Caslon's Circular No. 65 contains as usual specimens of the novelties of the house, among them a diagram of a new composing-stick. The leading article is entitled « Paper and String, » and refers to a protest from the Manchester and Salford Association of Master Printers against the « unjust proceeding » of weighing paper and string in with parcels of type. The reply is, that the custom has been recognized ever since the first introduction of typefounding; that it is considered in the founders' scale of charges for type; and that a decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in the appeal case Allwood v. Harris (27 October, 1852), where groceries were in question, decided that the practice being universally understood over the United Kingdom, and being convenient both to buyer and seller, was no breach of the Weights and Measures Act. The Association also recommended that founders should pay carriage of type to all parts of the United Kingdom, « so as to put purchasers in each town upon an equal footing. » We may remark that the theory that it is the business of a manufacturer to equalize the cost of his goods to purchasers by bearing all intermediate expenses is one of the most unreasonable ever formulated by a representative body of tradesmen. If the Manchester printers are to have their type delivered at the same price as their London rivals, Canadian or New Zealand printers might reasonably make the same claim. In such cases the freight, and occasionally heavy duties, would reduce the manufacturers' rates one-half; and in extreme cases they might be called on to send cash as well as goods. Here is a case in point. The slow-going Americans having no foreign parcel post, electros, &c., are charged full letter rates. A deficient sort posted to Typo from Philadelphia this month was invoiced at twenty cents, and cost forty cents postage.

The Union Printer (New York) is now under the management of Mr Warren C. Browne, of Typographical Union No. 6, and is edited by Mr Charles J. Dumas, who promises that it will be a better paper than ever. The issue for 12th August contains as a supplement a beautifully printed reduction of a fine piece of penmanship by Mr J. V. Haring, 289 Broadway, N.Y.

The Artist Printer and the National Journalist of Chicago have consolidated, and the paper will henceforth be known as the National Printer Journalist. We have not seen a copy.

La Sorte for July is larger then usual, and contains an address to its readers, in which it is stated that its first year has been a splendid success. The object of this humorous trade journal is a worthy one; all its profits being devoted to an institution for the prompt relief of printers in distress or misfortune.

Paper and Press for September devotes over two pages to the Lanston Monotype machine, already noted in our pages. It seems to be a great success; and to our mind, in its principle is in advance of any other. The leading article deals with Herr Julius Maser's severe criticisms on American fancy printing, and the editor is constrained to admit that there is some truth in his strictures.

The Stationery World for July and August is to hand, and is full of interesting reading. The printing of this paper is superb, though we would prefer less glossy surface, and the « rainbow » arrangement of colors is not, to our thinking, in the best taste: the black looks better. Still, it probably suits the advertisers; and from the amount of support accorded by those gentlemen, we infer that the paper is a healthy concern.