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The English Catalogue of Books for 1911. (Sampson Low, Marston

and Co. Os. net.)—The year produced 10,014 books, of which 8,530 were new and 2,384 now editions. This is a record number, exceeding 1910 by 110 and 1001 by 4,970. "Fiction" claims 2,215, of which 033 wore now editions and 40 translations. (" Juvenile " books-648--mostly belong to this class.) "Re- ligion" comes next with 930(128 new editions and 24 translations). The other chief subjects are "Sociology" (725), "Poetry and Drama" (068), "Science" (650), " Geography " (601), " Techno- logy " (525), "Biography" (476), " History " (429).