowledged with thanks.

The second volume of Buckle's Civilization is not yet at press, notwithstanding the alleged quotation from it copied from a Boston paper, U.S.A.

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