THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF BOOKS.
[TO THE EDITOR OP TER "SPECTATOR."]
SIH.—Can you say a word to publishers on the size and weight of the volumes they sometimes issue P I am absolutely pre- eluded from reading the Life of Dean Stanley from its great weight, and the Lives of W. H. Smith, Adam Sedgwick, &c., are equally heavy. Books of reference may be heavy without much inconvenience, as they are generally only required for a few minutes at a time ; but a reader wants to take a bio- graphy with him into different rooms where there is not, probably, any reading-desk; and an invalid, confined to bed, finds a heavy book an impossible companion, however great the solace of the companionship might be. The volumes of Dean Stanley's Life weigh 21 lb. each, and their size is another inconvenience independently of their weight.—I am, Sir, &c.,
AN OLD INVALID.
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