Haggard, H. Rider. Cleopatra being an ac count of the fall and vengeance of Harmachis, the royal Egyptian, as set forth by his own hand. N. Y., G: Munro, [1889.] 227 p. D. (Seaside lib., pocket ed., no. 1190.) pap., 20 c. Hale, E: E. Sunday school stories on the golden texts of the International lessons of 1889: second part. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1889. c. 8+ 310 p. S. cl., $1. The volume covering the "Golden texts" for the first six months of the year was noticed in the "Weekly Record" of Jan. 5, 89, [884.]. The lessons for the last half of the year are taken from the Old Testament beginning with the story of Samuel. The stories are written by a Ten," consisting of Mr. Hale, his sisters and his children, with the assistance of Miss Elizabeth Orne White and Mrs. Bernard Whitman, the secretary of the central organization of the Lend-a-Hand Clubs. Hale, Miss Lucretia P., and Whitman, Mrs. Bernard. Sunday-school stories for little children on the golden texts of the International lessons of 1889. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1889. C. 4+219 p. S. cl., $1. Covers the same ground as Mr. Hale's volume, but the stories are worded for the youngest members of the Sunday-school. Hannan, C: A swallow's wing: a tale of Pekin. N. Y., Cassell & Co., [1889.] c. 4+238 p. D. (Cassell's sunshine ser., v. 1, no. 32.) cl., $1; pap., 50 c. A story remarkable for its novelty of scene, character, incident, and action; it takes place for the most part in the Flowery Kingdom. A swallow's flight from Pekin to England leads to a trip to China that is prolific of the most exciting adventures. The interest finally centres in the Temple of Confucius. At this point the details are lengthy and harrowing, but the interest never flags unti! the fate of William Norris is known. Hardy, Arthur Sherburne. But yet woman: a novel. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1889. c. '83. 3+348 p. S. (Riverside pap. ser., no. 3.) pap., 50 c. *Harris, R: Before and at trial. What should be done by counsel, solicitor, and client. First Am. (from the second Eng.) ed. by Ja. M. Kerr. Northport, N. Y., E: Thompson Co., 1889. c. 399 p. D. pap., $2.50. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Mosses from an old manse. Phil., D: McKay, 1889. 470 p. D: (American classic ser.) cl., $1. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Twice-told tales. Phil., D: McKay, 1889. 464 p. D. (American classic ser.) cl., $1. Hector, Mrs. Annie F., [" Mrs. Alexander," pseud.] A false scent. N. Y., G: Munro, [1889.] 103 p. D. (Seaside lib., pocket ed., no. 1199.) pap., 10 c. *Hill, Merritt B. The laws of the United States relating to patents and trade-marks, with forms. Peoria, Ill., Luther M. Thurlow, 1889. c. 7-20+33-232 p. O. cl., $2. *Illinois. The revised school laws passed by the thirty-sixth general assembly, which adjourned May 28, 1889. with head-notes by Myra Bradwell. Chic., Chicago Legal News Co., prs., 1889. c. 62 p. Ó. pap., 30 c. *Indiana. Elliott's supplement to the Indiana revised statutes of 1881, embracing without abridgment all the acts of the general assembly from 1883-1889, incl., with reference to prior statutes, and with copious notes of the decisions of the supreme court of Indiana (etc.); by W: F. Elliott. Indianapolis, The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1889. C. 846 p. O. shp., $6. Jensen, W: Die braune Erica: novelle; with English notes by E. S. Joynes. Bost., D. C. Heath & Co., 1889. So p. D. (Heath's German ser.) pap., 25 c. Jones, Rufus M. Eli and Sibyl Jones; their life and work. Phil., Porter & Coates, [1889.] C. 316 p. por. D. cl.. $1.50. letters and diaries of the venerable preacher and his wife, With the personal help of Eli Jones and from the the author has prepared a book which has his full approval. For over fifty years they have held the most prominent place as preachers and missionaries in the Society of Friends. Sibyl Jones certainly ranks among remarkable women. Whittier and John Bright have both spoken in the highest terms of her inspiration, her power, and her poetic language. There is not a family of Friends that will not have an earnest desire to read this book, as nearly all have a personal acquaintance with them. Kalakaua, King. The legends and myths of Hawaii; the fables and folk-lore of a strange people; by his Hawaiian majesty Kalakaua; ed. with an introduction by Hon. R. M. Daggett. N. Y., C: L. Webster & Co., 1888. '87. 