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NEW YORK, APRIL 2, 1921
No. 14
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Old Titles Missing Too
DISCUSSION of books and reading has
become a much more general habit in
newspapers and periodicals than ever
before in the past, testifying to the increased
general interest in the subject. An editorial
in the Saturday Evening Post means a wide
range of readers that promotes discussion that
will always be of interest. The editorial in the
March igth issue is headed "Real Books" and
begins "The (high price of new books will
prove a blessing in disguise if only they have
the effect of setting people to reading some of
the old ones."
The suggestion to turn to the old books is
one that is made repeatedly and deserves re-
peating. At the same time, the writer of this
editorial may be misleading in suggesting that
the 'high cost of book-making affects the new
books only. The old "standards" have been
just as much affected by the increasing costs
as have the new titles, and in fact in a larger
percentage, because their price is so largely
a question of manufacturing cost that the
price level must reflect each change and in-
crease in either printing, paper or binding.
One of the real misfortunes that has come
from the cost situation has been the putting
out-of-print of many good titles whose worth
has been proved and which would be in de-
mand if they could be printed at a price that
the public would pay. The publishers are ask-
ing for a reduction in the printing scale, very
largely because of this need of putting back
proved books into print, so that the argument
that high prices are peculiar to new 'books may
somewhat miss its , point.
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No one, however, could be more hospitable
to the further idea suggested by the Post ed-
itorial than the bookseller. "Certain Amer-
icans need Americanization almost as much
as the swarthy immigrants at Ellis Island.
Very few of us know as much as we should
of the history of our country. . . . These mat-
ters are well worth reading about, either in the
pages of Bancroft, Fiske, Trevelyan and
Beveridge, or in those of a dozen of less fa-
miliar authors." In fact we seem to hear in
this a reflection of the book-trade's "America
Month."
Will Plugging Alone Do It?
THE Committee which has been directing
the Year Round Bookselling plan has re-
cently sent out a questionnaire asking the
retailers for comments and suggestions. The
reports so far received have been most en-
thusiastic, showing that retailers have found
a genuine help in the material that came to
hand. One negative report, however, ex-
presses another point of view, an unsigned
comment reading as follows:
"All bunk! There is only one thing to in-
crease a business and that is close application
to it and everyday commonsense applied to the
clientele one "has to serve. Added to that is
keeping on the job continually and hustling."
This comment brings up concretely the ques-
tion as to. whether the primal American virtues
of application and hustle are sufficient business
virtues. It is often found that the business
man who attributes most of his success to
these two virtues really has combined with
them many other business assets, including
vision, enthusiasm and organizing capacity. In
a year when all are praising the brave trip
of the Pilgrims it would be hard to make a
good case by proving that if the Pilgrims had
stayed in England or Holland and used com-
monsense and hustle that they would have been
just as happy and successful. A man with a
right vision of what his business may mean to
his community is a far better merchant and
a better worker than the one who believes that
the sum total of business needs are ten hours
a day on the floor.
Saturday half holidays were fought by the
people who said that application and long hours
were the only things that counted. The sum-
mer vacations which clear the brain and build
for real business success were fought as being
a waste of time.
The merchandising plan which conceived in-
creasing the whole country's use of bicycles
was a., pipe dream to many manufacturers.
They thought that all they needed was appli-
cation and hustle, but the big idea has doubled
their business. It was probably very visionary
to conceive of increasing the national consump-
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tion of oranges. The grower, some said, had
better stick to his farm and let the market take
care of itself, but somehow a large enough
group was got together to try the other pro-
gram.
Retail merchants used to keep apart, fearing
that any contact with a rival would mean sim-
ply time taken away from their own affairs.
Now, there is scarcely a merchant of any
success who does not work in the local mer-
chants' association, plan special campaigns and
work for the good of his city. People used
to laugh at the farmer once as a backward
person, but the farmer now taxes 'himself to
hire a county agent that he may learn to run
his farm better.
That sort of vision has been supplementing
application and hustle. Fortunately in Amer-
ican business there is, in practically every in-
dustry and merchandising field, an increasing
group of men who will take of their time and
draw on their imagination to conceive their
business in better and more substantial terms
than it has yet arrived at. These groups will
organize to put the ideas thru and then the
business of the following decade will show re-
sults, results that usually come not only to
those who have done the work but to those
who have been willing to ride on the tide carp-
ing on the way.
No one has shown closer application and
more industry than the booksellers of the last
fifty years in England and America, but indus-
try and application are not enough or this
book business of ours would be among the
most prosperous in the world. There are
problems larger than those that can be solved
at any single desk even in a ten hour day
or a sixty hour week, and, while there is no
cure-all, and every plan may have its faults,
and many may need to be discarded or com-
pletely revised, the criticism should be on the
plan, and not against the idea of co-operative
efforts.
In St. Paul the citizens had come to believe
that the book really had its therapeutic value,
and the hospitals demanded full library service.
In February the Public Library made a drive to
obtain sufficient books for the 'hospital service,
an extension that they would not be able to
make without a large new stock of books
which their regular funds could not' supply. A
special drive was made, and as a result thou-
sands of books were obtained for this pur-
pose. In the St. Paul Book & Stationery
Company one of its windows as well as one
of the largest tables was given over to the
display of books suitable for this service.
Special saleswomen, beribboned with a badge
marked "Hospital Service," helped to get the
idea across, and to direct people to the kind
of books that the library wanted for this pur-
pose. The bookstore reports that the idea is
extremely popular, and that in other centers
thruout the Middle West the importance of
hospital service, one of the fine benefits of the
American Library Association War Work, is
becomingly increasingly appreciated. Sioux
City was a pioneer in this movement, and now
St. Paul comes with the same idea carried out
with enthusiasm.
Three Months' Hard Reading
ANEW York magistrate has sentenced a
small boy in Flushing to three months'
reading at the local public library, for
too much loafing on the streets. This new
method of encouraging the reading habit will
be hailed with interest by those who are inter-
ested in the book and its influence. The judge's
idea was undoubtedly based on good observa-
tion, tho there may be slight doubt as to
whether it would be advantageous to the
library to have it become connected^ in the
minds of the young people with judicial sen-
tences. The judge's particular recommenda-
tion was Dickens and Hawthorne. This sen-
tence should not be applied without some dis-
crimination, as many a young reader who came
upon those authors at the wrong volume in
their early 'teens will remember that these
books did not make any real impression. Per-
haps the librarian had better be given some
liberty in this matter.
National Catholic Press Month
THE idea suggested by the Religious Book
Week Committee has found happy co-
operation from the Catholic publishing circles
which have developed the idea along their
own lines. Catholic book publishers, with the
co-operation of numerous bookstores thru-
out the country, made March a "Catholic
Book Month," and the National Catholic Wel-
fare Council urged all of those interested
in Catholic reading to adopt a program for
March under the title of "National Catholic
Press Month." Such emphasis on the value
of reading, whether in periodicals or books,
is urged as a means of increasing the influence
of the pulpit, and it will bring the matter home
to many households.
April 2, 1921
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Motion Picture Plots and Their Sources
By Martha P. Robinson
A MOTION' picture company can be
roughly divided into three parts : the
sales department, the studio, and the
scenario department.
The sales department is the commercial
end, and consists of the publicity men, ad-
vertisers, salesmen, etc.
The studio, with its brilliant lights, tem-
peramental stars, and eccentric directors, may
be called the artistic end. It is most inter-
esting to the public, consequently its own
publicity men, as well as numerous outsiders,
have written it up thousands of times.
The scenario department may be called the
literary section. Tho considered the most im-
portant of all, by those who know, it has
never been written of, and the public has been
left in ignorance as to how the material for
the plays is secured.
The Hopeful Editor.
Let us say, first, that the word "scenario"
is a misnomer for this department. A s_cen-
ario is a working script used by the director
and his men in the studio. It gives stage
directions, all spoken words, titles, etc., and
special writers are employed at the studios
to do this scenario work. They very often
change the story materially from its original
form, as the screen play is a separate art in
itself. Miss June Mathis, of the Metro Cor-
poration, is one of the most brilliant exam-
ples of a scenario writer, the latest of her
works being the scenario of "The Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse." But the scen-
ario department is often entirely separated
from these writers. It consists of a principal
editor and his staff of assistant editors, who
handle all plays, books, stories, and original
manuscripts that are sent to the company
for reading and selection. Almost all the large
motion picture companies have scenario de-
partments in New York, where most of the
material for the plays is gathered, tho there
is a scenario department at every studio as
well. The studios, with few exceptions, are
all situated in southern California, where the
brilliant sunlight and warm weather all year
round permits of the taking of out-of-door
scenes at almost any time.
The material for plays is gathered from
four different sources : legitimate plays,
novels, magazine stories, and original sto-
ries written directly for the screen. There is
an assistant editor for each of tRese branches,
in the large companies, vvhile the scenario
editor is at the head of all and has the
final decision to make before the story is
sent to the studio.
And may I say a word, in passing, about
these men and women, the scenario editors?
Without exception, they are a delightful set
of people — courteous, polite and patient even
to the bore who occasionally manages to
elude the vigilance of the outer office; they
are hardworking, keen-witted, and have a
most wonderful store of optimism. Over
their doors should be written:
"Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast,"
for they are always good-tempered, no matter
how many disappointments they have in a
day. And no matter how much worthless
material they have been called upon to read,
there is always, with them, that wonderful
plot just around the corner. Only the other
day one of these editors said to the writer
"I make a point of trying to see every-
one who asks for an interview to talk of a
play or book he wishes to submit; for if I
refuse someone, he may have the very plot 1
have been longing for." These editors will
also take infinite pains in describing to au-
thors, agents, and others who submit mate-
rial, the requirements of their especial stars.
For it can readily be understood that each
star must have a particular kind of "vehicle"
for his or her style of acting and beauty.
Marguerite Clark, for instance, does not act
in the "vamp" plays so loved by Theda Bara,
nor does Wallace Reid, the depictor of so-
ciety and college youths, care to act in the
plays of the great Northwest, where the hero
is of the rough cave-man style. All this has,
as a rule, to be explained to the authors
of manuscripts who send in very unsuitable
plots — plots that might be readily accepted if
sent to the company which has that special
type of actor or actress. This phase of the
work is only one of the many which try the
patience of the editor and his assistants
And of the many manuscripts submitted in
a month, about ninety-five per cent have to be
returned, either as too poor in plot, or un-
suited to the company's needs. _ ''
Jobs for the Leisure Class.
One assistant editor has charge of the
legitimate plays. She has several translators
busy on foreign plays, both modern and old.
The play's having been a failure on the stage
does not always make a difference, as the plot
may be good for a motion picture, if changed
slightly. The modern plays running in New
York are seen and written up by one of
this editor's staff. This writing Is a short
synopsis, with two carbons^ — one of the car-
bons goes into the files for future reference,
another is sent in to the scenario editor if
the play is thought worth while, so that he
may consider buying the picture rights be-
fore someone else gets them. All synopses
for a motion picture company have two car-
bons whether they are of books, magazine
stories, or plays.
The magazine editor has a staff of readers
working constantly. Among them is a small
group of translators, for foreign, magazines
are regularly subscribed for, and anything
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that has a good plot is synopsized. This
synopsis is read by the magazine editor, and
if considered good, is sent to the scenario
editor. Here, as in all the departments,
copies of every synopsis are kept for refer-
ence.
The book editor, in some companies, has
a staff of readers in the office, but most of the
big companies give out the books to men and
women who take them home, read them, and
make synopses of them. It is also custom:
to give out tjie longer plays to these read-
ers, as they make tedious reading and tak^
up much valuable time. These plays are paid
for as the books are — usually five dollars
apiece. This work is done usually by young
men and women who have literary tendencies,
and — much more important — have independent
incomes, and do not have to depend on this
work for a living. This reader of a book
makes the usual two carbon copies. And
usually it is left to the discretion of this
reader as to whether a long or" short synop-
sis is required. If the book is unusually good,
a ten-page synopsis; if fairly good, seven or
eight pages ; if poor, four pages. Some com-
panies maintain that a good, clear synopsis
can be given in three pages, and do not wish
a longer one. With this three-page synopsis
is written, on a filing-card, a two-paragraph
resume of the book, this very condensed form
to be filed for ready reference.
Complete Files.
The book editor reads the synopses brought
in, and if one seems good, she sends it with
the book to the scenario editor. The filing
system of these companies is very complete.
To show how thoroly the field of fiction is
covered, I will quote one instance.
Several years ago I was talking to Mr.
MacAlarney, then scenario editor of the Fa-
mous Players-Lasky Company. I mentioned
a book that had come out about ten years
before, telling him the name of the author
also, and advising him to consider it for a
vehicle for one of his stars. He said he
was not sure, but thought that the book had
been read and synopsized, and rejected. As
he was not certain, and I was insistent, he
rang for a messenger, saying to me with a
smile, "Let's test the thoroness of our read-
ing department." The messenger came back
to him in a short while with a synopsis of
the book, got from their files. He glanced
over it, and told me just why he had rejected
it. This will show how very completely the
field of fiction is canvassed for plots. For
this book had not been considered a "best
seller" and had not been particularly noted
at the time of its publication.
The manuscript editor takes charge of all
the original scripts sent in by mail or express,
and has her staff of readers in the office.
These manuscripts which come direct to the
company and not thru an agent are, as I
said before, very often sent without regard
to the needs of that especial company and
are written by anyone, from the colored maid
in a Southern boarding-house to the most
celebrated authors of the English-speaking
world. These latter, however, usually deal
with a company thru their agents. But there
is much that would be laughable in these
mailed-in scripts, if they were not so pathetic.
Most of the little, uneducated authors write
with a veiled hint, saying that their story
has been copyrighted, and so all attempts
to defraud them will be punished by law.
Many of them are written in broken English,
and many written in pencil, and on yellow
paper. I remember, when working for one
of the companies, I received a large box, in
which one vengeful colored "lady" had sent
many pictures of herself, her husband, and
the other woman, a "Yellow Girl," who had
stolen his affections, after his wife had sup-
ported him for years. The whole account
was written out on rough "pad" paper, some
of it in pencil, the rest in ink, the spelling
and English very poor. She, the wife, was
taking this very original way of "getting
even" with her husband and the vampire who
had stolen his affections. She begged us
to make the whole story into a moving pic-
ture, with the male character made up to look
exactly like her husband, and the vampire to
be true to life as well. Thus was she going
to shame them into good behaviour. But very
little of the material is as out of the ordinary
as this — most is stupid and without merit of
any kind, but all is read as carefully as if
it were valuable.
That is the way the working force takes
care of the material ; as to the way the mate-
rial is gathered, each motion picture company
has its special agencies which are looking
for material for them, constantly, tho they
receive material from all the agencies. Ori-
ginally, these agencies simply placed manu-
scripts with book and magazine publishers.
Now they handle legitimate plays and mo-
tion pictures as well. Usually, an author has
some agent to represent him, and these
agencies are sending a steady stream of
books, stories, plays and galley-proofs to the
motion picture companies. Then at times
the picture company calls on its special
agents to furnish a vehicle for some star in
its company who is looking for a very ori-
ginal plot. These agencies are the principal
channel thru which the companies get their
material.
Some companies, also, offer prizes for good
original plots, as Universal did for its star.
Miss Dean, placing the offer with The Au-
thors' League.
All For Five Percent.
Each company employs research workers
some in this country and some abroad, all
over the world, in fact, looking for suitable
material for the stars. And individual agents,
handling some one author's works, send or
bring in material.
Several of the scenario editors of big com-
panies have been kind enough to give me some
data on the subject of gathering material ;
amoner them, Mr. Brownell, of the Universal ;
Mr. Block, of the Goldwyn Corporation, and
April 2, 1921
1041
Mr. Durant, of the Famous Players-Lasky.
For lack of space, I will simply quote Mr.
Durant:
"We have forty thousand scripts a month,
coming from all over the world," Mr. Durant
said. "We have established agencies looking
out for our needs, and we employ six trans-
lators for the stories, plays and novels in
foreign languages. There are eighty-one
magazines a month read by our staff, and
about one hundred and fifty original scripts
come to the office a day, by mail or express.
But of these scripts, ninety-five per cent are
hopeless."
"Before a picture is made," he told me, "the
story has to be approved by four different
people: the scenario editor; then, when it is
sent to the studio, the supervising director;
then, the director who makes the picture; and
the star who is to act in it. So you see how
difficult it is to have a manuscript accepted."
Books in South America
TO say that South America, as a market,
is increasingly interesting to the North
American business man is to state a tru-
ism. Perhaps the bookman has been slower
than some of his fellow merchants to realize
the possibilities of South American trade, but
he is becoming aware of the republics south.
In the March 5th number of the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY, Waldon Fawcett, our Washington
correspondent, discussed present conditions and
future possibilities for the export of United
States books to South America. In an Apple-
ton book, recently published there are some in-
teresting comments on American books in
South America, in a chapter called, "What Do
South Americans Think"? It is a chapter
from "Straight Business in South America,"
by James H. Collins, special investigator on
business subjects for the Saturday Evening
Post, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Printers'
Ink, etc.
"In reality the Latin American countries are
all isolated from one another — so much so
that Senor Carlos Silva Cruz, director of the
Chilean National Library, is endeavoring to
bring them closer together for the exchange
of that technical, economic and scientific litera-
ture so necessary for their material develop-
ment.
"If a Chilean writes a useful book, it is
read in his own country, but not in nearby
Argentina or Peru, much less distant Central
American countries, or Brazil, where Portugu-
ese is the language.
Double Distortion.
"In no Latin American country does the
reading public exceed a million people — I mean
that many people actually able to read. In
some of the small countries it may be a few
thousands. If Latin American books circu-
lated widely in the different countries large
editions could be published. But they don't,
and the sale of a Latin American book is small,
and publication seldom profitable.
"As with news before our service was ex-
tended to his daily papers, the South Ameri-
can who knows anything at all of the United
States thru reading about its people, work
and ideals — knows it only thru European
books. In the main these are works written
by foreign visitors to the United States, see-
ing us thru French or other European spec-
tacles. Thus there is a double distortion, and
for the Latin American investigator bent upon
adapting our practical achievements in his own
country, a distance certain to defeat his efforts.
"Very few American books are sold on the
Southern continent because our publishers
have not established outlets or connections.
Each large city has its "English Bookstore,"
usually, but the stock in trade is chiefly Brit-
ish fiction, with some American "best sellers,'*
and scarcely a five-foot shelf of solider works,
either British or American. The most enter-
prising publishers are those in the United
States issuing technical handbooks dealing
with machinery, electricity, mining, chemistry,
and like practical subjects. They seem to have
worked out a scheme of distribution that lands
their books where they are wanted, and other
publishers in the United States and England
ought to find out how they do it.
Suggested Bureau.
"Senor Cruz has a plan for breaking down
the Chinese walls around different countries,
and also the two continents. He suggests
that the National Library in each country, in-
cluding the United States, establish a bureau
of Pan-American bibliographic information,
cataloging its own data on economics, political
organization, science, history, and literature, on
a standard system. This information would
then be exchanged by all the countries, and
distributed to their universities, government de-
partments, authors, editors, or whosoever might
want it in his work.
"Special information would also be furnished
to investigators of special subjects, so that
a Chilean interested in American educational
methods, or Central American music, or Bra-
zilian livestock improvement, could be put in
touch with the latest facts.
"The national libraries can also establish an
international commerce in books, receiving:
volumes of general interest from publishers
in other countries, placing them in bookstores,
and collecting money when sold. The vol-
umes would have to be sent on approval of
course, and unsold books taken back by the
publishers, but after a time experience would
unquestionably show which books arouse in-
terest in other countries, and the mere access-
ibility of the books would encourage their
sale. From our standpoint there is every rea-
son to make representative American books
available on some such plan, because Latin
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The Publishers9 Weekly
America has a new interest in us since the
war, and thousands of her young people are
learning English. In the American depart-
ment of the Chilean Library there are forty
to fifty readers daily consulting our books on
educational, economic, technical and other sub-
jects.
"An increasing number of books dealing
with South America has been published lately
in the United States. One work in particular,
the novel 'El Supremo,' indicated an unsus-
pected desire of our* reading public to know
more about our Southern neighbors than we
had learned from adventure stories like those
of Richard Harding Davis. This novel dealt
with Paraguay in the days of the Dictator
Francia. The period was one hundred years
ago, and the author had never been in South
America, but worked entirely from documents.
His book contains many descriptions of South
American people and their everyday life, and
these seem to be most interesting to Ameri-
cans, tho those people, and their life and man-
ners have disappeared.
"Following this new reading interest, steps
are being taken to publish translations of
South American books in the United States —
novels, and tales by authors in the different
countries which depict their people and life
at various periods."
Adventures of a Bookseller
By Ketch
4 4X17 TILL you wait on me, please?"
yy Mr. Ondeck turned from the shelves
where he was assorting stock.
"Certainly."
.•"I am looking for a good book for a gift.
Something really good."
"I see. Fiction, perhaps?"
"No-o. No, I think not. Fiction is so — oh
— so passing, don't you think?"
"Some of it. But here," picking up a small
volume that had just come from the press,
"here is a thing that I think will last."
Miss Younglove looked at it dubiously.
"I never heard of this author before."
"No. He is a new writer."
"I hardly think that answers. You see this
is to be a gift"
Mr. Ondeck looked shrewdly at her. She
was young — probably still in High School.
"Ah!" said he. "A gift! Of course; then
you want something of a permanent nature."
She smiled up at him.
"That is it! If I am to give hi — give a
book, I want it to be a book that will not just
be read and thrown aside."
"Of course not ! Well. That alters the case.
Had you thought of anything? had anything
in mind?"
"No. Nothing particular. . . . Perhaps I'd
better explain: You see I am giving this to
a young man and I know he likes to read. But
he doesn't like poetry."
"Oh."
"He reads good things tho."
"I should think then, th
that one of the classics
in a good leather binding would please him."
"Perhaps. Show me something."
Mr. Ondeck got out several Dumas, Dickens
and Scott and spread them before her, but a
sudden thought struck her.
<fOh, I'm afraid these would not do. They
have a large library, and I'm sure these are all
in it."
So he got out more volumes and the process
was duplicated, each volume eliminated for
fear of duplication. So being a salesman he
extended himself.
"Yes," said he, taking off his glasses and
assuming a comfortable pose, "Any of these
books might be a duplicate of one in their li-
brary, in fact any book you 'buy might be a
duplication ; but of course we always allow the
privilege of exchange."
She looked displeased with the suggestion,
however, and sensing her wis'h that the gift
she chose should be retained, he hurried on.
"But here is the point: A gift is different;
one hates to exchange a gift. Matter of sen-
timent you know. Why I have several books
in my collection that are duplicates, but I would
not part with them for anything, because they
were given to me! Now 'here is a beautiful
volume of Emerson's "Essays" — always an
acceptable book. It may duplicate, but
then . . . ?"
She smiled again at him.
"I think I'll take it," said she. "What if
they do have it in, their library; he will"-
she blushed delightfully — "He will want one
of his own, cfon't you think?"
"Exactly."
"Have you a card that I can write on?"
Mr. Ondeck produced the card and stood
by w'hile she scribbled a message on it. Then
she said,
"I want you to deliver this. Can you get
it .there to-day?"
"I think so."
"Send it to Henry Ateen at 10 Hamp-
ton Court: and thank you so much for your
assistance."
Mr. Ondeck hurried toward the shipping
room so as to get the book in the afternoon
delivery, but as he went the card slipped out
and fluttered to the floor. He saw it, how-
ever, and stooped to pick it up, and before he
realized what he was doing — had read the
short, swtct message it conveyed.
Happy Birthday.
Amo te.
That was all, but —
Ondeck felt guilty, like an eavesdropper who
cannot escape, and all day the incident lingered
in his mind, and a vivid picture of the class
room romance took him back to his own happy
school davs. But he was not a sentimental
April 2, 1921
1043
fellow, so he forgot it in time, until the sequel
brought it back to him. Which it did by the
appearance of Henry Ateen himself. He ap-
proached Mr. Ondeck one day, and said in a
matter of fact tone :
"Do you exchange Socks?"
"Glad to," said Ondeck with a smile.
Mr. Ateen undid a parcel, and handed out
a leather bound volume of Emerson's "Essays,"
and as he did so a card fluttered out of it
onto the floor. The youth quickly recovered it
and slipped it into his pocket, but Mr. On-
deck had seen the inscription thereon.
"Wha,t would you like in place of this?"
inquired Ondeck, and try as he would he
could not keep a note of coldness from his
voice.
"Why — ah — well, have you anything on
wireless ?"
Editions De Luxe
< 4 A MERICAN and English publishers
/\ are showing themselves more and
* ^ more inclined to follow a j.ractice
which has long been in vogue with their
French colleagues — the issue of special limit-
ed editions of new works by living authors,"
says an editorial in the New York Evening
Post of March 23. "George Moore, in par-
ticular, has adopted this method -of publica-
tion in recent years, and by the sale of his
books in advance to subscribers he has
escaped from the uncertainties and exigencies
of dependence upon the general public. Ill-
disposed persons, unmoved by the subtle de-
lights of the bibliophile, have insinuated that
Mr. Moore has been actuated chiefly by the
spirit of gain. Indeed, it is frequently as-
serted that these limited editions are nothing
better than a sordid speculation, a trap baited
with some promise of scandal or indecency.
Yet, as readers of the charming edition de
luxe of George Moore's 'Avowals' and The
Brook Kerith' know, there is nothing in
either which would justify the charge.
"In the Literary Supplement of the Lon-
don Times Mr. Moore himself has been an-
swering his detractors, and he has made a
plea for these expensive limited editions
which is well founded. He points out that
only by means of such editions can the handi-
craft of good printing be preserved in thi?
age of machine setting and mechanical book
production. The speculative element in sub-
scribing to editions de luxe need not be de-
cried. If these books increase in value it is
because they are in themselves valuable as
works of the printer's art. All that Mr.
Moore suggests is that no collector should
subscribe to a limited edition unless it con-
tains a guarantee that 'the book has been
hand-set from board to board.' The hand-
setter, otherwise, is doomed to disappear in
the wake of the wood engraver and the pot-
ter. Already, he complains, it is difficult to
get a new fount of hand-made type, for 'the
craft of founding type is also being killed by
automatic casting machinery.' -•
"As the results have shown in the case of
his own works, Mr. Moore's method is prac-
tical as well as ideal. In the days of Mor-
ris and Ruskin, when the revival of handi-
crafts was so eloquently preached, the realiz-
ation did not justify the anticipation. The
famous Kelmscott Press was rather too con-
sciously decorative, and the books could not
be expected to appeal to the reader who wanted
something more than a beautiful ornament
in the library. The publication of new works
by his contemporaries could never become an
essential feature of Morris's press. The ex-
periment, therefore, had little effect upon the
general business of publishing. To-day, on
the contrary, under pressure of high manu-
facturing costs, publishers are everywhere
finding in the edition de luxe a way of escape.
The delicate problem, however, still remains
as to why subscribers for limited editions of
George Moore and Joseph Conrad can more
easily be found than for Bernard Shaw and
H. G. Wells. The book collector is frequent-
ly accused of being quite indifferent to the
contents of books. Yet it is the authors whose
works are 'mere literature' rather than intel-
Ictual treatises who are collected."
English Book-Trade News
(From Our London Correspondent)
PARIS, it is reported, is to have a national
library that will talk. The chief of the
Sorbonne Library is securing gramophone
records reproducing the voice of the great men
of modern France, including Marshal Joffre,
Marshal Foch and Marshal Petain. Famous
politicians, men of letters, and others whose
names have become household words will all
be recorded.
Perkin Warbeck is a new publisher who
starts his career with a new collection of books
entitled The Florin Series. Other forthcom-
ing books from the new publisher will be
"Mice and Other Poems," by Gerald Bullett,
"Home Made Verses," by D. B. Haseler and
R. H. D'Elboux, and "Laughing Gas," by
Marguerite Few. Mr. Perkin Warbeck in-
tends to issue novels and stories at a later date.
The famous house of W. H. Smith & Son
of London "has inaugurated the following
series of lectures :
"The Modern Novel" by W. J. Locke.
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"Character in Business" by Lord Haldane.
"Novelists of Today" by Sidney Dark.
"Poetry" by John Drinkwater.
"Bookselling from a Publisher's Point of
View" by Sir Ernest Hodder Williams.
"Dickens" by B. W. Matz.
"Points in the Mutual Relations of Em-
ployers and Employed" by Lord Asquith.
These lectures are primarily for the staff of
W. H. Smith & Sons, and those which have
already been delivered have been extraordi-
narily successful.
There is hope, we are told by a writer in
the London Daily News, of a book by Viscount
Grey on natural history and country life sub-
jects. His volume on dry-fly fishing, with its
delicate knowledge and charm of atmosphere,
is already almost a classic. His recent smaller
one, of recreation papers, and a still more re-
cent speech on habits in nature, have carried
him nearer to the large work for which pub-
lishers plague him. Its inception, and, given
that, its progress, depends greatly on his eye-
sight. The literateur who thus writes", prob-
ably knows more about what is happening in
literary London circles than anyone else.
A while since he used to have a "Writers and
Readers" column in the Daily Chronicle, but
the vicissitudes of political life caused its ces-
sation, but everyone is more than glad that the
brilliant column is being continued in the fa-
mous Daily News.
Our writer goes on to say that there is a
prospect of a good literary steeplechase in the
autumn between Mrs. Asquith's second vol-
ume of autobiography and Mr. Winston
Churchill's memoirs. Margot wants her
further pages out then, and is getting them
ready. Winston will not wish his book to
rest in the shade a moment after he has fin-
ished with it. They have the same publisher,
and he probably asks how two such spirited
works will run together.
That very clever writer in John O' London's
Weekly, who is a brilliant novelist, with an
international reputation, but who signs him-
self under the name of "Elijah True" asked
a London publisher why he bound all his nov-
els in red. He looked at me for a moment,
thinking, and then he said, "As you are not
everybody, I'll tell you. Watch women, as
I have purposely done, choosing novels at
the libraries, and you'll find that they first
look at red-bound ones. This is why I bind
mine in red; it gives them the first chance
with the woman reader, and if I get her you
can have the man."
The Bookseller commenting upon last year's
happenings in the British book world said on
reviewing the season's output, it was gener-
ally said that, with some notable exceptions,
there were fewer really good books than usual,
and in the case of expensive illustrated gift
books, again with exceptions, this was specially
•noticeable. Children's books, on the other
hand, maintained a high standard of excel-
lence. Spiritualistic literature was in good de-
mand, but was somewhat difficult to handle,
as sometimes one popular book seemed unable
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to maintain its popularity against newcomers
in the same field. The fact that children's books
were so excellent suggests that the boy and
girl are being more carefully catered for, and
perhaps that may be the result of the far
reaching efforts being made in America to put
the right book in the child's hands. This
movement cannot be too earnestly pursued.
In the social section of the Daily Mail we
read that despite the obligations of Parliament
and his duties as Colonial Secretary, Mr. Win-
ston Churchill continues hard at work on his
book upon the war, which may be published
next year. It will consist of two volumes, the
first ranging from 1911, when Germany tried
to force France at Agadir, up to August, 1914,
when the World War began. The second vol-
ume will be longer. It will begin with the
outbreak of war and end with the signing of
peace. Not only will Mr. Churchill give per-
sonal impressions of fighting on the front, but
he will also cover the conflict ashore an.l afloat,
and review the entire struggle in rela+: to the
Empire's share in it and his own efforts. The
book is to be published by Messrs. Butter-
worth in England, and by Messrs. Scribner in
America.
Temple Thurston's new play "The Wander-
ing Jew" has achieved an extraordinary suc-
cess. It was put on in London early in Sep-
tember, and is still drawing crowded houses,
and it looks as if it would do so for a long
time to come. Matheson Lang reaches high
water mark in his portrayal of the Jew. Some
day the play will go to the provinces, but not
while Londoners are rushing to see it in thou-
sands. When it does, Matheson Lang will go
with it. The play appeared in Holland (Am-
sterdam) the, other day, with Louis de Vries
in the title role. The audience gave the pro-
duction an ovation. Sir Frank Benson is tak-
ing it to South Africa ; while it will, in the
near future, appear in Sweden. America will
have the opportunity of seeing it this fall.
Negotiations are in train for the appearance
of the play in many other countries. The
book form of the play in London has reached
its third impression. The Putnams are the
publishers, and they will issue it in America,
at the same time that the play appears. Temple
Thurston is now probably at the height of his
career. "The Wandering Jew" has placed him
in the front rank of living dramatists, he is
easily one of the most successful novelists of
the day, he writes delightful verse, and charm-
ing essays, while 'his films are to be seen every-
where. The cinematograph version of "The
City of Beautiful Nonsense" is extraordinarily
beautiful. His new novel is to be called "The
Green Bough."
Here are the twelve most popular nov-
elists in Australia : Ethel Dell, Rex Beach,
Marie Corelli, Zane Grey, Florence Barclay,
Hall Caine, R. W. Chambers, Peter Kyne,
Ridgwell Cullum, W. J. Locke, Gene Stratton
Porter, Mary Roberts Rinehart. It is most
interesting to note that six are English and
six are American authors.
April I, 1921
1045
McFee's Sea Library
FRANK SHAY in 'his collection of "Sailor
Chanties" entitled "Iron Men and Wooden
Ships" has macje the following dedication :
"TO THREE KINDRED SOULS :
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
LEWIS JACKSON
JOHN GOODWIN KIDD
WHO, THO NOT OF THE SEA, ARE OF THE STUFF
OF DEEPWATER SAILORS."
If this were the good old days of patrons,
it would seem as if this little volume were
to go out under extremely favorable auspices
in spite of its slender size. On the back cover
is printed "William McFee's Sea Library:"
"Tom Cringle's Log" by Michael Scott
"Two Years Before the Mast0 by R. H. Dana
"Midshipman Easy" by Captain Marryat
"Captains Courageous" by Rudyard Kipling
'The Flying Cloud" by Morley Roberts
"Cruise of the Cachalot" by Frank T. Bullen
"Log of a 'Sea Waif" by Frank T. Bullen
"The Salving of a Derelict" by Maurice
Drake
"The Grain Carriers" by Edward Noble
"Marooned" by Clark Russell
"Typhoon" by Joseph Conrad
"Toilers of the Sea" by Victor Hugo
"An Iceland Fisherman" by Pierre Loti
"The Sea Surgeon" by Gabrielle D' Annunzio
"The Sea Hawk" by Sabatini
"A good many of these," writes Mr. McFee,
"need no comment. Attention is not drawn
to the individual items, but to the balance of
the -whole. That is the test of the list. But
there is good balance, a balance of power, and
a balance of mere weight or prestige. It is
power we are after here.
"Only deep-water sailors would be able to
take this suggested library to sea with them,
because a sailor only reads at sea. When a
landward breeze brings the odor of alien lands
thru the open scuttle one closes the book, and
if one is a normal and rational kind of chap
and the quarantine regulations permit, goes
ashore."
A Bookshop in Stratford
MANY Americans will be interested to
know, says Shan Bullock, London corre-
spondent of the Chicago Evening Post, that the
great distributing firm, W. H. Smith & Son, are
about to build a bookshop on the site in High
street, Stratford-on-Avon, wherein Shake-
speare's second daughter, Judith, who was twin
sister of Harriet, lived with her husband,
Thomas Quiney. in a house called "The Cage,"
at the corner of Bridge street. Quiney"s lease
of "The Cage" ran from 1616 to 1652. He
himself was a vintner, a man of property and
a town councilor. But trouble found him at
last, and he died poor in London ; but Judith
died in Stratford, aged 77. Portions of the
old house still exist, and these, so far as pos-
sible, will be preserved in the new building.
New Members
THE Membership Committee of the Amer-
ican Booksellers' Association, thru John
G. Kidd, of Stewart & Kidd Company, Cin-
cinnati, has been making a new canvass for
members preliminary to the coming Conven-
tion, and many new names are reported as
coming to hand. Among those received this
month are: Range Office Supply Company,
Virginia, Minn.; H. F. Wetter, c/o Huber
Bros., Fon du Lac., Wis. ; Charles R. Brock-
mann, c/o Brockmann's, Charlotte, N. C. ;
Ward Printing Company, Washington, Pa. ;
Mrs. E. J. Strong, c/o Strong's Bookstore,
Albuquerque, New Mexico; American Baptist
Publication Society, Boston.
AT 'LANTIC CITY
VISITING PUBLISHER — "HEARD ABOUT THE BIG
FEATURE ?"
VISITING BOOKSELLER — "NOPE, WHAT IS IT?"
THE v. P. — "THE REFRESHMENT COMMITTEE is
GOING TO FLOAT THE BOARDWALK OUT BEYOND
THE THREE MILE LIMIT."
Printing Exhibition
PUBLISHERS and students generally of
the printing arts will be interested in the
National Printing Exhibition to be held in
New York during the week of April 25th at
the I2th Regiment Armory. Man^ of the im-
provements on machinery, which have been
held secret, will have a public demonstration
for the first time on opening night, and there
will also be exhibited a new process, for which
a big company has been formed, said to be so
radical that it will revolutionize the lithograph-
ing business.
Inventive genius has given much attention
to printing machinery during the past four
years, and the result in the fine work, speed
and convenience which has been achieved will
be seen and studied by the visitors.
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The Publishers' Weekly
Good Book-Making
TWO interesting examples of appropriate
and striking book binding come from
Houghton Mifflin Company, "Hunting the
Fox" 'by Willoughby De Broke, very appro-
priately bound with a bright red linen back
and neat label, and with the title printed in
red on the board side. The book itself is of
English printing, but the binding has been
done on this side. Also, "Cactus Center," a
volume of poems by Arthur Chapman, bound
in green buckram and a dull green side with
a conventionalized cactus design in dark green
that is particularly appropriate and well ex-
ecuted.
Putnam's have made an attractive book of
their "Mirrors of Downing Street," the many
portraits being well placed in relation to the
text matter, so that the famous Englishmen
catch the eye of anyone who picks up the
volume.
Marshall Jones has added a second volume
to its Amherst Books, a series that is being
well managed, both as to typography and bind-
ing. There is a peculiar pleasure in these
days in finding a book with a gilt top, so sel-
dom are they seen. This second volume of
the series is Professor Genung's "The Life
Indeed."
Knopf has used one of his characteristic
bindings very effectively in Conrad Aiken's
"Punch, the Immortal Liar." A feature of
many Knopf books which is appreciated by
the readers and should be much welcomed by
the author is the printing, opposite to the
title page, of a list of the author's previous
works, regardless of whether they are on the
Knopf list or not.
A nature book in which the problem of
placing illustrations and the printing in gen-
eral has been exceptionally well worked out
is "Plantation Gam# Trails" by Archibald
Rutledge (Houghton" Mifflin Co.). The half-
tones, tho small, are extremely well printed
on special insert paper.
A broad octavo of very pleasing appear-
ance has been designed by Macmillan for
the publishing of Agnes Laut's "The Fur
Trade of America," and a red cloth bind-
ing with gilt back, characteristic of its
dignified custom. The use of the lining paper
as the place for the map has some disad-
vantages as bringing a small section into the
crease, but at the same time the convenience
of this offsets the disadvantage, as the map
cannot become torn out or damaged and is
always instantly turned to, no matter what part
of the text -is being read.
Alfred Fowler, of Kansas City, whose publi-
cations of book-plate material have placed the
public so much is -his debt, has just issued a
slender volume of great beauty entitled "J. J.
Lankes-Painter-Engraver on Wood" by Bolton
Brown. The reproduction of the wood-cuts is
beautiful, indeed, and will give real pleasure
to the lover of Bewick. The typography and
binding are simple, in keeping with the char-
acter of the book, and the little tail-piece be-
low the list of illustrations is one of the best
of the wood-cuts.
A book catalog from the Dunster Bookshop
in Cambridge deserves attention as a piece of
printing, and the magic initials B. R. in the
back explain why the format is so extremely
pleasing. The catalog is a i6-page list of
books from the library of John Williams
White, printed at the press of William E.
;R,udge from layout by Bruce Rogers. The
use of the dull red on the cover and for sub-
headings has been most delicately worked out
as only Rogers could. It seems a loss to the
book-trade that there should not be more of
his work in book form rather than in catalogs
or commercial advertising, as a great printer
must certainly be remembered longer by a
book, no matter how simple, than by the best
of Packard advertisements.
Bruce Rogers has also printed for Small,
Maynard & Company a beautiful little vol-
ume in his best style, the work having been
done at the Rudge Press in Yonkers. The
book is called "The Journal of . Madame
Knight," a limited edition, containing a folded
map of Southern New England, showing
Madame Knight's trip, and bound in half
cloth with a very attractive pattern.
Mr. Updike's genius in book planning ^ is still
following the fine series of "Scandinavian
Classics," which is being published by the
American- Scandinavian Foundation, the series
now reaching the sixteenth volume. These
books are a joy to the eye and a pleasure to
handle, both in typography, binding and gen-
eral effectiveness.
Huebsch has made a small octavo of "The
Journal of Rosalind," a clean-cut piece of
press-work, and with a half cloth binding,
with the board side imprinted with the seven
branch candlesticks.
A pair of handsome octavos that arc at-
tractive to handle and read are the two vol-
umes made by Scribner of "The Life of
W'hitelaw Reid" by Royal Cortissoz. The type
page is particularly attractive for biography,
and, the blue binding and gilt back are of suit-
able dignity.
A decidedly pleasant page of type is shown
in "Father Allan's Island" by Amy Murray,
published by Harcourt Brace & Company.
There is much use of italics required in the
book, and the font used has a decorative value
that makes the page even more pleasant to the
eve than would be a solid page of Roman.
The volume has gone thru the presses with
real care, and the impression of the type is of
a true and even character.
April 2, 1921
1047
A New Canadian Trade Paper
THE Canadian Stationer and Book-Trade
Journal has been launched at Toronto by
Findlay I. Weaver, who has 'been for ten years
the editor of the Canadian Bookseller and
Stationer, published by M. A. MacLean Pub-
lishing Company. Before entering into its edi-
torial work, Mr. Weaver had had practical
experience as a retail bookseller and stationer
in Kitchener, Ontario, and therefore comes to
the new field with good equipment. Mr.
Weaver has been very active in general book-
trade matters in Canada outside of his edi-
torial work.
Record of American Book Produc-
tion, March 1921*
By Origin
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Publications English
and Other
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In March, 1920, 427 new books, 78 new editions
d 188 pamphlets, a total of 693, were recorded.
A Good Book Review
THE characteristics of a good book review
were outlined by Henriette Weber in the
Chicago Journal of Commerce of March
5, as follows:
A veteran newspaper editor was once ap-
proached as to his definition of a successful
editorial. His recipe was simple: "First, have
something to say and know what you are talk-
ing about. Second, say it as simply and di-
rectly as you can. Third, quit." That is almost
as terse as Oliver Wendell Holmes' definition
of a pink tea: "Giggle, gabble, gobble and
git."
Now, while brevity is not the soul of a
book review, saying it "as simply and directly
as you can" is. You may put personality into
your opinion of a book, in fact you should do
so, if what you have to give is to be of any
value, but you should convey your ideas to
the reader by the short cut of a straight line.
Digression and deviation distract without im-
pressing. Holding to your point of view, un-
til you have hammered it into the conscious-
ness of your audience is what gets you some-
where. The impression you give of a book
should mean something. Hiding your light
under the bushel of fine but empty phrasing,
filling1 your "space" by the silly subterfuge
of producing a kind of movie scenario outline
of the plot (if it be fiction), or treating a
"heavier" work by the easy method of making
an endless chain of the chapter heads with a
word or two between by way of circumvent-
ing the missing link — all these tricks of the
"easy" review turn the book review guilty of
it, into hack work.
Leave something to your reader's imagina-
tion, stir his curiosity, excite his suspicion, if
you must, but whatever you do, treat your
reader as tho he had some intelligence. Some-
times he actually has more than the book re-
viewer!
Talking about a book, in your newspaper, is
a privilege, not a job, and this medium between
the potential buyer of books and the publisher
may as easily be a magnet as a deterrent.
After all there is much news in books and
their authors, much that every harried man
and woman will pause to glance thru, even
in the usual scurried reading of the daily
paper. And that is just as true of anything
written about any of the arts, not only litera-
ture. But there must be a point of human
contact, or your review falls into the limbo of
dead things where abide the technical criticism
that delights to expatiate on the F sharp in
the third measure of a Bach prelude, or the
faulty brush stroke in the lower left hand
corner of the second painting in the third
line of the fourth room in the new art ex-
hibition.
Details are justifiable only when you watch
votir details. Saying it "simply and directly"
is an art too little practiced. Wasn't it Mme.
de Stael who wrote to a friend: "Pardon this
long letter. I had no time to write a short
one"?
1048
The Publishers' Weekly
Religious Book Week and After
THE efforts of the Committee interested in
furthering the sale of religious books led
to a remarkable amount of book pub-
licity which could hardly have helped to stim-
ulate the interest in religious books and re-
ligious reading in all parts of the country;
and the Committee, having reviewed the re-
sults, has decided to take up the effort again
next fall and plan for further study on the
problem of religious books and their distribu-
tion.
Much of the publicity, of course, was in the
channels not usually watched by the book-trade
in general, but the general magazines as well
as the special religious press did give the
subject unusual attention. The Literary
Digest reproduced a poster and gave an ac-
count of the effort; as did the Independent;
and the New York Times in its Book Sup-
plement, the New York Herald in its Sunday
Book Section, and many other leading papers
gave prominent attention to the idea. Special
Religious Book Week numbers containing an
extraordinary amount of interesting and stim-
ulating material appeared in such papers as
the Baptist, March 5th; the Intelligencer,
March 2nd; Christian Register, March igth;
Lutheran Christian Herald, March 8th ; Sun-
day School Times, February 26th; and in the
Continent, the Watchword, the Central Chris-
tian Advocate, Presbyterian of the South, Neiv
Era Magazine, etc. Over a score of special
articles were contributed for use for the cen-
tral headquarters by well known writers.
The large religious organizations took an
unusual interest in the effort, and over 30,000
clergymen were circularized directly by let-
ters from denominational headquarters, 17,000
Books In Baby Week
THERE might be considerable good work
done by the bookstores in connecting their
merchandise with the now nationally ob-
served Baby Week of the spring. There are
no more steadily selling books in the average
store than books about babies and their care,
and none that can be sold with greater satis-
faction. Baby Week is not observed on the
same dates, but is usually celebrated in the first
week in May or the last in April.
The tendency in this direction has been de-
veloping for about five years, and the first call
for its observance was sent out by the Chil-
dren's Bureau in the Department of Labor.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs
was co-operating with them. In 1916 out of
fifty cities of 100,000 population only three
failed to plan celebrations. Some states so
fully developed the propaganda that there was
scarcely a town that did not have its Baby
Week. Booksellers who are in department
stores will find it easy to connect their titles up
with the displays in other departments, and
those who run bookshops can find the dates at
which the Baby Week is to be observed.
on the Methodist mailing list, 6,000 on the
Presbyterian, 8,000 on the Baptist. Many of
the stores also circularized the churches, and
women's clubs and public libraries in numer-
ous states took up the matter.
One bookstore in the west reported that
Religious Book Week and his emphasis on a
Bible sale the following week really put his
store on the map in the town. One of the
strictly religious bookstores reported that the
first days of Religious Book Week were like
Christmas shopping days. One large depart-
ment store which printed a small selected list
in the local papers found that it brought an
unusual response.
The Committee in charge were Frederic G.
Melcher, Chairman, representing the National
Association of Book Publishers; S. Edgar
Briggs, of Fleming H. Revell Company ; F. M.
Braselman, of the Presbyterian Board of Pub-
lication; William Thomson, of Thomas Nel-
son Sons; H. B. Hunting, of the Religious
Bookshop of the Associated Press ; and Marion
Humble, executive in charge. Twenty publish-
ers of religious books contributed to cover
a budget of $1940, the largest item of ex-
penditure being for posters, of which 10,000
were distributed. Fliers supplemented this,
and 3500 circulars of suggestions for display
and reaching the community were sent out to
booksellers.
The Committee ask that any bookseller who
has had any special experience with this week
or any newspaper clippings showing advertis-
ing or publicity send it to headquarters at
334 Fifth Avenue for study and for future
benefit.
Is the Public Holding Back?
IN one of the signed editorials which are
such a well-known feature of the Wana-
maker advertising Mr. Wanamaker writes, in
the newspapers of March 4th, on "An Aval-
anche of New Books" :
"Books are still dear and cannot be other-
wise until there is more pulp to make paper
and its costs can be lowered; but the pub-
lishers and binders might meet the desire of
the public, which has for three years accepted
their high rates, but is now holding back, ex-
pecting reductions."
This report of retarded sales differs some-
what from the figures received from some
of the other centers. Mrs. Hahner of Mar-
shall Field & Co. and Mr. Henry of Carson,
Pirie & Scott, Chicago, report January and
February ahead of last year and a report from
Mrs. Morris of J. L. Hudson Co., Cleveland
gives the same statement.
No complete canvass of department store
conditions is available but there is quite ap-
parently a confident feeling as to 1921 pros-
pects in most sections.
April 2, 1921
1649
First Editions
THE present increasing attention that is
being given to the collection of first edi-
tions of living writers is commented on by
the New York Times' London correspondent.
A number of London booksellers are special-
izing on these books, and the demand is run-
ning very largely to the collecting of the
poets. Rupert Brooke's "Poems," published
only ten years ago, is now selling for six
guineas, and the first edition of "The Ever-
lasting Mercy" is offered at three pounds
fifteen shillings. Masefield's "Salt Water
Ballads" has appeared in New York priced
at fifty dollars. Curiously enough, Bernard
Shaw has not gained from his interest as
much as other writers.
That these editions are already suffering
from the introduction of forged title pages is
commented on by the correspondent. Joseph
Conrad's "Chance," first issued in 1913, has
appeared in the book market with a fraudu-
lent title page. It is an unusual thing that a
book of so recent a date should thus become
the victim of this type of fraud.
Doubleday, Page says: "Tampercrs witn
rare editions seem to feel a peculiar attraction
for Conrad's 'firsts.' Close upon the discovery
that there -were two 'first' editions of 'Chance/
a real and a faked one, Mr. Wise, Conrad's
bibliographer, has found that 'A Set of Six'
has also been tampered with by some un-
scrupulous person. There is an issue in which
the double leaf carrying the half-title and title
page is bogus. The double leaf is pasted upon
the stub remaining after the original had been
cut away and can be detected by the difference
of ink and paper, the latter being perceptibly
thinner and harder than the companion
sheets.
HP HE real experiences of a book buyer in
1 endeavoring to get his needs fulfilled at
the average bookstore is a kind of report
that booksellers are always interested to
get. and one of the interesting addresses at
the recent meeting of the New York Book-
sellers' League brought forward just that
type of comment from Charles Lewis Hind,
an Englishman now living in this country,
arid well-known as an author and lecturer.
Mr. Hind mentioned the following recent
experiences :
He endeavored to buy books that he need-
ed in December and found stocks and clerks
in such pandemonium that no one seemed to
be able -to concentrate on his problem long
enough to answer a reasonable question.
Another time he went into a store in what
proved to be a Valentine season and found
everybody so busy selling Valentines that the
book department went by the board. In an-
other case he asked a clerk on the retail floor
of a publishing house about ^ a certain book
of theirs, and the clerk failed entirely to
recognize a title in their own catalog. In
Bookstore Criticism
a Quebec bookstore he asked a clerk for
Howell's "A Chance Acquaintance," the
famous novel whose scenes are laid in Quebec,
but the clerk had never heard of it.
These, he pointed out as some of the dis-
couragements to a book buyer. On the other
hand, he pointed to the type of bookselling
that he believed was increasing the sale of
books, the store where books were sold with
enthusiasm, the store where the buyer had a
personal contact with someone who recog-
nized him and gradually had a better idea of
his special needs and interests. He believed
also in the present tendency toward the small
bookshop, as it gave a feeling of intimacy
and bookishness that appealed to a wide
range of book lovers.
Graphomania
IN a communication to the French Academy
M. Bergson describes graphomania as a dis-
ease which manifests itself by an inordinate
desire to write and to attach exaggerated im-
portance to that which one writes.
"The graphomaniac," he says, "is a man
who is a prey to the irresistible need of writ-
ing. It is an impulse, obsession, passion — it
matters little the word we use to describe it.
It is the fixity of the desire to which during
the time of the affection almost excludes all
other endeavor.
"In the literary form of this disease the sub-
ject copies and reproduces every thought
which comes to him. Probably he once pro-
duced original work, but when he gets this dis-
ease he cannot produce original work, yet
nevertheless continues to write and write. The
worse his writings get the greater grows his
opinion of his writings. He becomes con-
vinced that humanity demands the publication
of his works. His dream is to fix upon him-
self the attention of the public. His hap-
piness is to read his name everywhere. He
-Undertakes to persuade critics to think well of
him when they cannot.
"The disease may take other forms, as,
for instance, the desire to write one's name.
The subject writes his name everywhere he
can put it, on books, trees, walls, benches,
everywhere. There is also epistolary gra-
phomania, when the subject has an irresistible
passion to write letters, sending them to per-
sons he scarcely knows, and even writing to
himself."
Lectures in the Bookshop
THE Book and Art Store of E. Weyhe,
New York recently has been giving a
course of lectures with open discussion on art
subjects, arranged by the Societe Anonyme.
The shop is an informal and attractive place
with small tho interesting exhibits and a good
collection of art books, both old and new.
Such little galleries become interesting cen-
ters for congenial people, and the books find a
happy background in the exhibits.
The Publishers' Weekly
In The Field of Retail Advertising
WHAT DO YOU
GET OUT OF BOOKS?
Your own experience, large as it may be,
must necessarily be limited. Literature will broaden
it. Your impressions are so many and varied that
it is often difficult to examine them clearly. Litera-
ture will clarify your impressions.
Books render two distinct services. They enlarge
your experience and make its meaning clear.
Books that will help you interpret life will be
found on our shelves as soon as they are on sale.
Shall we send you our free Monthly Book
Bulletin ? It gives the titles and brief outlines of
the best books of the month.
Buy a Book a Week
YOU'LL feel THE WELCOME IN OUR STORE
THE BURROWS BROTHERS CO.
633-637 EUCLID AVENUE
Advertising Children's Books
How the Children Would Like to Have It Done
IN the discussion of the advertising and pro-
motion of books for children there has been
an obvious omission in forgetting to ask
the children themselves for comments on this
subject. Mr. Elmer C. Adams of the Chip-
pewa Book and Stationery Company, Chip-
pewa Falls, has recently endeavored to get
the children's point of view on this subject.
He offered to a teacher of English six books
suitable for both boys and girls which would
be used as prizes for those who would write
the best essay on "Advertising of Books" Every
pupil in the South Side School entered into
the contest, and ^Tiss Marie C. Cuddy, the
teacher who arranged the event, has sent in a
summary of the opinions, which are as follows :
Ideas on Selling Children's Books
1. Know your stock. Know what books ap-
peal to children of various ages. Be ready to
suggest books for a child of any age or type.
2. Use trading stamps.
3. Raffle.
4. Have books on shelf. On Saturday one
of these books will be the "lucky book." If
a child purchases he may ask for any book.
Should the one he calls for be the "lucky" one,
he will get it free.
5. In July give gifts of firecrackers with
sales of a certain amount.
6. In June feature books for outings — Boy
Scouts, Campfire Girls, First Aids, etc.
7. Have a grab bag.
8. Story hour. Let some teacher or high
school girl tell stories — small children at one
hour. Only enough of a good story will be
told to make it sell that book.
9. In April feature bird, flower and garden
books (Use Victrolas here, too.)
10. Auction fiction books.
11. Have a Victrola and play Riley and
other records. Feature books by these people.
Use posters. By consulting teachers about
plans in school work, it would help to push
sale on certain authors.
12. Reading table. Arrange books and let
children read. One half hour limit. Interest
would be aroused and books sold. If books
from "sets" were used, it would make better
advertising.
13. Select a very interesting part of a story
and use it on advertising material to arouse,
interest.
14. Use punch board and give books as
prizes.
April 2, 1921
1051
15. Person buying largest number of books
in given month gets one free.
16. Lowest cash sale day.
17. Fish pond — cardboard box with fishes
numbered. Cast a line and hook a fish. The
"lucky" number wins a book. Charge five
cents a cast.
18. In November push all books on out-
door winter sports.
19. Loan books to teachers and have part
of a story read to pupils. This would create
interest. Use "sets" for this, as "Little Colonel"
and many books would be sold from the read-
ing of one.
20. Arrange with Parent-Teacher Clubs to
have talks on "Children's Books." Get the
parents interested in the right books for
pupils.
21. Post the list of the Wisconsin Reading
Circle and push books on this list.
22. Use attractive posters to call attention
to books— as "Peter Rabbit," "Little Orphan
Annie." The posters could be made in the
schools.
*23- Get co-operation of movies. When an
adaptation of a book is to be shown, push sale
of that book, as "Tarzan of the Apes" — this
would help sell all Tarzan books.
It seems quite evident that children like to
have something happen in the store. The fact
that the bookshop is merely a place for book-
stock does not appeal to them. Something
ought to be happening, some event to catch the
fancy of the young people.
A bookseller would probably decide that
there were a number of these suggestions that
would not quite be in keeping with his usual
business methods of selling and might not
bring sufficient total results to justify the ef-
fort, such suggestions as a fish pond or a
raffle or a grab bag-, yet in the twenty-three
suggestions there are a number of ideas that
are sound both from the dealer's point of view
and from the youngster's interest, and such a
consensus of opinion is well worth the con-
sideration of the bookseller who realizes the
importance of this department, and a similar
contest might bring attention to his store.
Britannica Sales
IN connection with the publicity on the three
supplemental volumes of the Cambridge edi-
tion of the Encyclopedia Britannica the pub-
lishers make many interesting statements with
regard to the sales that have been achieved
on the eleventh edition. It is stated that 75,000
sets of the Cambridge edition were sold in this
country, and 125,000 of the photographic re-
prints in handy form were sold thru the Sears,
Roebuck & Company, who now own the plates
and copyrights on both editions. These totals
translated into money give some indication of
the tremendous bookselling organization that
was needed to give success to so large an
undertaking. The publishers also state that
over 700 editors have supplied articles for the
new volumes, of whom 137 are American.
" Penny
for Your
Thoughts
Of course, that's only a
facetious colloquialism.
But suppose you did make
an inventory of your mind's
contents — and you were
allowed one penny per
thought.
How do you stand —
pauper or millionaire ?
Ten to one, if you could
make a respectable cerebral
income-tax report, you read
good books.
Just consider how many
worth-while thoughts you
can accumulate from one
good book.
And when you consider
that, as the sage remarked,
"Wisdom is better than
rubies" —
"Buy a Book a Week"
is almost superfluous advice,
isn't it ?
Chicago Daily News
10=2
The Publishers' Weekly
Illinois Booksellers Meet
THE Executive Committee of the Illinois
Stationers' and Booksellers' Association
has made plans for the Sixth Annual Con-
vention to be held in Rock Island the first week
in May. The Committee consists of E. O.
Vaile, Jr., President, of the Vaile Company,
Rock Island; Fred Greenwood, Vice-President,
of Woodworth's Bookstores, Chicago; G. A.
Rathgeber, Secretary-treasurer, of Rathgeber
Brothers, Murphysboro; Albert Varley of the
High School Store, Chicago; and W. R. Es-
sicks, of Haines & Essicks, Decatur, 111. Busi-
ness sessions will be held morning and after-
noon of Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3rd and
4th ; a banquet Wednesday evening ; and
Thursday morning, the 5th, will be reserved for
seeing the three cities of Rock Island and
Moline, 111. ; and Davenport, Iowa ; and the
Rock Island Arsenal as the guests of the local
dealers. All the stationers and booksellers
of Iowa are to be invited to attend the con-
vention. This plan should also attract many
department store managers, druggists and gift
shop dealers. There is promise of something
valuable for every dealer in anyway connected
with the selling of stationery and books,
whether in the very small cities or in the larger
centers.
The registration fee is five dollars and will
cover all the expense of the convention. The
co-operation of the officers of the National As-
sociation of Stationers and Manufacturers,
American Booksellers' Association, Greeting
Card Association, and National Association of
Book Publishers has been invited that the ses-
sions may be closely correlated to the work
being undertaken by these national organiza-
tions. Every stationer in Illinois and Iowa is
invited and urged to attend this convention.
Manufactures" representatives who wish to
Have their lines on display will be requested
not to open their displays until Thursday noon
so as not to conflict with the business sessions.
Custom House Decision on Books
in Two Languages
AN interesting case has just been brought
up before the General Appraisers of New
York with regard to a proper entry for cus-
tom duty on books printed in two languages.
P. H. Petry protested against the levying of a
duty of 15% on certain foreign language
'books, "French for the Traveler," etc. on the
ground, first, that they were textbooks, an6,
second, that they were books in foreign
language.
The first claim was dismissed on the grounds
of previous decisions that decided that a text-
book does not mean all books that can be used
as texts, but books that are peculiarly and
specially planned for school purposes.
On the second issue it was ruled that three
of the five books exhibited could come in duty
free because there was more of the foreign
language printed in them than the English,
and the Russian-English and Spanish-English
volumes were dutiable at 15% because they
contained less of the foreign language than
of the English printed matter.
This would usually mean that a book printed
with each language on an opposite page would
have its classification settled by the introduc-
tory matter which -would throw the balance
of printing to either one side or the other.
Packages To Austria
ACTING in behalf of the Vienna office,
senders of parcel-post packages are
hereby requested to consider the marking of
packages lor Austria, with the notation "if
undeliverable, delivery to the poor," or with
some similar notation to indicate the wishes
of the sender, in case the return of the un-
delivered package is not desired.
Packages which are returned from Austria,
as undeliverable, are subject to the payment
of charges, made up of a sum equal to that
originally paid for postage and the sum due
for "a return transit charge," imposed by the
Austrian postal administration, varying from
40 to 55 cents, for each package, according
to its weight.
Supports Copyright Revision
THE movement toward a revision of our
Copyright Law and the elimination from
the American statutes of the manufacturing-
clause has received the support of the Actors'
Equity Association, who add their influence to
the work of the Authors' League in asking
the American Federation of Labor to with-
draw its objections to such legislation. Many
of the Union men have turned very strongly
toward an approval of this change, and some
members have expressed their wish to be gov-
erned by the action of the Equity Association
on this matter.
Unharvested Fields of Romance
IN an article on "Unharvested Fields of Ro-
mance" in the March ipth Independent,
Preston Slosson says : "By this time there is
probably no country too distant in place and
no age too distant in time to have been hon-
ored by an occasional historical novel. But
for all that the general current of popular fic-
tion tends to seek well-worn channels. This
is probably because the novelist is in a hurry
and finds it more convenient to use a ready-
made pattern than to think out an original
one. . . .
"Science ihas many uses, and not the least
of them is supplying wings to the creative im-
agination. But of what avail are the wings
if the author does not try them on? Anyone
who knows how to write a good story and
can understand a scientific paper has only
himself to blame if he is ever at a loss for
a plot. It is solely due to the laziness or
ignorance of romancers that most novels have
nothing 'novel' about them but the name."
April 2, 1921
1053
An Uncorrec/erf Galley
HOW TO SELL 'EM
Canvasser: May I have a few moments of
your time?
Prospect: Yes, if you will be brief. What
can I do for you ; I'm a man of few words.
Canvasser: Just the man I'm looking for.
My specialty is dictionaries.
YO! HO! AND A BOTTLE OF RUM!
In Brinsley MacNamara's latest novel, "In
Clay and in Bronze" (Brentano), Martin
Duignan's father has two vices. He period-
ically gets drunk and when in his cups he al-
ways indulges in an orgy of book buying. If
all readers were like that the publishers would
do well to change their well known slogan to
"Buy a bottle a week."
Edward Anthony in New York Herald.
MENCKEN'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
"Our readers may be interested in hearing
that we have begun upon our life work, a su-
preme opus, with excerpts and footnotes,"
writes Keith Preston in the Chicago Daily
News. "The work will be entitled as follows :
MENCKEN'S BOOK OF MARTYRS, or WHAT TO
DO TO WIN A BALTIMORE AUREOLE.
"The work will begin with Dreiser wor-
ship, Cabell cultus, the censor, and how he put
the martyr's crown on both. Other martyrs
will be added as they are made and officially
recognized by Mr. Mencken at Baltimore."
A CELEBRATION OF MODERN TIMES
We enter now a complicated phase,
Hard to hit off in any single phrase.
I want a word connoting evolution ;
Sound reform, industrial revolution;
A higher birthrate and a lower rent;
New Worlds for Old ; Research Magnificent.
Such words are hard to find, yet there is one —
I almost blush to use it— WELLSIAN.
— From "Wells' Springs of History" in The
Literary Review.
A RUSSIAN HYMN OF HATE
Antipathy against printing and everything
else connected with it seems to be engrained
in the Russian official mind — whether in Tzar
Nicholas' or Tzar Lenin's day. A good story
illustrative of this went the rounds in War-
saw some few years ago. A high official at
Vilna, who had much to do with the press, and
had the native dislike of it, was asked by a
subordinate, who was going abroad on leave of
absence, whether he could execute any com-
missions for his chief. Yes — if he was pass-
ing thru Frankfurt. The reply being in the
affirmative, the chief made an expressive
grimace of hatred. "Then," quoth he, "pray
be so kind as to look up there the monument
to Gutenberg and split* in his face!"
*This is what Mr. T. says! — [En.]
The Publishers' Circular.
War Books Still in Demand
THE following editorial recently appeared in
the New York Times.
"Further discussion seems to be deserved by
the often-heard statements to the effect that
people are tired of reading about the war and
that the author with a manuscript on that
subject, whether history or fiction, will be told
by every publisher to whom he offers it that
there is no longer a demand, and therefore no
longer a market, for literary wares of that
kind.
"As already suggested in this column, the as-
sumption that a general war weariness exists
among readers is a false one. The reception
which not a few recent war books have re-
ceived from the buying public shows that this
is not true, and the impression that it is comes
in great part as the result of a disguised pro-
paganda directed against the publishers by those
whose interest it is that talk about the war
should cease. All pacifists, all Germans and
pro-Germans, and all foes of one or more of
the nations that conquered Germany are they
who really are tired of war books and war
stories in the magazines, for all such books
an4 stories are arraignments of these folk, and
by them, with good reason, are disliked.
"But there is something more to the situation
than this, and there has been a real change in
the reading public's demand. While the war
was on, so eager was the desire to hear about it,
especially in detail from active participants,
that all they wrote had a ready sale and prompt
publication. The result was that much of what
appeared in print was of poor literary quality —
the crudely written narratives of men who had
seen or done much, but were unable to tell
well what they had seen and done. At present
only the work of really able writers is -wanted,
but that work is wanted, just as much as ever.
"Evidently some publishers and editors do
not like to say that when war manuscripts
are offered, especially by ex-soldiers, and what
they do say, when the literary merit lacks, is
that readers are tired of war. Doing this is a
mistaken kindness — an evasion of plain duty,
sparing one set of feelings only more grievously
to hurt another."
Mail for Shanghai
IT is reported that there is no city directory
issued in Shanghai, China, and that the
Chinese employed as clerks and carriers in
the United States Postal Agency can not be
required to remember names of individuals*
firms, or corporations, and in consequence-
pieces of mail matter not bearing local street
or other addresses, received from the United
States, become un deliverable as a eeneral rule.
Senders of mail to Shanghai should be re-
quested to address all mail fully, intended for
delivery thru the United States agency at thatt
place, and thus aid native carriers to make
proper delivery.
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The Publishers' Weekly
New Edition of "Bookshelf for
Boys and Girls'* Under Way
NINETY thousand copies of the second
edition of the Bookshelf for Boys and
Girls were used. Booksellers and librarians
ordered the list in quantities varying all the
way from one copy for ordering stock and
reference use to ten thousand copies for dis-
tribution from one store. Good Housekeeping
in December, 1920, printed an article on "The
Joy of the Story" by Montrose J. Moses, offer-
ing to send a selected booklist to readers who
would apply. The Bookshelf for Boys and
Girls was the list used by the magazine,
checked by Mr. Moses, to send to definite re-
quests from interested readers.
The list has been found invaluable in con-
nection with Children's Book Week. Parents
and teachers know that they can trust the
list because of its high standard of selection.
The bookseller's needs are very carefully
considered' in the making of each edition.
Children's Book Week will be held this year
November 14-20. Plans now under way in-
clude a more thoro enlistment of the women's
clubs, and a direct appeal to the schools, which
have not been reached adequately by the Week
in former years.
One bookseller wrote last year: "We found
the Book Shelf for Boys and Girls of great
value when used in conjunction with our in-
vitation to parents and the kiddies to attend
our display, reading hours, and juvenile plays
during Children's Week. We consider it the
very best medium for direct advertising avail-
able." One state superintendent of schools
wrote for copies of the list, "to put into the
hands of teachers who are to determine our
reading matter _for the coming year."
The third edition of the Bookshelf will be
in the hands of the editors whose work and
names made the list so successful in 1921 :
Clara W. Hunt, superintendent of the Chil-
dren's department, Brooklyn Public Library ;
Ruth G. Hopkins, children's librarian, Bridge-
port Public Library; Franklin K. Mathiews,
chief librarian, Boy Scouts of America. The
list will be even more attractive in appearance
than former editions. Maurice Day is at work
on a cover design. A score of booksellers
have been asked to check the titles on the list
that they probably will not re-order, so that
the list may be made as practical as possible.
Books Never on the Shelves
BOOKLISTS from varying points of view
always get good attention in the public
press, and the Syracuse Post-Standard carries
editorial entitled "Books Never on the
Shelves." This editorial is based on a report
from Paul M. Paine, the librarian of Syra-
cuse, stating that on the fist of a dozen books
which he had submitted there are always
reservations filed a month ahead at the li-
brary.
Such a list very naturally serves as an
impetus to the bookseller, as it points out
that on the books most discussed the public
library cannot begin to fill the whole city's
demands within the compass of any likely
appropriation.
Ten of the sixteen books listed are non-fic-
tion. One of the volumes of fiction has been
out over a year. One of the non-fiction books
is published by its author, and two are
books on self-improvement that have been
largely promoted by magazine page space.
The list is as'follows :
A. J. Beveridge— "Life of John Marshall."
"The Americanization of Edward Bok."
Philip Gibbs— "Now It Can Be Told."
Margot Asquith's Autobiography.
H. G. Wells— "Outline of History."
Sinclair Lewis — "Main Street."
Edith Wharton— -"The Age of Innocence."
Alexander Black— "The Great Desire."
Rose Macaulay — "Potterism."
The "Tarzan" stories.
Ethel M. Dell— "Top of the World."
Frank Channing Haddock — "Power of
Will."
Blackford — "Analyzing Character."
Upton Sinclair— "The Brass Check"
Frederick O'Brien— "White Shadows in the
South Seas."
Harry A. Franck — "Roaming Through the
West Indies."
Germany Solicits Printing
AMERICAN publishers have recently re-
ceived circular letters from a B'erlin
printer and book-maker, which are of interest
as showing that Germany considers that costs
are now on such a footing that she can favor-
ably solicit business, even as far away as New
York. To quote the letter:
"We are able to print books for you at a moderate
price, the costs for printing and binding, as well as
for paper, being, as you know, comparatively low in
Germany. Being ourselves publishers, we may find
out the best and, for your purpose, the most ad-
vantageous printers, book-binders, etc. We can also
get the allowance of export.
"If you are interested in having your books printed
here, please send samples of your publications and
give information about the necessary details, that we
may make our calculations and tell you our terms."
Canadian Book-trade Organization
A PRELIMINARY meeting looking toward
organization was held in Toronto March
22 by a group of Canadian retail booksellers.
Many dealers from out of town attended the
Convention, and others have written promising
support. On March 25, the Booksellers' and
Stationers' Association of Canada was organ-
ized in Toronto. The following officers were
elected: President, C L. Nelles, Guelph ; First
Vice-president, A. H. Jarvis, Ottawa; Secre-
tary-Treasurer, F. I. Weaver, Toronto. A
member of the Executive Committee for each
province will be elected later, the elections be-
ing carried on by mail. These officers will
hold office until the general convention in
Toronto in August, at the time of the Cana-
dian Industrial Exposition.
April 2, 1921
1055
Women and Bookselling
A Monthly Department of News and Theory — Edited by Virginia Smith Cowper
MANY of the American book-shops have
made poetry a special subject for their
clientele, but Mrs. Terence B. Holliday,
of the Holliday Book-shop, 10 West Forty-
seventh Street, presents to the public the work
of the Irish poet, William Butler Yeats, in
an especially attractive form. These poems,
mostly the shorter ones, are printed on deco-
rated cardboard, and hand-colored by Jack B.
Yeats, a brother of the poet. Beside the text,
there are often scenes of Ireland depicted in
delicate coloring, with Irish folk in quaint cos-
tumes. These cards make a decided addition
to the collection of wall cards. The Hollidays
import them from the Cuala Press, Dundrum
Co., Dublin, Ireland.
The regular meeting of the Women's Na-
tional Book Association will be held on Thurs-
day evening, April 21, at the Children's Book-
shop, 5 West Forty-seventh Street. This
promises to be an exceptionally interesting
meeting. One of the speakers will talk on
the important subject, "How a Woman Can
Finance Her Own Business." This speaker,
Mrs. Estelle Guillenont, of the Woman's Se-
urity Corporation, will undoubtedly throw light
on the subject which has kept many women
from opening their own book-shops, who
have, either thru fear or from the lack of
proper knowledge regarding financial proced-
ure, not dared to turn their book knowledge
to their own advantage and embark on the open
seas of bookselling. There will be other
speakers on the program, and their names will
be announced later. The members of the As-
sociation will dine, as usual, at the Dew Drop
Inn, which is at 7 West Forty-seventh Street,
at 6 P. M.
At the Little Book Store, 51 East Sixtieth
Street, the owners, Mesdames Klots, Sachs
and Robbins, Jr., are aiming to sell "good
judgment" along with their books. Realizing
that tfie class of people they desire to reach
wish to buy books on which they may depend,
both for entertainment and instruction, these
women have selected their stock with the ut-
most care, not making selections from the lists
of "best sellers" of today, but rather from
those of yesterday which were popular from
five to twenty-five years back, and which have
stood the acid test of time and are still on the
active lists of the publishers. They apply this
method to all classes of literature, but. to
children's books in particular. This does not
mean that they are running an antiquarian
bookshop, for the newest titles which the pub-
lishers offer just off their presses are to be
found. Books of the romantic type have made
up a large part of their stock and volumes of
modern poetry, and fiction for youngsters from
fourteen to eighteen years, that difficult age
which has been the despair of most book-
sellers, have received particular notice. The
selections are made up of books other than
those loathsome "sweet" stories, with which
young people have been bombarded within the
last few years. Mrs. Sachs was at one time
connected with the New York Times Book
Review.
Women in all branches of literary work are
rallying to the colors of the Women's National
Book Association. Editors, librarians, book-
binders, publishers, in fact almost every part
of the literary profession is represented. A
new member, Miss Laura Wilck, a broker in
manuscripts, of 31 Broadway, New York,
brings into the Association another phase of
literary work.
All those who look forward to attending the
convention of the American Booksellers' As-
sociation, which is to be held at Atlantic City,
are particularly interested in the costume dance
on the evening of May loth. There have been
lively discussions going on as to who will be
who out of the story books that night, and
gossip has it that among those attending will
be Mrs. Maggie Jiggs, from "Bringing Up
Father," and Mary Queen of Scots, from John
Drinkwater's "Mary Stuart," together with a
miscellaneous collection of "Mysterious
Riders."
An interesting effort in constructive selling
has been developed by Dorothy E. Collins,
director of the Beacon Press Bookshop in
Boston. The Unitarian Church, of which that
Press is the publishing office, has been giving
enlarged attention to the men's church ore^ni-
zations and has been establishing many
chapters of what is called "the Layman's
League" in various churches. The Bookshop
has prepared an interesting four-page leaflet
in an effort to sell group libraries to those
clubs.
The front cover of the catalog gives a pic-
ture of a club room with the men seated for an
informal hour of good fellowship. On the
mantelpiece is a row of books. In the catalog
are lists of group libraries. A "One Foot
Bookshelf," containing ten books, is offered for
fifteen dollars, carriage free. A second and
third selection of similar extent are priced at
the same figure, so that a club can invest
at the start in either ten, twenty, or thirty
volumes. A still larg-er selection is priced
at twenty-five dollars. These lists do not in-
clude merely denominational volumes, but a
broad selection of religious literature from
various publishers. A blank for ordering is
attached.
The Publishers' Weekly
Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
DORAN announces a new novel by Hugh Wai-
pole, "The Thirteen Travelers."
"POTTERISM," Rose Macaulay's novel (Boni
and Liveright) is being considered for stage
production in September.
MANY EAGER readers will rejoice to hear
that there are to be "More Limehouse Nights,"
by Thomas Burke this spring. Doran is the
publisher.
ON APRIL FIRST, Louis Untermeyer left
for a two weeks' trip to Chicago and points
adjacent lecturing on "Counter-Revolution in
American Poetry."
WILFRED LAY is one of the most readable of
the scientific writers on psychoanalysis. His
fourth volume, "Man's Unconscious Spirit,"
has just been published by Dodd, Mead.
"ROBIN HOOD and His Merry Men," in Ja-
cobs' Washington Square Classics, is a retell-
ing in quaint language by Sara Hawks Ster-
ling of the Robin Hood old ballads and
legends. There are eight illustrations in color
by Rowland Wheelwright.
AN ELEMENTARY treatise on "The Slide
Rule" for those youthful statisticians who are
confronted simultaneously by a slide rule and
panic has been prepared by M. E. Clark, and
is published by McKay by arrangement with
the Technical Supply Co., Scranton, Pa.
IN "ALLENBY'S FINAL TRIUMPH/^ W. T.
Massey, the official correspondent of the Lon-
don newspapers with the Egyptian Expedition-
ary Force, upholds the thesis that the capture
of Jerusalem was not an easy victory but the
conclusion of a great and strategic campaign
Which contributed materially to the Allies'
final triumph. It is published by Button.
"THE TRUE STORY OF EMPRESS EUGENIE"
by the Count de Soissons has just been pub-
lished by John Lane. This is the third bio-
graphy of the empress to appear. If other
phenomena follow the rule of the princesses
in the story book, for the youngest was always
the best, this is a book worth having.
RECENT ADDITIONS to Grosset & Dunlap's
Popular Copyrights include "The Last of the
Mohicans," illustrated from the motion picture
of the story, "The Pit" and "The Octopus"
by Frank Norris, "Simple Souls" by John
Hastings Turner, "Greatheart" by Ethel M.
Dell, "The Scarlet Pimpernell" by the Baroness
Orczy, "The Mistress of Shenstone" by Flor-
ence Barclay.
MRS. GEXI-; STRATTON PORTER is at work
on her new book, a novel of the outdoors with
its setting in California.
LYMAN ABBOT'S new book, "What Christi-
anity Means To Me" was published March 29,
by the Macmillan Co.
"DOLLY: THE DIPLOMAT" is the first novel
of Mrs. Larz Anderson, (Page) who has here-
tofore confined her talents to writing of presi-
dents and diplomats and foreign lands.
W. L. GEORGE has been writing impressions
of America gathered in his journey here this
winter for Harper's Magazine, which Harper
will publish this spring, in book form, under
the title. "Hail Columbia."
) "THE COME BACK," -Carolyn Well's new
mystery story (Doran) has a large audience
of Wells and Mystery fans awaiting it. This
will be Miss Wells' second mystery story this
spring, as Lippincott published "The Mystery
of the Sycamore" in March.
LIPPINCOTT announces the publication of
"Limericks" arranged and illustrated by F. H.
Gardiner. It is a collection of the world's
most famous limericks, revised and enlarged
to meet the needs of the new interest in this
type of humorous verse.
A PARODY of Margot Asquith's book, called
"Marge Askinforit" by Barry Fain, the Eng-
lish short story writer, will be published by
Duffield, in April. It is a burlesque not only
of the Asquith book, but of life and literature
in general to-day.
Two NEW volumes in The Yale Series of
Younger Poets are "Wild Geese," by Theodore
H. Banks, Jr., and "Horizons," 'by Viola C.
White. Miss White's is the first feminine
name in the series. She is a Wellesley gradu-
ate, and the last poem in the volume, "Elan
Vital," appeared in the January number of
The Atlantic Monthly.
A PRACTICAL book on landscape gardening is
"The Complete Garden," a sort of "landscape
dictionary," a compact reference manual for
those interested in landscape plantings rather
than in magazine articles which are notable
for their camouflaged outlines rather than their
facts. The book is the work of Albert D.
Taylor, M.S. A., Fellow of the American So-
ciety of Landscape Artists, non-resident Pro-
fessor of Landscape Architecture in Ohio
State University, assisted by Gordon D. Coop-
er, B.S.A., member of the American Society
of Landscape Architects.
APril 2, 1921
1057
Changes in Prices
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
Gibbons' Venizelos has been increased from $3.50
to $4.50.
' DAVID McKAY COMPANY
The price of Whitman's Leaves of Grass has been
reduced from $2.50 net to $2.00 net, and Whitman's
Prose Works from $2.50 net to $2.00 net.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS.
Clematis, Bertha and Ernest Cobb, $1.75.
Ado, Bertha and Ernest Cobb, $1.75.
Work.> of James Fenimore Cooper, Mohawk Edition,
each $2.00.
History of English Furniture, McQuoid, set, $120.00.
The Japanese Nation, Nitobe, $2.00.
Economics, Hadley, $3-75-
Heredity, Thompson, $3.5°-
Obituary Notes
JOHN BURROUGHS, the famous philosopher-
naturalist, died March 29 on a New York Cen-
tral train on his way to his home in West Park,
N. Y., to celebrate his eighty-fourth birthday
which would have occurred on April 3. He
was born on a farm in Roxbury, N. Y., in
1837, coming, as he said from "an uncultivated
and unreading class." As a boy he had been in-
terested in nature, but it was not until, during
his years of country school teaching, that one
of Audubon's books influenced him to 'become
a trained observer. Mr. Burroughs began to
write while he held a treasury clerk position in
Washington. After acting as bank examiner
from 1873-1884, he retired to "Riverby," his
country home on the Hudson and devoted him-
self to observation and writing. Among his
books are : "Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet
and Person," 1867; "Wake Robin," 1871; "Win-
ter Sunshine," 1875; "Birds and Poets," 1877;
"Locusts and Wild Honey," 1879; "Pepacton,"
1881; "French Fields," 1884; "Signs and Sea-
sons," 1886; "Indoor Studies," 1889; "River-
by," 1894; "Whitman, A Study," 1896; "The
Light of Day," 1900; "Squirrels and Other bur
Bearers," 1900; "Literary Values," 1904;
"Camping and Tramping With Roosevelt,"
1907; "Leaf and Tendril," 1908; "Time and
Change," 1912; "The 'Summit of the Years,"
1913; "The Breath of Life," 1915; "Under the
Apple Trees," 1916; "Field and Study," 1919;
and "Accepting the Universe," 1920.
CHARLES HADDON CHAMBERS, journalist,
novelist and dramatic author, died at his home
in London, March 28. He was born in Syd-
ney, Australia, on April 22, 1860. After com-
pleting his education in Australia, he entered
the civil service of the Government of New
South Wales, later going to England. Years
of unprosperous labor at journalism and fic-
tion preceded his first dramatic effort. Among
his best known works were "Captain Swift,"
"The Old Lady," "The Impossible Woman,"
an-d "The Tyranny of Tears."
ELEANOR MARIE INGRHAM, author of sev-
eral works, died suddenly at the residence of
her parents in New York, on March 22. She
wrote "The Flying Mercury," "The Game and
the Candle," "Stanton Wins," "From the Car
,Behind," "Man's Heath," and "Unafraid." She
was born in 1886.
Caslon Anniversary
THE name of William Caslon is forever
famous in the annals of printing and pub-
lishing, and this year the Foundry has cele-
brated the two hundredth anniversary of its
existence. It is still able to supply fonts
cut by the original William Caslon, founder
of the firm. It is interesting to note that the
same family is still in charge ; the London
papers recently announced the marriage of
Christopher A. Caslon, eldest son of Albert
H. Caslon, manager and director of the
Foundry.
Periodical Notes
The Broom, an international magazine of
the arts will begin to appear in September. It
is to be edited by Alfred Kreymborg and
Harold Loeb. The present New York ad-
dress is 143 West Fourth Street.
Personal Notes
FERRIS GREENLEAF, of Houghton Mifflin, has
been at Garlands Hotel, Suffolk Street, London,
for five weeks, beginning on March 6th. The
purpose of his visit was to find English books
suitable for the American market.
JOHN MACRAE, Vice President of E. P.
Button & Company, has just returned from
England.
CHICAGO, ILL. — The Clarion Book S'hop,
204 N. Clark Street, are moving from Chicago
to Detroit and will open a book-shop there in
Orchestra Hall, 3705 Woodward Ave., on
March 26th.
ITHACA, N. Y.— H. B. Hollister has retired
from active connection with the Corner Book-
stores, while J. D. Taylor returns as active
head of the business, with G. E. Houghton
as treasurer of the corporation.
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Everyday French, easy French conversa-
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Everyday Spanish. 240 p. S (Drake's prac-
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The life story of Albert Pike. 130 p. il. D
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Richard Chatterton, V.C.; front, by Paul
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The mistress of Shenstone; [il. with scenes
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Flood tide; with front, by M. L. Greer.
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My years of exile; reminiscences of a so-
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The Kaiser vs. Bismark; suppressed let-
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Autobiography of the Iron Chancellor; with
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The correspondence of the Kaiser and Bismarck,
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Bowie, Walter Russell
Sunny windows and other sermons for
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Brailsford, Henry Noel
The Russian workers' republic. 104-274 p.
O [c. '21] N'. Y., Harper $2.50 n.
A study of Russia under the Soviet system as she
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Buchanan, Angus
Wild life in Canada. 264 p. il. O '20 N. Y.,
Stokes $4.50 n.
Bunty (The) book; [a children's annual.]
196 p. il. (part col.) Q '20 N. Y., Stokes
$2.50 n.
Camm, F. J.
Model aeroplanes. 156 p. il. D '20 N. Y.,
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Bankers Commercial Association
Credits; how to avoid commercial losses; includ-
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The mathematics teachers' bulletin, v. 4; no. 2.
55 P- O (Univ. of Texas bull., no. 2109) Austin,
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Camp, Charles Wadsworth
The guarded heights ; front, by G. D.
Mitchell. 363 P- D c. Garden City; N. Y.,
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The story of how a man won wealth and position
thru bitter effort and achievement and what the out-
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Camp, Walter Chauncey
Training for sports. 8+190 p. front, pis.
D (School, college and service athletics) c.
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Partial contents: General training according to
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The daily dozen set-up.
Campbell, Evelyn
The knight of Lonely Land; with front, by
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A story of the cattle-ranges of the American West.
Cathcart, Edward Provan
The physiology of protein metabolism ; new
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Chaundler, Christine
Legends and tales of King Arthur, no pag-
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The British and American drama of to-
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Published in 1915 by Henry Holt.
Comstock, Harriet Theresa Smith [Mrs.
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The shield of silence ; front, by George
Loughridge. 292 p. D c. Garden City, N. Y.,
Doubleday, Page $1.75 n.
A story of the Virginia mountains.
Conway, Sir Martin i. e. William Martin
Mountain memories; a pilgrimage of ro-
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$5 n.
Cooper, James Fenimore
The last of the Mohicans ; a narrative of
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391 p. front, pis. D (Popular copyrights)
N. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Corelli, Marie Minnie Mackay
The love of long ago and other stories.
295 p. D c. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday,
Page $1.75 n.
A collection of 13 short stories, a few of which
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Dawson, Coningsby William
It might have happened to you ; a contem-
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The story of the economic conditions in Europe.
De Boer, Mrs. Annie M.
The philosophy of a novitiate; poems and
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Dell, Ethel May
Greatheart. 9+504 p. front. D (Popular
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Rosa Mundi and other stories. 7+389 p. D
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Six stories of love and adventure.
Dimmock, F. Haydn, ed.
Scout's book of heroes ; a record of scouts
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Dodge, Louis
Tawi tawi. 9+348 p. D c. N'. Y., Scribner
$2 n.
A story of life on the Mexican border and on a
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Edmunds, Edward William
An historical summary of English litera-
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Eggleston, DeWitt Carl, and Robinson, Fred-
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Business costs. 30+587 p. il. forms charts
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Folger, J. C., and Thomson, S. M.
The commercial apple industry of North
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ence ser.) c. N. Y.3 Macmillan $3.50 n.
Partial contents: Importance and history of the
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crop; Varieties of apples.
Foster, George Burman
Christianity in its modern expression; ed.
by Douglas Clyde Macintosh. 13+294 p. front,
(por.) O c. N. Y., Macmillan $3.75 n.
Partial contents: The foundation of Christian
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Fountain, Samuel W.
Abraham Lincoln — the man ; [memorial ad-
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Crowell, John Franklin
Government war contracts. 13+357 P- O (Prelim-
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Wash., D. C., Carnegie Endowment for Interna-
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Daniels, Amy L., and others
Investigations in the artificial feeding of chil-
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Decker, Frank Harmenest
Four great words; meditation, appreciation, as-
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Pilgrim Press pap. 10 c.
Fry, Morton H .
Bankers acceptances as an^investment. 18 p. S
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Legion of the United States, Commandery of
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Galland, William Herbert
Diseases of infancy and childhood. 13+
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Maternity and infant care. 286 p. front, il.
pis. tabs. D (The parent's library) c. '20
Chic., F. J. Drake $1.50 n.
Gates, Joseph
The welfare of the school child. 154 p. pis.
D '20 N. Y., Funk & W. $1.50 n.
George, Florence A.
A manual of cookery. 448 p. D '21 N'. Y.,
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A book for the household, the recipes being enough
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Georgievics, Georg von
Die beziehungen zwischen farbe und kon-
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N. Y., Lemcke & Buechner bds. $2 n.
Glasier, John Bruce
William Morris and the early days of the
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9+208 p. front, (por.) '21 N. Y., Longmans,
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Glover, T. R.
Jesus in the experience of men. 253 p. D
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Hackleman, Charles W.
Commercial engraving and printing; a man-
ual of practical instruction and reference
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Haldane, John Scott
Mechanism, life and personality ; an ex-
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Dutton $2.50 n.
Hamby, William Henry
The desert fiddler; front, by Ralph Pallen
Coleman. 232 p. D c. Garden City, N. Y.,
Doubleday, Page $1.60 n.
A story of business intrigue and adventure with the
scene set on the Mexican border.
Hill, Owen Aloysius
Psychology and natural theology. 13+351 p.
O c. N. Y., Macmillan $3.50 n.
Honan, James Henry
Heart disease. 9+204 p. D '21 c. '13 N. Y.,
Dodd, Mead $2 n.
Formerly published under the title "What heart
patients should know and do."
Hough, Emerson
The sagebusher; a story of the West. 6+
318 p. front, pis. D (Popular copyrights) c.
'19 N. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Howard, George Fitzaian Bronson
The black book; being the_full account of
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hands of Yorke Norroy, secret agent of the
Dept. of state; front, by Paul Stahr. 292 p.
il. D c. '20 N. Y., W. J. Watt & Co., 31 W.
43d St. $1.75 n.
Howe, Frederic Clemson
Revolution and democracy. 19+238 p. D
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A discussion of the labor problem and the changing
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Kurd, Archibald Spicer
The merchant navy; v. i: 14+473 P- pis.
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The official history of the German submarine war-
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operations of the Emden and other German cruisers in
the early days of the war. Illustrated from photo-
graphs, with an index of the names of officers, men
and ships.
Hyndman, Henry Mayers
The evolution of revolution. 398 p. front,
(por.) D '21 N. Y., Boni & Liveright $4.50 n.
James, J. Courtney
The language of Palestine and adjacent
regions ; with a foreword by Sir Ernest A.
Wallis Budge. 13+278 p. O '20 N. Y., Scrib-
ner $7 n.
Partial contents: Empire and language; Linguistic
genealogy; Semitic constructions; Inscriptions and the
Old Testament; Aramaic.
Jessup, Elon H.
The motor camping book. 12+219 p. front,
pis. il. diagrs. tabs. fold, map D c. N. Y.,
Putnam $3 n.
Practical advice for motor campers, as to every
phase of this recreation, including camping trails and
equipment.
Goldman, Marcus Isaac
Lithologic subsurface correlation in the "Bend
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charts in pocket Q (Dept. of the Interior, U. S.
Geol. Survey, professional pap. 129- A) '21 Wash.,
D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap.
Grover, Nathan Clifford
Surface water supply of the United States, 1017;
Missouri River Basin; prepared in co-operation
with the states of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming
and Kansas. 242+42 p. tabs. pis. O (Dept. of the
Interior, U. S. Geol. Survey, water supply paper
456) '21 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc.
pap.
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Klickmann, Flora [Mrs. E. Henderson-Smith]
Fruit and flower studies. 102 p. col. il. Q
'20 N. Y., Stokes $5 n.
Krai, J. J.
Anglicka skola; method for Bohemians to
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Wis., Caspar $2 n.
Marshall, Archibald
The hall and the grange; a novel. 414 p.
D c. N'. Y., Dodd, Mead $2 n.
A story of English country life.
Masson, Thomas Lansing [Tom Masson]
Well, why not? 15+274 p. D c. Garden
City, N. Y., Doubleday, Page $1.50 n.
Fifty-nine essays, some of which have appeared in
The Bookman, The Outlook, Life, Printer's Ink and
other magazines.
Meagher, George A.
A guide to artistic skating. 167 p. il. O '20
N. Y., Stokes $2.50 n.
Merwin, Samuel
In red and gold; il. by Cyrus Leroy Bald-
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Ind., Bobbs-Merrill $2 n.
A story of China of today.
Millay, Edna St. Vincent
A few figs from thistles ; poems and four
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'21 N. Y., Frank Shay pap. 75 c.
Mitchell, Ruth Comfort [Mrs. William San-
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Play the game! 243 p. front. D c. N. Y.,
Appleton $1.75 n.
A love story of American youth.
Morris, Sir Malcolm Alexander
The story of English public health. 166 p
D (English public health ser.) '20 N. Y.,
Funk & W. $1.50 n.
Mowrer, Paul Scott
Balkanized Europe; a study in political
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The author was a European correspondent for the
Chicago Daily News, and most of the material in this
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Nichols, Susan Farley
Water colors ; South of France, 1918-1919.
184 p. front, pis. D c. Bost., Four Seas bds.
$3 n.
The story of the French Colonials who served in
France and of their life on the Riviera while con-
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Norris, Frank i. e. Benjamin Franklin
The octopus ; a story of California. 652 p.
front, (map) D (The epic of the wheat ; popu-
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The pit ; a story of Chicago ; il. with scenes
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N. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Orczy, Emmuska i. e. Emma Magdalena
Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara [Mrs.
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By the gods beloved ; il. by the Kinneys.
326 p. il. pis. (part col.) D '21 c. '07 N. Y.,
Dodd, Mead $2 n.
Formerly published under the title "The gates of
Kampt."
The scarlet pimpernel. 6+312 p. D (Popu-
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O'Shea, Michael Vincent
First steps in child training. 284 p. il. D
{(Parent's library) '20 Chic., F. J. Drake
$1.50
Parsons, Floyd W.
American business methods ; for increasing
production and reducing costs in factory,
store and office. 9+373 p. O c. N. Y., Put-
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Partial contents: Industrial relations; Health and
industry; Labor-savinp machinery; Advertising and
selling; Foreign trade problems and practices; Ap-
plication of science to industry. This book
is based . on the author's series of articles called
"Everybody's business" which have appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post.
Keats, John
Catalogue of a loan exhibition commemorating
the anniversary of the death of John Keats; 1821-
1921; held at the Public library of the city of
Boston, February 21 to March 14, 1921. 63 p. S
Bost., Public Library of Boston pap. apply
Knopf, Adolph
The Divide silver district, Nevada, various pag-
ing tabs. O (Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geol.
Survey, bull. ?i5-K) Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off.,
Supt. of Doc. pap.
Lau, Arnold
Community fife and development; a manual for
work in community civics, Wichita city schools;
ed. by Christian Rosendale. 219 p. front., il.
pis. maps O '20 Wichita, Kas., The Wichita
Eagle Press appTy
Liddle, R. A.
The geology and mineral resources of Medina
County. 177 p. pis. fold. col. map O (Univ. of
Texas Bull., no. 1860) Austin, Tex., Univ. of
Texas pap.
McLean, Francis Herbert
The central council of social agencies; a man-
ual. 47 p. O '20 N. Y., Am. Assn. for Organ-
izing Family Social Work pap. 75 c.
The organization of family social work soci-
eties in smaller cities. 40 p. O '21 N. Y., Am.
Assn. for Organizing Family Social Work, 130 E.
22nd St. pap. 25 c.
Massachusetts. Dept. of Labor and Industries.
Division of Minimum Wage
Report on the wages of women employed in the
manufacture of food preparations and minor lines
of confectionery in Massachusetts. 41 p. tabs. O
(Bull. no. 23, November, 1920) '20 Bost., Mass.
Dept. of Labor and Industry pap.
Middleton, Jefferson
Fuller's earth in 1919. various paging tabs. O
(Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geol. Survey) '21
Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap.
Sand-lime brick in 1919. various paging tabs. O
(Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geol. Survey) '21
Wash.. D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap.
New York. Public Service Commission
Report of the Public Service Commission for the
ist district of the State of New York; for the
year ending Dec. 31, 1918; v. i, report and ap-
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legislature Jan. 10, 1919. 877 p. tabs, (part fold.)
pis. O Albany, N. Y., N. Y. State Public Service
Commission
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Putnam, George Palmer
The smiting of the rock ; a tale of Oregon.
6+328 p. front. D (Popular copyrights) [c.
'18] N. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Ransome, Arthur
The crisis in Russia. 14+201 p. D c.
N. Y., Huebsch $1.60 n.
Partial contents: The shortage of men; The Com-
munist dictatorship; The trade unions; Industrial
conscription; What the Communists are trying to do
in Russia; Non partyism; Possibilities. Some of these
essays appeared in the Manchester Guardian.
Rath, E. J.
Mantle of silence; front, by George W.
Gage. 310 p. il. D c. '20 N. Y., Watt $1.75 n.
Robertson, John
Housing and the public health. 159 p. il.
D (English public health ser.) '20 N'. Y.,
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Roe, Vingie E.
Tharon of Lost Valley; il. by Frank Ten-
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lap $i
Rudwin, Maximilian Josef, ed.
Devil stories ; an anthology ; selected and
edited with introd. and critical comments.
19+332 p. D c. N. Y., Knopf $2.50 n.
Twenty stories ranging from the Mediaeval period
to the present time.
Ryan, Thomas J., and Bowers, Edwin F.
Teeth and health; how to lengthen life
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264 p. D c. N. Y., Putnam $2.50 n.
Partial contents: The real meaning of teeth; Why
the mother should nurse her child; The teeth of
children; How sugar sucks the lime out of teeth;
Epilepsy may be caused by tooth-decay; Mouth
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Sanger, Margaret H., and Russell, Winter
Debate between Margaret Sanger, nega-
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ject, Resolved: That the spreading of birth
control knowledge is injurious to the welfare
of humanity; Dr. S. Adolphus Knopf, chair-
man; Parkview Palace, New York City, Sun-
day afternoon, Dec. 12, 1920. 36 p. D [c. '21]
N. Y., The Fine Arts Guild pap. 25 c. n.
Savage, William George
Food and the public health. 155 p. pis. D
(English public health ser.) '20 N. Y., Funk
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Schamberg, Jay Frank
Compend of diseases of the skin; 6th ed. ;
rev. 15+314 p. il. D (Blakiston's compend
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Scharlieb, Mrs. Mary Ann Dacomb Bird
The welfare of the expectant mother. 157
p. D (English public health ser.) '20 N. Y.,
Funk & W. $1.50 n.
Scott, Isabel Hawley
Billee; the story of a little boy and a
big bear; il. by Bradley Walker Tomlin.
196 p. front, pis. D [c. '21] N. Y. and Chic.,
Re veil $1.50 n.
The story of Angelo and a tame, traveling bear, in
which the author makes a plea for kindness to dumb
animals.
Scurfield, Harold
Infant and young child welfare. 165 p. D
(English public health ser.) '20 N. Y., Funk
& W. $1.50 n.
Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson, and
Nearing, Scott
Debate between Prof. E. R. A. Seligman,
affirmative, and Prof. Scott Nearing, nega-
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more to offer the workers of the United States
than has Socialism; Lexington Theatre, New
York City, Jan. 23, 1921 ; [introd.] by Oswald
Garrison Villard; verbatim report. 46 p. pis.
(pors.) D [c. '21] N. Y., The Fine Arts Guild
pap. 50 c. ; $i n.
Sharpe, Richard Bowdler
"Wonders of the bird world; il. by A. T.
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Sheard, Virginia Stanton
The golden appletree ; il. by N'orman Price ;
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Mayfair to Moscow; Clare Sheridan's
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Mrs. Sheridan's own story of the making of the
statues of Zinoviev, Lenin, Trotzky and others.
Sime, J. G.
Our little life; a novel of to-day. 12+
294 p. D [c. '21] N. Y., Stokes $2 n.
A story of a little seamstress who goes out work-
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Simons, Theodore
Compressed air; 2nd ed. 173 p. il. O [c.
'i4-'2i] N. Y, McGraw-Hill $2 n.
Slattery, Rev. Charles Lewis
David Hummell Greer ; eighth bishop of
New York. 13+328 p. front, (por.) O c.
N. Y., Longmans, Green $4 n.
An intimate biography of the American rector and
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Plummer, Mary Wright
Training for librarianship; rev. by Frank K.
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Rhodes, Robert Clinton
Binary fission in collodictyon triciliatum Carter.
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Schureman, Winnifred
High school spelling; arranged for eight semes-
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Noble pap. 20 c.
Simpson, Kemper
The capitalization of goodwill. 105 p. O (Johns
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The true story of the Empress Eugenie.
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$4 n.
A record of the meteoric career of the last Empress
of the French, based upon facts and contemporary
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Southwart, Elizabeth
The password to fairyland. 187 p. col. il.
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Speek, Peter Alexander
A stake in the land. 29+266 p. front, pis.
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Taylor, Charles Forbes
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Taylor, Emerson Gifford
The long way round. 370 p. D [c. '21]
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By advice of counsel; being adventures of
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SEVENTY-TWO mezzotint engravings by
S. Arlent Edwards at tRe recent Trow-
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leries brought $5,662.50.
Books and prints, mainly the work of
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pamphlets concerning the French and Indian
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could he but Know it. No memorial is more
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The bibliographical library of M. T.
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ings will be sold at the Anderson Galleries,
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works of reference and books of interest to the
(better class of private buyers, there is a
sprinkling of rarities generally in fine condi-
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collectors.
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of Chicago, for the John M. Wing Foundation
is a perfect and extremely well preserved
block book, Apocalypsis S. Johannis (Nether-
lands, circa 1455). It consists of forty-eight
leaves printed on one side only, and the cuts
afterwards colored by hand. This copy bears
the armorial bookplate of Charles Barclay and
will henceforth be one of -the foundation stones
of this typographical collection. Only a very
few copies of the block books are owned in
the United States either by private collectors
or by institutions.
Alfred Fowler, of Kansas City, Mo., has
just published a selection of wood engravings
by J. J. Lankes, with an appreciation by Bol-
ton Brown, in which he says, "Mr. Lankes's
beautiful engravinp- is not the sort that is often
done or can be done. Only very rarely has
anyone the genuine Bewickian gift; the joy in
the technique of white-line wood engraving
combined with the intelligence to adapt na-
ture thereto." The collection comprises six
wood engravings; the text in large type; the
whole carefully printed and bound in blue
boards.
The library of the late James Hammond
Trumbull, bibliographer of Connecticut, other
than that portion left to institutions, was sold
at the American Art Galleries, March 22 and
23. The library consisted almost entirely of
Americana with much relating to Connecticut;
a great deal was ordinary but there were a
few rarities of interest. The very rare
"original edition of the trial of Joseph Smith
and other Mormons for treason, published in
Fayetteville, Mo., 1841, including the Proceed-
ings of the Missouri Legislature, letters from
prominent Mormons, etc., brought $400 ; an
Almanac for 1700 published by William Brad-
ford and said to be the only perfect copy
known, $500; John Wise's "A Word of Com-
fort to a Melancholy Country," etc., 1721, a
plea for paper money and inflation, $115;
Thomas Walter's "The Grounds and Rules of
Music Explained," Boston, 1723, $95; Ephriam
Huit's "The Anatomy of Conscience," London,
1626, $90; and Benjamin Woodbridge's "Justi-
fication of Faith," London, 1653, $55. The en-
tire collection of 1,133 lots brought $14,991.
Since the new library building for the
Library of Congress was erected and under
the able administration of Herbert Putnam,
great additions are constantly being ,made to
the valuable historical papers now preserved
in the Division of Manuscripts. Among the
most recent acquisitions have been an import-
ant collection of the papers of President
Roosevelt; a large collection of the papers of
President Taft, including copies of letters
sent, originals of letters received, reports on
special subjects like the Philippines, the Pan-
ama Canal, photographs of persons and places,
newspaper cartoons, both prints and originals,
and other similar material. The Grover Cleve-
land papers have been added to recently by
the purchase of thirty letters by President
Cleveland to Captain Robley D. Evans. The
library also secured important Washington
and Franklin papers last year, the Washington
papers relating to his western lands granted
as bounty for participation in the French and
Indian War, and the Franklin papers being
the series of letters to Miss Polly Stevenson
which were sold by Henkels, in Philadelphia,
last season.
The Americana in the library of William
Loring Andrews, purchased by James F.
Drake a little over a year ago, will be sold
at the Anderson Galleries, April 18 and 19.
The catalog contains 441 lots, consisting of
rare prints, extra-illustrated books and rare
Americana of all periods of American history.
It does not have the appearance of the usual
collection of Americana for thruout every-
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thing is in the finest possible condition and
it is as generally attractive as the books are
rare. Mr. Andrews had an affection for
everything pertaining to the history of his
native city and consequently there is a wealth
of New York material. Probably the most
valuable lot in the sale is the famous Bradford
Map, printed by William Bradford in 1731,
'the finest of the three known copies and the
only one in private hands. It is the earliest,
rarest and most interesting map of the city
known and was regarded by Mr. Andrews as
the most important item in his collection.
Another lot which Mr. Andrews regarded
very highly was his copy of Jo'hn W. Francis's
"Old New York," extended to four volumes
by the insertion of 522 portraits, scenes, water
colors, drawings, autograph letters, etc., with
four special designed title-pages by Hosier,
bound in full blue levant Morocco by Matthews.
The work is replete with rare prints and most
interesting and out-of-the-way material. Not-
withstanding the profusion of illustration, one
is still impressed with the fine restraint used
by the extra-illustrator, for at every point one
meets only the finest in illustration. Other
lots characterized by the same fine taste in-
clude William A. Duer's "New York as it Was
During the Latter Part of the Last Century,"
1865, and "Reminiscences of an Old New
Yorker," 1867, by the same author; Morgan
Dix's Historical Recollections of St. Paul's
Chapel, New York; Edward Everett's "Life
of Washington," 1860; Pierre M. Irving's
"Life and Letters of ^Vashington Irving,"
large paper edition, 1862-64; Washington
Irving's "History of New York," 1824, and
"Sketch Book," 1865; Martha J. Lamb's "His-
tory of New York," 1877. These works are
extra-illustrated with the same discriminating
taste and skill with the effective use of por-
traits, maps, views, scenes, original water
colors and drawings and autograph letters.
The arranging and inlaying 'has been done by
experts and the bindings are by the best
American and English binders. The rarest of
the prints is a "View of Castle William by
Boston in New England," engraved in 1724,
probably by Thomas Johnston, discovered by
Mr. Andrews about thirty years ago and is
still unique. ^Among an extraordinary group
of early American almanacs are two of Frank-
lin's Poor Richard's, of 1752 and 1753, both
superb copies. A small collection of book-
plates includes the bookplates of David Greene
engraved by Paul Revere. Other rare items
of great interest include Christopher Colles's
"A Survey of the Roads of the United States
of America," 1789, exceedingly rare and the
finest copy known ; Patrick McRobert's "Tour
Through Part of the North Provinces of
America," etc., one of two known copies and
the first to be sold at auction ; the third '"New
York Directory," 1789, said to be rarer than
the first; and "the manuscript of the General
Order Book of General Washington, from
May 28, 1780, to August 2, 1780, issued from
Headquarters, at Morristown, Ramapo, etc.,
written on 90 leaves at one of the most crit-
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is so much of extraordinary merit that it is
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brief space. The collection must be seen to be
properly understood and appreciated, for no
collector has ever shown finer taste, better
judgment, or a keener appreciation of the rare
and unique, inside the limitations of his field,
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Notable American Fiction
THE BRIMMING CUP By Dorothy Canfield
Author of "The Bent Twig"
The story of an American woman who goes deep into her own heart to find
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By Sinclair Lewis
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SISTER SUE
By Eleanor H. Porter
Just before her death, Mrs. Porter declared
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SISTER SUE is written with same optimism and
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"Mary Marie" so popular, but it has more of a story
than any of these, and will be more keenly enjoyed by
the average novel reader. $2.00.
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THE LOST GIRL By D. H. Lawrence
WHY THERE ARE OLD MAIDS AND HOW TO
PREVENT THEM is the theme of this fascinating novel,
which has been welcomed with extraordinary enthusiasm
by the leading American critics in the leading American
journals. The subject is one which interests us all, and
the novel is written in the best style of D. H. Lawrence
whose unique genius is now universally recognized.
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THE OLD MAN'S YOUTH AND THE YOUNG
MAN'S OLD AGE By William De Morgan
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THE MOUNTEBANK By William J. Locke
Another Beloved Vagabond is this new hero, a
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Henri of old, the same easy flow of words, Locke has
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Cloth, $2.00.
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THE HALL AND THE GRANGE By Archibald Marshall
Author of Eldest Son," "The Honour of the Clintons?' etc.
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the quiet, easy manner of which Mr. Marshall is a master, and
which he has never displayed to better advantage. $2.00.
Published by DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, New York.
April 9, 1921
1093
Love Stories in Various Settings
THE PASSIONATE PURITAN By Jane Mander
Author of "The Story of a Neiv Zealand River"
Into the rough element of a mill community in New Zealand steps Miss
Sidney Carey, a young school teacher, fresh from the refinements and conven-
tionalities of her native city, Auckland. An unconventional life is this bush-life,
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atmosphere with human kindness, with selfless devotion with the true com-
munity spirit, that one readily forgives all social lapses, and acknowledges the
inevitability of the occurrences. It is a well-told story of real people.
Cloth, $2.00.
Published by JOHN LANE COMPANY.
FLOOD TIDE By Sara Ware Bassett
The lure of Cape Cod is strong for Miss Bassett, and
for the setting of this new novel she has returned to the
little seaside town of Wilton, wherein lies the Harbor Road
and where dwell Zenas Henry and the captains three, those
well-known and well-liked characters of her earlier books.
The Boston Herald says : " 'Flood Tide' is the best work
that Miss Bassett has done. It is a wholesome, old-
fashioned love story, and its .wholly human characters are
handled with a very sympathetic touch. The action never
drags and the pages radiate the atmosphere of Cape Cod."
$1.90 net.
Published by LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY.
FLOOD
THE GRINDING By Clara Goodyear Bush
Thiis is a love story dealing with Louisiana life. The
author is a southerner herself, lives in New Orleans, and
her descriptions and characterizations are very thorough and
clear. You can recommend this book to all those who like to
read of that quaint charm and romance which we all associ-
ate with the South. The heroine, Catherine Maine, is a
true aristocrat of plantation times, and there is much humor
in the descriptions of the southern darkies. $2.00.
Published by HENRY HOLT & COMPANY.
THE NEXT CORNER By Kate Jordan
You can confidently recommend this international
romance of four countries to all readers in search of an
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"Here is plot — from the first page to the last — by an author
who knows how to keep the strings of her story in her own
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Kate Jordan's earlier novel 'Against the Winds' is recalled
by 'The Next Corner.' There is the same strength of
emotional appeal, the same vivid characterization and the
same variety of intensely dramatic situations." $2.00 net.
Published by LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY.
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THE
TRYST
CRACt LIVINGS
THE TRYST By Grace Livingston Hill
Mrs. Hill's novels have been best sellers for fourteen
years. She tells a rattling good romance and nothing un-
savory ever creeps into her stories. This is the strongest
and longest piece of work from her pen. It tells of John
Treeves, how in seeking after God he finds Patty Merrill,
and helps to clear the mystery that surrounds her life as
well as the mystery of a death. Frontispiece. $2.00.
Published by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
OUT OF THE AIR By Inez Haynes Irwin
Author of the "Phoebe and Ernest" Books
A new psychic plot laid in gruesome haunted surroundings xadds novelty
and individuality to Mrs. Irwin's first mystery story. It is difficult to decide
who is the heroine, the lovely, sad, dead woman who haunts it, or the beautiful,
gay, modern young girl who is the heart of it. Net, $2.00.
Published by HARCOURT, BRACE & COMPANY.
MY SON By Corra Harris
This is the story of the son of A CIRCUIT
RIDER'S WIFE, the story which established Mrs.
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very human story, touched off by keen insight and
humor and told by a remarkably well drawn character,
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she writes that her work bears in an unusual degree the stamp of actual
happening. Net, $1.90.
Published by GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY.
BEAUTY AND MARY BLAIR
By Ethel M. Kelley
BEAUTY AND MARY BLAIR is a penetrating
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delightful story. A good many Mrs. Grundys have
been holding up their hand in horror over the ac-
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"a novel full of secret beauty and an extraordinary
instance of the possibility of writing a profound study
of adolescence without forsaking for a moment the
delicacy and humor of an entertaining story " $2 00
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April 9, 1921
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Decidedly Unusual Fiction
CLERAMBAULT By Romain Rolland
This new book comes to us out of the war after
five terrible years during which the author suffered
much for the sake of his principles. In spite of the
author's denial no sympathetic reader can help seeing
Rolland, himself the idealist, battling heroically against
the most overpowering forces of reality. In men-
tioning this book, do not forget the popularity of
Holland's "Jean-Christophe," which has gone into
sixteen printings. $2.00.
Published by HENRY HOLT & COMPANY.
R
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ROLLAND
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THE NARROW HOUSE By Evelyn Scott
This novel has created a furore. It is likely to be the
most talked-about novel of the season. Sinclair Lewis,
author of "Main Street" says: "Salute to Evelyn Scott!
THE NARROW HOUSE establishes her vision and her
workmanship. She belongs, she understands, she is
definitely an artist. THE NARRO\V HOUSE is an event;
it is one of those recognitions of life by which life itself
becomes the greater." Third edition. $2.00.
Published by BONI & LIVERIGHT.
THE SEVENTH ANGEL By Alexander Black
Should a giil reveal to her dearest woman friend the
fact of a past mistake? This is the question which Alex-
ander Black, author of "The Great Desire" asks in. his
new novel. He works out this theme against a back-
ground of the feverish activities of New York. He re-
flects wonderfully the shifting ideas of our time, the
after-the—war chaos in which we are all drifting. A
novel that will appeal to the "seasoned" reader and occa-
sional browser alike. $2.00.
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS.
JAKE By Eunice Tietjens
This is one of the finest novels ever written. A sweet-
tempered woman, Ruth, tells the story of her friend Jake,
a newspaper artist, who is torn between his devotion to his
selfish mother and his love for his second-rate wife, who are
fiendishly jealous of each other and who gradually destroy
him. It is beautifully written — a true masterpiece that
Hawthorne or O. Henry or Balzac might have written.
You will make no mistake in recommending this book
warmly. $2.00.
Published by BONI & LIVERIGHT.
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The West in Fiction
THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER By Zane Grey
I92o's Best Seller was a Zane Grey. "The Mys-
terious Rider" is a best seller, too ! There are reasons
for Zane Grey's popularity. You'll find them all in
this new book of his. He knows how to make his
readers live with his characters. The stories ring
true, they're clean and wholesome without being
goody-goody. They're exciting, adventurous — and
read The Mysterious Rider and you'll see the love in-
terest is real. $2.00.
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS.
VAL OF PARADISE By Vingie E. Roe
Author of Tharon of Lost Valley, etc.
"Val" is a fearless, beautiful girl, the idol of all the cowboys on her father's
great ranch, called "Paradise." She can ride and shoot, and if necessary — flirt;
in short she is just about everything a vigorous, lovely, young out-of-doors girl
ought to be. Velantrie of the Border is something out of the ordinary in the
way of a man, even in a country of recklessly brave men. But the course of true
love in the case of Val and Velantrie is more than usually rough. There ans
holdups, vigilance committees, gallop of horses' feet and popping of pistols, the
whole making a thrilling story of life in the far Southwest on the turbulent
Mexican border. $2.00.
Published by DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, New York.
THE YELLOW HORDE By Hal G. Evarts
Lovers of American wild life "have discovered in Hal
G. Evarts a writer of animal stories that vividly recall Jack
London's "The Call of the Wild." Mr. Evarts is one of the
few living authors who can successfully dramatize the life
of the animal without departing from the truth, and his
recent story "Old Timer" in The Saturday Evening Post has
attracted nation-wide attention. In "The Yellow Horde"
Evarts makes the adventure of the coyote so vivid and en-
grossing that the reader closes the book with the feeling
rthat he has been transported back to the great open spaces
and understands the free, wild life of the hunted. $1.75 net.
Published by LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY.
MEET MR. STEGG By Kennett Harris
The author is widely known as a writer for many popu-
lar periodicals, particularly as a contributor to the Saturday
Evening Post. "Meet Mr. Stegg" is Mr. Harris' first book.
It is a collection of his best short stories woven into a
consecutive whole around the engaging and picturesque
character of Mr. Stegg, the old bullwhacker of Elder Sta-
tion. It is a colorful and highly amusing narrative. To
know this book is to know Mr. Stegg, and to know Mr.
Stegg is to know the West, its romance, its philosophy and
its thrills. Some reviewers have compared Mr. Harris'
quaint turn of style with that of Bret Harte and Artemus Ward. $1.90.
Published by HENRY HOLT & COMPANY
April 9, 1921
1097
By Prominent Writers
GUNSIGHT PASS By William MacLeod Raine
An old time cattle man wrote in the other day—
"Raine is the best Western writer since Bret Harte.
He gets nearer the lingo of the West than any other
present day writer, and he never over-plays his
hand/' GUNSIGHT PASS has got even more
quick action romance and adventure than his last
story, "The Big-Town Round-Up," and it's just as
vividly written. The scene is laid in a boom oil-
town lying in the midst of the cattle country, and
the mingling of ranchmen and oil promoters makes
a new kind of a combination in Western fiction.
$2.00.
Published by HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.
DESERT VALLEY By Jackson Gregory
Many elements combine to promise a record-breaking sale for Jackson
Gregory's powerful new story of the great, south-west ; his successful preceding
novels have won for this author a large and enthusiastic audience : this audience
alone will send "Desert Valley" through numerous printings. But the book will
go further than that; decidedly the best thing Gregory has done, it is a vigorous,
swiftly-moving tale of the gold mine regions, built on a plot as original as it is
plausible. With frontispiece. $2.00.
Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.
THE
THE STRENGTH OF THE PINES
By Edison Marshall
"As refreshing as a vacation in the North woods" is this
new novel by the author of "The Voice of the Pack." The
New York Times says: "Marshall is a great lover of the
wilderness and knows a great deal about its life and
secrets." "The Strength of the Pines" is a splendid novel
of life in the open, of blood-stirring adventures during an
Oregon mountain feud and of a brave man, inspired by the
love of a splendid woman, winning out against odds — with
the forces of the wilderness an impartial and important
factor. $1.90 net.
Published by LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY.
THE CUSTARD CUP
By Florence Bingham Livinston
The cheerfulest, humanist, pleasantest story of
the season. The sharp presentation of odd bits of hu-
manity here, the humor of the book is delicious and it
has a healthy making-the-best-of-things philosophy
that is fairly exhilarating. It is concerned with the
inhabitants of a group of tumble-down little tene-
ments in California, especially with "Penzie," one of those women upon whose
comfortable lap the world instinctively casts its troubles — and her adventures in
mothering. Net, $1.90.
Published by GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY.
DORAN
1098
The Publishers' Weekly
Good Fiction For Any Reader
KALEEMA By Marion McClelland
This is a love story with plenty of laughter in it and also
those big moments of high emotional tensity which readers like
so much. The setting is as romantically strange and pictur-
esque to the usual reader as if it were in some far-away coun-
try : the setting is one of those heroic vagabonding little theatri-
cal companies that play one-night stands. Net, $2.00.
Published by THE CENTURY CO.
THE GREEN BOUGH By E. Temple Thurston
A novel that is unsurpassed for bigness of theme and
beauty of execution. It tells the story of a woman who does
not hesitate bravely to fulfill herself, by love and motherhood,
in the face of narrow prejudice. The author of "The City
of Beautiful Nonsense" and "The World of Wonderful
Reality" has never written anything of deeper significance
than this novel, and "The Green Bough" contains elements
of the very greatest popularity. :Net, $2.00.
Published by D. APPLETON & COMPANY.
SWEET STRANGER By Berta Ruck
Author of His Official Fiancee, etc.
America as well as England provides a setting for this
novel, the Sweet Stranger being a charming American girl who
appears but as a fleeting vision to a young British officer. He falls
in love with her at first sight and without even knowing her name.
He pursues her over the Atlantic, to New York, from New York
to Chicago, from Chicago to the White Mountains, and finally dis-
covers her in the midst of storms of more kinds than one. Inter-
twined with this love story is that of his sister, who is the narrator
of the romance, and who makes up the other half of a couple
known to their friends as "The Temperamental Twins." $2.00.
Published by DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.
THE VAGRANT DUKE By George Gibbs
A swift-moving tale of adventure by the author of the
popular "The Splendid Outcast." Fleeing from Russia, a
Russian Grand Duke works his way in America as plain Peter
Nichols. He takes the position of superintendent on the
estate of an old millionaire, and at once finds danger and mys-
tery. It is a story that lures the reader on through what a
great public wants, mystery, adventure, and moving romance.
The Vagrant Duke is an appealing, manly figiire. Net, $2.00.
Published by D. APPLETON & COMPANY.
April 9, 1921
1099
Romance, Adventure, Realism
PRINCESS SALOME By Burris Jenkins
A Tale of the Days of Camel-Bells
The romance of Salome and Stephanas grips and holds
us with passionate intenseness. The Bible characters that
we know so well are introduced with a startling reality
that has not been excelled even in such works as Ben Hur
and Quo Vadis. It will be admired for the thrilling tale it
tells, discussed for the manner of the telling, and cherished
for the inspiration and faith it will give. Frontispiece.
$2.00.
Published by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
MY ORIENT PEARL: By Charles Coltm
A Thrilling Tale of Love and Adventure in Japan
O Tetsu is a beautiful Japanese maiden, an orphan, who lives with her two
half-brothers. Hardly has the hero (an Englishman), upon his arrival in Japan,
made her acquaintance than he learns that she is being forced into marriage, by
her mercenary brothers, with a wealthy old man who is most repulsive to her.
So infatuated is the hero with the beautiful girl that he determines, in spite of all
obstacles, to win and marry her. Then begin his thrilling adventures. The set-
ting of the story is extremely delightful and the plot is one that keeps one thrilled,
page after page, from the beginning of the story to the end. Cloth, $1.75.
Published by JOHN LANE COMPANY.
"HELL'S HATCHES" By Lewis R. Freeman
Author of "In the Tracks of the Trades" HELL'S HATCHES
This is a "he" book, if there ever was one. The author, who
has voyaged and lived all through the South Seas, has written
a novel of the South Pacific that will take its place as one of
the most dramatic stories of the year. The characters are
vividly real and stand out, clear cut, bizarre and striking,
against a background of plots and gun play, a weird and won-
derful cruise and a breathless climax. $2.00.
Published by DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, New York.
BY LEWIS tt KHLL.MAN
THE NOISE OF THE WORLD By Adriana Spadoni
This is an absorbing love story, — in fact, as some critics
say, "the best-told love story of the year," by the author of
the famous novel "The Swing of the Pendulum." In her
new book, Roger Barton and Anne Mitchell, defeated in
their forlorn struggle for an ideal in the world's clamor,
finally discover the everlasting, indestructible love they had
nearly missed. A novel rich in appeal to both men and
women. $2.00.
Published by BONI & LIVERIGHT.
IIOO
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Masters of the Mystery Story
PAWNED By Frank L. Packard
A mystery, crime and adventure story, fully
worthy to follow the author's THE ADVENTURES
OF JIMMIE DALE. Against a kaleidoscopically
shifting background, the hot lazy sands of the South
Seas, the soft luxury of New York's richest gambling
halls, the sinister and deviating streets of the lower
East Side, John Bruce, having practically put his
soul in pawn to another man in exchange for unlimited means, plays out his
cards against fate. Net, $1.90.
Published by GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SYCAMORE
By Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wells creates plots and incidents that are
unusually bizarre and baffling to the lover of mystery.
Each new "Fleming Stone" story is different. It is this
quality (vital to popularity) that holds her hosts of read-
ers. A cry of fire, a murder, and the voluntary confession
of three people to the crime, is the crux of the latest and
most gripping story from her pen. Frontispiece. $2.00.
Published by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
THE
MYSTERY
OFTHE
SYCAMORE
CAROLYN WELLS
WHITE DOMINOES
By Florence M. Pettee
A different sort of a detective story, in which
Lorraine Lancaster, Distress of Mysteries, solves
the Ardmore murder mystery. Of thrilling and
sustained interest, with something of the Sherlock
Holmes' skill of deduction, rationally developed by
a capable American girl. . . . Net $1.75.
Published by THE REILLY & LEE CO.
GHOSTS By Arthur Crabb
This is a delightful novel for all those who like an absorb-
ing mystery, who like a happy-ending love story and who like
whatever story they read all the better if it is done with that
spirit and gusto and delicacy which is called literary distinction.
Introduces again the huge, long-legged criminal lawyer, Sam-
uel Lyle. Net, $2.00.
Published by THE CENTURY CO.
April 9, 1921
IIOI
Moulding Public Opinion
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT PARIS By American Delegates
The Story of the Peace Conference, 1919
Edited by EDWARD MANDELL HOUSE, United States Commissioner Plenipotentiary,
and CHARLES SEYMOUR, Litt.D., Professor of History in Yale University.
A work of an importance scarcely to be overestimated, and of a true and
enduring value, at any time, this story of the making of the peace by those
who helped to make it, is particularity apropos at this moment, as offering
an impressive variety of different and authoritative opinions on the matters
discussed by Robert Lansing and others in recent books. The contributors,
in addition to the editors, include Herbert C. Hoover, Samuel Gompers, Gen.
Bliss, Thomas W. Lamont and Admiral Mayo. $4.50.
Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS By Robert Lansing
A Personal Narrative
There has probably never been a book published
in America that has received so much space in the
newspapers on publication as THE PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS. Papers of every kind, Demo-
cratic and Republican, radical and conservative, have
united in calling it the most important contribution to
the history of the Peace Conference that has been
made. Every American who wants the real facts re-
garding the treaty and our foreign relations needs this
book in his library. $3.00.
Published by HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.
MAYFAIR TO MOSCOW By Clare Sheridan
The long-awaited Diary of Clare Sheridan, the plucky
English-American girl, first cousin of Winston Churchill
and a favorite of the English aristocracy, who made her
famous trip to Moscow to model busts of Lenin and
Trotzky. This is not a book about Russia or a book of
political opinions. It is the intimate, chatty, fascinating,
gossipy diary of a charmingly democratic woman, who
forms her own opinions and expresses them daringly and
breezily. Its thrilling incidents and delicious episodes
make mighty enjoyable reading. With 8 full-page illustra-
tions, $3.00. Published by BONI & LIVERIGHT.
THE PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS
A PERSONA!. NARRATIVE
ROBERT LANSING
IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU
By Coningsby Dawson
A contemporary portrait of Central and Eastern Europe
which presents in word pictures the realistic truth of what
Peace has .done to Europe. The sanest first-hand description
of civilization uprooted by Idealism and Violence yet pre-
sented. In depicting a world-wide problem the book provides
a statesmanly solution. Cloth, $1.25.
Published by JOHN -LANE COMPANY.
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Books of Timely Importance
MUST WE
TIGHT JAPAN
MUST WE FIGHT JAPAN ?
By Walter B. Pitkin
We are drifting toward war with Japan without knowing
clearly how or why: this book tells, and shows that we must
think a way out or fight a way out. This book will help
whether we think or fight. The New York Times says:
"Neither the general reader nor the partisans on either side
of the question can afford to miss this thoroughgoing work."
Net, $2.50.
Published by THE CENTURY CO.
EUROPE: 1789—1920
[]
By Edward R. Turner, Ph. D.
The author is a leading American authority on modern and contemporary
European history. His book is being used both by students and that increasing
body of readers who are turning to history more and more. The period covered,
is historically the most important, and actually the most interesting period in the
world's history. Professor Turner has succeeded in making his volume a won-
derful story, readable and authoritative at the same time. Fine maps, charts, and
bibliographical material and complete indices make it a useful library volume.
Price, $3.50.
Published by DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO.
THE FOUNDING OF NEW ENGLAND By James Truslow Adams
For the first time early New England history as a
whole is here treated in the light of modern knowledge and
methods. Mr. Adams says: "My ambition has been to
write as an American anxious to know the truth, not as. a
New Englander anxious to foster a tradition. I think the
men of today, especially the young men, want to know the
truth, about themselves, about the present, about the past.
It is the most hopeful sign of the times."
Mr. Worthington C. Ford, former President of the
American Historical Association, says this book "as
an attempt to cover the peculiar territory of New England,
is the best yet done." $4.00.
Published by THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS.
"It is
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best
yet
done"
Copies of this Selling Talks Manual
in quantity will be sent to any book-
seller. Ask for one for Every Sales-
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April 9, 1921
1103
Interesting Biography this Spring
THE LIFE OF WHITELAW REID
Romance could scarcely exceed in interest, the
story of the rise of Whitelaw Reid from mid-western
obscurity to a position of international importance as
diplomat, editor, public man. This notable biography
has an appeal that will win response alike from the
every-day man and the student of politics and history.
A treasury of anecdotes of the world's great, during
the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this
book is one of the outstanding works of its kind this
spring. 2 vols. With two photogravure portraits.
$10.00. Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
By Royal Cortissoz
Ernest K. Mills
I
THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT WITTE
Translated and edited by Abraham Yarmolinsky
Columns of space, and editorial leaders in some of the
biggest newspapers, greeted the publication of this book, which
is published simultaneously in five languages. These are
the memoirs of Russia's greatest statesman, the manuscripts
of which were kept hidden in a French bank, to escape destruc-
tion at the hands of the Czar's agents.
Witte was the negotiator of the Portsmouth Peace Con-
ference and he tells the full story of his tour through the United States. Because
of Witte's position and power, and because of the complete frankness of his
memoirs, it is the most important single volume touching on Russian affairs yet
published, and the last decade of European history. Price, $5.00.
Published by DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO.
THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM JAMES, Edited by his son, Henry James
These letters, covering the writer's life from his boy-
hood to the end, form a genuine autobiography of one who
may well be called the most interesting man of thought in
America since Emerson. Great in many ways, William
James's genius revealed itself most naturally in letters. His
contacts with life were remarkable for their range and
vitality, and in these volumes there appears the record of
every phase of his life's activities, — through them all
running the golden thread of ardent friendship for which
he had a supreme gift, $10.00.
Published by THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
RECOLLECTIONS OF A FOREIGN MINISTER
Memoirs of Alexander Iswolsky
Alexander Iswolsky was Russia's foreign minister, at a
critical period in her history, and held the highest diplomatic
posts. He represented Russia in the formation of the Triple
Entente. He was the first to discover the circumstances of
the secret treaty of Bjorkoe, and reveals important hitherto
unpublished details.
Maurice Francis Egan said of it. "Every intelligent per-
son interested in the recent history of the world ought to be
a reader of this book." Price, $2.50. Published by DOUBLEDAY PAGE £ CO.
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Study These Brief Selling Talks
MYSTIC ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS
By Frederick O'Brien
This is the new book by the author of that remarkable
"White Shadows in the South Seas," which has been a leader
among the non-fiction best sellers for over two years. In
"Mystic Isles" Mr. O'Brien carries the delighted reader to
joyous, care-free Tahiti and makes him a friend of the lovable
natives and the picturesque international drifters resident
there. Illustrated from photographs. Net, $5.00.
Published by THE CENTURY CO.
ACROSS MONGOLIAN PLAINS
By Roy Chapman Andrews
A new land for the lovers of travel books to be fas-
cinated by ! Roy Chapman Andrews, the distinguished ex-
plorer, narrates the adventures of an expedition, into the
heart of Asia, where the Arabian Nights are just beginning
to rub elbows with the twentieth century. The color and
picturesqueness of this corner of the Orient, the strange
people that dwell there, the extraordinary hunting adven-
tures of Mr. Andrews, all go to make this a notable book
of travel. Beautifully Illustrated. Net, $5.00.
Published by D. APPLETON & COMPANY.
THE COMPLETE GARDEN
By Albert D. Taylor, M.S. A.
An entire garden library in one volume. In it, garden
owners will find the answers to every question on the planning,
and upkeep of their grounds. The book covers substantially
every part of the country.
Every convenience for making the book a complete author-
ity has been added. Many illustrations in color and black and
white, charts, diagrams, cross referenced lists, an exhaustive
index, a glossary of terms, a full bibliography, etc. Net,
$6.00.
Published by DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO.
HOPE FARM NOTES By H. W. Collingwood
Editor of "The Rural Ne^w Yorker"
The "Hope Farm Notes" of "The Rural New Yorker," with their humor,
humanity, and keen practical sense have appealed to thousands of dirt and city
farmers for nearly a generation. This volume contains some twenty-five of
these articles which have provoked country-wide response because of their insight
into rural problems, or a picture of family life, or as studies of human nature.
Net, $1.50.
Published by HARCOURT, BRACE & COMPANY.
April 9, 1921
1105
Of the Season's Important Books
JESUS IN THE EXPERIENCE OF MEN
By T. R. Glover
Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. (Just Published}
A book that in its sound scholarship, deep spirituality,
and literary charm, suggests the author's "The Jesus of
History," which so many thousands of readers have learned
to prize. Cloth, $1.90.
Published by ASSOCIATION PRESS.
Reg. Ur S. Pat. Off.
The mark of a book
written to meet
a need
THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
This Gospel is uniform with the Gospel of Mark, Gos-
pel of John, General Epistles and The Acts which have been
issued previously.
This fourth volume in Dr. Erdman's series of com-
mentaries on the books of the New Testament will be found
suggestive by the thousands who delight in his reverent, devo-
tional, practical treatment. The Gospel of Luke is now in
preparation. These expositions are being issued to parallel
the International Uniform Lessons. Cloth, 224: Pages, N'et,
$1.00.
Published by THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF
PUBLICATION.
CHRISTIAN UNITY:
Its Principles and Possibilities
Christian Unity is in the foreground of present
day Christian interest.. This book analyzes underly-
ing motives and characteristic expressions of church
unity, weighs the obstacles which impede and the help-
ful influences which re-enforce the movement, and
presents guiding principles that will lead to wise,
constructive, and permanent work. Cloth, $2,85.
Published by ASSOCIATION PRESS.
A new publication
by "The Committee
on the War and the
Religious Outlook"
TIMELY TOOL
—AND WHY
;
THE RANGE FINDERS By Charles F. Whhart, D.D., LL.D.
Like the air service boys in the Great War,. the preacher is a range finder.
In a sense he must stand apart from worldly things to obtain : the proper per~
spective of life. In these perilous and bewildering days there is a pressing need
for pastoral range finders. Cloth, 91 Pages, Net, 75 Cents.
• f)
Published by THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION.
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Here Are Valuable Suggestions
CHICK EVANS' GOLF BOOK
By Charles (Chick] Evans, Jr.
A real golf story, by a real American boy — the
caddie who became a world champion. Twenty
years of golfing experience on all the famous links
of two continents, set down for lovers of the game.
Two wonderful chapters of golf instruction. Sixty-
five beautiful, full page illustrations. . . . Net
$3-50.
Published by THE REILLY & LEE CO.
ALLEN'S SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS
ByF. Sturges Allen
General Editor, Webster's Ne^v International Dictionary.
As necessary as the dictionary. The newest and
best word book. It has five times as many words as
any other word book. It is a true dictionary of
synonyms, authoritative because it is based upon
300,000 items of use. It has valuable explanatory
notes and characterizes each word in a new way as
slang, colloquial, archaic, pedantic, etc. Its antonyms
increase its practicability. Improved typographical
arrangement and absence of confusing repetition
makes it the ideal word book for- ready reference/
$3.00
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS.
TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP By J. H. Friedel, M. A.
Editor in Chief, Special Libraries
In the words of one critic this volume should be accepted as The Libra-
rian's Own Book. It will open the eyes of many to the great possibilities in
the profession. It explains what one must do to begin, how to go about it,
and what one may expect as a result of his labors. There are also chapters
on the different kinds of libraries, giving interesting facts and data regard-
ing all phases of public and special library work. It is of value to the ex-
perienced as well as the embryo librarian. The present library recruiting
campaign gives this book a timeliness, as it is the logical book to recommend
to all who are seeking iinformation. Illustrated. $1.75.
Published by J. B. LIPPINGOTT COMPANY.
VITALIC BREATHING
By Thomas R. Games
Revealing a wonderful discovery — a new health principle, devised and
perfected by the author. No nostrums, no appliances, no hokus pokus of any
kind. Just Nature's way to good health. The publishers present this book,
which Mr. Gaines has dedicated to humanity, in the confident belief that it is
Jan important contribution to the health building literature of an age that is
ijeagef to learn how to live. Illustrated. . . . Net $2.50.
Published by THE REILLY & LEE CO.
April 9, 1921
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On How to Sell These Titles
EVERYDAY ADVENTURES By Samuel Scoville, Jr.
Mr. Scoville is a Philadelphia attorney who collects
adventures, and the adventures that befall him, and
enthrall his readers, are those of the great outdoors, of bird
and flowers and animals. Even the smallest member of the
family will enjoy with the older ones the stories of the tiny
field mice and "the toad who thought spring had come."
$3.00
Published by THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
"A
book
for
all
the
family"
Charles S. Brooks is already widely known in this
country and England through "Chimney-Pot Papers,"
"There's Pippins and Cheese to Come" and "Journeys
to Bagdad" and through his contributions to The
Atlantic Monthly and The Yale Review. His essays
are always in demand — for the drawing room, for the
journey, for the bedside table — and they have filled
this demand. "Hints to Pilgrims" is in every way up-
to the author's own high standard — -polished in style
and whimsical in humor. Illustrations for the new
volume are by Florence Minard. Price, $2.50.
Published by THE YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
HINTS
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THE BOY SCOUTS BOOK OF CAMPFIRE
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THINGS THAT HAVE INTERESTED ME
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A group of very amusing essays about the varied
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THE MEANING OF SERVICE
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We all know that this appeal must be made very
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THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
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WOMAN AND THE NEW RACE By Margaret Sanger
A book that has sold in three large editions.
A stirring appeal to America to grant its women the right
to voluntary motherhood, the privilege to limit their offspring
to the number they can properly care for and assure a fair
chance of happiness and well-being.
An honest explanation of a way to strengthen and better
the human race.
A big book by an undoubted authority. Net $2.00.
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THE CHURCH AND INDUSTRIAL
RECONSTRUCTION
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Religious Outlook"
"A remarkably constructive contribution to a troubled
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A Book That Sells
on Six Counters
God's Country --The Trail to Happiness, in
which James Oliver Curwood sets forth his
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has been out less than 3 weeks. It has already
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Written by a famous master of fiction, it
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of tl|g encouraging signs of the times is the steady
growth of special libraries in all classes of business
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and manufacturing center. (Booksellers! Have
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April 9, 1921
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FOUNDED BY F. LEYPOLDT
April 9, 1921
"/ hold every man a debtor to his profes-
sion, from the which, as men of course do
seek to receive countenance and profit, so
ought they of duty to endeavor themselves,
by way of amends, to be a help and ornament
thereunto," — BACON.
Employer and Employee
THERE is no problem before the nation
to-day that is more important than an
improved adjustment between labor and
management in industry. Much progress has
been made in this field in recent years, and
in spite of the reactionary conditions in such
industries as steel and coal mining, no one is
more conscious than the book-trade of the
careful thought that is being given to this
great human problem, as it is the book-trade,
that supplies the readers or students of the
day with the material for their study of em-
ployment conditions.
The tremendous depreciation in the value of
currency caused by the war could not do
otherwise than to leave a most difficult read-
justment to be made as things regained their
steadier basis, and it would be a great misfor-
tune to all industries if the readjustments
which become necessary should seriously mar
the improving relation between management
and labor. In spite of the prevalent belief on
the part of labor that all management is grasp-
ing and needs to be fought with tooth and nail,
and in spite of the frequently expressed opin-
ion by managers that the unions clog produc-
tion and use unfair methods of warfare, there
has been growing a better mutual apprecia-
tion of the needs of both sides, and in the im-
portant conferences that are coming, now that
the 44 hour issue is to the front and reduction
in pay insisted upon, the wisest leaders should
become spokesmen, in order that disturbance
may be avoided.
The story of how May ist came to be recog-
nized as a time when the 44 'hour week would
go into effect in printing is a long and an ex-
tremely complicated one. The fact is that,
while it was talked of at the time when New
York's agreement was made as a thing that
would by this time be in effect the whole coun-
try over, there really is no expectation of its
coming except in New York, Chicago and one
or two other cities. In the meantime, condi-
tions have changed in all the industries, so that
the most ardent union men could hardly claim
that the employers or users of printing were
making an unfounded argument when they say
that a reduction of hours with equal pay would
be an industrial impossibility at this time. An
increase in cost simply cannot be passed on,
and the unions ought to accept the approach
of the employers on this point with the realiza-
tion that the employer has no alternative but
to make the demand for relief,' and if not re-
lief in hours then a relief in wages that will
bring costs down.
The binders have a still less definite arrange-
ment with their employees, than the Employ-
ing Printers, yet the Employing Binders' As-
sociation consists of business men who feel
themselves morally bound by the kind of agree-
ment that does exist. If their request for
reconsideration of this is not taken at its face
value by the unions, these employees will be
greatly misjudging conditions, and binding
business will go out of New York at a rate
that will greatly endanger any future health
in this industry for some time to come. Nego-
tiations on these crucial issues will be going
forward rapidly in the next month, and each
side should give the other full credit and wish
only well to the general prosperity of both
management and labor.
The Photo-Engraving Rates
OF all the many cost increases that have
come to the book publishing trade in
the last few years, none has been «o
aggravating in its character and the form of
its support as that which has been pushed
forward in the photo-engraving trade. The
cost of photo-engraving not only increased to
two or three times its former rates, but the
arrangement by which this was obtained was
peculiar to that industry.
The Photo-Engravers' Union, in endeavor-
ing to get further increases in wages, put
forward the argument that no employer could
give proper working conditions and proper
wages to his trained engravers unless that
employer adopted as a minimum scale for
charges to, his customers the rates which they
then outlined. The producers adopted this
scale, and any complaint by their customers as
to these rates left them with the argument that,
after all, the rates were not of their making,
and that they could be in no way held re-
ni6
The Publishers' Weekly,
sponsible. The shops that were organized in
this plan constituted nine-tenths of the pro-
djuct of Manhattan.
It seemed obvious that there had in this
way developed a corporation and monopoly
which was entirely in opposition to c«ur anti-
trust legislation, and yet, being a monopoly
of production and not of product, could not
be covered by any taw on the statutes. Th^re
has been passed by the legislature at Albany
the Meyer-Martin Bill, which is intended as
a method of ending this grave abuse, which
very fortunately has not spread to any other
field.
This Bill will extend the Donnelly anti-Trust
Act in such a way as to save the publishers
from being the victims of the monopoly cre-
ated by this agreement between labor unions
and their employers.
A Year of Weddings
THE booksellers have been discussing in
their Year Round Bookselling campaign
plans for increasing the prominence of
books in the field of wedding gifts. The
Government Census-Bureau seems to be pre-
pared, from the recent dispatches from Wash-
ington, to. prove that this is to be an excep-
tional year for that class of business. Its esti-
mate is that 100,000 marriages will be cele-
brated during the month of June alone. The
government suggests that the decrease in the
cost of living is responsible for the increase in
weddings, but, whatever the cause, a vista of
100,000 wedding present displays into which to
bring books as a companion piece to berry
spoons and rose bowls offers an unusually in-
teresting campaign for booksellers in all com-
munities.
The Travelers' Expenses
RETAILERS are generally reported as
proceeding carefully with buying and
relying heavily on mail orders to pick
up material needed in order to reduce stock
and work for a quick turnover. This is un-
doubtedly the well advised method and is
bringing results, as from numerous directions
come reports that stocks are well in. hand and
business picking up steadily. The publisher
on his part is proceeding in somewhat the
same way, keeping his list low, manufacturing
cautiously and also buying paper just as cau-
tiously.
One unavoidable difficulty in this method
of retail buying is that travelers' expenses, in
proportion to orders received, are running up
heavily, railroad fare, hotel bills — all are
heavier than ever before — and there has been
no reduction in these items in the decline re-
ported of the general cost of living. Retail-
ers, realizing that the publisher's overhead is
part of the problem of controling book prices,
can make some contribution to the problem
by giving the traveler every facility for prompt
handling of business, by having stock orders
checked in advance and by giving the traveler
as prompt attention as possible in order that
there may be short visits and many accounts
covered. There is a feeling of togetherness
in the book-trade that could be augmented by
such moves as this.
American Book Exporters May
Suffer Serious Loss
IN order that books may pass the English
Custom House, there must be stamped on
each book the words "Printed in U. S. A."
This is an old regulation made under the
Merchandise Marks Act of 1887, but infor-
mation from London indicates that some
American publishers have been careless in
providing for this imprint, and the Commis-
sioners of Customs have given word that
"they will not be prepared to deal leniently
with any further importations."
Hitherto (under protest, of course), these
Custom authorities have permitted the English
importers of these books to go to the docks
and stamp each book with the words, "Printed
in U. S. A.," but this was a troublesome pro-
ceeding at best and is not to be allowed. The
alternative to such proceeding would seem to
be confiscation, and one publisher has already
written to American publishers that they can
accept no responsibility for any books shipped
to London which do not bear the printer's
imprint or the words, "Printed in U. S. A.,"
and also gives word that any orders for
American books are placed with that under-
standing.
American publishers who do much exporting
have usually formed a habit of putting this
needed line on the back of the title page, and
the same thing can be accomplished by having
the printer put his name on the entire edition,
intended either for American or English con-
sumption.
In England all books carry the printer's mark
under an old ruling dating from the days
when printers were suspected of too much
freedom. The rule now is of real value and
also of interest to readers. It might well be
that if in America every printer carried his
imprint on the! books manufactured there
would be a stimulus to better standards of
book-making.
April 9, 1921
1117
The Story of Paper
By Benjamin S. Van Wyck
III. Early Days of the Industry in America
[This is the third in Mr. Van Wyck's series on
the history of the paper making industry. The first
article, "From Papyrus To Machine Made" appeared
in the January 22 number of the PUBLISHERS' WEEK-
LY; and the second, "Paper Making in England," in
the February 26 r umber. The fourth instalment con-
tinuing the story, with special attention to the
manufacture of book paper in America, will ,be pub-
lished within a few weeks.]
IN the early Colonial days we imported prac-
tically all of our printed matter, and all of
the paper used for any purpose whatsoever
was brought from the mother country, until
shortly after 1690 when the first paper mill
in America started to produce paper of an
inferior quality. In general, the colonies were
interested in the establishment of manufac-
turies of such products as iron, grain and
leather. These staples constituted the first
efforts of our manufacturers, and, rightfully
they should. Boston and Philadelphia were
the leading printing centers and naturally the
first paper mill would be near one of these
points.
First Mill at Germantown
Altho the imported paper amply took care
of the needs of the colonial printers and pub-
lishers, there were some that chafed at the
delay that occasionally attended the delivery
of it from overseas. William Bradford was
an ambitious printer of the day and his popu-
larity with the leading business men of the
city of Philadelphia made it possible for him
to promote the interests of a paper maker,
William Rittenhouse, by name, who had learned
the trade in Germany and later became a regis-
tered paper maker in Amsterdam, Holland,
and had finally emigrated to America. Brad-
ford, the printer, Rittenhouse, the paper maker
chose a spot in Germantown for America's first
mill, and to-day the property is part of the
Fairmount park system of the city of Phila-
delphia. The enterprise was a success from
the start. Bradford took his share of the
stipulated percentage of the profits in the form
of finished paper, and personally took no part
in the active management of the mill. Ritten-
house ultimately -became sole owner. No
record states how much nor how good a qual-
ity of paper was produced. The Rittenhouse
water-mark appears in copies of the American
Weekly Mercury of Philadelphia as late as
1720. This newspaper was owned and oper-
ated by Andrew Bradford, a son of William
who assisted Rittenhouse to establish himself
in the mill on the Wissahickon creek.
In New England an act for the encourage-
ment of paper making was passed by the court
of the province on September I3th, 1728, Which
gave the exclusive privilege to Daniel Hench-
man, Benj. Faneuil, Thos. Hancock, Gillman
Phillips and Harvey Bering of producing pa-
per in the province of Massachusetts, pro-
viding that the product was manufactured in
a given time, of a stipulated quality, and even
the quantity was specified. All of the men
mentioned were relatives with the exception
of Dering and all were interested in the print-
ing, publishing, and bookselling businesses. The
mill was located in the town of Milton and
from the records it appears its career was a
checkered one.
The Ephrata mill at Lancaster, Pa., con-
ducted by the German Pietists who lived under
monastic rules was one of the many indus-
trial activities of the sect. The paper pro-
duced carried a curious water-mark, the de-
sign of which was Latin cross supporting two
keys surrounded by a border bearing the
words, Zion, at the top and Efrata, at the bot-
tom. The keys represented a mystical book of
the I7th century, 'The Keys of Solomon"
which was cherished by the Pietists.
Many of the Colonial paper making- ventures
received aid from their respective provinces
and practically none was a success from a
financial viewpoint. Practical paper makers
had not migrated to this country and the few
that did were forced to teach the art to work-
men who were poorly paid, as the industry at
the start was not a paying one. The British
manufacturers were not in sympathy with the
colonial movement to establish home industries
and as a consequence did everything in their
power to thwart the growth of any manu-
factury that might shut out goods produced in
England.
Tn 1748 the needs of the publishers became
so pressing for paper that neither the English,
Continental nor 'Colonial mills could meet the
demand. The situation became so serious with
the newspapers that some suspended for weeks
at a time and others resorted to expedients
such as cutting down the size of the page and
doing away with the unprinted margins. In
Boston a large quantity of Papal Bulls which
were salvaged from a Spanish sailing ship, al-
tho printed on one side, were used by Thomas
Fleet to reproduce in printing the popular
songs of the day. This particular paper was
reported to be of an excellent quality, far
superior to any produced in the colonies.
Rags and Wags
iPaper became very scarce occasioned by the
demand and the lack of ragfs. As has ever been
the condition in the paper industry the need of
the basic raw material then was just as acute
as it is to-day. We are worried about the
wood supply; they were worried about the rag
supply. Advertisements were put out in the
form of hand-bills and appeared in the news-
papers. One poetic individual tried to snare
the supply from the rag bags with the follow-
ing skit:
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The Publishers' Weekly
"Sweet ladies, pray be not offended,
Nor mind the jest of sneering wags
No harm, believe us, is intended,
When humbly we request your rags.
"The scraps which you reject, unfit
To clothe the tenant of a hovel,
May shine in sentiment and wit,
And help to make a charming novel.
""The cap, exalted thoughts will raise,
The ruffle in description flourish;
Whilst on the glowing work we gaze,
The thought will love excite and nourish.
"Each beau in study will engage,
His fancy doubtless will be warmer,
When writing on the milk white page,
Which once, adorned liis charmer.
.^
"Tho foreigners may sneer and vapor,
We no longer forc'd their books to buy
Our gentle belles will furnish paper,
Our sighing beau will wit supply."
The southern colonies were particularly hard
hit as few mills were established there, and
when one was opened shortly after 1776 the
following notice was put in the newspapers to
awaken interest in supplying rags :
A Colonial Publicity Campaign
"''By our unhappy Contest with Great Britain,
and the Necessary Restrictions on our Trade,
Paper has been an Article for which we, in this
State, have much suffered, for though there
are many Paper Mills in the Northern Col-
onies, where Paper is made in great Perfection,
yet, by the Interruption of the Colony Trade
"by Water, the Southern Colonies have experi-
enced a very great Scarcity of that necessary
Article. To remedy this Evil and throw in
their Mite towards the Perfection of Amer-
ican Manufactures, the , Proprietors of a Paper
Mill just erected near Hillsborough, in Orange
County, give Notice to the Public, that their
Mill is now ready to work, and if a sufficient
quantity of Rags can be had, they will be
able to supply the State with all Sorts of
Paper. They therefore request the favor of
the Public, and more particularly the Mis-
tresses of Families, and the Ladies in general,
whose more peculiar Province, it is, to have
all their Rags and Scraps of Linen of all
Sorts ; old Thread Stockings, Thrums from
their Linen Looms and every kind of Linen, is
useful. As this undertaking is Novel, saving
of Rags may perhaps be thought too trifling,
and below the Notice of the good Matrons of
the State; but when they consider they are
aiding and assisting in a necessary Manufac-
ture, and when the young Ladies are assured,
that by the sending to the Paper Mill an old
Hankerchief, n6 longer fit to cover their snowy
Breasts, there is a. Possibility of its -returning
to them again in the more pleasing form of a
Billet Doux from their Lovers, the Proprietors
flatter themselves with great Success. Per-
sons in the several Towns and Counties in the
State will be appointed to .receive Rags, for
which a good price will be giv.en."
During the War of Independence paper pro-
duction came to a standstill and finally all men
in the- combatant service, who were skilled in
paper making were forced out of the a.rmy and
returned to their tubs. The Assemblies were
slow; to understand the seriousness of the
need for paper, and it became necessary for
various business organizations to submit peti-
tions emphatically stating what should be
done, then and then only was any action taken.
One of the serious yet amusing incidents was
the shortage of paper for use in cartridges. In
Philadelphia one searcher found an attic full
of printed sermons as well as a number of
unbound copies of Fox's "Book of Martyrs,"
the combined lots were used as covering for
hot shot delivered to the enemy. Various doc-
uments of the Army of the Republic refer to
the shortage of paper and some of minor im-
portance were written on the white margins of
printed pages.
The paper of the colonial period was of
poor appearance, a dirty color and of a rough
surface. An examination of books printed in
America on domestic paper shows the back-
wardness or lack of skill of the industry.
There -is one good feature, however, that is,
the paper endured altho a certain amount of
discoloration has occurred which is probably
due to careless handling in allowing the pages,
or the whole book, to be exposed to natural
light. It is not surprising that the industry
was backward in development when it is con-
sidered that a few expert workers with in-
ferior moulds and inexperienced helpers were
forced to all sorts of jexpediencies to produce
sheets of paper of any kind.
Appeal for Protection
Shortly after 1790, one hundred years after
the Rittenhouse mill was built on the Wis-
sahickon, there were two hundred mills in
seventeen states producing hand-made paper.
In that year 425,521* reams were produced at
a value of $690,000. Eleven standard sizes
of paper ranging from 26^ x33 to 14^4 x i6f£
seemed to meet the needs of the publishers and
printers. These mills started agitating the sub-
ject of protection from foreign competition,
and in 1809 Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the
Treasury, was called upon to take a census of
the industry and to determine if protection
were necessary. The second war with Eng-
land came so quickly that all legislation was
dropped for the time being. During 1816 the
question was revived and resulted in a duty
of thirty-five per cent being established, but
it was not sufficient to keep out the industrial
invaders for the next two years. The intro-
duction of the cylinder machine at the Gilpin
mill at Wilmington, Del;, in 1810 and .else-
where placed the American manufacturers in
a better position as they were much quicker
in establishing the machine-made product than
was possible in the British market. Their
hand-made grades were much sunerior to those
•made by our vatmen, and we, therefore, had
less resistance to overcome in introducing the
machine dualities.
The Gilpin mill was the first .one in ^ the
United States to produce paper commercially
by machine in continuous lengths. This par-
ticular equipment was of the cylinder type and
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1119
its career as a producer of quality book paper
was settled when the first Fourdrinier machine
was imported for the Beach Hommerkin and
Kearny mill at Saugerties, N. Y., in 1830. The
credit goes to the Smith and Winchester Man-
ufacturing Co. of South Windham, Conn., for
the building of the first Fourdrinier in this
country. With the introduction of (machine
paper the price declined sharply, and the pro-
duction of printed matter increased beyond the
wildest dreams of the publishers. To give you
an idea of the development of the paper indus-
try after the advent of machinery the census
of 1850 revealed that there were 700 mills,
100,000 operatives and the mills required 405,-
000,000 pounds of rags. England, the same
year, consumed 440,000,000 pounds.
The latter part of the ipth century saw the
breaking up of the paper industry into divi-
sions such as groups of writing, book wrap-
ping, tissue, board and cover paper mills, each
an industry in itself. In 1854 the beginning of
the end of rags for general use in paper making
was forcaste when Hugh Burgess and Charles
Watt introduced the caustic alkaline process
of treating wood which is, to-day, commonly
known as the soda pulp process. Between 18705
and 1884 the sulphite process discovered by
Tilghman of Philadelphia and perfected by
Fry and Eckman of Sweden made possible the
production of an all wood fibre sheet that
brought the price of paper to a figure, per-
mitting printed matter to be produced in vol-
ume. From now on we shall deal exclusively
with the papers used in producing books and
the advantages some have over others.
Canadian Authors Oppose New Copyright Law
By Frederick D. Hartman
IT has often been demonstrated in many dif-
ferent connections that any act performed
solely for selfish interest or for the purpose
of "getting even" will very frequently react
against the very people it is intended to protect.
Such would appear to be the case with the
Amendment read before the Canadian Parlia-
ment February 21, 1921, as Bill 12 — An Act to
amend and consolidate the Law relating to
Copyright. This Bill, apparently proposed and
supported by the Department of Trade and
Commerce is a direct slap at the United States
Authors and Publishers for the purpose of
getting even with them for the "Manufactur-
ing Clause" which demands that an author
before obtaining copyright in the United States
must have his work printed and bound within
the United States.
The United States is practically the only
civilized nation not a party to the Berne Con-
vention which first met September gth, 1886,
and last met November I3th, 1908, and formed
reciprocal copyright laws between the con-
tracting nations. Canada has been a party to
this convention thru her allegiance to the
United Kingdom, and it has been possible for
American authors to obtain protection for their
works in Canada by simultaneously offering
them for sale in England with their publica-
tion in the United States. But, as before
stated, a Canadian author must have his work
printed and bound in the United States .before
receiving protection there.
In 1906 the Canadian Parliament passed a
copyright act which gave the Canadian pub-
lishers the right to publish any outside work
and receive a Canadian copyright, providing the
work was printed and bound in Canada, but it
did not prevent the importation of foreign
works and the sale of a book in Canada is so
small as compared with the sale in the United
States, this did not form an effective weapon
with which to combat the American "Manu-
facturing" clause. The amendment just re-
ferred to which is now under consideration
would prohibit the importation of American
works and license pirating of any American
book by the Canadian publishers and give them
protection for fifty years.
It gradually dawned on the Canadian
authors, who represent the makers of all copy-
rightable material that this would react more
severely against themselves, as their greatest
sales were made in the United States. Ac-
cordingly in response to invitations sent out
from the office of the Canadian Bookman over
one hundred and fifty of the Canadian authors,
met in Montreal, March nth and I2th and
formed a permanent organization to be knowni
as the Canadian Authors' Association. This
organization, with John Murray Gibbon as its
president, appointed a committee to be known
as the copyright committee to study the new
amendment and to bring before Parliament the
views of the Canadian Authors' Association
with a view to supporting or opposing the new
amendment as they saw fit.
This committee consisted of : Arthur
Stringer (Chatham, Ont.), Madge Macbeth
(Ottawa), R. J. C. 'Stead (Ottawa), Warwick
Chipman K. C. (Montreal) and John Murray
Gibbon, acting ex-officio. This committee has
visited Ottawa and given the matter careful
study and formed its report, part of w'hich is
quotecj below.
While appreciating the friendly intention of
the Government to improve existing copyright
conditions in Canada, we have come to the
unanimous conclusion that this Bill in its pres-
ent form contains proposals which, if carried
out, would result in grave injustice to the
Canadian author, which are not in accordance
with international comity, and which do not
conform to the recognised interpretation of
Copyright, namely "in law, the right, belonging
exclusively to the author ojr his assignees, of
multiplying for sale copies of an original work
or composition in literature or art."
This Bill proposes to establish formalities
in contravention of the spirit and letter of the-
1 120
The Publishers' Weekly
Revised Feme Convention set out in the Sec-
ond (Schedule to this Act. (c. f. article 4, page
26.) The new proposals would result in
Canada being ranked as an outlaw nation in
regard to International Copyright, an em-
barrassing situation in view of Canada's ad-
herence to the League of Nations.
The licensing clauses in this Bill deprive the
author of his right to make his own terms
with the 'Canadian licensee, hand over that
right at an arbitrary figure under conditions
which would permit the licensee to garble or
abbreviate the work without the author's con-
sent, to publish it in ,a cheap edition without
regard to appearance, and to prevent the pro-
duction or importation of a correct or more
presentable edition for a period of fifty years.
Serial Rights
So far as serial rights are concerned, the
clauses are drawn up in evident ignorance of
the conditions governing serial publication to-
day, would produce disastrous confusion and
would inflict grave hardship on a very large
number of Canadian authors without con-
ferring any benefit on Canadian literature
i . . .evidently aimed at the United States,
it would deprive the American author of
Canadian copyright unless or until the Minis-
ter granted that privilege, and would deprive
the- Canadian author of Canadian copyright if
first publication of his work is in the United
States, unless the Minister certifies the United
States as a privileged nation — a withholding of
privilege the continued withholding of which
will jeopardize the profitable American market
of many Canadian authors, a market which is
frequently their chief source of income owing
to the naturally small market in Canada itself.
This Bill destroys the reciprocal conditions
on which the Canadian Author's right in the
United States rests and thus automatically
destroys the Canadian Author's protection in
the United States, which is at present protected
by the Convention between Great Britain and
the United States as declared in the Presiden-
tial Proclamation of 1910.
'Clause 8 of this section (proposed amend-
ment) would permit the Canadian licensee
to print without the author's consent a twenty-
five cent edition on a two and a half cent
royalty of a book which may be well printed
(perhaps expensively illustrated) and bound,
and is being marketed to his own satisfaction
at $1.50 to $4.00, on a royaltv of 10% to
25%, according to the popularitv of the au-
th'or. That twenty-five cent edition may be
garbled and the licensee can orevent the later
production or importation of the better edition
for fifty years..
"In the case of, a new edition ( which as re-
gards text books is often vital to the repu-
tation of the author) the licensee unwilling to
go to the exDense of new plates or revisions
could prevent the author from issuing a new
edition in Canada thru another publisher or
importing the new edition printed outside
Canada, thus injuring his reputation.
.If this licensing system be adhered to in
spite of our contentions, these provisions
must be amended so that in case of a book
already otherwise printed: (i) the licensee
shall be required to produce the author's work
in^a format equal in quality to that of the
original publication unless with the author's
consent to any other format. (2) the licensee
shall not abbreviate or change the work with-
out the author's consent. (3) the licensee shall
pay at least the same royalty percentage as
the author retains from the original publisher
unless with the author's consent. (4) the
licensee shall have the sole right to print such
book in Canada for five years only, unless
with the consent of the author to a longer
period. (5) in cases where revised editions
have been printed outside Canada, the licensee
in Canada shall be required to print a similar
revised edition, or forfeit his license.
The .serial licensing system proposed by this
Act might be interpreted to deprive a Canadian
author selling a serial in the United States of
all returns on his "second" and "third" serial
rights, in his native country. Besides this, it
prejudices a Canadian author before an Ameri-
can publisher, since it prevents the Canadian
writer disposing of a product with a clear
title, and inferentially bars from Canada any
United States periodical containing that
product. And it further injures the Canadian
author because it not only limits his market,
but gives to the magazine editor of his native
country the opportunity to supply his fiction
needs with material freely commandeered, un-
der his licensing system, from American peri-
odicals. Unfair also is the elimination of
competitive bidding in an open market, and the
abrogation of an author's traditional rights in
his own product — as set out in the Berne
Convention.
Motion Picture Rights
Commercially, today, the motion picture re-
turns from a picturized novel far outweigh the
book returns, very conservatively they might
be stated to be, on the average, three times
as great. This Bill fails to protect the author
in this field, neglects to enunciate those rights,
and fails to stipulate, as any such Act should,
that these subsidiary or derivative rights, un-
less definitely and specifically stipulated or
otherwise by special contract or agreement, re-
pose and remain with the author.
The ambiguous wording of Sub-Section I of
Section 19, in fact, might make the fifth and
sixth lines refer to motion picture reproduc-
tion, but if this is the construction to be ap-
plied Sub-Section 2 of the same Section per-
mits of the appropriation of these picture
rights for the ridiculous price of two cents per
print of the film. Obviously this sub-section
should be redrafted, and the author's com-
pulsion to dispose of valuable cinematographic
rights should not be involved in his right of
obtaining a copyright on the written, or liter-
ary, product of his imagination. The dis-
posal of picture rights should remain untram-
melled, with the author.
This Committee is firmly convinced that the
April '!), 1921
1121
interests of Canadian authors would be best
served by immediate adherence to the Revised
Berne Convention, and to the Copyright Act
of 1911 of the United Kingdom, in so far as
its provisions are not rendered unnecessary by
the provisions of the Canadian Copyright Act.
This Committee also reiterates its strong
opposition to the licensing and importing
clauses of this Bill, which it considers per-
nicious and out of place in a Copyright Act,
the function of which is not the protection of
printing but the protection of the author.
This Committee recognizes the disadvantages
resting upon Canadian printing interests be-
cause of the manufacturing condition im-
posed by the United States, but submits that
such disadvantages should not be and cannot
ultimately be remedied by making Canada an
outlaw nation in matters of copyright. It
suggests that such disadvantages might be re-
moved by negotiation, and it expresses the
hope that the Government will institute such
negotiations with a view to insuring the prop-
erty rights of an author in his work in all
countries as other forms of property right are
now universally recognized."
In an interview last week B. K. Sandwell,
editor of the Canadian Bookman and Secre-
tary of the Canadian Authors' Association,
stated that so strong was the opposition of
the authors to the proposed amendment that
they proposed to fight it even at the expense
of 'having the present copyright laws remain-
ing unchanged.
Adventures of a Bookseller
By Ketch
44| THINK I will wait for you here," said
I Mrs. Shopper. "I am very tired, my
*dear."
"I'll only be a minute," answered Mrs. Did-
actic. "Here is a seat where you can rest."
Mrs. Shopper sank into the seat, while Mrs.
Didactic continued down the store where she
approached Mr. Ondeck and said,
"I would like a copy of 'The Deserted Vil-
lage' by Laurel Ooze."
Mr. Ondeck almost lost his equilibrium.
"Do you — er — yes ma'am."
And he proceeded to produce a copy of
Goldsmith's — "Deserted Village" in a cheap
cloth edition.
Mrs. Didactic looked at it a moment, then
said that it was not the one she wanted.
"No; this is not it."
"Oh. ... By whom did you say?"
"Laurel Ooze. A small leather bound book.
Do you not know it?"
"I'm afraid I don't. Is it something re-
cent?"
"Don't you know?"
"Well, no ma'am, I don't seem to recall that
author. But if you will wait a moment I'll
look it up."
"Kindly send me somebody who knows
something !" exclaimed his customer. "I have
no time to waste while you look it up."
Mr. Ondeck called Miss Bittersweet of the
general literature section.
"Do you know a book called 'The Deserted
Village' by Laurel Ooze?"
"Oh. you mean Goldsmith's — 'Deserted Vil-
lage, don't you?" said Miss Bittersweet with a
smile.
Mrs. Didactic flushed purple and tapped the
floor with her foot.
"May I speak to the manager?" she said
icily.
"Sorry, but he is not in town to-day," re-
plied Mr. Ondeck.
"Well, is there anybody in this store that
knows anything about books? Really this is
distressing! It seems strange that a bookstore
should know nothing about books."
"I am sorry," said Mr. Ondeck abjectly.
"But I am not acquainted with such an author.
I suppose it is a parody on the original. Are
you sure you have the correct author?"
Mrs. Didactic gasped.
"My dear sir, I sazv the book last night!
It is published by the Mifflin-Hutton Co., if that
will help you any."
".Mifnin-Hutton Co?" said Mr. Ondeck. "I
know of no such publishing firm. Could you
mean the Houghton-Mififlin Co?"
"Young man!" cried Mrs. Didactic, "I did
not come in here to be insulted ! Kindly look it
up in your catalog — if you have one."
(Mr. Ondeck hastily ran thru the Houghton-
Mifflin list of new books, but to no avail. Then
he looked thru the general catalog under the
author but found nothing, and was about to
give up when a sudden thought struck him.
"Mr. Detail," said he, "who is it that makes
those small leather bound editions of the class-
ics that we had here at Christmas?"
"You mean those "Ooze leather booklets?
Crowell puts them out, and I think we have
one or two left from Christmas."
A moment later Ondeck found the very vol-
ume he wanted, neatly boxed and bearing this
superscription :
'Deserted Village'— 'Goldsmith . . . Laurel
Ooze.
He hurried with it back to Mrs. Didactic
who immediately identified it as the volume
she sought.
"Ah! That is it," said she. "Wrap it up
please."
A moment later she reicdined her friend at
the door.
"My dear !" exclaimed Mrs. Shopper, "What
a time you were gone !"
"What can you expect!" cried Mrs. Did-
actic. "These clerks in here know nothing.
They had "ever heard of Laurel Ooze!"
"I know," said Mrs. Shopper, sympathetic-
ally. "They are hopeless !"
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The Publishers' Weeklv
Bookshops and Decoration
THAT part of New York that centers
around the section of Park Avenue and
Fifty-Ninth Street is becoming increas-
ingly one of the most active of bookselling dis-
tricts, and many of the shops are worth close
study as examples of shop planning.
The Neighborhood Bookshop at the corner
of Park Avenue and Fifty-Sixth Street was
opened by Lawrence Gomme this winter, and
has already built up for itself a loyal clien-
tele.
Altho in the midst of an area of imposing
apartment houses, this particular block; is one
of older rive-story buildings that was com-
pletely remodeled for business purposes. Mr.
Gomme has leased the corner, and has about
thirty foot frontage on Madison Avenue by
fifteen on the side street. This gives a large
window space, which has been most effectively
used without sacrificing the need for floor
area. The English method of bringing the
window display shelves ~close to the glass has
been used. Thus only a foot of the store depth
is used, and hundreds of books brought close
out, where they not only attract attention
by their combined colors as one approaches
from a distance, but by the jacket paragraphs
and open pages when one is close up. Very
carefully arranged reflector lights have been
designed which throw a brilliant illumination
down the whole front of these shelves at night.
The display shelves inside have been built up
from moveable sections two feet in width and
about six feet high. These sections have been
moved about and locked fast together to form
wall cases and partitions until Mr. Gomme has
worked out the arrangement best suited to his
floorspace, and by means of careful classifica-
tion a vast amount of stock is most attract-
ively presented.
At one end room for the rarer items is
marked off by bookshelf partitions, an arrange-
ment which gives a more quiet and intimate
contact with out-of-the-way material. In this
inner room are two chintz covered chairs that
came from Dickens' house at Gadshill. One
feature of the shelf display immediately at-
tracts the eye of a bookseller, and that is the
prominent price figures on the back of each
wrapper. Mr. 'Gomme has found that people
like to know the prices, and he has wished to
avoid the ofttimes marked out figures on the
back of many wrappers. He has had price
marks in bold half-inch figures designed, and
these pasted on the wrappers make self-service
easy.
Another interesting shop on a smaller scale
is that opened this month by Miss Gardes
at Park Avenue and Fifty-Ninth Street. This
shop is an example of what can be done in a
front small area by careful thought to fittings.
The shop is about ten by fifteen and a few feet
from one of the busiest corners. Four feet
from the back wall has been built a partition
with an arched doorway, leaving a work and
storage room behind. The shelves are of most
attractive brown stain, and the chief display
is on these, the table in the middle being used
for a few volumes that seem especially timely.
The window is 2l/2 feet deep, backed by a
batik curtain and illuminated by a well selected
light hanging low from above. A mirror at
the side of the window gives tfie impression
of wider display space. It is so beautiful
a window in arrangement and lighting that it
easily gets attention among the many windows
in that retail section. The shop fittings were
designed in consultation with Russell Hertz,
a famous interior decorator, and the care in
their preparation has resulted in a shop that
ought quickly to build i*« its own neighbor-
hood clientele. Current books, children's
books, magazines and a circulating library are
features of the shop's plan.
Order Direct Business
THE usual custom in the book-trade, when
a dealer wishes to have a volume sent di-
rect to the customer, is to fill out some
sort of form so that the publisher may have
a proper record and be supplied with a
shipping label bearing the bookseller's own
address. This kind of business is an important
part of good book service, as it frequently en-
ables the bookseller to save one to two days
in delivering books, even when the customer
may be in his own city, and when the place
for delivery is at a distance the time saved is
even more valuable.
It is a form of business, however, that puts
additional detail upon the shipping depart-
ments of publishers, and the retailer, wishing
the best service, needs a form of label which
will make it easy for the publisher to handle
the order without needless writing, and which
will leave in the publisher's hand a good record
for later reference. Many publishers are find-
ing that booksellers become careless about using
the order-direct method. If, when an order
for a book is sent, the address of the consignee
is written only on the label enclosed, the ship-
ping department of the publisher is forced to
copy this address onto the letter, in order that
there may be in his hands record of the order.
Some booksellers have omitted this duplica-
tion of address purposely on the theory that it
left in the hands of the publisher a buyer's ad-
dress which the publisher might immediately
take advantage of for his own mail order pur-
pose. It is obvious, however, that a publisher
must keep some record of where the book has
gone, and if there was any intention on his
part to pick up addresses from the retailer, a
practice that probably never has developed, the
address could be as easily copied from the-
shipping tag as from the attached letter.
April 9, 1921
U2J
Many booksellers, according to the reports
of the publishers, do not even enclose a filled
in label for use on the package. This opens
up the possibility of a mistake in copying. It
would seem much better practice always to en-
close the label, in which case the responsibility
for the correct address rests with the book-
seller. Other booksellers put the directions
for sending books direct in among typewritten
or hand-written lists of other types of orders,
with a consequent confusion.
The best practice is to have an order form
with perforated label attached, this order form
to be devoted to that one order alone, with a
careful description of title and edition and a
repetition of the address which is on the label.
Each order form should have a number, so
that books that go astray can be easily traced.
It might be that the Booksellers' Association
could work out some uniformity in order sys-
tems that would enable the publisher to handle
mail direct orders with greater speed and ac-
curacy to the benefit of all.
HOTEL TRAYMORE, ATLANTIC CITY, CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS, MAY 10, II, 12.
The Booksellers5 Convention
THE correspondence which has come to
the chairman in charge of the conven-
tion activities, indicates there is going
to be a large attendance. It is particularly
pleasing to note moreover, that most of the
members who have written us, say they are
going to bring their families. Also a large
number have made their reservations at the
Traymore and they are planning to go down,
Monday evening, May 9 and stay until Friday
morning, May 13. Those who have not al-
ready done so are advised to reserve their
rooms immediately at the Hotel Traymore,
the convention headquarters. Rooms are $4
to $5 per day per person and up, provided two
people occupy a double room. Meals may be
had either a la carte or on the American plan
for $5 a day.
Word comes from the author of the play
which is to be given on the evening of May
n, that the last act is about completed and
that the cast has been selected and that re-
hearsals have begun.
A1 special committee to look after the spe-
cial features for the banquet has been select-
ed and has just had its initial meeting. All
the details have now been planned and four
sub-committees appointed which are working
in their respective fields. It is unfortunately
impossible to give out muchi information
about what these committees are doing, as
the whole scheme for the banquet this year
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is held a secret, as it is quite different from
anything that has been given before.
Whitney Darrow of the entertainment
committee announces special convention rates
of a fare and a half have been granted by the
Trunk Line Association, The Central Passen-
ger Association, the Western Passenger As-
sociation., and the Southwestern Passenger
Association. Anyone attending the Conven-
tion from these districts can secure his return
trip ticket for half the regular fare, provided
a total of 350 people from these districts take
advantage of it. For the Trans-Continental
Passenger Association and New England
Passeenger Association it is impossible to
get this convention rate, but those coming
from these territories can secure tourists'
fares and they should consult their local
ticket office regarding this.
A bulletin is being prepared which will be
sent out to the members and a copy run in
the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY and Newsdealer and
Stationer, which will give information in de-
tail about railroad rates.
Mr. Crowell, in cHarge of the Program
Committee, has secured some splendid fea-
ture talks for the convention. Among the
speakers who can be announced at this time
is Carl H. Milam, secretary of the American
Library Association, who will discuss "How
Shall We Reach Non-Book Readers?" Henry
B. Sell of Harper's Bazar, formerly the book
editor of the Chicago Daily News, and Robert
Cortes Holliday, known for his editorship of
The Bookman and his genial essays, will talk
on "What the People Want to Read."
Mr. Crowell plans to have a merchandise
manager from one of the great department
stores tell how to create a public and how to
equip this public with a taste for good books.
There will be representatives from large and
small bookstores, to discuss the same subject.
John R. Wildman, one of the members of the
firm of Haskins and Sells, will explain an
"Ideal Accounting System for Bookstores."
As an aid to supplement these speeches,
and others yet to be announced, there will be
a question box at the convention, and the
committee in charge have agreed to arrange
that every question will be answered, either
personally, by mail, or in the column trade of
the trade journals.
"The Play's The Thing"
SPILLED are the beans ! Out is the secret !
We have among us ACTORS! Can you
imagine a bunch of book salesmen, pub-
lishers and the like going thru the humdrum
routine of selling and publishing when the urge
to act lies dormant within them, waiting for
the one grand opportunity to express itself !
Did you know that Johnny Winters possessed
a more highly developed dramatic technique
than the whole Barrymore family combined?
Did you know that Mel Minton could act rings
around Lionel Atwill and Hale Hamilton?
Talk about talent! Last Friday, the Aldine
Club housed the most impressive conglomera-
tion of talent that ever conglomerated at the
Aldine Club on April ist — (curses, that's a
hoodoo day). Whitney Darrow, who is chair-
man of about everything connected with the
next Convention of the A. B. A., thought that
as long as the talent was available, the -book-
trade might just as well see it in action.
So said talent tripped its temperamental way
to the Aldine Club, where the play was con-
ceived, cast and set in motion. Bob Anderson^
(Phil's Brother), the demon author-editor-
salesman-advertising man and what not— gave
further evidence of his versatility by blossom-
ing forth as a play-wright. He's written a lol-
lapolooza of a play — a sort of semi-tragic-
comedy, with or without custard, and with more
or less thrills than "The Fragrant Duke." •: It
is a play that will make you weep when you
see it— and of course you won't miss it. No-
body who goes to the Atlantic City Convention
will miss it. Even those who do not see it may
not miss it. But if you are a bookseller, pub-
lisher, salesman or author, you must see the
play. My Gawd! how you must see that play!
It is now in rehearsal, under the direction of
Professor Anderson and Earl Balch, the boy
baritone. Joe Green has not quite decided
which part will part him from the remainder
of his reputation, but he'll be in the cast. So
will Guy Holt, Howard Lewis, the only and
original Harry 'Savage, Mr. Houston's man
Crowell, and a choice assortment of handsome
devils, handpicked from the wealth of avail-
able material.
Is Adam Burger in the cast? Why, of
course he is ! We thought you knew there
simply couldn't be a play without Adam. If
we had left him out he would have climbed
up the lattice scenery and got in anyway.
Mr. Darrow refuses to reveal the locale of
the rehearsals. "We can afford to take no
chances," he said, vaguely enough, "but, seri-
ously, we have a good play, a good cast, and
a healthy ambition to give the convention two
hours of original entertainment"
The Paper Market
THE market prices on book paper have gone
down even more rapidly than had been hoped
for at the first of the year. The demand has
fallen off so that warehouses have been obliged
to compete for customers for the first time in
three years, and mill finish book paper is cur-
rently quoted at about nine cents in the New
York market. This is about half of the price
for such paper bought in the open market
three months ago and a saving of about one-
third on the figures quoted on large contracts
for last year. It would seem likely from the
forecast in the paper trade that the figures
now quoted may remain the average cost dur-
ing 1921.
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George H. Mifflin, 1845-1921
ON April 5th, at the family home at 85
Marlboro Street, Boston, George Har-
rison Mifflin, president of Houghton
Mifflin Company, died in his 76th year after
an illness of several months. Mr. Mifflin was
one of the leading figures in American pub-
lishing history, who, in the span of his own
publishing experience), bound together the
great days of
New England
writing with the
present expansion
and increased
scope of the best
American pub-
lishing.
He was born
in Boston on
May ist, 1845,
son of Charles
and Mary
(Crowninshield)
Mi f f 1 i n. . He
graduated from
Harvard in the
class of 1865.
Two years later
he joined the
house of Kurd
& Houghton,
this firm being
a p u b 1 i s h in g
house organized
by Melancthon
M. Kurd of New
York and Henry
O. Houghton,
owner and direc-
tor of the River-
side Press, Cam-
bridge, and con-
ducted under the
business name of
H. O. Hough-
ton & C o m-
pany. Five years
later he was admitted to the firm.
On the occasion of the celebration of Mr.
Mifflin's fiftieth birthday, Mr. Houghton,
speaking at a gathering of their organiza-
tion, told of how Mr. Mifflin had "with won-
derful persistence insisted on having an op-
portunity to prove himself in the business,
an opportunity which he secured, and from
which beginning he rose step by step to the
position he then held."
In 1878 the new firm of Houghton, Osgood
& Company organized, taking over the inter-
est of James R. Osgood & Co. and Kurd &
Houghton, but with the old firm name of H.
O, Houghton & Company still retained in
connection with the Riverside Press, which
was conducted as a cognate enterprise. This
new firm consisted of Mr. Houghton, Mr.
Osgood and Mr. Mifflin, and the business was
conducted at the former headquarters of the
Osgood house in Boston, the New York store
of Hurd & Houghton becoming a branch
office in charge of Mr. Oscar Houghton. Mr.
Hurd retired on account of ill health, and
Benjamin K. Ticknor left the consolidation
and became associated with S. D. Warren &
Company, the well-known paper house. Two
years later in the spring of 1880 Mr. Osgood
withdrew from
the firm and
again c o m-
menced business
under the old
name of James
R. Osgood. &
Company with
Colonel John H.
Ammon as part-
ner, a short-
lived firm large-
ly devoted to
printing.
At this time,
1880, the now fa-
mous imprint of
Houghton Mif-
flin & Co. ap-
peared, which has
stood for forty-
one years tho in-
corporated anew
in 1908 under the
title Houghton
Mifflin Company,
at Which time
Mr. Mifflin be-
came president of
tihe company. The
new partner with
Mr. Houghton
and Mr. Mifflin
was L a w s o n
Valentine, a
business man
with a genius
for organization
and with experience in various journals. A
member of the book-trade, writing at the
time of the new organization, said: "Mr.
Mifflin is an excellent example of a Boston
boy who believes in work. Coming from an
old family, he might easily have taken to the
life of a fashionable dilettante, frequenter of
clubs and drawing rooms. Instead of that,
soon after graduating .from Harvard, he
joined the Riverside Press, and, beginning at
the beginning, made himself master of all the
steps and processes of book-making. No
small part of the tasteful appearance and
good workmanship of the present products of
the Press is due to his skill and conscientious
fidelity."
Undoubtedly Mr. Mifflin's traimng at the
practical producing end of publishing has
had a strong influence in continuing and
developing the high standards of book-mak-
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ing which have always been connected with
this firm, these standards applying not only
to their established books issued as always
with great dignity and beauty, but also to
the aggressive experimentation, such as was
instanced in the years when he gave such full
co-operation and backing to Bruce Rogers'
work in fine typography on the Riverside
Press Books, which set new standards in
American typography.
The new firm of Houghton MifBin & Com-
pany had been but a few months organized
before it was ready to move from the old
Osgopd quarters to that most famous of all
street addresses connected with American
publishing, No. 4 Park Street, still the head-
quarters of the firm, and still having the same
attractive bookish rooms, looking in one
direction upon Boston Common and in the
rear over the old cemetery, with the Boston
Athenaeum beyond.
When the new firm was ready to move to
these new quarters in October, there was
open house at 4 Park Street, with Thomas
Hughes of "Tom Brown" fame as guest of
honor. Nothing can more completely indi-
cate the high auspices under which the new
organization came into being than to list
some of the names of the people who were
present on that occasion to wish the three
men success with the new imprint. Longfel-
low was present, and Holmes, Howells and
Aldrich, Fields and Whipple of old Boston
publishing interests'. Bjornson was in this
country and became an honored guest. Then,
there were Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Mrs. A. D.
T. Whitney, Rose Terry Cooke, Lucy Larcom,
Sarah Orne Jewetf:, Nora Perry and Mrs.
Fields. Horace Scudder, who had entered
the firm of Kurd & Houghton in 1872 at the
same time Mr. Mifflin had joined, but had
withdrawn later, as his interests were more
in writing, was present ; as were Judge Hoar
and Senator Hoar, Charles Francis Adams
and Chief Justice Gray.
Under such auspices the firm of Houghton
Mifflin Company continued its great inherit-
ance that had come ;to it from the many firms
that had gone to make up the new amalga-
mation. The house which has been built on
this foundation is one of the great monu-
ments to publishing vision and ability.
In an interview given in 1914 Mr. Mifflin,
speaking of the ideals of his house, said : "I
count among the "most fortunate experiences
of my early business training the time that
brought me into such intimate relations with
Mr. Houghton, whose native honesty, high
ideals and steadfastness of purpose were an
inspiration in the early days and continue
this day to be a marked influence for our
staff. I can recall to-day as if it were yes-
terday the joy that came to me as a youthful
book lover in the late fifties and early , sixties
as I hailed the books which appeared with
the magic imprint 'Printed at the River-
side Press.' Really well printed books were
in those days rare.
"The Riverside Press has endeavored stead-
fastly to maintain the ideals of its founder.
From small beginnings the firm came into the
great publishing heritage which brought un-
der its imprint great and abiding names :
Longfellow, Emerson, Hawthorne, Lowell,
Holmes, Whittier, Aldrich, Bret Harte. The
{ask since that time has been to build oji
these sure foundations and to multiply the
forms and uses to which these writings and
later ones could be put. This has been done
thru the agency of several departments, gen-
eral, educational and subscription, in each
one of which the governing conditions have
been carefully studied and met as far as
practical.
