13 JULY 1944, page 10

Marginal Comment

By HAROLD NICOLSON T HE Publishers' Association on Wednesday published a memorandum in which they review the present and future prospects of the book trade. They forecast a......

My Special Sympathy Extends To The Small Publisher. I Have

no desire at all to make comparisons which might seem odious to the large publishers, since they also have their difficulties, and they also have maintained throughout the years......

It Is No Disparagement Of The Old-established Firms To Say

that the small publisher is often more interested than the large publisher in "experiments and innovations." The older publishers have upon their lists many successful authors,......

The United States Authorities Have Dealt With The Book...

in a far more generous, and I suggest more intelligent, manner. They can afford to be generous, since their supplies of paper are infinitely greater than our own ; but it would......

The Small Publishers Of England And Scotland Have...

the past immense services to literature. Many of the classics of today were once the experiments of some young publishing adven- turer. If we are to avoid, in so far at least as......