3 OCTOBER 1908, Page 17

The book war between the Times and the Publishers' Association

has come to an end. The Times will, it is stated, in future accept books from the publishers on the same terms as the ordinary circulating libraries. This, we take it, means that net books shall not be sold by the Book Club for less than the published price until six months after the date of their publication. Now that the quarrel is ended we wish to make no comment beyond expressing our satisfaction that a dispute which was inimical to the interests both of authors and readers is ended.