4-530 p. map, il. and por. O. cl., subs., $3. C. "His Hawaiian Majesty, Kalakaua, has added his name to the list of royal authors in the production of a curious and instructive volume entitled The legends and myths of Hawaii: the fables and folk-lore of a strange people. The editor, the Hon. R. M. Daggett, late United States Minister to the Hawaiian Islands, has written an elaborate and exhaustive introduction, in which many important historical facts are brought out, and many popular mistakes corrected. The Hon. Abram Fornander, the author of 'An account of the Polynesian race, its origin and migrations,' General John Owen Dominis, and others equally trustworthy, have furnished much of the material from which the legends were compiled. Those who are interested in folk-lore will find the book very fascinating, beginning with the story of Hina, the Helen of Hawaii," and closing with Kahalaopuna, the Princess of Manoa.' It is profusely illustrated, having for a frontispiece a steel-plate portrait of Kalakaua, and numerous woodcuts which really give value to the text. An excellent appendix contains a glossary that will be of great assistance to the reader." Boston Gazette. *Kedney, J: Steinfort, D.D. Christian doctrine harmonized and its rationality vindicated. N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, 1889. 2 v., D. cl., $5. Landor, Walter Savage. Poems; sel. and ed. by Ernest Radford. N. Y., W. J. Gage & Co., 3 East 14th St., [1889.] 15+281 p. T. (Canterbury poets.) cl., 40 c. Libbey, Laura Jean. Madolin Rivers; or, the little beauty of Red Oak Seminary: a love tale. N. Y., G: Munro, [1889.] c. 242 p. D. (Lib. of American authors, no. 8.) pap., 25 c. Lillie, Lucy C. Roslyn's trust: a novel. N. Y., A. L. Burt, [1889.] c. 256 p. D. (The Manhattan ser., v. 1, no. 12.) cl., $1; pap., 25 c. Lodge, H: Cabot. George Washington. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1889. c. 2 v. 5+ 341; 4+399 p. D. (American statesmen ser.) cl., $2.50. As an excuse for yet another life of Washington Mr. Lodge quotes the words of "the latest historian of the American people "-Mr. McMaster, we judge-who has said, "General Washington is known to us, and President Washington. But George Washington is an unknown man. Mr. Lodge's work is entirely a study of character. No new facts could be told about Washington, and he makes no assumption of having discovered any. His simple desire is to make us know the man, just as he was. He shows us, and chiefly through Washington's own letters, that he was neither the cold, flawless character, wholly apart from and above his fellow-men, that his too devout admirers have made him, nor the hero of the many calumniating stories through which adverse critics have sought to drag him to their own level. He is pictured as intensely human-great throughout his remarkable career, in spite of weaknesses, which only make his memory dearer to posterity. *New French-English and English-French pronouncing dictionary on the basis of Nugent ; with many new words in general use exhibiting the pronunciation of all French words in pure English sounds; by a member of the University of Paris. New ed. N. Y., Ward, Lock & Co., 1889. 374 p. S. cl., 75 c. *New York. City court. Reports; by E: Jacobs. V. 2, [1874-1889.] N. Y., Press of H. M. Tobitt, 1889. 5+470 p. O. shp., $3.25. Oman, J: Campbell. Indian life (Hindu and Muhammadan), religious and social. Phil., Gebbie & Co., 1889. 320 p. il. O. cl., $1.75. The following are the names of the subjects of these sketches: Pt. 1-1. Yogis and Mahatmas, the sagas of India. 2. Experiences with fortune-tellers. 3. A strange cuit, the worship of Zahir Pir. 4. The Arya Samaj and its founder. 5. The Lahore Brahmo Samaj. 6. A Brahmo wedding. 7. Two visits to the Golden Temple of the Sikhs. 8. The cenotaph of Maharajah Runjeet Singh, the lion of the Punjab. 9. "Bazaar Gup," or rumors of the market place. 10. At the play, the new Indian theatre. 11. The most sacred spot on earth, or, Buddh Gaya and Buddhism. Pt. 2-1. Introductory note. 2. Witchcraft, demoniacal possession, and other popular superstitions. 3. Old Fakeerah and his conjugal troubles. 4. Bhujun and Cherokeeah, or, man and wife. 5. The slave girl. 6. Thief-catching. 7. A youthful saint. 8. The daughterin-law. Raymond, Grace. How they kept the faith: a tale of the Hugenots of Languedoc. N. Y., A. D. F. Randolph & Co., [1889.] c. 5+ 389 p. D. cl.. $1.50. The scene is laid principally in the Cevennes and the old city of Nismes. The period covered includes the ordinances with which Louis XIV. first infringed the liberties of his Huguenot subjects, as well as the final extinction of those rights in the Dragonnades, and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The hero is a pastor's son, who, stimulated by the example of a martyred father, and the companionship of a noble mother, adopts the forbidden profession of medicine, and prosecutes his calling, and keeps the faith through the gathering and breaking storm. His lofty ideas of duty prove too rigid for his betrothed, and she breaks with him to marry a Huguenot officer, whose attachment to the faith is political, not religious, and who attempts an ill-fated resistance at the commencement of the Dragonnades. *Reisig, F. W. The guide to piece dyeing : cont. 100 samples of the author's own coloring; each sample accompanied with a recipe. N. Y., J: Wiley & Sons, 1889. O. cl., $25. *Rhode Island. Supreme court. Index to decisions from end of Ap. term to end of Oct. term, 1888, for the county of Providence. Index DD. Providence, R. I., E. L. Freeman & Son, st. prs., 1889. 2+248 p. O. pap., net, 50 c. Salter, W: Macintire. Ethical religion. