| The Quarterly Review. London:
John Murray, Albermarle street. Printed by William
Clowes and Sons, Limited. |
Vol 24,
October and January 1821 |
New Publications: Bibliography, pp. 271.
|
W. Baynes and Sons’ General Catalogue of a
very extensive and valuable Collection of Books for
1821, containing many early printed, Black Letter,
Scarce and Curious, Historical and other Works, Books
of Prints and Illustrated Books, Classics, Lexicons,
Grammars, &c. of the various European and Oriental
Languages, Biography, Divinity, Miscellanies, &c. &c. 8vo. |
Sales
and Catalogues |
Vol.
28, October, 1822 & January, 1823 |
| New Publications: Bibliography, pp. 265. |
The London Catalogue of Books,
with their Prices, Sizes, and Publishers: containing
the Books published
in London, from 1800 to October 1822. 8vo. 9s.
Ogle,
Duncan and Co.’s Catalogue or rare
Books on the History, Antiques, and Literature
of Scotland
and Ireland. 8vo.
T. Thorpe’s Catalogue of Books.
Part 2 for 1822. 3s.
Bohn’s Bibliographical, Analytical, and Descriptive
Catalogue of Books, comprising upwards of Sixty
Thousand Volumes, with Literary Notices. Part 2.
8vo.
|
Sales
and Catalogues |
Vol.
31, December 1824 & March,
1825 |
| New Publications: Bibliography, pp. 255. |
The Library Companion; or, the
Young Man’s
Guide, and the Old Man’s Comfort, in the choice
of a library. By the Rev. T.F. Dibdin, F.R.S., F.A.S.
8vo. 1l. 7s.
Typographia; or, the Printer’s Instructor; including
an Account of the Origin of Printing, &c. &c. By J. Johnson. 2 vols. 12mo. with Engravings. 1l. 10s.
|
Book Culture |
Vol. 32,
June & October,
1825
|
Art. VI.pp. 152-160
The
Library Companion; or, the Young Man’s Guide, and the Old Man’s
Comfort, in the Choice of a Library. By
the Rev. T.F. Dibdin, F.R.S., A.S. London.
1824.
|
A very
critical book
review, in which the anonymous reviewer says “Mr.
Dibdin would have rendered a real service to the
student
if he had executed his
plan as well as he has conceived it; but executed
as it is, it has no advantage over the ordinary
catalogues
of booksellers, except for those who delight in trifling
anecdotes of unimportant men, in bad jokes, and very
common-place or very unsound criticism.” |
Book Culture |
Vol.
33, December 1825 & March,
1826 |
| New Publications: Miscellaneous, pp. 279 |
Typographia. By T.C. Hansard. 3l. 3s. |
Printers
and Typographers |
Vol. 51, March and June 1834 |
Article. I. pp.1-18.
Souvenirs
d’un Sexagénaire. Par
A. V. Arnault, de l’Académie Française.
4 vols. Paris, 1833.
|
Book review, with complaints about
the Parisian book trade, particularly in regards
to the issuing of multiple
volume sets. The article, before going on to review
the above mentioned title, suggests that readers should
suspend “their purchases of such works till they
should be completed—a course which, if generally
adopted, would have two excellent effects: it would
oblige Parisian publishers to let us have the whole
work at once; and it would force the authors or editors
to compress their information into reasonable compass.” |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
Article. X. pp.
481-492.
1. Helen;
A Tale. By Maria Edgeworth.
3 vols. London, 1834.
2. Ayesha, the Maid of Kars. By the author
of Zohrab,Hajji
Baba,&c. 3 vols. London, 1834.
|
This article reviews the two above
mentioned books and is critical of the “rapid
succession of these ephemeral productions.” The
article argues that these books are popular for a
moment and then
forgotten, and claims that the publication of these “books
are ruining the proprietors of circulating libraries,
who alone buy them.”
|
Book Culture |
Vol.
53, August and November 1834 |
Article I.pp. 289-313
Marie,
ou l’Esclavage aux Etats-Unis,
Tableau de Moeurs Américaines, par Gustave de
Beaumont, l’un de Auteurs de l’ouvrages
intitulé Du Systême Pénitentiaire
aux Etats-Unis. Paris. 2 tomes. 8o. 1835.
|
Book review, an excerpt of which discusses
how there are few authors: “Nowhere does so
much printing go on. Newspapers are, in fact, the
sole literature
of the country. People engaged in business and of moderate
fortunes demand a species of reading which costs little
either of time or money. It is really rather an affair
of stationary than one of literature.” |
Book Culture |
Vol. 56, April and July 1836 |
Art. III. French
Novels, pp. 65-131 1.
