WHAT THE PEOPLE READ
Some interesting figures are given by the "Publishers' Circular and llooksellorti' Record" of the books published last year. In all there were 771(1, a decrease ol' •115-on 11117. When (lie difficulty in obtaining labour and the mormously increased cost of production are remembered, these figures are eloquent of tho ontcrpriso of British publishers. A comparative lable of tho popularity of various classes of literature in 11)1-1 and 1918 shows the curious fact that both in peace and war the national taste in reading turns first to fiction, then to religion. Bel'oro tho war scionce ljooks were third in demand; last year they fell to a tenth plnce on tho list. After fiction and religion, tho public tasto willed for books on sociology—a sign of perception of Iho new responsibilities devolving upon us as a result of tho war. In the last leu years 1913 brought the largest number of published books—l2,ll7!)—and there was an increase of nearly two thousand between tho years 11)11 and 1911 In 11)18 books on sociology increased by 11;!; nil technology by 110; oil medicine l'.y. SO; | and poetry fcy 98.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 152, 22 March 1919, Page 5
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189WHAT THE PEOPLE READ Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 152, 22 March 1919, Page 5
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