College and Research Libraries m i c k ' s " E d i t o r s T o d a y " d r a w s a g o o d p i c t u r e b u t l o a d s t h e v o l u m e a b i t i n t h e d i r e c t i o n of e d i t o r s h i p . T h e r e a d i n g of t h e s e s t u d i e s raises t h e h o p e t h a t e q u a l l y c a p a b l e s p e a k e r s w i l l con- t i n u e t h e series w i t h o t h e r t o p i c s d e s e r v i n g c o v e r a g e , s u c h as b o o k d i s t r i b u t i o n , c e n s o r - s h i p , b o o k d e s i g n , b e s t s e l l e r d e v e l o p m e n t s , a n d b o o k p r o d u c t i o n : m a c h i n e s a n d tech- n i q u e s . I m p a t i e n t r e a d e r s l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o t h e c o l l e c t i o n of t h e n e x t s e v e n t e e n l e c t u r e s t o a p p e a r a q u a r t e r of a c e n t u r y h e n c e a r e r e m i n d e d of t h e a n n u a l p r i n t i n g s i n p a m - p h l e t f o r m a t . — F r a n k L. Schick, Wayne State University Library. Russian Transliteration Transkriptionsprobleme; die korrekte Wie- dergabe russischer Namen im Deutschen, f v o n j G i i n t e r M i i h l p f o r d t . B e r l i n : R i i t t e n & L o e n i n g , 1957. 175p. J o i n i n g a l o n g p r o c e s s i o n of l i b r a r i a n s , t r a n s l a t o r s , a n d t e a c h e r s of R u s s i a n , G i i n t e r M i i h l p f o r d t d e a l s w i t h t h e p r o b l e m of R u s - s i a n t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n i n G e r m a n y . H e d e p l o r e s t h e lack of u n i f o r m i t y i n t r a n s l i t e r a t i n g R u s - s i a n o n t h e p a r t of p u b l i s h e r s , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n j o u r n a l s , a n d s o m e of t h e l u d i c r o u s f o r m s of t r a n s l i t e r a t e d R u s s i a n n a m e s w h i c h o c c u r i n G e r m a n p u b l i c a t i o n s (e.g., Pjerjewjers- jezv, w h i c h i n o r d i n a r y E n g l i s h t r a n s l i t e r a - t i o n w o u l d b e Pereverzev). A f t e r d e s c r i b i n g t h e D u d e n t r a n s c r i p t i o n d e v e l o p e d b y W . S t e i n i t z as a u n i t a r y system f o r p o p u l a r use, h e p o i n t s o u t its s h o r t c o m i n g s . I t d o e s n o t , f o r e x a m p l e , l e n d itself t o t h e r e s t o r a - t i o n of t h e o r i g i n a l R u s s i a n ( r e t r a n s l i t e r a - t i o n ) . I n a c c u r a c i e s a n d c o n f u s i o n r e s u l t , f o r e x a m p l e , f o r t h e u s e of ss f o r i n t e r v o c a l i c R u s s i a n c, of stsch f o r t h r e e d i f f e r e n t p o s s i b l e l e t t e r s a n d l e t t e r c o m b i n a t i o n s , a n d of s o m e n o n - G e r m a n l e t t e r c o m b i n a t i o n s (sh f o r t h e s o u n d r e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e F r e n c h j). I n p l a c e of t h e D u d e n t r a n s c r i p t i o n Miihl- pfordt o f f e r s f o r s c h o l a r l y a n d l i b r a r y p u r - p o s e s a " s c i e n t i f i c , " o r l i b r a r y , t r a n s l i t e r a - t i o n , w h i c h m e e t s t h e o b j e c t i o n s t o t h e " p o p - u l a r " o n e . T o u s e r s of E n g l i s h t h e f o l l o w i n g e l e m e n t s of t h i s system a r e of p a r t i c u l a r in- t e r e s t , p r i n c i p a l l y b e c a u s e t h e y