4 JUNE 1887, Page 3

A correspondent complains bitterly of the difficulty occa- sionally experienced

in obtaining copies of interesting Blue- Books. In theory they are always obtainable through any bookseller, and in practice this is the case with Blue-Books which nobody reads. If, however, it is one in active demand, the book is apt to ran out of print almost at once. Our corre- spondent affirms that the whole number printed of Sir Fitz- James Stephen's Report, alluded to elsewhere, was sold out on the first day of publication, and since then the book has been practically unattainable. It is most difficult for the Stationery Office to foresee the demand for their publications, but clearly any one in demand should be reissued.