Essays in Librarianship and Bibliography. By Richard Garnett, C.B., LL.D.
(George Allen. 6s. net.)—Dr. Garnett here makes a welcome addition to his admirable "Library Series." Of course the addresses and papers which make up this volume are intended for book-lovers and librarians rather than the indiscriminate reading public, which hardly takes a burning interest even in that monumental work the British Museum Catalogue. At the same time, it can scarcely be doubted that in this age of universal readers, Dr. Garnett's pleasantly written paper on the early Italian book trade, or that on the " book-hunters " of the seven- teenth century, might attract many persons unconnected pro- fessionally with book production or distribution. Personally, we found much to interest us in "Some Colophons of Early Printers," which brings before modern eyes very vividly those early ages when printing was so closely allied with magical and devilish arts. We are pleased to note that Dr. Garnett here reprints his interest- ing brief memoirs of Sir Anthony Panizzi, John Winter Jones, and Sir Edward Bond, his eminent predecessors in Great Russell Street, and of the late Henry Stevens, F.S.A., the well-known American bibliophile.
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