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1889. C. 3+332 p. D. cl., $1.50. Designed for "men and women who are in the midst of the stress of life"-the author's purpose throughout being "practical and moral." The chapters are entitled: Ethical religion; The ideal element in morality; What is a moral action? Is there a higher law? Is there anything absolute about morality? Darwinism in ethics; The social ideal: The rights of labor; Personal morality; On some features of the ethics of Jesus; Does the ethics of Jesus satisfy the needs of our time? Good Friday from a modern standpoint: The success and the failure of Protestantism; Why Unitarianism fails to satisfy; The basis of the ethical movement; The supremacy of ethics; The true basis of religious union. Most of these lectures were delivered before the Society for Ethical Culture of Chicago. a record of the forms and methods of government in Great Britain, her colonies, and foreign countries. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1889. D. cl., $2. *Sessions, H. C. A manual for the use of county clerks, sheriffs, and constables [of Mich.], cont. many new forms not found in any other work, (etc.) Revised by Andrew Howell. Detroit, The Richmond & Backus Co., 1889. c. 196 p. S. cl., $1. Shapley, Rufus E. Solid for Mulhooly a political satire. New ed., with original il. by T: Nast. Phil., Gebbie & Co., 1889. c. 3-210 p. S. cl., 75 c.; pap., 50 c. This sketch of "Boss-rule" has been out of print for several years, but is now issued again in response to a constant demand. It is a brilliant satire upon the corruption in city governments which existed in 1881, and which in a measure still exists. Shuey, E. L., comp. A handbook of the United Brethren in Christ. New ed., rev. and enl. Dayton, O., United Brethren Pub. House, 1889. c. '85, '89. 2-64 p. T. flex. cl.. 15 c. The first edition was issued in 1885; the important changes in church life and government made in the spring of 1889 have rendered a revision necessary. Spurgeon, C. H. Twelve soul-winning sermons; delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell, 1889. 144 p. D. cl., 50 c. Taylor, J. Bayard. Views afoot; or, Europe seen with knapsack and staff; with a preface by N. P. Willis. Phil., D: McKay, 1889. 448 p. por. D. (American classic ser.) cl., $1. Uchard, Mario. My Uncle Barbasson; from the French by A. D. Hall. N. Y. and Chic., Rand, McNally & Co., 1889. c. tr. 3-263 p. il. D. (The rialto ser., no. 12.) cl., 1; pap., 50 c. A novel of questionable morals. The story is founded upon the supposed death of Barbasson Pacha and his bequest of a harem to his nephew. The scene alternates from the East to France, where the plot is enacted. The numerous intrigues of this transported harem finally give precedence to one that leads to its abolishment, and an act more in conformity with the laws of society ends the tale. Walsh, Marie. His wife or his widow? A novel. N. Y., G: W. Dillingham, 1889. c. 343 p. D. pap., 50 c. A husband supposed to have been killed at the battle of the Wilderness returns home to find his wife has married his friend. Many complications arise from this, especially as the real husband proves to be a scoundrel and the other man a model of all the virtues. A repulsive picture of Mormonism is given. Wilson, G. H., comp. The musical year-book of the United States. V. 6, Season of 18881889. Bost., [G. H. Wilson], printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, [1889.] 124 p. sq. S. pap., subs., $1. The sixth volume of the "Year-book" presents the same general features as the fifth. The record by cities. is alphabetical, the happenings in the larger ones being classified. It is believed that the greater scope given the paragraphs and tables of general information will increase the usefulness of the book. The purpose of the "Year-book" is to present a record of music publicly performed in the country which is compatible with a high *Sergeant, L:, ed. The government year-book: standard. In case of business changes, notification or card should be immediately sent to this office for entry under "Business Notes." New catalogues issued will also be mentioned when forwarded. Publishers are requested to furnish title-page proofs and advance information of books forthcoming, both for entry in the lists and for descriptive mention. An early copy of each book published should be forwarded, to insure correctness in the final entry. “ Every man is a debtor to his profession, from the which, as men do of course seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves by way of amends to be a help thereunto."-LORD BACON. 