c r o ri V c Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029519950 THE AMERICAN BOOK TRADE JOURNAL ^ WITK WHICH IS INCORPORATSD Ciir Stmevfcan ILftevavs iS^a^ette anK pufilfaiiera' CCrntUT. [ESTABLISHED IS62.] Publication Office, agS Broadway, New York. Catered at thu Poet-OBQce at New York. N. T,, aa aaooDd-claaa matter. Vol. LXXVIL, No. 7. NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 1910 Whole No. 1985 PREDESTINED PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 19fh PREDESTINED PREDESIINED A Novel of Neiv York Life -By STEPHEN FRENCH ^1.50 WHITMAN This ia a striking novel by a new writer who has won high distinction in the field o{ the short story. It tells the story, and a vivid, startling story it is, too, of a young man who has to suffer for the sins of his fathers. His love affairs in various social grades, his struggles to establish himself, first as a newspaper man, and later as an author, ai-e all set forth with a psychological insight and a wealth of detail that remind one of Balzac. The unexpected climax and the way it clears up the life drama which Mr. Whitman has unfolded testify to the author's finished literary skill. THE GLORY OF HIS COUNTRY ^l.0f> By FREDERICK LANDIS ^1.00 A striking and moving story of patriotism and self-sacrifice in the Civil War — a tale of deep and true quality and profound power. Written in a distinctive and arresting style — vigorous and original and at the same time poetic and controlled— the story moves rapidly through pleasant scenes of Indiana village life to a climax as unexpected as it is stirring. The kindly, friendly picture of Happyville, the simple, restrained and charm- ing love story of the hero of the tale with an altogether delight- ful girl, the fresh sympathetic description of the country and the out-of-doors, make a back- ground for a tremendous drama of suffering, devotion, and en- durance. CHARLES SCRIBNEiR'S SONS g\ ^ ^ A.2.8337^ 9r\ The Publishers' Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 This advertisement will appear in the March numbers of Scrtb- j ner'j: Magazine, The "Re-cfietef of "Re-Oieivs, The World To-Hay \ Three Remarkable Books of Sport, Adventure, and Travel, by famous Hunters and Explorers The First Great "Story" on Big Game Hunting in British East AJrica EDGAR BEECHER BRONSONVS In Closed Territory RANCHMAN, aeronaut, and above all a mighty hunter — there is almost no form of adven- ture in which Mr. Bronson is not past master. In this book he tells the story of hunting big game in British East Africa, just before Colonel Roosevelt's trip over the same ground. And although he has had thirty years' stress of exposure, his enthusiasm is that of a man thirty-five — ^which gives his book excitement, vitality, and the most absorbing interest. "In Closed Territory" is a big book in every sense ; in scope, in experience, and in its importance to the world. Its appearance on their Spring list is a matter of great pride to the publishers. I Introduction by Dr. IV. T. Hornaday. Prtfusely Illustrated from Photographs by the Author. Crown Svo, $1.75 net By the Author of "Big Game at Sea," "The Log of a Sea Angler," etc. CHARLES F. HOLDER'S The Channel Islands NOT everyone realizes the extraordinary charm of the Islands just off the coast of South- ern California. They are wild flower gardens when the East is snow-bound, and from May to October |the idler, angler, golfer, sportsman, or health-seeker will not experience a squall or rainstorm — comfortable, beautiful days following one another. Dr. Holder spends much time there and says that he has "endeavored to present a clear picture of some of the pistimes and delights of this great playground." "I can wish the sport-loving reader no better luck," he writes, "than that sometime he may with the lightest tackle, troll for the tuna, yellowtail, or sea bass on these azure seas," Profusely Illustrated, Crown Svo, f2.oo net An Arctic Explorer in the Land of the Haciendas DILLON WALLACE'S Beyond the Mexican Sierras MR. DILLON WALLACE, of " Labrador Trail" fame, is enthusiastic over Mexico, the great- est of all equal areas in its hemisphere in natural wealth, climate and scenery, and most romantic in its history. He makes his reader most vividly aware of a practically untouched land of promise, with incomparable snow-capped mountain heights, vast plains, picturesque villages, ancient ruins, and historic towns. For the huntsman he pictures "an ideal hunting ground in these primeval solitudes, for it is a wilderness abounding in game, and almost un- ■■■ known and unexplored." Illustrated from Phttografhs, Crown %vo, $2.00 net A. C. McCLURG & CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN F RANCISCO Feb. 12, 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 915 H^ I ALLIE ERMINIE RIVES has done a great thing for Japan in her newest novel "The Kingdom of Slender Swords." She has pictured the people as they really are — as they live and move and breathe. She has gone far- ther than this. She comes as near making her readers see with Oriental eyes as any Occidental has ever done. Her Japan is the Japan of today — the great empire of men and women who are working hard to maintain the place in the world of men to which fortunate circumstance and genuine ability have raised them. The 'rick'sha loses none of its picturesqueness because it at times travels besides a trolley car, nor does the smoke from the forest of stacks that mark the stepping stones of ttie highest form of civilization mar the beauty of old Fuji's sacred head. In " The Kingdom of Slender Swords" none of the romance, the chivalry, the patriotism of the Jap- anese is lost because it is a story of 1909 — because the aeroplane is an im- portant element of its plot. Residence of several years in Japan has permitted the authoress to study closely the things about which she writes, to get into the atmosphere as all the reading, all the study in the world would not bring about. It is rarely that a book — a modern novel — has two im- portant features to commend it as this volume has. The story.tells of the life, love and work of a red-blooded Ameri- can man and a womanly American woman. It is sketched deep and true. Without melodramatics it is a strong tale of vigorous men and women. The spirited Japanese girl, al- most the heroine of the story, is the type found in many parts of Japan — in no books of Japanese life, the Orientalized Caucasians; the curio-seeking tourists are all carefully drawn and faithfully pictured. The book is by far the best thing the authoress has done. Whether it is read to while away an idle hour or for genuine instruction, it repays the reader the time spent. (" The Kingdom of Slender Swords." By Hallie Erminie Rives. The Bobbs-Merrill Company. $i.50-) — Washington Titiies, qi6 The Publishers' Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 Fifth Trintlng January 28 This is the record of success of PASSERS-BY By Anthony Partridge Just three weeks after publication A mysterious story in which nearly all the personages are as much puzzled as the reader, and a detective encounters a unique surprise. Originality is the most striking characteristic of the personages. — N. Y. Times. A splendid specimen of the story of mystery and action. The pleased lover of vivid fiction lays the book aside with a sigh. — Chicago Record-Herald. Has the merit of engaging the readers' at- tention at once and holding it to the end. — N. Y. Sun. Another Succe.s.sJ-ul 1910 ffo-Vet FIFTH PRINTING ON PRESS THE UP GRADE By Wilder Goodwin Interesting and convincing — shows both artistic insight and understanding of character — A^ Y. Times. Ready February 26 OVER THE QUICKSANDS By Anna Chapin Ray 'Miss Ray's best written and strongest story, in which she handles a difficult situation in a masterly manner. Frontispiece by Harriet Roosevelt Richards. $1.50 THE SNARE OF CIRCUMSTANCE By Edith E. Buckley Far superior to the average tale of mystery in novelty of conception and in adroitness of execution. Illustrated by Arthur E. Becher. $1.50 LITTLE, BROWN & CO., Publishers, BOSTON Feb. 12, 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 917 IN THE HOPE of BEING READ NOW READY THE FORTUNE HUNTER By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE Author of "THE BRASS BOWL," etc. Illustrated. i2mo. $1.50 A WAY TO EARN $1,000,000 A YOUNG MAN is out of work because he has never learned how to work. He was once rich, and is now poor. In despair he goes to a clever friend, who says : — " I will lend you five hundred dollars, and give you a plan by which you ■will become worth a million at least." The young man follows the plan faithfully, and succeeds. // ii u plan ■which, if followed faithfully, cannot fail. But when success is within his grasp he is dissatisfied, and lets it go. Whereby he succeeds in a far finer way, and wins a girl who is intrinsically, at least worth a million dollars. THE FORTUNE HUNTER has set thousands to laughing, and to thinking, too. One of the most prominent ministers in the country has written a sermon about it ; one of the best known editors in the country has written an editorial about it. We recommend it to you. THE HUMAN COBWEB . . A. ROMANCE OF PEKING By B. L. PUTNAM WEALE Author of " INDISCREET LETTERS FROM PEKING," etc. i2mo. $i.So As a picture of China this book is wonderful. The author does not tell you about it, he brings it to you — the blue-clad natives, the dusty streets, the hubbub, the disorder, the very street sounds and smells. More than that, he brings the very spirit of the Orient — strange things, incomprehensible things, things intangible to the Oriental mind. If you want to get a glimpse into China, and into the nature of a Chinaman, unrivalled in its keenness and its vividness, read THE HUMAN COBWEB. PUBLISHED THREE WEEKS AGO THE MAN OUTSIDE By WYNDHAM MARTYN Illustrated in color. i2mo. $1.^0 All the orders notv are re-orders. They are numerous and generous. "'The Man Outside' has set a new high mark up to which coming stories of adventure must measure. " — Rochester Union and Advertiser. DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, NEW YORK THE BOOKMAN, A Magazine J^'fe THE NEW INTERNATIONAL of Literature and Life ^E;^ ENCYCLOPAEDIA 9i8 The Publisher^ Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 Publication Postponed to March 1st ANNA KATHARINE GREEN'S Great J^etk} J^O'Vel The House of the Whispermg Pines With FroMntiapieee in Color by Arthur #. Ketier. Price, St-SO Owing to the advance orders being larger than was antici- pated, we have been obliged to postpone publication from February 15 th to March ist. Feb. 12. 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. gig NEW AND REVISED EDITION of the most successful financial publication of the day MONEY AND INVESTMENTS By MONTGOMERY ROLLINS Author of "Comertible Securities,'^ ^^ Serial and Instalment Bonds, '^ ^'■Laws Regulating the Investment of Bank Funds,'''' '^Tables of Bond Values, '^ etc. A book to safeguard the moneyed interests of the public T^HE fact that this book is not more generally * carried in stock by the average bookseller has resulted in a tremendous flood of orders direct to the publishers. It has been no unusual thing to receive orders for more than 100 copies in a single week. This statement is made that the ' retailer may better appreciate the value of carrying this established and standard work in stock constantly. Cloth. $2.00 net DANA ESTES 8z: CO., Publishers, Boston, 920 The Publishers' Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 THE NEW MACMILLAN BOOKS •Dr. Henry van Dyke's long-fromised book on THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA nuill be -published Feb. 16. Price, $1.^0. {Subject to change) To picture the soul of a people is difficult at best; to so present such a portrait as to command the sympa- thetic comprehension of an audience of foreigners is an achievement to be ranked as a notable event in litera- ture. This is what Dr. van Dyke did with conspicuous success when deliver- ing the substance of this book as lectures at the Sorbonne in Paris. Dr. van Dyke writes of the essential features, qualities, ideals, that are the main elements of the American spirit as he sees it ; also of certain other traits more of temperament than character; and considers some of the ways in which the soul of the Ameri- can people has expressed itself in education and in social effort and in literature. The whole tone of the book is charming; its author argues for no creed, seeks converts for no political or social theory; he does not speak a^ a preacher, an advocate or teacher; he is simply a man from America, trying to make men across the sea feel the real spirit of his country; perhaps, too, he succeeds in giving even his own people increased appreciation of the American spirit. ' THE FIRST NOTABLE NOVEL OF 1910 READY FEB. 16 Gertrude Atherton's new novel TOWER OF IVORY Cloth, i2mo, $1.50 The scenes swing back and forth from Munich, in the days of the mad, music- loving King Ludwig of Bavaria, to London and England's country-homes, in the reign of American wives. Published by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY ^^ITerV* ^^ Feb. 12, 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 921 €^t ^^^uhfeljErs' %\MM\\, FEBRUARY 12, 1910. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One page $25 00 Half page 14 00 guarter page 7 oo ighth page 4 oo One-sixteenth page 2 oo Rates for preferred positians (full pages only), on application. 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Dana Estes & Co. have ready a new and revised edition of "Money and Investments," by Montgomery Rollins, author of "Convert- ible Securities, etc." This book has not gen- erally been carried in stock by the bookseller, and in consequence orders have flowed in di- rect to the publishers, orders that a live book- seller might as well corral for himself. The garden season approaches rapidly, and J. B. Lippincott Co. advise dealers in stocking up to remember how favorably received were Eben E. Rexford's "The Home Garden" and "Four Seasons in a Garden," and call atten- tion to his latest volume, "Indoor Garden- ing." Samuel T. Maynard's "The Small Country Place" and Isaac W. Brewer's "Ru- ral Hygiene" are also still at the height of their popularity. Charles Scribner's Sons will publish Feb- ruary 19 "Predestined," a novel of New York life by Stephen French Whitman, who has earned high distinction in the field of the short story, and now offers a long novel of which the keynote is the "visitation of the sins of the fathers upon the children." On the same day will appear "The Glory of His Country," a story of patriotism and self-sacrifice during the war between the states by Frederick Lan- dis, who lays his story amid the pleasant scenes of Indiana. Macmillan Company will publish Feb- ruary 16 Dr. Henry Van Dyke's long- prom- ised book on "The Spirit of America," made up of the substance of the lectures delivered by Dr. Van Dyke before the Sorbonne in Paris, advocating no creed or political or social theory, but speaking simply as a man from America trying to make strangers un- derstand the true spirit of his country. Gert- rude Atherton's "Tower of Ivory," a musical novel of the days of mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, which plays in !