The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-10

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Pronouncng Medical Dictionary post 8vo, pp
7o4, published last year containing the pronuncia-
ton, etymology, and signidcation Of the terms
made use Of in medicine and the kindred scien-
ces, with an appendix comprising complete
list of all the more important articles of the
materia medica etc. This is a smaller volume
than Dr. Dunglisons, but has been found ex-
tremely comprehensive and reliable. Becks
elements Of Medical Jurisprudence" now in
the twelfth edition, is published by this house;
Parsons Treatise on the Law of Promissory
Notes and Bills OF Exchange" and Scribners
Law of Dover" In medicine and surgery the
list is very large including, inter aJ'a Da Costas
Medical Diagnosis" Surgeoa-General Ham
moud's various works, Smiths principles
and Practice of Surgery" Sir James
Syme's "Practice and Principles of Sur.
gery," and, pre-eminent among this class
of works, "The United States Dispen-
satory," by Drs. Franklin Baohe and George B.
Wood first published over thirty years ago.. and
now in the twelfth edition. OF this work, which
did for medicine in this country what cores
pondng works by DR.. Duncan and DR.. Thomp
SON had previously done in Scotland and Bhg-
land, over $4,000 copies have already been sold.
Dr. Bache, who died in the spring OF 1861, actu-
ally received proceeds upon the sale OF 10000
copies. DR.. Wood, his associate in the work,
who, indeed, executed much the greater portion
of it, is now President of the College of Phys
elans of Philadelphia.
OF course such extensive publishers were
called upon during the war to produce a number
Of military works. In more peaceful depart
ments of science they also participated, as pub
fishers Of more finely illustrated works-SpeHcer
T. Baird's Mammals and Birds OF North Anne
rica;n Professor Cha1Venets Manual of Spheri-
cal and Practical Astronomy" John Cassins
illustrations of the Birds OF California, Texas,
Oregon, British and Russian America;" Girards
"HerpetOlogy oil the United States Exploring
Expedition under Commodore Wilkes" Hum
phreys and Abbott's mississippi Delta Re
port;" Mott and Gliddon's Types of Man
kind and Indigenous Races Of the Earth;,
Sloans architectural works, and the numis-
matte works of DR.. Dickson and Mr.. Ross
Snowden, formerly director of the United States
Mint at Philadelphia. As for educational works,
the list alone would fill several columns. In con-
nection with Messrs. Merriam, OF Springfield,
Mass, the house of J. B. Lippincott & Co. has
long participated in the publication of DR.. Noah
Webster's dictionaries. In like manner, too, this
uOubC HAS lbSuCu III bniS COuulCy, Ill COuluHCLlOh
with Messrs. William & Robert Chambers, of
Edinburgh and London, the most important of
their numerous publications, such as the ''In-
formation for the People," "Cyclopedia of
English Literature" "Mscelany and Reposi-
tory" 'The Book OF Days." and Chambers
Encyclopedia" largely illustrated with wood
engravings and original maps to be completed
in nine volumes, OF which the eighth is now
nearly ready for the binder.
The success of this arrangement with Messrs.
Chambers, by which facsimile editions of valu-
able works are simultaneously published in
Philadelphia and in 'the old country" has
recently led to great extension OF that descrip-
ton of business by J. B. Lppncott q Co., one
OF the firm having been in Europe for some
months past, where he has concluded negotia-
tions with the leading publishers in Great Bri-
tain, France, Belgium, and Germany, which will
largely introduce theirpublicatons into this coun-
try at lower rates than they can be sold for when
only small quantities are imported The princi
! pal British publishers with whom j. B. Lppin-
colt Co. have thus become engaged are Long
mans, John Murray, Churchill & Sons, Chapman
4 Hall, Bell Daddy, Bagster & Sons, Day &
Son, Adam & Charles Black, W. Collins, Smith,
Elder & Co., W. & R. Chambers etc.
1t is claimed that j. b. Lippincott q Co. were
the first manufacturers of photograph albums
in this country. We have heard that, in the
summer of 1860, soon after odrtes de Uisae
came into fashion, a photograph album,
brought over from Paris, came into
Mr.. Lipp;ncotts hands. He determined to
enter upon the manufacture to supply want
which, 1t was easy to imagine, must soon be
felt and met The binding in the original spe
clmen appeared very slight, and, indeed the
beck exhibited a tendency to fall to pieces on
even slight handling. Mr.. Liopincott intro
| duced the making of albums upon linen guards
by which strength and fexibility are both
secured. The manufacture of these albums has
ever since been a large and lucrative part Of
the business. The prices vary, from the pocket
album, bound in cloth, with gilt edge and clasp,
tos hold twelve views, and sold AT IS cents, to
the Imperial quarto size, four views on q page
to hold two hundred views, richly bound in
Turkey morocco, at $3l. One album made here
for California customer, was priced at $500.
The binding executed by Messrs. Lippincott
is especially good. Some time ago chef dCeuUrt
of this art was produced, which excited no small
admiration in Europe. Of "Schoocraft's His
tory of the Indian Tribes" in six large quartz
volumes, with illustrations, one copy, beauti
fully bound, was presented 60 the United States
Government ten years ago. The book had beer
published by j. b. Lippincott 4 Co., and it
binding was also intrusted to them. The volumes
were richly bound IN Turkey morocco and EN-
blazoned with the respective initials OF eacl
royal and imperial recipient, ever which tn