c o r r e s p o n d t o E n g l i s h t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n : v i n s t e a d of w; t h e p r i m e as i n E n g l i s h t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n s , i n s t e a d of t h e j; z i n s t e a d of i n t e r v o c a l i c s. O n t h e o t h e r h a n d t h e u s e of c i n t h e "sci- e n t i f i c " t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n f o r t h e R u s s i a n l e t t e r u s u a l l y t r a n s l i t e r a t e d i n E n g l i s h b y ts o r tz w o u l d l e a d t o c o n f u s i o n w h e n c o c c u r s be- f o r e a, o, u, o r a c o n s o n a n t . T h e u s e of z, c, s, a n d sc is o p e n t o t h e s a m e o b j e c t i o n s as M i i h l p f o r d t e x p r e s s e s i n r e g a r d t o sh f o r t h e l e t t e r w h i c h is r e n d e r e d i n F r e n c h b y j (in E n g l i s h u s u a l l y by zh): t h e y a r e n o t dis- t i n g u i s h a b l e b y m o s t G e r m a n s f r o m z, c, s, a n d sc. H i s p o s i t i o n r e p r e s e n t s e s s e n t i a l l y t h e d e s i r e f o r a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l , o r u n i v e r s a l , t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n of t h e C y r i l l i c a l p h a b e t , w h i c h h a s b e e n a t t e m p t e d b y m a n y , i n c l u d i n g t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n f o r D o c u m e n t a - t i o n , w i t h o u t a p p r e c i a b l e success. M o s t of t h e b o o k — e i g h t y - n i n e p a g e s of i t — i s d e v o t e d t o a n a s p e c t of t r a n s c r i p t i o n w h i c h is t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n o n l y i n a l i m i t e d sense. I t i n c l u d e s : a list of r e t r a n s c r i b e d n a m e s of n o n - R u s s i a n s — G e r m a n s , E n g l i s h - m e n , F r e n c h m e n , a n d I t a l i a n s — w h i c h o c c u r i n t h e w o r k s of M a r x a n d E n g e l s ; a t a b l e of l e t t e r - e q u i v a l e n t s b y w h i c h s u c h r e t r a n s c r i p - t i o n m a y b e a c h i e v e d ; a n d a list of p e r s o n a l , g e o g r a p h i c a n d e t h n i c n a m e s , a n d s o m e com- m o n n o u n s , w h i c h o c c u r i n t h e t e x t w i t h t h e i r t r a n s c r i p t i o n a c c o r d i n g t o b o t h t h e D u d e n a n d l i b r a r y systems. T h e s e r e t r a n s - c r i p t i o n t a b l e s a r e a w i l d e r n e s s w h i c h w o u l d as o f t e n y i e l d s e v e r a l v a r i a b l e s as g u i d e t h e u s e r s t r a i g h t t o his g o a l . T h e p r i n c i p a l v a l u e of t h e w o r k t o E n g - l i s h - s p e a k i n g t r a n s l i t e r a t o r s of R u s s i a n is i n t h e v a r i e t y of p r o b l e m s it p r e s e n t s a n d of t h e e x a m p l e s it cites. T h i s f e a t u r e of t h e b o o k m a y w e l l l e a d t o a t h o r o u g h e x a m i n a t i o n of t h e p r o b l e m s of t r a n s l i t e r a t i o n of R u s s i a n f o r E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g u s e r s a n d t o r e s e a r c h r e s u l t i n g i n lists of n a m e s of W e s t E u r o p e a n s i n R u s s i a n a c c o m p a n i e d b y t h e i r v e r n a c u l a r f o r m s — D a v i d J . Haykin, Library of Con- gress. English Common Reader The English Common Reader; a Social His- tory of the Mass Reading Public 1800- 1900. By R i c h a r d D . A l t i c k . C h i c a g o : U n i - v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o Press [ c l 9 5 7 ] . 