46 44 THE Herald reporter is still engaged in organizing his book trust, which still seems to find little support outside his own imagination. We notice, however, that some members of the trade prefer to fly to evils that they know not of," if the Herald trust materializes so as to permit of their joining in. But we fancy the trust will not come very much before the period of Mr. Bellamy's year 2000, when, of course, the state will be publishing all the books as well as supplying all the libraries. ing to get it up won't succeed. It's too big a job for them to handle." THE" HERALD'S" BOOK TRUST AGAIN. THE New York Herald, on the 7th inst., made another hot day interestingly cool by printing further interviews with a number of publishers on the question of its proposed book trust. Among those interviewed, Mr. John B. Alden, the head and front of the Literary Revolution," thought "there's nobody in the business who has sufficient calibre to manage it. There's but one way to bring it about, and that is for somebody to come in and buy every reprinter out. That would be a straightforward business transaction. But it wouldn't be a trust. No trust will be formed, MIDSUMMER BOOKSELLING. because each man will want to have it run his way, THE summer is, of course, the off" season and if it is not organized to suit him he won't for bookselling, and many of the trade have a join. If it suits one exactly it won't suit the rest. tradition that it is not worth while attempting The only thing to do is for some big fellow to organize himself into a trust and buy up the very much as the days get hotter and business whole business. That was the way the Standard shorter. But a great deal of the profit of the book Oil Company operated, and it's the only way a trade as of other trades depends upon hard work in combination for controlling the reprinting busioff" seasons to bring up the returns and profits ness can be made to work. As I am at present advised, I look upon the whole scheme as visionof the year a little above its average, and in sum-ary and up in the air!' The people who are trymer bookselling not a little is to be accomplished by suggesting to bookbuyers at the right time what they should take in the way of summer reading. Indeed, here is part of the difference between dry-goods bookselling and the more intelligent sort. The book-dealer who can suggest to his patrons books which are at once fresh and entertaining and of real literary value, perhaps books outside of the line of fiction, can accomplish not a little for both his patrons and himself. What could be more satisfactory for country reading, to take a single instance, than the several volumes in which John Burroughs describes in his delightful manner the delights of outdoor life? These books are not subject to the competition of cheap reprints,” and the buyer who is induced by his bookseller to add one of these volumes to his library repays him for a real service done. It is worth while, indeed, for booksellers to suggest to their customers that if they buy a few books for country reading which are really of permanent value, they have added so much to the home library for all time. It is in this way that good bookselling ought to tell, despite all the difficulties which it has undoubtedly to face, and we throw out this hint to our friends of the retail trade that they may work it for as much as it is worth. the " Mr. Dunham, of Cassell & Co., said: "I don't see that the subject has been brought to the point yet where it would be profitable for me to discuss it. Although we are an English house we have done more or less reprinting of English books. But there is no money in it for publishers now. The business cannot be called publishing anyway. It is a manufacturing business like the production of cotton and woollen goods. The one who produces cheapest gets whatever market there is. But prices have been cut to such a point now that there is no margin for the manufacturer. Such a trust as the Herald speaks of would undoubtedly be a good thing-a very good thing. But I don't see how it is to be brought about. The moralized that it is no longer confined even to the printers, let alone the publishers. There is in existence now a dry-goods syndicate, associated for the manufacture of cheap books, which they sell in one of their departments. It seems to me it would be very difficult for the proposed trust to run these people out of the business. I suppose that small fry could hardly compete with the trust because the prices would be run down on the few books which they made so as to force them to sell at a loss. trouble is that the business has become so de "But it would be different in the case of this dry-goods syndicate. They have lots of money behind them and they have peculiar facilities for stitute a trust, the purpose of which is to supply disposing of the books. They themselves conthe patrons of the different dry-goods concerns 30 which compose it with cheap books. They are satisfied with the very smallest profit, and they can afford to be. The book business is but an adjunct of their dry-goods trade. They live on their profits from cottons, woollens, and silks, and can let the books go to their customers at cost. Indeed, the books are often used as an attraction to draw customers into the store, as a band is sometimes employed by a restaurateur to induce the hungry to prefer his establishment to that of some rival. "You can see that under such conditions the dry goods syndicate would be a formidable riTo be sure, the