Paul de Kock Œuvres Complètes.
80 vols. Paris, 1835. 2.
Victor Hugo Bug Jargal. Hans d'Islande.
2 vols.
Notre Dame de Paris. 3 vols. Dernier Jour
d'un Condamné. Paaris, 1820-1835.
3. Alex Dumas Souvenirs d'Antony. Paris, 1835.
4. De Balsac Le Vicaire des Ardennes. 2 vols.
Annette et le Criminel. 2 vols. Physiologie
du Mariage. 2 voles. Cent Contes Drolatiques. 2 vols.
Le Dernier Chouan. La Peau de Chagrin. 2 vols.
Le Médecin de Campagne. 2 vols. Scènes
de la Vie Privée,
6 vols. Scènes
de la Vie Parisienne.
4 vols. Scènes
de la Vie de Province. 2 vols.
Le Livre Mystique. 2 vols. Paris, 1822-1835.
5.
Michal Raymond. Le Maçon. 2 vols. Les
Intimes.
2 vols. Le Secret. 2 vols. Simon
le Borgne. 2 vols.
Contes de l'Attelier. 2 vols. Le
Puritain de Seine et Marne. Paris, 1831-1835.
6.
Michel Masson Nouveaux Contes de
l'Attelier. 2 vols. Un
Cœur de Jeune Fille. 1834-1835.
7.
George Sand. Indiana. 2 vols. Le Secrétaire
Intime. 2 vols. Metella. La Marquise.
Lavinia. Valentine. 2 vols. Rose et Blanche.
2 vols. Lelia.
2 vols. Jacques. 2 vols. André.
Leone Leoni. Paris, 1831-1835.
|
The article
complains about the immorality of French novels, arguing
that if the apothecary must label vials
of toxic substances “POISON”, but the publishing
industry need not label their immoral novels, which
find their way to the “windows of respectable
shops” and can be “had in circulating libraries” as
well as finding their way into “ladies book clubs.” The
writers of the article want to “stigmatize them
with a brand which may awaken the attention of those
who…unconsciously permit these conductors of
moral contagion to infect their dwellings.” The
article goes on to argue that the publication of these
novels perverts “not only private but public
morals—they deprave not only individuals but
nations.”
There
is also a discussion of a
novel of Victor Hugo’s, which
is so diffuse, that “each chapter is so short
and so carefully separated by blank leaves and open
spaces that of 312 pages, of which the volume consists,
there are but 158, or about one-half, of letter-press,
the rest being, what without our precious explanation
would seem a miracle in French literature—quite
pure.” |
Book Culture |
Article VIII. p. 489.
1. The Chinese: a General Description of the Empire
of China and its Inhabitants. By John Francis David,
Esq. London. 2 vols. Post 8vo. 1836,
2. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China. By
Hugh Murray, J. Crawford, P. Gordon. Capt. T. Lynn,
W. Wallace, and G. Burnett.
|
This articles has a brief passage on how the Chinese
invented the paper and printing. |
History of Printing |
Vol. 58, February and April 1837 |
Art. I. P. 297.
1. Germany in 1831. By John Strang, author of Tales
of Humour and Romance, from the German of
Hoffman, Langbein, Lafontaine, &c. Necropolis
Glasguensis, &c. 2 vols. 8 vo. London, 1836.
2. Sketches of Germany and the Germans; with a
Glance at Poland, Hungary, and Switzerland in 1834,
1835,
and 1836. By an Englishman resident in Gernany.
2 vols. 8vo. London, 1836.
|
Brief mention of the influence
of the periodical press on literature, which the
author considers to be, on the whole, a positive
one. |
Journals and Periodicals |
Vol. 61, January and April 1838 |
Art.V. p. 122.
1. Report from the Select Committee on Publication
of Printed Papers; with the Minutes of Evidence and
Appendix. Ordered by the House of Commons to
be printed,
8th May, 1837.
2. The Speech of Sir Robert Peel in Vindication
of the Privilege of the House of Commons to publish
its
Proceedings. London, 1837.
3. A Letter to Lord Langdale on the Recent Proceedings
in the House of Commons on the Subject of Privilege. By Thomas Pemberton, M.P. Second Edition. London, 1837.
