The English Catalogue of Books. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.
6s. net.)—" This year (1907)," we are informed in the note which precedes the catalogue, "has been by far the busiest in the annals of English publishing." The total number of the year was 9,914, of which 7,701 were new books. The proportionate increase, however, was greater in the new editions. In new books it was ten per cent.; in republications twenty-seven per cent. The various " Classics " and " Libraries," of course, account for this. These deal largely in fiction. Accordingly we find that whereas in this department the new books fell from 2,108 to 1,862, the republications increased from 775 to 920. The total, however, shows a decrease. So does the "Educational, Classical, and Philological" category. Here the fall is from 916 (769 + 147) to 697 (604 + 93). "Law and Jurisprudence" give 243 to 98; "Political Economy, Trade, &c.," 763 to 760; arts and sciences, 1,109 to 499 ; voyages, &c., 562 to 303 ; history and biography, 873 to 641; poetry, 527 to 458; year-books, 465 to 475 ; medicine, 342 to 279; belles-lettres, 338 to 307; miscellaneous, 363 to 247.
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