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By 1840 in England, the number of literary annuals fell to thirty-five with a slow, general decline each year until 1857 when only three British titles were published. Before their demise, the British publishers attempted gimmicks in publishing to…

By 1840 in England, the number of literary annuals fell to thirty-five with a slow, general decline each year until 1857 when only three British titles were published. Before their demise, the British publishers attempted gimmicks in publishing to…

To increase sales, by 1830 publishers separated the literary annual into sub-genres, including the comic annual, religious annual, musical annual, landscape annual and juvenile annual. In 1830 several musical annuals appeared, including Apollo’s Gift…