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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS. 



444 ; antiquarianism, 445 ; essays, 445 ; fiction, 

 445 ; poetry, 446. 



VII. In 1867. State of the book-trade, 430 ; 

 number of books published in United States, 

 430 ; sales of different works, 430 ; number of 

 publications in different departments, 430 ; list 

 of collective biographies, 431 ; individual biog- 

 raphies, 431 ; genealogical works, 432 ; gen- 

 eral histories, 432; Revolutionary and ante- 

 Revolutionary histories, 432 ; post-Revolution- 

 ary and modern histories, 432 ; local histories, 

 433 ; histories of other countries, 433 ; eccle- 

 siastical histories, 433 ; general theology, 433 ; 

 didactic, exegetical, and expository theology, 

 433 ; Scriptural commentaries, 434 ; controver- 

 sial, or polemic theology, 434 ; controversy on 

 Ritualism, 434; controversy on Christology, 

 435 ; controversy on inspiration of the Script- 

 ures, 435 ; The Baptist Quarterly, 435 ; reli- 

 gious books, didactive and narrative, 435; 

 devotional religious works, 436; works on 

 natural science, 436 ; works on natural philos- 

 ophy, 436 ; works on chemistry, 437; zofilogy 

 and physiology, 437 ; geography and meteorol- 

 ogy, 437 ; geology and mineralogy, 437 ; eth- 

 nology and archaeology, 437 ; astronomy, 437 ; 

 intellectual science and philosophy, 437 ; moral 

 philosophy, 437 ; ethics, 437 ; logic and rhet- 

 oric, 438 ; social science, 438 ; mechanics and 

 technology, 438 ; political economy, 438 ; pol- 

 itics and political science, 438 ; mathematical 

 works, 439 ; educational works, general trea- 

 tises, 439 ; educational text-books, 440 ; classi- 

 cal literature, 440 ; law books, 440 ; State re- 

 ports of decisions, 440 ; digests of United States 

 and State reports, 441 ; English law reports, 

 441 ; decisions in the United States Court of 

 Claims, 441 ; codes of procedure and practice, 

 441; bankrupt law, 441; miscellaneous law 

 treatises, 441 ; medical works, 442 ; philology, 

 443; statistics cyclopaedias and dictionaries, 

 443; statistics almanacs, annuals, etc., 443; 

 poetry, 443 ; collections of selected poems, 444; 

 new editions of "complete poetical works," 

 444; original poems, translations, etc., pub- 

 lished during the year, 444 ; dramas, 445 ; po- 

 etical criticism, 445 ; essays, belles-lettres, and 

 light literature, not fiction, 445 ; speeches and 

 addresses, 446 ; books of humor and wit, par- 

 odies, anecdotes, letter-writers, 446 ; new mag- 

 azines, 446 ; works of fiction, 446 ; Mrs. Mundt's 

 novels, 446 ; other original and translated nov- 

 els, 446 ; dime-novels and other paper-covered 



fictions, 447 ; French novels, 447 ; reprints of 

 English standard fictions, 447 ; other English 

 novels, 447; anonymous fictions, 448; other 

 foreign reprints, 448 ; religious fictions, 448 ; 

 illustrated works and works on the fine arts, 

 448; musical works, 448; travel, adventure, 

 and discovery, 448 ; military science, 449 ; agri- 

 cultural works, 449 ; juvenile books, 449 ; mis- 

 cellaneous masonic, 449 ; games and gports, 

 450; other miscellaneous books, 450. Books 

 published in Great Britain, 450; number of 

 British publications, 450; biographies, 450; 

 travels, 450; theology, 450; general litera- 

 ture, 450. 



VIII. In 1868. Number of works, 408; 

 improvement in the trade, 408; most successful, 

 408 ; classification of books, 409 ; biographies, 

 409 ; special do., 409 ; genealogical works, 410; 

 historical works, 410; Revolutionary period, 

 411; more recent, 411; ecclesiastical, 412; 

 polemic theology, 412; didactic or narrative 

 religious books, 413; physical science, 415; 

 natural philosophy, 415 ; chemistry, 415 ; zool- 

 ogy, 415; geographical, 415; mineralogy, 415 ; 

 political economy and political science, 417; 

 mechanical science and technology, 418 ; math- 

 ematical science, 418 ; education and philology, 

 419; classical works, 420; law books, 420; 

 medical treatises, 421 ; poetry and the drama, 

 422 ; foreign poems, 423 ; reviews and works 

 of criticism, 424 ; novels, 424 ; juvenile books, 

 425 ; illustrated works, 426 ; music and music 

 collections, 426; travels and discovery, 427; 

 agriculture, 427. 



IX. In 1869. Decrease in the number 

 of books published causes, 384; need of 

 an international copyright, 385; historical 

 works, 385 ; Old World history, 386 ; special 

 histories, 386; biography, 386; poetry, 387; 

 philosophy, 387; social science and reform, 

 387 ; travels, 388 ; physical sciences, 388 ; the- 

 ology and religion, 389 ; biblical exposition and 

 criticism, 389 ; didactic and polemic theology, 

 389; apologetic works, 389; devotional and 

 practical works, 390 ; medicine, 390 ; law, 390 ; 

 art and the arts, 390 ; classical and other text- 

 books, 391 ; novels, 891 ; miscellaneous, 391 ; 

 works of general reference, 392; illustrated 

 gift-books, 392; juvenile publications, 392; 

 reprints and republications of English books, 

 393. 



X. In 1870. Number and character of pub- 

 lications, 433 ; causes adverse to literary pur- 