4. Remarks on a Report of a Select Committee of
the late House of Commons on the Publication of Printing
Papers. By P.A. Pickering, Esq. A.M. Second Edition.
London, 1837.
|
This is an article reviewing several
books which were written in response to a controversy
in the House
of Commons. A prison inspector found, in Newgate, a “book
of a most disgusting nature, and the plates are obscene
and disgusting in the extreme.” The resulting
report was ordered to be printed by the House of Commons,
at which point the publisher of the above-mentioned
book brought legal action against the writer of the
report. |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
Vol.
63, January and March, 1839 |
Art. IV. State and
Prospects of Asia. p. 383
|
Discusses several books on the subject of Asia, and
very briefly mentions printing in China: there is no
censorship of the press, and how books are produced
rapidly and cheaply. |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
Vol. 84, December, 1848 and March, 1849 |
| Art. I. The London and North-Western Railway. p.
1. |
This article briefly mentions the
libraries set up by railway companies for their workers.
One of the
libraries mentioned is located at Wolverton station.
The other consists of approximately 600 volumes which
are sent around to workers and their families residing
near other stations. The articles states that; books
of all kinds are sent “excepting on politics
and on religious controversies.” |
Book Culture |
Vol. 85, June and September 1849 |
Art. VIII. Democracy. pp. 260-312.
1. De la Démocratie en France. Par
M. Guizot. Paris and London. 1849.
2. The People’s Charter. London. 1849.
3. République et Monarchie. Questions Brulantes.
Par Alexandre Weill. Paris. 1849.
|
This article reviews the above-mentioned books, and
briefly discusses the power of the press, particularly
the newspaper press, in regards to the revolutions
in France. |
Journals and Periodicals |
Vol. 87, June and September, 1850 |
| Art. IV. Mechanism of the Post Office. pp. 69-114. |
Discusses several reports on the Post Office in England.
There is a brief mention of how newspapers are dealt
with in the postal system. |
Journals and Periodicals |
| Vol. 88, December, 1850 and March, 1851
|
| Art. VI. The British Museum. pp. 136-171. |
This article discusses twelve different
reports relating to the British Museum, particularly
the collection
of manuscripts. There is discussion of the apparent
mismanagement of the British Museum. Additionally,
several of the reports also
discuss public
libraries. |
Book Culture |
Vol. 113, January and April, 1863 |
Art. III. History of Cyclopœdias.
pp. 354-387.
The English Cyclopœdia: a New Dictionary of Universal
Knowledge. Conducted by Charles Knight. 22 Vols. 4to.
London, 1861.
|
This article discusses the history
of cyclopœdias
and dictionaries, and focuses on the shift from a book
designed to be a dictionary of the arts and sciences
to denote a dictionary of universal information, of
which the arts and sciences are simply one aspect of. |
Book Culture |
Vol. 119, January and April, 1866 |
Art. III. pp. 58-80.
Enoch Arden, etc.
By Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate. London,
1864.
|
Brief mention of the power of the printing press
to produce and disseminate the work of a poet (Tennyson)
to a wider audience than ever before. |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
| Art. VIII. A History of Caricature
and Grotesque in Literature and Art. By Thomas Wright, Esq.; with
Illustrations from various sources, drawn and engraved
by F.W. Fairholt, Esq. pp. 215-250. |
Discusses the popularity of a previous
book by the author on the same topic, particularly
because of the
illustrations and goes on to look at the woodcuts and
engravings in great detail, as well as discuss the
work of other popular caricaturists. |
Engraving |
Vol. 145, January and April, 1878 |
| Art. VI. The Legislation of the Commonwealth pp.
449-474. |
Brief mention of the governmental
supervision of the Press; the licensing of a book
before printing
and being entered at Stationers’ Hall. Also discusses
Milton’s Areopagitica, and even earlier attempts
at censorship against “unlicensed or scandalous
pamphlets.” |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
Vol.
153. January and April, 1882
|
Art. V. Mr Lecky’s
England in the Eighteenth Century. pp. 489-529.
A History of England in the Eighteenth Century.
By William Edward Hartpole Lecky. Volumes Third and
Fourth. London, 1882.
|
Small passage on printers. In discussing
the publication of a scandalous poem, the article notes
that in 1764 “no less than 200 informations were
filed against printers in the prosecution when the
authorship was avowed or known.” This was more
than had been filed in the preceding 33 years. |
History
of Printing |
Vol.