"Our catalog, the roots of which extend
back to 1832, containing those books which
have endured, could tell of long and arduous
quests for what seemed best at the time. In
later years, in the multiplication of new
books and new methods, the house has been
trying with the help of many young" and en-
thusiastic members to maintain the standards
raised by Mr. Houghton. With the best of
intentions it has made and is making mis-
takes enough, but they have been those of
judgment and not intention.
"It realizes to-day, more than it ever has
before, that its best asset is the good will of
its friends and authors. It is satisfied if
after earnest efforts it can add a few books
from year to year to its catalog of permanent
standard works. But it is only after re-
peated experiments that time settles what is
really permanent. Each such addition to its
catalog rejoices the heart of every genuine
publisher and is what we are all reaching
after, perhaps often, to the vision of the out-
sider, with indifferent results."
Mr. Mifflin is survived by his wife, Miss
Jane Appleton Phillips of Salem, whom he
married in 1877, ,and a son, George H. Mif-
flin, Jr., who is connected with the firm..
To but few men can it be given to com-
plete so well-rounded a life and so successful
a business career. With the finest inheritance
that Boston could give and the training of
her favored university, he entered energetic-
ally into a great industry to learn it from
its fundamentals. Coming into an enterprise
launched with unusual promise he was an in-
strument in building it to even nobler pro-
portions. Himself given early opportunity to
use his full talents he gave prompt recogni-
tion to younger men who associated them-
selves with the firm. Few professions can
give to their followers so personal and last-
ing a reward as can publishing- and few men
received more from and have given more to
the profession than Mr. Mifflin.
In Memoriam
Sixty years ago, when I was in college, the
Yale librarian, Daniel C Gilman, later 'the
first president of Johns Hopkins University,
told our class that when we found a book
bearing the imprint of Ticknor & Fields, we
could be .fairly confident that it was a good
book. That statement gave me a disposition
to make my living by publishing, and by that
April 0, 1921
1127
sort of publishing. The house that was then
Ticknor & Fields is now the Houghton Mif-
flin Company, it has always maintained the
high tradition which was ascribed to it by
high authority sixty years ago, and the friend
we have just lost was its head. No higher
tribute can be paid an American publisher.
But I can pay a different one equally high.
The ambition with which the noble example
of the old house inspired me was second to
another ambition. I wanted to be an author,
arid when, in the course of time, I became
one, after a fashion, what more natural than
that the noble old house should publish for
me? Now according to tradition, as an author,
I should say that my publisher was a Bar-
rabbas. But on the contrary I can only< say,
and I delight in doing it, that my publisher
always was, as he was born, a gentleman.
He is a great loss to his authors, but he
passed in the fullness of his years, and the
old house, with its high traditions, is still
with us.
HENRY HOLT.
The New York Printing Situation
THE first hearing on the demand of the Em-
ploying Printers of New York, Closed Shop
Section, for a reduction of 25 per cent was
held on March 28th. The demand asked for
15 per cent reduction because of the decrease
in the cost of living" and 10 per cent because of
the economic condition of the industry. This
first hearing was held before Professor
William F. Ogburn, who acted in a like capa-
city at the proceedings last fall when the in-
crease was granted.
This first hearing was held with Pressmen's
Union No. 51 and Paper Cutters' Union No.
119. The Pressmen's Union filed a counter-
claim for an increase of $10 on the present
scale of $51, and the Paper Cutters' Union
contended that the present scale of $45 should
not be reduced. Both sides are submitting re-
buttal testimony. Three other hearings are up
for adjustment. The hearings began April
1st. These are of the Press Feeders' and As-
sistants' Union No. 23, Job Pressmen and Job
Press Feeders' Union No. I, and the Paper
Handlers' Union No. i. There are three
other Unions that have relations with the
Employing Printers' Association, but their
arrangements did not expire on April ist, and
their readjustment is to be asked on another
basis.
As the figures on the increased cost of liv-
ing were so strongly recognized in the de-
cisions last December, it seems only to be ex-
pected that some recognition of this should be
obtained by these readjustments.
•
Chicago Booksellers Meet
THE speaker at the Chicago meeting of the
Chicago Booksellers' , League, held, on the
evening of April 4th, was F. Guy Davis,
Manager of the American Newspaper Adver-
tising Association. His subject was "The
Newspaper and Book Advertising." The
special emphasis of the meeting was on get
acquainted features for the Chicago trade, and
the dinner was one of the most successful so
far held.
A National Emblem
AN official emblem for the use of all mem-
bers of the National Association of Sta-
tioners and Manufacturers has now been
adopted with the idea that it shall be used on
letterheads, local advertising, wrappers, sales-
men's calling cards, etc. It is also to Be re-
produced as a window transparency. A prize
of one hundred dollars for the best design was
offered by President Bauer of the Associa-
tion, which resulted in the selection of the
design that is here reproduced.
The adoption of such an emblem and its
national use will throw upon the Association a
still further responsibility for improving and
standardizing- the quality of the service given
at stationery stores and probablyjtend to em-
phasize still further the need of careful train-
ing for the business, the emphasis on which
was a decided feature of the last national con-
vention at St. Louis.
The adoption of such an emblem was sug-
gested a few years ago for the Booksellers'
Association by F. C. H. Gibbons of Spring-
field, but the plan was not adopted owing to a
feeling that the display of such an emblem
would suggest a certain standard of stock and
efficiency, and that there were no standards
by which to measure the bookstore. It may
be that with the improvement in the qualifica-
tions of all booksellers and in the professional
pride that is taken in the business, booksellers
can some clay follow the lead of the stationers
and adopt an emblem which may apoear on
th» VM>.-IOW«; or over the reference counters in
^]\ bookshops, and which shall reallv stand
for a high grade of 'book service. The French
organization of book publishers has already
p^opted such an emblem, as was reproduced in<
the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY of March 26.
The Publishers' Weekly
Ashamed of the Movie Version Printing Strike in Boston
THOSE who have enjoyed a good book
and afterwards been disappointed in the
film version will appreciate the recently pub-
lished letter of William Allen White in reply
to a Mrs. Stark, who had testified at a hearing
on censorhip that "The worst picture I ever
saw in Kansas City was written by a Kansas
author and called 'In the Heart of a Fool.' "
"My dear Mrs. Stark: I noticed in the
newspapers that you said my picture 'In ,the
Heart of a Fool' was the worst picture you
ever saw. I quite agree with you. I had noth-
ing to do with the filming of it. I wrote a
book which had an entirely different story.
I sold the movie right of the book to the out-
fit that made the picture. Under the court
decision, when I sell the movie right, I .sell
the right to change the plot. They changed the
plot and made it a nasty sex thing, and I am
just as much ashamed of it as you can be, but
I have no rights in the courts. I thank you
very much for your frankness in the matter.
Sincerely yours,
W. A. WHITE."
Cleaning Up the Movies
THE very wide discussion of the present
condition of the films and the action of
legislation which is pending in numerous states
calling for increased censorship has brought
the question of film cleanliness sharply to the
front. . The members of the National Associa-
tion of Moving Picture Industry, representing
ninety of the principal producers, have an-
nounced that they have agreed upon "a definite
and concrete plan which will insure against the
production of questionable films and will jpre-
vent, also, the exploitation of pictures m a
manner censored to good taste." They adopted
a resolution, calling upon all members to up-
hold the authorities and to assist in the prose-
cution of all members who failed to comply
with the aim of the Association to make the
screen clean and wholesome. The Authors'
League, whose members are vitally interested
in film production, are suggesting that what-
ever censorship or control there needs to be
should be on a national basis, as state censor-
ship leads to needless difficulty and confusion.
The discussion has probaHy been precipitated
by the production of "Way Down East" with
a marked contrast between the film and the
stage production.
The New "United States Catalog"
A PROMISE that the second supplement to
the "United States Catalog" will be ready
by August is given out by the H. W. Wilson
Company, an announcement that will be ex-
tremely welcome -by all booksellers and libra-
rians. This supplement starts with January,
1918, and will cover up to June, 1921. The
first supplement to the general index, dated
January, 1912, covers the years 1912-1917.
A SERIOUS situation preliminary to
other printing troubks thruout the
country has broken out in Boston, where the
printing houses posted bulletins that they
they would make a reduction of four dollars
per week in wages, beginning April 4th. The
Unions immediately struck, including fhe
compositors, pressmen, feeders, book binders,
bindery women and electrotypers. It is esti-
mated that about eighty per-cent of the book
and job printers are out, including the plants
at Cambridge and Norwood, as well as those
at Boston. This includes all the shops that
are organized in to the Boston Typothetae
Board of Trade. One estimate is that more
than twenty-five hundred printing craftsmen
are involved in this strike, and the workers
are picketing the shops.
On Tuesday the Employers' headquarters
reported that one hundred new men had been
put to work and that every shop was runniig
even tho with but a slight force, of non-union
men or men who tore up their cards.
While the question of wage precipitated
the strrke, the question of hours is the more
persistent subject of discussion. This trouble
is connected with the countrywide discussion
of the entering of the general printing busi-
ness on a forty-four hour basis as of May 1st.
As has been pointed out in connection with
discussion in other cities, the national Typothe-
tae has about five thousand members, about
two hundred of these operating on a closed
shop basis. This closed shop group passed a
resolution at the convention in New York in
August 1919 in favor of a forty-four hour
week on May 1st 1921. The Employing
Printers' Association of New York, Chicago
and a few shops elsewhere made subsequent
agreements with the Unions for this ar-
rangement, believing that the whole country
was to go on the forty-four hour basis. This
has, however, not proved so, and at the con-
vention last year at St. Louis both the open
and the closed shop sections of the Typothe-
tae passed resolutions against the forty-four
hour week. The New York Employing
Printers' Association closed shop section in-
tend to stand by their agreement, but have
opened up a request for a reduction in wage
of twenty-five per-cent as of April ist. With-
out this reduction, and in case the men insist
on keeping both wage and hour agreement,
the shops in New York are bound to be
handicapped in competition with the rest of
the country in a way that the employers de-
clare will work to the disadvantage of em-
ployees as well as employers.
"No home is complete without a library. The
mind requires food and recreation as well as
the body. Be as careful in selecting your books
as you are your food."
—A. L. Burt Company, New York City, hi
New Era Magazine.
April 9, 1981
1129
Dante Centenary
THE 6ooth Anniversary of Dante's death
falls on September 14, 1921, Preparations
for the commemoration of the event are already
under way. Houghton Mifflin announces the
publication of a complete single-volume edition
of the definitive English prose translation of
The Divine Comedy" by Charles Eliot Norton.
This has hitherto been available only in the
three volume edition. "The Inferno" of Dante
with text and translation by Eleanor Vinton
Murray has been issued by the Merrymount
Press, Boston. The tradition of Dante schol-
arship in America is long and honorable. The
New York Times in a book review of Miss
Murrayls book said: In 1833, a Venetian
refugee, Lorenzo da Ponte made the proud
boast that he and he alone had brought Dante
to America and had instructed 2,500 Amer-
icans in his language.
America's contribution to the Florentine
celebration of the 6opth anniversary of Dante's
birth in 1865 was in every way worthy. It
consisted of Norton's monograph on the authen-
tic portraits of Dante, Botta's "Dante as
Philosopher, Patriot and Poet," Longfellow's
"Inferno," and Parsons's translation of the first
seventeen cantos. Half a century later, of the
twenty-four complete English .translations of
the "Comme<$a" four were the work of Am-
ericans, the last to make its appearance on the
eve of Italy's declaration of war against her
traditional enemy being an inspiring rendering:
in blank verse by Henry Johnson. Nearly 2,000
(books dealing with Dante had been written by
Americans and printed on American presses; at
Cornell University the Willard Fiske collection
had become one of the greatest in the world;
the publications of the Dante 'Society of Cam-
bridge, Mass., had notably led or supplemented
the most important research and elucidations in
Italy.
"How to Make a Good Book
Salesman"
UNDER the above title L. M. Cross of the
Vir Publishing Company has issued a
valuable little booklet which he has sent out
with the compliments of his firm to a large
mailing list in the 'book-trade. It is dedicated
"to the -wisest of all sales people — the men and
women in the business of selling- books."
Mr. Cross as editor of "Successful Booksell-
ing'' has done great service to the book-trade
in bringing it closer together and in circulating
practical suggestions for display and selling,
and in this book he has put into concrete form
a dozen pages of admirable suggestions as to
the salesman?s attitude toward his store, care
and arrangement of stock, the store's general
atmosphere, handling of ^displays, serving cus-
tomers, etc. Mr. Cross recommends keeping
steadily behind the "Buy A Book A Week"
campaign, and his book is a generous contri-
bution toward the success of that co-operative
enterprise.
Boston Book Sellers Active
AN enthusiastic meeting of the Boston
Booksellers' Association was held on
Tuesday, March 29th, and it was suggested
that a dinner-dance in April should be ar-
ranged as a final feature of the year. The
Association will also be actively interested in
extending hospitality to the "American Li-
brary Association, which meets at Swamp-
scott in June.
The officers for the ensuing year are:
President, Richard F. Fuller, of the Old Cor~-
ner Bookstore; Vice-President, H. S. Hutch-
inson, New Bedford; Second Vice-President,
Benjamin H. Ticknor, of Houghton Miflflin
Co.; Treasurer, W. R. Combie, of New Eng-
land News Co. ; Secretary, Miss~Anna Gross-
man, formerly of Houghton Mifilin Co.;
Board of Governors to 1923, Joseph Ryan, of
Old Corner Bookstore, and Leroy Phillips.
The Power of a Booklist
A good booklist has an extraordinary lease
of life. The famous "Hundred Best
Books," with which Sir John Lubbock seems
to have started this idea, has been reprinted
again and again, sometimes, perhaps, rather
turning the new reader away from reading
than drawing him to it. Then there have
been the "Desert Island Library," and
Morley's "The Guest Room Bookshelf," and
others.
Recently the New York Public Library
printed in its Bulletin a list of the books;
which they found most generally called for
in ^the central circulating room. This list,1
which was reprinted in the . PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY of January 8th, has been turning up
in literary papers, in news columns and else-
where.
Recently Wanamaker's New York depart-
ment reprinted the list, with the suggestion'
that the books could be bought from their
stock. The library by this kind of publicity
helped the good cause of general book distri-
bution.
So Actors Do Read
IT is always of interest to the book-trade when
celebrities will pose for the public press
with books in their hands or books on their
tables. A March issue of the New York
Tribune rotogravure section had photographs
of eight of the most popular actors, on the
metropolitan stage, each reading his favorite
book. Grant Mitchell, it seems, favors O.
Henry; Holbrook Blinn, Rudyard Kipling;
Ernest Glendinning likes Robert Louis Steven-
son; Frank Bacon turns to Bret Harte; Alan
Dinehart prefers Edgar. Allan Pbe; Norman
Trevor evidently is not tired of the dialog
form since he seeks his recreation, and has his.
photograph taken with Arthur Pinero in his
hand; Jacob Ben- Ami prefers Tolstoi; and
Rolland Young chooses Max Beerbohm and a
pipe for his comfort.
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Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
"THE WALL" is the second volume in the
triology begun in "The Mask" by John Cour-
nos (Doran).
"SVCERMERE," one of Knut Hamsun's most
famous novels will be published shortly under
the name of "Mothwise" by the London branch
of Gyldendal.
A LIMITED edition of five hundred copies of
James Oppenheim's "The Mystic Warrior," the
story in verse of the struggle between the old
and new America, is now published by Knopf.
G. W. DASENT'S "East O' The Sun and West
O' The Moon" has appeared in most attractive
new dress, in McKay's Golden Books For Chil-
dren. The beautiful color illustrations are by
Edna Cooke.
A MUSICAL and literary event, is the pub-
lication of Leopold Auer's "Violin Playing As
I Teach It," by Stokes. Auer, is unquestion-
ably the greatest teacher of the violin; Elman,
Heifetz, Zimbalist, and Seidel are among his
famous pupils.
DR. LULU HUNT PETERS has returned to the
United States after a service of nearly twv>
years in the Balkans with a Red Cross unit.
The fifth edition of her "Diet and Health"
(!Reilly & Lee) has an additional chapter,
sketching some of her experiences in Albania.
THE FIRST night of James Branch Cabell's
first play was an event in Richmond recently,
at the Little Theater, when "Belthazar's
Daughter" dramatized from a tale of mediaeval
Italy originally published in Harper's Maga-
zine, was produced. "The Rivet in Grand-
father's Neck" will be produced in New York
next winter.
PAUL B. HOEBER, New York, announces for
publication in April "The Life and Times of
Ambroise Pare," by Dr. Francis R. Packard,
of Philadelphia, editor of the Annals of Med-
ical History and author of the "History of
Medicine in the United "States." Ambroise
Pare (surgeon to Charles IX) was the father
of modern surgery and was the first to use
the ligature. In addition to being a surgeon,
he was a courtier and a statesman. The his-
tory of Pare's activities gives an excellent
picture of Renaissance France. It is interest-
ing to know that the career of Pare as a
military surgeon takes us over the same
battlefields that were fought on by the A. E.
F. in the late war. Not onlv medical men but
those interested in French history will be in-
terested in this book.
HARCOURT, BRACE & Co. will have ready in
May, a biography of Queen Victoria by Lytton
Strachey, author of "Eminent Victorians."
"ALAN SEEGER," his aunt once said, "gave
his life for the beauty of France." Leading
French literary men are heading a movement
to erect a statue to him in gratitude for his
sacrifice.
MARY CAROLYN DAVIES, well known for her
poetry, is now a novelist. Her first novel, "The
Husband Test" is on the spring list of the Penn
Publishing Company, and she is now at work
upon a second novel.
"THE GREEN BOUGH" by E. Temple Thurs-
ton, which Our London Correspondent has
written us has been a best seller over there,
has been published in this country by Apple-
ton.
FRANK PACKARD'S new story "Pawned"
(Doran) carries its readers thru mystery all
the way from New York to the South Seas
and back again.
"NOCTURNE" was the story of a single even-
ing in the life of a milliner's assistant. "Co-
quette," Frank Swinnerton's new novel this
spring is the story of eighteen months in the
life of a dressmaker's assistant (Doran).
CONINGSBY DAWSON'S realistic picture of
what peace 'has done to Europe has the strik-
ing title "It Might Have Happened To You."
It takes up the questions: Why is Europe
Starving? Why Doesn't She Get To Work?
What Chance Has Revolution? It is pub-
lished by John Lane.
MRS. A. M. WILLIAMSON has been in New
York arranging for the publication of her new
books. She feels that she has a closer con-
nection with spiritual things than most people,
says The Bookman, and that since his death
Mr. Williamson has constantly aided her work.
For this reason the books will continue to be
signed C. N. and A. M. Williamson.
STOKES has just published a new school and
acting edition of Alfred Noyes' "Sherwood,"
with directions for production by Milnor
Dorey. It is adapted for study in English
Literature classes and as a commencement play
for schools and colleges. It has textual cuts
indicated, and directions for production, includ-
ing staging, lighting, costuming, casting, prop-
erty lists, stage diagrams, directions for dances
and music and many valuable suggestions for
interpretation and acting.
April .9, 1921
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Changes in Prices
DORRANCE & COMPANY, INC.
The Pocket Chesterfield, Ed. by Gordon Dorrance, $r.
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
Physical Chemistry for Electrical Engineers, by
J. L. R. Morgan, from $2.00 to $3.00.
Obituary Notes
CHARLES WILBERPORCE AMES, President and
General Manager of the West Publishing
Company, publishers of law books, died at his
home in Minneapolis after a long illness on
April 3rd. He was born in that city in 1855
and received the Degree of Litt. B. from Cor-
nell in 1878. For a brief period he helped his
father edit the Christian Register of Boston
and then entered the publishing business. He
was Vice- President of the America Unitarian
Association.
T. ERNEST COMBA, who at one time was
American agent for John Lane, London, died
after a brief illness on March 25th at his
home in Dorset, Vermont, where he had been
living for some years.
He was born in England in 1851 and was
a member of the firm of Truslove, Hanson &
Comba, London, when he came to America in
1900 to establish an American branch for his
firm whose business was mainly French,
Italian and Spanish books. In time this agency
was absorbed by the Lane house, Mr. Comba
becoming its manager for about a year.
GEORGE IGNATIUS DORSEY, Vice-President of
H. L. Kilner & Company, publishers of Catho-
lic literature, Philadelphia, died on March 27th
at his home in that city.
Prize for Journalists
T ASON Rogers, publisher of the New York
J Globe has offered a prize of fifty dollars
for the best article written by a student of the
department of journalism of the University
of Kansas on "Journalism Tomorrow." The
articles are to be from 500 to 1000 words in
length and are to be finished by May I.
Communications
Fake Reviewers
MARCH 30, 1921.
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY:
It may interest the publishers to know that
some time ago H. D. Frankel of the Pioneer
Building, St. Paul, asked us to send him copies
of our publications for review in the St. Paul
Daily News. We sent several books to him,
but never received any notice. Later oil the
Literary Editor, Thomas A. Boyd, wrote ask-
ing for copies of our publications for review.
We wrote telling him that we had sent a num-
ber to H. D. Frankel, and received his reply
that this man is in no way connected with the
News, and that to his knowledge has never
been authorized to review books for the paper.
He says that we are not the only publishers
who have been asked for books by Mr. Frankel
under the impression that they were to be re-
viewed in the Daily Netvt.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS,
Per Morgan P. Taylor.
A Children's Week in April
LEADERS of the children's work in the
International Sunday School Movement
are making plans for an observance of an
international Children's Week, beginning Sun-
djay, April 24th, and closing Sunday, May ist.
The leaders in the movement thruout the
country are working on programs, and by the
time the Week comes there should be ready
interesting activities in many directions.
The task of religious education of the chil-
dren in the churches and in the home can >be
finely supported by the book-stores by .estab-
lishing contact with the church workers. The
Religious Book Week Committee announce
that it has left from its large printing of
posters several hundred that would be avail-
able for any bookstore which would like to
take this matter up again on this last week in
April. These posters bear no date, and so
would be just a.s useable as in March.
Another Author-Publisher
ON February loth, ,writes the Publishers'
Circular, Mr. J. Weedon Birch, one of the
principals of the enterprising firm of G. Heath
Robinson & J. Birch, Ltd., will issue, at 7s.
6d. net, a novel from his own pen, entitled
"The Lure of the Honeybird." It is largely
based on a personal and intimate knowledge
of the veldt, obtained when Rhodes was merely
dreaming of Empire making.
J. Wheedon Birch's previous novels were
"The White Induna" and "Blood Brothers."
Lower Book Cloth Prices
NEW schedules of prices as of April ist have
been sent out by the Holliston Mills, bring-
ing the prices down about twenty to thirty
per cent on different grades. The same mills
announced on December ist a reduction of
about the same amount.
Personal Notes
C. E. LAURIAT, JR., President of the Charles
E. Lauriat Company, of Boston, sailed on
April 2nd for England on the Company's
annual business trip. He will be in London
for the next two months, buying old and rare
books and remainders. His London address
is : care of Walford Brothers, 6 New Oxford
St., London W. C., England.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. — The Stevenson
Daily News Agency, formerly the March
Daily Newspaper Agency, is branching out into
the book and stationery lines and correspon-
rence, catalogs and calls from salesmen are
invited. Address, as for the past ten years,
108 North Broadway, Oklahoma City.
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The Weekly Record of New Publications
This list aims to be a complete and accurate record of American book publications.
Pamphlets will be included only if of special value. Publishers should send copies of all
books promptly for annotation and entry, and the receipt of advance copies insures record
simultaneous with publication. -The annotations are descriptive, not critical; intended to
place not to judge the books. Pamphlet material and books of lesser trade interest are listed
in smaller type.
The entry is transcribed from title page when the book is sent for record. Prices are added except
when not supplied by publisher or obtainable only on specific request. When not specified the binding is cloth.
Imprint date is stated [or best available date, preferably copyright date, in bracket] only when it
differs fr<om year of entry. Copyright date is stated only when it differs from imprint date: otherwise
simply "c." No ascertainable date is designated thus: [n. rf»J.
Sizes are indicated as follows: F. (.folio: over 30 centimeters high) ; Q (4*0 : under 30 cm.); O.
.); Tt.
25 cm.); D. {izmo: 20 cm.); S. (i6mo: 17^2 cm.); T. (z^mo: 15 cm
10 cm.); sq., obi., nar., designate square, oblong, narrow.
izl/2 cm.); Ff. (48mo:
Abbott, G. F.
Under the Turk in Constantinople; with a
foreword bv Viscount Bryce. 418 p. O '20
N. Y., Macmiilan $5 ""
Abbott, Lyman
What 'Christianity means to me; a spiritual
autobiography. 114-194 p. D c. N'. Y., Mac-
miilan $1.75 n.
The result of the author's sixty years of Bible
study.
Adams, George Burton
Constitutional history of England. lo-f-
518 p. (2 p. bibl.) O (Am. hist, ser.) [c. '21]
'N. Y., Holt $3 n.
Allen, Frederic Sturges
Allen's synonyms and antonyms. 154-481 p.
O [c. '20] N. Y., Harper $3 n.
American Automobile Digest, Editorial Staff
Motor truck manual ; a practical book of
instruction on the construction and care of
motor trucks. 148 p. il. diagrs. plans S c.
Cin., Am. Automobile Digest $i
Partial contents: Chassis layout; Radiators and
cooling system; Axles and final drive; The steejing
gear and steering linkage; Wheels, rims and tires;
Motor truck governors; Motor truck bodies.
Andree, Richard
Andree's allgemeiner handatlas ; mit voll-
standigem alphabetischem namenverzeichnis
in besonderem bande. 224; 544 p. col. front,
col. maps F '21 N. Y*, Lemcke & Buechner
$10 n.
Andrews, Matthew Page
The birth of America ; an historical drama
in three acts. 60 p. DC. '20 Bait., Norman-
Remington Co. pap. 50 c. ; $i
Auer, Leopold
Violin playing as I teach it. 223 p. front,
(por.) music pors. O [c. '21] N. Y., Stokes
$3 n.
A book intended for the student and the teacher,
in which every phase of the art of violin playing is
touched upon.
^Averill, Lawrence Augustus
Psychology for normal schools ; [with an
introd. by Ellwood P. Cubber ley.] 264-362 p.
(3 p. bibl.) D (Riverside textbooks in educa-
tion) [c. '21] Bost, Houghton Mifflin $2.25 n.
Avery, C. Louise
American silver of the I7th and i8th cen-
turies ; a study based on the Clearwater case ;
with a preface by R. T. H. Halsey. 994-
216 p. O c. '20 N. Y., Metropolitan Museum
of Art $15 ; $16
Babcock, Mrs. Bernie Smade
The coming of the King. 359 p. D [c. '21]
Indianapolis, Ind., Bobbs-Merrill $2 n.
A story of the life of Christ.
Bennett, Arnold i. e. Enoch Arnold
Things that have interested me. 114-332 p.
O [c. '21] N. Y., Dor an $2.50 n.
One hundred twenty-five sketches of the theater,
books, people and life in general.
Blumgarten, Aaron Samuel
Materia medica for nurses; 3rd ed. com-
pletely revised. 672 p. O '21 c. '14-20 N. Y.,
Macmiilan $2.95 n.
Bramley-Moore, Swinfen
Motors in a nutshell; a plain description
of the modern chassis ; with il. and diagrs.
of the engine, carburetor, magneto, and
transmission ; together with a section on road-
side troubles ; also 200 practical questions
with references to the pages of the book on
which the answers are to be found. [Rev.
ed.] 166 p. D N'. Y., Spon & Chamberlain, 120
Liberty St. pap. 80 c. n.
Brandon, Edgar Ewing
Series lessons for beginners in French ;
with elementary grammatical and composi-
tion exercises ; [pts. I and 2.] 120 p. S (Inde-
pendent authors ser., no. 2 and 3) c. '20
Milwaukee, Wis., Modern Language Press
pap. ea. 75 c.
Bfasol, Boris L.
The world at the cross roads. 409 p. O
[c. '21] Bost., Small, Maynard $2.50 n.
Partial contents: Europe on the eve of the World
War; "The hidden hand" in the Russian revolution;
The "Third Internationale."
Buchanan, E. E.
Tables of squares ; containing the square of
every foot, inch and sixteenth of an inch, be-
tween one-sixteenth of an inch and fifty feet;
for engineers and calculators ; nth ed. 167 p.
il. O N. Y., Spon & Chamberlain $1.25 n.
April 9, 1931
Burleson, Adele Steiner [Mrs. Albert Sidney
Burleson]
Every politician and his wife; with an
introd. by Thomas R. Marshall. 12+177 p.
D [c. '21] Phil., Dorrance & Co. $1.75 n.
A novel in which political life in Washington
today is depicted.
Cadman, Samuel Parkes
Ambassadors of God; [new and cheaper
ed.] 353 p. O '21 c. '20 N. Y.,. Macmillan bds.
$2.5.0 n.
Carducci, Giosue
A selection from the poems of Giosue Car-
ducci ; tr. and annotated with a biographical
introd. by Emily A. Tribe. 82+154 p. O '21
N. Y., Longmans, Green bds. $5 n.
A translation of the poetry of the great modern
poet of Italy with an introduction to each poem,
and notes to the more difficult passages.
Carrington, Hereward [Hubert Lavington,
pseud.]
Death ; its causes and phenomena ; with
special reference to immortality. 6+307 p.
(n p. bibl.) front. O c. N. Y., Dddd, Mead
$3 n.
This volume deals with the subject of death from
its physiological, historical and psychical aspects.
Clark, John Jesse
The slide rule; an elementary treatise.
62 p. tabs. fold, chart D '21 c. '09 Phil., Mc-
Kay $i n.
Clibbens, Douglas A.
The principles of the phase theory; hetero-
geneous equilibria between salts and their
aqueous solutions. 20+383 p. diagrs. O '20
N. Y., Macmillan $10 n.
Cole, Cyrenus
A history of the people of Iowa. 588 p. il.
pis. maps O [c. '21] Cedar Rapids, la., The
Torch Press $7.50
Comey, Arthur Messinger
A chemical solubilities dictionary ; 2nd rev.
and enl. ed. 1140 p. O c. N. Y., Macmillan
$14
Committee (The) on the War and The Re-
ligious Outlook, ed.
Christian unity; its principles and possi-
bilities. 14+386 p. O c. N. Y., The Assn.
Press $2.85 n.
Partial contents: The war and Christian unity; The
present situation in the denominations; Undenomina-
tional movements in the United States; Movements
toward union in other countries.
Commons, John Rogers
Races and immigrants in America; new ed.
242 p. il. D c. '20 N. Y., Macmillan $2.50
Cornaro, Lewis
How to live 100 years ; [tr. from the Italian
of the Venice ed. of 1612.] 128 p. D '21
.Girard, Kas., Appeal to Reason bds. 25 c.
Cravens, George W.
Welding; a practical treatise on the ap-
plications of electric, gas and thermit weld-
ing to manufacturing and repair work. 4
138 p. il. pi. O '21 c. '20 Chic., American
Technical Society $1.50
Cromwell, J. H.
A system of easy lettering; with a supple-
ment showing thirteen new alphabets; I2th
ed. 39 p. O N'. Y., Spon & Chamberlain pap.
75 c. n.
Cross, Charles Frederick, and Sevan, Edward
John
A text-book of paper-making; containing
additional matter, and in part rewritten with
collaboration of J. F. Briggs. 11+527 p. (8 p.
bibl.) front, il. pis. (part fold.) O '20 N. Y.,
Spon & Chamberlain $10 n.
Cross, H. H. U.
Automobile batteries; construction, charg-
ing, repair and maintenance. 109 p. il. D
N. Y., Spon & Chamberlain $1.50 n.
Darling, C. A.
Pyrometry; the measurement of high tem-
peratures ; [Rev. ed.] 240 p. il. O N. Y., Spon
& Chamberlain $4 n.
Darrow, Clarence Seward
The open shop. 32 p. D Chic., C. H. Kerr
& Co. pap. 10 c.
Dasent, Sir George Webbe
East o' the sun and west o' the moon; [il.
by Edna Cooke.] 289 p. col. front, col. pis.
D (The golden books for children) [c. '21]
Phil., McKay $1.50 n.
Davis, Nettie Stewart
Vocational arithmetic for girls. 137 p. D
c. '20 Milwaukee, Wis., Bruce Pub. Co. 70
c. n.
Dean, Arthur W.
Modern publicity; a plea for art in adver-
tising. 70 p. D '21 N. Y., Pitman $i
Partial contents: A definition of publicity; The
public and its relation to media; Originality; On the
preparation of lay-outs; The American advertisement;
1913 and to-day.
Domville-Fife, Charles
The states of South America. 287 p. il. O
'20 N. Y., Macmillan $5
Donald, C. H.
Companions ; feathered, furred and scaled ;
with il. from photographs. 159 p. front, pis.
D '20 N. Y., J. Lane $2 n.
Sketches of the wild creatures that inhabit tfie
Himalayas, many of these chapters appeared in The
Times of India Illustrated Weekly.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Annual report of the Director [George E. Hale]
of the Mount Wilson Observatory; extracted from
Year book no. 19, for the year 1920. various paging
(21/? p. bibl.) tabs. O Wash., D. C., Carnegie Inst.
of Washington pap.
Year book ho. 19, 1020. 21+424 p. (954 P. bibl.) tabs,
charts fold. col. maps pis. O Wash., D. C., Carnegie
Insfc. of Washington pap. apply
Clark, Hubert Lyman
The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait; its com-
position and its origin, v. 10. 8+223 p. pis. (part
col.) tabs. fold, map Q (Dept. of Marine Biology
pub. 214) '21 Wash., D. C., Carnegie Institution of
Washington pap. apply
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Douglas, Norman
They went. 274 p. D c. N. Y., Dodd, Mead-
& Co. $2 n.
Drake, Durant
Problems of conduct; an introductory sur-
vey of ethics. 13+455 p. D [c. '21] Bost,
Houghton Mifflin $2.25 n.
Dunning, Hector W.
Nile to Aleppo. 287 p. il. Q '20 N. Y.,
Macmillan $7.50
Eden, Thomas Watts, and Lockyer, Cuthbert
Henry Jones
Gynecology for students and practitioners ;
new ed. 928 p. il. O '20 N. Y., Macmillan
$12.50 n.
Felice, Roger de
French furniture under Louis XVI and the
Empire; tr. by F. M. Atkinson, 142 p. col.
front, pis. D (Little illustrated books on old
French furniture, no. 4) N. Y., Stokes
$1.60 n.
Descriptions of doors, cupboards, sideboards, desks,
chairs, tables, beds, mirrors, and other pieces for the
collector.
Floyd, Juanita Helm
Women in the life of Balzac; [with an
introd. by Princess Radziwill.] 34+320 p.
(i6l/2 p. bibl.) front, pis. pors. O c. N. Y.,
Holt $3 n.
Partial contents: Relatives and family friends;
Literary friendsj Sentimental friendships.
Foster, George Burman
Christianity in its modern expression. 294 p.
por. O [c. '21] N. Y., Macmillan $3.75 n.
Freeman, Lewis R.
Hell's hatches. 291 p. D c. N. Y., Dodd,
Mead $2 n.
A story of the Southern Pacific Islands.
Garesche, Edward Francis
Social organization in parishes. 340 p. O
c. N. Y., Benziger Bros. $2.75 n.
Partial contents: Organizing the parish; Sodalities
for special classes of persons; Section for sodality
welfare; Sections for the help of the neighbor.
Garner, James Wilford
International law and the World War; 2 v.
18+524; 12+534 P- O (Contributions to in-
ternational law and diplomacy) c. '20 N'. Y.,
Longmans, Green $24 n.
Partial contents: The status of international law
at the outbreak of the war; Treatment of enemy
aliens; Submarine warfare; Violations of the Geneva
convention; Treatment of prisoners; The German
invasion of Belgium; Miscellaneous questions of
neutrality. The author is professor of political
science, Univ. of Illinois.
Glenconner, Pamela Genevieve Adelaide
Wyndham, Lady
The earthen vessel ; a volume dealing with
spirit-communication received in the form of
book-tests; with a preface by Sir Oliver
Lodge. 26+155 p. D c. N. Y., J. Lane
$1.50 n.
Graham, Peter Anderson
Highways and byways in Northumbria;
with il. by Hugh Thomson. 380 p. O (High-
ways and byways ser.) '20 N. Y., Macmil-
lan $3 n.
Griston, Harris Jay
Introduction to The merchant of Venice ;
with a preface by Daniel A. Huebsch. 15+
146 p. S [c. '21] Cleveland, Ov The Haysmar
Pub., Garfield Bank Bldg. $1.75
A discussion of the legal proceedings of which
Shylock availed himself.
Harris, Corra May White [Mrs. Lundy How-
ard Harris]
My son. 274 p. D [c. '21] N. Y., Doran
$1.90 n.
The story of the son of a^circuit rider's wife.
Hassall, Arthur
European history, chronologically ar-
ranged; 476-1920; new ed. 439 p. D ['97- '20],
N. Y., Macmillan $4 n.
Herbert, Mrs. S.
Fundamentals in sexual ethics. 250 p.
diagrs. O '20 N. Y., Macmillan $4.50
Du Mez, Andrew Grover
Digest of comments on The pharmacopoeia of the
United States of America [gth decennial rev.], and
on the National formulary Uth ed.]; for the calen-
dar year ending Dec. 31, 1917. 340 p. O (U. S. Hy-
gienic laboratory, bull. no. 125; Treasury Dept.' U.
S. Public Health service) '20 Wash., D. C., Gov.
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Rare Books, Autographs and Prints
THE April issue of the Century Magazine
contains "A Book Hunter's Garner," by
William Harris Arnold, particularly in-
teresting because of its descriptions of in-
scribed copies.
The library of Lincolniana collected by
Alonzo Rothschild and used in writing
"Lincoln, Master of Men" and "Honest Abe"
has been donated in his memory to the Widener
Library of Harvard University.
A collection of etchings by John Marin is
on view at the Weyhe galleries. This is the
most comprehesive exhibit of Marin's work
that has been made in this city and traces his
development from the time when he took up
etching fifteen years ago up to the last few
months.
The current catalog of James F. Drake, Inc.,
of this city, is rich in rarities of early and
modern English literature and includes the sec-
ond and fourth folios of Shakespeare, and first
editions of Milton's "Poems," Herrick's "Hes-
perides," Fitzgerald's translation of the "Ru-
baiyat," Lowell's "Commemoration Ode," and
some colored plate books in extraordinarily fine
condition.
A definitive edition of the collected works
of Oabriele d'Annunzio is now in preparation
in Rome. It will consist of twenty-one volumes,
printed from a special font of type on paper
made for this edition. The decorations and
illustrations will be executed by De Carolis
under the author's supervision and every de-
tail will receive the closest attention with the
purpose of making the edition "a monument of
Italian graphic art."
"An unfamiliar but extremely fascinating
aspect of book hunting suggests itself in the
collection of old bookseller's catalogs," says
The Bookman's Journal. "Pursued systetn-
matically this hobby presents a field of research
pregnant with engaging possibilities. Apart
from more ambitious incentives, its charm con-
sists largely in the remarkably clear concep-
tion its pursuit enables us to form of the in-
tellectual atmosphere which pervaded the cen-
turies enabling us, as it were, to view litera-
ture thru a mental stereoscope."
Rare books and manuscripts selected from
a half score of consignments will be sold at
Sotheby's, in London, April 18, 19 and 20.
The sale includes first editions of Stevenson,
books illustrated by Kate Greenaway, the first
four folios of Shakespeare, Shakespeare's
"Poems," 1640; Milton's "Paradise Lost," 1668;
Walton's "Angler," 1653; Herrick's "Hesper-
ides," 1648; a collection of fine old French and
English bindings and a few illuminated and
other manuscripts. The catalogs contain 675
lots among which is a high percentage of gen-
uinely rare books.
The fifth in the series of French exhibitions
in the Stuart Gallery of the New York Public
Library, .-on vjew during April, illustrates
"Paris in Prints." The "exhibition shows Paris
in many aspects and moods. Paris of old (Cal-
lot) and of to-day of the fine boulevards
(Buhot) and of the slums (Lepere), along
the Seine (Bejot) and on the heights of Mont-
martre (Delatre), arc'hitectually (Lelanne) and
in the street life of its people (.Buhot), in peace
and in war (Martial). The whole forms a
veritable chorus in praise of Paris that the
print lover cannot afford to miss.
The 838th Caxton Head catalog, issued by
James Tregaskis, of London, is remarkable for
its collection of rarities of the Tudor and early
Stuart periods together with English litera-
ture printed abroad during the period 1501-1640,
including many early printed quarto plays and
romances and controversial black letter theol-
ogy. There are also noteworthy specimens
of foreedge pointings and fine old English
bindings. Such catalogs effectively illustrate
the flood of rarities which the last two or three
years have brought into the market, and the
prices asked show conclusively that they are
not unappreciated.
Books, prints and autograph letters from
the estate of Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, of this
city, will be sold at the American Art Galleries
April 13. This sale constitutes the last rem-
nant of the great collection made by Dr. Em-
'iriet and the items of chief interest are de-
cidedly personal. Here is an extra-illustrated
copy of "The Emmet Family," privately
printed; an extra-illustrated copy, of Emmet's
"Incidents of My Life," 1912; also "Ireland
Under British Rule," by the same author, and
a half score of other books of a personal or
family nature. When his collection of extra-
illustrated books was sold years ago these
were reserved. There are here and there
other books, autographs and prints of rarity
and interest.
Edward Turnbull, of the Walpole Galleries,
says that the growth in the number of collect-
ors of Japanese prints in this country in recent
years has been amazing. When he first began
selling Japanese prints the attendance was
small ; now a very ordinary sale frequently
packs the auction room. Delmonico's hardly
sufficed to hold the crowd that attended the
salee of the two French collections that were
dispersed in January and February. The list
of names of persons interested in Japanese
prints kept by the art galleries has probably
tripled during the last two years and the num-
ber of persons who attend auctions with the
intention of buying has probably doubled.
The details in regard to the sale of early
English poetry and other literature from the
Britwell Court Library, the property of S. R.
Christie-Miller, at Sotheby's in London, March
10 and n, have now reached this country. Prior
to the sale the English experts had agreed that
if this part brought £30,000 it would be doing
exceptionally well, in fact, few expected that
it would bring as much. Dr. Rosenbach's live-
- ly interest in the sale carried the total to £48,-
15 552 55. In commenting upon Dr. Rosenbach,
an English bookseller writes: "Dr. Rosenbach
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has made a reputation in England at this sale.
Of course he was known in a way before, but
his modest, quiet and decisive way, entirely
free from offensive assertion, impressed all
came in contact with him. We do not feel
badly about his capturing all of the rarities,
>r he competed in such a sportsmanlike way
lat we were quite reconciled to his successes,
te will carry back to America the good wishes
of all English dealers that had the pleasure of
meeting him."
The collection of modern etchings made by
Herschel V. Jones, of Minneapolis, numbering
282 lots, was sold at the Anderson Galleries,
March 2& and 29, bringing $42,555, and prov-
ing one of the most important print sales of the
season. There was much doubt as to the suc-
cess of the sale before it occurred ; it was gen-
erally considered an unfavorable time for high
prices, and good prices were necessary, for Mr.
Jones had paid well for his prints as well as
for his books. That some of the rare book
dealers are becoming a formidable factor in
this field was shown in the competition in this
sale; in open competition some of the finest
prints went to them. It is probable that this
support added largely to the final total,
making the sale more successful than the most
optimistic had predicted. Very properly Whist-
ler's dry point of the reclining girl entitled
"Weary," distanced all competitors, bringing
$2,450; it was deserving this distinction, for
it was one of the most beautiful modern prints
ever sold in this city. This masterpiece went
to James F. Drake as did Zorn's "The Toast,"
which brought $2,200, the second highest price.
Other prints remarkable for their rarity and
beauty of impression were Millet's "Peasants
going to Work," which brought $1,500 ; Whist-
ler's "Lime Burner," $725; and "Nocturne:
Palaces," $1,900; Zorn's "Zorn and His Wife,"
$2,100; "St. Ives," $1,500; "En Omnibus," $2,-
ooo; "Ernest Renan," $1,600; "Le Matin," $875;
and "L'Orage," $905.
The private library of Matthew Baird, Jr.,
of Philadelphia, consisting mainly of subscrip-
tion sets of the American, English and French
authors will be sold at the American Art Gal-
leries, April 12. The catalog contains 103 lots
mainly full bound sets, of the golden age of
subscription bookselling, when money was
more plentiful than taste. Among many lots
which the discriminating buyer will care little
for, there are others like the limited sub-
scription editions of Burroughs, Emerson, Bret
Harte, Hawthorne, Holmes, and Stevenson that
appeal to him. Of the merit of these editions
there is only one opinion — they are among the
finest in a period of pretentious bookmaking.
Nearly all the sets in the sale — good, bad and
indifferent — are bound in full Levant morocco,
with elaborate doublures, and decorated with
gorgeous machine stamped designs. Originally
costing from $25 to $100 a volume, for years
they were a -drug in the market and almost
unsalable at auction, bringing in the neighbor-
hood of 15 per cent of their cost or less. In
the last two or three years there has been a
revival of interest and they have been bring-
ing more. The Ruppert sale of last year rep-
resents high 'water and was a decided success
compared with similar sales of former years.
F. M. H.
Auction Calendar
Thursday afternoon, April i4th, at 2:30. The library
of the late William Winter. (Part i). (No. 1576;
Items 279.) The Anderson Galleries, 489 Park Ave-
nue, New York City.
Catalogs Received
Aegypten Abessinien und Nubien In Alter Und
Neuer Zeit. (No. 488; Items 450.) Karl W. Hierse-
mann, Konigstrasse 29, Leipzig, Germany.
Americana and general literature. (No. 13; Items
895.) Smith Book Co., Suite 914 Union Central
•Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Archaeologie. (No. 387; Items 890.) Otto Harrasso-
witz, Querstrasse 14, Leipzig, Germany.
Books, rare, curious, Masonic and miscellaneous.
(No. 60; Items 276.) John Metcalfe-Morton, i,
Duke St., Brighton, England.
Choice and interesting books. (No. 264; Items 647.)
Holland Bros., 21, John Bright St., Birmingham,
England.
Early English literature written before 1700. (No.
142; Items 247.) Lathrop C. Harper, 437 Fifth Ave-
nue, New York City.
Interesting and important books. (No. 5711; Items
327.) William Downing, 5, Temple Row, Birming-
ham, England.
Livres Anciens Et Modernes. (No 325; Items 623.)
G. Lemallier, Libraire, 25, Rue De Chateaudun,
Paris, France.
Miscellaneous second-hand books. (No. 94; Items
1572.) Thomas Thorp, 93, St. Martin's Lane, Lon-
don, W. C. 2, England.
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Export Booksellers and Bookbinders
Agents for Universities, Public Libraries and
Institutions in America
Special ability for second-hand items
Correspondence solicited
Otto Sauer Method
French German
With Key $1.50
Spanish Italian
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The Weekly Book Exchange
Books Wanted and for Sale
BOOKS WANTED
William Abbatt, Tarrytown, N. Y.
Mag. Am. History, vol. i.
Aldus Book Co., 89 Lexington Ave., New York
Moore (Geo.). First English ed. Modern Lovers.
Shaw (G. B.), First English ed. Unsocial Socialist.
Lawrence (D. H.), All English first editions.
Mencken (H. L.), Any first editions.
Ellis (H.), Sex Inversion.
Wales (Hubert), The Yoke.
James (Henry), What Maisie Knew.
Beerbohm (Max), Yet Again.
Racinet Costumes: Racinet Ornaments.
Leonardo da Vinci's Note Book.
Wilde (Oscar), English first, Lady Windermere's
Fan.
Bennet (Arnold), Eng. first, Old Wives' Ttale.
Butler (Sam'l), Eng. first, Way of All Flesh.
Wells (H. G.), Love and Mr. Lewishon.
Flecker (James Elroy), Collected Poems.
American Baptist Publication Society, 1107 McGee
St., Kansas City, Mo.
Church Efficiency, Tremaine.
Tongue of Fire, William Arthur.
The Hound of Heaven, William Francis Thompson.
The Choice of Books, Frederick Harrison.
American News Co., Inc., 9 Park Place, New York
Bombaugh, Facts and Fancies for the Curious.
Gospel of Grace.
Model Prayer.
Anderson Farm, Belmar, N. J.
nth Ed. Enc. Britannica, vol. 1-2-4-15, large size.
Associated Students' Store, Berkeley, Cal.
Tolstoy, What is Art, Funk & Wagnalls.
Yeats, Ideas of Good and Evil.
William M. Bains, 1213-15 Market St., Philadelphia
Beauchamp, Iroquois Trail.
Grinnell, American Duck Shooting.
Freundlich, Foundation of Einstein's Theory of
Gravitation.
Lamb's Dyeing, Staining and Finishing Leather.
Audubon's Birds and Quadrupeds, 10 vols., early
edition; state condition and binding.
American Encyclopedia, latest edition.
Books Relating to the Surgeons of the First Napo-
leon Era.
Baker & Taylor Co., 354 Fourth Ave., New York
Stearns, Faith of Our Forefathers.
James R. Barrie, 217 Broadway, New York
Wister, Owen, The Dragon of Wantley.
N. J. Bartiett & Co., 37 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Life of a Sportsman, reprint.
Seely's Growth of British Constitution.
English Wayfaring Life, Jusserand, ist ed.
Daniel on Real Money, T. Gushing Daniel.
Wealth Against Commonwealth, Lloyd.
C. P. Bensinger Code Book Co., 19 Whitehall St., N. Y.
A B C sth Ai Telegraph Code.
Pocket Edition Western Union, Universal.
Any American-Foreign Language Code.
Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc., 286 sth Ave., New York
The Internal Secretions, by Falta, translate by
Myers.
The Pituitary and its Disorders, Harvey Gushing.
Internal Secretions, Biedl.
The Endocrine Organs, Sir E. A. Schafer, London.
The Book Shop, Woods Hole, Mass,
Accounting for Department Stores, Detroit, 1006.
Charoka Club Proc.. v. a only, Hoebef, 1906.
The Book Shop— Continued
Chavous, Path to Peace, Warren Pub. Co., 1918.
Graham, Athletics of Today, Platt & Peck, 1910.
Hartley, Memorials of R. M. H., Utica, 1882.
Rand, W. B., Lilliput Lyrics, J. Lane Co.
Shepherd, Historical Atlas, Holt, 1911.
Anything by A. Thomas.
Weitenkampf, F., American Graphic Art, 1912.
Boston Bookman, 104 Robinwood Ave., Boston 30,
Mass.
The Belle of the Blue Grass Country.
Howard Ashley or the Youthful Soldier of the Cross.
Antrim, Naked Truths and Veiled Illusions,
Altemus.
Britten & Holland, Diet, of Plant Names (Eng.).
F. W. Calkins, The Wooing of Tohala, 1907.
F. W. Calkins, Two Wilderness Voyagers, 1903.
Dean Church. The Oxford Movement.
Mrs. W. A. K. Clifford, Very Short Stories (Eng.).
Mary Frere, Old Deccan Days.
Grimm, Household Tales, ed. by Margaret Hunt.
H. G. WeJls, The Country of the Blind, Nelson.
Popular Tales and Fictions, Edinboro, 1887.
Collections Mass. Hist. Soc'y, ser. 2, v. 9; ser. 3,
v. 9; ser. 4, v. i.
Journal of Western Soc'y Engineers, complete file.
Brentano's, Fifth Ave. and 27th St., New York
The Wives of Henry VIII, by Martin Hume, Mc-
Clure, Phillips & Co.
An Island Garden, by Celia Thaxter, Childe Has-
sam illustrations.
Life of John Randolph.
Sonia Kovalevsky.
Hayden's Dictionary of Dates,
Crock of Gold, Stevens:
Jurgen, Cabell.
Astrology and Mythology of Greece and Rome.
Ships of the British Navy., William G. Gates.
Fishing and Shooting, Frank Forester.
Speeches of Charles Phillips.
Mystery of Mary Stuart, Andrew Lang.
Peter Parley's Recollections of a Lifetime.
Slater's Early Eitions.
Madame de Remusat, 3 vols.
Lowndes* Bibliography.
Romance of Tristam and Iseult, Bedier.
The Foreign Debt of Eng. Literature, Tucker.
How to Convince and Persuade, Bean.
Midstream, Comfort.
Theory of Psychonalysis, Jung.
Japanese Crisis, Scherer.
Odd volumes of Balzac, Collier edition only.
Wings of the Dove, James.
Golden Bowl, James.
Awkward Age, James.
History of Forestry, Fernow.
Tales of Mean Street, Morrison.
The Pianolist, Kabbe.
A Summer in Touraine. Lies.
Friar Tuck, Wasson.
My 75.
The Pride of Jennico.
The Story of Francis Cludde.
Building and Structure of Amer. Railroads, Berg.
Theologia Germanica, Winkworth.
Pans as It Is, de Forrest.
Finding the Worth While in Europe, Osborhe.
Maryland Colonial Eastern Shore, Skirven.
National Humor, Macrae.
Tyranny of Shams, McCabe.
Shakespeare on State, ist series, Winter.
Shakespeare on Stage, 2nd series, Winter.
French Revolution and Eng. Poets, Hancock.
Dances and Dancers of Today, Coffyn.
Text Book of Small Arms for British Government.
Gist of Real Property, Aron.
Fifty Years in Wall St., Clewes.
Lincoln and His Cabinet, Dana.
Recollections of a Varied Life,, Eggleston.
Autobiography of Horace Greeley.
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BOOKS WANTED— Continued
Brentano's— Continued
Moral Reflections.
Modern Prac. Joining, Ellis.
Stael, de, Mms., Memoirs of.
Microtomists, Vade.
Woman Beautiful, Fletcher.
On the Witness Stand, Munsterberg.
How to Strengthen the Memory, Holbrook.
Famous Imposters, Stokes.
Eline Verse, Couperus.
Orange Judd Cook Book, Goessler.
Stories by Old Man Greenhut and His Friends, Ed.
Mott Curtis.
Washington's Reception by Ladies of Trenton.
Brick Row Book Shop, Inc., 104 High St., New
Haven, Ct.
Epistlae Obscurum Virorum (Von Hettem, Erasmus,
etc.), London, 1681.
Bridgman's Book Shop, 108 Main St., Northampton,
Mass.
Maker of Dreams, by Oliphant Dawn.
Peasant Art in Russia, by Holmes.
Albert Britnell, 815 Yonge St., Toronto, Can.
International Business Library, 12 yols., 1910, pub.
by Inter. Law and Business Institute.
Brooklyn Museum Library, Eastern Parkway and
Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Simmons, Commercial Products of the Sea.
Burrows Brothers Co., 633 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
Passing of the Great American, by Royce.
Campion & Co., 1313 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Fields of France.
Bostonians, Henry James.
Other House, Henry James.
Terminations, Henry James.
Central Book Co., 93 Nassau St, New York
Science & Health, ist to solh ed.
C. S. Journals, complete and odd nos.
C. S. Manuals, old pamphlets, etc.
George M. Chandler, 75 E. Van Buren St., Chicago
Saintsbury, Literary Criticism, 3 vols.
Passmore, In Further Ardenne.
Melville's Typee, early ed.
Tarkington, Harlequin and Columbine.
Schuyler, Constitution of the Soc. of the Cincin-
nati, 1886.
Masefield, On the Spanish Main.
Lincoln, Letters, Bibliophile Soc., 1913.
Halford, Development of the Dry Fly.
Guest (Edgar), Breakfast Table Chat.
Fithians Diary.
Drake, Memorials of the Soc. of the Cincinnati,
1873-
Dumas, My Memoirs, 6 vols.
Dunton's Letters, Prince Soc.
Dawes, Nix's Mate, about 1840.
Boillen, Ildys of the Sea.
Bullen, Denizens of the Deep.
Becke, By Reef and Palm.
Averill, Japanese Flower Arrangement.
Andrews, Call of the Land.
We:dmore, Etchings.
Selous, African Nature Notes, etc.
Washington's Writings, 14 vols., Putnams.
Cabell, Gallantry.
Allen (F. W.), Golden Road.
Huneker, Mezzotints, ist ed., 1899.
Huneker, Chopin, ist ed., 1900.
Huneker, Melomaniacs, ist e,d., 1002.
Huneker, Visionaries, ist ed., 1005.
Huneker, Egoists, ist ed., 1909.
Huneker, Pathos of Distance, ist ed., i9I3.
Huneker, Overtones, ist ed., 1902.
Huneker, Ivory Apes and Peacocks, ist ed-j ' 1915.
Huneker, Bedouins, ist ed., 1920.
Kouns, Dorcas.
Stocking, Carmen Ariza.
Hearn, Some Chinese Ghosts, ist ed., 1887
Hearn, Chita, ist ed.,; 1889.
Giles, Chinese. Literature.
Taylor (B. L. T.-),, Motley Measures. r:
Chemical Catalog Co., Book Dept., i Madison Ave.,
New York
Hampson, W., Radium Explained.
Rutherford, E., Radio-Activity.
Clarke, J. H., Radium as an Internal Remedy Espe-
cially Exemplified in Cases of Skin Disease and
Cancer.
Larkin, Edward L., Radiant Energy.
Sayidge, E. C., M.D., The Philosophy of Radio-Ac-
tivity or Selective Involution.
Hirshberg, L. K., The Action of Light as a Thera-
peutic Agent.
Gwathmey's Anaesthesia.
Lunge's Sulphuric >Acid and Alkali, vol. 2.
Chicago Public Library, Order Dept., Chicago
Trevena, J., Heather, 2 copies.
Colesworthy's Book Store, 66 Cornhill, Boston
Legal Status Married Women in Mass., Ernst.
Beckel's Harmony Builder.
Client of Randolph Mason Post.
Columbia University Library, New York
Journal of Industrial Hygiene, vol. i, no. la, Mac-
millan, 1919.
Goodrich, J. K., Africa of Today, McClurg, 1912.
Hobson, J. A., John Ruskin.
Miller, William, Story of the Balkan States, His-
tory of the Nations Series, 2nd ed., Putnam, 1908.
Parsons, E. C., Fear and Conventionality, Putnam,
1914.
Sologub, Feodor, The Little Demon, author, trans,
by John Cournos and Richard Aldington, 1916.
Sologub, Feodor. The Created Legend, author, trans,
from Russian by John Cournos, Stokes, 1916.
White, A. B., Making of the English Constitution,
Putnam, 1908.
Columbia University Press Bookstore, 2960 B'way,
New York
Adams, Marketing Perishable Farm Products.
U. G. Conover, Cozaddale, O.
Campbell, Helen, Darkness and Daylight in N. Y.
Pinkerton, Allan, Any books by him.
Talmage, T. Dewitt, The Earth Girdled.
Moody, D. L., Echoes from Platform and Pulpit.
Spears, John R., American Slave Trade.
Taylor, Bayard, Eldorado.
St. Nicholas Magazines, bound, 1905 to 1915.
L. M. Cornwall, 227 Pa. Ave., N. W., Washington,
D. C.
Becke, Wilde Life in Southern Seas.
Becke, Notes from My South Sea Log.
Bullen, The Call of the Deep.
Bullen, Men of the Merchant Service.
Drake, The Salving of a Derelict.
Ellis, Footprints in the Forest.
Ellis, Ned in the Blockhouse.
Gissing, New Grub Street.
Grimshaw, In the Strage South Seas.
Kipling, Captains Courageous.
La Farge, Reminiscences of the South Seas.
London, Cruise of the Snark.
Loti, Marriage of Loti.
McFee, A Port Said Miscellany.
McFee, Letters from an Ocean Tramp.
Noble, The Grain Carriers.
Ranie, My Adventures Among South Sea Canni-
bals.
Roberts, The Flying Cloud.
Safroni-Middleton, Wine Dark Seas and Tropic
Skies.
Smith, A List to Starboard.
Stevenson, The South Seas.
Talbert, Steamship Conquest of the Sea.
Tooker, The Call of the Sea.
Tooker, Under Rocking Skies.
Tomlinson, The Sea and the Jungle, Dutton, 1913.
Cossitt Library, Memphis, Tenn.
London, Kempton-Wace Letters.
Shaw, A. W., Some Problems in Market Distribu?
tion.
Sheldon, Romance, Drama.
R. W. Crothers, 122 E. i9th St., New York [Cash]
Knox, Little's The Three Hours Agony of Our
Blessed Redeemer. <• ,:....
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BOOKS WANTED— Continued
Warren H. Cudworth, Camp Librarian, Camp Meade,
Md.
Out-of-Print trans, of Pindar and Horace.
Jeremiah F. Cullen, 15 S. 9th St., Philadelphia
The World Book, 10 vols.
Words and Phrases Judicially Denned, 12 vols.
Family Histories and Genealogies by Edward El-
bridge Salisbury and Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury,
privately printed, 1892, limited ed., 5 vols., state
the edition, either large paper or small.
Life of Queen Victoria, Holmes, 2 vols., cloth.
Darby O'Gill and the Good People.
Casanove.
The Genius, Dreiser.
Jurgen, Cabell.
The' Painted Veils.
Denver Dry Goods Co., Denver, Colo.
Theatre of Today, Moderwell.
Letters to G. G.
C. A. & E. N. Derby, 112 Baldwin St., Elmira, N. Y.
White, Bouch, The Carpenter and the Rich Man,
Doubleday.
From Log Cabin to White House, pub. Earle, Bos-
ton, or Hurst.
Edwards, God and Music, Baker.
Winter, Wm., Gray Days and Gold, Macm., i6mo ed.
Eaton, W. P., Green Trails and Upland Pastures,
Doubleday.
Joan of Arc, Children Hero Stories, ed. Lang, Dnt-
ton.
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., 20 Franklin St., Boston
Olcott, People from Other World.
Dixie Business Book Shop, 140 Greenwich St., New
York
Atrocities of Justice Under British Rule in Egypt,
W. S. Blunt-Unwin, 1906.
The Fine Art of Fishing, S. G. Camp-Outing Hand-
book, no. 8.
Manual of Signals for the Use of Signal Officers in
the Field, A. J. Myer.
Robert W. Doidge, 16 Elm St., Somerville, Mass.
Any books on Magic, Juggling, Puzzles, etc.
Jas. F. Drake, 4 W. 40th St., New York
O'Brien, White Shadows in the South Seas, ist ed.
Stoddard, South Sea Idyls, ist ed.
White, Stewart Edward, Arizona Nights, illus. N. C.
Wyeth.
Cabell, The Cream of the Jest, ist ed.
Menken, Prejudices, ist series, Knopf, ist ed.
Lamon, Ward E., Complete Works of Abraham Lin-
coln, Gettysburg ed.
Morley, Christopher, Any ist e~d.
Robinson, E. A., The Torrent, ist ed.
Robinson, E. A., Poems, ist ed.
Robinson, E. A., Capt. Craig, ist ed.
Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, ist
ed.
Masters, Edgar Lee, Spoon River Anthology, ist ed.
Chas. H. Dressel, 552 Broad St., Newark, N. J.
Factory Costs, Werner, Ronald Press, publishers.
H. & W. B. Drew Co., FHB-Dept. B, Jacksonville,
Fla.
Citrus Fruits and Their Culture, Hume.
Fairbanks, History of Florida.
The Child of the Dawn, Benson, 2 copies.
E. P. Dutton & Co., 681 Fifth Ave., New York
Andrews (A. C.), Roses.
Bucke's Walt Whitman, ist edition.
Burrough's Walt Whitman, ist edition.
Calvert (Stephen), Memoirs, by Brockden Brown.
Canada Journal of Dental Science, vols. i, -? and 4.
Candles in the Wind.
Carroll's Hunting of the Snark, ist American ed.
Gary (F. M.), Freemasonry in All Ages, Colum-
bus, 1896.
Chamberlain, Foundations, etc., 2 vols.
Chapman's Flora of the Southeastern U. S.
Clark (A. B.), Travels in Mexico, Arizona, and
California, Bos., 1852.
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Fair Play on Both Sides
DURING the war period, conditions
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those who remained at work a "scarcity-
value" for their labor, and the demand for
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printing, rose despite the general expansion
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whip hand.
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just wages in accurate relation with the
changing costs of living, but in the printing
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look far into the future, to insist, under guise
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production, which would be suicidal for any
industry in the long run. In one correlated
industry labor organization approximated
closely to soviet rule, as the union, not only
dictated prices that employers should
charge, but specified the minimum charge.
The situation has changed with a rap-
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Non-employment has assumed almost alarm-
ing proportions, and labor has no longer
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dex figures and all other indications show,
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wages and have no money to spend. Thru-
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demand has lessened and gross earnings
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wiped out and expenses cannot be earned.
The condition of the printing and related
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strictions which have been made operative
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and to somewhat less extent in Chicago,
have the effect not only of lessening de-
mand, but of driving work from these cities
to smaller centers 01 industry, a tendency
which in the long run would be disastrous
indeed for city workers. To take a specific
instance, it is impracticable for one publish-
ing house which does an enormous amount
of cloth binding to continue having this
binding done in New York, unless the wage
cost here is substantially reduced, and if a
change is made from New York, it will be
extremely difficult to get the business back.
The publishing trade was slowest of all
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business of bookselling is normally rather
late in responding to changed conditions,
which, however, it must sooner or later
meet. Meantime, altho the stimulus of the
"Year Around Bookselling" campaign and
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fear that demand will be lessened, so that
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There is a not unnatural tendency among
employers to make the most of changed con-
ditions and insist that the pendulum shall
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The extreme course taken by union leaders
has made the open shop more possible and
necessary, but the open shop should not be
made the means of destroying the unions.
Collective bargaining should not go down in
the crash and the unions furnish the chief,
but not the only, means for collective bar-
gaining. That union leaders should insist,
as in certain industries, that non-union em-
ployees should not be represented in col-
lective bargaining is suicidal to their own
interests. On the other hand, to put union
men at disadvantage under the open shop
system is equally unfair and in the long run
disastrous.
There must be fair play on both sides and
an equal willingness to recognize actual con-
ditions and make friendly terms which will
promote production and not throttle demand.
It should be recognized by employers that
labor has won an advantage which should be
permanent, that the wage earner is entitled
to an increasing share of his product, tho not
so much that there is nothing left for man-
agement or capital and that reasonable hours
and working conditions are required by the
public conscience. This means an advance
in practical civilization.
On the other hand, a decrease in wages in
some proportion to the reduction in the cost
of living should be accepted without question,
hours should not be unduly reduced and limi-
tations should be removed which decrease
product and prevent the most economical use
of labor. Operating costs of the railroads,
for instance, have been so heavily loaded by
shop restrictions as to require men of three
separate trades to open up a boiler when a
locomotive comes into the shop for repairs.
In the printing trade the multiplicity of
unions, as of press feeders, paper straighten-
ers and others, founded on meticulous details,
has resulted in suppressing that most useful
worker, the handy man who can turn his
hand to this or that work needed at the mo-
ment, instead of standing about idle, while a
man of another union is doing the particular
work. The present state of things cannot
continue if there is to be the increased pro-
duction necessary to keep pace with the
times and to give the wage earner his fair
share of the total product.
It should be added that there is one policy
on the side of labor which cannot but pro-
yoke serious antagonism on the employers'
side. This is the stolid "stand-pat" or derisive
"ha ha" method on the part of labor leaders
of meeting an employer's approach to wage
and hour discussion. There must be mutual
concessions made in the mutual interest.
Agreements should be kept in good faith on
both sides, but there are agreements which,
it may be conceded, should be modified.
For instance, the 44-hour week has been
recognized by agreement in New York as
from the approaching first of May. This
agreement should be kept by the employers,
unless concession is made. But it will be un-
fortunate for employees not to make conces-
sion as to the 44-hour week, as this has not
been carried thru on a national basis and its
enforcement in New York and Chicago, un-
less there are corresponding wage reductions,
will have the result of losing to the cities,
perhaps permanently, the work which has
made them prosperous and of seriously in-
creasing non-employment and ill conditions
in the great centers. There is, in fact, dan-
ger that strikes, on a falling market, as in
the paper trade, may simply play into the
hands of speculators who will take advantage
of non-production to hoard stocks and raise
prices, and thus again check the industry to
the continuing disadvantage of both employ-
ers and employed.
Only wisdom, patience, forbearance, on
both sides, can avert serious industrial harm
thruout the entire community. Let us hope
that employers as a class may set an example
which the body of workers in their turn will'
not be slow to appreciate and follow.
Serious Manufacturing Condition
THE binderies in New York are com-
pletely closed; the printing strike in Bos-
ton is unsettled; arbitration is proceed-
ing slowly in New York, but with the dis-
agreement on hours hanging menacingly in
the background; the manufacturers of paper
have demanded a reduction from the unions,
and a strike is threatened. There has been
no such serious situation in book production
since the fall of 1919, and it may be that
many troubled weeks are ahead. The user of
paper has to consider whether the strike is
really to produce a shortage, and the retailer
of books has to consider whether the binding
and printing .situation will create a shortage
there. The book-trade has been obliged to
steer thru troubled waters in the past two
years and must now face complications that
exceed those of any former time.
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The Bindery Situation
ON Tuesday morning the Employing Book
Binders of New York posted announce-
ments in their shops, stating that there-
after they would not deal directly with the
Unions with whom they had formerly had
dealings, the men and women of the book
binding industry, Unions No. I, u, 22, and
119.
The immediate cause of this declaration has
been the calling of a strike in the Knicker-
bocker Bindery by the labor organization. In
the Knickerbocker Bindery there had been em-
ployed a number of women from Bindery
Women's Union No. 43. Members of this
Union are not usually at work in book bind-
eries, but in printing s'hops, and the Labor
Committee of the Employing Binders has
never entered into the discussion » of their
wages or agreements, and had a very specific
agreement with the other Binders' Union that
they should not be called upon to enter into
such discussion. This has come about because
this Women's Union is more primarily con-
nected with the printing industry, and the em-
ploying book binders have not wished to com-
plicate their matters by settling adjustments
outside of their own sphere.
The particular group in the Knickerbocker
Bindery were working at less than their Union
scale, and their Union leader was unable to
hold them to the Union methods. In order
to get these women into line, they asked the
other Binders' Union to call a strike in the
Knickerbocker, and, altho such procedure
would break their agreement with the Em-
ploying Binders, they proceeded to do this.
Just before this event, the Employing Binders,
finding themselves working largely on half
time and realizing that the scales _ that had
been adopted in New York made it difficult
if not impossible for them to compete with
other cities, 'had presented a written argument
to the employees that they Would at this time
consent to a re3uction in wages in order that
it might be possible to keep the shops some-
what employed. This argument was presented
thru the usual channels, but met with prompt
rebuffal by the Union leaders. In asking this
reduction in order to meet outside competi-
tion, the employers were also very conscious
of other handicaps that they labored under in
getting economical production. Their agree-
ment with Union No. 22 restricted the output
of a stamping machine ner day to 5000, while
they claim that the machines in their perfected
shape without this labor restriction could
easily produce 8000 or 10,000. They also
claim that in their relations to Union No. I,
altho there is no direct restriction, they are
again failing to get reasonably full results
from the labor employed. This has resulted
in outside binderies steadily increasing their
capacity and taking work that should belong
in New York.
Feeling that the usual methods of approach
have brought no results and that book binding
as a New York industry was at stake, the
Employing Binders called a meeting on Mon-
day, April nth, at which time they agreed)
unanimously to post an announcement, stating
that it was impossible for them to recognize
the action of the Unions in the case of the
Knickerbocker Bindery and that they would
hereby cease on April I2th to deal with the
Unions. This organization included practically
every edition bindery and of two large inde-
pendent binderies not in the organization one
was represented and agreed to stand by the
group and the other agreed to report
promptly.
Without knowing the nature of the dis-
cussion that was to come up, the leading pub-
lishers of New York had been asked to be
present at this meeting, and Mr. Brassil,
Chairman of the Labor Committee, presented
the statement of the case. After hiring this
statement and 'hearing the individual action of
the binders, about Twenty out of the twenty-
five book publishers present agreed to stand
by the employers' decision in every way.
The text of the announcement posted by the
Employing Bookbinders follows :
To the Employees, Members of Bookbinders'
Unions, Nos. i, n, 22 and 119:
A situation has arisen which compels us to
change the labor policy of this shop. For
years all differences between employing book-
'binders and the above unions have been ad-
justed across the table in friendly fashion.
Agreements have been made and kept. No
outside parties or issues have ever been allowed
to interfere or to inject their troubles.
On Tuesday, April 5th, the above unions,
without notice and for no cause or reason of '
their own whatsoever, and in violation of all
agreements, and existing practices, and in
breach of good faith, called a strike at the
plant of the Knickerbocker Bindery, and twen-
ty-two (22) members of the above unions
were ordered to stop work. The only reason
for this strike was that it was done at the
demand of Miss Murphy's Union.
It is therefore no longer possible to deal
with the above unions. In these djays when
business conditions are bad and the employers
are doing their utmost to keep their plants go-
ing, we cannot suffer uncertainty as to whe-
ther the unions will be loyal and keep faith
or not.
It has therefore been decided that 'hereafter
this shop will not deal with any of the above
unions. On and after April I2th this bindery
will be an open shop. All employees are in-
vited to remain. Terms and conditions of em-
ployment will on and after April I2th be made
with each 'employee individually.
In ordier to give assurance to all employees
who accept employment in the following plants
conducted as open shops, we, the undersigned
employ ing1 bookbinders of New York City,
agree to stand 'by all such employees :
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The American Book Bindery.
D. S. Brassil Bindery.
Thos. Russell & Son.
Haromon & Irwin, Inc.
Robert Rutter & Son, Inc.
J. J. Little & Ives Co.
E. C. Lewis Co.
J. F. Tapley Co.
Braunworth & Co.
H. Wolff Estate.
Knickerbocker Bindery.
Van Rees Bookbinding Corp.
George McKibbon & Son.
Chas. H. Bohn & Co.
Quinn & Boden Co.
Grady Bookbinding Co.
James McDonald.
Butler Ward Co.
J.'C. Valentine Co.
McNamee Bookbinding Co.
A strike of bookbinders in the plants of the
members of the Employing Bookbinding As-
sociation followed the employers' notice and
extended Wednesday to all of the twenty-five
shops in the organization, causing the halting
in the forwarding department in these estab-
lishments of 300,000 books a day. According
to D. S. Brassil, Chairman of the Employers'
Labor Committee, 80 per cent of the books
printed in New York City are bound in plants
affected by the strike.
The printing, folding, gathering and sewing
of the books will be continued, but there will
be no work on the covers in trimming, cutting
or stamping. The books in their incomplete
state will be stored in the plants, pending the
resumption of the work in the forwarding de-
partment with men who are willing to work
under open shop conditions.
The book 'publishers in New York City, ac-
cording to Mr. Brassil, have decided to stand
behind the bindery owners in their fight, and
will not send their work to other cities.
Collier's, Scribner's, Harper's, the Methodist
Book Concern and the American Book Com-
pany own their own bindery plants and are not
affected} by the strike, nor are the technical
magazines and periodicals.
The printing strike has spread to the book-
binding industry in Boston, where from 150,000
to 200,000 books are made every day under
normal conditions.
Author Gets Six Cent Verdict
THE suit of Alleyne Ireland, one time sec-
retary of the late Joseph Pulitzer, against
the. Chicago Evening Post, was decided last
week, the verdict awarded Mr. Ireland being
for six cents.
Mr. Ireland sued because a criticism of his
book, "Joseph Pulitzer : Reminiscences of a
Secretary," in the Evening Post, referred to
him as an "anonymous" author, altho he is a
recognized scientific investigator, and because
it was stated that Mr. Ireland had drawn upon
his imagination in writing the book, because no
man could be so degraded as to submit to the
experiences he described.
Printing Arbitration in New York
WHILE the printers in Boston are still
on strike and the arbitrators in Balti-
more have ordered a 10% reduction in
wage scales, retroactive to March ist, the ar-
bitration in New York is proceeding step by
step in the presentation of evidence. This arbi-
tration in New York does not include all of
the unions in the printing industry, as two of
the unions have agreements that can only be
discussed annually as of October ist. The
line of argument taken by the unions is that
in arguing the cost of living the arbitrators
should take into consideration that the workers
have not as yet reached what could be reason
ably termed an American standard of living,
and that, therefore, no reduction ought to be
considered until that had been reached. They
also argue that a contract to open up the scale
on the question of the cost of living and the
economic condition of the industry does not
prohibit the bringing into the argument of the
general discussion of the preliminary contract
and the facts on which the rates in that con-
tract were fixed. The arbitrators are now
considering whether they will admit to the
discussion any evidence as to general living
scales in the industry or whether they will
consider only the fluctuations that have oc-
curred in the various index figures of living
costs. Further discussions will take place at
a meeting on April 2oth and 22nd.
Serious Paper Mill Situation
IT seems not impossible that there may be a
strike of alPworkers in the paper and pulp
industry in the United States and Canada on
May nth. Representatives of the manufactur-
ers and the unions met last week in New York.
Demands have been made that the unions must
accept "a nine hour day, discontinuance of
over-time, thirty per cent reduction of wage
scales and allowance for readjustment of these
scales on notice of either party up to May
I5th, 1922." These demands by the manufac-
turers were to go in effect on May nth. The
union representatives unanimously rejected the
proposal, and a resolution has been submitted
to the several unions for approval or rejec-
tion, with the understanding that if agreements
are not made between now and the time of the
expiration of the present agreements, work will
automatically cease in the mills.
On April I2th the fortv-sixth annual con-
vention of the American Paper Pulp Associa-
tion began session in New York. No specific
action on the labor situation was taken in the
opening session.
Why Worry?
— Historically, this story is incorrect.
Author — But hysterically it is one of the
best things 1 have ever done.
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A Mail Order Book Business
By Hester A. Van Ardsdale
4 ( a It OST retail merchants," says J. W.
I Y I Fisk, "take it for granted that their
* ^ •* trade is limited to business with local
patrons. As a matter of fact it is entirely
practicable for the said retailer to extend his
markets for drawing trade thru the maih. To
do so requires systematic advertising to inter-
est possible customers and service that will
hold the trade after it has been established. It
takes time to work up a business by mail
but the field is worth while."
It is absolutely essential to have definite
and systematic plans in advertising. These
methods should be devised by those in charge
jf the advertising department — usually for
certain respective times and seasons. One
basic plan in arranging mailing lists is as
follows :
First — Secure a "Live" mailing list, elimi-
nating all names that are "Dead."
Second — Obtaining new names.
Third — Classification of the mailing list.
Fourth — Keeping the mailing list up to date.
Fifth — Disposition of the "Dead" list.
Sixth — Working out an energetic book sell-
ing campaign.
First— A "Live" Mailing List
In order to eliminate waste of sending cir-
culars to "Dead" customers the first requi-
site of an up-to-date mailing list is to ampu-
tate "Dead" names from the list. The ma-
jority of such lists are loaded down with a
high percentage of superfluous "Dead" names
that s>ap the possibilities of profit from the
"Live" names. Too much care cannot be devoted
to the compiling of lists. Money expended in
circularizing a "Live" list is a wise and profit-
able investment but when used to circularize
a list made up on the "slap-dash" method it
is irretrievably thrown away. The most im-
portant feature of this list is to include only
the best prospects, keeping it in shape so
that it is easy to handle and contains no
worthless names — this is what every advertiser
is striving for.
One wholesale concern has found that one
of the best methods of checking up its mailing
lists is to secure the co-operation of the re-
spective postmasters in the different cities and
towns. Each year this company compiles its
list by states and cities and sends all the names
of each city and town to the respective post-
master of that place and with each list is in-
cluded a letter, which calls attention to the
fact that the company plans to do a large
amount of direct mail advertising during the
year, and that if the said lists are incorrect it
will cause mutual trouble to both the post-
master and the company itself in handling
dead mail. It points out that a revision of the
said list will be beneficial all arountf and re-
quests the postmaster to cross out all "Dead"
names and to make any necessary corrections
in the addresses. This plan proved successful
in one state, where of a thousand post-
masters all but three complied with their
request.
Another and more economical way is to
mail the circulars one-cent postage and the
words "Postage guaranteed for return." In
this case all "Dead" or undelivered mail will
be returned and a "Dead" list automatically
will be established.
Second — New Names
The sources from which names of all kinds
can be obtained can be classified under nine
headings, namely :
1. Rating authorities. (This is the most
accurate and reliable of all sources.)
2. Directories. (The number of directories,
other than city and telephone, published in the
United States annually is appalling. They
embrace various classes of business and oc-
cupations and can be secured from publishers
of trade journals.)
3. Press Clippings. (The newspapers teem
with business-getting opportunities if you can
read between the lines.)
4. Companies furnishing addresses. (Names
may be obtained at the cost of five dollars a
thousand.) •
5. Names secured from customers and
prospects. (Success in this depends entirely
upon the degree in which you have cultivated
the friendship of your customers.)
6. Names secured from non-competitive
concerns. (Publishers exchange lists of sub-
scribers with great success.)
7. Names s-ecured from your salesmen.
(This includes permanent and steady custom-
ers and therefore is a most valuable asset to
a "live" mailing list.)
8. Names obtained from persons you meet.
(Many men are always willing to impart in-
formation in this connection.)
9. Miscellaneous methods of securing
names. (One method, under this heading,
successfully used by many firms, is to adver-
tise in local newspapers for persons to compile
lists of names. Cashiers, bookkeepers* school
teachers, postmasters, etc., etc., can often be
induced to undertake work of this nature.
Third— Classification of Mailing List
The most efficient method of keeping lists
is by the card index system. The card index
has a greater flexibility than any other method
in existence. Names can be classified in any
•one of a dozen or more ways — alphabetically
by states, by territories, by lines of business,
by rating or purchasing power. Any or all
of these classifications may be utilized with one
list of names.
The tab card system is made by means of
tabs projecting from the upper edge of the
card. These tabs indicate some special item
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of .information and their use permits a double
system of indexing for each card. For ex-
ample— an ordinary card may be made out
for each regular steady customer and a tab
card for each prospective customer — when the
prospective becomes a regular customer, the
tab may be removed.
The tabs may also be applied to the cards
inverted and in various colors, each respective
color indicating the classes of books in which
the customer may be interested. One card
may have as many as three different tabs at-
tached— a red tab signifying business books, a
blue tab for art books and a green for fiction.
All these tab cards may be filed alphabetically
and the tabs will indicate the details without
necessitating consulting the cards themselves.
Another system of classification is the signal
card system, which consists of different col-
ored metal indicators to be used in place of
the tabs described above. After the informa-
tion has been entered on the cards a little
metal indicator or signal is slipped over the
cards. This system would be very valuable in
classifying the stencils. TJie stencils covering
a certain class of buyers could be taken from
the files, bearing their respective classification.
The addressograph machine has an attachment
which classifies tabbed stencils automatically.
There are three classifications of the mailing
list, the first being as follows:
1. Library customers.
2. Most prominent American Libraries (not
regular customers.)
3. Regular customers. (Monthly mailing
lists.)
4. Business men.
5. Buyers of sets.
6. Buyers of art books.
The second classification may be divided into
three parts as follows:
1. Prospects (those known to be interested
but not regular customers.)
2. Irregular customers (those who buy also
•from other stores.)
3. Regular customers (those who buy solely
from us.) In connection with this classifica-
tion the cards may be tabbed in three various
colors and filed alphabetically and on these
cards should also be kept a record of each
respective customer's purchases. This is in-
valuable in classifying and following up.
The third classification requires innumerable
colors, as follows :
1. Fiction.
2. History.
3. Art.
4. Business.
5. Sports.
6. Music.
7. Medicine.
8. Law.
9. Politics.
10. Sociology.
11. Psychology.
12. Philosophy.
13. Economics.
14. Socialism.
15. Theology.
Etc., etc., etc.
Fourth — Keeping the Mailing List Up-to-Date
Investigation demonstrates that those who
have occasion to use such mailing lists realize
the rapidity with which any list of names
usually changes. This is especially true of
the lists of dealers and consumers. "After a
list is twelve months old it ceases to be profit-
able," says a sales manager. "Repeated tests
have shown that it d,oes not pay to mail a list
that has not been checked up within a year."
A certain firm uses the correspondence file for
its mailing list to make sure that the list is
up-to-date.
There are two methods of keeping- lists
"alive"—
1. By testing the responsiveness of pros-
pects before scheduling them for the regular
list. (Before sending expensive catalogs a
circular letter exploiting the catalog should be
sent out and a self-addressed postal card en-
closed for the prospect to fill out and mail.)
2. By checking the lists without directly ap-
pealing to the prospects by sending them to
Postmasters and other officials, as explained in
detail in Section First — (A "live" mailing list.)
Some firms srovern themselves in this case
by the following rules :
1. Keep your mailing lists corrected daily.
2. At least twice a year have the lists thoro-
ly revised.
3. Write a form letter with a personal
touch to customers who have not placed an
order for over a year. A letter of this type
should read as follows :
"You did not buy from us last season. We
missed you. Frankly this letter is an effort
to recover your business and we should wel-
come any relevant suggestion or criticism in
this connection which might result to our mu-
tual benefit." etc., etc.
Fifth— Disposition of the "Dead" List
"No matter how meritorious a proposition,
there will always be a certain percentage of
inquiries that fail to yield results promptly.
But nevertheless such cases are by no means
hopeless for even the "deadest" of all "Dead"
lists may be resurrected and made to yield a
surprisingly large number of orders if circu-
larized persistently with a follow-up letter
based on a line of thought different from that
used in the original letter. Failure to turn in-
quiries into orders does not mean that the said
inquiries have been wasted but it generally
means that the right appeal has not been used
in the first instance. The percentage of re-
turns from these first circulars is estimated at
a minimum of five to a maximum of ten per
cent. Persistence, never letting up on a pros-
pect, is the basic principle of success in selling
by mail." (The above facts are given by
William G. Clifford in his "Building Your
Business by Mail.")
Sixth — Book Selling Campaign
In staging a bookselling campaign there are
two factors of equal importance to be con-
sidered :
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First: A list of "Live" names.
Second : An effective quality of circulars.
Too much emphasis cannot be placed on the
importance of labor-saving devices in the of-
fice, which aid materially in increasing produc-
tion without any increase of cost. One of the
most essential of these devices is a duplicating
machine, and another is an addressograph, a
stamping machine and also an envelope sealer.
For instance the addressograph alone will pro-
duce in one day the same quantity of work for
which a typewriter would require a week.
Efficiency is defined as "the elimination of
waste" and therefore, devices of this character
are practical illustrations of the highest form
of efficiency.
A bookselling campaign in a certain Euro-
pean country is conducted as follows :
Every bookseller maintains a compiled list
of his customers, classified under the subjects
in which they are interested. When a new book
is published on a medical topic the bookseller
sends a copy on approval to every specialist
on that particular subject on his list. In cases
where booksellers do not care to send books
out on approval, owing to the possibility of
their becoming soiled and unsalable they issue
circulars and either sell by mail or invite pros-
pects to inspect the book at the store. Arrange-
ments are also made with newsdealers where-
by copies of these circulars are folded in the
copies of the issues of the daily papers and
are thus given an additional circulation and
publicity.
William G. Clifford, in his book which I have
hereinbefore referred to says : — "A circular-
izing campaign pays and pays big, as is shown
by the experience of a bookstore in Rochester,
N. Y. This store ordered on approval two
dozen copies of a new book. A large circular-
izing campaign was immediately aimed at the
class of persons likely to be interested in the
book. Inside of two weeks, cash-in-advance
orders were received for over five hundred
copies of the book. To paraphrase Shake-
speare— 'The List's the thing.' Once get a
good list, keep it up-to-date and the store has
a force for profitable business that needs only
the magic touch of written salesmanship and
persistence of effort to make it keep the cash
register ringing all day like a peal of bells."
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Building your Business by Mail. By William
G. Clifford. Published by Business Research
Publishing Co., Chicago, 111. 1904.
How to Manage an Office. Edited and pub-
lished by A. W. Shazv Company, New York
City. 1914.
How to Run a Wholesale Business at a
Profit. Edited and published by A. W. Slww
Co., New York City. 1918.
Making More Out of Advertising. Edited
and published by A. W. Shaiv Co., New York
City. 1910.
Advertising as a Vocation. By Fred J.
Allen, Macmillan Company, N. Y. 1919.
Making the Office Pay. Edited* and pub-
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On Editing a Bookshop Window
By Frederick D. Hartman
Chapman's Bookshop, Montreal
THE object of dressing a window in a
bookshop is to stimulate sales of books.
The general public to whom the appeal
must be made may be classified as follows:
1. Bibliophiles' — those who are devoted to
books and would come into bookstores regard-
less of the appeal of any advertising.
2. Those who never read books and con-
sequently never buy books.
3. Those who occasionally buy a book, but
do not want to buy a poor one. These as a
rule never read book reviews, unless by chance
printed in with general news in a newspaper.
The percentage of each of these groups
which pass a given window varies of course
with the locality of the shop and must be esti-
mated by each dealer for himself. In general
the greatest latent source of profit lies in the
third class.
If a shop is managed by a litterateur he is
quite apt to devote all his energy to appeal-
ing to the first class of people — the biblio-
philes. He will sell and advertise well those
books which he himself enjoys and not
exert enough effort to advertfse and sell books
for members of class three — those who have
to be shown why they should buy a certain
book and who after having been sold a few
books which they enjoy will readily become
regular purchasers. This bookish dealer will
too often exert himself to persuade a cus-
tomer (who is going to buy some book any-
way) to buy one definite title, the dealer's
favorite.
On the other hand the opposite type of
dealer — the merchandiser — will devote too
much -energy selling or trying to sell members
of class two — the people who almost never
buy a book and don't read the occasional one
they have been persuaded to buy.
I have outlined these two types of dealers to
facilitate correcting and guarding against their
faults as they would be reflected thru the win-
dow dressing.
To appeal to class one, copies of standard
works, rare editions and all works of literary
value may be carelessly laid out. 'It is well to
display the title page of many of the books.
Even tho more than one copy of a book may
be on hand it is better to exhibit one copy
only, for the book will be thus much more
seductive to the booklover.
To appeal to class two the merchandiser may
arrange large stacks of books he wishes
to push, in various regular designs. The
jackets are useful for decorating the back-
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ground. It is quite easy to arrange a stock
of books in some striking design which will
arrest the attention of the passer-by, tho the
writer is skeptical regarding the permanent
sales building derived as a result of startling
configurations formed from books.
Class three, and herein lies surely the great-
est latent source of profit to the dealer, may
be reached by neat displays — not too many
titles at a time — of popular novels and essays,
poems and technical books. Reviews should
be followed carefully, and some pungent phrase
or sentence quoted on a card connected up
with a few copies of the book in question. Or,
the quotation can be pasted against the glass
with a streamer attached to it directed to the
books. It is very advisable to get reviews, in
brief, of books from local people (clergy,
school teachers, etc.) and dipslay them in the
window prominently showing the name of the
author.
The bookdealer should put as much care into
"editing" his window as the newspaper editor
in his review page, and results will soon show
what the right number of reviews per win-
dow is.
Interest can be aroused by showing notices
of the following sort — ajl of which are readily
obtainable.
1. Pictures of authors.
2. Biographical notes of authors, illus-
trators, etc.
3. Reports of large editions.
4. Changes in paper market.
5. "Best sellers" in big book centers.
6. Titles of books reviewed in various
books and journals. (Kept on file for con-
venience of customers.)
It is very advisable to keep a careful record
of window displays with results obtained, in
short a bookseller can find as much interest
in his window as if he were editing a book
page or review column in a paper. Nothing
is so infectious as "Bibliophilia" nor so profit-
able to the dealer.
Adventures of a Bookseller
By Ketch
MISS Limousine was quite put out. She
had spent fully an hour looking about the
market and nothing seemed to look good,
inviting, appetizing. True, she had bought
some celery and> apples and oranges for a fruit
salad, and also had selected the meat for
Sunday; but the process had been merely a
matter of habit— the usual zest of the affair
was lacking. She gave it up at last, and com-
ing out to her car, said to the chauffeur in a
toneless voice,
"To the Bookstore now, James."
Mr. Ondeck stood looking at a new book
which had just come to hand, and of which
he had just taken one hundred copies from the
book-truck to put in stock. His face regis-
tered dismay and astonishment, and he said to
Miss Vampet,
"What do you know about this! One hun-
dred copies of the 'Journal of a Distracted Old
Maid' and we won't sell ten. What in the
world could Mr. Bigboss be thinking of to
order such a quantity?"
Miss Vampet looked over the book.
"It's a lemon, all right," she said. "Ask him
about it. Maybe there was a mistake in the
order."
Ondeck took a copy with him and ascended
the stairs to Mr. Bigboss' desk, where he
pulled up a chair, and in some embarrassment
began.
"One hundred of these came in this morn-
ing, and Miss Vampet and I were wondering
if there may not have been some mistake."
"Mistake?"
"Yes. We'll hardly sell ten, Mr. Bigboss."
"Have you read it?" inquired Mr. Bigboss.
"I looked if over, and it appears to be. pretty
much of a lemon."
"Exactly," and Mr. Bigboss leaned back in
his chair. "It is a lemon. But that's the point,
Ondeck ; lemons have their use, you know."
"Oh."
"You see, it's like this : The process of
reading is not unlike the process of eating —
there is an Intellectual palate as well as a
physical, and a balanced diet in reading is just
as important as a balanced diet of food. And
that is where this book has its value. It is
tart; in places it is bitter; therefore it is an
excellent antidote for a mental bilious attack.
It ought to have a splendid sale. Should go
big. You don't need to display it; put it un-
der the fiction counter, and when you find a
customer who is fed up on sweet stories, offer
this."
"I see," said Ondeck. "A lemonade, as
'twere."
Mr. Bigboss laughed.
"Exactly," said he.
Miss Limousine alighted from the car, and
approached the Bookstore with exactly the
same sentiments as when she entered the mar-
ket. She wanted something to read — but what?
She looked over the fiction counter, and was
positively nauseated by the display there. She
passed on to the poetry table, but a collection
of free verse — badly done — rendered her soul
quite unpoetic. Mr. Ondeck joined her at the
Essay table and said,
"Good morning, Miss Limousine. Have you
found something?"
"No," she replied, "And 'I don't think I
shall."
"Oh." He looked shrewdly at her, then said,
"Have you read the new Walpole yet? Splen-
did thing and going — "
"I know. Greatest book of the year, and all
that sort of thing. But that's just what I
want to get away from."
April 16, 1921
1179
Mr. Ondeck, who was acquainted with her
general taste, got out several novels and
placed them before her, but she pushed them
aside after an indifferent inspection, saying,
"No doubt they're good, but that isn't the
sort of thing I want today."
She strolled over to the general literature
table and languidly paged thru book after
book, but nothing seemed to take her fancy.
"Well, I did want something for over Sun-
day ; but I don't seem to find anything."
'"'By the way," said Mr. Ondeck, "Do you
like grape-fruit?"
"Grape-fruit?" safd she,' surprised at the
question. "Yes. Yes, indeed."
"Ah ! Then I have the very book !"
He lost no time getting out the "Journal of
a Distracted Old Maid" and placed it before
her.
"There," said he, "is a book that you will
like. Tart sort of a thing — really quite sour
in its tone, but — '
"Why !" exclaimed 'his customer, ' This does
look good." She paged thru it a moment,
then with sudden decision, "I'll take it."
"Good!"
He wrapped it up and the good lady walked
down the store with a lighter step than that
which had brought her in. As she prepared
to enter her car, she said,
"Back to market, James. I want to get
some grape-fruit."
MacDowell Colony League
A GROUP of authors and writers is organ-
izing the MacDowell Colony League to
work for the $200,000 endowment of the
writers' summer settlement and work place at
Peterborough, N. H.
The settlement was originated by Edward
MacDowell, the musician, who composed many
of his best works there and who decided that
the environment was ideal for workers in the
creative arts. After his death his wife and
other artists continued the development of the
camp, and last summer about forty writers
and artists worked there.
Every person admitted to the colony has to
show that he has a record of achievement and
loiterers are not permitted to stay. The fee is
$10 a week, which entitles the resident to the
use of a studio, quarters and meals. There
are fifteen studios at the colony, 500 acres of
farm and forest land^ four dwelling houses
and a large colony house. The camp is open
from about June i to Oct. 15, and is called
an "inspirational workshop."
Some of those who are interested in the
movement to make the colony financially in-
dependent are Edwin Arlington Robinson,
Hamlm Garland, Ernest Peixotto, Henry Holt,
Mrs. John W. Alexander, Professor Geon'x- P.
Baker of Harvard, Robert H. Davis, Don Mar-
quis, Kate S. Chittenden, Oscar Saenger, Her-
bert Adams, Josephine Preston Peabody, Sig-
i'mund 'Stojowski, Joseph Regneas and Edward
Burlingame Hill.
The Prize Review
[Selected from nearly t^vo hundred manuscripts
submitted for the $100 prise offered fry the Macmilla-n
Company for the best rhymed review of H. G.
Wells's "The Outline of History." The judges were
Arthur B. Maurice, Marguerite Wilkinson, and Hey-
wood Broun.}
Deep in the blank abyss of time,
When Earth was only cooling lava,
Life raisecj from intertidal slime
Frail beings, glutinous as guava,
W'hich, forming skeletons and gizzards
By complication of their cells,
Brought on the age of Giant Lizards
Whose sage historian is Wells.
He reads the Record of the Rocks.
We see the clan of Brontosauri
Succumb to strange climatic shocks
While mammals guin their vanished glory,
Till, ferreting this fossil lore,
Where trees and caves afford defences,
We meet our first progenitor,
Sub-man Homo Heidelbergensis.
Then come Cro-Magnards, chipping bone,
Treating their sub-man cousins rudely,
They painted quaint designs on stone
And fashioned weapons far from crudely,
They caught the trick of iron smelting,
Sowed corn, and, when their crops increased,
Built huts to 'scape the tempest's pelting,
And pledged Their faith to kings or priests.
Migrations breed divergent races,
Mongol and Mediterranean,
Nordic and Alpine, Alien faces
Rouse tribal enmities in man.
Great dynasties arise, Sumeria,
Egypt, Chaldea, banish peace,
Persians and Medes assail Assyria,
And Xerxes leads his hosts to Greece.
The over-rated Alexander
Triumphs, and tastes a drunkard's doom.
Rome looms. Her empire waxes grander,
Then sinks in mediaeval gloom.
Charlemagne, Islam, Ganghis Khan,
Before our wondering eyes are shown,
Till dwarfish-souled Napoleon
Ushers this latest age, our own.
Nor is it thrones and empires merely
That on this crowded canvas shine,
Prophets and saints are drawn as clearly,
And codes that men have deemed divine,
Creeps of Confucius and Gautama,
Jesus, Mohammed, Lao Tse,
Owen, and Marx, and all the drama
Of travailing humanity.
Transcendent book! It dares to state,
When all the world is darkly groping
Thru baneful fumes of greed and hate,
That there is still a chance for hoping.
If life's a race where education
'Strives with disaster, as he tells,
Millions will here achieve salvation
And say with me, "Thank God for Wells!
JOHN STRONG NEWBERRY.
ii8o
The Publishers' Weekly
Canadian Publishers Meet
nPHE Canadian publishers who are organized
1 as a section of the Toronto Board of
Trade, with John McClelland of McClel-
land & Stewart as Chairman, held a special
meeting and dinner on April 8th at the Na-
tional Club in Toronto to discuss ways and
means of increasing book distribution in
Canada, adding to the general health of the
industry thruout the Dominion. At this meet-
ing about twenty-five publishers were gathered,
and addresses were made by J. Murray Gibbon,
President of the newly organized Canadian
Authors' Association, and by Frederic G.
Melcher, of New York.
Mr. 'Gibbon developed in his talk the great
possibility of co-operative work between au-
thors and publishers and their common interest
in bookselling. As general publicity agent for
the 'Canadian Pacific Railway, he has an ex-
tremely broad view of the whole situation and
a fine instinct for the practical. As the new
Canadian Authors' Association is to have nine
different branches in different cities of the
Dominion from Halifax to Vancouver, the
organization will be able greatly to encourage
the subject of book reading and ownership
thru general discussion and publicity. Very
practical suggestions were made for obtaining
better display of books in various outlets, and
Mr. Gibbon's suggestion of a Canadian Book
Week to be held in the fall was received with
great enthusiasm and the plan unanimously
adopted for carrying out. Tnis plan would be
that a week should be set aside for the dis-
play and encouragement of Canadian authors
and their books during November, having
especially in mind the encouragement of the
purchasing of these books for mailing over-
seas, and to distant friends, in order that they
could better understand Canada and her
literature.
Mr. Melcher had been invited to Toronto as
guest of the Association to tell of the experi-
ence in the States in encouraging book dis-
tribution thru such campaigns as Children's
Book Week, Year Round Bookselling, and
Religious Book Week. A complete display of
the material that had been used was passed
around. The publishers are especially inter-
ested in the idea of co-operation, and expect
to form committees to adapt these plans to
the Canadian situation.
The book situation in Canada seems to be
similar to that in the United States 'in that the
interest in books is increasing, and, while con-
ditions are extremely puzzling and manufac-
turing costs and exchange fluctuation are a
decided 'handicap, there is a universal feeling
of confidence in the-, growth of the industry
that lies just ahead, and the meeting was en-
thusiastic in its resolution to keep closely or-
ganized and aggressively active, in order that
the industry, both publishing and retail, should
steadily advance.
Findlay I. Weaver, the Secretary and Treas-
urer of the newly organized retailers' organ-
ization of Canada, presented the case of the
retailers and promised to give all of these plans
the heartv support of that branch of the trade.
An Appreciation of Mr. Mifflin
IN the death of George H. Mifflin, we have
lost from among us one of the most cheerful
and courageous gentlemen our craft has had.
My realization of these qualities of his was
renewed by a letter from him, dated March
22nd, which reached me only a few days
before he died. In this letter, with his usual
kindness, he expressed his interest in the affairs
of an old friend, and showed a cheerfulness
which was always characteristic of him. As
as indication, I may perhaps quote a para-
graph. He says:
"I continue about the same, still practically
n. g. Haven't been downstairs for several
weeks, but I manage to dig out a fairly good
time." And he adds : "Keep well and happy,
and the Lord be with you."
This was the spirit of helpfulness and cheer-
fulness in which his life was lived, showing
an interest and enthusiasm for everything that
came within his influence.
I should like to tell you, at the risk of being
somewhat personal, of an experience I had
with him more than ten years ago. When he
heard that Doubleday, Page & Co. planned to
move out of New York and build a building
for their own printing and publishing, he wrote
to me and said that when we had our plans
ready, he would like to go over them with me,
as he had some ideas about the building of a
printing plant which he thought might be use-
ful to me. When the plans were ready I took
them to him, and he studied them with the
greatest care and made many valuable . and
helpful suggestions. Further than this, he
offered to come and see the work as it prog-
ressed, and he made at least two journeys from
Boston solely to give such disinterested help.
Such was his kindly and beautiful unselfish-
ness to a competitor.
For many years I have taken my troubles
and my ambitions and talked them over with
him, always being received with a kindness that
was beyond parallel in my experience. He
would devote any amount of time to making
suggestions and studying plans; and if he did|
this with me, he must have done it with many
others, because I was not in the way of meet-
ing him very often, as we lived so far apart.
I think our craft of publishing has lost one
of its most interesting and unique figures, as
well as one of ifs most lovable, in the death
of Mr. Mifflin. I hope and believe that his
spirit and his high conception of a publisher's
duties will live for a very long time, and I
know that the grief that I feel must be dupli-
cated in the hearts of a very large number of
people to whom he had shown the finest sort
of friendship and loyalty.
F. N. DOUBLEDAY.
April 16, 1921
1181
Dorian Hope Verse Withdrawn
THE little volume of verse, entitled
"Pearls and Pomegranates," recently pub-
lished by G. P. Putnam's Sons as the work
of ''Dorian Hope," has been withdrawn from
the market by the publishers, who discovered
that the volume contained enough plagiarism
to warrant the belief that it was wholly
plagiarized.
The publishers accepted the verses for pub-
lication in good faith when they were ap-
proached in the matter by one of their sales-
men, Bret Holland, who claimed authorship
of the poems. Holland put up $500 required
to produce the first edition of about 700 vol-
umes.
Holland had dedicated the volume to Flo-
rence Earle Coates, whom he very much ad-
mired. She says that he assumed the name
of Dorian Hope because of his admiration
for Oscar Wilde and his character of Dorian
Grey.
A review of "Pearls and Pomegranates"
which appeared in the Times Book Review
with a selected poem, caught the attention of
the real author of twenty-six poems included
in the volume, Miriam Vedder. She immedi-
ately recognized this poem, "Paths," as one
of her own that had appeared in the Welles-
ly Rcvieiv in 1918 when she was a student in
that institution. Miss Vedlder also recognized
among the poems included in the book half a
dozen written by Augustin Lardy, one oj her
friends, who died about a year ago. _ She and
Mr. Lardy used to exchange the things they
wrote. She never signed the verses she sent
him, for she had no idea that they would ever
pass out of his hands. And so, of course,
when Holland fountf them, he supposed that
they were Mr. Lardy's.
Further inquiries disclosed that the poems
were taken to G. P. Putnam's Sons by the
mother of the late Mr. Lardy and offered for
publication. It happened that she talked the
matter over with Holland, who assured her
that he would arrange for the publication of
her son's poems.
About two weeks before the books were off
the press Holland or "Dorian Hope," several
times telephoned to the publishing' house and
made various excuses for being absent. He
never did show up. The latest information
the publishers have as to his whereabouts in-
dicates that he is either in Rome, Petrograd
or Moscow.
Women's Book Association
THE general topic of the meeting of the
Women's National Book Association, which
is to be held at the Children's Book S'hop next
Thursday evening, is: "How a Woman Can
Finance Her Own Business." There will be
three interesting speakers, Mrs. Estelle Guille-
not, of the Woman's Security Corporation,
Miss Lena M. Phillips, Executive Secretary of
the National Federation of the League of
Business and Professional Women, and Miss
Marie W. Snow, vice-president of the League
of Business and Professional Women of New
York.
At this meeting final details of the costume
dance which is to be given the first night of
the American Booksellers' Convention at the
Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, on May loth,
will be discussed. There will be prizes award-
ed for the most original costumes, $50 in cash,
to be dividied among two men and two women,
the decisions as to the most original to be made
by ballot.
i
On to Atlantic City!
ON April 15th, the Publicity Committee will
mail the members of the book-trade a
booklet giving full and detailed information
about the convention. This booklet will not
only tell how to secure the reductions in rail-
road rates, but it will give a complete resume
of the convention activities. Whitney Darrow,
of Scribner's, and Cedric R. Crowell, of
Doubleday, Page & Co.^ have outlined in its
pages the social and business program of the
convention, and answered all the where s,
whens, and hows, that inevitably arise on such
occasions. Extra copies of this booklet may
be secured from any of the committee chair-
men.
At the ball on Tuesday evening, everyone is
requested to appear in costume, altho those
who can furnish good alibis for coming in
everyday dress will not be barred. The com-
mittee does not want guests kept away from
this dance either because they do not care to
go in costume or are unable to secure what
they want. 'Costumes selected should repre-
sent a book title or some character in a. book,
and prizes will be awarded for the most
striking and original costume, two for the men
and two for the women.
Wednesday evening, we can look forward
with anticipation to Robert Anderson's great
American drama of the book-trade. Two re-
hearsals of this play have already been held,
and eminent critics pronounce it superior to
any Cohan-Golden stage production. It will
be performed on a genuine, honest-to-goodness
stage, with specially prepared scenery and a
magnificent cast. The performance will be
held in the world famous steel-pier ballroom.
Admission is to be by ticket, but these tickets
will be distributed by the convention secre-
taries. Everyone can have as many of these
tickets as he or she needs.
Thursday, as the climax of an epochal con-
vention, comes the banquet. We are assured
that the gastronomic and scenic effects of th£
evening will suggest that beloved song, "The
End of a Perfect Day." By all means, then,
attend the banquet — a unique and sumptuous
affair in the submarine grill of the Hotel
Traymore, engineered by Whitney Darrow,
that "Machiavelli" of entertainers, who has
toiled many weary hours in arranging for these
convention joys. The banquet will provide a
thoroly fitting conclusion to the 1921 con-
vention.
Il82
The Publishers' Weekly
Suggestions for Improving Busi-
ness Conditions
NOW is the time for every business man, no
matter what his line of business or his posi-
tion may be, to use his resources, financial,
moral,, mental and physical, to the limit.
To move business today, more than the ordi-
nary and average energy is required. If you
are "dragging," rise up and shift your gears
into "high."
Some business men have been, and are now,
putting forth their best efforts to stimulate
trade to strengthen the confidence of the buyer.
These men are not feeling a laxity of business.
Their shops show evidence of normal trade.
Their plants are running full time and their
salesmen are sending in orders.
Why not study their methods ? Acquaint
yourself with the force they are using to over-
come a dull period. Probably a complete re-
organization is necessary. Maybe your adver-
tising is lacking in force or misdirected.
Are your clerks particularly courteous and
striving to give better service? Your customers
may be kept unnecessarily long in making tele-
phone connections with the proper party. The
voice at the other end may not think you are
glad to receive the call by some discourteous
grunts from some one in your office or factory.
Tune up your correspondence. Cut out the
hackneyed phrases. Make your letters sound
human.
Finally, get everybody on the job, including
yourself.
If you run a small store, change your win-
dow decorations. See what line of foodstuffs,
hats, clothing, auto accessories, hardware,
drugs, etc., are being extensively advertised,
then back up your window display with the
advertising.
Above all, give your customer a square deal
and make him feel and know that you have
treated him right. A little profit is better than
none. A few customers paying a fair profit is
more profitable than no patronage with goods
marked at war prices.
Do not hesitate to make use of some of these
suggestions, especially if you want business to
improve. It's up to you.
A Letter to O. Henry
MESSRS. Hodder and Stoughton, O. Hen-
ry's English publishers, recently received a
letter addressed in their care to O. Henry,
Esq., which they, having no business connec-
tions with the spirit world, are unable to for-
'ward. The letter is from Santiago, Chile.
"Dear Sir and Friend:
"I am fresh enough to call you friend right
away, because you have done me a great
service — you have made me LAUGH, a thing I
have not been able to do for years. The rea-
son whv is that I have turned against bad
luck, lots of it. B'ut this morning when I
was driving round this dirty town from one
end to the other, yes, this morning I read your
'Options' and have laughed, as I never did.
I am a Norwegian and can count my ances-
tors back to the year 623 A. C. and have gone
thru the positions of smith, shoemaker, poet,
and now am a broker, which is the worst of
all. Thru all of this I have acquired 6^ lan-
guages (the half is Russian). I will pass Eng-
land in February next year and hope I may be
able to see you, and get some other books of
yours."
New York Music Week, April
17-24
NEW YORK will celebrate April 17-24,
her second music week. This is not a
festival by or for musicians, but is an effort
to appeal to the musical instincts of every-
one, so that he will want to hear more
music or play more music. Last year 1700
organizations participated in New York's
Music Week. Booksellers have a keener in-
terest than most retailers in this event, as
another chance for special displays. The pub-
lishers, too, are featuring new and appropri-
ate books.
Can* Praise Go Further?
ON the first page of the February 4 number
of the London Book-Post appeared the
following notice, which we are delighted to
reprint :
Sir : We read Book-Post with very
great pleasure; the whole of it is in-
stinct with life, and should be of vital
interest to publishers, booksellers, book-
sellers' assistants and all who care for
books.
Certainly, as far as our experience
goes, it is one of the best trade papers
that ever has been issued, and if it is
not invidious to make comparisons, it
ranks with the best American paper we
know, namely, the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY,
and this is saying a good deal. — W.
Heffer & Sons, Ltd., Booksellers and
Publishers, 4, Petty Cury, Cambridge.
$1,000,000 Film Rights
ALL dramatic rights to General Lew Wal-
lace's "Ben-Hur" have been acquired from
the Wallace estate by A. L. Erlanger, Charles
B. Dillingham and Florertz Ziegfeld, Jr., for
what is said to be a record price. Included
in the transaction are the motion picture rights,
for which $1,000,000 are said to have been paid.
The previous high mark for film rights was
$175,000, paid by David W. Griffith for "Way
Down East."
It was originally produced on Nov. 25, 1899,
at the Broacjway Theater and its total receipts
since that time have been close to $10,000,000.
More than 2*0,000,000 persons have seen the
play.
The motion picture will be filmed in Jerusa-
lem and Syria.
April 16, 1921
1183
In The Field of Retail Advertising
Siler's Book Store
A Store That Deals in SERVICE
as Well as Books
K. J
MORE BOOKS IN TNE HOME
There's always a welcome for Book Lovers who like to
"browse" among the shelves — but there's a SERVICE for those
who know exactly what they want but are unable to find it.
The attendants in Siler's Book Store are well informed con-
cerning books and how to get them. If there's a book you've
searched for in vain — 'phone or visit Siler's and ask theni to get
it. The book may be out of print — and still we may be able to
secure a copy for you.
Siler's Book Store has thousands of books you'd never expect
to find there. Come in and get better acquainted. Get the book
store habit — it pays dividends in satisfaction and self-improve-
ment.
Siler's Book Store
930 Canal
Phone Main 3137
EFFECTIVE RETAIL BOOKSTORE ADVERTISING. THE ILLUS-
TRATION WAS SUPPLIED TO THE NEW ORLEANS NEWS-
PAPER BY THE "AD ART SERVICE CO." AND SILER'S SUITED
IT TO THEIR PURPOSES
Rent Plus
A Pamphlet on Retailing
IN connection with the recent advertising
campaign in the Dry Goods Economist In
the interest of increasing the number of book
outlets in department stores, the editors of
that periodical brought out a very attractive
pamphlet on "Starting a Book Department."
This pamphlet describes the advantages of
having a book department, discusses location
and layout, shelving and display problems,
classification, marking, care of stock, etc.
Copies of the pamphlets are being distributed
thru Baker & Taylor.
IN selecting the location of a book-
store, it has often been pointed out,
by those who have experimented with
locations just off the main thoro-
fares, that it is often possible to take
advantage of such situations with
their much lower rent by increasing
the percentage of advertising. This
might mean that the total of rent
plus advertising would be the same
in either location, tho there would
be on the less expensive street a
much better floor space and oppor-
tunity to display.
The advertising manager for a
large chain of clothing stores, in
addressing the Rochester Ad Club
recently on the subject of retail ad-
vertising, said that his recommenda-
tion was that the merchant should
spend 7}/2% of total sales for the
two items of rent plus advertising.
He believed that this rule would ap-
ply as well to upstairs locations as
it would to side streets. If a rental
can be obtained that requires 4% of
the sales, there would be a margin
of 3T/2% for advertising, while if
the rental was higher and went to
5%, there would be only 2^% left.
It might be well to keep in mind
some such equalization in selecting a
location for a bookstore.
Another suggestion from this ex-
pert was that if the retailer had a
certain amount to spend a year for
advertising, he would recommend^
dividing it into equal weekly parts
and spending that amount each week
instead of concentrating with large
space on the busy seasons. He be-
lieved that hammering away persis-
tently built up the permanent cus-
tomer and started steady buyers to-
ward the store more than a large
spread at the busy seasons, and he
deplored the plan of spending the
largest" sums at two clearance sea-
a plan which only emphasized to the
regular customers the fact that if they had
waited they might have bought for less.
Shipping Tag Publicity
ON the shipping tags of the Greenwood
Bookshop of Wilmington there is printed
as good bookstore publicity the famous saying
of Carlyle, "The true university these days
is a collection of books." 'If 4! was true in
Carlyle's time, it is increasingly true to-day,
and this is a quotation that could well be re-
peated and reprinted widely wherever there
are those who are busy distributing books.
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The Publishers' Weekly
Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY has published
this month a volume of philosophical reflec-
tions, "Thought Relics," by Rabindranath
Tagore.
THE WRITER of that famous best-seller, "The
Economic Consequences of the Peace," John
M. Keynes, has written a new volume, "A
Treatise on Probability," mainly philosophical
in subject matter, to be published by Macmillan.
ANOTHER NOVEL of the white man in the
Islands of the Pacific by Somerset Maug-
ham, author of "The Moon and Sixpence,"
will be published this spring by Doran. It
will be called, "The Trembling of a Leaf."
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, author of "The
Moon and Sixpence" (Doran) and other novels,
is almost equally famous as a playwright. His
play, "The Circle," in which John Drew will
play the star r61et is being prepared for pro-
duction on Broadway.
JOHN DRINK WATER, who came to America
to see the stage production of his play, "Mary
Stuart," sailed for England on the Adriatic,
April 6th. Those who cannot see the play in
New York will have to solace their misery
by reading the play just published by Hough-
ton Mifflin.
G. M. TREVELYAN is engaged in writing a
history of England from 1780 to 1900, a period
which practically covers the whole modern pe-
riod, extending, roughly, from the loss of
America to the outbreak of the Boer War.
THE A. C. GILBERT Company of New Haven,
makers of practical toys for the development
of useful mechanics, have just published an
attractive series of illustrative books on topics
that appeal strongly to the 'boys of this gener-
ation. It includes "Engineering," "Chemical
Magic," "Sound Experiments," "Carpentry,"
"Knots and Splices," ''Magic Coin Tricks,"
and half a dozen other topics.
(Music WEEK will be celebrated in New
York, beeinning Sunday, April I7th. One of
the publishers to celebrate the week fittingly
is Appleton. That firm has recently taken
over the publication of Charles D. Isaacson's
"Face to Face With Great Musicians," and
will reissue it during that week. Mr. Isaac-
son is well-known as musical editor of the
New York Globe. Appleton has also re-
cently issued some new volumes in The
Whole World Music Series, edited by Albert
E. Weir. These are "Piano Duets the Whole
World Plays," "Recital Piano Pieces the
Whole World Plays," and "Light Piano Pieces
the Whole World Plays "
RUPERT HUGHES' new novel of metropolitan
life, "Beauty," will be published by Harper in
June.
THOROLY SATISFACTORY to eye and ear is a
plump volume, "Poems New and Old," by
John Freeman, one of the younger British
poets (Harcourt).
THE AWARD of the Goncourt Prize aroused
unusual interest this year, for it was given
to an unknown young schoolmaster, Ernest
Perochon. "Nene," the story of a step-mother
whose life is sacrificed to love, will be pub-
lished in America by Moffat, Yard.
A NEW VOLUME in Pitman's Common Com-
modities and Industries Series is "The Raw
Materials of Perfumery — Their Nature, Oc-
currence and Employment," by Ernesti J.
Parry. It is a popular account of one branch
of the industry revolutionized by synthetic
chemistry.
T. MORRIS LONGSTRETH, author of "Mac of
Placid" and accounts of the Adirondacks and
the Catskills, is in Canada for the purpose of
writing a novel with the scene laid in the Lau-
rentians. Mr. Longstreth has employed as his
guide in his explorations, Fred Beauvais, who
has come into fame in the Stillman divorce
case.
FEW AUTHORS have such expert if amateur
publicity agents as Dr. Albert Einstein. Alder-
man Falconer recently volunteered for the role,
when his veto of the vote of New York's city
fathers to extend to Dr. Einstein the freedom
of the city procured for Dr. Einstein columns
of newspaper space. In Germany, Herr Lei-
bus, editor of a Berlin paper, was equally
successful, for his modest proposal to murder
Einstein for the good of the fatherland, has
been noted in papers far removed from Berlin.
CAMILLE FLAM MARION'S "Death and Its
Mystery," translated from the French version
by E. S. Brooks, which bore the identical title
"La Mort et son Mystere," which was pub-
lished in Paris in 1920. Translations of the
book in Italian and Portuguese have been
arranged for and will follow at Rome and Rio
de Janeiro. This is the first volume in a trilogy
which will represent the results oT more than
fifty years of observation, collection, investi-
gation and classification of facts concerning
immortality which M. Flammarion has deduced
from his careful study. The Century Company
will also publish the two volumes of the
trilogy yet to come. The French titles of
these will be : "A tour de la Morte" and
"Apres la iMort."
April 10, 1921
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Changes in Prices
D. APPLETOX & COMPANY
The Sailor's Log, by R. D. Evans, from §1.50 to
$4.00.
Regulation of Municipal Utilities, by C. L. King,
from $2.50 to $3.00.
Obituary Notes
ERNEST WILLIAM HORNUNG, author and
novelist, died at St. Jean de Luz, France, of
influenza, on March 22. He was born in
Middlesborough, England, in 1866, and was
educated in Uppingham School. He spent
some years in Australia. In 1893, he married
Constance Doyle, the sister of Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. The Hornung home was in
Sussex.
The most famous character which Mr. Hor-
nung created was Raffles, hero of several vol-
umes, setting a literary fashion in heroes.
The list of his books includes : "A Bride
from the Bush," 1890; "Under Two Skies,"
1892; 'Tiny Luttrell," 1893; "The Boss of
Taroomba," "The Unbidden Guest," 1894;
"The Rogues March," "Irralie's Bushranger,"
1896; "My Lord Duke," 1897; "Young Blood,"
"Some Persons Unknown," 1898; "The Ama-
teur Cracksman," "Dead Men Tell No Tales,"
1899; "The Belle of Toorak," "Peccavi,"
1900 ; "The Black Mask," 1901 ; "The Shadow
of the Rope," 1902; "No Hero," "Denis Dent,"
1903; "Stingaree," "A Thief in the Night,"
1905; "Mr. Justice Raffles," 1909; "The
Camera Fiend," 1911 ; "Fathers of Men,"
1912 ; "Witching Hill," 1913 ; "The Thousandth
Woman," "The Crime Doctor," 1914; "Notes
of a Camp Follower," 1919.
MAXIMILIAN D. BERLITZ, founder of the
Berlitz Schools for the study of languages,
died suddenly at his home in New York on
April 6th. He was born in South-Germany
and came to America as a child. His method
of teaching led to the establishment of many
schools here and abroad and in connection with
these he published a number of educational
books based on his system. His age was 67.
More A. B. A. Members
THE Membership Committee of the Ameri-
can Booksellers' Association, thru its
Chairman, John G. Kidd, of Stewart & Kidd
Company, Cincinnati, has added this week
two more names to the list: Edward Wallace,
of Ormston's Bookstore, Oil City, Pa., and
J. O. Crowell, of T. Y. Crowell & Company,
New York.
Periodical Notes
The Canadian Stationer and Book Trade
Journal makes its first appearance, April 2Oth,
at 51 Wellington Street, West, Toronto. The
publisher has for nearly ten years been editor
and manager of the Canadian Bookseller and
Stationer, published by the MacLean Co. and
previous to that time was in business for some
years as a retail bookseller and stationer.
Personal Notes
HOWARD WILLARD COOK, head of the Edi-
torial Department of Moffat, Yard & Com-
pany, has just returned from Europe, where
he has completed arrangements for the bring-
ing out of a number of new publications by
his house in 'this country.
WILLIAM C. LENGEL, formerly in charge of
the editorial and promotion work for Cos-
mopolitan Book Corporation, is to be manag-
ing editor of Hearst's Magazine. Mr. Lengel's
place with Cosmopolitan Book Corporation has
been taken by Lee D. Brown, formerly editor
of People's Magazine (Street & Smith), and
previous to that of the editorial staff of the
New York Times. Mr. Lengel, in collabora-
tion with Leroy demons and Thomas Grant
Springer, has just had a play accepted by A.
H. Woods, and Mr. Woods is said to be plan-
ning to produce this during the coming fall,
with Pauline Frederick in the leading role.
W. P. BLESSING, manager of the Chicago
branch of the Presbyterian Board of Publica-
tion, sails for England April i6th on a six
weeks' trip of deserved rest. Mr. Blessing's
development of the Chicago business has been
marked by a most successful handling of the
mail-order and catalog business in the religious
field.
Business Notes
CHICAGO. — The Radical Book Shop is mov-
ing to a new and larger store at 826 North
Clark Street on May i.
CLEVELAND, O.— The Arthur H. Clark Co.,
formerly located in the Caxton B'uildin.g, has
removed to larger and more convenient quar-
ters at 4027-4035 Prospect Avenue.
Los ANGELES, CAL. — Kuttners's Bookstore, at
115-117 S. Spring Street, has been sold to Har-
riet and Theodore Mercer.
NEW YORK CITY. — Luckhardt & ^elder, 10
West Forty-fifth Street, are now the American
representatives for the Universal Edition of
classics, music, books, scores and librettos,
which are published in Leipzig.
NEW YORK CITY.— The C. J. Oliphant Adver-
tising Agency, which handles the business of
a number of book publishers, has moved from
i West Thirty-fourth Street to the Printing
Craft Building at Thirty-fourth Street and
Eighth Avenue.
NEW YORK CITY. — Isaac Mendoza Book Co.
will move on May i to larger premises, next
door, at 15 Ann Street. It occupied 17 Ann
Street for 28 years.
SYRACUSE, N. Y. — The Iroquois Publishing
Co. has increased its capital stock to $120,000
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The Publishers Weekly
The Weekly Record of New Publications
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10 cm.); sq., obi., nar., design-ate square, oblong, narrow.
Adams, George Burton
Constitutional history of England. 518 p.
(i*/2 p. bibl.) O (American historical serj
[c. '21] N'. Y, Holt $5 n.
Partial contents: The Anglo-Saxon age; Growth of
the Constitution and of the Common Law; Parlia-
ment versus the king; The making of the cabinet;
The rise of democracy ; Democratic England.
Adept (The) of Galilee; a story and an argu-
ment ; by the author of The Initiate. 434 p.
D '20 N. Y., Button $3.50 n.
This work deals with Jesus Christ as a great
Adept, Mahatma, Yogi or High Initiate.
Aldington, Richard, tr.
Medallions in clay. 99 p. O c. N. Y., Knopf
bds. $2 n. [550 copies]
Translations of the Greek and Latin poets of the
Augustinian and Renaissance periods.
Alexander, Georgia
The Alexander-Dewey arithmetic ; advanced
book; ed. by John Dewey. 8+288+16 p.
diagrs. il. maps D c. N. Y., Longmans, Green
88 c. n.
The, Alexander-Dewey arithmetic ; element-
ary book; ed. by John Dewey. 7+224+13 p.
il. diagrs. maps D c. N. Y., Longmans, Green
76 c. n.
The Alexander-Dewey arithmetic; inter-
mediate book; ed. by John Dewey. 8+256+
15 p. il. diagrs. il. D c. N. Y., Longmans,
Green 80 c. n.
Amar, Jules
The human motor ; or, The scientific foun-
dations of labour and industry. 15+470 p. il.
tabs, diagrs. O (Efficiency books) '20 N. Y.,
Dutton $10 n.
Attwood, Wallace Walter, and others
Practical map exercises in geography;
Eastern hemisphere. 32 p. maps drawing pap.
in pocket Q [c. '21] Bost, Ginn pap. 56
c. n.
Baddeley, John F.
Russia in the 'eighties; sport and politics.
12+466 p. front, (por.) maps O '21 X. Y.,
Longmans, Green $10.50 n.
A record of the ten years which the author spent
in Russia as special correspondent for the Standard.
Banks, Theodore H., jr.
Wild geese, [verse] 75 p. D (The Yale ser.
of younger poets) c. New Haven, Conn., Yale
Univ. Press bds. $1.25 n.
Banning, Margaret Culkin
Half loaves. 312 p. D [c. '21] N'. Y., Doran
$1.90 n.
A novel of American life in the middle-west, in
which modern tendencies of marriage and social life
are discussed.
Barclay, Wade Crawford
The principles of religious teaching. 132 p.
D c. '20 N. Y. and Cin., Methodist Bk. Con-
cern $i n.
Barrymore, Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs,
[Mrs. John Barrymore; Michael Strange,
pseud.]
Resurrecting life [verse] ; with drawings by
Tohn Barrymore. 86 p. col. front, pis. D c.
N. Y., Knopf $1.75 n.
Blasco Ibanez, Vicente
The Mayflower [flor de Mayo] ; a tale of
the Valencian seashore ; tr. from the Spanish
by Arthur Livingston. 256 p. [c. '21] N. Y.,
Dutton $2 n.
A story of the fisherfolk of Valencia and of their
adventures along the shore of a treacherous and
uncertain sea.
Blunden, Edmund
The waggoner and other poems, ico p. D
'20 N. Y., Knopf $1.50 n.
Briarly, Mary
In his own image. 419 p. D c. N. Y.,
Macmillan $2.25, n.
A story of American life and the development of
the freedom of the American women as they are
complicated by the labor problem.
Brisco, Norris Arthur
Retail salesmanship. 278 p. O c. '20 N. Y.,
Ronald Press $2 n.
Arkansas. Bureau of Mines, Manufactures and
Agriculture
Outlines of the geology, soils and minerals of
the state of Arkansas. • 182 p. front, il. pors. maps
diagrs. O '20 Little Rock, Ark., Bureau of Mines
gratis
Benson, Oscar Herman
Home canning and food thrift. 61 p. front, (por.)
il. O (Dept. of Farms and Markets, bull. no. 130)
'20 Albany, N. Y., New York (State) Div. of
Agriculture pap. gratis
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Bryant, Marguerite [Mrs. Philip Munn]
A courageous marriage. 224 p. D c. N. Y.,
Duffield $1.90 n.
A mystery story.
Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
Modern democracies ; 2 v. 14+508 ; 6+676
p. O c. N. Y., Macmillan $10.50 n.
Partial contents: Considerations applicable to
Democratic government in general; Some Democ-
racies and their workings; Switzerland, France, Can-
ada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
Burgess, Thornton Waldo
Lightfoot the deer; with il. by Harrison
Cady. 8+205 p. col. front, col. pis. O (Green
forest sen,) c. Bost, Little, Brown $1.75 n.
This volume starts a new series of animal stories
for .little children, each volume will deal with some
particular animal who spends his life in the forest.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
The schoolmistress ; new ed., tr. by Con-
stance Garnett. 305 p. D c. N. Y., Macmil-
lan $2.25
Carrington, Herbert C., and Holzwarth,
Charles
German composition ; with notes and vocab-
ularies. 138 p. front. D (Heath's modern lan-
guage ser.) [c. '21] Bost., Heath $1.12 n.
Clements, Mrs. Edith Gertrude Schwartz
Flowers of mountain and plain ; 2nd ed.,
enl. 2+79 P- col. front, col. pis. O c. '20 N. Y.,
H. W. Wilson Co. $2.75 n.
Cobb, Thomas
The impossible Apollo. 299 p. D N. Y., J.
Lane $2 n.
An after-the-war story of middle-class people in
England.
Coburn, Frank Warren
The battle on Lexington common, April 19,
1775; consisting of an account of that action
now first published and a reprint of my lec-
ture entitled Fiction and truth about the Bat-
tle of Lexington common, pub. in 1918; also a
complete roster of Capt. John Parker's com-
pany; a list of the seventy-seven men who
were with him that morning; and a list of
the eight men who are known to have re-
turned the British fire. 60 p. front, pis.
facsms. D c. Lexington, Mass. [Author],
31 Percy Rd. $2.50 n. [294 copies].
Collamore, Gilman & Co., Inc.
Traditions and old china; [cover title:
China and pottery marks]. 36 p. il. S [c. '20]
N. Y., Collamore, Gilman & Co., 15 E. 56th
St. 75 c. n.
Marks of china from Germany, Austria, Russia,
Poland, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Eng-
land, France and Sevres.
Conover, Lee
Gilbert signal engineering; complete and
thorough instructions in all forms of signal-
ing for boys ; prepared under the direction of
A. C. Gilbert. 116 p. il. pis. (part col.) diagrs.
5 [c. '20] New Haven, Conn., The A. C.
Gilbert Co. $i n.
Partial contents: General service code and its
uses; Semaphore system; Sound and flashlight sys-
tems; Telegraphy, radio-telegraphy and telephony;
Maritime signaling; U. S. Navy rlag signals; How
to make signal apparatus.
Conroy, Joseph P.
A mill town pastor; the story of a witty
and valiant priest. 226 p. D c. N. Y., Ben-
ziger Bros. $1.75 n.
A true story of a priest in an American town.
Cook, Luella Bussey
A project book in business English. 8+215
p. (7 p. bibl.) D [c. '20] N. Y, Holt $1.28 n.
Partial contents: Imagination in business; The
positive attitude of mind; Advertising and sales-
manship; The business student's reading.
Cushing, Harry Cooke, jr.
The electric vehicle hand-book; officially
adopted by the Electric vehicle section of the
National electric light association. [New ed.]
350 p. il. S c. '20 N. Y., [Author], 25 Broad
St. leath. $3
Dana, Charles Loomis
Text-book of nervous diseases for the use
of students and practitioners of medicine ;
9th ed. 10+65 S P- il. (part col.) pis. (part col.
and fold.) diagrs. O c. '20 N. Y., W. Wood
6 Co., 51 Fifth Ave. $6.50 n.
Dante, Alighieri
The divine comedy of Dante Alighieri; tr.
by Charles Eliot Norton; complete ed., three
v. in one. 24+274 p. D [c. '20] Bost., Hough-
ton Mifflin $3 n.
Clapp, Charles Horace
Geology of the igneous rocks of Essex Co., Mass.
132 p. pis. tabs, (part fold, in pocket) fold. col. map
in pocket O (Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geol.
Survey; bull. 704) '21 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off.,
Supt. of Doc. pap. 30 c.
Crain, Thomas C. T.
Some pleas for adequate religious instruction for
the young; [address delivered at a public meet-
ing, Bd. of Education, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1920; on
the question of dismissing pupils from the public
schools at 2 p. m. on Wednesday of each week for
the purpose of receiving religious instruction]. 32
p. D N. Y. & Cin., The Abingdon Press pap.
gratis
Cushman, Joseph Augustine
American species of operculina and heterostegina
and their faunal relations; and A new species of
orthophragmina from Louisiana. various paging
pis. Q (Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geol. Survey,
professional pap. I28-E) '21 Wash., D. C., Gov.
Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap.
Dadourian, Ruth Mclntire
Party machinery; the caucus and covention sys-
tem of Connecticut. 14 p. facsms. T [c. '20] Hart-
ford, Conn., Connecticut Woman Suffrage Assn.,
721 Main St. pap. 10 c. n.
Ball, William Healey
Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks
of the Northwest coast of America, from San Diego,
Cal., to the Polar Sea; mostly contained in the
collection of the United States National Museum;
with il. of hitherto unfigured species. 217 p. pis. O
(Smithsonian Inst., U. S. Nat. Museum, bull. 112;
'21 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap.
apply
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Davies, Mary Carolyn
The husband test ; front, by Elizabeth Pils-
bry. 259 p. D c. Phil., Penn Pub. Co. $2 n.
A story of a young woman who had difficulty in
choosing a husband, and puts them to a test. The
scene is laid i» Greenwich Village, N. Y.
Davis, Edward H.
Early cremation ceremonies of the ~Luiseno
and Dieguen Indians of Southern California,
various paging S (Indian notes and mono-
graphs, v. 7, no. 3; a ser. of pub. relating to
the American aborigines) '21 N. Y., Museum
of the Am. Indian, Heye Foundation apply
Dewey, Evelyn, and others
Methods and results of testing school chil-
dren; manual of tests used by the psycholog-
ical survey in the public schools of New York
city ; including social and physical studies of
the children. 9+176 p. il. pis. diagrs. O [c.
'20 N. Y., Button $5 n.
Du Picq, Col. Ardant
Battle studies ; ancient and modern battles ;
tr. from the 8th ed. in the French by John
N. Greely and Robert C. Cotton; [preface by
Frank H. Simonds ; introd. by Ernest Judet].
21+273 P- front, (por.) D c. N. Y., Macmil-
lan $2.50 n.
Edson, David Orr
Getting what we want ; how to apply psy-
choanalysis to your own problems. 286 p. O
[c. '21 ] N1. Y., Harper $2.25 n.
Partial contents: The mind as a machine; From
archaic to social; The psychic censor; Blonds and
brunets; Life formulas and hungers; Brain patterns
and the chemistry of action: Blond and brunet chart.
Edgerton and Bartholomew
Business mathematics. 300 p. O c. N. Y.,
Ronald Press $2 n.
Eliot, Frederick May
The unwrought iron ; an introd. to religion ;
teacher's ed. 12+3+274 p. D (The Beacon
course of graded lessons) c. '20 Bost, The
Beacon Press, 25 Beacon St. $1.35 n.
Eliot, Thomas Stearns
Sacred wood; essays on poetry and criti-
cism. 200 p. D '21 N. Y., Knopf $2.50 n.
Elton, Oliver
A survey of English literature; 1780-1880;
new ed. ; 4 v. various paging O '20 N. Y.,
Macmillan $16 n.
Evarts, Hal George
The yellow horde; with il. by Charles Liv-
ingston Bull. 227 p. front, pis. D c. Bost.,
Little, Brown $1.75 n.
A novel of the Northwest, in which the adven-
tures of a coyote play the main part.
Field, Walter Taylor
The Field primer; il. by Maginel Wright
Enright. 132 p. col. il. D [c. '21] Bost., Gimi
68 c. n.
Fletcher, Joseph Smith
The Chestermarke instinct. 307 p. D c.
N. Y., Knopf $2 n.
A mystery story, dealing with the extraordinary
disappearance of the manager of a country bank..
Fowler, Henry Thatcher
Great leaders of Hebrew history from Ma-
nasseh to John the Baptist. 280 p. il. D c. '20
N. Y., Macmillan $2.50 n.
Fresenius, Karl Remigius
Introduction to qualitative chemical analy-
sis; I7th ed. of the original work; tr. by
G. Ainsworth Mitchell. 954 p. il. O '21 N. Y.,
Wiley $8 n.
Fry, Harry Shipley
The electronic conception of valence and
the constitution of benzene. 18+300 p. diagrs.
tabs. O (Monographs on inorganic and phys-
ical chemistry) '21 N. Y., Longmans, Green
$5n.
Galeno, Oscar
_ Spanish ; bk. i ; [giving a detailed explana-
tion of the fundamentals of the Spanish lan-
guage, both in Spanish and English]. 17+
267 p. diagrs. nar. D (Galeno natural meth-
od, a conversational system of teaching lan-
guages) [c. 'i3-'2i] N1. Y., Gregg Pub. Co.
$1.80 n.
Gardiner, Florence Herrick, comp.
Limericks; [il. by the compiler], no pag-
ing front. S '21 c. 'o8-'2i Phil., Lippincott
$i n.
Published in 1908 by Bacon & Brown under title
"The smile on the face of the tiger."
Gay, Walter
Paintings of French interiors; ed. with an
introd. and notes on the plates by Albert
Eugene Gallatin. no paging F '20 N. Y.,
Button $25 n. [950 copies]
Gilbert, Alfred C.
Gilbert carpentry for boys. 85 p. il. diagrs.
S [c. '20] New Haven, Conn., The A. C. Gil-
bert Co. $i n.
Instructions for boys to plan, do, and build things.
Gilbert chemical magic ; a presentation of
original and famous tricks in conjuring ac-
complished by the use of chemicals. 61 p. il.
diagrs. S [c. '20] New Haven, Conn., The
A. C. Gilbert Co. $i n.
Gilbert coin tricks for boys ; designed to
teach coin conjuring to boys in a simple man-
ner and to provide entertainment of an un-
usual character. 60 p. il. diagrs. S [c. '20]
New Haven, Conn., The A. C. Gilbert Co.
$i n.
Doyle, Edwin Adams
War pieces [verse]. 20 p. D [c. '20] Winchester,
O., The School Journal pap. 35 c.
Ferguson, Jim G.
Outlines of the geology, soils and minerals of
the state of Arkansas. 182 p. front, (col. map) pis.
tabs, maps O '20 Little Rock, Ark., State Bu. of
Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture pap. apply
Fitzpatrick, John C., ed.
Annual report of the American Historical Associ-
ation for the year 1918; in 2 v. ; v. 2, The auto-
biography of Martin Van Buren. various paging O
(House document no. 819; 66th Congress, 2nd ses-
sion) Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. $i
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Business English projects. 303 p. D c.
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Readings in American history ; rev. ed.
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THE London Mercury says that "no recent
centenary, excepting Shakespeare, has at-
tracted so much attention as that of Keats."
The British Museum is preparing an ex-
tensive exhibition relating to Dante and early
Italian literature in commemoration of the
great Italian poet's sixth centenary.
An exhibition of etchings and dry points
by Vans Gravesande will be on view during
this month at the galleries of Arthur H. Har-
low & Company, Fifth Avenue print dealers.
Since Henry E. Huntington is now turning
his attention to collecting the first editions of
worth-while modern authors, his example may
stimulate others to activity in this field.
Dr. Rosenbach is reported by The Bookman's
Journal to have said that the condition of
business in the rare book-trade at the present
time is better than in almost any other line of
trade.
It is reported that William Brown, the
Edinburgh bookseller, has recently received a
bundle of manuscript from California which
has proved to be a further instalment of
Robert Louis Stevenson's "Weir of Hermis-
ton."
One of four authenticated complete issues
of La Libre Belgique with accompanying cer-
tificates and inscribed photograph of Cardinal
Mercier, will be sold for the benefit of the
University of Louvain at the American Art
Galleries, April 21.
The growth of interest in fine prints, which
has been so rapid in recent years, is by no
means confined to New York. Collections of
more than ordinary' size and quality are being
formed in Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago.
Many important collectors are also to be found
in the smaller cities.
German catalogs filled with descriptions of
rarities of incunabula and early printing, pre-
pared with the scholarly detail characteristic
of German catalogers, are now finding their
way regularly to collectors in this country.
The German rare book-trade is said to have
been one of the quickest of all lines of busi-
ness to recover after the war.
Twenty-five papers, all signed book reviews
from either the North American Revieiv or
The Nation, written by Henry James, in the
early 'sixties, when about twenty-one years of
age, will shortly be published in a limited
edition by the Dunster House Bookshop, of
Cambridge, Mass.
The "Autobiography of Martin Van Buren,"
recently published by the American Historical
Association at the Government Printing Of-
fice, Washington, is being generally hailed by
critics and historical students, as one of the
most important additions to American his-
torical literature made in recent years. It will
rank in importance as one of a half dozen of
the most important autobiographies published
in this country.
The private library of Professor Milyukov,
formerly professor of history at the University
of Moscow, is one of the few great collections
of Russian books that have become the prop-
erty of the Leland Stanford University. This
collection is said to be one of the most com-
plete in existence on Russian literature. It
was hidden at Helsingfors during the war
and has only recently been shipped to America.
Wall's Etched Monthly, the first all etched
magazine, is one of the latest novelties in the
art field. Sketches from life of Mark Twain,
Gilbert K. Chesterton and others have recently
appeared. A forthcoming number will con-
tain an etching of James F. Drake with an
article by him on first editions. The magazine
contains regularly five picture plates together
with seven pages of text, all printed by hand
from copper plates, numbered, signed by the
artist, and limited to 125 copies.
Books, prints, autograph letters, relics and
works of art relating to Napoleon and the
Island of St. Helena, the property of Dr.
Silk and Field Marshal Lord Grenfell, and
including documents relating to Napoleon at
St. Helena; views of the Island and portraits
of the Emperor; miniatures, medals and
cameos; a marshal's baton said to have be-
longed to Soult; a lock of the Emperor's hair,
and other relics, will be sold at Sotheby's, in
l.crdon, May 5.
The longest and most important manuscript
of the poet Shelley offered for sale in recent
years, the original draft of "A Philosophical
View of Reform," consisting of 201 pages and
including one of the best landscape drawings
done by the poet, was purchased by Dr. Rosen-
bach, at Sotheby's, April 6. The date when
the manuscript was completed is unknown, but
it is first mentioned in a letter in 1820. It was
not printed, however, until last year.
The London Times, in discussing the recent
sale of Britwell selections at which Dr. Rosen-
bach secured nearly the whole of the collec-
tion, declared it to be "the sensation of the
season as far as it has gone," and adds, "no
one can, however, view the departure of these
books from our shores without a feeling of
deep regret and disappointment that English
collectors and institutions did not put up even
a better fight than they did. Dr. Rosenbach in
this sale is said to have broken all records in
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the high percentage of purchases made by a
dealer nn either side of the Atlantic at a sale
of the first importance.
Charles E. Lauriat & Company, of Boston,
recently brought to this country a copy of
Peter Parley's "Tales of Christmas," in the
original green glazed boards, bearing on the
fly leaf the following inscription : "Miss
Blanche Ainsworth with affectionate regards
from Charles Dickens and John Forster."
This was the great Christmas book of the
year and Dickens put it in his pocket when he
went to Bristol to see William Harrison Ains-
worth, then an old man who was ill. When
leaving, Dickens presented the book to the
daughter of the novelist and on the fly leaf
wrote the inscription with the exception of
the name of John Forster, which was written
by Forster. The volume links the names of
Ainsworth, Dickens, and his biographer, and,
furthermore, it was illustrated by George
Cruikshank, who drew the designs for the
wood engravings.
Manuscripts, letters and drawings in pen and
ink and water color by Robert Fulton, con-
signed by Mrs. A. T. Sutcliffe and Edward C.
Cammann, direct descendants of the great in-
ventor, and autograph letters of Aaron Burr
and important documents signed by Washing-
ton and other autographic material consigned
by Mrs. F. S. Shinn, together with Ameripana,
the property of several owners, will be sold
at the Anderson Galleries, April 26 and 27.
This is one of the most important sales of the
season and contains much material of the
greatest importance. The Fulton material
contains letters and drawings relating to the
torpedo, submarine and steamboat inventions.
The Washington items include a pardon
granted to ten men who had been indicted for
high treason; documents of this character
are rarely met with. There are also important
lots concerning California, Canada, Benjamin
Franklin, Napoleon, the early West, New
York City and New England.
Few modern first editions have made a more
amazing record than Filzgerald's translation of
"The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam." Originally
published in 1859, by Bernard Quaritch for a
hall crown, it was soon reduced to a shilling,
then to six pence, and finally the unsold re-
mainder was dumped upon the stand in front
of Quaritch's bookshop to be sold at two
pence or a penny a volume — authorities differ
as to the exact amount. It seems only a few
years ago that it began to climb upward from
£20. 'In April of last year the Holden copy
brought $975 at auction in this city. In the
last few months three copies have been of-
fered for sale — one in London for £225 and
two copies in this country at $1,200 each. The
demand for this rarity so far exceeds any
possible supply that still further sensational
advances are pretty surely to be made in the
near future.
The bibliographical library of M. T.
O'Shaughnessy and an English library were
sold at the Anderson Galleries, April 4 and 5,
bringing $9,573-6o. The Church "Catalogue of
Americana," 7 vols., imperial 8vo., New York,
1897-09, brought $580. This copy belonged to
the late Luther S. Livingston2 who handled
practically every book in the collection and ha;
his marginal notes on many of the leaves.
Other lots and the prices which they realized
were the following: William Congreve's
"Works," 3 vols., 1761, Baskerville edition,
$45; Thomas Bewick's collected works, 5 vols.,
royal 8vo., Newcastle, 1819-20, large paper
copies of the first editions, $65 ; David Mc-
Stauffer's "American Engravers Upon Copper
and Steel," New York, 1907, Grolier Club pub-
lication, $65; Brunet's "Manual," 6 vols.,
Paris, 1860-65, $42.50; Thomas Pennant's "Of
London," 4to, London, 1740, in a Roger Payne
binding, $70; Archbishop Laud's own copy of
"The Book of Common Prayer," London,
1638, $175 ; Robert Burton's "Anatomy of
Melancholy," small folio, Oxford, 1624, the
second edition corrected and the first folio
edition, $40; Cruikshank's "London Oddities,"
original boards, London, 1823, first edition,
$60; Pierce Egan's "Life in London," illus-
trated by 'George Cruikshank, 8vo., morocco,
1821, tall copy of the first edition, $100.
F. M. H.
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Current literature of the month. (No. 146.) Lemcke
& Buechner, 30-32 East aoth Street, New York City.
Family histories: peerage rpge* *'o°nphies, fam-
ily papers, private acts, House of Lords cases, etc.
(No. 33; Items, 538.) Henry Gray, i Churchfield
Rd. East, Acton, London, W. 3. England.
Litterature, Romans, Theatre, Po'sies. (No. 46.)
Lemcke & Buechner, 30 East 2oth Street, New
York City.
Livres Anciens Et Modernes En Vente Auv Prix
Marquees. (No. 463; Items 641.) Martinus Nijhoff,
Lange Voorhout 9, La Haye, Holland.
Nieuwsblad Voor Den Boekhandel. (No. 22.) Heer-
engracht 124/8, Amsterdam, Holland.
Op De Nederlandsche Periodieken Van Algemeenen
Inhoud. (No. 2.) Martinus Nijhoff, Lange Voor-
hout o, La Haye. Holland.
Orientalia Geschichte, Geographic Ethnographic, Al-
tertumskunde Sprache Und Literatur Der Asia-
tischen Volker. (No. 400; Items 1093.) Karl W.
Hiersemann, 29 Konigstrasse, Leipzig, Germany.
Selection of books, maps and engravings relating to
London. (No. 410; Items 302.) Francis Edwards,
83, High Street, Marylebone, London, W. i, England.
HENRY GEORGE
16-20 Farringdon Avenue
London E. C. 4, England
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Book of War, by George R. Kirpatrick.
The Limit of Wealth, by Hutchinson.
Life of George B. Weaver.
Genealogy of the Berger Family, by G. Berger.
Any Books by R. L. Jefferson, F.R.G.S., London,
Eng.
History of LeSeur, translated by Shea.
W. H. Allen, 3417 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Huelsen, Roman Forum, zd ed., 1909.
Tarbell, Life of Lincoln.
American Baptist Publication Society, 1107 McGee
Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Bibliotheca Symbolica Ecclesiae Universalis, Philip
Schaff, complete; three volumes.
Complete Set Geikies Hours with the Bible.
Complete Set Vincent's Word Studies, four volumes.
Master of Men.
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St., Boston 17, Mass.
Memoirs of Baroness de Bode, London, 1900.
Historical Anecdotes of Heraldry and Chivalry, Wor-
cester, Eng., 1795.
Lacroix, Manners, Customs and Dress of the Middle
Ages, London edition.
Norway, Bohn illustrated edition.
Walker, Beauty in Woman, London edition.
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Culture's Garland, Eugene Field, original ed., 1887,
paper covers.
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David Croakett, Alta Edition.
David Lloyd, State Worthies, 1665 edition.
Memoirs of A. Campbell, Complete.
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Chapter in Erie.
Chandlers, Trial of Jesus.
C. P. A. Questions and Answers, 1914, Bennett &
Morton, International Accountancy Society, De-
troit.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac, two copies.
Woodbury, Beauty Culture.
Tit Bits of Irish Humor, N. Y., White.
Forde, Laws of Imitation, Holt.
Jones, Case of Rebellious Susan.
Jackson, Theory and Practice of Handwriting, Har-
rison.
Hitchcock, Building of a Book, Grafton.
Hart, Preventive Treatment of Neglected Children.
Gossip, Chess Pocket Manual.
Forsyth, Novels and Novelists of i8th Century.
Evans, Old and New Magic.
Brothers, Photography.
Crane, Adventures in Common Sense.
Wm, Ballantyne & Sons, 1409 F Street Northwest,
Washington, D. C.
Faraday, Researches in Electricity.
Barnie's Bookery, 729 E. St., San Diego, Cal.
Bass, Sam., Life of.
Cocroft, Susan, Beauty or Duty.
Jackson, H. H., Ramona, any quantity, 75c. pp.
N. J. Bartlett & Co., 37 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Growth of British Policy, by Seely.
Whistler, Barcher.
Wendall's Duchess Emilia.
Fly Rods and Fly Tackle, by Wells.
Autobiography of Thomas C. Platt.
Wilson, G. C., The Hague Arbitration Cases.
Moody, John, The Railroad Builders.
Bryan, W. J., The First Battle, 1897.
Cleveland, Grover, Presidential Problems.
N. J. Bartlett & Co.— Continued
Ripley, W. Z., Railroads: Rates and Regulations.
Fish, C. R., Civil Service and the Patronage.
Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, any
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C. P. Bensinger Code Book Co., 19 Whitehall St.,
New York
Universal Lumber Code.
Commercial Code, Ai.
Pocket Edition Western Union, Lieber's.
Any American-Foreign Language Code.
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
A Man in the Open, by Roger Pocock.
The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 185 Madison Ave., New York
The River, by Ednah Aiken.
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Freemasonry, Anything on or about, except pro-
ceedings.
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able.
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St., Duluth, Minn.
Log of the North Shore Club, by Alexander, Put-
nam.
Casual Essays from The Sun, two copies.
Katia, by Tolstoi, French translation.
The Brearley School, 60 E. fast St., New York
James, Henry, Terminations, Harper.
Brentano's, sth Ave. and 27th St., New York
George Sand and Her Lovers.
Painted Veils.
Jurgen.
Rpllo's Journey to Cambridge.
Fish and Fishing, Frank Forester.
International Encyclopedia, 24 vols.
Works of J. M. Barrie, English Edition, any vols.
Tales Before Supper, Gautier, two copies.
Crown of Success, Tucker.
Mohammed and Islam, Goldziher.
Metrical trans, of Iliad, Chapman.
Women of Florence, De Lungo.
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, trans. Long, pub
by Collier.
Birds of the Bible, Poster.
Typical Modern Conception of God, Leighton.
Price of Youth, Margery Williams.
State and County School Administration Text Book,
Cubberley.
History of American Steam Navigation, Morrison.
Swiss Republic, Wm. Chester.
Pronunciation of English, Jones.
Exploits of June, Fantomas Series.
Shulamite, Kuprin.
Atala, Chateaubriand.
Peacock Feather, Moore.
Crumbs from the King's Table.
Common Law, Chambers.
Mr. Poilu.
Five Years Among Congo Cannibals.
Japan, the Place and the People, Estes.
Statesman's Year Book, 1919.
Ballads and Rondeaus, Chants, etc., White.
Suggestion and Auto Suggestions, Atkinson.
Price of Freedom, Marchmont.
Patrins, Guiney.
Anomities and Curiosities of Medicine, Gould and
Pyle.
Gadfly. Voynich.
Interplay, Harraden.
Vandrad the Viking, Clouston.
Adv. of M. d'Haricourt, Clouston.
Our Lady's Inn, Clouston.
Prodigal Father. Clouston.
Circuit Riders Widow, Harris.
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Undying Past, Suderman.
The Mother of Washington and Her Times, Pryer.
Art of Aubrey Beardsley, Modern Lib.
French Revolution and English Poets, Hancock.
God of Clay, Bailey.
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days, Earle.
Century Supplement to the Dictionary of Garden-
ing, vol. A to F, Nicholson.
Benedick Kavanaugh, Birmingham.
European and Other Race Origins, Hannay.
Ships and Men, Hannay.
Spain, Hannay.
Irishman Looks at His World, Birmingham.
Studies in Ethnology, Personal Identification,
Wilder.
Creole Cook Book.
Physical Education, Sargent.
Rearing Children, Kuhnes.
On Sovereignty, Bliss.
Aluminum, Richards.
Mutineers, Hawes.
Pretty Miss Neville, Croker.
Mifanwy, Burt.
Trans, of Sappho, Carmen.
Life of Captain J. Fry, Walker.
Kingdom of the Unselfish, Peck.
The Brethren, Haggard.
History of U. S., Bassett.
Theory of Color, Chevreul.
Jefferson's University, Patton.
Vocational Printing, Polk.
"Aristotle" Peoples Bks., Taylor.
Untilled Fields, Moore.
Crania, Lawless.
Guncraft, Bruette.
Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English. Hen-
ley.
Art Education for High Schools.
Challenge of the Dead, Graham.
Recording Angel, Harris.
The Rhythm of Life, Patterson.
Tuxedo Reciter, pub. Excelsior, McHale.
Whole Truth About Mexico, Latin Amer. New
Assn., Bulver.
Treatise on Poker, Philpotts.
Fractional Distillation, Young.
Happy England, Black Color Series, Allingham.
Stammering and Lisping, Scripture.
Spanish Main, Masefield.
The Inspector General, Gogol.
Abraham Lincoln, His Book facsimile reproduction
of original. Davis.
Religion and Medicine, McComb.
Other Side of the Lantern.
People of the Polar North, Rasmussen.
Steamships and Their Story, Chatterton.
The Ottoman Dynasty, Hidden.
The Overland Express.
Addison Broadhurst, Mott.
The New Word, Upward.
History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, Fer-
guson.
Emperor Akbar, trans, by Beveridge.
History of Persia, Malcolm.
Rhymes to Be Read, Vance.
Thoughts for All Times, Vaughan.
The Business of a Gentleman, Dickinson.
A Bundle of Letters, James.
The Private Life.
Altar of the Dead.
Phinea Redux, Trollope.
Prime Minister, Trollope.
Artie, Ade.
Doc. Home. Ade.
Fables in Slang, Ade.
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Perfume of Eros.
Madam Sapphira.
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House on the Hudson.
George Sand and Her Lovers
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Manual of Modern Steam Laundry Work, Ellis
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Chamber of Peace.
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Le Bon, Psychology of Peoples.
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Morrow, A Man, His Mark.
guiller-Couch, A Shining Ferry,
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Among the Authors
.EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON, whose "Avon's
Harvest" is reviewed elsewhere, is ranked
among the first of our American poets. His
home is in Brooklyn, where he makes a busi-
ness of writing poetry.
EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON
AUTHOR OF "AVON'S HARVEST"
Macmillan Company
HAL G. EVARTS, author of "The Yellow
Horde" (Little, Brown), is a native of Kan-
sas. His knowledge of wild animals which he
puts into his books is first hand as he has
been a guide, hunter and trapper as well as a
raiser of mink, skunks, red and silver foxes in
captivity.
STILL IN his thirties, tho one of the moderns
whose "work is of very real importance and
not to be missed by any student of the Eng-
lish novel," according to Hugh Walpole, is
Francis Brett Young, son of a country doctor
' and himself a doctor. Altho he rebelled
against the profession at first he believes now
that "There is nothing which so fits a man of
letters to wrestle with the mind of man as an
intimate acquaintance with the body." Mr.
Young's latest book, "The Tragic Bride"
(Button), which succeeds his penetrating in-
terpretation, "The Young Physician," is re-
viewed elsewhere.
THE ; LEADING litterateurs of France are
heading a rpovement to erect a statue to Alan
Seeger.
ENID BAGNOLD, author of "The Happy
Foreigner" (Century), is an English woman
who recently visited America for the first time
with her husband, Lord Robert Jones. Like
the heroine of her novel she had a considerable
term of motor service in France.
ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS, author of "Across
Mongolian Plains" (Appleton) sailed recently
for the Orient as leader of the Third Asiatic
Expedition sent out by the American Museum
of Natural History. The main object of this
expedition is the discovery of the origins of
the human race.
CORRA HARRIS, w'ho^e "My. Son" is reviewed
elsewhere, lives in Rydall, Georgia. Her late
husband was a circuit-rider, an itinerant
Methodist preacher, and she has taken a great
deal of the material of her books from life.
Her personality is a very striking one, pleas-
antly striking, and she is known thruout the
South for her wit.
SINCE THE announcement was made, directly
after the induction of Edwin Denby as Secre-
tary of the Navy, that "Henry G. Aikman,"
author of "Zell," that popular novel, was once
Mr. Denby's secretary, amateur literary sleuths
have been spurred to renewed activity in an
effort to ascertain the identity of the author.
They have attempted to identify him as a
mem'ber of a Detroit firm of lawyers, but the
only statement "Mr. Aikman" makes is that
the material for "Zell" was gathered in the
trial practice of divorce cases.
OPPRESSED BY the drabness of life in a Glas-
gow bank, Robert W. Service at twenty-one
kicked over the traces and after a steerage
passage landed at Vancouver with five dollars
in his pockets. Then followed all sorts of
jobs from shoveling in tunnels to school teach-
ing and reporting. Tired at last of having no
settled occupation, he went back to banking,
but a stroke of luck cfianged his whole des-
tiny: he was sent to the Yukon by his bank
and there remained eight years. It was then
that he began to put into verse some of his
impressions of the virile life around him, and
"Songs of a Sourdough" saw the light. Mr.
Service's latest book, "Ballads of a Bohemian"
(Barse and Hopkins), is a product of his
after-the-war experience as a resident of
France.
April 16, 1921
"//as th* stage, the so-called artistic temperament, or the
m^^m advanced feminism of this sex and shekel cycle ever yet ^mm —
" given to any man a wife — to any child a mother — to ~
either husband or child a home ? Are the exceptions so
rare that they only emphasize the rule?"
SIR PHILIP GIBBS
His best work ready about May 14th
BEAUTY AND NICK
Author of "Now It Can Be Told," etc.
Critics declare that PHILIP GIBBS' best work is in
"Beauty and Nick" — novelized facts in the life of an in-
ternational celebrity, her husband and a remarkable son
who pays— pays as only a heart craving boy can pay.
Every man who loves or ever will love a woman
MUST read "Beauty and Nick." Every woman,
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SURELY read " Beauty and Nick."
You will read "Beauty and Nick" more than once ; you
will keep it till your children are grown up, when they, too,
will read it and thank you for your thoughtfulness. You
will lend or commend it to the "born musician," to the "born
actor or actress," to the woman with an "uplift mission" — to
nosey spinsters, childless divorcees, temper-tongued wives
and others who are trying to squeeze the world into a globed
hell for Normal Women and Homeless Husbands.
$2.00 net. At all bookstores
The publishers will positively and insistently advertise
BEAUTY AND NICK for years to come, just as they have
done and shall continue to do with MY UNKNOWN CHUM
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BEAUTY AND NICK is the masterpiece of a man who has
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something. Don't hesitate to stock freely.
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FROM "THE GUARDED HEIGHTS" BY WADSWORTH CAMP
Doubleday, Page & Company
"THE GUARDED HEIGHTS" (Doubleday),
Wadsworth Camp's latest novel, is a departure
from his mystery stories in which Garth, the
young detective has become so well known.
The new book is a drama of American life,
the winning of the "guarded heights" by a
hero whose vocabulary holds no such word as
obstacle.
THE LONG expected Lord Bryce's "Modern
Democracies" of which an advance review ap-
peared in our March issue is now ready (Mac-
millan). Just before the war, Lord Bryce vis-
ited the most important countries in the world
run by democratic institutions. He concluded
his travels in July, 1914, and his book pre-
sents a general view of both earlier and later
types of democracy.
E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM has written seventy
novels and one successful play.
THE LATEST work of J. D. Beresford, the
creator of the Jacob Stahl trilogy, is "Revo-
lution" (Putnam), a story of a great general
strike which paralyzes the industry and life
of a nation.
FRANK SWINNERTON tells us that "They
Went" (Dodd, Mead) by Norman Douglas
was one of the extraordinary books of the
year in England.
MARY CAROLYN DAVIES, hitherto known by
her verse which has been assembled in several
collections, has written her first novel, "The
Husband Test" (Penn).
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ALFRED NOYES' play, "Sherwood," has been
successfully produced in over seventy institu-
tions, including high schools, colleges and
women's clubs. It is now issued in a new
edition suitable for a text for study in English
literature classes and arranged for acting with
directions for production including staging
and suggestions for interpretation (Stokes).
FROM "THE TRYST"
BY GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL
J. B. Lipplncott Company
GRACE LIVINGSTON HILI/S novels have been
"best sellers" since "Marcia Schuyler," pub-
lished fourteen years ago. Perhaps one rea-
son for their popularity is that they are read
by all members of the family. Mrs. Hill has
a novel method of working. She does most of
her composing on a typewriter in a dark room.
She finds her recreation in paddling on a quiet
river near her suburban home. Mrs. Hill de-
votes much of her leisure to Christian service,
particularly in connection with the Christian
Endeavor Society. Her latest aad longest
story, "The Tryst" (Lippincott), is in her
usual vein. It tells of Jo'hn Preeves and of
his divine tryst; of how in seeking after God
he finds Patty Merrill, and helps to clear up
the mystery surrounding her life as well as
the mystery of a death.
PHILIP GIBBS has recently returned to Eng-
land after his lecture tour. His latest book is
a novel of the stage and home, "Beauty and
IsTick" (Devin-Adair).
ONE OF the most vital and vigorous of the
younger English novelists is Sheila Kaye-
Smith whose "Tamarisk Town" of last year
was favorably received on both sides of the
Atlantic. Her "Green Apple Harvest" (Dut-
ton), another tale of the Sussex downs, ap-
pears this month.
WHAT WILL doubtless prove to be another
of her many "best sellers" is Ethel M. Dell's
latest book, "Rosa Mundi and Other Stories"
(Putnam). A flaming red heart on the jacket
heralds the six short but complete novels of
passion and adventure : "A Debt of Honor,"
"The Deliverer," "The Prey of the Dragon,"
"The Secret Service Man," "The Penalty,"
and the title story.
IF YOUR memory takes you back to the
period when the "colyumists" were getting
copy out of President Wilson's reading mat-
ter, you will recall to what extent J. S.
Fletcher's "The Middle Temple Murder" fig-
ured in the papers. Mr. Fletcher's new mys-
tery story, "The Chestermarke Instinct"
(Knopf) deals with the extraordinary disap-
pearance of the manager of a country bank
and with the queer personalities which are
woven into the general tangle.
THERE WAS a flutter of excitement in the
literary and scholarly world when it became
known that Lytton Strachey, author of those
unconventional portraits "Eminent Victorians,"
had taken an apartment in London overlook-
ing the Albert Memorial and had chosen.
"Queen Victoria" as the subject and title of
his new book (Harcourt). The book is a
study not only of a woman who had a private
life of her own amidst all her public affairs,
but of the era to which she has given 'her
name.
DURING THE WAR, the Committee on the
War and the Religious Outlook was appointed
to consider the state of religion with special
reference to the duty and opportunity of the
churches. As the Committee proceeded with
its work, it published the results of its investi-
gations from time to time. The latest of these,
"The Church and Industrial Reconstruction"
and "Christian Unity, Its Principles and Possi-
bilities" have been issued by The Association
Press. The former approaches the industrial
problem from the point of view of the Chris-
tion Gospel. The latter studies the problem
of church unity in the present and the future.
April 16, 1921
OF INTEREST to Bible students is Elihu
Grant's "The People of Palestine" (Lippin-
cott). Uniforim with his "The Orient in
Bible Times" it presents with it a panorama
of Bible lands and people.
I READERS of the self-revealing preface of
Conrad's "A Nigger of the Narcissus" will
know what to expect in "Joseph Conrad :
Notes on Life and Letters" (Doubleday),
which gives the reflex of Conrad's mind to
the problems and personalities about him. The
notes on life comment on the events of the
last generation. A touch of auto-biographical
interest is given in the pages devoted to the
status of his native Poland, preient and past.
CATHERINE, PRINCESS RADZIWILL, the niece
of Balzac's wife, the wonderful Etrangere,
whom he married after seventeen years cf ro-
mantic affection, was brought up in the little
house of the rue Fortunees, afterward the rue
Balzac, where the Balzacs lived during their
short married life. In her introduction to
"Wiomen in the Life of Balzac" (Holt) by
Juanita Helm Floyd, she says she was sur-
prised to find in this book "the best description
that has ever been given to us of this particular
phase of Balzac's life, 'his friendships with the
many distinguished women who played a part
in his busy existence."
PRESENT DAY problems are presented from
the preacher's view-point by John W. Lang-
dale, in "Citizenship and Moral Reform"
1225
(Abingdon), studies in the role of the minis-
ter as Christian citizen and moral leader.
MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT, Mrs. Frances
Newbold Noyes Hart, and Esther Forbes, all
young writers of university training, won
places of distinction in the collection of O.
Henry Memorial Prize stories, 1920 (Double-
day). Mr. Burt, winner of the first prize for
"Each in His Own Generation" studied at
Princeton and Oxford. Mrs. Hart won the
second prize with "Contact," her first pub-
lished work. Miss Forbes' "Break Neck Hill"
was highly commended. The awards were
conferred by the Society of Arts and Sciences
of New York.
THERE ARE only five men in the world who
know what the "Big Four" thought and did
at the Peace Conference. Andre Tardieu, the
eminent French statesman, former High Com-
missioner to the United States, plenipote itiary
at the Peace Conference and Clemenceau's
right-hand man, is one of them. He tells in
intimate detail, in his "The Truth About the
Treaty" (Bobbs-Merrill) what happened at
the Conference. The discussion of the rela-
tionships of France and the United States is
of special interest to Americans.
CHARLES HANSON TOWNE, author of "The
Bad Man" (Putnam) recently started on a
trans-continental lecture tour. He is lectur-
ing on "The Poetry of Great Cities" and .read-
ing- from his own poetical works.
RIVER AUJA NORTH OF JAFFA
"FROM THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE" BY ELIHU GRANT
/. B. Lippincott Company
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Edith Wharton: A Brief Study
By Hildegarde Hawthorne
AT her best — and her best is "Ethan
Frome"1 — Edith Wharton has genius.
Perhaps she is destined never again to
reach the height she touched in that remark-
able book, in which there is not a gesture to
spare, a word too much, yet which hoWs a
great human story, without one essential
missing. The effect left on the mind by
this grim tragedy is like to that produced
by a naked, rock-bound headland, swept by
fire, stark, grey, held now in the dark clutch
of December, seen thru the clear, hard atmo-
sphere in all its harsh beauty. No one
who has read it will forget it, and to read
it is to read the very life of a human soul.
"Ethan Frome" was published in 1911,
when Mrs. Wharton had been writing for a
number of years, and when she had attained
to the full mastery of her style. Yet she was
never an amateur; there is nothing fumbling
nor immature to any of her work. Frankly,
she modeled her style on that of Henry James,
and if she has not been able to attain the
finest subleties of that artist, at least she
has escaped his obscurities. She does not
love people as he loved them, and her books
have not the warm and pitiful glow his
knew; but she has an equal passion for the
English language, an equal respect for in-
tellect.
Mrs. Wharton has ranged widely in her
literary work. She has written several vol-
umes of short stories, including 'The Greater
Inclination,"1 "The Descent of Man and
Other Stories,"1 "Tales of Men and Ghosts,"1
"Crucial Instances."1 She has written vivid
impressions of travel in various parts of .the
world, she has written moving sketches of
France at war — 'and here indeed she found
the means to touch the heart of her readers —
and she has written novels, a half dozen or
more. It was "The House of Mirth,"2 a
merciless study of a woman selling herself
for social position and money, that made her
fame, or at least that spread the boundaries
of that fame wide. Mrs. Wharton struck a
more popular note in that book than she is
given to striking. It is probably the best read
of her novels, but it cannot stand beside
"Summer"3 or "The Reef,"3 as an artistic
achievement. "Summer," which, like her mas-
terpiece, "Ethan Frome," is a New England
study, deserves the thanks of all Americans
who want to see our literature reach the fine
measure of the world's best work.
"The Reef" is concerned with far more
sophisticated persons, with a background of
London and Paris. The two women and the
man who stands between them are drawn
with the utmost cleverness, with that cutting
sort of insight into motives and character
that makes one of Mrs. Wharton's strongest
possessions as a writer. She has an extraor-
dinary power of putting the faintest grada-
tions of a mood into words, the motives un-
derlying fluctuations of purpose and action.
She is always observing life, measuring it,
transmuting it into the form of fiction with-
out losing its actuality because of ability to
measure and to observe.
No -study of this writer would be at all
balanced that left out mention of her work
in France, at least of the expression of that
contact with war and war's suffering which
found form in the two little books, "The
Marne"" and "French Ways and Their Mean-
ing."3 The first is a story with an American
lad for hero, a young man who loves France.
In the brief course of the tale Mrs. Wharton
manages to convey something of the long
agony France suffered, to indicate her heroic
gesture, to set up before all .eyes the magnifi-
cence of those two great victories of the
Maine that set a bourne to the advance of
the barbarian and saved France. She shows,
too, the splendor of the American action and
the devoted courage of her sons. It is a
book to be read at a single sitting, for it
has the quality of a chant. The other vol-
ume is a group of essays, of impressions,
with an intimate, delightful charm, impres-
sions that seek to interpret the French soul
and spirit, to reveal a great people thru the
study of certain leading characteristics com-
mon to the race.
It is impossible to give more than an out-
line of Mrs. Wharton's work in an article
of this length. Her book of poems, her many
travel sketches, most of her novels, are not
even mentioned here. The latest of these,
"The Age of Innocence,"3 a picture of New
York a generation ago, has been criticized
so widely and so favorably that there is lit-
tle need to draw attention to its brilliant re-
creation of a period gone forever, yet one
that has left its traces on our national life.
The group of people who meet in the story
are painted with Mrs. Wharton's most con-
summate art, there is a ripeness to the whole
thing that is like a savor to the taste. She
reveals here once again her power to identify
herself with her characters and her period, a
power that is the mark of the true novelist.
1 Scribner. 2 Scribner; Grosset, 3 Appleton,
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Distinctive New Novels
Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne, Doris Webb Webster, Mary Alden Hopkins,
and others
THOU SHALT NOT WASTE
The Green Bough. By E. Temple Thurston.
317 p. D Apltn. $2
THIS story of the heart of a woman set
in the heart of England is written with a
serious tenderness that carries it safely
past the perils of its theme. This is the old
and new one of the unmarried mother. But
the mother, the heroine of the story, is no
whole being was eminently fitted. The man
is a mere incident, and practically disappears,
tho he enters the story again later, when Mary's
son has grown strong and splendid under her
care, bringing about a complication that
threatens the hard- won happiness of the moth-
er. In the end it is another factor, and again
a factor of waste, the war, that sets the final
seal on Mary's heart and the story. Waste of
THOR OF "THE GREEN BOUGH," AND MRS. THURSTON AT THEIR HOME NEAR LONDON
! shamed and slinking thing, hanging her head
before the glare of virtuous eyes. Simply,
with a fine courage and entire conviction that
she is doing the right and the wise thing, Mary
Throgmorton accepts love when it comes to
her just as she touches upon thirty years, and
takes the result with joy. She has seen her
three sisters wither and grow old and bitter in
the small lonely little village where they live,
smug and respectable people, fed only on the
husks of life. Her heart is not made to dry
up; she is a mother by instinct and desire,
with a beautiful strong body fashioned for
the true work of women. And a woman in all
it implies she will be.
That there is something wrong in the possi-
ble wasting of such a woman is what Mr.
Thurston wishes us to understand. Mary,
without her life as a mother, would have been
a travesty. The fact that there was never an
opportunity for her to meet a man she could
marry who wished to marry her, and that the
man who did fall in love with her was mar-
ried already was not a reason for her to be
denied her destiny, a destiny for which bet-
the true, splendid source of life, waste of that
life itself in the rapacity and blood of warring
nations, these are the great evils, in Mr. Thurs-
ton's eyes, evils born of man, born especially
of his passion for possession — possession of
women, possession of things. With all the elo-
quence of his colorful style, and with a burn-
ing sincerity, he places the facts before us,
tells the simple ^incidents, and leaves us to
judge. That reader will be rare who does not
come to love Mary, and to believe that, for
herself at least, she did right.
Hildegarde Hawthorne.
FANNIE HURST, who has established an en-
viable reputation thru her short stories, has
published her first novel (Harper). "Star
Dust" is the story of a woman who, failing
of achievement in her hope of becoming a
great singer, strains every faculty to realize
her own dream in the person of her daughter,
her "wonder-child." It is announced that
Laurette Taylor will be the star in the dram-
atization of Miss Hurst's famous "Humor-
esque," already successfully screened.
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The Publishers Weekly
THE LITTLE HOUSE IN BETHANY
The Coming of the King, By Bernie Babcock.
359 P- D Bobbs-M. $2
MRS. Babcock has added one more to
the long line of romances descended
from "Ben-Hur," a romance which fol-
lows in a vein of poetic mysticism the Gospel
narratives of the life of Christ, with the cor-
rupt and magnificent oppression of Rome for
a background. A few imaginary characters
are introduced, in particular Zador Ben Amon,
the evil Jew to whom is assigned the part of
Judas ; 'but the main figures are those of Alary
and Martha, with their brother Lazarus, who
is identified with the young man who had
great possessions. Mrs. Babcock lays the most"
stress upon the human qualities of the Saviour,
tho most of the traditional incidents are retold
and amplified in a romantic manner. The heal-
ing of a leper is a scene especially reminiscent
of "Ben-Hur."
The author's picture of the period is more
imaginative than historical, and the contrast
between oppressed Jews and Roman oppressors
is painted in simple blacks and whites.
The corrupt scribes and Pharisees, the
ravening mob and the time-serving Roman
officials are drawn with an unsparing hand,
while the revolutionary stirrings among the
submerged peoples are described with a-i eye
to present-day analysis. The contest between
the two ideas of redress by force and regenera-
tion by spiritual means, thru physical non-
resistance, constitutes the chief message of the
book, tho the line between these two principles
is not drawn with complete consistency. But
complete consistency is inhuman.
Anita Moffctt.
QUIET COLORS
The Hall and the Grange; a novel. By Archi-
bald Marshall. 414 p. D Dodd, M. $2
RETICENCE and restraint have come
lately to be considered almost as unde-
sirable as some of the other qualities
that are associated with the scorned adjective
Victorian. One hardly dares to confess to a
belief that they still have their place in litera-
ture, and in other arts as well. But just as
harmony in a room produces a pleasant effect
of tranquillity, so 'does an ordered arrangement
of plot and characterization in a novel bring
a sense of restful enjoyment to the reader's
mind. Mr. Archibald Marshall's "The Hall
and the Grange" may, perhaps, be compared
to a painting in which the values are so per-
fectly subordinated each to the others and all
to the whole that one can appreciate and
criticize it only in its entirety. No one part
of it stands out from the rest. So with the
characters in "The Hall and the Grange." One
feels instantly the personal quality of each —
whether it be the lovable and quick-tempered
Colonel Edmund Eldridge or his somewhat
pompous brother Sir William ; Coombe, the
mischief-maker, or sentimental Miss Baldwin,
the governess, who loved to read and dream
romance or watch it unroll itself in the world
under her eyes. But no one figure is allowed
to monopolize the interest of the reader. Each
fills his own place with due regard to his
relation to all the others.
This effect, of course, is not th'e* chance
result of a fortunate choice of types. It his
been produced from a careful adjustment of
relative personal values, a conscientious weed-
ing out of all that is out of key with the quiet
color scheme of the picture. Yet there i? m
artificiality in the resulting work of art. The
picture it gives of one phase of English life
is so natural, so simply and vividly true, that
one almost doubts the painstaking workmanship
that has gone to make it. Only one knows
that nothing so good as this "just happens" in
any art.
Marguerite Fellows.
LIONS AND LIFE
The Man Who Did the Ri<]ht Thi'ig. % Sir
Harry Johnston. 447 p. D Ma cm. $2."o
YOU remember "The Gay Dombeys"— all
full of little asides about Queen Victoria?
Here is another romance by the same
author. And tho Sir Harry rets it for the most
part in the wilds of East Africa, he is careful
to get in a few digs at her late majesty's far-
reaching control of England's morals.
Lucy Josling is just such a person as Carol
of "Main Street," and — would you believe it? —
she finds a Main Street right in the middle of
Africa. For the missionary station to which
her earnest young husband is attached is quite
the dreariest place in the world for Lucy ; and
the sneers of efficient Ann Jamblin make it
unbearable.
But to go back to the beginning. Lucy, an
English country teacher, sails for Africa to
marry John. On the ship she meets Roger
Bentham, of high social circles, and silently
falls in love with him. But John, perspiring
but happy, meets her at the dock, and within
ten days they are married and starting on
their up-country journey.
Africa treats Lucy to all its worst horrors.
Biting ants, a cobra, a lion and — O Africa! —
a shower of bed-bugs from the roof of an
Arab's boat combine to overthrow Lucy men-
tally and physically. So she must rest a
while at a medical missionary's until she is
able to go on to John's station. After which,
Ann Jamblin.
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But Roger, detailed to warn the missionaries
of an Arab uprising, appears and events move
rapidly on a stage set now in Africa, now in
England, until the book ends with all the in-
conclusiveness of life.
What is Sir Harry getting at? Is there a
cynical turn to that title? But whatever it
means, it's a stirring tale, and well written — a
book for the people who lave adventure as
much as for those who love character
development.
Darts Webb Webster.
A PRIG'S PROGRESS
My Son. By Corra PI arris. 274 />.
0 Doran $1.90
HUMOR, religion and common
sense adorn this easy-to-read
story Wherein those who felt the
charm of "A Circuit Rider's Wife"
may follow the family fortunes
chronicled by the same spicy record-
ing angel. Mrs. Thompson, wife of
the unworldly old saint of a circuit-
rider, is the mother of Peter, the
young hero of the present tale.
Against her silent desire, he embraces
the ministry and from auspicious be-
ginnings, he advances thru develop-
ing incidents until he becomes the
brisk, efficient, popular pastor of a
modish city church. But in the dis-
turbing conditions of life and thought
in the post-war maelstrom, something
happens to his smugly functioning
personality and by drear degrees he
loses his cocksureness but eventually
gains his own soul.
The dangers of a handsome young
preacher from worldliness, flattery,
and neurotic females are unblink-
ingly recognized by the experienced
maternal eye, and the homely phil-
osophy and quaint humor that were
so taking in the previous book form
a mellow background for the prig's
progress to a clarified state of mind
and a highly suitable marriage with .„ •
a nice, wholesome girl, who, one ~'
clearly foresees, will make an admirable minis-
ter's wife.
The story itself is on simple and usual lines ;
it is the heart-to-heart, first-person treatment,
with shrewd comments on the Methodist Con-
ference, the traits of deacons, the peculiarities
of parsonages, the curiosity of congregations
and the incalculable impulses of the emotional
ewe-lambs of the flock that will win popularity
for the book.
Distinct in itself, "My Son" will stimulate
many to a rereading of its predecessor.
Katharine Perry Shaw.
SHE'S WRITTEN ANOTHER
Madam. By Ethel v$Yd(/?e'?VA'. 339 p. D Small,
M. $2
WHEN I get hold of an Ethel Sidgwick
novel I take a holiday from work till
I have read it. Yet should it be called
a holiday? Her books aren't the easiest writ-
ing in the world to read; one must pay close
attention to know what she is up to. Neither
do they leave one in melted-butter content-
FROM "MY SON'-" BY CORRA HARRIS
George H. Doran Company
ment with life. She utilizes neither the
"happy ending" nor the "unhappy ending."
Indeed, I'm not sure that her stories end at
all. She shows a certain number of folks
arranging their affairs thru a crisis and then
she stops. But finis is not written at the end.
Moreover, she is quite likely to pick up the
same folks in a different grouping in her
next volume. One's always delighted to
find them again.
Now about "Madam." Baldly put, it is a
study of how a sensitive chap reacts to losing
five brothers in the war. But that describes
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it no better than does it's title. Miss Sidg-
wick has the habit of picking .and choosing her
heroes regardless of classic heroic traits.
They are usually men who need a woman
to look after them. Well worth looking after
they are, too. And appreciative of the at-
tention said woman devotes to them. Really
very worth-while men, but not at all of the
strong-oak or the sheltering-rock variety.
They even, some of them, have "nerves."
Fancy allowing a he-hero to have nerves !
Only a writer who draws from life would
dare it.
In trying to tell you about this book I
find I am talking all around it instead of
digging out its heart and presenting it on a
painted platter. But that course would some-
how kill it. Let the heart stay in the book
where it throbs. You'll feel its beat when
you open the covers. A living book is not
an everyday occurrence.
Mary Alden Hopkins.
A FREE SPIRIT'S CONFESSION
Clerambault. By Remain Rolland. Holt $2
CLERAMBAULT is a French poet, affec-
tionate, sentimental, democratically minded,
trusting in the civilization of his day. We
discover him, in the beginning of this new
product of the pen of Romain Rolland, happy
with wife and children, sitting of a July after-
noon in the garden of his comfortable home
at St. Prix. His is the mood of kindly dis-
position toward his fellow man and the feeling
of being at one with the rest of the world.
This even tranquility might have continued
unshattered, and this generous revery unbroken
if war had not descended like a cloud and
L lerambault's broad and easy principles, more
blindly accepted than lived upon and real, been
subjected to the test.
This is the history of the evolution of a
pacifist, we must remember ; and the first stage
of that evolution, for the poet Clerambault at
any rate, is a reversion to a lust for war, and
it is the death of his only son, who had en-
listed and been killed at the front, which marks
the beginning in the process of his liberation.
He soon finds himself separated and set apart,
critical of the mob spirit to which he had been
a victim. But he becomes something more
than mere pacifist. Propaganda for peace, war
to end war — these come to seem the concerns of
"big children," as Clerambault calls them, of
the young and eager souls who must insist
upon an "absolute good."
There are many characters in the book —
shadows in the spheres of pacifism thru which
the poet travels in his development. Cleram-
bault, in spite of the rigor of his views, re-
mains rather soft-minded, sentimental, sensi-
tive to and dependent upon the feelings of his
fellow man. And there are others, one young
man in particular, of tougher mental caliber
and of a more venturesome spirit than Cleram-
bault himself.
Tho the book is written as a narrative, we
are face to face with the contents and pur-
pose of an essay. The author thus fore-
warns us in the introduction, "This book is
not a novel, but rather the confession of a
free spirit telling of its mistakes." As such,
it is penetrating, uplifting, at times, eloquent;
but it leaves us still waiting for another great
work pf Romain Holland's to place side by
side with "Jean-Christophe."
London M. Robinson.
INSTINCT AND ADOLESCENCE
Beauty— And Mary Blair. By Ethel M. Kelley.
282 p. O H. Miff. $2
THIS story is a frank and courageous
presentment of certain perils of adoles-
cence under present-day conditions. The
modern young girl, armed wiith a theoretic
knowledge of life that would have scandal-
ized earlier generations, looks with a critical
and appraising eye upon the passing pano-
rama oi her immediate world ; and when, as
in a sadly large percentage of families it is
bound to happen, she sees with growing dis-
illusion and distress foibles, weaknesses,
breaches of the unwritten law, it is not
strange if in sudden revolt she should ask
herself whether convention, respectability,
honor itself were not just hypocrisy's mask
for a rotten world.
If Miss Kelley had nothing but the sordid
ugliness of life and dangers of adolescence
to give us, this book would have a far differ-
ent and diminished value. What makes it a
sane, healthy, constructive criticism of life is
her own unquenchable optimism. Mary Blair,
having no one at home to turn to for advice,
is thrown upon the protection of her instinct ;
and instinct to-day, bereft of the good old-
fashioned home discipline, bends perilessly
when leaned upon. But at the crucial mo-
ment, when she faces the momentous prob-
lem of a dim shadowy staircase, when her
hesitant finger already presses an unrespon-
sive electric button, that small remnant of
what we call instinct, inherited thru genera-
tions of decent, self-respecting forebears,
suddenly stiffens itself in revolt, and Mary
Blair sees with clear eyes the gulf that sepa-
rates the sordidness from the beauty of life.
One thing that the reader must guard against
is the danger of mistaking the book's mood.
The story ds seen thru Mary Blair's ^yes ; the
phrasing of each thought and situation is
that of the modern up-to-date New York
"flapper" — in other words, flippant, pert, even
slangy. But the mood is serious, and sincere.
Frederic Taber Cooper.
April 16, 1921
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LIKE ANIMA.L YARNS?