\Kinich and later in typical English country houses and in Lon- don, will appear the same day. DuFPlELD & Company announce that they have closed preliminary arrangements with Edmond Rostand for the early American pub- lication in book form of his much-talked-of play, "Chantccler." The translator is not yet decided upon by M. Rostand, but the choice is likely to be a young American poet who has won herself rote in previous work in this field. "Chantecler" was begun six years ago, but its production has been re- peatedly postponed — a year ago on account of the death of Coquelin. and once again on ac- count of the recent floods. Cables from Paris announce the great success of the play, thp poetry of which is said to be superior even to that of Cyrano de Bergerac. .A. C. McClurg & Co. have three remark- able books of sport, adventure and travel, "in Closed Territory" is by Edgar Beecher OTonson, a ranchman, an aeronaut and. above all, a mighty hunter, which has an introduc- tion by Dr. W. T. Hornaday, and profuse illustrations taken in British East Africa by the author just before Mr. Roosevelt hunted over the same ground. Charles F. Holder tells the story of "The Channel Islands," just off the coast of southern California ; and Dillon Wallace, of "Labrador Trail" fame, now describes travels "Beyond the Mexican Sierras," and makes his readers aware of a land of promise with ancient ruins, vast plains, snow-capped mountains, and an ideal hunting ground in a wilderne.^s abounding in game. 922 The Publishers' Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 WEEKLY RECORD OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. ^~ The prices of rtei books issued by publishers who protect tlie prices of their new publications are preceded in this list by the double asterisk • \ and the word xtrt follows the price. Works of fiction (not n»t) of which a minimum price is prolccied by their publishers, are preceded by a dagger t. The prices of net books not pro. tected are preceded by a single asterisk *, and the word rmt i ollows ihe price, "^fl The abbreviations are usually self-explanatery. c after the date indicates that the book is co^^riffkted ; if the copyright date differs from the imprint liate^ the' year 0/ copyright is added. 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Galahad Jones is a post^ office employ^ who meets an adventure while wan- dering aimlessly through the streets of Sydney. A^ lady in trouble begs for his knightly assistance. His commonplace wife becomes aware of Galahad's difficulties and an amusing plot ensues. Ames, Mrs. Mary Lesley, ed. Life and let- ters of Peter and Susan Lesley ; ed. by their daughter, Mary Lesley Ames. 2 v. N. Y., Putnam, 1909, [1910.] c. il. pis. (i fold.) pors. 8°, cl., $5. Askew, Mrs. Alice J. de C. Leake and Claude Arthur Cary. The tempting of Paul Ches- ter. N. Y., R. F. Fenno & Co., [1910.] 6-f 343 p. D. cl., $1.50 "The authors of "The Shulamite" here tell a story of England's governing class, most of the ac- tion taking place in London. Paul Chester, the son of a wealthy manufacturer, has political ambitions which are fostered by the Duchess of Berkshire, who falls in love with Chester in spite o£ their both being already married. The struggle of a passion- ate pagan-hearted woman for the love of a man who has been nurtured amid Puritan traditions, makes the plot, in which Chester's wife also plays an important part, her sweet, proud nature making a strong contrast to the Duchess. Atkinson, W: Walker, ["Yogi Ramachar- aka," pseud.] The Hindu- Yogi science of breath; a complete manual of the Oriental breathing philosophy of physical, mental, psychic and spiritual development. Chic, Yogi Publication Society, 1909, [1910.] 73 p. 12°, cl., 7S c. ; pap., 50 c. Bacon, B : Wisner, D.D. The fourth Gospel in research and debate; a series of essays on problems concerning the origin and value of anonymous writings attributed to the apostle John. N. Y., MoflFat, Yard & Co., 1910. c. 12+544 P- O. cl., **$4 net. Author is Buckingham professor of New Testa- ment criticism and exegesis in Yale University, and author of "The story of St. Paul," "Beginnings of Gospel story," etc^ These essays have been con- tributed during the past ten years to technical and semi-technical journals. They speak with full ap- preciation of the work of Lightfoot, Sanday, .Tames Drummond and other scholars, but the author feels new truths are being discovered and that the younger men have the right to have them put be- fore them. He wants the fourth Gospel studied his- torically, without prejudice and with an open mind. Bailey, W : Whitman. Poems. Providence, R. 1., Preston & Rounds, 1909, [1910.] c. 186 p. O. hf. cl., *$l.2S net. Author has been professor of botany in Brown University since 1877. He is the author of the "Botanical collector's handbook," "Among Rhode Isknd wild flowers," etc. This volume of verses contains beside the poems on flowers and nature, some on childhood, on sentiment, college verse, and poems of Psi Upsilon. Baker, G : H : Brakeman's preparatory in- struction. N. Y., Railway Educational As- sociation, [1910.] c. '09. 3 v., il. por. diagrs., 8°, cl., $20. Contents: pt. x. Standard signals and rules; pt. II, Duties of freight brakemen; pt. xzi. Duties of passenger brakemen, baggagemen and yardmen. Baker, G : H : Fireman's preparatory instruc- tion. N. Y,, Railway Educational Associa- tion, [1910.] c. 'og. 3 v., il. pis. por. diagrs., 8°, cl., $20. Contents: pt. i, Standard signals and rules; pt. II, Firing bituminous coal; m. Firing anthracite coal and oil fuel ; The automatic air brake ; Types of locomotives. Baldwin, Ja. Mark. Darwin and the human- ities. Baltimore, Md., Review Publishing Co., 1909, [1910.] c. '09. 10+118 p. 12°, (Library of genetic science and philos- ophy.) cl., $1.50. Beatrice; a legend of our Lady; written in the Netherlands in the fourteenth century; tr. by Harold De Wolf Fuller. Cambridge) Mass., Harvard Co-operative Society, 1909, [1910.] c. 9-f 52 p. T. bds., ""so c. net. A translation of a mediaeval poem, written by a monk, that tells how Beatrice, a lovely nun, runs away from the convent with her lover, and how she returns in after years. Begbie, Harold. Twice-born men : a clinic in regeneration. N. Y. and Chic, Revell, 1910. c. '09. 280 p. 12°, cl., *$i.25 net. Berget, Alphonse. Conquest of the air; aeronautics, aviation; history, theory and practice; wifh explanatory diagrams and photographs. N. Y., Putnam, [1910.] c. 24-1-295 p. 8°, cl., **$3.so net. Biederwolf, W: E: How can God answer prayer? N. Y. and Chic, Revell, 1910. c. '09. 287 p. 12°, cl., *7S c. net. Bradley, Arthur Granville. The rivers and streams of England; painted by Sutton Palmer. N. Y., Macmillan, iqio. 14-f 287 p. map, O. (Color books ser.) cl., *$6 net. Mr. Bradley is an at dent angler and in his many fishing trips has become familiar with the rivers of about twenty English counties. The illustra- tions in color from water-colors by Mr. Palmer bring many lovely spots before the reader's eyes, while Mr. Bradley's descriptive text makes the impression permanent. The Severn, the Wye, two Avons, the chalk streams, the border rivers, ani the rivers of Devon are some of the streams taken up. Index. Brooklyn Daily Eagle almanac, 1910; twenty- fifth arniversarv: a book of information, general of the world and special of New York City and Long Island._ Brooklyn, e, Feb. 12, 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 923 [1910.] c. 594 p. (fold, map in pocket,) 0. (Eagle lib.) cL, 50 c. Buiniss, Mrs. Mary Schey. Harry William Burruss. N. Y. and Chic, Revell, 1909, [1910.] c. 162 p. 12°, cl., *$I.2S net. Clark, H: W. Laws of the inner kingdom. N. Y. and Chic, Revell, 1910. 278 p. 12°, cl., ♦$i.2S net. CoUingwiood, G: Elmer, ed. Standard train rule examination. 7th ed. ; formerly Ques- tions and answers based upon the standard code of train rules for single track ; for use in the examination of trainmen and tele- graph operators. Toledo, O., Train Dis- patcher's Bulletin, [1910.] c. '09. 132 p. nar. S. cl., $1.50; leath., $2. Conner, C : Chambers. From nature to man : [essays.] Springfield, Mass., Hampden Publishing Co., 1910. c '09. 95 p. D. cl., 75 c Contents: Mount Mansfield; On Moosilauke; A Sabbath in Boston; The evangel of a week in Barre; Lessons of the sea; Message of the mountains; Parables of the plants. Cory, C; Barney. Birds of Illinois and Wis- consin. Chic, Field Museum of Natural History, 1909, figio.] 764 p. il. $4. Crawford, Annie Maria. Roses and rue. Bost., Richard G. Badger, 1910. c. 134 p. 12°, cl., $1.50. Cmtman, Wilbelm Jacob Georg. Short sto- ries for children ; tr. from the German by Ida Curtman. [St. Louis, Mo., Ida Curt- man, 3933 Lexington Ave., 1910.] c. '09. Si p. O. cl., 75 c. The author of these stories was born in Alsfeld, -Germany, in 1802; he was appointed Director of the Gymnasium in Worms, and founded the first Real schule in Offenbach. He was also director of the Teachers' Seminary at Freidberg. The transla- tion is made by the author's granddaughter. Con- ients: Little wolf and the goat; Little spark; Youn.i? rose; Miller's yard, etc. Dargaji. Edwin Preston. Hylas and other poems. Bost., Richard G Badger, 1910. c. 69 p. D. bds., $1. Da-vies, Arthur Ernest. The moral life ; a study in genetic ethics. Baltimore, Md., Review Publishing Co., 1910. 14+188 p. 8°, cl., *$2 net. Durand, Mine. Alice Marie Celeste Fleury, ["Henry Greville," pseud.] Dosia; ouv- rage couronne par L' Academic Frangaise; with introd., notes and vocabulary by Theo- dore E. Hamilton. Bost., Heath, 1910. c 5-f22g p. S. (Heath's modern language ser.) cl.. 45 c. Editor is assistant profe.<;sor of Romance languages -in Ohio State University, Columbus, O. Durkee, Frank W. Experiments in general inorganic chemistry. 2d ed., rev. Tufts College, Mass., Tufts College Press, 1910. 60 p. 50 c Elliott, E : G. Biographical story of the con- stitution ; a study of the growth of the American union. N. V"., Putnam, 1910. c. 11-I-400 p. O. cl., **$2 net. The professor of politics at Princeton University sets forth the interpretations of the constitution fiven by sudi men as Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, ackson, Webster, Calhoun, Lincoln, and Roose- velt and shows how the life work of these men modified and shaped the Constitution. Bibliography (7 "•' Ewing, Elbert W: R. History and law of the Hayes-Tilden contest before the elec- toral commission, the Florida case, 1876-77. Wash., D. C, Cobden Publishing Co., Col- orado Bldg., [1910.] c. 194 p. S, cl., $1.50. Mr. Ewing is attornev and counsellor of the Supreme Court of the United States, and author of "Legal and historical status of the Dred Scott decision and "Northern rebellion and southern ac- cession." This book is an exposition of the nature of the functions of the state and of the United States in the election of a President, and gives an analytical study of the questions of law Involved in the Florida case in the Hayes-Tilden election controversy. Fairbairn, Andrew Martin, D.D. Studies in religion and theology ; the church ; in idea and in history. N. Y., Macmillan, 1910. 3J-f 635 p. O. cl., ♦$3.50 net. Author is late principal of Mansfield College and fellow of the British Academy. In these studies we have a discussion of the Christian religion in the first century, then in the nineteenth, chaptera on the sacerdotal and the Puritan idea, ecclesiastical polity and the religion of Christ, how the religion of Christ grew into Catholicism, how sects have come out of an attempt to revive the reliipon of Christ, and then in a second part warship is con- sidered, also Jesus and the founding of the church during His life on earth, and the Apostles* work. The book txot only gives the actual outward jiistory of the church, but goes into the controlling idea back of it and shows Its development. Index. Fortier, Alcee, ed. Louisiana; comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institu- tions, persons : arranged in cyclopedic form. In 2 v., with a supplementary volume of contemporary Ijiographv. [Madison. Wis., Selwjm A. Brant,] 1909, [1910.] c. por. 4°, $48. Gerwig, G: W: The art of the short story. [Pittsburg, Pa., Percy Publishing Co.. igos Termon Ave., North Side. iQio.] T24p. S. cl-. *7S c. net. Formerly published by the Werner Co. Author is extension lecturer in English literature. University of Pittsburgh. After a short dissertation on th* short story as a whole Professor Gerwig takes up the five vital considerations of a short story, plot, hu- man interest, character, dramatic intensity, and theme. List of short stories (a p.). Gillilan, Strickland W. Including Finnigan ; a book of Gillilan verse. Chic, Forbes & Co., [1910.] c. '08. 133 p. D. hf. cl., $1. Formerly published by Pearson Bros. Gordoa, C: W:, ["Ralph Connor," pseud.] The dawn by Galilee ; a story of the Christ. N. Y., George H. Doran Co., [1910.] c 30 p. col. pis. 12°, 35 c Hasting, Ja., D.D., ed. Encyclopedia of re- lijjion and ethics. In 10 or 12 v. v. 2, Arthur-Bunyan. N. Y., Scribner, [im- ported, 1910.] 8°, subs., per v., cl., $7; hf. mor., $9. (Sold in sets only.) Heame, R. P. Airships in peace and war; being the 2d ed. of "Aerial warfare" ; with 7 new chapters ; w ith an introd. by Sir Hiram Maxim, and 73 illustrations. N. Y., John Lane Co., (The Bodley Head,) 1910. 