183 197 236 212 254 335 289 196 257 238 269 257 261 246 336 342 336 521 549 628 784 653 867 977 1038 726 767 79 94 103 91 162 136 94 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1890 1891 3. SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS. 700 600 The group "Sociology and Economics" has had a phenomenal growth during the past nine years. During that time the total number of books in this group has reached 6,700, very few of which are reissues. The number of books in this class from abroad is very small and would not exceed 100 per year for the past 15 years, the largest number in any year being 162 in 1914. The record for the year 1916 is 767 titles, A new class, established in the latter part of 1916; 94 titles were recorded from September 1 to December 31, 1916. 458 348 374 430 485 531 553 509 456 489 543 540 640 605 614 561 471 707 622 591 678 682 862 692 800 700 600 500 58 9 10 13 = 6 10 9 7 10 16 24 14 9 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 5. LAW. There has been a remarkable decrease in books of the law group. The number dropped from 862 in 1912 (the highest number) to 399 355 366 397 442 428 469 431 377 419 641 550 579 627 628 495 579 465 375 467 523 300 254 324 268 237 324 294 194 91 145 28 37 34 31 20 20 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 156 182 145 198 126 g| ཋ| ༔| 100 6. EDUCATION. The diagram marked "Education" is an unusual one. Instead of exhibiting books on educational topics, swelling the great gain of the last nine or more years, it shows that the period embraced between the years 1900 and 1904 was high tide in this class and that since that time a decided decline has set in. The apparently rapid decline is due, however, to a revised and more careful classification; books on certain topics, originally included under Education, are now classed under separate headings-Business and Philology. The year 1898 recorded 377 books in this class, rising to 641 in 1900 and dropping to 375 in 1908, 10 years later. A slight decrease was seen in 1901 and a steady decline from 1904 (628) to 1908 (375). The decrease in 1908 was reflected in the entire book trade, 7 7. PHILOLOGY. Philology is a new class, formed in 1911. It includes such books as pertain to the study of words formerly classed under the general head of education. The chart shows a wide range, 192 in 1911 and 335 in 1913, which was the largest number. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 8. SCIENCE. Physical and Mathematical Science presents a normal outline of growth from a very small beginning in 1890 of 93 books to 790 in 1913, which was its high-water mark. The decline of 1906 was in a measure due to the printers' strike in New York City. The loss in 1915 is attributable to the war, although 1916 registered 639, an increase of 91 over the previous year. It is interesting to note that no less than 15 classes declined in 1906 and that nearly all of them apparently made it up the next year. There are but few reissues in this class, the past 10 years showing from 7 to 93 titles. The number of books by foreign authors is very small, averaging about 150 annually. 6 GRAPHIC SURVEY OF BOOK PUBLICATION. 133106 28 126 138 116 139 32 19 58 93 71 110 112 123 153 197 165 131 175 196 190 341 559 775 857 706 674 781 669 463 595 92 TST 126 164 117 126 69 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916, 9. APPLIED SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING. Applied Science, termed "Useful Arts" in the earlier classification, presents some interesting features. After remaining for 16 years on practically a dead level, it suddenly expanded from a maximum of 197 annually to 857 in the year 1910, followed by 706 in 1911, 674 in number was 126, and in 1916 but 69. 1912, and 781 in 1913. The past four years show a decline, the number for 1916 being 595. Reprints in this class during the past 10 years vary from 1 to 136. In 1916 there were 71 reprints. Books by foreign authors in this class have varied from 19 to 164; in 1915 the |