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Show CANDY AND BOOKS . Excepting text-books text books te\"t-books te "t t ' \ . " - for school schoolchildren schoolchildren schoolchildren children , the average American Amencan buys less buysless than one bookll book a ia : year , while spend spend- - ing spending $10 10 $ for candy during the came camepenod cameperiod : ; ameperiod penod period according to a recent writer . This statement is somewhat ome\\hat ome hat \ \ 5Ur- 5Ur sur- sur 5Urpnsmg surprising sur surprising - - I prising pnsmg , as is the further fact fact-thatamong fact thatamong - . that thatamong thatamong I among the leading nations the Unitcd United UnitedStates UnitcdStates States stanos stanas stands sixth in the number of ofnew ofnew ofnew new books pooks published annually This ThisreferS Thisrefers Thisrefers referS thtotal thptotal thetotal ' " ' to separate parate titles , and not to thp the ? total number prIntedAnothel printedAnother printed | connec-1tion connec 1tion connection Anothel Another strange fact in tlu.sconnec this tlu.s tlus . connec- connec - - tion is that Russia leads in the num- num - 1her ber num1her number of new titles produced , in a recent recentyear recentyear recentyear year issuing 36 36680 680 , followed in oraCl order oraeiby oraClby orderby by Germany with 31 31000 000 , Japan with 19,967 19967 with19,967 with19967 , , Great Britain with wlth 13 810 , 13810Prance France with 11 11992'and 11992and 992 , ' . and the United UnitedStates states with 10,153 10153 , |