48+324 p. O. cl., ^$3.50 net. For notice of previous edition, "Aerial warfare," see "Weekly Record," P. W., Jan. 30, 1909, [157-] The added chaptera bring the data down through the autumn of 1909. Hill, F: Trevor. On the trail of Washing- ton : a narrative history of Washington's, boyhood and manhood, based on his own writings, authentic documents and other au- 924 The Publishers' Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, ipio- thoritative information; il. in color by Ar- thur E. Becher. N. Y., Appleton, 1910. c. 13+276 p. O. (National holiday ser.) cl., **$i.SO net. By the author of "Lincoln the lawyer" and "The story of a street." During the past twenty years eminent 'editors, historians and collectors have win- nowed tradition from fact and have got at the truth about the father of his country, who to many was only "a steel engraving." This matter tlie writer ' now, puts before his readers disregarding all. traditions not iirmly grounded in well-authenti- cated facts. Himnan, Lilian. Green leaves from life's gar- den. Bost, Richard G. Badger, 1910. c. 47 p. 12°, cl., $1. Holme, C :, ed. Old English colour-prints ; . text by Malcolm C : Salaman ; [special win- ter number of the International Studio.^ N. Y., John Lane Co., (The Bodley Head,) ■ [1910.] 6-f42 p. col. pis. Q. pap., *$3 net. ,' The illustrations are faithful reproductions in facsimile colors of some of the choicest examples of the art. They have been carefully selected from some , of the most important private collections, and give a representative idea of the various classes of engraving in color which eighteenth century tasie demanded, and present-day collectors seek to ac- quire. They represent such painters as Reynolds, Gainsborough, Romney, Angelica Kanffman,. etc., while the engravers include Bartolozzi, Burke, C. Turner, S. W. Reynolds and others. The letter- press is contributed by Malcolm C. Salaman, the well-known authority on old prints. Howatt, Rev. J. Reid. The next life: light on the worlds beyond. N. Y. and Chic, Revell, 1910. c. 207 p. 12°, cl., *$i net. Hubbard, Mrs. Alice Moore. Life lessons ; trvths concerning people who have lived ; for the yovng of all ages. East Aurora, N. Y., Roycrofters, [1910.] c. 9+194 p. pors. 8°, hf. ooze, $3. Contents: Foreword; Susan B. Anthony; David Swing; Mary WoUstonecraf t ; Robert Louis Steven- son; Friedrich Froebel; Henry D. Thoreau; Eliza- beth Cady Stanton. Hubbard, Elbert. The doctors ; a satire in four seizures. East Aurora, N. Y., Roy- crofters, igog, [1910.] c. 9-I-123 p. pis. 8°, limp leath., $2. Eutcheson, Ernest. Elektra; a guide to the opera; with musical examples from the score. N. Y., G. Schirmer, 1910. c. 61 p. D. cl., *7S c. net. Von Hofmansthal's version of Euripides' "Elek- tra" furnishes the text for Strauss' opera, now be- ing sung in New York. The cruel plot tells of Agamemnon murdered by his false wife and her lover and the vengeance of the daughters Chrysothe- mis and Elektra. Hutc-heson tells the story and then explains its weird, erratic music and the eccen- tricities of the orchestration. Ireton, Rob. Emmett. A central bank; [a concise statement of facts in relation to our present currency system.] N. Y., Anthony Stumpf Publishing Co., 22 Pine St., 1910. c 216 p. 12°, cl., $1.60. Johnson, S : L., D.D. The absolute necessity of baptism. N. Y. and Chic, Revell, 1909, [1910.] 14 p. 16°, pap., *io c net. Joline, Adrian Hoffman. At the library table. Best., Richard G. Badger, 1910. c S-212 p. 8°, cl., $1.50. Contents: At the library table; The deliberations of a Dofob; In A librSry corner; Of the old fashion; William Harrison Ainsworth; George P. R. James. Lanza, Clara, Marquise. The d\yeller on the borderland. Phil., John Joseph McVey, 1909, [1910.] c 4?7 p. D- cl., $1:50. A young tutor and his wife and child come to^ New York City to seek their fortunes. The tutor is finally employed by a beautiful woman to teach. her nephew. He does not tell her he is a married man, nor tell his wife she is young, beautiful and a painter of ability. She is also an ariifent Catholic, and after the tutor has been long a dweller on the borderland he adopts the Catholic faith after- the def.th of his wife. Lewis, Leo Rich. Vocabulary of French words and idioms ; with verb-list and gram- mar-syllabus, for use in fiigh school and college. 3d ed. Tufts College, Mass., Tufts College Press, 1910. 68 p., 35 c. <. Mather, Rev. Cotton. An elegy on the much- to-be-deplored death of that never-to-be- forgotten person, the Reverend Nathaniel" Collins, who after he had been many years a faithful pastor to the church at Middle- town of Connecticut in New England, about the forty-third year of his age, expired; on 28th 10. raoneth 1684; [ed. by Holdridge O. Collins.] Los Angeles, Ca!., Baum- gardt Publishing Co., 116 N. Broadway, 1909, [1910.] 20 p. 12°, leatS, $3. (.30(> copies.) Mather, Sedgwick. Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. Phil., John Joseph McVev, 1909, [1910.] c 154 p. pis. D. cl., *$i-S0 net. Author is professor of neurology, American .Col- lege of Neuropathy, Philadelphia. The physiological |>hase of the subject is confined to statements of established facts; omitting discussions of theories, ?'the anatomical matter included is only what seems- most ncfc^sary for an intelligent understanding of the physiology. .Meyer, Hermann H : Bernard, comp. Library of Congress select list of references on sugar, chiefly in its economic aspects. Wash., D. C, United States, Office of the- Superintendent of Documents, 1910. 238 p. iQ. pap., 25 c. Morgan, G: Campbell, D.D. The Bible and the cross. N. Y. and Chic, Revell. 1910. c. 128 p. 16", cl., *so c. net. Morley, J: Indian speeches, (1907-1909.) N. Y., Macmillan, 1909, [1910.] 163 p. O. cl., *$i net. As Secretary of State for India, Lord Morley is closely in touch with the political situation there. These eight speeches, delivered between June^ 1907, and June, 1909, all concerned with India, throw much light on the conduct of Indian affairs. An- appendix contains three state papers, dated respect- ively, 1833, 1858, 1908, which mark the spirit of Brit- ish rule in. India, at three successive stages, and bear directly on what is being done now. ' ■ Nichols, G. Parsons, D.D. The preciousness of God's thoughts. N. Y. and Chic, Revell, 1909, [1910.] c 233 p. i2°i cl., =^$1.25 net. Parkman, Francis. The Oregon trail; sketches of prairie and Rocky Atountain life ; ed. by C : H. J. Douglas. N. Y., Mac- millan, 1910. c. 21+362 p. por. map, T- (Macmillan's pocket American and English- classics.) cl., **2S c. net. Editor is chairman of the Department of English. DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City., Feb. 12, 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 925 Pennell, Orrin H:, comp. Religious views of Abraham Lincoln. Conneaut, O., H. H. Timby, [1910.] c. 58 p. por. O. cl., 25 c. The compiler has spent much time collecting evl- -dence to prove that, while not allied with any par- ticular church, still Lincoln was a Christian and not an agnostic or an atheist. This little book is the result of his search. Pittman, Mrs. Hai.nah Daviess, Go forth and find. Bost., Richard G. Badger, 1910. c. 382 p. 12°, cl., $1 50. Porter, Mrs. Gene Stratton, [Mrs. C : Darwin Porter.] Birds of the Bible, by Gene Strat- ton- Porter ; with complete illustration. Gin., Jennings &Graham, [1910.] c, 'og. 467 p. pis. map, 8°, cl., $2. Powell, Ernest. Poems. Best., Richard G. Badger, 1910. 117 p. 12°, cl., $1.25. lialston, Mrs. Virginia. When mother lets us sew. N. Y., Moffat, Yard & Co., 1910. c. 83 p. il. O. (When mother lets us ser.) cl., **75 c. net. This, the fifth of the When mother lets us series, tells clearly and concisely so that any little girl can understand just how to tnke the different kind of stitches necessary to learn how to sew. The pic- tures illustrate the various stitches, showing how to sit, how to hold the needle, and how to put it in -and out of the material. Author conducts a depart- ment of The Ladies' Home Journal. Keindch, Salomon. Orpheus ; a general his- tory of religions ; [tr.] from the French by Florence Simmonds ; rev. by the author. N. Y., Putnam, igcg, [1910.] i4-f439 p. front. O. cl., *$3 net. Dr. Reinach calls his book "Orpheus" because Orpheus was the founder of those mysteries which -ensured the salvation of mankind. The history of religions is traced from the mists of legend on through the many tangled sects of the present day even Christian Science receiving some attention. Judaism and Christianity have the most space de- -voted to them, because they play the greatest part in . the world's history and have the most far- Teaching influerce. Index. Roche, Ja. Jeffrey. Life of John Boyle O'Reilly; together with his complete poems and speeches : ed. by Mrs. J : Boyle O'Reillv : intrcd. by His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons. Phil., John Joseph Mc- Vey, [1910.] c. '91. 19-I-790 p. por. pis. facsjms., O. cl., *$2 net. This life of the exiled Irish patriot is written ■by one who knew him well for twenty years. His early life, service in the array, court-martial and -death sentence, which was commuted to impg's- -onment, transportation to Australia and escape to America through the help of Father McCabe. are all told. In this country he became editor of the Boston Pilot, an Irish Catholic paper, lectured many times and wrote many poems and political speeches, -which are given at length in this volume. Kudaux, L. How to study the stars ; astron- omy with small telescopes and the naked eye and notes on celestial photography; tr. by A. H. Kcane ; with 79 illustrations. ' N". Y., Frederick A. Stokes Co., [1910.] 360 p. O. cl., *$2 net. Aims . to supplement the first treasises on astronomy by endeavoring to show the processes at times quite elementary, whereby it may be possible to complete such information by direct observations, a method . at^ once useful and entrancing. - Ad- ndreased exclusively to amateur students of astronomy. Russell, T : Herbert. Automobile motors and mechanism ; a practical illustrated treatise on the power plant and motive parts of the modern motor car, for owners, operators, renairmeri. and intending motorists. Chic, Charles C. Thompson Co., 1909, [1910.] c. 254 V- figs. D. cl., $1 ; limp leath., $1.50. Beginning with the principles and construction of the improved b'uolcne engine, the various n-a- chinery parts that make up a motor car, are de- scribed in turn, their operation and functions dealt with in non-technical language. Transmission gear is treated at length. The automobile owner can learn to know his machine thoroughly by a careful study of this book. ShakeapeaM, W: Shakespeare's A midsum- mer night's dream ; ed. by W : Allan Neil- son. Chic, Scott, Foresman & Co., [1910.J c 158 p. S. (Lake English classics ; ed. by Lindsay Todd Damon.) cl., 25 c. Editor is professor of English, Harvard Univer- sity. Simpson, F. A. The rise of Louis Napoleon ; with unpublished documents and illustra- tions. N. Y., Putnam, 1909, [1910.] 23-I- ,384 p. O. cl., *$3.So net. Mr. Simpson has made a contribution towards the study of the period between the fall of the First Empire and the rise of the Second. The great Napoleon, in exile on his rocky island, created the Napoleonic legend, his crafty foresight and extra- ordinary dramatic peiception Jmmediately seized upon the possibilities of his position and built up the halo-surrounded figure of himself for future genera- tions. Louis Napoleon profited by this legend, and the author shows :n his book what a strong influ- ence it and his forty years of exile and vicissitude, during which he never ceased his effort toward the restoration of his dynasty, had on the career of Napoleon iii. Bibliography (zi p.). Index. Smith, Jane T. Sheldon, [Mrs. Andrew Heer- mance Smith.] The perfect Man N. Y. and Chic, Revell, 1909, [1910.] 20 p. 16°, pap, ♦lo c. net. Terhune, Anice. A Chinese child's day; words and music by Anice Terhune ; pic-- tures by Albertine Randall Wheelan. N. Y., G. Schirmcr, TiQlO-l {i^ P- bd= . *$i.25 net. Songs for children which describe the things that a small Chin'se child does, while the pictures show him doing them. Thackeray, W : Makepeace. English humor- ists ; ed., with an introd. and notes, by J. C. Castleman. N. Y., ^Tacmilla^, 1910. c. 24+337 P- por. T. (Macmillan's pocket American and English classics.) cl., **25 c. net. Editor is instructor in the High School, Evans- ville, Ind. Bibliography (i p.). Thompson, Francis. Saint Tprnatius Loyola; ed. by J: T-Jungcrford Pollen; 'v!th 100 il. by H. W. Brpwer and others. N Y., Ben- ziser Bros., fipio.] 326 p. O. cl., *$3.25 net. Francis Thompson achieved his fame as a poet, his "Sister songs," "The hound of heaven," etc., being well known. It v.ill therefore be something of a surprise to many that he undertook to write this biography of Loyola, which appears now more than two years after the poet's death. The PUthor has made an interesting book, the many illustrations reproducing as far as possible the scenes of the Saint's life as they appeared in his day are note- worthy. Index. Verplanck, Virginia E., [Mrs. W. E. Ver- planck.] A year in my garden; a manual on the culture of flowers, vegetables and fruits. Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., Mrs. William E. Verplanck, igog, [1910.] 76 p. O.cl., $1. A manual telling mcnth by month what work is to be done among the fruits, vegetables and flowers of a garden. Mrs. Verplanck has evolved the ma- terial of the book during twenty-three years in het own garden in the Hudson Valley, New York. Index. 926 The Publishers' Weekly, [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 Wadsworth, Marshman E: Crystallography; an elementary manual for the laboratory; with 6 tables, 25 plates and 612 figures. Phil., John Joseeh McVey, 1909, [ipiO-J c. 16+20-I-299 p. O. cl., *$3 net. Author is iean of the School of Mines and professor of mining geology in the University of Pittsburgh. Object of the book is to give an "observational study of crystallography with the application of some simple rules that will enable the prospector and laboratory student to determine the crystalline form with sufficient accuracy for practical purposes in the field or laboratory." — In- troduction. Bibliography (4 p.). Index. Wallace, Isabel. Life and letters of General W. H. L. Wallace. Chic., R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1909, [1910.] c. 7+231 P- pis. pors. facsims., 8°, $1.50. Ward, Adolphus W:, and Waller, Alfred Rayney, eds. Cambridge history of English literature. In 14 v. v. 4, Prose and poetry. Sir T : North to Michael Drayton. N. Y., Putram, 1910. c. 10+658 p. O. cl., **$2.So net. For notice of general scope of the work see Amer- ican Catalog, i90S-'o7, v. 2, '07. This, the fourth volume, begins with the latter half of the i6th cen- tury, first taking up the translators, particularly Sir Thomas North, 'and then giving the literary history of England through to 1631, the death of Michael Drayton. Chapter xvm is devoted to "The booktrade, 1557-16^5," and gives an interesting and instructive account of the incorporation of the Stationers' Company, its influence on book publish- ing and the trade conditions of the period. Another valuable chapter ?s devoted to "The foundation of libraries" wherein may be traced the beginninjis of a number of famous book repositories. Bibliogra- phies (123 p.). Index. Watkinsnn, W : L. The fatal barter, and other sermons. N. Y. and Chic, Revell, 1910. c. 256 p. 12°, cl., *$i net. White, J : Kearnes. The white rose, and a medley of themes : [poems. J Richmond, Va., Hunter & Co., Inc., 1909, [1910.] c. 48 p. O. cl., 75 c. White, True W. Grammar for thinkers. Tufts College, Mass., Tufts College Press, 1910. so p. 20 c. Wiener, Harold Marcus. Essays in Penta- teuchal criticism. Oberlin, O., Bibliotheca Sacra Co., 1909, [1910.] c. 239 p. 8°, $1.50. Wilkinson, H : Spenser. Britain at bay. N. Y., Putnam, 1909, [1910.] 