The Yelloiv Horde. By Hal G. Evarts. 4 illus.
by Charles Livingston Bull. 227 p. D Litt., B.
$i-75
IF you're fed-up with eternal triangles, flap-
pers, heroes soulful and cavemen, detectives
and the other conventional fiction stage-
sets, try this brand new variety. Dunno who
Hal G. Evarts is, but he sure knows animals.
Not even so sure he doesn't sometimes know
too much about animals — sometimes they do
some mighty tall thinking, considerin' what
they are — but the result is a darned good yarn.
Why hasn't anybody else ever thought of
this idea of using a coyote pack — the wiliest,
shrewdest little beasts on four feet — for the
characters in a story? At the head of the
pack is Breed, a yellow half-breed wolf-
coyote, with all the strength of limb of the one
strain and the uncanny sagacity of the other.
How he wins his mate, the feud with the lone
grey wolf, Flatear, Breed's hard won knowl-
edge of men, and the many fierce mid light
forays of the pack cram these pages with a
novel kind of interest. For Mr. Evarts is no
mere "dude rancher" writing about a coyote
he saw a mile off thru his binoculars : his
coyotes are so real you can fairly smell 'em!
O yes, and the story does not end with
Breed's death. Ernest Thompson Seton had a
sadistic streak that murdered all his animal
heroes — waab, the majestic old grizzly, who
inhaled sulphur fumes, the wild stallion who
threw himself over a cliff : gosh ! how I blub-
bered over 'em as a kid ! Not so this story —
but you read it and see. Robert S. Lynd.
BAFFLING INGENUOUSNESS
The Tragic Bride. By Francis Brett Yoitny.
253 p. D Dutt. $2
THE comparison of any young novelist to
Conrad seems inevitable, but if one reads
"The Tragic Bride" with "Victory" fresh
in the memory, one accepts* the comparison and
adds another, for one feels again a stifling
sense of certain tragedy not so unbearably as
in "Victory," but intensely.
One knows from the very Prolog, which, by
the way, should be reread after the last chap
ter, that Gabrielle's history is to end blackly
and that Arthur is to marry the clergyman's
daughter. So one reads not to discover the
what but the how. The brief, swift story pro-
ceeds with more of the short story writer's
art than the novelist's. It is the thrilling yet
convincing story of Gabrielle Hewish; her first
love affair which is over before it has begun
and which is followed immediately by her
desolate marriage, so that when she loves
Arthur she is still an unawakened child. The
canvass is not meagre, but no character is
sketched which hasn't an essential part in the
design. Biddy Joyce, obstinate and stupid;
the Halbertons, elegant and influential; the di-
rect and forceful Mrs. Payne are minor char-
acters, perhaps, but with majestic nonchalance
they determine the fate 'of Gabrielle. The di-
rectness and economy of the story make its
A SWARM OF FLUFFY LITTLE CREATURES TODDLED AFTER
HER. FROM "THE YELLOW HORDE"
BY HAL G. EVARTS
Little Brown & Company
pattern very clear, and the repetition of inci-
dents completes the perfection of the design and
intensifies the impression of inescapable fate.
But whatever he has borrowed of the short
story's art, Mr. Young has written a novel of
enough space and leisure to give the charming
pictures of Gabrielle's childhood. These, tho
they are few, are as freshly and sympatheti-
cally done as the pictures of the childhood of
Edwin Ingleby which were the endearing part
of "The Young Physician." Tho the actual
scenes of childhood are few, we never see
Gabrielle Hewish really grown up. The sensi-
tive center of so much storm and tragedy, she
retained the power to be happy not from prin-
ciple or conviction but because she obeyed
simply and naturally the instincts of all healthy
young creatures. She was like the rabbit
Arthur killed, over whose manglect body she
wept, "It was so little. . So happy — ." The
most intriguing of heroines, her charm is her
lack of complexness. Her ingenuousness is
almost baffling, yet it is her innocence and
helplessness that make one wonder whether
one can technically call her "The Tragic
Bride." Mildred Catharine Smith.
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Book Gifts for Graduation
By Joseph Mosher
JUNE is imminent with its roses, its pha-
lanxes of young graduates, and its presents.
Already a fond uncle, here and there, is
contemplating an auto, a saddle-horse, or a
trip to the Yellowstone for some blooming
young hopeful. Oh, happy uncle, oh, happy,
happy hopeful, as Keats might have said. But
that is only here and there; more there than
here. In the cases of most proudj relatives
and friends at the annual intellectual coming-
out season, the gift must be determined rather
by the oft-sought purse of the giver than by
the swelling merits of the diplomatic corps.
The general subject of gifts is of such a
genial, cheerful character that one dislikes to
settle down at once to an analytic, categoric
tone of discourse. And surely we can without
worrying and drawing long faces arrive at a
practical answer to the question as to what we
shall give them, these young graduates of
ours.
Well, one of the qualities of a graceful gift
on any occasion is fitness. For a departing
voyager, a nice basket of fruit or a case of
Mothersill's Remedy; for a retiring public of-
ficial, an autographed resolution of congratula-
tion or thanks ; for a newly marri-ed pair, a
house and lot or an annuity. For the academic
debutante and her male counterpart the range
of appropriate gifts is wide indeed. The token
may vary from a box of sweetmeats to a
European trip. That fact tends to make one's
choice difficult, but there is a balm in Gilead;
namely, a certain type of gift has particular
fitness for the graduate — books.
I say "particular fitness" because graduation
does not mean for the student a leaving be-
hind of the life of books, but, as the term
"commencement" indicates, rather a more seri-
ous beginning of activities in which books and
reading will play a considerable part. Fur-
thermore, an academic course has in general
cultivated an ability to appreciate literature.
Perhaps not in all students a universal appre-
ciation, but at least an enjoyment of one or
more types.
This brings us to another quality of felici-
tous giving : thoughtfuilness for the recipient's
personal tastes or desires. Books permit the
donor to give evidence that he has taken pains
to discover what would be most pleasing. Is
your young graduafe a lover of serious fic-
tion? Wlhat a storehouse of delight he will
find in a volume of Hardy or Meredith, Wells
or Kipling, Winston Churchill, Mrs. Wharton,
or Gertrude Atherton ! Perhaps the boy or
girl is fond of poetry. Nothing could be a
more charming or lasting remembrance of
graduation time than a volume of Keats, Shel-
'ley, Tennyson, Browning, Byron, Whittier,
Lowell, any one of the poets included in such
editions as the Cambridge or Oxford. For
those who are interested in the drama a
present sure to be appreciated would be a
collection of plays by a favorite writer : Shaw,
Barrie, Moody, Middleton, Maeterlinck, or
Galsworthy, let us say. Even in the field of
lighter vein, many things of permanent value
may be found. As random examples take
Stephen Leacock's delectable satires, or W.
W. Jacobs' inimitably droll stories of old
English "salts," or Mark Twain's immortal
humor,
Besides the types already mentioned, biog-
raphy, travel, art, history, and other fields
afford a world of attractive items which if
thoughtfully scanned will yield just the par-
ticular one which appeals to the eager mind
of the graduate. Graduation time is a happy
moment to stimulate any inclinations which
have been aroused in school or college to-
ward the reading of good books, with its in-
evitably broadening, cultivating results. Hav-
ing this end in view it is particularly desir-
able that the donor discriminate between the
ephemeral, the trashy, and those books which
make a lasting impression of beauty, truth,
inspiration, and culture.
The physical make-up of the volumes pre-
sented should also be considered. This by no
means implies the necessity of purchasing ex-
pensive editions, for plenty of well-bound,
decently-margined volumes, cleanly-printed
on substantial paper are to be found without
getting into the so-called "de luxe" class.
There are^ to be sure, in all the book-shops
wonderful, sumptuous single volumes and
sets which wring the withers of the impecu-
nious book-lover and which would corre-
spondingly elate the lucky recipient. But
fortunately, as has been indicated, admirable
gift-books of every literary category range
in price from the modest exaction for a little
coat-pocket Ruskin or Emerson to the rela-
tively plutocratic sum involved in the pur-
chase of a big set featuring "hand-made paper
and half-levant binding." Whatever you wish
to spend for a graduation present, just bear
in mind the words of Chaucer who spoke for
the student when he said of the Oxford chap
"For him was lever have at his beddes head
Twenty bokes clad in blak or reed
Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye."
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Notables from New Non-Fiction
Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper, R. S. Lynd, Margaret Haskett Anderson,
and others
ON THE SHORE OF THE VAITAPIHA FROM ' MYSTIC ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS
The Century Company
BY FREDERICK OBRIEN
WHERE THE WORLD IS YOUNG
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. By Frederick
O'Brien. 549 p. O Cent. $5
TO those lucV- readers v. ho have already
come under the ' ff this author's ear-
lier volume, "Wh.te Shadows in the South
Seas," this new incursion into that realm of
azure waters, dreamland isles and unspoiled
nature needs neither introduction nor enco-
mium. But if the spirit which Mr. O'Brien
infuses into his pages and which makes them
unique, even among its few rival volumes of
South Sea literature, really sinks into your
flesh and hones, you are filled with something
akin to an apostolic zeal to preach and spread
the contagion of its joyous irresponsibility.
For this is one of those rare books that tempt
a conscientious reviewer to throw caution to
the wind and pour out his jubilance in a dis-
proportioned enthusiasm.
What sets Mr. O'Brien in a class by him-
self is that by instinct he is neither a poet nor
a maker of fiction, but an exceptionally clear-
visioncd spectator, who gives back what he
sees \vith the exactness of an autochromatic
photograph.
What one loves most in Mr. O'Brien's pages
is that ugliness and sin fail to spoil for him
the loveliness of the picture as a whole. Sel-
dom within the limits of a single volume does
one find so much human despair, so many hu-
man derelicts, so much to beget a cynical and
pessimistic irony of life. But this author is
consistently, almost aggressively healthy-
minded. He sees the human wreckage on all
these far-off fairy shores, sees it with indulgent
and understanding tolerance ; but it does not
disturb him deeply, for his eye dwells by pre-
ference insistently on the glory of opalescent
coloring, on the tense fire of primitive pas-
sions, on the whole magic, dissolving view of
an evolving civilization, checked and wellnigh
•strangled by modern progress ; an arcadian civ-
ilization, passing away with tragic swiftness,
that will leave the world the poorer for its
loss. One owes Mr. O'B'rien a lasting debt
for having caught and fixed some of its rar-
est and strangest phases before it was too late.
One wonders how heavy a responsibility he
has incurred thru the lingering nostalgia he
has begotten for the exotic — -how many eager,
reckless pilgrims he has unknowingly sent hot-
footed on the trail of those shimmering, elu-
sive islands of his rainbow dreams?
Frederic T<afyer Cpoper,
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The Publishers' Weekly
SERVICE A LA PARISIENNE
Ballads of a Bohemian. By Robert W . Service.
221 p. Barse & Hopkins $1.60; $2.25
LIKE the publication of a new novel by
Harold Bell Wright, a new book of verses
by Robert W. Service is something of an
event. For wasn't Mr. Service the favorite
"pote" of his majesty, the American "dough-
boy"? And haven't his "Rhymes of a Red
Cross Man," "The Spell of the Yukon,"
"Rhymes of a Rolling Stone," and other vol-
umes sold 1,927,684,321,691,834,275 copies — or
some unmentionable figure like that? (By the
way, why doesn't the American Legion make
him its Poet Laureate?)
AUTHOR OF BALLADS OF A BOHEMIAN
Barsc & Hopkins
To those of us who remember Mr. Service
best as author of such verses as the title one
in his* "The Spell of the Yukon" — "I've stood
in some mighty-mouthed hollow that's plumb-
full of hush to the brim," full-throated stuff! —
it will be a bit of a surprise to find the present
collection of poems of Bohemian life in the
Latin Quarter of Paris where, we are told,
Mr. Service now makes his home. By the
device of interspersing with the verses in-
formal prose comments in the first person on
the characters and places mentioned, an in-
formal air is given to the book as tho we were
actually sitting with the poet at one of those
little tables in the Boul' Mich' sipping — sipping
— but I grow distracted!
"And tonight I am at the end of my tether," we
begin. "I wish I knew where tomorrow's breakfast
was coming from. Well, since rhyming's been my
ruin, let me rhyme to the bitter end:
Lone amid the cafe's cheer,
Sad of heart am I tonight;
Dolefully I drink my beer,
But no single line I write,
There's the wretched rent to pay,
Yet I glower at pen and ink.
Oh, inspire me muse, I pray,
It is later than you think !
Hello! there's a" frequent phrase.
Bravo! let me write it down —
It is later than you think.
Lastly, you who read; aye, you
Who this very line may scan:
Think of all you planned to do. . . .
Have you done the best you can ?
Etc. Etc. Etc.
The two a. m. mood of the Latin Quarter
is set forth in these four lines from "Noctam-
bule":
"Full am I with cheer;
In my heart the joy stirs;
Couldn't be the beer,
Must have been the oysters."
At the close of the book are gathered a
number of poems of the war Rlchard Lloyd
THE GREAT LOVER'S MIND
Mary Stuart; a play. Bv John Drink-icater
73 p. D H. Miff. $1.25
IN his new play the author of "Abraham
Lincoln" brings before us another appealing
bygcne figure, the lovely Mary, Queen of
Scots, whose history and tragic death mark
for all who read history an unforgettable page
Drinkwater draws Mary from the past to
let her show young John Hunter that his wife
Margaret does not fail in her love for him
because she loves also another man. As old
Andrew Boyd tells him, "There be women,
and men, too, who are great lovers." "Such,"
he says, "do not love unworthily — it is lament-
able when they love unworthy men."
Against this presentment of his case the
unhappy Hunter shows the wounds to his pride,
his dignity, his manhood. Mary Stuart, he de-
clares, can tell him nothing. Then Mary steps
in from the moonlit 'balcony and says, "Boy,
I can tell you everything."
And we have Holy rood in 1566, Mary's
room in the palace with Mary Beaton, Riccio,
Darnley and Bothwell, an imposing and mov-
ing bit of drama. It is as the words of
Andrew Boyd had prefigured it,
"Down there at Holyrood. Look, in the moon-
light. A woman of great wit — Margaret is that too.
And nothing better coming to her than a scented
pimp, a callow fool, and a bully. They should have
been three great princes, masters of men."
Or, as Mary's song 'had it,
"Not Riccio, nor Darnley knew
Nor Bothwell how to find
This Mary's best magnificence
Of the great lover's mind."
Wihether or not this appealing glimpse of
the beautiful Scottish Queen helps John
Hunter to a solution of his problem may re-
main to some a question. Are we likely to
accord to the Margaret Hunters of our day
the sympathy and understanding we feel for
Mary Stuart and her tragedy? After all, she
was unique. And fate cursed her with being
a Queen. Margaret Haskctt Anderson.
April 16, 1931
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CONTRIBUTE!
It Might Have Happened to Yon. By Coninys-
by Dawson. 163 p. 6* Lane $1.25
READ it. Don't think it's a war book.
It's ua contemporary portrait of central
and eastern Europe/' as the sub-title puts
it. It shows, not what war has done to Eu-
rope, but what peace has done to her.
All the power of the trained novelist has
gone into this small book. With the poignancy
of utter simplicity Mr. Dawson shows us how
Austria and Poland are suffering — how faint
old women wash clothes all day to earn the
equivalent of five cents in American money,
how whole communities live foully in freight
cars, how children starve. It is everyone's
duty to learn about these things.
Mr. Dawson doesn't stop with the picture.
He has a great deal to say about the causes
of the present situation, and some remedies to
suggest. As an example of what the well-
meaning, hurried Peace Conference did, he
points to Vienna. This "great pre-war middle-
man city of central Europe now. stands iso-
lated and unself -supporting in the scrubby
patch of tillage which is the new Austria.
. . . But the railroads still converge on
Vienna."
For the present all we can do is to send
money. And if we refuse — "Central Europe
at the moment is insane with hunger. She is
capable of any folly. She is scarcely to be
held accountable for her actions. If she is not
fed, revolution will spring up in every direc-
tion and no one can say where it will end."
Doris Webb Webster.
TALKABLE TOPICS
Things That Have Interested Me. B\ Arnold
Bennett. 332 p. O Dor an $2.50
IF any gentle reader could have the good
fortune to meet the versatile author of this
book on a London street and ask htm to
tea in the lounge of the Savoy, Mr. Bennett
would probably talk on just the themes and
in just the way that he does in these pages —
untrammeled, sporadic, informal— and very at-
tractive because so purely from the personal
point of view. They are not epoch-making,
these sketches, being records of passing tyioods
and impressions rather than essays of the
regular six-by-nine type. There is a bit of
overhead conversation, a witty story, a passing
figure on the street, a group at a railway sta-
tion, a notice in a newspaper — each producing
its quick, clever reaction from the trained
mind of one who is both novelist and dramatist,
a connoisseur in human values. Many of the
moods arc- such as "never can happen again,"
for they bear the dates of 1917 and 18, and
show the mark of their contemporaneity in
recording some phases of war feeling from the
London point of view, with more than a dash
of the journalistic in their touch-and-go treat-
ment. In others, the impressions are more
permanent in value, and treat crisply and
critically of the drama, literature and life. A
.particularly good word picture is "The Prize
Fight," describing Carpentier's victory over
the British champion and its effect on the all-
class spectators. And at the close of the
pleasant series one can almost see the urbane
man of letters toss away his cigarette end, lift
his hat and disappear down the street after a
discursive chat. Katharine Perry Shaw.
RELEASED EMOTIONS
Psychoanalysis, Sleep and Dreams. By Andre
T rid on. 157 />. 3^ p. bibl. D Knopf $2
NOT so long ago we were all out for
reforming the world. Maybe we got
discouraged or maybe we got a different
viewpoint. Anyway most of us are now em-
ployed in removing motes from our eyes, and
many of us get up and cheer whenever we
hear the name Sigmund Freud. Dr. Freud
discovered that nothing just happens in the
emotions any more than in the physical world
He found that the explanation of human be-
havior lies in the influence of more or less
forgotten, experiences, thoughts and emotions.
From this discovery he deduced the theory
that if you find out what is in your uncon-
scious mind ("forgettery" is the colloquial
equivalent) you will have the causes under-
lying your every action. Even dreams.
A child dreams frequently of what it wants
but can't have — a mountain of candy, the
circus, a big dog. Older people, too, dream
of what they want but cannot have. "When
dreams come true/' is based on this common
knowledge. But very, very often we want
something that conflicts with our ethical
standards. We repress that desire sternly.
When that banned wish appears in dreams,
it comes out in disguise. The psychoanalysts
have learned how to strip off the disguises
and show the dreamer what repressed wish
is cavorting round in his brain at night.. The
object of the investigation is to give us in-
sight into our unconscious mind, and by so
doing give us at the same time control over
our lives. So long as we are subject to an
influence we do not understand we are not
absolutely captains of our souls.
Andre Tridon has explained the relation
of the unconscious to sleep and dreams very
clearly in this book with illustrative dreams
from people he has analyzed. We are under
great obligation to Mr. Tridon because he
writes, not for the scientists who already un-
derstands the subject, but for the layman who
wants to understand.
Mary Alden Hopkins.
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A GOlLDEN GARGOYLE
Avon's Hawcst. By Edwin .•Irliin/ton Robin-
son. 65 p. D Macm. $1.50
THERE are a score of interpretations
that readers may severally put upon this
grim, haunting poem. Taken most liter-,
ally it is the confession of a fear-ridden soul,
a life blackened by a malignant hate con-
ceived in boyhood for a school companion,
and secretly brooded over. Then suddenly,
one day, hate burst its bounds, struck down
the other boy, and thereby made a life-long,
implacable enemy. And in the end that ene-
my, drowned and lying fathoms deep at sea,
comes back, or so the haunted man believes,
and after months of hideous, creeping fear
the shadows close in and the victim dies,
baffling diagnosis by physicians.
This bare outline gives but a feeble hint
of the latent horror suggested in this verse.
The scourge of fear, sharpened by the super-
natural, is a common motive in classic trag-
edy. But there is a vast difference, more
easily felt than denned, between, let us say,
the high intellectual interpretation of Mac-
beth in the dagger scene, and the gripping
emotional horror of the death scene in "The
Bells." "Avon's Harvest" has just that added
twist of the screw that makes a sane, well-
balanced materialist glance furtively over his
shoulder while he reads, and start nervously
as the rustling of the pages that he himself
is turning.
Yes, each reader is welcome to his own
interpretation. But one inclines to the theory
;that this is an allegory of an evil habit. The
habit comes unsought in youth, and plays the
part of a welcome and faithful friend; but
when recognized for what it is ; when beaten
off, challenged and defied, it becomes the
arch enemy, dogging the victim's footstep's
waiting like a coiled serpent to strike and
kill. . All this may be utterly remote from
Mr. Robinson's intention. Perhaps he only
meant that hatred is itself a poison which
corrodes until the thread of life snaps. In
either case he has woven lines of lingering,
haunting horror; and he is at his best when
he is most simple. The powerful, memorable
lines are almost monosyllabic. It is only
here and there that the elaborate intellectu-
ality of such phrases as, "The darkness and
discomforture of his oblique rebuff," or
"Adorning an unfortified assumption with
^old that might come off with afterthought,"
however admirable in themselves, are not in
harmony with the poem's prevailing mood.
But these are mere details. The salient fact
is, that the author has poured the molten
gold of artistry into the mould of a masterly
and unforgettable gargoyle of symbolism.
Frederic Taber Cooper.
OUR POLITICAL DRAMA
The Life of Whitclaw Reid. Hy Royal Cor-
lissoz. 2 v. 434 p. Scrih. $10
THE importance of this biography is not
to be measured by the personal achieve-
ments of an individual career, even tho
the subject was a veteran journalist and edi-
tor, who for half a century moulded public
opinion, and twice represented America in
the highest diplomatic posts within the gift
of the President, as Minister to France and
as ^Ambassador to the Court of St. James.
It is more than a biography, because it is
practically a history of the New York
Tribune, for fifty years the leading Republi-
can organ. Furthermore, it is a history of
the changing political drama of the nation,
from the Civil War and Reconstruction Period
down to the time when America took her
place as a recognized world power — our po-
litical drama seen, not from the orchestra
seats, but from the wings, so to speak,_ be-
hind the scenes, where the tinsel and the
masquerade, are seen at more nearly their
true value.
To the younger generation, who know the
greater part of this period thru the medium
of printed histories, these pages will serve
the purpose of galvanizing dry statistics into
'action and awakening a vanished past into
a dramatic moving picture. To the older
readers, to whom the Grant administrations
are a personal memory and who perthaps cast
their first vote for Hayes or for Tilden,
these two volumes are like a prolonged and
delightful reminiscence with some one vastly
better informed and- of clearer memory,
whose details fill in an infinite number of
precious and luminous details, as to the hopes
and fears, the motives and the limitations,
of the political and intellectual giants who
moulded the nation's destinies.
Mr. Cortissoz has executed a task of great
difficulty with infinite patience, industry and
discrimination. With the instinct of a
trained journalist himself, he has wisely rec-
ognized that here was not a case for a parti-
sanship biography, an openly enthusiastic and
highly colored narrative. While not disguis-
ing his personal friendship and approval, he
has consistently contented himself with sift-
ing out from an overwhelming mass of mate-
rial just those salient details that have a
.permanent significance.
This is clearly one of the most, if not the
most, significant of this present season's biog-
raphies. It is not too much to say that any
student of American history who omits it
from his studies has lost some side glimpses
that make his otherwise well rounded read-
ing just so much the poorer and more incom-
Plete- Calvin Winter.
April 16, 1921
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The Children's Page
Edited by Rebecca Deming Moore
OF the spring juveniles which have al-
ready seen the light several are appro-
riately nature books. So prominent a
name in the nature world as that of Ernest
Thompson Seton appears under the title of
"Woodland Tales" (Doubleday), a miscellany
of material published in periodicals for the most
part in the course of a long stretch of years.
The material has been classified as Things to
See In the Springtime — Summertime — Autumn-
time — Wintertime ; Things To Know ; Things
To Do ; and Things to Remember. With the
-exception of Things To Do, a chapter on
woodcraft, the stories are a combination of
fact and fancy. The fairy and fantastic ele-
ment is strong, but each story has for its
foundation some nature truth.
Thornton Burgess' method of concocting
irresistible little tales which have taken the
tears away from many a bedtime hour is too
well known to require comment. His latest
and the first in the Green Forest Series,
"Lightfoot the Deer" (Little, Brown), tells
children of the habits of this gentle creature
and plants little seeds of disapproval for un-
necessary hunting.
"Bird Stories" (Atlantic) by Edith Patch,
following her "Hexapod Stories" in the Gate-
way to Science Series steers a middle course
between Mr. Seton's and Mr. Burgess' books.
These are delightful little stories of Chick,
.D. D., Sandy, the Sandpiper, etc., each re-
lating the life history of a little bird person
from the time he breaks his shell until he and
his mate have a brood of their own. Miss Patch
makes characters of her birds, but she does not
give them human attributes. Here is straight
science with no touch of the fanciful or fairy
element but so pleasingly and convincingly pre-
sented that neither will be missed.
Alice Craig Edgerton's "Queen Nature's
Fairy Helpers (Noble) explains physical laws
thru the medium of quasi-fairy tales.
The theme of Joslyn Gray's new book for
girls, "Bouncing Bet" (Scribner) is that trag-
edy of adolescence, "not like other girls." The
heroine's abnormality in this case was being
several sizes too large for thirteen-going-on
fourteen. How Bouncing Bet became like other
girls, and very much nicer and prettier than
some, how a miserable misunderstanding
growing out of an attempt to help an afflicted
classmate was adjusted, and all brought to a
happy climax makes an absorbing story for
'teen age girls.
Equally interesting for their brothers is
Ralph Henry Barbour's "Three Base Benson"
(Appleton), another excellent blend of school
and sport. The square peg in this story is a
genial but uncouth North Carolina lad in the
round hole of an exclusive "prep" school. Mr.
Barbour attends skilfully to the trimming of
Benson's corners, at the same time serving
bountiful portions of adventure and baseball
sure to appeal to boyish appetites.
"HAVE YOU BEEN TEARING SOMEBODY'S COAT"/*
HE ASKED AGAIN. FROM "LIGHTFOOT . THE DEER"
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS
Little, Brown & Company
Somewhat suggestive of the charming French
story "Sans Famille" is "Billie : The Story of a
Little Boy and a Big Bear" by Isabel Hawley
Scott (Revell). The hero is a little lame Ital-
ian orphan who joins fortunes with a travel-
ing bear and his master. On the road of
Angelo's adventures children cannot fail to
absorb some lessons of consideration for
animals.
A new edition of wonder tales appears this
spring, Dasent's "East of the Sun and West
o' the Moon" (McKay), in the Golden Books
for Children with striking illustrations in
color by Edna Cooke.
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The Month's New Books
A classified and selected list of representative new books re§ently published. An-
notations are descriptive rather than critical and intended to be unbiased, and are mainly
informative of the scope and purpose of the book. Books specially reviewed are not listed.
Fiction
THE GREY ROOM. By Eden Phillpotts. 266 p.
D Macm. $2
A ghost story, in which a mysterious room and a
series of inexplicable deaths are elements.
THE ENCHANTED CANYON. By Honore Will-
sie. 347 p. D Stokes $2
The hero finds regenerative power in the beauties
of the Grand Canyon regions, where the novel is
staged.
STAR-DUST. By Fannie Hurst. 458 p. front.
D Harp. $2
The story of a mother whose dreams and ambi-
tions were realized in her daughter.
ROMAIN ROr.LAND, AUTHOR OF "d.ERAMBAULT"
(Holt)
(Kc-i'icwcd elscivhcrc)
OUT OF THE AIR. By Inez Haynes Irwin.
269 p. D Har court, Br. $2
The romance of a young aviator and writer who
discovers that the house he is occupying is haunted
by mysterious vistors who try to give him an im-
portant message.
ROSA MUNDI AND OTHER STORIES. By Ethel
M. Dell. 306 p. D Put. $2
Six short _npvels of love and adventure.
THE NOISE OF THE WORLD. By Adriana Spa-
doni. 256 p. D Boni & L. $2
A novel of married life.
GUNSIGHT PASS; how oil came to the cattle
country and brought the new West. By
William MacLeod Raine. 337 p. D H.
Miff. $2
A cattle-man is sent from the range to the peni-
tentiary on a false charge of manslaughter. Upon
his release he returns to his country and finds it
developed into great oil fields.
BY THE GODS BELOVED. By Baroness Orczy.
Illus. by the Kinneys. 326 p. D Dodd,
M. $2
Formerly published under the title "The gates of
Kampt."
DEVIL STORIES; an anthology. Ed. by Maxi-
milian Josef Rudwin. 351 p. D Knopf
$2.50
Twenty stories ranging from the mediaeval period
to the present time.
THE LOVE OF LONG AGO; and other stories.
By Marie Corelli. 295 p. D Dou., P.
$1-75 .
A collection of thirteen short stories.
THE SHIELD OF SILENCE. By Harriet Smith
Comstock. Front, by George Loughridge.
292 p. D Dou., P. $1.75
Amid the Virginia mountains two souls of veiled
pasts trace out individual courses as fate and blood
direct.
TAWI TAWI. By Louis Dodge. 357 p. D
Scrib. $2
A narrative of Mexican border life and life on
a cannibal island in the Philippines.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME. By Robert S.
Hichens. 251 p. D Doran $2
A tale of mystery and intrigue, starring a Rus-
sian princess.
THE EYE WITNESS. By Eric Levison. 355 p.
D Bobbs-M. $1.75
The mystery of a murder and skillful counter-
feiting scheme.
MOGENS; and other stories. By Jens Peter
Jacobsen. Trans, by A. Grabow. 150 p. S
N. L. Brown $1.50
Contents: Mogens; The plague at Be'gamo; There
should have been roses; Mrs. Fonss. (The Sea Gull
Library. )
WIND ALONG THE WASTE. By Gladys E.
Johnson. 278 p. front. D Cent. $2
The mystery of a lonely house on the California
shore.
THE DESERT FIDDLER. By William Henry
Hamby. Front, by R. P. Coleman. 232 p.
D Dou., P. $1.60
A Mexican border tale of business intrigue and
adventure.
THE KNIGHT OF LONELY LAND. By Evelyn
Campbell. Front, by George W. Gage.
302 p. D Lift. B. $1.00
A story of the cattle-ranges of the American West.
THE GUARDED HEIGHTS. By Charles Wads-
worth Camp. Front, by C. D. Mitchell.
363 p. D Don,, P. $1.75
The story of a man's achievement thru force of
a dominating personality.
THE MAN IN THE DARK. By Albert Payson
Terhune. 311 p. D Dutt. $2
A moonshine romance of the West Virginia hills.
THE NARROW HOUSE. By Evelyn Scott. 221 p.
D Boni & L. $2
The story of the inter-relations of a family.
JAMES BEVANWOOD, BARONET. By Henry St.
John Cooper. 260 p. D Doran $2
The simple, genuine things of life as they affect
a big-hearted man and his fairy-like wife.
THE B*IG YEAR. By Meade Minnigerode. Col.
front, by R. M. Crosby. 292 p. D Put.
$2
A jolly tale of college types in a college town.
FROM OUT THE VAS*TY DEEP. By Mrs. Belloc
Lowndes. 279 p. D Doran $1.90
A story of love, romance, mystery and ghosts.
April 16, 1921
TRUE GHOST STORIES. By Hereward Carring-
ton. 246 p. D Dodd, M. $1.75
Published in 1915 by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co.
THE SILVER SIXPENCE. By Ruth Sawyer.
Illus. by James B. Crank. 331 p. front.
D Harp. $1.75
A story of the stage and of the faith a girl had in
the man she loved.
THE VELVET BLACK. By Richard Washburn
Child. 387 p. D Dun. $2
Eleven short stories.
TIMBER WOLVES. By Bernard Cronin. 368 p.
col. front. D Macm. $2
Mystery and adventure in the timberlands of
Tasmania.
THEY WENT. By Norman Douglas. 274 p.
D Dodd, M'. $2
An English success by the author of "South
Wind."
THE HOUSE IN QUEEN ANNE SQUARE. By
W. D. Lyell. 504 p. D Put. $2
A tangle of mystery and crime laid in Scot-
land.
A RECKLESS PURITAN. By L. Rickard. 301 p.
D Doran $1.90
A love tale of a merry little Irish village girl
and the worldly English gentleman who carried
her off to a strange new life.
THE LONG WAY ROUND. By Emerson Gif-
ford Taylor. 370 p. D 'Small, M. $2
A love-story of today.
OUR LITTLE LIFE. By J. G. Sime. 306 p. D
Stokes $2
The story of an undaunted little seamstress who
is a refuge for the suffering.
MARTHA AND MARY. By Olive Mary Salter.
306 p. D Put. $2
A story based on the old Sussex saying that
every man has two wives, the real and the ideal.
GHOSTS. By Arthur Crabb. 261 p. front. D
Cent. $2
A Samuel Lyle mystery story of a burglary at
a fashionable summer resort.
WHAT DAVID DID; love letters of two babies.
B'y. Helen S. Woodruff. Illus. <by the
author. 124 p. D Boni & L. $1.75
How two babies bring happiness to two self-willed
grownups.
TREESIDER'S SISTER. By Isabel C. Clarke.
409 p. D Benziger $2.50
A love story in which there is a practical presen-
tation of modern sociological conditions from the
Catholic viewpoint.
THE GOLDEN GOAT. By Paul Arene. Trans,
and note by Frances Wilson Huard. 267 p.
D Doran $2
Romantic love and buried treasure.
SHOW DOWN. By Julia Houston Railey. 356 p.
D Put, $2
The story of a southern girl who faces the world
on her own, and combats crooks and crookedness
fearlessly.
OVERLOOK HOUSE. By Will Payne. 273 p. D
Dodd, M. $2
A tale of the mystei*y of human conduct.
Philosophy, Psychology
DEATH; ITS CAUSES AND PHENOMENA; with
special reference to immortality. By Here-
ward Carrington. 313 p. front. O Dodd,
M. $3
This volume deals with the subject of death from
its physiological, historical and psychical aspects.
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HERE AND HEREAFTER. By Leon Denis. 352 p.
D Brent. $2.50
"Treatise on spiritual philosophy."
MAN'S UNCONSCIOUS SPIRIT; the psychoan-
alysis of spiritism. By Wilfrid Lay. 337 p.
D Dodd, M. $2
This work is divided into three parts, pt. i, Con-
sciousness; pt. 2, The unconscious of psychoanalysis;
pt. 3, The unconscious spirit.
AT ONE WITH THE INVISIBLE. Ed. by E. H.
Sneath. 291 -p. D Macm. $3
"Studies in Mysticism."
FRAGMENTS OF TRUTH. By Richard and Isa-
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Essays on psychic phenomena.
Religion
WHAT CHRISTIANITY MEANS TO ME. By
Lyman Abbott. 205 p. D Macm. $1.75
The message of Jesus as the distinguished editor
of the Outlook interprets it after a long life of
Christian service.
CITIZENSHIP AND MORAL REFORM. By J. W.
Langdale. 157 p. D Abgdn. Pr. $1.25
Partial contents: The call of citizenship; The
eighteenth amendment — the enactment of Christian
conscience and intelligent patriotism; The abolition of
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CHRISTIANITY IN ITS MODERN EXPRESSION. By
G. B1. Foster. Ed. by D. C. Macintosh.
307 p. front. O Macm. $3.75
Partial contents: The foundation of Christ-an
dogmatics; The superstructure of Christian dogmatics;
The ethics of the Christian religion.
CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM : 1848-1854. By C. E.
Craven. 408 p. O Macm. $6.50
JESUS IN THE EXPERIENCE OF MEN. By T. R.
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How JESUS MET LIFE QUESTIONS. By Har-
rison S. Elliot. 160 p. D Assn. Pr.
9oc.
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REVOLUTION AND DEMOCRACY. By F. C. Howe.
257 p. D Hucbsch $2
A discussion of the labor problem and the changing
psychology of the worker, together with essays on
privilege.
THE CRISIS IN RUSSIA. By Arthur Ransome.
215 p. D Huebsch $1.60
Partial contents: The shortage of men; The Com-
munist dictatorship; The trade unions; Industrial
conscription: What the Communists are trying to do
in Russia; Non partyism; Possibilities. Some of these
essays appeared in the Manchester Guardian.
THE RUSSIAN WORKERS' REPUBLIC. By Henry
Noel Brails ford. 284 p. O Harp. $2.50
A study of Russia under the Soviet system as she
is today.
SOME ASPECTS OF THE INEQUALITY OF INCOMES
IN MODERN COMMUNITIES. By Hugh Dai-
ton. 372 p. O Dutt. $6
UNIFYING THE WbRLD. By G. N. Clark. ii6p.
D Har court, Br. $f
Partial contents: Modern methods of communica-
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Effects of war and commerce on communications.
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THE DIRECTION OF HUMAN EVOLUTION. By
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THE JEW AND AMERICAN IDEALS. By John
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Partial contents: The pacifist turned anti-Semite;
The mystery of the protocols; The Jewish socialists
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We need the co-operation of Christian and Jew.
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STAR- POINTS; songs of joy, faith, and prom-
ise from the present-day poets. Comp.
by Mrs. Waldo Richards. 253 p. D H.
Miff. $1.75
"Songs of joy, faith, and promise for the present-
day poets."
THE POEMS OF CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON.
294 p. D Scrib. $2.25
This volume includes the previous volumes of
Mrs. "Robinson's verse, together with several new
poems.
BREAKERS AND GRANITE. By John Gould
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Some of these^ poems appeared in The New Repub-
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magazines.
lie, The Little Review,
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A CANOPIC JAR. By Lady Lenora Von Stock
Speyer. IQI p. D Dutt. $2 .
CHIEF CONTEMPORARY DRAMATISTS. 2nd ser.
Ed. by Thomas Herbert Dickinson. 740 p.
O H. Miff. $4.50
Plays by W. S. Maugham; Eugene Walter, Sacha
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others.
FIFTY CONTEMPORARY ONE-ACT PLAYS. Ed.
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THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN DRAMA OF TO-
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THE
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Gene Stratton-Porter
sacrificed an unprecedented offer for the
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"Her Father's Daughter"
(to be published August 17th)
that the sale of the book might be
greatly increased by the demand on the
part of her large following of magazine
readers.
The author and the publishers trust
that the trade will respond to this oppor-
tunity to extend the field for the sale of
Mrs. Porter's novels in book form.
Doubleday, Page & Company
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April 23, 1921 1247
STEPSONS OF
LIGHT
By Eugene
Manlove
Rhodes
Gene Rhodes was a cowpuncher
for twenty-five years, and writes of
the West as it really was. Add to
this that he is a born story-teller
with a knack of making the reader
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describes, and that "Stepsons of
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[HIS book on Einstein's Theories, written by up-
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It is a symposium of the views of seventy-five writers
collected from the three hundred essays submitted.
One's expectation would doubtless be that a book of
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and that this feature might well be so prominent as to
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and altogether successful effort has been made to avoid this defect,
and the book in fact runs along quite as smoothly as though the work of a
single author, while presenting a breadth of vision and a range of
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any basis for prophecy,
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by Florence Bingham Living-
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THE CUSTARD CUP
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though it has to do directly with the struggle of these
four to live on nothing a year, has besides a charm-
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the very last page. A large order? Perhaps.
But read THE CUSTARD CUP and you
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May 10-11-12.
The Task of the Leaders
L\BOR leaders are probably correct in
estimating that part of the call for an
open shop in the discussion of the last
year has been directed by those who want to
see the abolition of unions, but they should
not lose sight of the fact that this group has
been augmented by newer advocates of the
open shop whose attitude is not so much a
distrust of the unions as it is a feeling that
no answer can be found to the present trade
predicaments except by announcing open
shop. The mental attitude of this second
group has been brought to its present angle
because the leaders of the unions have been
generals who could lead an advance but
seemed to have no power in holding up the
morale of their armies in the face of re-
treat. In days of steadily advancing wages
there has been developed a leader whose
proud boast is that he never makes a com-
promise, and now when compromise would
be the road to readjustment he feels that he
cannot hold his leadership if he reports a
ngle lowering in the scale of wages.
In the printing arbitration now going on
in New York under an agreement that pro-
vided for a change in the wage scale accord-
ing to changes in the:«post of living, the union
leaders are arguing that no downward change
can be made until the men obtain the scale
which they designate as the American stand-
ard of living. To be sure, the press feeders
who hold this line of argument are being
paid a minimum scale of wage that is higher
than the average given to American teachers
or American preachers or similar profes-
sional workers thruout the country; and
when so large a proportion of the people,
whose training has required decidedly more
time and effort than that of a press-feeder,
are getting a smaller wage, it seems fruit-
less tactics to put this argument forward in
the face of the very apparent fact that the
cost of living has gone down radically.
The same lack of leadership has brought
about the closing of the New York binderies
and the employers' determination on an open
shop. The employers' labor committee up to
two weeks before felt that it would make
every effort to deal in the accustomed chan-
nels with the union leaders. It found, how-
ever, that its approaches were sharply re-
buffed, and, altho the binding business was
going steadily from the city, the leaders of
the men had no other comment to offer than
that there should be absolutely no reduction
considered and no changes in shop methods.
It is this stand that plays into the hands of
those who believe in no unions, and the bet-
ter poised workers ought to put their most
level-headed leaders to the front at this
time.
A Painful Memory
DURING the last part of March a de-
cision was rendered by a jury in the
Federal District court, awarding R. H.
Macy & Company damages of $49,000 in a suit
brought against the Victor Talking Machine
Company for damages resulting from alleged
violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law.
Under the Sherman Law this award will be
trebled, and the attorney's fees have been esti-
mated to amount to about $50,000. Charles
Evans Hughes was counsel for the defense.
The verdict has been appealed. It was the
contention of Macy that the Victor Company
woulcj not allow its distributors to sell Macy
records from 1914 to 1917.
Such a decision naturally catches the eyes of
anyone in the book-trade, as this case began in
the same year that the case against the old
American Publishers' Association was settled,
and it seems to be running to about the same
money total. That famous book-trade case ex-
tended over thirteen years and was started im-
mediately after the introduction of the net
price system by the American publishers. At
the time the suit was closed the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY said editorially 'The long concerted
action necessitated by this suit has brought to
the book-trade a knowledge that net r. rices,
maintained not by coercion but by individual
choice, brings trade solidarity and makes
prosperity, if not probable, at least possible.
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and it has brought a realization that unwar-
ranted cut prices are a stupendous merchan-
dising blunder, if not actually immoral or il-
legal."
That famous case was carried thru by the
publishers to their great financial loss, but to
the great gain in the improvement of book dis-
tribution in the country. It is not too much to
say that the generally improved state of book
ownership and reading thru wider distribution
would be far behind what it is to-day if that
effort had not been made. The reason that the
present continuance of the Macy cutting does
not demoralize the book-trade is the result of
the educational work of that campaign.
It has been clearly evidenced that all mer-
chandise bearing an advertised retail price has
a peculiar temptation to the price-cutter, as
it is only on these goods that the public can
estimate the reality of reductions advertised.
As one of the Macy advertisements at that time
read :
"When our competitors are confronted
with the fact that our prices are lower than
theirs, they invariably try to explain the
matter by attacking the character of our
goods. How about books ? Our prices
range from IDC. to $1.50 less than others ask
for the same book. We save you as much
in other lines."
This kind of advertising was typical of what
the book-trade saw much of in the days of
the suit, and it is just as true to-day that the
cutting is done for the purpose of indicating-
lower rates in other departments. Books carry
less gross margin than most lines in department
stores, and therefore the cutting of the price
is not because of any unfair margins of profit,
as was claimed by Macy's lawyer in his argu-
ment.
Said Mr. Hurley, when Chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission and in possession
of the facts, "Price-cutters are the wolves of
industries. They are not fair to their custom-
ers or to their stockholders, unfair to their
employees and injurious and harmful to their
competitors and the trade they are in."
The progress in the healthy distribution at
the present lies in the fact that this principle
has become so clearly understood by the larger
visioned merchants of the country that the
discounts offered by one or two stores do not
s'hake their faith in the methods that they have
adopted for their own stores.
The book-trade will watch with interest the
further progress of the Victor suit, and also
the bringing forward to the new Congress of
the Stephens Bill at Washington, which has
been approved by so large a number of stu-
dents of business affairs and sound trading.
English Publisher Here
SIDNEY S. Pawling, head of the English
house of Heinemann, which has recently
become associated with Doubleday, Page, is
at present in this country. He is working at
an office in Garden City which has been set
aside for his use. Mr. Pawling is known as
the discoverer of many now famous, authors,
Wells, Locke, Galsworthy. He published De-
Morgan's first book; all of Hall Caine's; and
Conrad's second novel, "The Nigger of the
Narcissus."
Compiled and arranged in the order
of their popularity from exclusive re-
ports of leading booksellers in every
section of the country.
FICTION
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis. Harcourt.
The Mysterious Rider, by Zane Grey. Har-
per.
The Mountebank. William J. Locke. Lane.
The Sister-in-Law, by Gertrude Atherton.
Stokes.
The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton.
Appleton.
The Brimming Cup, by Dorothy Canfield.
Harcourt.
Potterism, by Rose Macaulay. Bom & Live-
right.
Jacob's Ladder, by E. Phillips Oppenheim.
Little, Brown.
Moon-calf, by Floyd Dell. Knopf.
The Valley of Silent Men, by James Oliver
Curwood. Cosmopolitan.
GENERAL
The Outline of History, by H. G. Wells. Mac-
mil Ian.
White Shadows in the South Seas, by Fred-
erick O'Brien. Century.
The Peace Negotiations, by Robert Lansing.
Houghton.
The Autobiography of Margot Asquith, by
'Margot Asquith. Doran.
Now It Can Be Told, by Philip Gibbs. Harper.
The Americanization of Edward Bok, by Ed-
ward Bok. Scribner.
A Straight Deal or An Ancient Grudge, by
Owen Wister. Macmillan.
Abraham Lincoln, by John Drinkwater.
Houghton.
The Mirrors of Downing Street. Anonymous.
Putnam.
Roaming Through the West Indies, by Harry
A. Franck. Century.
ipril 23, 1921
1255
The Newspaper and Book Advertising
By F. Guy Davis
Manager of the American Newspaper Advertising Association
[The following is a somewhat condensed form of
talk delivered before the Booksellers' Association
Chicago, April 4th.]
INCLAIR Lewis is reported to have said to
a Chicago audience recently that for every
man in America who could turn out really
literature there were five hundred men in
igland who coukl do the same. Whether
>r not this statement is correct, it gives one
)mething to think about and my own fear
that there is more truth in the observation
lan there should be. The English people
lave imagination. They are' accustomed to
linking in large terms. They generally have
ability to put themselves in the other fel-
)w's place. This national characteristic will,
doubt, explain achievements of British
liplomacy in the past few decades.
Americans Provincial
There is, of course, an explanation and a
*ason for the broad British point of view. In
icir trade developments and in fact in the
fhole history of their business and commerce
in important factor has been the considera-
tion of the thought and habits oT~other peo-
ple, and while John Bull has his limitations,
it seems pretty generally and fairly conceded
that on the whole his children are "grown
up" in an educational sense. They know life
and they know the world.
English literature has no doubt played its
important part in the education o/f the Eng-
lishman. No doubt also the literature and
the culture of the Englishman, generally
speaking, is as much a product of his habits
of life and thought as it is a cause, but at
any rate the books which the Englishman
reads are a part at least of the cause of his
comprehension of big things.
America seems to me to be making slow
progress in the matter of general education
in a fundamental sense. By this I mean that
the American as a whole is lacking in imag-
ination. We are provincial. We' think too
much in terms of routine life, and about con-
crete objectives. There are important ex-
ceptions, of course, which I readily concede,
but on the whole I think there is a tremendous
possibility for sound; creative effort on the
field of education here in America, the kind
of education that will make us broader and
deeper and richer in head and heart alike.
I would like to make it clear that I do not
refer to our public schools, tho there is field
for improvement even there. I do have in
mind, however, the general antipathy of the
American to new ideas and observations
which are outside of the range of his own
particular experience. I think that this ex-
plains in a substantial way why the average
American is more upset over original thought,
particularly in the field of politics or sociology,
than a good many other nationalities. I am
not confining my observations to any one
type of American, but in general I have in
mind the business man arid just at the mo-
ment I have in mind particularly American
publishers and sellers of books.
It seems to me that there is a great field
here in America for development of the book
business. I am sure that Americans generally
need more good books, books of such a char-
acter that they will present in terms of sym-
pathy and understanding, unconventional
points of view. In other words, we need to
have pur habits of thought softened so that
we will be perhaps a little less inclined to
want to see a man horsewhipped and thrown
into jail because his views on certain mat-
ters differ from the views generally accepted.
What I have in mind is the old question of
more light and perhaps less heat, in a great
many fields of thought and purpose. This
may mean here and there an advance in a
purely business way, but it is sure to mean
a fuller and richer and deeper life generally,
even if business is left untouched.
If this statement o<f the educational situ-
ation here in America strikes you as reason-
able, the immediate question before you who
are interested in the publication and sale of
books is as to whether you are satisfied with
the situation as it stands in your business.
There are a good many splendid people who
do not believe in selling at all in the sense
in which the term is known in modern mer-
chandising; that is, they do not believe in
aggressive selling. They believe in supply-
ing such demand as develops spontaneously
or^ already exists. Those of you who are in
this particular current of feeling will not be
interested in what I Tiave to say to you about
newspaper advertising, but my hope is that
there may be among you some men who have
the characteristic American business man's
attitude toward the question of selling.
Americans Need More Books
The average business man's attitude is that
there is in his goods salvation for the pur-
chaser, and like salvation, they have to be
forced on some people. I do not believe that
this feeling is very general among book pub-
lishers or retailers, but generally the American
Sfoes after what he wants. He makes a noise.
He practices the principle which he learned
on the farm, that is, that the squeaky wheel
gets the grease. Nobody can accuse the Ameri-
can of being backward when it comes to the
question of selling his goods to the home mar-
ket. In fact, the science of merchandising has
been developed to a high point here in America.
On the general question of advertising, in par-
ticular, the American is a champion performer.
However, books have not been aggressively
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advertised. There are exceptions, of course,
like the "Encyclopedia Britannica," "Five-Foot
Book Shelf," and an occasional offering of a
deac| writer's complete works, or a new Harold
Bell Wright book, but nothing really big in
the modern advertising sense, except the "En-
cyclopedia Britannica," which is not a book.
I have a feeling that you will unquestionably
concede the existence of a need in American
life for more and better 'books. Some of you
will also feel that you want to reach out ag-
gressively to make people generally appreciate
this need so that the market for books may
be developed. The whole question of mer-
chandising comes up then in a perfectly natural
way. You want to sell more books for two
reasons: one, because Americans need them,
and, second, you need the business. Or those
who are individualists will reverse the order
of these two points, but in any case the ques-
tion comes up as to whether the appreciation
of this need for good books can be stimulated
and as to how to do the development work.
Frankly, it seems to me that it is up to the
book publishers. Pretty generally they are
the ones who have the capital and the organiza-
tion and facilities to undertake development
work as compared with those in other branches
of the book business. I have been told .that
the question of a co-operative educational cam-
paign to be participated in by all the different
groups represented in the business ^ has been
considered in a large way and it is interesting
to know that at the present time there is in
many fields a very substantial movement to-
ward these co-operative educational activities
looking to the development of better business.
Cooperative Advertising
The Portland Cement Association, for in-
stance, selling no cement whatever but inter-
ested only in the extension of the knowledge
of the value and the uses to which cement can
be put, has within the past month released a
campaign which covers sixty-five important
cities of the United States. The Motorcycle
and Allied Trades Association are within the
next few days releasing a similar campaign on
the advantages of motorcycling. The lumber
manufacturers of the country are considering a
similar project and so are the big furni-
ture groups; same with the brick manu-
facturers, bankers, grapefruit and citrus grow-
ers. The furniture people have in mind a
comprehensive proposition to resell the
American home to the American peo-
ple and there are other similar activi-
ties under consideration in other lines. All of
this suggests what is actually being under-
taken, but however the question of a general
educational campaign on books is approached,
there is absolutely no question about the power
of advertising. Advertising is just like electric
current. You can buy as much of it as you
can use, but the use to which you put it is not
determined by the publishers of newspapers ^or
magazines, as long as your purposes are legiti-
mate. The newspaper has for sale in its ad-
vertising columns a merchandising service,
something like the mail service or even like
the railroads, and it plays its important part in
the efficient movement of goods from producer
to consumer.
A Newspaper Campaign
I feel that one of the reasons why books are
not more popular in America is to be found in
the fact that the national magazines are so ex-
tensively advertised. Incidentally, they are ex-
tensively advertised in the newspapers, the
newspapers being the reading matter which
reaches everyone who reads almost without ex-
ception. I was looking over the figures on one
of the Chicago papers recently and noticed
that in the year of 1919 well over $200,000 was
spent in this one paper for magazine adver-
tising alone. The question comes up then as
to whether it is worth-while for those inter-
ested in the sale of books to consider more
extensive use of paid space, not only to sell
books directly, but to widen the market
for books generally. I think in this connection
that booksellers would be particularly in-
terested in the story of the great campaign of
newspaper advertising conducted by the Liter-
ary Digest. The Literary Digest, in its cam-
paign which has utilized newspaper space,
settled on 680 lines of space for the regular
copy in the daily papers as being the most
effective, for this would give sufficient space
on the page to dominate the page, and the
headline would come over the center fold of
the newspaper. This campaign runs in 400
daily papers once a week, supplemented by
copy in full pages, which usually run about
three times a year in 100 to 400 of the largest
dailies. "So far," says the Literary Digest,
"we have increased the reader interest — proved
by tests. We have increased the number of
readers per copy — proved by test. We have
increased our circulation from 450,000 in 1916,
to 1,336,999 in 1920. We have increased our
gross revenue since the advertising campaign
started by over 360%. We have added to the
prestige of the Literary Digest — we feel it
every day. We have increased our potential
market from 2,500,000 to 13,000,000. We started
with six objectives. We have reached all six."
There is a feeling among many newspaper
men that book publishers are too much inter-
ested in the importance of book reviews in the
newspapers, and this in spite of the fact that
many publishers have book review pages on
certain days. I think the .thought is that the
readers of book review pages generally speak-
ing are already readers of books, and while
there is a possible criticism of the publisher
or a book seller who uses space on the literary
page with the thought that he may possibly
influence the book reviews on similar subse-
quent pages, there is also a feeling that the
book seller who limits his advertising work
to this consideration is indeed a little man in
a business sense. In other words, the question
is one of widening and deepening the market,
as the Literary Diqest did in its big campaign
and this seems to me to be the only point at
which I may possibly be able to say anything
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it may be really helpful to you. I do not
>w the book business, tho I love books, but
experience with newspaper advertising,
>vering a period of nearly twenty years, tells
le that the power of newspaper advertising
in be used to develop the book market in this
>untry or in this city as it has been used to
;lop many another proposition in a really
big and generally helpful way.
When it comes to the question of influencing
>pular favor in any direction whatsoever, the
reat outstanding, overtowering single factor is
ic daily newspaper. This is conceded almost
liversally. Politicians know this well. The
>ress agents all over the country know it and
would be astonishing to a great many book-
jllers to know what a tremendous industry the
>ress agent industry is, entirely outside of poli-
tics and movie stars. Fortunately for the news-
ipers and fortunately for the public, too, in
me respects, the press agent is not today the
ictor which he used to be. In other words,
ic tendency is more and more toward good,
traight, clean, legitimate news and editorial
comment, and paid space, which is equally
clean and legitimate.
Summarizing briefly, I would say that I
think America wants more books and that the
future years will crystallize this feeling.
America's interest in world trade and world
thought is bound to grow keener irrespective
of any purely political developments. As the
financial power of the world,, there is no escape
for us. Books on travel alone are sure to grow
more popular. But good novels of current
life and published dramas will be in increasing
demand, for we will want to know ourselves.
Second, booksellers want more business, gen-
erally speaking. Those two facts, plus the
power of newspaper advertising, will give a
development which from every possible point
of view is as desirable as it is healthy and
sound and enlightening, not to mention the
importance from a business point of view to
those immediately interested in the production
and sale of books. As a good American who
loves America and knows something of its
need and who also knows the broadening and
character-building effect of contact with good
literature, I most seriously urge you to give
this question of advertising more thought than
I believe it has yet received at your hands.
There will be something- in it for you, and
much in it for the countrv as a whole.
The Cost of Importing English Books
OOKS of prominence first published in
, Great Britain are usually remanufactured
here for the American market in order to
obtain copyright. Many titles, however, on
which there promises to be only small circula-
tion are brought over in the English edition in
quantities from 200 copies up. When the
American importer lists this book for Ameri-
can sale he bases his price on the English
price plus the special cost that will naturally
accrue in handling merchandise^ in small lots.
As public libraries can bring in books duty
free, they usually, in ordering, furnish the
' iport ag'ent with the necessary Custom House
3cuments in order that their copies may be
ssed thru without the 15% duty. Some few
uuokstores fill their own special orders for
newly announced English books by bringing in
their own copies by mail and paying the duty.
For many years there was a general use of
4oc. to the shilling as a T)asis for pricing
small imported lots of English books, with
lower prices according to the quantity ^ im-
ported, as a larger quantity gave the publisher
lower purchase price in England. Sometimes
this list price was as low as 25c. to the
shilling.
The question is now frequently asked in the
trade whether the low rate of exchange should
not bring a reduction in the average price on
importations, especially when it is considered
that the duty on books less than twenty years
old is now" 15%, while it was at one time
25%. Several things entered into the import-
ing conditions, according to inquiries at Ameri-
can publishing offices, which have prevented'
these changes in exchange and tariff from
having the expected effect on price levels.
While custom duties have gone down in per-
centage, they have in actual practice been kept
at the old level, because of the Custom House
rulings that have decreed that the 15% duty
shall be leveled on an assumed English whole-
sale price instead of on the actual price that
the American importer has paid; for instance,
if a publisher bought the American market on
a 6 shilling book by taking 500 copies at 2
shillings each, he would not, as would seem
most natural, pay duty on 2 shillings a copy,
'but would pay 15% on 4 shillings, as the cus-
toms officials rule that duty shall be leveled on
what is a wholesale London rate. This has
offset and even increased the actual amount of
duty paid per book over the old 25% rate.
Another item to be considered is the fact that
English publishers, under the pressure of their
increasing production costs, have been steadily
increasing their required price per shilling for
exported editions. These increasing costs,
which have been even heavier in percentage in
England than here, have gradually pared down
the margin of operation which the English
publisher has, and, while he has not been able
to pass all . this percentage of increase
into his list prices, he has claimed that he has
been obliged to make it show in his selling of
editions for export.
Besides these two elements, there has been
a great increase in the cost of getting books to
this country. Freight rates are about three
times what they were before the war, and in-
surance has increased in proportion. English
handling of shipments has gone up tremend-
ously, and their packing cases three to four
times the cost of the charges in former days.
One publisher recently received a packing case
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bill, showing charges of 315. 6d., when a
similar case previously had been 7s. 6d.
These different items have in total offset the
saving made by tariff and exchange, and retail
booksellers have been accepting the prices set
on such titles, knowing that English prices
must have advanced even more than our own,
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faced as they are with a general merchandise
level that went many points beyond our own
recorded index figures. These radical changes
have perhaps pressed not so strongly on the
library importer, as he is at all times saved
the tariff cost which the retail bookseller can-
not escape.
Program of the Booksellers' Convention
21st Annual Gathering — Atlantic City, Hotel Traymore May 10-11-12,
General Theme : How Shall We Reach the Non Book-Reader
MONDAY EVENING — MAY QTH
The Reception Committee with their red
badges will be active in welcoming the arriv-
ing members.
J. L. Thompson, of Charles Scribner's Sons,
Chairman.
TUESDAY — MAY IOTH
Morning Session
10 o'clock. — Convention called to order.
President's Address. Eugene L. Herr. Re-
ports from Secretary-Treasurer and standing
committees.
11.45. — Introductory Address on the Conven-
tion's General Theme by Carl H. Milam, Sec-
retary of th£ American Library Association,
and former executive of the Library War
Service.
Afternoon Session
"What the People Want To Read," from the
point of view of those not actively in the book-
trade — editor, publisher, author, clerk.
Speakers: Henry Blackman Sell, editor
of Harper's Bazar and former editor of the
Chicago Daily News book section.
Robert Cortes Holliday, literary advisor to
Henry Holt & Co., author of "Walking
Stick Papers," etc.
Honore Willsie, author of "The En-
chanted Canyon," etc.
Daniel Longwell, salesman at the Penn-
sylvania Terminal Book Shop.
General Discussion
WEDNESDAY — MAY IITH
Morning Session
"How Can the Bookseller Create a Public
and Give It What It Wants."
1. Forum from the Bookseller's Point of
View.
a. The large bookshop by A. Kroch of
Chicago.
b. The department store by Franklin J.
Fletcher, New York, merchandising expert.
c. The small town bookshop. Speaker to
be announced.
2. Advertising and Publicity Aids.
a. Co-operative advertising and book pub-
licity campaigns by Frederic G. Melcher.
b. The bookseller's advertising problems by
F. W. Hopkins, general sales manager of the
Columbia Graphophone Company and former
president of the Advertising Men's League.
Open discussion on all phases of the pro-
gram.
Afternoon Session
"Practical Methods of Increasing Bookshop
Efficiency."
1. An Ideal Accounting System for a Re-
tail Books'hop by John R. Wildman, expert
accountant.
2. (General Trade Conditions, Business Op-
timism and Co-operation. Speaker to be an-
nounced. General discussion.
THURSDAY — MAY I2TH
Morning Session
Executive Session. Adoption of Resolutions.
Election of Officers.
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Whitney Darrow, Chairman.
The Dance — Tuesday evening, May. 10, from
9 p. m. to 12 p. m., there will be a costume
dance in the Convention Room on the Eleventh
Floor under the auspices of The Women
Booksellers' Association. Everyone is urged to
come in costume. No one, however, will be
barred if not in costume. The costume should
represent a book title or a character in a book.
Prizes for the most original costumes. Re-
freshments at eleven. No charge. Miss Alice
Dempsey, of Gimbel Brothers, Chairman.
The Play — This will be a unique feature of
the Convention. The play and the music have
been written by members of the Association
and the entire cast is composed of members.
Doors open at 7.30 p. m. Curtain at 8.15 p. m.
Wednesday evening. May n, Steel Pier Ball
Room. Tickets will be given out at time of
registration or may be had at any time from
Convention Secretaries or Reception Commit-
tee. There will be no extra charge for ad-
mission to the Pier this evening — just show
your play ticket at the gate. No charge. Rob-
ert C. Anderson, of Putnam's, Chairman.
The Banquet — Submarine Grill, Hotel Tray-
more, 7 p. m. Thursday, May 12. Guests will
meet in the Reception Room adjoining the ban-
quet hall. There will be several novel fea-
tures. There will be but three speakers, but
they are men of national interest. Dinner
tickets $6.00, obtainable at Convention Office.
Tables seat eight and application for seats with
friends should be made at time of obtaining
tickets. David J. O'Connell of Funk and
Wagnalls, will be in charge of the seating.
The seating list will close at 5 p. m., Wednes-
day, May ii. Applicants after that time will
be assigned seats in order of application and
their names will not be on the seating lists.
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The Banquet Committee
THE Convention Committee announces that
David J. O'Connell is to have in charge
the seating of the banquet, and J. L. Thomp-
son of Scribner's will head the special
Reception Committee. This latter Commit-
tee will be extended to include other mem-
bers and will be a special feature of this Con-
vention. Members of this Committee will be
found on duty thruqut the Convention and
at all hours to answer questions and make
strangers feel at home. The Committee in
charge of arranging special features for the
banquet will include :
Melville Minton, of Charles Scribner's
Sons ;
David J. O'Connell, of Funk & Wagnalls ;
James Le Gallez, of the Philadelphia North
American;
H. F. Savage of Frederick Stokes & Co.
E. W. Ziegler, of George H. Doran Co.
J. L. Thompson, of Charles Scrijbner's
Sons;
H. C. Lewis, of Dodd, Mead & Company.
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When the Book-Trade
Gets Together
Atlantic City— May 10, n, 12
FULL announcements as to the
plans and program for the big
Atlantic City convention on May
ioth-i2th have been sent out by the
Publicity Committee, and already
there are indications that the at-
tendance will be unusual.
No feature of the arrangements
has, perhaps, been happier than the
plan to bring all attending under
one roof, which was the feature that
really carried the vote in favor of
Atlantic City at the time of last
year's convention. In spite of the
splendid working arrangements that
have been developed in the recent
big city conventions, it was feft by
many that there would be a great
advantage in the general convention
spirit if all could be gathered in one
hotel, which would not be possible
in the big cities. Not the least valu-
able part of the conventions is the
casual and informal conferences be-
tween one bookseller and another,
and these conferences most naturally
come about between the general ses-
sions or at informal meals together.
By having a large proportion of the
registration at the Hotel Traymore,
the personal gain from new contacts
and informal discussions can be
greatly increased.
Especially will this be so under
the splendid arrangements that have
been made with the hotel. It is
fortunate that May is the conven-
tion month, as in no other month in
the year would it have been possible
to arrange for such complete accommoda-
tions as the Traymore has given, a conven-
tion hall on a quiet upper floor, committee
rooms with every convenience that a con-
vention could desire. Besides this, the
Traymore has given rates for the con-
vention people that will not bring the
cost above the cost incurred in any large city
hotel, European plan from $4 to $5 per person
per day, and on the American plan, $9 to $10
a day. When the cost of good hotel meals is
reckoned, the latter figure, it will be seen, is
moderate, and the cuisine of the Traymore is
famous.
There has been a broadening of the charac-
ter of the convention in the last few years,
and, besides booksellers and publishers, there
will be literary editors, librarians and book
lovers, who are working to foster the love of
reading and the ownership of books.
PAPER MILLS MAY CLOSE DOWN
Late reports on the paper mill situation in-
dicate that the mills may be closed by strike
on May nth.
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A Campaign Magnificent
A CAMPAIGN that assumes truly mag-
nificent proportions is that with which the
Curtis Publishing Company is to con-
nect the Country Gentleman and Zane Grey's
popularity. The book-trade has always quoted
with awe and respect the figures that come
forward from Washington Square, but it is
not common for the publicity campaigns which
are launched from that energetic organization
to have any very definite connection with the
(Distribution of books. This time, however, it
is book popularity which is to be tapped by
the Curtis Company to increase the popularity
of a periodical.
In the issue of May 28th of the Country
Gentleman there is to appear the first install-
ment of a new Zane Grey story that is to run
for twelve weeks. The present circulation of
the Country Gentleman is 900,000, and the
Curtis Company believe that they are going to
increase the circulation of this third child of
theirs by aBout a quarter million on account of
Zane Grey's popularity. This is certainly a
testimonial to what Harper and Grosset and
Dunlap have done in popularizing these west-
ern stories.
The unusual feature of their campaign is
this : In the Saturday Evening Post of the
same week, which goes onto the neswsstands
on Thursday, May 26th, there is to be carried
in every one of its 2,400,000 circulation a re-
print of this first installment. This does not
mean that the story is to continue in the Sat-
urday Evening Post, but readers are referred
to the Country Gentleman of the next week
if they would like to keep on with the story.
At the same time, in the Ladies' Plome Journal
in its newsstand; circulation, which runs well
over 1,000,000, there will be inserted a reprint
of the same installment. If, as experts figure,
there are about five readers to every copy of a
popular magazine, this seems to indicate that
about 20,000,000 people will have the name of
Zane Grey blazed before their eyes during that
week, and, altho these figures sound large
enough to the book-trade who are willing to
talk in terms of tens of thousands, this is not
the end of the publicity.
There will also be released during that week
a new film from Zane Grey's "Man of the
Forest," and to those houses in which this is
shown there will be distributed reprints of this
first installment for general circulation. Be-
sides this, movie people are to make a general
campaign to get display of four other pre-
vious Zane Grey films under the general pub-
licity of Zane Grey Week.
It is under such tremendous campaigns as
this that the Zane Grey book publishers move
forward to secure for the book-trade adequate
results from the big general event. Harper, of
course, has already a wide distribution for
Zane Grey's January book, "The Mysterious
Rider," and will connect this publicity with
next January's publication of "To the Last
Man" in book form. In the meantime, Grosset
and Dunlap, co-operating with Harper, are
outlining to dealers thruout the country plans
for a Zane Grey Week which will give every
dealer a chance to accumulate many dollai
bills by the display of the popular copyright
titles of Zane Grey. All dealers are being
urged to erect on a low platform a Zane Grey
pyramid, each terrace to give a different Zane
Grey title. They are also to have 300,000 extra
copies of the reprint from the Country Gentle-
man for distribution.
Some stores are accepting the idiea of putting
a second Zane Grey pyramid in the window
and starting a guessing contest as to how
many volumes are used in building the pyra-
mid, the prize for the nearest guesser to be a
• set of the Zane Grey books.
A great "deal of dealer help material has
also been arranged by Harper and Grosset and
Dunlap, which will connect the new serial, the
films and the books into one complete effort,
and moving picture houses are to be supplied
with display plates, emphasizing the Zane Grey
Week. W. R. Richardson, of Harper and
Brothers, and[ F. L. Reed, of Grosset and Dun-
lap, have been working in close co-operation
with the publicity director of the Curtis Pub-
lishing Company and the W. W. Hodkinson
Corporation, so that all the different types of
publicity will tie up closely together.
Navy Department Book Sale
A^OUT 75,000 volumes of miscellaneous
fiction, science, history, etc., are being
offered by the Navy Department, Bureau
of Supplies and Accounts, for public sale in
a bulletin dated March 28th, and just re-
ceived in the trade. This list, which con-
sists of 46 multigraphed pages, is offered at
what the bulletin states are the prices at
which they were charged to the enlisted per-
sonnel of the Navy during the war. All orders
amounting to $250 or more are subject to a
reduction in price of 20 per cent, and, in
addition to this, quantity discounts are appli-
cable of two per cent for a $2000 order, five
per cent on $5000, ten per cent on $10,000, 15
per cent on $25,000. The bulletin is signed
under direction of the Paymaster General.
These books seem to be material bought
for the Navy Department for use on their
various ships, and are in quantities varying
from one up to 100 or more, and in some
cases of technical books quantities run into
the thousands. The plan of selling them from
lists of this kind seems to have been based
on the Department's experience in selling
general merchandise. The prices listed are
about one-third to 40 per cent off what were
the list prices of two years ago.
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1261
Such a large and miscellaneous group of
books has seldom come onto the market at
any one time, and it seems unlikely that they
can be moved thru the usual bookselling
channels at the prices that are now listed.
The first group is of naval and military
books, for which the trade has small outlet.
This group varies from one copy of "The
Philadelphia Ex-Meridian Table" at $2.96 to
5082 copies of "The Handybook for Enlisted
Men" at 22 c.
The next group covers History, Biography
and Geography, 12 typewritten sheets. Typical
titles are 70 of Lodge's "Hamilton" at 85 c. ; 50
Fiske's "American Revolution" at $2.64; 50
Coffin's "Building the Nation" at $1.57; 150
"Rand, McNally Commercial Atlas" at $25 ;
100 copies of Dunn's "History of Indiana" at
89 c. And from these quantities they run
down to threes, fours and fives of various
well known titles at proportionate prices.
Then follows three pages of philosophy and
religion in quantities from eight or ten; for-
eign languages, one page, largely of diction-
aries; science, one page, running from 2500
of Myers' "Steam Turbines" at $3.23 down to
25 copies of Houston's "Wonder Book of
Light" at $1.02; Law and Diplomacy, 10 titles,
including 24 sets of Kent's "Cbmmentairies"
at $18.50.
The fiction list is 26 pages long, about
1300 different titles, or about 35,000 volumes.
Some of the larger quantities are Walter
Scott editions, having from 100 to 200 vol-
umes per title, at 38 c. to 40 c. a volume,
edition not mentioned, tho probably Every-
man's. Most of the fiction quantities vary
from 5 to 40 and are very largely contem-
porary, altho not current titles. Hall Caine
is here, Charles Coffin, Walter Camp, Cham-
bers, Chesterton, Davis, Howells, Kingsley,
Locke, Mabie, Charles Reade, Quiller-Couch,
Roosevelt, etc. Many of the fiction titles
would be 'classed as boys' books in the trade.
The prices on this list run about one-third to
40 per cent off the list price.
This huge catalog has been sent out to
the trade, and it is the presumption that if
they are not sold by this method they may
be offered in other channels at a later date.
(
Cambridge History Withdrawn
GP. PUTNAM'S SONS have stopped the
• sale of the fourth and last volume of
"The Cambridge History of American Litera-
ture" and will recall all the copies of it so fat-
on the market. This action comes as a result
of objections to an article in it on Christian
Science written by Dr. Woodbridge Riley,
Professor of Philosophy in Vassar College.
^ The offending article came before the atten-
tion of Albert F. Gilmore in charge of the
Christian Science Committee on Publication
for the State of New York who straightway
raised objection to the whole tone of the article
and to a certain paragraph in particular. In
answer, Major George Haven Putnam and
Irving Putnam say that in course of publica-
tion this important work has been handled
entirely, so far as editorial responsibility is
concerned by Professor W. P. Trent of Co-
lumbia and his colleagues. Professor Riley's
article had not been read by any one of the
firm's publishing board before publication.
Irving Putnam claims that he was aston-
ished at the tone of the article, that it was
written in a light and flippant vein without due
reverence for the subject of a religion believed
in by several millions of persons. Major Put-
nam subsequently confirmed the opinion of his
brother and said that they could hardly afford
to offend two million readers.
Between 1500 and 2000 books have already
gone out and it will cost the firm considerable
to blot out the edition. The Rev. Dr. Lyman
P. Powell, President of Hobart College, has
consented to write a substitute article, cover-
ing the same ground but covering it in "a way
which will not be offensive and which will be
in language that G. P. Putnam's will be will-
ing to endorse."
Professor Riley, author of "American
Thought From Puritanism to Pragmatism"
(Holt), who wrote the condemned "Science
and Health" article feels that he has treated
the subject fairly, saying that the essay is
based on first-hand information, altho much
of the material has been suppressed by
Christian Scientists.
New York Bindery Situation
THRU an emergency committee at Room
321, Hotel Pennsylvania, the Employing
Book Binders' Association of New York
is handling the more pressing needs of the
publishers by placing these jobs in the few
producing shops.
Publishers have so far had their immediate
needs cared for and as the month of April is
ebb tide in book manufacturing the pressure
has not yet become severe. Publishers are
taking the attitude that by standing behind
the binders in this emergency conditions
can be obtained that will help production and
permit edition work being done in the city at
reasonably near out-of-town prices.
In the Knickerbocker Bindery, in which the
Unions called the strike that precipitated the
present decision to organize open shops, there
is now a full staff at work in all departments.
Three other binderies are working and new
workers slowly coming in.
Pulp Wood Consumption
COMPLETE government reports on 1920
pulp wood consumption have just been
printed, showing that the amount of pulp con-
sumed by the mills and principal paper-making
plants was 177/10% greater in 1920 than in
1918. These figures are published in connec-
tion with the study being made of the pulp
wood situation by the American Paper and
Pulp Association and the Census Bureau.
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The Photo Engraving Situation
IN the last day of the New York State Legis-
lature the bill known as "The Meyer-Martin
Bill" was passed. This will greatly relieve the
situation in the photo-engraving field and take
away a threat to the printing industry. At
present the Photo-Engravers' Union of New
York has an agreement with its employers
under which the minimum price of photo-
engravings is fixed by the Union. This ar-
rangement was put thru by the Union under
the argument that no union man could afford
to work in a shop that charged less than the
minimum set. While it may be true that any
workman is at a disadvantage if he works for
a shop whose prices become so low that they
can not pay a living wage, in practical appli-
cation this would mean that the workman
could set the price for any commodity in whose
produce he had a part. This would give him
a power that is forbidden to manufacturers of
general merchandise.
The reason that this unusual contract could
not te legally reached under the New York
State Law was because the Donnelly Anti-
Trust Act by its wording applied only to
"commodities in common use," and when suit
was attempted the courts ruled that photo-
engravings didj not fall in this class. The
wording of the Act has now been changed by
the Meyer-Martin Bill, so that this kind of
price-fixing will be illegal.
There was an attempt to remedy this situa-
tion last year, but nothing was accomplished.
For work in this session the organization of
newspaper publishers determined to make a
vigorous stand for a correction of this situa-
tion, and they were supported in this by the
organization of periodical publishers and by the
National Association of Book Publishers.
All users of photo-engraving felt that if this
situation was not now faced the plan of raising
prices by union manifesto would be extended
to other branches of printing and plate-making.
In union circles this bill was considered one of
the most important that it was their duty to
fight against, and Samuel Gompers visited Al-
bany during the last few days of the session
and got the promise of having the bill put on
the shelf until next January, but, on account
of the vigorous protest from all three or-
ganizations, the bill was brought out by Gov-
ernor Miller and passed on April i6th. The
present price-fixing arrangement between the
photo-engraving shops and the Union now be-
comes illegal.
Sales Tax Bill Introduced
A TAXATION that is likely to line up
retail interest against the interest of large
corporations is now under active discussion
before the new Congress. Several bills, em-
bodying the principle of a sales tax, have
been introduced, one by Senator Smoot, which
he estimates will raise two billion dollars, or
about half of the total revenues of the gov-
ernment. This bill would tax all sales ex-
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cept those on goods such as tobaccos, bever-
ages, automobiles, and sporting goods which
are already taxed. Senator Smoot estimates
that, altho a commodity may pass thru a half
dozen hands, the ultimate increase to the pur-
chaser would not be over 3^4%. Several
other bills, embodying this sales tax prin-
ciple are also introduced.
In the application to the book business this
would mean i% on manufacturing bills to
the publisher, i% on the publisher's whole-
sale price, and, if the books pass thru a job-
ber, i% there, and again i% on the retailer's
sales. The publisher who had his own bind-
ing plant would avoid one of these taxes,
and if the publisher did his own direct sell-
ing, one or two other impacts of the tax
would be avoided. This would undoubtedly
tend toward giving an advantage to direct
dealing. Another disadvantage to the book-
trade is that books are sold at a fixed price,
and the extra i% cannot easily be put on at
the consumer's end as can be done so easily
on unidentified merchandise.
Wage Scales in Binderies
IN' putting out its announcement of open
shop conditions, the Employing Binders'
Association of New York has specified that it
will not now recognize any limit of output
such as has been the former shop practice, and
has announced wage scales based on the 48-
hour week, running from $24 up to $48. These
scales run about 10 per cent less than the
previous ranges, as follows : $48, head stamp-
er; $45, extra finisher; $42, stampers, head
sheetman; $40, stock cutter, book trimming
machine operator, power rounder and backer,
case-making machine operator, casing-in-
mac'hine operator, marbler, extra forwarder,
extra finisher's assistant, circuit bible worker,
folding machine operator, gathering machine
stitcher and coverer; $38, sheet and plate cut-
ter, book trimming machine operator, circu-
lar rough trimmer operator, hand rounder,
hand case maker and stretcher, casing-in by
hand, book repairer, gathering machine oper-
ator, assistant on sticher and coverer ; $36,
assistant >sheetman, board cutter, smashing
machine operator, builder in, coloring edge,
assistant folding machine operator ; $35, par-
ing machine operator; $34, sheet straighten-
ers; $30, hand gluer up, pasting off by hand,
casing-in machine assistants; $26, head gold
layer ; $24, gold layer ; all extras to remain as
on the present scale, every shop having six
men or less to have one stamper's apprentice,
with one extra for every six men, and the book
binders shall have one apprentice for every
five men, apprentices to receive $15 the first
year, $20 the second, $25 the third, and $30
the fourth.
Fine Time for Vamps
Publisher — I think your book might go if
you had a more up-to-date heroine.
Bestseller — That sounds like a good idea.
I'll revamp it. — Life.
April 23, 1921
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Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
ANOTHER BOOK displayed during Music
Week was Esther Singleton's "The Orchestra
and Its Instruments" (Brentano).
FRANK SWINNERTON says that "They Went"
(Dodd, Mead) was one of the most extraor-
dinary books of the year in England.
i
THE -TENTATIVE title of Mrs. Larz Anderson's
new book is "Her Lost Love Letters." It has
an appreciative foreword by Basil King
(Page).
THE ROYAL CANADIANS, now no longer the
North West Mounted Police, are the center
of action in the latest novel of Ethel and
James Dorrance, "Get Your Man" (Mac-
aulay).
VITAMINES are now being as hard worked
by the press as calories were but a few years
ago. Most reliable information about these
mysterious factors of human food without
which man sickens and eventually dies is to
be had in a recent Dutton publication, Dr.
Benjamin Harrow's "Vitamines."
THE LATEST ADDITION to Lippincott's Chil-
dren's Classics Series is '"The King of the
•Golden River" bound in one volume with
"Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Won-
derful Cats" and illustrated in color by Maria
L. Kirk.
PROFESSOR ALBERT EINSTEIN delivered the
first of a series of four lectures at the Col-
lege of the City of New York this week be-
fore the Faculty and their guests. The dis-
tinguished scientist's own account of "Relativ-
ity" has just been sent to press for the second
time by Henry Holt and Company.
HUEBSCH HAS just published the poems of
Wilfred Owen. When the book was published
in England, Middleton Murry, of the London
Nation and Athenaeum, wrote: "Here in thirty-
three brief pages is; the evidence that Wilfred
Owen was the greatest poet of the war."
THE LASTt PUBLIC message of John Bur-
roughs was a tribute to his old friend W. D.
Howells which was read at the Howells' Mem-
orial ceremonies of the American Academy
of Arts and Letters held in New York, only a
few weeks before Mr. Burroughs' own death.
Both men left unpublished manuscripts, Mr.
Burroughs of two books on outdoor subjects,
and Mr. Howells of the novel, "The Vacation
of the Kelwyns" which Harper & Brothers
brought out some months ago.
STACY AUMONIER'S new collection of short
stories, "The Golden Windmill" was ready on-
April ipth.
ARTHUR MASON, author of "The Flying:
Bo'sun" (Holt), is preparing to leave New
York shortly for a visit to his old friends, the
various ports of South America, to be gone
four months.
SELDOM is a book's appearance more timely
than that of "Revolution" by J. D. Beresford,
author of the "Jacob Stahl" trilogy, to be pub-
lished by the Putnams early in May. The
novel is a forecast of social disruption in
England.
THAT THE DRAMATISTS of Europe have been
part of a steady development which has
reached its height and is now disintegrating
is the contention of Miss Storm Jameson in
"Modern Drama in Europe" which Harcourt,
Brace and Company have just published.
THE PRESENT craze for South Sea literature
together with the appearance of Frederick
O'Brien's new book, "Mystic Isles of the South
Seas" make that faraway, enchanting land of
Tahiti a quite general topic of conversation
these days. Few of us know, however, that by
those who live there Tahiti is pronounced
"Tity" (long i) — to rhyme quite perfectly with
nightie.
WILLIAM LYON PHELPS, in reviewing Dos-
toevsky's "The Friend of the Family" (Mac-
millan), in the New York Post Literary Re-
view last week, said, "This is the twelfth and
final volume in the novels of Dostoevsky, trans-
lated by Constance Garnett; and we must con-
gratulate her on the completion of her task
and congratulate as well the English-speaking
world. For the first time these mighty works
of genius are all accessible in English and
translated by one who was foreordained! for
the purpose. Great translators are rarer than
great creative writers; the requirements are
an absolute knowledge of two languages, a
conscientious fidelity to accuracy, and an in-
stinctive feeling for the right word and the
right phrase. To see how admirable the work
of Mrs. Garnett is one has only to compare
her translations of Turgenev and Tolstoi with
other versions. Those who do not yet know
their Dostoevsky have a great experience com-
ing to them. I advise them to read him in the
following order: First, 'Crime and Punish-
ment' ; second, 'The House of the Dead' ; third,
'The Idiot.' If they have survived thus far
they will then be ready to read Dosteovsky's
masterpiece, 'The Brothers Karamazov,' which
plumbs depths and reaches heights known to
no other novelist in the world."
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Changes in Prices
ISAAC PITMAN & SONS
History and Economics of Transport, Kirkaldy, $5.00.
Arithmetic of Telegraphy and Telephony, Herbert,
$2.00.
Electro Deposition of Copper, Denny, $1.00.
Steam Locomotive Construction, Ahrons, $1.00.
Advanced Accounts, Carter, $4.00.
Principles and Practice of Commerce, Stephenson,
$4.00.
English-German Mercantile Correspondence, Pitman,
$2.00.
Junior Woman Secretary, Davis, 8oc.
Alternating Current Work, Maycock, $4.00.
Dictionary of Typewriting, Etheridge, $3.00.
Carpentry and Joinery, Fletcher, $4.00.
The Runaway Airship and Other Tales, Pitman, 7oc.
Pitman's Shorthand Drill Exercises, 3$c.
George H. Mifflin
The following resolution has been adopted
by the Boston Booksellers' Association :
WHEREAS: It has been the will of All-
wise Providence to remove from earthly activi-
ty George Harrison Mifflin, the honored Presi-
dent of Houghton Mifflin Company, be it
therefore
RESOLVED: That the members of the
Boston Booksellers' Association feel keenly the
loss of one who has long been the leading
personage among those engaged in the book-
producing and; book-distributing interests of
our section. Cultured scholar, polished gentle-
man, wide-visioned man of affairs, genial host,
kind neighbor, his was the good fortune to
combine a noble mind with a winsome and
commanding presence. Representing the best
traditions of New England and as worthy as
welcome a companion of the most talented
members of the literary and artistic craft, he
honored the calling to .which he had given the
many years of his mature life, happily active
until the end.
RESOLVED: That our deep sympathy be
extended to the family and professional asso-
ciates of the strong man who has gone, whose
memory should inspire each of us to try to
be a credit to his work.
THE BOSTON BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCI-
ATION.
By its Committee:
WARREN F. GREGORY,
VERNOR M. SCHENCK.
Given at Boston this twelfth day of April, in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
The Fair Trade Bill
REPRESENTATIVE M. Clyde > Kelly,
of Pennsylvania, has introduced into the
new Congress the bill known as "The
Stephens-Kelly Bill," whose purpose it is to
obtain a fair opportunity for identified mer-
chandise in the open field. The American
Fair Tradle League will give full support to
this effort. The book-trade is among those
particularly interested in the passage of this
bill, as it is intended to give aid to makers
of identified merchandise and to enable them
to develop .their market without fear of their
reputation being- used in general cut-pricing
to aid the sale of unidentified merchandise.
Active Membership Campaign
AN aggressive campaign for increasing the
membership in the American Booksellers'
Association has been launched for the p re-
Convention weeks by Eugene L. Herr, of
Lancaster, President of the Association, and
John G. Kidd, of Cincinnati, Chairman of
the (Membership Committee. Mr. Herr has
asked forty-four members in different parts
of the country to serve as agents for the
Membership Committee, and has written, ask-
ing them to co-operate in bringing the im-
portant work of the Association to the atten-
tion of people in their locality, with the hope
that each agent may find from two to four
new members for the Association. A new
roster of present members has been sent out,
in order that this canvass may be directed
toward those not now members.
The Association is now coming to its
twenty-first birthday, and during that time
it has seen the trade solidified and become
aggressive with new spirit and new power.
There is a general confidence in the future
of the book-trade that has not existed for
years, and this spirit has been largely de-
veloped by the togetherness of the trade. The
plea for membership thus put forward ought
to receive a prompt response from booksel-
lers who are interested in the future of the
business, and who appreciate what organiza-
tion has done and can do for the business.
Periodical Notes
AUGUST SCHERL, widely known in Germany
as the pioneer of "American journalism," is
dead at the age of 72. He was founder of the
Lokal Anzeiger, Die Woche and other period-
icals. Without ever having visited the United
States he introduced what passed as the Amer-
ican style of journalism. In this he was aided
by von Kupfer and others who had served an
apprenticeship in America.
Beginning with the May issue, Glenn Frank
will assume complete editorial direction of
the Century Magazine. The assistant editor
will be Max Aley. The form of the magazine
is to be changed, specially manufactured
paper, and larger and more open type being
used. The same cover, resembling leather,
will be used each month.
Business Notes
WASHINGTON. — Fred E. Woodward, head of
the book department of Woodward & Lothrop.
the Washington department store, was one of
the committee on arrangements in the cele-
bration that the firm and its employees had on
April gth, attended by eighty-one members of
the organization who had been with the firm
twenty years. S. W. Woodward and A. M.
Lothrop founded the business forty-one years
ago.
April 23, 1921
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This list aims to be a complete and accurate record of American book publications.
Pamphlets will be included only if of special value. Publishers should send copies of all
books promptly for annotation and entry, and the receipt of advance copies insures record
simultaneous with publication. The annotations are descriptive, not critical; intended to
place not to judge the books. Pamphlet material and books of lesser trade interest are listed
in smaller type.
The entry is transcribed from title page when the book is sent for record. Prices are added except
when not supplied by publisher or obtainable only on specific request. When not specified the binding is cloth.
Imprint date is stated lor best available date, preferably copyright date, in bracket] only when it
differs from year of entry. Copyright date is stated only when it differs from imprint date: otherwise
simply lfc." No ascertainable date is designated thus: [«. rf.].
Sizes are indicated as follows: F. (.folio: over 30 centimeters high); Q
25 cm.); D. (izmo: 20 cm.); S. (i6mo: 17^2 cm.); T. (24mo: 15 cm.) ; Tt. ($2mo: i2l/2 cm.); Ff.
10 cm.); sq., obi., nor., designate square, oblong, narrow.
(4to : under 30 cm.); O. (&vo:
Adam, Z. [Adam Zakrzewski]
Historic de esperanto; 1887-1912. 144 p. O
Phil., Peter Reilly pap. 60 c.
Bible
The Bible and the scriptural ground of
divorce forgery by A Churchman. 135 p. O
(Library of religious thought) [c. '21] Bost,
Badger $1.50 n.
Bland, John Otway Percy
China, Japan and Korea. 10+327 p. front.
pis. O '21 N. Y., Scribner $5 n.
A study of the Far East which is divided into
two parts, first: Historical survey; second: Studies
and impressions. The author spent more than thirty
years in China in an executive capacity.
Bouquet, Alan Coates
Is Christianity the final religion; a can-
did enquiry with the materials for an opin-
ion. 10+350 p. D '21 N. Y., Macmillan $4 n.
Bradford, George W.
Wayside lyrics. 52 p. D c. Bost., The
Stratford Co. bds. $1.25 n.
Verses of the out-of-doors, together with a few
translations from the Chinese.
Bruce, Philip Alexander
History of the University of Virginia ;
1819-1919; the lengthened shadow of one
man ; 4 v. ; centennial ed. various paging
fronts. O [c. '20] N. Y., Macmillan $18 n.
The account of Thomas Jefferson's activities as an
educational reformer and promoter of public instruc-
tion.
Burkitt, Robert, tr.
The hills and the corn; a legend of the
Kekchi Indians of Guatemala put in writing
by the late Tiburtius Kaal and others and tr.
in English, various paging pis. O (Univ.
of Pa., the Univ. Museum anthropological
pub., v. 8, no. 2) '20 N. Y., Appleton pap.
$2n.
Bush, Mrs. Rebecca Gibbons Ta.tnall [Mrs.
Walter D. Bush]
What and how; a practical cook book for
every day living. 350 p. O1 [c. '20] Wil-
mington, Del., Greenwood Bk. Shop $2.50 n.
Recipes for from four to six persons.
Carter, Carrie Giles, ed.
The life of Chauncey Giles; as told in his
diary and correspondence ; compiled and ed.
by his daughter. 478 p. front, (por.) O '20
Bost., Massachusetts New-Church Union, 134
Bowdoin St. $4
The biography of Mr. Giles, who occupied during
his lifetime important pastorates in Cincinnati,
Philadelphia and New York.
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers
Pyrometry; the papers and discussion of a sym-
posium on pyrometry held by the American insti-
tute of mining and metallurgical engineers at its
Chicago meeting, Sept., 1919; in co-operation with
the National research council and the National
bureau of standards. 6+701 p. il. diagrs. O '20
N. Y., Am. Inst. of Mining & Metallurgical Engi-
neers, 25 W. 39th St. 54 leath. $6
Axelrad, Philip
Bogatul si sigurul sumadas sau mioul constabil
cu un adaos de socoteli pentru lefuri si procente. [a
ready reckoner in the Roumanian language]. 126 p.
tabs. S [c. '19] N. Y., Biblioteca Romana, 72
Greenwich St. pap. 60 c.
Conner, Samuel Dicken, and Fergus, Ernest Newton
Borax in fertilizers; pt. i, Borax to cornj pt. 2,
American vs. German potash salts. 15 p. charts
il. tabs. O (Bull. no. 239) '20 Lafayette, Ind., Agri-
cultural Experiment Station pap. gratis
Bateman, Harry
Stability of the parachute and helicopter. 11 p.
diagrs. Q (U. S. Advisory committee for aeronau-
tics; report no. 80) '20 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pi. Off.,
Supt. of Doc. pap.
Beal, A. F.
Jewelers' and silversmiths' weights and measures;
2nd ed.; a rev. and enl. ed. of Bu. of Standards
circular no. 43 [ist ed.], issued Nov. i, 1913; en-
titled The metric carat. 46 p. tabs, diagrs. O
(Dept. of Commerce, Bu. of Standards, circular no.
43) '21 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc.
pap. 10 c.
Bergen County Historical Society
Addresses, membership roll; semi-annual meet-
ing. 72 p. il. O (Proceedings no. 13) '21 Hacken-
sack, N. J., Bergen Co. Hist. Society pap. $i
Branner, John Casper
Outlines of the geology of Brazil to accompany
the geologic map of Brazil; [reprinted from the
Bull, of the Geological society of America, v. 30;
2nd ed.]. 150 p. il. pis. fold, map diagrs. O 'ao
N. Y., Geological Society of America, 15 W. 77th
St. pap. $3.35 n.
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Carter, Thomas
The story of the New Testament ; introd.
by Fitzgerald S. Parker. 205 p. (2 p. bibl.) D
c. '20 Nashville, Term., Pub. House of the
M. E. Church, South 90 c. n.
Cherrington, Ernest Hurst
The evolution of prohibition in the United
States of America; a chronological history
of the liquor problem and the temperance
reform in the United States from the earli-
est settlements to the consummation of na-
tional prohibition. 384 p. O [c. '20] Wester-
ville, O., The American Issue Pub. Co. pap.
$i; $i-35
The author is general secretary of the World
league against socialism.
Clary, Ace Leland
Hobo limited; [the latest and most humor-
ous train and tramp stories]. 6-f-6o p. por. D
[c. '21] Temple, Tex., R. O. Gresham 40 c.
Clemens, William Montgomery
Button Gwinnett ; man of mystery ; member
of the Continental Congress ; signer of the
Declaration of Independence; president of
the Provincial Council of Georgia; a brief
biographical review.- 13 p. O '21 Pompton
Lakes, N. J., [Author] pap. $2.50 [200 copies]
The Clemens genealogical chart book, no
paging forms O '21 Pompton Lakes, N. J.,
[Author] pap. $i
Collingwood, Herbert Winslow
Hope farm notes ; reprinted from The Rural
New Yorker. 234 p. D c. N. Y., Harcourt,
Brace & Co. $2 n.
Twenty-five articles which have appeared in the
Rural New Yorker from time to time, covering a
period of about 20 years.
Collis, Edgar Leigh, and Greenwood, Major
The health of the industrial worker; with
a chapter on reclamation of the disabled by
Arthur J. Collis ; and an introd. by Sir George
Newman. 19+450 p. il. O '21 Phil., Blakis-
ton $7n.
Cook, Melville Thurston
College botany; structure, physiology and
economics of plants. 10+392 p. front." il. O
c. '20 Phil., Lippincott $3 n.
Dane, Clemence
A bill of divorcement ; a play. 143 p. D c.
N. Y., Macmillan $2n.
Delbridge, Charles Lomax
Delbridge kilos and pounds tables; show-
ing the equivalent weights of kilos and
pounds; [sheet]. 10 x 13 inches c. '20 St.
Louis, Mo., The Delbridge Co. $i
Donahey, Mary Dickerson
Tales to be told to children, no paging
col. il. Q c. '20 Chic., Albert Whitman & Co ,
323 W. Randolph St. $2 n.
Dunn, Lucius Claude
Storage battery manual ; including princi-
ples of storage battery construction and de-
sign; with the application of storage bat-
teries to the naval service. 4+391 p. front,
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THE loan exhibition of old prints at the
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manuscript of Hans Christian Andersen's "The
Romance of My Life" is to" come to this
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can collector .for $5000. Neither the Royal
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large sum, invaluable tho the work is because
only a part of it was published during the
author's lifetime.
The final part of the famous library of Dr.
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autographs, the remnant of material collected
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trated books of a personal nature. The latter
were mostly bought by relatives and personal
friends of the famous physician. The three
published volumes of Stokes' "Iconography of
Manhattan" brought $250.
Selections from the Arbury Library and
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of the estate of the late George D. Smith, will
be sold at the Anderson Galleries, April 28
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woodcuts to the present century. The catalog
contains 4015 lots, most of which will be of
interest to collectors in one field or another.
William Strang, portrait painter and etcher,
died in Bournemouth, England, April 13. He
•won distinction as a portrait etcher, his por-
traits of Stevenson, Kipling, Hardy ^and other
contemporary authors being very popular
among book collectors. Mr. Strang was one
of the original members of the Royal Society
of Painters-Etchers, displaying his work at
the first exhibition of the society, in 1881, and
was elected an associate engraver of the Royal
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1906. He was a student of Alphonse Legros
in the 'Slade School in London where later he
was assistant master in the etching class.
Etchings, engravings and drawings from the
estate of James Stillman, the property of Mrs.
Frank J. 'Sprague, Edgar C. Riebe and others,
were sold at Delmonico's, under the auspices
of the Walpole Galleries, the evening of April
13, bringing $6,300. Hadley Fitton's "The
Rose Window, Notre Dame," brought $230,
the highest price of the sale. Dry points printed
in color by Mary Casset, "The Toilet" and
"Mother and Child," each brought $115, and
another "Mother and Child," $145. Two old
views of New York, "New York from We-
•hawk," and "New York from Brooklyn
Heights," engraved by J. Hill, brought $130
each. Two original water color drawings by
Thackeray, designs for the illustrations of
"The Book of Snobs," brought $110 and $105
respectively. Whistler's "The Limeburner"
brought $190 and "The Black Wharf," $205.
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berg" bringing $165.
The library of Matthew Baird, Jr., of Phila-
delphia, consisting mainly of subscription edi-
tions of American, English and French authors,
in full levant and morocco bindings, sold at
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April 14, of last year, and was finer in almost
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to be exact. The drop hit some of the best
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de luxe of John Fiske from $500 to $320; the
large paper edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne
"from $740 to $355; a few sets held their own
or showed slight advances. The 'highest price
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of John Ruskin's "Works," 39 vols., London,
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Outward Bound edition of Rudyard Kipling's
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1920, came next at $700. The drop in prices
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Bailey, Evolution of Our Native Fruits.
Dame and Brooks, Handbook of the Trees of New
England.
Emmons, Statistical History of the U. S. Navy.
Ford, Writings of John Dickinson.
Service book of the Holy Orthodox Catholic Apos-
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Henderson, History of Germany in the Middle Ages.
Marvin, Small Library Buildings.
Natl. Probation Association, Proceedings, 1007-1915.
Ohio Tax Commission, Report, vol. 4 (1913).
Paine, Mark Twain, a biography, vol. i only.
Pan-American Commercial Conference, Proceedings
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Scudder, Catalogue of Scientific Serials (Harvard
Univ. Library, Special Publications, no. i).
Thwing, College Training and the Business Man.
William H. Allen, 3417 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Basque Customs and Folklore.
Davis, Almannar, Holt.
Prince, Morten, The Unconscious.
Who's Who, 1917, 1919, 1920.
Worcester, The Living World, 1008.
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Am. Baptist Pub. Soc., 1107 McGee, Kansas City, Mo.
Pulpit Commentarj', i complete set.
Hastings' Great Texts of the Bible, i complete set.
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Golden Gems of Life and Bible Companion.
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Memoirs of Baroness de Bode, London, 1900.
Historical Anecdotes of Heraldry and Chivalry, Wor-
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Lacroix, Manners, Customs and Dress of the Middle
Ages, London edition.
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Walker, Beauty in Woman, London edition.
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Reminiscences of a Missionary Bishop, Bishop
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For the Soul of Raphael, Ryan.
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Lanier's Complete Poems.
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Curiosities of Literature, Disraeli.
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Crile, Origin and Nature of Emotions.
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Pierson's Traditions of Freemasonry.
Beans, Chemistry and Practice of Finishing.
Harper's Book of Facts.
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The Two Babylons.
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Spiritual Consciousness, Sprague.
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NEW YORK, APRIL 30, 1921
No. 18
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WHAT REALLY
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AT PARIS
is the story of the Peace Conference,
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the story of the negotiations which brought about the
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The historic volume which will be placed
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The Best Selling Book in America
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December — Fifth on the list
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March— First on the list (70 points—the second book had 59)
<L While "Main Street" will stay at the head of the list for months,
"The Brimming Cup," Dorothy Canfield's new novel published March
10th, is sixth on the March list and to judge from reorders will crowd
"Main Street" as soon as it gets it's real market to the multitude of
married women whose story it portrays. Chicago Tribune reports the
Canfield book first in Chicago week of April 1 6th.
C, And in June Lytton Strachey's "Queen Victoria" will take a
good position in the non-fiction list, and if we know a great book it will
stay there a long time.
C, By-the-way, the play, "Main Street," will be on Broadway and
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BOOKSELLERS' CONVENTION
May 10-11-12.
The Printing Situation
* S May ist approaches, the question of
/\ widespread strikes and disturbances in
**the printing industry is causing in-
creased nervousness to all those who must
use printing; this, in spite of the fact that if
printing were to cease there would be quite a
different trade situation from that which was
caused by the cessation of work in the fall
of 1919.
The International Typographical leaders
have announced that the strikes will close
union shops in every city where the 44-hour
week is not recognized. As some relief to
this flat announcement, it is reported that the
leaders have suggested to unions in various
parts of the country that it is perhaps not
necessary for them to insist on the former
scale of wages as long as they accomplish the
44-hour week. In several cities this sort of
arrangement has already been made. In Tren-
ton, for instance, there is a $2 cut in wages
and with it an agreement on the 44-hour
week.
The New York printers, who do the major
part of book printing in the country, stand by
the agreement with the unions to give a 44-
hour week on a 48-hour pay. In Chicago,
where the employers had also a signed agree-
ment with the unions to go on to the 44-hour
week, there had been no signed agreement to
maintain the 48-hour wage scale when the
change came, and the wage question will be
settled by conference or arbitration. If the
New York printers do not get some reduction
from the present New York wage scale and
are obliged at the same time to accept the 44-
hour week, the inclination for business to
leave town can only be halted by the closing
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down of plants by strikes in other parts of
the country.
The effort to get lower scales from three of
the New York unions whose agreements ter-
minated April ist is now going forward be-
fore the arbitrators, of whom the neutral
members are Raymond Fosdick, Professor
W. F. Ogburn, and Allen T. Burns of the Car-
negie Foundation. The final hearing of re-
buttal was held in New York on April 22nd,
and the decision of the arbitrators is ex-
pected before the end of the month. The
Printers' League, which is the Closed Shop
Section of the New York printers, is carry-
ing the employers' end of the discussion, and
they claim that both the statistics of the cost
of living and the figures on the general condi-
tion of the industry necessitate a reduction
in the wage scale.
The unions contend that, while the cost of
living descended rapidly in the end of 1920,
it reached its low ebb by the first of the year
and is already started upward. They also
claim that the change in administration affects
labor as higher tariff has always increased
the cost of living, and that a shift of tax from
income and profit to general sales tax will
have a similar effect in increasing living
costs. The unions, from the publishers' state-
ment of the condition of the industry, bring
out figures to show that during the last four
months of 1920 printing shops showed a net
profit on capital of 10 per cent in New York,
or at the rate of thirty per cent a year,
and that the average profit on sales for Janu-
ary, even after the decline in business was
supposed to have set in, was as much as 7 per
cent profit on sales. They also claim that
the employers have always stated that New
York would suffer if it paid more wages than
other parts of the country, but that this has
never proved the case. In reply to the em-
ployers' contention that work was leaving the
city, the unions contend that the figures to
prove this are not at all complete and satis-
factory.
Book and magazine publishers are aware of
a heavy falling off in their demands for print-
ing and cannot but believe that when the arbi-
trators examine all exhibits presented by the
Printers' League that they will in all fairness
announce a reduction in wage scales in these
three unions. This arbitration does not af-
fect the five other unions with whom the print-
ing shops have to deal, and whose agreements
do not terminate until October 1st. Even
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with a reduction in these three unions, book
publishers who manufacture in New York
must apparently face costs allowing for the
44-hour week and equivalent to the prices
now paid, so that only in the cost of paper
will there be relief from the present high
scales.
Fall Planning
THIS week's report on business conditions
from the Chamber of Commerce of the
United 'States indicates that the volume
of distribution by jobbers and retailers has
shown a distinct gain in March over February,
and Archer Wall Douglas, Chairman of the
Committee on Statistics, is preparing a de-
tailed report on the business situation for the
May number of the Nation's Business. Simi-
lar reports have been coming from the retail
book-trade, and it can be safely estimated
that the first three months of book retailing
in the average store have not fallen any below
last year, an unusually satisfactory report,
considering the conditions that have pre-
vailed in many retail lines.
The important problem before the buyers
for bookstores and book departments is the
question of planning for fall purchases. This
planning naturally falls into two spheres
which are governed by different sets of con-
ditions : competitive lines and new copyright
books.
Competitive lines, Bibles, staples and books
of that class, which form a considerable part
of the book sales in the fall and a very heavy
part of Christmas sales, are of necessity
manufactured far in advance. Such books are
practically out of the way in the printing
shops and binderies before the manufactur-
ing of the new fall copyright books comes
along. The publishers in this competitive
field must manufacture on paper purchased
at the present market, and, in fact, with pretty
safe assurance that paper is not to recede
much further. The books must be printed
and bound at the present market rates, in
fact, have already been printed and bound for
the most part.
While the practice of guaranteeing price
levels for the year has been rather frowned
upon in some government bureaus, the pub-
lishers could apparently take that attitude
easily, judging by the facts they have in
hand and the guesses they can make as to
changes in the cost of manufacture.
With what information is at hand on costs,
and with the promise of business ahead as it
seems to be developing, it seems to be the best
business judgment for retailers who are buy-
ing in the competitive field to order now, so
that they may be sure of the stock they need,
as otherwise it will not be manufactured.
The halt in the rising prices of books came
last fall before any halt came in the rising
cost of manufacture, and, if any relief is
obtained by printing and binding readjust-
ments, these will undoubtedly have to be used
to put back into book manufacturing some of
the margin for operating expense and im-
provement in the quality of manufacture that
had been forced out in the effort to keep
books at a saleable level.
Keeping Together
IN speaking to a large group of authors re-
cently a representative of one publishing
house used figures to show the precarious
position of the publisher. "A certain novel,"
he said, "published to sell 'at $2 retail yielded
the author $1500 on 5000 copies, the book-
seller $4000 and the publisher a net loss of
$180." By the changing of gross margin in
the case of the bookseller to a net figure in
the case of the publisher he gives the whole
group of authors assembled an unfortunately
inaccurate picture of the bookseller's situa-
tion, and yet it seems as important for the
authors to understand correctly the retailer's
problem as for him to appreciate the pub-
lishers' difficulties. Authors should be inter-
ested in all the different problems of 'book-
distribution.
The yield to the bookseller is not measured
by his gross margin, nor does his gross mar-
gin average 40 per cent. If the publisher's
average discounts on an edition of 5000 nov-
els is 40 per cent, that is because a large
number are sold thru the jobber, and the
author needs to have that allowance in his
mind. Furthermore, it might be well for him
to understand that the usual net profit of a
bookseller does not run over 5% or 6% on
his sales, so that the retailers' net margins
in a good year on the books shown above
would be $500 to $600. It is this figure that
should be compared with the publisher's net
situation and not the gross margin. One can
easily imagine the feeling of a consumer of
books if he felt that on every $2 book he
purchased the net yield to the bookseller was
8oc.
April 30, 1921
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A Booklover's Baccalaureate
By Grace E. Emerson
IN a few weeks the columns of the news-
papers will be filled with baccalaureate ad-
dresses. Some will be weighted with moral
obligations, some will creak under their load
of civic duties, some will reflect the light of
past glories, and some will sound the note of
social uplift. Yet from the Atlantic to the
Pacific it is a safe wager that, of the many
hundreds of addresses delivered before college
and high school graduates, few will mention
a subject productive of the greatest joy in
life and one of vital importance to every in-
dividual— I mean the subject of Reading.
If I were delivering a baccalaureate address
I think I should lean confidentially toward my
audience and say: Boys and girls (or young
men, or young women as the case may be),
you have come to the great highway of inde-
pendent action. Heretofore you have been
confined to programs and standards which
mass instruction makes necessary. You have
taken your pleasures and recreations much as
you have your classroom routine, but now you
go forth into a wider life, with a chance to pick
and choose. In the years to come you will
find nothing so untiring in devotion, so sym-
pathetic, and so companionable in every mood
as a book to your taste.
While you have been pupils and students
there has been much honest effort expended to
open your minds to the beauties and pleasures
of literature. It may be, however, that the
programs and the effort expended did not
measure up to the task and that instruction
has repelled instead of encouraged your inter-
est in book's. Anyway I want to tell you to-
day that thus far your courses in literature
and your professional reading have only just
touched the surface of the great depths of
learning, and that to dive deep beneath this
surface will repay you a thousand-fold.
Thruout your school days a preponder-
ance of ancient and classical selections has
been presented to you. Doubtless those who
formulate courses of study believe a thoro
acquaintance with them should be part of the
common knowledge of mankind. To the crit-
ical eyes of twentieth century youth the sages
may seem a little old-fashioned, and you may
resent their trying to make you like what they
like or think good for you. But remember
that the restraints imposed upon your reading
have been no greater than those met in other
lines, and henceforth there are to be no lim-
its, except time and inclination.
Classroom analysis, tho often a deadly
thing, aims at giving a basis for comparison
and valuation. You may not be enthusiastic
about anything you have yet read, but bear in
mind that a host of writers who have written
gloriously and enduringly have not even been
mentioned in the classroom. If you are dis-
appointed in the routes traveled thus far, there
are still wide uncharted seas to explore. Trans-
lators are busy rendering interesting books into
our own tongue so that we, who are lazy-
minded or who lack the opportunity to make
a reading acquaintance with other languages,
may enjoy a great many charming things from
foreign literatures. Many booksellers handle
all the standard foreign writers in the original
and will procure new books when requested.
The world of letters is so wide and varied
there is a book to suit every mood and every
taste, if one will only take the trouble to select
for himself. The pleasure cf reading has been
more frequently wrecked than helped by ad-
vice. Parents, teachers, librarians, publishers,
writers have all had their favorite books. The
best books to read and to buy has been a grow-
ing concern ever since printing was invented.
The "Must books" have frightened away
more readers than they have attracted.
Hereafter you do not have to read what
someone prescribes for you. You are free to
select and reject, to begin and cast aside, mak-
ing no enemies, hurting no feelings, until you
meet a writer whose mood and thought chime
with your own. Few, if any, will make the
mistake of thinking it possible to become edu-
cated by continuing to read what is uninter-
esting. That sort of persecution was swept
away when psychology proved that there are
no "disciplinary subjects" and that the mind
is not necessarily abler tomorrow because of
its struggle with to-day's problems.
Using the few books you have accumulated
in your years of formal study as a nucleus, I
hope you will start a library at once— a book
you like this week, two some other week and
so on, until these humble school friends shall
have attracted all those who seem to you best
and wisest in the world.
No financial or social advancement can ever
equal the sober satisfaction of a library gained
by steady accessions at the expense of small
self-denials. Rare books, old manuscripts, fine
bindings, first editions may tempt at times, for
there are many fascinating sides to this busi-
ness of book collecting and when one enters it
he never knows what indiscretions he may
commit nor where he may end, but I am
pleading for just a companionable friendly
collection of books that will solace you in woe.
cheer you in .solitude, hearten you in defeat.
What shall they be? That is for you to say.
A book is the most intimate possession a man
has and it is not for another to tell him what
it shall be. One may advise as to hats,
coats, ties, shoes, houses, automobiles, clubs
and like accessories, but as to books never.
The ever delightful Briggs, with his un-
canny insight into the mind and impulses of
man, has laid bare the whole situation in a re-
cent cartoon. He shows a man pronouncing
the sporting page of his newspaper as non-
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sense; a book agent sends him into a panic;
from late fiction he implores deliverance; he
abhors the world of books in general — "And
then he took up golf." O what a transforma-
tion! What ecstasy! What charm in the
printed word then, at least, as far as golf is
concerned. How eloquently that neat shelf ot
nine volumes by golf experts speaks ! Read-
ing deeper into ithe drawing I can find a soft-
ness and toleration for all letters, a polite ven-
eration for the reading of others, a sympathy
for and understanding of mankind, formerly
unknown. And it is becaus^e reading sharpens
our sympathies, widens our horizons, softens
our prejudices, quickens our perceptions and
refines our discriminations as nothing else in
the world can do, that I urge it so strongly
upon you.
Your years of study have taught you some-
thing of the art of finding the defects and
merits of a writer, and that knowledge guided
by your own taste is sufficient at first. As
you gain in experience, you will find you*
taste in reading like your convictions and opin-
ions, growing richer, mellower, and more
diverse with the advancing years.
Fiction may claim you for a time, or his-
tory, or biography. Perhaps your hobby is
mechanics, or science, or books of travel, and
you just revel in the latest invention, the new-
est serum, the remotest land. Then those are
the books for you to buy, to read, to love,
and they in turn will introduce you to others.
A real book has many kin.
A passion for reading leads to many inter-
esting acquaintances and friendships. It is
so easy to fall into informal talk with a fellow-
being who displays a book we have read, or
who betrays an interest in the treasured vol-
ume which accompanies us. Conversations
about books seldom become heated or ill-
natured as arguments about other matters
often do. Here there is always a polite defer-
ence for the views of the other. One would
as soon ridicule a man's family to his face
or taunt him with his social position as to
'Speak contemptuously of the books he ad-
mires.
I hope you will read much poetry and have
a genuine admiration for the poets, for po-
etry holds spiritual pleasures surpassing all
other reading. A great deal of excellent po-
etry is being written now so that at very little
expense of time and money the spirit of man
can keep company with the gods.
But whatever your line of reading is, do not
neglect the work of your contemporaries. Per-
haps they, interpreting life as you see and feel
it, may cover the printed page with a fascina-
tion that writers of the past were unable to
do, simply because you could not understand
their point of view. Believe in the literature
of your day. Read it, as it is produced day
by day, hopefully, for a great many, enduring
and valuable books are being written by men
and women, who toil and suffer and are poor
and discouraged just as we are. We owe them
the financial support we can give by buying
books. The bigger support and the growing
sales will give them courage, stimulating their
genius to greater achievements and making the
world of books a diviner thing.
Conditions of Foreign Bookselling in America
By Louis J. Jobin
President of Schocnhof Book Co., Boston
THERE are mysteries in all trades, and
most men of business experience are con-
tent to allow a margin of confidence for
these in trades that they do not understand:
but it sometimes happens that under unusual
and trying circumstances some shift or change
of circumstances causes temporary disloca-
tion between two allied markets, and it is
then that Jiasty judgments or mistaken con-
clusions are likely to arise. It would not be
fair to American dealers in foreign books if
certain articles published recently in France,
which accuse American foreign booksellers of
profiteering, were to pass unchallenged; and
perhaps there can be no better method of at
once bringing to light the sources of our
critics' errors and explaining to them our
own exceedingly difficult position than to
point out the essential and inevitable condi-
tions of foreign bookselling in America to-
day. And at the outset we may say that
even if speculation on public ignorance of the
present rate of exchange were possible, —
which we very much doubt — we shall not
need to refute that charge when we have told
our story.
The foreign bookseller's enormous distance
from his sources of supply is, under the most
favorable conditions, a serious problem, and
one which necessitates the greatest care and
foresight. He must, if he is to keep reason-
ably close to the home prices of books, plan
his publicity and estimate his orders with the
utmost exactness, that he may neither fail
his customers nor find his own shelves en-
cumbered by books whose vogue has passed.
When such a problem as this is so radically
altered by the hundreds ; of new conditions
which have suddenly arisen in the past seven
or eight years, the wonder is that so many
foreign booksellers in America have been
able to keep their heads above water at all.
Books could be neither returned nor disposed
of : the demand ceased in some directions,
and took the most unexpected turns in others ;
stocks became exhausted ; books went out of
print ; war conditions entirely disorganized or
totally destroyed importation facilities ; cost
of carriage became almost prohibitive ; and
the shortage of paper was and still is a seri-
ous matter. It is a fact that some of our
leading publishers have been out of from
April 30, 1921
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one-half to two-thirds of their best books, and
that for two years orders have been only par-
tially filled. The result was that the losses
due to inability to supply those books which
are in continuous demand in America have
been in some cases appalling. It is not as
tho we could offer substitutes, as other mer-
chants can; as tho we could say to our cus-
tomers, "I have not 'Madame Bovary,' but I
can give you the 'Roman d'un Jeune Homme
Pauvre' instead"!
This condition of affairs still persists to
some extent; and attending it, of course, is
the havoc it has wrought with our catalogs,
circulars and general plans of publicity. The
only means at present by which our public is
kept informed of the publication of new and
important foreign books is the pages of our
great metropolitan newspapers. These no-
tices, usually sent from abroad, catch the
bookseller unprepared 3000 miles from his
source of supply. Four weeks are necessary
to secure the books, and, as the interest in
them has often cooled before they arrive,
many of them are destined to remain on the
bookseller's shelves. He cannot order a dozen
at a time when he wants them, as the ordi-
nary bookseller can; he must perhaps order
at once from 100 to 300 copies.
There is one natural condition in America,
the direct result of the distance from sup-
plies, which is not appreciated by the French
publisher: the obligation to keep a full stock
at all times. It has been the experience of
the writer in visiting large European cities
to find very few bookshops indeed with such
stocks as are to be found under ordinary cir-
cumstances in the leading foreign bookshops
of America ; and this is especially true of
France. He has never seen a store abroad
where a customer could at _ once get all the
works of the leading historians, contemporary
fiction, books on science, philosophy and so-
ciology, schoolbooks, old illustrated books of
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,
beautifully bound editions of old and modern
writers, dictionaries from the large Larousse
to the vest-pocket sizes. Imagine finding un-
der one roof on the Paris boulevards Jules
Lemaitre's "Les Contemporains," Taine's "Or-
igines de la France Contemporaine" ; Larive et
Fleury grammars, Lavisse, Malet or Seig-
nobos, "Histoire de France," "L'ile des Pingou-
Good Theatrical Window
PUTNAM'S, who have been specializing
lately in current plays in book form, have
had a wonderful opportunity to give publicity
to these books to the theater-going audience, as
Fdrty-Fifth Street, on which their store is lo-
cated, is a much used artery from Fifth Ave-
nue<(to the theater district. On the publication
Claire de Lune," their window was deco-
rated with the model stage settings that had
been planned for the Barrymore production,
and also the artist's drawings for the costumes,
all of which made a window that did not fail
to attract its crowd of people.
ine" of Anatole France, Rostand's "L'Aiglon,
Maeterlinck's "Aglavaine et Selysette," Mar-
montel, Oeuvres Complets Ed. 1777, illus-
trated by Marillier, Oeuvres Complets de
Voltaire, Rousseau, Brantome, all in eight-
eenth century editions ; or the complete works
of Maupassant, France, Loti, Daudet, Mus-
set, Tinayre, Marcel Prevost, in beautiful
binding.
That such shops can exist in America to-
day is gratifying testimony to the general
education and broad taste of our people; but
at the present time they are sorely distressed
to maintain their standards and efficiency: to
keep faith with their public. That they are
doing so, with their profits so seriously cur-
tailed, the writer frankly believes to be due
to something beyond any encouragement their
business now gives them; for altho in a
business sense they look to the future with
full confidence, they are proud that the very
nature of their interests binds them closely
to the best educated and most enlightened
people in the country. Their clientele is not
merely local : it is, indeed, nation-wide, as
their publicity witnesses, — a natural selection
of the most cultured minds. And will the
French publisher smile if we remind him at
this point that our clerks and assistants must
to some extent correspond to our customers?
The knowledge of at least two languages,
his own and one other, is practically essen-
tial in the clerk, — a knowledge which in other
American businesses or activities insures by
itself a substantial pecuniary remuneration.
For with us there is no England, Germany,
Spain or Italy at our doors, whose language
may be acquired easily and speedily, perhaps
by the accident of residence near the bound-
aries. With us the acquirement of a foreign
language usually implies long and patient
study, unremunerated until its completion.
And as with the language, so with the
books. At the prices for which foreign
books are sold in America to-day, we hear no
complaint from our customers, least of all
from the one who is well .informed on the
rate of exchange. In fact the remark often-
est heard^as he purchases the latest book,
is : "I don't see how you can sell this book
at such a low price"; and we believe that if
our French critics could appreciate our cir-
cumstances, their verdict would be the same.
Getting a Reader's Reaction
P. BUTTON & COMPANY have been
• endeavoring to get some line on the read-
er's opinion of their fiction by carrying an
inquiry in connection with the text of their
recent advertisement in the Outlook. This ad-
vertisement is headed, "What Type of Fiction
Do You Prefer? The Button "list is varied,
as shown by the following recent issues.
The publishers are deeply interested in the
preferences of the readers of the Outlook and
would appreciate any answers to the question
at the top of this column, addressed to the
Advertising Department."
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The Publishers' Weekly
WRAPPED AND LABELLED FOR PUBLICATION DATE
IN CONNECTION WITH A SELLING CAMPAIGN THAT BROUGHT IN FIVE HUNDRED ORDERS
FOR LANSING'S BOOK BEFORE PUBLICATION DATE, STEWART & KIDD USED THEIR WINDOW
FOR THE WRAPPED PACKAGES WITH ADDRESSES ALL WRITTEN TO ATTRACT THE CURIOUS
Book Paper Market for 1920 Reviewed
IN an article written for the Annual Number
of the Paper Trade Journal by D. W. Pratt,
Manager of the Mill Department of the Butler
Paper Corporation of Chicago, the 'book paper
situation for the year of 1920 is reviewed. We
quote a few paragraphs of special interest.
In discussing the factors that caused a
slowing in demand, Mr. Pratt says:
In the early fall, when the banks started to
curtail on loans, the national advertiser started
drawing in his lines and we found that those
(publications which carry a large amount of
.advertising, diminished in size from week to
week. Space advertising is, of course, their
principal source of revenue and the tremend-
ous demand for space the early part of the
year made it necessary for them to make ar-
rangements for a larger supply of paper than
they ordinarily required. Consequently, when
this advertising was curtailed they were re-
ceiving more paper than was needed for their
issues and they accumulated stock. They went
into the first of the year 1921 ;with a large
surplus on hand and this prevented their tak-
ing even their normal requirements.
The paper merchant had been unable to take
care of the Demands made upon him and in
order to meet these requirements had placed
heavy orders. With the demand dropping off,
his stocks gradually became heavy and by
December 31 he had so much stock on hand
that it was impossible to place any orders.
The other large consumers of book paper,
such as the large mail order houses, had orders
placed far in advance and they also started
to accumulate large stock. Another very im-
portant factor was the foreign exchange situ-
ation, which prevented our exporting paper
in the quantities we could have, under a more
normal exchange basis, and this outlet was
consequently lessened.
We have also felt the result of renewed
activity on the part of some foreign mills and
altho the quantities available are largely ex-
aggerated, it has had effect on the demand.
These are the most important factors con-
tributing toward the slowing up in demand.
In the months of December, 1920, and January
ancj February, 1921, there was taken out of the
market, thru curtailment in production, about
35 per cent of our total output of book paper.
We are now confronted with a universal
demand for lower prices and a large amount
of paper-buying has been postponed awaiting
them. Thru reductions which have been made,
we have gone a portion of the way in meet-
ing this demand for lower prices, but the paper
buyer generally, does not feel that the lowest
level has as yet been reached.
Book paper is being consumed, in my opin-
ion, to a little greater extent than it is being
manufactured. Consequently, stocks are being
reduced gradually and I think we can look
for a slight increase in demand.
It is going to take a certain amount of time
to impress the buyer of paper that the lowest
point is reached after it actually has been es-
tablished. Therefore, I feel that all factors
should make price reductions immediately
when^ there is any opportunity of doing so.
In this way, we will not only meet the demand
for lower prices, which does exist, and en-
courage the user of paper to purchase what
he needs for immediate consumption, but we
will also hasten the time when the paper buyer
feels that the normal basis has been reached.
April 30, 1921
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Back With a Million Dollars Worth of Books
DR. A. S. W. ROSENBACH, has re-
turned from England with $1,000,000
worth of fine books purchased in Lon-
don recently. All the books have not yet ar-
rived, Dr. Rosenbach said, but some of the
finest treasures which he purchased at the sale
of the famous Britwell library early in March
are here. One individual shipment represented
books valued at close to $250,000. Dr. Rosen-
bach's purchases, including several private col-
lections, comprise the largest individual pur-
chase made abroad by a collector or dealer
since the death of George D. Smith.
Many of the books bought by Dr. Rosen-
bach will find their way into the magnificent
library of Henry E. Huntington. Dr. Rosen-
bach acted as his agent in many purchases,
but the majority of the books were bought on
Dr. Rosenbach's account or for other collec-
tors.
The Britwell sale at Sotheby's was the
most important one of the fine books that has
been held there since the war. Of the total of
slightly more than £48,550 obtained for the
Britwell books, Dr. Rosenbach's purchases
amounted to £41,000, providing another ex-
ample, of which the late George D. Smith fur-
nished so many to the English collecting world,
of the eagerness in this country for the choicest
treasures in bibliography and the willingness
to pay for them.
Dr. Rosenbach admitted that it was partly
due to the lamentations of some of the English
papers at the loss of so many more of old
British library rarities that induced him to
sell to the British Museum two of the best
Britwell books, which the National Library
was anxious to obtain. One was the first edi-
tion of William Percy's "Sonnets to the Fairest
Coelia," printed in 1594, for which Dr. Rosen-
bach paid £650, and the other was Thomas
Deloney's "Strange Histories or Songs and
Sonnets" printed in 1612, for which £270 was
paid. When Dr. Rosenbach ascertained how
keenly the British Museum regretted the loss
of these old volumes, he offered to sell them
for the price he had paid and this offer was
accepted.
"The situation abroad in the old book mar-
ket is very satisfactory," said Dr. Rosenbach.
"Indeed, it was much better than I had looked
for. While ordinary business has dropped
off somewhat abroad just as has been the case
here due to the general depression, the book
demand abroad, as in the United States, seems
to be as strong as ever, with no hesitancy be-
cause of the cost on the part of those who want
some peculiar rarity. For the best things
prices are very high, in many cases higher
than before the war, as the sale of the Britwell
library clearly showed. The highest estimate
of the best book dealers in London was that
the library would bring about £30,000, but re-
sults showed that this was too conservative by
more than £18,000.
"Despite the dispersal of so many of the
largest English private libraries, the collecting
of books is very much in evidence, and I am
inclined to think that today there are more
collectors with average to very good specialized
libraries than has been the case for the last
twenty-five years. The largest private library
now intact is that of the Earl of Crawford
and Balcarres, whose collection of about 35,000
volumes is rich in early English literature.
Earl Rosebery has a fine collection, and one of
the best in London is undoubtedly that of
Thomas J. Wise, who has one of the most com-
plete collections in the world of eighteenth
and nineteenth century works.
Dr. Rosenbach said that while there is a
very natural feeling of regret in many English
circles that the better part of so many of their
fine libraries has gone across the water, he
failed to Discover any evidences of jealousy
at the extensive 'purchase of Mr. Huntington.
The Ad Man's Reading
A POINT of view on the business man's
reading that puts a little different angle
on the discussion of business books is con-
tained in the Printer's Ink of April 2ist. A
business man of Hamilton, Canada, sent to
the editor the following inquiry:
"What authors would you advise an ad
man to read who has good natural ability,
but is rather deficient in English and whose
style needs to be rounded off?" The editor's
suggestion for developing a good style is
worth the attention not only of ad men, but
of men in various businesses who need to
perfect their command of the English lan-
guage.
"In suggesting a course of reading for the
purpose described, a great deal depends upon
the tastes and inclinations of the individual
who is going to swallow the prescription.
For it is hard to imagine any more dispirit-
ing drudgery than wading thru page after
page of absolutely irreproachable English
which is at the same time utterly uninter-
esting.
"A good style depends primarily upon the
ability to feel the difference between clear-
ness and opacity, clumsiness and grace,
strength and weakness. And since this is so
largely a matter of the sensibilities and emo-
tions, the first requirement in reading for
style is an illuminating interest in the sub-
ject.
"Therefore the authors which an ad man
should read in order to improve his style
will vary according to what he happens to
like or dislike. We know af a man who
keeps handy a volume of Gibbon's "Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire" as a stimu-
i3io
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lant for a jaded style, but we wouldn't recom-
mend it to one who has no special taste for
the slow drama of history. One of the most
successful advertising managers in this coun-
try reads Thomas a Kempis when things
seem difficult. As between Gibbon or Thomas
a Kempis, and the short stories of O. Henry
there is a great gulf, but either may provide
the needed spur. We venture a few specific
suggestions :
'The Bible in the Authorized Version. The
Book of Common Prayer, Marcus Aurelius,
Thomas a Kempis.
"Gibbon's 'Rome,' Francis Parkman's 'His-
tory of France in the New World,' John
Fiske's 'History of the United States.'
"Washington Irving's 'Life of Oliver Gold-
smith' and 'Christopher Columbus/ Lord
Charnwood's 'Abraham Lincoln.'
"The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Walter Pater and Robert Louis Stevenson.
''Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural and
Gettysburg Addresses, Edmund Burke's
Speeches, Webster's Reply to Haine.
"Henry D. Thoreau's 'Walden,' and Henry
Van Dyke's 'Little Rivers.'
'"Vanity Fair,' 'A Tale of Two Cities,'
'The Scarlet Letter.'
"Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Rud-
yard Kipling and O. Henry.
"The books referred to are at least sturdy
representatives of their several branches, and
can do no possible harm to a copy writer's
style. As for choosing among them, it is
well to remember that the man who doesn't
like caviar is assuredly at liberty to let caviar
alone."
The Honorary Fellowship of Booksellers
UNDER the plan outlined at the last Con-
vention of the Booksellers, there is now
to be instituted an Honorary Fellowship
of American Booksellers, "the purpose of
which is to provide some means by which the
book-trade can honor those of the profession
who have raised bookselling to a high level
of efficiency."
Fcrms for nominations have been circulated
in the trade during the last month, and 14
have been nominated for this honor. A list
of these names has now been sent to every
member of the American Booksellers' Asso-
ciation, the votes to be sent to Atlantic City,
and the names of the five elected for this
year to be announced there. The nominations
sent in cover all parts of the country, and,
altho there are, of course, many others de-
serving of the honor if their friends had
taken the initiative to put their names in
nomination, the list is of real distinction, and
will permit the book-trade to express its ap-
preciation of the work of five of its members.
Each year five other names will be added to
the list.
The nominees being voted on are :
William Harris Arnold, Syndicate Trading
Co., New York.
Charles E. Butler, Secretary of Brentano's,
New York.
J. K. Gill, J. K. Gill Co , Portland, Oregon.
Laurence Gomme, Neighborhood Bookshop,
New York.
E. Byrne Hackett, Brick Row Book Shop,
New Haven and New York.
Davis L. James, Cincinnati, O.
George W. Jacobs, George W. Jacobs & Co.,
Philadelphia. _
Joseph C. Jennings, Old Corner Bookstore,
Boston.
Louis A. Keating, W. Y. Foote & Co.. Syra-
cuse."
Bertha E. Mahony, The Bookshop for Boys
and Girls, Boston.
G. C. Parker, Los Angeles.
Alexander Robertson. San Francisco.
Frank Shay, 4 Christopher St., New York.
W. K. Stewart, Indianapolis, Louisville and
Cincinnati.
W. D. Wilson, Lowman & Hanford, Seattle.
Special New York Delegation
A LARGE group will go to the Convention
from New York on the 3 o'clock train
on Monday, the nth. This train leaves at
four o'clock by day-light saving time, and will
arrive there in time for dinner at Atlantic
City. If all who are going on this train, or
who can plan to go on this train, making the
trip an enjoyable event, will write to David
J. O'Connell, he will arrange a'll transporta-
tion and return trip certificates. The Com-
mittee again emphasizes the importance of
everyone getting these certificates in order
that the special rates on return may be avail-
able. When the ticket to Atlantic City is
bought at any station, buy a single fare to
Atlantic City and ask for the Convention cer-
tificate for the American Booksellers' Asso-
ciation Convention. If 350 of these are pre-
sented at Atlantic City, the return fare can
be bought for half price.
Banquet Program Ready
HPHE Chairman of the Banquet Committee
1 has announced the list .of speakers for the
Banquet on May 12. The Toastmaster is to
be Dr. Andrew F. West, Dean of the Gradu-
ate School of Princeton, famous as a speaker ;
William Allen White, author and first citizen
of Kansas ; Edward Bok, who built up one of
the great American journals, and whose auto-
biography has been one of the books in the
past year ; Roland S. Morris, of Philadelphia,
for four years Ambassador to Tokio.
This banquet is to have special songs and
music. The seating is in charge of David J.
O'Connell. The Traymore Hotel has given
Mr. Darrow the use of their famous Subma-
rine Grill for this occasion.
April 30, 1921
1311
Convention Attendance
WHAT seems to be a remarkable response
to the final announcement of Convention
plans has been coming in. the mail of Whit-
ney Darrow of Charles Scribner's Sons, who
has been engineering the program. In four
days over 175 replies were received, and this
does not include scores who are known to
have made their plans and who have not sent
in the reply post card. 150 of the first re-
plies are printed below. The Committee em-
phasizes that the printing of this list does not
mean that there is any closing up of the list
of those who can be accommodated at the
hotel, as there will be plenty of room and
hospitality for everyone. It may, however,
indicate to some that friends are planning to
go, and this will enable many more to decide
on making this trip.
Cedric R. Crowell, .(i) New York City.
Ralph Wilson, (i) New York City.
Whitney Darrow, (i) New York City.
Miss H. Josephine Pfanstiehl, New York City.
John A. Holden, New York City.
Frederic G. Meloher (3) New York City.
Charles A. Burkhardt, New York City."
W. H. Arnold, New York City.
Melville Minton, New York City.
A. G. Seiler, New York City.
Philip Grosset, New York City.
Himebough & Browne, (3) New York City.
Alexander Wusserman, (2) New York City.
Edwin O. Chapman, New York City.
George W. Btazer, New York City.
J. W. Corrigan, (2} New York City.
Alfred Harcourt, New York City.
Frank Shay, (i) New York City.
Alfred Hartog, (2) New York'City.
Robert Cortes Holliday, New York City.
Edward P. von Gogh, New York City.
Frank L. Reed, (i) New York City.
Irene Jonas, New York City.
William J. Colby, New York City.
F-. H. Ziegler, New York City.
\rthur T. Leon, New York City.
Belle M. Walker, New York City.
Alice M. Dempsey, New York City.
Daniel W. Nye, (i) New York City.
M. Stanleyetta Titus-Werner, (i) New York-
City.
William S. McKeachie, New York City.
Richard Mendel, New York City.
L. S. Shuford, New York City.
George Kleinteioh, (i) Brooklyn, N. Y.
J. L. Thompson, (i) New York City.
Marian Kefley, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Peter Reilly, (2} Philadelphia, Pa.
Tames Flood, Jr., (i) Philadelphia, Pa.
Walter S. Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dorrance & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Peter Stam, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.
Joseph W. Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pa.
L. M. Cross, (2) Philacfclphia, Pa.
C. C. Shoemaker, Philadelphia. Pa.
George W. Jacobs, Philadeinhin, Pa.
L. B. Vaughan, Chicago, 111.
Philip T. Maher, (O Chicago. 111.
F. K. Reilly, (i) Chicago, Til.
Donald P. Bean, Chicago, 111.
T. S. Fitzpatrick, Boston, Mass.
Benjamin Fisher, (i) Boston, Mass.
Warren F. Gregory, (2) Boston, Mass.
Fred L. Donahue, (i) Boston, Mass.
S. W. H. Taylor, (i) Boston, Mass.
S. G. Shimer, (i) Middletown, N. Y.
H. C. Barnhart, (2) York, Pa.
Lawrence V. Harvey, Harrisburg, Pa.
George F. Warfield, Hartford, Conn.
Harriet J. Hall, Buffalo, N. Y.
B. E. Sanford, Ithaca, N. Y.
Sidney S. Koch, (i) Altoona, Pa.
J. Campbell Kemp, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dorothy L. A. Grant, (2) New York City.
G. S. Cooper, New York.
William M. Davis, (2) Kingston, N. Y.
Seely Conover, (i) Amsterdam, N. Y.
Mrs. Fred E. Wilkins, Danvers, Mass.
Eugene L. Herr, (3) Lancaster, Pa.
Clifford H. Lyman, Northampton, Mass.
J. Kronish, New Haven, Conn.
Henry S. Hutchinson, New Bedford, Mass.
Robert C. Saltmarsh, Bedford, Mass.
Tina J. Cummings, Buffalo, N. Y.
Olfa T. Chalmers, Rutland, Vermont.
Marion E. Dodd, Northampton, Mass, (i)
George R. Holsinger, ( i ) Youngstown, Ohio.
H. V. Korner, Cleveland, Ohio.
Edward W. Wallace, Oil City, Pa.
R. T. Wills, (i) ^ Greensboro, N. Y.
Tohn G. Kidd, Cincinnati, Ohio.
W. R. Reed, New Brunswick, N. J.
Kenneth R. S. Fisher, Adrian, Mich.
E. B. MacAllister (i), Rockland, Maine.
Morris S. Traver, Trenton, N. J.
Bates E. Clarke, (i) Kalamazoo, Mich.
George O. Wirtz, Little Rock, Ark.
Alice L. Steinlein, Wilmington, Del.
E. W. James, (i) Clarksburg, W. Va.
William O. Jones, (i) Kalamazoo, Mich.
Ward Macauley, Detroit, Mich.
W. Y- McKee, (i) Detroit, Mich.
McKinney, Doubleday & Cone, Cortland, N. Y.
T. K. Richardson, (i) Akron, Ohio.
F. W. Zercher (i) York, Pa.
Free Airplane Trip
AT the Costume Ball the first night of the
Convention prizes wi'll be given for the
best costume representing either the title of
a popular book or of a well-known character.
The Penn Publishing Company offers an ad-
ditional prize, an aeroplane trip over Atlantic
City, to the lady who most successfully rep-
resents either the title or a character in one
of the following novels : "The Tin Soldier,"
'The Harbor Road," "Hannah Bye," "The
Husband Test," "The Trumpeter Swan." "The
Cresting Wave," "Mocking Bird Gap," "Con-
trary Mary."
"Miss Lulu Bett," "Main Street" and other
present successes are rural novels without the
b'gosh or hayseed element. Our novelists have
at last succeeded, in making hicks without
straw. — Chicago Daily AVrr.v.
1312
The Publishers' Weekly
5 M. T\W T
1 21 8
8 9JOI1
192021
A. B. A. CONVENTION DAYS
MAY began its career as a con-
vention month way back in
1778 when America's first
convention met in Phily to
put the U. S. A. upon the map. Things al-
ways begin to hum in May — garden things,
birds, buds and business — a propitious month
it seems, in which to start' something !
Think of the celebrities who have started
in May — Barrie, Walt Whitman, Peary,
Robespierre and Jay Gould. Jamestown
was started in May, 1607; tne first tele-
graph in May, 1844; and it's only two hun-
dred twenty years ago this May since Capt.
Kidd got himself hanged and started the
world ahunting for his treasure chest.
Herein is a hint to A. B. A. Conventioners.
Let the spirit of May grip us one and all.
Let's start something in the book business
— and the best way to begin will be to start
for our Convention at Atlantic City on
time to reach the A. M. Session of the first
dav. May loth. Convention Hall, Hotel
Travmore.
Come
Chop down all
objections
Atlantic City's
calling
Be a Sport !
A. B. A.
THE PROGRAM
How shall we reach
the non-bookreaders?
Practical way and means of
enlarging the book-buying
and book - owning public
CEDRIC R. CROWELL,
Chairman
Speakers
Every branch of book -making and
book-selling is represented by:
EUGENE L. HERR
President, The American Booksellers'
Association
CARL H. MILAM
Secretary, The American Library Association
HENRY BLACKMAN SELL
Editor, Harper's Bazar
ROBERT CORTES HOLLIDAY
Author and Literary Advisor to Henry Holt .
& Co.
HONORS WILLSIE
Author and former Editor-in-Chief of the
Butterick Publications
DANIEL LONGWELL
Clerk, Penn Terminal Bookshop, N. Y.
A. KROCH
Kroch's Bookshop, Chicago.
LEO FAST
A lecturer for department stores on sales-
manship
F. W. HOPKINS
General Sales Manager of the Columbia
Graphophone Company
JOHN R. WILDMAN
Member of the firm of Haskins and Sells,
Accountants
FLOYD PARSONS
Author of "Everybody's Business"
Saturday Evening Post
FREDERIC MELCHER
Secretary of National Association of Book
Publishers; editor of The Publishers' Weekly
April 30, 1921
1313
THE TWENTY-FIRST
ANNUAL CONVENTION
AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS'
ASSOCIATION
Atlantic City, New Jersey
THE TRAYMORE Conven-
tion Headquarters, directly
on the Boardwalk and the
Ocean is Atlantic City's finest hotel.
On the loth floor a registration of-
fice and lounge will be open for the
business of the Convention.
THREE DAYS
I in the gay spring sunshine and brac-
ing breezes of Atlantic City will
make a new man of you. Come —
everyone connected with booksell-
ing, book publishing and literary
work, with your friends and
families.
Reduced Railroad Rates
UReduced rates of a fare and a half have
been secured over all railroads of the Trunk
Line Association and the Central, the Western,
the Southwestern, and the Southeastern
Passenger Associations, provided 350 take
advantage of this opportunity.
IJPay full fare one way. Return fare will be
adjusted at the convention. Be sure to pro-
cure a "Convention Certificate'' on purchas-
ing your ticket to Atlantic City. It is ex-
tremely important that everyone from New
York, Philadelphia and the vicinity does this
to bring the number up to 350, so that those
from greater distances may not suffer a loss.
HThese rates do not apply to the New England
Passenger Association, including Boston, or
the Trans-Continental, including California.
Hotel Accommodations
Don't let expense keep you away.
Accommodations to suit every purse.
Everyone is urged to stop at Convention
Headquarters. Write directly to the Traymore
for rates. There are many other good hotels
in Atlantic City, if you prefer, as well as
coffee houses and restaurants, outside the hotel
dining-rooms.
For further information on rates, etc., address
WHITNEY DARROW
597 Fifth Ave., New York
If you have not received our Convention
Information Booklet mailed from New York
on April i8th please write for one.
"And what a show ! . . . .
"There's nothing can touch it"
Ye bulwarks
of the book business —
Atlantic City's calling you
"To rest a bit and jest a bit
And balance up your reason
To laugh a bit and chaff a bit
And joke a bit in season."
The Play
Steel Pier Ballroom May llth, 8:15 P.M.
A stirring drama of the American Book trade
Specially prepared scenery A marvelous cakst
Lines and staging by Robert G. Anderson
Music by Charles Denhard
The Costume Dance
The Traymore May 10th, 9-12 P.M.
Given by the Women's National Book Association
Come as a book title! Come as a
book character! Come anyway!
The costumes promise a lot of fun
Four prizes for the most effective
The Banquet
Submarine Grill, Hotel Traymore, May 12th, 7 P.M.
The climax of the 1921 Convention
A sumptuous affair directed by Whitney Darrow
Three eminent speakers
Songs and special piano features
Music by the Traymore Orchestra
Atlantic City offers a host of attractions. Make this
our biggest year by coming— everybody!
Eugene L. Herr, President
Lancaster, Pa.
THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS'
ASSOCIATION
156 Fifth Avenue New York
1314
The Publishers' Weekly
A/T^
More
Rnnk Totals
tfOOK iOtai,
THERE have been many references to the
large sale of rel^us books in the trade
in he last few months, and the carrying out
ment for retailers has been suggested by the
Cyclone Fence Company, which has sent out
to the retailers a card containing twenty-four
leading questions. To each of these questions
was allowed a certam percentage, and the to-
n e as ew mons,
f the plans for the promotion of religious tal came to one hundred per cent t -was not
running over 2,000,000. Cardinal Gibbons' The Hundred Per Cent Retailer
famous book, "Faith of Our Fathers," has Here are the questions as they appear on
now reached in this country a sale of 1,500,- the card :
ooo. If figures could be made available, even YOUR
these high marks would probably be exceeded PERFECT GRADE
by the sale of "The Imitation of Christ" by 6— Have you an up-to-date business
Thomas a Kempis, but, as there are so many an(j accounting system in your
editions of this book, no accurate estimate stOre ? ................................
could be given. Other figures that indicate 5 — is yOUr business growing? ............
sales of remarkable extent are: "Plain Facts 5 — Do you take an annual inventory? ......
for Fair Minds" by Rev. George ^ A. Serle, 5 — DO you figure selling price so as
more than 700,000; "Catholic Belief" by Very jn an cases to guarantee you a
Rev. Joseph Faa di Bruno, 500,000; "Intro- profit? ............................
ductio'n to a Devout Life" by St. Francis de 5 — Can you state definitely what your
Sales, 200,000 copies; "God and Myself" by overhead expense percentage
Martin J. Scott, 165,000 ; "Devout Instruc- amounts to ? ..........................
tions on the Epistles and Gospels" by Gof- 5 — Have your sales reached a maxi-
fine, 125,000 ; "The Hand of God" by Martin mum for the expense invoTved in
J. Scott, 90,000. selling ? ..............................
During March a very extensive campaign 3 — Do you know what lines pay best
thruout the country was conducted in the in- an(j which pay least? ..................
terest of Roman Catholic journals, and pul- 3 — Is your advertising campaign care-
pit and bookstore joined in emphasizing the fully planned ahead? ..................
importance of this reading matter. In many 3 — Do you push nationally advertised
cases, at the instigation of the book publish- goods ? ...............................
ers, this drive on magazines was . supple- 5 — Do you discount your bills ? ...........
merited by a suggestion as to the Importance 3 — Do you make special effort to sell
of the religious book, and reports from many the more profitable articles? ...........
centers show that this idea was carried out, 6 — Do you turn stock at least four
altho in other places it was felt that it would times a year? (Allow i for one
only confuse the issue if both were pushed turn; 2 for two turns; 4 for three
at once. turns ; 6 for four turns) ..............
One of the leading Catholic book publish- 2 — Do you meet your customers per-
ers who has been interested in extending the sonally ? ........... . ..................
area of interest in book purchase has re- 5 — Do you buy from more sources
ported that it seems very likely that in another than necessary ? ......................
year a more special emphasis on books can 4 — Are your windows regularly and
be carried out in both church and bookshop, attractively trimmed? .................
as those stores that concentrated on the prob- 5 — Do you give prompt courteous ser-
lem this year have found good returns. The vice? .................................
bookstores now have undoubtedly an in- 4 — Do you and your clerks study the
creased confidence in the public's buying in- merchandise you sell ? ..............
terest in these books, and there is a general (Do you know how it is made
opinion that the distributing channels can be and best talking points?) ..............
made to function even more actively. 3— Do you make use of the publishers'
free advertising cuts and other
A Hundred Per Cent Efficient 3— Do you belong to'the'Books'eliers' '
Retailer . Association?
6 — Do you attend the convention ? .........
SELF-MEASUREMENT has always been 3— Do you read trade journals? ..........
a help to growth, and many people will 2 — Have you a good mailing list ? ........
remember the stimulus that came to them 3 — Do you use it? ...................... ,
from applying to their own lives the plan 5 — Do you have co-operation and
plotted out by William DeWitt Hyde in his team-work in your store? ..............
little book entitled "Self Measurement."
An effort in the direction of self-measure- 100% Total Total Grade ......
April 30, 11)21
1315
And Then He Took Up Golf
IN FACT HE WAS SITTER OM
TUG. .SUSO-ISCT OF BOOKS IN
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- AND THEM He TOOK UP GOLP
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IX/C MEAD TmS AWTICLC 0»J
THS o^ss of THE NIBLICK siic
TIMERS-.- I-M GOIMG To COMMIT
IT To MSr^ORY
From the New York Tribune
Specializing on Sporting Books
WHEN a sportsman is in doubt he does
one of two things, either consults some
brother sportsman, some outdoor peri-
odical or a book by an authority on the sub-
ject in question.
Is it a book on "How to tie flies," "How to
build a log cabin," "The habits of wildfowl,"
or something on the territory accessible along
the Amazon River — where shall he go to find
it? Certain it is that when he outfits for
his games or his travel he looks for advice
and what nook or corner in a sporting goods
store holds more of advice, instruction and
incentive than the book shelf.
Here is a gathering of printed advice from
all those who have done things, and can tell
us how to do things or where to go. On the
seventh floor of the big Abercrombie & Fitch
Company building in New York, probably the
greatest sporting goods store in the world, is
an attractive book corner in charge of Mrs.
Mary Nebon, and here are gathered a selec-
tion of books that cover every phase of sport,
practical text-books, books on exploration,
travel, nature study, and the fiction that ap-
peals to the red-blooded man for his idle hour
at home or in camp.
The big game hunter buys his rifle, then
gets his ballistics and his grizzly bear treatise
up in the book corner just off the camping
floor with its atmosphere of erected tents, sleep-
ing bags and big timber duffle. The golfer, the
tennis player, the athlete, even the seasoned ex-
plorer just off for the wastes of the Arctic
World or the heat of the Jungle — comes to the
corner to brush up on his subject.
Mrs. Nebon is there to imbibe his knowledge
or to suggest something "just off the press."
She is an enthusiast. Her books are her
friends and to her customers she introduces
them as aids to a wider acquaintance with the
out of doors.
It has taken special study to do this. Con-
stant shopping for new titles and a reading
knowledge of the books is necessary to keep
the shelves well filled and attractive.
The room is light and airy, the books are
classified on the shelves under display headings,
so that one may find easily the range of titles
looked for. It is a collection of good things
that breathe the air beyond the city — no musty
tomes in sombre bindings, the books are just
glimpses of what a man should find and what
he does find along the trails to everywhere.
1316
The Publishers' Weekly
Medical Book Called Obscene
MR. WILLIAM JAY ROBINSON, pub-
lisher of "Love in Marriage or Married
Love," was fined $250 in Special Sessions
April 22 on the ground that its issue and sale
were violations of Section 1141 of the Penal
law, which relates to the publication of ob-
scene matter. It was announced that an ap-
peal would be taken to the highest courts, as
the book had been sold for some time in Great
Britain and Canada.
George Gojrdo;n B'attle, attorney for .the
publisher, told the court that the book was a
standard volume, and had a wide circulation
among medical men. Dr. Robinson said that
the book was published abroad .by G. P.
Putnam's Sons, and that a circular sent to him
by the British publishers contained endorse-
ments of well-known writers, among whom
were H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw,
Arnold Bennett, May Sinclair, Leonard Mer-
rick, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Eden Phill potts
and the Rev. Dr. W. R. Inge, Dean of St.
Paul's Cathedral, London.
"The signatures of these authors, and of
others on the circular," said Dr. Robinson,
"are guaranteed to be genuine by the pub-
lishers."
The author of the book was Dr. Marie C.
Stopes, said to have obtained degrees from
London and Munich universities. The case
has been in court since last June. Some of
the witnesses for the defense at the trial in
January included Kermit Roosevelt, Dr. W. J.
Exner, director of the general educational ac-
tivities of the Y. M. C. A. ; Professor Charles
B. Fagnani of the Union Theological Sem-
inary and Professor Maurice A. Bigelow,
Dean of Teachers College at Columbia Uni-
versity.
The fact that Presiding Justice Clarence
Edwards had dissented from the opinions of
his two associates in Special Sessions, said Dr.
Robinson, laid a further basis for an appeal.
The opinion of Presiding Justice Edwards, in
part, read :
"Three hundred years ago, in the light of
authoritative opinion then attained, teaching
the Copernican theory of the solar system was
considered immoral, and Galileo, being a good
citizen as well as a good astronomer, yielded
to constrained authority, surrendered in large
measure the joy of genius in original investi-
gation and snaring with his fellow-beings the
resultant knowledge.
"True modesty is not shocked by any neces-
sary conversation in plainest terms concerning
the most intimate matters. I do not think
that the evidence before us concerning the
book and the manner of its sale, as shown by
the testimony of the experts for the defense,
received from men learned in medical science,
establishes either of the propositions urged
by the prosecution.
"Therefore I advise the court to decide the
issue by acquitting the defendant."
An Elaborate House Qrgan
WITH April Brentano's began the pub-
lication of an enlarged edition of their
former -book medium called Book Chat, to
be published bi-monthly. This is perhaps the
most elaborate organ that any bookseller has
ever undertaken to put out, a book for ad-
vertising purposes to send out to customers
without cost. As it is now printed, it is a
periodical of the size of the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY and contains 68 pages.
The text is in the form of special articles or
interviews concerning current publications, an
interview with Sherwood Anderson by himself,
an appreciation of D. H. Lawrence by Richard
Douglas, an article by Gertrude Atherton and
others by Floyd Dell, Coningsby Dawson and
others. Besides the publishers' advertising
carried, there are lists of current books and
special pages devoted to the foreign depart-
ments of the Breritano business.
Speaking of the editorial policy, the editor
says:
"You have no doubt already remarked the
changes in this Book Chat from the old form
and substance.
"In the first place, we now carry the adver-
tisements of many of the publishers who are
furnishing the best in literature that this and
other countries have to offer. As we handle
the books of these firms and heartily approve
of the work they are doing, it seemed only
just to us that we allow the publishers to
bring the best of their output to your notice,
telling their story in their own words. So much
for the innovation of advertisements in Book
Chat. You will find them almost as interest-
ing as the text and well worth the time spent
in reading them.
"We propose to make our Book Chat a
little magazine of real literary significance, a
periodical thru which you may keep in pleasing
touch with the literature of yesterday, today,
and tomorrow."
Few retail houses could be able on their own
initiative to plan so elaborate a book promotion
periodical.
Postal Matters
One Cause of Delayed Deliveries
NUMEROUS complaints have been re-
ceived from the Madrid post office in-
dicating that packages are delayed in deliv-
ery' because the packages and the customs
declarations which accompany the packages
do not bear the complete local address, that
is, the name of the street and number of the
house, or other designation of residence or
.place of business at which the addressees may
be found, especially in the larger cities of
Spain.
Senders of parcel post packages should give
complete local address on every package des-
tined for foreign countries and particularly
when the packages are directed to places in
Spain.
April 30, 1921
1317
Books in Demand at the Library
THE Bookman shows that the following
were the most popular books at the pub-
lic libraries during the month of February:
FICTION
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis. Harcourt.
The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton.
Appleton.
The Mysterious Rider, by Zane Grey. Harper.
Moon-Calf, by Floyd Dell. Knopf. t
Potterism, by Rose Macaulay. Boni.
The Sisters-in-Law, by Gertrude Atherton.
Stokes.
GENERAL
The Outline of History, by H. G. Wells.
Macmilktn.
Margot Asqui't^h; An Autobiography, by
'Margot Asquith. Doran.
White Shadows in the South Seas, by Freder-
ick O'Brien. Century.
The Americanization of Edward Bok, by
Edward Bok. Scribner.
Roaming Through the West Indies, by Harry
A. Franck. Century.
Now It Can Be Told, by Philip Gibbs.
Harper.
The Atlantic's Bookshelf
THE notable new books which have been
placed on the Atlantic's Bookshelf according
to the April number of the Atlantic Monthly,
are:
The Peace Negotiations : a Personal Narra^
tive, by Robert Lansing. Houghton.
The Mirrors of Downing Street: Some Politi-
cal Reflections, 'by A Gentleman with a
Duster. Putnam.
The New Jerusalem, by G. K. Chesterton.
Doran.
Russia in the Shadows, by H. G. Wells.
Doran.
Hungry Hearts, by Anzia Yezierska. Hough-
ton.
The Sisters-in-Law, by Gertrude Atherton.
Stokes.
The Story of Doctor Doolittle, told by Hugh
Lofting. Stokes.
"Fiction in Public Libraries"
IN the Library Journal (April I5th) there
is an interesting contribution by" Louis N.
Feipel of the Brooklyn Public Library on
"Public Libraries and New Fiction" in which
he gives a survey of the purchases by forty-
one leading libraries of the popular novels of
1919, with some interesting comparisons. The
list of titles numbered one hundred and eighty-
one, arranged in the order of their adoption,
the first on the list having been approved by
thirty-seven of the forty-one libraries, while
the last was circulated by one library only.
The writer is seeking a basis of selection that
will more nearly conform to a standard ac-
ceptable to all libraries and proposes to ap-
proach the subject again in later contributions.
The Greatest Twelve Modern
Novels
FRANK Shay, bookseller and editor, has
prepared a tentative list of the best books
oince the days of Thackeray and Dickens. The
list is as follows:
Lord Jim. Joseph Conrad.
Casuals of the Sea. William McFee.
Growth of the Soil. Knut Hamsun.
The Demigods. James Stephens.
The Way of All Flesh. Samuel Butler.
Jean Christophe. Remain Rolland.
Tono Bungay. H. G. Wells.
Sons and Lovers. D. H. Lawrence.
Sister Carrie. Theodore Dreiser.
Crime and Punishment. Dostoieffsky.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Thomas Hardy.
McTeague. Frank Norris.
John Weaver, in his book page in the Brook-
lyn Daily Eagle, comments on the list making
some vigorous objections:
"A very fine list, is it not? At the same
time, at least three substitutions occur to us at
once. We cannot find many elements of great-
ness in 'Casuals of the Sea,' in comparison
with The Old Wives' Tale' of Arnold Ben-
nett. 'Sons and Lovers' must be disposed of
to make room for Hergesheimer's 'The Three
Black Penny s.'
"None of the dthers is easily dispensed
with, but some consideration must surely be
made of George Moore, Anatole France, Tur-
genieff and Nexo's TeHe the Conqueror.'
'The Demigods' appears to be the other doubt-
ful pretender to novel istic royalty.
"There are undoubtedly other candidates
for inclusion which escape our mind."
A National Paper Policy
THERE have been a good many disputes
over the paper question in France. The
consumers have been very happy to see the
beginnings of foreign competition to lower
the price of French paper. But the French
manufacturers have immediately sent out a
call for help says a French book-trade paper,
and the entrance of foreign papers is a real
danger to them, their factories may have to
close down. Under these conditions they have
asked for a rise in import duties to prevent
their failure.
Of course, the consumers are opposed to
import duties and in favor of the free en-
trance of paper. But this is by no means a
fair statement of the whole problem. The ques-
tion is not whether by free trade the French
consumers shall obtain paper cheap regardless
of its source.
The real problem is to establish a program
of paper production and distribution which
shall assure to France the greatest control of
this production and of its traffic, whatever may
be the changes in the unstable condition of
present-day Europe, and shall give to the pub-
lishing business (whether newspaper, period-
ical or book) at the same time low prices and
a preferential position in distribution.
The Publishers' Weekly
Booksellers and Stationers Meet
at Rock Island
TH'E joint meeting of Illinois and Iowa Sta-
tioners and Booksellers has issued a com-
plete program covering a convention of three
days from May 3rd to 5th at Rock Island,
Illinois. Among the speakers will be Frank K.
Reilly, President of Reilly & Lee Company, on
"Co-operation Between Publisher and Book-
seller." Mr. Reilly will represent the National
Association of Book Publishers. Morris San-
ford, President of the Morris San ford Com-
pany, of t^edar Rapids, Iowa, speaks on "Train-
ing of the Sales Force." Fletcher B. Gibbs,
General Manager of the National Association
of Stationers and Manufacturers, is to give an
address. The statement of the convention pur-
pose is given in the announcement as follows :
"The program as planned means real busi-
ness for the convention sessions, so that from
a strictly business standpoint no dealer can af-
ford to stay away. Topics of interest to every
dealer will be discussed, such as the following :
"i. Stock taking, or how goods should be
inventoried.
"2. A simple method of ascertaining the
cost of doing business.
"3. How to figure costs and to price goods.
"4. The average percentage of incoming
carriage charges to costs.
"=;. Cost of doing business.
"6. Discount to competitors.
"7. The cost value and relative merits of
different kinds of advertising.
"8. The proposition of adjusting our pres-
ent overhead to present sales.
"9. Co-operative buying.
"10. The best svstem for checking and
auditing cash sales."
A one mill tax on the increase alone, if such
a tax were available for library purposes, would
mean a $75,000,000 increased appropriation, a
sum rather staggering in comparison to what
is usually available for such purposes. If the
bookstore could obtain the support of any
considerable part of this new wealth, there
would be an increase in book sales and in
the number of prosperous booksellers that
would be an immediate stimulus to author
and publisher, as well as an addition to the
cause of adult education.
Books as City Necessities
THE problem of obtaining an adequate tax
support for libraries has been an especially
urgent one this year, and, in Illinois, the libra-
rians have had to get together to find a way to
get libraries out of an unfortunate classifica-
tion where they had been put for tax purposes.
According to the state's present law, libraries
together with small parks, garbage collecting,
and one or two other city departments have
their tax levy scaled down if a city's total tax
(happens to run too 'high.
The association in which libraries are thrown
by this law would be humorous if If were not
so serious. An amendment to this law is cer-
tainly needed. Libraries are facing a difficult
situation everywhere with increased expenses
in all departments, and the scaling down of
their present rate under this law has been an
unfortunate handicap in Illinois. The present
limit for library rates is il/2 mills in cities
over 100,000. The State is asked to remove
the library tax levy from the scaling down
classification. There would be a moral satis-
faction in having libraries recognized as real
necessities.
Where is the Money for Books? Weaver on the Brooklyn Eagle
SOMETIMES the producers and distribu-
tors of books, whether booksellers or libra-
rians, speak as tho there was a very definite
limitation to the amount of books that the pub-
lic could afford to purchase from year to year.
Booksellers have congratulated themselves
when the distribution in their city has increased
10 per cent from time to time, and librarians
have felt please^ when the appropriation was
occasionally increased.
The wealth of the country, however, from
which the book buying must be done or the
book appropriation for the library taken, has
increased by a percentage that should be an
incentive to those who s-ell what is sometimes
termed luxuries. In pointing this out it is
interesting to turn to some of the government
statistics on the national wealth. In 1912 the
estimated taxable wealth was, in round num-
bers, $175,000,000,000. Eight years later it was
estimated to have increased to $250,000,000.000,
an increase of $75,000,000,000. This later fig-
ure is a rough estimate based on the rate of
increase of the eight years previous to 1912,
and the real total to-day is probably much in
excess of this figure.
THE book ipage of the B'rooklyn Daily Eagle
has added a signed column entitled "Per-
sonally Conducted by John V. A. Weaver."
Mr. Weaver, whose book of poems "In Amer-
ican" has had a very favorable reception, was
formerly one of the literary editors of the
Chicago Tribune, and has written special ar-
ticles for the Chicago Daily News. This de-
partment promises to be one of the strongly
individual book columns in the big dailies.
New A. B. A. Memberships
THE Membership Committee of the Ameri-
can Booksellers' Association has reported
during the past week seven new members :
Edwin Valentine Mitchell, Hartford, Conn.
Frank Shay, New York City.
Oliver C. Schroeder, Cleveland, Ohio.
Miriam E. Lone, New York City.
Hester Anne Van Arsdale, McDevitt Wil-
son Inc., 30 Church St., New York.
B. A. Whitmore, Mgr. Smith & Lamar Agts.,
Richmond, Va.
Ethel Cugell, c/o Best & Co., New York.
Afiril 30, 1921
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Typographical Standards
ANOTHER entrant into the field of na-
tional associations is the Advertising
Typographers of America, who held their first
conference at Cleveland in March. The or-
ganization's object, as stated, is "to raise the
standard of typography and create a more
general demand among advertisers for better
typography." It would be an interesting ven-
ture if book typographers might form a simi-
lar organization, or the manufacturing men
of the publishers underwrite an effort to sell
to the general public an appreciation of what
good printing means. The sense of the value
of book ownership can undoubtedly be in-
creased by an increased knowledge of what
good typography is.
Catalogs Wanted
THE Oliver Typewriter Company of Chicago
is interested in building a business library
which will have to do not only with special
business topics, but would include books on
biography, travel and history, so far as they
have to do with the development of business
and trade and would like any such business
library to give or loan them copies of their
catalogs together with suggestions as to what
they have found suitable and interesting for
such a collection.
A Notable Anniversary
'"THERE are in the establishment of G. P.
1 Putnam's Sons many whose names have
been on the roll for twenty-five years or more,
but for the first time in the history of the
house, it has been possible to record the fact
that a man and wife have both been on the
staff for twenty-five years.
This unusual event was marked in the presen-
tation, by Major George Haven Putnam, on
behalf of the directors, of watches to 'Mr. and
Mrs. James N. MacGillivray, who began their
services with the Putnam s in 1895-96. Mrs.
MacGillivrav is chief of the Children's Book
Room in the Putnam Retail Store. Mr. Mac-
Gillivray has charge of the Custom House
business of the concern.
Mail Order Advertising
THE national advertising mediums have
been carrying for some time full-page
advertisements of a popular subscription
edition of Arthur B. Reeves's "Craig Ken-
nedy" stones, the set to be sold by mail direct
in the same way as O. Henry has been so
widely marketed.
Grosset & Dunlap have now made arrange-
ments with Harper to include the full list of
ten titles in their popular copyrights, which
will enable the retailer to connect his dis-
play with this national publicity. The adver-
tising has been going on for some months
now, and it is probable that many thousands
of people will recognize the name of Arthur
B. Reeve or "Craig Kennedy" who would
not have turned quickly to these titles before
the campaign was started.
How Many Different Articles?
IN reporting a very successful fall and
Christmas season, Harrod's of London,
whose buyer was in this country last May,
state that they sold at retail alone an entire
English edition on one thousand copies of
Wyeth's "Robinson Crusoe," purchased as an
exclusive item from the Cosmopolitan Book
Corporation.
Mail for Russia and Siberia
POSTMASTERS are now authorized to
accept for transmission letters and post-
cards at the postal union rate of five cents for
the first ounce and three cents for each addi-
tional ounce addressed to Russia in Europe
( inducing the Ukraine, Republic of Georgia
and Azerbaijan). Mail for Russia in Asia,
except Vladivostok and Eastern Siberia, . is
subject to the same rate and likewise limited
to letters and post-cards.
Mail for Vladivostock and Eastern Siberia
will be accepted when it consists of letters,
post-cards, printed matter, samples of mer-
chandise, and commercial papers, conforming
to the postal union postage rates, conditions,
and classification for dispatch to San Fran-
cisco, or Seattle, and included there in mails
for Vladivostok.
BOOKS ARE WINDOWS
"Books are the windows thru which the soul looks out. A house
without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to
bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the
means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family. He cheats them. Chil-
dren learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowl-
edge comes with reading and grows upon it. And the love of knowledge,
in a young mind, is almost a warrant against the inferior excitement of
passions and vices. A little library, growing larger every year, is an
honorable part of a young man's history. It is a man's duty to have
books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life."
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
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An Uncori-ecterf
BALLADE OF LITERARY APPEAL
"Buy a book a week." — Publishers' prayer
Hear the publisher his cry,
Hear his wistful wail :
"Buy a book a week." Oh, buy
Story, poem, tale.
Lest you mentally grow stale,
Obsolete, antique,
Hit the Literary Trail,
Buy a book a week.
Mysteries that mystify;
Robberies of the mail;
Books by Edgar Wilson Nye;
Books by Zona Gale;
Books 'by William Bayard Hale;
Books by Harvey Peake;
Books by Billy Phelps of Yale ;
Buy a book a week.
Buy The Story of a Spy;
Buy The Purple Veil;
Buy Sir Thomas Malory;
Buy The Holy Grail;
Buy Theocritus, nor fail
To read him in the Greek.
Tho your bank account be frail,
Buy a book a week.
L'ENVOI
Queen, I crave a little kale,
Royalties I seek;
All my volumes' are on sale . . .
Buy a book a week.
— F. P. A. in the New York Tribune.
ANY DAY IN ENGLAND
Fond English Mother: Congratulations,
Harold. Now that your first book is pub-
lished, you can go over and lecture to the
Americans.
THE ETERNAL CONFLICT
City loafer, airy grin,
Guying Gopher Prairie, Minn.;
Gopher Prairie, cool, contrary,
Guying city loafer airy.
— KEITH PRESTON in Chicago Daily News.
NOVELIZE IT
1921— "Did you see that movie called 'Oliver
Twist'?"
Frosh— "Yes, and say, wouldn't that make
a peach of a book?" —Broum Jug.
PROGRESS
It is reported that seven hundred and twenty-
eight small towns thruout the United States
have voted to change the name of their prin-
cipal thorofare from "Main Street" to
"Broadway." Who says that we pay no at-
tention to our native American literature?
-Life.
The Publishers' Weekly
The "Knockout" Sale
WITH the reissue in England by John
Lane of A. Edward Newton's volume on
"The Amenities of Book Collecting," no part
of his text has been more frequently referred
to by the reviewers than his description in one
chapter of the knockout methods of auction-
ing, which he describes as very prevalent in
London, to the decided disadvantage of a per-
son whose books are put up for sale. The
London Nation and Athenaeum in quoting
this says :
"The practice, which we are informed does
prevail in some degree in the United States as
well as in this ^ country, contrary to Mr. New-
ton's surmise, is one which has very unpleas-
ant results when, in the course of time, a book
collector reaches the stage when his books
are knocked down in the auction room, prob-
#bly under the description 'the library of a
gentleman deceased.' Then it may be that
some dozen booksellers will agree not to bid
against one another. Books are knocked down
at very moderate rates to each of these gentle-
men in turn. When the auction is over they
gather together and divide the spoils. Books
have been sold in the auction room for one
hundred pounds which have changed hands
within a week for a thousand. But the book-
sellers have a ready defence. They say they
are in the position of an amalgamation of
bankers or a company. It is their presence in
the salesrooms which makes the high prices
of books possible. If a library were sold in
the auction room and only private dealers were
present the prices would be infinitely less. It
is always open to the seller of a book or to
his executors to obtain a valuation from this
bookseller or from that. Outside the sales-
rooms there is no collusion. It is a problem
bristling with difficulties."
Read a Book a Week
THE Old Corner Book Store in Boston has
taken up the slogan "Buy a Book a Week,"
and a broader application of its spirit, "Read
a Book a Week" with unusual energy and
originality. To further the campaign, prizes,
which will be nothing less than $50 worth
of books, to be selected by the winners from
the shelves and counters of the Old Corner
Book Store, will be awarded to the writers
of the poems that shall best embody the
phrase, "Read a Book a Week!" and most
effectively reproduce the spirit of that slo-
gan. The poems are to be not more than 16
lines in length — that is, they may range any-
where from a single couplet up to 16 lines —
and are to be sent to "Contest Department,
Old Corner Book Store, 27 Bromfield Street,
Boston, Mass." The contest will close May
15. There will be a first prize of $25 worth
of books, a second prize of $10 worth of
books and three prizes each of $5 worth of
books. The judges for the contest have not
yet been announced.
April 30, 1921
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Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
WILLA GATHER'S "My Antonja" (Houghton
Mifflin) has been translated into French.
DODD, MEAD expects to publish shortly a new
novel by Archibald Marshall. It is entitled
"Anthony Dare" and will be the first of a tril-
ogy, the seconcj volume of which will be the
story of Anthony Dare's married life and the
third his success in middle age.
THE BROOKES MORE PRIZE for the best poem
or group of poems printed in Contemporary
Verse during 1920, was recently awarded to
Sara Teasdale, for the group "The Dark Cup"
in "Flame and Shadow" (Macmillan) The
judges were : Robert Frost, Professor John
L. Lowes of Harvard, and Katharine Lee
Bates.
THE Scientific American Publishing1 Co.
published April 28 "Einstein's Theories of
Relativity and Gravitation," edited by J. Mal-
colm Bird of the editorial staff of The Scien-
tific American. This is a compilation of the
best material received in the competition for
the Eugene Higgins Prize of $5000 offered thru
7' he Scientific American.
THE BROWNIE books by Palmer Cox are to
be published in a low-priced abridged edition.
The Century Co. has sold the right to repuo-
lish in this form to the Saalfield Publishing
Co. of Akron, Ohio, which purposes printing
in large editions all ten of the original Brownie
books, five this year and five next year. The
Century Co. will continue the publication of
the Brownie books in the regular size and
shape with which the trade is familiar.
HARPER is to publish a Life Insurance Li-
brary, edited by Dr. John A. Stevenson, Vice
President of the Equitable Life Insurance
Society of New York City, and Griffin Love-
lace, Director of the School of Life Insurance
Salesmanship, Carnegie Institute of Technol-
ogy. The first part of the library will be a
series of textbooks on life insurance salesman-
ship, and the second comprises a series of
smaller volumes on special problems of sales-
manship.
Altho it is no secret that Robert Orr Chip-
I'rrlield, the popular mystery story writer, i-s
the same person as Isabel Ostrander, there are
still those who are unaware of the fact. Re-
cently an enthusiastic reader of "The Man In
The Jury Box" (McBride) and other Chipper-
field books 'went into a bookstore asking for
something "just as good." "How about this?"
asked the bookseller, offering Miss Ostrander's
latest novel, "How Many Cards?" "What?
Read a book by a woman ?" cried the customer,
"I should say not!"
A NEW NOVEL, a mystery story, which gives
a picture of modern India, by Rabindranath
Tagore_will be published by Macmillan late in
the spring.
GEORGE BARR McCuTCHEON has just finished
a novel to be published shortly by Dodd, Mead
& Co. under the title "Quill's Window," the
name of a landmark, an abrupt hill in the flat
part of Indiana.
CONSTABLE & Co. of London announce that
over 750,000 copies of the "Four Horsemen of
the Apocalypse," have been sold in the English
translation. This is the first time that any
sales figures on the best-seller have been an-
nounced.
CARL SANDBURG has been visiting the Pacific
Coast recently and incidently a number of
movie stars. In writing of his visit to Charlie
Chaplin, he said: I asked him if he had read
'Main Street.' "I have had time to read only
one book the last year ; that was Knut Ham-
sun's 'Hunger' " was the reply.
BOOTH TARKINGTON has been asked to write
a play for Maude Adams who is to return to
the stage this fall after an absence of nearly
three years. Mr. Tarkington produced two
plays on Broadway last year, "Clarence" which
had a phenomenal run and "Poldekin" in which
George Arliss starred. His new novel, "Alice
Adams" will be published by Doubleday, Page
& Company this spring.
DONALD B. MACMILLAN, who was Admiral
Peary's right-hand man when he made his suc-
cessful dash for the North Pole, will leave on
his next Arctic voyage in July. Word has
come from East Boothbay, Maine, that the
schooner /'Bowdoin," on which MacMillan
plans to sail thru the dangerous Fury and
Hecla Strait on the west side of Baffin Land,
has just been launched. MacMillan's book,
"Four Years in the White North," published
by Harper, is the record of his previous ex-
ploration, on which he set out after his trip
with Peary.
THE FIRST official recognition of an Ameri-
can poet by a law making body is the joint
and concurrent resolution of the Senate and
House of Nebraska declaring John G. Neihardt
Poet Laureate of Nebraska. This act was the
official recognition of the significance of the
American Epic Cycle upon which Neihardt has
been working steadily for seven years and of
which "The Song of Hugh Glass" and "The
Song of Three Friends" have now been pub-
Jished. "The^ SplencJ'd Wayfaring'" (Mac-
millan, 1920) is a prose work giving the his-
torical background of these epics. Neihardt
is now engaged in the third part of the cycle,
to be called "The Song of the Indian Wars."
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The Publishers' Weekly
Obituary Notes
F. C. PHILIPS, the novelist, died at his home
in London, on April 20 in his seventy-third,
year. He was the author of many popular
novels, including "As in a Looking Glass,"
"A Lucky Young Woman," "Jack and Three
Jills," "The Dean and His Daughter." "Mar-
garet Byng," "Little Mrs. Murray," "Con-
stance," "A Daughter's Sacrifice," "Full Con-
fession/" "Men, 'Women and Things," '"A
Question of Color," "Fatal Phryne," "Sibyl."
Some of these were successfully adapted for
the stage. "As in a Looking Glass," a "best
seller" of the eighties, was the first English
production in Paris by Sarah Bernhardt.
Communications
A Humble Apology
The following letter sent to the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY by Morgan Taylor of G. P. Put-
nam's Sons is self-explanatory. The PUB-
LISHERS' WEEKLY is most sincerely sorry for
its share in giving a false impression of Mr.
Frankel : —
(Copy.)
April i8th, 1921.
Mr. Morgan P. Taylor,
c/o G. P. Putnam's Sons,
2 West 45th St., New York City.
Dear Mr. Taylor:
The PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY of April pth pub-
lished a communication from you under the
heading "Fake Reviewers." Your letter was
based on an injudicious letter from the literary
editor of the Daily News, Thomas A. Boyd.
H. D. Frankel, who is branded as a fake by
your communication, is in reality a high-class
lawyer and a former newspaper man. He at
one time was city editor of the Daily News,
and following his resignation, continued to re-
view books for us. When Mr. Boyd came to
us as literary editor, Mr. Frankel still con-
tinued to receive books from the publishers,
but he always sent them to this office or re-
viewed them himself and sent the review to
me.
The communication in the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY is an injustice to Mr. Frankel. The
whole thing is a misunderstanding, and I would
appreciate it if you would ask the editor of the
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY to make the correction.
Mr. B'oyd is the literary editor of the Daily
News and should receive books from the pub-
lishers, but Mr. Frankel has in no way violated
any ethics of the newspaper profession.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) HOWARD KAHN,
Editor, The Daily News.
Post Delivery Spreads
THE plan of giving complete local delivery
by parcel post which was first developed
in St. Paul is now being heard from in other
parts of the country. In Atlanta they are de-
livering all parcel post packages on the same
day. Anything that is mailed up to noon
is cleared up in the same afternoon, and all
afternoon packages by the next day. This type
of service would be of particular advantage
to bookstores who very often do not have
enough delivery to build up a complete service
for a whole city.
English News
B. W. Matz, the well-known Dickens au-
thority, has resigned his position in Messrs.
Chapman & Hall, Ltd., to become a partner
with Mr. Cecil Palmer. Mr. Matz numbers
many authors of today among his friends, not
the least being his own brother-in-law, Mr.
Ridgwell Cullum. In his new sphere, Mr.
Matz will pursue his Dickens' interests and
will become the publisher of The Dickensian,
which he will continue to edit. Mr. Matz takes
up his new position with Mr. Cecil Palmer at
the end of March.
Binghamton Printing
THE organization of the Vail-Ballou Com-
pany at Binghamton, New York, has been
practically filled up again since the open shop
conditions were announced last month. Women
have been trained on the machines, and on
April i8th a night shift was started; so that
shortly the plant will be at its full capacity.
Book Lectures at Wanamaker's
DURING the week of May pth-May I4th
there will be daily talks on books and
literature in the auditorium of Wanamaker's
New York store given by Samuel Abbot, . of
the New York Tribune. These talks will be
illustrated by slides, and will form a new
and interesting variety of book publicity for
department stores. F. S. Smyth, manager of
the department, has extended an invitation
to booksellers who may be in town to attend
this book week, especially those from out of
town who may come thru New York after
the visit to Atlantic City.
Business Notes
CHICAGO, ILL. — The Agency of the Wart-
burg Publishing House will be moved May
i to its own building at 2018 Calumet Ave.
NEW YORK CITY. — The Publishers of Beauty
Culture, 116 West 3Qth Street, desire lists of
books on Hair Dying, Hair Dressing, Cos-
metic, Massage, Manicuring, etc., to offer to
their subscribers.
NEW YORK CITY.— Basil Blackwell of Ox-
ford has appointed C. H. Daniels, 214 West
5Oth Street, as American agent for the sale
of his publications. New titles as they are is-
sued will be recorded in the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY.
April 30, 1921
The Weekly Record of New Publications
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This list aims to be a complete and accurate record of American book publications.
Pamphlets will be included only if of special value. Publishers should send copies of all
books promptly for annotation and entry, and the receipt of advance copies insures record
simultaneous with publication. The annotations are descriptive, not critical ; intended to
place not to judge the books. Pamphlet material and books of lesser trade interest are listed
in smaller type.
The entry is transcribed from title page when the book is sent for record. Prices are added except
when not supplied by publisher or obtainable only on specific request. When not specified the binding is cloth.
Imprint date is stated [or best available date, preferably copyright date, in bracket] only when it
differs from year of entry. Copyright date is stated only when it differs from imprint date: otherwise
simply "c." No ascertainable date is designated thus: [n. rf.].
Sizes are indicated as follows: F. (folio: over 30 centimeters high); Q (4*0: under 30 cm.); O. (Svo:
25 cm.); D. (izma: 20 cm.); S. (i6mo: ijY* cm.); T. (2^mcr: 15 cm.); Tt. (32mo: i2l/2 cm.); Ff. (48*10:
10 cm.); sq., obi., nar., designate square, oblong, narrow.
Ahrons, E. L.
Steam locomotive construction and mainte-
nance ; describing workshop equipment and
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be overcome; and the lines for development.
12-f-ns p. front, diagrs. S (Pitman's technical
primer ser.) N. Y., Pitman bds. $i
Sullivan, Rev. John Francis
The visible church; her government, cere-
monies, sacramentals, festivals and devotions ;
a compendium of "the externals of the Catho-
lic church ; a text-book for Catholic schools ;
with 120 il. from pen drawings by the author.
9+275 p. O '20 c. N. Y., P. J. Kenedy $i
Taylor, Katharine Haviland
Natalie Page. 301 p. D [c. '21] Phil.,
Jacobs $2 n.
The reactions of a Virginia girl, accustomed to
strenuous out-of-door sports, to a pink tea existence
in her aunt's New York home.
Thomson, Charles Goff
Terry; a tale of the hill people. 275 p. D
c. N1. Y., Macmillan $2 n.
A story of action and adventure set in the
Philippines, with a young American captain in the
native constabulary as the hero. The author was
formerly lieutenant colonel U. S. Army, and assis-
tant director of prisons, for Philippine government.
Tiemann, Harry Donald
The kiln drying of lumber; a practical and
theoretical treatise; 3rd ed. 11+318 p. il. pis.
diagrs. (part fold.) O [c. '20] Phil., Lippin-
cott $4.50 n.
Tinkler, Charles Kenneth, and Masters, Helen
Applied chemistry ; a practical handbook for
students of household science and public
health, v. I, Water, detergents, textiles, fuels,
etc. 11+292 p. il. figs. O '20 N. Y., Van
No strand _$4-5O n.
Tralle, Henry Edward
Story-telling lessons. 112 p. S [c. '21] Phil.,
Am. Baptist Pub. Society 75 c. n.
Wickham, Harvey
The clue of the primrose petal. 313 p. D
[c. '21] N. Y., Clode $1.75 n.
A detective story wherein there are many sus-
pects for the crime.
Wolff, William Almon
The path of gold ; il. by C. B. Falls. 302 p.
D c. '20 N. Y., Reynolds Pub. Co. $1.50
Stephen Thayer, a failure, gets a chance to run
the Haitian Railways and gets involved in plenty
of adventures, to which two girls add the necessary
zest.
Worst, Edward F.
Construction work for the primary grades.
9+291 p. il. O [c. '20] Milwaukee, Wis., The
Bruce Pub. Co. $2.25 n.
Young, Gordon Ray
Savages. 327 p. front. D c. Garden City,
N. Y., Doubleday, Page $1.75 n.
How Hurricane Williams, beloved by the South
Sea natives but outcast from the preying whites,
settled an old score with a white king of the
islands and with a beautiful, unscrupulous woman.
U. S. Office of Internal Revenue
Income tax primer; rev. Jan. ist, 1921; prepared
by the Bu. of Internal Revenue for the information
and assistance of taxpayers. 40 p. O (Treasury
dept.) '21 Wash., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap.
apply
U. S. Post-office pept.
Parcel post statistics; statistical data relative to
ascertaining the cost of administering the parcel
post service and the trend and tendencies of the
system in its growth and developments. 63 p. tabs,
(part fold.) O '21 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt.
of Doc. pap. apply
Van Duzee, Millard C.
The dipterous genus dolichopus latreille in North
America. 304 p. pis. O (Smithsonian Inst., U. S.
N.at. Museum, bull. 116) '21 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr.
Off., Supt. of Doc. pap.
Walsh, Thomas F. X.
Pilgrimage to Europe with the Knights of Colum-
bus, 1920; [Fr. Walsh's diary, in which he tells of
his travels in Italy, France, Scotland and Ireland].
22 p. O c. '20 Trenton, N. J., MacCrellish & Quig-
ley, 13 S. Montgomery St. pap. priv. pr.
Ware, Richard Darwin
Politics adjourned; with introd. by John Milton
[verse]. 7+63 p. O c. '20 Amherst, N. H., Am.
herst Pub. Co. pap. 75 c.
Politics regained [verse]. 50 p. O c. '20 Amherst,
N. H., Amherst Pub. Co. pap. 75 c.
Warfleld, Solomon Davies
Address of S. Davies Warfield on the occasion of
the dinner given in his honor on Monday evening,
Dec. 13, 1020, at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, New
York; with introd. remarks of Hon. Myron T. Her-
rick; and letter from former senator Elihu Root.
[Subject: Rates, earnings, equipment, value, em-
ployees and their relations to transportation.] 34 p.
O '20 Bait., Nat. Assn. of Owners of Railroad Se-
curities pap. gratis
Webster, George Washington
A physiological basis for the shorter working day
for women. 20 p. O (Bull, of the Women's Bu., no.
14; U. S. Dept. of Labor) '21 Wash., D. C., Gov.
Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap. 5 c.
Wessling, Hannah Louise
Baking in the home. 40 p. il. O (Dept. of Agric.,
farmer's bull. 1136, States relations service) '20
Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off.. Supt. of Doc. pap. 10 c.
Wheaton, Carl Crumbie
Cases on federal court procedure; together with
judicial code, equity rules, forms and questionnaire.
8+758 p. O c. Chic., Callaghan & Co. buck. $6 n.
Williamson, Charles Clarence
Andrew Carnegie; his contribution to the Public
library movement; a commemorative address. 14 p.
O '20 N. Y. DAuthor], Division of Economics, N. Y.
Pub. Library pap. apply
Witherby & Co., London, Eng.
Marine insurance clauses; including York-Ant-
werp rules, Marine insurance act, and table of
stamp duties. 4+152 p. S '20 N. Y., N. A. Phemis-
ter Co. [Ag'ts], 42 B'way $3
Yarmolinsky, Abraham, comp.