159, January and April, 1885.
(This
issue also Boston: Houghton, Mifflin
and Company)
|
Art. II. The London Livery Companies.
pp. 40-75. Report of the Commissioners appointed
to inquire into the Livery Companies of the City
of London. Vol. 1
English Guilds: The Original Ordinances of more
than 100 Early English Guilds. Edited by the
late Toulmin Smith.
|
Article discusses the above mentioned
books. Discusses the reason
for the existence of the guilds and the history of
the guilds in England. |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
Vol.
162. January and April, 1886
(This
issue also Boston:
Houghton, Mifflin and Company)
|
| Art. VIII. Books and Reading. pp. 501-517. |
A discussion of different kinds of readers, of good
books, of what makes books great, and how to select
books to read. |
Book Culture |
Vol. 174. January and April, 1892 |
Art. VI. The History of Bookselling in England. pp.
158-191.
1. A Transcript of the Registers of the Company
of Stationers of London. Edited by E. Arber. 1875.
2. A
List based on the Registers of the Stationers’ Company
of 837 London Publishers between 1553 and 1640. By
E. Arber. 1890.
3. The Earlier History of English Booksellers. By W.
Roberts. 1889.
4. The Laws of Copyright. By T.E. Scrutton, M.A. 1883.
|
This article discusses the above-mentioned
books and traces the history producers of books in
England
from the days of manuscript production and discusses
the beginnings of printing and the birth of the Stationers’ Guild.
The Stationers’ Company is presented as being
based on two principles: monopoly and state control,
and describes these aspects in detail. The article
also discusses in detail not only the producers of
the books, but also the book sellers and what book
shops were like in the past. |
History
of Printing |
Vol. 195. January and April, 1902 |
Art. VI. Medieval Libraries. pp. 450-465.
1. The Care of Books. An Essay on the Development
of Libraries and their Fittings. By John Willis Clark,
M.A. F.S.A. Cambridge: University Press, 1901.
2. Le Cabinet des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque
impériale (nationale) à Paris. By Leopold
Delisle. Three vols. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1969-81.
3. Ueber mittelalterliche Bibliotheken. By Th. Gottlieb.
Leipzig: Harrassowitz, 1890.
|
The article discusses the above mentioned books by
looking at the history of libraries, as well as the
study of medieval manuscripts. |
Book Culture |
| Vol. 196. July and October, 1902
|
Art. X. The Roman Index. pp. 587-620.
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Smi D. M. Leonis
XIII jussu et auctoritate recognitus et edictus. Rome:
Typis Vaticanis, 1900.
Der Index der Verboten Bücher. Von Dr. Fr. Heinrich
Reuch. Bonn, 1883-1885.
Das Kirchliche Bücherverbot. Von Joseph Fessler.
Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1869.
And other works.
|
The article discusses the history of censorship,
starting with the earliest known censure of a book,
in 1491 in Venice, and discusses the above mentioned
publications, and others, which list books banned by
the church or state. |
Book Culture |
| Vol. 208. January and April, 1908
|
Art. XI. Books and Pamphlets of the Civil War. Pp.
505-525.
Catalogue of the Pamphlets, Books, Newspapers,
and Manuscripts relating to the Civil War, Commonwealth,
and Restoration. Collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661.
Two Vols. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1908.
|
The article discusses the history and provenance
of the collection of documents from the Civil war and
restoration in England. |
Book Culture |
Vol. 218. January and April, 1913 |
Art. 3. The French Revolution in Contemporary Literature.
pp. 353-371.
1. List of the Contents of the three Collections
of Books, Pamphlets and Journals in the British Museum
relating to the French Revolution. London: Trustees
of the British Museum, 1899.
2. Rapport sur les documents relatifs à la Révolution
Française à Paris conservés au
British Museum. Par M. F. Braesch. Paris : Imprimerie
Nationale, 1907.
|
The article discusses the above mentioned publications,
as well as some aspects of the history of the French
revolution. |
Book Culture |
Art. 4. Autolycus’ Pack : The
Ballad Journalism of the Sixteenth Century. pp. 372-391.
1. Catalogue of the Fifty Manuscripts and Printed
Books bequeathed to the British Museum by Alfred H.
Huth.
Printed for the Trustees. 1912.
2. Ancient Ballads and Broadsides published in
England in the Sixteenth Century, chiefly in the earlier
years
of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Reprinted from the
original copies, mostly in the Black Letter, preserved
in the library of Henry Huth, Esq. [Philobiblon Society.]