192 p. O. cl., *$i.So net. A presentment of the dangers which beset the British State, and of the insufficiency of the prepara- tions to encounter them with success. The author makes a searching inquiry into the causes of null- tary supremacy, based on a study of European war- fare, and recommends reforms in the British army ?t;d navy, that without increasing the cost of main- tenance, would bring about a more efficient method of national defence. Williams, Sydney C: The economics of rail- way transport. N. Y., Macmillan, 1909, [1910.1 c. 10+308 p. D. cl., *$i.25 net. Author is secretary to the agent. East Indian Railway. This book is the outgrowth of a course of lectures at Cambridge, England. After a historical survey and an economic analysis, Mr. Williams di- vides his work into two parts, first, the production of railway transport in which he gives a compari- son with other forms of transport, character and constitution, construction and operation; second, distribution and consumption of railway transport, treating of economic principles and price-determina- tion, goods schedules, passenger fares, special rates, etc. Index. Willson, H: Heckles. The story of rapid transit; with 37 illustrations. N. Y., S. S. McCIure Co., 1909, [1910.] c. 237 p. 12°, (Library of valuable knowledge.) 92 c. Winter, W: Life and art of Richard Mans- field; with selections from his letters. In 2 V. N. Y., Moffat, Yard & Co., 1910. c. '07-' 10. 361 ; 353 p. pors. O. cl., **$6 net. William Winter had intimate knowledge of Mans- field and comprehension of his genius. He makes his readers understand the actor's personality, his stalwart courage, vaunting ambition, inflexible Will, resolute self-confidence, great capacity for labor^ iron endurance, propensity for large schemes _ and taste for opulent surroundings, his super-sensitive- ness, and misjudgment of his fellow actors — in short, his unhaopy disposition which made his success so difficult. " The second volume describes the various plays in detail and there are full casts of all the plays. Winter's critical analysis is never warped by his logical friendship and Mansfield's letters are always grateful. The portraits of actors are excel- lent. Wolf, Hugo. Fifty songs by Hugo Wolf; for high voice; ed. by Ernest Newman. Host., Oliver Ditson Co., [1910.] c. '09. 160 p. F. (Musicians' lib.) cl., $2.50; pap., Mr. Newman contributes an introduction in which he gives a brief biographical sketch of the composer and a descriptive note for each of the songs con- tained in the collection. Bibliography (i p.). Worth, Jonathan. The correspondence of Jonathan Worth ; collected and ed. by J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton. 2 v. Raleigh, N. C.^ Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1909,. . [1910.] c. por. 8°, (North Carolina His- torical Commission publications.) gratis. SECENT FEENCH AKS SERMAir BOOKS. BuYSE, Omer. M6thodes americaines d'iducation generale et technique.. H. Dunod. et E. Pinat. 8°. $4.50. Cyon, E. de. Bieu et science (essais de psycholo- gic des sciences), av. 2 pi. et i portrait. F, Alcan. 8°. $2.23. Fabre, J. Lea pires de la Revolution (de Bayle & Condorcet). F. Alcan. 8°. ^3. Pradihes, M. Critique des conditions de Taction. T. I : L'erreur morale itablie par I'histoire et revolution des systimes. F. Alcan. 6'. $3. 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This tribute may be paid to Henry Holt, who last month completed the seventh decade of a life of usefulness and honor, with every prospect of good work before him for years to come. Mr. Holt has complied with the request of the editor of this journal for some reminis- cences of his publishing experiences by writ- ing these in the form of a personal letter, which gives an interesting resume of the personnel and practice of the booktrade when he came to it and as he has seen it develop, forward or backward, during these many years. He has also complied with the re- quest for a portrait by sending one, printed in this issue, taken for the purpose since his seventieth birthday, — which those who do not know Mr. Holt would scarcely t^ke to be the case without this assurance. When Mr. Holt came into the publishing business, the honored houses of Harper, Ap- pleton, Scribner and others were firmly es- tablished, and doubtless there were many to say that there was little chance for new men and new houses, as Frank N. Doublcday heard nearly a generation later. But he had the foresight to know what could yet be done in his chosen calling, and he built up a house which, once a junior among older firms, is now counted among the elder houses with a list and a reputation of first rank. The brief resum^ given elsewhere of the progress of this house since the founder of this iournal and Mr. Holt were associated in its begin- nings gives but an inadequate conception of what it has accomplished. The greater part of the result is due to Mr. Holt's own pub- lishing inventiveness, breadth of view and business energy. He is among those who pass on the torch of publishing from the gen- eration before to the generation after him with brightened and not diminished flame. But a more interesting personal feature of Mr. Holt's career has been his work as an author. It was in 1892 that there was pub- lished anonymously a remarkable novel called "Calmire, Man and Nature," not from the house of Holt, but from the Macmillan Com- pany. It was not a "big seller," but it at- tracted the attention of widening circles of thoughtful readers for its interesting charac- terization, its brilliant dialogue and its il- luminating study of the relations of a man of high philanthropy and culture as the head of a manufacturing establishment in a New Eng- land factory village. It was followed in 1905 by "Sturmsee, Man and Man," from the same house, a companion novel which equally chal- lenged and received the recognition of the best readers. In 1906 the two novels were taken over by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., and in the sixth edition of "Calmire," issued simul- taneously with a third edition of "Sturmsee," it was disclosed that the unknown author was the well-known publisher, Henry Holt. Mr. Holt has also been a student and writer in economics, and in addition to many maga- zine contributions he published in 1901 his "Talks, on Civics," and in 1907 his work "On the Civic Relations.'' Mr. Holt was elected to the Authors' Qub after the publication of his "Talks on Civics," and has since been a member and chairman of its ccrmcf!, and as such is now the presiding officer of the club in its public functions. It is worthy of note that two publishers — Mr. Holt and Mr. George H. Putnam have been among the foremost members of that guild of authors, and happily illustrate the fact that American 928 The Publishers' Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 men of letters acknowledge publishers as their brethren and do not regard them as their enemies. The careers of Mr. Holt, and such later men as Mr. Doubleday, show proof anew of the old saying that there is always room at the top, even in the publishing trade, for- men of brains, character and energy. Suc- cess in their case has been bought, not by yielding to sensationalism or pandering to the vulgar taste, but by maintaining the highest ideals and practising publishing as a business of the highest order. Honor to Henry Holt, for himself and for the example he sets to those who are to make the American publish- ing trade of the future. THE PUBLISHING REMINISCENCES OF MR. HENRY HOLT. My Dear Bowker; To accede to your request for a batch of reminiscences of my publishing experience seems almost a duty, and it is not impossible that I may find it a pleasure. I shall not take any pains to avoid egotism or even plain speaking, for I suppose' such pains would de- feat your purpose in asking me to write. The first of my ideas of the publishing business which I can trace came when I was at Yale, from a lecture on using the library, by Daniel C. Oilman, then Yale librarian, afterwards president of Johns Hopkins Uni- versity. He said the probabilities were strong that if we ever picked up a book with the im- print of Ticknor & Fields, it would be a good book. I then thought that publishing might be a rather decent way of making a living. But this germ did not develop into an in- clination until later. When I got out of col- lege, I did as the rest of the boys without any particular bent did in those days — studied law, just as similar boys now study architec- ture. So general was this that after I had shifted to publishing, Stoddard the poet once found lounging in my office five ex-law stu- dents who were not in practice, and re- marked : v'Ah, Yale fellows well met !" I married at the end of my first year in the Columbia Law School. My patrimony was not quite equal to matrimony, and I began to think of quicker avenues to a livelihood than law. Having always had an itching for author- ship, I also had, as I still have, doubts whether depending upon authorship for a livelihood is good for either the authorship or the livelihood : so I began to think of the publishing business as being near authorship. First, however, I made some little unsuccess- ful attempts to get into journalism — unsuc- cessful probably because I wanted to begin too near the top — did not try to start as a reporter. A classmate of mine had become clerk in the Internal Revenue office under the Fifth Avenue Hotel,' where the Second National Bank was subsequently located. The collec- tor of the district was George P. Putnam, who then h_ad a publishing' office in a second story on the west side of Broadway near Grand Street; but bis publishing interests were then subordinate to his collectorship. He had in the works the Artists' edition of Irvirig's "Sketch Book." It was costing much more than he expected, and he gave me, an opportunity to invest a little in completing 'it. All of my publishing experience in the ven- ture, however, was restricted to going, by Mr. Putnam's advice, t,o the bindery and printing office to see how the work was done. He was then (it was fall of 1863, I think) engaged with Charles T. Evans, as active publisher, and Frank Moore as editor, in is- suing "The Rebellion Record," a collection of all sorts of documents relating to the Civil War. When the war had broken out, people North expected to crush the rebellion in a few months, and it was thought that the record of it would not run to over three or four volumes. At the time I speak hi, I think it had grown to seven, and people were not as ready to buy it as they had been when there was less of it, though it was regarded as not a bad property. Evans, however, was ready to sell out — wanted to "go West." Putnam led me to buy his share, and I was installed as publisher of the "Record" at Putnam's Broadway office. The South kept on fighting, and the "Record" kept on grow- ing until, in less than a year, we were satis- fied that it had gro^yn too heavy for us. David Van Nostrand then had a store on the northeast corner of Broadway and John Street, or thereabouts, where, in consequence of the war, he had built up quite a business in military books. In 1864 Putnam and I sold him our interests in the "Rebellion S.ecord," and were wise in doing so. While I published it, I also completed my course in the law school — a course I have never regretted, though I never practiced. After w-e sold "The Rebellion Record," while I was out of a job, I translated About's "Man with a Broken Ear." I had been im- pressed with the taste in choosing and pub- lishing Mendelssohn's "Letters," Liszt's "Life of Chopin," Elise Polko's "Musical Sketches," and a few other books shown by F. Leypoldt, Philadelphia, who had gone down there in co-operation with Christern's New York store for foreign books, and who had just come back to New York to establish here the little publishing business he had started in the Philadelphia store. He was in a little loft at 646 Broadway. I took my translation to him, and he offered to publish it if I would pay for it. It ended in our going into busi- ness together, I starting as clerk in Novem- ber, 1865, at about a third of the salary that had been offered me in a retail art store, and we becoming partners on the first of Jan- uary, 1866, under the name of Leypoldt & Holt. Leypoldt was a born bibliographer, and early in our association founded the Literary Bulletin, the precursor of The Publishers' Weekly, as editor, while I can claim the credit of founding it as publisher. Finally, Feb. 12, 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 929 about 1871, for the sake of concentrating him- self upon it, he left me. Leypoldt was one of the highest-natured and most cultivated men I ever knew — a thor- ough gentleman, an idealist, and generous to ^ fault. He thought infinitely more of help- ing the trade than of helping hilmself. He worked himself to death in 1884, but much that he started survived him, and furnished foundation for some of the admirable things you have further developed. We had had for a short time as partner R. O. Williams, under the firm name of Ley- poldt, Holt & Williams, which, on Leypoldt's retirement, became Holt & Williams ; and not long thereafter Williams left, and my brother Charles came with me until he retired early in 1903, the firm having become at his en- trance Henry Holt & Co. The business was incorporated when he left. Realizing, as I think I do somewhat, the danger of an old man overestimating the past, and also realizing that I looked upon the publishing world of forty-five years ago with the eyes of a novice, I suspect that some of my views must be taken with a grain of allowance. Perhaps the publishers of old loom large to me only because they loomed so large to my young eyes. But from any angle from which I am able to look, the publishing world seems to have occupied a much more important place in the community than it does now. Pub- lishers' fortimes were relatively much larger. They have since stood at the same level or declined, while fortunes from other sources have enormously advanced, and men seem now to command an influence by brute force of dollars which then was more readily conceded to character and high tastes. I did not really see much of Putnam as a publisher, he being occupied with his internal revenue collectorship. I saw enough, how- ever, to associate with the publishing business higher ideals than some I have known since. His place in the community was shown when his business came to grief through the sud- den death, at a critical juncture, of a partner. He had such a host of influential friends among the best men, that he was at once made, under Lincoln's administration, collec- tor of the most important revenue district in town. He interested himself from the outset in the work of organizing the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of which he became hon- orary secretary and, later, the first curator. He always held on to the framework of his publishing business, however, and after his lamented death it was reconstructed by his sons. William H. Appleton was a financial mag- nate, at a time when that was an honor, and was vice-president of the Union Club when it was incontest.