The New York herald., 1850-03-25

The semi annual Literary Fair OF New York has
ocme million or more volumes Of books aud arti-
ces Of stationery will be sold ct the trade sales Of
Bangs Piatt 4 Co, and Cooley Reese, during the
next ten or twelve days. Upwards Of . thousand
booksellers from every part Of the Union, rushing
into New York to lay In their stock for the next Elk
months Larger invoices offered than ever have
been sold the book business Is In . nourishing
state the rush and competition are immense. Every
thing is going merrily marriage bellsn We shall
give readers gances 1t the book trade, and
those incidents Of interest which occur during the pro-
grss Of the trade Gales Very few persons except those
connected with the publishing or selling Of books
form any correct idea Of the enormous extent Of the
we're hardly fifty new books . year published In this
country, boot selling, trade In its infancy and
Of its future growth There were hardly any establish
ed principles Of commerce to regulate the book trade
and sSns 81 HAVEN
together In this city to establish regulations and prin
cple for the commerce Of books and devise means for
their general dnuson throughout the country. Semi
annual sales Of books and stationery have since that
period been made the spring and In the fall Of each
year In all the great cities These sales which In the
aggregate did in the beginning to upwards
Of thirty thousand dollars annually. nov amount TO
these sai.s annually hfy thousand dollars aud the
trade is rapidly incrsasing Probably, In fe- years.
!. viii be the ehif medium for the safe Of book from
has 90 long been In Germany.
There ts,s are exceedingly interesting. from the
sep. the high character which these works generally
bear for utility and good principles the extraordinary
mighty inausns. which they, with th. authors aud
the press putting forth upon the fortunes Of
% ~, ns,,sr 81 .n.c,s, sna sssn i.as,..t
The publishers and booksellers OF this csuntry are,
many Of them, men vho early In life entered the b1s
hte Franklin, and BEGAN their fortunes In the
composing room. Some ofthem have been editors and
stDi Others early in life, attracted 20 the
business from love Of books and sympathy for intel
n
baby net surpassed By any other, In all the qualities
one o the oct striking facts in tn. history these
sod made for schools and Institutions OF science
and learning There are no very accurate statistics
st hands to ascertain the number Of public and
private schools Of all the various grades vhich nov
the belief that the number would somewhat exceed
hundred and nifty thousand There are Upwards Of
number In New England. prom looking over the csts
losus Of the two great trade sales ve have mentoned
have come the rough estimate that not lees than
half million Of volumes Of school books and
science will have been disposed OF by these two houses
during the sales Of this spring sns last ,utnmn The
the sight of which would have righened the mo-
dest keepers ofe Aexapdran library out oftheir vita
These trade sales conducted With good deal OF
spirit. They begin at early hour in the morning,
and coptipue tiil o'clock, when sumptucus lunch
they r.sss themselves with all sors Of sdibss and
told that the hospitality sometme. exendss 20
We are tod too thai this il good policy on the part Of
the auctonsers as has often been evnced by the fact
that the bidding after~srds goes on With increased
spirit We have even been credibly informed, that
certain country bidders Who we're probably not In the
habit OF INDUCING In the champagne as common
beverage somstimes rsgaed themselves to such an
extent that they have been known TO bid on than
they could convesisntly pay for But We believe so
briefly is almost alvsys preserved and as fsr as our
ovn observations 40, the utmost degree OF decorun
rsens over these Learned congresses. half past
the suction soss on recess of hour tro Is left
for din and evening session 10 held which lasts
m traders get sleepy These oongresses contrast very
vcrahly ~ith that ct sshir ston They composed
Il mote respectable take them - class; their de-
lbers ions are conducted with dignity aud they
are Of far service TO the nation.
Domestic mface,isny.
A bridge across one of the streets Of Ml~aukie,
VIE. broke down recently, vita thirty persons upon
it. all of whom we're thrown in,o the river. None
drosnsd.
TIE frst company Il California smigrsnts, by The
vsisrd route arrived at Sc Louis, abe 1lth ost.
srt m the sbssh river their wsy te Tndepensencs
x.sy numbered sbsvt tsvsnty, with esnp squiPsge,
xee. ne, mults, &c.
Tbs Io. BY the sse Gre st the fremont Hsuss Boo
ten s stimsted st sistto, Which is fully insnfed.
TIE w, ttsnd Canal ~i be opened for nstisaaon en-
The let of .rrii
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