London: Whittingham, 1867.
3. Ballads and Broadsides, chiefly of the Elizabethan
Period… now in the Library at Britwell Court,
Buckinghamshire. Oxford: printed for presentation to
the members of the Roxburghe Club, 1912.
4. Catalogue of a Collection of Printed Broadsides
in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries. Compiled
by Robert Lemon, Esq. F.S.A. Published by the Society
of Antiquaries of London, 1866.
|
This article discusses the tradition for the political
satires, memorial poetry, and commentary on morals
that emerged in the sixteenth century, as well as the
controversies the ballads and broadsides addressed.
This article focuses more on the content of the ballads
and broadsides than the material culture. |
Book Culture |
Vol. 225. January and April, 1916 |
| Art. 9. The Censorship and its Effects: In England
and in America. pp. 148-163. |
This article discusses the censorship of the press
in relation to the War, and the necessity for the censorship
to win the War. |
Journals
and Periodicals |
Vol. 234. July and October, 1920 |
Art. 9. The Censorship of the Press. pp.132-146.
1. Indiscretions of the Naval Censor. By Rear-Admiral
Sir Douglas Brownrigg, Bart. Cassell, 1920.
2. The Press in War Time, with some Account of
the Official Press Bureau. By Sir Edward Cook, K.B.E. Macmillan,
1920.
3. German Spies at Bay. By S.T. Felstead. Hutchinson,
1920.
|
Discusses the development of the Press Bureau after
the War broke out, and the importance of censoring
information. |
Journals
and Periodicals |
Vol. 239. January and April, 1923 |
Art. 7. The ‘Times’; From Delane to Northcliffe.
pp. 83-108.
|
This article discusses the history
of the ‘Times’ newspaper
in England, focusing on all the editors of the paper
but particularly Lord Northcliffe, and the rise of
the paper in popularity. The article also looks at
the effect of the repeal on the stamp tax and the rise
of widely circulated cheap, daily papers. |
Journals
and Periodicals |
| Vol.
240. July, 1923
(This
issue also New
York: Leonard Scott Publication Company)
|
Art. 11. The English Dictionary.
pp. 164-182.
1. A Dictionary of the English Language. By Samuel
Johnson, LL.D. Sixth Edition. London, 1785.
2. A New English Dictionary. Edited by Sir James A.H.
Murray, Dr. Henry Bradley, Dr. W.A. Craigie, and Mr.
C.T. Onions. Oxford: University Press, 1888. (In process
of publication.
3. The English Dialect Dictionary. Edited by Joseph
Wright. Oxford: University Press, 1898.
4. An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. By
Ernest Weekley. Murray, 1921.
|
The interest in the study of
words is said in this article, to stem from the advent
of the printing press. The article looks at how dictionaries
are written, and what criteria are involved in the
selection of words. There is also mention of how
spelling became easier to standardize in printing
than previously, when scribes produced books. |
Book Culture |
Vol.
247. July and October, 1926
(This
issue also New York: Leonard Scott Publication
Company)
|
| Art. 1. The Roman Index of Prohibited
Books, by W.J. Sparrow-Simpson. |
Discussion of the books on the
index, how many of them were written by English bishops
after the Reformation. But also discusses books the
seem to be on the list for the wrong reasons. The
author notes that it is “right that Authority
should indicate definite errors, and warn the faithful
against lines of thought which are incompatible with
the Christian revelation; but it is quite another
matter when Authority condemns a book, or the writings
of an author wholesale, without any indication what
his erros are, and where their incompatibility with
the Faith may lie.” |
Book Culture |
Vol.
248. January and April, 1927 |
Art. 8. Authors and Publishers.
By John Murray. pp. 116-128. The Truth about Publishing.
By Stanley Unwin. George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1926. |
John Murray, publisher of the
Quarterly Review, writing about the above-mentioned
book in relation to his fifty-three years of experience
in the book trade. He talks about how the publishing
industry has gone from a “trade” to a
more respectable business so much so that his school
friends who mocked him now come to him begging him “to
find a place for their sons” in his company.
He discusses many aspects of the job of publisher. |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
Vol.
250. January and April, 1928 |
Art. 2. The Oxford Dictionary.
By Earnest Weekley. pp. 238-243.