^bly the best club in town. His was a heroic figure— literally one of the finest I ever saw, whose mere presence, not to speak of his character, always lent dignity to his surroundings. I used to meet him at the Cen- tury Club, where he talked to me about busi- ness as freely as if he were teaching me— as indeed he was, and invited me to dinner at his ample picture-lined house on Madison Square, accepting my modest hospitality in turn. James Harper was mayor at a time when to be mayor was an honor. Joe Haiper, as Joseph W. Harper, Jr., was affectionately and invariably known, must have become head of the old house in the seventies. The first time I remem- ber talking with him was when 1 went down to Franklin Square to tell him that after he had bought the magazine right and book-right of one of Hardy's novels, trade courtesy required him to turn the book- right over to me, who had introduced Hardy here; and to turn it over, not at half the price he had paid for both rights, which my ex- perience with Hardy demonstrated to be ex- travagant, but at the royalty (10 per cent, in those days) prevailing between me and Hardy; and to risk the deficit himself. If I remember rightly, the Harpers had offered the book rights to me before I knew they had bought them. Our discussion, as I remember, was only over terms. Joe nearly tired me out by talking all over Robin Hood's barn— a favorite trick of his — and then ended up by . doing exactly what I wanted, and what the notions of honor then prevalent among pub- lishers of standing required. Imagine in these days a youngster not a dozen years in the trade going to the head of the largest house, and calling him down, and the big man com- ing down as a point of honor 1 I remember a similar interview with George Appleton — a warm-hearted man with a cold exterior, over some book of Baring-Gould's, and with similar results. The Atlantic did the same that Harper's Magazine did regarding Hardy, at least twice, once even so recently as with a novel of May Sixiclair. By the way, I introduced Hardy here (at the suggestion of my friend of nearly forty years, Fred Macmillan, now Sir Frederick). Sub- sequently, by an amicable arrangement, Har- per took over certain relations with Hardy, yielding to me in return similar relations with Norris. But there was no "grabbing" on either side. Prolixity was not Joe Harper's only weapon when he did not know his man; he used to affect pig-headedness and imbecility. Thus if there was anything rotten in his op- ponent's case, Joe would lead him to give it away. But if the case turned out sound, nothing could be more candid and generous than Joe's final treatment of it. When the University Club was put on its feet in '79, he and I were together on the Council, and dined with it nearly every month during the season for eight years. Our busi- ness friendship became a very intimate per- sonal one, and soon a word was enough to settle any differences. He and William H. Appleton were both business geniuses — they both settled things offhand, always settled them correctly, and never seemed to analyze their reasons or, per- haps, even to be able to give them. 930 The Publishers' Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 Another admirable man in the trade of those days was Charles Scribner. When I was a youngster under thirty, I went to his office one day to ask him some business ques- tion ; and when I turned to go, he stopped me, saying something like : "Mr. Holt, I often thought, when I was a young fellow starting business, that I would give the world if I could have some experi- enced man to whom I could go with my questions and troubles. I should be very glad if you cared to come to me in that spirit." I never discovered any weakness in the foundations which Mr. Scribner built for his great house with such material. He died comparatively early. The gods loved him, and so did men. All those old publishers — Putnam, Appleton, Harper and Scribner — were incapable of petty or ostentatious things, and were much more inclined to friendly co-operation and mutual concession than to barbarous competition. The spectacle of a crowd of other men mak- ing fools of themselves exercised upon them no temptation to do as the herd did. No one of them, or of a few more, would go for another's author any more than for his watch ; or, if he had got entangled with another's author through some periodical or other out- side right, would no more hold on to him than to the watch if the guard had got caught on a button. They were wonderfully kind to me as a young fellow, and their kindness and example have been of inestimable value all my life. The idea of any knowledge that I might glean from them being used in rivalry against them, was too small for any of them to think of. In fact, any notion of the contemptible kinds of business rivalry, was too petty to find a place in their minds. Those men were born in a less blatant, less extravagant, and therefore less competitive age. And yet I am not sure that it was not an age of greater elegance as well as of greater dignity !md character. The business of publishers does not throw them together much, and they are not apt to know each other well unless they have points of social contact. Moreover, there is a touch of natural aristocracy in such men as I have been telling about, though that they were far from exclusive is proved by their kindness to the young strarger I then was. Yet some publishers — ^more or less of specialties and sometimes of piracies, who did not know the leading group very well — supposed it to be a sort of trust, protecting each other and shar- ing all good things among themselves; and that the only way to get into the puljlishing business was to reprint books already pub- lished by these leaders. The lawyer for such a reprinter once asked me on the witness stand if there was not such a combination, and I was proud to tell him that I had seen no signs of it — ^that I had never been shut out or intrenched upon by men prominent in the trade, but had had only hospitality and kindness from them. That was a good many years ago. A transition time between those days which I praise and these days which I do not, was in the late nineties, when Willie Appleton, Harry Harper, Haven Putnam, Charles Scrib- ner, Jr., and I used to dine around at the clubs once a month every winter. AVe kept it up for several years. We had no rivalries, and it had not yet come quite time to fight each other at the instigation of the literary agent. Putnam got married, and at the din- ner next before that happy event, we aston- ished him with a big loving-cup, filled with flowers, in the centre of the table. It had. five handles, and bore on its five panels respectively the inscriptions : "With love of Appleton, With love of Harper, With love of Scribner, With love of Holt, For love of Putnam." Circumstances beyond the control of any of us made it our last dinner. As I look toward the setting sun, I am not impressed that the horizon is in any way crowded by worthy successors to the pub- lishers of a generation ago. Strange as it may seem, one reason for this is, I suspect, the passage of the International Copyright Law. Before the law, the books sold were much more largely of English origin than since. The law has enabled America to find herself in literature much more completely than before. It has not given us another "Knickerbocker Group" or "Boston Group," ..s but it has given us a host of respectable -I writers all across the continent, and with - "The House of Mirth" and "Margarita's Soul" at hand we need not, in fiction at least, fear comparison with any older group. But before 1891 our main source of books was unquestionably England, and an English au- thor_ was, as concerned reputable American publishers, to be left to the man who intro- duced him. Any contract, however, that the author made, though there was no law to guard it against cheap reprints, was re- spected by all such publishers. In case of an overstepping of this unwritten law, the offender was apt to be faced by a rival cheap edition. Then this cheap edition was met by another from the first publisher, and the war was no more profitable than war generally is. Hence it was more profitable to exercise the respect for each other's rights that ensured peace. This state of things, however, was too beautiful for the present state of human na- ture. The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold" with the Seaside Library and other cheap reprints of all that the regular publisher could buy abroad, and the regular publishers had to join in getting up the In- ternational Copyright Law. Moreover, in the old days publishers of standing were very slow to seek contracts with authors identified with other publishers* —as slow as lawyers to seek each othei^ clients, or doctors each other's patients. While no busmess that can be entered by anybody, without tests, is apt to be conducted , .0, A ^^ i"u™^f ^ ^' ^ profession, it can be so conducted by those who have the character and mtelligence. Possibly they may not make Feb. 12, 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 931 any money, but that they cannot, is far from proved ; and while the temporary success of an occasional buccaneer is characteristic of any business, his permanent success is char- acteristic of none. Now that the respect for so many publish- ing rights is enforced by law, there seems less inducement for publishers to respect each other's rights in particulars which the law cannot reach ; and some — I fear most — pub- lishers bid for authors until not only is the last shred of respect for each other's connec- tions about gone, but with it a large share of self-respect, and of the profits of the business. I suspect that whatever may be the case with the industrial and educational branches of publishing, the belles-lettres branch has got to be conducted as a profession, or there is no money in it. The old fortunes in the business were built up on this principle. Ap- parently the. fine flavor of literature will not stand being dragged through the deeper mires of competition. So far concerning its publishers. As to its authots, I suspect, in fact I know, that the commercial turn given to it of late years by the literary agent has done it infinite harm. Authors now quite generally sell themselves to whoever bids highest, and nobody has an interest kr handling their books as a whole and with constant solicitude. It may be very stupid in publishers to lose such interest in the earlier books they retain, but human na- ture at best is often stupid, and it must be a rare publisher who feels a very active enthu- siasm over the book of an author who has left him. In support of the above statement, I have experienced since it was first written, a psy- chological phenomenon so remarkable as to be worth interpolating if only for its ov\'n sake. When you sent me the proofs of your comments on my house's history, I added from memory the names of such distin- guished authors whom we introduced here as I could think of. You will not find among them those of Anthony Hope, the William- sons and May Sinclair. They simply did not come up in mind until later, when I was thinking the matter' over in the night watches ; the authors had been yanked away from me by their agents, with some help from very enterprising members of the trade ; and my interest in their principal books, all of which I slill publish, had simply followed the laws of mind (which are not of my mak- ing), and of course al my own expense as well as that of the authors. If I had volun- tarily left out their names, of course I could have omitted theme here too, making my point simply by blanks. The same phenomenon would probably be as apt to take place in the mind of any other publisher, or any other human being, as in mine. For this doubtful position, the author has mainly to thank the literary agent. One of the most interesting things in my career has been his rise and fall— I mean fall from his high estate of dictation to nearly all the pub- lishing houses, toward the more modest one of useful auxiliary, which I think he will reach, and where I hope he will long deserve and find success. But at first, instead of confining himself to his legitimate and useful function of finding a publisher for any author who could not or would not find one for himself, he began set- ting by the ears all publishers and authors through whom he was getting no commis- sions, and setting the publishers bidding against each other. He has raised the royalties of established authors, but he has not only scattered and weakened the publishers' interests in their books, but has sold their books before they were written, sometimes three deep, and so worked many of the authors out. If