The Kennan collection; [a bibliography]. 13 p. Q
'21 N. Y., The New York [City] Public Library
pap. 10 c.
Young, Karl
The dramatic associations of the Easter sepulchre.
130 p. O (Studies in language and literature, no.
10) '20 Madison, Wis., Univ. of Wisconsin pap,
50 c.
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Rare Books, Autographs and Prints
A
$2850.
T Sotheby's in London April 18 a first
folio of Shakespeare brought $21,000
and a first edition of Walton's "Angler"
Miscellaneous books, including works re-
lating to Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War,
regimental and general history, Confederate
imprints and military history^ works on slav-
ery, and an important collection of works on
the fine arts and architecture, will be sold by
Stan V. Henkels, in Philadelphia, May 3
and 4.
Two volumes, Thomas DeLoney's "Strange
Histories of Songs and Sonnets of Knigfhts
and Gentlemen," London, 1612, and William
Percy's "Sonnets to the Fairest Coelia," Lon-
don, 1594, purchased by Dr. Rosenbach at the
recent sale of Britwell selections at Sotheby's,
costing $1,080 and $2,680 respectively, have
been privately sold to the British Museum at
the original auction price. The trustees, it was
reported, were disappointed at not obtaining
them at auction and when this became known
to Dr. Rosenbach he offered them the books
without profit.
An unpublished portrait of Percy Bysshe
Shelley painted by R. Hancock, at Clifton, m
Devonshire, August 4, 1815, apparently given
to the poet as a birthday present, once owned
by Buxton Forman, was recently sold by the
B'rick Row Bookshop of this city. A note in
Mr. Forman' s handwriting accompanied the
portrait and referred to it as the "Williams
portrait of Shelley," but just why this name
was given to it is not clear. Possibly the
name may have indicated a former owner.
At any rate it has been clearly established
that it was painted by Hancock, an artist of
the period and a friend of the poet.
In the last number of Wall's Etched
Monthly, James F. Drake, the rare book
dealer, answers the question "Why First
Editions" as follows : "The theory of tne first
edition proves itself. First, it insures the
money invested in the purchase, because, for
the average of a collection an equivalent price
can be obtained when the books are sold. The
sales records of two hundred years prove
this. Later editions would not insure the
purchase price because only first editions, ex-
cept in the case of very rare items, have much
value. Second, it stands as the history of the
period representing biading, type, quality of
paper and the social customs of the time.
Third, the interest stimulated in the search
for the first issue of a rare volume gives add-
ed pleasure, leads to wider reading as a re-
sult, and, in a few years of handling, imparts
a liberal education to the buyer. Fourth,
books afford the only line of collecting where
the financial ability of every buyer can have
play. The buyer of one to five dollar books
has" the same chance along with the hundred
and five hundred dollar buyer."
A notable collection of English illustrated
books of the first half of the nineteenth cen-
tury, comprising the work of such artists as
George and Robert Cruikshank, John Leech,
Hablot K. Browne, Robert Seymour, William
and Henry Heath and G. M. Woodward, is
on exhibition at the book shop of Ernest R.
Gee & Company, 442 Madison Avenue. A
well printed, illustrated catalog with careful
descriptions and frequent notes has just been
issued and will be of great interest to col-
lectors of this period. Many of the^ items are
excessively rare and frequently in unique
state, for instance, David Carey's "Life in
Paris," with illustrations by George Cruik-
shank, is in the original 21 parts with all the
wrappers intact; Alfred Crowquill's "Holiday
Grammar," with colored etchings by George
Cruikshank, first edition, is in the original
brown printed wrapper ; Pierce Egan's "Life
in London," with colored etchings by I. R.
and G. Cruikshank, first edition, is probably
unique as it contains all of the parts in the
very first state, also a duplicate wrapper in
the second state of Part II; Grimm's "Ger-
man Popular Stories," illustrated by George
Cruikshank, is a second issue but unique as
it was the artist's own copy with the title page
of each volume before letters, the lettering
being in pencil in Cruikshank's own auto-
graph; "Peter Schlemihl," with plates by
George Cruikshank, first edition in the orig-
inal pink boards ; and Pierce Egan's "Sport •
ing Anecdotes" with colored plates by Theo-
dore Lane, first edition in the original parts,
probably unique in this condition. These
selections indicate the extraordinary char-
acter of this collection.
i
First editions, manuscripts, autograph let-
ters and extra-illustrated books, including the
private libraries of Trowbridge Hall of this
city, Miss Eleanor Fitrgibbons of Laurel,
Md., books from the estate of F. R. Halsey
of this city, and other consignments were sold
at the American Art Galleries, April 20 and
21. The sale was well attended and competi-
tion frequently was spirited. It was the asso-
ciation's most important book sale of the sea-
son up to the present time, the grand total
reaching $58,046.50. The highest price, $3400,
was paid for an extra-illustrated copy of
Daniel's "Engraved Work of Richard Cos-
way" which contained 473 additional plates
and original drawings by both Robert and
Maria Cosway. It cost Mr. Halsy consider-
ably more than twice what Walter M. Hill
paid for it. Thomas J. Gannon paid $1550
for "Echoes" Lahore, 1884, by Rudyard Kip-
ling and his sister, unique copy presented by
Kipling to his Alma Mater with a five
stanza poem entirely in his autograph. An
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autograph letter of twelve pages by O. Henry
brought $510. A set of Surtees's "Sporting
Novels," five volumes in the original parts,
brought $860. Stevenson first editions brought
good prices, the highest being $1025 paid for
"Black Canyon, or Wild Life in the West,"
Davos-Platz, 1882, the original issue of one
of the juvenile toy books with the cuts exe-
cuted by Stevenson. The Baxter collection
of Thackeray letters, consisting of 43 lots,
were bought mainly by Walter M. Hill, the
various lots bringing a total of $4792.50. This
sale consisted largely of first editions and
manuscripts of the last century and the prices
indicate an active demand for rarities of this
period.
The William Loring Andrews collection of
Americana, consisting of maps, prints and
books, many relating to New York, was sold
at the Anderson Galleries April 18 and 19,
bringing $20,323.75. Interest centered in the
Bradford Map of New York, made from a
survey by James Lyne and printed in 1731 by
the city's first printer. This rarity — one of
three known copies — brought $6500, the high-
est price ever paid for printed item at auction
relating to New York, and was bought by
Cortlandt F. Bishop. Other interesting lots
and the prices which they brought were the
following: "The American Almanac," by
Titian Leeds, New York, 1738, printed by
William Bradford, brought $200; "The New
York Pocket Almanacs," for 1784-85,96-97-
1801-02-03, by Thomas Moore, printed by
Hugh Gaine, New York, $155; "The Brad-
ford Map and the City of New York at the
time of the Granting of the Montgomerie
Charter." with illustrations, levant, by R. "W.
Smith, New York, 1893, one of ten copies on
Japan paper with a full page drawing by
George H. Boughton, $250; Christopher
Colles's "A Survey of the Roads of the
United States," original boards, New York,
1/89, a fine perfect copy, $320; Dr. John W.
Francis's "Old New York," extended to 4
vols., by the insertion of 522 portraits, scenes,
water colors and autographs, levant by
Matthews, New York, 1865, $425; Pierre M.
Irving's "The Life and Letters of Washington
Irving," large paper copy of the first edition
extended to 8 vols., levant by Matthews,
New York, 1862-64, $180; Patrick Mc-
Roberts "A Tour Through Part of the
North Provinces of North America," morocco,
Edinburgh, 1776, $355; "New York Directory
for the Year 1789," with folding plan ol the
city, levant, by the Club Bindery, New York,
1789, the third New York directory said to be
as rare as the first, $310; Samuel Willard's
"The Duty of the People that have Renewed
their Covenant with God.," etc., morocco by
Stikeman, Boston, 1682, $425 ; "A View of
Castle William by Boston in New England,"
a unique Boston print, ascribed by McStauf-
fer to Paul Revefe but probably engraved to
Thomas Johnson, $375 ; and "The New York
Custom House," an aquatint of the Old Gov-
ernment House, $470.
A branch of the Brick Row Bookshop, of
New Haven and New York, will be opened in
Princeton at the beginning of the new uni-
versity year. It will be located at 68l/2 Nassau
Street and will be under the management of
Henry Chapin, formerly of the New York
Evening Post, and a graduate of Princeton
University. Practically all of the details, in-
cluding the matter of finances, have been com-
pleted. Early in July Byrne Hackett will go
to England to buy stock for his joint book-
shops. The past year has been a period of
healthy development for Mr. Hackett's rare
book business; his stock of prints, manuscripts
and rare books, especially in early English
literature, has been greatly augmented and his
clientele, especially in this city and the west,
is constantly growing. His East Forty-seventh
Street bookshop is one that out-of-town vis-
itors cannot afford to miss ; it is already recog-
nized here as one of the finest in the city. Mr.
Hackett's original strategy of reaching the
young men of Yale, Columbia and Princeton,
at close range, is characteristic of his general
intelligence. His enthusiasm for literary rari-
ties of all kinds is bound to start many young
men in book buying and collecting and he
should profit by his foresight. Such a plan,
however, requires patience and time to bring
its full success, for, after all, this is a seed
planting time for Mr. Hackett's enterprises
and the real harvest will come in future years.
F. M. H.
Catalogs Received
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Items 1041.) The Aldine Book Co., 436 Fourth Ave-
nue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Americana, rare Colonial tracts, scarce Indian items,
including Hoyt's Antiquities, Bouquet's Expedi-
tion, 1766, Smith's Captivity, 1834, Kentucky, Lincoln
Cartoons, Revolution, The South and Many Out-of-
the-Way Western items. (No. n; Items 792.) Smith
Book Co., Suite 914 Union Central Bldg., Cincin-
nati, Ohio.
Miscellaneous books. Barnie's Haunted Bookery,
725 E St., San Diego, Calif, and 3 Featherstone
Bldg., London, W. C. i, England.
Very choice and rare books, French classics of the
XVIth-XVIIIth Centuries Association, books from
Erasmus to Boswell, exquisite Mosaic armorial and
embroidered bindings, authors' original manuscripts,
etc. (No. 2.) G. Nichelmore & Co., 5, Royal Opera
Arcade, London, S. W., England.
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James Adair, 114 South 6th St., Minneapolis, Minn.
The Unknown Life of Jesus, by Novovitch.
"A. L. P.," 29 E. 28th St., New York. [Cash]
Jesus the Jew, 1902.
William H. Allen, 3417 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Chester, Manual of Determinative Bacteriology.
Granger, Index to Poetical Quotations, latest.
Hancock, French Revolution and English Poets.
Hare, Walks in Rome «d., St. Clair Baddely.
Mahaffy, Greek World Under Roman Sway.
Washington, Writings, Ed. Ford, 14 vols.
American Baptist Publication Society, 1107 McGee
St., Kansas City, Mo.
Hasting's Great Texts of the Bible, complete set.
Work Days of God, good condition.
The Christian's View of God, by Orr.
Virgin Birth of Jesus, by Orr.
God's Image in Man, by Orr.
Wm. H. Andre, 607 Kittredge Bldg., Denver, Colo.
Complete set of Rider Haggard.
Mackey History of Masonry, 7 volumes.
Theodore Arnold, 333 Dolphin St., Baltimore, Md.
Ruskin, Seven Lamps.
Ruskin, Stories of Venice, vols. i and 3 Universal
Ed., Dutton & Co.
Bailey's Book Store, Vanderbilt Sq., Syracuse, N. Y.
Clark's Onondaga County.
Morse, Furniture of Olden Times.
Morgan's League of the Iroquois.
Ayesha, Haggard.
Queen of Sheba's Ring, Haggard.
Rhymes of Little Boys, Johnson, Putnam.
William M. Bains, 1213-15 Market St., Philadelphia
London's The Road.
J. Patterson Smith, The Divine Library.
J. Patterson Smyth, Old Documents and the New
Bible.
Baring, Diminutive Drama.
Nordan, Paradoxes.
Walkowsky, Pictures of Russian History and Rus-
sian Language, Boston, 1897.
G. A. Baker & Co., Inc., 144 E. 59th St., New York
Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, red
cloth, Appleton, N. Y., 1866; good price paid for
a fine copy.
Baker & Taylor, 354 Fourth Ave., New York
Diary of Phillip Horn.
Sarnies' Haunted Bookery, 725-729 E St. San
Diego, Cal.
Glass-Making, Crucibles, Melting Pots.
Hexapla (After Scholz), Bagster Edn
That Husband of Mine.
N. J. Bartlett & Co., 37 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Saddle Horse Registry in 6 or 7 volumes.
Hymns, Ancient and Modern.
C. P. Bensinger Code Book Co., 19 Whitehall St
New York
Universal Lumber Code.
Commercial Code, Ai.
Pocket Edition Western Union, Liebner's.
Any American-Foreign Language Code.
W. Beyer, 207 Fulton St., New York
Repertory of the Homeopathic, Kent
Rise and Fall of Confed. Govt., by J Davis
Inequality of Human Races, Lippincott '856
W. Beyer— Continued
Uncle Tom's Cabin, ist ed.
Jurgen, by Cabell.
Germany's Point of View, by v. Mach.
Dangerous Age (Engl. or Germ.), by Michael is.
Aerial Age, full set.
Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc., 286 Fifth Ave., New
York
The Internal Secretions, by Falta, translated by
Myers.
The Endoctrine Organs, by Sir E. A. Schafer, Lon-
don.
The Internal Secretions, by Biedl.
Public Library, Birmingham, Ala.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, nth ed., Cambridge,
thick paper.
Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
Open House, by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins.
A Man in the Open, by Roger Pocock.
Fifth String, John Philip Sousa.
The Booklovers' Shop, 303 2nd Ave. So., Minne-
apolis, Minn.
Chaplin, When the Leaves Come Out.
Ostragorski, Democracy of Pol. Parties.
Any of Karl Marx, good condition.
Jerome, Stageland.
Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The Life and the Way, Mazundar.
Works of Volt, de Cleyre.
Hayes, Intro, to Sociology.
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Freemasonry, Anything on or about, except pro-
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Encyclopedia Brittanica, nth edition, limp, with
case.
Jurgen, Cabell.
R. R. Bowker Co., 62 West 45th St., New York
(Encyclopedia Britannica, nth edition, India paper
cloth.
Brentano's, sth Ave. and 27th St., New York
Theodore Roosevelt on the World War, Scribners,
1915, first edition.
Practical Politics, Putnams. 1818, first edition.
African Game Trails, 2 vols., large paper? signed'
1910 Roosevelt, first edition.
The Americanization of Edward Bok, first edition,
Scribners, 1920.
Strenuous Life, Century Co., 1900, Roosevelt, first
edition.
Hero Tales from American History, Theodore Roose-
velt and Henry Cabot Lodge, Century Co., 1808,
first edition.
The Wilderness Hunter, 1893, large paper, signed,
Theodore Roosevelt, first edition.
Haggard. Mahatma and the Heir.
Knickerbocker, History of New York, Knickerbocker
edition.
Washington Irving, Salmagundi, Hudson edition,.
Putnam.
Theodore Roosevelt First Editions:—
American Ideals and Other Essays, 1897.
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, 1885.
Hunting Trips on the Prairies, 1000.
Addresses and Presidential Messages 1903-4
Stories of the Great West, New York, 1900
The Bewleys of Cumberland, Bewley.
Call from the Past, Merrick.
The Great Taboo, Allen.
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Discourses, Reynolds.
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The Shuttle, Burnett.
.Mirandy, Dix.
Darby O'Gill, Templeton
Tan Vermeer of Delft, Hale.
With Fire and Sword in the Soudan, Sladen.
Hungry Heart, Phillips.
Bits of Life.
Molly Maguires, Pinkerton.
In Defense of Women, Mencken.
•Circuit Riders Widow, Harris.
Circuit Riders Wife.
Political Crooks at the Peace Conference, King.
Fifty Years a Fur Trader on Upper Missouri.
Stories from a Chinese Studio, Giles.
Nature's Finer Forces, Prasad.
Modern Art, Graefe.
American Ideals, Roosevelt.
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, Roosevelt.
Hunting Trips on the Prairie, Roosevelt.
Checked Thru, Savage.
One Thousand American Fungi, Mcllvame.
Admirals All, Newbolt.
Jimbo, Blackwood.
Applied Mental Efficiency, Fasso.
:Steigel Glass, Hunter.
Perils of Poems, Bellemann.
Bottoms Up, Nathan.
Bits of Life.
iSonnets of a Portrait Painter, Ficke.
Memoirs of Rupert Brooke.
Interpretations, Aikens.
Waggoner, Blunde.
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Drennan, G. W., Everblooming Roses, Duffield.
Duncan, Way of the Sea, McClure.
Edinburgh Review, Jan., 1912.
Eggleston, Life in the Eighteenth Century, Barnes.
Engleheart, G. H., Book of the Daffodil, Lane.
Fable, Gingerbread Man, illus. by Will Pogany,
McBride.
Flask and Flagon.
Ford, Co-operation in New England, Urban and
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Freund, Police Power, Public Policy and Constitu-
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Gallegher, Vassar Stories, Badger.
Gould, Humming Birds, appendix only, London, 1861.-
Hamsun, SShallow Soil, Scribner.
Hart, Extracts from Official Declarations of the
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Herbert, H. W., Frank Forester and His Friends.
Herbert, H. W. (Frank Forester), My Shooting Box.
Charles Sessler, 1314 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Burroughs, Walt Whitman, ist ed.
George Moore, Avowels..
Huneker, Painted Veils.
Cabell, ist eds.
James, Psychology.
Some Modern Novelist, Follett.
The Supersensitive Life.
Statskallender, Glydendale.
Scarth's Romans and Britains.
Lincoln's Works.
Herndon, Lincoln.
Folklore of Plants. Dyer.
Pennell, Lithography.
Justin MacCarthy, If I Were King.
Hobson, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain.
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Buckles' History of Civilization.
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Lowne's Cook Book.
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Carlton, Traits and Stories of Irish Peasantry.
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Harris, That Man Shakespeare.
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Harris Weinstock, Jesus the Jew.
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Mencken, In Defense of Women.
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Rawson, E. K., Twenty Famous Naval Battles,
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History of Methodism, Stevens, 3 vols.
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FOUNDED BY F. LEYPOLDT
May 7, 1921
_
"I hold every man a debtor to his profession,
from the which, as men of course do seek to
receive countenance and profit, so ought they of
duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends,
to be a help and ornament thereunto/' — BACON.
FULL REPORT OF THE
BOOKSELLERS' CONVENTION
IN MAY 21st ISSUE.
The Non-Book Reader
THE twenty-first annual convention of
the American Booksellers' Association
turns its attention for its main theme to
the question of getting the attention of those
who do not have the book reading habit. In
doing this it has selected a problem that
most surely deserves the prominence thus
given it, and it is to be hoped that the dis-
cussions in the various convention sessions
will bear fruitfully on this topic.
There are many in this great country of
ours who do not read at all. Far more than
one would guess are not able to read. But
the widening scope of the newspaper and the
enormous circulation of magazines provide
for those who pass thru our schools and re-
ceive a training in reading, and keep the
reading habit alive in one form or another.
The question foremost in the minds of the
publishing and bookselling world is how
many will become book readers.
It is certainly not the argument of the
book-trade that other forms of reading have
a subsidiary place, but since the time taken
for newspapers and periodicals is probably
sixty minutes to every minute spent on books
it is quite obvious that a new emphasis on
the importance of book reading is now most
necessary and timely.
The non-reader who ought to be frequent-
ing the aisles of the bookstores is the per-
son who, having graduated from our schools,
has failed to see that he can continue to broad-
en his experience and his knowledge by the use
of the means that have brought to our great
men their vision.
This post-graduate development must be to
a great extent an individual growth, and the
public libraries and the bookstores ought to
be working hand in hand to continue popular
education where the schools leave off, and to
supply that form of diversion which broad-
ens human experience while supplying enjoy-
able hours.
There is an undoubted confidence among
those most competent to observe conditions
that there is to-day an unusually large num-
ber of people who need only to be brought
into touch with books to have them respond.
The potential market was never so good.
The task of the book-trade is so to improve
the distribution of books and so to perfect
the methods of display and advertising that
those in whom this desire is latent cannot
escape the temptation and the opportunity
to form the habit of further reading and
book ownership.
There is always a need to stimulate the
impulse to buy books, but even more impor-
tant than this to-day is the task of making
plentiful the chances to buy a book when the
impulse comes. Every established bookstore
will prosper by an increase in the number of
bookstores thruout the country. There is a
great undeveloped territory, and each person
breaking into new territory will help start
the general book reading habit by which all
will prosper. Non-book readers are every-
where, and if the consumption of books in
this country to-day is not doubled in ten
years, it will be because the opportunity was
not fully met. No gathering of the book-
trade ever came at a time so full of essential
possibilities for progress.
The Good Bookseller
AT the Atlantic City Convention there
will be announced the result of the first
year's election to the newly established
Honorary Fellowship of American Book-
sellers. Five names out of fifteen that were
put in nomination will be the first to be in-
scribed on this list, the Committee to present
to each of these five a suitable document of
their election.
As announced in the program for this Fel-
lowship, "It is the purpose of this Fellow-
ship to provide some means by which the
book-trade can honor those of the profession
who have raised bookselling to a high level of
efficiency." As was developed in earlier dis-
cussions of ways and means to recognize good
bookselling, it is not possible to lay down any
specific standard of what constitutes a good
bookseller, neither standard of preparation or
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of present efficiency, as there have been so
rrany routes by which people have entered the
business and so many methods of efficiency.
By means of this election to Fellowship, how-
ever, the book-trade, itself, can express its
opinion of the work of its fellow members, and
there are in the provisions for this Fellowship
no restrictions as to whether the people nomin-
ated shall be managers of a general bookstore,
builders of a specialty bookstore, directors of
a book department, whether they are to be in
the new book or in the rare book business, but
by this expression of opinion there will
year by year be an opportunity to visualize
certain standards by giving real proficiency
its deserved recognition.
It is possible that in the first year of new
effort the machinery may not work to record
the trade's feeling with complete accuracy, be-
cause a hundred good booksellers could prob-
ably have been nominated if their friends in
the trade had. taken the initiative; but the
fifteen actually put in nomination certainly
represent various types of excellence so that
everyone will have an opportunity to express
his opinions.
As is provided in the proposal, those who
are not among the first five in votes this year
can be on the voting list for next year, so that
altho only five are elected each year a fine
list of real bookmen will gradually be built up.
Many of those nominated are from the
pioneers, and have done notable service in
bringing American bookselling to its present
state. J. K. Gill has had fifty-five years of
bookselling experience, and Alexander Robert-
son over fifty years. William Harris Arnold
was a pioneer in developing the possibilities
of department store bookselling. Davis James
has carried on a fine tradition of bookstore
service, and two generations in the James
store have meant ninety years of business.
Charles E. Butler has made book-trade history.
C. C. Parker's name is as well known on the
Atlantic as on the Pacific Coast, and the
travelers have built a reputation for W. D.
Wilson of Seattle as booklover and book-
buyer.
George W. Jacobs, of Philadelphia, has been
aggressive in every movement that the book-
trade has put forward for better business
methods. W. K. 'Stewart has in a dbzen years
shown the great possibilities that lie in re-
organizing old book outlets. Joseph Jennings,
of the Old Corner Bookstore, is quoted by
every traveler as a store buyer of extra-
ordinary acumen and a sales organizer with
tireless enthusiasm. Louis Keating has helped
good bookselling in three cities and made
friends in every direction. Miss Mahony has
pioneered in two new fields, children's book-
selling and caravan bookselling. Byrne
Hackett has shown what can be done in the
university centers. Laurence Gomme and
Frank Shay are developing the small bookshop
idea as an example to others of what per-
sonal bookselling can become. The voters may
think of many others that they would gladly
put in this list; but the idea is launched and
in succeeding years can be steadily developed.
The certificate of membership in this Fellow-
ship which will be given to the successful
candidates should be a much prized document
in their bookstores or homes.
Books to the Graduates
THERE is no development in the use of
books that should come more naturally
and easily than the increase of their use
as graduation gifts. A book, as nothing else,
can express the spirit of commencement time,
the time when young people from school and
college are setting out on new courses, and
when friends can express their interest and
offer guidance and inspiration in the form of a
book. How much more permanent this can
be than gloves or flowers, no matter how well
these fit into the spirit of the occasion.
In the case of the boy graduate there is
little that he asks in the way of clothes, but
his relatives and friends can do a fine thing by
starting him into the book owning habit. Books
properly inscribed will take on increasing value
and significance as the years go by, and, with
continued emphasis on this matter, books may
become increasingly a symbol and sign of the
meaning of commencement. The publishers
and the book-trade should get wholeheartedly
behind the idea of making books known as
the best gifts for graduates.
Vita mines
"The brain needs its growth-promotinsr ele-
ments, just like the body," says one of the
Chicago Daily News ads for its book page.
"Froth and foam, the literary cream-puffs,
make pleasant reading and relaxation, but they
do not nourish.
"Substantial food is needed— the necessary
amount of mental vitamines — the books that
build and strengthen and stimulate.
"Don't gulp literature at random. Plan
your intellectual diet carefully. Follow a well-
balanced menu. Consult a dietitian."
May 7, 1921
1355
Printers' and Other Wage Reductions
THE May 1st decision of the New York
arbiters in the case of the pressmen's
and other unions whose contracts ex-
pired April 1st announces reductions in
weekly wages approximating 10 to 12 per cent,
retroactive to the expiration of contract.
These figures approximate the reduction in
the cost of living and are a just basis for re-
duction in wages. The reductions of 20 to
30 per cent demanded by employers in other
lines of business, such as paper making, dis-
count future reductions and the employees
naturally oppose.
In many basic industries the employers'
demand for reduction in scale has been
coupled with a demand for the resumption
of a nine hour day, so that the demand is
substantially greater than the indicated fig-
ures. The eight hour day has in most in-
dustries come to stay, and it seems unfor-
tunate that the wage reduction question
should be complicated with the question of
hours. This had been a grievance with em-
ployers when employees made the demand
for fewer hours at the same weekly wages, and
it is to be lamented that employers should
follow that bad example.
In the printing trades the wage question is
complicated with the reduction from May ist
of the working week from 48 to 44 hours.
The New York employing printers acceded
to this demand in the negotiations of 1919
and should, of course, keep to their agree-
ment. In a few other printing centers the
same agreement was reached, but this has not
been done thruout the country, and New
York printers must suffer by comparative
costs. If this change were accompanied by
a corresponding reduction in the weekly
wage, there could be no criticisms. But the
fact is that this change of hours nullifies the
reduction in wages, as linotypers and other
compositors keep their very high scale, reached
at the peak of the high cost of living, until
October ist next, so that May ist in New
York with its 44-hour week brings an increase
in total printing costs. In equity, there should
have been a real reduction of about 12 per cent,
and employing printers and their patrons are
put at a serious disadvantage under present
conditions.
In the present arbitration, the employees
emphasized the point that printing offices
were running fairly close to capacity, cer-
tainly more close than most industries, and
this was naturally made an argument against
reduction in wages. This argument, how-
ever, overlooked one essential fact. Both
book and periodical publishers have until re-
cently stood fairly by the printing offices they
employed in meeting increased wages. The
retroactive awards of last December hit pub-
lishers hard, especially periodical publishers,
but as a rule, employing printers were able
to pass increased costs along to their patrons.
It is really the publishers who are now suf-
fering. Periodicals, which raised their ad-
vertising prices last year and, to some ex-
tent, their subscription rates to meet in-
creased costs, now find that they have ad-
vanced prices to the full extent that the
"traffic will bear" and, in fact, in many cases
beyond, so that they are facing what econo-
mists call "the law of diminishing returns."
Book publishers find their sales curtailed,
under the inadequately increased prices,
while printing costs are as high as ever. The
fall in the price of paper has somewhat miti-
gated conditions, but it is generally true that
manufacturing costs in the book and period-
ical industries are not substantially lower
and leave a lower margin between costs and
returns. This must sooner or later react
on the printing trade, both as respects em-
ployers and employees, and it will be wise
on the part of both if they face these condi-
tions promptly and readjust conditions to
the public needs. If prices of books are so
high that the public buys fewer, then publish-
ers must advertise less and periodicals will
also find their income curtailed. Industry
is, in fact, a "House that Jack Built," and as
all elements have taken part in increasing
prices, so each must take part in diminishing
costs.
We have commended the New York arbi-
ters for their wise action in basing reduc-
tions on actual reductions in retail living
costs, in contrast with the unwise attempt in
other trades to make excessive demands upon
employees. But we also point out that re-
ductions must come from time. to time as re-
tail prices diminish, if the book, periodical
and printing industries are to hold their
own. It is but fair to call for justice all
along the line.
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The Postal Commission Makes Progress
By Waldon Fawcett
WITH the assembling of the new Con-
gress in special session the Joint Com-
mission on Postal Service has returned
to its investigation. While progress has been
made in the brief time since the adjournment
of the last Congress, there is more import-
ance, perhaps, in surveying the tangible ac-
complishments that stand to the credit of this
constructive body in the year since the crea-
tion of the Commission by Congress, April
24, 1920. Already it is apparent that no pre-
vious "plant survey" of the postal establish-
ment, not even that by the Hughes Commis-
sion, has been productive of findings so defi-
nite and conclusive, and there is real assur-
ance of improvement in mail service if Con-
gress will adopt the recommendations which
will ultimately be submitted by the probers.
Efficiency Engineers Consulted
Within the past few weeks, the efficiency
engineers, to whom the Commission turned
over the technical problems involved, have
brought in reports. These reports now go to
the Post Office experts for a departmental
verdict as to the practicability of the "re-
forms" advocated. Later there will be further
reports from the engineers. And in the end,
— months or maybe a year hence, — the Postal
Commission will submit definite recommenda-
tions to' Congress covering such new legisla-
tion as may be necessary to .bring about the
promised betterment. The significant fact
now is that this postal inventory is proceed-
ing in an orderly manner with none of the
symptoms of futility that appear in the ordi-
nary Congressional investigation inspired by
political motives.
The fact that efficiency engineers have been
called upon to deal with the practical phases
of mail handling, dispatch, and transporta-
tion augurs well for the sincerity of the
present investigation, and the Postal Com-
mission differs from the ordinary Congres-
sional jury because of its advisory council
of practical business men. Late last summer
the advisory council suggested to the Postal
Commission the employment of private firms
of experts to make scientific examination of
the postal equipment and processes slated
for overhaul. In response to an invitation
by the Chairman, leading engineering firms
in New York. Philadelphia, Boston and Chi-
cago submitted bids for the work. Selection
fell upon a New York firm and this organiza-
tion has since .been gathering information at
first hand, principallv in New York. Brook-
lyn, and Chicago and contiguous territory.
Not content with observation of the work-
ing and handling of the mail in the post-
offices of the large cities and at terminals,
these efficiency engineers have ridden in rail-
way mail cars ; have covered motor-vehicle
routes with the regular drivers in the postal
service; have inspected garages; and have
gained familiarity at first-hand with the col-
lection of mail in urban districts and the
delivery of mail in the congested areas. Just
here a few words may be said in explanation
of the objective of the Postal Commission, a
point on which there has evidently been more
or less misconception in the trade, judging
from communications that have come to
Washington.
Fortunate Lease of Life
Under its mandate from Congress, the Pos-
tal Commission is concerning itself solely
and exclusively with what might be termed
the physical features of the postal establish-
ment— plant equipment, transportation re-
sources, etc., rather than with the phases of
administrative policy that concern postal
rates, classification of mail matter, etc. By
way of illustration, it may be cited that the
Postal Commission is not concerned as to
the equitability of second-class mail rates,
nor the proposition to consolidate the third
and fourth classes of mail. Rather is it con-
sidering the wisdom of authorizing construc-
tion of mail tunnels in large cities, scrutiniz-
ing the administration and operation of the
space system of transporting mails, investi-
gating the depredations of mail that have
recently become so frequent, and making a
study in the large cities of the existing and
required post-office building facilities.
With this serious task in process it .was
fortunate that the transition from one Con-
gress to ^ another, which sometimes plays
havoc with a Congressional investigation,
should have made no disruption of the postal
program. It was originally expected that
the Commission on Postal Service would be
enabled to render its verdict and submit its
recommendations not later than March 4 last,
but the magnitude of the task rendered this
impossible. Accordingly, Having expended
up to February i nearly $50,000, the Commis-
sion secured an extension of its lease of life
to allow completion of the work.
Consultant Retained
Only a few vacancies were created on the
Commission thru failure of members of Con-
fress to win re-election last November,
enator Charles E. Townsend remains as
chairman. A fortunate arrangement is that
which retains, in association with the Com-
mission in the capacity of consultant, Jonn C.
Koons. When, upon organization of the Pos-
tal Commission, the Post Office Department
was asked to detail one of its executives to
sit with the body as consulting expert, repre-
senting the Department, it was eminently fit-
ting that the then First Assistant Postmaster
General should be chosen, for Mr. Koons was
May 7, 1921
1357
not a political appointee but an experienced
postal administrator who had risen, step by
step, in the service and is intimately familiar
with the technicalities of postal routine. With
the change in administration Mr. Koons re-
signed as First Assistant Postmaster Gen-
eral, but in the capacity of Postal Expert he
will continue to have the responsibility for
maintaining harmonious contact between the
Department and the Postal Commission. This
is a most essential service.
It has already been revealed, incident to
some of the preliminary recommendations of
the efficiency engineer, that projects involv-
ing changes in postal routine or machinery
that may be manifestly desirable in a specific
environment may not safely be adopted broad-
ly for all centers of postal industry.
Congress and the Postal Department
That the new administration is in entire
sympathy with the purpose and program of
the Joint Commission on Postal Service is
evidenced by the plan of Postmaster General
Hays to bring about more intimate relation-
ship between Congress and the Department.
The new head of the Post Office desires to
have the Committees on Post Office and Post
Roads of the U. S. Senate and House of
Representatives occupy jointly, with refer-
ence to the Department, a position as nearly
as possible analagous to that of the board of
directors in any large business. He would
have these men who are the authors and cen-
sors of postal legislation continually advising
the Department as to methods of improve-
ment and operation and taking an active and
continuing interest in the service.
Following the same line of thought, the
Postmaster General hopes that the Joint Com-
mission on Postal Service will occupy a posi-
tion analagous to that of the executive com-
mittee of the board of directors of a large
business, giving even more attention to the
business of the Department than the two Con-
gressional committees above mentioned and
very definitely participating in the effort to
improve and maintain the service. Business
men and large mail users have from the in-
ception of the present project acclaimed the
idea that an advisory body of representative
business men be permanently constituted to
have voice in the formulation of postal pol-
icies. The Advisory Council to the Postal
Commission now comprises John Gribbel, of
Philadelphia, Chairman ; Charles C. Bancroft
of Boston, Union N. Bethel of New York
City. Professor M. E. Cooley of Ann Arbor,
Mich., T. W. Dwight of Sioux Falls, S. Dak.,
Albert Holmboe of Crookston, Minn., and
Col. I. C. Wade of Cornelia, Ga.
Mail Tunnels
While it is not within the bounds of prob-
ability that the Joint Commission on Postal
Service will endorse and pass on to Congress
all the recommendations as to system and
service evolved by the efficiency engineers
who have been called in, an enumeration of
some of the recommendations from this
source will give an idea of the direction in
which the Commission is proceeding. Ex-
pedition of the mail and a saving in the cost
of handling are the objectives.
In some instances it is proposed to attain
ultimate economy by a present liberal expen-
diture for improved facilities or equipment.
Thus there is projected the construction of
a tunnel for the transportation of bulk mails
between the railway mail terminals and the
principal concentration points in New York
City. Similarly there is proposed a station
at Englewood, Chicago, which is counted upon
to expedite one-fourth of the Chicago mail
from 3 to 24 hours and to save annually $60,-
ooo on vehicle service.
As bearing upon one very controversial
question, it may be noted that the experts are
unanimously in favor of the restoration of
pneumatic tube service at the big centers. It
is figured that in New York restoration of
the tubes will expedite mail from one to four
hours, while a corresponding gain would re-
sult from use of the existing tunnels, espec-
ially for parcel mail. Savings would result,
it is insisted, from a reorganization of the
mail vehicle service in the large cities, —
meaning, of course, that portion of the service
which could not be supplanted by use of
underground arteries of mail transit. For
example, it is stated that $200,000 a year can
be saved in New York by the use of electric
trucks and that as much more may be saved
on truck service if first class mail be sepa-
rated from parcel mail. Locked trucks are
likewise demanded to discourage robberies
and thefts by chauffeurs.
Reason for Slow Down
One outcome of the activities of the Postal
Commission that may be confidently counted
upon is the termination of working arrange-
tnents that have permitted parcel post to en-
joy all the advantages of first-class service
and that has "slowed down" first-class mail
accordingly. An investigation at New York,
in behalf of the Commission, has established
the fact that first-class mail can be mate-
rially quickened if separated from parcel post.
Incidentally the swollen proportions of par-
cel post are in on small measure responsible
for the study that the Postal Commission is
making of post-office building facilities and
requirements. The Department is clamoring
for increased floor and platform space for the
parcel post, particularly for separate loading
platforms where the larger parcels may be
segregated from the other mail. Indeed, the
Department advocates the establishment at
Boston, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and
St. Louis of large assembling depots where
not only parcel mail but catalog and circular
mail could have the advantage of direct car
loading ^ and unloading by means of cars on
tracks in the building or adjacent thereto.
The Postal Commission is to report on this
scheme and likewise on the handling of peri-
odicals and printed matter as freight.
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The Publishers' Weekly
Adventures of a Bookseller
By Ketch
MISS DEBUTANTE was disturbed. An
unusual thing had happened to her, a
thing that might mean a great deal, or —
nothing; and because it was so intangible, so
vague, coming as it did in the dead of the night,
it disturbed her all the more. All thru break-
fast she meditated upon it, but was able to
come to no conclusion; yet she was sure that
it held some significance, and despite a de-
termined effort to throw the thing off, it per-
sisted in remaining in her thoughts. So at last
she put on her hat and cape, and taking the car
for town, made her way directly to the Book-
store.
SHE TRIED TO GET ABOARD
"Have you such a thing as a dream book?"
she enquired of Mr. Ondeck, who was the first
person she encountered as she came into the
store.
"Yes ma'am," said he, and he fetched
several.
She paged thru them, a thoughtful frown
upon her brow, but with a sigh finally re-
marked,
"I thought I should be able to find help in
one of these, but I guess not; none of them
seems to answer the purpose."
"So?" said Mr. Ondeck. "Perhaps I have
misunderstood your request : do you wish a
book that will interpret some certain dream,
or do you want a book on the general subject
of dreams?"
She looked at him appraisingly, and, evident-
ly satisfied with the result, said,
"It is a certain dream that I thought might
mean something, and — "
"All dreams mean something," Mr. Ondeck
declared with conviction.
"You think so?"
"I am sure of it. I have just finished read-
ing Freud, and he leaves no doubt as to the
fact."
"Freud? Who is he?"
"He is one of the few great psychologists,
and specializes on dream psychology."
"Do you think his book would help me find
the meaning of my dream?"
"It should. . . . Would it be possible for
you to give me some outline of the dream in
question? If I know its nature^ I may be able
to help you in the choice of a Sbok."
Miss Debutante laughed as she fingered one
of the rejected volumes.
"It sounds so silly — really I ought to drop
the matter — but I'll tell you anyway."
"Do," said he. "I am an enthusiast on the
subject."
"The first impression I have was of myself
ironing some handkerchiefs, and I was ironing
them in the drawing -room!' One end of the
ironing board was on the grand piano and the
other on the back of a Louis XIV chair.
After I had finished,, I put away the ironing
board, and getting on my things, started for
the city. I walked over to the car line, and
when a car came I attempted to board it; but
there was that ironing board fastened to my
back and sticking out on either side. After
quite a struggle I managed to get on by turn-
ing side-ways, and after paying my fare had
an awful time getting in the door. Finally
I did get in, and started forward down the
car; but lo and behold you, there was that
ironing board sticking out on either side mow-
ing down the passengers as I proceeded.
Everybody was furious and glaring at me by
this time, so ^ I apologized, and again started
forward, moving side ways, until I reached the
side-seats, where I attempted to sit down. The
attempt was unsuccessful, so I was forced to
stand while all the time there were plenty of
vacant seats around me. At last I got out of
that wretched car, and walked quickly down
the street, but hearing a strange, threatening
noise behind me, I glanced back, and the street
was full of people that I had mowed down, all
mad as hatters. So I turned in a store to es-
cape, but found that the doors were of the
revolving kind. In desperation I tried to free
myself of that ironing board, but only suc-
ceeded in turning it so that it stood straight
up and down, instead of sticking out at the sides
So I was able to proceed, but had to walk in
a very peculiar and embarrassing manner. Oh
how ashamed and vexed I was ! And when I
waked up that feeling was still with me, and
I felt that I must find out what it all meant.
Can you see anything in it? Do you think it
has a meaning?"
May 7, 1921
1359
Mr. Ondeck, who had been laughing thruout
the recital, now grew sober, and after a
thoughtful silence, said,
"Yes. . . Oh yes it has a meaning But I
don't know whether I could correctly analyse
it. For one thing it is perfectly apparent that
your dream is the result of the age old struggle
between the domestic versus the social phase of
life; the fact of your ironing in the drawing-
room would indicate that."
Miss Debutante saw the sense of this, and be-
gan to have confidence in this salesman who
read Freud and psychology.
"Good," said she, smfling upon him en-
couragingly. "And that terrible trip to town?
How would you analyse that?"
"Perhaps this is the solution— remember, I
say perhaps: As is the case with all human
beings when they take up a social career, they
soon find it impossible to proceed without
hurting somebody. That, I should say is what
is bothering you; you do not want to cause
pain, and yet you find it impossible not to of-
fend somewhere. Is it not so?"
A faint blush began to spread over Miss
Debutante's features, and she stammered :
"Ye-es. I'm afraid so."
"The attempt you made to free yourself of
the odious board, which resulted in your
being forced to walk in an embarrassing man-
ner, shows a disposition on your part to suf-
fer rather than hurt your friends."
"Perhaps. Hmm. I think I shall take the
book that you mentioned. The one on
psychology. I am going to study it out."
For it had hurt Miss Debutante to have to
refuse poor Johnny Newman last night, and
she still wondered whether it had been the
right thing to do.
Galsworthy Comments On Our Fiction
IN an article called "Browsing" in the April
23 number of The Literary Review, John
Galsworthy jots down some impressions of
the reading done in his recent American holi-
day. "Why is it," he asks, "that we hear
ten times of Frank Norris's 'Octopus' and
The Pit' to one of his 'McTeague?' Stron-
ger than either of those other two fine boo*ks,
'McTeague' has an elemental reality which
puts in it my view among the really great
novels. It has Dostoievsky's power, without
his spasms." Of "Ethan Frome" he says,
"This chief of Mrs. Wharton's works is about
as perfect in form as any fiction in the Eng-
lish language. It is a triumph of American
atmosphere attained thru Continental work-
manship." Praising the work of Herges-
heimer, apropos, of reading "San Cristobal
of Habana," of which he says, " a most or-
iginal piece of work extremely frank and
full of the impact of atmosphere on tem-
perament," he continues aside : "Personally,
I think The Three Black Pennys' his best
book as yet, with a sneaking reservation in
favor of the strong but rather crude 'Moun-
tain Blood'."
Mr. Galsworthy's praise of "Main Street"
introduces a long paragraph on America's lack
of trust in its men of letters. Of "Main
Street" he says that it is a more detached
effort than "Moon-Calf" (tho they ought not
to be compared) and a very fine one. It
uses the exhaustive method yet interests from
page to page and sentence to sentence. It -diag-
noses at^ length a disease prevalent not only
in America but in England, France, and Ger-
many. It has grip and real vision in the
field it surveys. A very important book in
whose author, if he can follow it up, Amer-
ica ^ may find a satirical novelist of front rank.
It is curious, he continues, how aptly it illus-
trates what Mr. Mencken suggests is lacking
in America. This diagnosis of Mr. Mencken's,
Mr. Galsworthy illustrates from his own ex-
perience.
"For example, the work of a certain English
novelist who had long proved himself to have
self-respect was recently placed by his agent
for serialization with a popular high-paying
American magazine, which, for reasons un-
known at the time to the author, had incurred
the dislike of some sections of the American
people. What happened? At once the insult-
ing cry arose: 'Selling himself for money!'
In ignorance of the facts, in ignorance even
that the novelist in question has never been
dependent on his pen — in the first ten years of
his writing life he made under $500 all told—
ignoring his previous record, which might have
guaranteed a certain integrity — instantly, auto-
matically, the insult was levelled: 'Sold his
soul for money !' Now, this couldn't happen in
England, or in France, where the proven
author can be published anywhere without ex-
citing comment or surprise; it could only hap-
pen in a country which still connects literary
success with high prices to such an extent as
to create a nervous feeling in the better class
of readers that their favorite authors must be
'writing down' or 'writing to order' if pub-
lished in a high-paying magazine. From the
foreign point of view it's laughable. But it's
no laughing matter for America. Until
America is prepared to believe that proven
writers and artists can keep their devotion
to their job, in other words, their self-respect,
no matter where they happen to be placed or
what they happen to be paid, America will
never produce what Mr. Mencken suggests is
lacking — an atmosphere that stimulates and
encourages the artist, a 'caste,' as it were, which
naturally trusts writers and gives them credit
for the pride they have.
"Mr. Mencken does not, in his diagnostic
(tho he has written of it elsewhere, I 'believe)
allude to what perhaps may be the greatest
handicap of all to American literature — the
absence of a single supreme recognized cul-
tural center. One can hardly conceive of
French or English literature without Paris or
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London for their nests. No one would, of
course, wish to see creative artists in America
confining themselves to residence in New York
or Boston, in Chicago or San Francisco, or
any place to which the spirit does not move
them, any more than we should expect Hardy,
Hudson, or Conrad to live in London ; but it
would surely be of the greatest advantage to
a National Literature if there were some
single chosen meeting-place of ideas, some one
center of mutual literary recognition. Paris
and Londbn, especially Paris, are really, I
think, responsible for that atmosphere of trust
in, and encouragement to, the artist which
exists in France and England and is absent
from America. I believe Mr. Mencken favors
Chicago, but, speaking as an alien and as an
ignoramus, I can conceive of no possible liter-
ary center for America except Washington.
Any other important town would be jealously
renounced 'by the rest of the important towns.
But Washington is already a place apart, in
competition with none, and has, after all, half
a million inhabitants, and, however divorced
literature is from politics, there is more than
a little reason for their having the same na-
tional address. Most American writers will
smile at this suggestion, many will laugh out
loud, but I am wondering if it will not
ultimately adopt itself; and still more, if its
adoption would not give American Literature,
as a whole, a big shove forward. We shall
see, as the man said when he shut his eyes and
stepped over the cliff."
Good Book-Making
ONE of the most interesting departments
in the London Mercury, the English
literary magazine which has obtained
such a wide sale here, is the department on
"Book Production Notes" written by B. H.
Newdigate. The April number is given to a
discussion of Bruce Rogers, and those who
are hopeful of progress in American stand-
ards of book-making cannot but be pleased
at the attitude toward American bookmaking
taking in this article.
"Comparison is often made," he says, "or
invited between English and American print-
ing. Let it be granted at once that the best
printers in America often give their work a
finish more mechanically perfect than do
ours. They often show, too, in their methods
and in their work a vitality and a sparkle, a
spirit of adventure and enterprise, which is
apt to be wanting from work done here in
England. The British compositor will set
his type just in the way he has been taught
without much troubling why and without
worrying whether there is a better. He is
satisfied with the style of the house. The
American is less subservient to rule of thumb
and less tolerant of tradition. He goes abroad
for his ideas. American type-faces — how-
ever bad these sometimes are — American
printing machinery, and the better specimens
of American printing show that at the head
or at the back of the printing industry in
America are forces which are lacking here
in England, altho they sometimes reach these
shores with their strength much spent
"One of the most beneficent of these forces
is the influence of Bruce Rogers, who by
the quality of his work must rank as the
greatest of living American printers. Mr.
Rogers has never had a printing office of his
own. For the first ten years or so of this
century he was associated with the River-
side Press at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in
producing a number of editions which delight
by their grace and charm even more than
they astonish by the variety and versatility
which they show in their shapes and style and
printing. Last year a set of these editions
was bought by the Trustees of the British
Museum, and by the wise direction of the
Keeper of Printed Books they are kept to-
gether as a collection, and so may be studied
by anyone who cares about fine printing.
"We may appreciate better the practical
value of this collection as examples of mod-
ern book-production if we remember that
these are not the issues of any private press,
whose owner has the privilege of printing
such fine books as please him with a happy
disregard both of cost-sheets and a market.
They were printed for sale, and had to con-
tribute to the printer's livelihood and the
publisher's profits. Mr. Rogers holds a posi-
tion between that of the owner of a' private
press and the commercial printer. His work
is a proof that the gap which divides them
may be bridged more easily than is some-
times thought. He might perhaps have done
finer work had he been his own master. He
would not have done so much, nor is it likely
that his work would have shown such aston-
ishing variety, if he had not enjoyed the
wholehearted encouragement and support
from the heads of the printing and publish-
ing firms who were so fortunate as to be able
to command his services."
Such comment would have been a great
satisfaction to the late Mr. Miffiin, whose
unflagging support to Mr. Rogers in his ex-
perimental typographical work at the River-
side Press made that great series of books
possible. Probably his private comment on
the remark "that these Looks were printed to
contribute to the publisher's profits" would be
that most of the balance was on the debit
side, but that it was a publishing effort in
which the firm can take permanent pride is
unquestionable.
Miss Edna Cooke, who made the illustra-
tions for Mrs. Swing's stories which Duffield
published last year, has made a most interest-
ing set of pictures for G. W. Dasent's "East
o' the Sun and West o' the Moon," which has
been reprinted by David McKay. There are
eight illustrations printed in four colors in the
series, and one of these is used for the front
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cover. The book also has attractive end papers
and makes one of the interesting children's
books of the new season.
An illustration of good binding design in a
board cover is shown in "Canciones Populares,"
published by Silver Burdett & Company. The
black hand lettering on dull green board with
yellow back is striking and pleasing.
Doubleday has shown a high standard of
dignified book-making in two of its .new
spring books, first, in "The Memoirs of Count
Witte," a handsome and well-planned octavo,
with an excellent two color title page and pho-
togravure frontispiece. The paper and press-
work reflect the best quality of American
book-making. A great deal of pains has also
been taken with the more complicated volume,
"The Complete Garden." As with the other
book, the title page has been worked out with
special care in two colors, this time in light
green. The book has a gilt top, an uncommon
feature of present-day book-making, and the
impression of type on the paper is unusually
clear and pleasant to the eye. The book also
has bibliographies, glossary and index that add
to its value for reference.
Lippincott's reprint with revision of Lewis'
"Practical Book of Oriental Rugs" calls at-
tention to the care which has been exercised
in the preparation of this series of practical
books of home life enrichment. The color
plates in this volume are unusually carefully
made, and the color and texture of the Oriental
rugs beautifully reproduced. There is also a
very high standard1 in the half tones and in
the use of line cuts and designs thruout.
A book from Macmillan that will interest the
book-trade, both because of its text and book-
making, is "The History of the Art of Writ-
ing" by William A. Mason, a handsome octavo,
fully illustrated, with excellent type page.
The illustrations, both in half tones and line
cuts, are well reproduced.
A. A, Knopf has made an excellent small
octavo of Gilbert M. Tucker's "American Eng-
lish," a book which tho requiring a variety
of typesetting, has been well worked out.
Frank Shay has devised a most attractive
form in which to present new poetry, and
his Salvo Series has now preceded to three
volumes, each a booklet of approximately 16
or 24 pages, about 7 x 9 in size, with deco-
rated cover. The third volume, recentlv is-
sued, entitled "This Morning" by Hilde-
garde Planner, hasL a cover in black and
white, admirably suited to the material and
attractive from the display point of view.
Alfred Kreymborg's "Plays for Merry An-
drews," has been issued by the Sunwise Turn
in a very attractive octavo which reflects the
cultivated taste of Mrs. Mowbray-tlarke. The
volume is octavo with line page headings and
an attractive board binding.
An interesting and decidedly different lit-
tle volume is "The Island of Elcadar" by
Teams de Plume, published by Marshall Jones
Company. The printer has used one of the
recent fonts of Bodoni type, and has designed
a most attractive title page.
Free Lecture Service
THE Physical Culture Corporation is of-
ering a very unique service in connection
with the promotion of their several health
books.
This service consists of furnishing book-
sellers with a series of free lectures on health
subjects to be given daily at their stores,
each, series to cover a period of one week. A
specially trained lecturer is supplied in each
case, together with attractive circulars an-
nouncing the lecturers, for distribution among
customers. These circulars, which are in
effect an invitation to attend the lectures,
giving the time and subject, are instrumental
in bringing large numbers of people direct to
the book department, which is, of course, good
advertising for the store and the department
in particular.
The plan has been tested out in several
cities and has been found to be very success-
ful, not only in the sale of health books
alone, but as a stimulus to book sales in
general.
Among the book departments that have
used this service to date are :
Macy's, New York City.
Abraham and Straus, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Hahne & Co., Newark, N. J.
Greenwood Book Shop, Wilmington, Del.
Trevor Book Shop, Trenton, N. J.
Denholm & McKay, Worcester, Mass.
G. Fox & Co., Hartford, Conn.
Edwin Malley, New Haven, Conn.
B. Peck Co., Lewiston, Me.
E. C. Nichols Dry Goods Co., Bangor, Me.
J. Franke Pierce Store, Augusta, Me.
Loring, Short & Harmon, Portland, Me.
The Barton, Manchester, N. H.
Phillip Morris & Co., Nashua, N. H.
As evidence of the success of the plan, the
Physical Culture Corporation points to the
fact that many of the stores in which it has
been used, have asked for return dates. Also,
that in many of the cities the lecturer has
been invited to give special health talks be-
fore local clubs and associations of various
kinds.
Good Catalog Making
AN indication that publishers look forward
to a very active business in chil-
dren's books this fall is such a care-
fully planned catalog as Little Brown & Com-
pany have just prepared, which they call
"Books for Boys and Girl of All Ages." The
catalog is arranged in three sections, books
for children up to ten years, books for young
people ten to fifteen, and books for still older
boys and girls, the whole catalog of sixty-four
pages being indexed and illustrated with line
cuts taken from the books. Each title is fully
described and annotated, with line cuts taken
from the books, these notes being usually taken
from some authoritative journal or library
list. The list is printed on an attractive tinted
paper with a cover design by Maurice Day.
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New York Printing Award
A reduction equivalent to about 12% on the
wage scales of several classes of workers
in the New York printing establishments has
foeen brought about by the arbitration de-
cision. This reduction goes into effect at the
same time that the union shops in New York
go onto the 44-hour basis, so that there will
no decrease in printing costs to consumers
as the cost of living has changed by more
than 12 per cent the worker is as well off.
The arbitration was begun on April ist by
the Employing Printers' Association under the
agreement with the unions that wage scales
could be opened up every six months if there
had feeen as much as 5% change in the cost
of living or a considerable change in the
general conditions of the industry. The com-
positors and linotypers were not included in
this agreement, as their agreements run to
October ist. It affects, however, about 7,000
workers, and the award is retroactive to' April
1st, so that there will be payments due from
the men to the shops estimated at about
$200,000.
The arbitrators who heard the case were
William F. Ogburn, Professor of Economics
of Barnard College ; Allen T. Burns, Director*
of the Study of Methods of Americanization
connected with the Carnegie Foundation, and
Raymond B. Fosdick. The unions were rep-
resented by George Soule and Alfred L. Burn-
heim of the Labor Bureau. The Employing
Printers had claimed a need of a reduction of
25%. The case was very carefully and ably
argued on both, sides, with statistics gathered
from various sources. The statistics on the
conditions of the industry in the book business
were prepared at the office of the National
Association of Book Publishers.
The actual reductions given were : press-
men, $5 a week; assistant pressmen, $5.50;
job pressmen, $5.50; job feeders, $4; paper
handlers, $5 ; paper cutters, $5.50. The last
readjustment of wages in December gave these
same unions an increase of from $3 to $5 a
week, retroactive to October ist.
"Home Talent Night"
THE April Meeting of the Philadelphia
Booksellers' Association was unusually
well attended, curiosity as to the "Home
Talent" no doubt brought out the. crowd. In-
teresting "movies" showing the relationship
between Betty Wales books and Betty Wales
dresses were explained by Charles C. Shoe-
maker of the Penn Publishing Co. Honorable
Franklin Ellsworth spoke of his forthcoming
book "The Bandwagon." On the regular pro-
gram were W. H. Allen, who gave several
recitations, George Rigby, ventriloquist, a
reading from the poems of Edgar Guest by
Jim LeGallez. Frank V. McGrath played the
banjo with Walter Lewis at the piano. As a
wind up there was a spirited three round bout
The Publishers' Weekly
with honors even between Phil Warner of
Leary's and Walter Easton of John Wana-
maker's.
Strikes in Paper Mills
IF agreements are not reached by the manu-
facturers and the men, it is expected that
about 35,000 paper workers in the United
States and Canada will strike on May nth.
The manufacturers had demanded a 30 per
cent cut in wages. More than 1000 workers
went out on May ist in tne mills of the In-
ternational Paper Company, who had an
agreement that terminated on that date. A
larger number of companies have contracts
that do not terminate until May nth. One
small mill in Maine has broken from the
manufacturers, and announced that it will
continue the old wage scale for another year.
The Bindery Situationin New York
•"THE Chairman of the Labor Committee of
1 the Employing Binders of New York re-
ports that the plants are now working about
25 per cent of their normal output. These 23
plants in the Association announced an open
shop three weeks ago, and at the same time
stood out for a 48-hour week and a 10 per
cent reduction in wages. The Association is
training men, and Mr. D. S. Brassel, Chair-
man of the Labor Committee, claims that a
steady increase in the number at work is be-
ing made.
Blackwell's American Agent
BLACKWELL, the well-known English
publisher of Oxford, England, has appointed
Charles H. Daniels of 214 West soth Street
his American agent. Blackwell's annual
volumes of Oxford Poetry, both in the parch-
ment and paper wrappers are obtainable, and
the collected volume of Oxford Poetry 1917-
19 has been recently issued. Mr. Daniels is
also American representative of the London
Mercury for the United States and Canada
and has been pushing the sale and display of
this magazine among bookstores as well as in
the periodical trade.
Paper Covered Bpok Campaign
THE publishers of Appeal to Reason at
A Cjirard, Kansas, have been carrying special
advertising for the sale of paper-covered
classics at ten cents apiece in the pages of the
New York Nation, and their May 4th adver-
tisement claims that this advertising has
brought in orders in great quantity. About
two hundred books have been put on the list,
including all types of uncopyright literature
that can be contained in small compass. They
have ^ also carried advertising in Current
Opinion, Leslie's Magazine, and one or two
daily papers.
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An Unusual Advertising Program
LAST season the Rand McNally Company
made its first experiment in national ad-
vertising to build the reputation of its lines,
combining in that campaign its maps and
atlases with its children's books. This year
it has laid out a program that goes far
beyond that effort and has on the children's
books alone planned a complete publicity en-
terprise extending from the spring thru to
December.
A large illustrated folder, describing this
campaign, has just gone out to the book-trade.
The folder with its full colored cover by Rob-
ert Riggs is an attractive thing in itself, and
the pages give the bookseller a full idea of
the extent of what is being undertaken. The
schedule for general publicity shows that the
special copy that has been prepared is to ap-
pear in nine different national mediums, in-
cluding full pages every other month in the
St. Nicholas, in the Youth's Companion, and
in John Martin's Book, full pages in every
quarterly number of the Children's Costume
Royal, full pages practically every month in
Little Folks, and a Christmas cfrive in the
American Monthly, World's Work, Review of
Reviews and Literary Digest.
The copy for these advertisements has al-
ready been planned, and is worth careful study
by publishers as well as retailers as being a
constructive effort to get over the general
idea of books in the home, which has been
the thesis of the co-operative Children's Book
Week for the last two years. Most of these
advertisements have an illustration at the top
drawn especially for the purpose by Riggs.
One pictures the mother reading "Just Before
the Sandman Comes," one a happy father with
a child under each arm and a book in his hand,
another, two boys digging into some new
books they have acquired, others picturing
children enjoying books with the heroes of
these books in the background.
Besides this, the prospectus shows pictures
of last year's successful displays and repro-
ductions of seven posters that will 'be supplied
this year to those who desire them for window
or interior. Besides this, there are dealer im-
print circulars and smaller cards. The whole
program has been carefully knitted together,
and, being ready long in advance, will give
the retailer an interesting idea of what can be
done in popularizing children's books and in-
suring "more books !iti the home."
Another Slogan
ONE after another trades and industries
have been experimenting with slogans as
a means of popularizing their products, and
the latest one which comes from the wall
paper trade might be made equally applicable
to the book business. Its slogan is "Make
the Home Walls Smile." There is nothing
that will make the home walls look mare at-
tractive and interesting than shelves of books :
and architects, as well as other home builders,
would do well to keep this in mind.
French Books in Demand
IN a recent contest conducted by Les An-
nales in order to discover the most popular
ten French novels, dramas, and poems. By
popular vote, the first three of each group
was :
Novels: "Un Divorce," by Paul Bourget,
which had 1265 votes ; "Les Desenchantees,"
by Pierre Loti; and "La Croix de Bois," by
Roland Dorgeles.
Dramas: Rostand's ''Cyrano de Bergerac,"
which had 3,475 votes ; "Blanchette," by
Brieux; "L'Autre Danger," by Donnay.
Poets : The Contesse de Noailles ; Henri de
Regnier; Francois Fabie.
A TRIUMVIRATE OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
PUBLISHERS
READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT — SITTING, F. N.
DOUBLEDAY, PRESIDENT OF DOUBLEDAY, PAGE &
COMPANY, SYDNEY PAWLING, HEAD OF THE
HOUSE OF HEINEMANN & COMPANY, LONDON,
ENGLAND; STANDING, s. B. GUNDY, HEAD OF
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, TORONTO, CANADA,
AND REPRESENTING THE PUBLICATIONS OF
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY IN CANADA.
FOLLOWING A PARTNERSHIP ENTERED INTO
BETWEEN DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY AND
HEINEMANN & COMPANY, MR. PAWLING IS NOW
IN GARDEN CITY CONFERRING WITH HIS PART-
NERS.
With the Horse Marines
"Of course you can't believe everything you
hear from the book clerks, but this one comes
to us absolutely straight. We refer to the
lady who picked up a copy of "Paysages" by
Chateiubrinnd.
"Chateaubriand ?'' said she, "Oh, I must have
that. My son was there."
— KEITH PRESTON in Chicago Daily News.
1364
The Publishers' Weekly
In the Field of Retail Advertising
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT
IDEA THAT BOYS AND GIRLS
LIKE TO READ ONLY AT
CHRISTMAS TIME?
They like to read thru the year
just the same as you, and when
you drop in for your "POST" get
Johnny a book — he will appreciate
it — and several evenings of discip-
line will be solved and everybody
will be happy.
COME IN
BOOK STOEE
CLARK S BOOKSTORE AT WALLA WALLA, WASHING-
TON, USES NEWSPAPER SPACE REGULARLY IN
BUILDING BUSINESS. THIS JANUARY ADVERTISE-
MENT ARGUES FOR YEAR-ROUND BOOKBUYING
Children's Bookshop Publicity
THE Chimney Corner is the name of an
attractive 4-page leaflet written especially
for the children patrons of the 'book depart-
ment of Best, the Fifth Avenue store. It is
"published occasionally," edited by "the Book-
shop Lady." The shop has built up a most
valuable mailing list of its patrons among the
children, and it has the dates of all their birth-
days. One of the interesting illustrations in
this first number of The Chimney Corner is a
reproduction of one of the pages of the guest
book. One small visitor, after putting down
his address and birthday, wrote "I would like
to stay here and read forever."
A poem by Hilda Conkling has been includ-
ed with the permission of Stokes & Company,
and two other poems from young friends
of the shop are included, as well as interesting
shop talk from the editors. The back page is
given to a list of books which will give order
suggestions to anyone who receives the list.
This sort of personal house organ going direct
to the children cannot but help to give them a
feeling of personal interest in the shop, and
the sending out of this number has brought
many letters and orders.
Bird Houses and Book Cases
INKING the display window to something
•I—' of timely interest in the home or com-
munity is coming to be recognized as a good
ad for the bookstore and a drawing card to
the sale of books. With an eye on the col-
umns of the local paper and an ear alert to
affairs of popular interest, the bookseller of
today avails himself .of every likely oppor-
tunity, adapting special community projects to
-j.e display possibilities of his window.
Thus, when the school children of a
suburban town recently busied themselves by
making bird houses in their manual training
classes, was it any wonder that an enterpris-
ing bookseller got wind of the project?
Youthful enthusiasts all over town were tell-
ing dad and mamma about their miniature
houses, and groups of interested boys on
their way to and from school could be heard
discussing the merits of particular eeries,
speculating as to just what types of birds
would come to inhabit them. It didn't take
long for the bookseller to seize his oppor-
tunity and make capital use of the idea.
Co-operating with the school authorities, he
secured the prize bird houses for an exhibit,
displaying those which won first, second and
third prizes and those with honorable men-
tion, giving the names of the makers and the
schools in which they were made. And in
connection with the display he featured the
"Burgess Bird Book," Chapman's "What Bird
is That?" and several useful little guides to bird
study which are adapted to beginner's needs.
The window attracted the immediate atten-
tion of children ; and grown-folks, anxious to
see just what Johnny and Georee had done,
stopped to gaze and stayed to buv, knowing
that Johnny or George's interest in bird-lore
would grow apace if he had . one of those
charming books from which to learn more of
his feathered friends.
The Children's Book Week Committee has
been building plans for the fall based on the
activities of home and school carpenters. 'If
the boys could be shown how to build book-
cases as well as bird houses and the idea
should develop into competitions all over the
country there could be tens of thousands of
bookcases waiting for the collections that
would be bound to flow to them.
Many will remember that Thomas Bailey
Aldrich in "The Story of a Bad Boy" describes
a two shelf book-case that was hun? over Tom
Bailey's bed. This book-case now hangs in the
Portsmouth homestead and Mrs. Aldrich has
given the "Book Week" committee permission
to reproduce it this fall.
May -. 1921
1365
DISPLAY OF THE ST. PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE ST. PAUL BOOK AND STATIONERY CO.
FOR THE DRIVE WHICH OBTAINED THOUSANDS OF BOOKS FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS
Unexploited Field for Movies
"'T'HERE is a great almost unexplored field
1 for the movies in fairy tales both ancient
anc| modern, in weird and fantastic poetry, in
the prose of writers who let the lightning of
truly creative imagination or the rainbows of
quaint fancy play upon the borderland be-
tween the real and the unreal" says The Liter-
ary Review. "As diverse writers as Poe,
James Stephens, Wells (in his earlier work),
Anstey, Coleridge, Barrie, and many others
could be named. Much of the world's greatest
literature belongs in the magical, fantastic
realm. And the movies could far more easily
make us believe in the actuality of an Alad-
din's lamp or Wells's men in the moon than
in the stock characters, stock situations, stock
plots, and stock tragedy and comedy for their
translations from the literature of 'real life.'
"We believe the producer of 'pictures'
might be a veritable Prospero at enchanting
many Ferdinands figured as his audience. Cer-
tainly there is an Ariel in his service at the
wave of whose wand any optical illusion is
possible, from the djinn of the 'Arabian
Nights' taking substance from the spiralling
smoke of the fisherman's jar to the comic
possibilities of such a masterpiece of short
fiction as H. G. Wells's 'The Man Who Could
Work Miracles,' where a greatly imaginative —
and profoundly human — fantasy could be set
forth with delightful actuality."
Book Showers for Brides
ONE of the good ideas that has come out
of the discussion of the place of books
as gifts in the Year Round Bookselling Cam-
paign has been the plan for promoting book
showers for brides. Everyone enjoys plan-
ning in advance for the fittings of a new
home, and there has developed the idea of
kitchen showers and linen showers and hand-
kerchief showers, and now comes the excellent
suggestion for "book showers."
Homes that are started with books are apt
to become homes with growing libraries, and
all too few homes set out with their shelves
reasonably well started with book collections.
When the friends gather to do advance honor
to the bride, they like to bring some little gift
not so elaborate as to appear to be a wedding
present, and for that reason books fit in ad-
mirably, as one can provide a book suitable
and valuable for any home library at any price
of from one dollar to five dollars.
A pleasant evening's gathering might leave
the bride and groom with twenty or thirty
well known books for the shelves that they
are to have.
Good Housekeeping magazine with its large
circulation, has taken up this idea and is
carrying an interesting article on the subject
by May l.arnberton Becker in its June number.
1366
The Publishers' Weekly
- 3Ut«> !* an* Ago in f ith-
lialpra' J
George Munro, publisher of the famous Sea-
side Library who made a fortune in the pub-
lishing of paper covered novels died on April
24th. He was born in Nova Scotia and had
given a half million dollars to Dalhousie Col-
lege, Halifax.
Stone & Kimball move from Chicago to
New York, H. S. Kimball having purchased
Mr. Stone's interest. A new firm H. S. Stone
& Co. is organized in Chicago by Mr. Stone.
George D. Smith removes from 69 Fourth
Ave. to 4 East 42nd St., New York.
Crazy ! Crazy ! oh the New poster fad !
We're -all crazy, collectors are going mad,
In vain we look for the title on book
That's hid in the green and the red,
While the bookseller he no book sales may see,
But he sells off the posters instead.
JV A. H. von Frietsche, the German histor-
ian, dies in Berlin at the age of 62.
Beatty S. B'alestier is brought into court at
Brattleboro, Vt, by his brother-in-law, Rudy-
ard Kipling, charged with assault. Kipling has
expressed his intention of leaving this country
and settling permanentlv in England.
A new firm of educational publishers, Scott,
Foresman & Co., begins business in Chicago.
Leary's buys up the balance of the stock of
F. B. Peterson & Bro., publishers, a matter of
165 wagon loads.
L. C. Page assumes the ownership and man-
agement of the Joseph Knight business in
Boston with Carl F. Page as secretary and
George A. Page as treasurer of the company.
Mr. Knieht assumes charge of the publishing
department of Henry T. Coates & Co.
Starting for the Orient
HENRY M. Snyder, representing a group
of eleven American publishers, started on
May 2nd for his second trip to the Orient.
Mr. Snyder, who is well known in the trade
for his many years' connection with Dodd,
Mead & Company, made the first trip last sum-
mer, returning in November, and many good
connections were made in various book dis-
tributing points. After stonoing in Honolulu
on the way out, Mr. Snyder expects to reach
Japan about the middle of Tune and to cover,
as before, China and Manilla. Mrs. Snyder
will travel with him as last year.
The firms whose lines have been carried on
these trips are Barse & Hopkins, Dodd, Mead
& Co., Inc., Doubleday, Page & Co., Grosset
& Dunlar>. Harcourt, Brace & Co., Harper &
Bros., Houghton Mififlin Co., Alfred A. Knopf.,
Inc., G. P. Putnam's Sons, Charles Scribner's
Sons, Frederick A. Stokes Co.
In the window of the American Tract So-
ciety there is a bulletin headed, 'The latest
fiction," which shows as the first title, "May-
fair to Moscow." Page Mrs. Sheridan.
Authors Turn Publishers
SOME young English writers have formed
themselves into a co-operative society for
the printing and publishing of books. Mem-
bers will be their own craftsmen and will pro-
duce their own work themselves in their own
communal work-shops, without recourse to
paid and irresponsible labor. The purpose of
the society is not so much to escape from the
thrall of the publishers as to devise a method
of publication which, whilst capable of dis-
tributing such books as may reach a larger
public, also makes possible the issue at nor-
mal prices of books whose artistic quality war-
rants such issue, irrespective of financial con-
siderations or rewards. To such good pur-
pose, the society proposes to rely on Reputa-
tion rather than Publicity, to dispense with
agents and travelers, to limit advertisements
and to eschew expensive bindings.
Already it has a name : "The Golden Cockerel
Press," and actually is going at Waltham St.
Lawrence, in Berkshire. Better still, it has
issued two books, one in prose and one in verse,
both well printed on good heavy paper and
bound artistically in cheap covers. Presently
it will publish J. D. Beresford's new book,
"Signs and Wonders" ; and before long it is
hoped will gain the practical co-operation of
many authors.
House of Poets
A PLAN is on foot to create a national
academy or clearing house for poets as
well as for those interested in poetry. An in-
stitution of somewhat similar plan now exists
in London as the House of Song, which be-
longs to the Poet Laureate, altho he does not
live there. Poets from all parts of the empire
gather for instruction, lectures, advice, and
reading. The name of the American
house has been chosen tentatively as
the "House of the Poets." The plan
is receiving indorsement from many wide-
ly separated parts of the country. The com-
mittee, of which Robert Mackay is the acting
chairman, reports among many people inter-
ested in the enterprise Ralph Waldo Trine,
Henry van Dyke, Zona Gale, Don Marquis,
Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Henrv Irv-
ing Dodge, Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff, and
George M. Juddu
First Edition of the "Divine
Comedy"
THE London Book-Post tells us that, ac-
cording to an article by Signer Pompeo
Molmenti in the Emporium, it has only just
been established that Emiliano Orfini of Spol-
eto printed the first edition of Dante's "Divine
Comedy." He was a goldsmith and engraver,
but became interested in the arts of printing
and engraving. In Cologne he became ac-
quainted with John Numeister, a pupil of
Gutenberg's, and entered into partnership with
him.
May 7, 1921
1367
An Uneotrected Galley
SEX LIBRIS
Hail to our party of new Literati !
Reading's no longer considered a pose ;
All of the locals so recently yokels
Now are conversant with Classical Prose.
Young Cognoscenti in batches of twenty
Discourse on Juvenal, Ovid, and Swift;
And many a vulture for Physical Culture
Buys Contes Drolatiques for his girl, as a
gift.
Flappers can babble a fragment from Rabelais,
Clinking the spoons in their sundaes the
while ;
Then turn the grammar on like the Decameron,
But with a charmingly intimate style.
Helens and Sonias gurgle Petronius,
Shun Snappy Stories, and movies avoid;
If they are jealous read Havelock Ellis,
Or else a convenient translation of Freud.
When little Mary Ann asks the Librarian
For a new author, she questions if he
Isn't a lewder man than Hermann Sudermann,
Otherwise she wouldn't read him you see.
MORTON HOYT, The Literary Review.
An author is seldom a hero to his proof-
reader. — Life.
COBWEBBY STUFF
'The idea for these verses entered my
head when a mere child."
"Ah, aged in the wood."
SUBTITLES AND ALL
Marcella — You say Bennie Beanborough is
conceited?
Waverly — 1 should say so. Just now he is
engaged in rewriting Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress for the movies.
— YoungsHozwi Telegram.
"IT HAPPENED IN THE BOOK DE-
PARTMENT"
Her soft fur coat was rare and rich,
Her jewels were impressive,
She stood within the Fiction Niche
And lifted eyes expressive.
"I'd like," she said, "a book that's deep,
That's good, yet will not bore us;
You see," she smiled, "I've read a heap —
Oh, everything by Norris,
And most of Robert Chambers' too!
His works are so inspiring,
Perhaps he's written somehow new?"
The salesgirl sighed, admiring
The soft fur coat so rich and rare,
The brilliance of each crusted ring,
And with her gentlest, sweetest air,
Sold her, "We Can't Have Everything."
M. B. H.
The Bi-Weekly Gill-O gram.
Methodist Book Concern Ap-
pointments
DR. JOHN H. RACE has been elected pub-
lishing agent for the Methodist Book Con-
cern, with administration over the New York
and Cincinnati offices. Dr. Race was formerly
in charge of the Cincinnati office. Robert H.
Hughes, formerly in charge of the Chicago
office, will remain in Chicago and have admin-
istrative direction over Chicago and other
depositories. There is no successor to Dr. Ed-
win R. Graham, recently deceased, as general
head of all publishing and bookstores.
THOMAS MASARYK OF CZECHO-SLOVAKIA
Books in Fine Favor
THE public press continues to give evi-
dence that the place of the book is not
being forgotten by those in high places. In
one week's journals we discover that the
future King and Queen of Rumania pose for
their picture with a background of library
shelves. The President of the Czecho-Slovakia
Republic is found reading a book in his
library. The new republic has promptly ap-
plied for membership in the Berne Convention
for the protection of literary property. Presi-
dent Masaryk is brother-in-law to Frederick
Leypoldt, founder of PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY.
And best of all, the dispatches from
Washington on the day that President Hard-
ing delivered his first message to Congress
state that Woodrow Wilson spent the morn-
ing reviewing and shelving his library. "Mr.
Wilson," it says, "walked from shelf to shelf,
from book pile to book pile to get just the
order desired, but if a ladder was to be
mounted, Mrs. Wilson or one of the servant*
did that."
1368
The Publishers' Weekly
Book Promotion by Aeroplane
THE two-day postal service between New
York and San Francisco was used to good
advantage by Grosset & Dunlap on April
7th when they wished to get details of the
big Zane Grey Week into the hands of their
representative, Desmond FitzGerald, at San
Francisco at short notice. This material,
which left New York Thursday, reached him
safely on Saturday, enabling him to begin
the publicity program for the first of June
immediately.
The Marconigram reproduced below shows
that aeroplane deliveries are used to speed
up European book distribution.
MARCO NIC RAM
WELESS COMMUNICATION WITH NORJH AMERICA, <tc
English Paper Trade.
REPORTS in the English printing trade
papers and other business periodicals are
reporting a slump in business conditions that
has as yet had no relief. The paper mills
are still idle, and the outlet at low ebb. Print-
ers are now in a worse state than they were
at the beginning of the year, and unemploy-
ment widespread. Wood pulp agents and mer-
chants are having little demand and appear
to have little confidence in an early revival of
business. Paper conditions in the last of Feb-
ruary show super-calendar paper selling at
from 634d to 7^4 d a pound, and about the
same figure on wove and laid book paper.
From Scotland comes the report that the
printing trade is in the worst condition that
it has ever experienced. Some of the bigger
firms which have been running on short time
have had to pay off workers for the first
time in their history. In Edinburgh the situa-
tion is aggravated by a depreciation in the
publishing trade.
"Book Prices Current"
THE new volume (34) of "Book Prices
Current" (1920) contains the final portion
of the Huth Library, the Britwell Court Li-
brary, books from the collection of J. A. de
Thou, Mr. Buxton Forman's library, MSS.
and printed books belonging to Lord Mostyn
and many others.
As usual the book is carefully edited, and
there is no increase in the price.
When Bradford Helped Franklin
BEN FRANKLIN in memory and in effigy
was much in evidence in the daily history
of the metropolis during the week of April 25-
30. The annual convention of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association took place
at the Waldorf-Astoria, the yearly exhibition
of the Printing and allied crafts was
given at the Twelfth Regiment Armory,
and incidentally, the statue of Franklin en
route from Baltimore to its destination
in Connecticut passed thru the town arous-
ing the interest and receiving the admiration
of the City's crowd. Coincident with these
events of a "Franklin" week a tribute was paid
to the memory of William Bradford on April
2gth when wreaths were placed on his tomb in
Trinity church yard, in recognition of his help
to Franklin when he started as a youth to
make his way in the world.
The story is that Franklin met William
Bradford for the first time in this city in 1723.
Franklin was then 17 years old and had recent-
ly run away from his brother's employ in
Boston. In his autobiography, Franklin says
of the incident :
"I offered my services to the printer in the
place, old Mr. Bradford, who had been the
first printer in Pennsylvania, but had removed
from thence upon the quarrel of George Keith.
He could give me no employment, having little
to do anc? help enough already, but says he,
'My son at Philadelphia, has lately lost his
principal hand, Aquila Rose, by death, if you
go thither I believe he may employ you.' "
Franklin immediately set out for Philadel-
phia and on his arrival there he tells of his
reception by Andrew Bradford.
"I found in the shop the old man, his father,
whom I had seen at New York and who,
traveling on horseback, had got to Philadelphia
before me. He introduced me to his son, who
received me very civilly, gave me a breakfast,
but told me he did not at present want a hand,
being lately supplied with one, but there was
another printer in town, lately set up, one
Keimer, who, perhaps, might employ me; if
not, I should be welcome to lodge at his house
and he would give me a little iwork to do now
and then till fuller business should offer."
William Bradford went with young Franklin
to Keimer's printing shop, and Franklin was
employed. The kind reception afforded to him
by both the elder Bradford and his son. Ben-
jamin Franklin never forgot.
May 7, 1921
1369
Sale of Conard Editions
DURING the war, while Colonel W. A.
Collins and Sir Godfrey P. Collins, M.P.,
were in France, they noticed and admired the
little Conard editions which attained such a
large circulation in all the Continental coun-
tries except Germany and Austria, during the
war rivaling the famous Tauchnitz Copyright
Edition. They found that Monsieur Conard
was having a hard time to keep the system
going. They conceived the idea of taking over
the collection for patriotic reasons and in the
interests of the authors, so purchased the Col-
lection. They had the assurance of the Eng-
lish novelists thru their agents of their unan-
imous support. The books will now be printed
and bound at the firm's factories in Glasgow.
It has been found that Brussels will be the best
distributing center for Continental operations.
It may be mentioned that, during the present
spring months, novels by the following writers
will be published: Maurice Hewlett, J. D.
Beresford, Archibald Marshall, J. C. Snaith,
Lucas Malet, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Rose
Macaulay, May Sinclair, Marjorie Bowen,
Katherine Tynan, and A. & E. Castle.
Paper Box Prices
THE lowering of cost in the price of the
material that has gone into paper boxes
has caused a recession that will be of material
help to publishers of books in preparing for the
next fall season. The paper box industry has
gone thru heavy liquidation, and reports seem
to indicate that it has now reached the place
where there are no further reductions to be
expected in the cost of material used. The
present demands have been very light, as so
many manufacturers have ceased to use boxes
in places where they had planned for them pre-
viously, and this lack of demand has, together
with lower cost of materials, brought the
present situation.
Edition Binding
THERE is one pressure that has been put on
the publishers during the last two years,
probablv necessitate^ by binding shop crowd-
ing, which ought to be alleviated with the
present change in conditions. The binders were
insistent that small runs on new books could
not be considered and either refused the bind-
ing orders or made increased prices for short
runs that rendered small orders impractical.
This made it necessary for the book publish-
ers to issue editions larger than their best
judgment warranted, with the consequent in-
crease in investment and the risk of carrying
over bound stock that could just as well have
been carried in sheets. As competitive condi-
tions enter into the binding field again, there
will probably be an easing of this situation,
and a solution of the question of the storage
of sheet stock.
Key to Atlasses.
THE Library of Congress has just issued
thru the Government Printing Office a
list of geographical atlases with bibliographical
notes, compiled under the direction of Philip
E. Phillips, Chief of the Division of Maps.
This is volume 4 of the complete work, of
which volume i, published in 1909, contained
the titles of 3265 items ; volume 2 an author
list and index; and volume three, 822 more
titles. The new volume 4 covers all atlases
received by the Library of Congress from 1914
down to the present date, 1237 more titles.
This set now gives a most valuable key to
atlases, past and present, and, because of its
complete indexing and accurate notes, ?c can
be used in tracing any atlas on any known
region, whether of the farthest antarctic or
the smallest American county.
Many of the items in this new volume in-
clude rare maps and atlases that have only
recently been obtained by the Library, and
at the same time the list will give a valuable
key to the publications of the present makers
of maps. In the author list under Rand, Mc-
Nally will be found three pages of atlases, ac-
curately indicating the various names that they
have used on the successive editions and the
dates of publications. The same is true of the
long list of C. S. Hammond & Company, and
other well known makers. This volume, or
the complete set, form a valuable reference
work for the large bookstore or library.
A Literary Revival
AN interesting article in the London
Nation calls to mind that it is not only
schools of literature that have their cen-
tenaries but apparently the more common-
place books have their cycle of interest. It
has been pointed out recently in many articles
and library reports that there has been an
unusual increase in the demand for the prac-
tical and technical book.
With this in mind it is interesting to fol-
low the London Nation into a review of some
of the titles that were most prominent in
English bookselling one hundred years ago:
"The Art of Money- Getting" was to be had
for half a crown ; "The Art of Dyeing" and
handbooks on Anatomy, Shorthand, Confec-
tionery and Perspective. These popular
books were not confined to any special branch
of knowledge, but ranged over the whole
cosmos. There were pamphlets on ''Detect-
ing Copper in Pickles or Green Tea," on
"Preparing Parchments for Painting." There
were articles on "How to Varnish Harps and
Dulcimers in the Indian Manner," and "How
to Make Birch Wine, Apricot Wine, and
twenty other kinds," to say nothing of Dr.
Stoughton's Elixir and General Turlington's
Balsam.
Apparently some of these all-embracing
recipe books were preparing the way for
many of the household decorative arts that
disfigured the Victorian era.
13/0
The Publishers' Weekly
Women and Bookselling
A Monthly Department of News and Theory — Edited by Virginia Smith Cowper
A Birthday Record
Mrs. Maude Harris, who formerly assisted
Miss Gertrude Andrus in the children's book
department of Frederick & Nelson in Seattle,
has been with J. K. Gill & Company in Port-
land, Oregon, since fall, taking charge of
their children's department.
One of Mrs. Harris' plans has been to inter-
view every youngster that comes in as to his
likes and dislikes in books and as to his
present possessions, and all this information
is entered in a card index. When the birth-
day arrives, the boy or girl will find in the
morning mail a note of congratulation from
his friend, Mrs. Harris, who asks among
other things whether his mother has read to
him a new story, which is mentioned by
title. The recipient cannot help feeling that
he has a real interest in that bookstore and
proceeds at once to launch a campaign to
persuade mother to increase the library by at
least one addition.
Firm of Women Booksellers
A RECENT number of the English Book-
Post described an interesting firm of
women booksellers. It is called "At the Sign
of the Sybil" and is situated at 7 Church Street,
Kensington. It is managed by two sisters, Mrs.
Glover and her half-sister Miss Banks. The
shop has several attractive and unusual fea-
tures. It makes a point of procuring new
books within twenty-four hours. Its chief
business is in second-hand books. One of the
notable finds of the shop were some juveniles
discovered in Yorkshire, with good wood-cuts
and folding frontispieces. These proved very
alluring to American customers, and some of
these juveniles have found their way to the
New York Public Library. A rule of the shop
is "No Profiteering."
Mrs. Glover was a pioneer in the establish-
ment of libraries for factory girls who, wont
to read nothing but penny novelettes, at first
looked with scorn on the innovation. Iftit li-
braries open in the lunch hour soon proved
alluring, and girls formerly incapable of half-
an-hour's concentration soon learned eagerly to
devour novels of three-volume length.
There were, of course, some amusing experi-
ences. "Give me a bad book!" was the demand
of a young lady in search of literature for her
forewoman. The startled librarian did her
best, but the Rhoda Broughton she finally pro-
c|uced was received with the still more startling
remark: "She said that if you had nothing else
she would like 'Dombey and Son.'" It came
out eventually that any book not definitely
"goody-goody" was rated as "bad."
The same spirit prompted a girl to reject
"Shirley" because on opening it she had no-
ticed the word "heaven." Her curiosity, how-
ever, was cunningly stimulated, and the book
withheld till she was determined to read it,
and became a Bronte enthusiast.
Women's Book Association
AT the meeting of the Women's National
Book Association on April 21, at The
Children's Book Shop, 5 West 4;th Street, the
speakers of the evening were : Mrs. Eliza-
beth Sears, of the National Federation of
Business and Professional Women and Mrs.
Estelle Guillemont, one of the officers of the
Women's Security Corporation. Mrs. Sears,
the first speaker, in telling something of the
work of the Federation of Business and Pro-
fessional Women, said that the organization
consisted of between four hundred and fifty
and five hundred business women's clubs in
every state in the Union except one, this
means from seventy-five to eighty-five thou-
sand members altho the association is only
two years old. Its official organ is The Inde-
pendent Woman, a magazine which pays for
itself, and which has increased its circulation
this last year six hundred per cent. The pur-
pose of the association is the co-operation of
business women. "In the old days," said Mrs.
Sears, "women thought thatjihey should not
do anything that they could inveigle men into
doing. Woman is entitled to tackle any job
she is qualified to fill. The Business and Pro-
fessional Women were the first to tack on that
qualification. The otfier organizations do all
they can to promote the welfare of all women.
We don't want to be uplifted. The Business
and Professional Women say: 'Qualify for
your job.' We take the sex stuff out of busi-
ness because if she qualifies she is entitled to
any job on her merit." Mrs. Sears spoke
brieflly of the local organization. The League
of Business and^Professional Women.
Mrs. Guillemont told of the purpose of the
Women's Security Corporation, explained that
it was a company to sell stock in women's en-
terprises. She recommended to women starting
in business that they arrange to have the busi-
ness incorporated. The process of incorpora-
tion she did not go into, referring her hearers
to an article in the current number of The
Independent Woman on incorporating your own
business by Miss Laddie. For a woman to
incorporate her business and sell stock is a
much more sensible and efficient method of
procedure than for her to borrow money to
get started. The person who buys her stock
helps her and himself if he has confidence in
her ability and integrity. The Women's Secu-
rity Corporation besides promoting and selling
the stock draws up papers, equips the enter-
prize properly. And tho the plan is not a
plan for lending money, the corporation hopes
some day to loan small sums to women for
business enterprises.
May 7, 1921
Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
UNLESS STRIKES prevent, H. G. Wells' new
book, "The Salvaging of Civilization," will be
published by Macmillan, May i2th.
>
THE CAMBRIDGE Literary Prize has gone to
Jessie L. Weston's "Romance, Vision, and
Satire" (Houghton Mifflin) by unanimous de-
cision of the Council of the British Academy
of Literature.
JOHN BUCHAN has written another book, in
which, Abraham Lincoln is the hero. It is to
be called "The Path of the King," and will
trace into Lincoln the evolution of various
types of the centuries.
EDWARD STREETER, of whose "Dere Mable"
wartime books about a million copies were
sold, is the author of a Tarkingtonian book
about boys for grown-ups. The title is
"Beany-Gangleshanks and the Cub," which
will be published by Putnam in the autumn.
THE MARSHALL JONES COMPANY of Boston
published May ist "The Public Refuses to
Pay," the series of editorials on the railroad
and building problems which has been running
recently in the Boston Herald. There will ^ be
an edition in pamphlet form at a nominal price.
HAVING FINISHED the proofreading of his
new novel, "The Wasted Generation," Owen
Johnson is spending the spring abroad and has
recently visited Rome, where his father, Rob-
ert Underwood Johnson, is the American Am-
bassador. "The Wasted Generation" will be
published in September by Little, Brown &
Company.
CARROLL McCoMAS, Miss Lulu B'ett, in the
stage version of Zona Gale's novel, . is the
heiress to the entire fortune of her late fiancee,
H. J. Flannery, son of the "Vanadium King."
Mr. Flannery's death occurred just at the time
of the New York opening of the play. The
story of "Miss Lulu Bett" might be described
as that of a modern Cinderella and that a
Cinderella-like surprise has come to her stage
interpreter is an interesting case of coincidence.
AN ANTHOLOGY of one-act modern plays
will be published by Harcourt, Brace & Com-
pany: "One- Act Plays by Modern Authors,"
compiled by Helen Louise Cohen. The book
contains the text of sixteen plays by such
authors as Booth Tarkington, Percy Mackaye,
Lady Gregory, Lord Dunsany, Maurice Mae-
terlinck, John Galsworthy, etc. Miss Cohen
has written an introduction giving a short
discussion on the workmanship of the one-act
play.
SINCLAIR LEWIS and Mrs. Lewis will be in
New York for a month and a half after May
first. Then they sail for England.
P. J. KENEDY & SONS announce the publi-
cation of "Henry Edward Manning" by Shane
Leslie, author of that fascinating volume of
chat, "The End of a Chapter."
MR. LANSING'S "Peace Negotiations" (Hough-
ton Mifflin) will soon appear in French under
the imprint of Pavot. The Deutsche Gesell-
schaft are bringing out the German edition.
THE SEQUEL to Jeffery Farnol's romance,
"Black Bartlemy's Treasure,' will be pub-
lished in October by Little, Brown. It is to be
called "Martin Conisby's Vengeance."
LIPPINCOTT will soon publish "The Thing
From The Lake," the last novel of Eleanor M.
Ingraham, who died suddenly at the home of
her parents on March 22. She was the author
of "From The Car Behind," "The Unafraid,"
etc.
FLOYD W. PARSONS, who conducts the
"Everybody's Business" department in the
Saturday Evening Post and whose important
book "American Business Methods" has just
been published by Putnams, will be a speaker
at the Atlantic City Convention of the Ameri-
can Booksellers on May loth.
To INSURE the preservation of James
Huneker's wording library of books and music,
his friends and admirers have opened subscrip-
tions to a fund with which to buy the collec-
tion and present it to the New York Public
Library.
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE has decided to open a de-
partment of Spanish books, to be conducted
under the management of Harriet V. Wish-
nieff, recently returned from Spain. They have
been named the representatives in this country
of the leading Spanish publishers and will
carry in stock a complete line of their publica-
tions. They already have in stock more than
11,000 volumes, and expect to greatly increase
this number.
Martin Anderson Nexo's monumental novel,
"Ditte Menneskebarn" will furnish still an-
other volume, at least, in the American trans-
lation. The first volume published here in-
cluded the first two volumes of the original
tinder the title "Ditte, Girl Alive!" (Holt). The
next, to appear this fall, may include all the
remaining Danish volumes, or the fifth and
final Danish volume may be reserved for sepa-
rate publication.
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Changes in Prices
D. APPLETON & CO.
The Sailor's Log, listed in the Publishers' Weekly
of April 16, as increased in price from $1.50 to
$4.00, should have been listed as increased from
$3.50 to $4.00.
Obituary Notes
ALBERT BROCKHAUS, oldest partner of the
firm of F. A. Brockhaus, died recently at Leip-
zig, sixty-six years old. He became a member
of the great publishing house in 1881. Apart
from developing the technical side of the pub-
lishing business, as is seen in the deservedly
famous Lexikon, he was an enthusiastic col-
lector of Japanese prints on which he wrote
"Versuch einer Geschichte der japanischen
Schnitzkunst" His brother, Fritz Brockhaus,
is now the sole surviving member of the orig-
inal firm.
George Newnes, Limited
IT is an open secret that George Newnes,
Limited, and C. Arthur Pearson, Limited,
have been working in close association since
1913. Last year it became necessary to ex-
tend and improve the printing facilities re-
quired by both companies. With that object,
the Newnes and Pearson Printing Company,
Limited, was formed.
The directors of both companies have de-
cided on still closer association. It is, how-
ever, thought desirable to maintain the in-
dividuality of each company. The proposal
is, therefore, to pool and divide the profits
in certain proportions, and to establish a
joint Board of Control made up of repre-
sentatives of each directorate.
An agreement provides that for a period
of 50 years the joint profits of the two busi-
nesses shall be pooled and divided between
the two companies in the proportion of 58
per cent thereof to George Newnes, Limited,
and 42 per cent to C. Arthur Pearson, Limited.
Postal News
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Uni-
versal Postal Convention of Madrid, this
•department has fixed the rate of postage ap-
plicable to printed matter in relief for the use
of the blind at I cent for each weight of 500
grams (18 ounces) or fraction of 500 grams,
effective May 10, 1021.
Sale of Novels in Cinemas
AT the annual meeting of the National Fed-
eration of Retail Newsagents and Book
sellers (London Branch) the following resolu-
tion was passed : —
"That the Federation General Secretary be
requested to seek an interview with the Feder-
ation of Wholesale Newsagents with the object
of coming to an arrangement with the Asso-
ciated Booksellers, together with our members,
not to stock novels of those publishers who
supply cinemas direct."
Periodical Notes
The London Mercury is now represented by
Charles H. Daniels as sole agent for the
United States and Canada for subscriptions
and the sale of copies. He will send specimen
copies and terms to dealers interested. His
address is 214 West soth Street, New York
City.
HAVING accepted a position in the diplomatic
service of the United States, George Harvey,
conformably to the regulations of the State
Department, will be wholly dissociated from
the direction of The North American Review
from the date of the forthcoming number.
During his absence, the Review will 'be con-
ducted upon the same lines as heretofore by
his associates in its management since 1915.
Personal Notes
JOHN BLACK, advertising manager and pub-
licity director for Charles Scribner's Sons will
resign his post on June ist. Mr. Black intends
to devote himself exclusively to literary work,
and will spend the coming summer at the Mac-
Dowell colony, Peterborough, N. H., writing a
novel.
MRS. H. M. COZZENS, formerly with the
Pilgrim's Book Shop, has gone to take charge
of The Bookshop, at Lexington Avenue and
52nd Street.
SAMUEL ROSENTHAL, formerly with Put-
nam's Bookshop, New York, is now with
Stewart & Kidd Co., Cincinnati.
JOSE JUAN TABLADA, the Mexican poet, has
an interesting book-shop at Thirty-third
Street and Madison Avenue calle-d 'The Li-
brary of the Latins."
Business Notes
BUFFALO, N. Y. — Aries Book Shop is a new
concern at 116 Delaware Avenue, under the
management of Spencer Kellogg, Jr.
LONDON. — W. Collins, Sons & Co. are open-
ing Continental offices at 9 Rue des Hiron-
delles, Bruxelles, Belgium.
NEW YORK CITY — The Encyclopedia Press
has removed to 119 East 57th Street.
NEW YORK CITY — Standard Book Company,
formerly at 225 Fifth Avenue, has moved to
118-20 East 25th Street.
NEW YORK CITY — The Brann Publishers
have increased their capital stock to $150,000.
NEW YORK CITY.— The Drama Book-shop
moved on April 25 from 7 East Forty-second
Street to 29 West Fojty-seventh Street. The
new quarters provide very much larger
and facilities.
May /, 1921
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The Weekly Record of New Publications
This list aims to be a complete and accurate record of American book publications.
Pamphlets will be included only if of special value. Publishers should send copies of all
books promptly for annotation and entry, and the receipt of advance copies insures record
simultaneous with publication. The annotations are descriptive, not critical; intended to
place not to judge the books. Pamphlet material and books of lesser trade interest are listed
in smaller type.
The entry is transcribed from title page when the book is sent for record. Prices are added except
when not supplied by publisher or obtainable only on specific request. When not specified the binding is cloth.
Imprint date is stated [or best available date, preferably copyright date, in bracket] only when it
differs from year of entry. Copyright date is stated only when it differs from imprint date: otherwise
simply "c." No ascertainable date is designated thus: [n. d.}.
Sizes are indicated as follows: F. (folio: over 30 centimeters high); Q (4*0: under 30 cm.); 0. (8vo:
25 cm.); D. (i2mo: 20 cm.); S. (i6mo: 17^/2 cm.); T. (z^mo: 15 cm.); Tt. (szmo: 12^/2 cm.); Ff. (48*10;
10 cm.); sq., obi., nor., designate square, oblong, narrow.
Ayre, A. L.
The theory and design of British ship-
building; il. by 85 diagrams. 182 p. O n. d.
[N. Y., Van Nostrand] $2.50 n.
Banville, Theodore Faullain de, and Coppee,
Frangois i. e. Frangois Edouard Joachim
Gringoire [by first author] and Le luthier
de Cremone [by second author] ; ed. with
introd., notes, and vocabulary by Aaron
Schaffer. 22+191 p. S [c. '21] N. Y., Holt
80 c.
Barnard, Florence
The prosperity book. 2d ed. 130 p. S '20 c.
Bost., Small, Maynard pap. 50 c.
Basden, George Thomas
Among the Ibos of Nigeria, an account of
the curious and interesting habits, customs,
and beliefs of a little known African people
by one who has for many years lived amongst
them on close and intimate terms ; with 37
il. and a map. 315 p. O '21 Phil., Lippin-
cott $5 n.
Battle, John Rome
A handbook of industrial oil engineering,
v. i, Lubrication and industrial oil section.
1131 p. il. diagrs. maps O c. '20 Phil., Lip-
pincott $10
Beaufront, L. D.
Complete manual of Ido. 194 p. D '19
[N. Y., Pitman] pap. $2
Elementary grammar of Ido. 24 p. D '18
[N. Y., Pitman] pap. 25 c.
Bogue, Benjamin Nathaniel
Stammering: its cause and cure. 279 p.
front. D c. Indianapolis, Author $3
Bottomley, Gordon
King Lear's wife ; and other plays. 222 p.
O '21 Bost., Small, Maynard pap. $3.50 bxd.
Bradbury, F.
Flax-culture and preparation. 154 p. il. O
'20 [N. Y., Pitman] $3.50
Brazier, Marion Howard [Marion Howard,
pseud.]
Stage and screen. 130 p. il. pis. pors. O
Bost. [Author], Trinity Court $3 n.
Written from the viewpoint of a theatre-goer since
the middle sixties. Among the chapters are: "The
Boston Museum," "Big Moments," "Charlotte Cush-
man," "Stock Companies," "Screen Characters," etc.
Briggs, Thomas H., and others
Junior high school English ; Book 2 for the
eighth grade. 13+421 p. col. front, il; D
(Junior high school Eng. ser.) c. '21 Bost,
Ginn $1.20
Britton, Wilton Everett
Check-list of the insects of Connecticut.
397 p. O (State geolog. and natural hist, sur-
vey bull. no. 31) '20 Hartford, Conn., [State
Librarian] pap. $1.50
Abbott, Henry
The chief engineer. 70 p. il. S [N. Y., Jiemy
Abbott, 30 Church St.] (priv. pr.)
Arnold, Reuben R.
Workmen's compensation law of Georgia, with a
complete analysis and an explanation of the
changes made in the Georgia laws regulating the
liability of the employer to employee for personal
injuries and death, by Reuben R. Arnold. 51 p. O
[c. '20] Atlanta, Ga., Harrison Co. $2
Handler, Samuel Wyllis
The endocrines. 8+486 p. O '20 Phil., Saunders
$7 n.
Belknap, Henry Wyckoff
Historic Salem; points of interest. 8 p. il. map
O n. d. [Salem, Mass., Essex Inst.] pap.
Blackburn, William Elmer
"October," and other word pictures, taken from
every day work. 43 p. front, (por.) O [c. '20]
Herington, Kan., Herington Sun pap. $i
Blue book (The) of the Hampshire breed; a Hamp-
shire directory and year book. il. pors. O '20 c,
Peoria, 111., Hampshire 'Directory and Year Book Co.
$10
Bogardus, Emory Stephen
The technique of preparing social science papers.
2nd ed. 36 p. D [c. '21] Los Angeles, Cal., South-
ern Cal. Sociological Soc., Univ. of Southern Cal.
pap. 30 c.
Bridgham, Gladys Ruth
Golden hope; a play for girls in two acts. 41 p.
D c. Phil., Penn Pub. Co. pap. 35 c.
Brown, Margaret Wright, comp.
Mending and repair of books. 4th ed., rev. by
Gertrude Stiles. 7—23 p. D (Library handbooks) '21
Chic., A. L. A. pap, 25 c.
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Buckley, Albert Coulspn
The basis of psychiatry (psyphobiological
medicine) ; a guide to the study of mental
disorders for students and practitioners. 79
illustrations. 12+447 p. col. front, il. O [c.
'20 J Phil., Lippincott $7 n.
Carroll, Lewis, pseud [Charles Lutwidge
Dodgson]
Alice's adventures in Wonderland. 192 p.
il. D '20 Bost, Small, Maynard $1.75
Carter, Huntley
Spiritualism: its present day meaning; a
symposium. 287 p. il. O '20 Phil., Lippincott
$375 n.
Cisin, Harry G.
Modern marine engineering. Pt. I, The fire
room. 216 p. il. D '21 N. Y., Van Nostrand
$3
Clare, John
Poems: chiefly from manuscript. 255 p.
por. O '21 N. Y., Putnam $3.75
Comstock, Byron H.
The log of the Deviil Dog ; and other verses.
6 1 p. por. D [c. '20] [Portage, Wis., Author]
$1.25
Consolidated tables of bond values, pocket
ed., showing net returns from 2.90 to 15
per cent on bonds and other redeemable secur-
ities paying interest semi-annually at the
rates per annum of 3, 3%, 4, 4/4> 4/^> 43A> 5»
51A, 5T/2, 6, 6T/2, 7, 7l/z, and 8; maturing from
6 months to 50 years progressing semi-annu-
ally, and from 55 to 100 years ; computed and
compiled by Financial Pub. Co.; with tables
showing the net return from stocks and other
irredeemable securities; also interest tables
showing interest on $1000, on basis of both
360 days and 365 days to the year. 751 p. S
c. '21 ] Bost., Financial Pub. Co. leath.
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David, Albert A., D.D.
Life unto God. 64 p. nar. S N. Y., Mac-
miWan '20 80 c.
Davidson, N. J.
Modern travel ; a record of exploration,
travel, adventure and sport in all parts of
the world during the last forty years, derived
from personal accounts of the travellers.
320 p. il. maps O '21 Phil., Lippincott $5 n.
Dawson, S. S.
Accounting. 279 p. il. O n. d. [N. Y., Pit-
man] $4
Delatte, Abbot
The rule of St. Benedict. 508 p. Q '21
N. Y., Benziger $7 n.
Devas, Rev. Dominic
Life of St. Leonard of Port Maurice (1676-
1751). 123 p. il. D '21 N. Y., Benziger
$1.75 n.
Dewey, Melvil
Abridged decimal classification and relativ
index for libraries, clippings, notes, etc.
3d ed., rev. 184 p. O '21 c. '94-'2i Lake Placid,
N". Y., Forest Press, Lake Placid Club $3.25
Dickson, A. C.
The mica mines and prospectors' guide.
8+50 p. il. D '21 N. Y., Spon & Chamberlain
$1-75
Diemer, Hugo
Industrial organization and management.
15+291 p. figs. pis. fold, charts O '21 c. '18
Chic., La Salle Extension Univ. $3
Gives information on types of organization, locat-
ing an industry, buying, time and motion study,
employment problems, etc.
Dionysius of Alexandria, Saint, Called the
Great
Dionysius the Areopagite on the divine
names and the mystical theology, by C. E.
Rait. 8+223 p. D (Translations of Christian
literature, ser. i, Greek Texts) '20 N. Y.,
Macmillan $2.75
Dowd, Quincy L.
Funeral management and costs ; a world-
survey of burial and cremation. 295 p. D [c.
'21] Chic., Univ. of Chic. Press $3 n.
Burrows, Edith Male
Behind the rain curtain; a play for children.
16 p. D c. Phil., Penn Pub. Co. pap. 25 c.
Our Motherland; a patriotic pageant play in eight
episodes. 33 p. D c. Phil., Penn Pub. Co. pap.
25 c.
Chapin, Howard Millar
Dogs in early New England, n p. il. O '20
Providence, R. I. [H. M. Chapin] pap. 75 c.
Chase, Joseph Cummings
A course in free hand drawing and design in
twelve lessons. 12 pts. il. diagrs. D N. Y., Clode
(not for sale)
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
De divinatione, liber primus, pt. i ; with com-
mentary by Arthur Stanley Pease. 168 p, Q (Univ.
of 111. studies in language and literature) [c. '21]
Urbana, 111., Univ. of 111. pap. $1.50
Clements, Guy L.
A deal in ducks; a play in three acts. 68 p. D
c. Atchison, Kan., J. R. Hellener & Co. pap. 35 c.
Cleveland Trust Co.
A quarter of a century of banking service, 1895-
1920. no paging pors. O [c. '20] Cleveland, O.,
Author pap. gratis
Corporation trust company
The Corporation trust company's 1913-1921 income
tax service. Q '20 c. N. Y., Corp. Trust Co. $25
Curtis, Leslie Curtis
Voltage wave analysis with indicating instru-
ments. 26 p. il. O (Univ. of Wash. Engineering
Experiment Station bull, no* 8) '20 Seattle, Wash.,
Engineering Experiment Station, Univ. of Wash,
pap. 50 c.
Daniels, Joseph
The coking industry of the Pacific Northwest.
33 p. il. O (Univ. of Wash. Engineering Experi-
ment Station Bull. no. 9) '20 Seattle, Wash., Univ.
of Wash. pap. 60 c.
Diller, Joseph Silas
Talc and soapstone in 1919; [reprint of]. Mineral
resources of the U. S., 1919— Pt. 2, p. 265—268. Apr.
14, 1921. 4 p. O '21 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off.
pap. gratis
Dowsett, Harry Melville
Wireless telegraphy and telephony, first principles,
present practice and testing. 3I+-33I P- ^- diagrs.
O '20 c. N. Y., Wireless Press $3.50 n.
May 7, 1921
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Downie, James R.
Chemists' manual of nonferrous alloys.
5-|-i68 p. il. O '21 N. Y., Spon & Chamber-
lain $4
Dumbleton, J. E.
Principles and practice of aerial naviga-
tion. 176 p. il. fold. pis. O '20 N. Y., Van
Nostrand $4
Duncan- Jones, C. M.
Little drake ; and other stories ; adapted ;
il. by R. J. Williams. 9+51 p. col. front, pis.
D (Old tales for young children) [n. d.] N. Y.,
Macmillan bds. 80 c.
Dunkley, W. G.
A primer of trigonometry for engineers.
171 p. il. D '20 [N. Y., Pitman] $2.10
Earp, Edwin Lee
Rural social organization. 144 p. D [c. '21]
N. Y. and Cin., Abingdon Press $i n.
Author is professor of theology, Drew Theological
Seminary. Gives data on rural economic organiza-
tion principles, rural social organizations, the social
function of the/ rural church, etc.
Educational (The) red book; 1921 ed. ; a buy-
ers' guide for school superintendents, sec-
retaries and members of Boards of Education.
306 p. O n.d. Albany, N'. Y., C. F. Wil-
liams & Son, Inc., 36 Beaver St. $i
Ellis, Carleton, and Meigs, Joseph V.
Gasolines and other motor fuels. 728 p. il.
fold. pis. O '21 N. Y., Van Nostrand $10
Ellis, Julian
Fame and failure ; being the story of some
unprofitable lives. 305 p. il. O '20 Phil., Lip-
pincott $3.75 n.
Enfantin, Barthelemy Prosper
Life eternal ; post — present — future ; tr. by
Fred Rothwell. 8+138 p. por. O '20 Chic.,
Open Court Pub. Co. $1.60
Philosophical and moral reflections of one of the
founders of French socialism.
Ensall, Robert
The technical chemist pocketbook. 8+196 p.
il. S '21 N. Y., Spon & Chamberlain $3
Fitzpatrick, Rev. John
The song of Lourdes. 202 p. D '21 N. Y.,
Benziger $1.75 n.
Fletcher, F. Morley
Wood-block printing; a description of the
craft of woodcutting and colour printing
based on the Japanese practice ; with draw-
ings and il. by the author and A. W. Seaby;
also collotype reproductions of various ex-
amples of printing, and an original print de-
signed and cut by the author, printed by
hand on Japanese paper. 23+132 p. D (Artistic
crafts ser.) [n. d.] N. Y., Pitman $3.50
Fournon, Lucien, and Broussard, James F.
Pour parler frangais; with conversation,
grammar reviews, drills, and composition.
8+288 p. il. D (Heath's modern language
ser.) [c. '21] N. Y., Hea.th $1.52
Fox, Genevieve
When labor goes to school ; the story of
the workers' educational movement. '21
N. Y., Womans Press pap. 25 c. n.
Fyfe, Charles F. A.
Steamship coefficients, speeds and powers.
14+399 P- pis. S '21 N. Y., Spon & Cham-
berlain $7.50
Gardner, Edmund Garratt
The national idea in Italian literature. 52 p.
D (Manchester Univ. lectures, no. 22) '21
1ST. Y., Longmans, Green $1.50
Doyle, Edwin Adams
War pieces. 20 p. front. O '20 c. Winchester, O.
School Journal pap. 50 c.
Duff, Arthur Melville
The multiplicandum calculator and wage scale;
a complete scries of tables showing at a glance the
results of multiplying any number i/io to 200 by
any number 11/4 to 150, and small fractions both
ways; for the computing of wages and piece work,
calculating of material and surfaces, extending of
invoices, proving of bills, figuring of freight, stock
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Rare Books, Autographs and Prints
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finest in existence.
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and historical manuscripts, a fine series of in-
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letters, manuscripts and drawings of Robert
Fulton and other rare Americana, at the An-
derson Galleries, April 26 and 27. realized $7,-
883-95- Fulton's manuscript "On Submarine
Navigation and Attack," 40 pp. Sept. 3, 1806,
with one pencil drawing with additions on the
same subject, brought $460; manuscript "Notes
on the Practice of Torpedoes," 10 pp. 4to,
$155 ; A. L. S. to Dr. Thornton, 7 pp. 410, May
9, 1809, a long and interesting letter regarding
his steamboat invention, $112.50. Considering
the important character of this Fulton mate-
rial the prices were low. A collection of 89
numbers of the Maryland Gazette, Annapolis,
1764-67, an excessively rare Colonial news-
paper and the first to appear in the auction
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Valentine "Manuals" of New York, 1841-70
with the continuation by Henry Collins Brown,
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"General History of Connecticut," London,
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Washington, March 3, 1797, granting a par-
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high treason, $160; and Wood's "New Eng-
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European type printing, the Gutenberg Don-
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Some of the rarer items and the prices which
they brought were the following: original
manuscript of Robert Burns's "The Bonie
Moor-Hen," a hunting song, one page small
folio, $400; five autograph letters of Lord
Byron, 1808-11, in regard to his early life and
literary work, $400; Robert Browning's "Men
and Women," 2 vols., small 4to, Hammer-
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vellum by the Doves Press, $130; John Eve-
lyn's "Sculptura; or, the History and Art of
Chalcography and Engraving on Copper," etc.,
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tremely rare first edition, $700; Handel's auto-
graph Will, June I, 1750, with four codicils
signed by the composer, $650; Dr. Samuel
Johnson's manuscript of a prayer composed by
him, a lock of his hair, two autograph letters
and a handpainted miniature on ivory, $610;
George Meredith's "Poems," London, 1851,
with the autograph of the author on the title,
$100 ; Thomas Middleton's "The Familie of
Love," London, 1608, $270, and "The Inner-
Temple Masque," London, 1619, $325; "The
Taming of a Shrew," London, 1607, the orig-
inal source of Shakespeare's play of similar
name which appeared in the folio of 1623,
$1,400; "Pericles," London, 1609, fourth edi-
tion of this doubtful Shakespearean play, $400;
Shakespeare's "Love's Labour Lost," London,
1631, rare second edition, $700; Shelley's A.
L. 'S. addressed to his publisher Oilier, being
his defence of "Laon and Cythna" afterwards
called "The Revolt of Islam," 7 pp. 4to, De-
cember n, 1817, $845; John Taylor's "The
Complaint of Christmas," London, 1631, the
only known copy, $785; Thackeray's Mrs.
Perkins's Ball," 1847, first edition with auto-
graph letter and original drawing inserted,
$315; a collection of nine of WHittington's
Grammatical Tracts, bound in one volume, red
morocco, London, v. d. printed by John
Scolar, $645. Many of the rarest lots were
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Ingersoll, Abraham Lincoln.
Matthew Williams, Center Seat of Speech Control.
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Reeves, Comin' Through the Rye.
Tissot's Life of Christ, Sampson-Low-Marston ed.
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Dix, Miranda.
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Raganoc, Ignatius Donnelly.
Chinese Appeal to Christendom Concerning Christian
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Benares, Arabian Nights, vol. i only.
Wedmore's Book on Etchings.
Chattel-ton's Fore and Aft.
John Masefield, J. B. Cabell, ist eds.
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Science and Health, any ed.
Howe's Historical Collections Virginia.
Stith, History of Virginia.
Burk, History of Virginia, 4 vols.
Smith, History of Virginia, 2 vols., 1819.
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Harriott Pansier, Types of Prose Narratives, 3 copies.
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Nrusing for the Insane, Barrus, Macmillan.
A Sketch of Semetic Origins, Barton, Macmillan.
The Blue Lagoon, Stacpoole, Duffield.
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Lewis M. Thompson, 29 Broadway, New York
Delafield Biography of Francis and Morgan Lewis.
English Notes, Boston Daily Mail Office, 1842.
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Goldsmith's Deserted Village, illus. ed.
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Single Shot Martial Pistols, Sawyer
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Burton Holmes Travelogue.
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Kemble, Records of a Girlhood, 1879
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Brady, Fetters of Freedom.
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Max Hirsch, Democracy Versus Socialism, Mac., 1001
Mencken, American Language, 3 copies.
The Wonder World.
Book of Knowledge.
Main Street, ist ed.
Taylor, Motley Measures.
Cabell, Jurgen.
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Chamberlain, Lawrence, The Work of the Bond
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Hermetic & Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus, 2-
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Comstock Genealogy, C. B. Comstock.
Stanhope Burleigh.
Great Pyramid Jeezek, McCarthy.
Frontier Reminiscences, Genl. Marvey.
Indian Depridations in Texas, Wilbarger.
Atlantis, Ignatus Donnelley.
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Birds of the Bible, G. S. Porter.
Student's Manual, Rev. John Todd.
What of It.
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The West Highland Terrier.
From Authority to Freedom.
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Bachellor in Search of a Wife.
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Ecles, Cements, Limes and Plasters.
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French, Art and Artists in Connecticut.
American Almanac for 1856.
Real Estate Atlas of New Haven, 1910.
Aristotle, Metaphysics, in Greek.
Athertos & Mellany, Resistance and Power of
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Anson, On Contracts, ed. by Corbin.
Burton, The Scented Garden.
Bolin, Gymnastic Problems.
Bartsch, Romanzen & Tastorellen.
George Brandes.
Blavatasky, Isis Unveiled.
Bolle, Calculus of Finite Differences.
Ambrose Bierce, anything, ist eds.
Baldwin's Digest.
Brown's Grammar.
History of the First Congregational Church, Bridge-
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Bennett Divorce Case.
Balfour, Ruler in Ireland.
Sister Clair, Inside the Church in Rome.
Bratten, Old Clocks and Watches.
Brachet, Entomological French Dictionary, 3rd ed.
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The Religion of Christ in the 2oth Century, Crown
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Three Weeks, Elinor Glyn.
The Adirondacks, J. T. Headley.
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Centennial of the U. S. Military Academy, 1802-
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Borchard, Guide to the Law of Argentina, Brazil
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Commercial Relations of the U. S., Report of Bureau
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Investigation of Panama Canal Matter, 3 vols., 1006.
International Marine Conference, 3 vols., 1889.
Report of Merchant Marine Commission, with Testi-
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Report of -Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef
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Statistics of Railways in the U. S., 1905.
The Venezuelan Arbitration Before the Hague Tri-
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North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration, 12 vols.,
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Journals of the Continental Congress, vols. 7 to 12,
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Fur Seal Arbitration at Paris, Arguments of E. J.
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Seizure of Property of N. Y. & Bermudez Co. by
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Minutes of the Acqueduct Commissioners, 1005. 1908.
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Documentary History of the Constitution of U. S.,
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Notes on Duels and Duelling, Lorenzo Sabine, Bos-
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Historical Sketches of Coos County and Vicinity,
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Chinese Biographical Dictionary, by H. A. Giles,
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Great Events by Famous Historians, National Alum-
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Library Edition of Arabian Nights, by Sir R. F.
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Living Thoughts of John Wesley, Potts.
History of Infant Baptism, Wall, 2 vols.
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History of Utah, Bancroft.
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"I hold every man a debtor to his profession,
from the zvhich, as men of course do seek to
receive countenance and profit, so ought they of
duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends,
to be a help and ornament thereunto'3 — BACON.
Will Fall Book Prices Be Lower?
FOR a period of a year the question of
the estimation of purchases and buying
policies has been the very vital problem
of both manufacturers and retailers, and with
the heavy fall season now only a few months
away it has been necessary for all to weigh
carefully general conditions and specific con-
ditions in order to be amply ready for the
season and yet not to misjudge what that
season will be like. This condition makes
the following letter, which has recently been
sent out to Indiana booksellers by Charles
A. Penzel, a book and stationery dealer in
Muncie, Indiana, of particular interest:.
To Fellow Booksellers of Indiana :
"It just occurred to me that if the book-
sellers would hesitate in giving orders for
fall books and bibles until about the last of
August or the first of September we would
get the publishers in a frame of mind to give
us lower prices which the public will expect
this fall.
"The manufacturer of bibles increased the
price of their bibles last December and as
paper, leather, cloth, and in fact, everything
that goes into the bible is less than it was,
of course they will argue that they have ma-
terial on hand that they contracted for at
a higher price and are still using it, but they
forget that they had material on hand at a
low price when they advanced prices and
from which they profited handsomely. Now
they are entitled to reduce prices even if
they are manufacturing from higher priced
material.
"Booksellers will be at a disadvantage with
the public this fall if they have to sell at the
same price or a little higher. Every other
line of merchandise has taken a decline and
the public will expect it of us. You can look
back a few months and remember what hap-
pened when the public refused to buy cloth-
ing and shoes at the high price, the manu-
facturers got busy and reduced their prices so
the retailers could reduce theirs
"This letter is being sent to one bookseller
in each county seat in Indiana and if you
will get in touch with the other booksellers,
have them cooperate, we can greatly benefit
ourselves, at least, we will not be any worse
off.
"If you have any comments or suggestions,
please let me hear from you."
"Yours very truly,
CHARLES A. PENZEL.
"Muncie, Indiana."
A trade paper such as the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY has for one of its most important
functions gathering and printing the facts
that will enable retailers to judge of their
buying policy, and, as conditions have changed
and fluctuated, it has been its aim to take
especial pains in bringing all information pos-
sible to the front. If the deductions made
from the facts on book price conditions as
we have collected them seem different from
the opinion of Mr. Penzel, that there is to-day
an artificial level of prices, our opinion is
not given with any intention of artificially
stimulating retailers' buying, but with realiza-
tion that some advance estimates must be made
in the spring if business is to proceed in the
fall.
The prices of books, generally speaking,
reached the level now shown some six months
ago. Both publishers and retailers have close-
ly watched conditions since, and the question
now is whether these general levels will still
obtain during the balance of the year.
There are three general conditions that
would affect the prices.
First, the general conditions of trade in all
industries and business. The government fig-
ures on the cost of living have indicated re-
cessions of about 30 per cent on general neces-
sities during the past four months. It is-
natural that there should be a general expecta-
tion that at least this amount of reduction"
would appear in all lines. It has to be re-
membered, however, that the merchandise in-
cluded in these figures increased after 1914
about 1 20 per cent, while books went up on an
average of about 50 per cent. If it is an in-
evitable thing that all lines of merchandise fol-
low one general trend, books such as fiction
should have reached the price of $2.75 and
then on the present market have receded about
30 per cent. This is not, however, what hap-
pened, and the $1.35 fiction of 1914 has only
reached an average of about $1.90 to $2.
The second reason that might break prices
is an oversupply, with a consequent necessity
of reducing stocks at any cost. In book pub-
lishing, as we read the figures, there has been
little temptation to or facility for manufactur-
ing heavily in the last two years, and we can
find no indication at all that a slowing down of
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business will find stocks that will have to be
precipitately unloaded as many other lines of
merchandise have been unloaded.
The third and most important thing to con-
sider is as to whether the actual manufactur-
ing costs of books have so changed since last
fall that there can be an expectation that prices
will recede during the summer. In considering
this it should be pointed out in the first place
that competitive lines of books, Bibles, popu-
lar series, etc., have to be manufactured in
the spring for the fall business, and, if there
are any subsequent changes that now cannot
be foreseen, they cannot affect the actual
manufacturing cost of the goods that are to
be on the counters the next fall. Since list
prices reached a fair stability last fall, there
was an increase in the cost of printing in
December, and in New York at least there
has been another increase this May owing to
the change to the forty- four hour week. Paper,
the other most important item, is now about
double the pre-war figure instead of four
times the pre-war figure at the peak of last
fall. Most of the books of last fall, however,
were manufactured on paper at approximately
I3c., and, while a drop to 8c. brings some re-
lief, it has not yet been enough to take up the
increase in the cost of printing. The cost of
binding materials, as of paper, has gone down
since December, but as the binderies in New
York, where most trade manufacturing is
done, are in a strike condition and little work
is going thru, there is certainly not much re-
lief in this year's cost in that direction.
If competitive lines, which are manufactured
in the spring, show no cost reductions ovei
a year ago, and in fact some increases, there
comes the question of whether new current
books as. manufactured in the fall will be low-
er in price than those made now. Among many
publishers interviewed as one compares their
reports with other figures obtainable on basic
costs, there seems to be no indication that the
cost to the publisher of making a book is to
be any less this July than last July, and, unless
other conditions enter in that cannot at all be
foreseen, the cost of fiction next fall seems
likely to remain at from $2 down to $1.75-
Another side of this matter which retailers
can easily see is there are hundreds and even
thousands of good titles out of print. If book
publishing at present list prices were as profit-
able as some estimate, publishers would have
certainly put these titles on the presses again,
but the fact remains that increases in list prices
of books have been not enough to make re-
printing of hundreds of old titles possible. It
is to be hoped that the slight easing in paper
.and binding materials may make it possible to
put many of these books back on the list, to
the benefit of author, publisher and bookseller.
Whether the book business of the coming
season is to be equal to that of last fall can-
not be estimated for any countrywide prophecy,
but there is a feeling of great confidence among
the retailers, and there are many indications
that the gain in book reading that has been
accomplished in the last few years is not going
to be a thing to subside in a season, and it is
the belief of the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY that
1921 can and will be a successful and profit-
able fall for the bookstore.
Trade Statistics
WHEN the question of reorganization of
government departments comes up in
Washington, it is hoped that the De-
partment of Commerce will get a larger appro-
priation for its trade statistics. Certainly no
appeal for increased funds is more justified
in the present Congress than Mr. Hoover's
request for $618,000 for securing better facili-
ties in the compilation of industrial data.
Every trade in the country would be sub-
stantially benefited by a better collection of
trade statistics and a wider dissemination of
facts regarding domestic production, con-
sumption, general export conditions, etc. To
be thoroly successful such material must be
collected and presented to the whole commer-
cial community, buyer, seller and banker, by
some government department which approaches
the problem in a purely objective way.
At present the Department of Commerce in
the particular part of its work that has to do
with trade encouragement has an appropriation
of about $5,000,000, or about one-tenth of one
per cent of the amount given to the Navy
Department. Mr. Hoover, in a recent speech
before the United States Chamber of Com-
merce, showed that increased appropriations
would aid in securing more timely, regular,
and complete information in trade matters.
The book-trade, altho one of the smallest
industries, has long felt the need of real statis-
tics. Under present conditions if a publisher
considers entering into the export field and
wishes to know how many books, for example,
are sent to South America, he probably finds
only some general figures on present book ex-
ports, but little definite information regard-
ing the possible South American market.
Book publishers can now only guess at the
amount of book production and consumption
in this country. If publishing is to be on a
large scale — and it is larger scale production
that must be the direction of our growth — it
should not be necessary to go it blind as to
the possibilities of the markets.
May 14, 1921
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>4Buy a Book a Week"
By Will Johnson
W. B. Read Company, Bloomington, Illinois
The following paper was read by Mr. Johnson at
the convention of the Illinois Booksellers' and Sta-
tioners' Association just closed, and was received
with so much interest that it was unanimously agreed
that the paper ought to be submitted to the PUB-
LISHERS' WEEKLY.
Mr. Johnson began by displaying posters and
streamers sent out to the booksellers by the Year
Round Bookselling Committee: "More Books in the
Home, Buy A Book A Week"; "Books Make A
House A Home, Buy A Book A Week"; "For Com-
fortable Slipper Evenings, Buy A Book A WeekJ';
"America's Making Told in Books, Buy A Book A
Week"; "Books Are True Friends, Buy A Book A
Week"; "Books Make A Happy Fireside, Buy A
Book A Week"; "A Home Without Books Is Like A
House Without Windows, Buy A Book A Week";
"Useful Books for Every Need, Buy A Book A Week."
FOUR mailing tubes like this have come to
your store and to ours, containing posters
and streamers. What have you done with
them? The first two, with contents undis-
turbed, were serenely and complacently slipped
behind the ten-cent ink tablet counter for a
more opportune leisure moment in our store.
Days and weeks rushed by. We counted hun-
dreds of agates and immies and handed out
dozens of rubber bouncers. We doubled our
money on old dirty school books bought and
sold during the first week of the second
semester.
February is full of extra special and patri-
otic days demanding of the bookstore elaborate
displays of decorations and favors for the
party-giving, novel-hunting public. One morn-
ing, after the last tray of bleeding hearts from
Cupid's darts had been put away, and George's
hatchet sheathed again, there came to my spe-
cial notice a letter explaining and extolling the
plans for Religious Book Week. The very
suggestion and idea of a Religious Book Week
appealed to me. It resembled a benediction
after the February celebrations. What books
could we display? Bibles, of course, and testa-
ments and prayer books and hymnals and Sun-
day School lesson commentaries, "Daily Strength
for Daily Needs," some of Gordon's "Quiet
Talks," and, oh yes, some of the beautifully
illustrated Bible stories for the boys and girls.
In my mind I planned a big display for the
window, for the book racks and the tops of
the cases. Oh, if I only had some posters !
And not until then did I remember that E. P.
Dunlap of Grosset & Dunlap had very inci-
dentally mentioned Religious Book Week in
connection with some scheme which he called
the Year-Round Bookselling plan. What was
it? Then I remembered the tubes behind the
ten-cent tablets. Quite surreptitiously I fished
them out of the pile of rocks and trees and
horses and guns, accumulated display matter
for the western and detective stories. I pulled
the posters and streamers out of the tubes.
"Buy A Book A Week, More Books in the
Home." January gone!
"America's Making Told in Books, Buy A
Book A Week." February gone!
You all know that thirty-five or more pub-
lishers are co-operating in this Year-Round
Bookselling plan. They are expending five
thousand dollars in presenting this plan to us
booksellers and giving us suggestions as to the
best methods of inducing the public to buy a
book a week. I should have known all about
it. The PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY — it comes every
week, and I read it most religiously and care-
lessly— was full of the Year-Round Book-
selling plan. In every catalog and circular
and in some of the magazines appears the
slogan — "Buy A Book A Week."
Are you doing it? Are you doing it? I am.
I buy a book a week and pay for it. I began
the first week in March. I selected "Green
Mansions" by Hudson (Modern Library, Boni
& Liveright). I read it that week. The next
week, for more than one reason, I bought a
second-hand French book, "Le Frangais et sa
Patrie," thirty-five cents. One of the clerks in
the store, a woman, heard me mention the plan,
and she is buying a book a week and is even
more enthusiastic about it than I am. We en-
joy the keenest thrill a book lover can ex-
perience, for we are at the same time book
lovers and book buyers. It is like a movie
serial. Monday morning we begin the pleasant
task of selecting the book which is to be pur-
chased some time during the week, most likely
Saturday night. You know the power of sug-
gestion, and sometimes the selected book . is
sold to a regular customer before I can secure
it. Incidentally we discover not a few books
whose entertaining contents were hitherto un-
known. We suggested the "Buy A Book A
Week" plan to the other clerks on the first floor
and to the office force. The two young men,
ex-soldiers, are bright and capable but some-
what self-important and a little the worse from
life in Uncle Sam's army in a French town.
Both emphatically declared that they could
not afford it, even if they wanted to do it. I
asked them to keep an account in detail of the
money they spent in one week for soda water,
candy, peanuts and popcorn. Here is one list:
Ice Cream 220
Soda uc
Candy 2oc
Ice Cream 22C
Candy , 350
Candy 250
Ice Cream 440
Soda , uc
Ice Cream 220
Total $2. 12
Here is the other:
EXPENSE
Candy 350
Drink 150
Candy aoc
Tandy aoc
Drink 150
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Drink 150
Candy 4oc
Candy 4oc
Candy 25C
Drink i5c
Candy 2oc
Drink 1 5c
Candy isc
Candy 2oc
Drink 2oc
Total $3-30
In the office, the Tribune Beauty Contest
girl threw up her head, her one nose and two
hands in horror : "Buy A Book A Week, man,
I am dead broke all the time." Here is the
list of her expenses for the extra necessities
of her stomach :
4/21/21 Soda
Chocolate
Whistle
4/22/21 Candy 5C
Whistle ioc
4/23/21 Peanuts and Candy i SG
Candy i oc
Soda . . i ic
I 1C
IOC
IOC
4/24/21 Candy ....
Soda ......
4/25/21 Milk Shake
Whistle . . .
4/26/21 Peanuts . . .
Whistle . . .
4/27/21 Milk Shake
Soda
iSc
IIC
Seven day total
$1.7
Last Saturday night one of the young men
bought "The Four Horsemen of the Apoca-
lypse" and the other "Jacob's Ladder" by Op-
penheim. To my great astonishment I dis-
covered that two men had been buying a
•book a week since the first of January, one
was connected with the business end of the
evening newspaper and 'buys mostly fiction,
popular copyrights, and has the best time se-
lecting his books. A young man in the office
of the Y. M. C. A. is a great lover of poetry,
and he adds a volume a week to his library.
He goes to the poetry section, pulls down book
after book, reads and puts them back again
and again until he finds his choice. He is a
book chooser as well as a book lover and book
buyer. An enthusiastic socialist, a railroad
shopman, is buying a 'book a week. He has
found some of his books on our shelves and I
have ordered others. A prosperous real es-
tate man is buying a book a week, but as he
is often out of town our store does not alwavs
get the benefit. He has bought "Mystic Isles
of the South Seas," "Steeplejack," Margot
Asauith's "Diary," Wells' "Outline of His-
tory" and other expensive books. He is a
good customer. A business man, a dry goods
merchant, also a bachelor, buys a book a week
and enjoys the privilege of doing so. His
tastes are somewhat similar to my own, and
sometimes we work together in making our
selections. I asked another bachelor friend
who has always been a regular reader why he
bought a book a week. He has lived in all
parts of the country and travels much,
especially back and forth to Chicago. He said :
"Good Lord ! How can anyone live in Bloom-
ington and not buy a book a week! I need a
book a day." There may be a few others.
The plan has spread not rapidly nor with
volume, nothing like the mad stampede on
"Main Street." A returned well-to-do citi-
zen, a college graduate and a student, was dis-
gusted with the idea, made light of it, then
apologized because he thought it was hurting
my feelings. He said he couldn't buy a book
a week because he couldn't read a book a week,
and if he couldn't read it, he didn't need it,
and if he didn't need it, he wouldn't buy it.
He termed his reading as seasonal, some weeks
with several books, others, no books at all. A
college professor informed me with some dig-
nity and a little superiority that he bought
books for a purpose, the motive his own. He
could not imagine any reason sufficiently strong
to induce him to waste his time and mental
energy in buying a book a week.
I had the courage to broach a farmer on the
subject. He has a most comfortable home,
large living room with a big fireplace — three
fine boys and a baby girl. Of course, he
laughed at me and said it was impossible this
year, but begged me not to tell his wife or
boys about it. She bought a handsome copy of
"King Arthur," and the next Saturday the
•boys took home one of James Willard Schultz's
Indian stories. I hope they are forming the
habit. In another family a dear little seven-
year-old Nancy is delighted with the idea.
Last week she bought "The Story of the Robins"
which I had read many, many years ago. The
teachers and the librarians of the children's
department should be willing and eager to give
their assistance by suggesting that the boys
and girls read a book a week. It is not neces-
sary even to hint to you the possibilities of
such co-operation, for you know, at least by
hearsay, the old proverb, "Train up a 'child in
the way he should go, and when he is old he
will not depart from it."
The movies for children on Saturday morn-
ing are an asset in favor of the plan. We
might in some way let the children know that
the book shown in the picture is for sale.
Would it not be a good idea for our wise pub-
lishers in making their Year-Round Booksell-
ing plan to arrange for two different weeks
for children's books?' The one last November
was most successful, and the results are still
evident. For several years the last of Novem-
ber the kindergarten teachers of the University
Training School have borrowed from the local
stores many juvenile books and shown them to
the mothers with comments. Last year early
in December, because of an urgent request, one
of our clerks talked to the Parent-Teachers'
Association on books for children.
April is the month for B'ack to Nature
Books. We had a fairly creditable showing,
on the tops of two cases, of bird, flower,
camping and scoutinsr books and a few on
gardening and agriculture. It was surprising
how interested in them was the casual loafer
and shopper.
May and June have always been the months
for books for graduation gifts. This year adds
book showers. Government statistics prophesy
that there will be a hundred thousand brides in
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June. There have always been June brides,
but never before have sixteen hundred book-
sellers been working together in competition
with berry spoons and cut glass. Your win-
dow might well display a model home library
with a general collection of books of standard
and modern authors, a poetry group and a
reference shelf. Inside there might be a small
revolving book-rack, with four sections, each
section holding four books, sixteen suitable
books for the new home.
How is this for a selection?
SECTION ONE.
Palgrave's "Golden Treasury."
"Chief American Poets."
"High Tide."
"Just Folks."
SECTION TWO
"Boston Cooking School Book."
"1000 Ways to Please a Husband."
"Business of the Household."
"A Busy Woman's Handy Garden Book."
SECTION THREE
"Ramona."
"Tale of Two Cities."
"Woodcarver o' Lympus."
"The Mountebank."
SECTION FOUR
"The Promised Land."
"Now It Can Be Told."
"Business and Religion."
"The Lure and Lore of Travel."
Nearby there might be a half dozen red
leather volumes of O. Henry between a pair of
mahogany bookends. In a modest extension
book-rack one could display a dozen handy
pick-up volumes, Modern Library, for ex-
ample, or if you desire something more simple
and unchallengable, the Hurst Companion
Books, or Burt's Library of Standard Classics.
Show a large gift book with handsome illus-
trations and a large family Bible — they are
coming back into style.
"Will the New Home Have Books?" Yes,
by all means, if the booksellers sell all
of those books as wedding gifts, and
even if we do not sell them, the
groom may have been buying a book a
week. The Buy A Book A Week plan has
made the bookseller a more thoughtful man
and a more careful buyer. He looks into the
future. He has dreams and visions. Behold
him as another and farthersighter Mr. Britt-
ling. He looks ahead ten years and sees thou-
sands of families buying a book a week and
reading them together. He sees a return of the
old-fashioned simple family home life. The
problem of the eternal triangle has been solved.
Books have converted it into a perfect family
circle. The people who live and work on
"Main Street" have something to do, some-
thing to think about, something to look for-
ward to, for they are buying a book a week.
The Influence of Book Titles In the Selection
of Picture Material
By M. P. Robinson
THIS seems to be a question that is
answered in different ways by different
producers — or rather the scenario editors
who select the plays and books for the pro-
ducers of motion pictures-
I had thought it an easy question to answer
when asked to write upon the subject, but in
speaking of it casually to several friends of
mine who are scenario editors, I found such
a diversity of opinion, I determined to write
to several others and get more light on the
subject. Again, there was a variety of
opinion. Some usually discarded the original
title of the book; others used it when it was
fairly well known ' to the reading public.
All have agreed on one point — that the
psychology of the motion picture attendants
was different from that of the general fiction-
reading public, and therefore had to be treated
to a different method of allurement to bring
people to see the picture.
Another phase of the question is presented
by the fact that a title should not be over
seventeen letters, when used for the screen,
as more than that number cannot well go on
the electric light signs used on the theaters to
draw the crowds.
It must be remembered that the motion pic-
ture public is composed more of the people of
child-like intelligence than the fiction-reading
public — this in all due deference to the more
enlightened crowds on Broadway, New York.
But these crowds, it must be remembered,
compose but a small portion of the masses
to be appealed to. The little-town people of
the middle west and south, the foreign ele-
ment also, child-like in their emotions and
love for the sensational — all these must be
taken into consideration by the producer and
his ris-ht-hand man, the scenario editor. For
the exhibitors thruout this country and the
foreign countries where our motion pictures
have such a tremendous vogue, demand a
catchy title for their pictures, and are in a
position to know what will appeal most, so
very often they shy at a title which may be
well known to the large class of fiction-
readers, but has not become known to the
mechanic, day laborer, his wife and chil-
dren, and to the crowds in Tokio, South
America, and other foreign countries as well.
However, when a title is catchy, and has
the further recommendation of being well
advertised as a book or play, the scenario ed-
itor knows ^as well as anyone how very im-
portant it is to retain it.
In looking over a list given me not long
a.eo of screen plays produced during the lat-
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ter half of 1920, this list selected by the Na-
tional Board of Review of Motion Pictures,
I find that only twenty of the original titles
were changed in the motion pictures produced
from books and plays. Twenty titles, only,
were changed, as compared with the fifty
which were kept. But — and this is an im-
portant item — many of the fifty were based on
plays, legitimate dramas produced in New
York and abroad; and these plays were best
known and most widely advertised by their
titles, such as "Thirty-nine East," and others
as prominent. Others were based on books by
such well-known authors that the general
masses had heard of them even if they had not
read the books, and the reading public was
readily caught by seeing, for instance, that
"Lady Rose's Daughter, by Mrs. Humphry
.Ward," was booked as a film production.
Some of the big companies exploit the
names and titles used originally, some change
them nearly every time, and some use them —
as Goldwyn for example — when they have the
authors themselves working for their com-
pany, as the authors help to direct the making
of the picture.
Mr. Block, Scenario Editor of Goldwyn's,
says:
"The reading and writing public has not
yet taken in the fact that the psychology of
the motion picture spectator is entirely dif-
ferent from that of the fiction-readers. So
different is it, that there is almost no story
adapted for the screen by us, which we do not
have to change materially;, and this we tell
the author at the very first. The title makes
no difference to us at all, as we change
that as well as the story. If it happens to be
what we want, we use it, but not otherwise
does it influence us.
"This is especially true, since we have been
able to secure the services of such very cele-
brated authors as Mrs. Gertrude Atherton,
Rex Beach, Kathleen Norris, Rupert Hughes,
Gouverneur Morris, Katherine Newlin Burt,
Mary Roberts Rinehart, Alice Duer Miller,
and others as prominent in the fiction world.
As these authors are now writing directly for
the screen, we are not so interested in out-
side work, altho we accept any story that is
worth while and will fit one of our stars. But
under these conditions you can see that we
pay no attention to the title of a book; unless,
of course, it is a best seller of very recent
date."
Mr. Durant, Scenario Editor of the Famous
Players-Lasky, said:
"I consider the title of a book, when con-
templating buying that book, as of paramount
importance. It makes a great difference in
both book and legitimate play, as to whether
the title is catchy and appropriate. But as
we have to consider the length of a title, we
sometimes have to change it. For the title
should not be more than seventeen letters, if
possible, so that it may be used in electric
lights on the theater. This, of course, makes
a difference."
This company, Famous Players-Lasky, has
begun a series of "all-star" plays, in which the
plots are founded on well-known books or
legitimate dramas, by celebrated authors, and
the actors and actresses are stars. For in-
stance, "Sentimental Tommy" has just com-
pleted a run of several weeks on Broadway.
Naturally such a book, by such an author,
with the title appropriate and of the right
length, was kept. This title, it must be noted,
was also attractive to the average motion
picture crowldjs, having an appeal to the
"love for a lover" that is in all of us, high
or low.
Many of the pictures are founded on stories
from the cheaper magazines, stories that
have a clever plot but an ordinary title, which
means nothing to the crowds. Here is where
the companies hunt for a title "with a punch"
to catch the people — a title which of course
has to be an indication of the picture and
yet does not tell too much of the plot.
Mr. Brownell, Scenario Editor of the Uni-
versal, said :
"There is a great difference between the
motion picture spectator and the reader of a
book. The majority of the crowds who at-
tend the picture houses are those who seldom
read books, not because they are not intelli-
gent, but because they have not the time and
some of them have not the patience — as the
busy housewife or the "Tired Business Man."
We have found a very satisfactory way to
secure a new title. We offer a prize of fifty
dollars to all our employees, from the high-
est to the lowest, for a good, appropriate title
for a new picture. The heads of the com-
pany are the judges, and we usually find the
best titles in this way."
Mr. Hammett, Scenario Editor of Selznick
Pictures, says:
"I would say that unless a book or play
has had a very wide reading or stage vogue,
the consideration of the title has very little
to do with the final selection of either book
or play for screen purposes. An appealing
title will not atone for a bad picture, but a
good picture can be helped by a main title
which intrigues the public mind.
"Occasionally some unknown author will
submit an impossible story which by chance
has a unique title. Sometimes a story of this
sort is purchased for a small sum, in order to
obtain the right to use the title."
Mr. Baker, Associate Editor of the Vita-
graph Company, says :
"When you ask concerning the influence of
book titles in the selection of picture material
by the producing companies, I assume that
you refer to books which are not numbered
among the "best sellers," and whose main
titles have not yet been exploited in a way
that would prove valuable to a film of the
same title.
"It has been my experience that book titles
have practically no influence in the selection
of stories. Too often, as in film productions,
the titles give more promise than fulfilment.
Books are purchased on their plots, character-
izations provided for the leading players, dis-
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tinctive touches and originality of treatment.
The only value the titles have is to call the
books to the attention of the selecting editors.
'"Dead Men Tell No Tales' is a title that
commands attention — but it was on the plot
and action of the story that it was selected for
production. Besides, very few book titles remain
when the film is released for public view. It
is a peculiar phase in this business that the
titles that lure the fiction-reading public to the
purchase of books are so dissimilar from the
titles that lure the picture-going multitudes
into the theaters.
"Producing companies do not care what the
title of the book is — if it provides an accept-
able vehicle. The film companies can provide
their own titles — what they want is stories."
It is a noticeable fact that that super-direcor
and producer, David Wark Griffith, has very
seldom used the titles originally used in the
stories or plays he has made such a success
with. Many other noted directors of the mo-
tion pictures seem to prefer to invent titles
themselves rather than to use those already
given to the book or play they use.
To sum up — it seems that first, a book title
must be well advertised to make it worth while
to a producer. Second, the title must be short
if possible, and have the heart interest; or, if
the story is full of action, have the "punch"
which is so necessary to attract the masses
who attend the motion pictures, and, if this is
possible, it must indicate the theme or plot of
the story.
If the publisher of a book could persuade
the author to invent a suitable title, looking
to the eventual use of the story as a motion
picture, then would advertise the book exten-
sively, it would be advantageous as a drawing
card when attracting the attention of the pro-
ducer, and the title would be kept in the mo-
tion picture production.
Adventures of a Bookseller
By Ketch
THE Bookstore had been closed for two
hours, darkness had fallen, and the streets,
recently so alive, had grown quiet; Mr.
Ebony, the night watchman, was sweeping the
floor and softly whistling, while up in the
corner under the light sat Mr. Ondeck, his
feet cocked on the table before him. He was
reading, while on the table were several books
laid out in a neat pile ; for Mr. Ondeck had a
system. Unable to read all the books that
AN' i BOUGHT — AN' — AN' —
came from the press, he made it a practice to
stay at the store one or two nights each week,
and, choosing ten of the new books, read the
first chapter of each. Those that got away to
a good start were laid aside for further perus-
al, and those that failed to catch his interest
were consigned to the discard.
Mr. Ebony rested on his broom and regarded
Mr. Ondeck with interest.
"Pahdon me, sah," said he, at last, "But does
you read all dese yere bookses?"
"All of them! No."
"Ah thought that would be a lawge order."
"Yes, Ebony, it would, and if you want my
opinion, few men could fill it. Such trash!"
And with that he tossed aside the book in
hand, and picked up the next.
"This ought to be good. Want to hear it?"
To his surprise, Ebony laid aside his broom,
and took a seat nearby.
"Shoot, boss," he said. "I been wonderin'
ever sense 1 come here, what 'twas about."
Mr. Ondeck began to read, and while Ebony
was unable to absorb the whole of what was
said, he caught enough to know that a young
man had decided to leave his abode quite sud-
denly, and was giving orders to his valet to
pack his grip. There was a great deal of
"very good, sir," and "thank you, sir," on the
part of the valet, and more fuss than seemed
necessary on the part of the Duke (for such
of course he was) over what clothes he should
take, what cravats, what boofs, and a lot of
other things. Finally, Ebony heaved a heavy
sigh, and remarked,
"The Juke mus' be leavin' fo' good."
"No. No. I think not," answered Mr. On-
deck.
"He ain't! Then, fo' de Ian' sakes, what's
all de fuss? Lawd, Mr. Ondeck, when I leave
home all I has to do is blow out de light an'
call de dog."
Ondeck laughed.
"An' who is dis 'valley'? I don' git him."
"Why, he is the Duke's servant."
"Yeh? Well, I mus' a been a valley once."
"So?"
"Yeh. Down in Georgy."
"I see. And who did you valley? Your
massa?"
"No, sah. Jes ma uncle."
"Your uncle!"
"Yes, sah. An' twere me that lef home,
not him."
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"Hmm. How'd you ever come to valley your
uncle, Ebony?"
"How come? Well, you see, when my ol'
folks died, Uncle Rass he tuk me to raise, an'
'twere do dis, an' do dat, an' fetch me dis anr
go git dat, till I wus walkin' wid my tongue
a-hangin' out. Ole Rass wus mean, he were,
an' I got it. He wouldn' move all day, jes'
sit on de bench an' smoke, whilse I rustle the
grub. An' eat! Man, how that nigger could
eat. I got what wus lef, an' that wouldn'
a- fed a hopper. An' all de time ole Rass he
complain. Firs' his haid, den his back, den a
misery in his foots. All de folks aroun' would
brin?" him somepin an' he'd make off like he
jes dis side er Johdan — till dey's gone; den
he'd eat till der weren't a scrap lef, an' dat
wus f er me. He et, but he didn' git fat. No,
sah, he look po' all de time, an' skinny as a
dog's hine laig. He too mean to git fat. Food
jes shake han's wid his palate an' hurry on
thru.
"Well, I got purty sick o' dis valley business,
an' one night ole Rass he say Mose Brackin
owe him twenty dollar, an' I mus' git it or not
come back. So I seen Mose, an' he pay me
out dem twenty hard bones, an' I started home.
But on de way I met up wid Bazz Williams,
an' Bazz he tuk me in an' bought de drinks.
An' den I bought. Den in comes Sam Slick,
an' Sam he bought. Den Bazz bought. Den
I bought. Den Hen Howard comes in an' he
bought. An' Bazz bought. An' Sam, he
boueht. An' I bought. An' . . '. An' . . .
Let's see, now. I don' jes remember who
bought nex', but I woke up nex' mawnin' in
a hayrick wid eighteen cents, an' all I'se askin'
is : did dem niggers keep der turn ?"
Mr. Ondeck tried to keep his countenance.
"And then?" said he.
"Dat's all. Dat's when I lef home," said
Ebony, resuming his broom.
For a time all was quiet; Mr. Ondeck was
apparently deep in his book, and Ebony swept
and whistled. Finally Mr. Ondeck looked up
and said,
"What a pity it is that you can't read or
write, Ebony."
"No, sah. 'Taint no hardship. I has a
roof, an' three square every blessid day."
"I wasn't thinking of you," replied the
other. "I was thinking what a loss to our
letters."
"Yassah," said Ebony, absently.
Canadian Licensing Plan
THE feature of the proposed new copy-
right legislation in Canada which has
brought out the sharpest comment from
authors and publishers was the provision for
the licensing of books when the original
owner of the copyright did not choose to
undertake to print the book in Canada. In
a very detailed analysis of the whole copy-
right bill which is published by the Incor-
porated Society of Authors this feature of
the Canadian legislation comes in for sharp
criticism, and the exact meaning of this legis-
lation is described as follows :
"Under Clause 14, if the book is not printed
in Canada within two months after the filing
of the notice, any person is entitled to apply
for a license to print the book in Canada,
and must deposit with the Minister the
amount of royalty on 1,000 copies of the book,
not less than 100 dollars. The notice of such
application must then be forwarded to the
copyright owner, who is given fourteen days
in which to reply, and two months in which
to undertake the printing of the edition. Fail-
ing this, the applicant may print in Canada.
"Then follows a most curious section.
Where there are two or more applicants the
license shall go to the applicant proposing
the highest retail price. A clause to this
effect would seriously impede the one aim to
further which it appears the Section is draft-
ed, namely, the benefit of the public.
"Then
(a) The Government takes the control of
the property out of the Author's hands.
(b) Fixes the value of the Author's prop-
erty in the book at 10 per cent, on the
retailed selling price.
(c) Then gives the sole right to print in
Canada during the term of Copyright.
(d) Omits any statement as to how the
price and format of the book are to be
arranged.
(e) When accounts are to be rendered and
all the other necessary details of one of
the most difficult forms of technical
contracts.
"The Author has no protection if he is
issuing a limited edition. The Government
take no responsibility as to collection and
discharge of accounts, give no time for the
payments of monies received and no security
for the accuracy of the accounts, and may
leave the unfortunate author in the hands of
a speculative and untrustworthy publisher.
"The draftsman responsible for this Bill
shows a woeful ignorance of the result of
past legislation, and, as already stated, of
the present methods of marketing literary
property.
"The compulsory licence for serial publi-*-
cation is almost as absurd in its terms and
draftsmanship as the license for book publi-
cation. Again the Government takes upon
itself to decide the terms of the contract,
Section 15 (6), and sets a value on the
Author's work, Section 15 (7). No Govern-
ment office can carry this out satisfactorily.
What is the advantage of giving the owner
of the copyright a hearing when the clause is
drafted to deprive the Author of his control ?"
This legislation, which would apparently
work so heavy a hardship on Canadian auth-
ors, has apparently been halted owing to the
pronounced protest of the newly organized
Canadian Authors' League.
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Novels In Paper Covers
MANY times in the past year the discus-
sion as to the future of the paper-
covered book came to the front in period-
icals and newspaper columns, and many peo-
ple believed that if the average book could be
produced in the paper cover the public would
buy in this style eagerly. As a way of test-
ing out this theory F. A. Stokes Company
made a fair test of the case in January by
publishing an important novel, Gertrude Ath-
erton's "Sisters-in-Law," in both cloth and
paper binding. As Miss Atherton's books ap-
peal to all classes of readers and get a full
showing in all classes of bookstores, the test
was of special interest to the book-trade and
to other publishers, and the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY asked the Stokes Company to make
a statement about its experience in this matter
based on its four months of selling.
(Report from Frederick A. Stokes Company
submitted at the request of the Editors of
the "Publishers' Weekly")
"When we issued Gertrude Atherton's
'Sister-in-Law' in both cloth and paper bind-
ings, in order to settle as far as this experi-
ment might the wide discussion about the
feasibility of issuing ,novels in paper covers,
we made the statement that 'only with an im-
portant novel by a well-known writer could
•the experiment be conducted with any hope
of getting satisfactory evidence.' The choice
of 'Sisters-in-Law' turned out to be a good
one because of the large sales and the unusual
publicity given to the novel. Orders have
come from a larger number of the booksellers
scattered more widely over the country than
for any Atherton novel in many years. More-
over the demand has persisted in a most
gratifying way and the book is now selling
actively nearly five months after publication.
"Furthermore, newspapers and periodicals
took a keen interest in the experiment and
helped to make it a true test by giving gen-
erous space to the discussion of it. The ad-
vertising of the novel was carefully planned
(an unusually large sum was expended), and
every advertisement called attention to the
paper as well as the cloth edition, giving
prices.
"Results, therefore, may be taken as con-
clusive as far as this type of novel is con-
cerned.
"Up to the present time the proportion of
sales is one copy of the paper to fifty-four
copies of the cloth. The paper-bound edition
sold almost exclusively in the East. Fully
one-half the sales were thru New York re-
tail bookshops or department stores, and near-
ly one-third of the sales were made in one
book department which took a special interest
in the paper covered edition. With a few
exceptions booksellers knowing their clientele
did not attempt to push the sale of the paper
covered book; they furnished it only on de-
mand. The big majority did not order the
paper bound books at all. There were a few
scattered sales in Boston, Philadelphia, Chica-
go, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Washington, De-
troit, and some of the cities in New York
State. There were some reorders for the
paper-bound edition, but almost all of these
came from the New York City shops.
"It is clear then that booksellers flatly do
not want paper-covered novels and that the
novel reading public does not want them
enough to demand them even when they have
been announced and discussed as widely as in
this case."
Book Titles and Vocabulary
PROBABLY the best of all publicity that
can come to a book is to have its title
become part of the everyday language of our
day. After "Are You a Bromide?" was pub-
lished, the word came into a common speech
and has remained there ever since. "Main
Street" has practically come to stand for a
general idea, and the report is that hundreds
of towns are thinking of renaming their Main
Streets in order to avoid a definite connection
with so well recognized an idea. An adver-
tising agency, thinking explanations unneces-
sary, even went so far as to make a verb out
of the heroine's name, telling its clients not
"to Carol Kennicott."
"Moon-Calf" is another instance in the same
direction. One begins to see the word, used
without capital letters as an accepted figure in
describing the youth of today. Both Har-
court and Knopf have picked out these char-
acteristics of their books and have been push-
iner them to further recognition in general
advertising.
AN INTERESTING BOOKPLATE
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The Publishers' Weekly
Printing and the 44-hour Week
FOLLOWING the report on new scales in
New York printing offices and the begin-
ning of the 44-hour week in the New York
shops comes the announcement from Chicago
that a reduction of $4.35 has been accepted
by the job printers and the closed shops have
accepted the 44-hour week. This is a slightly
smaller reduction than was applied in New
York. In botfc cases this means an actual
increase in the cost of printing to the con-
sumer, as the general overhead of every
printing job must be charged onto a 44-hour
week instead of a 48-hour week, with the re-
sult that the cost per job will be higher. The
result in New York of the change in hours
coincident with the application of the reduc-
tion of wages has been about a 7 per cent
general increase in the cost of printing.
In Boston the Employing Printers have re-
fused to consider the 44-hour basis, and a
walk-out ensued. Pressrooms are being filled
up with new workers, and most shops are
busy training new men. The situation is
improving as to output.
Philadelphia printers have refused "abso-
lutely to give the 44-hour week, and about
800 compositors went out on strike. Some
shops are entirely closed, but many have a
full organization of compositors on the job.
It is reported that the compositors are offer-
ing to accept a cut in the hourly wage in
exchange for the 44-hour week. This would
be in line with what has happened in New
York and Chicago, with a consequent in-
crease in the cost to the consumer of
printing.
The situation thruout the country seems
to be that the Employing Printers are hold-
ing out stoutly against the 44-hour week, and
few contracts for the shorter term except in
the small shops have been signed.
Wanamaker's Book Week
THIS week (May pth-i4th) the John Wana-
maker store in New York celebrated its
Annual Book Week. At 2.30 p. m. every day
"Travels Among New B'ooks" were conducted
by Samuel Abbott, associate literary editor of
the New York Tribune.
The authors who appeared in person were:
Alexander Black, Padraic Colum, Harry A.
Fran/ck, Howard G. Garis, William Heyliger,
Fannie Hurst, Vachel Lindsay, Hector Mac-
quarrie, Christopher Morley, Clare Sheridan,
Marguerite Wilkinson, Anzia Yezierska.
The following publishers co-operated to
make the Week a success : D. Appleton & Co.,
Boni & Liveright, Brentano's, The Century
Co., George H. Doran Co., Doubleday, Page
& Co., E. P. Button & Co., Harper Bros.,
Henry Holt & Co., Houghton Mifflin Co., B.
W. Huebsch, Inc., John Lane Co., Little,
Brown Co., Longmans, Green & Co., Robert
M. McBride & Co., The Macmillan Co., Mar-
shall Jones Co., MofTat, Yard & Co., G. P.
Putnam's Sons, Frederick A. Stokes Co., Ox-
ford Universitv Press.
American Poet Tours America
/OCCASIONALLY we hear American cit-
^*r izens in the official or unofficial capacity
of critic comment on the American enthusi-
asm which greets the English literary visitor
sojourning and reading in our midst. There
is sometimes a bit of jealousy in the comment
which means that the visiting lion is getting
too much petting, and the patriotic administra-
tors of justice would see more petting lavished
on our own children of genius. That there
is no cause for uneasiness, the following statis-
tics of the crowds that flocked to hear Edgar
A. Guest, the American poet who recently
toured the west, reading from his work to
western audiences of all sorts, prove.
In Los Angeles, Mr. Guest shook hands
with 1000 people after he had delivered his
farewell lecture. While he was in that city,
it was estimated that he had spoken to 40,-
ooo, all in ten or twelve days.
In Oakland Mr. Guest talked to more than
16,000 people jn five days. And at a noon
meeting there, Mr. Guest was greeted by 1400
high school pupils.
The Reilly and Lee Company report that
more than 150,000 copies of the Guest books
of verse were sold in America in bookstores
in 1920. In a recent editorial, the San Fran-
cisco Bulletin said: "There is more of Edgar
A. Guest in the American scrapbook, and in
the American head than any national -poet since
Longfellow."
Boston Booksellers Meet
THE Boston Booksellers' Association held
the first meeting of the year on May 5th
at the Twentieth Century Club. The . new
president, Richard B. Fuller, of the Old Cor-
ner Book Store, presided and introduced the
speaker of the evening, Judge Henry A. Shute,
of "Real Diarv" fame. As an author, Judge
Shute frankly and humorously wanted to learn
"Why Booksellers Don't Sell More of My
Books." His remarks were greeted with plenty
of laughter, as his description and pantomime
of a bookseller attending to his demand for one
of his own titles Ions: in stock and covered
with dust was exceedingly realistic.
Denis A. McCarthy read some of his Irish
poetry and told stories. Frederick A. Fengle,
author of "The Golden Parrot" described
his adventures in the lesser Antilles. During
the evening community singing was led by
Harrison Leussler and Theodore Freydenburg.
Dancing followed the dinner.
The next meeting will be held in June, and
the Entertainment Committee promises another
good meeting.
All booksellers in New England are urged
to join the Boston Booksellers' Association.
The dues are three dollars, which provide for
four meetings each year. Applications for
membership accompanied by check may be sent
to Joseph Ryan care of the Old Comer Book-
store, or Harrison Leussler, Houghton Mifflin.
May 14, 1921
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New Paper Mill Strike
MORE than 9000 members of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Paper Makers
and the International Brotherhood of Pulp
Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers in the mills
of seven large paper manufacturers in the
United States and Canada went on strike at
8 o'clock Wednesday morning, May nth. The
addition of these men to those that struck in
other mills on May 1st makes a total of be-
tween 15,000 and 20,000 men who are now on
strike. It is said that the seven companies
that shut down on May nth have a daily out-
put of newsprint alone of more than 4000
tons, or about 60 per cent of the total produc-
tion of the United States and Canada, and
that newsprint at the mills and in the hands
of dealers and publishers Is sufficient for
about 60 days.
At the conference in New York this week
the manufacturers refused, to recede from
their demands which called for a 30 per cent
reduction in wages, the adoption of the p-hour
day, and the abolition of overtime rates. The
workers had asked for an increase of 10 per
cent in wages.
Books in the Drug Store
IN the discussion of finding new outlets for
books, the drug store, open extra hours a
day, is coming more and more to be consid-
ered an important factor. As a very definite
expression of how such a store may have its
interest in bookselling increased a quotation
from a letter recently received by Harcourt,
Brace & Co. is very illuminating. It reads :
"Kindly send at once ten more copies of
'Main Street' by parcel post. We have been
very pleased with our sale of this number, as
we have sold thirty in the last two weeks. This
is the first two dollar number we have handled
in two years. If you have any good literature
on how to make money out of books, we would
like to read it, as evidently we have overlooked
a good thing. How is the best way to keep
track of big sellers? Could you tell us who
is bringing out the new 'Tarzan' book? How
long will 'Main Street' be a big seller? How
many should be sold in a town of twenty-five
thousand with one competitor?"
(Signed) WILBUR SYLVESTER,
Port Huron, Mich.
Lectures on Book Distribution
(^ LOSING its series of Thursday even-
v>» ing lectures, which have been a special
feature of the spring season of the Library
School of the New York Public Library, the
last evening of April 28th was given to the
topic of the publishing and distribution of
books. The speaker of the evening was
Lowell Brentano, and a gathering of about two
hundred librarians and some from the book-
trade filled the auditorium. At an informal
round table, Frederic G. Melcher led the dis-
cussion on American Imprints.
Traveling Book Salesmanship
A SERIES of practical talks on book pub-
lishing and distribution, which was
arranged for the members of the Authors'
League by Gelett Burgess, included in its
program for an April meeting, a talk on
"Traveling Book Salesmanship" by Frank
Bruce of Houghton Mifflin Company. Mr.
Bruce described to the authors the complete
process of sales planning from the time the
book is first accepted thru the various con-
ferences of travelers and advertising depart-
ments until the largest possible sale has been
obtained. Other speakers were May Lamber-
ton Becker, well known for her column in the
Literary Review of the New York Evening
Post, and Rachel Crothers, dramatist.
New Bookshop in Cincinnati
THE Stewart & Kidd Company of Cincin-
nati expects to open on June I5th a little
bookshop in the Dixie Terminal Arcade to be
known as the Dixie Terminal Bookshop. The
Dixie Terminal Arcade is one of the handsom-
est office buildings outside of New York,
trimmed from top to bottom with Italian mar-
ble. The Bookshop will be on the first floor
close to the main entrance. The furniture
and fixtures will be of walnut. The shop will
be fitted with rugs, pictures and easy chairs
and be made to look comfortable and allur-
ing. It will handle recent books, rare books
and fine bindings and fine stationery.
Dinner in Honor of English
Publisher
SIDNEY S. Pawling, head of the Eng-
lish firm of William Heinemann, with
whom Doubleday, Page & Company have re-
cently formed close business connections, was
given a dinner of honor on Monday evening,
May 9th, in New York. Mr. Pawling^ visit
to America has been an event of great interest
to the trade, as he represents a famous house
whose accomplishments have made its repre-
sentative of great interest to our book-trade.
After a few weeks here he is about to return
to England.
Among those at this 'dinner were authors,
editors, and members of the book-trade, as well
as the members of the Doubleday organiza-
tion: Dr. Clifford Smyth, Literary Editor of
the New York Times, Dr. Henry S. Canby and
Christopher Morley, of the New York Evening
Post, Dr. Edward J. Wheeler of Current Opin-
ion, John Farrar of the Bookman, Harry Han-
sen of the Chicago Daily News, Thomas L.
Masson and James S. Metcalfe of Life, Law-
rence F. Abbott of the Outlook, Franklin P.
Adams of the Tribune, Robert Benchley and
J. O. Cosgrave of the New York World, Don
Marquis, of The Sun, Julian Street, Robert
Cortes Holliday, Ernest Seton Thompson, Louis
Joseph Vance, Frank Dilnot, and others.
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A STORE FRONT OF THE LOUIS XV PERIOD
Rent Plus Advertising
IN selecting the location of a bookstore, it
has ofte'n been pointed out, by those who
have experimented with locations just off
the main thorofares, that it is often possible
to take advantage of such situations with their
much lower rent by increasing the percentage
of advertising. This might mean that the
total of rent plus advertising would be the
same in either location, tho there would be on
the less expensive street a much better floor
space and opportunity to display.
The advertising manager for a large chain
of clothing stores, in addressing the Rochester
Ad Club recently on the subject of retail ad-
vertising, said that his recommendation was
that the merchant should spend 7l/2% of total
safes for the two items of rent plus advertis-
ing. He believed that this rule would apply
as well to upstairs locations as it would to
side streets. If a rental can be obtained that
requires 4% of the sales, there would be a
margin of 3^2% for advertising, while if the
rental were higher and went to 5%, there would
be only 2^% left. It might be well to keep
in mind some such equalization in selecting a
location for a bookstore.
Another suggestion from this expert was
that if the retailer had a certain amount to
spend a year for advertising, he would recom-
mend dividing it into equal weekly parts and to
spend that amount each week instead of con-
centrating with large space on the busy sea-
sons. He believed that hammering away per-
sistently built up the permanent customer and
started steady buyers toward the store more
than a large spread at the busy seasons, and
he deplored the plan of spending the largest
sums at two clearance seasons, a plan which
only emphasized to the regular customers the
fact that if they had waited they might have
bought for less.
A Store Front DeLuxe
IT bears testimony to the increasing respect
which is being paid to good designing to
find the Metropolitan Art Museum adding to
its collections a store front brought to the
Museum from Paris, a store front of the
Louis XV. period. A bookman cannot pass
it as it stands, set up at the end of the gallery
of the furniture displays, without thinking how
attractive a rare bookshop would be if given,
such a setting. One has but to think of fine
levant bindings and interesting old title pages
displayed on the shelves to feel what a tempta-
tion it would be for the booklover to wander
inside to find whether the atmosphere of the
interior was as beautiful as that without.
Much of the experimenting in shop fronts
in this country have been in the way of ob-
taining a large clear glass and -elimination of
all obstructing supports or woodwork. It
may be, however, that further experiments in
the way of making the whole front of our
stores attractive as well as making them at-
tractive only for the amount of goods that can
be put on display, will be one of the direc-
tions of development for the new small shop.
May 14, 1921
1421
An Uncotrec/et/ Galley
A GREAT ADVANTAGE
"Why do you prefer books to other com-
panions ?"
"Because I can shut them up whenever I
want."
BEFORE THEY GO BACK
"You seem to be spending your evenings at
home of late."
"Yes. I paid a dollar down on a set of
books and I want to finish them before the
month is up."
MORE CENSORSHIP
I know a woman who writes a little, and
who lately had a story appear in a magazine.
I was about to read it, and the author said:
"It isn't very ffood ; it was about a fat woman,
and a thin woman edited it."
— E. W. Hozve's Monthly.
THE PASSIONATE ENCYCLOPEDIA
BRITANNICA READER TO HIS LOVE
As And to Aus, and Aus to B'is ;
As Hus to Ita, and Ita to Kys :
As Pay to Pol, and Pol to Ree;
Ah, that is how you are to me !
As Bis to Cal, and Cal to Cha;
As Edw to Eva, and Eva to Era ;
As Ref to Sai, and Sai to 'Shu;
That is, I hope, how I'm to you.
— New York Tribune.
THE START OF A GOOD LIBRARY
When Jones' rich p-randmother passed away,
all his poverty-stricken friends rallied about
him with words of cheer and comfort; but
Jones remained sad and dejected.
"She left a last will and testament, I sup-
pose?" murmured Jenkins carelessly.
"Oh, yes," said Jones, "she left a will and
testament."
They hung expectant while sobs choked back
his words.
"I," he declared at last, "am to have the
testament."
— Jack Canuck (Toronto).
DO THE WORLD MOVE?
Copy of letter received by F. A. Stokes
Company from a book-shop : "We have been
carrying in stock the book published by you
entitled 'The Wonders of Natural History/
by Collins, and our attention has just been
called to the fact that this book advocates the
theory of the evolution of man (nage 27),
which really renders it unsuitable for us to
handle. We have only three copies left, but I
would be glad if you would permit us to re-
turn them to you and receive credit for the
same."
This is the twentieth century, we hear.
Child Welfare and Books
THAT child psychologists consider reading
a very important factor in child develop-
ment is made evident in an exhibit held under
the auspices of the Social Service League, on
Child Welfare Work at the Community
Church, New York City, this week. One part
of the exhibit consists of posters with attrac-
tive illustrations and text showing what books
do for the child. Among the posters, dis-
played on the walls, are :
READING ALOUD
A family reading circle develops family
unity — mutual sympathy — common interests —
love of good books.
WHAT GOOD BOOKS DO
"Books are the food of youth." Minds like
bodies need food that is wholesome, clean,
nutritious. A nation's happiness, intelligence,
morality depend largely upon what books its
people read.
BOOKS AID DEMOCRACY
Ignorance is the enemy of democracy. Com-
bat ignorance and aid! democracy by bringing
good books to every American home.
THE STORY BOOK
Imagination rightly trained means creative
power, invention, understanding, charity, love
of beauty, art, insight and faith, religion.
CITIZENSHIP
Stories of creative industry, great leaders,
public service, historic events develop ideals of
good citizenship.
Children Potential Book Buyers
THE retailer who is directing his advertis-
ing and selling energy to the improvement
of the sale of children's books may get an
interesting idea of the potential public for
children's reading by looking over the statis-
tics recently gathered by the government on
the school population and reprinted in the
Journal of the National Education Associa-
tion.
Of school children between five and eighteen
years of age there were, in 1918, 27,686,476.
If their parents should buy them one book
for their personal ownership in a year, the
sale in children's books in this country would
probably be increased tenfold. The amount
of distribution to home libraries must vary
to a very great degree in different parts of
the country and according to the number of
bookstores and the average intelligence and
prosperity of the home, but with a population
of this size and with the country intent on
making every child literate the bookseller who
neglects his children's department in his ad-
vertising and promotion is passing by one of
the greatest opportunities for business build-
ing and for community service that is open
to him.
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KNOPF INAUGURATES A NEW IDEA IN BOOK ADVERTISING —
THE LITERARY SANDWICH MAN
Literary Sandwich Men
THE very latest in book advertising is the
literary sandwich man, just introduced
with great success by Alfred A. Knopf. A
phalanx of these men has been invading the
New York financial and theater districts,
carrying placards which advertised "Zell,"
"Moon-Calf," "In American," "The Wine of
Life," and other current leaders from the
house of Borzoi.
The men are dressed in bright colored
artist garb, with smock, windsor tie, and
tam-o'-shanter. A copy of each book adver-
tised is attached to the sign, for passers-by
to glance thru.
Arrangements were made with the retail-
ers in the neighborhoods canvassed to show
window displays of the books advertised. At
the bottom of each sign is given prominently
names of the nearest stores. Aside from
the large amount of general publicity which
these placards have created thru comment on
the unique idea and in the newspapers, the
retailers co-operating reported substantial
sales resulting from it.
The placards are moved in rotation from
place to place, so that each bookstore get's
the full benefit of all the advertising.
Bookselling Education
A PROVERB of Benjamin Franklin's
which has been much quoted in connec-
tion with the discussion of the place of read-
ing in adult education says that: "It is hard
for an empty sack to stand upright." The
same admonition may perhaps be well taken
home by the bookseller himself, as there is
no merchant who needs more constant atten-
tion to his own training and reading than the
'bookseller. No store will build a reputation
for good book service whose service depends
on empty heads or non-reading salesmen.
Books from Austria
A VIENNA firm of publishers has sent
circulars to this country, advertising its
Rhombus edition of classics in English and
French, paper bindings at three cents per
volume. It is unexpected to have books of-
fered from the Vienna market, where things
are in such chaotic business shape. The
opportunity to offer even paper books at such
a price is presumably based on the present
state of exchange, which would make three
cents in American money come to sizeable
value by the time it had reached Vienna.
May 14, 1921
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Honorary Fellowship Elections
THE Honorary Fellowship of American
Booksellers was proposed at the conven-
tion last year in Philadelphia.
Word comes from this year's convention at
Atlantic City that the first five to be elected
into this notable Fellowship are: William
Harris Arnold, of the Syndicate Trading
Company, New York, known to the readers
of the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY as a collector
of rare books and writer on this field of book
lore; Charles E. Butler, Secretary of Bren-
tano's. New York, one of the organizers of
the New York Booksellers' League, who has
beoen continuously on its Board of Managers
ever since, and who has served the American
Booksellers' Association in various capacities,
being President from 1918-1920; J. K. Gill, of
the J. K. Cill Company, Portland, Oregon,
whose record of fifty-five years in business is
one of the most notable in American booksell-
ing for its fine vision and untiring service ;
George W. Jacobs, of the George W. Jacobs
Company, Philadelphia, who has been aggres-
sive in every movement for the progress of
American bookselling, notably the fight for
maintained prices ; C. C. Parker, of Los
Angeles, who has raised bookselling to the
rank of a profession.
Censorship of Spirits
ALL books on spiritualism have been
barred from the Berkshire Athenaeum iby
the Librarian, Harlan H. Ballard, who says
they are unfit for public reading. In a paper
read today to the Massachusetts Library Club
on "The Psychology of Spiritualism" Mr.
Ballard told how to out-ouija the ouija board.
"Cover the alphabet upon a ouija board," he
said, "with a sheet of cardboard upon which
numerals instead of letters are written in no
regular order, let the machine be operated in
'the usual manner and write down the several
figures at which the pointer comes to rest.
Then copy in the same order the underlying
letters which correspond with those figures,
and if you get an unmeaning jumble of letters
the foolishness of the device as a means of
spirit communication will be evident to the
blindest devotee.
Mr. Ballard said that mediums had card
indexes giving facts regarding prospective
clients and added :
"They used to work upon the longing of
bereaved parents to communicate with their
dead children. Since the war they have des-
cended to the more heartless plan of inform-
ing such parents of the agonizing desire of
their dead children to speak to their fathers
and mothers."
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The Publishers' Weekly
Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON, according to re-
ports, is going to write another series of
Father Brown stories.
MRS. A. M. W. STIRLING is writing the life
of her brother, William de Morgan. It will be
published by Thornton Butterworth in Eng-
land.
THE George H. Doran Company has pur-
chased Mary Roberts Rinehart's first seven
novels.
JOHN MURRAY, the English publisher, will
shortly publish a new "Etymological Diction-
ary of Modern English" by Professor Ernest
Weekley. This work has two special features :
its vocabulary is much larger than any other
book of the kind, and it pays special attention
to colloquialisms.
THE Atlantic Monthly Press brings out this
week a volume of "comment on schools,
school people, and other people," "Shackled
Youth" by Edward Yeomans. Parents who
feel that the "educators" have not yet learned
the whole secret of educating will listen the
more readily to Mr. Yeoman's opinions, per-
haps, because he is not a technical educator
but a manufacturer of steam-pipes, who en-
joys sailing a boat and playing the cello.
ISAAC F. MARCOSSON, whose "An African
Adventure," an account of his recent trip to
South and Central Africa, will be brought out
by John Lane in England in June, has sailed
for England. Later he will go to Germany,
Austria, Poland and Czecho-Slovakia. He will
gather material for a series of magazine arti-
cles which will be published later in book
form. Arrangements are now being completed
for the publication of "An African Adventure"
in France and Belgium next winter.
A LITERARY mystery has been laid, writes
The Double Dealer, Laura Blackburn, for
years has been a valued contributor to B. L.
T.'s column of sense and nonsense in the
Chicago Tribune. Her specialty has been
dainty lyrics, remote little echoes of Keats
and Shelley, but thoroly feminine. Re-
cently, the Bookfellows published Laura's
lyrics in a book, and announced a public
dinner at which Laura would be present. A
throng of admirers turned out, including a
number of extremely curious male persons
who had been ravished by Laura's chaste
passion. . . . She was called upon to speak.
Whereupon up rose the two hundred-odd
pounds of Charles G. Blanden, and bowed
without a simper. Charles G. Blanden is
Laura Blackburn.
J. B. LIPPINCOTT Co. publishes this week,
Grace Livingston Hill's new novel, "The
Tryst."
HEINEMANN will publish a collected edition
of the works of Max Beerbohm. The edition
will be limited to 750 copies and issued in three
sections. The first volume of each set will be
numbered and signed by Mr. Beerbohm.
THE JOHN C. Winston Company will issue
new editions of The International Handbooks
of Practical Information, comprising 22 titles
of books on business, farming and mechanical
subjects written in non-technical language. The
books were formerly issued by the Interna-
tional Correspondence School under the title
of the /. C. S. Handbooks. They are to be
made in better form and to have attractive
jackets printed in colors.
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY issued recently
the first six volumes in the American edition
of the Peeps at Many Lands Series. How
many older folk remember the "Peeps," in
their gay binding, sometimes with pockets full
of pictures in the back cover, coming from
England when they were young? There have
been all sorts of Peeps, even to those at Post-
age Stamps. This American Series takes the
best written studies of great countries, com-
bines two in each volume, brings the informa-
tion up to date, and issues them in the same
attractive binding, with the same profusion of
color plates, at a much lower price.
As FREDERICK O'BRIEN'S new book, "Mystic
Isles of the South Seas," (Century} appears
(in which he tells of immortal days spent on
Tahiti) he, hapless man, is barred from that
lovely isle. Unless he would pay fr. 10,000
with legal trimmings in a considerable addi-
tional sum to salve the wounded sensibilities
and damaged fame of one Captain Joseph
Winchester, schooner skipper of the Danger
ous Islands and the Marquesas group. The
strong-flavore^ yarn which conveys Mr.
O'Brien's impressions of a person called
"Lying Bill Pincher," in the second chapter of
"White Shadows in the South Seas," was too
much for Captain Winchester's equanimity.
In his complaint he alleges, despite the fact
that the surname of the Captain in "White
Shadows" was Pincher, and not Winchester,
that nevertheless he was there presented so
clearly that those who had read "White
Shadows" and who knew him laughed in his
face. But if the original does not like his
alleged "pickcher" in "White Shadows," what
will he think of the full length portrait of
this same Lying Bill in the new book, "Mystic
Isles of the South Seas"? It ought at the same
rate be worth a round sum.
May 14, 1921
1425
Communications
The Best Twelve?
Editor, PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY:
Your issue of April" 3Oth contains an in-
teresting list of the best twelve novels of re-
cent years compiled by Mr. Frank Shay. This
should prove an asset to booksellers in deal-
ing with customers who really want eood and
permanent things. But I, for one, cannot ac-
cept this list as final, even with Mr. John
Weaver's revisions, unless I am permitted to
include at least the following five supremely
great works of fiction :
The Egoist. George Meredith.
War and Peace. Tolstoi.
The Revolt of the Angels. Anatole France.
Of Human Bondage. Somerset Maugham.
The Man of Property. John Galsworthy.
At least two of these are greater surely than
any of those in Mr. Shay's list except "Crime
and Punishment," "The Way of All Flesh,"
and "Jean Christophe."
I wonder what other booksellers think about
this important matter ?
Yours sincerely,
ADELAIDE GARDES.
May 4th.
India's Interest in America
Ahmedabad, "Bombay Presidency," India,
I7th March, 1921.
Editor, PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY:
These lines are for your very kind consid-
eration.
I have been always a great admirer of Amer-
ican literature which I hold to be embodying
sound knowledge, highest instruction, and real
worth. This admiration for American litera-
ture has led me to believe that India's progress
can be accelerated greatly by the impetus given
by American literature. Consequently, I have
decided to open business with American pub-
lishing firms as sole agent for their publica-
tions in 'India. Thus, I need indispensably for
my business requirements a journal supplying
the materials your journal, viz., the PUB-
LISHERS' WEEKLY purports to deal with, and
would like very much to have a look at a
copy.
I remain dear sir,
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) MEHERJIBHAI M. RATURA.
Vesey Street Now a Book Center
4Q Vesey St.,
NEW YORK, MAY 8th, 1921.
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY :
Davis' Book Store has removed to the Davis
building, No. 49 Vesey Street, New York.
Part of the building has been taken by the
Truth Seeker Company, the well-known pub-
lishers of occult works. This section of New
York was formerly one of the centers of the
book business, but has declined in later years,
but quite recently it has virtually again be-
come one of the main centers of books and
literature. Within five minutes' walk there
are a great many of the leading booksellers
and publishers : The Mendoza Book Co., the
founder of the firm a shining light in the
book-trade; the dealer in sets and rare books,
Mr. H. Marks, with his famous assistant, Al.
Brown ; the firm of Sherwood, dealers in new
books ; the great firm of McDevitt-Wilson,
with two stores ; the genial bookseller, Mr.
Goldstein: the well-known publishers, Dick &
Fitzgerald; the enterprising house of Thorns
& Erons, whose daring will lead them to the
top; the old Davis Bookstore; the Truth
Seeker Company, and a number of publishers
of Catholic books in Barclay Street, not to
forget the great newspapers and periodicals :
Nation and Evening Post, with its famous
witty reporter, Mr. Morley. Truly this com-
bination has made Vesey Street a center of
literature not only of New York but of the
United States, especially as the subway, ele-
vated and surface cars form such easy access.
R. DAVIS.
Periodical Notes
The Librarian and Book World, a monthly
now ten years old, will be published in future
by Sampson Lowe, Marston and Co., Ltd.,
who will also control the advertising- It will
contain a digest of all the most important
item of news of special interest to librarians
thruout the world.
ON APRIL 30 the Ontario Legislature unan-
imously passed a resolution that all Hearst
publications should be excluded from circu-
lation in Canada and that the Federal Govern-
ment take immediate steps to that end. Pre-
mier Drury commenting on the resolution
said that while no doubt all lamented the mis-
chief done by these papers he doubted the ad-
visability of interference.
The Lancet, the oldest medical journal irr
the world, founded in 1823, will hereafter be
published by the Oxford University Press. It
is a weekly, subscription price, $12. Subscrip-
tions to be mailed to American addresses
should be sent to the Oxford University Press,
35 West 32nd Street, New York. Editorial
communications should be sent to Oxford Uni-
versity Press, Amen Corner, London, E. C.,
England.
Personal Notes
ARTHUR BRENTANO, head of Brentano's, has
left for his customary summer trip to Europe.
ALFRED A. KNOPF sails May 17 for Eng-
land on the "Carmania." He will spend the
summer in England and on the Continent.
Business Notes
SHELBY, N. C— Dellinger's Book and Art
Shop, a new firm, has recently become incor-
porated.
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The Weekly Record of New Publications
This list aims to be a complete and accurate record of American book publications.
Pamphlets will be included only if of special value. Publishers should send copies of all
books promptly for annotation and entry, and the receipt of advance copies insures record
simultaneous with publication. The annotations are descriptive, not critical; intended to
place not to judge the books. Pamphlet material and books of lesser trade interest are listed
in smaller type.
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10 cm.); sg., obi., nar., designate square, oblong, narrow.
Adler, Felix
The revival of anti-Semitism. 14 p. O '21
N. Y., Am. Ethical Union, 2 W. 64th St.
pap. 10 c.
Aeschylus
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus ; tr. from the
Greek text of Sidgwick by Marion Clyde
Wier. 59 p. O c. '20 Ann Arbor, Mich., C. W.
Graham pap. 75 c.
Allen, Frederick James
A guide to the study of occupations ; a se-
lected critical bibliography of the common
occupations with specific references for their
study. 8+183 p. O c. Cambridge, Mass., Har-
vard Univ. $2.50 n.
Atkinson, Minnie
Hinckley Township ; or, Grand Lake Stream
plantation, a sketch. 122 p. pis. O [c. '20]
Newburyport, Mass., Newburyport Herald
Press $2.50
Baker, Ray Palmer
A history of English-Canadian literature
to the confederation ; its relation to the liter-
ature of Great Britain and the United States.
211 p. (3 p. bibl.) D '20 c. Cambridge, Mass.,
Harvard Univ. $2.50 n.
Baker, Sara Josephine
Healthy babies. 209 p. il. S c. '20 Minne-
apolis, Minn., Federal Pub. Co. $3
Healthy children. 230 p. il. S. '20 c. '21
Minneapolis, Minn., Federal Pub._Co., $3.
Healthy mothers. 187 p. il. S. c. '20 Minne-
apolis, Minn., Federal Pub. Co. $3
Baldwin, Charles W.
Geography of the Hawaiian Islands; rev.
ed. 131 p. il. pis. maps D '20 c. N. Y., Am.
Book Co. 72 c. n.
Ballentine, Frank Schell [Craig MacCame-
line, pseud.]