The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Clerendon Press,
1884-1928.
|
Discussion of the massive undertaking
of producing the OED and the history behind it. |
Book Culture |
| Vol. 253. July and October, 1929 |
Art. 2. Literary Censorship and the
Law. By J. Conway Morris. pp. 18-27.
To the Pure. By Morris L. Ernst and William Seagle.
Jonathan Cape, 1929.
|
Discussion of censorship which draws
on quotes from various people, including lawyers
and judges some of whom discuss the justifications
for censorship. |
Book Culture |
Vol. 255. July and October, 1930 |
| Book review of The Making of
an Editor, a biography of Dr. Courtney, editor
of “Murray’s Magazine”, the “Fortnightly”,
and the “Daily Telegraph.” |
Journals
and Periodicals |
Vol. 256. January and April, 1931 |
| Book review of Publishing and
Bookselling by Frank A. Mumby. |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
Vol.
257. July and October, 1931
|
| Art. 9. Leadership and the Press.
By Ignatius Phayre. pp. 337-354. |
This article discusses the ways that
political leaders and potential political leaders
utilize the press to disseminate information and
to interact with the electorate. |
Journals
and Periodicals |
Vol. 259. July and October, 1932 |
Art. 5. The Decline of Illustration. By J.P Collins.
pp. 62-75.
1. The Drawings of Antoine Watteua. By K.T. Parker.
Batsford, 1931.
2. Modern Book Illustrators and their Work, (1914),
and The Graphic Arts of Great Britain. By Malcolm C.
Salaman. ‘Studio’ Office, 1917.
3. The Art of Illustration. By Edmund J. Sullivan.
Chapman and Hall, 1921.
4. Hugh Thomason: his Art, his Letters, his Humour,
and his Charm. By M. H. Spielman and Walter Jerrold.
A. and C. Black, 1931.
5. Highways and Byways in Gloucestershire. By Edward
Hutton. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Macmillan, 1932.
|
The article laments the decline in quality of printed
images, and discusses some
aspects of the history of printing images. The above-mentioned
books are discussed in
mostly favourable terms. |
Engraving |
Art. 9. Authors, Publishers, and the Public. By Arthur
Waugh. pp. 129-144.
1. Publishing and Bookselling. By Frank Arthur Mumby.
Cape, 1930.
2. The Truth about Publishing. By Stanley Unwin. Allen
and Unwin, 1926.
3. Complete Writing for Profit. By Michael Joseph.
Hutchinson, N.D.
4. Authors and the Book-trade. By Frank Swinnerton.
Howe, 1932.
5. Fiction and the Reading Public. By Q. D. Leavis.
Chatto and Windus, 1932.
|
The article discusses the above-mentioned books and
gives a good summary of the book trade in Britain,
including a discussion of circulating libraries and
readers. |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
Vol. 265. July and October, 1935 |
Art. 5. The Victorian Book-Shelf. By Maurice Downing.
pp. 238-252.
The Victorians and their Books. By Amy Cruse. Illustrated.
Allen and Unwin, 1935.
|
Discusses the above-mentioned book and discusses
what was read by the Victorians and the evolution of
literature in the nineteenth century. |
Book Culture |
Vol. 266. January and April, 1936 |
| Book Review of The Book World, edited
by John Hampden. pp. 178. |
Economy
of the Book and Printing |
Vol. 270. January and April, 1938
|
Art. 5. Light Reading in Ancient Greece. By W. B
Sedgewick. pp. 250-263.
1. New Chapters in Greek Literature. By J.U Powell
and E. A. Barber. (Three Series) Clarendon Press, 1921,
1929, 1936.
2. Collectanea Alexandrina. Edited by J.U. Powell.
Clarendon Press, 1925.
3. Phoinix von Kolophon. By G.A. Gerhard. Leipzig:
Teubner, 1909.
4. Herondas (and other mime-fragments). Edited by O.
Crusius. 5th Edition. Leipzeg: Teubner, 1914.
5. Comicorum Graecorum Fragmenta. Edited by G. Kaibel,
Vol. 1, part 1. Berlin: Weidmann, 1899.
6. Byznatinische Litteraturgeschichte. By K. Krumbacher.
2nd Edition. Munich: Beck, 1897.
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Discussion of ancient Greece and book culture. A
movement away from an oral tradition meant the mass
production of papyrus as a response to increases in
literacy as more and more people were being educated.
There is speculation of the loss of ephemeral publications,
and discussion of the literary forms of the period,
including joke books, love songs and the novel. |
Book Culture |