my opin- ion is good for anything, he has destroyed at least two of the most promising authors that have appeared in my time. Moreover, he tried to establish rates for new authors that for a time kept many with- out publishers. He was, of course, bitterly opposed to any publication which did not pay royalty from the start; for as the vast major- ity of untried authors fail, in the vast ma- jority of cases he would get no commission on royalties unless they were paid from the start. Yet in the vast majoritv of cases, no publisher not a fool would pay rojralty before the book had returned his investment: so after the publishers got through dancing to the agent's piping, as most of them did at first, there was quite a period when the agents kept a good many new authors out of a chance, rather than come to terms which would probably yield the agents no commis- sion. No trade can live forever on abuses, however, especially on abuses that stop trad- ing : so the agents gradually adopted the plan with which at least one of the best ones started, of exacting a fee for placing an ex- perimental book, instead of depending on a commission that was not apt to materialize; and now when a publisher offers a new au- thor a chance on rational terms, his agent, if he has one, is apt to accept them. But for quite a period he was apt to decline any terms but such as no safe publisher would give. But. asl said, the agents have forced up the royalties of established authors, and some- limes certainly forced them to points that they cannot hold. As an example, one house pays an author a royalty that makes the pub- lisher lose money on every copy sold. It is needless to say that this house is in a chronic state of failure. There is an apparent ex- ception to this state of affairs, though, in cop- ies sold at retail prices. But the retail profits are offset by the loss in the publiihing profits, and, even so, there is not a retail bookstore in the United States that, as such, is making money: it must depend on a pubHshing house behind it, or a stationery and fancy goods store within it. I see little in the present conditions of the trade that gives me very much satisfaction or hope — little but exaggerated competition* in royalties, advances, discounts, drumming 932 The Publishers' Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 and advertising, all of which has brought the trade to a point where it takes many times as much effort and many times as much cap- ! ital to m.ake a dollar, as it did when I began business. Yet the insane extremes of adver- i tising which set the proprietor of the Times I to laughing at us a few years ago, seem to have outrun themselves, and the cringing be- I fore the lash of the literary agent may be ; less pronounced than it was ; and perhaps there may be among some of us a little better realization than there was a few years ago, that we gain nothing by cutting each other's throats. But, take it all in all, my main hope for the future is that things must 'move — and as they cannot get very much lower than they are at present, possibly there may be a return, if even a forced one, toward the old spirit of co-opera'tion, self-restraint and self- respect. In publishing, the trust as a remedy for over-competition, as it is in most businesses, seems impracticable. With us competition can apparently be tempered only by character intormed by broad views. I was not in- vited to attend the meeting which resulted in the foundation of the Publishers' Associa- tion, possibly because I am too "unpractical." But T have been invited to pay my share of the legal expenses and damages entailed by their policy of trying to control others in- stead of agreeing to control themselves — a policy that I don't think the fathers of any of them (so far as they had fathers in the trade) would have fallen into. I spoke a little way back of looking toward the setting sun. Perhaps I ought to look more toward the rising sun. But I worry somewhat over the many young men with the same itching toward literature that 1 had ( it cannot reasonably be toward dollars in our little trade) who have lately embarked in the business when its conditions are vastly less favorable than they were when I embarked, and I do not feel as hopeful as I wish I did for the success of their voyages. Moreover, to a great extent they are going to be dis- appointed in their personal relations to liter- ature — to find them more tantalizing than satisfying. But, after all, the complexities in any form of human activity are greater than any one man's experience or intelligence can fathom. I am naturally anything but pessimistic, and notwithstanding the gloom oft the outlook, I have optimisin enough to think that things may turn out better than they seem to prom- ise. They would if they could be shaped by my good wishes . for my colleagues, and also for. a prosperous continuance of the services you yourself have so long and wisely and energetically rendered us all. I hope any plain speaking I have indulged in will be taken as evidence of those good wishes. Despite my seventy years, I hope to con- tinue .in evidence in the trade, some time longer, and always, tnj dear Bowker, as Faithfujly yoursj • Henry Holt. A BRIEF HISTORY OF HENRY HOLT & COMPANY. Mr. Henry Holt's reminiscences, pub- lished elsewhere in this issue, give a number of interesting details concerning the house; it may be worth while, however, to give a summarized history in more regular order, covering some points not mentioned by him. The present firm of Henry Holt & Co. might, in a way, be said to date from the re- jection of a manuscript, for it was Mr. Fred- erick Leypoldt's rejection of Mr. Holt's trans- lation of Abput's "Man with the Broken Ear" that started their warm friendship and later business association. Previous to 1866, the year of their publishing partnership under the firm name of Leypoldt & Holt, Mr. Ley- poldt had founded and brought to a distin- guished, if limited, success his bookselling business in Philadelphia, and had published in a small way a number of meritorious works, mostly translations from the French and Ger- man. The first publication of the new firm, from their first offices at 646 Broadway, was Charles Godfrey Leland's translation of Von Eichendorff's "Memoirs of a Good-for-Noth- ing." Later came the About book previously declined by Mr. Leypoldt, which, as a matter of fact, sold rather well. Those early years were not years, however, ' of large financial success ; indeed, it may be said that only their agency of the Tauchnitz series, which Mr. Leypoldt had acquired before their partner- ship, and their "farming" of some school books for foreign languages published by S. R. Urbino, who had been • forced by failing health to relinquish them, kept the house alive. If pecuniary success were lacking, • they were, on the other hand, slowly building up a reputation for solid merit and tasteful manu- facturing which stood them ' in good stead. In 1871, not without misgivings, they began the publication of Taine's well-known "His- tory of English Literature." It turned out to ' be one of their most lucrative publications. Meanwhile in 1870 the firm had moved to 25' Bond Street. At about this time Mr. Leypoldt was be- coming more and more interested' in those bibliographical projects which turned out to be his real life work. In 1869 the firm had begun the publication of the Literary Bulletin and^ Trade Circular. Mr. Leypoldt in 1872 decided to retire from the book publishing field and devote himself entirely to the Liter- ary Bulletin, from which later developed The Publishers' Weekly and the Library Jour- nal. In 1903 the firm was incorporated under the name of Henry Holt & Company," which it had long borne, Roland Holt, a son of Mr. Henry Holt, being vice-president, Joseph Vogelius, who had been a mainstay of the firm from the beginning,' and was with Mr. Leypoldt in Philadelphia, holding the treas- urership, and Mr. E. N. Bristol, head of the educational department, the secretaryship. Meanwhile the place of business, following Feb. 12, 1910 {No. 1985] The Publisher^ Weekly. 933 the uptown trend in New York City, has been moved several times, in 1879 to 12 East 23d Street, in 1882 to 29 West 23d Street, and in 1908 to 34 West 33d Street. Since 1873 the history of I'le house has been one of noi'Tial and meritcrtouf growth, espe- cially emphasizing science and the French and German texts, and translations which the house specialized in at the beginning, but have now, however, gradually abandoned. The American Science Series, begun nearly thirty years ago, has given the house an en- viable standing among publishers of scientific books, a standing emphasized by their new American Nature Series, and the Holt series of educational works in English and for- eign languages, dictionaries, history and eco- nomics, are standard in the trade and in the educational world. In the general field, however, have been such publishing landmarks as the set Taine, which started with the literature already noted, John Stuart Mill's works, Maine's works, the Leisure Hour series, Tourgenief s novels, and, in recent years, the noteworthy novels of Mr. De Morgan. Among other well-knovn authors which the house has in- troduced here are Auerbach, Hardy, Norris, Mrs. Alexander, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh Conway, Jessie Fothergill, Mrs. Jenkin, Spielhagen, Walter Symonds, Ten Brink, William Gosse and Austin Dohson The many eminent scientific and educa- tional names on their list are known to everybody who knows such names at all. THE AMERICAN AND ENGLISH "BOOK-PRICES CURRENT." The 1909 volumes of the American and English "Book-Prices Current" liave recently appeared, the former published, as before, by Dodd, Mead & Co., under the editorship of Luther S. Livingston, the latter under the editorship of J. H. Slater. The American volume, owing to the greater number of books deemed worthy of notice, has become the bulkier, this year recording 16,750 lots of books and manuscripts sold during 1909, as against 8747 lots for the English volume. Some difference may be due to the different basis of value chosen, the American listing all books selling for more than $3, the Eng- lish all over a pound. The English publica- tion has shown of late years, however, a tendency to break away from their strict rule, and has listed many cheaper books. American sales of the past year have rnain- tained an unusually high average, such libra- ries as those of J. G. Oiamberlain, Edwin W. Lapham, John G. Heckscher and Henry W. Poor being among those which have gone un- der the hammer. The English auction year, on the other hand, has been an unusually dis- appointing one, the Only collection of import- ance sold being that of Lord Amherst. The American volume follows a strictly alphabetical order; the English follows a chronological one, which, although a vol- uminous index is provided, does not prove as accessible an arrangement. THE AMERICAN NOVEL IN ENGLAND. Gertrude Atherton gives in the current number of The Bookman some interesting facts and figures regarding the success of American novels in England. Of course there are exceptions — such as Winston Churchill and Crawford, and of late years Robert W. Chambers on the one hand, and Doyle and De Morgan and H. G. Wells on the other — ^but it seems surprisingly a fact that a native of one country is often "discovered" or most popular in the other. Ambrose Bierce had a real vogue in London thirty years ago, when he was unknown here. Ernest Thompson-Seton, on the other hand, of an old English family, won all his fame here. Henry James, the British choose to consider quite an Englishman, for his home has been in London for many years. Harold Frederic achieved more distinction, if not more popular favor in England than here. Bret Harte had a prestige and popularity in London far exceeding in strength and con- stancy anything he enjoyed with us. Another peculiarity of the English market is the way an American author will make some one striking success, and then with a following book or two "peter out" to the point of extinction. Here an author who turns out passable stuff is sure of a certain steady reading public for years after the publication of the one big book that made him. In England the fall of the star is often as rapid as its rise, and as inexplicable. Nevertheless a few writers, among those most popular here, have "held on*' well abroad. Mrs. Wiggin alike in England and "the Colonies" — India, South Africa, Aus- tralia — has met with the pleasant fate of steady success. Winston Churchill, says Mrs. Atherton, is as popular with the provincial parent as with our own middle class, and for much the same reason. His books "are solid, painstaking, high-minded works of fiction, and full of information. Crawford," she adds, "they like because he is a yarn spinner pure and simple and an .American in name only. Both of these writers sell about 20.000 copies of each of their books — a large sale for England." James Lane Allen is another man with a steady vogue, "beloved of the critic" as well as the reading public. Mary Wilkins Free- man and Amelie Rives, dissimilar though they are in style, are just now suffering the like fate of temporary eclipse. Regarding the difficulty Americans experi- ence in obtaining an English publisher for their first book Mrs. Atherton says : "It is quite true that the public in England for American fiction is by no means as large as for that treating of the more familiar lo- calities and problems, and publishers hesitate to spend money on an American novel un- supported by a reputation. But when the outlander has passed through those heavy portals he often gets more praise from the weary critic than the orthodox native. I have seen the most enthusiastic reviews of books by American writers of slight import* ance (sometimes sheets are sent over and 934 The Publishers^ Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 put on the English market by the agent of the American house). Many a writer getting on slowly in the United States feels that his fortune is made when the British reviews come in, only to be sadly amazed when the publisher's statements follow ; and London critics, moreover, will go on praising the work of American writers who take them for a bit to a land they may never see, long after the public has turned its back. On the other iiand, a goodly number of popular American authors fall flat in England." It must be remembered that British, and «sp'ecially continental, ideas of successful sales differ materially from our own, and Mrs. Atlierton quotes a few personal anec- ■dotes in point. "Many American publishers," she says, "ob- ject bitterly to 'Tauchnitz,' asserting that -thousands of these smart little volumes are smuggled into the United States every year ty tourists who restrain their desire to read a new novel until their summer vacation. The publisher goes on to demonstrate that if American travellers and Europeans could not buy these reprints, which are both cheap and handsome, the originals would be for sale on the Continent, and the revenue of 1)oth author and publisher far greater. "I spoke of this objection to Baron Tauch- nitz once and he replied promptly: 'Thou- sands may be smuggled into the United States, but not of the same book.' Then he went on to point out that the average Amer- ican and English novel which sells at home for $1.10, or 4s. 6d. (the discount prices on $1.50 and six shillings), he wa? obliged to divide into two volumes, and sell for four francs, or 3.90 marks ; in our currency eighty cents. It is inconceivable that anybody who "has the money to spend on a summer in Eu- rope will deprive themselves for months of a new book for the sake of thirty cents." As regards the sales of English and Amer- ican books in the original, she gives a bit of personal experience by way of illustration. She heard rumors, while in Germany one time, that her then latest book, "Rulers of Kings," was doing very well. "When I re- turned to Munich," she continues, "I was informed on all sides that this book must be liaving a great sale, 'Every one was reading it.' This did not particularly surprise me, for Munich is a city of wealth and leisure, all well-educated Germans read English, and incalculable thousands of tourists pass through every year. So, one day, I dropped into the big bookstore to congratulate Herr Jaflfe. He came forward with effusion. He bowed to the ground. 