Science and Scripture health; the new med-
icine (moral and preventive). 151 p. D [c.
'20] Detroit, Mich., Craigie Pub. Co. $3;
mor. $6
Bates, Sylvia Chatfield
The golden answer. 289 p. D c. N. Y.,
Macmillan $2 n.
The story of a writer, a child and a girl.
Beck, Minna McLeod
Better citizenship through art training. 109
p. D c. Chic., McClurg $1.25 n.
Bingham, Hiram
An explorer in the air service. 260 p. il. O
c. '20 New Haven, Ct., Yale Univ. Press
bds. $10 n.
Black, Hugh
Lest we forget. 224 p. D c. N. Y. and
Chic., Revell $1.50 n.
Bliss, Daniel
The reminiscences of Daniel Bliss, ed. and
supplemented by his eldest son. 11+259 p.
pis. pors. D [c. '20] N. Y. and Chic., Revell
$2.25 n.
Bloomfield, Maurice
Studies in honor of Maurice Bloomfield,
Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Phil-
ology in the Johns Hopkins University, Balti-
more, Md. 312 p. por. O c. New Haven, Ct.,
Yale Univ. Press $6 n.
Act (The) to regulate commerce, and supplemental
acts. 7+248 p. O '20 c. '15, '20 Chic., La Salle Ex-
tension Univ. pap. $2 n.
Autenreith, Wilhelm
Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons
and powerful drugs ; auth. tr. by William H. War-
ren. 5th ed., rev. 15+342 p. il. O c. Phil., Blakiston
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D '21 Minneapolis, Minn., Powers Book Sec-
tion pap. 50 c.
Sadger, Isidor
Sleep walking and moon walking; a med-
ico-literary study; tr. by Louise Brink. lo-f-
140 p. O (Nervous and mental disease mono-
graph ser., no. 31) '20 c. Wash., D. C, Ner-
vous and Mental Disease Pub. Co. pap. $2n.
Saunders, J. Roscoe
The cross and the reconstruction of the
world ; mankind's one hope of conquest ;
introd. by George W. Truett, D.D. 5+241 p.
D [c. '20] N. Y. and Chic., Revell $1.50 n.
Selgas y Carrasco, D. Jose
La Mariposa blanca ; ed. with notes, direct-
method exercises, and vocabulary by John M.
Pittaro. 7+139 p. front. S (Heath's modern
language ser.) [c. '21] Bost., Heath 80 c. n.
Smith, Jean Pauline
The aesthetic nature of Tennyson. 62 p. D
N. Y., J. T. White & Co. $1.25
Purposes to show to what extent the different
sense-impressions have appealed to Tennyson.
Stanley, Joe
The altruist [verse]. 192 p. D [c. '20] Bost.,
Badger $2 n.
Wead, Lieut. F. W.
Professional questions and answers for
naval officers ; a complete, concise summary
of all naval textbooks and publications, in-
cluding examination questions. 112 p. diagrs.
D [c. '21] Menasha, Wis., George Banta
Pub. Co. leath. $3 n.
Yeomans, Edward
Shackled youth; comments on schools,
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[c. '21] Bost., Atlantic Monthly Press $1.60 n.
A plea for the more liberal tendencies in education.
O'Keeffe, Henry E.
Thoughts and memories. 9+197 P- D '20 c. N. Y.,
Paulist Press $1.25
Phelps-Stokes Fund
Educational adaptations; report of ten years' work
of the Phelps-Stokes fund, 1910-1920, by Thomas
Jesse Jones. 92 p. por. diagr. Q ['20] N. Y., Phelps-
Stokes Fund, cl., pap.
Powell, Sir Richard Douglas, and Hartley, Perclval
Horton-Smith
Diseases of the lungs and pleurae, including
tuberculosis and mediastinal growths. 6th ed., rev.
10 + 798 p. il. O c. Phil., Blakiston $10 n.
Price, George McCready
Back to the Bible; or, The new Protestantism.
Rev. ed. 235 p. por. D [c. '20] Wash., D. C., Re-
view and Herald Pub. Assn. $i
Ransom, Stephen Walter
The anatomy of the nervous system from the
standpoint of development and function. 395 p. il.
(some in col.) O c. '20 Phil., Saunders $6.50 n.
Wright, Mrs. Zara
Black and white tangled threads [novel]. 340 p.
front. D [c. '21] Chic. [Author,] 2135 Dearborn St.
$2.50
Young, John R.
Memoirs of John R. Young, Utah pioneer, 1847.
41 p. por. O c. '20 Blanding, Utah, [Author]
$1.50
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Best Seller" List Encourage Book Buying
The phrase "best seller" has become such a by-vvord in the book-trade that
it is sometimes overlooked that this popular discussion of what is selling brings
many people to the bookshops and book counters in order to read and be able to
discuss what others are reading. It would be difficult to estimate how many
people have picked up copies of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' "Main
Street" etc., simply because they knew they were the "best sellers"
The record of the best sellers was kept for twenty-five years by the "Book-
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BOOKS OF THE MONTH. Some fifty to seventy-five bookstores fill in
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is a real contribution to the general total of books sold in the country, a contribu-
tion to the prosperity of others as well as to the benefit of their own sales by
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May 14, 1921
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Rare Books, Autographs and Prints
AN O. Henry Memorial Association has
been formed in Pittsburgh for the pur-
pose of erecting a memorial, either a
monument or a bronze tablet, to the short
story writer who lived in that city in 1901.
Napoleon's writing desk was sold in Vienna
a short time ago at public auction for $45,000,
or nearly twice as much as the famous Reilly
collection .brought at the American Art Gal-
leries last week.
At a recent sale at Sotheby's in London
5,200 letters addressed to Sir Walter Scott,
covering the period of 1791 to 1831, in which
practically all of the literary men of the time
were represented, was sold to Hugh Walpole,
the English novelist, for $7,500.
Rare Americana, including early almanacs,
early poetry, books concerning the French and
Indian War, the Revolutionary War, New
York and Bradford imprints, the early West,
Free Masonry, and newspapers and other ma-
terial concerning New England, will be sold
by the Heartman Auction Company, Inc., at
Rutland, Vt, May 18.
Mr. Wintenkampf, chief of the Prints Di-
vision of the New York Public Library, an-
nounces that the sixth in the series of French
exhibitions arranged" by his division from the
Avery collection is devoted to animals in
etching and lithography and will be on view
thruout May.
The reports from the rare book-trade in Paris
differ materially from those reporting conditions
in London and New York. In London the sup-
ply and demand for rare books continues very
heavy. Importations, private sales and auc-
tions continue to bring large quantities of
stock into the New York market — much more
than appears on the surface. In Paris there is
a real scarcity of desirable French rarities, the
demand far exceeding the supply. General
business conditions continue very unsatisfac-
tory, but rare book prices continue to advance
to what seems "profiteering prices" to French
collectors.
Wellesley College Library claims the dis-
tinction of not only having the largest woman's
college library, numbering upwards of 100,000
volumes, but a library rich in rarities as well.
It is especially strong in the Renaissance period
of Italian literature and includes the best
Savonarola collection of books and pamphlets
in America and equalled only by two or three
libraries in Europe. Some of the Italian
manuscripts have • extensive annotations by
Petrarch. There are fine collections of the
first editions of Tennyson, Browning and other
Victorian authors and the most complete col-
lection of Ruskin editions on this side of the
Atlantic. It has also a valuable collection of
German manuscripts of the period of the
Reformation.
The current or 839th Caxton Head Catalog
is deserving of special mention, as are most of
the catalogs that come from this bookshop. It
contains 104 pages, 540 lots, many interesting
illustrations, all devoted to rarities in the
French language, many stamped and armorial
bindings with books in other languages in
French bindings with an index of previous
owners and of the famous French binders
represented. The cataloger in his exhaustive
descriptions, scholarly notes and complete index
has spared no pains to make the catalog of
permanent -bibliographical value.
The Sidney C. Reilly collection of literary,
artistic and historical property relating to
Napoleon Bonaparte was sold at the American
Art Galleries May 4th and 5th, bringing
$28,473.50. A confidential letter from Lord
Eldon to the British Prime Minister giving
a legal opinion as to affixing of the Great Seal
to the treaty for the perpetual imprisonment of
Napoleon and the necessary abrogation of the
law of nations signed and dated 1815 brought
$400. The original account book of the pro-
visions supplied to Napoleon's household dur-
ing his imprisonment at St. Helena, with pen-
cil notes and figures in Napoleon's handwriting
brought $390. This item brought $930 when
previously sold in Paris.
In the death of John Herbert Slater, of
London, the rare book world suffers a very
great loss. In 1887 he founded and has since
edited the now monumental work, the "English
Book Prices Current," which in his able hands
became an authoritative guide to collectors the
world over and the idea has been extensively
adopted to meet other needs by other lands.
In addition he found time to write nearly a
score of other books, mainly bibliographical
and concerning phases of book collecting, all
showing a wide and accurate knowledge, in-
exhaustible enthusiasm, and a rare power to
make his subjects interesting. Some of these
books, for instance, "Early Editions," "Round
About Book Stalls," "The Romance of Book
Collecting," "Engravings and Their Values,"
and "How to Collect Books," have been quite
as popular in this country as in England and
must have had a great influence in increasing
interest in book collecting. Many of his books
went into several editions and some are now
out of print and are not easy to find. Mr.
Slater was one of the kindest and most genial
of English gentlemen and had a fellow feeling
for a collector regardless of what corner of
the globe he might hail from. Inquiries from
collectors, which in later years were numerous,
always brought prompt and exhaustive replies,
even when his correspondents were entirely un-
known and it took hours of research to obtain
the necessary information. His death will be
a personal loss to collectors all over the English
speaking world.
The sale of the library of O. A. Hawkins, of
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Richmond, Va., comprising autographic ma-
terial, confederate imprints, rare Virginia
histories, etc., together with a small collection
of miscellaneous Americana, sold at the Ander-
son Galleries, May 2nd and 3rd, brought
$3,958. Among the few rare items and the
prices which they brought were the following:
Beverly's "Virginia," London, 1705, fine copy
of the original edition, $52.50; broadside of
the Declaration of Independence, large 4to,
Philadelphia, 1776, $610; De Mass's "Indian
Wars of West Virginia," Wheeling, 1851, first
edition, $24; an unusually large collection of
autographs of the governors of Virginia, from
Patrick Henry to Fitz Hugh Lee, not quite
complete, 1789-1886, $195; Sir William Keith's
"British Plantations in America," London, 1738,
an amplification of B'everly's "Virginia," com-
ing down to 1723, $36; Lewis and Clark's
"Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark's
Expedition," edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites,
15 vols., New York, 1904, large paper edition,
$59; John Mercer's "Abridgement of the Pub-
lic Acts of Virginia," Williamsburg, 1737,
$67.50; Southern Historical Society Papers, 42
vols., 1876-1916, $47.50; William Steith's "Vir-
ginia," Williamsburg, 1747, first American
printed history of Virginia, $40; The Virginia
Magazine, 26 vols., 1894-1918, $56; William
and Mary's College Quarterly, 27 vols., $72.50;
and Riggs' "Journal of a Tour from Lac Qui
Parle to the Mirrouri River," with map, Bos-
ton, 1841, $27.50.
The famous collection of 100 illuminated
manuscripts formed by Henry Yates Thomp-
son, of London, is being dispersed with a care
that shows that the owner is not disposed to
take any unnecessary risks. The first part of
this collection was sold June 3, 1919, and
brought £52,000; the second, March 23, 1920,
£77.965. Of the 42 lots still remaining, 15 lots
will be sold at Sotheby's, in London, on June
22, leaving 27 lots still to come into the mar-
ket. The owner calls special attention to two
lots: the first a little jeweled and enameled
case containing the "Confession of Faith" of
Charles V. and meant to be hung from a girdle
as seen in the portraits of Holbein and others ;
the second, a picture of the Battle of Canne,
the frontispiece of a I5th century manuscript,
which has in Paris been ascribed to the famous
jean Foucquet of Tours. The first eight manu-
scripts are French and of high interest, two or
three of them, the "Antiphoner of Beaupre,"
the "Lancelot de Luc," and the "Sainte Cha-
£elle Epistolar," being of great rarity, and not,
without difficulty, to be matched in any private
collection in England or America. O'f the
seven remaining lots, all remarkable repre-
sentations of miniature art, seven countries are
represented: South Germany, France, Holland,
North Flanders, Bruges, Italy and Spain. Of
the fifteen lots of printed books all but one
were printed before 1501. The earliest is the
Mantelin Bible, printed at Strasburg not later
than 1461. It is needless to say that this sale,
like those that have preceded it, will attract
international attention among a few wealthy
collectors and the general result will be watched
with interest by all who are interested in rare
books.
F. M. H.
Auction Calendar
Monday evening, May i6th, at 8:15 o'clock. Amer-
icana from the Arbury Library and from the stock
of the late George D. Smith (Part 7). (Items 218.)
The Anderson Galleries, 489 Park Avenue, New
York City.
Wednesday, May i8th, at 3 o'clock. Rare Ameri-
cana. (No. 120; Items 191.) Heartman Auction
Co., 31 1/2 Merchants Row, Rutland, Vt.
Catalogs Received
Afrique, Amerique, Asie, Europe, Oceanic, Histoire,
voyages, Cartographic Philologie, Archeologie. (No.
8; Items 854.) Librairie Chamonal Freres, 20 Rue
de Varenne, Paris, France.
Books— rare, curious, Masonic, and miscellaneous.
(No. 61; Items 318.) John Metcalfe-Morton, r,
Duke Street, Brighton, England.
Books suitable for private libraries or for presenta-
tion and a selection of good remainders. (Items
296.) James Thin, 54, South Bridge, Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Choice and interesting books. (No. 265; Items 631.)
Holland Bros., 21, John Bright Street, Birming-
ham, England.
Choice, old and rare books. (Part II.) (No. 103;
Items 977.) Pickering & Chatto, 40, Pantoa St.,
Haymarket, London, S. W. i, England.
Das Schone Buch. (No. 4; Items 359.) Alfred
Lorentz, Kurprinzstrabe 10, Leipzig, Germany.
Greek and Latin classical literature, including texts,
translations, and commentaries published in the
i6th and I7th centuries. (No. 187; Items 3302.) James
Thin, 54 South Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Miscellaneous books, Cook's Famous Voyages,
Picart's Religious Ceremonies, Macklin's En-
graved Bible, etc. (No. 9; Items 527.) Albert Brit-
nel1, 815 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada.
Oriental books. (No. 7; Items 1676.) George Salby,
65 Great Russell Street, London, W. C. i, England.
Rare Americana. (No. 933; Items 752.) C. F.
Libbie & Co., 78 Bedford St., Boston 10, Mass.
Rare books, illuminated manuscripts, autograph let-
ters and documents, original drawings, etc. (No.
226; Items 264.) Myers & Co., 59 High Holborn, Lon-
don, W. C. i, England.
Rare and interesting books. (No. 42; 2216.
Reginald Atkinson, 188 Peckham Rye, London,
S. E. 22, England.
Scarce and interesting books selected from recent
purchases, (No. 56; Items 667.) William J. Camp-
bell, 1731 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Standard sets and other books. (Items 201.) Thorns
& Eron, 34 Barclay Street, New York City.
L'Art Anciens S. A. (No. 3; Items 429.) Librairie
Et Maison D'Antiquities, 7, Piazza Giardino,
Lugano, Switzerland.
LIBRAIRIE J. TERQUEM
1, RUE SCRIBE, PARIS
Export Booksellers and Bookbinders
Agents for Universities, Public Libraries and
Institutions in America
Special ability for second-hand items
Correspondence solicited
Otto Sauer Method
French German
With Key $1.50
Spanish Italian
Without Key $1.25
Generous Discounts to the trade
Wycil & Company, New York
May 14, 1921
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Books Wanted and for Sale
BOOKS WANTED
The Adair Book Store, 114 So. 6th St., Minneapolis,
Minn.
We have just issued a catalogue containing 4000
items pertaining to some very scarce Americana.
Mailed free on application.
B. Appleton & Co., 29 W. && St., New York
Copies of the Bailiff of Tentsbury, by C. E. D.
Phelps and Leigh North, McClurg.
Allen Book and Printing Co., 454 Fulton St.,
Troy, N. Y.
And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight, Floyd Gib-
bons.
South Sea Idylls, Stoddard.
Leslie's Boys' and Girls' Weekly.
Leslie's Boys of America.
Hatton, Years of iscretion.
William H. Andre, 607 Kittredge Bldg., Denver, Colo.
Montaigne, Hazlitt translation. *
Terhune's Stories of Bruce.
Terhune's Lad a Dog.
Anatole France, 19 volumes, cloth.
La Rousse Encyclopedia.
Yale Chronicles, 50 volumes.
Larned's History for Ready Reference.
Birds of the Bible, by Porter.
The Ayrshire Homes and Haunts of Burns, by
Shelley.
Poets' Homes, by Gillman.
Associated Students' Store, Berkeley, Cal.
Whitney, Sanskrit Grammar.
Ricardo, Works oi Ricardo, McCulloch ed., Murray
& Evenden.
These books are reported out of print.
Bailey's Book Store, Vanderbilt Sq., Syracuse, N. Y.
Norway by A. C. Black.
Shakespeare's England, W. Winter.
Abelard and Eloise.
Rabelais, 5 vol.
Mind and Brain, Elmer Gates.
William M. Bains, 1213 Market St., Philadelphia
Petre, Revolutions in Civilization.
Wesselho^ft, Olch.
Rough the Miser.
Baker & Taylor Co., 354 Fourth Ave., New York
Ford, Scotch-Irish in America.
Barnie's Bookery, 727 E., San Diego, Cal.
The Two Baby Ions.
C. E. Barthell, 336 South State St., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Thorington, Ophthalmascope.
Mummery, Microscopic Anatomy of the Teeth.
Gould & Pyle, Anom. and Curio, of Medicine.
Shufeldt, Human Form.
Parson's Pathology of Eye.
Ames & Smith, Cases Torts, Pound edn.
Kale. Cases Future Interests, 1917.
N. J. Bartlett & Co., 37 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Story of the Outlaw, by Hough.
C. P. Bensinger Code Book Co., 19 Whitehall St.,
New York
Universal Lumber Code.
Commercial Code, Ai.
Pocket Edition Western Union, Liebner's.
Any American-Foreign Language Code.
T. I. Blddle, Ann Arbor, Michigan [Cash]
Davis, Applied Anatomy.
Piersol's Anatomy, Single or Double Vol. Ed.
Spalteholz, Atlas Anatomy, English or German.
Oppenheim, Nervous Diseases, Eng. or German.
Hall's Adolescence.
Schermerhorh, Essentials of Tort Actions.
Gwathmey, Anaesthesia.
Hewitt, Anaesthesia.
Ellis. Psychology of Sex.
MacLeod, Pathology of Skin.
Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
Open House, Baker & Taylor edn., by Juliet Wil-
bor Tompkins.
Ever After, by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins.
The Booklist, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago
Galton, Art of Travel, Murray.
Book Supply Company, 231 West Monroe St., Chicago
Lentala of the South Seas, W. C. Morrow.
Brentano's, sth Ave. and 27th St., New York
Dugmore, Camera Adventures in African Wilds.
Neuman, H. A., Hunting in East Equitorial Africa,
London, 1898.
London Country Life, June 7, 1919, no. 1170; July
5, 1919, no. 1174; July 19, 1919, no. 1176.
Adams, Conquest of the Tropics.
Nature's Finer Forces, Prasad.
Old Home Week, Naylor.
Wooing and Weddings in Many Climes, Miln.
Napoleon, Watson.
Set of Browning in 9 vols., bound in yellow cloth.
The Waif, Francois.
Gem of the East, Savage.
Life and Times of Fred'k. Douglas.
Caravaners.
Maker of Moons, Chambers.
Wings of the Dove, 2 vols.
Golden Bowl, 2 vols.
In Defence of Women, Mencken.
Philosophy of Fred'k. Nietzsche, Mencken.
Life of Florence Nightingale, Tooley.
Who Lies, Blum.
Another Man's Shoes, Bridges.
Sam Lovell's Camps.
Beyond the Mississippi, Richardson.
Legends of City of Mexico, Janvier.
Fair God, Wallace.
On Trail Spanish Pioneers, Garcis.
Saddle and Camp in the Rockies, Wallace.
Land of Enchantment, Whiting.
Cactus and Pine, Hall.
Perfumery: Its Manufacture and Use, Norfit.
Wood and Stone, Powys.
The Doll Book, Starr.
Baby Bird Finder, Cumming.
The True and the False.
Smith's Work, ed. by Whitley.
Visions and Revisions, Powys.
Modern Conception of God, Leighton.
Captain Craig, red ed. also Ancient Ltd. ed., Robin-
son.
Standard Oil Issues Statistics, Pforzheimer.
T. E. Beam Complete.
Bard of Dimbovitza Vacaresco.
Passing of Great Race, Grant.
On Sovereignty, Bliss.
Arch Clavering Gunter.
Clavering Miss Turnbull.
Arch Clavering Balleho Bey.
Road to Avalon, Dawson.
Select Historical Documents, Henderson.
Great Galeoto, Echezaray.
Passion Poison and Petrifaction, Shaw.
Clipper Ship Era, Clark.
Door Without a Key, Hamilton.
Love Laughs Last, Tallentyre.
Bassett, Tallentyre.
European Univ. of Middle Ages, Roshdall.
History of Education in Indiana, Borne.
Manual of Mutual Instruction, Russell.
Wandering Heath, Couch.
Madame Recamier and Her Friends, Williams.
The Clerque Salon.
Handbook for Diplomatic Hist, of Europe, Asia,
and Africa, Anderson & Hershey.
Imperial Marriage.
Miser Horley's Secret.
My Lost Self.
Mystery of Mortimer Strange.
Old Mill Mystery.
Milly and Oily, Ward.
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BOOKS WANTED— Continued
Brentano's— Continued
The Serpent Palver, Avalon.
Universal Cambist, Keely.
The Betrayal.
Mischief Maker, Oppenheimer.
Golden Triangle, Le Blanc.
Woman of Mystery, Le Blanc.
Government Cases, Hanshew.
The Man of Forty Faces.
Snower Up, Castleman.
Father Goose, Baum.
Archko volume.
Brick Row Book Shop, Inc., 104 High St., New
Haven, Ct.
Shelley Works, Scribner Edition.
Dawn of Day, Nietzche.
A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy, S. Newcomb,
Macmillan.
Vice Versa, R. L. Stevenson.
Autobiography of James Finey.
Reminiscences of the South Seas, La Farge.
Rape of the Lock, illustrated by Beardsley.
Cogswell, The Regicides.
Autobiography of James Finey.
Shelley's Poems, Scribner Edition.
Roll Call of Honour, Quiller-Couch.
Ancient Constitutions of Freemasonry, James Ander-
son (1723 ed.).
Signs and Symbols of Freemasonry, Dr. Geo. Oliver.
Illustrations of Masonry, Wm. Preston.
History of Freemasonry in York, Wm. J. Hughan.
Old Charges of British Freemasons, Wm. J. Hughan.
Historical Landmarks and Other Evidences of Free-
masonry Explained by Dr. Geo. Oliver.
Ahiman Rezon (The Constitution of Freemasonry),
Laurence Dermott.
Lowrie's History of Masonry, Alexander Lowrie.
Bridgman's Book Shop, 108 Main St., Northampton.
Mass.
Montaigne's Essays, Everyman lib., cloth, vol. 2.
Degeneracy: Its Causes, Si'gns and Results, by E S.
Talbot.
Nature, February i7th.
Patient Observer, by Simeon Strunsky.
Brotherly House by Grace Richmond.
Classic Point of View.
Goode's Commercial Geography.
How to Argue Successfully, by McPherson.
Bertie Lee (old book).
E. Herrick Brown, 50 North King St., Honolulu.
Hawaii
Hawaiian Yesterdays, Lyman
Hawaiian Folk Tales, Thnum.
The Islander, 1870.
Indian Dust, John Lane.
Phantasms of the Dead.
Untrodden Fields of Anthropology.
Esther Waters, Geo. Moore
^"djew's Hawaiian Dictionary.
Profit Sharing, H. Davison.
Painted Veils, Geo. Moore.
Foster Brown Co., Ltd., 472 St. Catherine St. West
Montreal, Can.
Jurgen by Cabell.
Sutton, Volumetric Analysis.
Bankin8 System.
the Middlc
Henry James, The Golden Bowl
.R>^U5& I"fl'«"« and Achievement
"* WorM'
,nnop
Hefterman, The Globe Trotter.
Henderson, Locomotive Operation
Samu«l . G. Camp, The Fine Art of Fishing.
The Pilot Fish; a story which ran in the Saturdav
Evening Post some years ago
Marven and His Boy Hunters.
Bowman, Esperaiza.
Brown University Library, Providence R I
ComP°sition, Century,
Burrows Bros. Co., 633 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O.
Blennerhasset, Pidgen.
Fanny Butcher, 75 E. Adams St., Chicago
From Broom to Heather, Hatfield.
Austin Dobson, Old World Idylls, several.
Motley Measures, Bert Leston Taylor.
Arabian Nights, Burton.
Pistols for Two, Mencken, 2 copies.
Cabell, ist eds.
Campion & Co., 1313 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Homilies of Science, Dr. Cams.
Eighteen Capitals of China, Geil.
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Holtzman, Life of Christ.
Melville, Moby Dick.
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Smith, W. B., Geometry of the Point, Ray and
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Smith, W. B., Infinitesimal Analysis, Macmillan,
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Pathology of the Mind, Maudsley.
Multiple Personality, Sides & Goodhart.
Brains and Personality, Thomas.
Man is a Spirit, Hill.
Dawn of Civilization.
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VOL. XCIX.
NEW YORK, MAY 21, 1921
No. 21
PAWNED, by Frank L. Packard, au-
thor of THE ADVENTURES OF
JIMMIE DALE, etc. This latest
mystery-romance has woven into it
all the romance of the South Seas,
and the mysterious adventures of New
York's East Side. $1.90
(NOW READY)
STASH OF THE MARSH COUN-
TRY is a first novel by Harold Waldo,
a dramatic story of the Great Lakes
district. Rupert Hughes writes : ''Has
the vividness of flashes of lightning.
Any writer might be proud to have
written any page." $2.00
THE LITTLE RED FOOT, by Robert
W. Chambers, stands with CARDI-
GAN as an adventurous romance of
pioneer days when love and courage
went hand in hand through the track-
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thrilling adventure story. $1.90
THE LAMP OF FATE, by Margaret
Pedler, author of THE HOUSE OF
DREAMS-COME-TRUE, etc. The
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the New York Herald, "The essence
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VISION HOUSE, by C. N. and A. M.
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enforced marriage and its interesting
sequel in a setting of New York and
the Grand Canyon. $1.90
HE HOUSE WITH THE GOLDEN
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FOUR CORNERS, by Clifford Ray-
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HE COME BACK, by Carolyn
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$1.90
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May 21, 1921
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GALUSHA THE MAGNIFICENT— By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
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BEAUTY
Here is your big sum~
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HERE it is — a big summer novel — coming out June ist. A mystery
story— the sort most people have to read the end of, before they
get half way through. When Beauty ran serially in the Red
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THE SILVER SIXPENCE
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A new novel by the author of "Dr. Danny," "Seven Miles to Arden,"
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The greatest English novel of 1920
and best seller. The whole
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INVISIBLE TIDES
By Beatrice Kean Seymour
LONDON DAILY SKETCH: "To Mrs.
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the distinction of having written in
INVISIBLE TIDES the best novel of
the year. It is already one of the best
sellers."
LOUIS J. McQUlLLAND IN THE
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LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH: "Mrs.
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and stirring with emotion, and she writes
the very best English we have encoun-
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sons."
LONDON TIMES: "Beatrice Kean Sey-
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is another star in the literary void. IN-
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EDWARD SHANKS IN THE LONDON
MERCURY: "In one chapter Mrs. Sey-
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situation, and so far as we know no
novelist has hitherto attempted it."
SATURDAY WESTMINSTER GAZ-
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balanced tale of a great and inevitable
passion. Mrs. Seymour has handled with
exceptional skill a situation rarely treated
successfully in English novels."
This book deserves big publicity and It
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And don't forget the new big book
PSYCHOANALYSIS and
the UNCONSCIOUS
By D. H. Lawrence
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Lawrence's philosophy of life, as here unfolded, and
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Every American wants to know
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THE ANGLO-
AMERICAN FUTURE
This is the title of the new book by
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$1.50
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Sales Talks
from THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS
These books were published on May 20th. Book lovers
will be glad to know that the fiction among these well made
books from the Country Life Press is priced at $L 75, consider-
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Booth Tarkington's
ALICE ADAMS
Booth Tarkington gave us "Penrod,"
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one of the truest pic-
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attempts to catch up, it finally set out in
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Price $1.75
H. Bedford-Jones'
THE
MARDI GRAS MYSTERY
The tale of a carnival joke that led to
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Christopher Morley's
TALES FROM
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The roll top desk is edi-
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Louis Joseph Vance's
RED MASQUERADE
"The Lone Wolfs" Daughter
Here is the Lone Wolf in desperate
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May 21, 1921
i4S7
M. Morgan Gibbon's
THE ALTERNATIVE
The story of Helen Marsden, to whom
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THE ANNES
This is Marion Ames Taggart's first
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will quickly win the hearts of fiction
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Don Marquis'
THE OLD SOAK
Don Marquis has created no more fas-
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whose reminiscences of a wetter and hap-
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it one of the distinguished books of the
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William Patterson White's
THE HEART OF THE RANGE
The author of "Lynch Lawyers/'
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swept story of the
West — revealing once
more why the Balti-
more Times-Dispatch
called White "one of
the most vivid and
authentic recorders of
the fast vanishing cowboy and the reck-
less and adventurous days which bred
him." An entrancing love story.
Price $1.75
Dave Hunter's
GOLF SIMPLIFIED
Cause and Effect
Dave Hunter here reveals a new prin-
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like many other great discoveries, it has
heretofore been overlooked. By follow-
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his faults, or the beginner can quickly
learn how to play correctly from the start.
It is all in the turn of the wrist, as this
little book shows.
25 illustrations. Price $1.00
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JUNE 2ND-9TH
Of course we refer to Zane Grey Week* Have these
points impressed you fully? The Saturday Evening
Post will have a full page announcement of Zane
Grey's new story on May 28th — The Saturday Evening
Post, June 2nd will circulate 2,400,000 of an insert
giving the opening chapters of Zane Grey's new story
- — The Ladies1 Home Journal, June issue, news-stand
edition, will circulate over a million copies of the
first installment of this story The Country Gentle-
man will circulate 900,000 copies of the May 28th
issue, containing the opening chapters of the story,
TO THE LAST MAN.
Total this and see how many millions of people will
think about Zane Grey as a writer of western stories.
That's where you come in directly.
Another point: The following stories by Zane Grey
have been made into moving pictures: THE U. P. TRAIL,
DESERT GOLD, THE DESERT OF WHEAT (photoplay title,
Riders of the Dawn), THE BORDER LEGION, THE RAINBOW
TRAIL, RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE,
All of these are available now to the moving picture
exhibitors. THE MAN OF THE FOREST, a new picture
just issued, is being released in some of the larger
centers by the Hodkinson Corporation.
Have you plenty of stock and advertising material to
make window and interior displays? Did you read our
Broadside all the way through?
The publishers of Zane Grey books, The Curtis Pub-
lising Co., and the moving picture people have done
or are doing their part and now to use a slang phrase,
IT'S UP TO YOU TO PUT IT OVER TO THE ULTIMATE CONSUMER!
If we can help you any further, just tell us.
Yours very truly,
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May 21, 1921
plays are selling!
LILIOM
By FRANZ MOLNAR
is the biggest dramatic "hit" New York has had in several
seasons. It is being taken on May 23rd to the Fulton
Theatre, from the Garrick Theatre (which is too small to
accommodate the crowds that are trying to buy seats), to
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We urge you to order now — publication date May 23rd.
Owing to strike conditions another edition may take weeks
to complete.
A three-color jacket by LEE SIMONSON that is the best
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"This year has brought us no plays more interesting, none more
truly worth going to see." — N. Y. Times.
"Among the many admirable productions of the Theatre Guild that
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"Theatre-goers should put Liliom at the top of their spring list
of plays." N. Y. Evening Sun.
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McBride Fiction for Summer
THESE tales of an exiled
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scene is one of those hidden
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which the Chinese sedulously
maintain the traditions and cus-
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Street of a Thousand Delights
which twists its sinister length
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protagonists of many strange
dramas : Sen Yeng, who could
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Wang Hai, whose blue eyes
searched for something he could
not discover among his father's
people; Wong Ting Fu, whose
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May, (brought death to a cer-
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NOTES ON RECENT FICTION
fume of the East.
II Isabel Ostrander has written another
of her ingeniously plotted mystery sto-
ries. The Crimson Blotter is the title,
and it's the story of a murder commit-
ted under apparently impossible circum-
stances. The trail that leads to the dis-
covery of the murderer is an exciting
one and you'll t>e thrilled during every
moment of the chase. $2.
<I Another, and equally absorbing, mys-
tery yarn is Robert Orr Chipperfield's
The Man in the Jury Box. Reviews
invariably commend its originality of
plot and the manner in which suspense
is maintained until the end of the book.
Second Printing. $2.
<I Anthony Pryde has written only two
novels but each has been a distinct suc-
cess among readers of the better sort
of novel. The recently published Jenny
Essenden is now in its fourth printing
and is daily growing in _ popularity.
Swiftly moving, brilliantly tofd, and full
of good Dialogue, it makes capital sum-
mer reading — if you haven't discovered
it to be equally good reading for the
spring. $2.
€J Satan, H. de Vere Stacpoole's ro-
mance of Tropic Seas, is, according to
the New York World, "salted and sav-
ored and scrumptious," and, according
to every one who has read it, an excep-
tionally enjoyable adventure story, with
three delightful^ young people as its
principal characters. $2.
<5 The teasing irony with which James
Branch Cabell has filled the pages of
Figures of Earth has evidently com-
mended that book t a great many peo-
ple, for it has already reached a larger
public than any of his previous novels.
Mr. Cabell's books have of late been so
highly praised that favorable comment
from his publishers is superfluous. B"ut —
if you are still unacquainted with the
work of one who is now widely consid-
ered one of the greatest living writers,
Figures of Earth is a good book with
which to make his acquaintance. Third
Printing. $2.50.
Robert M. McBride & Company, Publishers, New York
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THE BOOKSELLER :
It is proverbial that the type of novel, of which
Eleanor H. Porter's
SISTER SUE
is a prime example, achieves its success, if it does achieve it,
unaided by the critic, who as a rule merely notes its publication
in a perfunctory paragraph, or more often passes it by entirely.
For this reason the high and evidently heartfelt praise
with which leading reviewers are greeting SISTER SUE is a
particularly pleasant omen.
"Quite the best of Mrs. Porter's charming books," 'The
best story that Mrs. Porter has written," "Her greatest and
best story," "Better than 'Pollyanna' and more entertaining
than 'Mary Marie,'" — so the reviews run, laying stress in
almost every case on the fact that Mrs. Porter was right in
calling SISTER SUE her greatest novel.
And no less enthusiastic are the letters from "just plain
folks," who like the story so well, that they feel called on to
write in and tell us so.
If the critics like it, and the public likes it, SISTER SUE
is surely a book you can safely recommend. Meanwhile our
advertising campaign continues both in newspapers and in
religious magazines of national circulation.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
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World, Detroit News, Portland Oregonian, Kansas City Star, Boston Post, Pittsburg
Gazette-Times, Boston Herald, Philadelphia Record, Syracuse Herald, Hartford
Courant, Indianapolis Star, Boston Transcript, St. Louis Star, Presbyterian Banner,
Chaiitauquan, New Era Magazine.
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Prizes Offered!!
The American Booksellers9 Association offers:
(1) A Free Trip to the next Convention (entire railway and hotel
expenses) — and
(2) A Free Association Membership to those connected with the retail
book-trade who submit the best and second best articles summariz-
ing the constructive elements of the Convention and offering the
best suggestions whereby these ideas may be put into practice and
the organization more closely knit. (See resolution No. XI in this
issue.)
HOW ABOUT YOUR SALESPEOPLE ?
The PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY brings all your people in touch with the
Convention as in this issue, it keeps all of them in contact with the trade
week by week, it offers ideas, suggestions, discussions about all the elements
of bookselling — that is, it does these things if your salesforce see and read it.
One of the constructive thoughts of many Conventions has centered
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the prize we will give this subscription to the most meritorious article from
a clerk's pen.
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having the largest circulation
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published in each edition, has given sat-
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or purchase of books.
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FOUNDED BY F. LEYPOLDT
May 21, 1921
"/ hold every man a debtor to his profession,
from the which, as men of course do seek to
receive countenance and profit, so ought they of
duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends,
to be a help and ornament thereunto." — BACON.
A Note of Confidence
THE characteristic of this convention was
confidence. As President Herr pointed out
in his opening speech, the American Book-
sellers' Association has come of age, being
twenty-one years old, and it celebrated its
majority by stepping out resolutely into the
discussion of bookselling conditions and prob-
lems in a way that gave evidence that it felt
a confidence in its ability to cope with condi-
tions which it has never felt before.
It would not have been surprising in a year
that is full of rather troubling conditions,
when all business men are carefully weighing
each step, to have had a convention where
there was cautious expression of opinion and
doubts as to the months ahead, but instead of
that there was a universal expression of the
feeling that bookselling is on its way to a
continuous expansion and prosperity and that
bookstores are to take an increasingly im-
portant place in the business affairs of their
communities.
The Program Committee had done well in
selecting its general topic, "Reaching the Non-
Book Reader," as this keynote, itself, sug-
gested that booksellers realized that there were
great areas of untapped possibilities for the
distribution of books when the proper means
could be found for reaching out. Bookselling
is not like a business which has reached al-
most a maximum distribution and where any
change in public temper might reduce the out-
let. It is a business in which the output can
be doubled without bringing the per capita
•purchase to a place at which there should be
any fear that bad times would mean shrinkage.
The convention went on record as believing
that the time is ripe for continued co-opera-
tion in publicity, and it prepared the way for
constructive work in bookselling training and
better store finance in order that the book-
stores might measure up to the opportunities
created. American booksellers as an organ-
ized group have "become oi age" and ap-
parently intend to step out to their own.
The Bookselling Fellowship
ON Wednesday noon of the Convention the
names of five booksellers who by vote of
the members of the Association were
elected as the first members of the Honorary
Fellowship of the American Booksellers were
announced. This Fellowship is the first effort
of any business group in this country to take
measures to give recognition to those in their
business who have brought to it the highest
standards of intelligence and efficiency. It
was felt by all present that these certificates
carried to their recipients as high a testimonial
of appreciation as their fellow bookmen could
offer.
Out of the fifteen nominated for this first
year's voting the five elected included two
from New York, Charles E. Butler, Vice-
President and Treasurer of Brentano's, Wil-
liam Harris Arnold, of the Syndicate Trading
Company; George W. Jacobs, of Philadelphia;
J. K. Gill, of Portland, Oregon ; and Joseph
M. Jennings, of the Old Corner Bookstore of
Boston — all names with a long record of good
contribution to the cause of book distribution,
men that have added much to the standards
toward which the whole trade should be
raised.
This Fellowship as it increases each year
will give a notable opportunity for the trade
not only to recognize high standards of
efficiency in the profession, but to give an
idea of the standards towards which new en-
trants into the field should work.
Booksellers Endorse Campaigns
THE Convention went on record as giving
a wholehearted endorsement to the ideas
embodied in the campaigns to promote
a general interest in reading and book owner-
ship, and, at the suggestion of the Resolutions
Committee, voted $1000 to the work of the
next six months, including the Children's
Book Week and the Year-Round Bookselling
Campaign.
The Children's Book Week campaign is now
in its third j'ear, the idea having been launched
at the Association's Boston convention which
provided for the organizing of the special
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The Publishers' Weekly
Committee and appropriated funds toward the
expenses incurred. In this first year the As-
sociation contributed $400, and interested pub-
lishers contributed about $1600 more, which
covered the cost of the famous Jessie Willcox
Smith poster and the distribution of this and
many other fliers and material to bookstores
and libraries.
The executive work for the first year was
carried on at the office of Mr. Melcher, then
Secretary of the Association. In the second
year, 1920, the Association again approved the
plan and provided funds to put a special ex-
ecutive in charge, so that Miss Marion Hum-
ble, who had been connected with the
American Library Association war work, took
active charge of the program from July to
November. While the Association paid for
this work, the interested publishers contributed
funds to a total of about $2500 to cover an
increased quantity of posters, programs, and
to cover other expenses. The success of last
fall has brought much more complete support
thruout the country from libraries and
women's federations, schools and Scout lead-
ers as well as from bookstores of every kind,
so that the 1921 event will be even more im-
portant in its proportions.
This campaign will be made a part of the
Year-Round Bookselling Plan which has been
going forward for six months and which grew
out of the suggestion for co-operative adver-
tising made at the Booksellers' convention in
1920. The success of this effort proved one
of the principal topics of discussion at the
Convention, and there was hardly any speaker
Who did not in some way refer to its effect
or reckon with it in his estimate of possible
bookselling expansion.
The report of what had happened since the
last convention was made by Mr. Melcher,
who has acted as Chairman of the Year-
Round Bookselling Committee, organized last
December, and of the Religious Book Week
Committee, whose work culminated in March.
Miss Humble, who has been the Executive
Secretary of the work, brought to the con-
vention complete exhibits of posters and ma-
terial, as well as books of clippings, showing
the nation-wide response to this effort.
By careful planning the whole country has
been set to talking about "Buy A Book A
Week" and "More Books in the Home," and
the feeling in every bookseller's mind was
that under cover of such general promotion it
was much easier to get the book buying idea
across. There was criticism from Mr. Sell
and Mr. Brett of the exact wording of the
slogan tho not of the general idea, but the
question of any change in this was left to the
Committee. "Read A Book A Week," "Want
A Book A Week" or "Have You Bought A
Book This Week" were other suggestions
made, but, as Louis Keating, whose speech
last year had such an important effect in put-
ting the plan in operation, said, "None of these
seem to drive home so completely the idea
of the book buying habit, which is, after all,
the principal intent of this campaign." We
have had campaigns to sell a book or the book,
but the habit of buying books once estab-
lished will help in getting full attention to all
kinds of books.
Canada and the United States
ANEW Canadian Copyright Bill, as is
shown in the news columns of this
number, is again being presented for
passage at Ottawa, and Dan A. Rose of
Toronto as President of an organization
known as "The Canadian Copyright Asso-
ciation" is pressing hard for the passage of
this bill.
The Canadian Authors' Association has
gone strongly on record against it, and there
has just been received in this country a care-
ful analysis of the bill by Herbert Thring, of
the English Society of Authors, showing that
the bill has been very carelessly drawn. Mr.
Rose's argument shows that the chief plea for
the bill is that it will be retaliatory legisla-
tion against the United States which is sup-
posed to be getting an unfair advantage in
Canada.
The American publishers have remained
outside of this discussion and have taken no
steps to be represented, as they have felt that
any such action would be misconstrued and
might prejudice the situation. It is undoubt-
edly true that trade in books in Canada has
been tending increasingly to come toward New
York instead of toward London, but there
is nothing to indicate that this bill could do
any more than give Toronto printers an op-
portunity to take an unfortunate advantage
of the authors and, under guise of helping
on Canadian literature, make it more difficult
for Canadian authors to obtain a proper
market.
May 21, 1921
There are many incentives besides copyright
privileges to urge the manufacture of Can-
adian editions whenever the size of the mar-
ket makes it practical to do so, and there will
be an increasing tendency to manufacture in
Toronto as that market increases. American
books entering Canada pay a duty of ten per
cent, and on top of that there is exchange
which makes an additional difference of about
eleven per cent on the wholesale cost, and it
is now proposed, as shown in the Premier's
message at Ottawa, to make the duty pay-
able on the valuation as affected by exchange,
that is, about a ten per cent increase on the
present duty, and a lowering on the duty paid
on books coming from England where ex-
change is the other way.
These various circumstances give reasons
enough for bringing about a gradual Can-
adian manufacturing of books for Canadian
consumption when the cost of plate-making
and separate press running for small editions
does not wipe out the savings. The con-
clusion cannot be avoided that Mr. Rose and
his supporters are urging a shortsighted policy
upon their country.
I
Those Books at Ten Cents
(^ ONSIDERABLE advertising space in
v>i newspapers and periodicals has recently
been taken in advertising a list of some 200
paper-covered classics at 10 cents each by the
Appeal Publishing Company, of Girard, Kan-
sas. As large space advertising for suph series
is not ordinarily undertaken, the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY commented on this in its issue of
May 7th.
A new angle on this has come to the front
when in the full page advertisement m the
Nation of May I4th, Mr. Julius, President of
the Appeal Publishing Company, states that
"It is very strange but nevertheless true that
in pushing our low-priced books we are find-
ing it hard to get into the magazines that are
in the book business. The Red Book prints
our advertisement which the Literary Digest
rejects, but then the Red Book does not pub-
lish books. This is not a private grievance of
ours, but we think it is a serious matter of
great concern to the reading public, and we are
paying our money to present these facts to the
reading public, so that it may know that it is
not easy to announce masterpieces at less than
10 cents per copy in the columns of a maga-
zine issued by competitors."
In this advertisement it is also argued that
the publishers of the Literary Digest, are to be
denounced for using space, denied Mr. Julius
to advertise Funk & Wagnalls own publication,
Browning's "History of the Modern World"
at what is claimed to be an extortionate price
of $3-95 for 1000 pages. That this claim is
made in bad faith is shown by the fact that Mr.
Julius (co-author with Mrs. Julius) has just
written a novel which was published this spring
at $2.00 for less than 300 pages.
In one case he is publishing a book on which
he expects and deserves the usual royalty and
for which $2 is not too high a price. In the
case of the advertisement he intends to draw
attention to and arouse sympathy for his mail-
order sales by giving the impression that there
is an intent to suppress this method of book-
selling.
The books published by the Appeal Publish-
ing Company average about 64 pages each, size
3/^x5, bound in tinted cover stock. Similar
titles are sold by the 100,000 by the Little
Leather Library Corporation, of New York,
tho in rather more attractive binding, thru all
the five and ten cent stores. Another series of
10 cent books of larger size, more pages and
with attractive offset covers are in the market
from the Reynolds Publishing Company.
The Appeal Publishing Company has done
an interesting thing in using large display
space in popularizing a long list of books of
both classics and uncopyrighted material on
current problems, but this is only using a new
method for a type of book with which the
book-trade is quite familiar.
Womrath Takes Bloomingdale's
Book Department
THE book section of Bloomingdale's depart-
ment store, situated in the upper section of
New York at Fifty-ninth Street, has now been
taken over by the Womrath organization, to
be made part of their increasing chain of
bookstores. Womrath's will install its cir-
culating library system which is always a
strong feature from the department store point
of view, as it brings a regular group of cus-
tomers to the store. This change of manage-
ment will undoubtedly bring a change of book-
selling policy, as Bloomingdale's has always
followed the lead of Miacy in selling new books
at slightly below the list price, a practice that
Womrath has never found necessary in build-
ing up and popularizing its book departments.
At the Womrath headquarters on Forty-
fifth Street the executive offices have now
taken over the entire sixth floor of the build-
ing, which gives ample space, well lighted, for
the general offices from which are directed the
many branches. The space formerly occupied
on the first floor by the executive offices has
been used for expanding the circulating li-
brary and equipment has been put in for what
is to be perhaps a model of the type of lend-
ing library that this firm is endeavoring to de-
velop. Special mahogany bookcases were built,
a handsome rug laid, and the whole broad space
has the comfortable and leisurely atmosphere
of a private library.
The Publishers' Weekly
Canada's New Tariff Regulations
CANADA'S new tariff regulations, as fore-
cast in the budget speech delivered by Sir
Henry Dray ton, Minister of Finance, on
May 9th, are bound to exercise a certain un-
favorable influence on the book-trade between
the United States and Canada. Hitherto, by
a ruling of the Customs Department, the value
of the American dollar, for customs purposes,
was placed at 100 cents and duty on books im-
ported by Canadian publishers and booksellers
was imposed on that basis. Now, Sir Henry
Drayton intimates that an amendment to the
Customs Act will be introduced which will
have the effect of rating the American dollar
at its exchange value, which, of course, has
been for some time considerably above par.
Not only will the Canadian importer have
to pay duty on the premium on New York
funds, should the amendment carry, but the
sales tax to be levied on imported goods will
also be applicable on the premiums, so that the
cost of bringing in books of American manu-
facture will be substantially enhanced. Hith-
erto the sales tax on imports amounted to i^
per cent when goods were sold to wholesalers
and to 3 per cent when goods were sold to
retailers and neither rate applied on the en-
hanced value of the dollar. The new taxes are
2}/2 per cent on goods sold to wholesalers and
4 per cent on goods sold to retailers and, if
the amendment to the customs act carries,
these rates will apply on the premium on the
dollar as well as on the dollar itself.
A prominent Toronto publisher and whole-
sale bookseller, discussing the new regulations,
stated that he intended in future to limit his
importations from the United States solely to
his own editions and to the publications of
houses for which he acted as Canadian agent.
All other books, which he has been accustomed
to import for libraries and the convenience of
the trade, he has decided not to handle. He
also gave it as his opinion that the heavier
duty and tax on importation from the United
States would have the effect of stimulating
buying in the British market, where exchange
was favorable.
A change in the Customs Act is also to be
made by amendment which is intended to se-
cure a more efficient application of the pro-
visions against dumping. The act at present
provides that the value of imported goods
shall be "the fair market value, when ?oH f -r
home consumption, in the principal markets
of the country whence and at the time when
the goods were exported directly to Canada."
The amendment will add to this, "such value
in no case to be lower than the wholesale price
thereof at such time and place," and addition
provides that the value for dutv shall not be
less than the actual cost of production of sim-
ilar goods at date of shipment direct to Can-
ada, plus a reasonable profit thereon.
Tt is not anticipated that this will have anv
prejudicial effect on the importation by Cana-
dian publishers of imprint editions. The im-
print edition, it may be construed, is different
from the domestic edition and would not be sold
in the United States. Further, conditions of
sale of rights in the Canadian market would
constitute another important difference be-
tween books manufactured for sale in the
United States and those manufactured for sale
in Canada. The question has not arisen in the
past and it is not likely to come up now.
W. A. C.
Canadian Copyright Bill Up Again
HON. C. J. Doherty, Minister of Justice,
who stands sponsor for the new Can-
adian copyright bill, named the follow-
ing members of the House of Commons as
constituting the select committee to consider
and take evidence on the new measure —
Messrs. Morphy, Mowat, Manion, MacKelvie,
Rinfret, Jacobs, Euler, Gauthier, Wright and
Doherty.
So far as can be ascertained only one mem-
ber of the committee can lay claim to having
produced a work of literature, tho two other
members, being newspaper editors, may be re-
garded as being in the literary class. The
author is Dr. Manion of i^ort William, who,
following a distinguished career at the front,
wrote "A Surgeon in Arms." MacKelvie is
editor of the Vernon B. C. Neivs and Rinfret
of Le Canada, Montreal. Mowat is son of a
once noted professor at Queen's University
and has literary sympathies. He and Morphy,
Jacobs, Gauthier and Doherty are lawyers.
Euler is head of a commercial college, while
Wright is a rancher.
This committee of the House of Com-
mons on copyright held its first session at
Ottawa on May 10 under the chairmanship
of Hon. C. J. Doherty, Minister of Justice.
It was a field day for the printing and manu-
facturing interests who were present in force
under the leadership of Dan Rose of Toronto,
president of the Canadian Copyright Associa-
tion, Tom Moore, president of the Trades and
Labor Congress of Canada and F. W.
Wegenast, counsel for the printers' organiza-
tion. Canadian authors were unrepresented, a
fact which caused some surprise to members of
the committee At the last minute, a stand on
behalf of publishers and authors was taken by
G. M. Kelley, who was retained to present their
case iby the Publishers' Section, Toronto Board
of Tra^e
Mr. Kelley put up a strong argument con-
tending that no action should be taken which
would jeopardize the interests of Canadian
authors in other countries, particularly in the
United States. The act, as drafted, did im-
peril rights already enjoyed and would have
to be changed radically to safeguard authors'
interests. Further, the draft bill contained
clauses which interfered with authors' rights
in Canada.
The committee adjourned to sit again on
May 12, when it was expected that J. Murray
Gibbon, president of the Canadian Authors'
Association would be present.
May 21, 1921
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Twenty-First Annual Convention of the
American Booksellers' Association
Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, May 10, 11, 12, 1921
Officers 1920-1921
EUGENE L. HERR, President,
LANCASTER, PA.
LOUIS A. KEATING, ist Vice President,
SYRACUSE, N. Y.
VERNOR M. SCHENCK,2d Vice President,
BOSTON, MASS.
MADGE JENISON, 3d Vice President,
DOBBS FERRY, N. Y.
BELLE M. WALKER, Secretary,
NEW YORK, N. Y.
JOHN G. KIDD, Treasurer,
CINCINNATI, O.
1921 Convention Committees
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
WHITNEY DARROW, Chairman
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
LOWELL BRENTANO, Chairman
JOHN T. WITSIL
DUDLEY SIDDALL
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
CEDRIC R. CROWELL, Chairman
W. R. REED
MADGE JENISON
WILLIAM R. DAVIS
RKGINA COVENEY
Morning Session — Tuesday, May 10th
The Convention was called to order at 10:20 by President Herr.
President's Address
By Eugene L. Herr
FBLLOW-Members of the American Book-
sellers' Association and Guests :
I take great pleasure in welcoming you
to this, the Twenty-first Annual Convention
of the American Booksellers' Association,
at the beginning of the session, and hope
you will all have a thoroly profitable time
at the business meetings and a thoroly enjoy-
able time at the various entertainments that
have been prepared.
I believe we are most happy in having
selected Atlantic City as a meeting place for
this Convention, as it presents something en-
tirely unique in our gatherings. The plan of
the Committee, which has prepared the pro-
gram for this Convention, has been to de-
velop a thoroly worth-while theme and one
that is very dear to the hearts of all who are
interested in the book-trade at the present
time : "How to Reach the Non-Reader."
We have all felt that there is a vast un-
touched multitude among the American pub-
lic who are not now, and never have been,
book readers, book buyers, or book owners.
In fact, we feel pretty certain that not much
over one per cent of the American public are
regular book buyers, and that somewhere in
the remaining 09 per cent there must be a
large number of persons who have the finan-
cial means to buy books and the mental
capacity to enjoy them.
It is our hope that, thru the addresses that
will be delivered and the papers which will
be read and the discussions which will fol-
low these from the floor, each one of us may
be able to carry back to his own city and
his own shop a number of worthwhile ideas
which will help him enlarge his clientage,
thereby increasing both his usefulness and
his profit.
The Twenty-first Convention immediately
suggests to our minds that this Association
has come of age and has had a long and
rather useful career, and we feel happy in
believing now, at its maturity, that it is
stronger and more representative of the
American book-trade than it has ever been
before in its existence.
To some it may seem futile to hark back
to those days in the early part of this cen-
tury when this organization was formed, but,
as there are many in the audience who have
not been in the book business nearly so long
as the Association is years old and are
not thoroly familiar with the difficulties that
the Association went thru in its earlier years,
I feel justified in briefly reviewing a little
of its history.
In 1900 a very small but devoted band of
retail booksellers gathered together; they
were struggling with the very serious prob-
lem of how to make a living out of a busi-
ness in which the basic part of the merchan-
dise was being sold at considerable less than
cost of the merchandise plus the cost of doing
business. Books had been used by the depart-
ment stores and all kinds of cut price mer-
chants as the bait with which to lure cus-
tomers into their stores, hoping to persuade
them that all the merchandise was being sold
on a similar cut rate basis to that of the new
novel, which being issued by the publisher at
a list price of $1.50, was offered by them to
the public at o8c. and, in some cases, for
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less. Even the conservative bookseller was
selling standard books, listed at $1.50 and
costing him approximately o/>c., at $1.20 or
less.
This serious condition was rapidly driving
the old-fashioned bookshop completely out of
existence and the entire system of retail book
distribution was in great danger of being
annihilated. Step by step, over a course of
many years, with painful effort and at much
cost of time and money on the part of the
few individuals who fathered this Associa-
tion's early activities, these conditions were
ameliorated.
After a number of years of the most per-
sistent effort and after one or two novels
had been successfully published on a net
price basis, the publishers were induced to
issue all their publications on a basis of
price which was to be the net retail price to
the customer.
Enlarged Discounts to Cover Costs
At first this system was conducted on a
rather narrow margin of discount which,
after a few years' experience, developed the
necessity of granting to the booksellers a
discount which would more adequately cover
the cost of doing business and allow a small
margin of profit besides, and, as time went
on, it has been possible for the Association to
have this discount slightly enlarged to cover
the gradual increase in the cost of conduct-
ing a retail book business.
These steps, which I have synopsized in
such few words, were only accomplished after
years and years of the most persistent effort
on the part of those who were active in the
Association, and while, generally speaking,
the publishers have been only too anxious to
co-operate with the Association when it was
possible, there have been many times when
it was hard to convince them of the real
necessity of some of our recommendations.
However, when one compares the economic
and financial condition which exists to-day
among the retail book distributors thruout
the country with that of twenty years ago, I
feel more than assured that all the efforts
the Association has made have been worth
while. The Association has been active thru-
out its career in endeavoring to persuade not
only its members but all in the trade to im-
prove their methods and get fair and profit-
able prices for their commodities.
In the Matter of Discounts
In the matter of discounts, starting at 25
to 30 per cent in the early days^of net prices,
the Association has demonstrated from time
to time the necessity of a larger discount to
cover the cost of doing business adequately.
First 33 1-3% was secured, and in recent years
the Association has clearly shown to the pub-
lishers that a minimum discount of 36 per
cent was indispensable to the successful
conduct of a retail business. With the cost
of doing business standing to-day at 30 to
32 per cent, it is absolutely suicidal to
try to do business even on pick-up items
on a smaller margin. I am happy to say that
a large number of publishing houses have
recognized this fact and are now granting
this discount on all orders. In the year just
past, quite a number of additional houses
have taken this just step. On the other hand,
I am sorry to say that there are a number
of firms of high standing who still grant only
the minimum discount on small or pick-up
orders, tho allowing it on traveler's orders,
or on 'orders for five copies or more. I am
sincerely hopeful that all such will quickly
see their error and remedy this condition, for
the general granting of the minimum discount
on all orders, including pick-up and small mail
orders, is absolutely necessary if the small
bookshop and the bookshop in the small town
or city are to thrive; and only by the develop-
ment of more book stores, especially book
stores in many cities and towns which are
to-day unserved by a regular bookstore, can
we hope to develop a wider distribution of
books thruout our country. Certain of our
larger centers are adequately equipped with
first class bookstores, and these stores are
using the very best methods for widening their
business and increasing their book distribution.
These larger stores in the larger cities are
likewise in the fortunate position of generally
being able to buy such quantities as will insure
securing the minimum discount, or better.
Cost of Doing Business
That the cost of doing a retail book business
is today not less than 30 to 32% has been amply
demonstrated by statistics from large and
small bookshops, as well as department stores.
In fact the department store cost is apt to run
higher, probably because its1 accounting meth-
ods are more exact, and it is more particular
in charging in all items properly belonging to
overhead. This burden of overhead is likely
to bear heaviest on the newer and smaller
shops, and for this reason they should receive
the most liberal treatment possible, for this
class of venture in the book business must be
encouraged, if the publishers would see the
number of their outlets increase and improve.
It must be borne in mind that a bookseller,
who would carrv a somewhat representative
stock, must handle some books at least from
25 or 30 lines, many of which are fairly com-
prehensive in their scope; and when books
are ordered in quantities even as low as one
or two copies of non-fiction titles and the
stock is carefully kept up, the investment is
considerable and the turnover, unfortunately,
none too rapid. Further, when the said book-
seller, who has represented a publisher's books,
is fortunate enough to sell his copy or two,
he should be able to replace this item in like
quantities at the minimum discount of i/3d
and 5. To make him buy such books to re-
place stock at a smaller discount is absolutely
wrong. Now the publisher argues that to fill
these small orders for one and two copies costs
considerable extra money. True. On the
other hand, there is the extra expense to the
dealer for ordering and in postage. However,
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this is one sure way of keeping up a repre-
sentative stock in the small bookshop, and it
should not be discouraged because to do so
entails a real loss to both the publisher and
the bookseller.
The same argument holds true m cases in
which a book is ordered especially for a cus-
tomer. It is a recognized fact that no book
store, however complete, can have everything
in stock that is asked for; and it is equally
true that on these orders the bookseller should
have a legitimate profit. The well-equipped
bookseller offers a service in securing these
pick-up items, which is costly. If he would
serve his public adequately, he must subscribe
to the trade magazines and use the United
States catalog and equip himself in every way
to have the information that the public has a
right to expect him to have.
I have gone into this matter at some length
because to my mind the allowance of the min-
imum discount by all publishers to all regular
book dealers, who are carrying a reasonable
stock of books, on all orders, whether they are
large stock orders or small pick-up orders, is a
fundamental requisite to the development of
the number of smaller bookshops and the
bookshops in the smaller cities and towns
which is one sure way of developing the
terminal market that the booktrade requires.
In this connection, it might be well to state
that, while a reasonable scale of quantity dis-
count seems to be inherently right and has been
approved by this Association, I firmly be-
lieve that at this time the maximum discount
should not be made too great. The published
retail price should be a fair one. It must be
high enough to cover the cost of productions,
royalties, overhead of the publisher, and a
fair margin of profit for him. Also the
dealer's margin must be large enough to cover
the cost of doing business and assuring him
of a fair profit within these limits. The retail
price should be kept as low as possible and, if
there is any tendency to reduction of cost,
this reduction should be passed on to the con-
sumer in reduced retail price just as quickly
as possible. It is important to bear in mind,
however, at this time particularly, that when
such reductions are permissible, they shoultj
come about in an orderly fashion by the pub-
lisher himself reducing the net retail price, and
not by a tendency to expand the maximum dis-
count largely in the hope of securing quantity
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orders, and thereby presenting the opportunity
for indiscriminate price cutting.
I think it is very important at this time to
reiterate and lay renewed stress upon the im-
portance of the Net Price System. The
book business during the entire war period was
singularly free from profiteering. Retail book
prices have been kept as low as possible, some-
times indeed lower than was warranted by
conditions. This fact renders it difficult to
show in book prices the marked reductions
that have been shown in other commodities,
and, personally, I do not believe that reduc-
tions in book prices can be expected to come
very rapidly. I would suggest to the pub-
lishers the importance of continuing to stress
the word "Net" in connection with the ad-
vertised retail price of books, and I feel en-
tirely convinced that, just as rapidly as con-
ditions warrant, they will make such reductions
in the prices as are possible.
A Compromise Measure
Before leaving the matter of prices and dis-
counts, I would like to have it borne in mind
by all alike — booksellers and publishers — that
the minimum discount of one-third and five
is really a compromise measure and should be
accepted in good faith by both the bookseller
and publisher as such. Publishers must bear in
mind that there have been and still are many
booksellers who contend there should be a
minimum discount of 40%, and some of these
booksellers have taken grave exception to the
action of the Association and its officers in
refusing to make a demand for a flat 40%
discount. The Association has endeavored to
take a fair stand, taking into account the
interests of both factors of the book-trade,
and it is for this reason that we feel so keenly
the reluctance of certain publishers to adopt
this discount in full as suggested.
In the matter of promotion work, the Amer-
ican Booksellers' Association has taken ad-
vanced ground for a number of years. Thanks
to the activities of our former Secretary, Mr.
Melcher, and his corps of assistants, "Chil-
dren's Book Week" has been made a very
large factor for the book-trade for the past
two years, and it has undoubtedly resulted in
greatly increased interest and a largely in-
creased sale in children's books of the better
kinds.
Co-operative Campaign Abandoned
It is a matter of extreme regret to your
President, as well as to the entire Executive
Committee of your Association, that the am-
bitious plans which had been laid for a Co-
operative Book Advertising Campaign had to
be abandoned. A very larp-e amount of work
was done on this by a committee consisting
of your executive committee and a com-
mittee from the publishers, and almost $60,000
was subscribed to the project. Due to a num-
ber of factors, which were explained in a
bulletin issued at the time, the Committee
deemed it unwise to carry thru the project in
any modified form, and it was postponed for
the time being.
Since the last Convention, the National
Publishers' Association has been organized,
and Mr. Meloher has resigned the secretary-
ship of this Association to become the Secre-
tary of the Publishers' Association. As the
Publishers' Association is to a considerable
extent devoted to promotion work in the book-
trade, any further initiative in this campaign
has been left to them, as, in any event, at least
90% of the funds for such a campaign must
come from the publishers' end. As far as the
retailers are concerned, I am inclined to be-
lieve that the retail bookseller everywhere can
best spend his funds for promotion work by
larger and more carefully prepared publicity
in the daily press of his own community.
It is a matter of extreme congratulation to
the entire trade that the advertising of a num-
ber of publishers, both in the magazines and
in the newspapers thruout the country, has
become modernized and is appearing, in many
cases, in an attractive and compelling form.
Books are being advertised as never before,
and a large proportion of this advertising is
so directed that its results should reach live
and aggressive booksellers. I have already
seen proofs and plans of several campaigns
for the remainder of this year that give great
promise of interesting a large public. If this
publicity of the individual publisher is cap-
italized by the local booksellers in their own
local newspaper advertising, in their window
and counter displays, etc., there cannot help
but be a great increase in the distribution of
books and the business of the individual book-
seller.
Year-Round Bookselling Inaugurated
Mention should here be made of the cam-
paign known as the "Year-Round Bookselling"
campaign, which was inaugurated last winter
by a Committee of which Mr. Melcher was
Chairman. This campaign was thought out
along very careful lines, and the material
which has been supplied to the trade, as well
as the advertising suggestions which have been
passed along, is worthy of the fullest con-
sideration by retailers. The Executive Com-
mittee of this Association in January heartily
endorsed the "Year-Round Bookselling" cam-
paign, and it is our hope that the same cam-
paign will be carried on thruout the remainder
of the year.
In surveying general trade conditions, it is
a source of satisfaction that the book-trade
has not been influenced to the same extent
as many other lines by the depression in
trade which has prevailed over the country for
the last six or eight months. While it is true
that the booksellers' purchases from the pub-
lishers ever since last fall have been very
much reduced, I have had information from
many parts of the country which leads me to
believe that booksellers have been rapidly
liquidating the stock which they had on hand
and getting same down to a normal basis with-
out suffering any loss. Purchases have been
made on a much more conservative basis and.
generally speaking, I believe that booksellers
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are in a healthy condition, both from the stand-
point of stock and a financial standpoint. The
book-trade has been fortunate in being some-
what behind the general trend of events in
the business world, ^o that both the publishers
and booksellers have been able to trim their
ships according to the changes of the business
winds
I do not have at hand what you might call
the vital statistics of the book-trade, but I
believe that it has been very fortunate in get-
ting thru the year with a very slight number
of failures and business losses. There is one
trade custom I would like to recommend at
this point, as I believe it would tend to a
healthier financial condition both for the book-
seller and the publisher, I would like to recom-
mend to all publishers that they adopt terms
of settlement allowing the retailer to discount
all of one month's bills on the loth of the fol-
lowing month, less 2%; and that on bills sold
with January ist dating they allow discount
for anticipated payments of i% a month, i.e.,
payments October loth, less 3% ; November
10th, less 2%; December loth, less i%; Janu-
ary loth, net.
I believe that, if these recommendations
with regard to discounts were adopted gener-
ally, it would have the tendency to greatly im-
prove payments of booksellers' accounts, and
would aid the publisher by providing him with
cash capital anywhere from 60 to 90 days
earlier than he might otherwise expect. This
practice would also have a very healthy ten-
dency toward keeping the booksellers' pur-
chases within a safe limit in relation to their
capital, and would in all probability increase
the number of their turnovers.
These recommended schedules of discounts
are those that prevail in many lines, especially
in stationery lines which are dealt in by a
large number of booksellers. I am thoroly
satisfied that many stationery accounts are dis-
counted promptly because of these discounts,
while book publishers' accounts are allowed to
run to maturity and often times much longer
because there is no premium, or at least an
inadequate one, for early payment.
I have outlined in this address some of the
rather practical things that have come to my
mind and under my notice during the past
year. My suggestions have been largely along
lines that will help the young bookseller and
the small bookseller and the bookseller in the
small town, and I believe it is this class of
dealer who needs the greatest possible amount
of encouragement if we would see the book-
trade expand. I ' am reasonably satisfied that
the big outstanding dealers in the big centers
are well able to take care of themselves; but,
in many cases, the little fellow has a hard time
reaching the publisher with his very just com-
plaints. He cannot thrive unless he can make
money and he cannot make very much money
unless he secures most of the things that have
been outlined in this paper without being under
the constant necessity of fighting for them on
every occasion.
I want to take this occasion to thank all of
my colleagues on the Executive Committee for
the great amount of interest and activity they
ihave shown thruout the year. It is only by
their help and encouragement that whatever
has been accomplished has been made possible.
I also want to take this occasion to thank
publicly the several chairmen and members of
the committees who have made this Conven-
tion possible and have eiven it the promise of
such great success and enjoyment.
PRESIDENT HERR: The next item of busi-
ness will be the treasurer's report.
Report of the Treasurer of the Year 1920-1921
By John G. Kidd
Balance in Treasury May 10, 1920
Two $500 Certificates of Deposit
$1,142.31
IOOO.OO
RECEIPTS
264 Membership Dues at $10 $2,640.00
68 Membership Dues at $ 5 340.00
Interest on Liberty Band
Interest on Certificate of Deposit
42.50
1500
$5,179.81
KXJ'KNDITURKS
Badges for Convention
Advertising Convention 1920
Reporting Convention 1920 .
Printing and Postage
Printing Programs, etc.
$ 59-6o
75-00
130.12
77.50
214.75
Expenses of Officers, Convention 1920 216.30
Expenses of Speaker, Convention 1920 92.49
Sundry Convention Expenses 33-25
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The Publishers' Weekly
Publicity Campaign 1921 100.00
Incidental Expenses of President, Secretary and Treasurer 247.00
Printing, Postage and Sundry Expenses 387.08
Traveling Expenses of Officers 339-57
Salary of Miss Humble, a/c Children's Book Week 375-OO
A/c of National Advertising Campaign, Mr. Alex. Grosset,
Chairman • 500.00
American Fair Trade League 200.00
Certificates of Deposit 1,000.00
$4,047.66
Cash Balance on Hand May 9, 1921 1,132.15 $5,179.81
ASSETS
3 Certificates of Deposit $1,000.00
U. S. Liberty Bond (par value) • 1,000.00
Cash Balance 1,132.15
$3,132.15
In addition to that, since last night we have South Carolina • .... 2
secured $210 and various new members. South Dakota i
(Applause.) Tennessee • 4
The expenses this last year were very much Texas 2
heavier than usual, but we seem to have met Utah • i
them successfully, and I think that the assets, Vermont i
in connection with a proposal I have to make, Virginia 5
will be sufficient to carry on this Convention Washington • 4
in the future, without the assistance, directly, West Virginia 3
of the publishers. Wisconsin 6
We have had considerable activity in the Miscellaneous i
Membership 'Committee. Mr. Herr appointed Singapore • i
district chairmen, who have all worked most Paris i
enthusiastically and quite successfully. Our
complete membership up to this morning, was Total 380
382 as against 272 last year and 253 the year
before. New York s membership increase is the
largest in numbers, 78 to 115, but Colorado has
NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIPS TO MAY 7, ^ Jg8 higliest percentage. Out in Singapore,
State Members the Kiat Company of Change Alley, considers
Arkansas I itself greatly honored by being a member. On
California • 8 all its stationery it announces the fact that it
Colorado 8 is a member of the American Booksellers'
Connecticut 10 Association, and we all might well do the same.
Delaware 3 As chairman of the Membership Committee,
District of Columbia . . • 6 I should like to thank some of the people who
Illinois 31 have so enthusiastically co-operated in securing
Indiana 6 new members. I don't know whether there is
Iowa 2 any medal prepared for solicitors of member-
Kansas 2 ships, but I think Miss Belle Walker deserves
Kentucky 2 one, because she has turned in the highest per-
Louisiana 2 centage of new members. I would like also
Maine 2 to thank Hugh Shields, who represents the
Maryland • 6 Denver Dry Goods Company and who de-
Massachusetts 48 livered to me five members last night and also
Michigan 10 fifty dollars. Hulings Brown is a most en-
Minnesota 5 thusiastic collector of memberships. Frank
Mississiopi • 2 Sihay, the unusual bookseller, has worked en-
Missouri i thusiastically for the Association, and so have
New Hampshire 5 Mr. Short, who represents G. & C. Merriam,
New Jersey 5 G. W. Littlejohn of Chicago, Dorothy Grant
New Mexico • i of New York, Miss Hubley, Miss Dempsey,
New York 115 Phil. Grosset of New York and Fred Gert-
North Carolina 5 ner of Cleveland. We have now anoroximately
North Dakota i three hundred and eighty members. If we
Ohio . . . • 16 can get this up to between five and six hun-
Oregon . . ; i dred members, we will be a body that is ab-
Pennsylvania 42 solutely independent of anyone. In other
Rhode Island 2 words, we will not be directly dependent on
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1479
the publishers for an income sufficient to carry
on this work that has been started. There
are a great many of the publishers
who have not been members and it strikes me
that if they would all join this organization,
it would enable us to go along and follow our
own lines and not have to be more or less
in the position of having to ask for money,
and if this meeting feels that there is anything
in that, I should like to have a resolution put
thru to that effect. I believe that we can dis-
pense with the publishers' services as bankers
and that fact might be of great interest to
them.
The report of the Treasurer was voted re-
ceived, referred to the Auditing Committee,,
and made a part of the record of this meet-
ing, and the President appointed, as an Audit-
ing Committee, J. C. Kemp, H. C. Barnhart
and S. L. Nye.
Report of Entertainment Committee
By Whitney Walker
The program is in your hands. There are
no further details. I am asked to make one
or two announcements. Miss Dempsey, the
Chairman of the Committee, asks that everyone
come to the dance. Everyone should come in
costume, if at all possible, but if you haven't
costumes, that shouldn't keep you away. The
dance starts at nine o'clock in this room. At
ten o'clock, the prizes for the best costumes
will be awarded.
Report of the Secretary for the Year, May 1920-1921
By Belle M. Walker
MR. President, I wish to thank Mr.
Kidd. It was a great surprise to me to
know that I had turned in more members
than anyone else. It seems to me the others
could not have worked very hard, because my
memberships came very easily. The fact that
I make this Secretary's report is due to Mr.
Melcher's resignation last fall. There are one
or two things I would like to say in the
way of a report. I have had printed a new
edition of the constitution with the revisions
that were adopted at the last Convention.
Parnassus on Wheels
It has been suggested that the Association
have an emblem. Mr. Kidd remarked just now
that the letterheads should announce, "Mem-
bers of the American Booksellers' Association."
That might meet with the approval of the
Association. Just what that emblem would be
or represent would have to be decided. It has
also been suggested ihat there be a bulletin,
something like the National Manufacturers'
Association, to come out once a month and
have all the business of the year in it.
At the Convention last year the project of
the Caravan Bookshop was touched upon be-
fore it had begun its three months' pilgrimage
from Cape Cod to Maine, including Bar Har-
bor, to the White Mountains and as far as
Lake Placid, where the State Library Con-
ference was being held. For those who have
not heard of the results of that trip a few
incidents may interest them. The idea of the
Caravan Bookstore of 1000 volumes as an
actuality of publicity value was due to the
imagination of Miss Bertha Mahony, of the
Boys' and Girls' Bookshop, in Boston. She was
correct in thinking that the people of the small
towns who had not the advantages of the
bookstores would be interested in this method
of putting books within their reach. The
largest buyers were found at the smallest vil-
lages and the cheapest resorts. Three days
was the limit of time at any one place.
At Brewster, Mass., an iceman asked for a
"History of Ireland." He said that he had a
copy once, but had loaned it, and it had never
been returned — this experience is evidently
limited to no special grade of society — and he
said, "I always said that if I ever owned
another book it would be the "History of Ire-
land," so he paid two dollars and the book was
ordered for him. At Plymouth a group of
traveling players bought a copy of Lincoln's
"The Portygee" for the cook. At Falmouth
the movie picture men staged a scene on a
farm where the farmer's wife was to walk
into the house with a book under her arm.
This she did, but refused to give up the book,
saying, "You have trampled over my potatoes,
and I guess I can have the book." In one
town the editor of the newspaper, who was
mayor of the town and president of the
library, spent the day in the Caravan and
bought generously for the library. In one of
the towns school children came to the Caravan
bringing their parents, who had never been in
a bookstore before, and the children handled
new books for the first time ;^ their lives.
One boy read three books in one day be-
cause, he said, that he knew the Cara-
van would not be back again that year.
What particularly pleased Miss Frank, the
librarian who went with the Caravan, was
what people bought in comparison to what
they borrowed from the Library. She said
that they came to buy — considering buying an
educational adventure — they bought biogra-
phies, travel books, books in nice bindings,
the better class of fiction, and works of such
authors as Walpole, Hudson and Conrad. All
this attests to the need for a wider distribu-
tion of books.
The Publishers' Weekly
This year has seen the growth of the
Women's National Book Association and the
plan of the year's program has been to have, at
the monthly meetings, speakers on subjects of
practical and commercial value to its mem-
bers, as for instance, "How a Woman May
Finance Her Own Business," which was the
theme of the last meeting. Prior to the meet-
ing all members, who can, meet and dine to-
gether, and a dinner club is being formed out
of this arrangement that is a great success.
A page devoted to these meetings is given
every month in the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY and
The Bookseller and Stationer and this page is
run off and mailed to the out-of-town mem-
bers instead of the stenographic reports that
used to be sent.
The report of the Secretary was adopted.
Report of the Program Committee
By Cedric R. Crowell
LADIES and gentlemen, you will find all
notices in the programs which I think all
of you hold in your hands. I would point
out what the Program Committee considers
the theme of this particular convention pro-
gram. We all of us felt that if we could
reach the potential book readers, that we could
all increase our gross sales tremendously and
our profits proportionately. It was that which
prompted us to select as the main theme of
this Convention, "How Shall "We Reach the
Non-book Reader?"
Make Them Reviewers
We felt that it was impossible for us to
determine with accuracy the answer to this
question unless we could first determine what
the people want to read. I was told yester-
day that a prominent book reviewer, from the
time that he graduated from his university,
until seven years ago, read no book for pleas-
ure. He read a few, because he had to. Un-
til he began his book reviewing, I am told
he didn't read any books for pleasure.
There are millions like that and if we can
find out how to reach them, find out what
they want to read, then we will have one
premise upon which to work. The next point
after we determine what they want to read,
is how the bookseller can create a public
and give it what it wants. The third thing
that we wanted to point out was the two
methods by which a book shop could increase
its efficiency, and we think we have done that
in the program that you will hear.
Next Year's Program
If I may make for the Committee three
recommendations, I should very much like to,
Mr. Chairman. The first is, I think, that at
the next Convention, we might have a series
of model book windows. The committee this
year tried to work out some scheme where-
by we could have a series of six or eight
model book windows, prepared by some win-
dow dressing expert here at this Convention,
but the fact that we are all away from our
base of supplies made that impracticable. It
would have been much too great an expense,
considering the fact that someone would have
to be sent down to erect the windows and de-
sign and plan them and get the books. The
Committee thinks that if the Convention is
held next year in a publishing center, or eren
in a book selling center, it will there be pos-
sible to have what we consider this important
contribution to the Convention.
We also wanted papers on how *to run a
mail order department, and hoped to have
such a number on the program. Unfortu-
nately, we were unable_to secure the man
whom we thought best qualified to tell us how
to run a mail order department, and rather
than have a second best, we decided not to
have it this year, but to recommend to the
Convention and the Association that such a
number be included next year on the program.
The third suggestion is prompted by our
interest in cost findings. You will note on the
program that Dewitt C. Eggleston, a profes-
sor of cost accounting and the author of two
volumes on cost accounting, is to address the
Convention on Wednesday afternoon. He will
tells us what he, as an accountant, considers
an ideal accounting system for the small book
shop. I have had several conferences with
Mr. Eggleston and finally persuaded him to
serve, if this Convention would appoint a
committee with him. He will be glad to give
his time at absolutely no cost to the Associ-
ation, to working out in more detail than he
can in a short address, an ideal accounting
system, which the retail seller may adopt or
decline to adopt as he sees fit.
Cost Keeping
It seemed to the committee that if some
such system were used, we could much more
intelligently compare our costs of doing busi-
ness— how much turn-over we could secure,
how much profit we could make and we could
do it more intelligently than we do to-day by
hit-and-miss methods.
I would like also to advise you that the
committee has arranged to have at the back
of the hall, as you will see in the orogram,
a question-box, into which we ask you to de-
posit any questions that you would like to
have answered, pertaining to bookselling.
We do not promise to answer them all well,
but we will answer them one way or another,
doing our best. I should also like to thank the
members of the Committee who have made
the program possible.
May 21, 1921
Report of the Board of Trade, 1920-1921
By Charles E. Butler
1481
THE Board of Trade submits the follow-
ing report of its activities. The principal
effort for some time past consisted in ob-
taining from the individual publisher, an ade-
quate profit in the selling of books, asking
therefor a minimum discount of 1/3 and 5
on one or more copies, with special rates for
quantities, etc.. it having been fairly estab-
had asserted was the case. In the address it
was further advocated that the Board of
Trade make every effort to have the publishers
appoint a standing committee to meet the Board
of Trade, and take up all questions affecting
trading interests, wherein there were differ-
ences between bookseller and publisher, and
bring the same to a final, and possibly satis-
ARTHUR LKOX, KDWIN O. CHAPMAN, CHARLES E. BUTLER, LUTHKR H. CAREY
lished that the cost per dollar of sale to the
bookseller had advanced to 1/3 ; hence buying
at 1/3 and selling at 1/3 clearly showed a non-
profitable transaction. This was made known
to the individual publisher, and by many con-
ceded, and the better discount of 1/3 and 5
granted. Many publishers have not conceded
this, still maintaining the nonprofitable dis-
count.
In an address delivered at the last Conven-
tion, the putting of all booksellers on an
adequately profitable basis was urged as
absolutely necessary and essential if better dis-
tribution of books was desired by the publish-
ers. It was set forth and argued that a better
distribution could not 'be asked for or expected
of any bookseller if it rendered him inadequate
profit in selling books, as the Board of Trade
factory issue between both parties. Along these
lines it was planned that the Board oi Trade
should operate during the coming year.
At the same Convention an address was de-
livered strongly urging the advisability of an
advertising campaign on a large scale, the
publishers and booksellers contributing money
to said fund in certain proportions, etc.
Immediately after the Convention the Board
of Trade learned that the Executive Commit-
tee had requested a committee of the publish-
ers to meet them, and to discuss with them the
question of combined advertising.
At a meeting of the Board of Trade June
8th, this situation was taken up and very care-
fully considered. It was felt that the taking
of such a step was inadvisable, and would very
greatly interfere with the efforts and success
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The Publishers' Weekly
of the Board of Trade in their continued ef-
forts to obtain the minimum discount of 1/3
and 5 on the ground. That if there was any
truth in the assertion of the booksellers, the
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY, the Bookseller and Sta-
tioner, and the Board of Trade in particular,
that retail dealers are not making adequate
profit from their business, it surely was
and is the bounden duty of all concerned, to
make every possible effort to make the book-
selling business adequately profitable, and that
until that was accomplished, it was absurd to
ask the booksellers to contribute money to in-
crease the sale of merchandise on which they
made no profit.
The Board of Trade also felt that as the
Executive Committee had taken the step which
it had, the Board of Trade should take the
opportunity of laying before the publishers,
the absolute necessity of first making book-
selling adequately profitable to the bookseller
before entering into a large advertising cam-
paign. The following letter was sent:
New York,
June 17, 1920.
A meeting of the Board of Trade was held June
8th, 1920, and the following resolution was passed:
That the Board of Trade present to the Executive
Committee of the American Booksellers' Association,
the immediate need of the retail trade for a min-
imum discount of 1/3 and 5, and that we ask the
Executive Committee to secure the discount from
all those publishers who have not already granted
it, and also that the Board of Trade is heartily
in accord with the advertising scheme; but we
think that the discount of 1/3 and 5 should be
urged of the publisher at this time, and that the
success of the advertising scheme would be as-
sured in this way.
The Board of Trade will be glad to co-operate with
the special Committee to these ends.
Sincerely yours,
THE BOARD OF TRADE,
(Signed) Charles E. Butler,
Chairman.
In August 1920 the National Association of
Book Publishers was formed with Mr. J. W.
Hikman of D. Appleton & Co. as President.
The Chairman of the Board of Trade sent
the following letter to Mr. Hiltman:
New York,
August 26, 1920.
Mr. J. W. Hiltman,
President, The National Association of Book
, Publishers,
) c/o D. Appleton & Co.,
New York.
Dear Mr. Hiltman:
The Board of Trade of the American Booksellers'
Association offer to you their sincere congratula-
tions in the re-organization of the publishers, and
at the same time extend to you their heartiest co-
operation. We hope that later on, it may be _your
pleasure to appoint a committee to work conjointly
with the Board of Trade in taking up the various
problems that confront us, which we can discuss and
probably settle within the law.
We assure you that the Board of Trade has no
impossible schemes or ideas, to formulate, but we
are actuated solely by the idea of bringing about
sound business conditions with a fair and reason-
able profit to all concerned, having in mind the
various difficulties incidental to publishing and
bookselling.
We have now, and have always had, an abiding
faith in the great possibilities that can be accom-
plished, if we only get together, with the deter-
mination to solve the problems that have had such
a deterrent influence, the accomplishment of which
would redound to the ultimate growth and benefit
of the Book Trade.
We believe the opportune time has arrived when
practical results can be brought about in the direc-
tion as here proposed, and trust the National As-
sociation of Book Publishers will heartily join
with us in this big effort for our mutual benefit and
uplift, and for the people of the United States, to
whom are due our very best effort for their edu-
cation and enlightenment.
With sincere regards, we are,
Very truly yours,
The Board of Trade of the American Book-
sellers' Assn.,
(Signed) Charles E. Butler,
Chairman,
225 Fifth Avenue, New York.
The following reply was received:
August 31, 1920.
Dear Mr. Butler:
I was very glad to receive your letter of August
26th, extending the congratulations of your Associa-
tion to the National Association of Book Publishers,
and at the next meeting of our Board of Directors,
I shall bring before them the suggestion you make
that a committee be appointed to work conjointly
with the Board of Trade in taking up the various
problems that confront us.
With sincere regards, very truly yours,
(Signed) J. W. Hiltman,
President, National Association
of Publishers.
On October 14, 1920, the Board of Trade
received a proof copy of the Report of the
National Co-operative Book Advertising Cam-
paign from our Executive Committee, stating
that the committee of twelve, consisting of the
executive committee of the American Book-
sellers' Association and six publishers repre-
senting the National Association of Book Pub-
lishers, which has been co-operating since the
Convention in May to promote a National Co-
operative Advertising Campaign, had, after
carefully canvassing the advertising situation,
and the results obtained in the canvass for
funds, regretfully decided that the campaign
could not be succssfully prosecuted at this
time, and should be postponed.
To this fund 95 retail booksellers subscribed
to the amount of $5000, or $52.63 each.
The reason given for this was that the num-
ber of retail booksellers who pledged support
to the movement was very much below the
committee's expectations, and the amount so
pledged was consequently greatly below their
estimate from this source.
This would seem to confirm the judgment
of the Board of Trade in their statement that
the discount of 1-3 and 5 should be urged of
the publisher at this time, and that the success
of the advertising scheme would be assured
in this way. We feel this statement is sound,
for what merchant would want an increased
business in merchandise that yielded 'him no
adequate profit.
This same report of the Executive Commit-
tee of the American Booksellers' Association
contained the information that a letter had been
written to the secretary of the Publishers' As-
sociation in September, wherein it was stated
that the Executive Committee of our Asso-
ciation was very desirous of laying before the
publishers certain facts and views regarding the
more universal adoption among the publishers
of the minimum discount of 1-3 and 5, which
the members of our Association felt k was obli-
gatory to secure at the present time.
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1483
To this the secretary of the National Asso-
ciation of Book Publishers replied, .by quot-
ing the following resolution which the Pub-
lishers' Association had unanimously adopted,
with instructions to forward same to the Amer-
ican Booksellers' Association:
That the question of discount must always re-
main a matter of individual negotiation between
bookseller and publisher, and that this is specially
provided for under the Constitution of the Associa-
tion, etc.
Here the matter has rested. The attitude of
the Board of Trade had always been to take
up the question of discount with the individual
publisher only.
It can be here stated that the publishers have
not accepted the invitation of the Board of
Trade in appointing a committee to meet them.
The Board of Trade has made no further
effort in this direction, as it feels the situation
has been very much involved, and it is await-
ing the further action of the National Associa-
tion of Publishers.
The great difficulty of the Board of Trade
carrying on its functions with fifteen mem-
bers, many of them residing in other cities, sug-
gests the necessity of the Board being empow-
ered to appoint six alternates residing in New
York, to fill the places of members wno may
be absent. This could enable the Board at all
times to perform its functions with a work-
ing representation always on hand. We ask
that such a resolution be passed.
It would seem advisable that the Board of
Trade should be allowed to function as pro-
vided in the Constitution, as otherwise it
might be seriously hampered, to the possible
detriment of the entire trade.
PRESIDENT HERR : I have great pleasure in
stating that we have with us the Secretary of
the American Library Association, who will
now address us on the subject : "How Shall
We Reach the Non-Bookreader?"
How Shall We Reach the Non-Book Reader?
By Carl H. Milam
Secretary of the American Library Association
LADIES and Gentlemen : Let me bring
greetings from the American Library As-
sociation, members of which are interested,
as you are, in promoting the distribution of
books. At our Convention, which will be held
in Swampscott a few weeks from now, we are
to have a session devoted to "Present Day
Tendencies in Book Publishing and Book Dis-
tribution," at which time the TSook publishers
and the booksellers or the representatives of
their organizations will tell what they think
of us.
Traveling across the country, as I do
once in a while, I look out the windows and
see the farmers ploughing in their fields, and
know how long a day they have put in and
how tired they are at night, because I had a
little experience in my youth along that line,
and yet I know, in the evenings, particularly
in the winter and on Sunday afternoons, they
have time to read. And I see women in the
small towns and in the country, out on the
porches doing their work, or working in the
garden, and I know they also put in long days,
but in spite of their hard work, I know that
they have time to read, and to sit on the front
porch and gossip. Women in the small towns
are up before you and I are by many hours, and
they have finished their morning's work before
you and I have reached our desks. They have
ample time probably durinir'the mornings, after-
noons and evenings to sit at their windows and
wonder about their neighbor's new car, or the
new couch, or the size of the week's washing,
just as we do in the cities. They have time to
read. Do they read and what do they read?
Or if they do not read, why don't they read?
These are interesting questions to those who
are engaged in the business of book distri-
bution. It is quite probable, I suppose, that
our descendants, — our professional and busi-
ness descendants — one hundred years from
now may be asking these same questions.
We shall not answer them all at this Con-
vention, nor at the next dozen conventions,
but that will not excuse us if we fail to do
our part by answering them.
I am a librarian. My business is promot-
ing good reading and the wide distribution
of reading matter. I think I shall have to
ask you to assume with me for the next few
minutes that the promotion of reading means
also the promotion of the sale of books.
Do people read? Yes, by the millions. The
New York Public Library issued for home
use last year more than nine million six
hundred thousand volumes. The city of
Jacksonville, Florida, from its public library,
circulated last year nearly a quarter of a
million volumes, which is more than two and
one-half volumes per capita. But in Jackson-
ville, out of some ninety-one thousand popu-
lation, only seventeen thousand six hundred
and one are registered library borrowers.
Even if you assume that every borrower takes
books for some one person who is not a bor-
rower, you still have nearly two-thirds of the
population who are not taking books from the
public library. It is probably safe to assume
that those who do use the public library
are also the ones who buy books of their
own.
Our most interesting and instructive fig-
ures, however, about the use of books or the
non-use of books, come from the country
districts or from the country as a whole.
The figures from the United States Bureau of
Education show that there are sixty million
people in the United States who do not have
access to adequate local public libraries. It
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may be assumed, I think, that nearly all of
those sixty million people do not have access
either to local book stores. While they are
children in school, they may have access to
a few books. Certainly they have their text-
books, but when they leave school they leave
books behind. Other things are flaunted be-
fore their faces. Automobiles, tobacco, ice
cream sodas are put where they can buy
them. It takes courage to refuse to buy them,
but if they want a book it takes real effort
and some courage to buy it. Books are not
where they can get at them.
What Delaware Children Read
Some years ago in Delaware a survey was
made, of what the children in the schools
read and what the homes had in the way of
books. That survey is now out-of-date, but
it probably is true in a general way of a
great many rural districts all over the United
States. In one district twenty-four families
lived. Thirty-six pupiils in those families
had read no books, — thirty-six. Eighteen out
of twenty-four homes' owned no books. Six
homes took no paper. In another district of
nineteen families, thirty-one children had read
no books, only two families owned a book,
and that was the life of McKinley, eleven
families took no paper. I say that because it
was probably a subscription edition that some-
one had sold just after his death.
And the man who made the survey listed
these books : "Sermons by the Devil," "The
Curse of Drink," "How to Behave in So-
ciety," and "Half Hours with the Holy Bible."
A girl of thirteen in one district reported
that sihe had read three books in three years
and they were : "Sermons by the Devil,"
"Woman's Temptation," and "Conversation
Between Mr. World and Mrs. Church Mem-
ber." When you are quoting that, it is very
important to get the correct gender. Forty
per cent of the children of a whole county
reported that they had read nothing in three
years, and over half the homes of a whole
county owned no books.
What Are the Reasons?
This condition is not limited to the coun-
try districts. I have lived in a city, whichi is
proud to claim a co-ordinate standing with
the best American suburbs. There is a little
girl who sometimes comes to our home, and
the eagerness with which she goes for our
little girl's books is positively pitiful. In her
home there is not a book anywhere in sight.
The child borrows no books from the local
branch of the Public Library, because she
forgets to take them back, or the mother is
afraid the baby will tear them. The child
has no books except what she gets in the
school. It is unquestionably true, as the
Chairman of the Program Committee said,
that there are millions of people in America
who, from the time they leave school, are
never directly influenced by a book. What
are the reasons?
Some say it is because of lack of money.
A young married woman* a former librarian,
told me last week that she could not afford
to buy books, and I had a letter to that effect
the other day from a professor in an Ala-
bama College. He said : "You will never in-
crease the sale of books until the prices come
down." I suspect that maybe the college
professor was telling the truth about his own
condition. As a class, college professors buy
as many books as they can afford, but the
woman had recently married a well-to-do
man, and she admitted that her husband had
just bought a sail-t>oat, as his motor boat
did not furnish him with enough thrills on
Lake Michigan.
I think the woman's case is typical. They
think they cannot afford to buy 'books, but it
is a relative matter. They spend hundreds
of dollars on other luxuries and let books go
by. Among these millions of people in the
country, without books, there are many auto-
mobiles ; there are thousands of victrolas and
pianos, and other things, without which they
could get along.
Everybody Has Time To Read
Others say that the people do not have time
to read, and yet we know that almost every
man and woman spends several hours each
week in unprofitable conversation, or in turn-
ing over the pages of the newspaper which
has already been read, or in sitting idly on
the front porches, or around the fire, on the
railroad train or street cars. There is hardly
a man or woman in the United States who
could not find time sometime during the
month to read a book or two during a week.
Everybody has time to read. The difficulty is
they have not been taught to read— they have
not learned to read. What is the answer? I
believe we shall find the answer in :
EDUCATION, ADVERTISING and DISTRIBUTION.
Public schools are now called upon by en-
thusiasts to teach how to do everything — how
to make baskets, how to drive nails, how to
peel potatoes, and how to brush teeth. All
of these are important, but they do not teach
children how to read.
As an assistant in a university library sev-
eral years ago, I remember a young man,
fresh from an accredited high school, who
wanted to know something about railroads.
I pointed to the encyclopedia. One-half hour
later I found him still turning the pages. He
didn't know how to find in the encyclopedia
the article on railroads. There are scores
of young women whom I have come across
in the ten or fifteen years of my business life
fresh from a so-called commercial college
or from commercial departments of high
schools, who never think of turning to a book
on office administration for something fresh
or new on filing systems.
Most men in business will accept new ideas
from associates and competitors, but they
have never heard of St. Elmo Lewis, who
wrote "Getting the Most Out of Business" or
of "Influencing Men in Business" by Walter
Dill Scott. Men and women telephone to
newspapers, banks and to all their friends,
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seeking information which they could get in
half a minute out of the World's Almanac.
When they want to be amused they go to
the movies. When they want to be inspired,
they go to a lecture or to church, or to talk
with a friend. Of course, the schools do
teach reading, but to a large extent and in
an abnormally number of schools, reading
means oral reading. Your child and mine
spend hours upon hours in learning how to
read, but if our children are taught reading a
book silently, it is for punishment.
The teaching of literature consists largely
in analyzing a good story. Few people are
ever able to enjoy "Ivanhoe" or "Silas Mar-
ner," because they studied them in school.
To a very large extent the trouble is not
with the teacher, but with the school equip-
ment.
The only way to teach children to read is to
supply them with lots of books. I believe the
bookseller, the publisher and the librarian
should organize a national campaign with the
slogan :
"More Books In the School"
Let us surround the children with hundreds
of good books. Let us make books so gen-
erously available that a teacher can put new
books into her children's hands for reading
courses every two or three weeks, if she
wants to, as they are doing in the best schools.
Let us unite in demanding that the school
equipment and the teaching shall be of such
a character that every boy and every girl
will naturally turn to books for amusement,
for inspiration and for every sort of fact.
A committee of prominent librarians has
recently drafted a plan or standard for school
libraries in the schools, and I think it may
be worth while to read just a paragraph or
two from the standards they have set. It was
prepared, by the way, for the National Edu-
cation Association's Library Department:
"All pupils in both elementary and second-
ary schools should have ready access to books
to the end that they may be trained to love
to read that which is worthwhile."
And now my second point, Advertising.
Every man who doesn't know anything about
it likes to talk to booksellers and publishers
about advertising. I am no exception, but I
am going to try to exert a bit of caution in
what I say about advertising and to limit
my remarks to those items which in a sense
concern us largely as librarians, rather than
as booksellers. I am not going to try to tell
you how to advertise your own business.
In the first place, I should like to endorse
what Mr. Osborn said in the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY of a few weeks ago, that when we
read our evening newspapers ft would be a
great advantage if you could find there books
listed in such attractive fashion that we would
be made to want them, and if we were told
when and where to get books. A man takes
a lot of chances when he goes into a book-
store to find a book. He may have heard a
friend speak about it, but the chances are
less than even that he will find it in the
ordinary bookstore.
Advertise
Of course, the bookstores cannot stock
everything, and if a man wants a book he
should be willing to wait. As a matter of
fact, we are not always willing to wait and
it is discouraging to try to get the thing we
want when we so frequently fail to find it.
You would make us a lot happier if you would
make us want the books you do nave. If co-
operative advertising ever does make possible
the employment of advertising experts for the
book business, I think the advertising experts
would have the time of their lives. Books
have so wide an appeal. They can be made
to fit every man at all of the ages of his life
and in all conditions. If a man or child, or
a woman is interested in anything, you will
find a book which will connect up with that
interest.
A personal hobby of mine has been Read-
ing Courses. Let me ask you to imagine
that on next Tuesday morning every auto-
mobile mechanic in the United States is to
find on his bench a most attractively printed
little eight page leaflet about, let us say, six
of the best books for an automobile mechanic,
the books to be selected carefully by some-
one who knows the mechanic's point of view.
Let us imagine that the eight pages are talks
about those six books. Could we not do that
sort of thing in so good a way that the libra-
rians would have a run on automobile books
and that every bookstore would be sold out
and that even the publishers would feel the
demand?
A Popular List
Suppose that could be done for several
trades or several professions. I heard a
preacher talking about books the other day,
and he said : "I went to a country town in
Illinois, to revisit the Theological Seminary
from which I came, and which had taught me
that I was well equipped to preach all the
days of my life. I drifted into the Public
Library and I found a book on theology. I
haven't had a comfortable day since I read
that book, but I have been a lot better
preacher." If we could put that idea into
all the preachers of the United States !
Couldn't we do it thru print, we who are pro-
moting the distribution of books? Surely we
believe in the power of print; can we not
thru reading courses and reading suggestions
promote the sale of books?
During the war, or immediately following
the armistice, the American Library Associa-
tion compiled and printed a list of "Eight
Hundred Useful Books" for distribution
among the ex-service men. Some twenty or
forty thousand, I believe, were placed in the
hands of the Haskins Agency in Washington.
Those lists were distributed to those who
asked for them one copy at a time. The list
was printed in about one hundred papers.
Mr. Haskins wrote the other day, that for
several months he hadn't dared to advertise
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that list. It had been the most popular pam-
phlet ever distributed and the supply would
be exhausted without any advertising. It
shows that people want reading suggestions
when they can be furnished in the proper
form.
A librarian with a keen sense of publicity
values wrote me the other day about moving
picture advertising for libraries. He said:
"The moving picture world is as yet an un-
discovered country to book people. Slides
calling attention to titles or literary hours
are pitifully amateurish. Why not hear from
the book world as well as the world of cur-
rent events?" Perhaps we can compete with
the movies on their own screens.
Book Lists and Human Interest
During the last two, three or four years
the American Library Association has found
out that people were very much interested, —
magazine readers and editors, in what people
read. I do not mean from the literary stand-
point. I mean that readers of magazines have
been found to be most interested, for exam-
ple, in what the soldiers read, in what chil-
dren read, in what the foreign-born American
reads. We have found the magazines much
interested in the county book wagon, as they
were in the Book Caravan. I believe there
are possibilities in the book publishing and
magazine field, so that people will get to
thinking about books.
General Munson, head of the Morale Branch
of the War Department, called me into his
office and tried to persuade me as the repre-
sentative of the American Library Association
to launch a national campaign for promoting
the sale of good books on citizenship and
world problems. He is \himself somewhat of
a student of psychology and of advertis-
ing. "The newspapers," he said, "are filled
with headlines discussing world problems. It
would be the easiest thing in the world to
make up a new book to the headlines in the
paper of the day before. Get on the front
pages news about books. Increase the sale
by a scheme of national publicity, which
would not cost anything except for the prepa-
ration of the material." Maybe he is right.
Certainly there are possibilities.
New Selling Methods
Should we not make more use of exhibits
and displays? Every week and every day in
Atlantic City and every day in New York
City, every day in many of the large cities
thruout the country, there are conventions of
one sort or another. Could we not bring
before these Conventions some idea of buying
books in their own lines? Could we not per-
haps have a traveling library or caravan thru
some of our southern cities, 'where libra-
ries have developed very slowly, so that we
could make those people realize what they are
missing when books do not come into their
lives?
Now as to distribution. A month ago I
wrote to several advertising men, asking the
question which we are discussing at this
The Publishers' Weekly
Convention. From Merle Sidener, a very in-
fluential and thoughtful advertising man who
uses books, I had this answer. I quote it for
what it is worth:
"The book publisher and the bookseller are
perhaps further behind the profession in the
matter of merchandising methods than any
other class of business men. * * *
"Look over the so-called book advertising
in the magazines and newspapers and see if
you can discover anything different from the
way it was done 25 years ago. Oh, yes, the
publisher of the O. Henry books discovered
something new when he began to. tell a part
of the story and then stopped suddenly, say-
ing you could read the rest of it in the book.
And some other publishers have come along
and copied that style. But what have they
done in the way of creating new merchandis-
ing methods? What have they done in the
way of analyzing their market, and determin-
ing wherein their present distribution system
is in error? How many places can you buy
books? The manufacturer of Vick's Salve
now sells it thru grocery stores instead of
confining it to the drug stores as a whole.
And the manufacturer of Lux, a cleansing
powder, now sells his product thru the drug
stores instead of being content to sell thru
the groceries alone. The manufacturers of
automobile tires distribute thru paper job-
bers. Candy manufacturers have their wares
on sale now in barber shops, railway stations,
in the lobbies of big buildings — in other
words, they have placed their wares on uni-
versal sale."
Make It Easier
It is hard for many folks to buy or to bor-
row books. As I said in the beginning, it
takes real effort to order a book. Even the
ordering of a book from a mail order catalog
somehow seems less easy than the ordering of
a dozen cans of peas. Will the time ever
come when the country town hardware mer-
chant will ^ stock books on fishing when he
stocks fishing tackle, and books on up-to-
date farming when he lays in a supply of
farm implements?
I think that in the field of distribution, also,
libraries deserve mention. When the book
wagon started out from Hibbing, Minnesota,
or from Hagerstown, Maryland, it was prob-
ably true that very few of the thousands of
folks, who now read, were reading books.
They now have a circulation running into the
tens of thousands, created by the book wagon.
I believe every one of those book readers
created or revived by the library book-wagon
is a potential book buyer. I believe wherever
the library is established, in this generation
or the next, the bookseller will feel the re-
sult in increased trade. Certainly the chil-
dren are reading hundreds and thousands of
books that they didn't read before. I believe
that when libraries are established thruout
the country, the bookstores will have to in-
crease and enlarge to meet the demand.
To summarize, I have spoken of the appall-
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MR. AXD MRS. LOWELL BRENT A NO
ing lack of books in many homes thruout the
United States. I have suggested, as all others
do, a few methods of advertising, having a
national scope, from the standpoint of the
promotion of reading. I have quoted a
thoughtful and intelligent advertising man,
who believes, as no doubt we all do, in putting
books on sale everywhere, but if there is any-
thing in my remarks that has real value it is
what I have said about education. Every pos-
sible effort should be made, of course, to make
readers of the present generation, but the
results will not be wholly satisfactory. The
adults are old dogs and for them reading is
a new trick, but it lies within the power of
booksellers, publishers and librarians and
other educators to 'make their children lovers
and users of books, and the method is sim-
ply to surround the child with attractive books
and make books a part of his everyday life.
(A rising vote of thanks was accorded Mr.
Milam).
PRESIDENT HERR : We can now proceed with
the discussion of the report of the Board of
Trade, or of Mr. Milam's address.
MR. J. W. CORRIGAN : Mr. Chairman, one
night last week I attended at a public school
at home a series of tableaux showing the
education of the world from the very earliest
times up to the present time. It was done by
a series of tableaux by the children in the
schools, brought from the early stages right
up to the present date, and it was one of the
most effective things I have ever seen. If this
could be carried thru, starting in with the
early days, when they read on stone or wnat-
ever it was right up to now, introducing the
different types of printing, it seems to me it
would be very effective. Have the children
take part themselves in a series of little tab-
leaux. The one I saw was called "Light." I
gave the program to the Chairman of the
Board of Education at Toronto. He thought
very highly of it. If the same thing could be
put thru in the public schools, it would be very
beneficial, I am sure.
MR. RALPH WILSON: I think Mr. Milam's
was a very interesting paper, especially along
the line of advertising, and what he said about
bringing to the attention of the public books
in which they might be interested at any time,
I think is excellent. At the present time, I
believe the daily newspaper advertising of R.
H. Macy Company is the best thing in book
advertising in New York City. The question
of relativity is in ajl of our minds, in view of
the fact that Professor Einstein is in this
country. Macy's recently advertised four im-
portant books on the subject. I think if the
booksellers can afford to spend the money, they
can get results, because I think that that kind
of advertising is the most effective we have.
PRESIDENT HERR: Mr. Lowell B'rentano has
come into the room, and I would like to have
his report as Chairman of the Publicity Com-
mittee.
Report of the Publicity Committee
By Lowell Brentano
1 DON'T know whether to offer an explanation
or an apology for my belated appearance
here, but I haye both. This morning I staid
behind to gather up some belated newspaper
men, and I have three representatives of the
press who arrived this morning from Phila-
delphia to give this Convention every publicity
in the newspapers.
We did the usual advertising this year, but
the work of the Publicity Committee was
rather hampered, first, by the fact that we had
no local committee on the ground to co-operate
with us, as happens when the Convention is
held in a larger city. We didn't feel that we
wanted to get large appropriations for adver-
tising and publicity, as we felt that the appro-
priations that were secured ought to be devoted
to entertainment or some substantial purpose.
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However, we were able to carry on the usual
Advertising Convention in Chicago a few years,
advertising in the trade papers— the PUBLISH-
ERS' WEEKLY, The Bookseller and Stationer,
and the Baker & Taylor Bulletin, which co-
operated in mailing out the Convention data.
Ten days ago we sent out six hundred post-
cards to all the members, an invitation to at-
tend the Convention.
The duty of the Publicity Committee before
the Convention was to get the book-trade here,
and now that we have them here, it is our duty
to see that the public knows that this Con-
vention is being held, and I think this year,
more than ever before, we have newspapers
and newspapermen who are ready to co-
operate.
PRESIDENT HERR: The report of the Pub-
licity Committee, if there are no objections,
will be spread on the minutes. We will be glad
to hear any further discussion.
Miss FITZPATRICK : I want to thank Mr.
Corrigan for the advertising he gave the tab-
leau "Light." If anybody here would like a
copy of "Light" the Atlantic Monthly Press
would be very happy to see that he gets one.
MR. L ALFRED HOOPER (Salt Lake City) :
I would like to make a suggestion to the book-
sellers here, — something that worked, out with
us. I belong to the Advertising Club of our
State and as their representative I attended the
Advertising Convention in Chicago a few years,
which resulted in the Desaret Bookstore
thinking that I went crazy on advertising.
jWhen I got back, I put our advertising in the
hands of one of the best advertising firms in
the west, with the result that the first three
months of this year our business showed an
increase of seventy per cent over last year.
We have co-operated with local movements
in every way we could. We have a reading
circle which offers to every Association vari-
ous courses. We make a slight price conces-
sion to those buying the entire seven books
suggested
The following committees were appointed:
Resolutions Committee :
L. A. Keating, Chairman.
Joseph Esterbrook
C H. Tracht
Tina J. Cummings
Harry Korner
Ralph Wilson
C. R. Crowell
Hugh Shields.
Nominating Committee :
H. S. Hutchinson
H. C. Siler
Mrs. Ida Watson
E. W. James.
Afternoon Session — Tuesday, May 10th
Meeting called to order by President Herr,
at 2:25 p. m.
PRESIDENT HERR: The subject for the Con-
vention meeting this afternoon is "What the
People Want to Read," and the committee has
endeavored to secure addresses on this sub-
ject from people in different lines of work.
The first address will be by Henry Blackman
Sell, Editor of Harper's Bazar, formerly Lit-
erary Editor oT the Chicago Daily News.
What the People Want to Read. A Symposium
From the Point of View of an Editor
By Henry Blackman Sell,
Editor of Harper's Bazar
BOOKSELLING is probably the queerest
of all the businesses. In fact, it isn't a busi-
ness at all; it is a gift. The successful
bookseller combines, as nearly as I have been
able to determine, the graciousness of the well-
tipped head waiter, the mind-reading propen-
sities of a Hindoo crystal-gazer, and some of
the finesse of a French diplomat. It is a big
and indefinable and humpty-dumpty, nonsensi-
cal business anyway, because when a man
comes in to buy a book, you are up against
the problem of prying into his affairs — all his
secret thoughts and secret shames, and Tie re-
sents it very, very much. So it is a very diffi-
cult problem.
Irvin Cobb, in finishing an address at the
Coffee House, which is a group, as many of
you know, of those who write and draw and
do other comical things for a living, said: "I
am a very selfish man; in fact, I can prove it.
I can prove it by telling you that I always
bathe alone." Frank Crowninshield, the editor
of Vanity Fair, was next, and Frank is never
at a loss for a successful come-back. "Like
Mr. Cobb, I too bathe alone, but not because
I am a selfish man; because Fam a very con-
siderate man."
The man that you are after in this Con-
vention, as near as I can figure out from read-
ing the various bits of literature that have
come my way, is the so-called non-book reader.
He is an elusive bird, and in most cases, he is
either a man, who, like Cobb, is a selfish man,
and does his reading alone by himself, for his
own personal edification or amusement, or he
is a considerate man, who like Crowninshield,
reads alone for his own amusement. It is a
very peculiar thing. Most people seem to
consider books as something — Oh, well — I am
speaking strictly of the non-book reader.
I may, by the way, say that I feel very
competent to s«peak for the non-book reader,
because for four years and a little more, I
read an average of — let us be conservative and
say two books a week and often more, and
sometimes less, altho I wrote about twenty, at
least twenty every week. You can get a lot
by listening, especially to the salesmen who
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give you a big earful. Now I am the tired
business man, very decidedly, but a magazine
of the character of Harper's Bazar, is a long
way from literature. It leads me into by-
paths and by-ways and the little fiction we use,
isn't literature, and what part of it is fiction
really, I don't know.
I take home a batch of manuscript so high,
every once in a while and put it under the
mattress to flatten it out, get up the next
morning and pick out the nearest one and use
it. My troubles are almost all with the more
technical angles of Harper's Bazar and that is
a long way from the publishing business. When
I get home at night, I am the one who wants
to go and sit on Ziegfeld's Roof and bang on
a tin table with a wooden hammer, rather than
sit at home and read one of the comical docu-
ments. I know what "the tired business man"
means now. It is hard to sit down with a
book after getting home, having said "yes" and
"no," and having people talk to you all day.
You don't want to go home and read a book,
so in the last year I have read only what has
come to me, what comes to the average busi-
ness man.
We have been all over, east of the Missis-
sippi in the last year. We have been to all
the places where people who have lots of money
go, following the Harper's Bazar readers, — to
Palm Beach, to White Sulphur and here to
Atlantic City, and, having a great interest in
bookselling, I have made it a point to speak
to people, where it could be done, about the
books they had in their hands, and talking to
the news girl and talking to various people
where the book subject would come up.
"Oh, I Don't Know"
I found, incidentally, that people were read-
ing very very good things, at least, people
whom I have approached. It is a peculiar
thing about reading. You sit down next to a
man in a Pullman or a smoker, who has a
copy of "Main Street" because that is what
you will see everywhere, and you say: "Nice
weather," and look out the window, and you
remark what a rotten year it's been and how
the market has gone to pieces 'and you say:
"Reading a book? Is it a good book?" He
says: "Oh, I don't know; I just bought it at
the station." "Well," you say, "do you like it?"
He says : "Oh, I don't know." He is on page
294 and before you came in, he had his eyes
glued on it. You say : "How did you happen
to hear about it?" "Oh, I don't know; I just
bought it at the station." He does not want
to talk about it — so afraid, most everybody is,
that if it is a good book, somebody will entitle
him a highbrow, one of these guys who reads —
and if it isn't a good book (of course, every-
body knows that there are a lot of bum books
written) that he is just trying to pass the time
away. The last book he read was one of Zane
Grey's or Robert W. Chambers'. He said
something to some intelligent people about
"The Valley of the Golden Wheat" being a
great book, and somebodv looked at him —
someone they all respected, and said : "Oh,
that is no book to read; that is very ordinary."
Having read "Main Street" and liked it, he
is cautious about it. It is the hardest thing
to get people to talk about what they are read-
ing, and some are reading good stuff. I found
a man reading "Old Junk" which I found
very delightful. We were sitting on the porch
of the Golf Club and I said : "That is a pretty
good book," and he said: "Oh, yes, yes. Had
a wonderful day to-day — teed off, etc." He
will do anything except talk about the book.
Terse Paragraphs
That is a thing that is tremendously im-
portant in working out the problem of the
non-book reader. If we can only, in some
way (we tried it on the Chicago Daily News,
and I think with some success) get young live
chaps to write about books in such a way that
people 'who do not easily talk about books,
can talk about them. We wrote very short,
terse little paragraphs, saying as nearly as
possible something which was in the vernacu-
lar— something that the man could repeat when
someone asked him if it was a good book. You
will find that people pick up this information —
about theaters, for instance. They will read
Heywood Broun's review of the show, and they
will repeat it word for word. If you say:
"How did you like 'Claire de Lune'?" they will
answer: "The audience acted like the devil."
That was the end of Broun's review. I have
heard at least ten people reply, after attend-
ing the first night of 'Claire de Lune" and
being asked: "How did you like it?" "All
right, but didn't the audience act like the
devil !"
We talked about "Wihite Shadows in the
South Seas" very briefly; the review could
not have been more than ten lines: "This is
the best travel book of the past year." You
have no idea how many people, at one time
or another, have said: "This is the best .travel
book of the past year," and, the first thing
you know, it is the best travel book oT the
year.
Say something definite about the book. The
average person comes into a bookstore and he
has heard alxnit "Main Street" we will say.
Somebody drops something about its being a
pretty good book and he picks it up. One
man said to me — he is the head of the largest,
in point of money, dressmaking establishment
in New York. He said he had bought "Main
Street." He thought it was a pretty good
book. "Not much plot or anything, but it
kind of held you." He told that to someone
else. "Not much plot but it kind of held
you," and that remark probably sold ten books.
"It Kind of Held You"
The point of all this is, that the man goes
into the bookstore. He looks along the coun-
ter and doesn't see "Main Street." He says :
"Have you got a book — let's see — it's by Upton
Sinclair— they call it 'Main Street'?" He
knows this book and says: "Is this a good
book?" and the clerk says: "Yes, we are sell-
ing a great many of them." That doesn't give
him anything to talk about, you know. "All
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right, I'll take it"; and fie looks around and
carefully gives the clerk the money and goes
out, trying to make the book look as much like
a box of candy as possible.
Now, if the clerk had just taken a little time,
and you are all in a position to help the clerk
do that, he might have said: "Yes, it is the
story of a small town" and so and so. It
dioesn't have to be more than two fragmentary
sentences, but if it is something that the man
can say after he has read it, he doesn't have
to use epigrams. "Well, it hasn't much plot,
but it held you." Even that is better.
My general conclusion, speaking as one of
the eventual customers of the books that you
may possibly sell and publish in the next year
is, "that I would like attached to the copy of
my book— and for Heaven's sake, I don't mean
that you ought to paste a slogan across the
front of it : "This is a thrilling, blood-curdling
book"; that isn't it — that someone shall read it
first and get out of it a little touch of the
book itself. The example which you have,
'This is the best travel 'book of the year"
doesn't hitch tip to my remarks at all. Tie up
your customer and your book, as much as pos-
sible, and give them something to take away
with them.
Buy a Book a Week?
It seems to me the advertising plan which
Mr. Melcher has been working on so faith-
fully and diligently is defective in only one
point, and that is that it is entirely too gen-
eral. It is my own, personal, private opinion,
on the "Own Your Own Home" basis — I
really and truly feel that there is a great fault
with the slogan. I do not think that "Buy A
Book A Week" has ever made anybody buy a
book a week, a month, or any other time. I
think it is horrible. I think at least it should
be: "Have you bought a book this week?"
There might be some worth in that, but "Buy A
Book A Week" — your business man rushing up
or downtown, or out to the golf links, reads :
"B'uy A Book A Week" and he says: "Oh!
what t'ell." A long list of titles means nothing
to him. Tie this up with something definite.
"I'm Going To Buy Another"
Out on the Daily Nezvs, they had a very
expensive and very elaborate system of pub-
licity for all kinds of things, automobiles and
everything of that sort, and we used to write,
ads called the "Daily News of Business." We
would write one on the automobile ; tell how
the wind blew thru your hair and the blush
of youth came back to the cheeks of friend
wife, and it was great stuff, because the hus-
band coming home at night — he comes in tired
and receptive, and the wife says : "You know,
we should have an automobile ; it makes the
wind blow thru your hair and it brings back
the blush of youth." They tried it on the
book business. It was great poetry but it
didn't sell books. I had long arguments with
the advertising manager. I said to those fel-
lows : "You are wasting your space. The only
thing to do is to take a book and talk about
it — one book." Talk about that book and
then people will go and buy that book and
they will read that book and they will say :
"It didn't hurt at all — not a bit. By George,
I'm going to buy another," and they do.
We found when we got them to buy books
in September, they buy them until May, and
if you let people get started in September in
not buying books, they get into their social
things and join women's clubs. If you get
them started, they are apt to read three, four
or five books in a year, but it seems to me that
this publicity, which is certainly wonderful,
does not.
Mr. Melcher said to me last night : "You
know we cannot do everything. We have con-
nected with book shops all over the country and
have pulled them together in a common cause."
Now, I think it is a wonderful thing to have
an organization that draws people together and
makes everybody feel as tho he were actually
in the book business, but this business of "Buy
A Book A Week" doesn't register with me
at all.
Slogans
I also see general items going out thru the
press about Abraham Lincoln — well he would
not do at all — he had only three books — or an
item reading "Washington's library was a large
one. He was a strong and noble man. He
was made President of the United States. It
was all because he bought a book a week."
It seems to me you_ don't get down to specific
facts. Of course, the impossible thing is the
beautiful thing to do — have all our advertisers
get together on "Main Street" or "White Sha-
dows in the South Seas" (I wish I could re-
member one title from each list) and concen-
trate on one book at one time. Competition is
not, in this case, the life of trade, but it is
useful. It seems as if this whole end should
be to tie up the customer with an idea — give
him something to think about when you give
him a book — use the valuable space on the jac-
ket— not to tell what a blood-curdling thing it
is, but tell them something about the book.
One advertising- man with a very large
concern said to me one day : "It is a won-
derful book — such and such — Mr. B. said so.
I must read -it." But the publisher goes in
too much for trying to emulate the advertis-
ing of regular business. As I said to begin
with, it isn't a business at all. It is a queer
and subtle sort of thing — buying and selling
books, and writing books and selecting manu-
script. It is all kind of humpty-dumpty,
as it is run now. One thing is necessary to
correct the whole business and that is to have
the substance of the book put into a sum-
mary and given to the clerk, to as great an
extent, as possible — not just "This is a great
book, and we sell lots of them." Have every
man concentrate.
I wish I felt, could feel, that there would
be some change in the "Buy A Book A Week"
title. It seems so ridiculous, and it doesn't
mean anything to anybody, I think. I know
a very good book man invented that phrase,
but he wasn't a good advertising man, The
idea has always been that you should tie
this idea up with "Say It With Flowers!"
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that being the one great successful slogan, but
you must tie it up with something equally
good. You do not stop to think that the
florist not only tells you to "say it with
flowers," but he makes it very, very simple
to do it. You drop into a florists and you
suddenly think of someone's brithday, one
thousand miles away and you want these
flowers delivered in three hours, and they
are. As Mr. Melcher has said, there isn't
enough money and time back of the Year-
Round Bookselling Campaign to criticize it
yet, and so I won't, but a great deal has got
to be done before you can work out this
"Buy A Book A Week" to effectiveness.
Thank you. [Applause.]
PRESIDENT HERR : The next address will be
delivered by Robert Cortes Holliday, author
of "Broome Street Straws," "Peeps at Peo-
ple," etc.
What the People Want to Read. A Symposium
From the Point of View of a Critic
By Robert Cortes Holliday,
Literary Advisor to Henry Holt & Co.
THERE are a great many things that I
should explain right off the bat. The first
of these is, that 1 have attempted various
ways of making a speech and none of them
has panned^ out very well so far. The first
way I triec! was to memorize the thing most
carefully — something that I had prepared after
much labor. I found out that I couldn't recall
a word of anything I memorized, so I aban-
doned that idea. Then I tried to speak with-
out any preparation at all, on the principle that
all things work together for good, to them
that love God. I found I had the wrong
thought on that. My attempt this time is to
be a sort of mixed grill. I will speak right
off the reel whenever I can and read a little
whenever I cannot do anything else.
When Is a Holliday Not a Holliday?
The second thing I should explain arises
from this fact. A number of people asked
me on the train how my book shop was get-
ting on. I have been in the book business all
my life, I think, but there has been some mis-
apprehension as to that. As a matter of fact,
before that Holliday Book Shop on 47th Street
opened up, the news got about that there was
to be such a shop, and I was told by a num-
ber of people that I was going to open a book
shop and I insisted I wasn't. They said:
"There was a lady in here who said so." Then
I saw an advertisement in the Evening Post
of the Holliday Book Shop. I went around
there somewhat cautiously. I did not know
but at some time or other I might have opened
a book shop. I went in, as I frequently do,
to see what it was I had done. I found a
young man in there who is an authentic Holli-
day, but isn't me.
As I say, I think I have been a bookseller
all my life. It seems to make my life more
respectable. Being knocked aibout from pillar
to post, it gives a unity and dignity to it and
gives me the feeling of having served a use-
ful purpose in the world. As a publicity man.
I now do good by stealth. Every now and
then, somewhere in the world, I hope, I get
some immortal soul to buy a book which, per-
haps, he would not have bought if he had
seen the book first.
I started out in life as an illustrator. It
seems to me an illustrator is a sort of book-
seller. He makes books more attractive to
the potential buyer, by his illustrations, but
I wasn't successful as an illustrator, because
I got no books to illustrate. Then I became
a book reviewer, and it seems to me that in
the full sense of the word, the book reviewer
is and should be a bookseller. If his busi-
ness is not to bring each book which comes
before him to be, desired by its particular
audience, I don't know what his business is,
and that is precisely the thing that the book-
seller does.
Knock Books
As I read the reviews, I get the impression
that more and more the reviewers have come
to regard themselves as, in a sense, book-
sellers— that is, they are part of the machin-
ery for the responsible trade in books.
Other tendencies of the time, I'll attempt to
discuss, tho I'm very much afraid the most
appropriate title for my remarks would be
one coined by Richard Le Gallienne — "Glimpses
into the Obvious." It is a very dangerous
thing to attempt to discuss what people want
to read.
A very striking instance of the fallibility
of human prediction was given us just before
the Armistice. It was said on every hand, as I
remember, that we all had had our fill of trouble
and gloom and that the thing that was to
happen after peace, would be a very violent
and universal return to books of the bon-bon
tvne. the Anthony Hope, "When Knighthood
Was in Flower" sort of thing. That I heard
over and over. Unfortunately, what happened,
we know. A great many of the most suc-
cessful novels of England — "Potterism," for
one, conspicuously features, as the newspapers
would say, a murder. The kind of book which
fills the air most over here, is now and has
been for some time, the kind of book which I
would call the "knock book," that is, the book
that knocks something, like the muck-rake
period of Ida Tarbell. With peace di3n't
come the millenium. Everybody read and ap-
plauded the prize knock book, <fThe Economic
Consequences of the Peace" following upon
the celebrated "Gentleman with the Duster."
Then Lansing gets a gallery hand by knock-
ing Wilson, and Dr. Grayson enters into the
sport by declaring that he'll knock Lansing's
block off. Of course, in the matter of fiction,
all humanity gets knocked.
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The Publishers' Weekly
Ready For Reconstruction
A literary broker of my acquaintance tells
me that even our most popular magazines have
canned their formerly inflexible rule for the
happy ending. Away, altogether, apparently,
with sweetness and light. And yet our youn-
ger novelists of revolt, as I believe they are
called, who have been throwing American civi-
lization all about, have now got under way
such a revolt against them in the newspapers
and magazines, that they are being knocked all
over the place.
The publishers, as I see what they are doing
from my little corner, are not seeking knocK
books at all. I think at present the feeling i.i
the publishing business is, that we are getting
about as fed up with what 1 call knock books
as we formerly were with war books, and I
myself would like to see a lessening of popu-
larity of books of that sort and the return of
the books in non-fiction that we did expect
immediately after the peace, — books of hope-
fulness and reconstruction. Of course, all fic-
tion isn't of this realistic sort. Mrs. Wharton
goes on, and James Oliver Curwood and
Locke and Zane Grey and Max Beerbohm, and
also our extraordinary passion for the South
Seas still burns.
Pastepot Passing
To my mind there is a very interesting situa-
tion in the present popularity of various kinds
of books which used to be plugs, and in the
disappearance of books of other kinds which
only a few years ago were sure sellers. A
type which seems very largely to have gone
out of fashion was that paste-pot and scissors
affair, of which I found it necessary to sell
such quantities when I was on the floor in
the Scribner store. I don't see those any more ;
they are certainly not sought — I mean those
written by Noel Williams, Christopher Hare
and Francis Gobble — "George Sand and Her
Lovers" and "Ladies of the Italian Renais-
sance." They made the biggest pile by the
door.
It was in days before our slogan "Buy
a Book a Week," but I think innumerable cus-
tomers bought one of those fool volumes every
single week. They would not stand much
chance with publishers to-day. Better things
it seems have taken their place — "Henry
Adams," Roosevelt or James "Letters" and
volumes of that authentic character. A pecu-
liarity of the class of popular books just now
is what I call "I books," that is, memoirs, and
books of travel, with a lively personal touch.
We've got a great flair just now for Daisy
Ashfords, Steeplejacks and Margots, and
"From May fair to Moscow," "From the
Sea to the Jungle," and things of that
kind.
And there is this very singular phenomenon
— the passim? of a publishing hobgoblin of a
few years ago, that is that a book of essays
was "damned." We know that in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in England,
essays were apparently very much the go and
we know that our fathers had no fear of es-
says—Irving, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne,
Lowell, Holmes. Nevertheless, somewhere
about the opening of our own day, an iron-
bound tradition became erected in the publish-
ing business, at least in the United States, that
books of essays would not sell; could not be
made to sell even sufficiently to avoid a con-
siderable loss on the investment of manufac-
ture ; in fact, were quite impossible as a pub-
lishing venture. No matter how well a pub-
lisher himself liked a book of essays, or the
publisher's reader, it was considered economic
publisher's reader, it was considered eco-
nomic madness, or professional heresy
to accept it.
Essays and Short Stories
Oh yes, a young fellow named Morley, who
worked at Doubleday, Page, in some friendly
fashion got a book of essays published and it
sold very well indeed, and now it seems to me,
the house with which I am connected, is going
to bring out three volumes of essays this fall,
and I have heard of a number of others. I
am determined to believe that the vogue of the
essay will endure for at least a few seasons.
I think right now, there is much more con-
sideration given seriously to books of short
stories. As one publisher's reader put it to
me — he didn't throw down so quickly as of
old manuscripts of that sort.
If I were selling books directly to custom-
ers in the store to-day, I should feel that I
were doing them a service by impressing upon
them one aspect of the publishing situation as
it is now. That is, that now is the time to
form a library. A reader thinks that if he
does not happen to own an ordinary copy of,
say, "The Old Wives' Tale" that he can send
out any time and buy one — there's no particu-
lar hurry ; but I'm not at all sure that he can.
Books are going out of print very quickly.
Mr. Lucas was very much upset last summer
when he was over here, because he could not
walk up to any book counter in the land and
get a copy of 'Ethan Frome." A few hundred
copies of "The Divine Fire" were sold last
year, but unless things change very shortly,
I think it improbable that publishers can afford
to continue to reprint for a few hundred sale.
Not long ago, an investment of $8,000, in re-
printing a new edition of "The Home Book of
Verse" yielded a return of $114 to meet over-
head, etc.
Foreign Fiction
The point I am particularly getting at is.
that if I were a bookseller, I should regard it
as a service to my employer and the customers,
to keep my eye on books that were published
just a little while ago.
An interesting thing about what people now
want to read is what I take to be the greatly
widening interest in contemporary foreign
literature. A number of years ago we had
"Quo Vadis." Ibsen. Maeterlinck and Tolstoy
and several foreign hobbies like that, but was
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there anything like the popular public we have
to-day for "The Four Horsemen," "Hunger,"
"'Growth of the Soil" ? Along with this, cer-
tainly never before have our younger novelists
been so much and so generously influenced by
Continental methods of fiction, and yet, at the
same time, I gather that the British take us
to be more peculiarly Amercan in our literature
than ever.
Chesterton's Comment
I had the pleasure of spending an evening
in the company of Gilbert Chesterton just be-
fore he sailed. He had just returned from
Omaha. He had at first been much puzzled
in the Middle West by what seemed to him
the extraordinary number of people in the
theatrical profession. Everywhere he went, he
said, he heard someone referred to as a "bad
actor." "Now in my country" he observed,
"we mean by a -bad actor, one who has mis-
taken his vocation as to the stage." He had
also been .hurt by being called by a reporter
"a regular guy." But the real point of my
story is, of course, his comment on American
literature. He remembered when he was a
boy, he said, hearing his father and his uncles
speak of a book, that had come out, merely as
a new book, without regard to which side of
the Atlantic it had been published. Every-
body in England read and talked about "The
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" but did not
speak of it as a new American book. Now,
he said, when an Englishman was impressed,
and rightly so, by "Spoon River Anthology"
or by "Main Street" this would not be so.
I 'suppose one couldn't talk about books to-
day, for more than a few minutes without
mentioning "Main Street." It has been called
the American "Old Wives' Tale," but it seems
to me that a model for the idea of the book
which may have been much nearer Mr. Lewis's
mind was no less a classic than Flaubert's
masterpiece "Madame Bovary." In each book
there is the relentless study of a neurotic
woman married to a provincial physician, and
in both of the 'books the husband is of the
same type.
Hero of the Future
That is my particular point now. In a long
succession of stories of marital life, the hus-
band is of the same tvpe, a slow-witted, rather
coarse, good-humored, effectual man, married
to a woman of sensitive organism, romantic
disposition and aesthetic cravings. She wants
a separate bed-room. He can't see any sense
in such an idea ; is only bewildered by such a
notion. She finds very repellant his lying
snoring in bed, and so on.
I'm afraid my idea wouldn't please the vast
audience of women readers. But if a young
novelist wants to be really ambitious in revolt
against smugness of mind and wishey-washey
«entiment, why shouldn't he put the reverse
English on the usual situation in fiction, and
marry a man of sensitive organism, romantic
disposition and aesthetic cravings to a lady
who can't possibly comprehend why he wants
a separate bed-room, and who revolts him ter-
ribly by the way she snores in bed.
There is another thing which strikes me as
peculiar and notable about what people ap-
parently want to read these days. A few years
ago, when, after a good deal of the society
of Tarkington, Samuel Merwin, Harry Leon
Wilson and a number of others of our popular
native sons, I felt an inclination for a little of
the highest-bred English writing, I used to
go round to some very aristocratic and ex-
clusive 'book-shop for it. Now it is only neces-
essary to go to a subway newsstand and get a
couple of copies of magazines known to be
the most popular in the world, the kind with
advertisements of silk hosiery all thru them.
There you will find enough Galsworthy, Wells,
Bennett, Walpole, and so on, to last you quite
a while.
New Interest in Authors
That brings to my mind still another thing.
It seems to me that the people are more
interested to-day than ever before in the po-
sition of writers, and what the people take
to be the real excellence of their work. I re-
member when traveling about in the Middle
West and I talked with young women reading
books in hammocks. They told me the book
in hand was a fine story, and if I asked them
who wrote the story they read the other day,
they would look blank and say they couldn't
remember. I think that sort of thing is pass-
ing. People are more interested, to my mind,
in real authors.
In conclusion, it seems to me, that sales-
men do not work as hard now as we did dur-
ing my day in a bookstore. Saturdays in sum-
mer, on the Avenue, stores apparently are not
open at all. Five o'clock closing runs apparently
most of the year. Nothing I can see looks
like the great and famous "Christmas rush" of
old times, when we got a dollar "supper
money," went back and sold books until nine
at night and then stayed until eleven, straight-
ening out stock. Perhaps people do their
Christmas shopping earlier.
I remember the last night of my '^Christmas
rush." When it was over, I invited an equally
worn-out colleague of mine into a nearby cafe,
as those institutions were called. I suspect
that he was not very familiar with the etiquette
of the bar-room, but evidently, he wanted to
do the gracious thing, and it is probable that
he did not hear me altogether distinctly. As
we raised our glasses I remarked, "To hell
with Christmas!" He bowed very elaborately
and replied : "The same to you."
PRESIDENT HERR: There is with us to-day
Mrs. May Lamberton Becker, of New York,
who for four years has conducted the Lit-
erary Rcvieiv of the New York Evening Post,
and she is very intimate thru her 'Reader's
Guide' column with what people want to read.
She has consented to add to our discussion of
this subject.
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The Publishers' Weckl
What the People Want to Read
From the Viewpoint of a Columnist
By May Lamberton Becker
THERE is, perhaps some reason for my
thinking that I am in a position to con-
tribute some knowledge of the ulti-
mate consumer's point of view. For near-,
ly seven years I have conducted a "Question
and Answer Department" in the Literary
Review of the New York Evening Post, known
as the "Readers' Guide," in which people ask
me questions — not questions about books, but
advice on the choice of books for every kind
of possible purpose, and, as the clientele of
the Post is not only very large but widely
distributed, these questions come to me from
every State in the Union— from the Panama
Zone I have had two or three, from China, one,
from India, one, and a very active representation
from San Francisco. Advice is asked on every
kind of subject imaginable, for every purpose,
for every particular human need. If there is
any one job on the face of the earth, in which
it "is impossible to be "bookish," it is a job
like that on the "Readers' Guide."
If a book is worth anything at all, it has
come out of the life of some man or woman
and it must answer some definite need of some
other human being. Books, you see, are very
human creatures and so are some men and
women, and it is my business to bring- the
right ones together.
A number of questions come from women's
clubs, the country over — not the big ones,
but the study circles that are doing a great
d*eal to create a cultural atmosphere — the read-
ing circle — the little book club that doesn't get
into the newspapers at all. Those are scattered
everywhere ; the men whose education was not
taken very seriously when they were younger
and who are making up for it now — those write
me—the boys, passionately anxious to get the
equivalent of a college education — a great many
of them came to this country from another
land; and then the people that want gifts for
this purpose or that purpose, always giving
me details about the person for whom they
want the gift. I think perhaps this is the
largest group — the people who want books for
children, for some special purpose, as one girl
for instance, who had never read a book of
her own free will. Her guardian wanted a
book that would make her eo on reading. I
have heard' from it since. She got the book ;
it was "The Story of Doctor Doolittle," and
she has been reading steadily since. The most
important of all are the unclassified questions,
which make up about seventy per cent of the
whole.
The first question, I think, that ever came
to me, was from a woman who wanted a list
of 'books to read out loud to a convalescent
husband, and she added : "He^ cannot stand
uplift." I made up as good a list as possible,
and I had good results. I had two letters, one
on monogramed stationery from Riverside
Drive, and the other from Oklahoma. They
both asked practically the same question:
"What book can I get that will show me how
to think definitely, clearly and straight thru a
subject?" And there are a hundred different
types, just like that— every kind of thing you
can possibly think of.
From an experience of this sort, one
naturally wants, less and less to make gen-
eral statements, but there are two things on
which 1 have come to some conclusion: I
think I can say with justice, as the conductor
of this department, I have come to the con-
clusion that the reader has a right to expect
two things, and only two, let us sav from the
writer. I am not going to try to tell you
what the public wants. No one can, because
what they want to-day, they do not want to-
morrow. They buy, as you know, a great
deal what you see fit that they should buy ; also
they buy a whole lot of books that they don't
read and they buy a whole lot of .books that they
do not read thru; they also buy books that
they don't like. I think the most popular book
just at this moment is the most disliked book,
taking it point by point. But putting those
things aside, I think I am justified in saying
that the American reader has a right to ex-
pect that the books you give him, speaking
particularly of nction, should be in the key of
American life, in the general tone of Ameri-
can life, and you know as well as I do, that
that would not be a tragedy. The key of
American life is not the tragic key. Every
life, of course, will hold a tragedy, if it only
keeps on living long enough. The way to
avoid an individual tragedy is to choose your
time to die, with accuracy. The American
attitude toward life is not the tragic attitude —
no, because I think you will agree with me
that the tragic never comes into life until final-
ity comes ; when the end is there then it is
tragic and not until then. So long as there
is a door or a window open, it is not tragic,
but when finality is written, that is tragic, and
the American has not, normally, that sense of
finality. There is always the expectation of
beginning again somewhere else.
My little daughter attended a private theat-
rical class, which gave a performance in which
the audience was limited to members of the
cast. These plavs were mostly musical in
character. As I had to live in the same apart-
ment, I overheard them. I was rather troubled
to hear what a high mortality they all had.
It was never over until they were all dead.
I asked my daughter if she had anything on
her mind and she said : "When they are dead,
you know, that stops everything; as long as
thev are alive, there doesn't seem to be any
way to make it stop." Death affords an auto-
matic chance for gettiner thru — it means, done
— over — 'finished — "Finis" is written, and the
American doesn't write "Finis" to anything.
Life isn't yet tragic.
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1495
The American reaction toward poverty, for
instance, is different. If you write a novel
about poverty in Russia, write it in the tragic
vein, but if you write it in America, don't do
that. The American attitude toward poverty
is that it is a highly unpleasant incident. A
man who loses his money, drops out of sight
as quickly as possible, so that he can bob up
again in another place. He may never bob up,
but he expects to. And I would advise any
man who wants to write a novel about pov-
erty, not to write it in the tragic, continental
vogue, but emphasize the picturesque attitude.
Everybody who has been thru it, knows there
is a sporting feeling about not knowing where
your next meal is coming from. If you know
you are not going to have any next meal,
finality is written, the thing becomes tragic.
The American, writing about advanced or
middle age in woman, must take an entirely
different attitude if he wants to meet the re-
actions of the American people, from what
he would take if he were writing on the Con-
tinent. "The Dangerous Age" is a tragedy;
when it was made into a play last winter, "The
White Villa," it was a tragedy. Middle age —
I hate to put a date on this — is a matter on
which I prefer to ignore the calendar for
very good personal reasons, but you know,
there is certainly "Finis" written across life
in "The Dangerous Age." Life is very tragic
— the situation is very tragic, when to a woman
the end is coming, the end of everything that
means life to her. Now you know as well
as I do. that that is not at all the American
woman's reaction during that time of life. She
is not as interested in what is ending as in
what is coming. For the first time in her life
she can join a club ; for the first time, five
o'clock does not have any awful significance
for her ; she doesn't have to go home and get
things started; she doesn't have to go over
the entire family budget to see that every
child is clothed properly before she can buy
a wrap. The dividend years are opening.
A comedy is one in which the real play
begins at the close of the last curtain. It
deals with openings and beginnings. Life is
like that in America.
That, I think, is a great deal deeper than
the question of the happy ending. You know,
as well as I do, that trie happy ending simply
means that you chose the right turn of the
road at which to stop. It is the place where
the immediate prospect is attractive. But
wherever you stop, and whatever your ending,
you will get more of the American conscious-
ness of a reaction, if you keep to this idea.
It is only two generations since we had to
make excuses to ourselves for reading novels
at all and that idea is still in our bones. I have
been co-operating with you for a long while.
I send a lot of business your way. The people
who read the literary review of the Post are
book buyers; they ask what books to buy;
they want a book ; they know they want one ;
they are very grateful for advice as to the
right book, and I think that is where you and
I come together. My business is showing peo-
ple what I think is the right book. You need
just such synopses as your first speaker called
to your attention ; something by which you
get the whole of the book in three lines. The
bookseller is doing that all the time. Every
book-shop ought to be a cultural center, repre-
senting not only its immediate locality, but
the community and all of the surrounding dis-
trict. (Applause.)
PRESIDENT HERE: Before these pertinent re-
marks have got out of your minds, 1 am go-
ing to give you a few minutes' time for dis-
cussion on the three addresses you have heard.
Is there no one on the floor who has an idea,
arising out of these discussions?
MRS. IDA WATSON of Duluth : Here is an
idea that was new to me and it may be to
others. During the Religious Book Week, we
hit upon a plan of inviting all the ministers
to help — One minister I found in the city of
Duluth who was a reviewer of books at his
Sunday evening services. I asked him to come
to the book-shop and discussed with him the
idea of his carrying in Sunday school, ' or
church, a rack of books that he reviewed. He
was willing to do so, and we have a silent
advertiser there. We have no notice, but he
is willing to carry these books, because he re-
views them — because he considers them worth
while. He makes books eloquent at the ' en-
trance of his church or Sunday school.
Again, during Religious Book Week, the
Y. W. C. A. co-operated very largely with us,
and we suggested books on the calendar in the
lobby of the Y. W. C. A., and by a rack of
books, especially accentuating the books that
were cheap in price, and easily carried in the
pocket. . We erected this stand and sold a very
satisfactory number of books during that week,
and now we have a prominent stand there. We
give the Y. W. C. A. a small commission for
selling the books. It has been my object to let
a book speak for itself wherever possible.
I think the books are much more eloquent
than merely a poster of "Buy a Book a Week"
but they must have some classification. That
selection of books in the Y. W. C. A. is, I
think, most appropriate. There are many places
in which we can put books and pur books can
speak for themselves. I think it is a vital thing
to look out for these chances.
MR. CONOVER: I want to speak of what we
may call "flower books." I have had the habit
for the last ten years, of using my Sunday
afternoons for outdoor walks, and getting
acquainted with the Maker of all human na-
ture, and when I began, my knowledge was
rather limited and my acquaintance with the
flowers was rather limited, but in that time
I have become acquainted with at least two
hundred and fifty flowers around our neigh
borhood, that I can see and call by name.
How do I make this fact useful? I hardly
ever come in from one of those tramps that I
do not take the flowers down to the store and
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set them in a window or in the show case.
Pretty soon someone says "What kind of a
flower is that?" I say: "Haven't you ever come
across that?" Then I go and get Reed's book
and I open that and show them the different
kinds — Dutchmen's breeches — and another, that
belongs to the class called bleeding heart.
You have seen that in your garden. I show
them the picture and I tell them how they can
have the book handy in their pockets.
Then I see the School Commissioner in our
district, who is quite an enthusiast about
flowers. The children take a sheet of card-
board and every flower they find, beginning in
April, they mount on that cardboard and when
they get thru the season, they have a flower
calendar. They are doing the same thing with
birds, and making a bird calendar and my
store is headquarters for the exhibitions they
are going to make in the fall at the County
Fair. You would be surprised at the exhibits
the children are going to make at that time
with the various things they find out about
nature — birds' nests and flowers. Last year our
county took — I won't say how many — prizes
at the State Fair for its collections.
I1 have taken a little credit to myself for that
because I have started them on the way, and
I am selling books, as well as educating the
children along other lines. (Applause.)
Not Like Other Businesses
MR. KEATING: I was so unfortunate as to
come into the room after Mr. Sell had started
his very interesting address. I think it is a
great pity that Mr. Sell is disassociated from
the Chicago paper on which he did such
marked things in the way of introducing books
to the clientele of his paper. I am sure that
if he had remained there in the close contact
with books, such as he had at that time, he
might have reached different conclusions from
those he announced to-day.
In the first place, I think that his thought
that the book business is different from other
businesses in that it is subtle and temperamental
and artistic, a point expressed so well, is
being rejected from the booksellers' minds.
Too long we have thought of bookselling as
different from other businesses. I think it
is time we got down to facts and looked upon
it, not as a literary vocation but as a mer-
chandising vocation. We sell books as other
merchandise is sold. Once I said to the head
of Loeser & Company, that this business was
absolutely different — there were certain con-
siderations that entered into the sale of books.
He said: "Every buyer in the house thinks
that his business is peculiar and different." I
didn't 'have a leg to stand on— Jbecause every
business is peculiar and different.
I want to differ in another particular with
Mr. Sell. In the matter of selling a book —
for Goodness' sake, haven't we sold enough
single books? Everybody in the United States
nearly has a 'book that he has been sold
at one time or another. We want to sell the
idea of possessing — buying books. We wont
to sell a habit. We have done the boosting
of single titles time and time again, and the
buying of one book and the reading of one
book doesn't necessarily make a habit. We
have a bigger job ahead of us. We have got
to impress upon people that books are essential
— that books can be had.
Have You a Little Library in Your Home?
I have not any brief to hold for Mr. New-
ton's slogan ".Buy a Book a Week," but after
all, that has in it the idea that we want to
put across — by a small investment one can have
all that literature offers. Anyone can build up
a library by a very small weekly, monthly or
daily expense. Let him buy a book and he
does get the idea of owning and reading his
own books. I think there were several other
points that I disagreed with Mr. Sell about
but I have forgotten them. We want to sell
an idea and we can do it as well as others sell
Victrola records — as well as the automobile
manufacturers have sold the idea of owning a
motor car. ' We have got to sell the idea —
not a book. We have sold "books" ; we want
to sell more books — the idea of building up li-
braries.
A few years ago I visited Mr. Ketcham on
Loner Island and we went thru the home of a
millionaire manufacturer. He had everything
in the house, from a palm garden to his own
incinerating plant — everything the heart could
wish for, and he showed us with a great deal
of pride over the house, and he had a room
off the main hall on the first floor, and he said :
"We are going to use this as a sort of den :
I am going to keep my guns here, and my wife
is going to keep her sewing machine there."
I said : "Wrhere are vou going to keep your
books?" He said: "My wife has a combina-
tion desk and bookcase and we are going to
have it in this room." That is how they felt
towards this idea of owning books. They
haven't been taught to want books.
And it isn't onlv the multi-millionaire we are
after, but the man who works with his
hands, who needs the relaxation that bocks can
bring him, and we want, by some phrase — '"Buy
a Book a Week" or another, to bring borne to
him the idea that Re can possess books for him-
self, surround himself with them, that he can
know as much as the other man, if he wants
to apply himself. Let us pound home that
idea. The book selling business is not dif-
ferent from other businesses.
MR. SELL: May I make the suggestion that
this change might be made : "Have you a little
library in your home?" (Applause.)
PRESIDENT HERR : We will now proceed with
the regular order of the program. We have
had a couple of discussions by people who
think they know what people want to read,
and now we are going to have one by some-
one who ought to be in a position to know
what they like to read — Mr. Daniel Lonjsrwell,
clerk' in the Pennsylvania Terminal Book Shop.
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What the People Want to Read
From the Point of View of a Book Clerk
By Daniel Longwell
Clerk at The Pennsylvania Terminal Bookshop, Xc;v York City
A CLERK in a book-shop is something of
an information bureau. At his back are
all the publishers that have got out books
and all the machinery of distribution, and he
tries to fit the book to the mind of the buyer.
It is a rather difficult position and in his
wok he l.«s, perhaps1, a thousand and one
questions by the prospective customer for
every book that he sells, and from those ques-
tions, he forms some idea of the public taste,
of the trend and tendencies of the book-buying
public.
In the few years that I have been answer-
ing the questions and endeavoring to fulfil
the desires I have discovered several things.
In the small book-shop, the range of questions
put to the clerk is tremendous. There is the
person who will drop in and say : "Have you
such and such a book? Now, let's see; I
have forgotten the name and the title and the
publisher of it, but the plot runs like this."
Or the man who has done research work, and
if you cannot tell him the name of some trans-
lation, he accuses you of being a dullard, and
says you really do not know your stock. There
is also the young man who will say : "Say,
Mister, have you that poem, 'And I Learned
about Women from Her' " ?
it is interesting to meet the different types
of people. There is the wealthy man, and the
scholar, and there -are all elements that go to
make up a heterogeneous nation, and it is
our duty to fit the book to the man or woman
or boy who wants or needs it. We have to
sympathize with them and try to sell them
the book they want.
I should say the American public is divided
into two large groups of people. In the first
place, we have our literary group — our really
intelligent book-buyers who know what they
want and you can tell them by their dislikes,
they want no trash. And on the other hand,
we have the readers who need recreation and
it is they perhaps, who give us our bread and
butter. They want no highbrow reading and
by their dislikes shall you know them. In
the first class, the readers look for translations
of the European classics. They are the people
who have been buying the James "Letters" or
books of that type. They want Hardy and
Kipling and Wai pole and Swinnerton. They
are constantly demanding more and better
books. Take "The Education of Henry
Adams" ; that is typical of the book read by
that class of people. You can tell the type
the minute he comes into the book- shop and
if he has not asked for it, you know he will
be back -and ask for "The Outline of His-
tory." They are the people who want the
James "Letters" or Bishop's "Life of Roose-
velt" or "The Biography of Margot Asquith"
— an intelligent lot of people.
"You cannot say to one of them : "What do
you like to read, Mister?" because he will be
insulted. The books are going to sell themselves
to him. He will look upon you as an upstart.
He has definite wants and the only thing you
can get for him is intelligent book clerks —
reference libraries in the shops. And, again,
he wants on the shelves the standard authors,
he is anxious to get them and you need not
worry about his buying if you have worthwhile
books to read on the shelves. You needn't
worry about readers of that type, they are in-
creasing in large numbers. Our universities
are over-crowded at the present time with
young people who are the great potential book-
buying public.
The second type of reader is the one who
wants no highbrow work, but he is for all
of that a worthy reader. If you want to
know what his mind looks like, look at the
index of the Saturday Evening Post and you
have it. He is the man who wants the type
of story written by Scott Fitzgerald, or
William J. Locke. He is one of the people that
the Saturday Evening Post type of author
wants to get hold of. He likes J. Oliver
Curwood and novels of action — strong men and
weak women.
These people want their books written by
experts — Otto H. Kahn or Frank H. Van-
derlip — experts from the Wharton School of
Finance or the Harvard University School of
Business. They want that type of man writ-
ing the books — Vardon on Golf, or Tilden on,
Tennis.
In their fiction they want light reading.
Plenty of action, getting the utmost out of
the turn of a phrase or the play upon a word-
There is the fickle type of reader, who rushe*
into the first place of amusement in sight — to
a movie, the show, or to a book-shop and, if
you can get to them first, they will come to
the book-shop and buy.
They read, not because of the habit of read-
ing, but because it is pure pleasure. They
want humor. They support our Fairbank's
and Chaplin's in the movies, and plays on the
stages that are running for two years. They
will say : "Have you a good funny book ;
have you something that will make me laugh?
T am going away on a trip and I want some-
thing I can pick up that will make me
laugh." Frank Bacon's play has .been on
Broadway for about two years. It is a hu-
morous play. We have our school of Bret
Harte and Mark Twain and our old writers in
American literature, and they were widely
read. People are still reading them. There
is a class of people who want the type of hu-
mor aimed right at the solar plexus.
What else do people want? They ask for
books on gardening — on building a garage, or
something on landscape gardening. They are
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asking for books on different parts of the
country.
What are these traits that we are trying to
develop in a book-shop? We are a curious
people, a self-educated people, and a book-shop
is a part of the community service ; it must
be a reference library for all people who come
in and a place to help them secure their wants.
The book clerk must be a reference library.
1 want to stress that point.
The American people are interested in a
certain lot of political scandal. Is there a po-
litical attack or any big fight down in Wash-
ington or between two countries — they want a
book on it. The American people are used
to knocking in their newspapers and they
have to find a place to go to discuss those
questions. They are interested in all political
action that is going on in the country at this
time. They are interested in personalities.
That is a point in selling books — the person-
ality of your author.
They will stand a great deal of biography.
Some will come in and say : "Have you any
good essays or have you a recent biography of
some note?" — "The Education of Henry
Adams," "The Life of John Marshall" or Al-
vbert Bigelow Payne's "Life of Mark Twain,"
the magazine Asia, or the National Maga-
.cinc. People are anxious to get hold of books
telling about strange places — the farthest
coast, the farthest islands. Our nation is be-
coming an exporting nation, and we are getting
out of our narrow sphere, and books of travel
will always be in great demand.
Barrie is one of the most pleasant authors
to sell. You are certain of satisfaction. Peo-
ple are romantic. They say: "Have you
something like the 'Broad Highway' or 'The
Beloved Vagabond' ?" They have been read-
ing "Main Street" or "Miss Lulu Bett," but
the American people are, on the whole, ro-
mantic. "Alice in Wonderland" is wonderfully
popular in America. It is removed from our
daily life.
The American people have a great appetite
for mystery books. A man will come into
the book- shop and 'get a mystery story for him-
self and a love story for his wife. Poe ap-
peals to all. There are a great many mystery
stories that have been written that are very
successful — Conan Doyle — people are asking
for his books all the time. He is just one. Dra-
matic action, as I say, they want something of
the movie quality, such as the plays that Fair-
banks plays in.
The newspaper man sees a peculiar side of
our life. His viewpoint is interesting to the
American people — stories by newspaper writers
— W. L. George's book "Caliban." Then there
is Mrs. Willsie's "The Enchanted Canyon" ;
they like a Western story. They will come in
every week and buy Western stories. They
like Jeffrey Farnol's books. They haven't got
over their old time traits. They want to go
back to the South Seas or the Fourteenth' cen-
tury for their action; somewhere they have* not
been.
I think one of the big things I have had a
demand for is Christopher Morley's "The
Haunted Bookshop." The American people are
not ignorant people. The people who have
read Morley will follow him thru and they
come back and ask for more.
I will say the American people have a genius
for reading the new book. You may have all
the wealth of all the wisdom on the earth but
if you have a book that was published yester-
day, and tell them that, they take it. People are
up and comine and we cannot combat that.
The American neople want the new thing ; they
have a genius for that. They want the book
that is being read.
The customer says: "I want this book; it is
being read; someone suggested it" or "The
reviewer said something about this." They
want the book that the salesman is reading.
It is unfortunate that booksellers are not
more extensive readers, because the average
question asked when they come into the shop
is: "What good book have you read? Can
you recommend me a nice book?" He should
read at least one-tenth of the books he is sell-
ing. Here is the weakest point in the book-
selling business, the weakest point in our mer-
chandising. We do everything but attend to
the thing that stands between us and the cus-
tomers.
The average book clerk is in the business
only two or three years. Train your book
clerk. How? I don't know. Perhaps the
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY can run a good extension
department ; perhaps the Booksellers' Associa-
tion can in some way stress the idea of train-
ing the book clerk. Perhaps they can train him
in the book-shops. A bond salesman works
for a while in Ohio, then is sent to New York,
and back to Ohio. Send our clerks for a while
to a library, then to the big 'book-shop and
back to the small book-shop.
If you want to get the people who are not
reading to-day, who are drifting into the book-
shop, get competent book clerks.
MR. SHOEMAKER : There are various ways of
getting on the program. The understanding
was that this year, Philadelphia was to be con-
spicuous by its absence, but I managed to slip
in here to say something. Somebody asked
me this morning, why I didn't talk about the
new outlet for books as a result of the dress-
making business, and it might interest you to
know that, not from any idea of our own, but
due to the resourcefulness of a garment manu-
facturer, a new outlet for books has been de-
veloped.
In other words, a manufacturer of dresses
in New York, came to us and asked us for
the privilege of using the name "Betty Wales"
on dresses, and quite to our surprise, the busi-
ness has developed far beyond any expectations
we had and the books not only advertise him,
but he uses the books as premiums. There is
a coupon attached to the skirt of each Betty
Wales dress and the person who buys the dress
can cut off the coupon and fill in the names
of five of her girl friends. She sends that to
the manufacturer of the dresses in New York,
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who collects those names, tabulates them and
sends them back to the town in which he has
an agency for the dresses and sends to us
the name of the sender, and she receives from
us one of the Betty Wales books.
I think I am not violating any of the secrets
of the trade when I say that they are getting
from us not less than one thousand books a
month — about 15,000 Betty Wales books a year
are going out. Each girl who gets one of
those books from us, there are eight volumes
in a set, is a potential buyer of the rest of the
set. We follow that up with a letter, telling
her about the rest of the books in the set. The
result of that all is, that a set of books which
is some fifteen or eighteen years old, and
which was not becoming any more active, has
become one of the most active sets of books
on our list, and all due to the fact that we are
developing an entirely new market for books.
We can speak of this in all modesty, because
it is not our own idea.
PRESIDENT HERR : I take great pleasure in
introducing Mrs. Honore Willsie, author of.
"The Enchanted Canyon," "The Heart of the
Desert," and formerly Editor-in-Chief of the
Butterick Publications.
What the People Want to Read
From the Point of View of an Author
By Honore Willsie
WELL, I am here under false repre-
sentations. I do not know anything
about what the public wants to read.
If I did, instead of riding in a Dodge car,
six years old, whose self-starter won't work,
I would be riding in a Rolls-Royce. I have
been trying for a good many years to discover
what people want to read. I have learned a
great deal about this from vou people to-day.
However, I will try to prove to you that I
do not know what the public wants.
The Author Collects Data
The author must have a story in his or her
.heart, which he feels he must put on paper,
and the Lord be with him for the result. Just
to prove to you that I don't know why books
sell — before I wrote my last book, I thought
I would inquire as to the popularity of several
Western stories. I went into a Liggett Drug
Store where there was a girl I had a nodding
acquaintance with, merely nodding — 'behind the
book counter. I said: "How about the books
on the southwest that are being published now ;
what do you think is the best?" She said:
"I don't know." I said: 'Can you recom-
mend one to me?" "No," she said, 'I don't
like any of them very much, except Zane
Grey's and Harold Bell Wright's. They are
all punk. We have one old one that sells
and sells and sells; it is a rotten book
but you might read it." I said: "Who
wrote it?" She said: "A man wrote it,
whose name is Willsie. It is a rotten story."
I suppose I had a curious expression on my
face and she said: "Have you ever read it?"
And I said: "Yes, a good many years ago."
She said: "How did you like it?" I said:
"It was a rotten story." And I didn't buy
the book.
I took on the job of editor of the Delineator.
I didn't want to be the editor of a woman's
magazine. I was the editor of the Delineator
for nearly six years. The task that was
set me as editor of the Delineator, was the
task for turning the Delineator from being a
mere fashion magazine into a magazine with
some literary quality. I was very ignorant
when I took the job. After five years, — lur-
ther to show you I don't know what people
want, — I made a speech in Detroit before the
women's clubs, and I suppose there were five
hundred or six hundred women there and four
hundred and ninety-nine of them came up to
me and said: "You know, we never knew
that the Delineator was not merely a fashion
magazine."
Somebody asked me how it felt to be the
editor of a magazine having the circulation
of the Delineator. I said:. "When you are
going to make a speech before an enormous
assembly, you sweat blood preparing the
speech; you put the best effort of your life
into the speech; you dream about it, and when,
you are thru, you find the audience is deaf,
dumb and blind. That is how it feels to
be the editor of a magazine.
Sure Fire Stuff
There are five or six things I found as edi-
tor of the Delineator, were sure to bring re-
quests for more. Sex stuff; that is, when a
writer writes a story like Robert Chambers,
he knows sex stuff sells. I suppose that is
why he writes it. He knows that people like
to be led right straight up to the bed-room
door and then have the door banged in their
faces, as my husband says. Robert Chambers
worked that for years and years. You can
be very sure of building up your circulation;
it will jump and jump for you.
I was talking with a man last week who
owns a big newspaper syndicate, and I asked
him if he published sex stuff. He said "No."
I said: "Why"? He said: "It doesn't
develop a permanent audience." He said:
"We want a permanent audience." There is
another type of sex stuff— the muck raking
type. It holds up to the eyes of the morbidly
curious public the things that should be pri-
vate, the things that human beings all know
and don't want to talk about, and every once
in a while someone comes along with courage
to talk about it and we all lap it up. Those
are the two kinds of sex stuff. I avoided them
in the Delineator. T suppose a magazine is a
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personal thing, and I was more interested in
out-of-door things and in children, and I took
it for granted that there were just as many
women and men in the country who were as
interested, and I avoided the sex stuff.
Then after that there was the adventure ma-
terial. Each month when I made up the maga-
zine, I said, — so many months out of the year
we will have adventure, so many months, a
child story, and every month out of the year,
a love story. I thought, up to the time ol
taking the editorship of the Delineator, that
women didn't care for adventure. I had a
letter one day from a woman in Dakota. The
idea she tried to get across to me was this :
Why don't you have stories of the sea? Why
is it that writers do not write the kind of
stories of the sea that I would like to read?
She said : "People think of me as a dried
up old maid, living on this farm which my
father left me, doing the daily routine of the
farm, day after day, living here with nothing
to see but the endless prairies, and yet, I tell
you that every night when I go to bed I see
the sea, and I long for a book that tells me
the things I want to know. I want to know
if the sea, when you say it is green, is as
green as our prairies are in the Spring? Do
the gulls scream at dawn or at night — when
do they scream? My father staid at sea until
he was twenty-five years of age, then he came
here and staid all his life. Won't you please
find a writer who knows the sea and write a
love story of the sea — on the sea in a very
small boat at night. The hired man goes to
milk and then he goes home and the neighbor-
hood is quiet, and me, — I am on the sea." I
found her a story of the sea but I never heard
from her again.
Love Stories Popular
Love stories, always love stories, are liked :
particularly the simple romantic love story, not
the sex story; that is quite distinct from the
ordinary love story, the great love story. "The
Brushwood Boy" will live forever, I believe, —
we never published such a story — what I call
a sexless love story, which is full of sex, with-
out having a request for more, twelve months
out of the year, year after year. Men and
women like to read a clean, fine love story.
Again, the child story. A woman's maga-
zine turns naturally to child's stuff and so
when I became editor of the magazine, I said'
"Let us carry the regular department in the
back of the book but have no fiction about it."
I ha'd two or three experiences which made me
see I was wrong. I will tell you two.
I _ was making a talk in the middle west,
again before a woman's club. T was sitting
on the platform behind one of the sneakers.
The chief speaker of the day was a distin-
guished college professor, who had just come
from Europe, and he had been asked bv this
woman's club to talk on the general political
chaos in Europe. If any of vnu have ever
spoken to an exclusively feminine audience,
you know it is a difficult audience to talk to.
because there is a continual adjusting; four or
five years ago, they would knit, — a little pow-
dering of the nose, — and I could see this was
a particularly restless audience, and they all
had fans. This college professor leaned on the
table and sweated (he didn't perspire) and
tried to get his idea over, but the political
chaos in Europe somehow or other had no
place there. They edged toward the door.
They looked at me and wondered whether I
was going to say anything worth saying to
them. Finally, the professor said in closing:
"I want to speak of something 1 saw in
Amsterdam. I want to tell you about eight
little Amsterdam orphans, of whom I had the
care." The women came right out to the
front. The nose powdering stopped, and he
held them breathless and motionless while he
told them about the children.
Stories of Hearth and Home
Another incident : There was a group of
very highbrow writers in New York. They
made a great mistake, and I will tell you about
it. They were talking, about fifty or sixty of
them, about getting up a community wherein
they could all live and where the children
would be taken from the parents and brought
up by hand by people trained and equipped to
bring the children up in this community.
There was to be a community this and that,
leaving the men and women writers free to
expand their souls and pursue the publishers.
There were a great many distinguished names
there and they gave a banquet. They made
two mistakes. I didn't talk; I am a lowbrow.
These people who were there would not admit
to reading anything lower than the New Re-
public. As I say, they asked me. They asked
also a man whose name you would all know, —
a great writer on political economy. He is
about fifty years old. He looks as tho
he never had a drop of red blood in his body ;
may be that is the reason they asked him
there. He was to close the whole evening by
pulling the situation together and telling them
what a great economic idea it was. It had
Bolshevism backed off the boards and was go-
ing to make over the world. There was con-
siderable stress laid by the women present on
the matter of this community training of
children. There was considerable discussion.
Some husbands and wives were present. It
was an interesting meeting in more ways than
one. When the economist was called upon to
speak, he got up slowly and looked around
and said : "Ladies and Gentlemen : I have
one comment to make on this evening's por-
trayal of modern tendencies. When I was a
boy I went to the public school in the country
and we learned to speak pieces, and I learned
one I have never forgotten:
'Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your
flight,
Make me a child again, just for tonight/"
He said : "When you men and women can
embody that thought and what that thought
has meant to men and women for countless
generations, then you can begin to talk about
making L^topia, and not until then."
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I went back to the Butterick Building and
1 said : "We are going to have stories about
mothers and children," and we did, and people
liked them ; not that they told me so, but the
circulation went up, and the circulation man
said maybe there was hope for me.
There is the mystery story. For the family
magazine, there isn't anything better than one
mystery story every third month, making a
serial of it, if possible. The people love it.
This winter I went out on a western ranch,
and I had many and various experiences out
there. We were sixty miles south of a rail-
road ; the ranch was in a little valley from
which gigantic mountains arose, so you could
walk out and put your hand on the mountain's
shoulder. It varied from ten above zero to
forty below, in temperature. Tlhere we're
about twelve families. It was all blue from
the elevation and the snow. People lived in
log cabins. They were active people, and they
were enormous readers. They read nothing
but two things: The Atlantic Monthly, and
Zane Grey and Harold Bell Wright and any
other western writer that came along. They
are rough people, — practically all of Anglo-
Saxon descent. They live a big free life.
They have no morals worth mentioning, but
the man who is the most immoral man in the
valley, is a man I will call Jones. He was
unmoral — a man of about fifty. He was a
wonderful broncho buster, and comfortably
well off, but even the people in this country
said he was a little -bit rough. But on the
shoulder of the mountain, fifteen miles from
our cabin, was another cabin and there lived
there the stingiest man in this country, and this
stingy man had a wife and she was a very
pretty girl. When it came time for the wife's
baby to come, the stingy husband said she
couldn't have Aunty Ames or any help ex-
cept what he could give her. The doctor was
sixty miles away. It was too much trouble.
People in the valley were not particularly in-
terested one way or the other. This stingy
man, they said, was going a little bit too far,
but nobody tried to help the matter out. One
day there was a blizzard, and I was alone in
our cabin. There came a knock at the door
and in came this man Jones, covered with
snow, and he had a bundle in his arms and he
brought it in and said it was a baby. It seems
he had gone up on the mountain to have some
sort of a row with the stingy man and had
found the wife alone in child birth, and she
died. He brought the baby to me — a pitiful
tragedy that few people know about.
A day or so after this, Jones was going to
do some dehorning. They dehorned the young
steers out there. The people lack for excite-
ment and so this dehorning that is carried on
is very popular. There were fifteen or twenty
of us watching the dehorning. Jones would
go out on his horse and let the steer run.
Jones would go up neck and neck with the
steer, the horse threw him on his back, then
Jones would sit on the steer's head and saw
off his horns. I sat facing it as long as I
could, and then sat with my back to it. and
watched the mountains. After the perfor-
mance was over, Jones came up to me and
said: "Say, Mrs. Willsie, I heard you had
some books sent you by the publishers.
What kind of books are they?" I said:
"I don't know." He said: 'I wish, for
Heaven's sake, if you have any books among
them that have real adventure in them, that
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would take me out of this damn dull life, you
would let me take them." I had no answer for
him. The mystery story would fail with him.
Those comprise the kind of stories that we
know the public wants. We know, because
they not only endured them, but came back
year after year and read the same kind of
stories in the same old magazines and in the
same old books. They are not in any sense
to be looked down upon. The reading public
is not to be patronized. It is infallible in its
final judgment on the worth of the author. I
may write the most magnificent story of the
far west that was ever written; if the public
doesn't want it, it isn't a good book. The
public wants joy; life is hemmed round with
mystery; life is dark. When we read, we
want to read to find a little joy in life, and
the writer who doesn't find and interpret joy
in advenfurp. and in mystery, and in mother-
hood and love, cannot endure, and the public
knows it. (Applause.)
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Morning Session — Wednesday, May llth
The meeting was called to order at 10:15
a. m.
PRESIDENT HERR : The general theme of the
meeting this morning is "How can the book-
seller create a public and give it what it
wants?" And this has been approached from
a number of viewpoints.
The first address will be from the point of
view of the large book shop, and Mr. A.
Kroch of Kroch's Book Shop, Chicago, will
speak.
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How Can a Bookseller Create a Public and Give It
What It Wants?'
From the Point of View of the Large Shop
By A. Kroch
Kroch's Bookstore, Chicago
WHEN I was approached to speak on
this subject, I felt rather embarassed.
To speak in a general way is naturally
the easiest but also the most superficial way,
as it lacks the convincing .power of actual
proof. To speak specifically, would require
speaking of myself, which might create the
impression of self -advertising. I have, how-
ever, decided to face such an accusation in
the hope that my experience may be of benefit
to some of my fellow-members. ,
During my business life, I have tried to
know myself, to analyze my own motives, to
study the public with whom I came in con-
tact, to consider my possibilities and limita-
tions, and will attempt to give the .truthful
and self-analytical trend of my thought.
Early Training
I am starting wth a terrible confession. I
am not what you may call a regularly trained
bookseller. In my home-town, as a student, I
have spent most of my leisure time in reading
and browsing around in bookshops, where
with my small allowance, I was gathering to-
gether an interesting orivate library. From my
early youth, I felt the amenities of book-col-
lecting, and this incomparable joy taught me
the psychology of the bookbuyer. The one
group of men 'I have then admired were the
bookmen. Such a wonderful profession, I
thought; all you have to do is to read and
caress fine books, and even if you have to part
with them at times, new ones will replace the
loss. You meet charming people who share
your book-joys, discuss with them your
favorite authors, and you add to their hap-
piness by letting them have the books they
crave. Those were my boyish dreams ; I still
have them, and to those boyish dreams I
attribute my business success. I still share
with my clients the joys they get from read-
ing the good books which I recommend.
When I came to this land of unlimited pos-
sibilities, my first thought was of books. The
statue of Liberty with its outstretched arm,
shining in the darkness was to me the per-
sonification of freedom borne out of knowl-
edge. I heard and read wonders of this "God's
Country" and was convinced that people with
such lofty ideals must be all booklovers. After
a short odyssey, I found myself as clerk in
a foreign bookstore. I was happy, and even
the mastery of a book-duster did not dim my
enthusiasm. I learned there by contrast and
began to feel terribly important. Here, I was
permitted to talk to strangers, who soon be-
came my friends, about the books I loved; I
sold them the books and they came back for
more. And why? Because I offered them
something I knew, something I loved, and be-
cause I transmitted to them my honest en-
thusiasm. All this was unobtrusive, genuine
and not forced. And here, you have the first
three points of the successful bookseller:
1. Know your books.
2. Become enthusiastic over them.
3. Transmit this enthusiasm to your clients.
Windows Reveal Shop's Soul
When I founded my own bookstore, it was
but natural that I should follow these rules.
I gathered together books that I knew, not
merely a haphazard selection, but only such
books as appealed personally to my literary
taste, and with unfaltering conviction that
those books would appeal to my clients. The
next task was my window. I realized from
the start that the window was to bare my
business soul which was a chaos trying to em-
brace all good books, and accordingly I so ar-
ranged my first window. I was so proud of
my books that everyone was to receive a pre-
ferred position, but the more I loved a book
the better the position. So the window be-
came mv real business card, the expression of
my individuality. The public noticed the ex-
pression, caught the spirit and began to come
in. I talked to them about my books, it was
I who led the conversation. I spoke to them
about the subject I knew best, about the books
I loved, and evoked in them the desire to
know more about the books I spoke about.
Here is the fourth point for the successful
bookseller : Make the public want the books
you want them to read. In my present book-
store, with yearly booksales of about a quar-
ter of a million dollars, over 90 per cent of the
books sold my me and my assistants are our
recommendations, and less than 10 per cent di-
rect requests.
This actual power to mold the mental re-
quirements of the public must be wielded with
tact, discretion and absolute honesty.
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I have succeeded in impressing my clients
with the fact that the reading of good books
is not only a pastime, a sport of a thousand
thrills but also a most profitable occupation,
as it elevates the reader above the dull crowd,
offers him the best topic of conversation among
intelligent people, and entitles ihim to the priv-
ileges of the only true aristocracy, the aristoc-
racy of mind. He can also share this distinc-
tion and pay the finest compliment to his
friends' intellects by giving to them books as
gifts on any and every occasion. To be met in
a bookstore, known for its good books, is
really a worthwhile distinction.
Longsighted Travelers
The mentally alert bookseller has a further
opportunity, if not duty, to improve the taste
of the reading public. When a genuine effort
is made to impress the reader with the beauties
of literature in contrast to the shallowness of
near literature, it will usually meet with suc-
cess. It has to be done gradually, tactfully
and persistently. The bookseller's own en-
thusiasm for literature and his belief that the
public is susceptible to good books are his
best assistants. 'Genuine gratitude of attached
potent book-buyers will be the adviser's re-
ward.
As my book-purchases became noticeable,
they began to attract the attention of the pub-
lishers' representatives. Soon I discovered a
new art "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies"
among those representatives who thought they
knew more about my wants than I myself, and
were anxious to find a resting place for their
would-be remainders. But the short-sighted
salesmen soon gave me up in despair, and my
arrogant endeavor to find out more about the
books than the size, price and a few ill-fitting
commonplace phrases met with resentment.
But there were others who endeavored to ap-
preciaite my position, who were either pre-
pared to answer my inquisitive questions or
offered me an opportunity to answer the ques-
tions myself. They understood that my mode
of buying was not a matter of favoritism, but
merely an honest desire to convince myself
whether I was fit to sell the book in question,
and whether I could find the reader to fit the
book. An important factor was whether the
book would fit in with the rest of my book-
family without causing an unpleasant discord.
My rule is quite simple: I never buy a book
in appreciable quantities unless I have had an
opportunity to read the book myself, or know
of it sufficiently to be able to describe it in-
telligently. Large special works are never
bought unless I can visualize prospective
clients. Thru reading literary journals, I am
keeping myself informed and have also a
standing order with my British agents for
sample copies of every new work of the more
prominent English authors and of any widely
read book. I befieve that there is always a
valid reason, either positive or negative, why
a book attracts especial attention. If the book
is important, I prepare my public for the
Anrerican edition, place my advance order in
sufficient quantities, and plan my selling cam-
paign.
The American publishers keep me posted,
well in advance, on their new publications, and
are almost without exception willing, since
they know my requirements, to co-operate with
me. Every book, which I purchase, whether
important or quite insignificant receives its
proper attention. It is a mental heart to heart
talk between myself and the book and a merci-
less examination as to a properly appealing
but truthful talking point. I cannot sell a
book without a talking point, as I must find
a reason for offering it to my clients. The
talking point is the soifl of a book, with it, it is
a living being, without it, it turns into that de-
spisable creature : the plug. . When I have
gathered all the information about the book,
I cannot only face the most inquisitive client, but
as a matter of fact, I invite his questions and
am prepared to answer them intelligently. If
in spite of all the precautions my judgment is
wrong and the book for any reason does not
fit the reader, he has naturally the exchange
privilege, and I try to impress him with the
fact that I am sincerely grateful to him' for
an opportunity to correct the error. I have
always practiced this guaranteed system.
One Book Sells Another
Every book has its soul-mate and thru the
simple process of associating ideas the soul-
mate, even if it is of a different temperament,
can also find its way to the client. In one
word: One .book sells another, either imme-
diately or later on, and it is unwise to break
this living chain by selling a book that is
unsuitable to the purchaser.
To reach the client whom I cannot meet
face to face, I write personal letters or short
notes in which I give plausible reasons for
offering the book. I find long elaborate circu-
lars quite useless. To remain in close touch
with clients who carry an account with me, I
have inaugurated a service of "ONE BOOK A
MONTH" of my own selection.
Bookstore Fittings
Books by American authors have been al-
ways closest to my heart, an almost Chauvin-
istic pride in our wonderful intellectual de-
velopment as a nation makes me often in-
dulgent towards some natural shortcomings of
the virile youngster the "Modern American
Literature." The freshness and boldness of
Johnnie Weaver, the sturdy idealism of Willa
Gather, Frederick O'Brien's marvelous capa-
city for evokinc" nanran longinsrs. Cabell's ex-
quisite neo-romanticism, and dozens of others,
whom I could mention, they all offer wonderful
talking-points. I am listing the readers of
leading American authors, holding my army
in readiness for any new attack. A small note
announcing the birth of "a new child" always
arouses curiosity, a new Fitzgerald, the long-
awaited Osborn, another Newton, a Mencken
make my clients forget any dreariness of life.
It is not sufficient to have the right books
on the shelves, they must be properly displayed.
The public will not look for the books, but the
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books must court the prospective reader's
favor. Dignified, harmonious arrangement, ac-
cording to subjects and easily accessible, always
within reach, with an eye to harmony of col-
or and form, will create an atmosphere of
unobtrusive dignity. But I have no patience
with the home-surrounding imitations. A book-
store is not a ihome, and a fireplace will not
create a home-atmosphere. The client must be
impressed wkh the bookstore's primary neces-
sity to sell him the books he will like, and
there is no reason for obscuring this effort.
The visitor should not feel out of place, not
awed by impressive tomes but greeted by old
acquaintnces and tempted by possible new
friends.
In my shop, I have avoided monotony and
have endeavored to impress the visitor with a
further thought that books are not only the
best mental companions, but also ideal interior
decorations.
Bookseller as Advisor
Next in importance to proper selection of
books is my effort in surrounding myself with
suitable assistants. They must be capable of
keeping uo the undying fire of enthusiasm.
They must understand that the clients' inter-
ests, their's and mine are alike. Honest, cheer-
ful service must be their watchword, expressed
in harmonious teamwork. But here I must
touch upon a sore spot in our profession.
The material to draw upon is quite limited.
To remedy it, there should be formed book-
selling schools and not merely evening
classes. A two-year university course in gen-
eral literature and business methods, one year
apprenticeship in a well-conducted bookstore,
a final examination before the board of the
Booksellers' Association would entitle the suc-
cessful candidate to a degree of a B. C., Book
Counselor. With such material we could ap-
proach a plan of the utmost importance to the
welfare of our profession, a great national
booksellers' campaign.
We must impress the public with the fact
that the bookseller is the logical mental ad-
visor, that he is the one who awakens the
mind of the child, moulds the thought of
youth, and broadens the view of the mature
man or woman, that he is The Practical
Idealist.
We must impress the bookseller himself with
the seriousness and great responsibility of his
noble vocation and the public with the fact
that trust placed with him will not be mis-
placed.
PRESIDENT HERR: I would be very glad to
hear a discussion of Mr. Kroch's most inter-
esting paper. He speaks with an air of au-
thority.
MR. GEORGE H. BRETT, JR. : Mr. Kroch's
speech and others that we have heard yester-
day have brought to my mind the necessity of
perhaps a warning against "Buy a Book a
Week." Mr. Kroch pointed out the necessity of
personality in salesmanship in the bookstore.
It seems to me that if we have the slogan
"Buy a Book a Week" it means any book
bought from any bookseller. I think that we
should pick out the book to fit each customer.
If we must have such a sjogan, I would sug-
gest "Read a Book a Week" is a better slogan
than "Buy a Book a Week."
That perhaps does not work in so well from
the point of view of the retailer because it
may be said then that people will go to the
public libraries to get the books. But I think
that if the booksellers do get together and
have more intelligent service on the floor, al-
ways striving for more intelligent service on
the part ^of their book salesmen, that more
books can"be sold. And if we keep away from
the "Buy a Book a Week" slogan and get over
some other slogan equally interesting, but one
that ireans something a little bit more definite,
we will do better.
PRESIDENT HERR : I think we are very for-
tunate in being favored with the help of a gen-
tleman who has made a study of business
methods, especially in the field of department
stores. We all recognize the fact that depart-
ment stores do get hold of some of the best
selling methods. I take great pleasure in in-
troducing Carl H. Fast, Department Store
Counsel, who will speak on our general sub-
ject from the department store standpoint.
How Can the Bookseller Create a Public and Give It
What It Wants ?
From the Point of View of the Department Store
By Carl H. Fast
Department Store Counsel
1HAVE to begin by making an apology, and
explaining that on this subject I am really not
qualified to speak. If I were asked to talk on
a proposition which I did not see the logic of
at the outset, I would be very dishonest if I
did not make my position clear. When Miss
Walker was good enough to ask me to come
to your convention here and stated the propo-
sition for discussion, I took the liberty of dif-
fering with the phrasing at the outset in one
direction and on this I would like to have
your agreement.
Nobody can cater to the public. So your
whole proposition is wrong. You can have no
individuality, no character, no following, no
real position in life, unless you belong to a
definite part of the public, and no business,
no individual ever achieved success by attempt-
ing to cater to the public.
The admirable talk of Mr. Kroch's is one of
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the best expositions of that truth that I ever
heard. He did not make a public. He made
a following out of a great chaotic mixture of
human tastes and lack of tastes that we are
commonly wont to call the public. The masses
are not the public, the public is that element
in a community which tends or works towards
the community's development.
Now to that extent I am ready to admit
that a public for book reading can be created,
but when I think of the great diversities of
tastes in reading, when I thinlc of those who
are after real literature, and those who are
after thrills, I realize that a public cannot,
from my own point of view, be catered to in
book reading.
From the point of view of the department
store man who has been studying the problems
of management for a great many years, the
more definitely you can conceive an ideal pro-
gram, an ideal individuality for your business,
and the more definitely you can visualize your
scope in the community, the more successful
you will be. There is the keynote to retail-
ing success.
What Retailing Is
Another tremendous truth that is almost
utterly overloqked — and, of course, the only
reason I make a living is because most re-
tailers are blind — is the fact that retailing is
not the buying of goods at one price and sell-
ing them at another. It is not the detailed
distribution of merchandise produced in the
mass. Retailing is the adapting of goods
bought in the mass to individual human serv-
ice. Back of it all lies that much misquoted
and misused word "service." We are con-
stantly trying to teach in the department
stores what service means, and I am free to
confess that it has taken a long time for lots
of the heads of the businesses to realize
what it means. A great many store man-
agers have made the mistake of thinking that
service meant very elaborate efforts to get
the trade thru offering all kinds of unrea-
sonable inducements and other things that
have gone to make American retailing an
economic mockery. There is no one single
thing that makes us so weak as a nation to-
day, and we are intrinsically weak, in this
tremendous economic reconstruction crisis,
which is facing us, and thru which we are
beginning to pass, as the enormous, stupid,
costly competition of our retailing, the lack
of any finer perception of what retailing
should mean, and the belief that great stag-
gering figures of totals, in dollar volumes,
spells success. It does not. Nor does it
spell efficiency.
To me the ideal bookshop would be a per-
sonally conducted bookshop, just as I have
heard it described in this talk of a few min-
utes ago, wonderfully interesting. Practi-
cally all that Mr. Kroch told us was of a
service in adapting goods bought in the mass
to the individual pleasure and needs of cus-
tomers. If we could have that sort of retail-
ing in the department stores, you would see
a different America.
I should like, however, to talk on what to
me is the big problem facing us as Americans.
Let us realize at the outset that we have been
a terribly over-specialized nation, and that if
there is one serious fault to be found with the
average American viewpoint it is over-
specialization. Let us first remember that we
are going to be from now on a better type of
Americans than we have been in the past.
We are going to try to be honorable in the
conduct of our businesses, and aim to relate
those businesses to the public welfare of
America, something which has been hitherto
entirely neglected, strange to say.
Is Business Just Business?
Have you noticed what a purely American
slogan it has always been for years to say:
"Oh, business is business" — implying that it
is quite a separate thing, apart from human
life, and all the congenial things that we
love. The American viewpoint towards busi-
ness has always been to leave business in the
office or the shop, never to bring it home. It
is a distasteful thing, in many cases a dis-
honest thing, and we do not like it to be in-
truded upon our social atmosphere.
Now, however, we are beginning to realize
that no business, no nation's business can sur-
vive until it is made a natural component part
of that nation's welfare. And if I were asked
to-day — and I assure you that I am not in
any way trying to please you — I would say
that bookselling represents the finest type of
salesmanship in America, and I say God speed
you ! I wish that we could all run department
stores the way you run your book stores.
