Trade Exchanges.

Ever welcome is the British Printer, the September-October issue of which is just to hand. So far as ornaments and decorations are concerned, it is more German than English. It is printed by one of the most tasteful establishments in England; and it is notable that, though there is a small proportion of American ornament, it is insignificant compared with the German. In what has been the strong point of the American houses Germany is coming to the front, and faces like the Astræa, Fantasia, and Favorite Script, compare advantageously with the best American productions. As they are cast to the American (why not English?) point system, they will come into formidable rivalry with American letter. Two portraits on pp. 14 and 15 give an unintended opportunity of comparing a good process-block with a good woodcut. The former is fine and delicate— too suggestive of a photo from which the retoucher has removed the characteristic expression: the latter is full of vigor. Most people, we think, would prefer the woodcut. This number contains a beautiful supplement in chromo-typography, seven workings. The subscription has been raised to 5s—to New Zealand, 6s 6d. We are in some tribulation on account of the May-June issue never having reached us—the hiatus spoils our volume.

Mr Tucker, of la Typologie, under the head of Imprimerie, in his Typo-litho Dictionary, has begun a valuable bibliography of works in the French language relating to the Craft. The first instalment, occupying four pages, reaches as far as Ex libris.

We have several new exchanges to acknowledge this month. One of these is the Newsdealer (Canadian edition), an octavo monthly, of which the numbers for September, October, and November, have come to hand. It is full of items of interest to the trade it represents, and contains also extracted literary matter.

Once again we welcome the Stockholm Tidning för Boktryckarkonst, after a long absence from our table. It is beautifully printed, and contains some fine autotype blocks.

The Ősterreichisch-ungarische Buchdrucker-Zeitung reaches us by this mail for the first time, beginning with the issue for 11th December. We are glad to see this old-established and high-class weekly among our exchanges.