4 3 0 p . $6. If y o u t h i n k t h a t " r a i l w a y l i t e r a t u r e " h a s s o m e t h i n g t o d o w i t h t i m e t a b l e s , t h a t " n u m - b e r - m e n " a r e b o o k i e s a n d t h a t Confidential i n v e n t e d t h e i d e a of p e e k i n g i n t o o t h e r p e o - 86 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES p i e ' s b o u d o i r s , y o u h a d b e t t e r g o o u t a n d b u y a c o p y of R i c h a r d A l t i c k ' s The English Common Reader. H e r e is a l i v e l y socio- e c o n o m i c h i s t o r y d e p i c t i n g t h e r e a d i n g E n g - l i s h m a n as m i r r o r e d i n p u b l i c a n d a d u l t e d u - c a t i o n ; c o m m e r c i a l , p r o p r i e t a r y , a n d p u b l i c c i r c u l a t i n g l i b r a r i e s ; a n d t h e p u b l i s h i n g of b o o k s , p e r i o d i c a l s a n d n e w s p a p e r s . T h e a u t h o r of The Scholar Adventurers is c l e v e r e n o u g h t o k n o w t h a t " p a g e s of sta- tistics c o u l d b e c o p i e d . . . b u t t h e e f f e c t w o u l d b e m o r e n u m b i n g t h a n i l l u m i n a t i n g . " T h e r e f o r e , y o u w i l l find The English Com- mon Reader b r i m m i n g w i t h a n e c d o t e b u t o n l y s p i c e d w i t h figures. Still, t h e r e is a n im- p r e s s i v e a m o u n t of f a c t u a l d o c u m e n t a t i o n p r e s e n t e d w i t h t h e m o d e r a t i o n a n d g o o d sense of t h e m a t u r e s c h o l a r , w h o k n o w s f u l l w e l l t h a t o n e c a n ' t s w a l l o w w h o l e e v e r y fig- u r e e v e r set o n p a p e r . If t h e w o r k a t h a n d lacks t h e g l a m o u r a n d i n t e n s e i n t e r e s t of The Scholar Adventurers, it is still a first- r a t e j o b i n a m u c h m o r e c o m p l e x a n d diffi- c u l t field. If we d e f i n e t h e E n g l i s h c o m m o n r e a d e r i n t e r m s of t h e w o r k i n g masses, h e d i d n o t e x i s t i n g r e a t n u m b e r s u n t i l a b o u t 1850. T h e m e a n s t o s e c u r e t h e n e c e s s a r y e d u c a t i o n a n d t h e e c o n o m i c r e s o u r c e s t o b u y a n d r e a d t h e p r i n t e d w o r d w e r e r e s t r i c t e d t o t h e r i c h u n - til a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1800, b u t t h e i n s t r u m e n t s of d i s s e m i n a t i o n of p o p u l a r l i t e r a t u r e b e g a n t o f u n c t i o n m u c h e a r l i e r . J o h n W e s l e y w a s a g r e a t " t r a n s f o r m e r " f o r p u b l i c c o n s u m p - t i o n of s u c h w o r k s as Pilgrim's Progress a n d Paradise Lost, a n d t h e M e t h o d i s t B o o k R o o m i n L o n d o n of 1740 p l a y e d a n i m p o r - t a n t r o l e i n d i s t r i b u t i n g easily r e a d , if m o r a l - istic, t r a c t s . W e l l - t o - d o w o m e n c o n s t i t u t e d a r e a d y m a r k e t f o r Pamela, t h e r e b y h e r a l d i n g fiction as o n e of t h e s i n g l e m o s t p o w e r f u l l u r e s t o r e a d i n g a m o n g t h e masses. T h e S u n - d a y S c h o o l m o v e m e n t of t h e l a t e e i g h t e e n t h c e n