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BOOK industry; PUBLISHING; MAHAN, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914; INTEREST of America in International Conditions, The (Book); DESCRIPTIVE Sociology: Section on African Races (Book); HISTORIANS

This article presents developments related to books and publishing. Admiral Alfred T. Mahan is publishing with Little, Brown, & Co. "The Interest of America in International Conditions." Another volume of the "Descriptive Sociology" will soon be issued by the trustees of the poet Herbert Spencer. It deals with the civilization of the Chinese, information concerning which has been collected and arranged by the British consul at Foochow. A document newly discovered by Ernest Law in the Record Office forms the basis of a book by a well-known historian of Hampton Court, to be published by Bell. In it are some statements usually made concerning the life of dramatist William Shakespeare are tested anew.