The total number of books (in which term pamphlet are also included) published during 1907, according to the useful summary issued by "The Publishers's Circular," amounted to 9,914, or 1,311 more than in 1906, these, new editions and reprints account for 2,213, leaving a total of 7,701 entirely new issues. There is slight decrease in fiction, only 1,862 new novels having been published—an average of five for everyday including Sundays. Religion and Philosophy increased by 213, Law by 145, History and Biography by 232, and Poetry by 69, while a large increase is noted under the heading Arts and Sciences.
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