Show r. r 6 j f H Ti The Fate of ft a New nook Hook computation has been An made mado interesting by th the literary Hev Forest ores E. E Dager of Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church From his bits res researches hea he deduces deduce tho the opinion GOO COO do not riot books printed of 1000 tot that every and ana IW pay tho printer no more than pay par afford allord a II slight lIght profit He no claims that tint of the total number are arc of the first year oi ot forgotten before the end coil publication and nd are arc no longer remember remember- remembered ed after the close clode of three j years ears Not more than 50 CO survive the test of seven years Fitly thousand books says he be were published in the seventeenth century but today today to today to- to day no more than r 59 50 of ot these are arc rend Of Ol an Jin equal number published in III the eighteenth century ho he states that only GO CO arc are read rend to today Of all nil the tho books that have havo been written for lor j years ears he be figures that not more than 5 arc now v In Philadelphia Call |