3 DECEMBER 1881, Page 3

It has been pointed out to us that a sentence

in our " Art " article last week is capable of serious misconstruction. The sentence is one in which it is stated that "Mr. Mudie can and does practically force thousands of readers to peruse some in- different novel of the season." What we understood, and wished to be understood, by this, was that the existence of the circulat- ing library,—even of the best-managed ones, like Mr. Mudie's,-- necessarily forces on the market a certain amount of second- rate novels. This is, of course, one of the set-offs against the many educational advantages of the institution of Circulating Libraries.