The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-31
TIE ENGLISH PERIODICALS AND
PAPERS,

Mr.. Charles Allston Collins report on
epbemeral literature, in the catalogue of the
British section of the Paris Exhibition, has
some interesting details concerning the colec-
uOn of English periodicals.
In each department the whole of the litera-
ture which refers to the subject treated OF will
De found. In the religious department. for ex-
ample, all forms OF religion are represented.
Here are Church of England publications.
Roman Catholics per odcals, and religious
Journals OF all kinds. Bsp,ists, Methodsts, In
dependents, even the followers OF Swedeuborg
and Lady Huntingdon, have specimens OF their
literature here. The same principle applies to
each one of the classi6cations In medicne
philosophy, political economy; all sorts of an.
tagonistic factions have contributed the organs
which contain their opinions. Homeopaths
allopaths, Vegetarlans, teetotallers, slave-eman-
cipators, spritualists are all exhibitors in this
department. Children, even, have literature
of their own, and are richly provided with peri
odicals published for their exclusive benefit
Some OF these are addressed to mere infants
There is an Infants Magazine, a Ohltds Oton
Magazine, Chitd's Friend and some others,
obviously intended for the youngest of literary
students. There are nearly fifty magazines and
other periodicals kept up exclusively for the
benefit OF boys and girls. Many, indeed, are the
curious ana interesting particulars which are
brought to light by such collection. Few
people, probably, know that many of our diff
tereDt trades are represented by their own news
papers. There is a Bakers JOuTnd,; there are
exclusive newspapers published for the benefit
OF the grocer the Gilman, the draper the IRON
monRer the chemist and druggist. There exist,
moreover, PGl0nbroker's Gazette, and a Jour-
nal Of Gdslightin0, and an Anti Tobacco Protest
periodically issued. Curously organized sys-
TENS for the distribution of periodical literature
are revealed in the course of such Investigations
Numerous associations for the publication
of serials intended to improve mankind are in
existence in various parts of England. Institu-
tions such as the Wesleyan Conference Society,
the Young Mems Christian Association, the
Army Scripture Readers and Soldiers Friend
Society, the London Society for promoting
Christianity among the Jews, the Religious
Tract and the Peace Societies, send out all sorts
OF Sundays at Home, Herdids of Peace, British
Flags, Christian Sentines, and Jeloish Iilteiti-
gencers. And then for the practical work of
disseminating such periodicals there are such
bodies as the Book Hawking Society, by means
of which people are supplied with cheap litera-
ture al their own houses. And here seems the
proper place to make some brief meztion of
little-known publishing agency called the
Number Trade, some of whose publications are
included in this collection. 1t is represented
by some three or four houses, and is some What
peculiarly constituted. They seek no publicity
for the works they issue, which are mainly re-
publications, deliberately gotten up and Illus
trated, of standard works. They never adver-
tise, and entrust the sale of their publications
exclusively to certain persons, Who Act as
kind OF commercial travellers to the trade,
and who carry specimens of the publications
OF the Number Trade about with them, So
Letting subscriptions in every town in Great
Rritain -