The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-21
The Immense Number of Books
Issued Every Year.
THE OUTPUT IN AMERICA
France Ahead of the Anglo-Saxons as
Publishers Germany Probably
Heads the List-The Liter
airy Record for 1897.

right office do not give strictly accurate
figures for this country alone. The near
est approach TO il record of the works oil
value issued in the United States Is con-
tanned in the Publishers Weekly OF New
York, The Publishers Circular OF Lon
don complies the same statistics for Eng
land.
According TO The former publications, in |
1907 there were issued in this country |
am new books and 157 new editions oil
old books, as compared with aiss new
books and al4 new editions III 1880. Inns
shows Il considerable decrease IN nuinbei'
| bnt this factor Is more than balanced IN |
| the average merit of the books issued
| These figures are for the United states
| alone From The Publishers circular we
| find that the output of books III fnsiahu
was as much greater in 1897 as tnal Oh
| the United States was less, the nsuits
/ beinn g pa new books and $50 new eal-
| tions IN 1897 az compared with a,23a new
| books and ! .s3a new editions IN 1890 II
| will surprise many Of our readers 10 no
| lice that the book production OF Eng
land was 30 per cent. greater than tha1
| Of the United States II should be OBJ
served that hundreds Of books pubiishea
| in each country are counted III potH, ~
| that the total record of both countries Is
| somewhat less than the total OF the Two
| reports ON the other hand many DOCKS
| unfinished In other English speaking eoun-
| tries do not appear III either list, ana We
| may conclude that the total le,4la new
/ books and 2,439 new editions, Is 1alf
| estimate of the production in 1897 by the
| Anglo-Saxon race OF books worth NEIL
tioning.
we naturally have the feeling that the
/ Anglo-Saxon peoples are the great reading
nations of the globe. 1t Is probable thal
this is true respecting the average mum
1 Der of copies of each book printed, as
| well as concerning the reading OF news
papers and other periodicals. But IN re-
| gard to the number of books issued, We
| come far from first. According 10 tue
| photographic de la France for Dec. p
| there were published in France IN 1876
ID 1919 books, being 9a5 more than the To-
tai we have found for all English SPEAK
ing countries The figures for Germany
arc not vet available. but will probably
exceed not only the English books alone
but the English and French put together.
Yet the TO- 4f5 new books i'll the fhhBllsh
language indicate Il wide range OF inter-
airy activity and give an idea OF now lew
books comparatively can be secured Dy
a library with resources no greater IMAM
has the Butte Free Public library. we 90
the best we can with our resources 10
supply the wants of our patrons and 10
| keep an up to date collection Of DOCKS
on All subjects of practical Importance.
10 do either effectively would require q
much larger outlay than our resources
:
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