Now, my personal contact with the book-
seller has been very slight. I can say that his
greatest weakness is his idea, amounting al-
most to a ho'bby, that the literary side, or
the librarian function, the advisory func-
tion, constitutes the end and aim of success-
ful management. I will venture the state-
ment that the previous speaker has just as
good business systems, just as good account-
ing systems, just as good cost finding systems,
as he has spirit of service and diligence of
research in adapting books to his clientele.
I should like to say a few words to you
from the viewpoint of the managing expert,
so to speak, who is studying problems of man-
agement, on this subject of "Better Manage-
ment," rather than of "Trying to Create a
Public." The public is here now. We have
only to call from that public the clientele
that the personality of your business will ap-
peal to, and aim to develop it into greater
and greater lovers of books.
An Undersold Commodity
In that connection I would like to say
that I have this morning made a rare dis-
covery. For nearly ten years I have been
harping on the fact that the trouble with
America as a nation is over-salesmanship and
under-service. The real reason for the high
cost of living and the cost of high living is
the fact that people are constantly being urged
to buy things that they don't need. But I
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say in regard to books, this is not so.
If you can only quadruple or multiply ten-
fold the consumption of books, you will
be doing the country the greatest blessing
that you can think of. [Applause.] It is the
only kind of merchandise that I ever heard
of that was not being over-sold. [Laughter.]
In various cities it has been my lot to deal
with a bookseller now and then. I have gone
into stores and I have talked with the pro-
prietors about good retailing and principles
of management, and I find that there are very
few that grasp the fact that underlying all
this service, all this literary side, all this
beautiful atmosphere of fiction, romance,
poetry, literature, in which they are basking,
there must be the principles of sound man-
agement in order to enable their business to
prosper. To render the greater service that
we are picturing as an ideal, the proper de-
partmentising of your store is necessary and
the realization that you have slow-moving
departments, and quick turn-over depart-
ments, the study of mark-up and mark-down,
the keeping track of wants.
Following Our Own Leads
One of the great weaknesses in retailing}
to-day is that we are selling only what the
manufacturers or producers give us to sell.
We are not trying, to find out what our fol-
lowing or trade really wants. That is a fact.
The weakest thing, the most difficult in any
department store to install is a want system.
Why? Because we have been teaching sales-
manship and not service. For ten or fifteen
years we have had schools and courses and
magazines and advertising agencies and every
conceivable influence brought to bear to bring
the Americans to think that the highest and
most useful function is to get the name on
the dotted line and to sell something that the
man doesn't want. We have developed ad-
vertising for non-essential rubbish to a point
to-day that makes it a joke. Yet we have
not developed service. I have become sar-
castic on the subject of over-salesmanship
and under-service.
Studying Your Clientele
But management — let us get back to it
again. You begin by studying your clien-
tele's wants and desires and trying to render
service thru merchandising. Your ideal store
doesn't exist by merely selling to the public.
It thrives because, it buys for its element of
the community, the merchandise that will ren-
der that group a real individual human serv-
ice. And the great big function of true sales-
manship is not getting the name on the dotted
line. It is not making the sale. It is render-
ing the service thru the sale.
One of the things that I have to teach buy-
ers in department stores is the subject of
true values, to realize that value is not shown
by a narrow margin of mark-up. The value
of any article, a book or corset or suit of
clothes to your user or consumer is measured
by the degree of satisfaction which its posses-
sion gives that user. If I sell an ill-fitting
pair of shoes that logically would retail for
$15.00, and sell them for $5.00 to a person
that they don't fit, am I giving that person
any value ? The same thing applies all along
the line.
"Sell a book a week" is not so important as
"Getting the people to like a book a week"
and "Want a book a week."
Are the Libraries Competitors
Another thought crosses my mind, and I
imagine that it has crossed all of your minds,
on the subject of the great development of
the public libraries — the mistake, as expressed
by the previous speaker, that might be felt
by some people, when he suggested that the
slogan "Buy a book a week" should be
changed to "Read a book a week," the fear
that it might boost business for Mr. Car-
negie's memorials. I believe that if we look
back, we will laugh at that, and we will real-
ize the shortsightedness which caused people
to think that the seamstresses would be put
out of business because the sewing machine
had been developed, and, I dare say, many
people have been reasoning in the same way
about bookselling and free public libraries.
I have no doubt that any real investigation of
the subject must have shown ~just the con-
trary, that the library extension, the great
extension of free reading in all directions is
bound to make a good deal bigger consump-
tion and buying volume for the bookseller.
If I were a bookseller I'd almost feel that
I would like to run a library, and a book-
shop, too. I think I'd sell more books if I
had a library where I could have a free
reading room. It is the same principle as
the great national advertisers' problem of get-
ting people to want the goods by sampling
them. How can we get anybody to sample a
book except by reading it? The rest is all
hearsay.
Making Capital Work
The next problem that we are confronted
by is the financial aspect. I have seen so
many stores that have all of their capi-
tal tied up in books which do not move fast
enough and which prevent them from mak-
ing any money. They don't realize that all
that we have to sell in this world is time.
Books, merchandise, college training, profes-
sional degrees, a hotel, a factory, a farm, any-
thing you like are only tools with which"1 we
can turn time into money. And every dollar
that you have invested in books or in mer-
chandise, or in desk fixtures, or whatever it
may be that you are handling, which does not
give you a rapid enough turnover in propor-
tion to the income which it yields, is keeping
you from having a bigger store and a wider
scope of influence. It is preventing you from
turning time into money.
And the first thing I should urge upon the
bookseller to-day is that he be a better mer-
chant thru financial control. I think that if
the business of bookselling could be put upon
the modern department store basis — I say
modern because there are very few modern
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department stores — most of them are much
more antiquated than your book shops.
(Laughter.) You know, size is the most para-
lyzing influence in the world, as when a per-
son gets so big that he cannot work quickly
or act quickly. A big department store is
like a three or four-hundred pounder who
has to be pushed in a wheel chain [Laughter].
Real efficiency is never found in bodies or
businesses of great size.
Where Is the Best Turnover
I submit that the modern idea of merchan-
dising is to find out where you can get the
turn-over most quickly in order to carry on
this great social house of service in the shape
of the book shop. In other words, I don't
know how many of you here carry stationery
departments, how many desk accessories, how
many kodaks, how many of you other various
lines, but I do know that if the bookseller,
no matter how he is specializing in his com-
munity as a book advisor, also couples
with that a study of modern merchandising
methods, he will be able to carry a bigger
stock, and have bigger income resources by
merchandising the stocks on which he can
get a quick turn-over.
I don't know to what extent the fight that
is going on in the department store field on
maintenance of re-sale prices is coming up in
your fraternity, to what extent the fraternal
issue between the producer, the manufacturer,
and the retailer has been discussed, but you
will find it will come up more and more. The
tendency of the national distributor, of course,
is to make the retailer a mere hander-out of
his product and the fixing of re-sale prices is
one of the important problems to-day in re-
tailing.
In the book field that is quite a marked ten-
dency, and a very big percentage of all your
merchandise you have to sell at a definite
retail price. That is all the more reason
why you should develop a want system, a
special order system which gives you an enor-
mous advantage over the average dealer, and
why you should develop merchandising sys-
tems of management to assure a quick turn-
over and make your dollars work.
Widening the Stores Scope
If I could leave but one message with you
to-day that I believe would do most good, it
would be to take a new pride in the fact that
you are among the best retailers in the United
States, that the bookseller is really rendering
a service of advising readers on the books
that will give them pleasure, that fie is using
discernment in adapting merchandise made
in the mass and printed by the ton to the
individual development of human beings.
That is the highest ideal of retailing.
Now add to that the principle of logical
management, and widen your scope by mer-
chandising the less animate things, the things
that have no so-called soul, the useful every-
day artistic accessories of the library in the
desk or the stationery field. I should like to
see every book store in every city that I come
in contact with three times as big as it is.
It should be. I'd like to see the spirit of
bookselling that has just been outlined in
such an ideal way, so prevalent that we in the
other merchandising fields can follow it and
copy it.
The average retailer merely goes into busi-
ness in the way the average young person goes
on the stage — (because they cannot do any-
thing else. [Laughter.] It is the most over-
done industry or profession in the world be-
cause it is supposed to require no intelligence,
no training, no knowledge, none whatever. I
believe, that if you will develop schools of
bookselling and schools of book-buying — be-
cause to me the buying is the first step in
service — you will do a tremendous good.
Getting Best Salesmen
There is one subject I should like to touch
on in conclusion, and that is the human side
of it. I believe you have a tremendous ad-
vantage if you will use it in the getting of
better employees than the average retail store
can get. I had a clever youg woman a year
or so ago in_ one of my client's stores, whom
I was trying to teach certain systems in tke
merchandising field. She tried it for a cou-
ple of weeks and finally she said, "I am going
back to my old job." I said, "Where is that?"
She said, "In the book and stationery store."
I could not get her to stay in that shop.
More money was offered to her; but no, she
had a love for the books and the book store.
I think^if I had a hobby and were able to
cultivate Ft, it would be books. Is there any-
one present, by the way, who happens to have
been associated with the old second-'haml book
store in Philadelphia, Leary's on Ninth
Street?
[MR. McGRATH : Yes, sir. I have been .con-
nected there for the past twenty-six years.]
You will recall Gen. Pleasanton who used
to buy so many books that it was a -stand-
ing joke with his relatives and friends—
A. J. Pleasanton. I think some of you
gentlemen at Leary's were authorities for
the statement that he had five or ten thou-
sand dollars worth of books unwrapped. His
wife would not let him unwrap them. I men-
tion that because this meeting brings up so
many memories. He was my grandfather. So
you see the natural instinct to be extrava-
gant in books lies in the family.
Now, the final message that I'd' like to
leave is that if you can possibly do so, get
those readers whom you can influence at all
to read books that will give them a more live
vital interest in the problems of America to-
day. ^ [Applause.] A prominent banker in
America has declared that we are a nation
of economic illiterates, and it is absolutely
true. There is probably no other land under
the sun where people with the same average
intelligence, sophistication, and so-called edu-
cation are so densely ignorant, of the eco-
nomic and political vitally important facts
confronting their own country, as in Amer-
ica.
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I want to tell you that the retailing indus-
try of the United States to-day is on trial
for its life and insofar as you form a part
of it, it is your duty to see in what directions
it may be reformed and improved and to get
readers wherever you can to take a more ac-
tive vital interest in the problems of this
nation.
Now, that does not mean to urge Socialism
or unrest or radicalism. It means to have
them study the real truths of American condi-
tions more earnestly than they have and not
to keep all of their reading limited to the six
best sellers.
That to me is the most vital problem. How
many of you as business men need bank
credit? How many of you need credit from
your publishers ? How many of you have
heavy expenses to pay? How many of you
are really trying to make some money on
your business? How many of you are find-
ing that your customers cannot afford books
the way they used to because of the high
cost of everything else? Well, those are eco-
nomic problems, and America's retailing is
woefully inefficient, so that if you can do
your little part toward helping to bring
about a better America, so that the reading
habit is used to give better knowledge of
America, and help her build with less extrava-
gance, less wastefulness, with higher stand-
ards of business, you will have been render-
ing an immense help to the age in which you
live.
As booksellers, I think you can do that
even more than the average teacher or pro-
fessor in a college because you are gradu-
ating students every week, while they have
to keep one group for four years. [Applause.]
PRESIDENT HERR: The next address will be
from the standpoint of the small bookshop,
and this viewpoint I think will be dear to the
hearts of a great many who are here. The
address will be delivered by G. M. L. Brown
of the Orientalia Book Shop, New York City.
A Booksellers' Forum
From the Point of View of the Small Book Shop
By G. M. L. Brown
Orientalia Book Shop, New York
I CON TEND that the gentleman who just got
off the platform is a bookseller, but he is
more. He is a spell -binder. Coming down to
the train 1 had a suspicion that something-
would be put over in this session, and I had
the good sense to throw my prepared speech
out of the window, and 1 framed a new ad-
dress which I have here to refer to. I did not
have time to memorize it, but I am very glad
it is this one and not the other one.
1 was just thinking that I'd never have any
success as a burglar, because I have so much
trouble in making my get-away. I tried to
fet here yesterday and I missed every train,
am going to make a confession. The pres-
ent get-away was just a succession of sudden
visions of shortcomings of my small book
shop. Suddenly, at the last minute, I saw all
the shortcomings of my shop. I should have
seen them day by day, but it all came in one
final vision. Then I tried to right every-
thing before I left. That is why I missed
the 10:12, the 3:05 and the 5:15. [Laughter.]
What I saw in that little shop as I got
away from the door was more or less of a
futurist painting. It certainly did not look
like any ideal I ever had when I first went
into the shop.
Well, I got down to Philadelphia and had a
little nap and felt a great deal better. Phila-
delphia always soothes me. I don't know
whether it does you or not. [Laughter.]
The first shock that came to me — I think it
was when I was trying to get the 10:12 — was
an important letter I had to write, and I said
to the stenographer, "Address this letter to
Mr. Blank." And she did. And she said,
"What are his initials?" I said, "Heavens,
you tell me what his initials are." She said,
"it is just Mr. Blank on the order." Well, I
was very proud of my card index. I suppose
a card index to a small shop is like a bath
room to a little western cabin. To a lot of
us it is really not so necessary, but every
now and then when you need it badly for the
names that you don't bear in mind, of course
it serves a wonderful purpose. And this card
index failed me on this particular man who
was proposing to go to Europe and leave I
don't know how many thousands of dollars
worth of miniatures on sale. I said, "That
letter must not go to that man without his
initials, and we must have that index right."
And my stenographer promised it would be so.
Again, I had this experience about six weeks,
ago : I can divide my customers roughly
into two kinds, one the gentleman who pays
all my rent and a lot more, and all the other
good customers [Laughter] ; and I was writ-
ing a little personal note to this particularly —
this A-i customer who pays all my rent and
a little bit more, and apologizing for sending
in a bill in the middle of the month instead
of the end. The bill happened to be $850.00.
And 1 explained to him how fine it would be
to help me buy a library on China which
would help me build up my fortune, and the
check did not come. And then he came in
several days later. He said, "Say, you did
not get my number right. I just got your let-
ter." And this was the card index which I
had just a day or two previously told a
friend was absolutely one hundred per cent
perfect. As a matter of fact, it was only fifty
May 21, 1921
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per cent perfect because this gentleman count-
ed just about as much as all the rest.
[Laughter.]
A Perfect Card Index
Well, let me see, I have got to the 3 105 train
I think now. Oh yes, here is another mistake
I found in that card index shortly afterwards.
I found a man marked "Good pay" who is
now enjoying himself at the Riviera, owing
our little shop since January the sum of
$1942.
But, joking aside, I insist that a card in-
dex should be a perfect piece of mechanism,
and I really think it is just as necessary for
the little shop as it is for the big shop be-
cause there is no telling when some person
will come in or some important letter has to fee
written, and you may think that because your
clients are so few that you know them all
and that you don't need an index record ; but
you don't know them all, and unless the card
index is absolutely perfect and you can just
put your finger on it at a moment's notice,
there is no use in having it at all, and I
should suggest abolishing it. I shall do one
or the other myself. I shall get mine up-to-
date or throw it in the wastepaper basket.
I contend that the card index should have
in addition to the name and address not,
whether he can pay, so much as whether he
does pay, and also what his hobbies are. I
have had very great success recently in going
thru a little card index and seeing where the
pointer, and JIOTV the pointer points.
Sending Out on Approval
For instance, a man came in one day about
two months ago and bought a book for four
dollars on Japanese prints, and I showed him
two or three other books on Japanese prints
and he did not want them, and veered a little
towards jades and he bought them all. Well,
I studied that the other night and I did up a
little bundle on approval and sent it to this
gentleman. It came to about $240, and yes-
terday at three o'clock I got a nice note from
him, and he had taken from the $240, $170,
and thanked me very cordially for sending
them to him. That little card was one hun-
dred per cent perfect in that case.
By the way, when you have your card in-
dex perfect you can think about it with pride,
but don't parade it before anybody else. When
I was with the Sunwise Turn a fussy old gen-
tleman came to me and I did not find
the shop's card index one hundred per
cent perfect. I rushed and got his card and
carelessly did not look at it, and I said to
him, "By the way, have we got your name
and address correctly on here?" and handed
him the card. And then to my horror I saw
on this card in the handwriting of a lady — I
will mention no names [Laughter] — ^'Pomp-
ous old party but pays promptly." [Laughter.]
But it is not quite so bad a joke as it
seems. It happens that he could not read a
word of it. In fact, I was the only one in
the Sunwise that could read this particular
lady's writing. So I knew in a moment that I
was saved.
I have a card from her now in my pocket.
[Laughter.] There is a word in that card —
I am not sure just what it means, whether
it is efficiency or effervescence. Well, two
days ago, I voted for "efficiency" and wrote
my first little address, and then I had that
harrowing experience, and read the card
again, and I decided it was "effervescence,"
so I am trying to effervesce. [Laughter.]
Tracing the Out-of-Way Item
Well, another jolt I got about three o'clock
yesterday afternoon was when a certain man
came in and showed me a book on Confu-
cianism by Herbert A. Giles, and this was a
book that I had never heard of before, and
he wrote it three years ago, written in Lon-
don, and I had never seen the book or heard
of the book, or sold it, or bought it before.
I was a little confused when I found that the
traveler had not heard of it and, in fact, did
not know who Giles was. Then I rushed
to the publisher's catalog and I found that
they did not have the book indexed under
Giles ; they indexed it under some title of
a series. So far as I know not a copy
of this book been distributed in this coun-
try, and I had my ad ready for Asia, and
I was just in time to squeeze that book
in as a new book, and it was quite a delight
to all my clients to get this new book. It
bore the date 1917. Whatever blame may be
attached to the publisher, I feel more to
blame than anyone else because any small
shop that pretends to be a specialty shop is
and should be the court of last resort. Peo-
ple come to me continually and ask me ques-
tions that I could not possibly answer in a
thousand years. The first few months I used
to say, "It is a very hard question to answer."
1 have quit saying that, and I give an an-
swer. [Laughter.]
A Soft Answer
I was in the English army during the war.
We had an old colonel, and had a terri-
ble time with him. He used to put every-
body under arrest, and everybody was in
mortal fear of him, even the officers. One day
I found out the great secret. It was, whenever
he asked you anything, you were to answer
instantly. [Laughter.] So a clay or two later
the old fellow came along. I was a bombar-
dier. He said, "Bombardier! What are the
men doing with those tents over there?"
I did not know. It was none of my busi-
ness any more than it was the business of
some one here. I said, "Those tents are
being taken down to be dried. I think they
are a little wet inside." A couple of days
later I was recommended for promotion.
How is the small bookseller to know the
good things that, are to be had in his parti-
cular line? Well, a small book shop has
either one of two things. It either has gen-
eral literature and specializes in the sense that
it gives the best of the books that it carries,
or it specializes in one field of literature.
The Publishers' Weekly
My specialty is a peculiarly narrow one, you
may think. Of course, it is a tremendously
broad one when you get into it; that is, the
whole literature of the East.
Developing a Specialty
I don't know of any way to be informed ex-
cept to read all the publisher's catalogs and keep
your eye open for anything connected with
your specialty. I have read them all in the
last few years, and I thought I had checked
up everything of true interest, but I have
perhaps got only half of the things that are
of interest in my field. I had a young lady
to assist me, and on one page she missed
eighteen splendid items on the East, and then
checked off two books because they were India
paper. [Laughter.] But I have included all
of Giles, and if you will look at next month's
Asia you will find it has a new book, and I
have all the honor of drawing your attention
to it, but it was just a piece of sheer luck.
Of course you know the publishers just
simply cannot know what they publish be-
cause their assistants do not read books.
[LaugEter.] I could make out a very long
list of the books that I have drawn to the
attention of their publishers. For instance,
a book on Japanese architecture, a certain
publisher was very pleased to know that he
had that book. As a matter of fact, he had
never seen the book. And he is very grate-
ful to me, and I can put him off when I want
to a few weeks on my next bill. [Laughter.]
Another publisher has so entirely forgot-
ten a certain book, it is not even in the
catalog, and I am buying that book from him
and reselling it'to the trade. I called up the
publisher to find out how many copies he had.
They have a card index, but they have this
book indexed under the wrong name, and the
girl at the 'phone said, "No, we have no such
book." (I asked her myself.) They had
eighty-seven copies that sell for $6.00, and
I think I have had fifty-five of those copies,
and the rest are waiting for me. [Laughter.]
Now, all these are illustrations that a man
in a small shop, yes, a small man, too, of
reasonable intelligence, who keeps alert and
attracts people, who wants good things, pret-
ty soon knows more than the man in the biggest
shop on earth. He knows more for the sim-
ple reason that what he does know is in one
brain instead of being among twenty brains.
Small vs. Large Shops
I don't pretend that I Icnow half as much
as lots of people in Brentano's, but I give
the impression of knowing ten -times as much.
Supposing there is a certain policy decided
on. How can you possibly drill sixty or
seventy people into the same final expres-
sion, saying how much they enjoyed reading
a certain book? It is impossible.
We had a lady the other day coming to
our shop. She asked for a book — I will call
it "The System of the Siamese." And, oh,
she said, she was so delighted to find that
book. She had looked for it in some well-
known book shop and could not find it, and
the clerk had never heard of it. And so I
sold her the book. She has become a regu-
lar customer, and she says that she does not
like shops that do not have the books that
she wants. But the joke of the matter is
that that particular firm that she first went
to publishes the book, and the author of that
book is in their employ and has been for ten
or twenty years. They publish the book, they
employ the author, and they tell this lady
who is now a good customer of mine that
they know nothing about it, and nothing about,
any other books, and / should say, "Score one
for the small book shop." [Laughter and
Applause.]
Speaking of the sport of finding a book
that the publisher does not know about, the
other day I went into Mr. Kennerley's es-
tablishment. I had a copy of a book— by
N'oguchi — Lafcadio Hearn in Japan — and I
found there was a few more in his store, so
I bought them and left a few there. I left
about another dozen. I guess they are there
yet because I have since got some from the
east. Mr. Kennerley came into the shop the
following day and he saw I had this book,
and he said, "I imported that about ten years
ago. That is getting to be a very rare book.
How much is it?" I said that I had been
selling it at the old price of $2.00, but I was
just raising the price to $3.00. He said, "
will give you $3.00 for a copy." [Laughter.]
So I sold it to him for $3.00. And here is
the final part of the joke. I got my check
before I paid him. [Hearty Laughter.]
Keep Up Advertising
We get to the question of advertising. I
believe that every shop, no matter how small,
should advertise. I suppose I am prejudiced.
I used to run a country newspaper, and every-
body did not advertise, and sometimes when
they did advertise they did not pay, and some-
times they paid in patent medicines and cord
wood and all the rest of it. But I don't
think there is a small shop that is so small
that it cannot afford to advertise. On the
other hand, I think the ad should be more
or less in physical ratio to the size of the
shop. I made the mistake of contracting for
a full page in Asia for six months, and in a
sense the ad looks bigger than the shop, but
you should see the people coming from the
Far West to visit this great place Orientalia.
I think our shop is thirty feet long and. twen-
ty feet wide, but it does not look it.
Well, I overdid it. Of course, it has been
the making of our business, but I suppose we
have lost two or three hundred people by not
answering their letters as we should have,
but I am learning fast. The _main thing is
that I have a specialty wtiiclTTt would have
taken ten years to put over without adver-
tising. It has been put over, fairly well now
in less than ten months, about one hundred
per cent better than I thought it would be.
By advertising I don't mean in newspapers
only. I mean by letters, multigraphed or
tvoed. I find everyone of them pays, espe-
cially if they are intelligently got up.
May 21. 1921
Now, I was speaking of Giles. I have prob-
ably on our list of one thousand selected names
250 that have one or more copies of Giles,
and of those 250 people probably half are
ready to buy one or two more of Giles. And
that is one of the awful thoughts I had when
I was leaving the shop yesterday, that there
was a multigraphed list half ready, and a
thousand enevolpes all addressed that should
have been out a week ago. They are going
to be out very soon. I made a solemn re-
solve last night that they would be out next
Monday morning, for there is an absolute
certainty of a sale of three or four hundred
copies in the next three months by putting
out that list, and the entire absolute extreme
ultimate cost, including time and everything
else, to me, could not possibly be more than
$75,000, probably not more than $50.00 in that
particular case.
Sending Book Lists
Well, in a similar way a list can be twenty-
five typed sheets, ten typed sheets; in several
cases I only put out three or four because I
don't believe in having too many of a list
go out, especially if it concerns an out-of-
print book. I don't believe in having a lot
of checks come in only to be returned to the
sender. In fact, I am not sure myself about
the advisability of returning them. [Laugh-
ter.] So I have put out lists of four and
five and six, and sold ninety per cent from
the lists. I have been trying in my mind to
think how you can adapt these small lists to the
small town, because I have lived half of my
life in small towns. And I thought of such
names as Galsworthy and Conrad, and Hud-
son the naturalist, or Susan Glaspell, or
Lafcadio Hearn, or perhaps some other names
that would appeal to perhaps a dozen people
in your town, and they have started in on
those authors — four or five or ten books — and
you know all about it Because they have
been in your shops and talked to you about
it, and there is no one to point out to them
what delightful things he has written before
this book that they have read. I think of
all the easy things in the small book shop —
and they are not many — I think the easiest
is to sell to a person, who gets enthusiastic
about an author, what that author has pre-
viously written, and it just needs a little
letter listing the works which he has pre-
viously written. Here is a letter that T
write :
"Dear Madam :
"There have been so many calls recently for
Nexo's Ditte: Girl Alive, that we have decided to
stock all the author's important earlier work*.
Please drop in and look them over or let us send
them up on approval. We know how keen you are
to get the best European fiction and had you spe-
cially in mind when we ordered this author."
Now you think that you cannot compete
in that kind of thing against the big concern
with the catalogs. Now, can't you? That
lady has perhaps written to the publisher or
to the big store and this is tTie kind of letter
she has had :
"Dept. X42— No. 623."
"Please use number in replying.''
"Dear Madam :
We beg to acknowledge your favor of the loth
and in reply would say that our complete catalog is
being mailed to you. For books on fly-fishing please
see pages 92 to 107."
"We beg to remain,"
In a certain shop in New York the other
day — this letter may be fiction, but now I
am going to tell you a fact — a certain girl
in a department book shop used the term
"Sacred Cooks of the Feast" when she meant
"Sacred Books of the East." That is a fact.
Now, I am not blaming that shop. They are
just simply working with human material,
and they have so much human material that
it took time to weed it out before that girl
was discovered and sent to a gum-chewing
factory. [Laughter.] But I'd like to know
how many people that girl has antagonized
in the few days she was there.
Now, these are tips to the small book shops,
but I suppose incidentally to the big ones,
but I don't care. [Laughter.]
When Out of a Favorite
One other shock that I got just before I
left yesterday with a perfect feeling of confi-
dence about how to run a small book shop
was to find that besides that book of Giles
that I never heard of, one of our very most
important books and a splendid seller, namely,
the Koran, was out of stock. Now, the only
book shop in America that deals exclusively
iwith books of the East, as we advertise, to be
without the Koran is indeed a calamity, and
it was a particular fatality in our case be-
cause we are just around the corner from
the New York Bible Society, and every once
in a while a lady comes in, and I say lady,
because it generally is a lady [Laughter], and
she asks for a Bible, and I say, "The Bible
Society is just around the corner, but we
have the Koran, ma'am, or the Bhagavad-
Gita," and it made us all feel badly to find
that our Koran was missing. That was about
the most crushing blow yesterday, and still
there were one or two others.
As to Stock-taking
I got a new bookkeeper the first of last
week, and I told her that I wanted her to
follow my system — and I see somebody smile
— and I said, "Now, I think you will find the
bank balance is correct, and I am sure you
will find I fiacf a record last year of not
making a mistake in the balance." Well, the
questions that that girl asked me between
one p. m. yesterday and six nearly made my
hair stand on end. To begin with the bank,
she found a very serious mistake, a very
pleasantly serious mistake. Now I am not
going to say how much because there may
be some publisher's spy present, but it was an
extremely pleasant serious mistake. But after
all these questions she said, "Now as I un-
derstand it, you took complete stock in
April." Well, I said, "Not complete, you
understand." And then I got away.
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The Publishers' Weekly
Of course we know that every shop should
take stock completely, and it should have its
bank balance so that you know just to a
cent how you stand, But as a matter of fact
there is not a small book shop that ever did
it or that will, and the large ones do it by
simple manipulation, and, by what they call
in the army, whitewashing things.
But, nevertheless, thru all there is a kind
of efficiency we can pretend to have. In
spite of the fact that we run our shop on
individual lines, and that we are more or
less the victims of all the good busybodies
Who want to come in and tell us their life
histories in connection with books and take
up four hours time and buy what there is
forty cents profit on ; in spite of that we
can retain our individuality, and we can re-
tain our confidence. And, by the way, when
I speak of enthusiasm in books I mean en-
thusiasm that is under proper control, if you
understand me. And we do read books. Of
course we pretend to read a lot more than we
do, but we do read books. It is an educating
profession, and we don't go bankrupt.
Now, if the small book shop, as I conceive
it, fulfils its destiny, it will remain small,
If you get too efficient you get big. If you
get big, if you don't get bankrupt, you .get
ignorant ; and one is just about as bad as the
jother. [Laughter.] But I thought twenty-
four hours ago that there was such a thing
as efficiency in a small book shop. I don't think
there is in the way we are told. I know I
have worked in the last nine months about
sixteen hours a day, and I have not added
any more columns incorrectly than I could
help, and I certainly attended to all the things
I could possibly attend to, and I have had the
most wonderful assistance, and I have done
what the average human being could do with
a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and
quite some knowledge behind it, and several
helps of a peculiar nature, such as a part-
ner who is traveling in the East, who is do-
ing wonderful things for my shop, and in
spite of that, I come from a very inefficient
shop.
And my last word to the small shop is if you
have any mental stock-taking, such as mine
yesterday, do not be too badly discouraged.
[Hearty Applause.]
PRESIDENT HERR : Mr. Melcher has a report
on the balloting in the Booksellers' Fellow-
ship.
MR. MELCHER : At the President's suggestion
my talk on the Co-operative Advertising Cam-
paigns will be put into the afternoon program,
as the morning is so far gone, and I hope that
there may be considerable discussion and sug-
gestion at that time.
The Award of the Honorary Fellowship
MR. MELCHER: As the discussion of the co-
operative book publicity efforts of the past
year ought to take the form of a "respon-
sive service" with as much from the pew as
from the pulpit, I should be very glad if you
would read by this afternoon what is my report,
printed on the brown folders in the chairs. It
is my formal report on what has happened
since we all went aflame in Philadelphia a year
ago, and I want your reaction on it. As my
function is only that of transmuting into action
the things that this association wants, and in
which you take part, if you have looked this
over by this afternoon we can put more time
into the discussion and less into my report.
And now, I have the other part of my respon-
sibilities in which I should like a moment for
introduction, in order that we may all under-
stand just what was intended by our vote a
year ago to establish an Honorary Fellowship
of American Booksellers.
In the first place, as there might be con-
fusion in the two amendments adopted to our
constitution last year, let me explain that we
also have Honorary Memberships as well as
Honorary Fellowship. The honorary mem-
berships are intended to give a means by which
this Association can honor itself by electing to
membership those outside of this profession
who by their work and by their inspiration and
by their writing have forwarded our work
of bookselling. To have their names con-
nected with ours is a pleasure and privilege
to us. You will remember under that plan
we elected as the first two honorary members
outside the profession Edward Newton and
Bessie Graham, both of Philadelphia, the
provision being that there should be only
two elected each year. Besides that, we pro-
vided that former executive officers, retired
from the business, should also at the will of the
convention be elected to honorary member-
ship, and at that time several names were
proposed and elected.
This other plan for a Fellowship, that was
proposed and carried at the same time, bore
a slightly different intent and significance.
We have for some years discussed the pos-
sibility of being able to give some recognition
to good work in the field of retail bookselling.
We know that in other lines of work and in
other professions, there is the opportunity, by
degrees awarded or recognitions of that kind, to
say that this person or that person has signally
served the trade or profession to which he
'belongs. In bookselling, however, it is im-
possible at present to establish any standards
that are easily laid down. We cannot say
that there are some among us who should be-
long to an Honorary Fellowship because they
have a degree from this school of bookselling,
or that long term of experience.
It did seem possible, however, to those who
have talked it over, that there might be
planned some way of bringing up the discussion
of what standards of good bookselling are,
and of gradually developing an opportunity to
recognize those among us who undoubtedly
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have held to high standards of bookselling
proficiency.
Wiith that in mind the committee to which
was given the task of providing for some
such recognition, adopted the plan of which
you received the first concrete announcement
about three months ago. This Honorary
Fellowship of American Booksellers is not
intended to be a separate organization with
officers. It will simply be a selected group
among us, and, by adding five to the list each
year, we can gradually make up a body ^ of
those who have served well the profession
which we value so highly.
It was provided that the machinery was to
be simple, that in January the committee
should send out to the book-trade, either those
who are members or anyone who would be
interested, a blank on which the person re-
ceiving it could nominate some one for this
Fellowship. It was asked on that blank, that
they first tell briefly the particulars as to the
nominee's business career, and then to give
some reasons why he should be, considered
worthy of a place in this Bookselling ^Fellow-
ship.
The committee received back fifteen nom-
inations. I know that you wonder why a
score of others were not nominated, but it
was because you thought the other man was
going to do it, and the other man thought you
would. In all things of this kind, that inval-
uable thing, initiative, has to be taken by
some one.
The committee was, however, very much
pleased that those names that were sent in
represented so wide a range, so that all of
you I am sure had a chance to vote for those
who typified your idea of good bookselling.
The list included those who had served a half
century, and those who have served a few
years ; those who have built up strong and
well recognized stores, and some who are just
pioneering into the new fields. It seems to
me that a nomination was an honor in
itself which we were very glad to see con-
ferred.
Now, when the committees had arranged
the nominations, and the ballots went back to
you, we had a very quick response, a vote
that showed that people were much more
used to voting machinery than nominating
machinery. I had those ballots mailed here
because I thought there would be a certain
value in giving you up to the last minute to
vote, and when the mail was in this morning
I made the final checking up, so that we could
make the announcement at the meeting this
morning.
I think all will understand why the number
to be elected each year was restricted to five.
While we all know one hundred deserve hon-
ors from us, if we tried to elect everybody in
one year then there would be a feeling that
those who were not elected had been for somo
reason overlooked and slighted. But with
this very small number of possible elections
as for the Hall of Fame those who have not
been nominated this year will say. "I, too,
like Whitman, will some day be recognized
for my merits."
[Laughter.]
With this introduction and explanation I
will read the names of the five who have re-
ceived the highest number of votes this year
out of 190 votes cast I feel that it represents
the real feeling of the membership. This
voting was done only by members, altho the
nominating could be done by anybody in the
trade. We have had certificates, which we
think will be of permanent interest and value
to those who receive them, carefully printed
on parchment and signed.
Of the five who were elected — three are at
the convention. I only hope they are in the
room. I should like very much as I read the
names to have those who are here rise. The cer-
tificate reads: "This is to certify that the
American Booksellers' Association, founded
in 1900 has elected on May 10, 1921, Charles
E. Butler of Brentano's, New York." [Pro-
longed applause. Mr. Bfatler rose acknowledged
the applause and received the engrossed certifi-
cate.]
MR. MELCHER: "To the Honorary Fellow-
ship of American Booksellers, founded in 1921,
a Fellowship instituted to provide a means by
^vhich the American book trade might honor
those of the profession who have raised book
selling to a high level of proficiency" Signed
by the President of the Association and the
Chairman of the Fellowship Committee.
George W. Jacobs. [Great applause. Mr.
Jacobs arose and received his certificate of
election.]
William Harris Arnold. [Great applause,
and Mr. Arnold is welcomed to the Fellow-
ship.]
MR. MELCHER: The other two are at a dis-
tance, and it is my suggestion that we might
telegraph to them.
J. K. Gill of Portland, Oregon.
[Great applause.]
Joseph M. Jennings, the Old Corner Book
Store, Boston.
[Prolonged applause.]
In conclusion I would say that the nomina-
tions for another year will be open in Janu-
ary, and of course those who have now been
nominated this year be renominated. Thank
you.
[Applause.]
PRESIDENT HERR: In the final address of
the morning's program there has been a sub-
stitution of speakers. Mr. Hopkins has been
unable to come, but he has sent his Field
Sales Manager to speak for him, Robert
Porter, who will speak on the booksellers'
advertising problems. * We feel more than
happy in having Mr. Porter with us because
we know he will bring to the booksellers'
advertising problem some new viewpoint. Mr.
Porter.
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Advertising and Publicity as Aids
The Booksellers' Advertising Problems
By Robert Porter
The Columbia Graphophone Company
MR. Hopkins asked me to extend you
his regrets because he could not be
here this morning. At the last moment
he was called to Chicago to attend an im-
portant meeting of the Music Trades Indus-
tries. It was only on short notice that he
asked me to come down. Mr. Hopkins is one
of those inspirational speakers who every
time he speaks bats out a home run. If J
can get first base on four balls, I feel I will
be doing all right. [Laughter.]
Music and literature traveled pretty much
hand in hand in the old days. To-day they
are traveling more hand in hand. We have
a lot of book-stores which are handling pho-
nographs and records to-day.
There is one subject that is of very much
interest to-day. That is the subject of "The
(Bubble Book." I am going to take that as an
illustration to show you some of the mer-
chandising ideas which have moved phono-
graphs and records also have moved books.
"The Bubble Book" is a little book that sings
of fairyland, and of all the strange inhabi-
tants that are dear to the child's fancy, and it
makes them stand out in real life, accompanied
by melody.
Beginning With the Child
We know the way to the mind of the mother
is thru the heart of the child. If a child comes
into a store and is happy, it stands to reason
that the mother is in a better frame of mind
to buy. How many sales have you lost be-
cause that little child tugs against the skirt of
the mother, and says, "Mamma, mamma, come
on home. I want to go home. Mamma, I
want to go home." And then and there that
sale that you pictured in your mind is gone.
'Now there are a lot of sales that are lost due
to the fact that a little point like that is not
observed by the merchant, because he doesn'*
realize that the way to sell goods is to keep
the customers in a happy buying frame of
mind when they are in the store.
Out in Indiana there is a dealer who has
specialized on the idea of appealing to the
child's nature. He has decorated in the rear
of the store, a small room with little white
chairs and a little table, with pictures, Peter
Rabbits and everything else to make the
child's heart happy. A little phonograph
stands by ready to make the "Bubble Book"
sing. When mother comes into that store,
the clerk very graciously invites the little
child back to that room while mother goes
about her shopping, because she knows the
child is safe. It stands to reason that the
mother also is going to buy more, and at the
same time there is -going, to be a sale of "Bub-
ble Books." When that child walks out of
your store with a "Bubble Book." the first
thing- which is going to happen is that there is
going to be a "Bubble Book" party in the
neighborhood, for when we see somebody
having a good time we want it too, and the
first! thing you know, all of the children in the
neighborhood are dragging their mothers
down to your store to buy some more books.
You can no more seal the lips of a living
child than you can destroy the life of the sun-
beam.
How Others Plan Ahead
To-day the Fisk Tire Company has what
are known as Fisk Bicycle Riders throuout
the country. Those bicycles have a banner
flying from the handlebar, >with the word
"Fisk." Across the cap they have the word
"Fisk." The riders have a little house organ
with the word "Fisk." It costs a lot of money
to operate a thing of that kind, but it is being
done for the simple reason that if the word
"Fisk" is driven into the mind of the child
when the child grows up it is going to buy Fisk
tires for its automobiles.
The Winchester Repeating Arms Co. have
an organization known as the Winchester Junior
Rifle Corps, which is located all over the
United States, the idea being to train the
child in the right use of marksmanship and
fire arms. They know that when a child
grows up he is going to continue in the use
of those products. He is not going to take
up some other sport possibly to the exclusion
of rifle shooting; with the result that the
Winchester Company can rely in the next five,
ten or fifteen years on the sales that it will
get from this merchandising work.
While those are two national institutions,
there is not a merchant here who would not
like to impress upon the minds of the children
of his neighborhood the personality of his
store, for, as somebody says, "The way to
do it is to get them young, and you can
start in at the bottom and build up."
There are two big points to remember:
The first is to attract the parent thru the
child ; and the second is to impress upon the
child the name and personality of the store
in order that as he advances from childhood
into manhood, he gets the habit of going to
your store.
Getting the Larger Sale
To-day we have talked a lot about readjust-
ment. It is a serious problem yet. We are
trying to answer to-day's problems with last
year's answers, and it is not coming fast
enough. To-day's conditions demand that
there be new methods installed into mer-
chandising in order that the so-called tend-
ency on the part of the buyer not to buy may
be overcome.
There is out in Pasadena, California, a
small jewelry shop that I stepped into some
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time in February, which I believe is alert to
to-day's buying conditions. As I stepped into
the store. I noticed that the window was
very nicely trimmed, the store was neat and
clean, and there seemed to be a nice per-
sonality about it. While I was talking to the
jeweler, a young lady same in and said, "I'd
like to see some pearls advertised in the show
window at $27.50." The merchant reached
down into the counter and brought out a
handful of pearls and laid them down, and
then walked back to the rear of the store.
Tho I thought this looked like a live store, I
thought that sale was absolutely killed. But
the merchant came back with a beautiful
little velvet box with the pearls nicely displayed,
and handed it to the young lady and pointing to
a mirror to the right, said, "Try them on."
And she did, and she bought not the $27.50
pearls, but the $42.50 pearls. Now, her mind
was made up when she came into the store, to
get a string of pearls for $27.50. but she had
no idea how much more beautiful the others
would look. Consequently, when she came
in and put those on she had no thought
of the $27.50 pearls that were not even de-
scribed. He did not discuss them a moment.
He just gave her exactly what she asked for
and went on with the rest of the sale. There
are principles in every line of industry to-day
that are working out as a success which could
be applied to our own line. The question i-s
where do you get your ideas from? By your
being on the alert to find new ones.
The Plus Sale
Five years ago the Columbia Graphophone
Co. was a poor second-rater. To-day it
occupies the first position in the music trades
industry for the simple reason that there is an
old saying that precedence is the hiding place
of cowards.
Now in fifteen years we have contributed a
great deal to the industry, but while we take
great joy in being original, we take greater
pride in being practical. A practical thing
to do is to install into your business any idea
which is working for some other merchant.
It has to be good. It has to be fitted. It has
to be applied.
Out in Kansas City I stepped from my
hotel to the drug store to get some toilet
articles, and I said to the young lady, "I'd
like a can of Williams' Lilac Talcum Pow-
der." She said, "Yes," and she reached back
and put it on the counter. She turned around
without saying a word then and put down a
can of Colgate's. I naturally picked it up.
Sbe then turned around and said, "Here is
another which is selling well. I think you
will like it." Naturally I had put the other
cans down while I held this one. The min-
ute I picked the third one up, she withdrew
the other two and put them back on the
counter. [Laughter.] And she brought forth
Ed Pinaud's Lilac Vegetal Toilet Water.
Now, if you get the operation you will see
that it was a skillful piece of work. Shf
just took those two cans away and put forth
her own brand. The moment she did that, she
knew I might not be pleased, and so she
brought forth that plus sale, a nationally ad-
vertised article, Pinaud's. Now, she heard
the word "lilac," the operation was complete
in her mind, and she held her own brand up,
and to balance it she also held up Pinaud's.
That is the plus sale. It is done artificially.
When a person goes into a store to buy, it i»
for us to serve him. If your clerk's don't
understand the process, the selling method of
plus sale, I believe that is the first thing you
ought to teach them. It is an absolute fact
that twenty-five per cent, more merchandise
could be sold in stores to-dav if the retail
W. S. MCKEACHIE, SECRETARY OF NEW YORK
BOOKSELLERS' LEAGUE, AND w. M. MCINTOSH OF
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
clerks only understood the plus sale. Why
is it when you go into the haberdashery store
to buy a collar you also walk out with a
cravat? Why is it that a railroad office sells
you accident insurance? Why '1S ^ tnat &&
Standard Oil Company will sell you an oil
lamp and also an oil stove? It is the plus
sale, and there is such a small amount of
resistance between the thing they want and
the plus sale. Now, the young lady did not
stand there fixing her hair, or say, "We sell a
lot of them and I know you will like it." The
sale was concluded the moment I asked for
it. Her mind was alert and she .started a
process to close the sale. It is the plus sale
in business to-day which will stimulate busi-
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ness twenty-live per cent, but we have got to
work out individual methods of applying 'the
plus sale.
Another point in merchandising to-day is,
do your windows loaf or work? Coming in
from the coast I stopped in Spokane. I talked
to a merchant there, for it seems to be my
job to talk to about six thousand merchants
in the United States. I am the point of con-
tact between the merchants and the executive
office, and what they don't give me in abuse,
the executive office does. [Laughter.] We
stopped in front of this fellow's store and I
said, "Well, how is business to-day?" "Very
quiet, very quiet." "Well, why don't you
get more people in your store, and have it pick
up?" He said, "There are the people, and
there is the store." And a salesman
who was in the corner said, "No wonder they
don't come in. Look at the window you have
there." "What is the matter with the window ?
Isn't it clean? Don't I display the stuff you
people send to me? Just look at it." Well,
the fellow said, "Your window is dead wrong,
absolutely dead wrong." "What would you
do?" That is always a nice way, whenever a
salesman comes in to tell you how to run your
business, ask him what would he do, and,
when he tells you, say, "Old man, here is the
cloth, and here is a bucket of water," and get
him to wash the windows. That is the easiest
way that you can get it done. But at the same
time it takes a little pep out of him.
Stopping the Passer-by
And this chap said, "Take an Al Jolson pic-
ture. Have you got any?" The dealer said,
"Yes, I have about twenty-five or thirty of
them." And the young chap said, "Well, place
Al Jolson's picture in the window, and put a
big sign across the face of it saying, "Al Jol-
son gets $6,000 every time he makes one of
these records," and then go up to the bank
and get six $1,000 bills, and put them in the
window, and get two cops off duty to stand in
front of the window. It stands to reason that
a crowd coming down the Avenue willl stop
to see the officers. If they don't do that,
they will stop to see the six $1,000 bills, and
they will get the idea of value." Well, he
carried it out, because the idea of having those
six $1,000 bills was a new stunt, and there is
a saying that money talks, and so the people
came in and they bought. From that time on,
I think that merchant who has been in business
for a long time has a different idea of the
value of his window as a means of building
sales.
Take that same idea and apply it to books.
Take a picture of an author or a certain book
and center it in the window. Take twenty-
five of that same author's books, open them at
the illustrations or place a rubber band in the
book so that a person coming into the store
will read one page. Have streamers in your
window bearing auotations from that book.
What would be the result? The average per-
son coming down the street, stopping at this
store, will get an impression of that book that
he will carry home with him.
The difficulty with the average window to-
day is it is too cluttered up. We throw it all
at them at one time. We should take a win-
dow and drive over one idea at a time. It
may be that you will have to trim the win-
dows two and three times as often, but it will
pay you and will establish the personality and
identity of your store. You will create in the
average person's mind a desire to go to your
store. How many people pass your window a
day? How many stop and look at the window?
Of those who look in, how many go into the
store? Of those who go into the store, how
many actually buy?
Now, there is an absolute relation between
the number of people who pass your window
and the number of people who sro out of your
store with merchandise. If you don't know
the figure, find it out, then try to raise that
figure.
Are the Clerks Qualified
The retail sales clerk to-day has got to get
under the load. Down in Asheville, Tenn., a
young man walked into a photography store,
and said, "I'd like to see the proofs of my
picture." The young lady gave them to him
and he said, "I am not satisfied with them.
I look like a monkey." She said, "You should
have considered that before you had your pic-
ture taken." [Hearty laughter.] It often
happens that way tho. The thought that I
want to register is, whether you have one or
ten salespeople, don't overlook the chance to
teach them. It is surprising the number of
people that have been in retail stores for a
number of years and to-day are not competent
to wait on the trade. They don't understand
the lines. They don't know how to greet the
customer, or how to present the goods to the
customer. They don't know how to work in
the plus sale. They don't know how to build
in that customer a friendship that will last for
a long time. Now the only opportunity that
you have of selling merchandise in larger
quantities than you ever have is thru your re-
tail clerk. If every retail clerk were as quali-
fied as you are, the chances are the business
would be much better. You know unconsci-
ously down in your heart that that is abso-
lutely so. Your only opportunitv to meet your
trade is thru your clerks. Give them the bene-
fit of your experience. Give them the oppor-
tunity to read the publishers' and the manu-
facturers' descriptive matter. Encourage them
by premiums or some other method to become
better salesmen, and you will find that the
business will pick up and go ahead. There is
•a wonderful opportunity to-day along that line.
'I often think that the business in a store
becomes monotonous because we are in the
same store and we are just moving along and
we see the same merchandise. We don't change
it often enough. We don't try to attract at-
tention in the right way.
To-day there are what we term "the fight-
ing optimists." There are a lot of business
men that are joining the ranks of the fighting
optimists, and a fighting optimist to-day is the
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man who is taking generous doses of hard
work in order to remove the symptoms of hard
times. There are three words which should
be the basis of every retail house policy : The
first one is "inspiration," and the inspiration of
to-day's merchandising is "Let us beat yes-
terday." The second one is "concentration" —
"Let us dig deep and find some real ideas
which will absolutely move more merchandise.
Let us concentrate." The third thing is, if you
will pardon me, "perspiration" — "Let us work
just a little harder. Let us move the stock
just a little quicker in order that the over-
head does not go higher, and let the sales be-
come 'bigger."
Talking along this line, in Indiana about
two weeks ago, after getting all thru with it
a merchant said, "Mr. Porter, that is fine, but
I will tell you, I have made a good profit in
the last three years and I think I will break
even this year, and just let her ride. I think
I will withdraw my advertising and will cut
out the window service, and let one of the
clerks go. I am just going to ride easy until
times change."
I said, "Old man, remember what Tad says,
To rest is to rust.' You may keep the profit
of the last three years. You may break even
this year. But_if you don't work harder than
you ever worked in your life, you are going to
lose two of the most valuable things that any
business man has. You are first going to lose
your aggression. You are going to lose your
courage. You are going to lose your enthusi-
asm. The second, your competitor is going
to swallow you up." They say that it takes
a rough sea to test a captain's skill. What are
you going to do? Sneak home to port, or are
you going; to put up a big storm sail and sing
out your orders to the crew below? Even a
barnyard fowl knows and has taught us that
when the worms are scarce the chicken starts
scratching harder. [Hearty applause.]
PRESIDENT HERR: I think the convention has
been favored with a most unusual talk again
this morning as we were yesterday afternoon.
When this meeting adjourns it will be to start
the program at 2 130 this afternoon. The meet-
ing is adjourned.
Afternoon Session — Wednesday, May llth
PRESIDENT HERR: The meeting will please
come to order.
The people on the program this afternoon
are so important that I don't want to have
them start right away until we have more
here, but in the meantime, as we have been
short of time for discussions, for ten or
fifteen minutes I am going to keep the session
open for discussion. I wish some of you
would get up and discuss some of the papers
we have had so far, and give the people here
the benefit of vour good ideas.
Now, don't hesitate, and give us two or
three minutes of something snappy. We have
now ten or fifteen minutes, during which time
I should like to have a little discussion from
the floor.
Miss GOLD, of the Vir Publishing Co., Phila-
delphia: It seems to me that we have not
quite touched the crux of the theme which the
convention is considering; namely, how to make
a reader out of the non-reader.
One of the speakers alluded yesterday to the
very successful advertising which has put over
the O. Henry set of books, and as I recall that
advertising, it is so skilfully done that it is
withdrawn in a moment of suspense, and then
you are referred to the book to find the secrets.
Now, I keep house ; at the same time I am a
business woman, and thru the portals of
my kitchen has gone the usual procession of
maids. I have been surprised at how many of
them will take an evening paper in Philadelphia
because it is running a continuous story. I
was impressed by the fact that so many of
these maids of mine would even get me to
save the papers in case of their absence for a
few days from home.
I think perhaps it is an old psychological
principle just put into new form. Thirty-five
years ago in Philadelphia everybody went to
market. We did not have at that time the
provision shop, so we used to go to this won-
derful old market house, and on a Saturday
morning at many of the entrances, usually at
a corner, and sometimes at all four sides, stood
a distributor of the family story paper. Now
perhaps not all of you are old enough to re-
member the family story paper, 'but I remember
Laura Jean Libby's stuff was always pub-
lished in it, and the first number of her par-
ticular story was put up by these pafd dis-
tributors, and of course it seemed invariably
to stop when the girl was being pushed out of
the wonderful mansion into the snow storm.
The snow storm always seemed to be there.
The family story paper sold for six cents. I
used to take it home and offer my six pennies
in order to find out the rest of that story.
A woman told me recently that she was go-
ing to save up Wells' "Outlines of History"
for her summer vacation because to her it was
much more interesting and more thrilling than
a novel. Of course, it would not be possible for
us to buy newspaper space in order to put down
perhaps a chapter or so — that would be impos-
sible— 'but if the O. Henry campaign was so
successful in its results, isn't it because of the
application of this same old psychological prin-
ciple of stopping the story at the moment of
suspense?
The point that I wish to make about trying
to make readers out of the non- reading public
is that if our advertising had that appeal to
the type of mind that belongs to the ordinary
housemaid or cook, wouldn't it be possible for
the publicity men to elaborate that idea and
help get it across? [Applause.]
MR. CONOVER: One of the speakers touched
upon an important idea this morning when he
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spoke of the child. Really, that is where you
have got to begin; that is, you don't have to
go fcack two generations to make readers, but
you can begin with a child that comes into
your store, if you are minded to foe a little
patient and if you like children. If you don't
like them, you won't be bothered with them
anyway, and if you don't like them don't try
to fool with them because they can see thru it,
and if you think you can bluff them you will
find that you are mistaken in a very short
time.
1 found that out because I had the best pre-
paration for a bookseller that a man can have.
1 taught school ten years before I entered a
bookstore, and do you know that people are
just children of a larger growth? The same
principles that I put in force with my pupils in
school I practice still in my store, and there
is not a child that comes into the store now,
but that I try to make friends of him at the
very start. I am now selling books to the
grandchildren of the children I first began with
forty-two years ago, and they have come right
along because they have wanted to come to
Conover's. Why, the little ones have come in
with their mothers, and if they were a little
impatient, while the rest were waiting on the
mother, I quietly went around and picked out
one of our picture books and showed it to them
and got them interested. While the mother was
attending to her business, I was attending to
mine by making a future ci'ctomer of that
child.
Now, that is one of the things that I want
to speak on because it is really a valuable
suggestion that I have put in force.
And then there is another little point in sell-
ing a book and that is making something of
the book. And if you will pardon me. I will
illustrate my illustration. I have a sense of
humor. Well, I have a book that is a humor-
ous book, and I ask the people sometimes when
they come in what they want. Oh, they want
something that will liven them up a little. Some
of the folks are not very well and they want
to read something that will liven them up, and
they want something good for a person. Well,
I say, "Will you like a humorous book?"
"Why, yes, if it is good it will do." And then
I say, "Have you read 'David HarunV?" And
they say, "Yes, we have read 'David Harum.' "
"Well," I say, "I have something that is a
great deal 'better than that. There is one
story in there that is worth the whole price
of the book." And I tell them a few of the
stories. I say, "There was an old horse one
time that was retired from the track, and the
darkey who had driven him for a number of
years wanted to drive him once more for a
certain purpose. Well, if you don't hold your
breath before you get thru with tfiat horse
race, you are different from the common peo-
ple." "Well, that is just what I want," they
say. That book is "The Bishop of Cotton-
town."
There is this thought, too. I say, "You
take that (book and if it does not prove equal to
my recommendation, you 'bring it back and you
can have any other book in the store for it."
I always make that provision. And by the way,
I make that provision with a great many books
taken on my recommendation, that they can be
exchanged for any other books.
PRESIDENT HERR: We will be glad to have
any other remarks just at this time.
A MEMBER: "The Bishop of Cottontown" is
out of print.
MR. KORNBAU, of John Winston Co. : It is
not out of print.
PRESIDENT HERR: Mr. Shoemaker wants to
make an announcement about the aeroplane
flight.
MR. SHOEMAKER: The winner of the prize,
Miss Hubley, who impersonated Hannah Bye,
says she would like to see the play tonight. She
is not so particular about attending the banquet
tomorrow night, so we will postpone the aero-
plane flight until tomorrow at three o'clock.
The starting point is at the inlet down by the
lighthouse. If any of you want to join her in
the flight, or want to see her departure, she
will be very glad to have you there.
PRESIDENT HERR: Mr. Melcher will now pro-
ceed with his report.
A Year of Co-operative Experiment
By Frederic G. Melcher
Chairman, Year- Round Bookselling Committee; Executive Secretary,
National Association of Book Publishers.
IF all of you have not got copies of my
printed report that were distributed this
morning, we have some additional copies,
and I should like to have everyone of you get
one. I don't often write out what I intend to
say to a convention, but this so directly be-
longs to this convention, there is so much
that pertains to the whole body, that I feel it
ought to be fully and promptly in your hands
for your consideration.
This is not a speech with recommendation of
an idea. It is a report of a program started
at our convention, virtually a report back from
a standing committee of the American Book-
sellers' Association, because at the great Phila-
delphia convention an idea was thrown into
the arena by Mr. Keating, Mr. Doubleday and
Mr. Herr, and before we got thru we felt we
had hold of something that would keep us
busy and might mean a great deal.
As Mr. Herr pointed out in his presidential
address, we are this year come of age, and the
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characteristic of coming of age is feeling that
we are aible to have strength to step out and do
a thing with a new vigor that perhaps was not
appropriate in the earlier years. Very fortu-
tely, there is something for us to step out and
do iust when, we have come to that age of real
vigor.
Fundamentally, the thing we have felt and
have tried to find a way. to cyrstallize is the
idea that a book store has a far more im-
portant place in business and community life
than we have been able to prove in the past.
You and I have been hearing this idea dwelt
on here and there from our different speakers.
I have been in the corridors talking with people
who in this place or that place had been getting
hold of that confident feeling, that we have a
business which is going to sten out into a front
place as it has never done before.
Now, that idea has seemed to give us a sort
of objective which a group needs. We don't
want to feel — none of us have wanted to feel —
that we have gathered together here merely to
reiterate, to strike the gonsr again and go away
from this gathering. We want to feel that
some kind of note is struck that will keep
along with us, and it is because we have felt
that impulse with us the year round that we
feel sure that, when we talk again about put-
ting books in their real place, we have hold of
a sound idea.
When the American book-trade was
gathered together at the big convention
of May, 1920, among the many ideas
discussed, that which captured the imagina-
tion of all those present, and which has gradu-
ally been making its influence felt in all book-
selling channels, was the proposition that the
publishers and retailers should join hands in
a nation-wide campaign to give greater gen-
eral publicity to the pleasures of reading and
the joys of book ownership.
Tt was universally felt that never before in
the history of the trade had there been so
many potential readers, so many people look-
ing to books for what they needed in instruc-
tion and diversion.
The Co-operative Advertising Campaign
Immediately after the convention a com-
mittee of twelve was formed, six publishers
and six retailers, who held numerous confer-
ences to plan how this co-operative movement
could be best carried out. A program was
developed by July, and a calf went out for a
fund of one hundred thousand dollars a year
for three years to be contributed by publish-
ers, jobbers and retailers. This fund was to
be administered by the committee with the
aid of an expert publicity staff capable of
putting over the general idea of book owner-
ship.
The expense of a two months' canvass was
met by the American Booksellers' Association
and the publishers, and an experimental cam-
paign in general nublicity WPS carried on as
the canvass went forward. When October 1st
came, a large percentage of the trade pub-
lishers had expressed their belief in the idea,
but only about two-thirds of the required
total was reached. The canvass of the re-
tailers had not proceeded beyond the first re-
quest for support by mail. It might have been
possible by intensive work to complete the
amount among those who most thoroly be-
lieved in this form of publicity, but business
conditions had so changed that the general
committee believed that it was not practical
to proceed with so large a plan.
Year-Round Bookselling Campaign
The National Association of Book Publish-
ers, which had come into existence while this
campaign was going forward, believed that
the fundamental ideas back of this plan were
sound and that, as the retail trade had shown
such whole-hearted intention to co-operate in
the selling ideas, some means should be taken
to obtain for 1921, puzzling as it promised to
be, the advantage of this co-operative spirit.
With that in mind, the Publishers' Associa-
tion outlined a plan which was developed into
the present Year-Round Bookselling cam-
paign, and which has been conducted by a
committee of sales and publicity managers
from the publishers' offices, using as head-
quarters the rooms of the National Associa-
tion of Book Publishers, at 334 Fifth Avenue,
New York. This program was rounded out
after a general meeting in December of travel-
ers and salesmanagers of the different pub-
lishers in order to get their best advice and
ideas, and the final plans were the result of
many conferences.
Of those proposals which had been included
in the first-mentioned book advertising cam-
paign, the idea of large paid advertising space
had to be eliminated, but the plan of extend-
ing to retailers suggestive ideas based on the
common program and plans for getting .out,
thru the general press, articles on book selling
was carried forward in this new program.
The Year-Round Bookselling Plan was pre-
sented to the publishers as an opportunity for
them to help the general sale of books, to en-
courage more aggressive retailing and to pro-
mote the sales of their own books under the
stimulus given to the general book buying by
this publicity.
Forty-four publishers consented to support
the plan with total subscriptions of forty-five
hundred dollars.
In outlining the details of the work, the
office had the advantage of two years' experi-
ence with the Children's Book Week, an event
which had, in 1920, reached truly national pro-
portions. Children's Book Week had shown
that the bookstore could take an increasingly
important place in the cultural aspects of a
community and that there were numbers of
people who would interest themselves in the
cause of books if it was presented in the right
way. It had demonstrated that there are
thruout the country hundreds of retailers
ready to take advantage of sound book-
selling ideas and develop locally the general
suggestions embodied in such a campaign.
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"Buy a Book a Week"
With this in mind the Year-Round Book-
selling Committee submitted to the retailers
a program of bookstore activity suitable to
different seasons of the year. Material was
planned in the way of posters, fliers, speci-
men ads. and to these general suggestions the
retailer could add his own individual ideas.
The name of the campaign embodied one of
the real interests of every shop, that of mak-
ing bookselling a year-round activity. To
FREDERIC G. MELCHER, CHAIRMAN OF YEAR-ROUND
BOOKSELLING AND CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK
CAMPAIGNS
develop this idea further the slogan, which
had been proposed by A. Edward Newton in
the "Atlantic Monthly," was adopted. "Buv a
Book a Week" suggests that book buying
should be a habit and not a Christmas-alone
performance as it is with so many families.
This slogan quickly caught the eye of editors,
reviewers and columnists and has been
echoed up and down the country.
The Program
The plan for the first six months of the
year was : January, "More Books in the
Home"; February, "America Month"; March,
"Useful Books for Every Need/' and Re-
ligious Book Week; April, "Back to Nature
Books" ; May, "Commencement Time Is Book
Time"; June. "Will the New Home Have
Books?" With each month's program there
went a colored poster, streamers and a leaf-
let of suggestions as to how to take the best
advantage of that month's program. It was
not expected that a single idea would fill the
month's activities but individual initiative
could be relied upon to fill in the rest. It
was left to travelers of those houses who had
supported the movement to make the canvass
of the retailer, and any bookseller who asked
could have the material sent to him monthly.
About sixteen hundred booksellers applied,
and this material was mailed them regularly.
Valuable suggestions came in from the re-
tailers, showing that they were accepting the
program in the way it was intended, as a
skeleton on which to build to suit each store.
In April, a questionnaire was sent to all.
Religious Book Week
As part of this program, but carried out
even more intensively, there was also ar-
ranged by the National Association of Book
Publishers a Religious Book Week in March.
This plan was developed by a special com-
mittee of those most interested in the field,
and a group of twenty publishers, denomina-
tional houses, Bible houses and general pub-
lishers with special religious book depart-
ments, contributed a sum of two thousand
dollars to carry this idea forward. A study
was made of the channels of religious book
distribution and material was gathered for
special articles on the place and function of
the religious book. By the time March had
arrived a score or more of religious papers
had arranged for special issues, many stimu-
lating articles by important writers had been,
widely circulated to newspapers, and denomi-
national houses had written their ministers how
Religious Book Week, March I3th to 2Oth,
could be taken advantage of.
There has been very wide testimony to the
value of this effort. General book stores, as
well as those which specialize in religious
books, felt the benefit.
Estimating Results
The results of general advertising and pub-
licity are not as easy to trace in the count-
ing rooms as the advertising of single titles
and the publishers who have stood behind
this effort to get new attention to books have
done it with a feeling that there is a big
work of general expansion to new readers to
be carried forward, and that only by broad
planning and co-operative effort can the wid-
est results be obtained. General publicity has,
too, a particular value when it comes to get-
ting co-operative help from the numerous
groups whose tastes and interests touch on
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books, and in a number of ways the general
cause of book ownership has been increased
because these general ideas have been in the
air. The clippings accumulated at the Asso-
ciation headquarters give explicit testimony
to the way In which the country has taken up
the discussion of the book owning idea, and
the soundness of the fundamentals of this
program is borne out also by the interest the
campaign has attracted in fields outside of
our own. The English book-trade has com-
mented widely, and several English publishers
have written over to get the material. The
Canadian publishers called a special meeting
to have this matter laid before them. In-
quiries have come from South Africa, Aus-
tralia, Shanghai and Holland.
As first laid out, the program covered six
months, and it was agreed that by May ist
a canvass of the situation would be made
and a decision reached for the continuation
of the work. The decision of the publishers
is to go ahead; and this report is rendered
to this convention to ask for a continuing co-
operation of the Booksellers' Association and
of the Publishers' Association in keeping the
general idea of book ownership and "Books
in the Home" to the front.
Vacation Reading
The trade publishers are again gathering
funds to cover the expense of the work for
the next six months. The tentative outline
will be as follows : For July and August
there will be the slogan of 'Take Along a
Book" with posters and fliers' to help the
dealer make displays of vacation reading.
The fact that children as well as grown-
ups find more opportunity for reading in sum-
mer will be emphasized, and that there is no
vacation sport which is not enjoyed more with
a book, and no vacation trip which books will
not enrich.
"All Roads Lead To the Bookstore"
The general idea for September and Octo-
ber might be embodied in the phrase "All
Roads Lead to the Bookstore." It will be
pointed out that from September on into
October churches, schools, libraries and all
other community institutions are readjusting
their machinery and endeavoring, to get more
completely in touch with old friends and new.
All these institutions should have their direct
relations with the bookstore and so too should
clubs which are making programs, night classes
starting up in factory and workshop, and, in
fact, every group that stands for instruction
or entertainment in the community. Material
will be provided to help the dealer emphasize
the fact that "all roads lead to the book-
store," to help him check up his mailing lists,
find what groups should be ready for study
or reading courses, and by what method old
customers could be made to start again their
bookshop habits, and new potential custom-
ers be brought into the habit of bookbuying.
Children's Book Week, 1921
In November, attention will be concentrat-
ed as usual on Children's Book Week and
there is every promise that it will be infinitely
more effective and valuable than ever before.
Already the American Library Association
has promised country-wide co-operation, and
schools and women's clubs are writing for in-
formation. A special committee will be built
up to take care of the problems of this inter-
esting event. The dates this year are from
Sunday, November ijth, to Saturday, No-
vember iQth.
Books as Gifts
With the Children's Book Week out of the
way all attention will be concentrated on
MARION HUMBLE, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE
YEAR-ROUND BOOKSELLING AND CHILDREN'S BOOK
WEEK COMMITTEES
Books as Gifts, with posters and fliers and
new suggestive helps for the bookseller, and
with as much material and discussions pos-
sible in the general press on the importance
of the book and its particular desirability as
a gift. There is no reason why books should
not take a tremendously more important place
in the book lists of every Christmas giver
when all book-trade is co-operating to put
this idea before the public.
The past two years have been particularly
difficult for every business man and yet par-
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ticularly valuable, as they have given the
alert merchant the opportunity to prove him-
self. The good bookstore has come thru
nized place in the community. With the faith
in co-operative effort steadily increasing,
these first attempts at pulling together should
stronger than ever, prepared to take a place mark a great step forward in American pub-
as a progressive business with a recog- lishing and book distribution.
Practical Methods of Increasing Bookshop Efficiency*
An Ideal Accounting System for All Retail Book Stores
By De Witt Carl Eggleston, C.P.A.
Member of Firm of Klein, Hinds & Finke, Certified Public Accountants, New York
Control by Means of Accounting System
HE retail 'book business is peculiar in
Tmany ways. A feature which one who
undertakes to make a study of the busi-
ness notices, is the great amount of detail in
proportion to the volume of business done. Be-
cause of the amount of detail involved the
proprietor of a retail book store cannot rely
solely on his memory or powers of observation
to control his -business. The proprietor re-
quires a system which will relieve him from
carrying in his head as much of this detail of
management as possible. The first step in ex-
ercising control over the business of a retail
book store is the introduction of a modern ac-
counting system, if one is not already in opera-
tion, which is just adapted to the needs of the
business. An accurate system of accounts and
records is necessary whether the books are
kept by the proprietor after hours, or by a
formation as to the cost of doing business. In
order to make a comparison between the cost
of doing business in one book store and that
of doing business in another book store it is
obvious that the corresponding items of ex-
pense must be included in each case. No doubt
great benefit could be obtained thru an ex-
change of information by members of the
Association as to the ratio which each item
of expense bears to the sales. In order to do
this it will be necessary for the Association to
adopt a uniform classification of accounts.
There is no reason why the American Book-
sellers' Association should not do for its mem-
bers what the Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration has done for the re-
tail shoe dealers in showing the members what
accounts to keep and what items should be
charged to each account. After the members
have adopted a uniform system of accounts re-
ports can be prepared showing the ratio of
regular bookkeeper. There are certain prm- each item of expense to gales and sent
ciples to ibe observed in the operation of an
"Ideal Accounting System for Retail Book
Stores" whether large or small.
Income Tax Requirements
In these days of income taxes one is com-
pelled to keep books in such a way that he can
prepare the returns required by the U. S. Gov-
ernment. In view of the fact that certain in-
formation is required on the Income Tax
forms it is desirable that the books of a retail
•book store be kept in sufficient detail to permit
of the returns being prepared with as little
loss of time as possible. In order to be able
to furnish all of the information required one
should maintain a detailed analysis of all ex-
penses. As few items as possible should be
charged to such accounts as "Miscellaneous,"
as the government is likely to ask for an
analysis of the account and this requires time
which could be avoided. Care should be taken
to see that all drawings of a proprietor for
personal use are charged to his account and
that all drawings chargeable to expense are
charged to the proner expense accounts. Pro-
per vouchers should be kept on file covering all
expenditures.
Exchange of Information
If the members of the American Book
Sellers' Association could agree on a uniform
system of accounts and would keep their books
in accordance with sound accounting principles
it would furnish a basis for exchange of in-
sec-
retary who can arrange to have them compiled
and averages figured. After the work of
tabulation has been completed the secretary can
send out reports to the members showing the
expenses in proportion to sales for different
groups according to amount of business done.
By the use of a system of key numbers the
work could be done in such a way that there
would be no way whereby information relative
to any particular member's business could leak
out. After receiving his report a member
could compare his expense ratios with those
for 'book sellers in his class and see wherein
he has excessively heavy items. By this means
a check can be obtained on leaks.
Appended to this report could be sales sta-
tistics showing how sales compare with the
preceding month, and with the corresponding
period of the year previous by groups. By
this means each member could be kept in touch
with the trend in the boojc business. This data
could be charted.
Average Cost of Doing Business
A great deal has been accomplished by con-
certed action on the part of groups of indi-
viduals and firms in the same line of business.
Tn case it develops that the retail booksellers
*This speech is being revised by Mr. Eggleston
and the proper illustrative forms to accompany it
are being prepared. It will be printed in pamphlet
form by D. Anpleton & Company, New York, pub-
lishers of Mr. Eggleston's books, who will gladly send
a copy free to any bookseller.
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are conducting their business efficiently and
still are not making the proper percentage of
profit on sales the Association will be in a
better position to take up the matter of more
generous trade discounts with publishers.
The salient features of an "Ideal Account-
ing System for Retail Book Stores" will now
be explained.
Preparing a Financial Statement Monthly
The amount of business done by a retail
book store is generally sufficient to warrant
the expenditure of the time required to keep
the books by the double entry system as ex-
plained in all books on bookkeeping. This sys-
tem furnishes a means of analyzing the busi-
ness transactions not possessed by any other
system. In order that the proprietor may
know just where he stands financially at the
end of each month he should prepare or have
prepared for him a balance sheet. This stater-
merit shows the assets, liabilities and capital
as at the close of business on the last day of
the month. When the books are properly
kept an increase or decrease in the proprietor-
ship or capital account as compared with the
preceding month will reflect the profitableness
or unprofitableness on the undertaking for the
month. If the results shown indicate that the
present policy is yielding a good profit, the
proprietor has nothing to worry about on the
one hand, but if the results obtained from
operations are not what they should be, the
proprietor knows that he should look around
for ways and means with which to make a
better showing.
The accounts on the balance sheet should be
arranged in a systematic orcter. On the left hand
side are set down the assets (things owned)
and on the right hand side are entered the 'li-
abilities (things owed). The difference be-
tween the assets and liabilities, if the former
exceeds the latter as is the case usually, is the
proprietorship or capital. For a retail book-
seller the 'best plan is to list the current assets
first and then the other assets on the left. Then
on the right come the current liabilities fol-
lowed by the other liabilities.
In a typical retail book business the cur-
rent assets appearing on the balance sheet
would be Cash, Accounts Receivable and
Merchandise Inventory. The other assets
would include such items as Furniture and
Fixtures and prepaid Insurance. On the lia-
bility side the current items would be Accounts
Payable and Notes Payable. Liabilities which
do not have to be paid for a considerable peri-
od of time are classed as other liabilities on a
balance sheet. When a banker looks at a bal-
ance sheet he likes to see the ratio of current
assets to current liabilities at least two to one.
Book Inventories
In order to prepare a balance sheet monthly
as recommended, it is necessary to place a
valuation on the stock of merchandise. It Is
of course impractical to take a physical in-
ventory and figure it at the close of each
month, and so some other expedient must be
adopted for those months when a regular in-
ventory is not available. The system which
many of you use and which is recommended
for the "Ideal Accounting System for Retail
Book Stores" is called the "Mark-up on Sales"
system. The system consists in applying a
percentage to the monthly sales in order to
ascertain the gross profit on sales. The sales
less the gross profit gives the cost of sales.
With these data it is an easy matter to place a
valuation on the merchandise stock for state-
ment purposes. The method of procedure is
as follows : The inventory at the beginning of
the period, plus purchases for period, less cost
of sales, gives inventory at end of period.
This is the figure to use for the merchandise
inventory on the balance sheet.
There are several ways of obtaining the
''mark-up" percentage on sales to use in fig-
uring the gross profit each month. The easiest
method is to base the percentage on past ex-
perience. One large retail book store has used
36 per cent as the mark-up on sales for the
past three years and states that this rate does
not vary one per cent from actual experience.
Another book store uses 35 per cent as the
mark-up.
In case any book store proprietor does not
want to make use of an average based on past
experience he ^can arrive at the actual mark-up
percentage on sales as follows : When invoices
for purchases are received from publishers
the invoices show both the gross and the net
price. By looking at an invoice for 200 books
at $5.00 less 40 per cent, making $600.00 net,
one sees that the gross profit is of course
$400.00 or 40 per cent. By providing a sep-
arate column in the purchase journal for
recording the total price in addition to the
net price, the average percentage of mark-up
on purchases can be readily arrived at each
month. It is then necessary to combine these
figures with the initial inventory at cost and
selling price and obtain an average mark-up
percentage on stock. This percentage can then
be used on the sales for the month in figuring
the amount of gross profit and the cost of
merchandise sold.
A separate record should be kept of "re-
ductions" made in the selling price or allow-
ance made when valuing merchandise to cover
shop worn books. Then "reductions" are a
change to the expense of doing business.
Monthly Profit and Loss Statement
By applying the mark-up percentage on
sales, as explained, the gross profit on sales is
arrived at. It is then an easy matter to pre-
pare a monthly profit and loss statement. From
the gross profit on sales is deducted the ex-
penses for the month in order to arrive at the
net result of operations.
It oftentimes happens that a sole proprietor
will not charge the business for his salary as
an expense of operations. So far as the final
result is concerned the proprietor's capital will
be the same, no matter whether salary is
charged] to expense or to capital account.
However, from a "cost of doing business"
point of view it makes a lot of difference. In
order to obtain a complete statement of the
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expenses the proprietor should make a prac-
tice of charging his salary to expense and
crediting his drawing account. The amount of
the salary charge should represent the market
value of the proprietor's time. This method
of procedure need not confuse one when pre-
paring income tax statements. The proprie-
tor's income is equal to his drawings plus the
profit earned as shown by the books after
drawings have been charged up.
It should be the practice to include in the
expenses an allowance to cover depreciation on
all equipment used. The most convenient
method to use for figuring depreciation is to
take say 10 per cent off each year on the orig-
inal cost of the equipment which has worn out
or become obsolete should be shown as a
deduction from the original cost.
By means of the system recommended the
retail bookseller is able to know his profits for
each month. He should then divide the amount
of his capital investment as shown on the
balance sheet into the net profit for the month
in order to obtain the yield on the investment.
The profitableness of the undertaking is
measured by the rate of return of the invest-
ment.
Stock Turnover
Whether a store has one or several depart-
ments a record should be made of the rate
of stock turnover. By this is meant the num-
ber of times the stock is sold, on an average,
in a year. The rate is obtained by dividing
the average stock of merchandise in 'a de-
partment at selling price into the sales. If
this is done monthly the rate when obtained is
stated on an annual basis. Thus the rate of
turnover in Department A may be 3 per an-
num, in Department B', 4 and so on. The
stock turnover rate is a sort of index of ef-
ficiency. According to the margin of profit
available on different lines there is a mini-
mum rate of turnover below which it is un-
profitable to do business. Some department
stores claim that they cannot afford to carry
a line unless a turnover of at least three a year
can be obtained. The average annual rate of
turnover in department stores is reported to
be a little better than four.
Analysis of Expenses
The "Ideal Accounting System for Retail
Book Stores" provides for a detailed analysis
of expense under appropriate headings. The
following expense classifications are suggested
to be followed in making up statements of the
cost of doing business:
Salary, Proprietor
Salaries, Regular
Salaries, Extra Help
Overtime (suppers)
Rent
Postage, Printing and Stationery
Advertising
Delivery
Telephone
Freight
Express
Insurance
Window Dressing
Collection Fees
Repairs
Electric Light
Ice
Towel Supply-
Taxes
Interest
After an analysis of expenses for the cur-
rent month has been prepared the expenses
for prior months, since the beginning of the
year, should be added in order to obtain a
statement of expenses to date. In order to be
of the greatest usefulness this statement of
expenses to date should be made compara-
tive in form, and the increases and decreases
of the current year over or under the prior
year for the corresponding year shown.
Apportionment of Expense to Departments
A special problem is met with when a store
sells other kinds of merchandise than books.
The problem is to find the proper basis for
distribution of the expense of doing business
over the various departments. This is of
course an important matter in order to ascer-
tain the net profit on the operations of each
department. The first step in the apportion-
ment of expense is to take the major items
such as salaries, rent and advertising and di-
vide them on some equitable basis. Salaries
should be charged to those departments where
the salespeople are assigned. Rent should be
distributed to selling departments in proportion
to the space occupied by each. Advertising in
the daily papers should be charged to. the de-
partments which have their merchandise ad-
vertised in proportion to the space used. Those
expense items which cannot be charged di-
dectly to departments on some equitable basis
should be allocated to departments in the pro-
portion which the sales of each department
bear to the total sales of the store.
Operation of General Ledger
It is necessary for the retail bookseller to
keep a general ledger in order to be able to
make up the statements required for his own
information as well as governmental returns.
This book should be in bound! form with
standard ledger ruling. Pages should be
headed up with the names of the various ac-
counts required. The arrangement of the ac-
counts should follow the order of the accounts
on the financial statements. The order of ac-
counts is as follows : Assets, Liabilities, Cap-
ital, Profit and Loss. In order to open the
general ledger it is necessary first to prepare a
statement showing the assets and liabilities at
a certain date. From this statement the ac-
counts in the general ledger can be opened.
Postings are made to the general ledger from
the cash book, purchase journal, sales book
and journal. Provision is made in the front
of the general ledger for making an index of
the accounts. From the general ledger the
balance sheet and profit and loss statements
are made up at the close of each month.
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Accounts Receivable Ledger
W'hen there are a good many charge cus-
tomers it is a good plan to remove the cus-
tomer's accounts from the general ledger and
place them in a separate ledger. The accounts
receivable ledger, as the customers' ledger is
called, should be loose leaf in form. The
customers' ledger sheets should be arranged
behind alphabetical index guides for con-
venience in reference. A controlling account
must be inserted in the general ledger. At the
close of each month a trial balance of
accounts payable ledger should agree with the
balance to the controlling account in the
general ledger.
Cash Book
The "Ideal Accounting System for Retail
Book Stores" should provide for using a
columnar form of cash book. The operation
of the general accounts receivable and ac-
counts payable ledgers in accordance with the
plan above outlined requires that the cash 'book
be operated in a certain prescribed fashion.
The headings for the received side of the cash
book are as follows:
Date
Name
Folio
Accounts Receivable Ledger Cr.
Sales Discount Dr.
Cash Sales (if not in general
column) Cr.
Net Cash Dr.
General Ledger Cr.
Bank Columns
First Bank
Second Bank
The headings for the disbursed side of the
cash book are as follows :
Date
Name
Folio
Accounts Payable Ledger Dr.
Discount Cr.
Net Cash Cr.
General Ledger Dr.
Bank Columns
First Bank
Second Bank
In case only one bank is used the net cash
column can be dispensed with and the bank
column used.
The rule should be adhered to that all cash
receipts should be entered in the cash book
and deposited in the bank. All disbursements
should be by check. When a remittance is
received from a charge customer the amount
of the original charge covered by the remit-
tance is entered in the "Accounts Receivable
Ledger" column, any discount allowed in the
'Discount" column, and the net cash in the
net cash column, The amount of the bank
deposit is entered in the bank column. The
general ledger column provides a means for
entering such cash receipts as are to be
credited to general ledger accounts.
When checks are drawn in favor of publish-
ers or others with whom accounts are kept, the
amount of the invoice settled is to be entered
in the "Accounts Payable Ledger" column,
any discount received in the discount column
and the net cash in the net cash column.
Checks to be charged directly to general ledger
accounts are to be entered in the general
ledger, and net cash columns.
A 'separate fund should be established for
the petty cash and minor payments made from
it. When the petty cash fund requires re-
plenishing a check "should be drawn on the
bank for the amount necessary. The accounts
to be charged are shown by the entries in a
petty cash book kept for the purpose.
The individual items in the "Accounts Re-
ceivable Ledger" column in the cash book
should be posted to the credit of the indi-
vidual customers accounts. The items in the
"Accounts Payable Lcd&er" column in the
cash book should be footed and postings made
to the general ledger. Each month the cor-
rectness of the cash balance should be proved
by making a reconciliation with the bank
statement.
Purchase Journal
All invoices from publishers or other ven-
dors with whom accounts are kept should be
entered in a purchase journal. In this book,
which is bound and in columnar form, pro-
vision can be made for a distribution of mer-
chandise according to the various departments
as book, stationery, and so on. The total of
the purchases entered in the purchase journal
is credited to the accounts payable controlling
account in the general ledger. The individual
items are entered in the subsidiary accounts
payable ledger to the credit of the individual
accounts kept with vendors.
Sales Book
Sales slips for charge sales should be en-
tered in a sales book. In case there are sev-
eral departments in a store as book, stationery
and so on, it is a good plan 10 provfde tor
entering the sales ?h columns according to the
names of the departments. Sales slips for
cash sales should be summarized by depart-
ments at the end of each day and an entry
made in the cash book. At the close of the
month the sales' book should be footed and the
total of the charge sales debited to the ac-
counts receivable controlling account in .the
general ledger, a corresponding credit being
made to the sales account, of accounts. The
individual items should be posted to the debit
of the individual customer's accounts in the
accounts receivable ledger.
SUMMARY
The "Ideal Accounting System for Retail
Book Stores" accomplishes the following
things :
(i) It enables the proprietor to keep in
close touch with the business without carrying
all of the details in his head.
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(2) It provides all of the information re-
quired for making up "income tax" state-
ments without any laborious digging.
(3) By adopting a uniform classification
of accounts, it provides for the exchange of
information between members.
(4) It furnishes an accurate way of ar-
riving at the cost of doing business.
(5) A monthly balance sheet, and profit
and loss statement is provided for.
(6) Provision is made for showing the
rate of stock turnover per annum as an index
of efficiency.
(7) The system requires a detailed an-
alysis of expenses. In case there are several
departments the expenses are to be distributed
in such a way as to enable the proprietor to
ascertain the net profit in each department.
(8) It requires the double entry system of
bookkeeping. Control can then be exercised
over subsidiary customers' and vendors'
ledgers.
(9) Columnar cash and sales books are re-
quired.
While it will 'benefit the individual members
to have efficient accounting systems, the great-
est good to the association will come when all
of the members have "the ideal svstem."
Practical Methods of Increasing Bookshop Efficiency
Markets and the Business Outlook
By Floyd Parsons
Contributor to the Saturday Evening Post
TWO weeks ago I resolved to give up
speech making and stick to my pen as a
means of communication. A day later I
received a note from Mr. Crowell asking me
to talk here to-day, and on learning the au-
dience would be ithe American booksellers I
answered the invitation with a prompt and de-
cided "Yes." Certainly no author be he good
or bad, Wonde or brunette, fat or lean, could
afford to miss the opportunity to meet the men
who constitute the most important agency for
providing so-called literary lights with three
meals per day. The war took many things from
us, but unfortunately our appetites remained
intact. Furthermore, a fellow likes to be a
patriot and desires to be loyal to his kin in
business, and surely the writer and the (book-
seller are blood relations.
Before I touch on the commercial and indus-
trial possibilities of to-morrow, let me lay
down a few facts concerning to-day. We live
is a country that will be dominant among the
nations of the earth unless we foolishly cast
aside the opportunities that are ours. We
have nearly one half of all the probable coal
in the world and our mines produce upward
of one half of the world's total output of this
essential fuel. We are also producing 60 per
cent of the world's petroleum; 45 per cent of
the world's output of iron ore; 70 per cent of
the world's copper; 58 per cent of the world's
cotton crop ; about 40 per cent of the world's
annual cut of timber; and more^ wheat, corn
and potatoes than any other nation on earth,
which indicates plainly that we hold an en-
viable lead in the production of life's chief as-
sentials.
It is this very independence in so many im-
portant materials that constitutes one of our
grave dangers. It appears at times that we
should give more .attention to talking about
the things we lack, rather than 'boasting so
often of what we have. Great Britain con-
trol? in gold, nickel, tin, tungsten and asbestos.
The United States is also deficient in graphite,
manganese, potash and platinum. We grow
no rubber and it is easy to imagine what would
happen to our motor industry, which has now
become a necessary part of our transportation
system, if we should be cut off from the
sources of rubber supply in South America
and the Far East. It is also likely that our
oil supplies will be pretty well exhausted in
fifteen or twenty years, while some of the
foreign nations have oil supplies that will
probably last a century or more.
Progress Thru Science
In this day of progress no nation can main-
tain the lead industrially unless it is chemically
independent. Here in the United States, while
the chemical industry ranks second among all
of our businesses in the matter of total cap-
ital invested in manufacturing, the production
of the finer chemicals has been left largely. to
foreign hands. In the year preceding the com-
mencement of the World War, the United
States imported 5500 different kinds of chem-
icals. The value of these imports was more
than $100,000,000, greater than the entire value
of all of our domestic manufactures in chem-
ical plants that same year. I have mentioned
these things in order to help cultivate in all
of us a modest demeanor and a thoughtful at-
titude. America is far from being independent
of the rest of the world. Some of our basic
industries would be seriously crippled, if not
destroyed, in a few months' time if we should
be shut off by any force or power from the
other countries of the earth. Let us consider
camphor, something we view as a relatively
unimportant siibstance. Here again Japan con-
trols the world's supply which it draws from
the Island of Formosa. Aside from its use in
medicine, camphor is employed largely in the
manufacture of celluloid. The Japs not only
fix the price of camphor, but decide just how
much we may have to supply our needs each
year. In other words, the rate of develop-
ment of certain of our industries that use
camphor is dependent on the good will of1 a
foreign nation.
It is not possible to talk of the industrial
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future of the United States without devoting
a few words to the application of science to
business. Markets and all else must give way
to the progress of technical achievement. Be-
fore our gasoline supply is exhausted or even
seriously curtailed, we will be getting a liquid
power fuel from potatoes, beets, sawdust and
from the abundant shrubs and cactus of our
western deserts. Everything that grows out
of the ground and is touched by the rays of the
sun can be converted into alcohol and used to
provide mechanical energy. Some of our most
worthless plants will produce 40 gallons of
alcohol per ton of roots. Some day the chem-
ist will surely show us how to utilize our
•desert wastes in growing hardy shrubs which
will be converted into power for industry.
Before long we will be able to go to the
far ends of the earth where milk can be
bought cheap, and there so process this milk
that the fluid is divided into its component
parts, shipped to us here in safety from spoil-
age, then the parts will again be united and
we will drink the milk in safety.
Untold wealth lies in the water world.
Seventy-one per cent of the area of the earth's
surface is covered by water, and this area now
contains the largest animals ever known to
exist. The population of our seas is far
greater than that of our land areas, and most
denizens of the deep can be made to furnish
food, leather, oil, fertilizer, etc.
Research the Hope of Tomorrow
Scientific research in every line of business
is the hope of to-morrow. Thanks to our
literature, which surpasses that of any other
age, at least in quantity, all thoughtful, stu-
dious men and women to-day here in the
United States are technicians of one kind or
another. We are creating a race of people
with inquiring minds and possessed of ability
to get at the kernel of whatever they under-
take. The world's great industries are located
at points determined not so much by the ac-
cessibility of raw materials as by the place of
birth of some great discoverer of a successful
process or a valuable scientific truth. It is
for such a reason that Lancashire is the home
of the spinning industry, and Jena the im-
portant center of the optical industry.
Man's capacity for handling intricate prob-
lems is steadily on the increase. The minds of
modern men have seldom been taxed to any-
where near their limits. The value of research
is beyond calculation. The incandescent-lamp
industry would probably; have been lost to the
United States if it ha? not been for the de-
velopment of the tungsten filiament by an
American scientist. The discoveries and in-
ventions of the last twenty years have been
marvelous, but the scientific advances of the
next two or three decades will be far more
wonderful. Highly trained men. some in the
employ of great corporations, others working
in universities, are quietly but persistently
searching for the secret of the atom. Day by
day new truths are being discovered, and no
one who understands the problem would dare
assert that science will fail to break down the
atom just as nature is now doing with radium
and its so-called radioactive elements.
All of this may appear to be quite technical
and in no way related to present problems in
business. .But it is well to remember that the
nation whose citizens lead in science and in-
dustrial research will certainly rank first in
business. The United States has prospered
because of its unlimited natural resources. But
our advance would have been even more rapid,
at least there would not have been such crim-
inal waste, if Americans as a whole had been
educated to respect knowledge more and
money less.
Raw Materials Now Low
But no matter how great are the possibilities
of our scientific future, and how beautiful
are our ideals, we must live and work to-day
under the conditions that right now confront
us, so a brief survey of the present business
situation is not out of place. Three questions
are pertinent: What are conditions? Why are
they? What can we do about it?
The fundamental trouble to-day in our com-
mercial and industrial life is the disparity that
exists between the price levels of raw products
and of manufactured goods. The average
price of the principal farm products is nearly
60 per cent lower than it was a year ago, and
it is 28 per cent lower than the average price
of these same products for the past ten years.
Most of our other primary raw materials have
suffered similar sharp declines, while personal
services, manufactured goods, freight rates,
etc., have not undergone corresponding de-
clines. Approximately one-half of the popu-
lation of the United States is engaged in pro-
ducing and handling raw materials. These
people, because of their decreased earnings,
are now unable to purchase large quantities
of the articles the manufacturing classes pro-
duce.
The United States now has practically all
of the loose gold in the world. That sounds
fine, but to offset it, we have more than four
million workers out of employment. We also
have thousands of investors who are holding
beautifully engraved railroad bonds and stock
certificates, purchased in srood faith and out
of hard earnings, which are netting them all
the way from nothing (mostly nothing) up
to four per cent interest.
Conditions are bad. because liquidation and
the readjustment in business have not been at
all consistent or uniform. The wages of
.sroups of workers in New England who make
shoes were increased during the war and im-
mediaely afterward, in some cases as much
as 227 per cent. Recently these wages were
cut from 20 to 30 per cent, and both the work-
ers and their employers expressed the belief
that the cut was a drastic one. Tn the cloth-
iner industry, in several localities, wages ad-
vanced more than TOO per cent, and have been
cut 10 per cent. The packing industry and
numerous other businesses have adjusted wage
conditions on practically this same 10 per cent
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basis. In the meantime, sugar has dropped
from 20 cents and more, to 6l/2 cents. Cotton
is down to ii cents.
Price Reductions Necessary
Thousands of manufacturers and retailers
are sitting around idly talking about a better
day that is coming and resting smug in the
self-satisfying idea that price reductions are
not necessary, for they would not create new
business. Each one says, "let George do it,
I'll come along later." They say, "The United
States is a wonderful country; nothing can
hold us back." Instead of reducing wage
rates in proper fashion, hundreds of employers
have followed the plan of holding up wages
and cutting expenses by laying off employees.
This policy they believe saves them trouble
with the labor organizations. This spirit is
holding the situation in a deadlock, and is
lengthening the period of readjustment.
Hundreds of labor leaders are insisting that
the autocratic rules forced on industry during
the war by labor unions shall be continued
effective.
Several million people in the United States
are laboring under the impression that wages
are paid from some imaginary fund, and not
from the proceeds resulting from production.
Whether we like it or not, we must face the
fact that many of our workmen are possessed
by the idea that restrictions placed on work
increase the demand for labor. So long as this
idea prevails largely in union circles, the think-
ing public will not be able to place confidence
in, or whole-heartedly support the organiza-
tions of labor. Fortunately, the policy of "go
slow" has not been universally accepted by
American union workers, and it is to be hoped
that radical agitators will make even less
progress in the future than they have in the
past in spreading such a destructive idea.
Finding New Price Levels
Before we can get back onto a sound busi-
ness basis in this country, prices of finished
articles must be established at a level in con-
formity with the prices of raw products. The
wages of workers in all industries must also
be established on levels determined, not by
rules of force thru close organization, but
by the amount of intelligence and the degree
of skill required to perform the work. Mer-
chants and manufacturers may oppose reduc-
tions in prices; workers in various lines may
fight against decreases in wages, but all such
opposition to the tendency of the times will
avail nothing, for there is a fixed economic
law underlying our industrial life, which oper-
ates day and night free of control by any
class, party or group of workers. This law
says, no matter what your wages may be, all
that really counts is how much do you get in
your pay envelope? Nine times out of ten
it is better to do a lot of business at a small
profit on each transaction than to do very
little business on a high percentage of profit
basis. Bargaining power is all right in its
place, but it cannot be substituted for normal
balance in business.
Conditions in the United States will grow
better rapidly when various groups of so-
called "industrians" dismiss the idea that wages
shall be based on the strategic position of
workers in certain occupations, to enforce
their demands. There must be more thinking
in terms of the common interests of the whole
people, and there must be a freer movement
between those engaged in the different occu-
pations. There must be less effort given to
plans for adjusting business thru the exer-
cise of main strength. We must liquidate
management in many industries, for thousands
of corporation officials are totally inefficient.
We must engage in research, and discover
ways to improve the methods of production, so
that there will be more for us to divide among
ourselves.
Steady Not Rapid Recovery
It is trite to assert the business depression
will soon end. All true Americans are optim-
ists at heart. On the other hand, we only de-
ceive ourselves and accomplish no good when
we say the recovery will be rapid. Settling
the question of the German Reparations will
help, but fundamentals are far from being
right, and no one should entertain the delu-
sion that we can start a little boom all by our-
selves over here in North America.
What we need is not "Hooray Optimism,"
but clear vision, patience, courage and a sav-
ing" sense of humor — the last being the great-
est. We must laugh with and not at our fel-
low creatures, and we must remember that
one touch of humor makes the whole world
grim. A man will acknowledge he has a bad
temper or perhaps a sensitive disposition, but
did you ever hear a man confess he has no
sense of humor. These are times when tact
is also necessary. The difference between a
man with tact and one without may be ex-
pressed in this wav. The tactful individual
in trying to put a bit in a horse's mouth will
tell him a funny story. The man without tact
will get an axe.
Morning Session — Thursday, May 12.
PRESIDENT HERR: Before we start on the
routine business, I am going to read a few
telegrams and communications that we have
received. (The Chairman thereupon read sev-
eral telegrams and communications.)
The following telegrams were read :
American Booksellers' Association,
Atlantic City, New Jersey:
THE AMERICAN FAIR TRADE LEAGUE SENDS
CORDIAL GREETINGS AND WARMLY APPRECIATES
CO-OPERATION OF AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSO-
CIATION IN CAUSE OF HONEST MERCHANDISING
AS EMBODIED IN STEVENS-KELLEY STANDARD
PRICE BILL. WE ARE GAINING STEADILY BY PUB-
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LIC EDUCATION, BUT VICTORY CAN ONLY BE WON
BY CONTINUANCE OF EARNEST INDIVIDUAL
WORK.
Edmund A. Whittier,
Secretary-Treasurer American Fair Trade
League.
President, American Booksellers' Association,
Atlantic City, New Jersey:
BEST WISHES FOR A ROUSING CONVENTION.
HOPE PROGRESSIVE WORK OF BOSTON AND PHILA-
DELPHIA DELIBERATIONS WILL BE DUPLICATED
AND SURPASSED. BOOK AND PUBLISHING TRADE
TO BE CONGRATULATED ON SHOWING OF BUSINESS
TO THIS DATE FOR NINETEEN TWENTY-ONE, THE
YEAR OF READJUSTMENT. REGRET EXCEEDINGLY
CAN NOT BE WITH YOU FOR THIS CONVENTION,
BUT FIRM FULLY REPRESENTED.
Alexander Grosset.
On motion of Mr. Kidd, duly seconded and
unanimously carried, the following telegram
was ordered sent:
Findlay I. Weaver,
Toronto, Canada:
THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION
CORDIALLY WELCOMES INTO FULL MEMBERSHIP
OF THE BOOKSELLING PROFESSION THE NEWLY
ORGANIZED CANADIAN ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR FRIENDLY GREETINGS. ANY SERVICE OR
CO-OPERATIVE HELP THAT AN OLDER BROTHER
CAN GIVE IS YOURS TO COMMAND. MAY YOU
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.
American Booksellers' Asso'ciation.
On the chairs this morning you will
find a new edition of the Association
membership list. This is not the same
one that was mailed out a month or
so ago, but this contains in addition
all the names that have been added up to last
Friday. We will either get out a supplement
or a new edition of this list as soon as the
membership drive in connection with the con-
vention is closed up. It is our purpose to keep
the roster up to date now, so that all members
will know who their fellow-members are.
Before we take up the report of the Resolu-
tions Committee, I might say that there have
been a number of cities which have invited
the Association for their next convention. If
there is anyone who wants to personally voice
an invitation, I will give them the privilege
of the floor before we take any action. We
have had invitations from Montreal, Washing-
ton, New York City, and Jacksonville, Fla.,
but we turned all communications over to the
Resolutions Committee. I thought that if any
of the members would like to extend a per-
sonal invitation, I would give them the oppor-
tunity now.
MRS. WATSON : Mr. President, I would like
to see the next convention in Chicago. It is
a book center. Many publishers are there, and
I think it would be a great advantage to have
the convention there.
PRESIDENT HERR: I don't believe we have
had an invitation from Chicago. We had a
convention in Chicago about seven or eight
years ago.
We will proceed now to the reports of Com-
mittees. Is the Auditing Committee prepared
to report?
MR. KEMP: We have prepared no written
report, but I will be very glad to report ex-
temporaneously, that we found the Treas-
urer's book correct in every respect, and that
his report that we had Liberty Bonds for $1000
and three Certificates of Deposit for $1000 and
the Cash Balance of $1132.15 absolutely cor-
rect.
PRESIDENT HERR: You have heard the report
of the Auditing Committee. What is your
pleasure?
A MEMBER: I move that it be accepted.
(This motion was seconded.)
PRESIDENT HERR: It has been moved and sec-
onded that the report of the Auditing Com-
mittee be accepted. Are there any remarks?
All in favor of it will say "Aye," opposed
"No." So ordered. Unanimously carried.
I want to proceed with the report of the
Resolutions Committee, but before we pro-
ceed, Mr. Shields of Denver who was very suc-
cessful in the membership drive is going to tell
you a little bit of how he worked.
PRESIDENT HERR: We will now have the
report of the Nominating Committee.
MR. H. S. HUTCHINSON: Mr. President, I
present the report of the Nominating Commit-
tee:
For Members of the Board of Trade for
three years:
W. H. Arnold, New York.
Charles E. Butler, New York.
D. B. Browne, New York.
George W. Jacobs, Philadelphia.
Louis A. Keating, Syracuse.
For President:
Eugene L. Herr, L. B. Herr & Son, Lan-
caster, Pa. (Applause.)
ist Vice Pres. :
S. D. Siler, New Orleans, La.
2nd Vice Pres. :
Marion E. Dodd, Hampshire Book Shop,
Northampton, Mass.
3rd Vice Pres:
Whitney Darrow, Charles Scribner's Sons,
New York.
Secretary :
Belle M. Walker, The Bookseller and Sta-
tioner, New York.
Treasurer :
John G. Kidd, Stewart & Kidd Co., Cin-
cinnati, O.
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PRESIDENT HERE : You have heard the report
of the Nominating Committee. Before I ask
for a motion I want to say that I came down
here with a very settled conviction in my mind
that one year was long enough for anyone to
serve as president of a national association and
that I really did want to be relieved, but I
could not seem to persuade the Nominating
Committee to see it that way. If it is your
desire to have me serve you another year, I
will do the best I can. It is a great honor —
I have felt it — and also a big responsibility.
What is. your pleasure with this report?
(It was moved and seconded that the report
of the Nominating Committee be accepted.)
F
JOHN G. KIDD, RE-ELECTED TREASURER OF A. B. A.
PRESIDENT HERE: It has been moved and
seconded that the report of the Nominating
Committee be accepted. All those in favor will
signify same by saying "Aye." Those op-
posed? So order. (Unanimously carried.)
As there are no contests, will some one
please make a motion for some one to cast a
ballot?
MR. CHAELES E. BUTLER: I make a motion
that Mr. Hutchinson be instructed to cast one
ballot. (This motion was seconded.)
PRESIDENT HERR: It has been moved and
seconded that Mr. Hutchinson cast one ballot
for the entire list of nominees as made.
I therefore declare these men elected to
.serve for one year, and in the case of the Board
of Tradej, to serve for three years. We deep-
ly appreciate the confidence that you seem to
have reposed in the present staff of officers.
We will now receive the report of the Com-
mittee on Resolutions from Mr. Keating.
MR. KEATING: Before I read these resolu-
tions as presented by your Resolutions Com-
mittee, I should like to make an unofficial sug-
gestion to the presiding officer of the conven-
tion. Having served on this Resolution Com-
mittee for a great number of years, sometimes
as its Chairman and many times as just a
humble lay jnember, I want to suggest to the
President tfiat in the future he appoint to
this committee either a married man who has
not his wife with him or an unmarried man. as
Chairman of this committee, because it cer-
tainly uses up time.
I have delayed reading these resolutions in
the hope that our numbers might increase. I
notice a very distinct shrinkage in the number
present this morning, and it seems to me that
if these conventions mean anything at all, that
meaning is involved and bound up in these
resolutions, or ought to be. If they are not,
then the resolutions ought to be supplemented
by suggestions, from the floor so that the reso-
lutions do represent the spirit and the attain-
ing and the meaning and the hopes and aspira-
tions of the convention.
PRESIDENT HERR : What is your pleasure with
regard to these resolutions ? Do you want the
entire report read thru first and then act on
them seriatim, or do you want to act on each
one as it comes up?
MR. HUTCHINSON : I suggest that they all
be read thru and then we will act on them
separately.
PRESIDENT HERR: If there is no objection,
we will read them all thru and then act on
them seriatim.
(Thereupon Mr. Keating read Resolutions
Number I to 13, and after this reading they
were taken up separately for action and discus-
sion as follows.}
Resolution No. I.
WHEREAS, a new spirit of optimism and
aggressive merchandising purposes have char-
acterized and dominated the last several con-
ventions, and whereas we recognize an urgent
and compelling need to increase our numbers
and increase the value of our efforts and
multiply our efficiency,
RESOLVED, That an intensive campaign
be started to build our membership up to
1000 members during the next year, adopting
as our Slogan "1000 by May ist, 1922." This
May 21, 1921
campaign to be planned and conducted by a
committee of six appointed by the President.
PRESIDENT HERR: Its adoption has been
moved and seconded. Are there any remarks?
(Unanimously passed.)
MR. KEATING: I am not sure but that that
remark of the President really expresses pes-
simism on his part, I hope it does not, I believe
it is possible to have a thousand members. And
it seems to me that if some of these other
resolutions ; namely, that matter of keeping in
touch between conventions is carried thru, and
the matter of training 'book clerks is carried
thru, we ought not to have any difficulty
in obtaining a thousand members.
A MEMBER : How many members have we
PRESIDENT HERR: 382 now. Our member-
ship at the last time of the convention was 263.
I might incidentally mention that, Mr. Kidcl
has cleaned thex books of all dead wood, that
is, the membership is absolutely bona fide, paid
up, and the membership has increased since
the time of the last convention to 382, and
the intensive effort was directed largely just
in the last three or four or five weeks.
I arn not pessimistic about the proposition at
all, and I think it is a fine ideal to drive for.
I have some people in mind right now that
will help put it across.
MR. ESTERBROOK : May I say a word about
that? I have a suggestion to offer that that
campaign be started immediately at the close
of this convention. In fact, it should be started
right now and continue for 365 days, one solid
year, and let every man and woman who is a
member of this association pledge himself
to go out and work real hard to build up our
membership to one thousand. I know it can be
done. What we need is numbers to give us
power and strength and influence. We can go
before the publishers with our problems and
they will co-operate with us closely, and I be-
lieve we should get to work right now.
Let every man and woman here to-day
pledge himself to start to work when he gets
home and get at least five members. It seems
a long distance to one thousand, but I believe
it will be easy if we all put our shoulders to
the wheel. I'd like to see some real enthusi-
asm in the discussion. (Hearty applause.)
PRESIDENT HERR : Mr. Esterbrook has
sounded a keynote for what should be the
definite and constructive policy for this organ-
ization for next year — that is to make this
organization strong, forceful and represent-
ative. I propose right now to start that cam-
paign, and I am going to ask everybody in
this room who is willing to co-operate. (Every-
body rises.)
PRESIDENT HERR: That is something like the
showing of hands at a revival meeting. I thank
you heartily. We are going to count on every-
one to bring in at least one or two.
A MEMBER: Make it five.
PRESIDENT HERR: No. Each one should
bring in two. Every present member of the
Association must bring in two more to bring
us up to a thousand.
MRS. SHERWOOD: It seems to me that in
order to get members for this association, we
should first have local organizations. I was
astonished yesterday when I talked to a num-
ber of out-of-town people here to find that we
have no local organizations, even in cities
such as Chicago. There are very few of the
smaller cities that have local organizations.
Once we have local organizations, the larger
organization need not worry about membership.
I have talked with a number of people from
the smaller towns who are willing to start
such organizations. I wish the time would
be afforded for a few moments for Miss
Jenison, president of our Women's National
Book Association, to say something about
what the1 Women's National Book Association
has done in this connection, and if we can
have a local organization in every town I
think it would be one of the greatest things
to advance bookselling in America that I
know of.
MR. REILLY: I'd just like to set the members
right on Chicago. Last fall, the Chicago
Booksellers' League was organized. It has
now a membership of over eighty. Frank
M. Morris, one of the oldest bookmen in
Chicago is the president and the meetings
have been enthusiastic.
And I want to supplement Mrs. Sherwood's
suggestion, in which I am in thoro accord.
I believe that if the proper committee of this
association would formulate a plan for state
organizations, such as exist in Illinois, we
would accomplish more than in any other
way.
I attended last week the Sixth Annual Meet-
ing of the Illinois state organization of sta-
tioners and booksellers at Rock Island. There
were, I should say, an average of eighty peo-
ple present at the business sessions, and 150
at the dinner. In comparison with the total
number represented by the National • Associa-
tion, that certainly is a very creditable show-
ing. If you had state organizations thruout
the country and those organizations sent dele-
gates to the national meeting once a year, you
would reach the whole country in the best
way.
PRESIDENT HERR: Mr. Reilly. can you tell
me — I was invited to that convention and
could not go — do you know whether they took
any action on the matter of affiliating with this
association? They were asked to affiliate and
to send a delegate. Nobody has come down.
MR. REILLY: I can only say as to that that
the resolution was read and adopted, which
was a sort of a cross. They did not author-
ize the association to send a delegate or dele-
gates, but they djd say that if any member of
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the association would attend he would be
armed with proper credentials.
MR. BUTLER; The last administration
worked very strongly in the direction of state
organizations and we went so far as to have
a Constitution made and provided that would
be suitable for all such organizations, and our
plan and purpose was that such organizations
should send delegates to the convention whose
expenses should be paid.
We have one in New York State, but I
am sorry to say that not much progress has
been made in that direction, but we had com-
mittees in the various states. Unfortunately
the administration was rather weak in not
pushing it to its proper termination. 1 think
if we undertake that now and carry it out
it would be the best method that we could
take. I agree entirely with Mr. Reilly.
Miss JENISON: I am always a poor ex-
positor of others' thoughts. Is it Mrs. ^ Sher-
wood's idea to say that the woman's organ-
ization has a program which we think might
be of assistance in this emergency? The
Woman's National Book Association, as you
know, is based upon the idea that we cannot
isolate -booksellers, that everyone who has to
do with the making and selling of books be-
longs in a group and should act accordingly and
the problem seems to be with booksellers that
in so many of the cities and smaller towns
especially there are not enough booksellers
to make any sort of a group. It seemed to
us that there might be, in small towns, where
there are perhaps only two booksellers, a
group formed to include not only booksellers
but librarians_ and the woman's clubs, and any
other~3elegates who could join such an organ-
ization, and the Woman's Book Association
would like to ask for volunteers to organize
such.
Could we have five women who would offer
to make an attempt at such a group in their
own community as a test case. The woman's
nage which we have in both the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY and the Bookseller and Stationer
would record their doings and how their
ideas were progressing, and we would also be
very glad to send you any suggestions that
we can, and then have you send a delegate
here back next year telling how you pro-
gressed.
I wonder if there are five women here who
would volunteer to get together a group of
people, not upon the basic idea of booksell-
ing, but upon the basic idea of furthering the
delight of reading and the power of books,
who would come back next year with the
report of how this idea worked out.
Now, I cannot set this forth as I should
like to, because that is not my idea, but if we
start it, it can grow. Mrs. Watson, will you?
MRS. WATSON: It seems to me a good idea.
Duluth is a small city, and I only mention
it because there are a lot of women that buy
books, and it is very significant because if
we get those people to realize the importance
and the rest of it, .they would spend the money
for books. We have had a very successful
season.
In regard to this organization, if you re-
duce the actual number of people interested
in books to our shop and perhaps one other
which carries a great many other lines — and
yet they do sell some books — 'I thought that
if we could —
Miss JENISON (Interrupting) : You must
have powerful woman's clubs there.
MRS. WATSON : Yes, we have, but we want
to interest men as well as women.
Miss JENISON: You must have librarians
and women writing advertising copy?
MRS. WATSON : We also have authors and
have printers.
Miss JENISON : Won't you for this year,
Mrs. Watson, make an attempt at this, during
the next year?
MRS. WATSON: Yes, I will.
PRESIDENT HERR: I am sorry, but we will
have to stop the discussion now and return to
the second resolution.
Resolution No. II.
WHEREAS, This convention has been
marked by many notable and inspiring ad-
dresses, and whereas, the efforts of the vari-
ous committees of arrangement have been
signally successful in making this convention
memorable measured in terms of Inspiration,
Comfort, and Entertainment, and whereas,
much of this has been made possible by the
generous support of the following publishers:
Henry Holt & Co., Harper & Brothers,
Harcourt, Brace & Co., Ronald Press, A. A.
Knopf, Inc., A. L. Burt Co., Grosset & Dun-
lap, Reilly & Lee Co., Century Co., D. Apple-
ton & Co., Dodd, Mead & Co., Frederick A.
Stokes Co., E. P. Button & Co., Little, Brown
& Co., Funk & Wagnalls, Cosmopolitan Book
Corp., George H. Doran Co., Houghton Miff-
lin Co., Doubleday Page Co., G. P. Putnam
& Sons, Charles Scribner's Sons.
RESOLVED, That we extend to these pub-
lishers, speakers and members of the various
commj/ttees our heartiest appreciation and
thanks.
AND FURTHER RESOLVED, That to
the management of the Hotel Traymore, and
especially to Mr. H. B. Montgomery, thru
whom arrangements for housing the conven-
tion were made, we express our sincere
thanks for the many courtesies and consid-
erations that have made our stay pleasurable
and profitable.
AND FURTHER RESOLVED, That we
thank The Macmillan Company, Harper &
Brothers, Dorrance & Co., Barse & Hopkins
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Co., Little, Brown Co., The Medici Society
of America,
who have generously contributed souvenirs
for distribution at the banquet, and that the
Secretary be instructed to officially convey
the spirit of these resolutions to the individ-
uals and firms as enumerated above.
PRESIDENT HERR: Are there any remarks?
(Carried unanimously.)
Resolution No. III.
WHEREAS, Generous assistance was ren-
dered our Publicity Committee by the edito-
rial and advertising departments of the "Pub-
lishers' Weekly," "The Bookseller & Station-
er," The Baker & Taylor "Bulletin," and
others, in increasing the extent and value of
the efforts of our Publicity Committee,
RESOLVED, That we place on record this
recognition of their services.
(It was moved and seconded that this
resolution be adopted, and unanimously car-
ried.)
Resolution No. IV.
WHEREAS, a resolution was adopted in
1919 at the Boston Convention and reiterated
in 1920 at the Philadelphia Convention urging
upon all Publishers adoption of a minimum
discount of 1/3 and 5% on all orders, and,
Whereas, many Publishers have met this re-
quest and have granted this discount, while
others have not done so,
RESOLVED, That every bookseller be
urged to press this matter of discounts indi-
vidually with all publishers in an eftort fb
obtain a minimum discount of 1/3 and 5%
on all orders including pick-ups from all
publishers.
AND FURTHER RESOLVED, That
where this discount is granted suitable rec-
ognition and appreciation upon the part of
the bookseller should be demonstrated in
closer co-operation and effort.
(Adoption moved, seconded and unanimously
carried.)
Resolution No. V.
WHEREAS, Our own Bob Anderson
shares front rank with Bill Shakespeare in
the field of the dramatist, and as an histo-
rian of particularly prophetic instincts has
crowded H. G. Wells off the front page,
RESOLVED, That a private performance
of "Thirsty -Eva the Booksellers' Daughter"
be given for the benefit of those publishers
who have not yet come across with a mini-
mum discount of 1/3 and 5.
(Adoption moved, seconded and unani-
mously carried.)
Resolution No. VI.
WHEREAS, The Board of Trade has had
difficulty in carrying on its functions, owing
to the fact that many of its members reside
outside of the City of New York,
RESOLVED, That the Board be authorized
to appoint six alternates residing in or near
the place of meeting to act in the places of
members who may be absent.
(Adoption moved, seconded and imani-
•mously carried.)
Resolution No. VII.
WHEREAS, Since our last meeting there
has been organized an association of book
publishers for the purpose of working for
sound publishing conditions in United States
and promoting the cause of bookselling, and,
whereas, retailers are fully aware of how
much a trade gains by facing its problems
with a united front and common enthusiasm,
RESOLVED, That the A. B. A. sends the
greetings of this convention to the executives
of the National Association of Book Pub-
lishers expressing its feeling that this com-
pletion of book-trade organization means an
important advance in book-trade prosperity
and progress.
MR. BUTLER: I would amend that to ask
that the National Association of Book Pub-
lishers be requested to appoint a commit-
tee to work in conjunction with our Board of
Trade. (This motion was seconded.)
MR. BUTLER: That has been asked of them
by letter.
MR. MELCHER : It would require a revision
of the Constitution of the National Associ-
ation of Book Publishers for them to appoint
a committee to discuss discounts. There-
fore, it might work against the very thing
that you want. I doubt whether they would
revise their constitution under which the
members came into the organization.
MR. BUTLER : I might say in that connection
please, that the desire of the Board of Trade
is not essentially the making up of a ques-
tion of discounts, but other trade matters.
There are many things that we want to
clear up between the publishers and book-
sellers, as the president of the National
Association of Book Publishers acknowledged
and hoped would be accomplished. I think
that we ought to emphasize that point.
MR. HUTCHINSON : It seems to me that mat-
ters of this kind should go before the Execu-
tive Committee as they naturally would,
rather than before the Board of Trade, and
I think that this amendment should not pre-
vail.
MR. BUTLER : May I say in that respect, that
according to the Constitution, all trade mat-
ters are left to the Board of Trade. Now. is
the Executive Committee going to work "on
one side and the Board of Trade on another?
They will surely come in conflict. It will
hamper the efforts of both.
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PRESIDENT HERR: For your information, I
might read the Third Section of the Fourth
Article of our Constitution, stating the powers
of the Board of Trade: "The duties of the
Board of Trade shall be to handle all mat-
ters bearing on retailers' relations with pub-
lishers, jobbers and others handling books,
introducing and carrying out in co-operation
with them such reforms as would .tend to
the improvement and bettering ot bookselling
in the United States, and to take up such
matters as shall be committed to it by the
Association or Executive Committee."
I believe Mr. Butler's point is well taken
as to the powers and authority of the Board
of Trade.
Are there any further remarks on this
addition to the resolution? I might say,
speaking from the Chair, that while it would
be desirable to continue our efforts to get
a committee from the publishers, we cannot
make it a sine qua non, because, as Mr.
Melcher has pointed out, their by-laws pre-
vent such a thing, and I don't know whether
any point is to be gained by including it in
the resolution.
MR. BUTLER: Pardon me for interrupting
you there. I want to say to Mr. Melcher that
the Constitution of the National Association
of Book Publishers will prevent the associ-
ation from taking up the question of dis-
counts as a body, but not individually. What
we want to do is to place before the pub-
lishers as a whole the need of better dis-
counts, better trading, and many other ef-
forts on the part of the booksellers, and then,
take up individually as we have been doing
the question of discounts. Their Constitu-
tion prevents them from doing it as a col-
lective body. Individually, there is no trou-
ble.
MR. MELCHER: As the secretary of the
Publishers' Association, I want to say that
there have been two matters brought to us
from this organization. One was the ques-
tion of a joint publicity campaign, and if
there has not been evidence of whole-hearted
co-operation from the publishers on that, I
don't know what kind of evidence can be
expected. The only other question brought
to the Association thru your Board of Trade
last year had to do with the matter of dis-
counts. But, because previous publishers'
associations had had difficulty because of
haying to do, with the setting of retail
prices or the regulation of trading condi-
tions, the members have now joined with the
specific provision that these matters are not
to be acted on.
It cannot be entertained, but on any other
matters outside of that field, you will re-
ceive their whole-hearted interest and sup-
port, and my objection to that amendment is
merely that it seemed to suggest that there
has been any tendency on the part of the
publishers to hold away from co-operation,
whereas no such tendency has been in evi-
dence.
MR. TRACHT : Mr. President, the amend-
ment seems to be entirely unnecessary. I
believe that the publishers are open-minded
and will receive any communication from
the Board of Trade without our suggestion
that they appoint a committee. Let the presi-
dent of the Publishers' Association determine
that if it is necessary. I am not in favor of
the amendment.
PRESIDENT HERR: Mr. Keating, will you
please read the original resolution again and
then will you take the Chair for a minute
please?
(Mr. Keating thereupon took the Chair.)
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WALTER MCKEE OF SHEEHAN's AND MRS. A. G.
MORRIS OF J. L. HUDSON CO.
PRESIDENT HERR: On this proposed addi-
tion to the resolution I should, like to say
that I scarcely think that it is necessary
that it should be added. The phraseology of
the resolution as originally proposed seems
entirely adequate. I want to say from the
standpoint of co-operation that our experi-
ence last year with trie publishers before
their association was formed, in attempting
a national co-operative advertising campaign
made us feel that there was every effort on
the part of the publishers to-day to co-oper-
ate with this association in every way possi-
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ble. I believe the way is still open to ap-
proach them as an association on every
matter except from the standpoint of dis-
count. And as you will recall from what I
read from the by-laws, the Board of Trade
has ample authority to approach the pub-
lishers individually or as an association on
any of these matters that they choose to take
up, and that they have the power to endeavor
to persuade the publishers to form such a
committee if they can, but I see no reason
for adding the proposition to the resolution
as it stands.
(At this point Mr. Herr resumed the
Chair.)
(Question was called for.)
PRESIDENT HERR: The question is on the
amendment or addition to the resolution, that
the National Association of Book Publishers
be requested to appoint a committe to act
in conjunction with the Board of Trade. Are
you ready for the question? (It was lost.)
Now, we revert to the original resolution.
(Its adoption was moved, seconded and
passed.)
Resolution No. VIII.
WHEREAS, The Children's Book Week
and the Year-Round Bookselling Plan have
been wide-reaching in their influence and
have stimulated booksellers, the Libraries,
Public Schools and other educational factors
to new and more aggressive efforts to pro-
mote a wider personal interest in the reading
and owning of books,
RESOLVED, That we express our hearty
appreciation at the effort made and pledge
our heartiest support and co-operation toward
expanding and continuing this effort.
AND FURTHER RESOLVED, That this
Association contribute $1000.00 from its treas-
ury to support this work as an earnest ex-
pression of our continued conviction that
more aggressive action to enlarge the book
market and reach the non-book readers
should be undertaken by co-operative effort
of the producers, the publishers.
MR. BUTLER: I move its adoption. (This
motion was seconded.)
MR. HUEBSCH : Would you mind telling us
who constitutes the committee that is spend-
ing this money to which we are contributing
$1000.00.
MR. MELCHER : The committee in charge of
the Year-Round Bookselling Campaign was
organized by a meeting of sales managers and
others interested in book distribution in New
York last December. The committee that
they selected, of which I have served as
Chairman, has consisted of eight people: F.
A. Clinch, of Appleton ; Whitney Darrow,
of Scribners; H. B. Earl, of Doubleday;
F. L. Reed, of Grosset ; Harry F. Hull, of
Dodd, Mead; W. R. Richardson, of Harpers;
Harry Sully, of Charles E. Graham & Co.,
with Miss Marion Humble as executive secre-
tary.
The committee was given power to expand
as more members were needed and more are
about to be added for this second six months.
I would say that for the Children's Book
Week there will be appointed as heretofore
a very much large special committee. The
plan in mind for the next six months is to
raise $7500.00, of which $4000.00 is on hand.
(Question was called for, and the motion
was carried unanimously.)
Resolution No. IX.
WHEREAS, Attention has been directed in
many interesting papers and discussions in
this convention to the advantages and need
for a trained salesforce, and, whereas, this
can be accomplished by intelligent effort on
the part of the booksellers or department
store book managers,
RESOLVED, That an intensive and con-
structive program be planned by a commit-
tee on The Training of the Sales Force and
sent to every bookseller in the United States.
THE CHAIRMAN : You have heard the reso-
lution, what is you pleasure?
(Motion was made and seconded that it be
adopted.)
MR. MELCHER : I think there is another reso-
lution which is closely related, the matter of
bookstore cost keeping and other systems. It
seems to me that those two should be read to-
gether, altho perhaps the one embodied in this
is more important.
Would it not be possible, and would it not
give us a very concrete work to do if we
could in some way join these two constructive
proposals and connect them with our mem-
bership work. T^ot relying only on those cities
where there are leagues and organizations, and
not relying entirely on the national organiza-
tion, but in cities where there might be three,
five, ten booksellers, if the president can ap-
point a local representative, he or she could
be the person on the soot who would talk up
this material when we have it out, and present
it as a reason for becoming a member, also
bringing back to the central organization such
suggestions as would come from that local
place.
I was very much interested in the paper that
was read about cost keeping and store methods
and if that question can be brought up later,
I'd like to suggest that there are methods of
accountino" being handled in other associations
and businesses besides ours in a very practical,
helpful way. One of our members, who repre-
sents the U. P. C Book Co. of New York, has
been instrumental in issuing to the hardware
people an admirable pamphlet on how to keep
retail accounts. He has very kindly brought
copies of that here, and it is available to any
one of the delegates that wishes to have it.
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It is in very concrete shape, and could be very
quickly connected up with our own trade. Be-
sides that, the National Stationers' Organiza-
tion has prepared an outline of business forms,
as manv of us are stationers as well as book-
sellers, and some correlation of these effort;
would be advantageous.
PRESIDENT HERR: Did you make that as an
amendment ?
MR. MELCHER: I believe this could supple-
ment the other resolution, with a committee
to cover both these things. I cannot see how
else we can bring this discussion together.
MR. SCHENCK : It seems to me that these two
matters should be treated in separate resolu-
tions. I am in hearty sympathy with the reso-
lution just presented. It seems to me that
there has never been a program for the train-
ing of salesmen equal to that presented by Mr.
Esterbrook a few years ago. It was a very,
very able paper written from a very practical
experience, and if we can re-adopt that ad-
dress and supplement it with the proper forms
that we could have no better material for such
a campaign as is suggested.
PRESIDENT HERR : Is it your wish to add
anything to this resolution by amendment, or
do you want to take it up as a supplementary
matter ?
MR. KEATING: Mr. President, if this mate-
rial is in concrete form, it seems to me that
one committee might handle both of those prop-
ositions, and that an amendment to this to in-
clude this other matter under the work of
this committee would be sufficient.
PRESIDENT HERR: Do you offer that as an
amendment ?
MR. KEATING: I do.
MR. BUTLER: If the material will be pub-,
lished in full in the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY,
calling the attention of the booksellers all
over the country to it, and urging them to read
it and study it carefully it would prove of
great benefit.
PRESIDENT HERR: It would appear in the
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY and the Bookseller and
Stationer.
MR. KEATING: It was the thought of the
committee that a resolution calling for a
monthly bulletin would lend itself to promot-
ing just these very ideas.
PRESIDENT HERR: It will. It will give us
stuff for the Bulletin, too. If the Association
is willing to leave that matter in the hands of
the Executive Committee, I think it can rest
assured that it will be taken care of. If we
get out this bulletin, we will" be only too anx-
ious to have material to keep it going, and I
think you can rest assured that all this kind
of material will be used. If there is no ob-
jection, we will add that suggestion to the
other resolution, to include the cost keeping
system tinder this committee.
MR. BRENTANO: I make a motion that this
entire matter be left to the discretion of the
Executive Committee.
PRESIDENT HERR: If you don't object, we
will let them put it right in the resolution, and
it will go back to the Executive Committee
to act upon. Thank you very much.
(There was no objection.)
Resolution No. IX. — 2nd Section
AND FURTHER RESOLVED, That this
Committee shall also consider and present the
matter of a uniform cost system.
MR. VON GOGH : I want to say that the U. P.
C. Book Co. of New York is now publishing
a little pamphlet called Retail Dealers Turn-
Over and if any of you desire to have a copy,
we shall be glad to send you a complimentary
CODV.
PRESIDENT HERR : Will you please make note
of that and write me about it?
MR. CROWELL: In view of the fact that I
suggested this cost keeping resolution I should
like to make one comment on it, so that the
Executive Committee may proceed perhaps
more intelligently than they would otherwise.
I was instrumental in securing Mr. Eggleston
for our speaker thru Mr. Pfeifer of Apple-
ton's. I was instrumental in getting him to
promise to work with any committee the As-
sociation might appoint. This paper therefore
is not the final system, but should be supple-
mentecl with any suggestions that the commit-
tee may work over with Mr. Eggleston. . I
think it is quite important for the Executive
Committee to be aware of that fact, so that
they proceed with that in mind.
(Question was called for and carried unani-
mously.)
Resolution No. X.
WHEREAS, It is felt that the Monthly
Bulletin issued by the Executive Committee
under the direction of our former president,
Ward Macauley, was of great help and in-
spiration in refreshing pur memories, between
convention times, of the many helpful and
practical ideas brought out at the conven-
tions,
RESOLVED, That a Bulletin of this char-
acter be issued monthly by the Executive
Committee.
(Its adoption was moved, seconded and
unanimously carried.)
Resolution No. XL
WHEREAS, It is a demonstrable fact
from our past experience "fifai many of the
best efforts and constructive ideas promul-
gated in our conventions are lost, seemingly
never brought to effective fruition, and where-
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as, It is evident that some earnest and ef-
fective method should be adopted to secure
wide and thoughtful consideration and dis-
cussion of the convention proceedings and
the adoption of the best ideas here advanced,
RESOLVED, That the Association offer
prizes for the best articles contributed to
and published in the "Publishers' Weekly"
and "Bookseller and Stationer" summarizing
the constructive elements of the addresses and
discussions of this convention, and offering
the best suggestions whereby these construc-
tive ideas may be put into practice and our
organizations more closely Icnit, said prizes
to be open to anyone connected with retail
bookselling; and said prizes to consist; first,
for the best article submitted and published
between May isth and October ist the entire
railway and hotel expenses involved in at-
tendance at the next annual convention, and
for the second best article submitted a free
membership in the Association for the ensu-
ing year,
AND FURTHER RESOLVED, That for
the best article submitted and published be-
tween October ist and February ist, similar
prizes be awarded.
(The adoption was moved, seconded and
unanimously carried.)
PRESIDENT HERR: How many are g<oing to
try for that free trip,
MR. KEATING: I am. [Laughter.]
PRESIDENT HERR: This is a matter which
will call for the co-operation of all of you in
bringing it to the attention of those 'people
who might be interested, and it should serve
to get the report of this convention thoroly
read and digested by a great many people who
otherwise might pass it up.
MR. BUTLER: Who will pass judgment on
these contests?
PRESIDENT HERR: The Chair will have to
appoint a committee.
Resolution No. XII.
WHEREAS, We have learned with great
interest and pleasure of the recent organiza-
tion of the Association of Canadian Book-
sellers, and whereas, This organization pro-
vides a channel for developing and cementing
the friendly relations between American and
Canadian booksellers,
RESOLVED, That we extend to the Cana-
dian Association our fraternal greetings and
congratulations.
AND FURTHER RESOLVED, That we
cordially invite its members to meet with
us at our next convention, and that this in-
vitation and salutation be duly forwarded
by the Secretary.
(Adoption was moved, seconded and un-
animously carried.)
MR. KEATING : Before reading the last reso-
lution, I want to say that your Resolution
Committee, represented by Mr. Esterbrook,
Mr. Tracht, Miss Cummings, Harry Kor-
ner, Ralph Wilson, C. R. Crowell and Hugh
Shields, must have been exceedingly efficient,
as I never knew so many radical resolutions
to go thru with so little questioning.
Resolution No. XIII.
WHEREAS, An invitation has been receiv-
ed from representative booksellers in Wash-
ington, supplemented by an invitation from
the Washington Chamber of Commerce, to
hold our Convention in the National Capitol,
and whereas, many delegates have expressed
to your committee approval of this idea,
RESOLVED, That we recommend Wash-
ington, D. C., as the place for our 1922 con-
vention. [Hearty Applause.]
(It was moved that this resolution be
adopted. Seconded.)
MR. HULINGS BROWN: I just want to say
'before this resolution is passed that some
time last March it was suggested to me by
one or two men in the trade that in the
question of our next convention, that Mon-
treal would be a very attractive place. [Ap-
plause.] I took it on myself to correspond
with a great many of the officials and im-
portant men in the Association and received
quite a little cordial support in the idea.
I then furthermore communicated with the
people at the Windsor Hotel to find out
about their accommodations and things of
that kind, and I received a very extensive
letter showing that the place is very well
situated for holding conventions, and that
they were of course naturally very anxious
that we should decide to come up there.
Well, I had a good deal of ammunition
ready to start in the way of propaganda,
etc., but when I came here I found that the
Washington question was before the conven-
tion, and there was a good deal of strength
for it, and the gentlemen who are favoring
that had very good reasons, as it is a de-
lightful place, and all that; so. I rather with-
drew, but before it passes, as I hope the
resolution will pass, I just want to say that
owing to the fact that the Canadian Book-
sellers' Association has been formed, T think
it is well for us to have the idea of Mon-
treal in mind. Personally, I s'hould like to
go there next year, but I bow to the will of
the others.
But it is a good thing if we should go up
there another year with the Canadian Book-
sellers' Association formed and grown stron-
ger as I hope it will be. So, tho I had really
made up my mind to put a rather strong op-
position to Washington and 'back up Mon-
treal, perhaps it is not wise, and I am a
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little premature, but it is a good thing to
think over. [Hearty Applause.]
(Question was called for and passed un-
animously.)
MR. KORNBAU : In 1926, the sesquicentennial
celebration of the Declaration of Independence
will take place. I'd like to extend an invi-
tation to the Association that the convention
be held there, and I'd like to have it in the
minutes as a matter of record. [Applause.]
PRESIDENT HERR: I think the convention
owes a very deep vote of thanks to the
Resolutions Committee for^ the most admir-
able series of resolutions tfiaFTiave been pre-
sented. The fact that they have been car-
ried without amendment indicates that they
have felt the pulse of the convention well. I
personally know that they worked hard al-
most all day yesterday and a while this
morning phrasing them, and I'd be very glad
indeed to recognize a motion of thanks to the
Resolution Committee for their efforts.
(A motion was made to that effect. Sec-
onded and unanimously carried.)
MR. KEATING: Mr. Chairman, we agree
with everything you have said. [Laughter.]
MR. BUTLER: I move that a vote of thanks
lie given to the Entertainment Committee
that got up the play last night. I think they
ought to have our hearty thanks because we
all enjoyed it.
(This motion was seconded.)
PRESIDENT HERR: It has been moved and
seconded that a vote of thanks be given to
the Entertainment Committee tor the delight-
ful high-browed drama which was presented
so artistically last night. (Unanimously car-
ried.) [Applause.]
MR. KIDD: Mr. President, I should like to
make a motion that we thank the ladies for
their very interesting costume dance here on
Tuesday night.
(Seconded and passed amidst applause.)
MR. KEATING: Mr. Chairman. I'd like to
speak on the excursion rates a moment. It
seems that there was a general misunder-
standing. This is the first year we have ever
considered ourselves large enough to ask the
railroad for a regular convention arrange-
ment on the ticket. It does not mean much
to those who come from nearby towns, but I
think it ought to be emphasized at this con-
vention, so that you may remember next year
that, while it does not mean much to the
nearby points, it means a very considerable
amount running into a really large sum to
those who come from a great distance. About
275 have brought in certificates while we
needed 350. There are more than that num-
ber here. Those who live near-by would
make it much easier for those who live at a
distance to attend by just going to that lit-
tle extra trouble of asking for a convention
certificate. It is too bad we did not reach
our number this year.
PRESIDENT HERR : I am going to appoint a
Membership Committee, as authorized by the
first resolution, right now. They will have
a chance to get together before they leave
Atlantic City and formulate plans for this
new intensive drive. They will of course be
at perfect liberty to use the material pro-
vided by this initial drive. I am going to
name as the Chairman of that Committee our
very efficient and enthusiastic Secretary, Miss
Belle M. Walker. [Applause.] I know this
matter is very dear to her heart. And the
remainder of the Committee are John G.
Kidd, Miss Jenisoni, Joseph Estenbrook,
Frank Reilly, S. D. Siler.
If Miss Walker wants to call a meeting
of that committee before they leave Atlan-
tic City, she can call it whenever she wants to.
Miss WALKER: Miss Walker would like to
appoint on the Committee Mr. Shay to help get
members.
THE CHAIRMAN : You have authority to
appoint anybody else you want to.
MR. BRASELMAN (of Philadelphia) : I'd
like to announce that I have already begun
to work, and I have secured one new mem-
ber. [Cheers and Applause.]
PRESIDENT HERR : I want to announce a
meeting of the Board of Trade for organiza-
tion immediately at the close of this meet-
ing. All members of the Board of Trade
will please attend.
Has anyone else any other matters to
bring before the convention before we ad-
journ?
MR. BUTLER: Mr. President, I think it would
be in order to thank the present administra-
tion and all those connected with it for bring-
ing about this successful convention that we
have held in Atlantic City, and I move that
a rising vote of thanks be given.
(This was seconded.)
[Applause, everybody rising.]
PRESIDENT HERR: I want to thank every-
body in the Booksellers' Association, espe-
cially those people who have worked on this
committee, for the whole-hearted support that
they have given their officers, and I commend
the same spirit about one hundredfold re-
newed for next year.
If there is no further business, I am ready
to receive a motion to adjourn.
(It was moved and seconded that the meet-
ing adjourn. Unanimously carried. Where-
upon, at 12:10 noon, the convention ad-
journed.
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The Social Features of the Convention
THE thanks of the convention which were
extended to the heads of the various
committees of entertainment bore more
than a perfunctory enthusiasm when passed
at the business session. At no convention
of the Association have there ever been more
carefully worked out plans for the enter-
tainment, and these were carried out under the
difficulty of having the convention held at
a place where there was no local committee
which could take care of the details.
A very long mark of credit for the suc-
cess of all the various features of enter-
tainment was accorded by everyone to Whit-
ney Darrow, of Charles Scribner's Sons, who
had shown such extraordinary executive abil-
ity and enthusiasm in making all the different
events diverting, different and carefully fitted
into the general program. Hotel accommo-
dations had been most carefully arranged,
and the choice of a hall high above noise
and confusion, showed admirable planning.
David O'Connell had taken charge of a spe-
cial train from New York which came down
on Monday afternoon — two cars full — and a
large part of those who came to the conven-
tion registered at the Traymore, thus giving
a great concentration to the attendance.
The dance on Tuesday evening had been
put in charge of Miss Alice Dempsey, of
Gimbel's, as representative of the Women's
National Book Association. The inimitable
play on Wednesday night was in charge of
the travelers, with Robert G. Anderson as
chief promoter, and the Banquet program,
under the personal supervision of Mr. Dar-
row, produced a group of speakers that left
nothing to be_desired, as well as a menu and
incidental diversions that were beyond criti-
cism.
The Costume Dance
THE first feature of the Entertainment
Program of the Convention was the cos-
tume dance on Tuesday night, which was
held in the convention hall on the eleventh floor
of The Traymore. This dance had been planned
HARRISON LEUSSLER AS "jOHNNIE DINES" FLOOR
MANAGER OF THE DANCE
and promoted by the Women's National Book
Association as its special contribution to the
diversions of the convention, and it proved an
occasion enjoyed not onlv by those who took
part in the dancing and appeared in costume,
but by all the others of the convention who
watched the proceedings.
Thirty or forty different costumes appeared,
each representing some book title, and prizes
were awarded by vote of those present. The
first prize for men went by enthusiastic vote
to Edward Burt, of A. L. Burt & Company,
who made a triumphant appearance as "Tarzan
of the Apes." It was agreed that Mr. Burt
gave indications of biceps and chest expansion
that would have done credit to the jungle hero
whose books he has distributed in such tre-
mendous quantities. He consented to dispense
with his vicious looking club during the dance
that followed. The second prize for men went
to H. S. Hutchinson, of New Bedford, who
impersonated Captain Eri, dressed in rubber
boots and slicker.
The first prize for women was awarded to
Grace Gaige of R. H. Macy & Company for
her representation of "Outline of History."
This had been achieved by long and arduous
planning between herself and the Macmillan
Company, whereby all the illustrations of the
set had been printed on white satin which
had afterward been made into an attractive
evening gown. These pictures, the portraits,
maps, etc. appeared as clearly as on paper at
different places on the gown. The second
prize for women was given to "Raggedy Ann"
and "Raggedy Andy," but, as there were two
sets of these famous dolls on the floor, lots
had to be drawn to see which got the prize,
and the lot fell to Dorothy Grant and her
sister. Sidney Grant. The other doll twins
had been impersonated by Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene L. Herr. These two pairs of dolls
had been among the most diverting features
of the show and were among the few that
were completely masked, so that the audience
did not know who had come in these quaint
costumes.
Among other interesting costumes were
"Johnny Dines." the cowboy character from
Stepsons of Light." impersonated by Har-
rison Luessler. Mr. Luessler acted as
floor manager for the dance and manager
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of ballots; Theodore Fredenburgh, another
Houghton Mifflin traveler, appeared as "The
Riding Kid of Powder River." Mrs. Levy
in the strange costume of a sign-board
supplied amusement and laughter, her sign
reading, "Main Street" corner of "Lewis."
Madge Jenison, of New York, set many
puzzling over her costume of "The Great
Desire." Tina Cummings of Buffalo had a
delightful costume for "Ramona." Belle
Walker appeared as "The Bubble Books," and
Mrs. E. C. Burt as "The Thousand Ways to
Please a Husband." Josephine Pfanstiehl as
"Janice Meredith." A costume of unusual
daintiness was that of Ruth Stanley-Brown,
who appeared as "Eleanor" from Cabell's
"Figures of Earth."
There was considerable interest in the fact
that Mr. Shoemaker of Penn Publishing Com-
pany had offered a prize of an aeroplane trip
for the best costume representing one of the
Penn publications. This prize was won by
Miss Hubley, of Frederick Loeser's, who im-
personated "Hannah Bye." Miss Hubley took
her trip in the aeroplane on Thursday after-
noon.
The Play
"Eva, the Bookseller's Daughter"
THE much heralded play on Wednesday
nigiht proved to be one of the most bright
and shining episodes of any recent con-
vention. The Committee which had planned it
had secured for the occasion the stage on the
Steel Pier, and the convention delegates turned
out en masse to see the performance.
This heroic tragedy of "Eva, the Booksel-
ler's Daughter" was written by Robert Gor-
don Anderson of Putnam's, with music by
Charles H. Denhard, of Croot and Denhard.
There were many suggestions that a repetition
of this peformance ought to be given in New
York in order that many others could enjoy
its humor. At the end of the last act the audi-
ence gave repeated curtain calls to the cast and
insisted on having the author and the com-
poser appear.
The part of Cyrus Overstok, a bookkeeper
disguised as a bookseller, was admirably taken
by Earle H. Balch of Putnam's, whose change
from a timid and bulldozed dealer to a prosper-
ous and lordly merchant was a delicious com-
ment on bookselling conditions. The part of
his charming daughter, who worked in the
bookstore, was acted by Adam Burger, of
Harper and Brothers, whose histrionic powers
no one can deny, and the bold errand boy was
played with great gusto by John Winters, of
the Century Company, who had insisted on
dis/ftguring his features by adding a larger
bridge to his nose.
As salesman of vieror and dresser par ex-
cellence the part of Seymour Savles could not
have been eiven to a more comnetent deline-
ator than Melville Mmton, of Scribner's, and
his transformation in the last act brought
chuckles to all who know his usual selling
technique. Guy Holt, of McBride's, took care
of the part of the customer and later of the
sales manager who became the cringing
typist for the prosperous bookseller. Mr.
Holt also had the delicious lines of the opening
prolog. The rest of the cast, including Knights
of the Grip and decrepit publishers, were acted
with great enthusiasm.
DOROTHY AND SIDNEY GRANT AS RAGGKDY A X X
AND RAGGEDY ANDY
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Program of the Play
The Guilty Guild
presents
EVA
THE BOOKSELLER'S DAUGHTER
AN HISTORIC TRAGEDY
in Three Acts
by
ROBERT GORDON ANDERSON
with Music by
CHARLES H. DENHARD
at the
STEEL PIER THEATRE
ATLANTIC CITY
AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS' CONVENTION
May n, 1921
THE CAST
Cyrus Overstok, a bookkeeper disguised as a
bookseller EARLE H. BALCH
Eva Spearmint Overstok, his flavor-lingering
daughter ADAM BURGER
Abie Crapsovitch, the bold errand boy
JOHN WINTERS
Seymour Sayles, of the Force-Sayles Co., Star
Traveler MELVILLE MINTON
Gallant Knights of the Grip
Fox Trott HOWARD LEWIS
A, Sleeper LEON ARCHER
R. E. Bates PHILIP ANDERSON
P. Nuckle TAMES MALLOY
Kelley Poole WALTER THWING
Customer GUY HOLT
Publishers MESSERS. LEWIS. ARCHER, AND
P. M. ANDERSON
Mr. Pinney, the Sales Manager GUY HOLT
THE SCENES
PROLOG. — Guy Holt.
ACT I. — The Overstok Bookstore in Xenia-
polis. About 1906.
Act II.— The Hall of the National Publishers
Association.
ACT III.— Overstok Bookshop, 1921.
SONGS
Lyrics by Mr. R. G. ANDERSON.
Music by MR. DENHARD.
"I'm Only a Bookseller's Daughter"
Sung by MR. BURGER
"Travelers' Song" ....Sung by THE COMPANY
"Poor Bookseller" • •
Chorus by MESSRS. LEWIS, ARCHER, P.
ANDERSON", MALLOY, THWING, AND HOLT
"Said Mr. Shakespeare to Harold Bell Wright"
Sum) by MR. BALCH
(The music for this song was composed by
Mr. Balch.)
"Under the Rouge They're the Same"
Sung by MR. MALLOY
"Curtain Song" ,
Sung by MR. BALCH AND COMPANY
Directors .. R. G. ANDERSON AND E. H. BALCH
Musical Directors C. H. DENHARD AND
E. H. BALCH.
Prompter HARRY SAVAGE
Property Man PHILIP M. ANDERSON
Mob ALBERT KNAPP
Stage Hands THE COMPANY
Wardrobe Mistress CEDRIC CROWELL
Undertakers THE A.B.A.
The lyrics for this occasion had lines that
captured the fancy of all the audience, espe-
cially Mr. Burger's noble ditty on "I'm Only a
Bookseller's Daughter" and the more elaborate
verses of "Said Mr. Shakespeare to Harold
Bell Wright." At the end of the performance
the full words of the opera were sold by the
official barkers, Messrs. LeGallez and Siddall.
N
"I'M ONLY A BOOKSELLER'S
DAUGHTER"
(As Sung by Eva (Adam Burger)
"I'm only a bookseller's daughter
As unhappy as flapper can be,
For Pa cannot buy what he oughter —
Silk stockings nor fine lingerie.
"I don't ask for Rolls-Royce or Tin Lizzie,
All I want are a few simple duds ;
All Dad asks is to be enough busy
For rent and his Saturday suds.
"Folks pay out good cash to the grocer,
The butcher, the brewer, the cook,
You may laugh, but it surely is so, sir,
They hate to plank down for a book.
"They'll beg 'em or steal 'em or borrow ;
From libr'y or Womrath will rent;
But it causes them infinite sorrow
To put out for a book one red cent.
"The publishers are cruel and brutal
And stingy with discounts and terms.
They long for our utter and total
Destruction — like so many worms.
"Now if Dad were only a brewer,
Or would sell just a little good hootch,
We could throw all the' books in the sewer,
And I'd be wearing silk undies and such !
"Now, ain't it a shame? On the level
How can a noor «rurrul be ca(l)m?
With the book business fone to the devil
It's got so it ain't worth a damn!"
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Books and Balloons
THE banquet of the convention was fea-
tured as the American Booksellers' first
annual "circus: a dazzling assemblage of
antics and acts, exhibited in the "Suibdebmarine
Grill" of the Hotel Traymore, and it bore tes-
timony to the cleverness and originality of
Whitney Darrow and a corps of assistants.
Four hundred gaily colored balloons (inflated,
it was said, by Gallez Gas) floated from as
many chairs around tables on the marble
terra'ces of the grill.
Guests were seated quickly to give space
for the circus parade which was led by Jim
the Gallows, sometimes known as James Le
Gallez, of the Philadelphia North American.
The trained animals were carefully labelled
and shrouded. The banquet program was one
of the best feats of the whole circus, cleverly
announcing all the performers and side-shows
and a synchronized menu.
Kenneth S. Clark of the Community Service
New York was highly successful in introducing
all the guests into the arena, by leading them
in to the tune of "Mammy," "Ohe, Liza,"
"Smiles" and other songs with and without
antics.
Elizabeth Spencer, well-known as a maker
of musical records, gave several songs between
courses of the banquet.
Before the addresses, Mr. Clark successfully
put into limericks and sang to a Princeton
melody the careers of many of the celebrities
present.
1 'Sing Hey for the A. B. A."
(To the tune of ''Princeton Faculty Song")
ORIGINAL PRINCETON STANZA
HERE'S to Andy Eight-Million West,
Sixty-three inches around the vest,
At gathering money he is the best,
Here's to Andy Eight^Million West.
NEW VERSES BY KENNETH S. CLARK
Here's to Robert Bridges who
Is editor and poet, too.
He's pinch-hitting to-night in truth,
Just like an after-dinner Babe Ruth.
CHORUS
Sing hey, sing hey for the A. B. A.
Lee music play, a roundelay.
For we are off for a holiday
Till early in the morning.
II
A prudent man is Edward Bok —
He knew when to stop his business clock,
And now his hobby, so they say,
Is "music for Philadelphia."
Hi
Roland Morris heaves a sigh
For the land of "Madam Butterfly"
And now that he's once more come back,
We'll drink his health in jap-a-lac.
IV
Ola Fred Melcher is r*o dub
At lecturing a woman's club.
As soon as they have heard him speak
They go and buy "a book a week."
v
As president we chose Gene Herr,
Atho he lives in Lancaster.
He wears those horn-rimmed specs so much
So he won't look Pennsylvania Dutch.
VI
Tho Seeley Conover's no spring chick,
His spirits still have lots of kick.
No man in Amsterdam, Noo Yawk,
Has such a bubbling flow of talk.
VII
Charlie Burkhardt's fame is bright,
As our best conventionite.
He's always last to leave the wreck,
But, gosh, he misses his pinochle deck.
VIII
Harold Kinsey's a well known man,
'Cause he's so Cosmopolitan.
Better take his yarns with salt, say I;
But isn't he the handsome guy!
IX
"I only wish," said Hulings Brown,
"They'd let me pick convention town ;
For then we'd meet, by jiminy,
In Montreal or Bimini."
x
Our Bob Anderson, sure enough,
Is stealing Dave Belasco's stuff.
D. W. Griffith says, "I'll step down
And let him wear my movie crown."
XI
Adam Burger sure was great
As a Little Eva up-to-date ;
As Lady Macbeth he'd make a hit,
If he could only grow a bit.
XII
Altho no real book-selling was done
By Dave O'Connell in Washington,
He helped one book to gain its fame —
The Congressional Record, that's its name.
XIII
Old Vernor Schenck we nominate
To be the Bishop of his state;
The Bishop's role would be well done.
For, goodness knows, he talks like one.
XIV
If our John Kidd had been alive
When Isaak Walton used to thrive.
He'd have made himself a Rockefeller
By making Isaak a real best seller.
At the head table. President Eugene L. Herr
presided, introducing as chairman, Robert
Bridges, editor of Scribner's Magazine. Ed-
ward Bok, formerly editor of the Ladies'
Home Journal, was the first speaker, enter-
taining the audience with stories of his 'little
collection of two million women" and some of
the stories and poems that had not been printed
for them. His tribute to the "live town" that
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he had gone to thirty-two years ago was ap-
preciated
Dean Andrew F. West of Princeton Uni-
versity followed, with suggestion of some of
the great inventions of the past centuries, giv-
ing credit to printing as the invention that had
made possible the coming together of all ages
and all peoples. Roland S. Morris, former
U. S. Ambassador to Japan, made a most earn-
est appeal that booksellers help increase the
understanding between the east and the west
by greater knowledge and wider distribution
of books on the Orient.
The banquet favors were the Dorrance
"Pocket Chesterfield"; Edgar Lee Masters'
''Mitch Miller," published by Macmillan; Rob-
ert W. Service's "Ballads of a Bohemian,"
autographed, from Barse and Hopkins; "The
Ways of the Circus" published by Harper;
E. Phillips Oppenheim's new novel, "The Pro-
fiteers," from Little, Brown & Co.; and a
Medici print, given by Ralp'h Hale of the
Medici Society of Boston.
Two hours of dancing in the grill brought to
a close the successful climax of the conven-
tion.
The After Dinner Speeches
PRESIDENT HERR: If there is any author who
wants to write a mystery story, I have
a good title and a marvelous plot to
suggest to him. The title is : "The Lost
Gavel" or, "Who Took the Knock Out of the
1921 Convention?" The gavel I had when the
Convention opened has not been found. I
have deduced the fact that some traveling
salesman stole the gavel, so the booksellers
could not knock any more. In every respect
this Convention has been truly up to date. It
conforms strictly to the Eighteenth Amend-
ment— a kickless Convention.
The American Booksellers' Association is
twenty-one years old tonight and I was just
speaking to the gentleman on my right here,
about the banquet that I attended twenty years
ago. We had a little room alongside the
office in the Herald Square Hotel and I think
we had somewhere between sixty and seventy-
five people at the banquet. How much we
have to be thankful for — 'all of us — for the
good things that have come to the book-trade
in the last twenty years. We feel that nowa-
days, instead of kicking each other, we can
pull together and co-operate.
There has come to us tonight a great dis-
appointment, and to one of our speakers, I
have no doubt, a great shock. One .of our
guests was William Allen White, of Emporia,
Kansas. Mr. White arrived at three o'clock
this afternoon and when .he got here, he re-
ceived a telegram notifying him that his
daughter had been thrown from a horse, and
was suffering from a fractured skull. Mr.
White left for his home at once. We sin-
cerely hope that the accident may not be
serious.
This Convention, I think, is one of the most
successful that the Association has ever held
and there are two men whom I want to men-
tion by name, for the part they have had in
making this Convention a success. No credit
belongs to me. These men made it a success.
One of them is the man who planned and
carried to completion the program of the
sessions, Mr. Cedric Crowell, of New York,
and the other one is the man who has labored
since last fall, planning the entertainment that
you have seen thruout the week, and wind-
ing up with this extraordinarily unique ban-
quet, Mr. Whitney Barrow. [Applause.]
The change in the program has resulted in
this : Dean West, on the spur of the mo-
ment, has agreed to deliver a speech and ^his
address will come at the end of the evening-.
This left a gap to be filled, and I introduce
Mr. Robert Bridges, the well-known editor of
Scribner's Magazine, as toastmaster of the
banquet.
Toastmaster — Robert Bridges
MI\. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of
the American Booksellers' Association:
It is an embarrassing position for a
gentleman to be put in at the last moment, to
run a show of the celling force of anything,
because an editor is supposed to be that ter-
rible man who simply spends the money that
you, and the business department, and the ad-
vertising department accumulate with great
effort. He is a useless appendage in the eyes
of the advertising man. I have had that told
to me many times. He is simply the gate thru
which the gold is poured out for no particular
purpose. Now tonight I hope that I shall re-
lease, and with very little preliminaries, the
two or three gentlemen who are to address
you.
I have had the good fortune to know these
men, and I know they will give you some wis-
dom, some jest, and something to think about.
Mr. Bok is the first speaker. When I first
appeared on Scribner's Magazine, Bok was
there. He and Frank Doubleday could do
anything. They had a little paper called The
Book Buyer. They wrote it, published it,
distributed it, made it a powerful house organ,
and the story still persists that once a month.
Bok and Doubleday would gather up the
London newspapers, the supplement to the
Times, the Athenaeum, the Spectator, and then
they would announce to an office boy : "Don't
disturb us ; we are going down to the basement
to write our newsy London letter." Out of
that experiment grew Mr. Bok's first success-
ful venture — Bok's Literary Leads.
I want to say seriously, that Mr. Bok has
put over a great many things in this country.
I was once out at the farm that I own, and
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I looked at the letter-box, which was eighteen
inches long, and the farmer came along and
said: "The Government has ordered those
letter-boxes changed, sir ; we will have to have
a new one there." I said: "Why?" He said:
"The letter-boxes all over the country must
be made over to accommodate the Ladies'
Home Journal." That is a fact. Anything
Bok undertook to do was done, even if ihe
had to overthrow the Government.
The best thing he has done is to write his
book, "The Americanization of Edward Bok."
(This is an advertisement for my firm.) It
is a good book, notwithstanding, and it is the
epitome of the career of a man who has not
only succeeded in doing the right things, worth
while things, but things that have made this
country a better place to live in. I have great
pleasure, ladies and gentlemen, in introducing
Edward Bok, former editor of the Ladies'
Home Journal, as the first speaker on the
program. [Applause.]
Mr. Edward Bok
R Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Tw
girl
ihe has been back in Philadelphia, he thinks
Tokio is a sleeping post.
I .went to Philadelphia because I heard the
MR. Unairman, i^aaies anq uenucwcur,
Two men were discussing a very pretty
girl and one of them said : "She is really
a pretty girl?" and the other man said: "My call of the ladies of America. Of course, any
iboy, that girl is so pretty that when she gets man would respond to that, so I went there,
into a street car, all the advertising is a total and I became, as Eugene Field said, "The
loss!" Now, I feel as .if the thirty-two years nicest ladies' editor in America."
since I left the bookselling business are a total years of it I thought I would quit,
blank tonight. It seems to me like coming
back into the family, and I can say with the
strip picture man, "Ain't it >a grand and
glorious feeling!"
I wasn't told exactly how long I was to
After thirty
I had then
made up a little collection of two million
ladies, and that is enough for any normal
man. I decided to go while the going was
good, and so I handed over my collections of
ladies to my successor. Then, when I kissed
speak to you, but I will take the advice of a the ladies good-bye, figuratively speaking, I
veteran speaker, who was asked by a young wrote something, and I sent it to Scribner's,
speaker : "What really is the successful after- and after they had held two or three special
dinner speech? How long should it be?" meetings of their Board of Directors, they
And he said: "About as long as a woman's decided to risk the book, and as one book-
dress—long enough to cover tfie subject and seller said to me: "Well," he said, "I thought
short enough to be interesting." I will try if Scribner's could risk it, I could risk it,"
to make this speech just about right, as the
colored janitor said, when the tenant in the
apartment house made some home-brew. The
tenant had taken one swallow of it and made
up his mind that it was not for him, and he
and he did and so in that way I came back to
you, and I am glad to be back. I don't know
whether I should feel sorrier for you or
gladder for myself. Perhaps I am like the
man who swa'llowed a gold dollar, and he
passed it on to the colored janitor, and the didn't know whether he was a dollar in or a
tenant said: "Well, Sam, how was it?" He dollar out.
If you will allow me to drop into a serious
mood for a moment, a mood into which I think
an after-dinner speaker should never drop —
I want to say just one word seriously. Os-
tensibly I came here this evening to enjoy
dinner with you. I really came to look into
your faces and to thank you with all my heart
for the splendid things you have done to my
'book. I cannot begin to thank you and I
want you to have the recollection that for
once in your lives, you saw an author actually
stand up and say that he was completely satis-
fied with the way his publishers handled and
advertised his book and the way the hook-
sellers sold it. I thank you more than I can
say. [Applause.]
While I was a renegade from the ranks.
He
said: "Just about right, Boss." "Well," he
said, "what do you mean by just about right?"
"Oh! well," he said, "Boss, if it had been
better, you wouldn't have given it to me, ancf
if it had been worse, my God ! Boss, I would
have died !"
Now it is exactly thirty-two years since T
left New York and the book business. The
reason I left was because New York was too
cramped ; it was too small ; it ^didn't offer
enough chances to me. I wanted to go to a
city where there was pep, where people were
doing things, where there was plenty of life,
and where there was electricity in the air, and
so, naturally, I went to Philadelpihia.
[Applause.] No, I didn't go in that spirit.
I wasn't like the man, who, the other day,'
with a very worried face, came up to the away from you, I had some experiences, as a
Information Bureau of the* Pennsylvania Rail-
road in New York and said to the young
lady there: "Young lady, I have to go to
Hoboken, New Jersey." And the young lady
looked at him and she said, with a smile :
"Well, are you asking for information, or are
you just telling me your troubles?"
I went to Philadelphia, and if you think a
man is apt to, when he is editor of a woman's
periodical. One of the things people would
say to me, as they say to every editor, was :
"Why don't the magazines print something
that is worth reading?" Well, every editor has
an answer to that,
What those folks who ask this about the
magazines don't take into consideration is, the
men cannot lead a busy life in Philadelphia, stuff that they don't read — that the magazines
well, Morris came iback from Japan and since don't print, and it is some stuff, and I am
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going briefly to give you an idea of one or two
things that you are spared from when you
read a magazine.
You will find a gem of the most uncon-
scious humor in a serious manuscript. For
example, here is a case in which the author is
trying to picture a quiet moonlight night, with
stillness hanging all over the estate, and she
wrote :
''Night \ras now deep around the great and
gloomy mansion. Not one of its sleeping oc-
cupants moved — not a sound was- heard, save
when some bird in the tree-tops slipped inad-
vertently from its perch."
In a manuscript depicting a murder was
this astonishing bit: "The murderer was evi-
dently in quesit of money, but unluckily
Duncan had deposited all his funds in the
hank the day before, and so he lost nothing
but his life."
Until I became an editor, I had always be-
lieved that many of the questions and answers
printed in the average magazine were made up
in the office. Only a few days after I be-
came an editor, I got this letter :
"I have become engaged to a very worthy
young man and we have fixed upon a date next
month for our wedding. Now, what is the
proper time for me to get my parents' consent
to my engagement?"
Every editor is remembered by the budding
genius of the small town. It is generally a
girl who has read her graduation essay at the
High School, and everybody says : "You
ought to get that printed," and from that mo-
ment the editor's trouble begins. The teacher,
physician and minister back her up, and the
editor gets the precious composition. Here is
one of them, a story which contained this re-
markable sentence: "A 'bright tear glistened
in the moonlight, as it fell below on the wood-
bine and honeysuckle that had twined each
other's self around each other's own self, as
they climbed life's ladder together."
One dav there came to me a manuscript
that was three hundred and eighty pages long,
or an essay on Woman and it began in this
way : "Woman — what is Woman ? Rather
should we not ask, what is she not? Fair
'Woman ! is there anything she is not ? Beauti-
ful Woman! What has she not done?
Nothing !"
Another girl wrote this letter: "Our
.minister, who is a very smart man, thinks
lhat this poetry is very good. He says it is
as pood as some which Mrs. Browning wrote
in Portuguese, ,but as I have never been in
Portugal, I never read what this lady wrote.
All my friends say it is my very best poem.
I toll you this because you may be too busy
to see it right away.
"THE LOVER'S FAREWELL.
Oh! fare you (well, my dearest dear,
Oh! fare you well for a while,
I go away, but I'll come back again,
I f T go ten thousand miles.
'But who will take me out,' she sighed,
And who will glove my hands,
And who will kiss my ruby lips
When you are in foreign lands?'
'Your brother will take you out,' he said,
Your mother will glove your hands,
And I will kiss your ruby lips
When I return again.' "
There are times when stories are so dra-
matic and so thrilling that at last there is
absolutely nobody left. Anthony Comstock
said of a play once that it was in five acts and
twenty-eight "My Gawds." Here is the way
one story began:
"Looking the very likeness of a wounded
queen, Louise arose from whence she had
been sitting. Her face was deathly pale, as
white as snow. With a look that will never
be forgotten, she turned her eyes fully upon
her father and said in a queenly voice that
sounded as of the grave: 'Father, I cannot
marry Mr. Wharton; I just can't.' She reeled,
fell into a heap in the chair, whence she had
arisen, and was dead. At that moment, Clar-
ence rushed into the room and seeing the dead
form of his beloved, he shot eyes of fire at the
quivering form of the beloved's father before
him and said : 'Murdjerer, you have killed
her,' and before he could be stopped, a pistol
shot rang out upon the air and the father fell
beside his daughter's body, while a quick pul-
sation of the heart took possession of the
distracted mother, and she remained sitting,
dead in her chair. Maddened with the sight
before him, Clarence rushed out of the room,
and when morning broke, his crushed .body
was found at the foot of the stairs."
[Applause.]
MR. BRIDGES : I think you will all agree
that Mr. Bok delivered the goods, and prob-
ably sold eight or ten more editions of his
book. I hate to think of the size of his royalty
account. But I would like to ask some of
your clever business men — it is beyond me —
that if he gets one thousand dollars exemp-
tion on each of his two million women, how
much income tax does he have to pay?
His Excellency, or His Excellency once re-
moved, Roland S. Morris, was, while our Am-
bassador to Japan, from the reports of men
of all parties, one of the most valuable, tact-
ful and able men that we ever sent on such a
mission. I have heard it from many travelers
who have returned, who heard of his work,
not only in Japan, but on the mission
to Siberia when he was sent to report on
the Kolchak resistance to the Soviet Govern-
ment. I am told that the report which he
made on the Kolchak episode is one of the
most interesting and valuable of unpublished
books. I give this hint to publishers, because
I believe the Government will eventually issue
it. When it is issued, it will reveal a dra-
matic and s>ad, and in some aspects, a tragic
comedy. I introduce to you the Honorable
Roland S. Morris, lately our Ambassador to
Japan. [Applause.]
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Mr. Roland S. Morris
MR. Toastmaster am! my Friends: I
know you will fully appreciate the
difficulties under which I labor this
evening. 1 cannot prove myself in any way
equal or deserving of the very generous words
with which the Toastmaster has introduced
me, and I certainly can prove nothing but an
anti-climax after that brilliant, interesting,
and witty speech of Mr. Bok. I find myself
here on this raised platform, with those who
can claim to have been booksellers in the past,
writers, authors and publishers, and I haven't
been a bookseller, and I am not an author, as
I have never written a book, and I am not a
publisher. I thought perhaps one reason
might be that I could qualify as that rare
person, a book buyer. [Applause.] I assure
you that I welcomed this opportunity to come
back among my own people under circum-
stances as delightful and as pleasant as these
are.
The Toastmaster has referred just now to a
trip which I had the privilege of taking thru
Siberia, the seat of the then so-called Kolchak
Government. It was indeed a very wonderful
trip thru an extraordinary country. B\it we
had with us one who was a joy forever, our
cook, by the name of Abdul, and Abdul had
no use for any foreign lands or any foreign
people. For years he had been on the C., B.
& Q. as a dining car cook, and he longed to
be back in God's own country. One morning
I saw him looking out of the window ver}'
mournfully. I said to him: "Abdul, you
look terribly distressed this morning, what's
the matter?" He said: "The more I see of
these damn foreigners, the more I love the
folks I hate at home."
There was another reason that occurred to
me as possibly the one cause of your asking
me to come here this evening, and that was
perhaps to express indirectly your gratitude
and appreciation to me, as one who had lived
for several years in Japan, to Japan, for the
large number of books which it has recently
inspired. I thought that might be the cause,
until I inquired a few minutes ago of }>our
President, and I asked him rather hopefully,
whether, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, there was
any call for books on Japan, and he answered
— it seemed to me rather irrelevantly— that the
last of the second-hand book stores had ceased
to function in Lancaster.
And still I do want to assure him, and I
know I don't have to assure you that there
has been an extraordinary number of books
recently on the general subject of Japan and
our American interests, not only in Japan and
in China, but in the whole Orient. The his-
tory of our literature on Japan in particular,
is one that it seems to me it is worth our while
recalling.
Those of us who are older can easily re-
member the time, not far distant, when the
books that were published on the subject of
Japan had such titles as "The Charm of
Japan," "The Beauty of Japan," "The Mys-
tery of Japan" and suggestive titles of that
kind. They were followed a few years later
by books of interpretation, interpreting Japan-
ese life and Japanese art, and giving us some-
thing of Japanese history and institutions, and
then recently we have had a very startling
change. I don't exaggerate it by saying that
almost every week there comes to my desk a
book with a new title, such as ''The Menace
of Japan," "The Peril of Japan," and only
recently, as if to throw out the challenge defi-
nitely, "Must We Fight Japan?"
Notice the contrast between these earlier
volumes of appreciation and these recent vol-
umes of challenge. I think it is worth our
while to ask ourselves the reason for this
change. Many people ask me since I have
come back: "Is this recent literature on the
Orient a product of propaganda ?" To which
I reply: "Yes, there is some propaganda in
it." Then others ask me: "Is it an evidence
of racial feeling or racial hysteria?" and again
I have to say: "Yes, there is some element
of racial feeling in it," but I don't think you
can explain the character of this recent liter-
ature on that subject by any one of those ex-
planations. I am inclined to think, and I submit it
for your consideration, that it goes deeper
than that. I think it is probably caused by
the fact that we are, as a nation, getting into
closer association and contact with the Orient
than we have ever been before and that that
closer association is raising problems and
questions and irritations and frictions inevit-
ably, because it is becoming closer and closer
every year.
It is not only diplomatic, it is not only cul-
tural, but it is also commercial and industrial,
and out of that contact have grown these
questions, and out of these questions have
come the expression in books of some of the
questions and irritations, and the one thought
that I would like to leave with you tonight,
because I believe in the years to come, you
are going to find this literature growing and
these problems pressing more and more for
some reasonable and appropriate solution, the
thought I want to leave to you is this : That
this contact of Western thought and Western
life and Western ideals, with the great, and in
the past, this mysterious East, is just one new
test in an age long experimenting that has
been going on in our world, a test ever new
to us, but still a test that has been tried be-
fore.
I have not time and you have not time to
listen if I wanted to ask you how often in the
past the East and the West have been brought
together in the days of the Mongol invasion in
the thirteenth century: later in the days of
the ^ Portuguese and Spanish and Dutch in-
vasions on the Pacific, who opened up the
ports of China and the ports of Japan and
brought a closer contact with those people and
those nations? But I do want to point out
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that in all those cases in the past, that effort
ended in failure, for after the effort was made,
the peoples of the East and West once more
separated; a wall was built between them;
there was little contact and the East went on
its way and the West went on its way. But
now, in this modern age of ours, we face a
very different problem.
With the growth of communication, the
speed of communication, with the wireless and
the telegraph, and all the things that are
binding us together, we are finding that com-
mercial necessity, economic pressure and all
these elements of contact that are being built
up are forcing a closer association between the
peoples of the East and of the West, and me
striking thing for us Americans is this, that
because of our long reach of coast on the
Pacific Coast, because of the fact that we
have gone beyond the coast of the Pacific to
Hawaii and the Philippines, and have made
our way right to the rear of Asia itself, the
brunt of that new experiment, this new ef-
fort in this age long experiment, will be
largely upon us.
We as a nation have got to learn something
about the peoples of the East, their ideals,
their aspirations, because our interests, our
trade, our coast line, are along the Pacific and
on the Pacific and we cannot ignore the prob-
lem of working out some adjustment that will
not be the failure that the other adjustments
have been — when Europe and Asia tried to find
some common basis of thought and failed.
And if you ask what practical suggestion I
have to offer, may I be bold to say just this:
May I ask you to discourage at a time of this
kind, hysterical and exaggerated statements
about our problems with Japan or with China
or with the Orient; to discourage and discour-
age in large measure, the highly colored state-
ments that are made about difficulties that quite
clearly and obviously exist Andi on the
other hand, constructively, may I ask you to
give your sympathy and interest to encourage
the body of men that we are developing in the
United States in our consular and in our dip-
lomatic and commercial life, who are giving
to these problems today, earnest, studious
work, and only in order to find some means of
penetrating into the life and thought of the
Orient and making that contact easier for both
people.
I wonder if you realize that we have been
developing in the last ten or fifteen years an
extraordinary body of men in the consular and
other services, with education, with ideals, and
with industry, who are going out to study the
language and the history and the ideals of the
people of the East, to endeavor to be the pio-
neers for us of a better understanding with
them. Those are the men that you do not
often hear about. You don't read about their
efforts in the papers. They are not headlined
as are your questions between the nations of
the East and our Government from time to
time and yet they are doing earnest, serious
work, which means everything to the lives of
our people, in adjusting this relationship,
which our geographical and our commercial
position has forced upon us.
Do you ever think what would have hap-
pened to the public opinion and thought of
Great Britain, if it had not had men like Bur-
ton and Johnston and the explorer Baker, who
had trained themselves to understand the
peoples of Africa or the Orient, as the case
might be, and thus bring the British Empire
into closer association.
As we may have to, in the books that are
being published, in the work that is done,
may I ask you to give to those prominent of-
ficials of our public life, who are doing this
work for you and for me — your interest and
your sympathy and your help. Make it worth
while to them, so that our college men will go
forth into that kind of work, determined to
learn about the peoples with whom we must
and will live in peace.
If we can do that, we can make a real
success of this contact of East and West,
which has been marked with failure in the
past. [Applause.]
Dr. Andrew F. West
LIKE Ambassador Morris, I cannot claim
to be a publisher or seller, and only in
a modest way to be a buyer of books.
It isn't, however, for want of effort on my
part that I have failed to become an author.
I have tried hard enough, and one firm — I
hope it is not represented here — accepted a
book from me rashly, some years ago, and in
three months they went into the hands of a
receiver. Another firm accepted another book
but on the express assurance that I could
not expect an immediate large sale, but that
I might expect what was called "a steady
sale." This was afterwards explained to me by
the head of the firm, as meaning one copy a
year. Those are the rocks that beset or con-
front an intending author.
From a child I tried to write, at school —
in my earliest days. I gave promise of being
a writer in my first two baby essays, one on
the Horse, which opened with this sentence,
which I hand to Mr. Bok: "The horse is a
noble animal with four legs, one at each
corner." That, however, didn't make a great
hit, any more than my other essay of that
period, which opened with a similar sentence,
notable for its clearness, directness and com-
prehension: "There are three kinds of water:
salt water, fresh water and soda water." This
is Artemus Ward's description of the roses
in Africa : "The white rose, the red rose and
the negroes."
Then I took to what I called poetry; others
called it verse, and some, doggerel. There I
can confess to a long record of attempts to
scale Parnassus, to get up where the Muses
live, but I got no higher than the foothills.
I am going, since you are very kind, to let
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you have one of these gems, which has never
been able to win the favor of any publisher.
It was written on Omar Khayam:
"A nobleman out in Siam,
Spent his time reading 'Omar Khayam/
Said: 'Shade of Omar, I'm sure you're old
Homer,'
And the Shade of old Omar said 'I am.'
I got $1.50 for that.
From these high occupations, I turned to
the humble work of education. I think it is
the most interesting thing in the world. Edu-
cation to me, is the most ennobling and en-
grossing thing that can engage a man's atten-
tion, because when you remove youth and the
promise of youth and the training of youth
from this world, it is as Pericles said of the
young dead of Atohens— like removing the
Springtime from the year, and I believe con-
tact with that is what keeps people young.
How teachers and professors become old and
fussy, I do not understand. Certainly, it is
not the students who make them old; it must
be the routine.
But in the field of education, I have had
some interesting side experiences. I throw
out this hint to all publishers. I have thought
of writing a little book on ''Mothers I Have
Met." A very delightful lady had a son in
college, who had taken my course in Latin
poetry, and after we had been running a month,
I happened to meet this lady and she said:
"You don't know how my son appreciates that
course." She said: "He thinks it is the finest
thing he has got." I said: "I am delighted,
but I think I do know how he appreciates it.
I think he would appreciate it if he were there,
but he hasn't been there. n That is one of many
such instances in relation to mothers and sons.
But I am going to turn back to j^ducation
in its aspect, in relation to books. We talked
about modern inventions in the nineteenth cen-
tury and talked about progress and inventions
and science, until the twentieth century came.
There never was a century so fond of itself as
the twentieth, but there are other things that
are great and abiding in this world. We think
of the despised middle ages, so often called
the Dark Ages, and there were things done
and made then which we would be very sorrv
to part with — so simple and valuable a thing
as the clock. The mechanical clock, with its
machine winding, is a medieval invention : the
organ, that noblest of instruments, is a
medieval invention, and the mariner's compass,
the guide thru the sea. What are we to say
of the discovery and use of fire for cooking?
What are we to sav of the invention of the
wheel, without which no machine would turn?
What are we to say above all, of that greatest
of human inventions, the earliest of human
inventions, so far as we know — the use of
speech as a means of record and writing, with-
out which" to-day there would be no books ;
there would be no record of human doings;
there would be no preservation of the arts
and sciences.
What is a book in mathematics, anyway,
with its symbols, but a book in shorthand?
What is every book in science but a book in
shorthand. Without those things, we may
say quite safely that civilization would have
been thrown back into the primitive stage or
would be arrested altogether, and yet that in-
vention of writing, which led to the making of
books, developed at the end of the Middle
Ages, the art which preserves all arts, and
diffuses all knowledge. The art that makes
your profession possible.
Books and education are undervalued. Into
a little book which you tuck under your arm
and hardly notice, you can put all the poetry
of Virgil, or all the great thoughts of this
or that genius of the world, in less print than
now fills the columns of the Sunday news-
paper. Great books, education, bookselling,
and book using and book buying — all mean the
preservation and maintenance of human knowl-
edge.
And in books we do see the dead alive. With
a book, on a quiet winter night, by a lamp, the
boy who is tired of school and tired of play,
and yet not tired enough to go to sleep, will
sit there with his books of adventure and
travel. Think what it means to the boy who
grows up in a home where nothing is read
much, except by father, who reads the stock
reports, mother, the woman's page, and baby,
the comic supplement. What chance has he?
Why isn't he taught and shown and helped to
see the delightful things in reading? Knowl-
edge is the food of the mind as truly as bread
is the food of the body, and to make that good
book, in a good form on a graceful page — to
make the book a work of art — is to make
knowledge attractive, to develop good taste.
To circulate that book is doing missionary
work for civilization and that is what you have
undertaken.
Books bring past ages before us, and if
printing dies, and the language dies and books
die, then civilization dies with them. How
great a thing it is to have been an agent in
producing or distributing or using such a
priceless influence in this troubled world. But
I have talked shop enough even to you in a
kindred field.
I once sat at a dinner in Trinity College in
Dublin, which I think is the home of the finest
wit in the academic world of Europe or Amer-
ica, and there I met the Dean of Trinity. He
was then eighty-two years old, and he was
asked, after he had taught young men for
sixty years, what he thought was the best evi-
dence that a man was educated. He said : "To
enjoy good nonsense, next to good sense. The
man who doesn't enjoy good nonsense is not an
educated man." I thought it a wise saying.
tho I didn't understand it. I talked, I bein.u
young, and he, old. I said I wanted to tell
him, if I might, that the celebrity of his books
in America was as marked as it was in Great
Britain. He raised his hand and said: "Are
you so young that you cannot do anything but
talk shop to an old man?"
May 21, 1921
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Record of Attendance
NEW ENGLAND
Massachusetts
Burg, Fannie, Williams' Bookstore, Boston.
Beckford, Bertha (Mrs. Edward Ely Hoxie),
Gardenside Bookshop, Boston.
Beckford, Miss Frances, Gardenside Book-
shop, Boston.
Brown, Hulings C., Little, Brown & Co.,
Boston.
Brown, Mrs. Hulings C, Boston.
Bruce, Frank, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.
Christopher, Joseph, Christopher Publishing
House, Boston.
Donahue, Fred L., and wife, Schoenhof Book
Co., Boston.
Dragon, A. J., Old Corner Bookstore, Boston.
Fitzpatrick, Teresa S., Atlantic Monthly
Press, Boston.
Fredenburgh, Theodore, Houghton Mifflin Co,.
Boston.
Gregory, Warren F., Lothrop, Lee & Shep-
ard Co., Boston.
Gregory, Mrs. Warren F., Boston.
Gregory, Miss Hope, Boston.
Greene, Joseph F., Little, Brown & Co., Bos-
ton.
Kendall, R. W., W. A. Wilde Co., Boston.
Lander, John E., Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Co., Boston.
Leussler, Harrison, Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
Schenck, V. M., The Pilgrim Press, Boston.
Seraphine, P. J., Boston Herald, Boston.
Taylor, S. W. H., Boston Evening Transcript,
Boston.
Thornhill, Arthur H., Little, Brown & Co.,
Boston.
Vass, Edward J., Small, Maynard & Co., Bos-
ton.
Waters, William C., Boston.
Wright, W. H., Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
Ticknor, Benjamin H., The Riverside Press,
Houghton Mifflin Co., Cambridge.
Wilkins, Mrs. Fred E., Danvers Square Book
Shop, Danvers.
McFarland, L. W., Adams Bookstore, Fall
River.
McFarland, Mrs. L. W., Adams Bookstore,
Fall River.
Hutchinson, Henry S., H. S. Hutchinson &
Co , New Bedford.
Salrmarsh, Robert C, H. S. Hutchinson &
Co, New Bedford.
Lytnan, C. H., Bridgman & Lyman, North-
ampton.
Baker, Harris W., G. & C. Merriam Co.,
Springfield.
Johnson, Arthur S., Johnson's Bookstore,
Springfield.
Johnson, Henry R., Johnson's Bookstore,
Springfield.
Short, W. C., G. & C. Merriam Co., Spring-
field.
Webber, A. L., Milton Bradley Co., Spring-
field.
Maine
MacAllister, E. B., Huston-Tuttle Book Co.,
Rockland.
Vermont
Chalmers, Miss Alfa T., Geo. E. Chalmers,
Rutland.
Connecticut
Mitchell, Edwin V., Hartford.
Warfield, G. F., G. F. Warfield & Co., Hart-
ford.
Donaldson, Norman V., Yale University
Press, New Haven.
Kronish, J., Edw. P. Judd Co.j New Haven.
Lewis, Wilmarth S., Yale University Press,
New Haven.
Nye, Charles D., Davis & Nye, Waterbury.
NEW YORK
New York City.
Aarons, Jacob, New York Tribune.
Albrecht, Wm. P., The Macmillan Co.
Allison, H, L., G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Anderson, Philip M., G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Archer, Leon B., Cosmopolitan Book Corpo-
ration.
Arnold, William Harris, Syndicate Trading
Co.
Ayers, Chas.. H., The American News Co.
Bachmann, George F., Thomas Nelson &
Sons.
Bachmann, Mrs. Geo. F.
Balch, Earle H., G. P. Putnam's Son*.
Bayer, F. F., Oxford Univ. Press.
Bayer, Mrs. F. F.
Becker, May Lamberton, New York Evening
Post Literary Review.
Brazer, Geo. W., Presbyterian Board of Pub-
lication.
Brentano, Arthur, Jr., Brentano's.
Brcntano, Lowell, Brentano's.
Brentano, Frances I. (Mrs. Lowell Brentano),
Brentano's.
Brett, George P., jr.. The Macmillan Co.
Brett, J. Alden, The Weekly Review.
Hrown, G. M. L., Oriental ia.
Burger, Adam W., Harper & Bros.
Burkhardt, Chas. A., E. P. Dutton & Co.
Burt, Edward F., A. L. Burt Company.
Butler, Charles E., Brentano's.
Butler, Mrs. Chas. E.
Cain, Henry A., rep. A. L. P. Agence de
Librairie et de Publications.
Calhoun, Charles P., The Ronald Press Com-
pany.
Chapman, E. O., Bookseller and Stationer.
Charles, Richard A., Galvanotype Eng. Co.
Chase, A. M., Dodd, Mead & Co.
Chase, Mrs. A. M.
Clark, John L., Ronald Press Co.
Clinch, F. A., D. Appleton & Co.
Clinch, Mrs. F. A.
Cohen, Esther R.
Corrigan, J. W., George H. Doran Co.
Corrigan, Michael A., The Baker & Taylor
Co.
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Crone, Albert R., R. R. Bowker Co.
Crowell, Jeremiah O., Thomas Y. Crowell
Co.
Cugell, Ethel, Best & Co.
Darrow, Whitney, Charles Scnbner's Sons.
Derripsey, Alice M., Gimbel Bros.
Dominick, Maynard A., Frederick A. Stokes
Co.
Drake, H. R., George H. Doran Co.
Dunbar, Miss Margaret,_ American News Co.
Dunham, Alice W., Charles Scribner's Sons.
Parrel 1, Rhea I.
Fenno, R. F., R. F. Fenno & Co.
Fenno, Miss G. M.
FitzPatrick, Ina, A. G. Seiler.
Ford, Walter, N. Y. Evening Post.
Gaige, Grace, R. H. Macy & Co.
Gehrs, August H., Harcourt, Brace & Co.
Gehrs, Mrs. August H.
Gomme, Laurence, Neighborhood Bookshop.
Grant, Dorothy L. A., Womans Press.
Grant, Sydney E., H. P. Andrews Paper Co.
Greene, Louis C, R. R. Bowker Co.
Grosset, Philip, Grosset & Dunlap.
Hammen, Charles B., Kiggins & Tooker Co.
Harcourt, Alfred, Harcourt, Brace & Co.
Harlan, Miss A. S., The New York Times and
Magazine Book Review.
Hoi den, John A., The Publishers' Weekly.
Holliday, Robert Cortes, Henry Holt & Co.
Holt, Guy, Robert M. McBride & Co.
Huebsch, B. W., B. W. Huebsch, Inc.
Huebsch, Mrs. B. W.
Humble, Marion, National Association of
Book Publishers.
Hungerford, Herbert, American News Co.
Hurst, Richard, Hurst & Co.
Jenison, Madge, formerly Sunwise Turn.
Jenkins, Samuel A., Grosset & Dunlap.
Jenkins, Mrs. S. A.
Jones, H. G., N. Y. Tribune.
Kinsey, H. C., Cosmopolitan Bk. Corporation.
Kleinteich, Mrs. Herman, Geo. Sully & Klein-
teich.
Knapp, Albert S., Chas. Scribner's Sons.
Korbel, Charles, Oxford University Press.
Korbel, E. Charlotte.
Kyle, Thos. F., Thomas Nelson & Sons.
Lacy, Fred'k. D., G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Lederer, Earl T., Harper & Brothers.
Leon, Arthur T., Cupples & Leon Co.
Levy, Louis M., Hurst & Co.
Levy, Mrs. Louis M.
Lew, Joseph, Truth Pub. Co.
Lew, Mrs. Joseph.
Lewis, toward C., Dodd, Mead & Co.
Love, E. Meriam, Lathrop C. Harper.
Longwell, Daniel, Doubleday, Page & Co.
Lott, James H., N. Y. University Press.
Lynch, Miss Harriet W.
Mclntosh, Wm. W., Oxford Univ. Press.
McKeachie, Wm. S., The Baker & Taylor Co.
Mahony, T. F., Bobbs-Merrill Co.
Malloy, James V., Cosmopolitan Book Cor-
poration.
Manley, David, Modern Stationer and Book-
seller.
Minton, Melville, Charles Scribner's Sons.
Morrow, William, F. A. Stakes Co.
Melcher, Frederic G., R. R. Bowker Co.
Mendel, Richard, Baker & Taylor Co.
O'Connell, David J., Funk & Wagnalls Co.
Pfanstiehl, H. Josephine, E. M. Leavens Co.,
Inc.
Pfeifer, J. C, D. Appleton & Co.