'So you have done well with my book?' I remarked. 'Magnifi- cently. I have never done so well with an English novel before in the original, when you consider that we must sell these books for eight marks (two dollars).' I congrat- ulated him, and then asked casually how many copies he had sold. (One must keep an eye on these publishers !) 'Twelve !' he said, triumphantly. 'Twelve — ?' He rubbed lis hands. 'Yes, Mrs. Atherton. Twelve.' Then, as I remained petrified, it dawned upon him that it was not with joy, and he has- tened to add, 'Why, I have never sold more than two copies of Mrs. Ward or Mrs. Clif- ford in the English edition.' " JOHN S. OGILVIE. John S. Ogilvib, head of the J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, died at his home, 331 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., on Wednesday, February 9, after a long illness. Mr. Ogilvie was born in Kerriemuir, Scot- land, in 1843. His family emigrated to Amer- ica in 1847. Mr. Ogilvie attended the public schools in Brooklyn until he was ten years old. Then he obtained a job as errand boy in a drug store and later in a shoe store run by his uncle. Later he obtained employment in the shipyard of William H. Webb. After working iHnthe shipyard all day he would attend Cooper Institute in the evenings, and v/as graduated as a mechanic. While still employed as a mechanic he obtained a situa- tion as teacher in one of the night schools of New York, and when twenty-five years old entered the employ of the National Tem- perance Society and Publishing House, where he learned the publishing business. In 1868 he started business for himself at 29 Rose Street, laying the foundation of his extensive business, which was essentially a manufacturing business of handy vcdumes on all subjects of information, and of paper- bound fiction sold on newsstands and rail- roads. Mr. Ogilvie was a devoted family man, and did not devote much time to clubs or politics. About two and a half years ago he had a stroke of paralysis, from which he did not recover. He leaves three sons and a daugh- ter. The business will continue as J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company. Frank B. Ogil- vie will be manager and his brother Donald will remain with him in business. Mr. Ogilvie is a brother of George W. Ogilvie, of Chicago. A SHILLING LIBRARY OF COPYRIGHT NON-FICTION. Murray, the well-known English publisher, initiates a new attempt to publish good books at a cheap price with the announcement of his proposed Shilling Library. Its scope will be recent copyright works of non-fiction of the highest grade, giving the greatest pos- sible value in manufacture — good paper, wide margins, clear type, durable binding-^and sold on as narrow a margin of profit as is feasible. Such books as Giffard's "Deeds of Naval Darmg" and Stanley's "Sinai and Palestine" are among the first volumes announced. With works of non-fiction the preliminary expense 111 research and manufacturing is usually large and many have but a limited appeal. Both these facts render a high individual price necessary to financial success. With the co-operation of the author, and by choos- ing bocks whose popularity with a wide pub- lic seems assured provided a low price can Feb. 12, 1910 [.Vo. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 935 be made, Mr. Murray attempts on a commer- cial basis to bring good copyright literature within any one's reach. The attempt will be watched with interest. THE PAPER WASTE OF THE UNITED STATES. In an address before the convention of Associated Ohio Dailies at Columbus, O., last week, John Norris, chairman of the paper committee of the American Newspaper Pub- lishers' Association, gave some startling facts regarding American waste in paper and paper materials. While we are denuding our for- ests for pulp, causing disastrous erosion and expensive floods, and the price of paper is going up by leaps and bounds, we are at the same time, says Mr. Norris, "throwing away every year material worth $458,000,000 that would make eight' times the quantity of paper that the country uses. They throw away 1,000,000 tons of textile material that would make the best quality of paper, 600,000 tons of flax fibre also suitable for the best quality of paper, 3,000,000 tons of old paper that is burned or wasted though suitable for high quality and low quality paper, 12,000,000 cords of lumber suitable for paper material, and 70,000,000 tons of cereal straws fit for me- dium qualitji of paper and paper board. "All of this waste is due to the ignorance and laxity of our paper makers. "The sulphite pulp makers pollute our streams with waste liquid that is the most valuable waste material known to industrial chemistry, carrying 1,250,000 tons of solid mat- ter which exceeds in weight the total news- print output of the country. "The highest technical authorities of the United States Government in the matter of paper making say, 'Strength is obtained by increasing weight instead of by better prep- arations of stock. All classes of paper are made needlessly heavy and thick.' 'The quan- tity of paper now used in this country can readily be reduced 25 per cent, by making from the materials now employed better paper and by using no heavier paper than is re- quired by the service to be performed.' "This increase in weight adds $6 per ton to the cost of paper to the publisher. The American mills, because of the ignorance of their managers, require no pounds of mate- rial to make 100 pounds of print paper, while English and German mills use 103 pounds to obtain the same result. Here is a waste of 7 per cent., or $2.10 per ton of paper, which the consumer must pay. "Mr. Pin'-hot says that for every tree that is turned into paper three trees are cut down. "A paper trade organ gives figures to show that only 69 per cent, of the wood which ■Itimately reaches the mill is converted into paper. The waste from the wood shavings is burned for fuel. The waste from the sulphite pulp, ground wood and paper mills is con- veniently run into the river. This prodigality costs the consumer." "The paper makers in this State," says the New York Times editorially, commenting " ■»T — -•-'- -j^^scc cn/1 1T1 cnnfirma- tion of it, "were involuntarily driven into profitable economies by the gentlemen who were seeking to lessen the pollution of the streams into which the alleged wastes were emptied. Mr. Edward Hatch employed ex- perts who found that of 100 tons of wood only forty were manufactured, and sixty were emptied into the rivers in the form of acids, alkalies and resins. His .expert found that this refuse could be made into a val- uable roadmaking material, and then found a market for that product. Another use for this formerly noxious waste was for core castings in foundries. The Rogers pulp mills of Ausable Forks erected a $60,000 plant to deal with this nuisance, and fotmd profit in doing so, the demand for the 'waste' exceed- ing the supply." Mr. Norris summarizes his address in the statement that the paper trade is the most unexpertly managed one of any in his knowl- edge. ENGLISH LITERARY MEN IN POLI- TICS. The recent Erglish elections have called attention anew tp the great number of liter- ary men in politics abroad as compared with our own dearth. The list in Parliament alone is a long one : Lord Morley, Augustine Bir- rell, a member of the cabinet; C. F. G. Mas- terman, both journalist and author; J. M. Robertson, Stephen Gwyiuie, R. C. Lehmann, poet and humorist; T. P. O'Connor, the magazine man ; G. C. Greenwood, the Shaks- pere critic; Sir Henry Norman, Harold Cox, Sir Gilbert Parker, Professor Bucher, who sits for Cambridge University; Sir J. H. Yoxall, and a number of others. But this by no means completes the list: Maurice Hewlett came out with a unique manifesto; Jerome K. Jerome was giving "straight talks to workingmen;" Marie Co- relli and Quiller-Couch have both taken part in the campaign; while A. M. S. Methuen, the publisher ; A. E. W. Mason, R. E. Proth- ero, former editor of the Quarterly Review; Herbert Paul and Herbert Vivian, and W. F. D. Smith, the bookseller, are either past members or candidates for seats. To provide a parallel for Maurice Hew- litt's manifesto, says the New York World editorially, "it would be necessary to have W. D. Howells or Mark Twain make a stump speech in a national campaign or issue an address to voters on the questions of the day. With us novelists become occasional candi- dates for governor or run for Congress, and they are sometimes elected mayors. But, generally speaking, politics in the United States is divorced from literature. With us men of literary attainments have acquired a peculiar eligibility for Ambassadorships. But except for Bancroft, Edward Everett and John Hay we have hardly in a half century had a distinctively literary man in the cabinet. If a college president occasionally received a cabinet portfolio as a reward for party ser- vices and an author once in a while became a governor, the result would be distinctly for the improvement of American politics." 936 The Publishers^ Weekly. [No. 198s] Feb. 12, 1910 CANADIAN PERIODICAL POSTAL RATES. From the , latest report of the Canadian Postmaster-General, Mr. Lemjeux, covering the year ending March 31, ; 1909, the New York Wortd gathers this information and refers it to the Washington government : In August, , igo8, the drop-letter rate for cities having a carrier service was reduced from two cents per ounce to one cent. The second-class rate. of one-half cent per pound fbr regular weekly and monthly publications which required to be transmitted more than 300 miles was abolished, together with the zone restriction, and they are now dispatched to any part of Canada for one-quarter of a cent a pound, or one-fourth the United States rate, while the free area for publications has. been extended from a radius of 20 miles to 40. It is surely as far from Montreal, Can., to Vancouver or the Klondike as it is from New York to San Francisco or Seattle. This low rate is, however, partly .to te ac- counted for as a subsidy for English as against American periodicals. TRADE ASSOCIATIONS. THE BOOKSELLERS' LEAGUE. The, regular m'onthly dinner of The Book- sellers' League will be held at the Aldine Association's home in the new Fifth Avenue Building, on Wednesday, February 16. Among those who have kindly promised to entertain the League lare; T. Truxton Hare, of the Philadelphia Bar, author of "A Junior in the Line',' and other college athletic sto- ries; Edgar Allan Forbes, associated with The World's Work,' -vilio will spealf on "Black Man's Africa ;" and Joseph C. Lin- coln, author of "Mr. Pratt," "Cap'n Eri," "Keziah Coffin," and other stories that have been received^ with acclamation. PERIODICAL NOTES. And still they come. A new magazine, THe American Baby, is in the field. It appeals to adults who have charge of or are interested m babies. -o,-' Palette and Bertch, an art magazine for- merly publi-shed at Syracuse by the Keramic Publishing Co., h^s been taken over by the Lewis Publishing Co., of Uftiversitys City, Mo. '■ . -= In the World's Work for .February is an article entitled "What I Tried to Do in My Latest Book," in which Mrs. Margaret E Ssngster explains "Why I wrote 'From My Youth Up.;" and Mrs. Gene Stratton-Porter tell« "Why I„wrote 'The Girl of the Limber.-r lost.' ", ' \ , Velhagen & KlAsings, Leipzig, announced in their M'onatschrift ior January that the plot of a ■ story pitblished in the. December number had been previously used in book form by another author. The publishers im- mediately wrote their contributor, and he ad- mitted having received the plot- from some needy friend, and having reworked it and sent the article in entire good faith. He re- turned the honorarium he had received, which was turned ovpr by 'the publishers to the original aiJthor; • ' An Indian newspaper will be established in Muskogee, Okla., about February 15. Chiefs of the five civilized tribes and other influen- tial Indisns are backing the movement. Every department of the paper will be printed in some Indian language. The Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Seminole and Chickasaw tongues will be represented. There will be no politics in the paper. Its purpose will be to educate the Indian in the duties of citizenshipand re- move from' the mind prejudice against the white man. CANADA 'makes' an attempt to support a worthy nationabihagazine instead of relying, as heretofore, upon the English and American importations; in the first is^e of the Cana- dian Century, a new weekly periodical. Fic- tion, long and short, and an editorial page dealing particularly with Canadian; problems, will be a feature; but there will 34. JUS- .