The war between the Times and the publishers still con-
tinues. The most notable incident of the past week has been the issue of a circular, signed by Mr. Walter, appealing to members of the Times Book Club to boycott the works published by six firms specified by name. Replying on behalf of the Publishers' Association, Mr. Poulten, in a letter published in Monday's Times, contends that the circular is tantamount to an admission that the operations of the Book Club have broken down, and to an appeal to the subscribers to relieve it from the obligation, originally entered into, to maintain its superiority over old-fashioned libraries regardless of cost. The Times, he argues, only publicly boycotts six publishers because it hesitates to ask its clients to surrender their right to read all new books.
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