The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-07-05
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The first known book catalogue was
issued in 1864 in Augsburg, Germany,
by one George Willer. 1t was quarto
OF nineteen pages, and recorded the
titles of two hundred mad ffty-six
books arranged in classes.
Hand lists or posters were printed
as early as 1869 by Johann Mentel Cor
Mentelin), of Strasburg. who printed
the first edition Of the Bible In 1465
or 1466. The first catalogue, in Eng
land was printed in 1895 by John Win
det for Andrew Maunsell, bookseller.
Richard Harding Davis will make a
contribution to motor fiction with his
Forthcoming book, The Adventures OF
the Scarlet Car" 1t Is an account Of
some exciting experiences that hap
pened to the Scarlet Car and to the
girl and the men who were in it. The
new story will be Illustrated by Fred
erick Don Steel. ~
The Cambridge History of English
Literature, which is to follow the plan
of the Cambridge Modern History, will
be published in fourteen volumes and
will cover the whole of English litera-
ture from Beowulf to the end of the
Victorian age. Each chapter will be
the work of writer especially familiar
with the subject, and the purpose of
the history is to give connected ac-
count of the different movements, to
treat the minor writer's adequately and
not to allow them to be overshadowed
by a few great personalities.
The largest library In the world,
which is the BiblotheQue Rationale ut
Paris, contains three million volumes.
The next largest library Is In the Brit
ish Museum, where reposing on musty
shelves are two million books. The
Imperial library at ST. Petersburg con-
tains a million and half volumes The
New York City library is the largest
In the United States and contains one
million fourteen thousand books. The
Harvard library Is the largest college
library In America, containing nine
hundred and ten thousand volumes.
The manuscript of Arthur II. Smiths
Forthcoming book, America and
China" has reached the publishers
from Shanghai. DR.. Smiths skill as
statesman has more than once called
him into action as an unofficial repre-
sentative of the United States In China
and as an ambassador of China In
America. The new volume attempts to
point out Americas opportunities, ad-
vantages and disadvantages as we'll as
responsibilities in the new era now
dawning In China. The author calls 1t
IAN outline sketch In charcoal of the
general relations between America and
China"
Commenting on the dispute between
Mr.. Zangwill and Bernard Shaw as to
how far they are merely commercial.
ly minded in joining the Society OF
Authors, Clement Shorter says: ~
know no author who is better at bar
gain as to so much per thou thar
Mr.. Zangwill; know no Journalist
who has given editors SO much trouble
In past years as to the precise amount
he should receive per column as Ber
nard Shaw. On the other hand Mr.
Zangwill has given to the ideal-some
Of us think a most fantastic Ideal
of Zionism an lnfinity of labor which
If he devoted to writing new novels
would have brought him hundreds of
shekels that he has had to forego. Ber-
nard Shaw again Is the least mercenary
of human beings. He Is generosity
personifled, although his hatred of cant
sometimes leads to his being mlsunder-
stood on this point"