\onh American Review, vols. 2, 7. New York Historical Soc. Collections for 1896. Nineteenth Century Sept., 1887; Tune, July, Aug., Oct., '99; Oct., '98. IVorld's Work, M.irch, 1901. Martin's History of N. C, vol. 1. Venegas's History of California, vol. i. Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes of U. S., vols. 5, 6. W. A. Oallanan, S46 Broadway, N. Y. [Cash..\ Life Insurance Reports, all States; also books or pamphlets on life insurance. Write for list. Campion & Co., 1316 Walnut St., Phlla,, Fa. Aytoun's Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, illus, London. Lost Continent, H>ne. No. Carolina Sketches, Carter. Widow Bedott Papers. A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints, Clement. Hare's Story of Two No'ole Lives, 3 vols. Carnegie Free Library, Suqueane. Fa. Cassier's, Feb., 1909. Canfield. What Shall We Do Now? Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo, 2 vols.. CrowcU ed. C, N. Caspar Co., 431 E. Water St., Ullwaukee, Wli. Gahan, Sermons. Lawson, Wanderings in the Interior of New Guinea. McAlpine, Treasures From the Poetic World. Conard, History of Milwaukee, vols, i and 3, ir complete. 25 Kay's Test Examples, old ed. The Central Book Store, Harrliburg, Fa. Baedeker's Northern Fr.-'ncc, not over ten years old. Baedeker's Southern France. Baedeker's London. Central Book Store, 103 W. 12th St., Kansas City, Ho. Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1S83-8. Tucker, The Constitution. Rawlc, The Constitution. John C. Calhoun, Works; or anything by. Quatrains of Hafiz, any translation. Chicago Book Mart, 606 Lakeside Eldg., Chicago, 111. Dana, Art of Newspaper Making. Chicago Medical Book Co., Chicago, lU. Buret's Syphilis Among the Ancient, vol. i. The A. H. Clark Co. Oaxton Bldg., Cleveland. O. Dunn, The Oregon Territory. . Kouns, Arius (he Libyan. McElroy's Andersonville Prison. W. B. Clarke Co., 26 Tremont St., Boston. Maw. Parallax by Hampden. One Hundred Proofs That the Earth is Flat, by Carpenter. Independent Mag.i^ine, vols. 66 and 67, complete. Keith's Letters to Fanny Brawn. Geo. H. Colby & Co., 22 Main St., Lancaster, N. H. Old China Book, by N. Hudson Moore. Stokes, pub. Columbia University Bodk Store, 117th St. and Broadway, N, Y. Burnside and Panton, Theory of Equations, vol. i. IrvlBf t. Colwell, •7 Oeneiee St., Auburn, N. Y. Ober's Travels in Mexico. Oonnor'i Book Store, «32 Meridian St., E. Boston. Uasi, Gaut Gurley, Thompson. Salt Water Pebbles. Steele Binney, Comm. N. T. J Adams, Letters, vols. 3 and 4- Harper's Family Library. H, W. Crothera, 846 4th Ave., K. Y. [Cath.y * Parloa's Cook Book, old ed. 942 The Publishers' Weekly. [No. 1985] Feb. 12, 1910 BOOKS WANTED.— Continued. SawiOB'i Book BMl, ill U. SUl It., I.OI Anr*Uti Oal. Japan Expedition, by Perry vols, i and 2, or set. Lummis, The Enchanted Burro. California, Arizona and So. Western Books wanted. DixU Book Shop, 41 Llliarty Bt, N. T, ICash.} Trow's Co-partnership Directory for 1909. W. Gilmore Simms' Novels, old ed. Books and pamphlets on Life Insurance, except Reports. Principles and Practice of I'inance, by Carroll. L, B. Doaaldson Co., Kinnaapolii, Ulnn, In a Dyke Shanty, DouUeday, Pag« ft Oo„ 138-137 E. Ifitb St., N. Y. History of Colonial Furniture, by Lockwood. Colonial Furniture, by Lyon. Ohai. H, DnM«l, UB Broad Bt., Htwark, H. ; [C«*.] World's Best Books, by Parsons. The Quest, by Van Eeden. Metal Worker Pattern Book. Pub. by the Metal Worker Pub. Co. Pratt, I St Person Paramount. Thomas A'Becket, by Aubrey De Vere. H. * W, B. On-w Co., JackionrllU, fla. Fairbanks's History of Florida. Lippincott. Daniel Dunn, 677-679 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. J Williamson's Dif. and Integ. Calculus, fine copies. Life of Stevenson, vol. i; Letters, vol. 2. E. P. Dtttton * Co., 81 W. CSd St.. X. T Dracula, by B. Stoker. Doubleday, Page & Co. Sichel, Catherine de Medici, Sichel, Men and Women of French Renaissance. Trowbridge, A Chance for Himself, Von Rotleck, Manual of Ancient History. Phila., 1858. Keasby, Nicaragua Canal and Trust Problem. With the Pilgrims to Mecca, by Khan and Sparrow. Lane. .Lady of La Grange, by Mrs. Norton or C. E. S. 'Maxwell. Bibliography of Thos. Carlyle, by R. H. Shepherd. Letters to Mrs. Carlyle, by Geraldine Jewsbury, ed. by Mrs. Ireland. The Magic Staff, by Andrew Jackson Davis. Tilton-Beecher Trial, Abbott, 3 vols. Kniclkerbocker's New York, Irving, Rnick. ed. Lippincott, 1873. Balzac, Bachelor's Establishment, Temple ed., cl. Balzac, Cousin Betty, Temple ed., cl. The Elchelberger Book Co,, 308 M. r^harlai li Baltimor*. Hd, Century Dictionary of Names. Century Atlas. Mazzini, Essays. , Hanna, Life of Thos. Chalmers, 4 vols. faul Elder & Co., 239 Giant Ave., San Franoiaco. Cal. Weavers, trans, by M. Morrison. Hauptman. Russell- Faust and the Demon, G. W. M. Reynolds. Hurst. Naplesan Memoirs, Helmet of Mambrino. Clarence F. King. Putram, History of French Art, Rose G. Kingsley. Long- mans Emporium, Van Ness and Post St., San Francisco, Cal. Old Court Life in France, by Francis Elliott. Geo, Engelke, 855 N. Clark St., Chicago, 111. lCash.^ Maxwell, Theory of Heat. Kendall's Sante Fe Expedition. H. W. FiElier & Co., 214 S. 15th St., Phila., Fa. Cinder Track Tales. Small, Maynard. Other House, by Henry James. Gildersleeve's Essays and Reviews. Putnam. Author of Beltraffio, by H. James. Franklin Bookshop, (S. N. Bhoada,) 990 Walnut Bt.. Phila., Fa., Budd and Hansen, Horticultural Manual. Bates's Naturalist on Amazon. Maximilian's Travels in Interior of N. America. Lond., 1843. Cibbons. H., M.D., Anti-Tobacco Tract. Sam Slick's Sayings. Phila., 1840. Riley's Missouri Insect Reports. Forbes's Illinois Insect Reports. Franklin Book Shop. — Coutiniui. Maximilian's Travels in Interior of N. Amer., 2 vols. London, 1843. Brinley Catalog, Index, pt. 6. Free PuhUo Library, Jeriay City, ». '• Beecher, Norwood. Benson, Book of Indoor Games. Fessenden, Puritan Lover. Fisher, Valerie AyJmer. Freytag, Ingo. Philip H. Furman Co., S6S W. 61it St., N. T, Set American Turf Register, etc. Westermarck's Human Marriage. Root Genealogy. Bigelow Genealogy. Drake Genealogy. aoedapead'i Beok Shop, ta Park Bt., Boetea, KaM. Jewett, Sophie Pilgrim. Ramsey, Scottish Life and Character. The American Naturalist, vols. 9 and le. John L. Grant, 146 Geneiee, Vtlea, H. T. Bowden, Life of Gregory. Kipling's Birthday Book, cl. Meredith, Reading of Earth. aregory's Baokitore, 11* Unlen St., Providence, K.I. Chambers, Julius, Missing. Beebe, C. D., Lace. Sharp, '80. Healey, E., Christian Art. Miles Standish's Sweetheart. MacDonald, G., Double Story. Jay's Morning and Evening Exercises. Veitch, Greek Verbs. S. F. Harriman, 4 Clinton Bldg., Columbui, 0. Hastings, Christ and Gospels. Soribners. Anything by Theodore Tilton. Anything by Joseph Cook, Books or Onr Day Mag. The Harrleen Co., Inc., Atlanta, Ga. English Common Law Reports, vols. 43, 51, 67, 83, 91 to 118 inclusive. American Decisions, 100 vols. American Reports, 60 vols. H2,rvard Co-operative Society, Cambridge, Has*. Norman, Greek Play at Harvard. Wheeler, Strong and Longman, Work Based on Paul's Prin. Lang. Dawson, Geol. Hist, of Plants. Appleton. Jackson, Definitions of Life Insurance. Spectator. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Plays, early eds. Sir Richard Steele, Plays, early English ed. Hays, Curhman Co.. 39 Monroe St., Chicago, 111. Abbott's Life and Professional Career of Emma Abbott. Langenbeck's Chemistry of Pottery. Baldwin's Prehistoric America.' Stevenson, R. L., Works, Edinburgh ed., 36 vols. 1894. B. Herder, 17 So, Broadway, St. Louis, Mo, Rogers, Six Centuries of Work and Wages. Griffin, Catholics and the American Rcvohition, vol. 1. L. B. Herr, 119 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. Hegel's Philosophy of Right, by Dyde. 'Walter H. HIU, 831 Marshall Field Bldg., Chicago. 111. Autograph Letters Signed of Talleyrand, W. H. Ainsworth, Alex. Dumas, Sr., George Eliot, Oliver Goldsmith, H. D. Thoreau, Lady Jackson, Prosper Merimee, D'Israeli Chas llever, John Keats, P. B. Shelley, Lord Byron, R. W. Emer- son, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Napoleon, Alfred de Musset, Walt Whitman, T. B. Macaulay, Bulwer- Lytton, Alphonse Daudet, Samuel Richardson, Maria Edgeworth, Jane Austen. Walter Scott, Sam- uel Johnson, Henry Fielding, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Paine, Paul de Kock, Laurence Sterne, Jonathan Swift, Washington Irving, R. L. Stevenson, Tol- stoi, Turgenieff, Colley Gibber, W. M. Thackeray, Victor Hugo, Chas Lamb, Eugene Sue. Balzac, Voltaire, Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, George Sand, Henry Irving, Alfred Tennyson and Rudyard Kipling. Crawford's Francesca da Rimini, ist ed.; also auto- graph letters of Marion Crawford. Pierce's Life of Sumner, 4 vols. H., M. & Co. Books on Andrea and Luca della Robbia. Books on Milan and Ferrara. Feb. 12, 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 943 BOOKS WANTED.— Continued. Walter K. KlU.— Ccnrimtti. General Shipp Geo. Hoy. Pub. in Edinburgh. Beam, Lafcamo, Works, ist eds. Edwards's Dictionary of Thought. Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Lord Chief Justices of England, fine library rd. Aldrich's Pere Antoine's Date Palm. 1866. Aldrich's Pansy's Wish. 1867. Aldrich's Poems of Portsmouth. 1865, Any books on Francesca Sfcrza. Hlnda ft Kobla, S1-3B W. ISth St., H. T. Set of Crowned Masterpieces of Literature, Pub. in 10 vols., green hf. leath., by American Univ. Society, Flat Iron Bldg., N. Y. HlraekfaU BtM., Urn., U FnntTal It., Balkan. I>aadoB. 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Large facilities for EditioD clotn and leather binding. Prompt deliveries. In- quiries soJicited. Tlie American Rook Bindery, OlBce, 265 Cherry bt.. New York. Editions bound in cloth and leather. Capacity, 18,000 books daily. Prompt and reliable. Braunwortta & Co^ 16 Nassau St., Brooklyn, N. V Near Brooklyn Bridge. Cloth and Leather Binding in all branches. Careful atlrention to detail. * Special methodsforpromptlyhandlinglargeeditions. Write and our representative will call. The Butler Ward Company, 497 Pearl St., neat Centre St., New York. Cloth and leather edition work. Tbomas Y. Crowell & Co., 426-428 West Broadway New York. Edition bin ding of all kinds. Wm. Kocli & Sons, 61-65 N. J. R. R. Ave., Newark, N. J. (Established 1865.) Extra Cloth and alt styles of Leather Bindings. Daily deliveries in New Vork , Eugene C. Leivis Company, 214-218 William St., New York., Edition, catalogue, also high-class pamphlet biiiding. George McKibbln & Son, 78-80 Walker Street (near Broadway), New York. FLEXIBLE Leather and Cloth BOOKBINDING a Specialty. National Bindery Inc^ 6-10 Wooster St., New York Leather, Cloth and Pamphlet Work. Prompt Del. Raskin Brothers, 142-152 Worth Street, New York, Leather and Cloth Binding. J. F. Tapley Co.. 531 West 37th St., New York. Special Department for Art Binding. The Trow Press,2oi-2i3E.i2thSt.,N.Y.Largemoderii edition binderies for leather, cloth, pamphlet work. H. WollI, 92-98 Centre Street, New Yorls. Bindery completely equipped for edition work m cloth, half leather, and full leather. Capacity, 100,000 books per week. EXTRA BINDING FOR THE TRADE Henry Blaclnvell, loth Street and University Place, New York. Good bookbinding only, in all varieties of leather. Ernst Hertzberg & Sons, no Bast Randolph St., Chicago. Hand-made books. Best equipped bind- ery in country. Newest designs, restoring, inlaying, etc. Prices reasonable. Gold medal, St. Louis, 1904. James Macdonald, 132 West ayth St., New York. Established 1880. Leather art binding for sets or single vols. Inlaying, mendins>,cleaninga specialty. Feb. 12, 1910 [No. 1985] The Publishers' Weekly. 949 Directory of Publishing Adfuncts. — Continued T?INDING FOR THE TRADE.— Continued. Tkc Trow Press, 101-113 G. nth St. , N. Y. Extra bind- ing| Vellmn, Crushed Ltvantf Moroccos, Calf, ttc. Unique designs. Restoring, inlaying. BOOKBINDERS' CLOTHS TIte HollUiton MlUs. of Norwood, Mass., manufac- ture the finest line of plain and artistic cloth in the market. New York office. No. 67 Fifth Avenue. SannJe books furnished. DIE CUTTERS AND ENGRAVERS Becker Broau. z6 East 13th St > New York. Fully equipped for artistic designing and die cutting. Estaplished 188b. Chaa. Wa^enlolira Designer, Engraver, Diesinker 140 West Broadway, New York. High grade work. HALF-TONE AND OTHER PLATES Gatchel & Mannlns (Estab 1889), Philadelphia. De- signers, Illustrators and Engravers of Platesf or print- ing in one or more colors on a type printing press. The HagopI^ Pkoto-Engravliig Co., 39 East 10th St., New York. Pioneers in the development of photo-engraved plates. COLOR PROCESS PLATES Trtcliroinatlc Engravlnii Co., Vorlc. Phone. 1304 Worth. 78 Reade St., New B. ■. Doanelley & Sobs Co, Plymouth Court, Chi- cago. Color engravnigs by all processes. Largest daylight photograph gallery in the world. COLOR PRINTERS Zecae>WlUctaBon Co., 113-117 B. i^tb Si , N Known for Prompt ana Satisfaetorv Mfvlcc. PUBLISHERS' BROKERS Newold PubllshlBo Co.. 156 Fifth Ave , N. V. Publishers' Rematnders, Plates and Premiums. Orsamns Tomer Harris, n W. jid St., N. V. Publishers* Remainders, Plates and Premiums. INDEXING C. B. Denlson's Tlme-savtng Index. 151 E. 13rd St., N. Y. Saves money by saving time. TRADE LISTS, FAC-SIMILES, ETC. The Trow Directories, Byjoi Third Avenue. N. Y Lists of all businesses and professions, U. S, Canada Fac-simile letters, folding, addressing and mailing REPRODUCTIONS The Colnmbia Planograpli Company. Washina ton, D. C. Reproduces maps, books, tabular matter, and anything printed or written in black ink. Draw- ings for Foreign Patents and Court Records a specialty. Classified Business Opportunities A Directory of Profitatble Adjuncts to Bookselling Ratmi One Use, •»! Two Line*. *■» I Three Unea, (la | Fonr Ubm, (IS per rear. Art Pabllsliers. THE CANTERBURY CO., 328 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Hand-Lettered Books, Catcbword Postcards, Hand- Decorated Cardsand Blotters. Calendars, Valentines, etc.. Little Gifts of Quality. Catalogue Free. HILLS ft HAFELY CO., 27 East aid St, New York. Birthday, Christmas, Condolence, Easter and Wed- ding Congratulation Cards; Calesdars, Booklets, Wall Mottoes, etc. Catalogue on application. WOODBURY E. HUNT CO., Concord, N. H. Pictures, Art Calendars.Valentines, Easter Cardsand Mottoes. Bo