The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01
Cheap Books

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 . looks m An,ettoa are cheap na Ah>.,- 1u,e rule can bc land do~n. but speaking broadly they may he satd Ia hc soid for A iiith oi the English pnee. anal m some cases much less. l, K idle to th,nk the Ainerlc an people will c>cf fofeyo thIs ad- vantage m defereEtc to arguments abau, international copyright. and the strong language whlsh some nghsh ~ritrfN have used on the >uhle.i lS hc>ide the mark l ttciat> property like eNest other ptnp- crty. l> thc creation uf las. and there !, na real po5n,. though there ma, he good deal ot N3aleasc. tn e.tiiink In Ametieau pabit hrt :. -sfhtei anj sto,hct faF talk ine Nhal IS not rr, ugnsrd ~ pr"ileftH III the aausts n wh5s h ho lives 1hefe afc Taad Gca,ans tsrt better =,,4iesa-.tloa-.l aasiefsiaHs! -. #,ti ths- .ftle>ttaH n nthei 4stifJ's. i1r a treaty trut ttIr rraypus 1rr II ,, pi... tad eA4fAliei.4ud II ,s uupfunt. alc l., '.lk at ~flght> ~hl. l.. "fi one sl.ic II least. aie nat tcs aEnIsea
 Ah> Afe heek> ,o>tlA n iht> eaunttA { | he Amen, .,n people have heap Ipak>, and wc know the reason They greatly appfc, l.,,c cheap books Why l,x.t ,ha, n tngi.psk we assut tie eontctSc ,fanstiton lhe tfanslilon oi dear books ,o heap hooAs h lhe ! med Sat, people hu1 i,ntk- hete theS t,.,ft..s them Our publishers Iubiish iat the mos, part for e.fs aiattng hhtHle~
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 l he Wt.tngs ui the great tnElish l4ssie, iHA, l,c bought ~ moderate. not IL sAy i." ptte9 a samplete shAke>pcafe Gnay be had fDr d shilling ilui ~h,le eninent authors ei b> gone Kenefst'ori are tesdiI, accessible ,o the mul,tude. modem au- thots arc no, I!ools ,ha, have had a great run popular books more oi less Solid are after tune rcpublished m cheaper forms, though frequently the con cs>,on made in thu fespeet ,an matter li,;le io the great IusSS ut the publi' \ = heap cdluunh of |, iiiteen. ,hslling book x not ifrcSls,ible though published .A seven and >isteute to the ualafts ut people Il l> st,H ~n 9esi,eus,sc luauY. tf ruurse there are people Ina, bgt sat h books. both III tii-tt ,Hsggf-si .,ga aho-tp forms. many "f them at. bought for the ss,me TeaSou lS >iINcf thmblea and ard easeS |. .. A appropriate ptesen,s
 >tudcfii> and proiessi"nsl men alNo hu, books theS arc irois oi ihcu usde. bought often after much hcsI,aIipn anh @l,h painfll pn7 4e'.on that they are -eefy dear fhe F'efay pcrsonage known a> he general reader Is not < bppk buyer esrepi under strung tetnpt.i non. lie hngers ~ith mole pfonsing customer, around the baossxlls and psel,s ir.'o bsoksriis-s stfdo~s ba. he E tof,i.-ns ft ttf4.ls- -'hs fsa!k of hss mental noaushrue from iendtnR tbfarIea and ,; may bc iendng taend>. Among 'he ..r;isan and .ais1rsnY iasses Il may bc feared that f5s5a., it-,,-.B. eu',fe ht,nnief ln ihe breaal th.a The aDzers anr-- There are fnes h.4nits Nbp b,it tes hHsc al books beaung on thcir fradeS AIShing ali the ~fliie ibat they roS' lees. of hat they could buy Nsore irecit "c t0a' !, here an aspe'i pf the subl..t that bAs An nm porrant bezfing upon nda.;tih progress m ,he nffcd o'a,e, te, hnt, Al bt.sks are heap and hnd man, possss>ofs Aaeng the sage-eArninF lasses
 Bo%,ks are dear D lngi..nd Ter aaae deal books arc ~uh us naitunAl tradition We move sie1i} ',,!' at old ~ays ber Ause neN sass Are more truublesnme and t,~- rause there afe many pouud pfuYeriss about btfd in 'te hand and let,lng sell alone The Engl.sh ps4bl!shin. rad. ,s ofYAnUed m fcf'ain i5pes ' has l's p~n fs.,. and d natural n ilstlsi,i"B tn e-t 0at Hf # I.1i there is f.g .5iJs f,,is req .0f. 1 y English bBssss fse~ ,st,oks of Looks com parAflveiy neN shoa.d be deAr he eheapness Of book ,n Anersca is duo 'O ag,-r ial cAuse b. tfeneh Dooss are no' dear ~hiIe thc r.ghfs pf ffeph authors ar. respected gate as ml,go. 4s n n 8 country In fante the book af ihe day may oe had fof three 8f fpuf franc and m England ~e ~4Hi bs-eAs ot the day 4 the safae prcs. |, Is an obY4ous remark that publishers kno~ theIf own basaneSs. and that f cheap took would pay as ~rii si-af one they ~ould be forhe ornIng II may bc admitted ,ha, all books cannot be soid cheap that there are works for nh.ch the demand would in any cgrcUmstante he smAil and winch must therefore be sold 4, comparatively higii prces But publisher appear to be nnding out ;h4' cheap books do pay Dunng Inc last ,~eIyc months a consider- able nGmber of cheap modern books have been placed n the market, and the sale Of them has been enormous. We refer to the ssHpenny reprints, of winch Mrs Brassey's voyage of the Sunbeam" may be taken to be the best-kno~n ~Tep- fesentatise. These reprints are produced