Pike, Theodore F., Longmans, Green & Co.
Porter, Robert, Columbia Graphophone Co.
Pott, James, James Pott Co.
Pratt, Hugh S., Ronald Press Co.
Reed, F. L., Grosset & Dunlap.
Reed, Mrs. F. L.
Reilly, Eleanor, Peter Reilly.
Revell, Fleming H., jr., Fleming H. Revell
Co.
Savage, Harry F., F. A. Stokes Co.
Schweitzer, Mrs. Bertha A., Edgar S. Werner
& Co.
Sealove, H., Harper & Bros.
Sell, Henry B., Harper's Bazar.
Shay, Frank, Frank Shay's Bookshop.
Sherwood, Pauline C, The Sherwood Co.
Shuford, L., Baker & Taylor Co.
Siddall, Dudley A., The Sun and N. Y.
Herald.
Stanley-Brown, Ruth, The Dial.
Steloff, I. Frances, Gotham Book Mart.
Sutphin, Edwin A., New York Herald and
Sun.
Thompson, J. L., Charles Scribner's Sons.
Thompson, Mrs. J. L.
Thorns, Frank R., Thorns & Eron, Inc.
Thwing, Walter E., Ronald Press Co.
Titus-Werner, M. Stanleyetta, Edgar S. Wer-
ner & Co.
Trefzger, Christian, G. E. Stechert & Co.
Tucker, Miss Ada, Edgar S. Werner & Co.
Turner, Guy RM Arcade Book Shop.
Von Gogh, E. R., U. P. C. Book Co., Inc.
Walker, Belle M., Bookseller and Stationer.
Watt, Howard, W. J. Watt & Co.
Weaver, John V. A., Brooklyn Eagle.
Weis, Lillie E., Grosset & Dunlap.
Messner, Julian, Boni & Liveright.
Widman, Emma F., F. A. O. Schwarz.
Willsie, Honore.
Wilson, Ralph, McDevitt- Wilson's, Inc.
Winters, Jr., John F., The Century Co.
Ziegler, E. H., George H. Doran Co.
New York State
Allison, Mrs. H. L., Brooklyn.
Barry, Mrs. W. D., Allen Book and Printing
Co., Troy.
Baxter, Miss Ida, Allen Book and Printing
Co., Troy.
Burt, Mrs. Edward F., Brooklyn.
Collier, J. Roy, Allen Book and Printing
Co., Troy.
Comfort, Florence G., Elmira.
Conover, Seely, Seely Conover Co., Amster-
dam.
Conover, K. P., Seely Conover Co., Amster-
dam.
Coveney, Regina, Brooklyn.
Crowell, Cedric R., Doubleday, Page & Co.,
Garden City.
Crowell, Mrs. Cedric R., Jamaica.
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1551
Cummings, Mrs. Tina J., The Wm. Hengerer
Co., Buffalo.
Davis, William M., Forsyth & Davis, Inc.,
Kingston.
Derby, Cora A., C. A. & E. H. Derby, Elmira.
Earl, H. B., Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden
City.
Earl, Mrs. H. B., Brooklyn.
Eggleston, D. C, Mt. Vernon.
Goubeatid, Wilbur P., Doubleday, Page &
Co., Garden City.
Hall, Harriet Jane, J. N. Adam & Co.,
Buffalo.
Hamming, Mrs. Andrew, Brooklyn.
Henry, F. C, Doubleday, Page & Co., Gar-
den City.
Henry, Mrs. F. C, Garden City.
Hessian, James P., Doubleday, Page & Co.,
Garden City.
Hubley, Effie C, Frederick Loeser & Co., Inc.,
Brooklyn.
Hungerford, Mrs. Herbert, Am. News Co.,
Scarsdale.
Hurst, Mrs. Richard, Brooklyn.
Keating, Louis A., W. Y. Foote Co., Syracuse.
Keating, Mrs. L. A., Syracuse.
Kelley, Mrs. Marian, Abraham Straus, Inc.,
Brooklyn.
Kleinteich, Geo., Brooklyn.
Kleinteich, Mrs. George, Brooklyn.
McAllister, Blanche E., Syracuse News Co.,
Syracuse.
McKeachie, Mrs. Wm. S., Brooklyn.
Nye, Daniel W., Doubleday, Page & Co., Gar-
den City.
Pantaenius, Evelyn, Forsyth & Davis, Kings-
ton.
Richmond, Miss M., Allen Book and Print-
ing Co., Troy.
Sanford, B. E., Cornell Co-operative Society,
Ithaca.
Seiffert, Mr. and Mrs. G. V.., Doubleday,
Page & Co., Garden City.
Skinner, John, Albany.
Smith, J. J., Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden
City.
Westbrook, Lewis B., Doubleday, Page &
Co., Garden City.
Witbeck, Edith Palmer, Forsyth & Davis,
Kingston.
CENTRAL ATLANTIC DISTRICT
Philadelphia
Austen, Charles F., Milton Bradley Co., Phila.
Bold, ^Miss Clara, Vir Publishing Co., Phila.
Campion, Edwin B., Edwin B. Campion,
Philadelphia.
Cox, Walter H., John Wanamaker, Phila.
Dickes, Walter L., Houston Club University
of Penna., Philadelphia.
Dickes, Mrs. Walter L., Philadelphia.
Dorrance, Gordon, Dorrance & Co., Inc.,
Phila.
Dorrance, W. H., Dorrance & Co., Phila.
Flood, Jr., James, George W. Jacobs & Co.,
Phila.
Flood, Jr., Mrs. James, Phila.
Fraser, John R., The John C. Winston Co.,
Philadelphia.
Freud, Benedict, Gimbel Bros., Philadelphia.
Graham, Miss Bessie, Phila.
Jacobs, George W., Phila.
Jones, E. E., The John C. Winston Co., Phila.
Jones, Mrs. E. E., Phila.
Jones, Miss Mildred E,, Phila.
Kornbau, Rudolph G., The John C. Winston
Co., Phila.
Krauss, Fred, Penn Publishing Co., Phila.
Lansdale, M. May, N. Snellenburg & Co.,
Philadelphia.
LeGallez, J. W., The North American, Phila.
Lewis, Walter S., Presbyterian Board of Pub-
lication, Philadelphia.
Liljeros, Tver O., Houston Club Supply Store,
Phila.
Lutz, John A., W. B. Saunders Co., Phila.
McClain, Mrs. B. A., Snellenberg's, Phila.
McGrath, Frank V., Leary's Book Store,
Philadelphia.
McGrath, Mrs. Frank V., Phila.
McKay, Alexander, David McKay Company,
Philadelphia.
McKay, J. S., David McKay Co., Phila.
McKay, Mrs. J. S., Phila.
Mattison, Fred F., Strawbridge & Clothier,
Philadelphia.
Melvin, Chas. W., Milton Bradley Co., Phila.
Papst, John L., The Exclusive Co., Phila.
Pound, Miss M., Phila.
Pound, Mrs. R., Phila.
Reilly, Peter, Phila.
Shoemaker, Charles C, The Penn Publishing
Co., Philadelphia.
Stam, Jr., Peter, Sunday School Times Co.,
Phila.
Taylor, Mrs. R. R., Phila.
Taylor, Walter K., Walter' K. Taylor, Phila.
Thompson, W. M. B., The Exclusive Co.,
Philadelphia.
Weber, Wm. C., Philadelphia Record, Phila.
Williams, Sidney, Philadelphia North Amer-
ican, Phila.
State of Pennsylvania
Goeppel, Mrs. M., Hess Bros., Allentown.
Koch, Sidney S., The Wm. F. Gable Co., Al-
to on a.
Speakman, Norman E., C. N'. Speakman &
Sons, Coatesville.
Speakman, Mrs. N. E., Coatesville.
Steinfeldt, Miss Rae, R. Steinfeldt & Bro.,
Coatesville.
Gibson, Roland A., Penn Traffic Co., Johns-
town.
Herr, Eugene L., L. B. Herr & Son, Lancas-
ter.
Herr, Mrs. Eugene L., Lancaster.
Herr, L. B., L. B. Herr & Son, Lancaster.
Herr, Mrs. L. B., Lancaster.
Ream, Chas., Lancaster.
Bollman, Miss S. A., K. S. Bollman, Lebanon.
Bollman, Miss K. S., K. S. Bollman, Lebanon.
Wallace, Edward W., Ormston's Book Store,
Oil City.
Jones, T." Edward, Jones Book Shop, Pitts-
burgh.
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Jones, Mrs. T. Edward, Pittsburgh.
Kemp, J. Campbell, Joseph Home Co., Pitts-
burgh.
Mason, Jr., H. L, J. R. Weldin Co., Pitts-
burgh.
Grosset, Mrs. Garnet W., Reading.
Kinney, Mrs. Alice B., Scranton Dry Goods
Co., Scranton.
Barnhart. Helen L., H. C. Barnhart, York.
Barnharr, Mrs. H. C, York.
Barnhart, H. C, York.
Zercher, F. W., Regal Umbrella Co., York.
Zercher, Harold W., Regal Umbrella Co.,
York.
New Jersey
Mclntyre, Belle, Steinbach Co., Asbury Park.
Ogilvie, Thos. F., Atlantic City.
Paull, David, Atlantic City.
Westcott, James Edward, Atlantic City.
Read, Theodore H., Parrish and Read, Inc.,
Camden.
Melcher, Mrs. Frederic G., Montclair.
Reed, W. R., W. R. Reed, New Brunswick.
Barse, W. J., Barse & Hopkins, Newark.
Boni, Jr., Charles, Newark.
Hancock, Miss M. C, L. Bamberger & Co.,
Newark.
Arnold, Mrs. W. H., Nutley.
Burm, B. Franklin, Princeton Univ. Store,
Princeton.
Burm, Mrs. B .Franklin, Princeton.
Tomlinson, Paul G., Princeton University
Press, Princeton.
Tomlinson, Mrs. Paul G., Princeton.
Traver, Morris S., C. L. Traver, Trenton.
Traver, Mrs. Morris S., Trenton.
Maryland
Kstabrook, J. Joseph, Hochschild Kohn Co.,
Baltimore.
Goldsmith, Mrs. J., I. & M. Ottenheimer, Bal-
timore.
Newman, Mrs. Sylvan, I. & M. Ottenheimer.
Baltimore.
Ottenheimer, Isaac, I. & M. Ottenheimer.
Baltimore.
Ottenheimer, Mrs. Isaac, I. & M. Ottenheimer,
Baltimore.
Reid, C. S., Baltimore.
Reid, Mrs. C. S., Baltimore.
Reid, Robert Titus, Baltimore.
Delaware
Herr, Mrs. Herbert H., Edgemoor.
Herr, Herbert H., Butler's, Inc., Wilming-
ton.
District of Columbia
Nye, Simon L., S. Kann Sons Co., Wash-
ington.
FROM THE SOUTH
Virginia
Hoffner, Letitia A., Wm. Freeman & Son
Norfolk.
Whitmore, B. A., Smith & Lamar, Rich-
mond.
West Virginia
James, E. W., James & Law Co., Clarksburg.
James, Mrs. E. W., Qarksburg.
North Carolina
Wills, R. T., Wills Book and Stationery Co.,
Greensboro.
Wills, Mrs. R. T., Greensboro.
Louisiana
Siler, Sam. D., S. D. Siler, TSTew Orleans.
Tennessee
Tarpley, A. B., Smith & Lamar, Nashville.
Texas
Turner, P. L., Smith & Lamar, Dallas.
Pillot, Teolin, Houston.
THE MIDDLE WEST
Illinois
Bean, Donald P., University of Chicago
Press, Chicago.
Bingham, Geo. R., Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
Chicago.
Bingham, Mrs. Geo. R., Chicago.
Cox, Howard L., P. F. Volland Co., Chicago.
Goodwin, J. E., Rand, McNally & Co., Chi-
cago.
Grady, Mrs. Charles, Extension Press, Chi-
cago.
Grady, Edward L, Extension Press, Chicago.
Grady, Miss Marion, Chicago.
Hamming, A., M. A. Donohue & Co., Chicago.
Hansen, Harry, Chicago Daily News, Chi-
cago.
Kroch, A., A. Kroch & Co., Chicago.
Kroch, Mrs. A., Chicago.
McNally, Jas., Rand, McNally & Co., Chi-
cago.
Maher, Philip J., Extension Press, Chicago.
Milam, Carl H., American Library Assn.,
Chicago.
Neuman, John S., Rand, McNally & Co.,
Chicago.
Reid, Ellen L, Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.,
Chicago.
Reilly, F. K., Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago.
Reilly, Mrs. F. K., Chicago.
Rockwell, Thomas S., A. W. Shaw Co., Chi-
cago.
Rockwell, Mrs. Thomas S., Chicago.
Seymour, Minnie M., Chicago.
Sparks, Denton H., The Macmillan Co., Chi-
cago.
Storm, Irene; Carson Pirie Scott & Co., Chi-
cago.
Tracht, Fred H., University of Chicago Book-
store, Chicago.
Vaughan. L. B., Frederick J. Drake & Co.,
Chicago.
Weber, Henriette, Chicago Journal of Com-
merce, Chicago.
Beeson, Nella, Peoria Public Library, Peoria.
Meeks, Ruth. P. A. Bergner & Co., Peoria.
Indiana
Chambers, D. L., The Bobbs-Merrill Com-
pany, Indianapolis.
Henry. Mayme M., A. Herz, Terre Haute.
Thompson. Grace L., L. S. Ayres & Co., In-
dianapolis.
Ohio
Kidd, John G , Stewart Kidd, Cincinnati.
Gaertner, H. Fred, The Burrows Bros. Co.,
Cleveland.
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Hutchinson, Veronica S., Halle Bros Co.,
Cleveland.
Korner, Harry V., The Korner & Wood Co.,
Cleveland.
Weissentmrger, S. A., Halle Bros. Co., Cleve-
land.
Fleischauer, Fred, The Elder & Johnston Co.,
Dayton.
Pettibone, Walter, The Pettibone-McLean
Co., Dayton.
Stevenson, Nevin J., Doubleday, Page & Co.,
Toledo.
Michigan
Hunt, Patricia D., John V. Sheehan & Co.,
Detroit.
LaBelle, Alfred J., Macauley Bros., Detroit.
LaBelle, Mrs. A. J., Detroit.
McKee, Walter V., J. V. Sheehan & Co.,
Detroit.
Macauley, Ward, Macauley Bros., Detroit.
A Tragic Incident
WILLIAM Allen White arrived at the
convention on Thursday afternoon to be
the speaker of the evening only to find a tele-
gram awaiting him, stating that his daughter
had been thrown from a horse and her skull
fractured. Mr. White left immediately, carry-
ing with him the deep sympathy of the Asso-
ciation, which he traveled so far to honor
It was with deepest regret that members saw
in the dispatches dated Friday that this only
daughter had died from the accident, pre-
sumably before Mr. White had been able to
reach her side.
New Canadian Authors' Associa-
tion Growing Rapidly
J. Murray Gibbon, president of the Canadian
Authors' Association, is back from a trip to
the Pacific coast during which organization
meetings were held in several western centers.
District associations were formed at Winni-
peg, Edmonton and Vancouver, with branches
at Calgary and Victoria. At the Winnipeg
meeting there was an attendance of 150; at
Edmonton, 70; at Vancouver, 70, and at Cai-
gary, 65. In each center there was an unex-
pectedly large attendance of men and women
whose names are familiar in literature, par-
ticularly thru their work in United States
periodicals.
Mr. Gibbon estimates that there are now 500
members in the Canadian Authors' Association
and the number may reach 1000. He is cer-
tain that the formation of the association will
have the result of increasing the interest in
books written by Canadian authors. Prospects
for the Canadian Book Week in the fall arc
excellent.
Toronto.
W. A. C
Macauley, Mrs. Ward, Detroit.
Morris, Mrs. Anna S., The J. L. Hudson Co.,
Detroit.
Clarke, Bates E., Beecher, Kymer & Patter-
son, Kalamazoo.
Minnesota
Watson, Mrs. Ida Josephine, The Glass Block
Store, Inc., Duluth.
From Across the Mississippi
Wirtz, George O., Allsopp & Chappie, Little
Rock. Ark.
Cary, Luther H., Berkeley, Cal.
Shields, Hugh, Denver Dry Goods, Denver,
Colo.
Nathan, Elliott G., Doubleday, Page Book
Shop, Kansas City, Mo.
Dennis, May E., Washington University
Bookstore, St. Louis, Mo.
Hooper, T. Allen, Deseret Book Company,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Book Binding Situation
THE Employing Binders of New York, thru
the Chairman of their Labor Committee,
D. S. Brassil, called a meeting of binders and
publishers at the Hotel Pennsylvania on May
1 7th. Mr. Brassil thanked the publishers for
giving such full support to the efforts of the
Association to get New York binding on a
better basis. He reported that every binder
in the Association had stayed by the agreement
and that the Hudson Bindery and the Williams
Bindery which were not members of the As-
sociation had also kept to the same arrange-
ments in the fight for an open shop.
He also stated that so far there have been
no reports of publishers sending work out of
the city, a practice which would have weak-
ened the situation. Mr. Brassil said that they
intended to build up organizations in every
shop that would represent the highest quality
of American labor, who would be willing and
able to get the full product out of the ma-
chines, a point which he claimed had caused
the severest handicaps under the former com-
plete union dominance. The plants, he stated,
were now producing all the way from 10%
of full production up to 75% and 80%, and a
score of binders who gave details of their
production confirmed this estimate.
Mr. Adams, of Little & Ives, has (been in
particular charge of the training of the new
men, and has been endeavoring to get the very
best class of material. Many binders reported
astonishing results from new hands.
Fifteen or twenty publishers rose to give
voluntary testimony that they were standing
by the binders in their effort to get the con-
ditions wanted. In reply to questions from
the publishers, Mr. Brassil stated that as soon
as the shops were running normal the Employ-
ing Binders expected to be able to produce
25% more output at the same labor cost than
they had before, which would mean lower
prices in binding. The wages in the different
classifications of workers run from $15 to $40
without overtime.
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Albertson, Alice O.
Nantucket wild flowers ; il. by Anne Hinch-
man. 14+442 p. col. front, pis. (part col.) il.
nar. S c. N. Y., Putnam $2.50 n.
A guide to the trees, shrubs, bushes, vines, aquatic
plants, and field flowers of Nantucket Island, Mass.
American (The) commission on conditions in
Ireland; interim report. 144 p. front, (fold,
map) pis. pors. O [n. d.] N. Y., The Am.
Comm. on Conditions in Ireland, 501 5th
Ave. $1.50 n.
Report of the public hearings held in Washington,
D. C., during November, December, 1920 and Jan-
uary, 1921. Illustrated from photographs.
Baines, Arthur E.
The origin and problem of life; a psycho-
physiological study. 12+97 p. il. D '21
N. Y., Button bds. .$1.69 n.
Partial contents: The monistic theory of evolu-
tion; Huxley upon the physical basis of life; Some
forces of nature; Prolongation.
Beardsley, Wilfred A.
Infinitive construction in old Spanish. 14+
279 p. O (Studies in romance, philology and
literature) c. N. Y., Lemcke & Buechner
$2.50 n.
Bedford-Jones, Henry James O'Brien
The mardi gras mystery; front, by John
Newton Howitt. .313 p. D '21 c. '2O-'2i Gar-
den City, N. Y., Doubleday, Page $1.75 n.
A story of New Orleans at carnival time.
Beresford, John Davys
Revolution; a story of the near future in
England. 7+357 p. D c. N. Y., Putnam
$2 n.
A novel in which Soviet rule is given a test in
rural England, and of its effect on the mass of peo-
ple generally, and of the collapse of the new gov-
ernment and their return to the old.
Bogart, Ernest Ludlow
War costs and their financing; a study of
the financing of the war and the after-war
problems of debt and taxation ; with an
introd. by Russell C. Leffingwell. 23+509 p.
tabs. D (Problems of war and of reconstruc-
tion) c. N. Y., Appleton bds. $3 n.
Partial contents: The basis of national and interna-
tional credit Y The United States as a neutral; Taxa-
tion in the United States; Financing Europe after
he war; The cost of the war.
Branom, Mendel Everett, and Branom, Fred
K.
The teaching of geography; emphasizing
the project, or active, method. 8+292 p. D
[c. '21] Bost., Ginn $1.48 n.
Brett, Oliver
A defense of liberty ; [new American ed.]
225 p. O c. N'. Y., Putnam $2.50 n.
Brooks, Charles Stephen
Hints to Pilgrims; with pictures by Flor-
ence Minard. 192 p. O c. New Haven, Conn.,
Yale Univ. Press bds. $2.50
Seventeen essays, among which are "The posture of
authors;" "After-dinner pleasantries;" "A visit to a
poet;" "Circus days;" "A chapter for children."
Burdett, Osbert
The idea of Coventry Patmore. 14+214 p.
front. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press
$375 n.
An interpretation of Patmore's poetry.
Burthogge, Richard
The philosophical writings of Richard Bur-
thogge; ed. with introd. and notes by Mar-
garet W. Landes; [with a preface by Mary
Whiton Calkins]. 24+245 p. O c. Chic., Open
Court Pub. Co. $2 n.
A study of the life a'nd writings of this British
philospher of the i7th century.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius
Selections from Catullus; ed. with introd.,
notes, and vocabulary by Michael Macmil-
lan various paging F (Oxford junior Latin
ser.) '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press 90 c.
Chisholm, Archibald
Labour's Magna Charta; a critical study
of the labour clauses of the Peace treaty and
of the draft conventions and recommenda-
tions of the Washington international labour
conference. 8+192 p. O '21 N. Y., Longmans,
Green $3.40 n.
Partial contents: Political and economic reserva-
tions; The exchanges and currency; The world's food
supply; Equal pay for equal work; The prevention
of unemployment; The dignity of labour.
Connecticut. Board of Education
Connecticut trade and vocational education.
2+28 p. O (Trade and vocational bull., i, ser. 1919-
'20) Hartford, Conn., State Bd. of Education pap.
gratis
Craig, Edwin Stewart, and Gibson, W. M., eds.
Oxford University roll of service; introd. by Sir
Walter Raleigh; [containing 14,561 names of those
who served in the military and naval forces of
England.] 14+684 p. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ.
Press $6.75
May 21, 1921
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Crowell, John Franklin
Government war contracts. H+357 p.
O (Preiminary economic studies of the war,
no. 25; Carnegie endow, for internat. peace)
N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $i n.
Cunningham, J. Clinton
Products of the Empire. 300 p. il. O '21
N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $2.50
Curtler, W. H. R.
The enclosure and redistribution of our
land. 8+334 P- O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ.
Press $6.75
De Louter, J.
Le droit international public positif; 2 v.
11+576; 6+509 p. O (Bibliotheque interna-
tional de droit des Gens ; Carnegie endow, for
internat. peace) '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ.
Press $7
A French translation from the Dutch.
De Montmorency, James Edward Geoffrey
The admiral's chair and other sketches and
vignettes. 8+168 p. O '21 N'. Y., Oxford Univ.
Press $2.70
The sequel to "The White Riders."
Duff-Gordon, Lady
Letters from the Cape; [written in 1861-
2] ; ed. by John Purves. 8+180 p. O (Oxford
lib. of prose and poetry) '21 N. Y., Oxford
Univ. Press $1.50 n.
Duncan, F. Martin, and Duncan, L. T.
Animal friends. 88 p. il. (part col.) O
(Wonders of animal life) '21 N. Y., Oxford
Univ. Press 60 c.
Animal life in the new world. 84 p. il.
(part co.) O (Wonders of animal life) '21
N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press 60 c.
Bird land. 94 p. il. (part col.) O (Wonders
of animal life) '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press
60 c.
Durnford, H. G.
The tunnellers of Holzminden ; with a side-
issue. 6+196 p. front, pis. diagrs. facsms. O
'20 N. Y., Macmillan $5.50 n.
A description of the capture, captivity and escape
of British officers from Holzminden prison camp in
1918, telling the story of the famous tunnel and how
they gained their freedom thru it.
Einert, Margaret
The rhythmic dance book. 11+92 p. front,
pis. D '21 N. Y., Longmans, Green bds.
$1.50 n.
Instructions in classic dancing.
Einstein, Albert
Einstein's theories of relativity and gravi-
tation; a selection of material from the es-
says submitted in the competion for the
Eugene Higgins prize of $5000; compiled and
ed. and introd. matter supplied by J. Mal-
com Bird. 14+345 p. front, (por.) diagrs. D
c. N. Y., Munn & Co., 233 Broadway $2 n.
The prize essay and the best thought of 300 con-
testants for this prize, welded together into a com-
pact unit for the layman.
Ellis, B. Eldred
Gloves and the glove trade. 3+146 p. il.
pis. tabs. D (Pitman's common commodities
and industries) '21 N. Y., Pitman $i
Partial contents: The antiquity of the glove; The
glove as a .symbol; Sewing and finishing leather
gloves; Making fabric gloves; Marketing; British
glove trade organizations; Glossary and index.
Fernald, Robert Heywood, and Orrok, George
Alexander
Engineering of power plants ; 2nd ed. [rev.]
320 p. il. O [c. '21] N1. Y., McGraw-Hill
$5 n.
Ferrar, William John
The saints of Cornwall. 64 p. front. S
'20 N. Y., Macmillan pap. 60 c. n.
The stories of Irish, Welsh, Native, Saxon and
other saints of Cornwall, England.
Foltzer, Joseph
Artificial silk and its manufacture ; tr. from
the French by T. Woodhouse. 11+244 P- il.
plans diagrs. (part fold.) '21 N. Y., Pitman
$7-50
Partial contents: Cellulose: the mercerizing of
vegetable fibres and fabrics; Solutions and apparatus
for mixing; JThe spinning mill; Drying, humidifica-
tion and ventilation; The spinning of artificial silk
on continuous machinery; Organization of staff and
equipment for an artificial silk mill.
Fuller, Sir Bampfylde
The science of ourselves ; a sequel to the
Descent of man. 10+326 p. pis. O '21 N'. Y.,
Oxford Univ. Press $6.50
Giacosa, Giuseppe
Giacosa ; Una partita a scacchi ; ed. by
Ruth Shepard Phelps ; [with vocabulary.]
78 p. front. S (The Univ. of Chicago Latin
ser.) [c. '21] Chic., Univ. of Chicago Press
$1.30 n.
Gibbon, M. Morgan
The alternative. 303 p. D c. Garden City,
N. Y., Doubleday, Page $1.75 n.
The story of a girl who> discovered that there were
two ways of living, and that her life seemed a con-
tinuous choosing of alternatives.
Gollancz, Sir Israel, ed.
A good short debate between Winner and
Waster; an alliterative poem on social and
economic problems in England in the year
1352; with modern English reckoning. 114 p.
facsms. Q (Select early English poems, 3) '21
N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $2.25
Hague Peace Conferences
Instructions addressees aux delegues
Americains aux Conferences de la Hague et
Leurs rapports officiels. 7+146 p. O (Carnegie
endow, for international peace) '21 N. Y.,
Oxford Univ. Press $1.50 n.
A French edition of the instructions to the Ameri-
can Delegates and their official reports.
Flack, Horace Edgar, comp.
Synopsis of laws enacted by the State of Mary-
land; legislative session, 1920. 56 p. O '20 Bait.,
Dept. of Legislative Reference pap. gratis
Guest, Gilbert, pseud. [Sister Mary Angela]
Margaret; or Was it magnetism? 101 p. D c.
'20 Omaha, Neb., [Author] $i n.
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Harger, Wilson Gardner
The location, grading and drainage of
highways. 134 P- il. O [c. '21] N. Y., McGraw-
Hill $3.50 n.
Hay, John
Graphic methods in heart disease; with an
introd. by Sir James Mackenzie; 2nd ed.
24-1-178 p. il. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ.
Press $5
Heindel, Max
The mystical interpretation of Christmas ;
five dissertations upon the subject of Christ-
mas from the viewpoint of the mystic; show-
ing the occult significance of this great event.
51 p. S [c. '20] Oceanside, Cal., Rosicrucian
Fellowship pap. $i
Henderson, Alexander
The lesson of the catacombs. 61 p. diagrs.
plans il. sq. S '20 N'. Y., Macmillan pap.
$i n.
A description of the catacombs for the general
reader.
Higgins, James
The story ever new; giving the most inter-
esting events in the life of Jesus Christ as a
textbook in religion for grammar grade chil-
dren; [in Roman Catholic schools.] 15-4-207 p.
front, pis. D c. '20 N. Y., Macmillan
$1.12 n.
House, Edward Mandell, and Seymour,
Charles, eds.
What really happened at Paris ; the story of
the Peace conference, 1918-1919; by American
delegates ; [with an explanation by Edward
Bok, and a foreword by Col. House.] 13+
528 p. maps O c. N. Y., Scribner $4.50 n.
Partial contents: Preparations for peace by S. E.
Mezes; The new boundaries of Germany by C. H.
Haskins; Fiume and the Adriatic problem by D. W.
Johnson; Reparations by T. W. Lamont; The Atlantic
fleet during the great war by H. T. Mayo; The
problem of disarmament by General Bliss; The Ver-
sailles Peace in retrospect by Col. House.
Irwin, William Henry [Will Irwin]
The next war ; an appeal to common sense.
161 p. front, pis. diagrs. charts D [c. '21]
N. Y., Button $1.50 n.
Partial contents: War and prophecy; The breed-
ing of calamity; War and the race; Economics and the
next war; The discipline of peace; Proposed ways to
peace.
Kant, Immanuel
Fundamental principles of the metaphysics
of ethics ; tr. by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott ; ex-
tracted from Kant's Critique of practical rea-
son and other works on the theory of ethics ;
8th ed. 102 p. S '20 N. Y., Longmans, Green
$1.60 n.
Keats, John
The poetical works of John Keats ; ed. with
an introd. and textual notes by H. Buxton
Forman. 82+491 p. front, (por.l D (The Ox-
ford ed. of standard authors) '20 N. Y., Ox-
ford Univ. Press $1.75
All of Keats's known works are included in this
volume.
Kropveld, Henri
A little guide through life. 4+281 p. D
'21 N. Y., Button $2.50 n.
Partial contents: Science and truth; Knowledge
and belief; Manners and fashions; Love and mar-
riage; Woman; Poverty and socialism; Reading and
books; The choice of books; Youth and old age.
Kukula, Richard Cornelius, and Trubner,
Karl Ignatius
Minerva; jahrbuch der gelehrten welt;
funfundzwanzigster jahrgang 1921. 164-1158 p.
front, (por.) S N. Y., Letncke & Buechner
$3-50 n.
Larkin, Clarence
Rightly dividing the word. 3+328 p. front,
il. pis. plans diagrs. O [c. '21] Phil. [Author]
$3
A book of sermons.
The spirit world. 158 p. front, (por.) pis.
charts diagrs. B [c. '21] Phil. [Author],
Fox Chase $1.50
Essays on the world of spirits, good and bad, and
their relation to this world.
Leon, Ricardo
A son of the Hidalgos ; tr. by Catalina
Paez, [Mrs. Seumas MacManus]. 164-296 p.
B c. Garden City, N. Y., Boubleday, Page
$1.75 n.
A story of a corner of old Spain left untouched by
modern civilization. The author is a member of the
Spanish Royal Academy.
Livy [Titus Livius]
iLivy; book XXI; ed. with introd., notes
and vocabulary by John Pyper. various pag-
ing F (Oxford junior Latin ser.) '21 N". .Y.,
Oxford Univ. Press 90 c.
Luce, Arthur Stern
Monophysitism ; past and present ; a study
in Christology. 141 p. T) '20 N. Y., Macmil-
lan $3 n.
An interpretation of Catholic Christology in terms
of Bergsonian psychology.
Manly, John Matthews, and Powell, John A.
Better business letters; a practical desk
manual arranged for ready reference ; with
illustrative examples of sales letters, follow-
up, complaint, and collection letters. 167 p.
facsms. forms S (Better business books) [c.
'21] Chic., F. J. Brake $1.50
Partial contents: The atmosphere of business let-
ters; The framework of the sales letter; Details that
contribute to successful sales letters; Hints on sales-
manship as applied to business letters.
Marcus, Peter
New York ; the nation's metropolis ; with
an appreciation by J. Monroe Hewlett. 64 p.
front, pis. O [c. '21] N. Y., Brentano's bds.
$2 n.
A series of charcoal studies in which the architectual
beauties of New York City are dwelt upon.
Jillson, Willard Rouse
Economic papers on Kentucky geology; an in-
dexed collection of thirteen short papers and re-
ports oh the geology and special occurrence of oil
and gas, oil shale, asphalt rock, and fluorspar
within the commonwealth. 10+325 p. pis. diagrs.
tabs. il. charts maps O (Series 6, v. 2) c. Frank-
fort, Ky., The Kentucky Geological Survey ao c.
May 21, 1921
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Mathews, Ferdinand Schuyler
Field book of wild birds and their music;
a description of the character and music of
birds ; intended to assist in the identifica-
tion of species common in the United States
east of the Rocky Mountains; with numer-
ous reproductions of water-color and mono-
tone studies of birds, and complete notations
of bird songs; rev. and enl. ed. 45+3^5 P-
col. front, pis. (part col.) music charts maps
nar. S N. Y., Putnam $3.50 n.
Melville, Herman
Moby-Dick; or, The whale; with an introd.
by Viola Meynell. 12+675 p. S (The world's
classics; pocket ed., no. 225) N. Y., Oxford
Univ. Press $i ; leath. $1.50
Newton, W. Douglas
Low ceilings. 292 p. D c. N. Y., Appleton
$2 n.
The story of a man's regeneration thru the un-
selfish devotion of a woman.
Pearce, Ernest Harold, Bp. of Worcester
Walter de Menlok ; Abbot of Westminster.
236 p. front. O (Ecclesiastical biographies)
'20 N. Y., Macmillan $4.75 n.
The life of this medieval abbot, material for which
was collected in the muniment room at Westminster
Abbey.
Pickworth, Charles N.
The slide rule ; a practical manual ; I7th
ed. 132 p. il. tabs, diagrs. D '20 N. Y., Pit-
man $1.50
Priestman, Howard
Principles of worsted spinning; 2nd ed.
io-f-353 P- diagrs. O '21 N. Y., Longmans,
Green $5 n.
Pullinger, Herbert
Washington ; the nation's capital ; twenty-
five drawings. 58 p. front, pis. O [c. '21]
N. Y., Brentano's bds. $2 n.
Black-and-white sketches of the prominent buildings,
together with short descriptive texts.
Rice, Ole S.
Lessons on the use of books and libraries ;
a text book for schools and a guide for the
use of teachers and librarians. 17-1-178 p.
(i2*/2 p. bibl.) D [c. '20] Chic, and N. Y.,
Rand, McNally $i
Partial contents: How to handle books; Story of
the book; The dictionary; General encyclopedias;
Atlases; Yearbooks; The card catalogue; Magazines;
Public documents; Pamphlets and clippings.
A guide to Bible study ; a systematic course
of lessons for the Sunday school and the
home; junior course; 2nd ed. 12+242 p. O
'21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $1.75; also
in 3 pts. bds. ea. 50 c.
Richards, Harry E.
A guide to Bible study ; a systematic course
of lessons for the Sunday school and the
home ; advanced course ; 2nd ed. 12+322 p.
O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $2; also in
4 pts. bds. ea. 50 c.
Robinson, Joseph Armitage
Barnabas, Hennas and the Didache; being
the Donnellan lectures delivered before the
University of Dubin in 1920. 7+1 19 p. D
N. Y., Macmillan $2.40 n.
Discussions about Christian re-union and theories
of the ministry.
Rolt, Clarence Edwin
The spiritual foody; ed. with an introd. by
W. J. Sparrow Simpson. 9+145 P- D '20
N'. Y., Macmillan $2.40 n.
Partial contents: St. Paul's teaching; Illustrations
from our Lordls earthly life; The nature of physical
death; On the miracles of raising the dead; The
mystical body and the eucharistic body of Christ.
Sargeaunt, John
The pronunciation of English words de-
rived from the Latin; with preface and notes
by H. Badley. 45 p. O (Society for pure
English, tract no. 4) '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ.
Press pap. $1.15
Sawyer, Charles Winthrop
Our* rifles. 409 p. fronts, pis. diagrs. il. O
(v. 3; Firearms in American hist, ser.) [c.
'20] Bost, Cornhill $4.50 n.
This volume treats all aspects of rifled shoulder
firearms from 1800-1920.
Scarborough, Dorothy, comp.
Famous modern ghost stories ; with an
introd. 19+419 p. D c. N. Y., Putnam
$2 n.
Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Andreyev, Anatole
France, Ambrose Bierce, Richard Le Gallienne, Guy
de Maupassant and others.
New York [State] Laws, Statutes
The civil practice manual of the state of New
York; containing Civil practice act, Surrogate court
act. Justice court act, City court act, Court of
claims act passed by the Legislature of 1020, and
the New York city Municipal court code; with
separate indices to all; prepared by Edward H.
Wilson. 41+151 p. O c. '20 N. Y., Clark Boardman
Co., 31-33 Park PI. $6.50 n.
Oxford University
The examination statutes; rev. to July 10, 1920;
together with regulations of the academical year,
1919-1920; to which are added the statutes and
regulations concerning diplomas, admission of wo-
men students, supplication for degrees, notices about
university scholarships and prizes, and the dates of
university examinations; with a tab. of examina-
tion fees. '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press pap.
$1.15
Retail Shoe Salesmen's Institute
Footwear merchandising, by the staff editors, Re-
tail Shoe Salesmen's Institute, in collaboration with
Arthur D. Anderson, T. F. Anderson, W. F. Enright
[and others]. 12+215 p. D (Training course and serv-
ice for retail shoe salesmen, v. 5) [c. '20] Bost., Re-
tail Shoe Salesmen's Institute $3 bxd.
Rockefeller Foundation. Internet. Health Bd.
Hookworm and malaria in Malaya, Java, and the
Fiji Islands; a rept. of Uncinariasis Commission to
the Orient, 1915-1917, S. T. Darling, M.D., M. A.
Barber, H. P. Hacker, M.D. 8+191 p. il. pis. tabs
diagrs. maps O '20 N. Y., Rockefeller Foundation
pap. gratis
Rolvaag, Ole Edvart
To toillinger et billede fra idag [on miserliness].
240 p. O '20 c. Minneapolis. Minn., Augsburg Pub.
House $1.50
Sandow, Thomas H., comp.
Census statistics 1920 compiled from official records.
191 p. T [c. '20] Wilkes-Barre, Pa., [Author], 27
West Jackson St. pap. 50 c.
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Scarborough, Dorothy, comp.
Humorous ghost stories; with an introd.
18+431 p. D c. N. Y., Putnam $2 n.
Stories by Oscar Wilde, Gellett Burgess, Frank
R. Stockton, Brander Matthews, Eden Phillpotts,
Washington Irving, Surges Johnson and others.
Selected English short stories; ipth and 2Oth
centuries; [2nd ser.] 9±4&3 P- S (The
world's classics; pocket ed., no. 228) N. Y.,
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OUR SOCIAL HERITAGE
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SUMMER IS AT HAND
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SONS OF THE SEA TOO OLD FOR DOLLS
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REVOLUTION CONQUEST BABEL
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ROSA MUNDI SHOW DOWN THE IVORY FAN
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THE BIG YEAR PRAIRIE FLOWERS THE BAD MAN
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WOODEN CROSSES MARTHA AND MARY FURTHER E. K. MEANS
Roland Dorgeles Olive M. Salter E. K. Means
WE URGE FOR THE WELL INFORMED:
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THE MIRRORS OF DOWNING STREET
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THE MOTOR CAMPING BOOK
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INTIMATE GOLF TALKS
Invaluable to the beginner, and cannot fail to improve anyone's game. 85 Illus. $3.00
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THE BOOK OF BIRDS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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A FIELD BOOK OF WILD BIRDS AND THEIR MUSIC
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May 28, 1921
1601
Two Delightful Books for Summer Reading
The Husband Test
MARY CAROLYN DA VIES
Bettina decides to throw off the shackles of strict
convention and see life as it is. She quarrels with her
perfectly proper fiance and attends a Greenwich Vil-
lage ball. Here she meets Temp, a delightfully in-
genuous, unsuccessful poet. They fall madly in love
— but it is significant that Bettina pays the taxi fare
when they leave.
The result of it all is entirely unexpected.
Jacket in Colors and Frontispiece by Elizabeth
Pilsbry. Price, $1.75
Through Mocking Bird Gap
JARVIS HALL
A ringing tale of the great Southwest, replete with
suspense, with human interest, laughter, excitement
and love. Alec Stanley, wounded in the great war,
feels that he is destined for the scrap heap and prac-
tically forces Victoria Dunlap, whom he loves deeply,
to break their engagement. Then, he goes to a small
mining town in New Mexico, very near the border.
His almost constant companion there is Georgie
Phelps, who helps him forget the idea that he is use-
less. He regains his fighting spirit and Victoria.
Jacket in Colors and Frontispiece by Joseph M.
Clement. Price, $1.90
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THE ADVENTURES OF FLEET
FOOT AND HER FAWNS
By Allen Chaffee. Cloth. Illustrated.
128 pages. Price, $1.00
A true-to-nature story of a mother
deer and her little ones. Many are
the adventures of Fleet" Foot and
many and inspiring are the lessons
taught her fawns by reason of those
adventures.
Every child will read this book with
real delight, and in doing so will
learn much about the deer and other
familiar animals of the forest and field.
THE TRAVELS OF HONK-A-
TONK
By Allen Chaffee. Cloth. Illustated.
128 pages. Price, $1.00
In this story the reader follows the
V-shaped flying wedge of a real
mother goose and her goslings, who
"by easy stages, past plains and
mountain tops, sailed the skies till
winter found them on the rich lagoons
of the Gulf of Mexico."
THE TORCH OF COURAGE AND OTHER
STORIES
By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey.
Price, $1.00.
Courage,— personified by a blazing torch in the hands of a
peasant lad — spreads through the hearts of the village folk
and inspires them to heroic deeds and kindly acts. The book
also contains nine other short stories, all new, and written
in Miss Bailey's graceful and impressive style.
TWINKLY EYES AND THE LONE LAKE
FOLK
By Allen Chaffee. Cloth. Illustrated.
Price, $1.00.
More true-to-nature stories, the .scene laid in the North
Woods where Baldy the eagle and the Fish Hawk and Kingfisher
families can still best the mere human angler at landing a
speckled trout, and where that little black rascal, Twinkly
Eyes, the bear, and Mother Black Bear and her two new
babies have new adventures.
TWINKLY EYES AT VALLEY FARM
By Allen Chaffee. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, $1.00.
When Twinkly Eyes, the yearling cub, visits the sugar
camp once too often he finds himself in a trap, and the boy
from the Valley Farm takes him home. The little black rascal
gets into 57 varieties of trouble and finally wins back his
freedom.
THE SKIPPER OF THE CYNTHIA B
By Charles Pendexter Durell. Illustrated by Harold Brett.
Price, $1.50.
A city boy, Samuel Hotchkiss, forced to spend a summer
on Cape Cod, begins his visit • with a complaint about the
dullness of the place. He soon becomes acquainted with
Uncle Seth, a retired sea captain, owner of a cat-boat called
the "Cynthia B," and from that day forth Sam's vacation is
filled with more adventures than he had ever hoped to ex-
perience. Interwoven with the main story are many stirring
tales' of the old Nantucket whaling d^ys, all founded on
facts.
RICK AND RUDDY IN CAMP
By Howard R. Garis. Illustrated by Milo K. Winter.
Price, $1.75.
Rick Dalton and Ruddy the dog go camping with a-
troop of Boy Scouts. Their adventures, afloat on a nearby
lake and blazing new trails through dense woods, are further
enlivened by the discovery of a mysterious cave and by
encounters with unfriendly neighbors in an adjacent camp.
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Ike
CROOKED
HOUSE
By BRANDON FLEMING
There is a suggestion of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde in The Crooked House. ... The action
centers about a mysterious mansion which is full of
winding halls and passageways and which is sur-
rounded by a garden that is a perfect maze of
devious and confusing paths. . . . The Crooked
House is warranted to produce a large number of
thrills, and the ending comes with the shock of
genuine surprise. — Neiv York Tribune.
The Clue of the
Primrose Petal
By HARVEY WICKHAM
There are enough thrills in Mr. Wickham's
detective story to satisfy the greediest seeker after
sensation. . . . He requires all the ingenuity of a
master sleuth to detect the mysterious criminal and
his motives. — New York Tribune.
It is a stoi^ uncommonly rich in suspense, with
a supply of cross suggestions far above the average.
— Philadelphia North American.
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"Summer's the time for books'
THE MAN WHO
DID THE RIGHT THING
By Sir Harry Johnston
"Sir Harry Johnston has introduced a new color into modern fiction . . .
The Man Who Did the Right Thing' is the third in a line of books which,
we hope, will eventually form a great human comedy in the sense used by
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THE GREY ROOM
By Eden Pblllpotts
"Mr. Phillpotts has pitched a new curve
in an exceedingly lively and baffling mys-
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THE GOLDEN WINDMILL
By Stacy Aumonier
"In a preface Mr. Aumonier says a
word in defense of the short story — a
waste of white paper in his case." — N. Y.
Globe. $2.00
IN HIS OWN IMAGE
By Mary Brlarly
"Seldom has so large a canvas been
filled with so complete a presentation of
woman's problems today." — Jewish World.
$2.25
TIMBER WOLVES
By Bernard Cronln
"It is a tale after the manner of Jack
London and with much of the older
author's recognized strength." — Trenton
Sunday Times. $2.00
TERRY. A Tale of
the Hill People
By Lt. Col. C. G. Thomson
A sturdy, lovable fiero with a bump of
adventure that took him out of his Ameri-
can village and into the Philippine con-
stabulary. $2.00
A CASE IN CAMERA
By Oliver Onions
"Something new in the way of a mys-
tery story; a good novel, with interesting
people . . . delightfully written."— N. Y.
Globe. $2.00
FOLKS
By Victor Murdock
"This is the stuff of real life. It is what
is most real, most wonderful, most im-
pressive in America." — Baltimore Evening
Sun. $2.00
MY SOUTH SEA SWEETHEART
By Beatrice Grimshaw
"It is full of South Sea life and color,
with an absorbing sufficiency of adven-
ture."—N. Y. World. $2.00
THE GOLDEN ANSWER
By Sylvia C. Bates
A romantic story, told with quiet
beauty, of a seemingly fated marriage
that works through to happiness. $2.00
AS IT WAS
IN THE BEGINNING
By Arthur Train
A pleasantly satirical contrast of bust-
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charm of England, as a background to
a delicious love story. $2.00
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May 28, 1921
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SUMMER READING
(Copyright 1921 by R. R. BOWKER CO.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
"TAKE ALONG A BOOK" — By Hildegarde Hawthorne .1607-1608
NOVELS TO TAKE ALONG 1609-1624
BOOKS OF THE OPEN . . ., 1625-1628
BIOGRAPHY ' 1629-1631
POETRY AND DRAMA 1631-1632
RELIGION 1633
BEST SELLERS AND OTHER POPULAR BOOKS 1634
CAMP READING — 'By J. Walker McSpaddcn 1635-1638
BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 1638-1648
H I STORY AND CURRENT EVENTS 1650-1654
KSSAYS AND MISCELLANEOUS 1654-1658
AMONG THE AUTHORS 1660-1666
MORE BboKS FOR VACATION READING 1668-1675
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Appleton (D.) & Co 1581-1583
Association Press 1665
Atlantic Monthly Press 1592
Barse & Hopkins 1649
Bobbs-Merrill Co 1580
Boni & Liveright, Inc 1631
Bradley (Milton) Co 1602
Brentano's 1653
Burt (A. L.) Co 1667
Century Company 1651
Chautauqua Press 1674
Clode (E. J.) 1603
Cosmopolitan Book Corp 1661
Devin-Adair Company 1657,1659
Dodd, Mead & Company 1641
Doran (George H.) Co 1590, 1591
Doubleday, Page & Co 1596, 1597
Dutton (E. P.) & Co 1593-1595
irosset & D'tmlap 1636, 1637
Harcourt, Brace & Co 1584, 1585
Harper & Bros 1606
Page
Holt (Henry) & Co 1645
Houghton Mifflin Co 1678
Knopf (A. A.) 1639
Lane (John) Co 1677
Lippincott (J. B.) Co 1586, 1587
Little, Brown & Co 1588, 1589
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co 1673
McBride (R. M.) & Co.
Macaulay Company (The)
McClurg (A. C.) & Co. ..
1663
1647
1669
Macmillan Co. (The) 1604
Penn Publishing Co 1601
Presbyterian Board of Pub 1676
Putnam's (G. P.) Sons 1600
Revell (Fleming H.) Co 1055
Scribner's (Charles) Sons 1598
Seltzer (Thomas) 1643
Stokes (F. A.) Co 1605
U. P. C. Book Company 1675
Yale University Press 1599
SISTERS-IN-LAW
By GERTRUDE ATHERTON
A best-seller in the United States and England — now}
in its 4th Printing. It tells of two women and a-'
man in San Francisco society and out of it. "Most i
important among recently published fiction," says
Vogue. "It will no doubt be widely read and much
discussed."
STOKES
Books
for
Summer
Reading
THE ENCHANTED CANYON
By HONORS WILLSIE
A novel of the Grand Canyon and of national politics by the author
of "Still Jim." "Will be hailed with delight by those who want to be
entertained and by that other group who long for something away
from the sordid aspects of men and things." — Oakland Tribune
Each,
$2.00
FREDERICK
A. STOKES
COMPANY
THE FEAST OF LANTERNS
By LOUISE JORDAN MILN
A new novel of China by the author of "Mr. WU"
"Another gorgeously painted picture, of the Flowery
Kingdom. That the author knows the country and
the very soul of its people is proclaimed in every page
of this absorbingly interesting, vivid novel." — N. Y.
Times.
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The Publishers' Weekly
Seven Vacation Books
for Every Summer Mood
The MYSTERIOUS
RIDER
By Zane Grey
This new novel has been hailed by the public and
critics alike as the masterpiece of this master story
teller. In story, character and setting, its pages
breathe the freedom which is the balm of American
life. Zane Grey knows his West and knows his peo-
ple; he is blood brother to his own hardy characters.
Read The Mysterious Rider — you will no longer won-
der why the~American public paid $1,500,000 to read
Zane Grey's books during 1920 and, by all indica-
tions, will pay more in 1921. As one critic writes:
"Its characters are not neurotic; they are nervy."
Illustrated $2.00
BEAUTY
By Rupert Hughes
This new novel by the author of What's The World
Coming To? and What Will People Say? is Mr.
Hughes' most epic achievement. Clelia Blakeney is
an embodiment of beauty— a perfect American woman
of the most modern type. This powerful dramatic
story of the tragic thing that happens to her but
which at the same time immortalizes the influence of
her youth and vigor and beauty on the men and women
of her set, is the author's most ambitious work. In
plot it is extremely novel. As a scintillant com-
mentary on the life of the moment, it is thoroughly
Rupert Hughesian. As a psychological study of the
eternal quest for beauty and its universal power, it
is a novel you ought not to miss. Illustrated. $2.00
The FILM
MYSTERY
By Arthur B. Reeve
takes Craig Kennedy, scientific
detective, into the secret councils
of the film world and to the start-
ling discovery that a beautiful
screen idol may be her company's
worst enemy. He unravels one of
the most ingenious criminal plots
ever conceived and finds a pretty
film star at the bottom of it. And
at the top of it — for it is her mys-
terious death he is called in to
clear up. The New York Times
says: "It is not often a novel is
presented containing two powerful
elements of interest." $2.00
HAIL,
COLUMBIA !
By W. L. George
When he came to America to
write this book abaut us, W. L.
George spent six months study-
ing the country and the peo-
ple. His book has all the charm
of Arnold Bennett's Your United
States and much of the keen and
thoughtful analysis of H. G.
Wells' The Future in America,
but it covers a wider field than
either of theSa earlier works. At
times he is critical, but he is in-
variably tactful and full of humor.
He believes that the real Amer-
ica is to be found in the Middle
West. Do you. Illustrated. $2.50
The SILVER
SIXPENCE
By Ruth Sawyer
Whether or not you have read
Dr. Danny, Seven Miles to Arden,
Leerie and Ruth Sawyer's other
delightful stories you ought not
to miss this new novel. You will
love The Silver Sixpence with its
refreshing philosophy and delight-
ful heroine who believes in her
fellow men. The New York
Times calls it: "A novel whose
characters are sane and upright
and clean. It is like a whiff of
clean, fresh air straight out of
country fields, blowing down slum-
my city streets." Illustrated. $2.00
STAR DUST
By Fannie Hurst
Here's the first novel by this famous short story
writer. It is the story of a young woman who is
married off by adoring parents before she has had time
to discover herself. How three weeks after her
marriage she runs away and proceeds to work out
her own salvation, and how she fights to achieve in
her daughter her own thwarted ambition, makes up
the searching story of Star Dust.
The Boston Transcript writes: "Our clearest and
deepest conviction is that Fannie Hurst should write
more and more novels. At no time of her career
has Fannie Hurst exhibited fairer promise than at the
present moment." «2 oo
The SEVENTH
ANGEL
By Alexander Black
"In the Seventh Angel our author writes wisely
and very, very well. . . . Alexander Black is always
Alexander Black which is as it should be'. The
Seventh Angel is vivid — incredibly so. It has flashes
of great beauty, it has flashes of great sordidity, it
has flashes of great illuminative truth. It is a worthy
book, a sincere book, a thoughtful book. It is finer
than The Great Desire, which makes it very fine.
It is a book to place on that little shelf where one
keeps the novels one re-reads. It is a novel that your
children and your children's children will be reading."
— 'Robert Garland in The Baltimore News. $2.00
Est. 1817 HARPER & BROTHERS New York
May 28, 1921
SUMMER READING
1921
1607
"TAKE ALONG A BOOK
By
Hildegarde Hawthorne
SUMMER has come back. And all over
the land we are making plans and pack-
ing trunks, getting railway transportation,
starting off in boats or ships. Everyone who
can is leaving the cities for the country, with
its thousand calls to rest, to peace, to joyous
exercise, to long sweet idleness and health
and play. Some go for two weeks only, some
for months. But go you for a short time
or a long time, for days or for weeks, don't
forget, if you want your vacation to be com-
pletely delightful, don't forget to take along
a book, to take along several books, in fact !
For never is a good book, an entertaining
book, so enjoyable as when you have leisure
in which to read it. When the hours are
long with charm and silence, when you have
time to lie all the morning in a hammock,
or when you are driven inside by summer
showers or a rainy day or two, you can set-
tle down to a book with the satisfactory sen-
sation that you are not to be interrupted,
not to be hurried ; that you are to be al-
lowed to lose yourself in the story, or to
march along new paths of information
or description without a call on your
time, without feeling the prick of
duty. Leisure and a good book are
delightful companions, and any vaca-
tion that does not know them both
is only a poor sort of outing, a hoi- •>
low pretense of a good time.
So take along a book, whether
you go to the mountains or the sea,
whether your destination is some
sleepy farm or a gay resort where
tennis and dancing claim most of
your hours. For even in such a
place you will want occasionally to
be alone, to idle, to dream, to read
some favorite author or explore the
talents of some new one as your
boat rocks with the tide, or when
fogs close in and shut you from the
out-of-doors. Or you will want to
make a cozy party of two, possibly, in some
fragrant nook, there to read aloud to the
gentle accompaniment of humming bees and
warbling birds. Many a fine book has been
remembered a lifetime in a frame of greenery
and bloom, has j-
been hallowed
because of
some friend
who shared
its wi s-
dom with
the read-
er under
t h e
blue
"IDLENESS AND i"
FROM "LOAFING, DOWN LONG ISLAND" BY CHARLES HANSON TOWNE
The Century Co.
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The Publishers' Weekly
skies. Books read in vacation are books and
vacation too. You turn the pages later and the
sweet moments come again, like echoes across
a lake, faint and musical.
But what are the books you should take along
as you go a-pilgriming with the flowers and the
birds? Who can answer that query? Hours
and moods vary. There are places and moments
w>hen you will want, it may be, to have a
book of poems in reach. Lying at ease in a
canoe, while someone does the paddling, and
the water whispers at the prow, a book of
poems may prove the very thing to strike the
perfect chord; for a poem may be as delicate
and airy as the winged creatures that brighten
thru the blue haze about you, or as solemn
and magnificent as the river on which you
float, mirroring the mountain peaks or the
great trees on its banks. Poetry belongs with
the summer and the peace of spirit summer
brings. But poetry is not enough; you want
other reading.
Perhaps you will seek some book that tells
of the places you are to visit, that has legends
to bring you of older days, or information
for the present. Or you may want to learn
something of bird, butterfly, or fish, to study
the flora, to come to know the trees or the
stars. There are books that throw wide many
a curious and interesting door, opening into
worlds of wihich you know hardly anything,
and yet worlds full of beauty and wonder.
Take such a book along.
And is there not, for each one of us, some book
or books we long have planned to read? Some
masterpiece of the past, some splendid new
thing we could not find time for at home, in
the press of everyday life. A novel it may be,
or a history, a work of solid worth or a vol-
ume of plays, but at least not a thing of
ephemeral value; a book that will build itself
into your life, add a permanent asset to your
mental possessions. Some such book, surely,
you should take with you on your vacation.
Then there are gay tales of fun and adven-
ture, light stories of thrilling interest, which
will turn a dull day into a jolly one, while
away the tedium of the necessary railway trip
or fill in the wasted hour of a long wait. Two
or three stories of that kind belong with every
vacationist, for they have something of the
sipirit of vacation in themselves.
If held continually to the routine of the.
office, a book that takes you away to the South
Seas or that leads you to the adventurous life
of a westerner in the old days when the West
was really wild and woolly is a boon. Good
for such a routine-tired mind too would be
one of Prescott's great histories, filled as they
are with color and romance, or one of Fiske's
inimitable studies of our own country in the
forming. A book that will broaden the hori-
zon for you, will take you to men and places
strange and new, that is the book to rest and
rejoice you at the same time that the summer
days and nights amid woods and fields, by
stream or sea-beach, rejoice and refresh you.
Personally, a tramp, a canoe trip, any sort
of country outing is never quite perfect to me
unless1 I take along a book. Not that I intend
always to read the thing : but there it is, in case
of sudden need. A comfortable, slender,
handy volume for the tramp, that will slip
into a sweater pocket and be no burden. There
are many such, holding the wit and wisdom
and all the best of the stories known to us,
and several of them should go along with
every vacationist. Reading such a book after
a ten mile hike and a lunch in the open, com-
fortably tucked away under a brooding tree or
in the sun-flecked shade by the side of a mur-
muring brook, is. to touch the heights of
human enjoyment.
But whatever you do, take along the book
or books that will give you pleasure. Don't
make a task of your vacation reading, for that
way failure lies. The world is full of books,
and some you will like and others will not hit
the mark for you. Don't try to read these
thru any urging of the sense of duty. Read
them for your own peculiar delight and delec-
tation, and for no other reason. •-
So, by all means, take along a book when
you go away to the country on that longed-
for vacation. But take time to think over
what book or books you are going to choose.
Don't rush out the last minute and get any-
thing in bright covers whose title seems to
hold a promise. You may make a lucky hit,
of course, but then you may not. Look around
a little, get some advice, ask something about
the new books and study a bit over the old
ones. It will pay you well. For the right
book taken along can give you such wonder-
ful pleasure and occupation, can add a lustre
to your whole trip, and the wrong one is just
a loss and a discouragement. Take along the
right book, and make it a real vacation.
WITH ITS GREAT EYE TO THE LIMITLESS OCEAN
FROM "LOAFING DOWN LONG ISLAND" BY CHARLES HANSON TOWNE
The Century Co.
May 28, 1921
1609
A VALENCIA FISHER GIRL
JACKET ILLUSTRATION FROM "THE MAYFLOWER"
BY BLASCO IBANEZ
E. P. Button & Co.
THE MAYFLOWER
By Vicente Blasco Ibane.z
This latest translation from the author of
"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" deals
with the grim battle for existence fought by
the humble fisher folk of Valencia and par-
ticularly with four people, two men and two
women caught up and whirled relentlessly to-
ward tragedy. Pascualo, the strong and silent
fisherman waxes important and well-to-do,
amid boisterous good fellows, and scenes of
jollity, blessed with a pretty wife and a sturdy
boy, until the storm bursts. It is a literal as
well as a figurative storm, a hurricane, which
descends with tragical consequences upon the
fishing boat containing Pascualo, Tonet, the
brother who had stolen his wife's love and the
little boy. (Dutton.) $2.
THE BRIMMING CUP
By Dorothy Cornfield
This is the story of the few months that
test a life. The moment chosen is the period
of early maturity of a happily married Amer-
ican •woman whose innate honesty and wide
culture have freed her from the merely con-
ventional trammels to feeling and action. Into
NOVELS TO
TAKE ALONG
Character and
Atmosphere
l.er home in Vermont, with its lovely chil-
dren and line and respected husband, and its
; ich share in the problems and progress of
ihe neighborhood, comes another man who
iirings a sudden fierce questioning of all that
.she has taken for granted as the order of
life. The sane philosophy of life which char-
acterizes Dorothy Can-field's "The Squirrel
I age," "The Bent Twig" and her short story
work dominates this new novel. (Harcourt.) $2.
THE MOUNTEBANK
By William J. Locke '
Andrew Lackaday is a notable addition to
the noble army of Locke heroes — more silent
and serious than some, perhaps, more marked
by war and world stress, but with the same
peculiar lovableness, the same Quixotic charm.
He was born arid bred in a circus tent and
until the war had lived the life of a mounte-
bank. From a private, he rose rapidly to
brigadier-general and could have married into
the aristocracy, but chose to honor, until fate
released him, a woman of the people who had
shared his ups and downs. (Lane.) $2.
MAJESTY
By Louis Couperus
In "Majesty" the great Dutch novelist treads
ground very different from that trodden in
either "The Tour" or the novels descriptive
of society in his native land: "Ecstasy," "Old
People and the Things that Pass" and the four
volumes forming "The Books of the Small
Souls." His characters are members of that
highly specialized family whose branches, until
the Armistice of 1918, furnished reigning
houses for nearly all the countries of Europe ;
we see none save rulers and princes and the
individuals of .their immediate environment.
Yet all these people are human and real ; they
live and breathe before our eyes; and Couper-
us fathoms their souls no less profoundly and
with no less apparent ease than those of the
more familiar characters of his purely Dutch
novels. Couperus writes his story entirely
from within, as tho he himself belonged to one
i6io
The Publishers' Weekly
of the imperial or royal families which pro-
vide him with the protagonists of his story.
There arc tears in it as well as play comedy.
(Docld. M.) $2.
sees too far for to-day and will make no com-
promise with reality. Shunned by 'his friends,
taunted by his enemies, placed under suspicion
and finally on trial, he incurs the anger of
the press and of the mob. Then he comes face
to face with another father whose only son-
has been killed by the enemy, but whose re-
action 'has been only an increase of hate and
bitterness. The outcome of this situation is
inevitable. (Holt.) $2.
DREAMS
JACKET ILLUSTRATION "COQUETTE" BY
FRANK SWINNERTON
George H. Doran Co.
COQUETTE
By Frank Sunnnerton
Sally Minto, a milliner's assistant, is an am-
bitious child of seventeen at the outset, who im-
agines for herself a future of wealth and pow-
er. She falls in love, however, with a neigh-
bor of her own class, but fate offers her a
step up in life in the person of her employ-
er's son. This triangle situation makes a
story with tragical elements, the bare outline
of which may sound like melodrama, but
which in reality is a shrewd, intimate, and
realistic study of a unique character and a
special section of life. (Doran.) $2.
CLERAMBAULT
By Remain Rolland
Clerambault is a famous nationalistic poet
whose latent idealism and love of humanity
are too strong to survive the inconclusive
struggle in the trenches and the loss of his
only son. He experiences a spiritual crisis and
comes out an unyielding pacifist. His ideals
are beyond question high, his character above
reproach, his patriotism undoubted, but he
THE GREEN BOUGH
By E. Temple T hurst on
The fact that there never was an oppor-
tunity for Mary Throgmorton to meet a man
she could marry who wished to marry her,
and that the man who did fall in love with
her was already married was not a reason in
Mary's mind that she be denied her destiny
of motherhood, a destiny for which her whole
being was eminently fitted. The man is a
mere incident and practically disappears to re-
enter the story only when Mary's son has grown
strong and splendid under her care, bringing
about a complication which threatens the hard-
won happiness of the mother. It 'is the war
that sets the final seal on Mary's heart and
story. (Appleton.) $2.
THE SEVENTH ANGEL
By Alexander Black
An opening scene in which a 'slight, high-
spirited girl swiftly and quietly knocks down
a tall stranger, who is about to start a fight
in a restaurant, is sufficiently intriguing to
make any reader finish the book, but one gets
a great deal more than the explanation and
consequences of that dramatic moment. With
Ann Forest, the knocker-down, the act is
somehow symbolic — she has a passion to pre-
vent trouble, to avert difficulties — at whatever
cost to herself. Modern to the last minute,
with the enthusiasm of daring youth and in-
nocence, yet sophisticated by uncompromising
war experience in France, she is a heroine
worth following thru the many phases of her
career. (Harper.) . $2.
FIGURES OF EARTH
By James Branch Cabell
"Figures of Earth" is the first book written
by Mr. Cabell since the famous and ill-fated
"Jurgen." It is "a comedy of appearance,"
the story of Manuel of the High Head, he who
was called Pigtender and afterwards was
named Manuel the Redeemer, and of how, by
dint of doing the expected thing, he rose from
herding the miller's pigs to become Count of
Poictesme. Set in the mythical country of
Poictesme, in that legendary time when "almost
anything is more than likely to happen" it is
an integral part of that group romance to
which belong "Jurgen" and "Domnei." (Mc-
Bride.) $2.50.
May 28, 1921
1611
THE FEAST OF LANTERNS
By Lauisc Jordan Miln
This Chinese story sings the praises of
Chinese character, of the Chinaman's love of
beauty, nature and justice and of the high
esteem in which he holds womankind. It is
rich in descriptions of Chinese home life and
customs. The story is of a Chinese girl,
Ch'eng T'ien Tzu, who was sent to England
at the age of ten to be educated. After years
of loneliness on alien soil she returns to her
own country with a great sorrow in her heart.
But she 'has come with a sacred trust : to keep
the old China alive in her ancestral home.
(Stokes.) $2.
who recounts the fortunes and adventures that
befell his family. The book depends for its
plot on various startling dramatic incidents
which would seem quite incredible if ap-
proached by a method less indirect and per-
suasive. The far-reaching results of unpack-
ing several rnysterious boxes, inherited by
Eustace John's mother, the unsuspected mur-
der by which his sister's, governess gains a
preposterous object, and other extraordinary
episodes such as De Morgan loved to play
with — all these are pictured with an imagina-
tion which never loses its fresh vitality and
with a firmness of touch which never falters.
This second posthumous work was completed
by Mrs. De Morgan. (Holt.) $2.
THE HALL AND THE GRANGE
By Archibald Marshall
This new story by the author of "The
Clintons," etc., is in Mr. Marshall's customary
tranquil vein, set in the background of Eng-
lish country familiar to his readers. Heavy
after-the-war taxation has greatly affected
the position of the Squire of Hayslope as a
landowner and he is also suffering from finan-
cial difficulties. The fortunes of his younger
brother, also living at Hayslope, have been go-
ing up while the Squire's have been going
down. Friction arises between the two fam-
ilies until the brothers, their wives and finally
their children are all drawn into it, and the
country neighbors take sides. As the story
develops it reveals the characters of ?1;. these
people. (Dodd, M.) $2.
ALICE ADAMS
By Booth Tarkington
"Alice Adams" is a study of an American
family during the evolution of a small town
into a big city. A family left behind in its
remorseless pace. It tells of the family's at-
tempts to catch up socially and financially,
and how, in the person of the daughter, it
finally set out on a quiet road of its own,
a quest not of pursuit, but of a firmer and
finer reality. In particular it is the story of
Alice Adams, a "smart" girl and a "right
pretty" girl, worthy of a leading position in
society, but lacking what Mrs. Adams called
"background," a fine house to entertain in,
ample wardrobe, and the other things only
wealth makes possible. While all the Adams
are truthful portraits, they hold a subordi-
nate place to Alice herself, vital, alluring and
capable of romance. (Doubleday, P.) $1.75.
THE OLD MAN'S YOUTH AND THE
YOUNG MAN'S OLD AGE
By William DC Morgan
The main part of the book is nure De Mor-
gan, of "Alice-For-Short" and "Joseph Vance"
memory, its narrative set forth "as told by
Eustace John," one of its principal characters,
JENNY ESSENDEN
By Anthony Prydc
This story presents a picture of a valorous
yet defenceless man relentlessly pursued by
two females of the species. The first is a
woman of romantic impulses and worldly ac-
tions who actually proposes to him. The other
woman is a fascinating and unscrupulous young
widow, who exercises her well-known powers
of seduction upon him with no inconsiderable
success. From the battle of wits between these
two contestants the story grows. (McBride.) $2.
YOU BETTER UE CIVIN SOME OF THESE BERRIES THE
EYE so THEY'LL ASK YOU TO DANCEL' "
FROM "ALICE ADAMS" BY BOOTH TARKINGTON
Doubleday, Page & Co.
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A MENDER OF IMAGES
By Nor ma Larimer
A dramatic story of peasant life in Sicily
which takes one away from the beaten paths
of romance. By the author of "A Wife Out
of Egypt." (Brentano.) $2.
THE ROAD TO NOWHERE
By Eric Leadbittcr
This is the story of the development of the
children of a small English tradesman, done
with minute artistry of a Dutch interior by
an old master. It is a luminously detailed
chronicle of Mr. and Mrs. Peeping, and of
their three children (Jacobs.) $2.
JAKE
Miss Tietjens, whose poetical work is well
known, here draws from life a portrait of
Jake, a self-made product of the Mississippi
Valley, a combination of human strength and
weakness. She shows us, too, Jake's selfish
mother, and his second-rate wife and reveals
the clash of their lives. Another story of a
life of richness and completion for man and
wife in mutual love and joy in their children
runs side by side with Jake's, tho the two
seldom touch. (Boni & L.) $2.
GROWTH OF THE SOIL
By Knut Hamsun
This work, the one for which, in all like-
lihood, the Nobel prize for literature for 1920
was awarded the author, is based on the theme
that all things spring from the soil. The
lives of Isak, the peasant who occupies gov-
ernment land in Norway, of Inger, the woman
'vho settles herself upon him as wife, and of
their children are told in straightforward
narrative, with penetration and with literary
^incerity. The book gives an unusual insight
into the eternal conflict between the forces of
nature and the same conflict always in progress
between the two sides of man's dual nature.
(Knopf.) 2 v. $5.
SCATTERGOOD BAINES
By Clarence Budinciton Kelland
"The best way to make money is to let
smarter folk'n you be to make it for you"
is the belief of David Harum's Yankee pro-
tyne. Never was in all New England a fat-
ter, shrewder, more imperturbable trader than
Scattergood. He sold blankets and kitchen
stoves and penny whistles, and swapned corn-
seeders and patent harrows for titles to land
which the owners thought worthless but he
thought otherwise. He built saw mills and
railroads and outmanouevred his enemies. Yet
some of his shrewdest deals brought m^re hap-
piness to others than coin to him. The final
sten which marked his climb to frreatne^s was
taken when he defeated in onen Battle, the n^-
litical 'boss of the state and came away with
the legislature in his pocket. (Harper.) $2.
BEAUTY AND NICK
By Philip Gibbs
"Has the stage, the so-called artistic tem-
perament, or the advanced feminism of this
sex and -hekel cycle ever yet given to any man
a wife — to any child a mother — to either hus-
band or child a home? Are the exceptions so
rare that they only emphasize the rule?" This
is the theme of a novel, by the author of "Now
It Can Be Told," the British war corre-
spondent who has made so many friends on
this side of the water. It is a story of the
life of an international celebrity, of her hus-
band and of a remarkable son who pays.
(Devin-Adair.) $2.
THE NOISE OF THE WORLD
ridihi Sf>ad<nri
The story of the struggle for adjustment
between a husband and wife, the emotional
and intellectual inter-reactions of two idealists.
Anne, the attractive product of a middle class
environment, seeks permanent and unchanging
beauty. She rebels against the material con-
fusion of her mother's housekeeping and the
intellectual confusion she finds in the world
of ideas opened up by her marriage. Her
quarrel with 'her husband takes her to the
solitude oi high mountains and she learns at
last how to find calm and happiness. (Boni
& L.) ' $2.
THE TRAGIC BRIDE
By Francis Brctl Young
This is the convincing story of a bafflingly
ingenuous young Irish girl of gentle blood
but unconventional upbringing. Gabriellc
Hewish's first love affair, which ends tragic-
ally before it is fairly begun, is followed im-
mediately by a desolate marriage to a man
much her senior, so that she is still an un-
awakened child when Arthur, a charming but
abnormal youth, her husband's pupil, comes
into her life. This unique situation is worked
out without sensationalism and with all the
beauty of style and richness in atmosphere
which endeared "The Young Physician" to dis-
criminating readers. (Button.) $2.
THE LOST GIRL
By D. H. Laurence
The story is of a deteriorating middle class
English family against the background of a
drab commercial town and particularly of the
daughter of the family, Alvina Houghton. who
becomes "lost" in the sense that she fore-
swears caste and respectability. As a young
girl the youths of the town had never at-
tracted Alvina nor had they sought her out.
Her emotional experiences are, therefore, limit-
ed until she chances to fa1! in with a third class
troupe of vaudeville artists 'who visit the
town. Alvina comes under the spell of the
personality of one of the performers, an Ital-
ian dancer, and from that point he dominates
her life. (Seltzer.) $2.
May 28, 1921
1613
THE HOME IN NYASALAND, SOUTH AFRICA, OF SIR HARRY JOHNSTON
AUTHOR OF "THE MAN WHO DID THE RIGHT THING"
Macmillan Co.
THE MAN WHO DID THE RIGHT
THING
By Sir Harry Johnston
Africa is the main^scene of this new novel
the author of the "'Gay-Dombeys." The
iroine, an English country school teacher, is
;ry much such a person as Carol of Main
and would you believe it? she finds a
tain Street in the very middle of Africa. For
ic missionary station to which her earnest
>ung husband is attached is quite the dreari-
place in the world for Lucy. There is
lother man in the case, a youth in
high social circles whom she met on the voy-
age to Africa and his reappearance serves to
complicate matters. It is a stirring tale, a
book for people who love adventure as much
as for those who love character drawing.
(Macmillan.) $2.50.
MY SON
By Corra Harris
Humor, religion and common sense adorn
this story wherein those who felt the charm
of "A Circuit Rider's Wife" may follow the
family fortunes chronicled by the same spicy
recording angel. Mrs. Thompson, wife of the
unworldly old saint of a circuit-rider, is the
mother of Peter, the young hero of the present
tale. Against her silent desire, he embraces
the ministry and from auspicious beginnings,
he advances thru developing incidents until
he becomes the brisk, efficient, popular pastor
of a mo'dis'h city church. But in the disturb-
ing conditions of life and thought in the post-
war maelstrom, something happens to his
smugly functioning personality and by drear
degrees he loses his cocksureness but eventu-
ally gains his own soul. (Doran.) $1.90.
Romances in Many Settings
SEED OF THE SUN
By Wallace Irwin
Zudie and her sister Anna, a widow with
several children, had suffered so much from
living under the rigid regime of their Aunt
Julia that they hailed with delight the idea
of going out to California to live among the
Japs on a farm. They did not find it all plain
sailing there, for they were soon entangled in
the Japanese problem. The book takes one
straight into the heart of Calif ornian life,
among the Americans, the Japanese and the
Americanized Japanese, but it is not all prob-
lem. A man on a neighboring farm provides
romance for one sister, while the other is hap-
pily supplied with a lover who drops from
the skies. (Doran.) $2.
THE WRONG TWIN
By Harry Leon Wilson
In a typically Wilsonic tale, human, humor-
ous, and American, Mr. Wilson tells the story
of the "occasionally orphan" twins, Merle and
Wilbur, whose father, a philosophical printer,
had a habit of stepping suddenly on to the "six-'
fifty-eigrit" on the way to anywhere. In his
absences, spinsterly Winona Pennington under-
takes to make gentlemen of the twins with un-
equal success. An adventure with Patricia,
daughter of the aristocratic Whipples, precip-
itates the adoption of one of the twins into this
family. How the Whipples discover that they
picked the wrong twin, with Patricia leading
the discovery, is the point of the story.
(Doubleday, P.) $1.75.
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The Publishers' Weekly
\VIIKUF GALUSJIA FINDS ADVENTURE
JACKET ILLUSTRATION FROM "GALUSHA THE MAGNIFICENT1
D. Appleton & Co.
BY JOSEPH C. LINCOLN
GALUSHA THE MAGNIFICENT
By Joseph C. Lincoln
How' would a vacation on Cape Cod appeal
to you for this summer? Out of the question?
No, not at all. You can always get the real
flavor of the Cape in a novel by the author
of "Shavings," and here is a new one which
experts have judged to be worthy of being
placed; witih the other genuine "Joe Lincolniana."
Galusha Bangs, a noted Egyptologist who in
his college days had earned the nickname of
"The Magnificent" because of his quaint ideas
and absurd mistakes, comes to East Well-
mouth, to visit some friends in their summer
cottage. The cottage, however, is closed and
Galusha is stranded with no port in sight. For-
tunately he finds shelter in the home of a
comely middle-aged spinster with results both
romantic and humorous. (Appleton.) $2.
OUT OF THE AIR
By Inez Haynes Irzvin
David Lindsay, a young aviator, recently
returned from France, retires to an old house
in New England to do some writing, and dis-
covers gradually that the place is haunted. He
'soon finds out that his mysterious visitors are
trying to give him a message which he cannot
understand, but which he soon realizes is be-
coming a matter of life and death. Out of
this extraordinary situation emerges a ro-
mance, in which mystery and realism are com-
bined to an unusual degree. It is difficult to
decide who is the heroine of the story, the
lovely, sad, dead woman who haunts it or the
beautiful, gay, modern young girl who is at
the heart of it. (Harcourt.) $2.
SWEET STRANGER
By Berta Ruck
The Sweet Stranger is a charming Ameri-
can girl who appears as a fleeting vision to a
young British officer. It is love at first sight
for the young man, and without knowing the
vision's name he pursues her over the At-
lantic from east to west and west to east until
he finds her in the W'hite Mountains in the
midst of storms of more kinds than one.
There is a parallel love story of the youth's
sister, the narrator of the romance, and one
of a couple known to their American friends as
"The Temperamental Twins." (Dodd, M.)
$2.
IN RED AND GOLD
By Samuel Memvin
Samuel Merwin has the trick of luring the
reader of analytical fiction into breathless ad-
venture and at the same time pulling the
lovers of adventure into a keen interest in
motives and mental conflicts. "In Red and
Gold" opens on a river steamer in China and
these are the characters, thus assured in that
limited space of the practical unity of place :
an American millionaire ; his son, a young
man of twenty or so ; the captain of the
steamer; Griggsby Doane, the hero of "Hills
of Han" ; two all-round and well-known
criminals ; an adventuress of the cleverer
type; a high Manchou official, and his Amer-
ican educated daughter. Take all these
diverse types, confine them on a steamer as
revolution is brewing and you have the mak-
ings of wonderful drama. (Bobbs-M.) $2.
'May 28, 1921
1615
THE SISTERS-IN-LAW
By Gertrude Atherton
Class-consciousness, socialism, feminism,
sex, the war, are flashed upon the screen of
this novel in which the central figures are two
women : Alexina Groome, young and rebel-
lious member of the old aristocracy of San
Francisco and Gora Dwight, outside the
charmed circle and bitterly resentful of the
fact. A,t the time of the earthquake, a young
Englishman has become an influence in the
lives of each — in Gora's, as a comrade, in
Alexina' s as a lover. Later on the two women
become sisters-in-law, but Alexina is disap-
pointed in her marriage and is looking for a
means of economic independence when the
war opens a way. After the war and twelve
years after their first meeting with the Eng-
lishman, Gora and Alexina find themselves in
Paris and rivals for his love. (Stokes.) $2.
THE KINGDOM ROUND THE
CORNER
By Coningsby Dazt'son
Thousands of stricken homes were cheered
during the war by Coningsby Dawson's "Carry
On" and 'The Glory of the Trenches." Now
after these books whi,ch grew out of his war
experience he has returned to fiction. He
writes of Tabs who came back from the war
to find the Kingdom he had built up in his
dreams fading from him. Terry, the beauti-
ful, the audacious, had been this Kingdom,
low — But it is there, as Tabs came to learn,
>r every man and woman — the kingdom round
ic corner. This is the story of Tabs' search
for his Kingdom and how he found it — just
>und the corner. (Cosmopolitan.) $2.
BEAUTY AND MARY BLAIR
By Ethel M. Kelley
With audacity and very modern cleverness,
Mary — one of those eighteen-year-old com-
binations of sophistication and naivete that are
so perplexing a feature of the present day-
tells her own story. It is a story of philan-
dering parents, of family life in disintegration,
of her own innocent and unguided following
of the will-o'-the-wisp of disinterested love to
the very brink of disaster. In a most vivid,
vivacious, and informal style the author shows
the effect of such a family life on a sensitive
and ardent girl in whom the desire to be a
"good sport" is much stronger than her grand-
mother's desire to be a "perfect lady."
(Houghton M.) $2.
THE TRYST
By Grace Livingston Hill
Driven from home by the appalling knowl-
edge that she is not wanted, Patty Merrill is
forced to take a position as companion to a
short-tempered maiden lady and goes "-with her
to North Carolina. Here she sees a young
man whose face is strangely familiar and
learns that he is John Treeves, a millionaire's
nephew. Treeves tries to renew the acquaint-
ance, but Patty determines to hide her identity.
These two lives, however, draw closer and
closer together and when Patty learns of a
plot to blow up the millionaire's factory she
discloses her identity. Once this has happened,
affairs move swiftly to the unraveling of the
mystery that surrounds Patty's life and the
fulfillment of the love of the young people.
(Lippincott.) $2.
'I'M SORRY," TABS . APOLOGIZED. "l DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING UNKIND.'
KROM "THE KINGDOM ROUND THK CORNER'' BY CONINGSBY DAWSON
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
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THEY HAD A VERY BKAUTIKUL WAJLK
FROM "SISTER SUE" BY ELEANOR H. PORTER
Houghton Mifflin Co.
SISTER SUE
By Eleanor H. Porter
Just before her death Mrs. Porter completed
this novel which she considered her best. It
is the story of Sue, the talented daughter of a
rich banker. She had looked forward to a
musical career, but her dreams were shattered
when her father's loss of health and fortune
forced her to become the support of the fam-
ily, which included a flighty sister and a selfish
brother, by giving music lessons to the village
children. But a day of triumph comes for
Sister Sue when a great violinist visits the little
town, and in the romance which follows Sue is
more than repaid for her self sacrifice.
(Houghton M.-) $2.
STAR DUST
By Fannie Hurst
All those who have enjoyed Miss Hurst's
s'hort stories or have seen the film version of
her famous "Humoresque" will have a special
interest in her first long novel. It is the
story of a young woman who broke away
from her dull commonplace surroundings in
a western city and her equally dull, ordinary
husband to fulfil her dream of becoming a
great singer. In New York she parts with
one illusion after another in her struggle to
find a place. When the event of motherhood
finds her penniless she resorts to desperate
measures. Henceforth her life is devoted to
her "wonder child" in whom eventually she
finds her own dream realized. (Harper.) $2.
THE
HUSBAND TEST
By Mary Carolyn
Davies
B'ettina decides to
throw the shackles
of strict convention to
the wind and see life
as it is. She quarrels
with her very proper
fiance and shows her
independence by at-
tending a Greenwich
Village ball. There
she meets Temp, an
ingenuous and unsuc-
cessful poet. They
fall violently in love,
but it is significant
that it is Bettina who
pays the taxi fare.
Bettina breaks her en-
gagement with the
proper fiance, but
promises to test each
of the men for a
month to see which
will make the better
husband. The result is unexpected.
(Penn.) $2.
THE ENCHANTED CANYON
By Honor e Willsie
The scene of this new novel by the author
of "Lydia of the Pines" shifts from the slums
of New York to the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado, to Washington's high politics and
back to the Canyon. The actors are a rugged
hero who suggests Still Jim of the author's
novel of that title; a beautiful desert heroine;
a droll negro servant ; and minor characters.
Inspired by the beauty and maiesty of the
western out-of-doors, the hero finds the re-
generative power necessary for him to solve
his life problem. (Stokes".)
PRINCESS SALOME
By Burris Jenkins
Burris Jenkins in "Princess Salome" has
produced an extraordinarily vivid story center-
ing around the closing years of Christ's life.
The two outstanding features of the tale are
the sumptuous pictures of Oriental splendor
;;nd luxury in the first part, and,- later, the
intimate and dramatic portrayal of the Naza-
rene's tragic closing period. The intense and
beautiful devotion of Stephanas and Salome,
the central figures, is depicted in the first part
in a series of scenes of exotic richness ; in the
latter part, the characters of the Christ drama
are one by one introduced in the events which
led up to Gethsemane. The author's picture of
the period is more imaginative than historical,
and the contrast between oppressed Jews and
Roman oppressors is painted in simple blacks
and whites. (Lippincott.) $2.
May 28, 1921
1617
Adventure and Daring
THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER
By Zane Grey
Rapidity and intensity of action, fresh color-
ful incident, swiftly outlined setting, and
trenchant comment are characteristic of this
new novel from the author of so many "best
sellers." The mysterious rider of the title
is a man not quite understood but respected
for his deadly aim with a gun. He appears on
the scene just in time to help Columbine Bell-
lounds from a difficult situation. Her foster
father has set his heart on her marrying his
worthless son, but Columbine is in love with
a young cowboy. From the moment of the
stranger's appearance he dominates the situa-
tion and ultimately insures Columbine's hap-
piness in which he seems to take a special in-
terest. (Harper.) $2.
DESERT VALLEY
By Jackson Gregory
When a new and young college president
who had adhered to the doctrine of "punch
and pep" dismissed Professor Longstreet from
the chair of geology because he was academic,
the old gentleman swore he would prove his
theories by the test of actuality, and taking
his daughter Helen, set out for Desert Valley
to find gold. There they fell in with Allen
Howard, a rancher, who immediately lost his
heart to Helen. This event added but one more
complication to a life already troubled by the
struggle to pay off debts in the face of a feud
with the bad man of the region. From these
and other complications arises an exciting
story which gives a ' true picture of southwes-
tern life. (Scribner.) $2.
THE YELLOW HORDE
By Hal G. Evarts
If you're fed-up with eternal triangles, flap-
pers, soulful heroes and cavemen, detectives
and the other conventional fiction stage-sets,
try this brand new variety. Why hasn't any-
. body else ever thought of this idea of using
ra coyote pack — the wiliest, shrewdest little
beasts on four feet — for the characters in a
story? At the head of the pack is Breed, a
yellow half-breed wolf-coyote, with all the
strength of limb of the one strain and the un-
canny sagacity of the other. How he wins
,his mate, the feud with the lone grey wolf,
platear, Breed's hard won knowledge of men,
and the many fierce midnight forays of the
pack cram these pages with a novel kind of
interest. Mr. Evarts' first story "The Cross
Pull" revealed him as a writer of animal
stories that recall Jack London's. The present
story is in the same vein. The illustrations
are by Charles Livingston Bull. (Little, B.)
$1.75-
THE PATH OF GOLD
By William Almon Wolff
When Stephen Thayer goes to Haiti to try
to redeem himself after his failure in a busi-
ness position, he finds himself manager of a
bankrupt railroad in a chaotic country. To
make matters worse, he incurs the enmity of its
President as well as that of a rascally Ameri-
can. Thayer's connivance in the elopement of
the President's daughter helps matters not at
all and before matters are straightened out,
adventures and surprises follow in quick suc-
cession. (Reynolds.) $i-5O.
THE VAGRANT DUKE
By George Gibbs
• Peter, Grand Duke of Russia, forced to
flee for his life, his vast possessions destroyed
by the Reds, comes to America to the estate
of Jonathan K. McGuire as superintendent.
There besides his other duties he must guard
the personal safety of his employer who lives
in dread of a certain enemy. And there, as
plain Peter Nichols, the Duke meets a simple
country maid with a wonderful voice. For-
tunately Peter's education has fitted him both
for his regular duties and for giving singing
lessons to a pretty girl, while his natural re-
sourcefulness make him equal to the amazing
complications that pile one upon another.
Unrest and conspiracy among the men; forest
fires viciously started; the wicked schemes of
the arch-fiend Hawk Kennedy; and the cheat-
ing wrong done Beth give Peter Herculean
tasks, but he accomplishes them all triumphant-
ly. (Appleton.) $1.75
OLD FIGHTING DAYS
By E. R. Punshon
A lively story of adventure in Merrie Eng-
land in the days when knighthood's jousting
had given place to the great matches of
champions in the squared ring; when a man's
knowledge of the manly art was his best
friend on a lonely
road. It is the
story of young
Harry Holme :
how he wins
name and for-
tune for him-
self and the love
of a beautiful
girl, and how he
saves England
in a moment of
dire need at the
time of the
threatened Na-
poleonic i n v a-
sion.
(Knopf.) $2.
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FIGHTING DAYS*'
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THE SHEIK
By E. M. Hull
This popular romance of the desert is the
story of the kidnapping of an English girl by
an Arab sheik who keeps her a captive in his
tents. 'It is a tale of passion and rapid action
revealing the life of an Arab Sheik and giv-
ing an absorbing study of the psychology of
woman.
(Small, M.) $1.90
TARZAN THE TERRIBLE
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
In this latest addition to the popular Tar-
zan books, Tarzan's search for his wife, Lady
Jane leads him into a wild unknown part of
Africa. He crosses a high mountain range
and descends into a valley where his way is
barred by strange creatures of pre-historic
types, left-overs of the stone age. The
strength and cunning of the apeman are taxed
to the utmost to conquer these creatures of
a bygone age. His struggle with these en-
emies is related in Mr. Burroughs' character-
istic manner and will furnish material for more
screen representations.
(McClurg.) $1.90
JACOB'S LADDpR
By E. Phillips Oppenheim
The bankrupt Jacob Pratt, a middle-class
Englishman, suddenly becomes a millionaire
and from that day adventure begins for him.
He is besieged by s'harpers and to do or to be
done becomes the question. When wits fail
his enemies resort to force. Two girls supply
romance and the reader is assured a lively
time in climbing the rungs of "Jacob's Lad-
der."
(Little, B.) $2.
THROUGH MOCKING BIRD GAP
By Jaruis Hall
Alec Stanley, because he has lost an arm
in the war, feels that he is good for nothing
but the scrap heap. Dominated by this obses-
sion he practically forces his fiancee to break
their engagement. In the New Mexico mining
town where he goes to try to forget, a girl pal
teaches him that he is no longer useless and
when the Mexican bandits pour over the bor-
der, Alec discovers he can put up as good a
fight as the next and that he is still worthy
of his sweetheart.
(Penn.) $2.
SHE AND ALLAN
By H. Rider Haggard
Rider Haggard's romances have held a place
of their own ever since the sensation pro-
duced by his "She" so many years ago. In
this novel he 'has brought together Allan
Quartermain, that practical and unimaginative
hero of so many tales and a fantastic, elusive,
dreamlike heroine," the unforgettable Ayesha,
"S'he-who-must-be-obeyed. All the memor-
able and haunting figures recur, too, in these
pages : the gigantic Zulu king, Umslopogas,
Zikali, the dwarf and a long vista of names
and memories from earlier volumes. (Long-
mans.) $2.25.
THE PROFITEERS
By E. Phillips Oppenheim
Arriving in England after the war, John
Philip Wingate finds himself almost imme-
diately involved in a fight with unscrupulous
Peter Phipps, head of the profiteers, his old
time enemy. Phipps "is cornering the world's
wheat supply thru the British and Imperial
Granaries, Limited. Wingate, who is a vet-
eran of the war, unexpectedly encounters the
Countess of Dredlinton and recognizes her as
the Sister who nursed him in France. Her
rotter husband is on Phipps' directorate, and
there is no love lost between him and the
Countess. How Wingate sets out to smash
the trust and brin? down the price of bread,
how he nearly falls into the trap set by the
profiteers, how Lady Dredlinton's fair name is
almost besmirched are elements in a genuine
Oppenheim romance of the "best seller" brand.
(Little, B.) $2.
GUNSIGHT PASS
By William MacLeod Rainc
Dave Saunders is the typical care-free rider
of the cattle-range, thoughtlessly enjoying life
as he finds it. But his happy existence is in-
terrupted by a false charge of manslaughter,
which sends him to the penitentiary. After two
or three years he comes out — taciturn, self-
contained, and rather hardened. He goes back
to the range to find that the discovery of oil
has changed the color of the life there. The
white-hot excitement which attends the fever-
ish game of oil-discovery and promotion brings
out the best and worst in the men and women
round him. The new game oroves to be far
more exciting than the range-riding of the old
West. All lovers of swift adventurous action
on the mountains, deserts and ranches of the
West will enjoy Mr. Raine's latest picture of
western life. (Houghton F.)
VAL OF PARADISE
By V ingle E. Roe
"Val," is a fearless, beautiful girl, the idol
of all the cowboys on her father's great ranch,
called "Paradise." S'he can ride and shoot, and
if necessary flirt — a vigorous, lovely, young
out-of-doors girl. Velantrie of the Border is
conspicuous, too, even in a country of reck-
lessly brave men. But the course of true
love in the case of Val and Velantrie is more
than usually rough. There are holdups, vigil-
ance committees, gallop of horses' feet and
popping of pistols, all contributing thrills t
this story of life in the far Southwest on the
turbulent Mexican border.
(Dodd, M.)
May 28, 1921
1619
LISTER'S GREAT ADVENTURE
By Harold Bindloss
A young engineer equipped only with youth,
grit and slight experience, faces the problem
of making his fortune before he can ask for
the girl he loves. From the strange circum-
stances under which he first meets and loves
her, he knows that she is not the girl to let
love depend on wealth, but too proud to risk
her father's refusal, he determines to come
with a record of success. His following of
fortune's gleam takes him to the West African
coast, where a strange and daring adventure
calls forth all his strength and pluck.
(Stokes.) $2.
GUNS OF THE GODS
By Talbot Mundy
Every reader of "King — of the Khyber
Rifles" will know the fascination with which
the author narrates this earlier exploit of
Yasmini, daughter of a Russian mother and
a Rajput prince, here again the fiery, clever
heroine of a strange series of adventures.
How her life is threatened, and her escape;
how she solves the mystery of the lost
treasure; how she pulls the wool over the
British Commissioner's eyes ; and how she
finally attains her purpose of placing the
prince — whom she loves — on the throne of the
reigning Maharajah, go to make a tale that
reads like an ancient saga of heroic deeds.
(Bobbs-M.) $2.
FAR TO SEEK
By Maud Diver
For the scene of her new novel Mrs. Diver
has again returned to the mysterious, bril-
liantly colored India of her own childhood, —
the India of which she has wrjtten so fascin-
atingly in "Captain Desmond, V.C.," "Candles
in the Wind," and in several of her earlier
books. The story opens with the children of
an Englishman and a high-caste Indian lady.
The children represent the finest strain of two
very great races, but such a mixture of blood
is a dangerous inheritance, and for it they
suffer but at last find happiness. (Houghton
M.) $2.25.
THE BAR-20 THREE
By Clarence E. Mulford
"Relating a series of startling and strenuous
adventures in the cow-town of Mesquite, of
the famous Bar-20 trio — Hopalong Cassidy,
Red Connors, and Johnny Nelson." B'ig
Creek, controlled by the proprietor of a
crooked gambling den is an unhealthy place
for any motived stranger to loiter in, so the
famous three of Bar-20 unite forces to clean it
up. In these new adventures they fully jus-
tify their former reputation, familiar to read-
ers of the author's "The Man from Bar-2O,"
and other cow-boy romances. (McClurg.)
$1.90.
THE LITTLE RED FOOT
By Robert Chambers
Of the same type as Mr. Chambers' "Car-
digan," this novel is a story of spirit and dar-
ing set in one of the most adventurous periods
of American history. The figures of Penelope
Grant and the gallant John Drogue stand out
against the picturesque background of colonial
life. Love-making and hair-breadth escapes
aplenty enliven the marches in the wilderness
along the Iroquois war trail. (Doran.) $1.90.
THEY FEAR, THEY LOVE, THEY DESIRE, THEY SEEK
TO PLEASE
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THE STRENGTH OF THE PINES
By Edison Marshall
This is the story of a cultured college-bred
Easterner who journeys in a spirit of glad
adventure to the Cascade Mountains of Ore-
gon in search of a girl playmate of his 'boy-
hood, and finds himself under the grim neces-
sity of taking up single handed an old but
unburied feud, of wresting back a great heri-
tage1, avenging his father's blood, and saving
the honor of the woman he unconsciously
loves. Mr. Marshall has a distinctive note
which comes from his innate love of birds and
beasts. (Little, B1.) $1.90.
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TAWI TAWI
By Louis Dodge
Mr. Dodge's new novel is a narrative of
Mexican border life and life on a cannibal
island in the Philippines with an abundance of
descriptive passages. When a beautiful Span-
ish American goes to Spain for a year's stay,
the rivals for her hand start off in different
directions in quest of adventure. Chance
brings them together on an island inhabited
only by savages where their views of life and
each other are radically changed by strange
adventures. An unusual twist of the story
when they return home and meet their sweet-
heart is the culmination of a series of sur-
prises. (Scribner.) $2.
VISION HOUSE
By C. N. and A. M. Williamson
If a lady asked you to marry her platonically
because her pride was hurt at being jilted by
another man, and if you happened to be in love
with the lady, what would you do? This was
the situation that confronted, "the only Amer-
ican V. C.", and on it the Williamsons founded
"Vision House," one of their last novels writ-
ten in collaboration. The story unfolds amid
kaleidoscopic change of scene, mid- Atlantic,
New York, the far West, England. It is a
story of conflicting wills and temperament^
with the spice of travel and adventure which
characterize the work of these two popular
authors. (Doran.) $1.90.
Mystery and Detective Tales
THE CROOKED HOUSE
By Brandon Fleming
Those who enter the portals of the crooked
house are admitted to a feast of thrills and
surprises which they will be loathe to leave
until the very last morsel of mystery is de-
voured. At the very beginning one is plunged
into the baleful atmosphere of the crooked
house, in the garden of which a stage beauty
is found murdered. A connection between
her death and those of two other young
women is soon established and suspicion is
cleverly shifted from one character to an-
other. The various clues to the real criminal
are so well scattered that it will be a very
discerning reader who will correlate them in
advance. (Code.) $i-75-
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THE CHESTERMARKE INSTINCT
By J. S. Fletcher
The manager of a country bank disappears
in a most extraordinary and inexplicable
fashion. Whether he has met with physical
harm or whether he has defaulted with some
very valuable jewels missing from the bank's
vaults is a question not solved until the end
of the story. Numerous queer personalities
play parts in the mystery: the owners of the
bank, Gabriel and Joseph Chestermarke ; Neale,
who solves the mystery ; the wandering tinner
of the chalk downs ; and the evil genius of
the chemical laboratory concealed in the
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THE MYSTERY OF THE SYCAMORE
By Carolyn Wells
Daniel Wheeler, a prominent politician, had
been convicted of forgery while his friend,
Samuel Appleby was getting the governorship.
When governor, Appleby pardoned Wheeler,
with a joker in the pardon. At the outset of
the story, Appleby is discovered shot thru the
heart, his wife and daughter and Wheeler gaz-
ing distractedly at the body. All confess to
the crime and each supplies a plausible motive.
Obviously all cannot be guilty and so the great
Fleming Stone, so well known to readers of
Miss Wells' previous detective stories is
called in. This time it is his shrewd young as-
sistant, Fibsy who solves the problem and
makes several people very happy into the bar-
gain. (Lippincott.) $2.
THE ORANGE-YELLOW DIAMOND
By J. S. Fletcher
When Lauriston came to pawn a ring and
lingered to talk to the pawnbroker's grand-
daughter, he became implicated in a puzzling
murder. (Knopf.)
May 28, 1921
1621
THE INTRIGUERS
By William Le Queux
A tale of intrigue, plot and counterplot, in
high circles. A youthful Italian virtuoso rises
from direst poverty to affluence and influence
and, in his own spectacular ascent, thrusts
diown to degradation the autocratic and bru-
tal head of a noble Russian house. There is
an underlying love theme. (Macaulay.) $1.75.
BEAUTY
By Rupert Hughes
Clelia Blakeney
disappears inex-
plicably from an
Adirondack house
party the night
before it is about
to break up. Her
aunt believes that
the disapperance is
a mere trick of
the girl's to carry
her point of re-
maining behind at
the camp, but one
of her suitors, Lar-
rick, a Texan,
stays to search for
her. ^ After re-
peated' efforts, he
discovers her froz-
en fast in the ice
of the lake with a
gash in her fore-
head. Larrick sus-
pects that one of
her suitors is re-
sponsible, but he
cannot probe the
mystery. Was it
Frewin, the impul-
sive? Was it Coy-
ken dall, suave and
experienced ? Fi-
nally the solution
comes about as
suddenly and eas-
ily as the compli-
cation. (Harper.)
$2.
KROM "BEAUTY" BY RUPERT HUGHES
Harper &• Brothers
THE GREY ROOM
By Eden Phill potts
Here is a surprise for the readers of Mr.
Phillpotts' "Brunei's Tower" and other novels
depicting English industries. It is in fact a
hair-raising ghost story in which a series of
sudden deaths in a country house in England
of to-day constitute a mystery which the
most assiduous devotees of melodrama will
find baffling. (Macmillan.) $2.50.
GHOSTS
By Arthur Crabb
With a technique
new to the detec-
tive story, Mr.
Crabb pictures the
(playtime of a. sum-
mer colony of
well-bred people
who become in-
volved not only in
a love story but in
a peculiar situation
arising from a
mysterious bur-
glary" When
matters are most
involved, Samuel
Lyle, the inscru-
table detective, .who
has become a
well-known per-
sonage to many
readers, gathers up
the threads of the
mystery and shows
the pattern. Samuel
Lyle is one of the
most interesting
detectives since the
immortal Sherlock
Holmes, and Ar-
thur Crabb has
developed a tech-
nique new to the
genus "detective
story" as evidenced
in this, his first
full-length mystery
novel. (Century.)
$2.
FIND THE WOMAN
By Arthur Sowers Roche
Clancy Deane, a country girl, had charm and
beauty, youth, courage, faith and purity. In
New York she found magic and mystery, won-
.der and romance, temptation and triumph.
This is the story of how she was drawn into
a dazzling and terrifying whirlpool of life that
swept her into the midst of Manhattan's
money-mad millionaires and made her the
central figure in a strange murder mystery.
The illustrations are by Dean Cornwall. (Cos-
mopolitan.) $2.
PAWNED
By Frank L. Packard
By a twist of fate each character in this
story finds himself in pawn to another; no
one can act freely but only as some one else
dictates. From this -curious circumstance
arise strange developments which swing the
reader in an exciting chaos of rapid and in-
tricate action from New York to the South
Seas and back again to New York's East Side
which Mr. Packard has made the setting for
his "The White Moll" and "Jimmie Dale."
(Doran.) $1.90.
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THE THREE EYES
By Maurice Leblanc
Once more the versatile creator of Arsene
Lupin takes us into the realm of the unknown ;
shocks us with tragic episode and mystifies us
with supernatural incident. The title is from
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an apparition on a wall, images representing
three eyes of a sort which startled Berangere,
a young and charming French girl living
under the protection of her god- father, an old
man intent on the discovery oi a peculiar kind
of light ray. The mystery-romance proceeds
with all the intricacies of plot and counterplot
with which readers, of this author are familiar.
(Macaulav.") $1.90.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME
By Robert Hlchens
An alleged Russian princess of an amaz-
ing philosophy of life and possessed of a pre-
posterous rope of "pearls is the heroine; a
blundering Englishman seeking health in
Switzerland, the hero. The Englishman
yields to the charm of the princess and re-
lieves her financial straits by purchasing the
pearls. As mysteriously as she appeared from
Russia, she disappears into the waste of Asia
leaving in her wake a story of mystery and
intrigue of the kind Hichens knows how to
tell. (Doran.) $2.
By Sax Rohmcr
The death curse of the High Priest of Voo-
doo lurks over this story. The man or woman
who found a bat wing pinned upon the door
was thus marked and inevitably met a horrible
end. Menendez, a Cuban landowner, is the
victim of this sinister omen and involved in
the mystery are Colin Camber, an American
of the Edgar Allan Pbe type, under suspicion
from the start, and two women of strange be-
havior. (Doubleday, P.) $i-75
THE PAGAN MADONNA
By Harold MacGrath
This is the story of how "Chance, the blind
Madonna of the Pagan," drew lives previously
unrelated into a whirl of adventure. It opens
in a curio shop in Shanghai, into a corner
of which a wounded fugitive has thrown a
string of beads, apparently worthless. The
canny proprietor disposes of them at a trifling
price to the next customer, Jane Norman. At
her hotel, 'two men of the curio-shop incident
recognize the beads as does also a millionaire
collector. Then follows a battle of wills and
wits for the possession of the necklace which
chance has placed in the heroine's hands.
(Doubleday, P.) $1.75-
A CASE IN CAMERA
By Oliver Onions
The story starts with the most moving of
murder mysteries and one of the most baffling.
The even tenor of a calm British household
is upset when a commercial airplane crashes
on their roof and one of the two men in it
is found dead. Circumstantial evidence in
the shape of an automatic pistol points to
his murder by the second aeronaut. About a
dozen people are affected in various ways
and the suspicions of the reader are shifted
from one to another. Finally an interesting
feat in physics clears the matter up and one
understands the apparently undue agitation of
Philip Esdaile and the reason why he de-
layed so long in his cellar at the exact time
of the catastrophe. As readers of Oliver
Onions' earlier stories "In Accordance with
the Evidence," etc., will expect, this story is
told with artistry. (Macmillan.) $2.
CLUE OF THE PRIMROSE PETAL
By Harvey Wickham
Ferris McClue, a famous detective, com-
missioned thru an anonymous letter, and his
secretary, Clara Hope, arrive at Ivy Towers,
a pretentious estate on the Connecticut shore,
to make investigations. By means of simple
ruses, they gain admission to the grounds and
discover that the house is occupied by a large
company of men and women apparently en»
gaged in preparing for a motion picture pro-
duction of "Hamlet." By a stroke of luck
Muy 28, 1921
1623
Miss Hope is mistaken for a beautiful girl
costumed as Ophelia with whom the two
leading men are in love. The murder that
night of one of the men gives McClue a chance
to work out his theory of the mystery pervad-
ing the Towers and he presently unearths an
amazing plot and clears the air with a spec-
tacular coup. (Clode.) $1.75.
THE ROOF TREE
By Charles Neville Buck
A fugitive from injustice, Thornton, under
the name of Cal Maggard, seeking only a
refuge and peace in the Kentucky hills, found-
himself in the midst of a bitter feud war. An
innocent act of neighborliness, a visit to the
home of Dorothy Parrish, precipitates the
storm. Threatened with death if he repeated
the visit, he found that the author of the
warning was an apparent "friend." Much of
the action that follows centers about the Roof
Tree, a spreading walnut that was planted as
a token of love to celebrate the wedding of the
first Thornton and the first Dorothy Parrish.
Dou'bleday, P.) $i-75.
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ROLLTOP DESK
By Christopher Morley
Morley lovers, readers of
"Parnassus on Wheels,"
"Shandygaff" and "The Bowl-
ing Green," know what to ex-
pect from a book which is
typically Morley. This, 'his
latest volume, is a collection
of stories. Grub Street from
its grubbiest garret to its tor-
tuous end in the publishers'
sanctums, the commuters'
train, the exploits of a minor
poet, in the unraveling of the
major mysteries of the dark
world of books and authors,
these are the themes Morley
has taken and they have af-
forded him abundant opportunity for his
grotesquery and humor. (Doubleday, P.)
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A CHAIR ON THE BOULEVARD
By Leonard Merrick
Merrick lovers will' rejoice in this col-
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$1.90.
MORE LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS
By Thomas Burke
"Limehotise Nights," tales of a London quar-
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elbows, were read far and wide. This new
book takes up the tale afresh and carries one
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FROM "THE ROOK TREE" BY CHARLES NEVILLE
BUCK
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FURTHER E. K. MEANS
By E. K. Means
A third volume of E. K. Means' droll tales
of the Louisiana darky needs no introduction.
These stories are as funny and as pathetic as
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reappear. There is a frontispiece by Kemble
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BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1920
Ed. by Edward J. O'Brien
As in previous years Mr. O'Brien presents
twenty stories selected as the bset work of
American authors published in more than
seventy American periodicals during the year,
stories by Sherwood Anderson, Edwina Stan-
ton Babcock, Wadsworth Camp, Katharine
Fullerton Gerould, Rupert Hughes, Fleta
Campbell Springer, Wilbur Daniel Steele, and
others. The volume also includes short bi-
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best books of short stories and other valuable
statistical material relatiner to the short stories
of the year. You may challenge some of Mr.
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nard.) $2.
BY ADVICE OF COUNSEL
. By Arthur Train
The senior member of the firm of Tutt and
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$2.
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ROSA MUNDI AND OTHER STORIES
By Ethel M. Dell
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arms of another. "The Deliverer" relates
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O. HENRY MEMORIAL AWARD:
PRIZE STORIES, 1920
In the belief that the most fitting tribute to
the memory of O. Henry would be annual
prizes for the best examples of the art of
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and Sciences instituted the O. Henry Mem-
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authors and editors were chosen to make the
selections. The second published collection of
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which the second prize was awarded. Stories
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William Dudley Pelley, Lawrence Perry, Wil-
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Joseph Hergesheimer are also included. (Don-
Joseph Hergesheimer, Rupert Hughes, James
Oppenheim, and Benames Williams, are also
included.
(Doubleday, P.) $1.90.
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GETTING ALONG TO SHINNECOCK
FROM "LOAFING DOWN LONG ISLAND" BY CHARLES HANSON TOWNE
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PILGRIM TRAILS
By Frances Lester Warner
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IN THE ALASKA YUKON GAME-
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By James A. McGuire
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of "The Land of the Blessed Virgin."
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AN AFRICAN ADVENTURE
By Isaac F. Marcosson
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IDYL OF THE SPLIT-BAMBOO
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ACROSS MONGOLIAN PLAINS
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CHICK EVANS' GOLF BOOK
This is a real golf story by a real
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MORE HUNTING WASPS
By Henri Fabre
Fabre's books invest insect life
with a genuinely epic interest. They
are literature, yet at the same time
accurately scientific. Fabre was not
only one of the most patient and
most original investigators, but a
poet and a philosopher as well, and
his "Souvenirs Entomologiques" is
one of the world's greatest literary
treasures. This new volume has also
been translated by A. Teixeira de
Mattos and is uniform with Fabre's
other works. (Dodd, Mead.) $2.50.
GRIM,
THE STORY OF A PIKE
By Svend Fleuron
Svend Fleuron is a Danish cousin
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Seton, Charles-xG. D. Roberts, and
other nature writers. He knows the
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of animals, as the practiced novelist
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"Grim" he relates the life-history of
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escapes from the attacks of other
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Dorothy Lathrop, who will be re-
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story. (Knopf.) $2.
TRAINING FOR SPORTS
By W alter Camp
The well known athlete tells how from child-
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the foundation of general all-round good con-
dition is built ur> ; how with this foundation
athletics, ev*en of the more strenuous sort, is
beneficial instead of hurtful to boys; and how
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a good deal talked of in this country during the
last few years can be made good rather than
bad with proper work and training. The book
takes up in detail each-of the four major sports,
football, baseball, track, and crew, and shows
what kind of exercise is necessary in each of
these in addition to the regular practice.
(Scribner.) $2.
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SNAPS EAGERLY AT THE NEAREST "WORM," BUT IT
ESCAPES HER BY ADROITLY CURLING UP
"GRIM: THE STORY OF A PIKE" BY SVEND FLEURON
Alfred A. Knopf
ATLAS AND GAZETEER OF THE
WORLD
In planning that motor trip for the summer,
you will find useful the 40 automobile road
maps of every state in U. S. and parts of
Canada which the 1921 edition of this atlas
contains, with motor laws, for speed, lights,
licenses and registration in every locality.
Even if you have no car you will find the
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maps. (Reynolds.) $4-5°'
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THE GRAND CENTRAL STATION
FROM "NEW YORK: THE NATION'S METROPOLIS''
BY PETER MARCUS
Brentano
WASHINGTON, THE NATION'S
CAPITOL
By Herbert Pullinycr
These twenty-five drawings of famous spots
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NEW YORK, THE NATION'S
METROPOLIS
By Peter Marcus .
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the Architectural League of New York has
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MYSTIC ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS
By Frederick O'Brien
To those lucky readers who have already
come under the spell of thi, uthor's earlier
volume, "White Shadows in ti e South Seas,"
this new incursion into that realm of azure
waters, dreamland isles and unspoiled nature
needs neither introduction nor encomium.
"Mystic Isles" is in the same style as the
earlier book and introduces the reader to the
fascinating region of the South Seas, this
time to Tahiti. Like its famous predece-sor
it is more than a book of travel. It is a
bcok of humor, romance, philosophy nncl
pathos. (Century.) $;,.
MAYFAIR TO MOSCOW
By Clare Sheridan
"ATayfair to Moscow" is a curious inter-
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fortified by birth and breeding to take the
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Mrs. Sheridan bearded the lions in their den,
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statesman; Trotzky, the military leader; Zi-
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THE MORNING BATH OF THE VILLAGE
'MYSTIC ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS" BY I-RE
The Century Co.
May 28, 1921
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BIOGRAPHY
THE LIFE OF J. HENRI FABRE
By Bernard Miall
While this volume cannot exactly be called
an autobiography, yet it is almost that. The
author, a fellow scientist and a relative of
Fabre, wrote the book under the intimate di-
rection of the great naturalist. His method
was to link together Fabre's own story of his
life, aspirations t ,.u work. The result is an
interesting biograiphy uniform with Fabre's
collected works, now in ten volumes.
(Dodd, M.) $2.50.
THE MIRRORS OF DOWNING
STREET
By A Gentleman with a Duster
"The Gentleman with the Duster" believes
that there is too much dust of various sorts
on the mirrors of Downing Street, some from
the war, some political dust, for public men
to see themselves as others see them and so
he proceeds to remove the dust by means of
these clear-cut character studies which take
in most of the figures in British public life
so familiar to Americans thruout the war and
since. Lloyd George, Lord Carnock, Lord
Fisher, Lord Northcliffe, Arthur Balfour and
Winston Churchill are some of the personal-
ities chosen.
(Putnam.) $2.50.
THE BOYHOOD OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN
By J. Rogers Gore
Lincoln's first years at Cave Spring Farm ;
his intense desire to learn to read; his anti-
pathy to figures, and his decision not to learn
to count above a hundred, for, as he soberly
declared, since he never expected to have over
a hundred dollars what was the use of learn-
ing to count more ; his pets ; his great kind-
heartedness, and hatred of all that caused suf-
fering ; the part he took in all the thousand
and one things that backwoods boys were ac-
customed to do — these are but a part of the
material included in this book. The author
learned much of Lincoln's early life from old
Austin Gollaher, Lincoln's boyhood chum
whom Mr. Gore has known for years. The
book is illustrated with scenes of Lincoln's
boyhood.
(Bcfabs-M.) $2.50.
THE LIFE OF WHITELAW REID
By Royal Cortissoz
This biography is not to be measured by
the personal achievements of an individual
career, even tho the subject was a veteran
journalist and editor who for half a century
moulded public opinion, and twice repre-
sented America in the highest diplomatic
posts within the gift of the President, as
Minister to France and as Ambassador to
the Court of St. Tames. It is more than a
THE OLD STONE HOUSE WHERE ABE AND AUSTIN
OI'TKN STOPPED ON THEIR WAY TO AND FROM THE
OGOKN MILL
i ROM "THE BOYHOOD OK ABRAHAM LINCOLN" BY
J. ROGERS GORE
The Bobbs-Merritl Co.
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America took her place as a recognized
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from the orchestra seats, but from the wings,
where the tinsel and the masquerade are seen
at more nearly their true value.
(Scribner.) 2 v. $10.
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ROMAIN HOLLAND: The Man and
His Work
By Stefan Zzveig
This life of the author of "Jean Christophe"
is published simultaneously in French, Eng-
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the sensitiveness of the poet, dramatist and
storyteller. (Seltzer.) $3-5°.
PRINCESS VICTORIA IN 1836
FROM THE PORTRAIT BY F. WINTERHALTER
FROM "QUEEN VICTORIA" BY LYTTON STRACHEY
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
THE TRUE STORY OF THE
EMPRESS EUGENIE
By Count DC Soissons
The oft repeated story of the Ems telegram
that precipitated the war of 1870 has so long
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death of one of the chief actors in the whole
tense drama, one whose word was repeatedly
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hung poignantly in tbe balance, and to whom
the downfall of the Empire was an intimate
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past year. To answer the question : What is the
truth about Eugenie de Montijo? the autTTor
has studied a mass of contemporary evidence
and presents the results of his research in this
volume which contains a photogravure por-
trait and other illustrations. (Lane.) $4.
QUEEN VICTORIA
By Lytton Strachey
Mr. Strachey's book is a portrait not only
of an English queen, not only of a woman
who had a private life amidst her public
affairs, but of the Victorian era itself. He
shows us with his characteristic humor, the
gallery of smaller portraits surrounding the
central figure, of statesmen and generals,
Queen dowagers and mere dukes with their
petty foibles along with their greatnesses,
from the old Scotch gardener, John Brown,
to Prince Albert, Disraeli, Gladstone and the
rest. All readers of "Eminent Victorians" .
will be agog to know what Mr. Strachey has
done next. Illustrated. (Harcourt.) $5'.
OUR FAMILY AFFAIRS, 1867-1896
By E. F. Benson
The charming record of a very remarkable
family group — the talented sons and daughters,
not to mention "Mother" and the family
nurse, "Beth" — of Dr. Benson, Queen Vic-
toria's favorite Archbishop. Mr. Benson ap-
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of expressing the precious intimate experi-
ences of youth which made David Blaize one
of the most popular boys' books. Here is his
evolution from a baby's "Big buzzing confu-
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is a picture of English school life, private and
public, recalling "Stalky and Co," and a little
of life at Cambridge. Here we hear of the
birth of the famous "Dodo," Benson's first
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Greece and his family. In this book is hidden
the secret of much of the charm of Mr. Ben-
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THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT WITTE
Translated and Edited by Abraham Yarmo-
linsky
Count Witte was Minister of Ways and
Communications in Russia, reorganizer of the
Empire's finances, chief builder of the railroad
system, principal author of the first constitu-
tion given to the Russian people, Premier
under Czar Nicholas II, and Negotiator of the
Portsmouth Peace Conference, which brought
the Russo-Japanese War to an end. The
manuscript of this book, hand-written, was
keot in binders each provided with a strong
lock. It was hidden during Witte's lifetime,
and keot in the vaults of a French bank after
his death. Agents o'f the Czar made frequent
attempts to attach the manuscript. Giving an
intimate picture of the Russian Court, and
other European courts, disclosing the ener-
vating mysticism that pervaded the imperial
family, revealing the diplomatic underworld
of secret treaties and international intrigue, its
publication was considered an event important
enough to influence the safety of empires.
(Doubleday, P.)
May 28, 1921
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AN OCEAN TRAMP
By William McFee
Issued in .London, 1908, under the title,
"Letters of an Ocean Tramp," this is the
first published work of the engineer-author,
preceding his "Aliens" and "Casuals of the
Sea." This volume purports to be the ran-
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do not pretend to tell a story; they are sim-
ply an eager, crowded, tumultuous outpour-
ing of the motley, thronging, kaleidoscopic
memories and impressions, visions and
dreams, engendered and wrought out thru the
endless monotony of days and nights deep
down in the vitals of the throbbing, pulsing
engine-room. (Doubleday, P.) $1-75-
JOSEPH CONRAD: NOTES ON LIFE
AND LETTERS
Conrad's audience is no longer a coterie ;
it includes the whole reading and thinking
public. A book giving the reflex of his mind
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him is therefore particularly opportune.
Touching on widely diverse matters, a pro-
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and the lives of Henry James, Guy de Mau-
passant, Alphonse Daudet, Anatole France,
Stephen Crane, and Turgenev, and include
general discussions of literature, and discus-
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are moving and authoritative comment on
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of autobiographical interest is given in the
pages devoted to the status of his native
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$1.90.
POETRY AND DRAMA
BACK TO METHUSELAH
By George Bernard Shaw
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NEW POETRY
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THE BOOK OF MODERN PLAYS
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BALLADS OF A BOHEMIAN
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The verses of Robert Service, the rhymer
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A romantic tale of an Irish gentleman and his
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A POOR WISE MAN. By Mary Roberts Rine-
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The labor problem as a background for a delightful
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HUNGER. By Knut Hamsun. Trans, from
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O Knopf $2.50
A relentlessly detailed chronicle of the thoughts,
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THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN. By James
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A stirring tale of hardihood, daring, and love set
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CAMP READING
By
J. Walker McSpadden, Author of "Book of Holidays," etc.
A FEW years ago the idea of providing
special reading for the boys' and girls'
vacation would have been pooh-poohed,
if thought of at all. "Turn the children
loose. Let them rusticate and shift for them-
selves, and forget all about books," was the
accepted opinion. But nowadays, with the
growth of the camp idea itself, the matter of
summer reading is demanding careful con-
sideration.
"The question of
what to give our
boys to read is
one that be-
comes more im-
portant every
year that we run
a camp," said a
Scout Commis-
s i o n e r who
manages a
highly suc-
cessful Boy
Scout Camp
up in the
R a m a po
Hills of
New Jer-
sey.
"The
time
has
long since passed when the boys were simply
dumped out in the wilds and left to shift for
themselves. While we believe in giving the boys
all the latitude possible, we know from long
experience that their time and energies must
have a general oversight. I have heard some
mothers say, 'Oh, turn the boys loose ; let
them be young savages for a month or two
in the summer. Let them forget all about
books. It will do them good, and freshen
them up when they pick up their studies again
in the fall.'
"Now it has been proved that this is
the wrong point of view. Boys like to be
savages at times, but they do not want to be
savages all the time, and there are lots of
rainy days when they are put to it for some-
thing to do ; to. say nothing of the long eve-
nings around the camp-fire. At such times
a well-selected shelf of good books is a god-
send, and I am glad to say that my camp
mothers know this. They no longer send
their children away for the summer with a
tennis racket, a tooth-brush and a change ot
underwear, and forget all about them. Some
of them not only give their boys books and
magazines, but they contribute one or two
volumes apiece to a general library as well.
In our own case the Public Library at Mont-
clair has made a special arrangement to sup-
ply us with a certain number ^of books for
the entire summer season. We become in a
sense an annex of the library. This is a fine
and unusual privilege, which, I hope, libra-
ries all over the country will see the wisdom
of granting. We not only allow full use of
these books in the reading-room itself, but
we allow them to go out on cards, just like
any other library.
"What sort of books do the boys read?
Why, all sorts except the heavier general
books and adult fiction!" The boys as a rule
do not take to novel reading. I am not stat-
ing this as an argument either for or against
novels, but simply as a fact. There are some
novels like those of Zane Grey, Jack London,
or perhaps, Joe Lincoln, that they will read
without much urging; but I think you would
1636 The Publishers' Weekly
SELLING BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
In the Booksellers' march of progress it has been proved
beyond a doubt that Juvenile books will sell all the year 'round,
particularly during the summer months. Remember the rainy
days and the dull days and the hot days when a shady nook and a
BOOKS FOR BOYS
THE ROVER BOYS SERIES— Arthur M. Winfield
Have sold over a million and a half copies. New title —
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE LAND OF LUCK
THE TOM SLADE SERIES— Percy Keese Fitzhugh
We are adding in June our tenth title to this popular series —
TOM SLADE ON MYSTERY TRAIL
THE ROY BLAKELEY SERIES— Percy Keese Fitzhugh
These jolly Scout books are proving tremendously popular. Here are
two new titles —
ROY BLAKELEY'S MOTOR CARAVAN
ROY BLAKELEY, LOST, STRAYED or STOLEN
THE TOM SWIFT SERIES— Victor Appleton
Booksellers need no introduction to this up-to-date Series. Our new
title is—
TOM SWIFT AMONG THE FIRE FIGHTERS; or .
Battling With the Flames From the Air
THE CHRISTY MATHEWSON BOOKS FOR BOYS
— Christy Mathewson
A very timely Series on America's favorite game — Baseball.
GROSSET &
1140 BROADWAY
Publishers of Young People's Books That Sell
Ma\ 28, 1921
1637
AND THE LITTLE FOLKS DURING VACATION
good book carry a special appeal to the youngsters. Just let them
know through judicious display and advertising that you carry
these attractive series — and they will do the rest.
BOOKS FOR GIRLS
THE AMY BELL MARLOWE BOOKS— Amy Bell Marlowe
An inspiring Series for American Girls. We are adding our ninth title —
WHEN ORIOLE TRAVELED WESTWARD
THE TWO LITTLE WOMEN SERIES
and
THE MARJORIE BOOKS— Carolyn Wells
Happy Books for Happy Girls— Help spread happiness.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH— Gertrude W. Morrison
Wholesome stories of High School life which will please all girls.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES— Laura Lee Hope
Entertaining stories about the adventures of some outdoor girls in
camp.
FOR THE VERY LITTLE FOLKS
SLUMBER TIME TALES— Arthur Scott Bailey
A new series about our Farmyard Friends — seven titles including The Tale of Old
Dog Spot, The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat, etc.
SLEEPY TIME TALES— Arthur Scott TUCK-ME-IN TALES— Arthur Scott
Bailey. New title— THE TALE OF Bailey. New title— THE TALE OF
MASTER MEADOW MOUSE. MRS. LADYBUG.
Among our Popular Copyright titles there are about thirty which are
especially appropriate for the growing girl, such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm, Daddy Long Legs, etc. Display these with your Juveniles and
recommend them to parents as good reading for their girls.
U N L A P
HEW YORK
Ask for our complete list. It's Interesting.
1638
The Publishers' Weekly
have to look some distance to find one read-
ing 'Main Street' for himself. They like all
kinds of outdoor books, especially when fol-
lowing the adventures of a group of boy
characters, thru a series^ of books. It goes
without saying that they like Boy Scout books,
if they are not mawkish or overdrawn, but
even this title won't save 'em if the yarns are
poor. Boys very soon find out. I find that
old favorites like Henty, Alger, and Ellis are
somewhat out of style, but there is a newer
crop of writers of stories of adventure who
are eagerly followed. When such 'books give
wood lore, nature facts, tracking, hunting,
craftsmanship, or the like, the boys appreciate
them all the more — if well done. But for
heaven's sake cut out the good-goody type
of books and those with the too-obvious
moral.
"General books on how-to-do things are
also in steady demand ; often they supplant
fiction. Boys want to learn the insides of a
motor, how to rig up a wireless outfit, how
to make a sail-boat or canoe, and a thousand
and one other things — especially if such books
contain plenty of plain, clearly-drawn dia-
grams. Such books not only help pass away
the time at the camps, but they also give
the boys something to talk about and that
keeps their brains from getting rusty; the
boy goes back, to school in September much
more alert and ready for work, than if he
had been turned out to play just plain
savage."
The above observations by one of the old-
est hands at the game of running boys' camps
are so sound that they require very little ex-
tended comment. The writer remembers
pleasant trips of his own to this particular
camp and other such camps, also to a large
Y. M. C. A. State Camp where the reading
room privileges were constantly made use
of and much appreciated. The selection of
books, however, was by no means what it
ought to have been, and the boys were not
-taught to take proper care of the books that
were available. This part of camplife should
be turned over to a stated librarian who
should make it his business to card index the
books and handle them just as they are
handled in a town library.
The question of proper books for reading
in girls' camps does not differ in any of its
essential details from the above. Girls now-
adays are no longer satisfied with the "Elsie"
type of books ; they demand good wholesome
stories full of action and real life. A good
many of the books which interest their bro-
thers are equally welcome to them.
BOOKS FOR BOYS
AND GIRLS
It is play to read each day. Vacation means more time for reading.
INJUN AND WHITEY STRIKE OUT
FOR THEMSELVES
By William S. Hart
This second of the Boys' Golden West Series
is a sequel to "Injun and Whitey," that exciting
tale of ranch life and cattle-rustlers. It re-
lates the adventures of the two young heroes
on a hunting expedition into the mountains,
where they find a gold mine, an Indian war,
savage grizzlies, and an old enemy, from all of
which only exceptional prowess brings them
safely out. (Houghton M.) $i-75.
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE LAND
OF LUCK
By Arthur M. W infield
This is a new title in a series which has
been very popular with boys and girls as-
well. The new story relates the stirring ad-
ventures of the Rover Boys in the oil fields.
Earlier titles are: The Rover Boys— At
School; On the Ocean; In the Jungle; Out
West ; On the Great Lakes ; In the Mountains ;
On Land and Sea; In Camp; On the River;
On the Plains; In Southern Waters; On the
Farm; On Treasure Isle; At College; Down
East; In the Air; In New York; In Alaska;
In Business; On a Tour; At Colby Hall; On
Snowshce Island, or The Old Lumberman's
Treasure Box ; Under Canvas ; On a Hunt.
(Grosset & D.) ea. 850.
HIGH BENTON— WORKER
By William Heyliger
B'oys who followed "High" Benton thru the
vicissitudes of high school days, will be anx-
ious to know what happens to him after gradu-
ation. 'Steve goes to a nearby city to learn
the ropes of salesmanship and there falls in
with some bad companions. But Steve does
not lose his head and pursues a sane course to
success. (Appleton.) $i-75-
May 28, 1921
ALFRED A. KNOPF
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IN THE CLAWS
OF THE DRAGON
George Soulie De Morant
"I
An extremely entertaining story of Chinese life, with plenty of
action and dramatic situations that well presents a faithful picture,
both sentimental and humorous, of Chinese family life. A book no
less for the many who are interested in things Chinese than for those
who seek only a thoroughly exciting tale over which to pass an even-
ing on train, on boat, or at home.
Picture jacket in colors. $2.50 net.
OLD FIGHTING DAYS
By E. R. Punshon
You will remember Punshon as the author of one of the most
successful Borzoi mystery stories, "The Solitary House" (now in
popular copyright.) Here he gives an exciting and interesting story of
the old ring days in England, with a love story interwoven. This book
will appeal to every one who cares for the Jeffrey Farnol type, also
to Punshon's mystery readers, to every one who is interested in the
Dempsey-Carpentier fight, and you
can sell it at your juvenile counter as
well. Picture jacket in colors. $2.00 net.
GRIM: The Story of a Pike
By Svend Fleuron
The book for every one who enjoys the woods and the early
summer days and fishing. The story of a pike, a tiny thing of inches
at birth and a monster of fabulous size at its last death struggle, told
by one of the masters of nature. Vivid and appropriate illustrations
by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
I predict a long and steady sale for Fleuron's books and you
should start now to build up the business which will, without quest-
ion, attach itself to all of his books. Couple this up with Nature
books, Outdoors displays, etc. Picture j acket in colors. $2.00 net.
THE WINE OF LIFE
By Arthur Stringer
A tip to the wise — one large jobber who
read it calls this Stringer book "a new Robert
W. Chambers." Window posters, 8£ x 11|, car
cards (each in two colors), advertising cuts,
and jackets in quantity, will be furnished free,
on application. Second printing. Picture jacket in
colors by James Montgomery Flagg. $2.00 net
THE CHESTERMARKE
INSTINCT
By J. S. Fletcher
This new detective-mystery story by the
author of the famous "The Middle Temple
Murder" is selling as well as that epoch-mak-
ing book among detective stories. Fletcher,
who used to collaborate with Conan Doyle,
seems destined to take Doyle's place with this
particular public. A darn good yarn and more
coming.
Picture jacket in colors by E. M. Jackson $2.00 net.
1640
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CKDRIC SHOWS HIS METTLE
FROM "CEDRIC THE FORESTER" BY BERNARD MARSHALL
D. Appleton & Co.
CEDRIC THE FORESTER
By Bernard Marshall
This is a story of merrie England in the
early thirteenth century when knights were
bold and outlaws roamed the woods. The
heroes are Richard, the sixteen-year-old son
of a lord- and Cedric, a brave young forester,
his squire. How Cedric rises to knighthood
while remaining the same unspoiled youth, and
how he succeeds in gaining justice for the op-
pressed make a story of action and spirit as
well as an historic picture. (Appleton.) $2.50.
THE BOOK OF COWBOYS
#3; Dr. Francis Rolt-W heeler
The era of the cowboy bridged the gap be-
tween the wild days of the Indian and the
buffalo and the more modern period o"f rail-
roading and stock industry. Historically,
politically, and commercially, the development
of the Western States cannot be understood
without an appreciation of what the cowboy
era really was. Dr. Rolt- Wheeler, in a book
full of the swing and vitality of those times,
of fur-feuds, Mormon massacres, Indian fight-
ing, Western gun-play, and the wild days of
the open range, has given a vivid and accurate
picture of the days thru which the western
states leaped from savagery to statehood-
While it is written for older boys, it will
interest adults as well. (Lothrop, L. & S.) $2.
LORNA DOONE
By R. D. Blackmore
In answer to the demands of librarians for
an edition adapted to juvenile readers this clas-
sic has been abridged for children by Carolyn
Sherwin Bailey. The text itself is unchanged
except for the elimination of some of the
lengthy descriptive matter with the resultant
quickening of the action. Harold Brett, the
illustrator, has caught and symbolized the in-
fluences and environment of the real Lorna
Doone in his colored pictures. (M. Bradley.)
$3-50.
RICK AND RUDDY IN CAMP
By Howard R. Garis
It was in a previous book that Rick Dalton
found his dog chum Ruddy. Now they go
camping with a troop of Boy Scouts. Their
adventures, afloat on a nearby lake and blaz-
ing new trails thru dense woods, are further
enlivened by the discovery of a mysterious
cave and by encounters with unfriendly neigh-
bors in an adjacent camp. A -partially blind
girl proves herself a real heroine^ and her
brother whose cruelty to animals arouses
Dick's ire, is made to see the light of kind-
ness when he is saved from calamity by the
timely assistance of Rick and -Ruddy. Milo
Winter, who is well known for his animal
drawings, has illustrated these adventures of
Rick and Ruddy. (M. Bradley.) $1.75.
BOUNCING BET
By Joslyn Gray
That tragedy of adolescence, "not like other
girls," is the theme of a new book by this
popular writer for girls, author of "Rose-
mary Greenaway," etc. The heroine's abnor-
mality in this case was being several sizes
too large for thirteen going on fourteen. How
Bouncing Bet became like other girls, and
very much nicer and .prettier than some, how
a miserable misunderstanding growing out of
an attempt to help an afflicted classmate was
adjusted, and all brought to a happy climax
makes an absorbing story for 'teen age girls.
(Scribner.) $1-75-
May 28, 1921
1641
New Dodd, Mead Fiction
The Hall and the Grange
Another delightful story of English country
house life by ARCHIBALD MARSHALL. As'
vivid and entertaining a chronicle as his stories
of the Clinton and Grafton families. $2.00
Sweet Stranger
America as well as England provides a set-
ting for this sprightly romance by BERTA
RUCK, author of His OFFICIAL FIANCEE, and
other popular tales. $2.00
Val of Paradise
A fast-moving story of life on the turbulent
Mexican border by VINGIE E. ROE, whose
Western stories are always "best sellers." $200
"Hell's Hatches"
LEWIS R. FREEMAN, who knows the South
Pacific intimately, has chosen that fascinating
land as a setting for a strikingly vivid and bi-
zarre story. A uhe" book, well describes it. $2.00
Majesty
LOUIS COUPERUS, author of the SMALL SOULS
stories is regarded as the foremost living Dutch
novelist. In MAJESTY his fine artistry is exhibited
at its best. $2.00
The Unlighted House
JAMES HAY, JR., who wrote THE WINNING
CLUE and THE MELWOOD MYSTERY, again un-
ravels a perplexing murder mystery : this time
with a new type of detective. $1.90
Overlook House
A detective story with a really baffling plot,
told with literary skill by WILL PAYNE. Sur-
prises are many, leading up to a stirring and
unusual climax. $200
Six Seconds of Darkness
Within an hour of the commission of a mur-
der three persons confess the crime, in this story
by OCTAVUS ROY COHEN, author of THE
CRIMSON ALIBI, etc. Who was guilty? $1.75
Dodd, Mead & Company
Publishers New York
1642
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NEW ROY BLAKELEY BOOKS
By Percy Keese Fitzhugh
These books are filled with the fun play,
adventure and Boy Scout atmosphere of the
earlier volumes of the series. The new titles
are: "Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan" and
"Roy Blakeley, Lost, Strayed or Stolen."
"Roy Blakeley" ; "Roy Blakeley's Adventures
in Camp"; "Roy Blalfeley, Pathfinder"; "Roy
Blakeley's Camp-on-Wheels"; "Roy Blakeley's
Silver Fox Patrol" were published earlier.
(Grosset' & D.) ea. 750.
THE INSTANT HE SAW MR. AND MRS. QUACK, A GLEAM
OF LONGING CREPT INTO HIS EYES
FROM "LIGHTFOOT THE DEER" BY THORNTON w. BURGESS
Little, Brown & Co.
THREE-BASE BENSON
By Ralph Henry Barbour
Here is another of Mr. Barbour's excellent
blends of school and sport stories. The hero
is somewhat of a square peg at the outset, an
uncouth but genial North Carolina country
lad in the round hole of an exclusive "prep"
school. Tom Hartley, another boy selected by
the faculty to act as a sort of guardian to the
country lad, soon finds that Jerry is very well
able to look after himself. An exciting adven-
ture in an old mine helps make the boys
closer friends and paves the way to patching
up an old feud of Tom's. Jerry's corners be-
come trimmed off in time and long before he
distinguishes himself on the baseball field he
has won his way into the good graces of his
mates. (App'leton.) $i-75.
LIGHTFOOT THE DEER
By Thornton W. Burgess
For the mother of little folks of eight or
under to start on a vacation with-
out a volume of Thornton Bur-
gess would be as incongruous as
to depart for the sea shore with-
out tin pails and shovels. All little
holiday seekers as well as their
stay-at-home cousins will be de-
lighted to hear that Mr. Burgess
has started a new series of animal
stories, . the Green Forest Series,
of which the first is' "Lightfoot
the Deer." Lightfoot is one of
the loveliest and most gentle of
all the Green Forest people. As
we all know, he is one of the
most hunted creatures at a cer-
tain season of the year, and his
life is not a happy one until that
season is over. He needs all his
cleverness, all his special gifts of
keen scent and rapid flight, to
escape his greatest enemy — man.
But his companions of the Green
Forest all love Lightfoot, and they
help him .in many ways. Sammy
Jay cries his warning signal from
the tree tops and Paddy the
Beaver sends his caution from
the pond. And sometimes Light-
foot finds a friend among man-
kind, who prefers him happy and
graceful and alive, and gives him
sanctuary while the hunting sea-
son lasts. There are eight of
Harrison Cady's funny pictures
in color in this real Burgess
story. (Little, B.) $1.75
TOM SLADE
ON MYSTERY TRAIL
By Percy K. Fitzhiigh
This is a story of Scout ways and how they,
help boys to grow into fine types of American
men. The series of which this is the nev/est
title has the endorsement of the Boy Scouts
of America. Other titles are: "Tom Slade,
Boy Scout" ; "Tom Slade at Temple Camp" ;
"Tom Slade on the River"; "Tom Slade with
the Colors" ; "Tom Slade on a Transport" ;
"Tom Slade with the Boys Over There";
"Tom Slade, Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer";
"Tom Slade with the Flying Corps" ; "Tom
Slade at Black Lake." (Grosset & D.)
ea. 75C.
May 28, 1921
1643
D.H.LAWRENCE
D. H. Lawrence is the greatest writer living. This is the opinion of the foremost
English and American authors and critics — Arnold Bennett, May Sinclair, W. L. George,
Sherwood Anderson, Amy Lowell, John Macy and many others. In this age of great
writers and revival of letters such -as the world has not witnessed since Elizabethan
times, an author who holds the topmost position is a literary phenomenon that occurs only
once 'in several centuries. For the contemporaries of Lawrence to remain ignorant of
his writings is like having lived in the age of Shakespeare and remaining ignorant of his
plays. Don't miss Lawrence's works. Don't miss his latest two wonderful novels.
THE LOST GIRL
Arnold Bennett says:
"Mr. Lawrence is the foremost of the younger British novelists and beyond question a genius.
THE LOST GIRL is a novel of great beauty, distinction and force."
Sherwood Anderson says:
"Each one of these books— WOMEN IN LOVE, THE LOST GIRL, PSYCHOANALYSIS AND
THE UNCONSCIOUS— is an achievement that would make the reputation of an American in a
lifetime."
May Sinclair says:
"D. H. Lawrence is one of the few novelists of the decade who will live. I consider the
suppression of THE RAINBOW a crime — murder of a beautiful thing — dishonoring to everybody
concerned in it.'' $2.00
WOMEN IN LOVE
(Limited subscription edition only)
Douglas Goldring, author of REPUTATIONS, says:
"WOMEN IN LOVE is a masterpiece, Lawrence's most important work up to the present.
It is really an amazing book." $15.00
Read also Lawrence's
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS
Lawrence's philosophy of life, as here unfolded, and its bearing on human conduct, will
prove helpful even to the most sophisticated.
$1.50
INVISIBLE TIDES
By BEATRICE KEAN SEYMOUR
The greatest English novel of 1920 and best seller. The whole English press says so.
London Daily Sketch:
"To Mrs. Beatrice Kean Seymour, we think, belongs the distinction of having written in
INVISIBLE TIDES the best novel of the year. It is already one of the best sellers."
Louis J. McQuilland in the London Sunday Express: "Probably the best first book of the year."
London Times: "Beatrice Kean Seymour, the author of INVISIBLE TIDES, is another star in the
literary void. IN
style, if not posit
literary void. INVISIBLE TIDES is written with unerring taste and sense of proportion, and the
ositively beautiful, approximates towards the pale negative of perfection." $2.00
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN FUJURE
By A. G. GARDINER
Editor of the London Daily News
This is a book of the timeliest interest to Americans. It is a notable and illuminating
presentation of a subject, which, as the author says, is "the key to the puzzle" that con-
fronts the world to-day. Mr. Gardiner is a distinguished English writer. $1.50
STREETS AND OTHER VERSES
By DOUGLAS GOLDRING
A Delicious Book of Verse.
Rebecca West, in the London Star:
"I insist on saying that his volume STREETS contains some of the loveliest verse that has ever
been written about London." $1.5°
THOMAS SELTZER,
Publisher,
5 West 50th Street, N1. Y
1644
The Publishers' Weekly
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT WILD
ROSE LODGE
By Laura Lee Hope
"The Hermit of Moonlight Falls" is the
subtitle of a new book in the Outdoor Girls
Series. The Outdoor Girls have had many
previous adventures at : Deepdale ; Rainbow
Lake; in a Motor Car; in a Winter Camp; in
Florida ; at Ocean View ; on Pine Island ; in
Army Service ; at the Hostess House ; at
Bluff Point. (Grosset & D.) ea. 75c.
THE BOY SCOUTS BOOK OF CAMP
FIRE STORIES
Ed by Franklin K. Mathieivs
Around the campfire is a magic circle, one
of the finest places in the world for story-
telling and goodfellowship. The Boy Scouts
of America has incorporated the "campfire" in
its program for council and friendship and
story-telling. In one volume, the Chief Scout
Librarian makes available to parents and lead-
ers a goodly number of stories worthy of their
attention and when well told likely to arrest
and hold the interest of boys in their early
teens. The contributors include such notable
writers as Henry Van Dyke, Jack Lon-
don, Ralph Connor, Irving Bacheller, Rex
Beach, Stewart Edward White, Clarence B.
Mulford, Ellis Parker Butler and others
equally prominent. (Appleton.) $2.50
SIR HOKUS OF POKES
'THE ROYAL BOOK OF oz" BY L. FRANK BAUM
Reilly & Lee
THE WAR-TRAIL FORT
By James Willard Schultz
One of the last of the old frontiersmen and
Indian fighters tells another Tom Fox and Pit-
amakan story, a tale of the perilous encounters
with hostile Indians of a white boy and his
Blackfoot friend. (Houghton M.) $i-75-
KIDNAPPED
By Robert Louis Stevenson
The story of David Balfour who was kid-
napped by his uncle and shipped to America
to be sold now appears in the new edition
of Rhead's Illustrated Juveniles, a form in
which boy readers will enjoy it more than ever.
(Harper.) $i-75; Lib. ed. $1.60.
WHEN ORIOLE TRAVELED WEST-
WARD
B v Amy Bell Marloive
In Oriole's adventures in the west Miss
Marlowe adds a new title to her books of
American life for girls. Earlier titles are:
"The Oldest of Four"; 'The Girls of Hill-
crest "Farm" ; "A Little Miss Nobody" ; "The
Girl from Sunset Ranch" ; "Wyn's Camping
Days" ; "Frances of the Ranges" ; "The Girls
of Rivercliff School"; "When Oriole Came to
Harbor Light." (Grosset & D.) ea. 8sc.
THE WHITE WOLF
By Elmer Russell Gregor
A tale of the out of doors, of Indian life,
customs and legends, of hunting, fishing and
stirring deeds. One cold night, as Old Sky
Dog, the venerable Delaware medicine man, is
performing some mysterious rites to ward off
famine, a haunting cry comes from the wilder-
ness. It is the cry of the White Wolf that
presages disaster to those remaining where it
has been heard. Thus threatened, the Delaware
chief decides to move camp. Running Fox.
the son of the chief, and his friend Spotted
Deer, determine to stay behind. The tale takes
up their adventures in search of the Great
White Wolf and in combat with their ancient
enemies, the Mohawks. (Appleton.) $1.75.
THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ
By L. Frank Baum
Even the war did not interfere with the
travel to the Land of Oz, that wonderland
that has been the joyful resort of so many
small people. It was sad news, indeed, when
it became known that the beloved guide would
conduct no more parties to the home of the
Tin Woodman, The Scarecrow, and all the
other fascinating folk of the kingdom. But
Mr. Baum left some unfinished notes about
another excursion and these have been edited
by Ruth P'lumley Thompson to make another
real Oz book for 1921. The pictures in color
are by John R. Neill who has illustrated so
many other Oz books. (Reilly & L.) $2.
,/</v 28, 1921
1645
YOU CAN'T GO WRONG ON THESE BOOKS
THE FLYING BO'SUN
Samuel Abbott in the
N. Y. Tribune says, "To him
who loves the sea, and to him
vho relishes a rattling live story
ve recommend this out of the
oidinary record in fiction of
the sensational voyage of the
sckooner "Wampa" across the
Pacific. The author gets a lot
of salt into his pages. For a
firsinovel, a bit of a monsoon."
DE MORGAN
in this final novel "The Old Man's
Youth" from the pen of the author
of "Jaeph Vance" persists the quietly
quaint beauty and gentle humor of
De Morgan at his best. Lovers of the
Victoria^ order of writing, where life
is mirrored calmly and with a kindly
softening, of austerities, will enjoy this
\ novel. $2.00
THE
GRINDING
By
CLARA BOISE
BUSH
A story ollhe South that will ap-
peal to all those yho appreciate the quaint
charm and pictu\esqueness of plantation
life, and the lurebf a fast fading and ro-
mantic time. TheWhor knows her scene
thoroughly, and gyes it a vivid back-
ground which add\ much to her char-
acter studies of southern aristocracy,
creoles, planters, arij truly humorous
darkies. $2.00
Arthur Mason, the au-
thor, has been a sailor most
of his life. He knows the sea,
as only those of ihe old wind-
jammer days do. He's been
in every harbor from Shanghai
to Port Said. In this story
the rough and ready fight-
ing seamen of long ago live
again. $1.75
ROLLAND
In this new novel, "Clerambault"
Romain Holland says that "It is to the
great republic of free souls dispersed over
the world" that the hero appeals. The
analogy between Clerambault, the great
literary figure in the book and the great
literary figure who wrote it, and whose
position during the war aroused almost
as much controversy as the celebrated
Dreyfus case, is unmistakable. $2.00
MEET
MR.STEGG
"By
KENNETT
HARRIS
In this entertaining novel one is in-
troduced to Sam Stegg, an old bull-
whacker turned granger, a chap filled to
the muzzle with yarns and fragments of
laughter, where many stories of the
West are built around impossible
heroes, this one has the mint-mark
of the real on every page. $ 1 .90
19 w. 44* st. PENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
New York
1646
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PEEPS AT MANY LANDS
Many an American child has been led to a
feeling of good fellowship with the little
folks oi other lands thru the attractive little
books of this series. It is good news that
they are now available in American edi-
tion. Each volume contains two of the
English volumes Depicting naturally related
countries or cities. The volumes have been
brought up to date geographically and histori-
cally. The illustrations and covers are the
same as those of the English edition. (Mac-
millan..) . ea. $1.50.
BIRD STORIES
By Edith M. Patch
This new addition to the Gatetvay to Science
Series is written to appeal to slightly older
children than its predecessor, "Hexapod Sto-
ries." Here are charming stories of Chick,
D. D., Sandy, the sandpiper, Carie, the loon,
and of other feathered creatures. Each chap-
ter gives the life story^from the breaking of
the shell until the time'when the young birds
themselves assume the responsibilities of par-
enthood. The stories reveal an intimate knowl-
edge of nature, and are attractively told. Rob-
ert J. Sim, who illustrated the first book, has
made interesting drawings for this. Miss
Patch is State Entomologist, University of
Maine. (Atlantic.) $1.25.
THE WISHING FAIRY'S ANIMAL
FRIENDS
By Corinne Ingraham
Already the Wishing 'Fairy has gained the
friendship of innumerable children by her sto-
ries syndicated to newspapers all " over the
country by the New York Sun. These
fantasies of the animal world are written and
illustrated in color in a manner sure to charm
a child, to say nothing of the grown-up who
is so fortunate as to be chosen as Chief Read-
er and Turner of Pages. There aig eight
colored illustrations by Dugald Stewart Wal-
ker. The stories may be had complete in one
volume or in parts under these titles: (i)
"Cottontail and the Wishing Fairy"; (2), "The
Peacock and the Wishing Fairy"; (3) "The
Elephant and the Wishing Fairy"; (4) "The
Zebra and the Wishing Fairy." (Brentano.)
$2.50; in parts, ea. $i.
SLUMBER TOWN TALES
By Arthur Scott Bailey
The farm yard and woodland folk of the
Sleepy Time and Tuck-Me-In-Talcs are so
popular with little people that they will be de-
lighted to hear of a new title in each series,—
The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse" and
"The Tale of Mrs. Ladybug." The hero and
heroine of these two little books make jolly
vacation chums whose exploits gain a hearing
at almost any time of day. The type is easy
for bee'inninsr readers and there are pictures
in color by Harry L. Smith. (Grosset & D.)
ea. soc.
MERRY TALES FOR CHILDREN
By Carolyn ^hcrwin Bailey
These are stories with. a laugh in every oie
and along with the laugh is a lesson that \\ill
stick all the better because the child has seen
the funny side of it. The author has drawn
upon many sources old and modern for the
best in child humor. The stories are classfied
tinder the important headings of those child
influences which, properly fed, influence his
future life. (M. Bradley.) $2.
CHICK, U. D.
FKOM "BIRD STORIES" HY JDITII PATCH
Atlantic Monthly 'rcss
HEROINES OF HlfTORY AND
LEGEND
Ed. by Elva S. Smith
Here are 48 stories, b;ilads, and narrative
poems telling of heroines in different ages and
in many lands, from the time of the East In-
d,ian princess, Savitri, wlose love was not con-
quered by death, to Nu-se Edith Cavell, who
sacrificed her life in the European war. Most
of the selections are torn standard writers ;
the scenes and incidens are varied, and dif-
ferent types O'f loyaty, patriotism, courage
and self-sacrifice are presented. The editor,
of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, has had
long experience in eviluating books for youncr
people. This collectim will be specially useful
to Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. It is
illustrated from pints of famous paintings.
(Lothrop, L. & S) $2.
.'1/jv 28, 1921 1647
TIMELY, UP-TO-THE-MINUTE NOVELS
The joyous book of the year
QUEENIE
By Wilbur Finley Fauley
Romanticism and realism are alluringly commingled and there is a biting burlesque of
New York ''Society" which, though somewhat of a caricature, perhaps, is also an expose.
Quee^ie rises from obscurity to social prominence, the unsuspecting beneficiary of a criminal
act; 2nd her meteoric career is replete with adventure and romance. QUEENIE invites a
second reading, for beneath the coaxing narrative there is a subtle and intense philosophy.
Net $175.
The creator of'Arsene Lupin" at his best
THE THREE EYES
By Maurice Le Blanc
What wot their sinister meaning ?
— 'three moving, glaring, human eyes upon a garden-wall. They appeared like a flash,
and then gradually faded. Not an optical illusion, for he saw them plainly.
Did trey portend a marvellous, scientific discovery that would enrich humanity? Then
why was ^e terrified? And why did those baleful orbs so strangely influence the love of
two young\people.
This isfa mystery for you to solve by reading Maurice Le Blanc's newest book "The
Three Eyes!' The versatile creator of Arsene Lupin is at his best in this novel, where
mystery, lo\e and adventure combine to hold you breathlessly interested to the end.
Net $1.90. \
A pulse-stirring story of the Canadian Mounted Police
GET YOUR MAN
By Ethel and James Dorrance
"Don't you know that the first law of every woman's life— of MY life — is to get her man?"
^Straight- from-the-shoulder talk from a mere girl, but the great Canadian wilderness
is no breeding Iplace for conventionality or polite dissimulation. And Yukona Bruce got
her man, her relentless, rugged "Northwest Mounted," man-hunting man after, as she
promised, she haabroken the bloodhound in him. A mystery story of the Canadian Mounted
Police, rich in reVlistic adventure, with an undercurrent of romance that seems to follow
inevitably those -whose daily duty brings them to hand-grips with Nature and her children
in the rough. N\t $1.75.
A beautiful pro fjle+ mystery -\-love and adventure=
JOHN RUTLAND'S ROMANCE
By J. Percival Bessell
He fell in love with h±r beautiful profile-
he worshipped the djinty tilt of her nose — the sweet curve of her mouth. He adored
her warmth, her intelligence, her ardor. He proposed marriage and was accepted.
'Suddenly he relinquishes her, though she has done nothing to forfeit his love. Why?
She accepts another mai as her fiance, and does not know the dHfference. Can you under-
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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER
By John Ruskin
In addition to John Raskin's charming story
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GEOFFREY'S WINDOW
By Jeannctte Marks
These stories from English history take
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TWO NEW "TWINKLY EYES"
STORIES
By Allen Chaff ee
Twinkly Eyes, you may remember, is a very
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Comp. by Cora Morris
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WOODLAND TALES
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May 28, 1921
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HISTORY AND CURRENT
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MODERN DEMOCRACIES
By Viscount Bryce
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CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA
By J. O. P. Bland
The writer who spent more than thirty
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MUST WE FIGHT JAPAN?
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THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
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(Dutton.) $1.50
ANGLO-AMERICAN FUTURE
By A. G. Gardiner
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EUROPE'S MORNING AFTER
By Kenneth L. Roberts
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THE THEATRE, THE DRAMA, THE
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George Jean Nathan has been called the ripe
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new volume contains seventeen essays in all,
the titles of some of which are: "Hints to
Pilgrims," "I Plan a Vacation," "The Pos-
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"A Visit to a Poet," "On Finding a Plot,"
"In Praise of a Lawn-Mower," "A Chapter
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The illustrations are by Florence Minard.
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Among the Authors
COKINNE KOOSKVKI.T ROBINSON is known to
the American public not only as the sister
of Theodore Roosevelt, but by her own work
in Americanization, and by her writings, prose
and poetry. Mrs. Robinson's latest book is
a collection of verse "The Poems of Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson" (Scribner).
A 1'OR
M A \ N
T STUDY BY ELIZABETH BUERH-
KUNICE TIF.TJKNS, AUTHOR OF
"JAKE"
Boni &f Liveright
"SINCLAIR LEWIS once said that 'Cabell is a
quiet man, fond of children and steak/ and
this in a way, serves admirably to describe
not the essence of him, but his manner," says
a personal .friend of James Branch Cajbell's.
Mr. Cabell, whose latest book is "Figures
of Earth" (McBride), was 'born in Richmond,
Va., in 1879, and was graduated from Wil-
liam and Mary College in 1898. He worked
on the Richmond Times and was for two years
a reporter on the New York Herald. Since
1902 he has given himself entirely to writing
and research with the exception of two years
devoted to coal mining.
J. D. BERESFORD, whose Jacob Stahl trilogy
gained him wide recognition, is a clergyman's
son who came up to London at eighteen and
was articled to a firm of architects. After
practicing architecture for some years he be-
gan to write for publication in 1906. His
latest book (Putnam) shows that he has been
thinking of public affairs. The London Ob-
sen'cr says of it, "The beginning of Mr.
Ucres ford's 'Revolution' is more exciting than
the whole of his last two or three novels."
The lesson drawn in the new novel is that
violent upheavals do no service to the mass
of people and are likely to be followed by
quick reaction.
E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM, who writes three
novels a year and a few short stories as well,
is able to do enough work each morning to
permit of his getting out on the golf links a
good many afternoons. Since finishing "The
Profiteers" (Little, Brown), Mr. Oppenheim
has been enjoying a holiday on the Riviera.
Next year he hopes to spend his spring vaca-
tion in the United States.
THE GENTLEMAN WITH A DUSTER
Who wrote The Mirrors of Downing Street
That's set the world in such a fluster?
Who is this Gentleman, discreet
In name, but open with his Duster?
Of those who Britain's mandates forge
He penetrates each mystic mask with
Astounding depth ; be it Lloyd George,
Lord Leverhulme or Mr. Asquith.
Some things he says of Northcliffe's past
May strike the prude as rather shocking.
Lord Kitchener gets quite a blast,
And Balfonr, too, his share of knocking!
i
Great men are never what they seem,
Some cannot think ! Some lack good breed-
ing!
These sketches daring, frank, in time
Are worth your most attentive reading-.
— CHICOT; On "The Mirrors of Dou'iiiin/
Street" (Putnam}.
APROPOS OF "Mystic Isles of the South
Seas" by Frederick O'Brien (Century) :
Rhymers may wish to learn that Tahiti
Is now pronounced to go with nightie.
Tho ancient records leave no doubt
The old time Tahitians went without.
CLARA GOODYEAR BOISE BUSH, author of
"The Grinding," a love story of Louisiana
(Holt), has put much of her own life into her
novel. Her heroine is a Queen of the Mardi
Gras just as her daughter has been three times.
And the plantation where the heroine seeks
refuge bears the actual name of Mrs. Bush's
real home, "L'Esperaucc" and is like it in many
respects.
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As Manly and Tender a Tale as Ever Was Told
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HONORE WILLSIE has recently returned from
a winter in Wyoming where she spent her
days in the saddle and enjoyed some exciting
pioneer adventures. Ever since Mrs. Willsie's
first experience in the western desert, which
brought forth her first novel, "The Heart of
the Desert/' she has found in the great West
the inspiration of her best work. "Still Jim,"
"Lydia of the Pines," "The
Forbidden Trail," and lastly,
"The Enchanted Canyon,"
grew from actual personal
experience in thevwilderness.
WILBUR FINLEY FAULEY,
author of "Queenie" (Ma-
caulay), proved with his
adventurous spirit that it
was possible for an Amer-
ican to see Europe on a
shoestring. He set out on
what he called polite ad-
venture, with a typewriter,
a hand bag, and $60 in his
purse. By the time he
reached London his fortune
had ibeen reduced to $2.50.
Luckily he stumbled on a
job as a reporter on a pro-
vincial weekly at thirty <bob
a week, and thus paid for
his side trips to the contin-
ent and to the historic and
literary shrines of England.
Luck smiled on him from
every side. At the end of
the first year abroad he had
lodgings in May fair, Lon-
don, and had met the Queen
at Windsor Castle.
ISAAC F. MARCOSSON, au-
thor of "An African Ad-
venture" (Lane), has sailed
for England. Later he will
go to Germany, Austria, Po-
land and Czecho-Slovakia.
He will gather material for
a series of magazine arti-
cles to be published later in
book form.
reading Tolstoi, and more particularly by a
personal letter from the Russian master which
said "not love of art but love of humanity
is the only thing of value." Thus, Rolland,
the art critic, became Rolland, the prophet,
who has been called "the moral conscience of
our time." His "Cleramibault" (Holt) is re-
miniscent of Tolstoi.
Ai/mo IT is no secret
that Robert Orr Chipper-
field, the popular mystery
story writer, is the same
person as Isabel Ostrancler,
there are still those who are
unaware of the fact. Re-
cently an enthusiastic read-
er of "The Man in the
Jury Box" (McBride) and
other Chipperfield books,
went into a bookstore ask-
ing for something "just as
good." "How about this ?"
asked the bookseller, offer-
ing Miss Ostrander's recent
novel, "How Many Cards?"
"What? Read a book by a
woman?" cried the custom-
HONORE WILLSIE, AUTHOR OF
"THE ENCHANTED CANYON"
Frederick A. Stokes Co.
er,
'I should say not!"
THE BROOKS MORE PRIZE for the best
poem or group of poems printed in Contempo-
rary Verse during 1920, was recently awarded
to ^ara Teasdale, for the group "The Dark
Cup" in "Flame and Shadow" (Maemillan).
The judges were: Robert Frost, Professor
John L. Lowes of Harvard, and Katharine Lee
Bates.
ROMAIN ROLLAND'S career was shaped by
OPRKSSED BY the drabncss
of life in a Glasgow bank,
Robert W. Service at
twenty-one kicked over the
traces and after a steerage
passage landed at Van-
couver with five dollars in
his pockets. Then followed
all sorts of jobs from shovel-
ing in tunnels to school
teaching and reporting.
Tired at last of having no
settled occupation, he went
back to banking, but a stroke
of luck changed his whole
destiny : he was sent to the
Yukon by his bank and
there remained eight years.
It was then that he began to
put into verse some of his
impressions of the virile life around him, and
"Songs of a Sourdough" saw the light. Mr.
Service's latest book, "Ballads of a Bohemian"
(Barse and Hopkins), is a product of his
after-the-Xvar experience as a resident of
France.
BOOTH TARKINGTON has been asked to write
a play for Maude Adams who is to return t<
the stage this fall.
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McBride Fiction for Summer
The Street of a Thousand Delights by Jay
Gelzer. Ready in June. $1.90
r-pHESE tales of an exiled
I community are possessed
•*• of an especial charm. Their
scene is one of those hidden
backwaters in an alien city in
which the Chinese sedulously
maintain the traditions and cus-
toms of their fathers — the
Street of a Thousand Delights
which twists its sinister length
across the Chinese quarter of
Melbourne. Here we meet the
protagonists of many strange
dramas: Sen Yeng, who could
never forget the Chinese Lily;
Wang Hai, whose blue eyes
searched for something he could
not discover among his father's
people; Wong Ting Fu, whose
love for his blind wife, Rosie
May, brought death to a cer-
tain exile from Canton; and
many others. Dramas as
varied as life itself, now deli-
cate and wistful, now rising
to a note of tragedy, they are
invariably picturesque and im-
pregnated with the elusive per-
fume of the East.
NOTES ON RECENT FICTION
€J Isabel Ostrander has written another
of her ingeniously plotted mystery sto-
ries. The Crimson Blotter is the title,
and it's the story of a murder commit-
ted under apparently impossible circum-
stances. The trail that leads to the dis-
covery of the murderer is an exciting
one and you'll be thrilled during every
moment of the chase. $2.
€J Another, and equally absorbing, mys-
tery yarn is Robert Orr Chipperfield's
The Man in the Jury Box. Reviews
invariably commend its originality of
plot and the manner in which suspense
is maintained until the end of' the book.
Second Printing. $2.
IJ Anthony Pryde has written only two
novels but each has been a distinct suc-
cess among readers of the better sort
of novel. The recently published Jenny
Essenden is now in its fourth printing
and is daily growing in popularity.
Swiftly moving, brilliantly tofd, and full
of good Dialogue, it makes capital sum-
mer reading — if you haven't discovered
it to be equally good reading for the
spring. $2.
q Satan, H. de Vere Stacpoole's ro-
mance of Tropic Seas, is, according to
the New York World, "salted and sav-
ored and scrumptious," and, according
to every one who has read it, an excep-
tionally enjoyable adventure story, with
three delightful^ young people as its
principal characters. $2.
q The teasing irony with which James
Branch Cabell has filled the pages of
Figures of Earth has evidently com-
mended that book to a great many peo-
ple, for it has already reached a larger
public than any of his previous novels.
Mr. Cabell's books have of late been so
highly praised that favorable comment
from his publishers is superfluous. But —
if you are still unacquainted with the
work of one who is now widely consid-
ered one of the greatest living writers,
Figures of Earth is a good book with
which to make his acquaintance. Third
Printing. $2.50.
Robert M. McBride & Company, Publishers, New York
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ARCHIBALD MARSHALL, the English novel-
ist, who is so often described as carrying on
in this generation the tradition of Trollope,
will visit America this summer.
FOR THE PURPOSE of seeing scenery from a
new viewpoint, getting a thrill, and some good
"copy" at the same time, Arthur Stringer,
author of "The Wine of Life (Knopf) will
ride the cowcatcher of a locomotive as it
makes its way over the rails of the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway thru the Rocky Moun-
tains. Mr. Stringer will be
accompanied in this strange
venture by J. Weston Taylor,
an American artist.
SARAH DAVIS, author of
"The Other Woman" (Cen-
tury) was doubtless quite un-
conscious of following the
philosophy of Carolyn Wells
in her parody of the Rubai-
yat:
("Lo, I will blow
All my Week's Wages on a
hat
And then, perchance, My
Friend
Will take me to a show")
when she plunged all the
money for the movie rights
of her novel on a super-car,
yet her innocent extrava-
gance has resulted in a tre-
mendous crop of marvel tales
of her success.
PIERRE HAMP, author of
"People," added to the Euro-
pean Library by Harcourt,
Brace & Co., began life as a
pastry cook and now is the
French Gorky. He has just
been awarded the annual
prize of 10,000 francs by the
Committee of the Lasserre
Foundation.
ARCHIBALD MARSHALL
AUTHOR OF "THE HALL AND
THE GRANGE"
Dodd,' Mead & Co.
A. G. GARDINER, author of "The Anglo-
American Future" (Seltzer), was for 18 years
editor-in-chief of the London Daily News, the
leading liberal morning paper in London. The
Gardiner touch was seen especially in his cele-
brated two-column article, which was a regu-
lar Saturday feature during the greater part
of his editorship. Three books of personal
studies especially, have made his name known
all thru the English-speaking world: "Pro-
phets, Priests and Kings," "Pillars of Society,"
"The War Lords." He is also the author of
the three books of conversational essays pub-
lished under the pseudonym of "Alpha of the
Plow." He spent the autumn of 1919 in
America.
\
WHILE THE AUTHOR of the Tarzan stories
has had a varied career it is difficult to see
any portion of it which might have furnished
the inspiration for the popular tales of the
ape-man. Mr. Burroughs was educated at
Phillips, Andover, and a Michigan Military
Academy. Since then he . has served in the
7th U. S. Cavalry, Ft. Grant, Ariz., been gold
miner in Oregon, storekeeper
and cowboy in Idaho, police-
man in Salt Lake City, and
treasurer and department
manager with important firms
in Chicago.
CONINGSBY DAWSON'S lit-
tle daughter is now round
and rosy, but there was a
time of grave anxiety for her
parents when she seemed like-
ly to succumb to malnutrition.
In celebration of her recov-
ery, Mr. Dawson went to
Europe to help the starving
children and his recent book
"It Might Have Happened
to You" (Lane), is the re-
sult of what he saw there.
THE PUBLIC is much more
likely to think of Mary Caro-
lyn Davies as the author of
several volumes of charming
poems than as a member of
the Blackfeet Indian Tribe.
Miss Davies, however, was
adopted into the tribe in 1919
and given the name of Patuk-
sie. Miss Davies' latest book
is a novel, "The Husband
Test" (Penn).
JOHN STRONG NEWBERRY,
who won the prize offered by
the Macmillan Company for
the best rhymed review of
H. G. WelJs' "The Outline of History," made
his reputation in a more serious way thru his
translations of two plays by the French poe
Paul Claudel— "The City" and "Tete d'Or.
(Yale University Press.)
SIR PHILIP GIBBS has recently returned to
England after concluding his second lecture
tour in this country. While he is perhaps most
widely known on this side of the Atlantic for
his journalistic campaign reports and war
books, a recently issued book of his is a nove
of the stage and home "Beauty and Xick.
(Devin-Adair.)
May 28, 1921 i665
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READERS OF Eleanor H. Porter's last novel,
"Sister Sue" (Houghton Mifflin), may be in-
terested in knowing something of the back-
ground from which the story grew. Mrs.
Porter herself was a talented musician. She
began to play and improvise before her feet
could reach to the pedals. For fifteen years
music was her principal interest. She was a
student at the Boston Conservatory of Music
and studied for several years under the in-
structions of Mrs. Long and Geraldine Farrar.
She sang in many concerts, and at one time
took the leading \part in "TJie Pirate oif
Penzance." Even after she had turned all
her talent into writing, she took a great deal
of pleasure in her music.
AT THE recent convention of the American
Booksellers at Atlantic City, the Penn Pub-
lishing Company offered a prize of an aero-
plane trip over the city to the lady who most
successfully represented at the costume party
either the title of or one of the characters in
one of its recent novels. The prize was
won by Miss Hubley in a quaker costume
representing "Hannah Bye."
I
NINETEEN -EIGHTEEN was the date of Henry
Kitchell Webster's last novel. Before the
summer is over a new novel is expected from
him, "Real Life" (Bdbbs-Merrill), the lively
experiences of a beautiful movie heroine.
KNUT HAMSUN'S "Growth of the Soil"
(Knopf) is now being filmed in Norway, with
leading Scandinavian actors in the chief
parts. Mr. Rydland (the manager of the
Norwegian Theater) is playing "Isak," with
Ragna Wettergren (Hamsun's favorite act-
ress) as his wife. The work will be done in
the wilds of Nordland, where the scene of the
book is laid.
IMPORTANT official recognition of an Ameri-
can poet by a law-making body came during
the recent session of the Legislature of
Nebraska, when the Senate and the House
passed a joint and concurrent resolution de-
claring John G. Neihardt Poet Laureate of
Nebraska. Mr. Neihardt's latest book is
"Two Mothers" (Macmillan.)
IT is reported that seven hundred and
twenty-eight small towns thruout Jhe United
States have voted to change the name of their
principal thorofare from "Main Street" to
"Broadway." Who says that we pay no at-
tention to our native American literature?
-Life.
FOND ENGLISH Mother: Congratulations,
Harold. Now that your first book is pub-
lished, you can go over and lecture to the
Americans.
MARGARET E. SANGSTER, author of "The
Island of Faith" (Revell) is the granddaughter
of the Margaret E. Sangster who is lovingly
remembered as the Postmistress of Harper's
Young People and as the author of short
stories and poems.
SARA WARE BASSETT
AUTHOR OF A "BEST SELLER/' "FLOOD TIDE/' A CAPE COD STORY, AT CHATHAM ON THE CAPE
Little, Brown & Co.
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Canadian Exchange
IN comparison with the fluctuations in
our currency exchange with other parts
of the world, the difference between this
country and Canada is but a small percentage,
but because of our nearness as a neighbor and
the great importance of Canadian commerce
the subject is one of keen and vital interest to
this country.
Canada at present is full of emphasis on the
"Buy in Canada" movement, and her leaders
are emphasizing the need of buying home
goods in order to bring to an end the adverse
trade balance, a most natural policy, but as
some things are being said about the attitude
of America toward Canada that are not justi-
fied by the facts, it is worth while to look at
the present state of exchange as it really is.
While no general statement can explain the
exact cause of exchange variation and author-
ities themselves differ in their interpretation
of the meaning of the fluctuations, there are
two principal influences that can be easily
pointed out : first, variations in the general
purchasing power of the money in each coun-
try, and second, the general balance of trade.
According to the statistics of the Depart-
ment of Labor, wholesale prices in United
States in March were 162 as compared with
a 100 of 1914. In Canada the figure for Feb-
ruary was at 199. Since that date American
prices have dropped still faster. As these fig-
ures will show, American wholesale prices are
18% lower than Canadian wholesale prices on
general commodities. Now, according to the
theory of Viscount Goshen, the primary rea-
son for the wide divergence in foreign ex-
changes is this relative domestic purchasing
power, but in this case the Canadian exchange,
which stands at 11% discount is a more favor-
able figure to her than the .general purchasing
power of her dollar, i. e., the Canadian dollar,
in spite of adverse exchange, will buy more,
in the general wholesale market of this coun-
trv than it will in its own market. This cer-
tainly does not show any intention to under-
mine the value of Canadian money in the
States, as one speaker from Canada has
claimed.
In England the purchasing power of their
currency is about 20% less than ours, in the
general wholesale market, almost exactly the
same figure as the difference in exchange. In
France the purchasing power of currency is
about 57% less than the United States, and
exchange about 60% off.
The other important element in the situation
is the condition of the balance of trade. Can-
ada has a balance of trade in her favor owing
to a large export in raw material (an average
of $167,000,000 a year over six years), and
it would seem a natural thing to expect that
exchange would hardly be against her. The
situation, however, is complicated by the fact
that her credit balance now, as before the war,
is in Great Britain, and her import deficit is
with this country. Formerly her export bal-
ance to Great Britain could be drawn on in
New York exchange to pay the balance due
on American imports. In the present situation,
however, 'Great Britain is upholding the credit
of a continent and cannot supply these New
York drafts. For this reason Canada, altho
the total trade balance is as before strongly in
her favor, is short of New York credit. This
being the case, Canadian banks must carry
loans to cover New York remittances and they
must charge for this accommodation, which
means a percentage paid on every thousand
provided. The largest imports that go across
the border are iron and products thereof and
coal needed for Canadian industries. If such
imports were curtailed, the trade balance
would swing rapidly, but compared to them
the small amount of book importations into
Canada is negligible in affecting the balance of
trade. (Canada's book imports from United
States are about $3,300,000; iron and steel and
manufactures thereof $184,000,000; foods,
$165,000,000.)
American business has been doing every-
thing possible in the way of extending loans
to Canadian industries to keep the balance of
trade from swinging too far. While Great
Britain's loans to Canada have rapidly
dwindled in the last six years, America's loans
to Canadian industries have jumped by leaps
and bounds. New York has become by virtue
of her accumulated capital the banker for this
continent, as London was banker for us in all
our growth, and capital is being liberally sup-
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plied to enterprises across the border. In six
years to 1919 United States bought $900,000,000
in Canadian securities to Great Britain's
$298,000,000.
There is no phase of this "Buy At Home"
movement going on in Canada that is not
easily appreciated by business men in the
States, as every phase of this development has
found a counterpart in our own history. Do
some Canadian papers look on New York as
a grasping, financial octopus? So has the
West looked on the East in many periods of
our history. Do the Canadian business men
look at the 11% exchange as an effort by the
States to depreciate the Canadian dollar? So,
too, have our new communities argued against
events in our financial history that appeared
to them to hinder their development. Does
the Canadian author think that New York
gives little opportunity to Canadian produc-
tions? So, too, has the New York author felt
in regard to London for a century or more,
and only last month the author of the most
popular American novel claimed that Ameri-
can authors had no chance for publication
compared to the English.
By the physical characteristics of the coun-
tries, by inevitable association along the long
frontier, by the similarity of temper of our
mixed populations, and the pioneer character-
istics of our development, Canada and the
United States are fellow commonwealths in
tastes and interests, and bound together in
future progress ; separate but side-by-side in
growth ; of distinct individuality, but with the
understanding of old and close friends. No
misunderstandings growing out of this tem-
porary state of currency exchange should be
allowed to disturb the natural friendly rela-
tions of these peoples.
The Pilgrims' Celebration
THE Tercentenary celebration of the com-
ing of the Pilgrims reaches its climax
this summer when there are pageants at
Plymouth from July I3th to i6th, again July
3Oth to August 3rd, and finally August loth
to I3th. The town of Plymouth and the state
and nation have joined in preparing these ob-
servations, and thousands of people will jour-
ney to the town of Brewster, Bradford and
Standish.
Many books on this subject have been pub-
lished, books on the Pilgrim history and the
Pilgrim country, books for the young and for
the old, and the celebration can be given
greatly increased value by a wide display and
emphasis on this literature.
"Take Along a Book"
THE campaign for Year Round Bookselling
which has been underwritten for the second
six months by the publishers and retailers is
starting its publicity work with a wide
emphasis on the very catching slogan of "Take
Along A Book." The possibilities of increas-
ing the interest of the public in the place of
the book in summer vacations have always
been to the front in the minds of alert book-
sellers, and by co-operatve emphasis on this
idea many people will have books in their va>
cation plans who never included them before.
The publicity will center not only on fiction,
which ought to be a part of the contents of
every vacation bag packed for the summer,
but also on the numberless varieties of books
that fit into summer activities, into automo-
biling, fishing, camp life, travel — every type
of book that will enrich the weeks that are
spent away from the city.
Most people cut down to a great extent their
newspaper and periodical reading during the
summer, and this leisure gives more time to
catch up on the reading in book form ; and not
only is a new book to be considered, but many
people have saved over in their reading plans
the names of certain standard books that have
escaped them or been temporarily passed by,
and these are often available in pocket form,
which is very tempting to the vacationist.
In the increasing of children's reading op-
portunities, there is a wonderful chance for
constructive work by the bookseller. No boy
or girl wants active play for every waking
hour, and as the closing of schools leaves so
much time available, a great number of books
can be read, to the enrichment of the vacation
period and the broadening of its meaning.
The parent who starts to the country with but
one or two books for the children's reading is
neglecting a real opportunity to make the vaca-
tion count in the best possible way. Most par-
ents only need to be reminded of this situation
to consent to add books to the vacation pack-
ing.
A New "Who's Who"
WILLIAM Abbatt, publisher of the Maga-
zine of History, is working on a com-
pilation of pen-names, quotations, phrases,
sobriquets, etc., not found in any work now in
print, many of them never before collected. It
will be issued under the title "The Colloquial
Who's Who" to subscribers when a sufficient
number of orders have ibeen received. Hi$
address is Tarytown, N. Y.
June 4, 1921
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The Story of Paper
By Benjamin S. Van Wyck
IV. The Modern Mill and Its Products
[This is the fourth in Mr. Van Wyck's series on
the history of the paper making industry. The first
article, "From Papyrus To Machine Made" appeared
in the January 22 number of the PUBLISHERS' WEEK-
LY; the second, "Paper Making in England," in
the February 26 number; and the third, "Early Days
of the Industry in America" in the April g number.
This fourth instalment concludes the story.]
THERE are two classes of mills producing
book paper in the United States to-day:
self contained units that rely upon as few
outside sources of supply as possible, for any
of their raw materials; and so-called conver-
sion mills that purchase fibre in pulp form, and
all other materials entering into the manufac-
ture of paper. There are few of the former
and many of the latter.
In treating this subject of modern paper
manufacture, let us, figuratively speaking, take
a trip thru one of the self-contained mills,
where we will meet with all forms of pulp
manufacture and the production of those items
which enter into the processes.
About the first thing one is shown when
making a first visit to a paper mill is the wood
pile, at various times representing fifty to one
hundred thousand cords of wood, in the large
mills, cut to four foot lengths. It is an im-
pressive sight, and one wonders how long it
will be possible for the woodlands to hold out
to satisfy the insatiable demand of the paper
mills. In the production of book paper of
quality there are two standard pulps used:
sulphite (acid process) and soda pulp (alkaline
process).
Preparing the Wood
The trees are felled, cut, trimmed and peeled
in the summer months, and when the snow
flies the Jogs are brought from the woods to
the rivers to await the time when they may be
floated to transportation points or to the mills.
It is not until the logs reach the saw mills
that they are cut to four-foot lengths. The
mills prefer logs that have been peeled in the
woods, the method employed is the slitting of
the bark and peeling it off while the wood is
green, which permits the bark to come away
from the logs freely. If the logs are delivered
to the mills with the bark on, it is then neces-
sary to employ mechanical means to rid the
logs of their protective covering. The log is
rotated against a plate inset with knives and in
the process of cutting away the bark some of
the wood is cut away and it is estimated that
nearly a twenty per cent loss of wood pulp
fibre results in barking the wood at the pulp
mills.
The ideal wood for sulphite pulp is spruce,
a coniferous wood. Some fir is used but spruce
is preferred. Soda pulp is made from a de-
ciduous wood such as poplar, maple and birch.
The preparation of the wood in both processes
is practically the same. As xwood is obtain-
able only at certain times of the year, the
mills maintain almost a year's supply on hand
or in transit the year round. Naturally, the
oldest wood in the yards is drawn to the wood
room for elimination of defects and is then
chipped. The sulphite chips are approximately
ixf^x^ inches, the soda 1/4 inches square and
l/% inch thick. The logs are chipped against a
disc inset with knives rotating at high speed
and they are fed in at an angle of about 45
degrees. A satisfactory degree of uniformity
is lacking and it is necessary to screen the
chips, the oversize being put thru another op-
eration of crushing, the undersize is thrown
out as waste. The chips are then conveyed
to the digestors, to be cooked by either process.
Sulphite and Soda Pulp
To produce either sulphite or sd5a pulp it
is necessary to cook the chips under steam
pressure with the chemical solutions essential
for the respective pulps. Why cook tfie wood?
The fibre or cells of wood are filled with or-
ganic substances which after the death of the
tree become active in putrefying the cellular
walls resulting in the decomposition of the
combined wood cells. Obviously, it is neces-
sary to rid the cells of impurities and this can
only be done by chemical methods. The or-
ganic substances are eliminated in both these
processes. The production from both processes
is known, generally, as chemical fibre to dis-
tinguish it from mechanical fibre which is a
grade used in producing paper for newspapers
and coarse grades of paper. It is commonly
known as ground wood pulp. As you 'know,
newspapers go to pieces in no time and you
have had experiences, probably, with other
papers that appeared to be of good quality but
which fell to pieces after a few months or
years. Such papers have a limited amount of
mechanical fibre and their length of life is de-
pendent on the amount of such fibre used in
the "furnish."
In the sulphite process the chips are cooked
in a solution of bi-sulphite of calcium and
magnesium which is obtained in the following
manner: Sulphur burned in a rotating furnace
produces sulphur di-oxide which is then chilled
while in lead pipes that are immersed in cold
water. Incident to the production of sulphur
di-oxide a high grade lime is slaked in water
and when in complete solution is ready for the
acid tower. This latter affair is filled with
hollow bricks which are so placed in the tower
that the milk of the lime will percolate over
the area of the cylindrical tower. The acid, as
a gas, is introduced at the bottom of the
tower and the milk of lime at the top, the one
ascending, the other descending. The milk of
lime absorbs or cages the gas which in com-
bination is bi-sulphite of calcium and mag-
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nesium. The cooking unit is known as a di-
gester; into this the chips are put and then the
solution. The digester has an acid resisting
lining. To sixteen cords of wood 22,000 gal-
lons of the acid solution are used and the ap-
proximate length of time for each cook is nine
hours. To determine the condition of the pulp
while cooking, a small quantity of the liquor is
drawn from the digester and is submitted to
chemical tests as well as test for color and
smell which while important are subject to
variations as no two humans see and smell
alike.
Bleaching
When the "cook" has reached the point
where the pulp should be released from the
digester the steam pressure and the gas are
released and the pulp is blown, by a small
amount of steam pressure left in the digester,
into what is known as blow pit. From this
point on the pulp is washed and screened until
it is free from all "shive" (knots and uncooked
particles of vyood) and the pulp is ready for
bleaching.
The mechanical process of producing soda
pulp is virtually the same as in manufacturing
sulphite. The solution is obtained by boiling a
combination of milk and lime and soda ash,
the result being caustic soda.
Sulphite is a strong, hard and long fibre. It
is considered the backbone of a sheet of book
paper, no matter how little or how much is
used in the furnish. In some sheets only 10%
is required while in others 80% is necessary.
Soda pulp fibre is soft, tender and short, serv-
ing as a modifier to sulphite. It makes the
sheet mellow and helps in refining the surface
for good printing results. Both pulps are es-
sential and because one sheet may have more
of one than the ether it is not indicative of the
quality as it is presumed that a paper is madk
for a particular purpose. One so often hears
the statement that this sheet or that is better
than some other because of the larger amount
of sulphite, when in fact the sheet has a poor
surface, is hajsh and inclined to stretch and
shrink with every turn of the wind. The
manufacturer preferring a fast running sheet
that will not break, thereby cutting down on
production, saves money by using a liberal
supply of sulphite, altho this pulp costs more
than soda pulp. The purpose for which the
paper is intended should determine the per-
centages of each kind of pulp to be used.
Hypochlorite of lime or bleaching powder is
used to bleach the pulp whether sulphite or
soda. The bleaching system consists of a num-
ber of tanks, the pulps flow from one tank
to the next and in each tank they receive the
benefit of the chemical bleaching agents until
finally the pulps change from the natural
brownish tint to the standard of white adopted
by the mill. Then come the washing and
settling operations which rid the pulps of all
traces of the bleach. Now the pulps are ready
for the paper making operations. Please keep
in mind that up to this point the two kinds of
pulps are not combined in any pulp making or
pulp finishing operation.
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Paper making is not an exact science and
there is not any indication that it ever will be.
While a few mills in this country have reduced
the number of man power operations to about
the limit, the industry as a whole relys on the
human factor to an extent almost unbelievable.
This condition is changing rapidly now that the
Great War has taught all industries a few
things about scientific production, not necessar-
ily volume output. When a particular grade of
paper is desired it is necessary for the mill to
establish the character of the "furnish"" to go
to the beater. Amounts in proper quantity of
sulphite, sodfe. pulp, clay (filler), color (bluing
or ochre) and sizing (rosin and alum) are put
in the beater which beats the combination to
the consistency desired. A further refinement
of the "stuff" (a paper making term applied to
the combined ingredients after being prepared
in the beaters) takes place in what isTcnown as
a jordon which is a conical metal affair fitted
with bronze or steel knives acting on bed plates
inset on the inside circumference pf the cone;
the knives being fitted to a shaft, centered,
and allowing but little space for the "stuff"
to pass.