t u r y also s p r e a d t h e m e a n s , a n d i n s p i r e d t h e d e s i r e , f o r r e a d i n g . F i g h t i n g a l o s i n g b a t t l e a g a i n s t t h i s p o p u - l a r i z a t i o n of r e a d i n g was a g o v e r n m e n t t h a t f e a r e d t h e p r o l i f e r a t i o n of J a c o b i n s e n t i - m e n t s if t h e c o m m o n m a n l e a r n e d t o ab- s o r b s u c h d i s t u r b i n g t r e a t i s e s as The Rights of Man (1,500,000 c o p i e s i n s e v e n t e e n years) a n d C o b b e t t ' s Political Register. F o r d e c a d e s , t h e s p e c t e r of r e a d i n g a m o n g t h e masses e v o k e d a n i n t r i g u i n g , n o t t o say p a r a d o x i a l , a m b i v a l e n c e a m o n g m o r a l i s t s a n d g o v e r n - m e n t officials. A R o y a l P r o c l a m a t i o n of 1792 — b y n o m e a n s t h e first of its k i n d — w a s is- s u e d a g a i n s t " d i v e r s w i c k e d a n d s e d i t i o u s w r i t i n g s , " a n d m a n y a p u r v e y o r of J a c o b i n w r i t i n g s u f f e r e d fines o r a r r e s t as a r e s u l t . T a x s u p p o r t e d l i b r a r i e s w e r e d e n o u n c e d o n t h e g r o u n d s t h a t t h e p u b l i c a t l a r g e m i g h t as l o g i c a l l y b e e x p e c t e d t o s u p p o r t p u b s a n d g a m e s as r e a d i n g , a n d as l a t e as 1887, o n l y t w o p a r i s h e s i n L o n d o n h a d r a t e - s u p p o r t e d l i b r a r i e s . H o w e v e r , i m b u e d w i t h t h e doc- t r i n e of t h e p e r f e c t i b i l i t y of m a n , s o m e seg- m e n t s of t h e g o v e r n i n g class w e r e i n s p i r e d t o b e l i e v e t h a t f r e e l i b r a r i e s w e r e t h e a n - swer t o all social p r o b l e m s i n c l u d i n g t h o s e of d r i n k a n d j u v e n i l e d e l i n q u e n c y . I n t h i s m a e l s t r o m of c o n f l i c t i n g o p i n i o n a n d a m i d s t t h e class s t r i f e of l a t e e i g h t e e n t h a n d e a r l y n i n e t e e n t h - c e n t u r y E n g l a n d , H a n n a h M o r e issued h e r d e c e p t i v e l y m o r a l t r a c t s ; c e n s o r - s h i p of classics was a c h i e v e d t h r o u g h b o w d - l e r i z a t i o n a n d " e l e g a n t " e x t r a c t s ; a n d me- c h a n i c s i n s t i t u t e s first a t t r a c t e d , t h e n a l i e n - a t e d , w o r k i n g m e n by o f f e r i n g t h e m a h e a v y d i e t of u t i l i t a r i a n i s m t h r o u g h i n s t i t u t e - s u p - p o r t e d l i b r a r i e s a n d t h r o u g h s o p o r i f i c lec- t u r e s a t t h e e n d of a l o n g d a y ' s t o i l . A f a s c i n a t i n g a n a l y s i s of b o o k , p e r i o d i c a l , a n d n e w s p a p e r costs f r o m t h e 1770's o n h e l p s t o e x p l a i n t h e p a i n f u l l y slow s t e p s b y w h i c h r e a d i n g m a t t e r b e c a m e w i d e l y a v a i l - a b l e t o t h e masses. I n 1774 a b o o k cost as m u c h as a g o o d p a i r of b r e e c h e s , a p a m p h l e t as m u c h as a m o n t h ' s s u p p l y of c a n d l e s . W e l l i n t o t h e n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y , p u b l i s h i n g was a closed circle w h i c h d e l i g h t e d i n s u m p t u o u s l i m i t e d e d i t i o n s . Ivanhoe (1820) o r i g i n a l l y sold f o r t