Books by the Yard

Many of your readers have heard of books bought and sold by weight,—in fact it is questionable whether the *number* of books sold in that way is not greater than those sold "over the counter,"—but few have probably heard of books sold "by the yard." Having purchased at St. Petersburg, the library left by an old Russian nobleman of high rank, I was quite astonished to find a copy of *Œuvres de Frederic II*. originally published in 15 vols., divided into 60, to each of which a new title had been printed; and several hundred volumes lettered, outside *Œuvres de Miss Burney, Œuvres de Swift*, &c.,…