syndival to the proposed trust. But as the purcate might be taken into the trust. pose of the trust would be to raise the price of books, while the syndicate wants to cheapen them in the interest of their customers, it seems at least doubtful if they could be brought together. If it were not for organizations like this the proposed book trust might be brought about, but as it is I don't see how it could be." Mr. Robert Belford, of Belford, Clarke & Co., said: “So far as I am personally concerned, I I do not beam an uncompromising free trader. lieve the government should interfere with the citizen in anything except matters relating to police regulations. Anything which interferes with the natural working of competition is wrong. The government should grant no rights to any class that would enable them to interfere with the working of this law. So I think a book trust And I doubt if would be vicious and immoral. it would not before long defeat the object of its promoters. A temporary gain to a few publishers might be secured, but within a few years the trust would go to smash. "The law of evolution applies to the reprinting business as to everything else. The fittest will survive. And the fittest should survive, whether he be a 'pirate' or a 'courtesy of the trade publisher,' as I see you call them. What these latter are I don't quite know, as I never saw a live one in my life. I object to this classification anyway. To call one class of reprinters' pirates' and another class who happen to be a little wealthier courtesy of the trade' publishers, is to offer an insult to as clean a set of thieves as ever cut a throat or scuttled a ship. But if one is a thief then so is the other. The worst case of stealing in this country of legalized larceny was by one of these same 'courtesy of the trade' dudes. "The proposed trust might aid the passage of the Chace bill. But what is the Chace bill but a compromise with thievery and thieves? Why should the government regulate the stealing of other people's property in literature or otherwise? Because a man is a Frenchman, a German, or an Englishman, does that make it right for the government to legalize the larceny of his brain-work? There is no sense in legislating to protect printers and publishers. If they can't protect themselves let them go to the wall. The unfit have no place in this world of struggle. I would not insult any of my publisher or printer friends by insinuating or acknowledging that they want protection from fair competition. The present unprofitable state of the reprinting business is not an unmixed evil. It is driving the publisher who heretofore got a living easily by stealing to hustle around for his daily subsistence. He is concocting all kinds of schemes, compiling books of biography, history, travel, etc. Competition has made and is making legitimate publishers out of men who had drifted into being a sort of legalized thieves." "Who's to blame for this legalized robbery?" The people who sanction it. Certainly not the publishers, for I do not believe there is a single one of these who does not want international copyright in some shape. "I see that some of the publishers think that new men could reprint new books in competition with the trust. That is a mistake. No new man would reprint a book if this trust ever comes into The smallest amount of figuring will conbeing. vince any sane person that it would be impossible for a new reprinter to live a moment-or say three months-in the presence of the trust. Your first article was correct on that point." 46 Mr. J. S. Ogilvie, the last of the publishers Undoubtedly I think the waited on, said: trust scheme practicable. But the better plan would be for somebody to buy up all the reprint It would take a lot of plates and thus control the business. That's the cleanest way to do it. money, but I believe I could take the business and clear myself in five years. Something over three thousand plates would have to be purchased. Of course, many of them are duplicated and triplicated by the different reprinters. Some of the most popular books are All of these would have to be reprinted by every house, each house owning a set of plates. bought up. Then the plates of the old folios, like the Seaside Library, would have to be purchased. I understand there are 2000 of these. They would have to be bought, for as soon as the concern began to put up the price of books the owner of these plates could put them into At present these folio copies are unsalable. But if it got use. The public prefer the book form. to be a question of saving money they might come into vogue again. No, every plate, good, bad, and indifferent, would have to be bought up. I could not, of course, give off-hand the aggregate cost of the investment, but it would be several millions. But, as I say, I know it would pay for itself in a few years.' 44 THE PUBLISHING AND SELLING OF THE American Law Review for May-June "How law-books ought to be published' has a double interpretation. As to form, they ought to be printed in clear readable type on white |