h e u n h e a r d - o f p r i c e of 30s, a n d as l a t e as 1835 t h e 5s r e q u i r e d f o r a r e p r i n t e d n o v e l w o u l d b u y t e n p o u n d s of m e a t . L a c k of m e c h a n i z a t i o n , t h e a b s e n c e of a n e n t e r - p r i s i n g s p i r i t , t h e i n e f f e c t i v e n e s s of p o p u l a r e d u c a t i o n a n d illogical t a x e s o n p a p e r , news- p a p e r s a n d e v e n o n t h e n u m b e r of w i n d o w s i n h o u s e s c o n s p i r e d t o d i s c o u r a g e t h e r e a d - i n g h a b i t a n d i m p e d e d t h e d i f f u s i o n of t h e p r i n t e d w o r d . E v e n so, o t h e r c o u n t e r v a i l i n g f o r c e s w e r e f e r m e n t i n g w i t h i n t h e d e p t h s of E n g l i s h so- ciety. As e a r l y as 1661, b o o k s e l l e r s h a d r e n t - e d b o o k s i n t h e s p i r i t of l a t e r c o m m e r c i a l c i r c u l a t i n g l i b r a r i e s . T h i s p r a c t i c e b e c a m e a p o t e n t f o r c e u n d e r m e n l i k e C h a r l e s E d - JANUARY 1958 87 w a r d M u d i e , w h o was s u c h a d o m i n a t i n g fac- t o r i n t h e t r a d e t h a t h e l i t e r a l l y d i c t a t e d t h e c h a r a c t e r of t h e p u b l i c a t i o n s h e d i s t r i b u t e d . T h e 1830's saw t h e rise of t h e c h e a p r e p r i n t i n b o t h b o o k s a n d p e r i o d i c a l s , a n d f o r t u n e s , n o t a l w a y s r e s p e c t a b l e , w e r e m a d e i n t h e d i s c o v e r y of t h e m a s s m a r k e t , f o r t h e r e w e r e m e n l i k e t h e u n s c r u p u l o u s T h o m a s T e g g w h o s e i d e a of e d i t i n g was p r e t t y r o u g h a n d r e a d y , e v e n t o t h e e x t e n t of c h o p p i n g off classics l i k e Paradise Lost a t t h e p o i n t w h e r e h e r a n o u t of p a p e r . A n d t h e r e w a s T h o m a s Kelley, t h e n u m b e r - m a n , t h a t is, a m a n w h o issued r e p r i n t s i n p a r t s o r n u m b e r s , w h o m a d e a f o r t u n e a n d b e c o m e L o r d M a y o r of L o n d o n . H e a n d his c o l l e a g u e s f o r e s h a d o w e d H o l l y w o o d by e x a g g e r a t e d d e s c r i p t i o n s of w o r k s as " s u p e r b " a n d " m a g n i f i c e n t " a n d b y d r e s s i n g u p o r d i n a r y t e x t s w i t h f a n c y t i t l e p a g e s a n d i l l u s t r a t i o n s o n l y t o h a v e t h e s e f r i l l s f a d e a w a y as t h e series p r o g r e s s e d . N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e i m p e c u n i o u s f a m i l y , w i t h q u e s t i o n a b l e e c o n o m y , f o u n d it p o s s i b l e t o b u y e x p e n s i v e w o r k s i n p a r t s r a t h e r t h a n t o lay o u t t h e l a r g e ( b u t lesser) l u m p s u m nec- essary f o r a s i n g l e v o l u m e . T h e r e l i g i o u s s t r u g g l e f o r t h e m i n d s a n d s p i r i t s , n o t t o say t h e souls a n d b o d i e s of m e n , was e v e r y w h e r e m a n i f e s t i n t h e n i n e - t e e n t h c e n t u r y , c l o s i n g i n a b l a z e of g l o r y w h e n , i n 1897, t h e R e l i g i o u s T r a c t Society a l o n e d i s t r i b u t e d 38,720,000 c o p i e s of l i t e r a - t u r e , a l m o s t h a l f of w h i c h w a s b o o k s . 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