Finishing
The paper machine consists of a wet end
where the sheet is formed, a set of dryers,
steam heated cylinders and the finishing end
where the paper may be given various finishes
at machine speed and where it is slitted and
wound in smaller rolls in diameter or width as
required. The machine travels at speeds suited
to produce the grade and quality put out by
the mill manufacturing. Some mills pro-
ducing book paper will not allow a higher
speed than 350 feet per minute, fully realizing
that paper made at a faster speed is suitable
for cheaper classes of work and that the ap-
pearance, feel and texture is adversely af-
fected^ The maximum speed of a paper ma-
chine is looo feet per minute and the grade of
paper is a kraft wrapping of considerable
strength. It is doubtful if book paper is made
at , a speed higher than 500 feet per minute
which would be considered satisfactory for
good printing. Of course, it all depends on
one s standard of printing. The machines pro-
ducing book paper vary in width from 50 to
186 inches. ^ There are some 200-inch ma-
chines, but it is doubtful if they are manu-
facturing book paper. All Fourdrinier ma-
chines are equipped with an endless wire mesh
varying in fineness from 60 to 90 lines to the
inch. The wire is on the wet end of the ma-
chine, travels in the direction of the length of
the machine and by means of a mechanical
shake is oscillated rapidly. This action is to
entwine the fibres thereby forming the sheet of
paper. Of the combination of the water and
stuff as it hits the wire the former is estimated
to be 98% and the latter 2% of the total
volume.
The water is sucked out of the rapidly
forming paper while it is on the wire and be-
fore it leaves the wire the dandy roll impresses
itself to impart to the paper a similar impres-
sion as on the wire side. The continuous web
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of paper is then carried , by wet felts to the
dryers where the dryer felts take it thru the
bank of steam-heated cylinders to the finishing
or machine calenders. The only supplementary
operations are super-calendering and coating.
These we will touch on later.
Why one grade of paper for novels, another
for text books and several others for par-
ticular purposes? The antique or unfinished
grade used in novels came to us from Eng-
land where they manufacture the light bulky
Esparto grass fibre paper which we cannot
duplicate, unless we rely on a supply of raw
material (Esparto grass) that must come from
a' long distance. In the past it has not been
economical for the mills here to do this and
we must continue to use a furnish largely of
soda fibre to meet the local demand for bulk-
ing papers. The antique that does not fluff in
going thru the printing presses and is of good
bulk, uniform in color, seems to meet the pub-
lishers' requirement. Medium antique or egg-
shell finish gives the paper maker a chance to
show his art. Here is a paper that requires
finesse and the mills making fine sheets of this
class are not many. Why? Because it is hard
to make and make well. If to'o bulky for its
weight the sheet is flabby, if not bulky enough
it is hard and harsh. The utmost in standard-
ization is essential consistently to produce an
eggshell finish of quality.
Supercalendered
The paper you find in text books of not too
high a finish but fairly smooth is the so-called
machine finish grade and is the paper best
known to the layman. There is not any com-
mon standard of finish adopted by the 'trade.
Each mill or publisher adopts his own stand-
ard so it is difficult to define the class of finish
applied. Latterly the improvement of the half-
tone engravings has had a tendency to influ-
ence publishers and mills to specify a particu-
larly smooth finish and a good surface so that
super finish and its extra cost may be elim-
inated. English finish is but a step from the
machine finish grade, but what a step! Like
eggshell it is difficult to make, must be pro-
duced at a reasonably slow speed an3 finer ma-
terials given longer treatment than the machine
finish, in the beaters.
Super calendered paper is the machine finish
class super finished during a supplementary
operation on a machine other than the" paper
machine. The machine is a stack of rolls
placed horizontally one on top of the other,
some of chilled steel and others of discs of
paper compressed on a shah. There are about
nine rolls in a stack and only one roll is driven.
The others rotate by friction and it is this
dragging or friction that polishes the surface
of the paper, resulting in a highly finished
paper. High grade super is put thru the cal-
enders two or three times while the "as is"
paper goes thru once. Either sheet may look
well finished to the eye, but do they print
equally as well? The 'paper is, of course, fed
into the stacks from rolls, the speed being
about 600 feet per minute.
Paper for Half Tones
Coated paper first came into prominence in
the publishing houses of the United States
when the Century Company required a paper
for reproducing its illustrations by the half-
tone process shortly after this process was in-
vented in 1883. Theodore L. DeVinne was the
printer and he was unable to get satisfactory re-
sults on the uncoated papers no matter how welf
finished they were. Several experiments in the"
mills of S. D. Warner Company at Cumber--
land Mills, Maine, produced results that paved?
the way for coated book paper for reproducing:
illustrations by the half-tone process. The prd--
cess of manufacturing coated paper is apart
from the operation of machining paper. The
paper is a special grade known as coated body
stock and to it is applied mechanically a liquid
mixture of wiater, China clay, satin white and
casein. Clay is used as a filler, satin white (a
precitate of lime and alum strained thru a
screen 120 to 130 mesh.) only in the high
grades and its function is tQ impart to the
coating a fineness not obtainable by using any
other known product. Casein, the curd from
milk, is the binder or adhesive. In the cheaper
coated papers glue or starch is substituted.
The bodty stock comes in rolls to the coating
room and the coating is applied by a series of
brushes made from the finest bristles. The
paper with the wet coating is floated on a blast
of hot air to the drying chamber and after
passing thru it is rewound and then sent to the
calender room where the rolls are finished.
There are three classes of finish : dull, semi-dull
and glossy coated.
India Paper
There is another class of paper little made
in this country altho very popular in England
and on the Continent: India and Bible papers
that register more than a thousand pages to the
inch, in bulk. These papers are now made in
this ^ country and the notable achievements in
publishing are the Webster's New International
Dictionary, Encyclopedia BVitannica, Nelson's
New Century Library and several individual
books like Henry Holt's Home Book of Verse
and others. The India paper, like India this
or that, probably derived the term from India
from the fact that everything that came out
of the Far East in the days of sailing ships
was supposed to come from India whether it
did or not. India paper is made from the finest
of fibres, the treatment of which in the beaters
is a matter of much moment. The loading is
finer than that used in book paper and it
is used to give the opacity so essential to a light
weight sheet. The compact, comprehensive and
convenient volume has come to stay and each
year the publishers are finding shelf -space-
saving books in greater demand.
To those who have not been in a paper mill
I can only suggest that at the first opportunity
of visiting one. they do so; as you will find the
time well spent and the experience interesting.
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New Copyright Bill Passed in Canada
Act Favored by Printers Goes Thru Both Houses
A BILL embodying features new in copy-
right legislation passed the House of
Commons at Ottawa on May 25th and
without further amendment passed the Senate
on the 30th. It will "come into force on a day
to be fixed by the Governor in Council."
The debate in the Commons indicated that
the government might not put the act into
effect until satisfied the Canadian authors would
be protected in United States and there are
also indications that the act will be referred
back to the House of Commons if it is found
that the sections providing for the licensing of
publishing rights by the government conflict
with the requirements of the Berne Conven-
tion and would therefore prevent Canada from
becoming signatory thereto. A revision of the
bill since the March reading had eliminated
certain registration formalities which were
quite obviously contrary to the Convention
rules.
Printers' Victory
The passage of the new Copyright Act was
a legislative victory for the Canadian printers,
led by Dan A. Rose of Toronto, who carried
the fight for the b,ill, tho the proponents had
the strong opposition of the Canadian authors,
the sharp criticism of the Society of English
Authors and the protests of the Canadians
who are members of the Authors' League of
America. The fight was printer against au-
thor, the latter backed by the Toronto group
of publishers who could see in the new act
no advantage to their interests.
The Act is frankly retaliatory against the
United States because our copyright law re-
quires that books must be printed from type or
plates made in the United States. To quote
the proponents, "Copyright has been treated
in the United States as a commercial question
with the result that the United States is now
the greatest book-making country in the
world," and, "the copyright policy of Great
Britain is free trade and such a policy would
mean the ruin of the Canadian publishing in-
dustry." As for the author: "Why the
writer of a dime novel or the composer of a
rag-time song is to be placed on a pedestal
and allowed to dispose of the Canadian market
as he may see fit we fail to appreciate."
In brief, the Canadian Copyright Bill of
1921 provides for copyright protection to
British subjects, residents in the British Do-
minion and residents in states subscribing to
the Berne Convention and Protocol and copy-
right protection to citizens of other countries
(particularly the United States) if the Cana-
dian Minister shall declare that such states are
willing to give to Canadian citizens copyright
protection on the same basis as to their own.
It seems probable that if the Act is proclaimed
without agreement with the United States that
Canadian authors who first publish there will
lose their United States rights and American
authors their Canadian rights until an ar-
rangement is reached.
The new variation publishing procedure
is found in Article 13 on Licenses. This pro-
vides that in cases where copyright has been
established, if the owner of this copyright, of
whatever nationality he may be, has not had the
book printed in Canada or has failed to meet
the reasonable demands of the Canadian mar-
ket, any person may apply at Ottawa for a
license to print the book. This applicant for
license to print in Canada does not need to
have the permission of the owner of the copy-
right, but must, in applying, state the retail
price he intends to put on the book and de-
posit an amount not less than 10% of the
price of an edition of 1000 copies and this to
be not less in total than $100.
The Minister at Ottawa then writes to the
author or owner of the copyright and if he
does not wish to undertake or arrange for the
Canadian printing the license is granted. If
two Canadian printers apply for the same book
the minister gives the rights to the one offering
the best contract. This means that if Hodder
and Stoughton had a new Bennett book pub-
lished at 8s. 6d. but had not sent an extra set
of plates to Toronto to print but supplied the
Canadian market from London, one Canadian
printer could apply for license to print and
deposit $100 to cover 2000 copies at SOG. list.
Hodder & Stoughton would then lose their
rights in Canada for five years and both Lon-
don and New York would face the competition
of a soc. edition. By this method the author
loses the rights to his books not for a con-
tracted sum plus royalties, but at small royal-
ties and without any contract. The licensee
must issue his edition within 30 days after the
granting of the license and must keep on hand
sufficient copies to supply reasonable demand
or show cause why his license should not be
cancelled.
Worse for Authors than Publishers
The Act provides that short selections for
text books may be used without payment
whether the book is copyrighted or not, tho
only two selections from an author may be
taken by one publisher.
In the case either copyright or license to
print in Canada has been granted it is still
permissable to import copies of editions from
the countries signatory to the Berne Conven-
tion for personal use, tho not more than two
copies per person. A public library may im-
port copies until the Canadian edition is ready
and then must use the Canadian edition. Still
further rights to import may be extended at
the discretion of the Customs Officer.
The situation on periodical or any serial
rights is precarious for author or publisher.
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It is provided that if the publication of any
material is begun in the United States (that
is, if the United States has not been properly
covered by special treaty to put her on a par
with states signatory to the Berne Conven-
tion) and serial rights have not been granted
in Canada, the Canadian Copyright Minister
may grant license to use the material in maga-
zine or newspaper, the amount to be paid not
being specified.
The other sections of the bill are largely
patterned on English models and it seems on
the above three points that the chief prob-
lems will lie. The adjustment with the United
States, the licensing of reprints, and the li-
censing of magazine material.
As with our own law copyright has been
looked on as a matter of printers' interest. It
was the printers of New York City who in-
sisted on the United States manufacturing re-
quirement, and it is the printers of Canada
that have directed this bill. The Canadian bill
does not require, however, the setting of the
type and making of the plates in Canada.
The manufacturing of Canadian editions in
Canada had already grown to considerable ex-
tent as the scope of the market increased. The
10% duty, sales tax and adverse exchange
made this a natural evolution. The new and
novel licensing provision of this act is even
more detrimental to authors than to publishers
of other countries as the authors themselves
have seen. Books are but a trifling part of
the printing industry's output (United States
statistics show books to be 5% to 6% of nrint-
ing exclusive of newspapers), and it would be
well if the printers on both sides of the border
and legislators, too, could realize that copy-
right matters have other aspects than printing
press profits.
The Copyright Debate in Canadian House
of Commons
THE debate on the new Canadian copyright
bill took place in the House of Commons,
Ottawa, on May 25th, and gave interesting
testimony to the direction of the general dis-
cussion. Hon. C. J. Doherty, Minister of
Justice, chairman of the special committee that
had dealt with the measure, opened the dis-
cussion bv explaining the points at issue. Con-
troversy had arisen, he explained, over the
conflicting contention of the authors and
printers. The former had claimed that they
should have absolute right of control over
reproduction ; the latter that they should be
afforded an .assurance of opportunity to par-
ticipate in what might be called the material
part of the work. It had been the aim of the
committee to try to reconcile these differences.
The original bill, said Mr. Doherty, had gone
exceedingly far in providing for the issuing of
a license to print in cases where an author did
not print or provide for the printing of his
work in Canada. These provisions had been
modified so that the author received wider
protection. There was now a time-limit to the
licenses of five years and a restriction in the
number of editions, whereas under the first
draft the license continued during the whole
term of copyright. Further, the bill had been
modified as regards the rate of compensation.
Originally a fixed royalty of 10% had been
provided. The amendment allowed the author
a hearing before the Minister, after which the
amount of royalty payable would he deter-
mined and other matters adjusted.
Assure Authors Protection
Mr. Doherty then dealt with the sections of
the bill affecting the nroduction of discs for
phonographs and gave an account of the his-
tory of copyright legislation in Canada. This,
he said, was in a very unsatisfactory condition.
Canada was a sort of outsider in the general
community of nations and had been r^eatedly
urged, especially by France, to give its ad-
herence to the amended Convention of Berne.
Asked by Hon. W. S. Fielding whether
Canadian authors were satisfied with the bill
as amended, Mr. Doherty intimated that the
authors were still afraid that they would be
exposed to the possible loss of copyright in
the United States. Thev had been assured,
however, that the Act would not be put into
force until satisfactory protection had been
secured for them by negotiation.
Licensing Clauses
H. M. Mowat, M. P., Toronto, member of
the committee, expressed the opinion that the
bill as airended was the safe course 'between
author and printer.
Fernand Rinfret, M. P., Montreal, a member
of the Authors' Association, urged that the
licensing clauses be omitted. They were not
to be found either in the British Copyright
Act or in the copyright act of anv other coun-
try and were in direct contravention of the
Berne agreement. They would be on safer
ground without the clauses.
Hon. Mr. Dohert Dinted out, in reply, that
the clauses, as amended, were a fair com-
promise between author and printer. If authors
received special protection, it was only just
that they should give some consideration to the
interests of printers and publishers. To omit
the clauses would defeat the possibility of
passing the bill.
Dealing specifically with Section 13 — appli-
cation for license to print books in Canada by
others than the owners — Mr. Doherty said he
proposed to move an amendment. This amend-
ment recognized the right of an author, who
has printed and published an edition of a book,
not to have a second edition printed and pub-
lished by a licensee, if he has made up his
mind that he does not want to publish any
further editions.
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Several questions arose. Sir Robert Borden
wanted to know what would happen should an
author decide to suppress a book before any
application was made for a license. Hon. Mr.
Fielding was curious to know what constituted
an edition. Mr. Currie wanted the distinction
between an edition and a reprint specified.
Mr. Sinclair, M. P., Guysborpugh, said the
House was overlooking the main objection of
the authors. An author should have the same
right as the maker of any article to sell his
work to whom he pleased but this right was
being removed from him. He wanted the Min-
ister to show what right the House of Com-
mons had to interfere with an author's abso-
lute control of his own work.
Mr. Currie said that until the measure had
been in operation for awhile, it would not be
possible to come to a final decision on many of
the controversial points. The law was needed.
The United States had attracted a great deal
of the world's book printing and Canada must
do something to keep the printing of the works
of its own authors in the country.
Hon. Mr. Doherty said that authors must
take a reasonable view. They would not gain
popular sympathy by claiming that their in-
terests alone must be considered. The ex-
propriation of property for ample compensa-
tion was in the public interest and in a sense
the author's position was analogous to that of
that owner of such property.
Sir Robert Borden could not see that the pro-
vision was unfair or unreasonable. If an
author saw fit to copyright a book in some
other country .and in Canada, and if he pub-
lished it there but not in Canada, the Minister
would have to ask himself whether there was
any good reason why the book should not also
be printed in Canada.
Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, leader of the
opposition, asked whether consideration had
been given to the possible effect of the enact-
ment on the amount which a United States
publishing house would allow an author for
the publishing of his work. The author would
not be able to guarantee the Canadian market.
Mr. Doherty, in reply, said that the United
States publisher with his immense home market
would not be likely to be prejudiced against
the Canadian author because he could not be
sure of the Canadian market. The Canadian
author would be amply compensated in Canada
in any case. The author might not be as well
off as if he could negotiate on the basis of
both markets, but he might be appealed to, to
give some consideration to the interests of
printers.
Some attention was then given to the pro-
vision respecting serial publication. On Sec-
tion 49 — adherence to Convention of Berne —
Mr. Rinfret asked whether, should the licens-
ing sections be found not to conform to the
Berne Convention, the government would
rather abandon them than fail to adhere to the
Convention. Mr. Doherty replied that the
question would have to be decided in the
House. For his part he was disposed to be-
lieve that there was nothing inconsistent with
the Convention in the sections.
Mr. Sinclair of Guysborough again protested
strongly against the licensing sections, declar-
ing that the foundations on which the legisla-
tion was based were unjust. It took away the
right of an author to go to an American pub-
lisher and secure the best price he could get
for his work. Representations alone: the same
line were made by Hon. Mr. King, who showed
how royalties would be reduced were an author
unable to negotiate on a basis of the American
and Canadian markets combined.
Notwithstanding these criticisms, the bill
was reported with amendments and received its
second and third readings and passed.
In the Senate on May 3Oth, there was a sharp
debate but it was evident that the ministry did
not intend to have a defeat registered against
it.
Prices on Book Reviews
An Important Post Office Ruling
BY a decision under date of May 28th,
rendered by Postmaster General Hays,
Look reviews and book notes can now bear
the price of the book reviewed without that
section of the periodical's text being classified
as advertising matter.
Since the zoning law went into effect with
its increased nostage rate on the advertising
section of magazines, the rules for differen-
tiating between text and advertising have been
much more closely drawn, and under an order
issued two years ago, the Post Office Depart-
ment declared that any book review or book-
list which bore the price of a book was of
necessity a sales effort and must therefore be
construed as advertising. This made it im-
possible for periodicals to carry these prices,
as the increase in postage was prohibitive.
The matter has been brought before the new
Postmaster General by the National Associa-
tion of Book Publishers, supported by repre-
sentations from the American Library Asso-
ciation, and bv prominent periodical publishers,
such as R. J. Cuddihy of the Literary Digest.
It was pointed out that book notes and re-
views were not carried at the request of ad-
vertisers, nor were they in any way paid for
by advertisers ; that the nrice of a 'book was
part of its description and without it the
reader had a much less accurate understanding
of what the book would be likely to be. It
was also shown that the government has al-
ways been interested in the spread of reading
matter and the low rate of second-class mat-
ter was, in fact, a recognition of our national
interest in the facilities for the distribution of
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1693
reading. This being so, the carrying of a
price, which makes it easier for anyone to
order a book, is very much in accord with
other government regulations. It was also
pointed out that prices were used in other
columns of reading matter, such as quotations
on bonds, produce, etc.
The American Library Association was in-
terested, as many state commissions issue
monthly bulletins, an important Dart of which
is a list of recommended books. Such a list
without prices is of little value to the library
receiving the list, but, if the prices are carried
such a large oroportion of the bulletin be-
comes advertising matter that it loses alto-
gether its second-class mailing privilege.
The Postmaster General points out in this
order that if a periodical or newspaper pub-
lisher is in anv way compensated for the
printing of book reviews, the advertising rate
of postage will be charged, and that any such
publisher who orints reading matter for which
compensation is paid without marking this
fact in his periodical at the time of its presen-
tation to the post office shall be fined not less
than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred.
The book-trade 'has great reason to con-
gratulate itself on the attitude of the Depart-
ment, as book reviews and notes become far
less interesting to the reader when he has no
conception of the size or cost of the book, and
people at a distance lose their interest in such
announcements if they do not have this
information.
New York Law on Stolen Books
DURING the recent session of the New
York Legislature an important amend-
ment to the Penal Law has been en-
acted which is intended to serve as an aid to
the public libraries and other institutions in
guarding against book theft. This amend-
ment is in paragraph 1308 of the Penal Law
of the State of New York (Chapter 429,
Laws of New York, 1921), the intent of the
change being to put upon the second-hand deal-
er or collector of second-hand books the re-
sponsibility of proving legal ownership in a
book that bears any mark of its having be-
longed to a public or institutional library.
With the great number of large libraries
open to active use that exists in New York
City and surrounding territory, and with the
many diffuse channels of book distribution,
it has become an increasingly difficult problem
to trace stolen books, and to* get proof of the
theft when marked books are found.
The libraries have found that 'by far the
largest percentage of the dealers in the city
are extremely anxious to co-operate in pre-
venting thefts and handle the relations to the
library in a most careful way. A dealer in
second-hand bocks who is honest and reason-
ably careful should have nothing to fear from
the enforcement of this law, but there has
been, unfortunately, evidence that a certain
few dealers have been careless in the matter
and have not taken proper precautions when
books are presented to them that bear evi-
dence of having been on library shelves. It
has even been found that volumes have been
stolen to order from the libraries in order
that the dealer may secure a title that some
customer particularly desires. This law will
go into effect on September ist of this year,
and after that the guardians of the library in-
terests may bring into court anyone found
with library books on his shelves or having
sold such, and the responsibility of proving
the right to ownership will then rest on the
dciler. The exact wording of the law is as
follows :
Amendment to Paragraph 1308. of the penal
law of State of New York, (Chapter 429,
Laws of N. Y. 1921) . . . or who being a dealer
in or collector of second hand books or other
literary material, or the agent, employee or
representative of such dealer, or collector,
buys or receives any book, manuscript, map
chart, or other work of literature, belonging
to, or bearing any mark or indicia of ozvner-
ship by a public or incorporated library, col-
lege or university, without ascertaining by
diligent inquiry that the person selling or
delivering the same has a legal right to do so,
is guilty of a felony, namely, of criminally re-
ceiving such property in the first degree, if
such property be of the value of more than
fifty dollars, and is punishable by imprison-
ment for not more than five years, or by a
fine of not more than one thousand dollars,
or by both such fine and imprisonment, and is
guilty of a misdemeanor, namely, of criminal-
ly receiving such property in the second de-
gree, if such property be of the vajue of fifty
dollars or under, and is punishaGle by im-
prisonment for not more than one year, or by
a fine of not more than five hundred dollars,
or by both such fine an:l imprisonment.
London Publishing Consolidation
OWING to general ill-health, A. C. Fifield
has disposed of his publishing business as
a going concern to Jonathan Cape, who has
transferred it to his offices at n Gower Street,
London.
Mr. Fifield commenced business as a pub-
lisher in Fleet Street twenty years ago. He is
a man of advanced social views, and an asso-
ciate of the Fabian Society, the "History" of
which, by its secretary, E. R. Pease, he pub-
lished. He has made the entire works of
Samuel Butler available, and among other
writers of individual quality the works of W.
H. Davies, the poet and vagabond writer, and
the plays of Brieux.
Jonathan Cnpe will continue to publish the
complete writings of Samuel Butler, the ex-
isting and future work of W. H. Davies
and the other books published by Mr. Fi-
field.
1 6Q4
The Publishers' Weekly
Bookshop on Wheels
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The Caravan Starts Again
THE Book Caravan, which did pioneer work
in book distribution experiment last year,
has again started on its way, leaving Boston on
May 23rd. As in last year's tours, the car
will carry about a thousand books for both
old and young.
The stopping places are bulletined ahead, so
that people will know where to look for it, and
the attractive poster of last season is again
reproduced and its design used on the circular.
A special attempt has been made to have
aboard books that the average family needs,
on gardening, household affairs, care of chil-
dren, as well as a strong collection of books
on nature subjects and fiction, poetry, and
travel. The car will be in charge of Frances
C. Darling, who was on the last part of the
trip a year ago, and A. Marion Hardine as
driver. The direction of details and of pub-
licity will be again handled from the Boston
office of the Bookshop by Bertha E. Mahony.
The stopping places are so far bulletined as
follows :
May 24th, Bridgewater, Mass.
May 2/th, Farmington, Conn.
May 28th, Hartford.
May 3 ist, Winsted.
June ist, 2nd, Litchfield.
June 3rd and 4th, Washington.
June /th, Cornwall.
June 8th and Qth, New Milford.
Tune loth and nth, Ridgefield.
Tune I3th and I4th, Greenwich.
June 1 5th and i6th, Tokeneke.
June 4, 1921
1695
The Pulitzer Prizes
THE Pulitzer Prizes for 1920-1921 publica-
tions have just been announced.
For the American novel published during
the year which shall best nresent the whole-
some atmosphere of American life and the
highest standard of American manners and
manhood, $1,000, "The Age of Innocence," by
Edith Wharton (Appleton).
EDWARD BURT OF A. L. BURT & CO., WHO
WON THE FIRST PRIZE FOR MEN AS "TARZAN
OF THE APES" AT THE BOOKSELLERS' CON-
VENTION COSTUME BALL
For the original^ American play, performed
in New York, which shall best represent the
educational value and power of the stage in
raising the standard of good morals, good
taste and good manners, $1,000, "Miss Lulu
Bett" by Zona Gale (Appleton), produced at
the Belmont Theatre during the season of
1920-21.
For the best book of the year upon the his-
tory of the United States, $2,000, "The Vic-
tory at Sea" by Rear Admiral William S.
Sims (Doubleday), in collaboration with Bur-
ton J. Hendrick.
For the best American biography teaching
patriotic and unselfish services to the people,
illustrated by an eminent example, excluding,
as too obvious, the names of George Wash-
ington and Abraham Lincoln, $1,000, "The
Americanization of Edward Bok," by Edward
Bok (Scribner).
Books in Demand at the Library
THE May number of the Bookman shows
that the following were the most popular
books at the public library during the month
of March:
FICTION
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis. Har court.
The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton.
Appleton.
The Mysterious Rider, by Zane Grey. Har-
per.
Moon- Calf, by Floyd Dell. Knopf.
Potterism, by Rose Macaulay. Boni.
The Sisters-in-Law, by Gertrude Atherton.
Stokes.
GENERAL
The Outline of History, by H. G. Wells.
Macmillan.
Margot Asquith: An Autobiography, by Mar-
got Asquith. Doran.
White Shadows in the South Seas, by Fred-
erick O'Brien. Century.
The Americanization of Edward Bok, by Ed-
ward Bok. Scribner.
Roaming Through the West Indies, by Harry
A. Franck. Century.
Now It Can Be Told, by Philip Gibbs. Harper.
The Atlantic Bookshelf
THE notable new books which have been
placed on the Atlantic's Bookshelf accord-
ing to the May number of the Atlantic Month-
ly, are :
Modern Democracies, by James Bryce (Vis-
count Bryce). Macmillan.
Essays Speculative and Political, by the Rt.
Hon. Arthur James Balfour. Doran.
The Brimming Cup, by Dorothy Canfield.
Harcourt.
The Mountebank, by William J. Locke. Lane.
The Art of Lawn tennis, by William T. Til-
den, 2nd, Champion of the World. Doran.
Poems, by Wilfred Owen. Huebsch.
Right Royal, by John Masefield. Macmillan.
1696
The Publishers' Weekly
Record of American Book Produc-
tion, April 1921*
By Origin
New
Publications English
and Other
Foreign
Authors
CLASSIFICATION
ll
0)
C
O
•43
M
ft
'
'1
•:
o
fe
s
£
V
fc
Pamphlet
Americai
Authors
American
Manufacl
Imported
I
Philosophy
19
4
i
19
4
i
24
Religion
34
2
2
34
o
4
38
Sociology
25
3
29
So
2
s
57
Law
ji
2
4
17
o
0
17
Education
O
2
12
0
2
14
Philology
17
2
7
19
5
2
26
Science
27
8
4i
67
0
9
76
Technical Books ..
61
10
12
70
o
13
83
Medicine
22
7
6
32
o
3
35
Agriculture
3
2
13
17
o
i
18
Domestic Economy
5
0
2
5
o
2
7
Business
, 17
2
6
24
0
I
25
Fine Arts
7
I
o
5
o
3
8
Music
3
0
4
6
o
i
7
Games
5
0
i
6
o
o
6
General Literature
21
2
10
24
2
7
33
Poetry, Drama , . ,
35
8
10
36
6
ii
53
Fiction
82
13
i
76
18
2
96
Juvenile
24
8
0
21
i
10
32
History
39
5
14
45
3
10
58
Geography, Travel
19
o
4
15
i
7
23
Biography
20
i
8
20
4
5
29
General Works ....
2
0
,i
3
0
0
3
Total
510
80
178
623
46
99
768
* In April, 1920, 450 new books, 151 new editions
and 208 pamphlets, a total of 809, were recorded.
Bookstore Lectures
BEGINNING with Thursday, May I2th,
^ there began at the auditorium of the Fred-
crick & Nelson department store in Seattle a
"Course of Study in Children's Literature,"
given under the direction of Gertrude Andrus,
Manager of its Book Shop for Boys and Girls.
This series of lectures followed the outline of
a similar series that Miss Andrus had given at
the University of Washington at the time that
she was head of the children's work in the
Public Library in Seattle.
GRACE GAIGE OF R. H. MACY & CO., WHO AS
"THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY" WON THE FIRST
PRIZE FOR WOMEN AT THE BOOKSELLERS'
CONVENTION COSTUME BALL
An invitation was extended to the mothers
to meet each week at 2:30 and to join in in-
formal discussion at the end of the talks. The
subjects outlined for the succeeding meetings
were as follows:
The Development of Children's Literature.
Picture Books.
Books for Little Children.
Bible Stories.
Poetry.
Nature Books.
Fairy Tales.
Essentials of a Good Story.
"Borderline" books and their antidote.
June 4, 1921
1697
Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
ANATOLE FRANCE is to be one of the con-
tributing editors of The Nation.
JOHAN BOJER has been made a contributing
editor to the Revue de Geneve, specializing in
Norwegian Literature.
FRANCIS HACKETT and Signe Toksvig are
at work on a new edition of Hans Christian
Andersen's fairy tales which the Macmillan
Co. will publish.
HEALTH Fundamentals Publishing Co., Co-
lumbus, Ohio, announces for June issue a new
edition of "Food Fundamentals" by Dr. E. H.
Dean. This is the third edition with revision,
and is being printed from new type. It will
be published in June.
IN THIS year of exceptional interest in box-
ing, the publication of a novel dealing with
the squared circle is peculiarly appropriate.
H. C. Witwer, who wrote "From Baseball to
Boches" is the author of the new book whose
title is "The Leather Pushers," to be pub-
lished by Putnam during the summer.
STEPHEN VINCENT BENET'S first novel "The
Beginning of Wisdom," to be issued in book
form by Holt this autumn, appears in part in
two magazines simultaneously, in Harper's
Bazar and in The Bookman. Only in the book
publication, however, will the full story be
given.
EVERYONE who has glanced into "Mystic
Isles of the South Seas" (Century) has re-
joiced in the promise of a third volume in this
trilogy of travel, for in the preface Mr.
O'Brien says that the two volumes we already
have are to be followed by "Atolls of the
Sun," "which will be the account of a visit to,
and a dwelling on, the blazing coral wreaths
of the Dangerous Archipelago, where the
strange is commonplace and the marvel is the
probability of the hour."
"WORDSWORTH'S French Daughter" is the
title of a book to be published shortly by the
Princeton University Press. The author is
George McLean Harper, Professor of Eng-
lish in Princeton University. In this volume
he furnishes the proofs that Wordsworth
acknowledged the daughter who was born to
Mrr by a Frenchwoman. Marie- Ann Vallon,
during his residence in France in 1792. Pro-
fessor Harper, after long research in the
arrives of PanV Orleans, and Blois has dis-
covered the certificates of her birth and mar-
riage, in both of which her father's name oc-
curs.
THE LIFE of Jack London in two volumes by
his wife will be published by Centurv this
fall.
"SHALLOW SOIL" by Knut Hamsun, origin-
ally published by Charles Scribner's Sons will
be re-issued soon by A. A. Knopf.
ON JUNE i, Holt published a biography, the
story of the life and times of Cecil Rhodes,
by Basil Williams, in the same series which
includes Lord Charnwood's "Lincoln."
RICHARD WASHBURN CHILD, author of "The
Vanishing Men" and "The Velvet Black"
(Dutton). has been named United States Am-
bassador to Italy.
HOLT publications for autumn include a
new volume of humor by Simeon Strunsky,
tit'? as yet undetermined. Much of the book
will be published without previous serial pub-
lication.
As A tribute to the memory of Barrett Wen-
dell, the University of Paris, by unanimous
vote of its faculty, has decided to name one of
its lecture rooms in the English Language
Section of the faculty after him, the room to
be known as "Salle Barrett-Wendell."
THE THEME of "Back to Methuselah," Ber-
nard Shaw's new'play, has to do with the pro-
longation of life, not by fancy breathing nor
fancy exercising, nor dieting, nor any magic
elixir of life, but by a process entirely . new.
At least, so we are told.
WE are informed that for the Vie Heureuse
prize, 1921-1922, the following books are
recommended for consideration : Miss Mans-
field's "Bliss," Miss Bagnold's "Happy
Foreigner," Miss Kaye- Smith's "Green Apple
Harvest," Mr. Brett Young's "Black Diamond,"
Mr. Sadleir's "Privilege," and Mr. Louis Gold-
ing's "Forward from Babylon."
"ONE OF THE interesting developments of
the year in the book world is the increasing
frequency with which plays are made avail-
able for the reading public," writes Heywood
Broun. "Of the plays now or recently run-
ling in New York printed editions are to be
bad of 'Deburau,' (Putnam) 'The Green God-
dess,' (Knopf) 'Enter Madame,' (Putnam)
'Clair de Lune,' (Putnam) 'The Emperor
Tones' and 'Diff'rent' (Bpni & Liyeright). To
this list Boni & LiverigHt have fust added an
attractive edition of Franz Molnar's 'Liliom.'
Bernard Shaw, of course, has always com-
manded as wide a public of readers as of play-
goers. 'Back to Methuselah' was published by
Brentano's on June I."
1698
The Publishers' Weekly
Changes in Prices
OCCULT BOOKSHELF, SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
Sojourners by the Wayside. F. Hill Higgins, from
$1.35 to $1.00.
Signer. F. Hill Higgins, from $1.35 to $1.00.
Conquerors All. F. Hill Higgins ("Mullier"), from
$1.35 to $1.00.
Divine Protection. F. Hill Higgins ("Mullier"),
from $1.35 to $1.00.
Formerly published by the Gnostic Press.
Obituary Notes
DONALD EVANS, a well-known newspaper
man in Philadelphia and New York, died at
Bellevue Hospital on May 27th. He was born
at Bridgeport, Pa., in 1885, his father being
the late William Penn Evans, a direct descend-
ant of William Penn. He was the author of
three volumes of verse, "Sonnets from the
Patagonian," "Discords" and "Ironica."
Communications
Cost of Importing English Books
GLASGOW, MAY 10.
Editor, PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY:
Re your April article. You give instance of
500 6s. books bought at 2s. paying duty on 45.
because your " Customs takes the latter price
as the London wholesale rate. In this case the
London wholesale price of 45. is for traders
who sell in that little island near Europe and
called Great Britain but the London wholesale
price "at which the merchandise hereby cov-
ered is freely sold and offered" to a customer
who will pay freight to New York, United
States duty, sell and distribute all over the vast
United States is 2s. The home market buyer
does not render the services that the New York
buyer gives and the price he pays has nothing
to do with the price "freely offered" to New
York.
We like to read and buy American literature
in all its branches, fiction, general, science, etc.,
and on the other hand there is a greatly in-
creasing demand by Americans for the latest
and best of British 'books, due in part to your
men who took part in the war. The number
of direct inquiries indicates that there is a big
opening in the States for British books, and
surely it is to our mutual advantage to foster
this trade.
Yours faithfully.
H. R. BRABROOK,
Glasgow', Scotland. B'lackie & Sons, Ltd.
English Printing Scales Hold
NEW YORK, MAY 10, 1921.
Editor, PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY :
In your issue for March 26th you have an
editorial entitled "The Printing Situation." In
this you refer to an arrangement in England
whereby wages have automatically been re-
duced as the cost of living has gone down.
When writing recently to an English pub-
lisher, we mentioned this interesting circum-
stance and discovered that it has not applied in
England to the printing trades. Our corres-
pondent's words are as follows:
"The editor of the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY is
probably referring to the trades in which
sliding-scales are in operation. Unfortunately
none of the trades connected with the produc-
tion or publication of books have introduced
sliding-scales, and in none of them have wages
yet been reduced."
We thought you might be interested in
hearing this.
Very truly yours,
WM. WOOD & Co.
Periodical Notes
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST has been sold
by the Orange Judd Co. to E. D. Dewitt and
associates.
Personal Notes
RICHARD W. DESHON has severed his con-
nection with the Gardenside Bookshop, of Bos-
ton. Massachusetts, to become editor of The
Handbook of New England, for Porter E.
Sargent, Publisher.
A. A. KNOPF has completed arrangements
with the Ryerson Press, Toronto, Canada, giv-
ing them the exclusive agency for his publica-
tions in Canada. This does not affect, how-
ever, the books of Joseph Hergesheimer and
Arthur Stringer. The former will as hereto-
fore 'be issued by S. B. Gundy and the latter
will continue to be published by McClelland &
Stewart in Canada.
LISGAR L. LANG, president of Russell, Lang
& Co., Winnipeg, will spend the month of June
and part of July in Great Britain on a com-
bined business and holiday trip. His London
address will be 16 Farringdon Avenue. Mr.
Lang is head of the oldest established book-
shop in Western Canada and has built up one
of the largest retail book businesses in Can-
ada. He will return via New York in July.
CHARLES A. LEU NIG, for a number of years
with McDevitt-Wilson's, is now with A. R.
Womrath, Inc., in charge of the mail order
department.
HARRY F. MARKS, 116 Nassau Street, rare
book dealer, sailed on the Aquitania May 24th
to visit England and France on his second book
•buying trip. He made his first trip last year.
Business Notes
B'AY CITY, MICH. — Walther's Department
Store, is reported to have filed an involuntary
petition in bankruptcy.
DENVER, COL. — Adair's Book Store of Min-
neapolis has opened a shop at 1715 Champa
Street.
NEW YORK CITY. — R. D. Cortina Co., pub-
lishers of language instruction books, is re-
ported in voluntary bankruptcy.
June 4, 1921
1699
The Weekly Record of New Publications
This list aims to be a complete and accurate record of American book publications.
Pamphlets will be included only if of special value. Publishers should send copies of all
books promptly for annotation and entry, and the receipt of advance copies insures record
simultaneous with publication. The annotations are descriptive, not critical; intended to
place not to judge the books. Pamphlet material and books of lesser trade interest are listed
in smaller type.
The entry is transcribed from title page when the book is sent for record. Prices are added except
when not supplied by publisher or obtainable only on specific request. When not specified the binding is cloth.
Imprint date is stated [or best available date, preferably copyright date, in bracket} only when it
differs from year of entry. Copyright date is stated only when it differs from imprint date: otherwise
simply "c." No ascertainable date is designated thus: [n. d.].
Sizes are indicated as follows: F. (folio: over 30 centimeters high); Q (4to: under 30 cm.); O. (8vo:
25 cm.); D. (izmo: 20 cm.); S. (i6mo: 17^ cm.); T. (.2^mo: 15 cm.); Tt. (32*10 : 12^/2 cm.); Ff. (tfmo :
10 cm.); sq., obi., nar,, designate square, oblong, narrow.
Adams, James Truslow
The founding of New England. 482 p.
front, (map) facsms. maps O [c. '21] Bost,
The Atlantic Monthly Press $4 n.
New England history as a whole is treated in this
volume, to which new material, which has been
gleaned from the English records, has been added.
Alden, Raymond Macdonald, ed.
Essays ; English and American. S (The
Lake English classics) [c. 'i8-'2o] Chic.,
Scott, Foresman 72 c. n.
Alvord, Clarence Walworth
The Illinois country, 1673-1818. 10+524 p.
front, pors. fold, maps charts diagrs. O (111.
centennial pub. ; the centennial history of Illi-
nois, v. i) [c. '20] Chic., McClurg [Ag'ts]
buck. $2 n.
American Institute of Accountants
Accounting index ; a bibliography of ac-
counting literature to December, 1920. 1578
p. O c. '21 N. Y., American Institute of Ac-
countants, 132 Cedar St. $15
Andreieff, Leonid Nikolaevich
He, the one who gets slapped; a play in
four acts ; tr. from the Russian ; with an
introd. by Gregory Zilboorg. 75 p. sq. D c.
N'. Y., The Dial Pub. Co., 152 W. I3th St.
pap. 75 c.
The author's last dramatic work.
Bartlett, Frederick Orin [William Carleton,
pseud.]
Joan & Co. 8+356 p. D (Popular copy-
rights) [c. '19] N. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe
The adventures of the Gooroo Paramartan ;
tr. from the original in the Tamul language
by Benjamin Babington ; ed. by Charles Clinch
Bubb. 95 p. D (The Wittol ser. 2) c. '20
Cleveland, O., The Rawfant Club bds. $5.25
bxd. [subs, only; 125 copies]
Bibliography of tests for use in schools ; 278
titles. 23 p. T [c. '21] Yonkers, N. V.,
World Bk Co. pap. 10 c.
Bigelow, Samuel Lawrence
A synopsis of a course of lectures in gen-
eral chemistry put in the form of questions ;
3rd ed. 94 p. O [c. '21] Ann Arbor, Mich.,
George Wahr pap. 75 c.
Bone, David W.
The brassbounder ; [New ed., rev. and enl.
by the author; with an additional chapter and
an introd.]. 22+280 n. D [c. '21] N. Y.,
Dutton $2 n.
Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, comp.
The library and society; reprints of papers
and addresses. 474 p. D (Classics of Amer-
ican librarianship) '21 N. Y., H. W. Wilson
$2.25 n.
Partial contents: ''The library as a field of philan-
thropy" by Andrew Carnegie; "What a library should
be, and what it can do" by Melvil Dewey; "Relations
of free libraries to the community" by Herbert Put-
nam; "What of the future?" by Frederick Morgan
Crunden.
Branham, Ben P., Company. Automobile Di-
vision
Branham automobile reference book; show-
ing the location of serial and motor numbers
on all the leading passenger cars and trucks
and giving serial numbers by model and year
along with actual N. A. C. C. horse power
rating and bore and stroke in inches; [1921
edition]. 320 p. il. pis. tabs. D [c. '20] Chic.,
Ben P. Branham Co , 951-957 Insurance Ex-
change pap. $i ; $2
American (The) triumvirate; the Constitution of the
United States of America; the Declaration of in-
dependence; Lincoln's Gettysburg address. 3+45 P-
O '21 N. Y.. Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.,
80 Lafayette St. gratis
Austin, Oscar Phelps
Trading with the new countries of Central
Europe; [Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czecho-
slovakia, Danzig, Esthonia, Finland, Fiume, Ger-
man Republic. Greece, Hungary, Jugo-Slavia. Lat-
via. Thf "Little entente," Lithuania, Poland, Ru-
mania, Russia, Turkey, Ukrainia, the German col-
onies.! 66 p. maps O (Foreign commerce ser., no. 6)
[c. '21] N. Y., The National City Bank of New
York pap. gratis
Baker, Charles Whiting
Government control and operation of industry in
Great Britain and the United States during the
world war. 5 + 138 p. (i p. bibl.) tabs. O (Pre-
liminary economic studies of the war, no. 18) c.
Wash., D. C., Carnegie Endowment for Interna-
tional Peace pap. gratis; cloth ed. Oxford Univ.
Press $i
Betts, Cravem Langstroth
The two captains at Longwood, at Trafalgar,
[verse] no paging O '21 Great Kills, N. Y. [Author!
pap. [500 copies] priv. pr.
1700
The Publishers' Weekly
Brothers of the Christian Schools
Catechism lessons on vocation; with in-
trod. by the Most Reverend Patrick J. Hayes.
251 p. S [c. '20] N. Y., La Salle Bureau, 50
Second St. $i n.
Partial contents: Fostering vocations; The priest-
hood; The religious orders; The common or married
state; The lay apostleship; The means to choose
well.
Bruce, William Herschel
Elements of plane geometry. 10+278 p.
diagrs. il. D [c. '21] Dallas, Tex., The South-
ern Pub. Co. $1.20 n.
Bruno, Guido
A night in Greenwich Village; the story of
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The personal history of David Copperfield.
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Unfinished business of the Presbyterian
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bds. 75 c. n.
Ridgley, Douglas Clay
The geography of Illinois. 17+385 p. (7^
p. bibl.) pis. tabs, charts diagrs. maps (part
col. & fold.) S [c. '21] Chic., Univ. of Chi
cago Press $2 50 n.
A study of the geology, animals, people, vegetation,
government, education and other resources of this
state.
Ross, Edward Alsworth
The Russian Bolshevik revolution. 16+301
p. front, (pors.) pis. pors. O c. N. Y., Cen-
tury Co. $3 n.
A history of those months in Russia from March,
1^917 to January, 1918, during which the Provisional
Government of which Kerensky was the outstanding
figure, was set up and destroyed, sncl corning up t"
the time when the Soviet Republic was started.
Sabatini, Rafael
Scaramouche; a romance of the French
revolution. 6+392 p. B c. Bost., Houghton
Mifflin $2 n.
The adventures of a strolling player who gained
fame and happiness at the point of the sword.
Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth
The island of faith. 175 p. front. O [c.
'21] N. Y. & Chic., Revell $1.25 n.
A story of the experiences of the settlement work-
ers who pass their lives among the very poor, in New
York's East Side. This is the first long story by the
grand-daughter of the author of "Winsome Woman-
hood."
Schimank, Hans
Gesprach uber die Einsteinsche theorie ;
versuch einer einfunrung in den gedankenk-
rels. 32 p. B N'. Y., F. C. Stechert Co., 126
E. 28th St. pap 70 c. n.
Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Potter
County Historical Society
, Ole Bull pilgrimage, July 30, 1920. 80 p. front,
(por.) pis. maps O Coudersport, Pa., The Potter
Enterprise pap. 25 c.
Potter, Ermine Lawrence, and Withycombe, Robert
Fattening steers. 15 p. tabs. O (Station bull. 174;
"East Ore. branch station) Corvallis, Ore., Oregon
Agric. College pap.
Regulations 37; rev. Jan. 1921; relating to Estate
tax under the Revenue act of 1918; approved Feb.
24, 1919. 80 p. tabs. O (Treasury Dept.. U. S.
Internal Revenue) '21 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr.
Off., Supt. of Doc. pap. apply
Regulations 43; pts. i and 2; relating to the Tax
on dues under the Revenue act of 1918; pt. i, rev.
Jan., 1921; pt. 2, rev., Dec., 1920. 117; 39 p. tabs. O
(Treasury Dept., U. S. International Revenue) '21
Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap.
Regulations 45; 1920 ed. ; relating to the Income Tax
and War profits and excess profits tax under the
Revenue act of 1918; promulgated Jan. 28, 1921; [sup-
plement to Treasury decisions, T. D. 3146] 342 p.
tabs. O (Treasury Dent., U. S. Internal Revenue)
'21 Wash., D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap.
apply
Rogers, G. Sherburne
Helium-bearing natural gas. 113 p. maps (part col.
and part fold.) O (Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geo-
logical Survey; professional pap. 121) '21 Wash.,
D. C., Gov. Pr. Off., Supt. of Doc. pap. 30 c.
Rose, William, and Carless, Albert
Manual of sureery for students and practitioners;
10 th ed. 10+1558 p. il. pis. (part col.) O '20 N. Y.,
Wood $9 n.
June 4, 1921
1705
Schweikert, Harry Christian, ed.
French short stories; ed. for school use;
[rev. ed. with helps to study]. 335 p. S (The
Lake English classics) [c. '20] Chic., Scott,
Foresman 68 c. n.
Seymour, Mrs. Beatrice Kean
Invisible tides. 357 p. D c. N. Y., T. Seltzer
$2 n.
A first novel published in England in 1920.
Shaw, George Bernard
Back to Methuselah ; a metabiological Pen-
tateuch. ioi-j-30o p. D [c. '21] N. Y., Bren-
tano's $2.25 n.
The life of man from the Garden of Eden and into
the future, as far as thought can reach is treated in
this play of five acts.
Sheldon, Charles Monroe
In His steps to-day ; what would Jesus do
in solving the problems of present political,
economic and social life? 192 p. front, (por.)
D [c. '21] N'. Y. and Chic., Revell $1.25 n.
The questions What would Jesus do in the coal
f'elds, as a farmer^ with the press, with education,
in the home, with international affairs, are asked.
Sindelar, Joseph Charles, ed.
Closing day entertainments. 125 p. music
D [c. '20] Chic., Beckley-Cardy Co., 17 E.
23 rd St. pap. 40 c.
Recitations, readings, dialogs, exercises, songs and
music for the intermediate grammar grades.
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of
The poems of Henry Howard, earl of Sur-
rey ; [ed. by] Frederick Morgan Padelford.
238 p. (4 p. bibl.) O (Language & literature,
v. i) '20 Seattle, Wash., Univ. of Washing-
ton Press pap. $2:50 ; $3 n.
Taft, Lorado
Modern tendencies in sculpture; the Scam-
mon lectures for 1917. 26+451 P- front, (por.)
is. O [c. '21] Chic., Univ. of Chicago Press
5 n.
Partial contents: Auguste Rodin; Recent French
sculpture; Recent German sculpture; Augustus Saint-
Oaiidens; Some recent tendencies in American sculp-
ture. Index.
pi
$5
Tardieu, Andre Pierre Gabriel Amedee
The truth about the treaty; foreword by
Edward M. House ; introd. by Georges Cle-
menceau. 473 p. O [c. '21] Indianapolis, Ind.,
Bobbs-Merrill $4 n.
Partial content : German aggression ; The war and
the armistice; The disarmament of Germany; Alsace
and Lorraine; What Germany must pay; How the
peace is being enforced; France, Great Britain and
the United States.
Tarkington, Booth i. e. Newton Booth
Alice Adams ; il. by Arthur William Brown.
434 p. front, pis. D c. Garden City, N. Y.,
Doubleday, Page $1-75 n.
A study of an American family and its attempts
to catch up socially and financially. This is ac-
complished thru the daughter of the family, who sets
it on the right road.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Lord
The princess ; a medley ; ed. for school use
by Charles Townsend Copeland and Henry
Milnor Rideout. 175 p. S (The Lake English
classics) [c. '99J2o] Chic., Scott, Foresman
44 c. n.
Towne, Charles Hanson
Loafing down Long Island ; with drawings
by Thomas Fogarty. 212 p. front, il. O c.
N. Y., Century Co. $250 n.
The story of a walk from Manhattan to the end
of Long Island, told in prose and verse.
Underbill, Charles Reginald
Solenoids electromagnets and electromag-
netic windings ; 2nd ed., thoroughly rev. 2i-(-
342 p. front, charts diagrs. tabs. '21 c. 'io-'i4.
N. Y., Van Nostrand $3 n.
Vance, Louis Joseph
Red masquerade ; being the story of the
Lone Wolf's daughter; front, by Douglas
Duer. 311 p. D c. Garden City, N. Y., Double-
day, Page $1.75 n.
Lone Wolf now in the British secret service
trails a gang of cracksmen, and unravels a plot to
destroy the British cabinet.
Schinderhans, August
The truth in the world war; an expose of better
Americanism; delayed on account of the U. S. gag-
law. 32 p. O '21 Dallas, Tex. E. H. Andrae [1801
Young St.] pap. 15 c.
Shakespeare, William
Shakespeare's Hamlet, ed. . with notes and ques-
tions by Thomas C. Blaisdell and Alice Louise
Marsh. 210 p. S (Excelsior literature ser.) [c. '20]
Dansville, N. Y., F. A. Owen Pub. Co. 48 c.;
pap. 24 c.
Smith, Arthur Ervin
Block anesthesia and allied subjects; with special
chapters on the maxillary sinus, the tonsils, and
neuralgias of the nervous trigeminus for oral sur-
geons, dentists, laryngologists, rhinologists, otolo-
gists, and students; 595 illustrations. 35+895 p. (3 P-
bibl.) Q '20 c. St. Louis, Mo., C. V. Mosby Co.
$15
Springfield, Mass. City Library Association
The Pilgrim tercentenary; the Puritans, and the
New England spirit. no paging D Springfield,
Mass., The City Library pap. 10 c.
Stein, Francis Julius
1921 ed. Stein's Philadelphia trolley guide; with
two central-city trolley maps; and four cages of
street guide. 32 p. D [c. '20] Phil. [Author], 533
Chestnut St. pap. 5 c.
Tarr, William Arthur
Tables for the determination of the common min-
erals and rocks; rev. and enl. 38 p. S [c. '21]
Columbia, Mo., The Missouri Book Co. 50 c.
Thalheimer, Alvin
The meaning of the terms: 'existence' and 'real-
ity.' 116 p. O ['20] Princeton, N. J., Princeton Univ.
Press pap. $i
Thomason, Caroline Wasson
Beauty and the beast, La belle et la bete; a
play for children in six scenes, arranged to be given
in English or French. 38 p. D c. Phil., Penn Pub.
Co. pap. 35 c.
Bluebeard, Barbe Bleue; a play for children in
three scenes, arranged to be given in English or
French. 35 p. D c. Phil., Penn Pub. Co. pap.
35 c.
Cinderella, Cendrillon; a. play for children in four
scenes, arranged to be given in English or French.
39 P- D c. Phil.. Penn Pub. Co. pap. 35 c.
Red Riding Hood, Chaperon Rouge; a play for
children in three scenes, arranged to be given in
English or in French. 28 p. D '20 c. Phil., Penn<
Pub. Co. pap. 35 c.
The three bears, Les trois ours; a play for children
in one scene, arranged to be given in English or
French. 19 p. D c. Phil.. Penn Pub. Co. pap. 35 c.
United States Shipjping Board. Personnel Section
Emergency fleet corporation personnel. 178 p. D 'i^
Wash., D. C., Emergency Fleet Corp. pap.
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The Publishers' Weekly
Viertel, William, comp.
Official directory of the City of New York;
prepared under the direction of Peter J. Bra-
dy, supervisor of the City record; 4th ed.,
1921. 217 p. nar. Tt N. Y., The City Record,
125 Worth St., pap. 15 c. ; leath. 3oc.
Vitz, Hugo J. P.
Problems in elementary woodworking ;
graded for instruction by the group method.
126 p. front, il. diagrs. plans charts pis. obi. D
[c. '20] Dallas, Tex., The Southern Pub. Co.
$1.25
A textbook giving ac course of problems covering
the use of tools., tool processes and the general princi-
ples of woodworking.
Vogt, Paul Leroy
Church co-operation in community life. 171
p. D [c. '21] N. Y. & Gin., The Abingdon
Press $i n.
Partial contents: The basis for community service;
The social challenge of the church; Interdenomina-
tional readjustment; Missionary programs and rural
community service.
Von Bode, Wilhelm
Italian renaissance furniture'; tr. by Mary
E. Herrick. 48 p. pis. O [c. '21] N. Y., Wil-
liam Helburn $4 n.
Furniture of Florence, Tuscany, Venice, Rome
and Naples as well as that of the Mainland and the
Northwest is discussed. This volume also contains
71 full page plates.
Ward, Charles Henshaw
Workways for theme-building. 70 p. D [c.
'20] Chic., Scott, Foresman pap. 25 c.
Warner, Charles A.
Field mapping for the oil geologist. lo-f-
143 p. il. maps O [c. '21] N. Y., Wiley
$2.50 n.
Waterman, Thomas Talbot, and Greiner,
Ruth
Indian houses of Puget Sound. 61 p. (8 p.
bibl.) il. pis. S (Indian notes & monographs ;
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aborigines) '21 N'. Y., Museum of the Am.
Indian, Heye Foundation pap. apply
Wells, Carolyn [Mrs. Hadwin Houghton]
The come back. 286 p. D [c. '21] N. Y.,
Doran $i 90 n.
^he «t*orv of th- tnvsWo,,s (](nt1, nf Peter Boots,
and of the mysterious messages which are received
by his friends.
White, William Patterson
The heart of the range ; front, by George
W. Gage. 8+313 p. D c. Garden City, N. Y.,
Doubleday, Page $1.75 n.
A story of love, adventure and mystery, which
surrounds the deep plot of a band of gun-men to
seize an immense tract of ranchland.
Willard, Julia Colton
The garden path and other verses. 49 p.
front, (pors.) D c. '20 Boonville, N. Y., Garry
A. Willard $1.50
Williamson, Charles Norris, and Williamson,
Alice Muriel Livingston [Mrs. Charles
Norris Williamson]
Vision house. 8+305 p. D [c. '21] N. Y.,
Doran $1.90 n.
A story of conflicting wills and temr>eraments and
the unbreakable purpose of a very extraordinary man.
Wilson, Joseph R.
The Santa Fe trail ; and other poems ;
[containing a brief history of the Santa Fe
trail] 75 p. D c. Phil. [Author], University
Club, 1510 Walnut St. pap. 50 c. n.
Woodward, Warren O., and Fredericks,
George Aloysius
Selling service with the goods; an analysis
and synthesis on the planning, designing, con-
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includes comprehensive and practical chapters
upon the psychology of window displays, color
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dow display construction; Automatic vs. "still" dis-
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Getting the most out of the modern store front;
Window lighting.
Wright, Peter E.
At the supreme war council; [American
ed.] 201 p. front, (por.) pors. O c. N. Y., Put-
nam $2.50 n.
A story of French and British generalship during
the late war told by the late assistant secretary,
Supreme War Council, with which the a^^thor
served as interpreter.
Wrong, George McKinnon
The United States of Canada ; a political
study. 191 p. D (Wesleyan Univ., George
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I9i9-'2o) [c. '21] N. Y. & Cin., The Abing-
don Press. $1.25 n.
Partial contents: The dominance of the English-
speaking peoples in America; The growth of federal-
ism in North America; The place of Canada in the
British commonwealth.
Yachtsman's (The) annual guide and nauti-
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1921 rev. ed. 400 p. tabs. pis. (part col.) fold,
maps O Bost, The Yachtsman's Guide, 134
Milk St. pap. $1.25; duck $2
Waring, Gerald A.
Ground water in the Meriden area, Connecticut;
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(U. S. Geolog. Survey water-supply pap. 449) '20
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Weaver, Paul John
Music in the public schools, n p. O (Univ of
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White, William A.
Outlines of psychiatry. 8th ed. 355 p. il. O (Ner-
vous and mental disease monograph ser.) c. Wash.,
D. C., Nervous and Mental Disease Pub. Co. pap.
$4
Wilder, Russell M., and others
A primer for diabetic patients; a brief outline of
the principles of diabetic treatment, sample menus,
recipes and food tables. 76 p. D '21 Phil., Saunders
$1.50 n.
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Rare Books, Autographs and Prints
A CABLE from London states that at the
sale of the library of Thomas Hutton,
Charles Sessler, the Philadelphia bookseller,
has bought a second folio Shakespeare which
had been unhandled and unrecorded in 130
years, which contains what appears to be six
lines of original Shakespeare manuscript with
a Shakespeare autograph. This has been com-
pared by Mr. Sessler with the known Shake-
speare autograph on the Shakespeare will and
believed by him to be genuine. He will have
this examined by experts in this country.
In discussing autograph letters from the
standpoint of interest to collectors, The
Dickensian of London says: "Letters often
form the touchstone of a man's soul. No man,
if he be sincere, can write a half dozen letters
and still remain cryptic ; his words must define
something; they must reveal not merely what
there is of character, tout must also point the
arrow to the mind's deepest penetration."
The first work on mathematics printed in the
Western Hemisphere was entitled "Sumario
Compendioso" in Mexico in 1556. Its author,
Juan Diez, was a native of Galicia and a com-
panion of Cortez in his conquest of Mexico.
A facsimile of the original work has been
issued by Ginn & Company with translations
and notes by Professor David Eugene Smith
of Columbia University.
Altho the sexcentenary of the death of Dante
falls in Sentember, the London celebrations
are already 'beginning. An exhibition of Dante
books, pictures, statues and medals has just
been opened at University College. A similar
exhibition with wider scope will be displayed
at the British Museum in the 'King's Library.
The display of Dante rarities will be supple-
mented by many editions of other Italian
classical writers together with historical manu-
scripts and illuminated books.
An exhibition of book plates is on view at
the Brooklyn Museum and will continue until
June 15. It includes about 1,000 plates, mainly
American, altho there are good examples of
English, French, Italian and German artists.
There is an almost complete set of our fore-
most designer, Edwin Davis French, and J .
Winfred Spenceley, Sidney L. Smith, W. F.
Hopson, Walter M. Aikman and Louis Rhead
are also well represented. A groun of plates
by early American designers includes Ander-
son. Callender, Hurd, Gallaudet, Maverick,
Child and Doolittle.
The first public exhibition of the Joseph
Pennell collection of James McNeill Whistler
items was opened May 19 in the Library of
Congress. The exhibit comprises about 600
items, including some of the most famous
originals from the pen and brush of the great
artist. The collection represents the work of
thirty yearj on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Pen-
nell and they have given it to the United States
Government for permanent preservation.
An autograph letter has recently turned up
that throws much light upon Charles Dickens's
early editorial connection with the London
Daily News, an incident in his life that his
biographer barely touches and about which the
public has known little. In this letter Dickens
complains bitterly of his partner, Mr. Brad-
bury, and the bad treatment that he had re-
ceived from him. 'It also appears that the
entire editorial staff and the reporters suffered
similarly and were dissatisfied. It is quite
probable that the uncongenial conditions
brought a'bout an estrangement and the novel-
ist's desire to retire.
The recent isoth anniversary of Beethoven's
birth was celebrated thruout Germany. At the
National Library there was an exhibition of
manuscripts, autograph letters and portraits of
the great composer. It has been remarked that
the Germans have a fondness for anniversaries.
This was shown even during the war in the
recognition of the tercentenary of Shakespeare
and in the recent honors in memory of Cer-
vantes. Elaborate preparations are now being
made in North and South Germany for the
celebration of the 6ooth anniversary of the
death of Dante.
The library of W. H. Cullimore of Balti-
more, with additions, was sold at the Ander-
son Galleries, May 23, 24 and 25. In addition
to many desirable modern books and standard
sets there were a few rarities. For instance,
there was a copy of the first Paris edition of
Jefferson's "Notes on Virginia," 1782; Mrs.
Eddy's "Christian Healing," 1880, first edition
and the first copy to appear in the auction
room for a long time; first editions of Lord
Byron ; a portion of the manuscript of Car-
lyle's "Frederick the Great"; colored plate
books of the Rowlandson and Cruikshank
period; Stith's "Virginia," 1747, first edition;
and also a few rare issues from the Elzevir
Press.
On May 6th the Massachusetts Historical
Society informally handed over the Jonathan
Trumbull Papers to the State of Connecticut.
For 125 years these valuable historical papers
have been in the possession of the Massa-
chusetts Historical Society, altho it is seventy-
five years since Connecticut began an agitation
for their return. In all the intervening years
Connecticut has persisted and finally a com-
mittee of which Senator Lodge is a member
renorted in favor of giving up the papers.
Thirty volumes, including one made up en-
tirely of letters to Governor Trumbull written
and signed by Washington, are returned bv
the Society's vote. 'When Jonathan Trumbull,
of Revolutionary fame, died in 1785, he had in
June 4, 1921
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his possession at his Lebanon home a mass of
historical documents of the greatest historical
value. They covered the time of his governor-
ship of Connecticut from 1769 to 1783. Almost
all that Connecticut did from seven years be-
fore the Declaration of Independence to the
close of the Revolutionary War was reflected
in them. There was no state depository for
public papers at that time. When incumbents
of public office went back to private life they
took the public papers with which they had
been concerned with them. Both Washington
and Hamilton did it and in the earlier years
the practice held in England as well. So when
Governor Trumbull went back to Lebanon to
end his days he took these Connecticut public
documents and correspondence with him. Ten
years after his death Dr. Jeremy Belknap, rep-
resenting the Massachusetts Historical So-
ciety, successfully negotiated for them and they
ihave been in the Society's possession ever
since.
The sale of the sporting library of William
Brewster, of this city, with additions of Poe
manuscripts and autograph letters sold to
the account of a descendant of Henry B.
Hirst at the Anderson Galleries, May 9, 10
and n, contained much interesting material
and brought a total of $20,267.70. Interest
centered in the Poe manuscripts: the original
manuscript of the essay "About Critics and
Criticism," written on narrow slips of the au-
thor's favorite blue paper and pasted together,
making a continuous roll i2l/2 feet long,
brought $1,250; and the manuscript of "Anna-
bel Lee," also pasted to form one long sheet,
brought $1,200. Dr. Rosenbach bought both
manuscripts. A set of John Gould's "Ornitho-
logical and Other Works," in 45 folio volumes,
London. 1831-88, brought $3,700 — the highest
price of the sale. Other lots of special interest
and the prices which they brought were the
following: Apperley's "Life of a Sportsman,"
with colored plates by Alken, 1842, $^20; The
Annals of Sporting, 13 vols., and The Turf
Herald, 2 vols., together, London, 1822-28,
$460; Young's "Night Thoughts," London,
!797, first edition with Blake's illustrations,
$no; manuscript poem, "The Man that Hath,"
20 lines, by Eugene Field, $80; manuscript of
John Hay's "The Breadwinners," 252 pp., small
folio, $640; Whitman's "Memories of President
Lincoln," published by Mosher in 1912, with
autograph letters of Lincoln and Whitman and
others, $350; Grego's "Rowlandson the Cari-
caturist," London, 1880, extra-illustrated and
including four original water colors by the art-
ist, $260; B. F. Stevens's "Facsimiles of Man-
uscripts in European Archives Relating to
America," 1773-83, with descriptions, notes and
translations, 25 vol.s., folio, half morocco. Lon-
don, 1880-98, $^oo ; A. L. S. 2 pp., 8vo., by
Robert Louis Stevenson, Cafe Palais Royal,
Paris, n. d., an unusually interesting letter,
$105 ; and another by the same author, 2 pp.,
8vo., to Sidnev Colvin in reference to his es-
say, "Victor Hugo." $100.
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HALL CAINE No. 2
" After _ mid - summer business
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HALL GAINE'S
THE MASTER OF MAN
After a lapse of eight years,— the reason
For eight years readers have waited for a new novel from
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THE MASTER OF MAN
A supreme example of Hall Caine's art. As a
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The Children's Summer
NOW comes, for the children, ten weeks
of vacation, ten weeks with plenty of
time for play and long twilight evenings.
From booksellers there have come many reports
to the Year-Round Bookselling Committee that
the opportunity to sell books to children for
the summer has been increasing with comfort-
ing steadiness in the last few years. This
movement has been supported by developments
in the schools, where many teachers are sug-
gesting definite lists for young people to read
thru the summer, and in a great many li-
braries, where they help parents and young
people with suggestive lists.
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book is a great help on rainy days and on the
days when the hours have become too long to
be covered by play alone, and a package of
books in the cottage or camp is a boon, in-
deed. Many of the camp libraries for boys
and girls are growing in size and usefulness.
Arthur E. Roberts, the Boy Scout Executive
of Cincinnati, writes that the camp library
has been developed with a strong 'belief in the
power of the suggestion carried by the books.
Books on handicraft, campcraft, etc., are in
wide favor, as well as purely recreational
reading, where the interest centers largely
about tales of outdoor adventure.
The same writer reports an interesting e^-
fort made while he was director of boys' work
in the Chicago District Golf Association,
where he recommended the installation of
libraries for the caddies, and it was found that
the caddies took to the idea iwith a zest and
it became an even more popular pastime than
gymnastics, for which there was also equip-
ment.
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with books to take advantage of that contact,
and a full display of books during the weeks
when vacations are beginning will bring them
to the mind of many people.
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the United States has always had complete
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Roesgen, who won first prize, is connected
with Jacobs' Bookstore in Philadelphia as
salesman, and prior to that was for three
years with the H. Y. Otto store in Williams-
port, Pennsylvania.
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of the Endicott Free Library, who writes that
she obtained her experience in handling books
for Children's Book Week in the library and
was previously in the book department of that
city. The Endicott Library, under the direc-
tion of Miss Quigley, was one of the most
successful users of the Children's Book Week
idea for connecting up books with the com-
munity's interests.
The third prize went to one of the students
of Miss Graham's school in Philadelphia, Mrs.
Helga Borgen. Mrs. Borgen writes that she
is a Norwegian by birth and gives a large
part of her time to translation. She says she
"has never yet sold books 'because she cannot
afford it. as the wages that have been offered
are too low."
The fourth prize goes to Frederick Hart-
man, of Chapman's Bookstore, Montreal, who,.
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it happens, is now contributing a series of
articles on 'bookselling to the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY, and who is at work on the prepara-
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The fifth prize also goes to a well-known
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY contributor, Merrill B.
Ketcham, of Stewart's Bookstore, Indianapolis,
whose work in the WEEKLY has been signed
"Ketch."
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AN interesting and concrete example of
the many ways in which the work of the
library by its emphasis on the increased
use of books increases the possibilities of home
libraries and book buying is shown in a report
from the Tacoma Public Library.
In this report we see that the head of the
children's department celebrates, in co-operation
with others of the city, Children's Book Week,
and has made it a city event. Thousands of
essays were submitted last year on "My Favor-
ite Book and Why I Like It." Again we see
that Miss Porter addressed sixteen meetings in
Parent-Teacher circles and other groups on
various phases of children's reading and Chil-
dren's Book Week. A large room in the build-
ing, formerly the newspaper room, was usea
in connection with an annual exhibit of chil-
dren's books. Another feature of the childrea's
work was the summer story hours which kept
books in the minds of the children during the
summer months.
In mentioning the co-operation on the Chil-
dren's Book Week, the report shows that this
involved the help of three bookstores, Boy
Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, the Parent and
Teachers' Association, city and county schools,
Soldiers' and Sailors' Clubs, pre-school circles,
Girl Scouts, Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., the
Community Service Bureau, and the news-
papers, especially the Tacoma Daily Ledger,
which gave prize books to contest w'nners. It
was found that the newspapers welcomed real
stories and news items about children and their
reading.
In other classes of books special collections
were put on exhibit which brought much pub-
lic interest, for instance one exhibit of books
which could 'be described as "As interesting as
a novel." Other books were on "Modern
Poetry/' "The H. C. L.— Some Ways to Cut
It," ''Labor Problems," and "Fifty Years Old
and Still the Best." At Christmas time the
buy a book idea was emphasized. All of this
publicity on the relation of 'books to the home
must put 'books in a much more intimate rela-
tion to the community. The library is cer-
tainly taking a broad view of its functions in
book distribution.
Australian Paper Supplies
STATISTICS on the paper trade in Austra-
lia for the last fiscal year recently quoted
show that Australia imports 15.2% of her paper
supplies from the United Kingdom, and 33.3%
from the United States. No figures are print-
ed as to the proportion of books, but the
amount imported from the States is very small,
indeed, and, altho it increased during the war,
has dropped off again on account of adverse
exchange.
Compiled and arranged in ihe order
of their popularity from exclusive re-
ports of leading booksellers in every
section of the country.
FICTION'
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis . Harcourt.
The Brimming Cup, by Dorothy Canfield.
Harcourt.
The Mountebank, by William J. Locke. Lane.
The Sister s-in-Law, by Gertrude Atherton.
Stokes.
The Mysterious Rider, by Zane Grey. Har-
per.
Sister Sue, by Eleanor H. Porter. Houghton.
GENERAL
The Peace Negotiations, by Robert Lansing.
Houghton.
The Outline of History, by H. G. Wells. Mac-
Gillian.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas, by Frederick
O'Brien. Century.
White Shadows in the South Seas, by Fred-
erick O'Brien. Century.
The Mirrors of Downing Street. Putnam.
Now It Can Be Told, by Philip Gibbs. Har-
per.
June 11, 1921
1745
A £hort History of Printing
By Carl P. Rollins
Printer to Yale University
I. To 1562 — the Year of the Flight of the Printers^from Metz
THERE has been a tendency to regard
printing as the invention of an entirely
new art, "sprung full-grown from the head
of Zeus," and to overlook the circum-
stances which surrounded its discovery and
development. The perfection of the method
ery of movable types which took place in sev-
eral European countries about the middle of
the fifteenth century. The fact that the inven-
tion is claimed for several places at about the
same time is sufficient proof of the ferment
working in intellectual Europe — of the growth
A DUTCH BLOCK BOOK. BEFORE THE INVENTION OF MOVABLE TYPE.
CUT ENTIRELY ON WOOD
of reproducing books, which gradually came
to be known as printing, was indeed a spec-
tacular event, and the adulation of Gutenberg
by his German partisans has been so over-
whelming that scant courtesy has been shown
the almost simultaneous invention or discov-
of learning and of the demand for cheaper
books.
The time was that great period of the flow-
ering of European culture which opened with
the crusades, which built the churches of
North France and of England, which reduced
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the utter chaos of European life during the
dark ages to the logic and order of feudalism,
and which closed with the middle ages' great-
est contribution to the world, the art of
printing — in medieval Latin "ars artificialiter
scribendi" — the art of writing artificially.
For already the civilization of Europe pos-
sessed a complex and beautiful art of hand
writing. In hundreds of monasteries, particu-
larly those under the Benedictine rule, the art
of the manuscript book had reached a very
high level of production, both as to quality
and quantity. A great number of monks were
at work in the scriptoria or writing rooms,
with zeal and industry copying the works of
the church fathers and the classical writers of
antiquity. "We must recall to ourselves that
for a term of six or seven centuries, writing
was a business, and was also a religious duty;
an occupation taken up by choice and pur-
sued with a degree of zeal, persistence, and
enthusiasm for which in the present day there
is no parallel." On sheets of vellum and
paper, and in numerous forms of script, a
vast number of priceless works were saved
to Europe, and this indefatigable industry pro-
vided the one means whereby the church got
her books of devotion and her bibles, and
where, as the universities developed, they too
obtained religious and classical texts and
commentaries. But after the fourteenth cen-
tury the comparative immunity of the town
from war and grinding extortion, the rise of
the independent craftsman and the commer-
cial bourgeoisie, and the free, aspiring spirit
of the Hanseatic League and the free towns
of Italy and the Empire, made it possible for
the arts and crafts to develop within the
democratic precincts of the town. Such a
situation was especially^ favorable to the in-
vention of an art which, like printing, re-
quires more than a few personal tools for
its carrying out, and a free and enlightened
atmosphere in which to work
The intellectual growth of Europe in the
latter middle ages was reflected in the in-
crease of the knowledge of reading among
classes which had never before had the de-
sire or the power to satisfy it. The city
democracies wanted books, and the monkish
scriptorium was unable adequately to meet
the demands made upon it, either as to kind
or quantity. Calligraphers not connected with
the monasteries became a recognized guild
of craftsmen, and they provided for the less
classical needs of the bourgeoisie. Colard
Mansion of Bruges, Caxton's first partner,
was of these.
The first attempts on the part of European
craftsmen to meet this demand came not
from the already well-established monastic
scriptoria, but from individual craftsmen of
the north of Europe, where the democratic
spirit was strong, and the spread of common
education was broadest. It took the form of
a well-known method of stamping an en-
graved design on a sheet of vellum or paper
— a mode of producing duplicate copies which
goes far back into antiquity, to Rome, to
Egypt, to Mesopotamia, to China; but in the
hands of the Germans and the Dutch it be-
came what we know as xylography, or block-
book printing. There exist to-day many ex-
amples of block-books, all simple and crude,
all small in size and of few pages. They
have been discovered in most instances in the
bindings of later printed books, and are the
primitives of our art, interesting only for
the light they throw on the educational facil-
ities of the times, and the clue they give as
to the history of the invention of printing
with movable types. Their subject matter is
sometimes religious — hand books of devo-
tion, such as the "Books of Hours" ; some-
times grammatical — school text books of the
simplest kind, like the "Abecedaria." There
is always on each page a picture, rude but
often vigorous, and a line or two of text, ex-
planatory or homiletic. These books were
produced in great numbers, by innumerable
Dutch and German workmen in the first half
of the fifteenth century. The blocks from
which they were printed were in one piece
for each page (hence the term "block-book")
and the ink was sometimes lamp-black and
oil, the compounding of which into printing
ink had already been discovered, and some-
times a thinner water-color was used, much
as the Japanese do their wood-block print-
ing. The blocks were true "wood-cuts" be-
ing cut with a knife on the side of the grain
of the wood, not dug out with a graver on
the end of the grain, like the "wood-engrav-
ing" of a later period. The books were
cheap in price and widely circulated, but
they were of extremely limited scope, and
their appeal was chiefly to the more ignorant
masses of the people.
Little as the block-book did to relieve, the
monastery of the burden put upon it, it
nevertheless pointed the way to the cheap
and rapid production of printed pages. Some
block-books had already been printed with
pages of text only — notably tEe Ars Mori-
endi — and the Dutch inventor of printing
was confessedly a xylographer. It is natural
to assume that some block-book printer would
discover the convenience of movable types ;
the infinite labor of cutting whole pages of
letters might well be an incentive to such a
discovery. And the existence of a score or
two of block-books which show a combina-
tion of wood blocks and movable type letters
is proof that some one did so work out the
problem. If the Dutch inventor was a xylo-
grapher, the German inventor was said by
very early writers to have received his in-
spiration from the many block-books which
he saw around him : so that be the art the
invention of Dutchman or German, the block-
book is the true prototype of the printed
book.
By the middle of the fifteenth century prob-
ably many men had experimented with ap-
paratus for the more rapid production of
books, and at least three had reached the
point of producing movable types — the par-
ticular device which constitutes the inven-
June 11, 1921
1747
tion of printing as a new art. These men
were Laurenz Janszoon Coster, a block-book
cutter and printer of Haarlem in Hollanid ;
Procope Valdfoghel, a goldsmith of Avignon
in the south of France; and John Gensfleisch
or Gutenberg, of Metz.
Of these three men, Coster's priority in
the use of separate movable metal letters
seems to be proved, tho little is known of
fascinating material for the preponents of the
"Coster Legend" as it has been dubbed, and
which has been the storm center of debate
between various partisans of the claims of
the Dutch and German invention. It is cer-
tain, however, that the process which Coster
used, and the results which he obtained, did
not prove the foundation of modern print-
ing. Unless we can trace the influence of
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SCHOEFFER, 1462. ORIGINAL LEAF IN LIBRARY OF YALE UNIVERSITY
his life. His work with wood blocks evidently
led to his experimenting with single letters,
possibly to the cutting of letters on single
wooden type bodies. But somewhere about
1440-1446 he seems to have actually used metal
letters in some of his block-books, letters ap-
parently engraved and not cast in a mold.
There is a collection of early Dutch block-
books which bibliophiles have grouped under
the title of "Costeriana," which has offered
Coster and his contemporaries on Caxton,
and unless we want to place credence in the
tenuous evidence which seeks to prove that
Fust was a runaway apprentice of Coster's,
this early Dutch use of movable types was
an abortive discovery, as barren of results
as the cast metal letters made by the gold-
smith Valdfoghel at Avignon about the same
time. But the experiments and achievements
of John Gutenberg at Metz laid the founda-
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tion for the modern practice of the art.
Some fragments of the life of Gutenberg
have been pieced together to make a passable
narrative, but they are few and unsatisfac-
tory. By comparison the life of Caxton, Eng-
land's first printer, is amply known and re-
corded. But Gutenberg's work is an endur-
ing record, and this work was the invention
of movable metal types, cast in a mold, and
developed for the printing of large and im-
portant books. Just how he got at the secret
of the art is unknown; that he was familiar
with German or Dutch block-books is cer-
tain, and there are records of materials
bought by him with money borrowed from
Fust; but no very clear details of this early
experimental work are available, in spite of
the meticulous efforts of Van der Linde and
his school. We have no samples of his types
left to us, but we do have visual evidence of
very early metal types of a form practically
identical with those in use today, and it seems
probable that there has been no change in
the shape of type since the earliest use in
Metz: while for three centuries and a half
there was no substantial change in the meth-
ods used in casting it, or the materials used
in making type metal. Gutenberg's great con-
tribution was the founding of type: at the
same time he developed the screw printing
press (a much simpler discovery) which was
in use in scarcely changed form for an equal
length of time, and the lineal descendant of
which can be seen in many printing offices to-
day. Paper,_ vellum, and printing ink were
already at his command, and with these sim-
ple tools he set at work on his first testi-
mony to the new art. The first gropings t)f
the new press are a matter for conjecture.
He may have been at work as early as 1436,
but between 1450 and 1453 there issued from
his printing office the great Latin Bible, a
folio known to students of printing as the
"Bible of 42 lines" from the circumstance of
its having 42 lines of type to a column. It
was printed with a large black-letter type,
some copies on vellum and some on paper,
in two volumes, with initial letters and head-
ings illuminated by hand. It shows a complete
mastery of the new and difficult art, bespeak-
ing years of patient effort, and a final com-
plete triumph. A beautiful copy on vellum
is in the collection of J. Pierpont Morgan;
another on paper, badly cut down, is in the
library of the General Theological Seminary.
The various extant copies differ in many par-
ticulars, changes having been made as the
work went thru the press, which was so small
that only one page could be printed at a
time. The labor involved in its production
must have been enormous, and the expense
very heavy.
The years of preparation and of printing
were attended by the usual difficulties which
beset an inventor. Obscurity and debt dogged
Gutenberg, and he only begins to stand out
as an historical figure with the records of
his financial troubles with John Fust, his
backer. Fust loaned money to Gutenberg for
his experimental work, and by that means
came to possess, by 1455, an interest in the
printing office. Gutenberg seems to have been
in partnership with Fust for a few years, and
the firm issued various books printed by the
new 'art, and among their issues is the first
piece of printing bearing a trustworthy indi-
cation of its date of issue. This was an in-
dulgence granted by Pope Nicholas V. for a
crusade by the King of Cyprus. Many copies
of this were required, to be sold to persons
desiring absolution, whose names were to be
written in to the printed form. One of these
bears the date of 1454, indisputably establish-
ing the fact of the invention at Metz prior to
that date. After Gutenberg had been elimi-
nated from the printing office which he found-
ed, Fust took as a partner his son-in-law,
Schoeffer, and by them and their descendants
the office was conducted for many years. The
first book with a printed date was issued by
Gutenberg and Fust in 1457; this was the
so-called "Psalterium of 1457." Gutenberg
later established a press in or near Metz, and
died in 1468.
The "Bible of 42 lines" was issued about
1453; thereafter, the art seems to have re-
mained almost exclusively in Metz, practiced
by Gutenberg, Fust, and Schoeffer, and pos-
sibly one or two other men. How long it
would have taken it to penetrate thru Europe
is hard to determine, had it been left to na-
tural expansion. But nine years later there
were but five presses known, one in Bamberg,
two in Strassbourg, and two in Metz. In that
year (1462) misfortune overtook the city of
Metz, with important and far-reaching re-
sults to the new art as we shall see in the
next paper in this series.
Chronology
1300-1350. Invention of paper-making from
linen rags.
1423. First wood-cut (St. Christopher) with
a date.
1440-1446. Laurenz Janszoon Coster of Haar-
lem prints from wood-blocks and movable
(engraved?) metal types.
1444. Procope Valdfoghel of Avignon makes
metal types.
1445-1450. John Gutenberg makes cast me-
tal types at Metz.
1450. Gutenberg forms a partnership with
his financial backer, John Fust, and between
1450-1453. Gutenberg and Fust issue the "Bi-
ble of 42 lines."
14^4- Certian forms of Indulgences issued by
Pope Nicholas V. were printed in two dif-
ferent printing offices in Metz, and copies
bearing various dates in this year have been
found. This is the oldest printing of which
we have certain date.
1457. First printed book with a printed date
was the Psalterium of Fust and Schoeffer.
1460. First book in Roman type — Donatus,
"Commentarius Terentium," Venice, Wende-
lin of Spire.
1476. First printer's mark— that of Schoeffer.
1450-1500. Period of "Incunabulae" or "Early
Printed Books."
June n, 1921
1749
A Survey of Bookselling Conditions
Shops Are Generally Showing Increased Sales
THE middle of May a questionnaire was
sent out to nearly 200 booksellers in all
parts of the country and to stores of a
wide variety. The PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY asked
the help of these dealers in making a survey
of general conditions which might provide
some guidance in the months just ahead. The
two questions asked were :
1. "Has your book business increased or
decreased in the first four months of 1921
as compared to 1920? Give percentage of
change, if possible."
2. "What is your estimate of bookselling
prospects for the summer and fall? What
conditions will affect this?"
105 replies have been received, and book-
sellers have taken great pains to give exact
figures and to make detailed reports on con-
ditions. The percentage of answers was very
large, indeed, for any questionnaire, seeming
to show a general interest. It may be that
those whose business had decreased were less
likely to make a report.
It was felt that the question of gross
sales called for a figure that every dealer
could give concretely, altho in a few cases
the dealers had to report that their sales
for some other departments were mixed to-
gether and it could not be accurately esti-
mated.
Generally Optimistic
The general tenor of these replies has
shown a remarkably strong condition, a far
better showing for the past months and as
to prospects than would have been thought
possible in any retail business this year. It
will be seen by the accompanying charts that
out of 105 replies from 79 cities 75 dealers,
or over 70 per cent, had found an increase in
these four months over 1920. 20 reported a
decrease, and 10 said that business was on a
par with last year. A common increase was
10 to 20 per cent, altho some went much
higher and several pointed out that their in-
creases were about on a par with the in-
crease that the year had brought to the list
prices of books. There are probably very
few retail businesses that have shown a con-
dition of gross sales increase in any wide
survey, which would seem to support the idea
that there has been a general increase in the
interest in books and reading over a wide
area, as the increases have not been especially
characteristic of any particular section, but
have come in almost all parts of the country.
Some have emphasized that increases have
been due to the publishing of good titles and
better general and particular publicity on the
part of the publishing world. Some have found
that their increases were due to hard work
in merchandising, many have reported that
they have been able to reduce their stocks
carried while increasing sales.
There was naturally in the answers con-
siderable comment on the effect of book prices
on business, and in quoting below from some
of these reports the direction of these com-
ments can be seen. The figures show, how-
ever, that the retail book business has in-
creased in face of the critical comments on
prices. One dealer reports that people are
turning to magazines, altho, be it noted, mag-
azine prices have increased by as large a per-
cent as book prices.
Highest Percentage in West
No general conclusion can be drawn from
the reports on the class of books especially
called for, as not many reported in detail.
Several, however, pointed to an increase in
technical books ; a few commented on the
fact that the old standards had decreased in
demand except for gifts, but that prices had
affected the sale of these more than the sale
of current books ; a good many took pains
to emphasize that the sale o<f substantial books
in non-fiction had plainly increased. One
dealer who carries a great deal of business
with public libraries said that many of these
had apparently obtained increased appropria-
tions, and the condition of unemployment also
increased the demand of public libraries,
while it decreased the demands of the book-
stores.
In many parts of the country conditions of
industry were affecting business and pre-
vented any prophecy as to coming business,
altho the general feeling was that we had seen
the lowest ebb of unemployment and that the
fall would be much better. In the South the
state of the cotton market had decreased
business in several places. In both the East
and Central West the closing of large indus-
tries had dampened buying, altho in many of
these cities the business had actually gone
ahead in spite of that. One or two reported
that the farmers were going to be poor buy-
ers. Another straw to show how conditions
may veer was pointed out by a dealer who
said that tourist business had a large part in
his totals, and that this was bound to in-
crease this summer.
Tho no information was asked as to buying
policies, many offered the information that
they were buying very cautiously, even altho
business was good. This would seem to co-
incide with the reports of the travelers on, the
road. The general attitude toward summer
and fall business was extremely optimistic,
tempered by inability to estimate what the
business conditions in employment might be.
This latter feature accounts for much of the
hesitancy in placing fall orders, especially in
the cities where there is a large labor popula-
tion.
The highest percentage of increased busi-
ness came from the Far West, where 14 out
of 17 dealers reporting had found better
business. As this market has to buy farther
ahead than the others to obtain its supplies,
the result of this activity ought to show itself
early.
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Many dealers apparently think that within
the next two months they will be more sure
than to-day about price levels, and, as stocks
are low, as has been generally reported, there
is likely to be a heavy buying season from
the first of July on.
Reports by Districts
New England
Better than 1920, and that was the best year
since we went in business.
Business has increased tho many old custom-
ers have stopped.
Business is 3% ahead but collections are
tight.
Mills closed, but business ahead.
Really important publications have kept
people coming to the store. We feel optim-
istic about the fall.
Public expects lower prices and business is
off 10%.
Prospects for summer and fall thoroly good.
In absence of new titles lately the public have
been clearing us out of the old.
New York City and State
$0% increase. Prospects good, a return to
normalcy, that's all.
Operating costs have increased and give
much concern. Sales have decreased slightly.
Good increase January to March, but de-
crease in April. Many prefer to borrow books
until prices are lower.
EASTERN GROUP- NEW ENGLAND
MASSACHUSETTS - NEW HAMPSHIRE - MAINE - CONNECTICUT
INCREASE
DECREASE
STATIC
PROSPECT
BOSTON
97*
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BOSTON
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BROCKTON
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V/ORC ESTER
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Good increase. The many good titles com-
ing will make summer and fall good.
Stationery shows increases and book de-
creases. Publishers should give us fewer and
better books.
31% increase and we are looking forward
with confidence.
Business good. New fiction and non-fiction
increase; juveniles and reprints decrease.
Fall looks favorable. Big titles coming will
help. Booksellers must watch expenditures
and do some advertising.
Our business 25% ahead in four months.
Prospects good if pubishers will reduce prices.
Since January public has been more insistent
on lower prices. Our increased sales were due
to increased efforts.
We report 31% increase and are finding bet-
MIDDLE
SSTSRN GROUP
OHIO - ILL. - !:ID. - IOWA - KANSAS - MICH. - UINN. - 140.- NEBR. - WISC.
INCR2A3S
DECREASE
STATIC
PROSPECT
CANTON
7/^
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CLEVELAND
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GOOD
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CHAMPAIGN
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LINCOLN
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MADISON
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Central Atlantic
10% increase. Prospects good tho the con-
ditions of general employment will affect this.
10% increase in four months, but May
starts off with 25%.
Fiction sales off now, but better prospects.
Want fewer titles for fall and concentrated
publicity.
Business increased. Prospects depend on
price levels. We need books $1.25 to $2.50
instead of $2.00 to $5.00.
Fall business will be affected by employment
conditions. Do not dare to prophesy.
Increases now 10%. Are optimistic for fall.
Present increases 15%. It is the better class
of books that are selling.
'Good time for the bookseller to go slow and
buy only staples for present needs. Prices are
to drop.
Business up 20 to 25%. Will be dull later,
if publishers do not reduce prices.
Middle Western
Good increase to now. Expect quiet sum-
mer but good fall if business improves.
Increase of 20%. Good prospects, providing
prices don't increase.
ter demand all the time for the more substantial
books.
Business up 25%, but will cut all orders as
prices must come down.
Increase of 16%. Prospects excellent. We
credit the publisher with broader and better
publicity.
People turning from books to magazines. We
are putting in paper covered books.
Industrial conditions poor. Business holds
its own.
Increase on better lines, decrease on cheaper.
Expect this to hold for fall.
Business up 10%. Drop in sale of standards
except for gifts. More complaint on these
prices than on new books.
Good prospects ahead. A^strong fiction year,
judging by the titles coming.
Heavy increases January to April, but not
placing fall orders.
Our book sales are to farmers and their
business is poor.
50% increase. More business if prices are
lowered.
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WESTERN GROUP
ARIZ. - UTAH - CALIF. - COLO. - UONT. - OKLA. - S. D. - WASH.
INCREASE
DECREASE
STATIC
PROSPECT
PRESCOTT
23?
1
SALT LAKE
//#
GOOD
SAN FRANCISCO
3o«fo
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SAN FRANCISCO
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South
Slight increases. Summer dull with us but
fall prospects good.
Fewer and better books is increasing our
sales.
Decreases due to high prices. Help to cotton
growers would help us.
Increase of 5%. Shall give more space to
books.
Material increase. Prospects good if prices
are not raised. A decrease would be a further
stimulant.
Increase of 10%. Prospects good.
Book business growing. We may be affected
by cotton situation.
Decrease in fiction. Need $1.50 fiction and
75c. reprints.
Last year was a banner year, but we are
bettering it.
The more serious books are giving us our in-
crease.
Western
Sixty-six per cent increase in four months
and expect good year.
Hard pushing has kept our business ahead
tho we lose sales daily on account of prices.
Good increase so far but expect more as
conditions settle.
Good prospects. Outside of a few books
much over-priced the public is not complaining
of present levels.
Local industry shut down. Cannot prophesy.
Prospects good as we have a large tourist
business.
SOUTHERN GROUP
VA. - W.VA. - N. C. - S. C. - GA. - ALA. - LA. - TEX. - TENN . . TTT.A,
LYNCHBURG
INCREASE
DECREASE
STATIC
PROSPECT
NORFOLK
2
GOOD
CHARLESTON
5VS
GOOD
WHEELING
2
GOOD
ASHSVILLE
s
GOOD
GREENSBORO
10%
GOOD
RALEIGH
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NORMAL
ATLANTA
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ATLANTA
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ORDINARY
•June II, 1921
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Canadian Senate Debates Copyright
Effect of New Act on Relations with U. S. Discussed
[In the June 4 issue of the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY the
debate on the Copyright Bill in the House of
Commons was given.]
THE new Canadian Copyright Bill was de-
bated in the Senate at Ottawa on May 27,
30 and 31, being given its third reading on
the last mentioned^ day. The debate centered
largely on the rights of authors under the
licensing clauses, several Senators taking the
ground that the granting of licenses to print
was an infringement of these rights and should
not be tolerated.
Moving the second reading of the bill on
May 27, Sir James Lougheed, government
leader, referred to the long delay in enacting
suitable legislation in Canada, declared that the
measure reconciled, as nearly as possible, the
differences between authors and printers and
expressed the hope that as the bill had been
considered in detail by the Commons, it would
be passed promptly by the Senate.
Relation to Berne Convention
Hon. Hewitt Bostock, liberal leader in the
Senate, gave it as his opinion that the bill
would have the effect of depriving Canada of
any benefit at present derived from the Berne
Convention. He quoted from the official or-
gan of the International Bureau of Berne to
show that the licensing clauses were incom-
patible with the requirements of the Conven-
tion and said that this aspect of the case mer-
ited very serious consideration. Referring to
the clause providing that the act should come
into force by proclamation, he said :
"If it is held/ back for the purpose of en-
abling the Government to try to bring about
an arrangement between the United States and
Canada as to copyright, I submit that that
might have been done before, because the last
copyright bill was 'brought down in 1919, and
the Government has had two years in which to
find out where the United States stood in re-
gard to the matter and what steps would have
to be taken to give Canadian authors the pro-
tection which they require in that country."
Senator Willoughby referred to the assertion
of the Minister of Justice that the licensing
sections were not contrary to the Berne Con-
vention and said the official organ of the Berne
Convention spoke only as a newspaper and not
authoritatively. If Canada could not come
'Within the terms of the Convention, the bill
might as well die. He did not believe the act
would deprive the Canadian author of tne
right to full access to the American market.
If he were convinced to the contrary, he would
oppose the bill to the utmost.
American Market
"Under this bill," said he, "we are going to
place in the hands of the Government the right
to treat with the United States for a copy-
right, which calls for a proclamation, and be-
fore that proclamation is issued, we shall have
an officer, the Minister of Justice or other
designated person, who can get in touch with
the proper authorities at Washington. If we
do that and if they assent to the terms of this
bill in reference to publication, and are pre-
pared to have it proclaimed by the President
of the United States, as is the method there,
then I apprehend no difficulty at all in our
Canadian authors having full access to the
American market."
Real Principle of Copyright
Speaking on May 30, Senator Chapais, him-
self an author, spoke strongly on the real
principle of copyright, which he declared was
being violated by the licensing provisions of
the bill. He quoted from the statements of the
Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights
and Composers of England and the Canadian
Authors' Association and concluded that the
bill in its present form contained proposals
which would result in grave injustice to the
Canadian author, which were not in accordance
with international comity and which did not
conform to the recognized interpretation of
copyright.
The bill being then considered in committee,
a lengthy debate ensued over the point as to
.whether the licensing clauses constituted a vio-
lation of the Berne Convention. Sir James
Lougheed argued that the bill was entirely
within the Convention. Senator Belcourt de-
clared that it was not and the best proof that
it was not was that the Imperial Parliament
had refused to adopt provisions of the kind.
Sir James then admitted that the Canadian
Act went a good deal further than the British
Act. Senator Dandurand intervened to point
out that the Minister of Justice had never
claimed absolutely that the disputed clauses
came within the items of the Berne Conven-
tion and that the Minister had said that he
would delete the clauses if, after conference,
it was found that they were incompatible. Sir
James denied that the Minister had ever said
that he would withdraw the clauses. It would
be impossible to put thru a Copyright Bill in
the Parliament of Canada without the three
clauses.
Author's Right of Property
Senator Willoughby asked what advantage
Canada would derive from adherence to the
Berne Convention. It was all right for Great
Britain, whose authors' works were reproduced
in all the leading countries of Europe. The
United States was so big that its authors had
an assured market at home, but Canada had a
limited population and a limited number of
producers. He did not feel competent to ex-
press an opinion whether the bill came within
the Convention or not, but he wanted to pro-
tect the authors of Canada by having it pro-
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vided that the measure should not come into
effect until it had the approval of the Conven-
tion. While this was being arranged, appli-
cation could be made to the United States for
reciprocity.
Senator L. O. David, an author, said that he
did not desire to discuss whether the clauses in
question constituted a violation of the Conven-
tion. He did contend, however, that they were
a violation of the author's right of property.
He had a great deal to say about the poverty
and difficulties of authors.
Senator Beaubien said that the bill would
undoubtedly put Canada beyond the pale of the
law — the pale of the Union. "Are we willing
to be in that position? Is Canada going to be
a piffling country, able to steal from any au-
thor in the whole world who may have a work
of value? I do not think so. I do not think
that is the concensus of opinion of this House.
I hope it is not. . . . For my part, I would be
very sorry to see Canada one of the only two
countries in the world where that property is
not considered absolutely sacred."
Senator Dandurand wanted to know the pub-
lic that was to be considered at the hands of
the authors. Were they the readers at large
or were they simply the printers and publishers.
He did not see how the public, at large needed
protection, for the author might be expected to
secure publication in any case. He explained
the usual procedure and said that, if the law
violated the right of the Canadian author to
make the best possible bargain with the Amer-
ican publisher, it was vicious.
"There is no use blinking the fact," said he,
"that these clauses are incorporated in this Act
to allow the Canadian printer or publisher a
right to publish a book of a Canadian author
which has achieved some success on the other
side. By what right should this Parliament
hamper and restrict the liberty of the author
in favor of the publisher and printer?"
Sir James Lougheed thought Senator Dan-
durand was overlooking the fact that authors
were asking for protection and giving nothing
in return. Why should authors play dog in
the manger? So far as the public was con-
cerned, not only printers, publishers and work-
men were interested but the reading public as
well, who would want to see the work printed!
and circulated in Canada. It would be im-
possible to pass a copyright bill in any other
form and if authors did not take this, they
would get none.
'Senator Belcourt declared that all the talk
about the public was rot. It was not the pub-
lic that was in view at all; it was the manu-
facturer, who in nine cases out of ten, stole
the songs and the works of Canadians. He
stood for the author before the printer.
Senator . Beaubien thought the basis of Sir
James Lougheed's argument that authors would
purposely deprive their own country of trie
benefit of their works was unsound. They
went to the United States because they had to
have a larger market in order to live. They
would gladly publish in both markets if they
could do so.
Senator (Beique, while considering it the right
of Parliament to dictate terms and conditions
thought these conditions should be fair. Can-
adian authors might be very seriously affected
if they could not deal with a publisher in the
United States without that publisher being ex-
posed next day to the competition of a
Canadian publisher selling an inferior edition.
An Amendment
On May 31, Senator Chapais introduced an
amendment to Section 50 — commencement of
the Act — "Bht such proclamation shall not be
made unless or until the Minister shalT have
certified by notice published in the Canada
Gazette that no existing legal right of citizens
of Canada to copyright protection in any
country other than Canada will, in consequence
of the passing of this act, be terminated or
impaired."
"It is vitally important," said Senator
Chapais, "that the Bill should not be pro-
claimed antil negotiations have been completed
with Great Britain, the other British Dominions
and the United States, securing to our authors
copyright protection in these countries similar
to that which they now enjoy."
Hon. Mr. Willoughby thought it might un-
duly delay the coming into force of the act,
if negotiations had to be concluded with ah
countries and suggested limiting them specific-
ally to Great Britain and the United States.
Senator Chapais agreed to the change.
Sir James Lougheed thought the amendment
was mischievous. The Government would be
tied down by an obligation to negotiate before
the act came into force. Was that wise?
Those countries would impose on Canada what-
ever _ conditions they chose and would be in a
position to withhold consent unless concessions
•were made. Further, such action implied lack
of confidence in the Government. No repeal
of existing acts would take place until the
proclamation was made.
Amendment Debated
Senator Bostock said that the amendment
simply put into words what the Minister of
Justice had said he intended to do.
"Precisely," said Sir James.
"For that reason," said Senator Bostock, "1
cannot see that it is going to do any harm at all
and I certainly think the amendment is a good
one."
"My honorable friend does not appreciate
the point," said Sir James. "The amendment
puts an obligation on the Minister of Justice
and it is an invitation to other nations to im-
pose any conditions they wish. They say, 'You
cannot issue the proclamation until you make
an arrangement with us.' "
"I am disposed to trust the Government,"
said Senator Dandurand. "I am disposed to
trust the Government not to issue the proc-
lamation which would bring this act into ef-
fect until all the conditions that would accrue
to Canada under the Berne Convention have
been obtained."
Senator Chapais withdrew the amendment.
June n, 1921
Critical Sections in Canadian Copyright Bill
Section 4. Works in Which Copyright May
Subsist
(T) Subject to the provisions of this Act,
copyright shall subsist in Canada for the term
hereinafter mentioned, in every original liter-
ary, dramatic, musical and artistic work, if the
author was at the date of the making of the
work a British subject, a citizen or subject of a
foreign country which has adhered to the Con-
vention and the Additional Protocol thereto set
out in the Second Schedule to this Act or resi-
dent within His Majesty's Dominions; and if
in the case of a published work, the work was
first published zvithin His Majesty's Domin-
ions or in such foreign country ; but in no
other works, except so far as the protection
conferred by this Act is extended as herein-
after provided to foreign countries to which
this Act does not extend.
(2) If the Minister certifies by notice, pub-
lished in the Canada Gazette, that any country
which has not adhered to the Convention and
the Additional Protocol thereto, set out in the
Second Schedule to this Act, grants or has
undertaken to grant, either by treaty, con-
vention, agreement or law, to citizens of Can-
ada the benefit of copyright on substantially
the same basis as to its own citizens or copy-
right protection substantially equal to that
conferred by this Act, such country shall, for
the purpose of the rights conferred by this
Act, be treated as if it were a country to
which this Act extends ; and it shall be law-
ful for the Minister to give such a certificate
as aforesaid, notwithstanding that the rem-
edies for enforcing the rights, or the restric-
tions on the importation of copies of works,
under the law of such country, differ from
those in this Act.
(3) Copyright shall subsist for the term
hereinafter mentioned in records, perforated
rolls, and other contrivances by means of
which sounds may be mechanically repro-
duced, in like manner as if such contrivances
were musical, literary or dramatic works.
Section 13. Licenses
(1) Any person may apply to the Minister
for a license to print and publish in Canada
any book wherein copyright subsists, if at any
time after publication and within the dura-
tion of the copyright the owner of the copy-
right fails :
(a) to print the said book or cause the same
to be printed in Canada ;
(b) to supply by means of copies so printed
the reasonable demands of trie Canadian mar-
ket for such book.
(2) Such application may be in such form
as may be prescribed by the regulations and
shall state the proposed retail price of the
edition of such book proposed to be printed.
(3) Every applicant for a license under this
section shall with his application deposit with
the Minister an amount not less than ten .per
cent of the retail selling price of one thou-
sand copies of such book and not less than
one hundred dollars and such amount shall,,
if such application is unsuccessful, be re-
turned to such applicant less such deductions
for fees as may be authorized by the regula-
tions.
(4) Notice of such application shall forth-
with be communicated by the Minister to
the owner of the copyright in such manner
as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(5) If the- owner of the copyright shall not
within a delay to be fixed by the regulations
after communication of such notice give an
undertaking, with such security as may be
prescribed by the regulations, to" procure
within two months after the date of such
communication the printing in Canada of an
edition of not less than one thousand copies-
of such book, the Minister in his discretion
may grant to the applicant a license to print
and publish such book upon terms to be de-
termined by the Minister after hearing the
parties or affording them such opportunity to-
be heard as may be fixed by the regulations.
(6) Where two or more persons have ap-
plied for a license under this section, the Min-
ister shall award the license to the applicant:
proposing the terms in the opinion of the
Minister most advantageous to the author, and
if there are two proposing the same terms, the
applicant whose application was first re-
ceived.
(7) Such license when issued shall entitle
the licensee to the sole right to print and
publish such book in Canada during such
term, not exceeding five years or for such
edition or editions as may be fixed by the
license.
(8) Such licensee shall pay a royalty on the
retail selling price of every copy of such book
printed under such license, at a rate to be
determined by the Minister.
(9) The acceptance of a license for a book
shall imply an undertaking by the licensee —
(a) to print and publish in Canada an edi-
tion of the book of not less than one thousand
copies, at the price specified in the license,
and within two months from the issue of the
license ; and
(b) to print the same from the last author-
ized edition of the book, in full, and such as
shall be approved by the Minister, without
abbreviation or alteration of the letterpress,
and without varying, adding to, or diminish-
ing the main design of such of the prints, en-
gravings, maps, charts, musical compositions,
or photographs contained in the book as the
licensee reproduces.
(10) Every book published under a license
under this section shall have printed or other-
wise impressed upon it the words "Printed"
under Canadian license" and the calendar year
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of such license and the retail selling price of
such book.
(n) If the Minister on complaint is satis-
fied- that the licensee does not print and keep
on sale in Canada a number of copies of the
book sufficient to supply the reasonable de-
mands, he shall, after giving the licensee an
opportunity of being heard to show cause
against the cancellation, cancel the license.
(12) If a book for which a license has been
issued is suppressed by the owner of the copy-
right, the licensee shall not print the book
or any further copies thereof, but may sell
any copies already printed, and may complete
atid sell any copies in process of being print-
ed under his license, but the owner of the
copyright shall be entitled to buy all such
copies at the cost of printing them. Provided
that nothing in this section shall authorize
the granting without the consent of the author,
of a license to publish a second or succeeding
edition of any work whereof such author has
published one or more editions in Canada.
Section 14. Serial License.
(1) If the publication of a book is Lawfully
begun as a serial elsewhere than in His Ma-
jesty's Dominions or a foreign country to
which subsection one of section four of this
Act applies, and the owner of the copyright
has refused to grant a license to any person
In Canada, being a publisher of a, periodical,
to publish such book in serial form, a license
may in the discretion of the Minister be
granted to any person in Canada, being the
publisher of a periodical, to publish such book
once in serial form in the said periodical,
provided that a license shall not be granted
to more than one such publisher in the same
city, town or place.
(2) Such license may be issued by the Min-
ister on application by the publisher in such
form as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The term "serial" under this section
shall mean and refer to any book which is
first published in separate articles or as a
tale or short story complete in one issue in
a newspaper or periodical.
(4) The term "Owner of a copyright" under
this section may mean the owner of the right
to publish in serial form as distinct and sepa-
rate from other rights of publication.
(5) The application for a license under this
section may be in the form of a draft contract
between the licensee and the owner of the
copyright.
(6) Such license may be upon the terms pro-
posed in such draft contract, or upon terms
prescribed by the regulations, provided that
before such terms are settled the owner of the
copyright shall be entitled to being fully heard
in support of any contentions or representa-
tions he may deem it in his interests to make.
(7) The applicant for a license under this
section shall with his application deposit such
amount of money as may be required by the
regulations, and such money shall on the is-
sue of the license be paid forthwith to the
owner of the copyright.
(8) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the
importation and circulation of newspapers,
magazines and periodicals which together
with foreign original matter contain serials
licensed to be printed and published in Can-
ada.
Section 15. Licenses as Contracts
(1) Every license issued under sections
twelve, thirteen or fourteen shall be deemed
to constitute a contract, on the terms em-
bodied in such license or in this Act, between
the owner of the copyright and the licensee,
and the licensee shall be entitled to the like
remedies as in the case of a contract, the li-
censee shall have the same power and right to
take any action or any legal proceedings to
prevent or restrain any infringement of copy-
right which affects the rights of such licensee
or to recover compensation or damages for
any such infringement that the owner ol the
copyright would have for an infringement of
his copyright.
(2) The owner of the copyright shall, in
addition to any other remedy in respect to
such license as a contract, be entitled, in
case of default by the licensee in observing
the terms of such license on petition to the
Exchequer Court of Canada, to have such
license cancelled.
(3) Particulars of such cancellation maybe
entered on the Register of Copyrights.
(4) All moneys paid or payable by a licensee
or applicant for a license under sections
twelve, thirteen or fourteen shall be paid to
the Minister.
(5) All moneys deposited by a successful
applicant for a license and all moneys due
from time to time by way of royalty or other-
wise from licensees shall likewise be paid to
the Minister and by him paid out to the per-
sons entitled thereto.
(6) The Minister may by regulations re-
quire every copy of a book upon which the
royalty has been duly paid to be suitably
stamped or marked.
The "Bodley Head" Reorganizes
JOHN LANE, who recently arrived in the
J United States for a business visit completed
before he left England the reorganization of
his Company, converting] it into a limited
liability company with the title of "John Lane
The Bodley Head, Limited," capital £75,000.
Associated with him are B. W. Willett, Ron-
ald Boswell, J. H. Crocket, and Hubert Carr-
Gomm. The Company has had a long and
very personal development from the publish-
ing days of the nineties when it stood out
strongly for the recognition of new and even
daring talent and made literary history by the
publishing of "The Yellow Book." The John
Lane Company in New York, as is well known,
is an independent corporation.
June ii, 1921
1757
Adventures of a Bookseller
By Ketch
MR. Tinker threw in the clutch and the
car glided forward, running with a
smooth purr that ought to have brought
joy to his heart. But this was evidently not
the case, for every time he hit a bump he
slowed down and turned his head in the man-
ner of a dog that hears a strange noise. His
face had a worried look, and not until he had
reached the city and parked did the look pass,
to be succeeded by one of relief as he sat
back and shut off the engine. Glancing up, he
saw that he was directly in front of the Book-
store and with sudden determination he climbed
out and entered.
"Good morning sir," said Mr. Ondeck, ad-
vancing to meet him. "What can we do for
you?"
"I don't know that there is anything that you
can do for me," replied Mr. Tinker. "But it
won't hurt to try, eh ?"
"Not a bit. What's the tale?"
"Well, sir, I'm in a pickle. I'm a first class
mechanic, see? And I took my car to pieces
a day or so ago and cleaned it, and tightened
GAZING AT HIM IN FRIENDLY IDIOCY
i
up all the loose parts and made several neces-
sary adjustments. Then I put it back together,
and it just runs fine, see? Apparently every-
thing is in fine shape . . . but I know better!
One of these days the whole thing will let
down and then where'll I be? Get me?"
"You say it runs all right?"
"Fine!" '
"Then— then. . . ."
"It never ran better in its life — but, you see
I have one nut left over!"
"Oh."
"See? Im sitting on eggs, and what I want
to know is, have you any book that might help
me."
"Yes, indeed. Right this way."
And he took him back to the mechanical sec-
tion, where he finally sold him a Dyke — 'Auto
Encyclopedia.
Later on in the same day, Miss Vampet rose
to meet a customer who came in the door, but
after a good look at him she hesitated, and
looked around to see if there might not be
some one else who could take care of him. For
he was a wild looking specimen, unkempt, un-
shaved and with eyes that glowed rather men-
acingly. She hesitated, but found that no other
clerk was available, so she reluctantly went for-
ward and asked the fellow what he would like.
"I don't know as I want anything," said he
roughly. "Here ! What have you here ?"
"This is a sale table, and there are some
very good novels at half — "
"Novels !" he cried. "Lady, I don't read such
things. I'm a Christian!"
"Oh."
Miss Vampet edged away.
"What's this?" said he, picking up a vol-
ume off another table.
"Oh that's a splendid story ! You'll — "
"Any love in it?"
"Yes. Oh yes, there's a delightful little
thread of romance — :
He tossed the book back on the table.
"Then I don't want it!"
Miss Vampet 'glanced over her shoulder and
seeing that Mr. Ondeck was now at leisure, ex-
cused herself to her customer, hurried back to
him, where she implored him to go and finish
with "that crazy fellow." So Mr. Ondeck went
up to him, and in an off hand way, said,
"Well, and how are you getting along?"
"I'm not getting along," said the other, eye-
ing Ondeck none too sweetly.
"Was there some particular book you want?"
"There are some particular books I don't
want!"
"Ah! Of course."
"Novels! . . . Love stories!" He laughed
bitterly. "Don't try to sell me that sort of
thing. Understand !"
"Certainly not! Such trash!"
Mr. Wildome looked at him uncertainly.
"You don't like them either?" he enquired.
"Never read them," fibbed Ondeck. "Never.
Waste of time. Here, let me show you some-
thing."
He led his customer over to another table
and getting out a large volume, tapped it im-
pressively with his forefinger.
"This," said he, "Is the book you are look-
ing for. Plato. Plato didn't believe in love,
you know. Advocate of the sexless life, and
all that sort of thing.."
Mr. Wildome was now gazing up at him
with friendly idiocy, and Mr. Ondeck found it
hard to keep his countenance. But he main-
tained a strict dignity, which, he knew, was
necessary for the occasion. Mr. Wildome for
his part, hardlv looked into the volume, before
he said he would take it. He drew from his
pocket a large wad of bills and peeled off a
ten, at which Mr. Ondeck renewed his attack
on the fair sex, and soon placed before his cus-
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tamer the "Journal of a Distracted Old Maid"
which he described as the only piece of com-
mon sense emanating from the feminine pen.
Mr. Wildome took it. The next thing under
consideration was a set of Henry Fielding,
which was advanced as an excellent example
of undiluted truth, and the sale was clinched
when Ondeck went so far as to read several
.snappy pages.
At last Mr. Wildome departed with his pur-
chases, and Ondeck came over to where Miss
Vampet was sitting, to write up the sale.
"Did he actually buy something!" she ex-
•claimed.
"Certainly. Sixteen dollars and fifty cents."
"iGood Heavens! Why the man was crazy,
.Mr. Ondeck!"
"Oh no."
*'He was ! The wildest look in his eyes ! Oh
yes, he certainly was crazy."
"Not at all. There was just a nut loose
somewhere. And the only question was to
find tvhere it was loose."
"And I suppose you think you found it out?"
she said sweetly, too sweetly in fact.
"Yes. It was dead easy."
"And might I be so bold as to ask what was
the matter with him?"
"At some time in his gay young life, Miss
Vampet," said Ondeck, "He has been most ter-
ribly stung by the gentler sex."
H. W. Wilson Co. Prizes
The H. W. Wilson Co. prizes for the best
arguments, descriptions, or stories for the
use and value of the "United States Catalog"
and "Cumulative Book Index" in building
business for the bookseller, have been awarded.
The winners were :
First prize, $50 — J. H. Roesgen, 945 Belmont
Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., "Bookselling and
the United States Catalog."
Second prize, $40 — Miss Mary E. Clark, 117
Henry Street, Binghamton, N. Y., "Are You
Behind the Times?"
Third prize, $30— Mrs. Helga Borgen, 425
S. Carlisle Street, Philadelphia, Pa., "The
United States Catalog."
Fourth prize, $20 — F. D. Hartman, 190 Peel
Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, "A Tale
•with a Moral."
Fifth prize, $10 — M. B. Ketcham, 5616 Uni-
versity Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., "How the
United States Catalog Developed a Reading
Community."
The judges were: E. O. Chapman, editor
of the Bookseller and Stationer, H. W. Wilson,
of the H. W. Wilson Co., and Frederic G.
Melcher, managing editor of the PUBLISHERS-*
WEEKLY.
Mr. Roesgen's article, which won first prize,
'will be published in the June 18 issue of the
PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY.
Painful
"Why do the presses groan so?"
"They are turning out the Congressional
Record." — Life.
Bookstore Heads Oregon's
Reception to Edwin Markham
THE recent visit to Portland of Edwin
Markham, Oregon's greatest literary
figure was., under the auspices of the J. K.
Gill Company, the Portland booksellers, and
proved to :be an occasion like the triumphal
procession of the olden days when the victor
returning to his native heath was laurel
crowned and acclaimed by enthusiastic multi-
tudes.
After an absence of 64 years the author of
"The Man With the Hoe" and the dean of
American poets returned to the land of his
birth "having waited" he said "until I stood
at the summit of my energy."
Mr. Markham was in Portland three days,
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, May ijth, I4thand
I5th, and altho his time was crowded to the
limit with engagements, he found or made op-
portunities to talk to and encourage some of
the younger writers who are just breaking into
the magazine and! book publishing world.
Among these was Miss Hazel Hall. Several
of Miss Hall's poems have recently appeared
in the Yale Review and a Portland magazine,
and her new book of verse "Curtains" will be
one of the early fall publications of the John
Lane Co.
On Friday afternoon, May I3th, Mr. Mark-
ham was guest at a reception held in his honor
by Oregon Writers in the B'ook Department
of the J. K. Gill Company. At this reception
a newly created rose was christened the
Edwin Markham, the dedication speech being
made by the District Governor of Rotary
Clubs, who was introduced by the President
of the Pacific Coast Rose Growers' Associa-
tion.
Shortly after the rose ceremony, the writers
and patrons of literature were called to order
and Anne Shannon Monroe, author of "The
Happy Valley" proposed Edwin Markham for
Poet-laureate of Oregon which was quickly
seconded by John B. Horner, author of
"Oregon, Her History, Her Literature, and
Her Great Men." The motion carried unani-
mously.
John T. Hotchkiss, of J. K. Gill Co. acting
as chairman, suggested that the formal
coronation of the Poet-laureate take place
Saturday evening after the Markham lecture,
which was an invitation affair, 2000 cards
having been sent out by the Gill Company,
who are featuring Oregon Authors and their
works.
George L. Baker, Mayor of the City of
Portland, acted as Master of Ceremonies and
the large audience stood as a wreath of
Oregon Grapes (Berberis Aquifolium Pursh),
the Oregon state flower, was formally pre-
sented.
Markham's visit to Portland greatly stimu-
lated interest in poetry and appreciation of
Oregon writers and needless to say was the
occasion of a very large sale of his own
books of verse.
June n, 1921
1759
Books in Demand at the Library
THE June number of the Bookman shows
that the following were the most popular
books at the public library during the month
of April :
FICTION
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis. Harcourt.
The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton.
Appleton.
The Mysterious Rider, by Zane Grey. Har-
per.
The Sisters-in-Law, by Gertrude Atherton.
Stokes.
Potterism, by Rose Macaulay. Boni.
Moon Calf, by Floyd Dell. Knopf.
GENERAL
The Outline of History, by H. G. Wells.
Macmillan.
Margot Asquith : An Autobiography, by Mar-
got Asquith. Doran.
The Americanization of Edward Bok, by Ed-
ward Bok. Scribner.
The Peace Negotiations, by Robert Lansing.
H ought on.
White Shadows in the South Seas, by Fred-
erick O'Brien. Century.
Crowding Memories, by Mrs. Thomas Bailey
Aldrich. Hoitghton.
The Atlantic's Bookshelf
THE notable new books which have been
placed on the Atlantic's Bookshelf accord-
ing to the June number of the Atlantic Month-
ly, are :
The Man Who Did the Right Thing, by Sir
Harry Johnston. Macmillan.
Zell, by Henry G. .Aikman. Knopf.
The Life of Whitelaw Reid, by Royal Cortis-
soz. Scribner.
The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, ed-
ited by John C. Fitzpatrick. Government
Printing Office.
Sociological Determination of Objectives in
Education, by David Snedden. Lippincott.
A New England Group and Others, by Paul
Elmer More. Houghton.
44-hour Week Controversy
AFTER two months of strike and confu-
sion the reports seem to indicate that the
44-hour week is to fail of establishment in
a large percentage of the printing centers of
the country. New York and Chicago in their
closed shop sections have gone on this basis,
but in other cities the reports seem to indi-
cate that there are being no concessions made.
The conditions in Boston seem to be improv-
ing all the time, and it is two months since
the strike broke out. In Philadelphia the
Curtis Publishing Company is rapidly getting
men, and the reports are that the unions are
short of funds with which to pay benefits.
The Typothetae adopted a resolution with
sixty signatures to have no dealings with the
unions for a year. Altho the unions in the
printing trade are as strong and well man-
aged as any in the country, it seems to be
apparent that the business conditions are such
that the 44-hour week could not go into effect
without much restriction of output, and the
country is in no mood to back up such a
move.
Go West with Zane Grey
fScr^
3*J
"Go west with Zane Grey," advises Ray-
mond Hitchcock in an article for Zane Grey
Week appearing in the Sunday Book page of
the New York Tribune. The famous com-
edian suggests as a recipe for an ideal vaca-
tion a ihammock, a back yard and a book.
"Why spend the nickel?" he retorts to the
joint editorial efforts of the Subivay Sun and
the Elevated Express to boom Prospect, Bronx,
Van Cortland and Central parks — or even the
Battery — as the ideal spots for your summer
vacation.
While admitting the advantages of these
local resorts over Atlantic City or the Grand
Canyon, Mr. Hitchcock goes the Interborough
one better by advocating a trip to the Wild
West with Zane Grey via the hammock.
"I've tried 'em all, and now I say: 'Why
spend the nickel?' Take one of Zane Grey's
books in your back yard, hang your hammock
under the old umbrella and read his Western
stories. You can have The golden sunset
swept over the valley when a single horseman
was silhouetted against the horizon' — and if
you have a good imagination, you can say, 'Oh,
that's me.' And you're looking for something
to eat (because the sinking sun does remind
you of dinner), and you've worked up a ter-
rible appetite just thinking you've ridden all
day without food. And then you get off your
horse and go into the kitchen and say, 'Is din-
ner ready yet?' — and you're not thru the first
chapter.
"If you really went West and the sun was
sinking and you were tired and dirty and hun-
gry, you'd get a cup of coffee made by a
Chinaman out of local mud. One must be
rup-eed to take these vacation trips.
"No tiresome trip home. No losing your
luggage. No having to stay in the house a
week afterward to rest up.
"Oh, me for the back yard vacation !"
1760
The Publishers' Weekly
Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
HAVELOCK ELLIS'S "Impressions and Com-
ments, 2nd series" will be published by Hough-
ton Mifflin this month.
FRANK SHAY is going to publish "The Bowl-
ing Green Anthology" a collection of poems
from Christopher Morley's column.
JACKETS on early copies of Marion Ames
Taggart's first full-fledged novel, "The Annes"
(Doubleday) contained a serious error, for the
book was described as a juvenile.
ONE OF THE new volumes of Scammon lec-
tures published by the University of Chicago
Press, is a beautiful colume on "Modern Ten-
dencies in Sculpture" by Lorado Taft.
WITH the new Canadian copyright bill the
chief topic of conversation in bookish circles,
and the question of Canadian exchange de-
manding frequent asides, "The United States
and Canada" by George M. Wrong, Abingdon
Press, is one otf the most timely of recent books.
ALFRED KNOPF is to publish Dorothy Rich-
ardson's new novel, "Deadlock" in an edition
of 750 numbered copies. If her admirers sub-
scribe to these, a popular edition of the novel
may be issued. The total American sale of
Miss Richardson's five books totals less than
5000 copies.
AT THE Twelfth Annual Convention of the
American Federation of Arts, held in Wash-
ington in May, a unanimous and enthusiastic
"Vote of thanks was extended to Mr. and Mrs.
Pennell for their magnificent gift of W'histler-
iana to the nation." "The Whistler Journal,"
by Mr. and Mrs. Pennell, to be issued this fall
by the J. B. Lippincott Company, will contain
many examples from the collection of
Whistleriana which the Pennells have given to
the United States, and which is now on exhibi-
tion in the Print Room at the Library of
Congress.
AN ARTICLE in the New York Tribune re-
cently stated that the sisters of the late William
F. McCombs, former chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, 'have completed
arrangements for the publication of a manu-
script describing hitherto suppressed incidents
of significance in the history of the Demo-
cratic Convention and campaign which re-
sulted in the election of Woodrow Wilson, and
in the success of the Wilson election. The
"memoirs" are to be published in book form
and also by newspaper syndicates in serial
form. MdCombs is said to have enjoined his
sisters to secure the publication as a vindica-
tion of his memory and on no account to permit
their suppression or abridgement. The date
of publication is reported as early summer, pos-
sibly on or before July I.
JOHN LANE will publish in June, "A Mum-
mer's Tale" by Anatole France, translated by
Charles E. Roche.
LYTTON STRACHEY, author of "Queen Vic-
toria" published by Harcourt this week, is at
work upon a study of Disraeli.
PAUL GAUGUIN'S "Intimate Journals" trans-
lated by Elinor and Van Wyck Brooks is to
be issued in a limited edition of 990 copies for
private circulation only by Boni and Liveright.
SCRIBNER is adding to the Modem Student's
Library Thoreau's "A Week on the Concord
and Merrimack Rivers" edited by Odell Shep-
ard.
"JUNGLE LORE," a successor to William Bee-
be's "Jungle Peace" will be published by
Henry Holt in the autumn.
EMIL CAMMAERTS has written a history of his
native Belgium, covering the period from the
Roman invasion to the present day. It will be
published shortly by Appleton.
THE FIRST volume, "Poems," in a new edi-
tion of the works of William Ernest Henley
to be complete in five volumes to be sold separ-
ately, has been published by Macmillan in
England and is imported by Macmillan here.
The second volume in the series will have the
Essays ; the third, the Plays ; the fourth, Views
and Reviews; and the fifth, Lyra Heroica.
B. W. HUEBSCH, whose revival of the pam-
phlet has been the subject of editorial discus-
sion, defines the special function of the pam-
phlet as a sort of half-way house between the
newspaper and magazine and the full-size book.
"The error lies," says Mr. Huebsch, "in re-
garding the pamphlet as merely a short book,
that is, in judging it by size rather than by con-
tent. One distinction is that pamphlets deal
with a phase of a subject or provisionally with
a subject concerning which a definite statement
is not yet possible. A good example is the
pamphlet by Governor Dorsey on peonage con-
ditions in Georgia in which he acknowledges
that he has made only a partial examination.
Immediacy is another characteristic of the
pamphlet: several of our own, "Asia's Ameri-
can Problem," by Geroid Robinson, and "Civil
War in West Virginia" by Winthrop D. Lane,
are discussions of the proposed International
Chinese Consortium and the coal mine situa-
tion respectively, at the moment when impartial
information is necessary for adequate judg-
ment.
June n, 1921
1761
Communications
Do We Know Our Geography?
Brisbane, Queensland,
22d April, 1921.
Editor, PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY:
I have from time to time noticed in read-
ing your columns that the book traders in
your country, both wholesale and retail, make
commendable efforts to improve the essential
knowledge of / their employees, on matters
relevant to the selling of books. 1 have also
read reports that these efforts are appreciated
and availed of by great numbers of assistants
of both sexes. I trust the good work will go
on, and that it will some day extend even to
our shores.
It is evident now and again, however, that
these classes of whatever nature they are, have
not yet reached all the assistants in the trade,
and I would suggest that with certain juniors,
a course in elementary Geography might with
advantage be added to the curriculum. Further,
I would make the subject compulsory for mail-
ing clerks if only to save the profanity in
places like Australia, where on the arrival of
every U. S. A. mail the recipient is smilingly
asked for $d (six cents} fine on every other
letter received.
At the same time mailing clerks are not the
only "poor geographers." I received a letter
this mail from one of the big U. S. A. pub-
lishing firms, dated the 8th and at the same
time, one dated the i8th, repeating the former
letter because "the absence of a reply in the
meantime had prompted them to think that
the previous communication had gone astray."
To appreciate this one wants to remember that
mails are only dispatched here two or three
times a month and take 30 days each way in
actual travelling. Other firms send statements
every month, and expect settlements within 30
days thereafter, which is nearly as bad as the
above.
I trust, therefore, your readers will note this
need for brushing up their Geography, and
see to it, that it finds a place on the long list
of subjects, of which a bookseller needs to
have more than a passing knowledge.
With apologies, if necessary, for this tres-
pass on your time and space.
Yours faithfully,
GEO. H. BARKER.
Every Date Should Show a Profit
W. Y. Foote Co.,
Syracuse, New York,
May 24, 1921.
Editor, PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY:
I am enclosing a letter from the Southern
Pine Association offering its "How to Plan,
Finance and Build Your Home" together with
a copy of my letter to them. Many times in
the course of the year such propositions are
made to booksellers and in a good many in-
stances we fall all over ourselves accepting
them. We cannot of course refuse to fill or-
ders for any book that our customers may de-
sire, but I am firmly persuaded that wherever
we are requested to stock books, whether on
a consignment basis or otherwise, such busi-
ness should show a margin of profit sufficient
to off-set the known cost of conducting the re-
tail book business. In this case it is a $2.50
book offered to us at $1.90. I am further per-
suaded that it is important for the proper
growth of the business that all booksellers be
persuaded to take this position so that they may
strengthen themselves and be in a position to
reach out more aggressively for a larger dis-
tribution of books thru increased publicity. I
hope you will be able to give this matter of
"profitable business" and the matter of in-
creased "bookseller publicity" frequent mention
in the WEEKLY thruout the year. It will un-
doubtedly mean larger sales and possibly larger
editions and decreased costs.
Very sincerely yours,
Louis A. KEATING.
That New Book Center
May 18, 1921.
Editor, PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY:
In going thru the May 14 issue of the PUB-
LISHERS' WEEKLY, I noticed R. Davis' letter
about Vesey Street being such a book center.
Might not our friend and neighbor stand cor-
rection in as much as he neglected to men-
tion the well appointed and unique Business
Man's Book Store of the Ronald Press?
Sincerely yours,
THE RONALD PRESS COMPANY,
Charles P. Calhoun,
Manager Trade Department.
Periodical Notes
Tempo is another new poetry magazine now
being published bi-monthly.
Personal Notes
George Noble, assistant manager of the Lon-
don office of D. Appleton & Co., is on a visit
to this country.
G. A. E. Marshall, chief librarian of the W.
H. Smith & Son business in Great B'ritain, is
on a visit to the United States and was a guest
of the Publishers' Lunch Club on June 2nd.
Business Notes
MUSKOGEE, OKLA. — The Metropolitan
Schools Supplies Co. is a new concern in this
town.
NEW YORK CITY — The publishers of Building
Age and Motorcycle and Bicycle are planning
to start a mail order book department and will
be interested in literature for their clientele.
San Diego, Cal.— The Artemisia Bookshop
has just opened at 1155 Sixth Ave., under the
management of A. Frederic Gronberg, former-
ly of Marshall Field and Co..'s book depart-
ment.
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The Publishers' Weekly
The Weekly Record of New Publications
This list aims to be a complete and accurate record of American book publications.
Pamphlets will be included only if of special value. Publishers should send copies of all
books promptly for annotation and entry, and the receipt of advance copies insures record
simultaneous with publication. The annotations are descriptive, not critical; intended to
place not to judge the books. Pamphlet material and books of lesser trade interest are listed
in smaller type.
The entry is transcribed from title page when the book is sent for record. Prices are added except
when not supplied by publisher or obtainable only on specific request. When not specified the binding is cloth.
Imprint date is stated [or best available date, preferably copyright date, in bracket^ only when it
differs from year of entry. Copyright date is stated only when it differs from imprint date: otherwise
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25 cm.); D. (i2mo: 20 cm.); S. (i6mo: i?lA cm.); T. (.2i,mo: 15 cm.); Tt. (32mo: i2*/2 cm.); Ff.
10 cm.); sq., obi., nar., designate square, oblong, narrow.
Addicks, Lawrence
Copper refining. 9+211 p. il. tabs, diagrs.
O [c. '21] N. Y., McGraw-Hill $3 n.
Alden, Raymond MacDonald, comp.
Critical essays of the early igth century;
with introd. and notes [by the compiler.]
27-1-410 p. S (The modern student's library)
[c. '21] N. Y., Scribner $i n.
Essays of Wordsworth, Copleston, Jeffrey, Haz-
litt, Newman, De Quincy, Macaulay, Hunt and
others, which have been collected from author-
itative sources.
Anderson, Robert Franklin
The Anderson arithmetic; in 3 v. ; v. i and
v. 2. various paging D c. Bost., Silver,
Burdett bk. i, 88 c. ; bk. 2, 42 c.
Anderson, Ross and Staples
Clerical practice. 170 p. D c. N. Y., Am.
Book Co. $i ; pad of business forms for
same 80 c. n.
Annual (The) register ; a review of public
events at home and abroad for the year
1920 ; new series, various paging O '21 N. Y.,
Longmans, Green $11.50 n.
Autenrieth, Wilhelm
Laboratory manual for the detection of
poisons and powerful drugs; authorized tr.
by William Homer Warren; 5th American
ed. 15+342 p. il. col. pi. O [c. '21] Phil.,-
Blakiston $3.50 n.
Baum, Lyman Frank
The royal book of Oz ; in which the Scare-
crow goes in search for his family tree and
discovers that he is the long lost emperor
of the Silver Island, and how he was res-
cued and brought bark to Oz by Dorothy
and the Cowardly lion ; enl. and ed. by Ruth
Plumly Thompson ; il. by John R. N'eill ;
[preface by Maud G. Baum.] O col. front.
il. col. pis. [c. '21] Chic., Reilly & Lee
$2 n.
This volume was put together and edited by Ruth
Plumly Thompson from unfinished notes which were
left by Mr. Baum.
Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint
The treatise of St. Bernard, Abbat of Clair-
vaux, concerning grace and free will ; ad-
dressed to William, Abbat of St. Thierry;
tr., with an introd., synopsis and notes by
Watkin W. Williams. 23+95 P- D (Transla-
tions of Christian literature; ser. 2; Latin
texts) '20 N. Y., Macmillan $2.50 n.
A treatise on the meaning of and value of per-
sonality, its limitations, its possibilities, its destiny
and its resources.
Bessell, J. Percival
John Rutland's romance; front, by Julian
De Miskey. 253 n. D [c. '21] N. Y., Macaulay
$1.75 n.
Twin brothers, unaware of their relation, assume
each others roles, and unusual complications become
the consequence.
Bird, Harold Hughes
The practical design of plate girder bridges.
8+180 p. il. fold. pi. diagrs. O '20 Phil., Lip-
pincott $4 n.
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Advanced lessons in everyday English.
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troit and the Great Lakes, which has to do with
American life.
Washburn, Edward Wight
An introduction to the principles of phys-
ical chemistry from the standpoint of modern
atomistics and thermo-dynamics ; a course of
instruction for students intending to enter
physics or chemistry as a profession ; 2nd ed.,
rev., enl. and reset. 27+516 p. il. tabs, diagrs.
(part fold.) O [c. '21] N. Y., McGraw-Hill
$4 n.
West, Henry Litchfield, comp.
Lyrics of the links ; il. by George M. Rich-
ards. 180 p. front. D c. N. Y., Macmillan
$2 n.
Verses on the game of golf by J. K. Bangs, W. T.
Burgess; E. V. Cooke; Edgar A. Guest; Tom Mas-
son, Grantland Rice, Clinton Scollard, A. W. Tilling-
hast and others.
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Happy holidays; pictures by Gertrude Kay;
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A primer for diabetic patients ; a brief out-
line of the principles of diabetic treatment;
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tients in the matter of diet and hygiene. The au-
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George, 3rd earl of Cumberland; 1558-1605;
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(por.) O pis. pors. facsms. map '20 N. Y.,
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School library management; [2nd rev. ed.]
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Studies in the book of Revelation; [sermons deliv-
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June 11, 1921
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Rare Books, Autographs and Prints
A COLLECTED edition of the writings of
L\ Max Beerbohm. In twelve volumes
limited to 750 sets, will be published by
Heinemann of London.
There is apparently a great desire of the
rare book dealers to get to London and Paris
as quickly as possible. Unless all signs fail the
importation of rare books during the next six
months will break all records.
Of the twenty-six new tablets unveiled at the
Hall of Fame, New York University, nine are
given to American authors: Harriet Beecher
Stowe, James Fennimore Cooper, John Loth-
rop Motley, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Edgar
Allan Poe, Francis Parkman, George Ban-
croft, William Cullen Bryant and Oliver Wen-
dell Holmes.
Ernest R. Gee & Company, 442 Madison
Avenue, will hold a Dickens exhibition con-
sisting of first and other editions, books con-
cerning- the great novelist, prints, autographs
and manuscripts. The first editions are gen-
erally in parts when so published and in the
choicest possible condition.
The Print Collector's Quarterly, after
suspending publication during the war, has
reappeared under the editorship of Campbell
Dodgson, with Fitzroy Carrington as Ameri-
can editor. The new number begins volume
VIII, with illustrated articles by Mr. Dodgson
on Forain's etchings, A. M. Hind on etchings
by Tiepolo, and Malcolm C. Salaman on the
etchings of E. S. Lumsden. "Fresh Light on
Alexander Cozens," is contributed by A. P.
Oppe. E. Weyhe, 710 Lexington Avenue is the
agent in this country.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has ex-
tended the exhibition of French painting by a
summary of a century of French prints, repre-
senting the various printing processes, provided
from the print room of the museum and loans
from fourteen collections. The lithograph, one
of the most important processes of the period,
is exceedingly well represented. The etchings
extend from Raffet to Pissaro; and the wood
engravings include such artists as Lapere and
Gauguin. The prints and drawings fill three
galleries and will be of unusual interest to print
lovers.
The catalog of Whistleriana, olaced on ex-
hibition by the Division of Prints of the Li-
brarv of Congress, is said to contain in its 600
items only about one-tenth of the recent gift
of Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell. The
collection is characterized by its donors as "al-
most complete. It is certainly more nearly so
than any other known to us. It includes many
personal records which are unique — among
them nearly 400 letters addressed mostlv to us.
It includes all of the papers in the Whistler -
Ruskin lawsuit, once in the possession of An-
derson Rose. It includes over a hundred vol-
umes of articles and clippings concerning
Whistler; these date mainly from 1900, when
he asked us to write his life. It includes all
save two of the catalogs of his exhibitions."
At the Ehrich galleries there is a memorial
exhibition of paintings and sketches of the
late John Burroughs made by Orlando Roul-
and. In the introduction to the catalog the
artist gives an acount of the conditions under
which they were made. They were the re-
sult, he says, of an intimate personal friend-
ship during a period (of more than nineteen
years and frequent visits made during that
time to his New York home and studio, at
Peconic Bay, to his Catskill log cabin and
other sympathetic places. The paintings date
from 1003 to 1912 with an afternote for 1916
and represent the sitter in various moods and
poses. The portrait of 1911 is said to have
especially pleased the sitter and will probably
be the favorite generally. He is shown here
seated comfortably in his chair with one arm
at rest and the other supporting a thoughtful,
musing head. The brow is smooth, the eye-
lid droops, the frame is relaxed. Mr. Bur-
roughs is seven ty-f our ; gentle, ~wise, content.
"That sums me up pretty well," he is reported
as saying of the canvas. "That is how I feel
most of the time." There is also a portrait,
formerly owned by President Roosevelt, which
has been specially loaned. This is an exhibi-
tion which will prove of very 'great interest
to admirers of the great naturalist.
The changes that are now being made in
Germany and probably the overhauling of old
collections that is now going on is bringing
manv treasures to light. Among the later dis-
coveries are a series of autograph letters of
the poet Heine, some compositions of Smetana,
a novel by Ludwig Uhland, the remainder of
the fragment of "Willehalm" written by Esch-
bach, the author of "Parsifal," and the manu-
script of 'Goethe's "Joseph" written when the
poet was only fifteen years of age. In Griez,
at a castle once owned by George III, a col-
lection of 10,000 volumes, all lavishly bound,
once the oroperty of Elizabeth, daughter of the
English king has been discovered. In addition
to the printed books, which are said to include
many rarities, there are manuscripts of great
value. There are numerous explanations of
the campaigns of discovery that are being made
everywhere. Democracy it is said has opened
wide the doors that were formerly bolted and
barred. Ordinary people now live in castles
formerly held but not occupied by princes. Stu-
dents are admitted to the libraries that were
formerly reserved for royalty and keepers knew
little of the property that it was their duty to
care for. They were thoroly unfit for the exam-
ination of rare manuscripts and other literary
treasures and had little time for it if they had
been competent or had had the inclination. And
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ready market and high prices which these rar-
ities are now 'bringing in the world's book-
marts. The money which is needed thruout
Germany is bringing treasures of all sorts,
paintings, prints, manuscripts and rare books
into the English market to be dispersed from
there all over the world.
A new bill has been introduced into the
House of Representatives providing for an
appropriation of $2,000,000 for a Government
archives building at the national capital. Price-
less records, all the way from the Declaration
of Independence to the records of the American
Expeditionary Forces, are at present scattered
thru various Government storerooms and
warehouses few of which are fireproof. The
attention of Congress has been repeatedly
called to this neglect and consequent risks but
without result. It is recognized that it is not
now going to be easy to get an appropriation
as the new Congress is pledged to economy, but
the American Historical Association and other
organizations are interested and they are con-
vinced that the strongest sort of a plea can
be made on the grounds of economy and
efficiency. As it is now, the government ^is
paying $75,000 a year for space in the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the storage of docu-
ments alone. The fire in the Census Office last
year called attention to the damage that could
be done any day from that source. But the
danger from fire is not the only peril to which
the archives are exposed. Some of the places
where they are stored are damp. In others
there is local dampness from steam pipes and
leaky roofs. In many places there is constant
injury from dust and dirt and in nearly all
the grossest overcrowding and the greatest in-
convenience. The effort to secure a national
archives building began as early as 1878 and
its need as a matter of protection, economy
and efficiencv has been repeatedly pointed out
but one congress after another has been scan-
dalously deaf to the urgent pleas that have
been made.
Part VII of the stock of the late George D.
Smith, consisting of rare Americana, was sold
at the Anderson 'Galleries May 18. The 218
lots brought $43,536.50, making the highest
record of any single session sale in this coun-
try this season. The most valuable lot proved
to be Richard Hakluyt's "Divers Voyages,"
with the rare Thorne map, original vellum,
small 4to, London, 1582, the first book printed
in English on what is now the United States,
which went to G. A. Baker & Company for
$4,350. Marc Lescabot's "Relation derniere de
ce qui s'est passe av Voyage du Sieur Povrin-
court en la Nouvelle-France," Paris, 1612, the
first of the Jesuit Relations, was bought by
L. C. Harper for $1,600. Richard Eburne's
"A Plain Pathway to Plantations," London,
1624, a perfect copy o('f excessively rare book
which few bibliographers have ever seen,
brought $1,100 with Dr. Rosenbach as buyer.
Other rare lots and the prices which they
brought were the following: John Filson's
"The Discovery, Settlement and present State
of Kentucky," with map, Wilmington, 1784,
the only copy with map ever offered at auc-
tion, $1,650; Robert Gordon's "Encourage-
ments," Edinburgh, 1625, relating to the early
settlement of America. $500; Sir Ferdinando
Gorges's "America Painted to the Life," with
folding frontispiece and folding map, Lon-
don, 1658, $970; "The Particulars of a Treaty
at Coriestogue," Philadelphia, 1721, the earliest
treaty with the Five Nations in English, $i,-
150; George Keith's "Truth Advanced in the
Correction of many Cross and hurtful Er-
rors," New York, 1694, the first book printed
in New York by Wiliam Bradford, $780; Peter
Martyr's "The Decades of the New World or
West India," etc., London, 1555, the first col-
lection of voyages in English, $670 ; Captain
John Smith's "A Map of Virginia, with a De-
scription of the Country, the Commodities,
People, Government and Religion," Oxford,
1612, $775 ; Andre Thevet's "The new founde
World," London, 1568, the first book in Eng-
lish relating to Canada, $600; Charles Wol-
ley's "A Two Years' Journal in New York,
London, 1701, first edition of one of the rarest
books concerning New York, $1,075.
F. M. H.
Catalogs Received
Americana. A collection of good books on America
— the Indians, Archaeology, Ethnology, etc. (No.
19; Items 580.) The William Harvey Miner Co.,
Inc., St. Louis, Mo.
First edition and association books of famous Amer-
ican and English authors; also a magnificent col-
lection of sets of standard authors in choice bind-
ings by famous English, French and American
binders. (Items 657.) The Book Corner, s;th Street
Art Galleries Bldg., 33 West 57th St., New York.
Miscellaneous collection of books. (No. 384; Items
798.) Edward Baker's Great Book Shop, 14 and 16,
John Bright St., Birmingham, England.
Miscellaneous second-hand books, ancient and mod-
ern, including purchases from the library of the
Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere, and from other
public and private sources, containing many inter-
esting items. (No. 87; Items 1247.) C. Richardson,
42a, Rosamond St. W., C.-on-M., Manchester, Eng-
land.
Old and rare books, English and foreign, on many
subjects. (No. 16; Items 317.) Graf ton & Co.,
Coptic House, 7 and 8, Coptic St., London, W. C. i,
England.
Scarce and interesting books selected from recent
purchases. (No. 56; Items 667). William J. Camp-
bell, 1731 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The topography of Kent and Sussex, books and
engravings. (No. 414; Items 363.) Francis Ed-
wards, 83, High St., Marylebone, London, W. i,
England.
Otto Sauer Method
French German Spanish Italian
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James Adair, 114 South 6th St., Minneapolis, Minn.
Beltrami, Pilgrimage in Europe and Discovery of
Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody River.
Adams Bookstore, Fall River, Mass.
Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur,
by Twain, published by C. L. Webster Co.
William H. Allen, 3417 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Moulton, Library of Literary Criticism.
American Baptist Pub. Society, Kansas City, Mo.
Complete Set of Pulpit Commentary.
Biblical Illustrator, complete set Old Testament, good
condition.
American Baptist Publication Society, 1701 Chest-
nut, Philadelphia
Face to Face with Great Musicians, Chas^ Isaac-
son.
American Book Company (Calvin H. Mills), 330
East 22nd Street, Chicago, 111.
Frost's U. S. History Through Buchanan's Adminis-
tration, or later edition; School Book.
American Book Co., Editors' Library, 100 Washington
Square, New York
The Children's Catalog Supplement, 1916-1919, H. W.
Wilson Co.
William H. Andre, Suite 607 Kittredge Bldg.,
Denver, Colo.
Ante-Nicene Fathers, 10 volumes, cloth.
Arcade Book Shop, 223 North 8th St., St. Louis
Christian Philosophy of Life, T. Pesch.
Democracy, by Adams, Holt.
Howard, Book of the Serpent.
Howard, Little God.
List of Stories and Program Hours, H. W. Wilson.
Old Gorgon, Graham Lorimer.
Seamless Robe, Carter.
Makower, Perdita.
Doors of Life, De Voe, F. & W.
Book of Old English Ballads, G. W. Edwards, Mac.
Poems That Never Die, compiled by Ella Browning.
Steinman's Memoirs of Barbara, Dutchess of Cleve-
land, 1871.
Artemisia Book Shop, 1155— 6th St., San Diego, Cal.
Van Dyke, Millionaires of a Day.
McCutcheon, In Hollow of Her Hand.
Strobridge, In Miners Mirage Land.
Strobridge, Loom of the Desert.
Strobridge, Land of Purple.
Strobridge, Shadows.
Bailey's Book Store, Vanderbilt Square, Syracuse,
N. Y.
Chimmie Fadden, Townsend, Dodd, Mead Co.
Gypsy Trail Anthology for Campers by Goldmark
& Hopkins.
The Baker & Taylor Co., 354 Fourth Ave. at 26th
St., New York
The Scalp Hunters, by Reid.
N. J. Bartlett, 37 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Ford's Washington, 14 vols., 1889.
Letters of Asa Gray.
Greeley's Hdbk. of Polar Discoveries.
The Beacon Book Shop, 26 West 47th St., New York
Jacobs, W. W., The Monkey's Paw.
Sologub, Created Legend, Stokes.
Sabatini, Sea Hawk.
Beecher, Kymer & Patterson, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Sterne, Trestram Shandy, 2 vols., Lippincott.
Beecher, Kymer & Patterson— Continued
Johnson, Bunch of Keys.
Cask, Folk Tales from Many Lands.
Macquerd, History English Furniture.
Huneker, Painted Veils.
Crawford, Wandering Ghosts.
Beecroft, Who's Who Among the Wild Flowers.
Williamson, My Friend the Chauffeur.
Rinehart, After House.
Kennedy, New World Fairy Book.
Ozaki, Japanese Fairy Book.
Stein, Troubador Tales.
Dobson, Practical Brick and Tile Book.
Webster, Quilts.
Doyle, Return of Sherlock Holmes.
C. P. Bensinger Code Book Co., 19 Whitehall St.,
New York
Universal Lumber Code.
Commercial Code, Ai.
Pocket Edition Western Union, Liebner's.
Any American-Foreign Language Code.
The Book Shop, Woods Hole, Mass.
Genetics, vol. i, no. 2.
Bayley, Early Amer. Portrait Painters, 3 vols.
Bowen, .Cent. Cel. Ina<ug., Washington, 1892.
Dewey, My Pedagogic Creed, Flanagan.
Green, Behind Closed Doors, Putnam.
Harland, Mademoiselle Miss, N. Y., Lane, 1917.
Johnson, The Farmer's Boy, Crowell, 1907.
Lang, Monk of Fife, Longmans.
McLean, Heroes Farthest North and South.
Dewees, The Molly Maguires, Lippincott.
Thwing, College Training and the Business Man,
Appleton, 1904.
Wallas, Human Nature in Politics, Houghton.
Brentano's, Fifth Ave. and 27th St., New York
Le Reaux, Phantom of the Opera.
London Graphic, the following: numbers: 1917, Sept.
22, 29; 1916, Oct. 6, 14, 21, 28; Nov. 11, 25; Dec. 2;
Jan. i, 8, 22.
Christian but Roman.
Corsair King.
Mata, the Magician, Ingolese.
The Curse of Civilization, Gorst.
Wild Beasts of the World, Finn.
Masters of Men, Robertson.
Scale of Perfection, Hilton.
Isham and Brown, Early Connecticut Houses.
Bits of Life.
History of South Carolina, Ramsey.
Life of Mary Jameson, Seaver.
Art of Worldly Wisdom, Golden Treas. Series.
Manual of Trees in N. America, Sargent.
Forerunner and Rivals of Christianity, Legge.
The Hungry Hearts, Phillips.
Mediaeval Byways, Salzman.
The Woman's Bible, pub. 1898, Stanton.
Primitive Semetic Religion Today, Curtiss.
Comforting Thoughts, Williams.
Sankya Aphorisius, Kapila.
Astronomy for All, Burgel.
Libra, Kirk.
For the White Christ, Bennett.
Alex. Hamilton, Oliver.
Modern Fables, Ade.
Life of Napoleon, Watson.
His Own Image, Dale.
Little Straw Wife, Fly.
Gray Days and Gold, Winter.
Mohammed and Islam, Goldizher.
Religion of the Semites, Robertson.
Narrative Exploits of Col. Davis Fanning.
History of the Parsis, Karaka.
Mohammed and Islam, Goldizher.
Secret Women, Phillpot.
Three Brothers, Phillpot.
Any of Early Works of E. P. Roe.
Svyords and Plowshares, Crosby.
History of Accounting and Accountants, Brown.
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A Study of Death, Alden.
Private Key to Any Telegraphic Codes, Syllabic
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How to Play Golf, Travers.
Scientific Selections of Employees, Emerson.
Brentano's, F and Twelfth Sts., Washington, D. C.
Fraser, Golden Rose.
Post, Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason.
McKillan, Chronicles of the Popes.
McCall, Business of Congress.
Brown, The Cabells and Their Kin.
Cambridge Modern History, vol. 14, Atlas.
The Brick Row Book Chop, Inc., 104 High St., New
Haven, Conn.
Timlowe, History of Southington.
Walter C. Noyes, American Railway Rates, Little,
Brown Co.
Brockmann's, 210 South Tryon St., Charlotte, N. C.
New or second-hand Milman, History of Latin
Christianity, also Holm four volume set, English
translation History of Greece; quote prices.
Brooklyn Museum Library, Eastern Parkway and
Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N .Y.
Book of Knowledge.
Frank C. Brown, 44 Bromfield St., Boston 9, Mass.
Salmon Fishing, W. Earle Hodgson, London, 1906.
A. & C. Black, New York, Macmillan.
Brown University Library, Providence, R. I.
Early, Jubal H., Memoir of Last Year of the War,
1866 or 1867.
Grigsby, Hugh B., Discourses on Little W.. Taze-
well, 1860.
Burrows Bros. Co., 633 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O.
Too Much Efficiency, Rath.
Business Digest Service, 241 W. 37th St., New York
Forty Years an Advertising Agent, George O.
Rowell, pub. by f Printers' Ink in 1906.
Cadmus Book Shop, 312 West 34th St.., New York
Shakespeare, Dramatic Works, pub. by Hilliard,
Boston, 1836, vol. i, or a set.
Griffin, Catholics in American Revolution, vol. 2.
Phillipine Islands, vol. 2.
Buchanan's Works, vol. 6.
John Quincy Adams, Diary, vol. 5.
Hulbert, Historic Highways, vol. 4.
Campion & Company, 1313 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Strayings of Sandy, Conyers.
Gulistan of Sadi.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cipriani, A Tuscan Childhood, Century.
Clement, Women in the Fine Arts, Houghton.
Kelly, Little Citizens, McClure, P.
Jus Suffragii; the International Woman Suffrage
News, vols. i, 2, 3; vol. 4, no. 12 and index; vol.
5, nos. i, 2, 3 and index to vol. 5; vol. 6, no. 12
and index; vol. 7, no. 12 and index; vol. 13, no.
12; vol. 14, no. i.
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company, Chicago, 111.
Everyone His Own Way, Edith WVatt, McClure
Phillips.
True Love, by Edith Wyatt.
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June 18, 1921
"/ hold every man a debtor to his profession,
from the which, as men of course do seek to
receive countenance and profit, so ought they of
duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends,
to be a help and ornament thereunto/' — BACON.
Profits on Every Sale
IX every retail business there is a fairly well
estimated figure which represents the cost
of doing business. In every business there
is frequent discussion as to what part of the
total business can be done at less than that
figure without seriously handicapping the gen-
eral condition of the store and preventing its
further progress.
It is quite obvious in the book-trade that if
the general cost of doing business is to be 28%
to 30%, only a small part of the business can be
done at less than this or else the margin left at
the end of the year will be entirely inadequate.
Temptations to handle unprofitable material
come from two directions : the very natural
impulse to serve the community's book needs
completely and the hope that there will be
other profitable sales from having more people
come to the store.
Magazines are handled on a margin of about
20%, but they are a quick turn-over with
practically no investment and bring many peo-
ple periodically to the store. The handling
of textbooks has now practically passed from
the bookstores as far as it is related to the
common schools, but when many states put the
margin for the retailer at 10%, this 'business
became of dubious value and of very doubt-
ful publicity value to the store. At a larger
margin the school-book business can be handled
competently and quickly at specific seasons so
as to be worth while.
Almost every bookstore handles a consider-
able number of occasional orders for text-
'hqoks, the average discount on which is 20%.
The handling of these orders is quite certainly
a service to the community, and no dealer
would refuse to undertake it, but the detail of
handling special orders, which is costly, makes
it quite clear that this work is a losing business
and is to be done only with the idea of making
the store a place of complete service. B'ook-
stores are sometimes asked why they do not
carry the text editions of certain children's
books, but when, it is realized that the book-
seller will lose loc. on every $i worth so.14
the reason for this is quite clear. The text-
book editions were made and planned to be
sold in bulk thru other channels.
Still another type of selling is brought, up
in a letter to the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY of
June nth. A large firm of lumber dealers
offer to supply their book on house building
thru the trade at a discount of 25%. the
bookseller who undertakes to handle this book
will be handling it at a. loss, and is thereby
unfair to the general trade publisher who is
supplying them at a working margin. . The
publishing of that letter has brought comment
from other dealers, showing how frequently
the bookseller is expected to handle books at
a loss from the supposition that it is his duty
as a public-spirited citizen. All retailers can
afford to go a long way in fulfilling their part
as citizens, and all retailers do, but if books
are to be distributed by giving the public a
point of contact with them at well appointed
bookstores, it is certain that a margin must
be provided for the expense of maintaining
such bookstores. If certain books are sold
•more easily direct to customers, a similar mar-
gin is needed to cover advertising and in the
long run the public must pay about the same
price, unless the volume is wholly considered
as part of an advertising plan, as with the
book on building.
People often carelessly speak of a retailer's
profit as the difference between the wholesale
price and what he sells it for. A book that
cost the retailer 8oc. and is sold for $i is not
sold at a profit. It is sold at about IOC. loss.
There is no 'margin of profit until the cost of
running the store is covered, and the country
will get better books and cheaper books when
the distributing system is in healthy condition,
which means that the book business pays ade-
quately for the attention given to it just as
other retail businesses do.
r
The Postal Ban
FOLLOWING closely upon the announce-
rrent that Postmaster General Hays had
decided to return the second-class postal
privileges to the New York Call, the Mil-
waukee Leader and to the Liberator, comes a
decision from the Court of Appeals of the
District of Columbia, which, without referring
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to the Postmaster General's decision, turns the
matter in an entirely opposite direction and
makes an even more unfortunate condition by
deciding that these magazines should be denied
mailing privileges, not because of disloyal
articles in obstructing the draft, which was the
ground of the first decision, but because the
matter that they were printing ought to be
classed as indecent, defining indecent as "any-
thing that tends to incite arson, murder or
assassination." Judge Lamar states that this
is not an attack on the integrity or the freedom
of the press but rather brings up the question
of the prostituiton of that freedom.
One peculiar result of such a decision is that
these papers can apparently be mailed at the
higher rate but are held from the mail at the
lower rate. If the matter carried does incite
'arson and assassination, etc., why should it
have any rights to the mails whatsoever?
The selections quoted from the Call to jus-
tify this decision would show that the book-
trade could be attacked on many sides if its
production were scanned under the same method
and we would thus have censorship on political
discussion, which is of far more serious im-
portance to the country than the censorship
of novels by the New York courts. One of
the quotations from the Call reads: "Labor
Day will never be fitly celebrated until the
workers have taken possession of the world.
They can do this whenever they choose. We
are class-conscious revolutionists." This may
not agree with one's idea of the state of things
in this country, but one dislikes to admit that
democracy is so much in danger that it cannot
withstand such comment as this. If the re-
publican form of government, which we have
founded on that revolutionary document of the
Declaration of Independence, cannot have in
its midst open discussion on theories of prop-
erty and government, it is in a far more serious
condition than most of its advocates are willing
to admit.
Publicity for Books and Book-
stores
THERE is no doubt that the average
newspaper reader can enjoy a good many
columns of well written book reviews
and of book gossip without having it enter
into his head that the ideas under discussion
are connected with cloth bound volumes that
may be purchased and added to the shelves.
Very often the more entertaining the review
the less likely it is that the person reading
will go and buy the book, and all too often
readers without the book buying habit do not
even visualize a book at all, but are inter-
ested in the abstract ideas that the reviewer
brings forward.
Steamship companies cannot rely wholly on
pleasant stories of foreign travel to start peo-
iple on the voyage. A man might read a most
interesting volume on Bermuda without pictur-
ing it as a place for him to go. Beside the
attractive account of the Islands there needs
to come to the reader's mind a picture of the
wharf and the boat and the pleasure of start-
ing on a journey — something that actually
connects him up with such a trip.
In the same way, would it not be well if
more of the good book pages should place in-
creasing emphasis on the fact that books are
things that are sold, owned, enjoyed, loaned.
The agencies that make book distribution pos-
sible are interesting to the public as well as
the ideas in the books ; publishing figures and
experiences are interesting; bookstore gossip
is interesting; stories of library work, caravan
experiments, or stories of what books have
clone for those that received them. When
more people visualize the book as a thing that
can be purchased and owned as well as some-
thing to talk about casually, the authors will
have found a larger public, and the bookstores
and libraries a greater activity.
The Sales Tax
RETAILERS generally and the book-
trade particularly will be interested to
notice that the plan of a general sales tax
is becoming more and more unpopular in
Washington, in spite of the systematic work
for it on the part of those who would like
to see taxation shifted from other points.
As has been said previously in these columns,
the book-trade would be particularly hard hit
by such a 'tax, as fixed price merchandise leaves
no opportunity for the retailer to pass on the
tax increment as is possible in other mer-
chandise. If such a tax once gets installed as
an emergency measure, it will take a great deal
of hard work ever to get it out, as is the case
with all other forms of taxation. The best
plan is to keep it out, which Congress ap-
parently is planning to do tho the latest pro-
posal has been to make the sales-tax specific-
ally apply toward appropriations to be voted
for soldier relief.
June 1 8, 1921
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Bookselling and the United States Catalog
First Prize in United States Catalog Contest
By J. H. Roesgen,
Philadelphia
1WAS talking to a bookseller in a western
city. He had just missed an order for a
book thru inability to quote its price, and I
admit, I was unable offhand to help him. The
Trade List Annual was useless in this case
because neither of us knew whose publication
the book was. We both had guessed but
guessed wrongly.
My friend grew confidential. "The trouble
is my lack of memory" he said. "I often wish
I had someone in the store with me who knew
books thoroly, and one who could keep all such
information at his tongue's end."
It was then I suggested that he install the
"United States Catalog," with its up-to-the-
minute accessory, the ^Cumulative Book In-
dex."
"Too expensive" was his argument; and he
held to it, even when I showed him that he
could not employ the kind of a person he
had in mind a single month for so little
money.
And while I talked to him I had a vision
Never before did I see so clearly the line of
demarcation between the successful bookseller
and the one who must ever depend on other
lines to make bookselling possible.
This is how it works out.
A customer walks into a 'bookstore which is
not equipped with the "United States Cata-
log" or "Cumulative Book Index." "I have a
book here," she begins, "which I would like
to buy a copy of. Also anything else by this
author you have or can procure for me."
She holds up a copy, let us say of, "Mary
Mary" by James Stephens. The bookseller,,
(we will call him Mr. A. to differentiate) does
not have it in stock, but notices Small, May-
nard & Co.'s imprint on the book. He goes
to the latter's catalog and finds nothing else
listed by James Stephens. Returning to the
customer he reports finding only the one item.
He gets an order for one book, which is, after
all, more than he deserves.
But the customer feels sure that there are
more books available by the author of "Mary
Mary" and tries Mr. B.'s bookstore in further
«earch. "What books can you get me by James
Stephens?" she asks. Mr. B. consults the
United States Catalog. The result is an order
for nine books (which happen to be published
by Macmillan) and better still his customer
leaves the store in that triumphant state of
mind called satisfaction.
Here is another example.
Mr. A. is called to the telephone. "What is
that?— Proctor's 'Atlas of the Stars'— no ]
haven't it in stock; may I order it for you?
What is the price? No, I couldn't tell you off-
hand. Do you know who publishes it? No,
very well then." A sale lost!
Mr. B.'s telephone rings. "Proctor's 'Atlas
of the Stars'— let me see." He leaves the
'phone and hastily opens the United States
Catalog. He finds it a Longmans' book, price
$6.00. Another dive, this time in the Trade
List Annual, which tells him that the price is
still the same. He goes back not only with an
answer to the question asked, but fully pre-
pared for the probable question to follow —
which is, by the way, the biggest element of
real salesmanship. "No, I haven't the book
here, but I can order a copy for you — the
price? Yes, $6.00— etc." The sale is made,
and once more a customer has found service.
One more example.
Mr. A. is scowling at a letter in his morn-
ing mail. It reads : "Dear Sir : I have been
reading, 'Lad, a Dog' by Terhune which you
sold me and enjoy it so much that I am won-
dering what other good dog stories you know
of to recommend. In fact, I should like to
start a shelf in my library for just this class
of fiction. Thanking you for any information
you can give along this line, etc." Mr. A.
thinks and thinks hard. There is, "Bruce," of
course, and "Beautiful Joe" and after a long
pause, "Michael, Brother of Jerry." He con-
siders the "Son of the Wolf" and "Kazan"
but does not include them because he is not
sure whether these were about dogs or wolves.
So he lets it go at that.
Now suppose Mr. B. had received that 'let-
ter. He would have looked up the heading
"Dogs" in the United States Catalog with
its sub-heading "Fiction." In much less time
than it took Mr. A. to cogitate he could have
dictated a list of more than 25 books, and the
very best of their kind.
And so it would have been had the cus-
tomer wanted a list of books on the Mar-
quesas Islands, Histories of the A. E. F., the
Victorian Era of English Literature, Yogi
Philosophy, or almost any other topic under
the sun.
It is unnecessary to point out that Mr. B.
has all the advantage as a bookseller. Yet I
believe one half, perhaps more of the book-
sellers in this country try to do business with-
out the "United States Catalog" and "Cumu-
lative Book Index." Is it any wonder that
bookselling as a profession is at so deplorably
a low ebb ?
If I were starting in the book business I
would have the "United States Catalog" if I
had to do without a cash register to pay for it.
(Better to sacrifice the eggs, even gold ones,
than the productive goose.) I would instruct
every one of my associates to get the max-
imum usage out of it, and even drill them
into the habit of using it. Furthermore I
would keep it in an accessible place and en-
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courage my customers to consult it; for cata-
log browsing to a boo'klover is- almost as fas-
cinating as browsing among books — and about
as profitable to the dealer, too.
Finally I would keep it up to date by sub-
scribing to the "Cumulative Book Index," and
if any perverse imp should ever whisper in
my ears, "too expensive," I'd answer as. Ad-
miral Farragut did concerning the torpedoes
in Mobile Bay! Not in a spirit of reckless-
ness, but like Farragut again, from an abid-
ing sense of the danger of standing still.
The Story of a Bookshop Expert
By Frederick D. Hartman
MAYFIELD drummed the desk im-
patiently with his fingers as he studied
the pay roll list spread in front of him.
Here it was the middle of April and the dull
season lasting four months would soon be at
hand. It was absolutely necessary to cut
cjoiwn the overhead— and the first place to use
the knife must be on the pay roll. He would
have to let Harter go and trust to luck that he
might get a good man again in the fall. Har-
ter was showing decided symptoms of spring
fever anyway, so was the remainder of the
staff so far as that was concerned. Mayfield
himself sought excuses to be away from the
store as frequently as possible.
It was hard to choose who must go — if only
the business justified retaining the entire
staff! For years even by the most careful
managing it had only been possible to make
four per cent on the invested capital and these
four summer months simply drained off all
the surplus accumulated in the winter and
fall.
Mayfield next checked the name of Miss
Fish to follow Harter on an enforced vacation
— yet this seemed a cruel thing to do for she
was the sole wage earner and source of income
for herself and mother. "I'll call them to-
gether and show them the figures," he muttered
to himself, "and then they will understand my
position anyway." So he went thru the store
asking each clerk to remain a few minutes
after closing time for a meeting.
Such excitement, "What's the Boss up to?"
— "Is something missing?" — "Is he going to
sell out?" — were the questions the clerks were
whispering to each other. Never had there
been a meeting of the staff before!
It was just a little later that a man called
to see Mayfield and presented his card. May-
field glanced at it and read "G. PELHAM CRAN-
DALL, BOOKSHOP EFFICIENCY EXPERT."
"How do you do Mr. Mayfield — I called to
see you about a contract for our Bookshop
Efficiency System. It will take only a few
minutes for me to explain what my service
means."
"You are quite right" said Mayfield "a few
minutes will be sufficient. While I don't know
what your plan is I can tell you one thing
that for the past three years everyone has be-
come pretty tired of efficiency experts. They
have been an expensive luxury. And even if
you convince me that you have something good
I couldn't take it on now for I am planning to
curtail all outlays."
"If . you were acquainted with the book
business," he continued, "you would know that
the next four months are dead and I am
even having a meeting of the staff tonight to
explain matters to them and advise them that
it is necessary to offer some enforced vaca-
tions. If there were any money to be spent
it would be kept for salaries."
"What you have just said" said Crandall
"confirms my own ideas. Let me tell you my
story. Ten years ago I owned a little book-
store in Azalea — and while that is some miles
from here the conditions are quite similar. I
had ten thousand dollars invested and for six
years was only able to earn a moderate living
and five per cent on my capital. It was each
year the same old story — a good autumn and
winter business with the profits drained by the
late spring and summer slump.
"One year I was persuaded by someone
whose name it is not necessary to repeat, to
try certain new office and merchandising plans.
The result was that I soon made three times
as much for myself, doubled my staff and the
business is paying fifteen per cent on the capi-
tal invested. Besides this the good will of
the city towards the store has become a won-
derful asset and even during my absence the
store is running along smoothly and success-
fully.
"After my business got into what seemed
fine running order I determined to make others
see the reason for my success. I wrote a book
'explaining everything in detail. A good num-
ber of the books were sold but all that hap-
pened was that those who read them thru
scorne^ the plan as visionary and theoretical
— in spite of the fact that I was daily making
money by it. This made it clear that to con-
vince I must make people try it — a forceful
feeding.
"I am prepared to make you this proposition.
I will operate your store using your own staff
for one year, to have absolute authority. To
protect you I shall deposit with your bank to-
morrow morning a bond sufficient to cover
any possible loss to you in 'business, or good
will. I will allow you your usual drawing ac-
coiint and you may remain at work or take a
vacation, as you like. I suggest, however, in
the latter case that you drop back for a
visit once a month. In return I ask half of
all net profits over and above what you made
last year. What do you say — is it a bargain?"
"I think you are crazy" said Mayfield, but,
if you protect me as outlined and make a con-
tract satisfactory to my attorney, I'll do it.
What's the first "step?"
June 1 8, 1921
1793
"Well to start, let me address your staff as
soon as the store is closed and in the morning
I shall meet you and your attorney at your
bank."
By this time it was nearly five thirty and,
when the last customer left the store, May-
field locked the door and gathered the staff
together and they listened to a very different
program from the one Mayfield had originally
planned for them.
Mayfield, after a few explanatory remarks,
introduced Crandall.
"This afternoon" said Mr. Crandall "Mr.
Mayfield had planned to call you together to
explain that on account of the usual summer
slump it would be necessary to lay one-third
of the staff off for six weeks without pay.
He disliked doing this as much as you prob-
ably would dislike having him do it.
"He has now been persuaded to turn the
store over to me upon certain conditions and
the first of these is that there shall be year-
round work for each one of you, w<ith a two
weeks' vacation on full salary. For this com-
ing year to be a success it will be absolutely
necessary for me to have your hearty co-opera-
tion— and this you should willingly give for the
success of this year will mean more money for
everyone of you.
'The first new departure in our routine will
be to have a weekly meeting of the staff and
as it is impossible to have this during regular
hours we shall have supper together every
Wednesday night and then return to the store
for a meeting at which we shall air our
troubles and discuss the operating plans. Our
slogan must be :
'Keep Ourselves Alive.
Keep Our Stock Alive,
Make Our Customers Glad to be Alive/
"The only part of the plan there is time to
discuss to-night is that relating to the condi-
tion of the stock. There is no matter which so
directly affects the sales. It must become our
habit to keep all of our stock absolutely clean
and in attractive display arrangement. Every
bit of stock, excepting only the reserves, must
be gone over at least once each day, and after
it is once in proper condition this will not
seem an arduous task.
"Incidentally stock cleaning always proves
the best way for keeping well informed re-
garding all the books, and nothing so favor-
ably impresses a customer as to have a sales-
man show an accurate and thoro knowledge
of the stock.
"It is on this point we shall direct our at-
tack for the coming month. At the end of that
time a prize of ten dollars will be given to the
clerk who has consistently kept his stock in
the best condition and developed the most
thoro knowledge regarding it. There will also
be two five dollar prizes for each of the best
individual counter displays and arrangements
of stock. You yourselves shall be the judges
of these, each member of the staff having one
vote each week. This will be all for to-night,
unless Mr. Mayfield wishes to add something."
Mayfield merely expressed himself as being
impressed with Crandall's attitude and en-
thusiasm. He had decided to go away for a
month's vacation but would look forward
eagerly to returning at the end of a month to
note the progress of the store under the new
management.
(To be continued)
Good Book-Making
THE coming to hand of the second volume
of "The Catalogue of the John Carter
Brown Library" brings again to our at-
tention the remarkable typographical work
that is being done by the Merrymount Press in
preparing this catalog. No more difficult piece
of bibliographical printing has ever been un-
dertaken in this country, and, in spite of tfie
varieties of type needed to give full descrip-
tions of the books and the breaking up of the
page by signs and symbols, a type page of
remarkable beauty has been obtained, which
should serve as an inspiration and model for
American printers. The volume at hand is
part two of volume one, thus bringing the list
down thru 1599, with a complete index of the
two parts. The frontispiece of the volume is
a photograph of the library as it used to ap-
pear when housed in the residence of Mr.
Brown. The binding with its smooth black
cloth back and brown canvas sides has almost
the (beauty of a hand-tooled leather book be-
cause of the fine lettering and careful finish.
One often wishes that the custom were
popular in this country of giving the book
printer credit for his work. Until this is done,
•we are losing the benefit of n very strong in-
centive to raise our standards in book-making.
This is brought to mind by a very beautiful
octavo published by the Atlantic Monthly
Press, "The Founding of New England" by
James Truslow Adams. The type page is
pleasant, the notes clear and well set, and the
running heads of good type for the balance
of the page. The volume has been bound so
that the pages run pleasantly thru the hand,
which is always one of the first virtues of good
books that appeals to the user.
Charles S. Brooks is to be congratulated on
having his interesting volumes of essays manu-
factured in the Yale University Press style.
The bindings, with the cloth backs ribbed as
with leather bindings, and with paper labels,
have always been found attractive to the eye,
either in bookshop or home library. The new
volume is called "Hints to Pilgrims," and is
uniform with three previous books.
TJhe Lorado Taft's Scammon Lectures on
"Modern Tendencies in Sculpture" have sup-
plied the text for a beautiful art book pub-
lished by the University of Chicago Press.
The halt-tones, so thickly scattered thru the
book, are excellent representations of the
sculpture under discussion and the whole
1794
The Publishers' Weekly
volume, covering as it does the European as
well as American works, is one of the most at-
tractive art books of recent months.
Putnam's pocket nature books have always
been extremely well planned in their typo-
graphy and illustrations. A new addition to
this group is "Nantucket Wild Flowers," a
handy volume with most attractive cover design
and gilt top, and <with illustrations that are
unusually clear and effective. The color of the
insert plates has been applied merely to the
blossoms and not to the stems, and a very
fine delicacy of effect has been secured, as is
excellently shown in the picture of the Beech
Plum in the frontispiece.
There has -been a lengthy pause in the pub-
lishing of handy editions of classics, but in the
case of the World's Classics, printed by the
Oxford Press in England, new material is now
coming to the front, which serves as a reason
for mentioning the excellent typography and
general likeableness of this little series, which
are supplied in 'both cloth and leather. Leo
Tolstoy's "Confession and What I Believe" is
a book of about 400 pages ; "Moby Dick" runs
to nearly 700 and yet has clear and easily read
pages; and Sorrow's "Wild Wales'' comes to
over 600 pages.
Another English made series of books that
the American book-trade has always been in-
terested in is the Artistic Craft Series made by
Isaac Pitnam & Sons. This series contains
Edward Johnston's "Writing, Illuminating and
Lettering," one of the best volumes ever writ-
ten for the student of types. The new book
that brings this series to mind is the one on
"Wood Block Printing." The plates are very
interesting and are reprinted in half-tone from
the original colotype. The book will be valu-
able for any dealer who handles prints of this
kind.
The new Cambridge Shakespeare in handy
form, which has been published in this country
by Macmillan Company, is an excellent ex-
ample of careful adaptation of good types to
the needs of a small volume of text and notes.
The importance of attractive typography
should always be especially recognized in re-
printing old classics, as many people begin the
rereading of a well-known book 'because the
page and presswork appeal to them. From
this point of view the Cambridge ^Shakespeare
has an excellent start. The title page is in
two columns, and the frontispiece is an excel-
lent reproduction of the famous title page of
the folio of 1623.
Adventures of a Bookseller
By Ketch
MISS Vampet was tall and willowy and
blonde, was possessed of a baby stare,
and had a habit of puckering up her
mouth, when talking to you, as tho inviting
osculation. While waiting upon one customer
she always seemed to have her eye out for the
next, except on those occasions when her cus-
tomer happened to be tall, handsome and dash-
ing, when she would, of course, concentrate
on the moment. During the peroid of the
War she would leave anything she was doing
to take care of a uniform, and when the girls
in the store sent off the Red Cross boxes, she
sent no less than six. Yet the cessation of hos-
tilities brought no connubial sequel, and Miss
Vampet continued to be what she had always
been, on the lookout.
On this particular afternoon business in the
Bookstore was at a standstill, for not a cus-
tomer had been in for almost half an hour, and
Miss Vampet, Miss Gentleways and Mr. On-
deck sat on the ledge of the book-shelves quiet-
ly passing the time o' day. It seemed that Mr.
Ondeck had been to the movies the evenine
before, and was quite enthusiastic over the
play.
"You really ought to go, too, and see it,"
said he. "It is one of the -best things I have
seen this year."
"I'm sick of the movies," replied Miss
Vampet. "Such mush! Why, when you've
seen one, you've seen them all."
"Oh it isn't quite that bad," said Miss Gentle-
ways. "I've seen some very good ones this
vear."
"You exaggerate, Miss Vampet. Of course
I—"
"They exaggerate, you mean," she answered.
"They're not true to life. Everything is over-
done. To show that a man is in love they
have him stumble around like an awkward
cow, and spill his tea and make a silly spectacle
of himself, when in reality a man in love does
nothing of the kind."
"You ought to know," said Ondeck with a
smile, "But I think you are wrong at that.
Love is embarrassing to say the least, and a
man in love will do some mighty queer things."
"Well I'm off the movies, anyway. I don't
want to — "
At that precise moment the door opened, and
in came a tall, handsome, well-dressed young
man, at which the three rose simultaneously
to their feet and started to meet him. Mr.
Ondeck, who had quickly gained the lead, felt
a restraining hand on his sleeve, and Miss
Vampet said in an undertone,
"Not so fast, young man. I'll take care
of him."
So Mr. Ondeck stopped and returned to his
seat with Miss Gentleway's, while Miss
Vampet continued on her way and met the
new-comer with a winning smile. He for his
part skinned his hat off his head without dis-
turbing a hair, and warmly shook hands with
her. For a moment they talked together in
low tones, then Miss Vampet said,
"Yes I think we have a conv."
She came back to where Mr. Ondeck anil
Miss Gentleways were sitting, and ran her
June 18, 1921
1795
eye over the shelves. Then she stood for a
moment as tho lost in deep thought. At last
she whispered to Mr. Ondeck,
"Oh please help me. I'm in an awful
pickle."
"What's the trouble," said he.
"He wants a book, and I forget the title!"
"Good Lord!"
"Put your brain to work, Mr. Ondeck!
Please !"
"Why don't you go and ask him again?"
"Oh never!"
"Was it a business book?"
"No."
"A novel?"
"No-o. At least I don't think so. Oh
Heavens !"
"History."
Miss Vampet brightened.
"Oh thank you! You have saved my life!"
And she drew from the shelves the Fer-
rero — Short History of Rome, Vol. I. She
hurried down the aisle with it, but her haste
proved her undoing; for in the aisle there was
a small box that the girls stood upon when they
wished to reach up to the cash system that
carried the money to the cashier, and, altho she
knew that it was there, and used it every day,
hundreds of times, she now stumbled over it
and plunged forward. The History of Rome
flew out of her hand and slid along the floor
face open ; she made a frantic grab for some
sort of support and pushed off a whole stack
of books, then went reeling down onto her
knees. The gentleman kindly helped her to her
feet, and she laughed in an embarrassed way
and murmured apologies. Then she stooped
to recover the book that had fallen, but her
customer unfortunately stooped at the same
time, and their heads came together with a re-
sounding thump. They quickly raised up, and
holding their heads laughed at each other in
a pained way. Both said, "How awkward of
me" and both were of the color of the red,
red rose.
Miss Vampet happened to look over her
shoulder at this moment, and discovered Mr.
Ondeck standing nearby, to all appearances
' reading a book ; but she knew better. Only
his eyes were visible above the book. . . . but
those eyes seemed to dance, and plainly regis-
tered comprehension ; and as she turned back
to her customer she heard him singing softly
to himself,
"Love is iust a game that two are playing,
Love is after all a game of chance."
Her customer finally finished his perusal of
the volume, and handing it to her, said that he
would take it. So she smiled and took a step
backward, which did not help the situation,
as she encountered the box again and for a
moment gave an excellent exhibition of a
rope-walker struggling for equilibrium. But
she did not fall this time, and soon was walk-
ing— with great dignity — back to the wrap-
ping table, where she tied ut> the book and re-
turned without accident. He took the book
from her and handed her two dollars, after
which they stood talking for quite a time.
She talked at random and kept wondering why
he did not go; but he stayed on, so she talked
on and on. At last she smiled sweetly upon
him and said,
"So glad to have seen you again."
Her air was plainly one of dismissal, but her
customer did not go. So she talked some more.
But as he did not hold up his end of the con-
versation it finally petered out and for a mo-
ment they stood silent. Then she offered him
her hand, and with the sweetest of smiles, said,
"What a pleasure to have seen you again!
Do come in once in a while."
But he did not take the proffered hand; in-
stead he said rather apologetically,
"Thank you, I will. Haven't I some change
coming ?"
Miss Vampet turned scarlet and with em-
barrassed laughter, apologized again and
again. She hastened to make out the sale
"V
"LOVE IS A GAME THAT TWO ARE PLAYING"
ticket and send it up to the cashier, and then
as she stood waiting for it to come back, she
stole a look at Mr.. Ondeck. The book was
flat against his face, his shoulders were heav-
ing and a small noise emanated from him, like
the noise of a mouse in the waste basket. In
that moment she hated him with a holy hatred.
She gave the gentleman his change, he de-
parted at last, and she sat down and began to
read absorbedly.
"One of the best shows I ever saw," said
Ondeck. "But don't you think you rather
overdid that first reel?"
A recent issue of the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
flew past his head, undaunted he continued.
"Yes, a remarkable performance, and I have
only one criticism to offer: didnT you think
the 'fade-out' a little too prolonged. Miss
Gentleways ?"
Von Mach Suit Settled
THE suit for $250,000 damages brought by
Edmund von Mach, who conducted the
"Horror on the Rhine" mass meeting, against
the Macmillan Company for failure to .publish
his book on the war, was settled out of court.
The controversy arose over the refusal of
the Macmillan Company to publish the book
on the ground that it was pro-German.
1796
The Publishers' Weekly
A Bookman's Reading
WHEN we were talking about this sub-
ject before, we mentioned the need of
a good list of books that have book-
sellers in them, and two friends have added
to the number then mentioned. We had for-
gotten all about "David Grieve" of Mrs.
Humphry Ward, and will have to get a copy
to add to this shelf. Then there is William
Allen White's book, "In the Heart of a Fool,"
in which a bookseller is the fine spirited char-
acter of the piece ; E. V. Lucas' "Over Bemer-
ton's" was a rare treat for the bookman, and
J. C. Snaith gave us "William, Jr." Then,
too, we are reminded that "The Haunted
Bookshop" was omitted. Perhaps we thought
every book-man owned his Roger Mifflin
books.
There is one thing that no bookman should
miss among the new publications, and that is
Mr. Wells' book on "The Salvaging of Civil-
ization," the chapters entitled "The Bible of
Civilization" and "The Schooling of the
World." Here is food for thought for those
interested in giving the book its full place in
world affairs and in personal growth.
Byrne Hackett's Brick Row Book Shop
at New Haven has a lot of good items that a
bookseller would covet, and we are glad to
have' obtained from the De Vinne library
Charles Knight's "Shadows of Old Booksell-
ers." Leafing thru its pages we are reminded
that booksellers are an older fraternity than
publishers, and these latter have only taken
over a few of the functions that the book-
sellers became too busy to take care of, Dun-
ton, Tonson and Dodsley — what a fine bou-
quet of anecdotes gathers round these names.
We have picked up in the second-hand store
a volume with the intriguing title, "The Suc-
cessful Bookseller/' issued in London in
1906, a date at which it would have been diffi-
cult for an American to have written with
that caption. This volume very properly
starts with the suggestion that capital is
required before entering the book business,
and that a bank account should be opened.
This very practical consideration is some-
times forgotten by those entering the field.
Somebody ought to reprint the volume is-
sued by the Grafton Press in 1906 entitled
"The Building of a Book." It was edited by
Frederick H. Hitchcock, who was the man-
ager of the Grafton Press business, and had
an introduction by De Vinne. This book has
chapters on every phase of book-making from
the author and literary agent to the traveling
salesman and the wholesaler's problems. Such
a complete survey of this field is not avail-
able elsewhere, altho the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
is endeavoring to cover similar subjects more
completely.
We have been much interested in the
World's Work article on "Authors and Best
Sellers," written by Arthur Bartlett Maurice,
former editor of the Bookman. The article
contains some interesting statistics about how
sales have developed.
Good Advertising
THE Edison questions have started an im-
mense amount of discussion on the sources
of current knowledge, which has been taken
advantage of in many directions. The new
revised "Encyclopedia Americana" has used
full page advertisements, showing the exact
volume and page where the answers to these
questions can be found — a good example of
prompt use of current events, which might well
be copied by the bookseller in getting his books
to the public attention.
Major Putnam
E literary world of London gets cheer-
ier," says the London Graphic of May
21 st, "more like its old self, for one reason,
perhaps, because George Haven Putnam is
here from America. Boy and man, he has
crossed the Atlantic, in the interest of Anglo-
American literature, for nearer sixty years than
fifty. He thinks he has made the passage, east
or west, a hundred and thirty-one times, and
he is sure he knows every bit of Atlantic
scenery. Always he brings us brisk optimism
and a sound outlook on new books and old
authors, and always, in America he is our
champion. Something should really be done
to mark Mr. Putnam's services as the great
Ambassador of Letters, and npw's the time,
for years ago France gave him its famous
Legion of Honour."
The Dial Endows American
Authorship
f^ ILBERT Seldes, the managing editor of
vJ the Dial, recently made the following an-
nouncement :
"Two thousand dollars will be paid Janu-
ary i, 1922, and annually thereafter, by the
Dial Magazine, to a young American writer.
This is intended to acknowledge, at least in a
small way. the service to letters of one of those
who have contributed to the Dial in the pre-
ceding year. The money is not a prize, and
the Dial is not instituting a competition ; nor
are there any special terms or conditions. The
editors of the Dial feel that while many
American writers make handsome livings thru
their work, others of a more intellectual and
therefore less readily apprehended talent can-
not appeal to so large audiences. They are
thus compelled to spend some of the best
years of their lives without recognition and
without the means to leave them free to work
at their art. As the Dial is not a money-
making institution, it cannot support writers
generally. But it hopes each year to set one
young American writer free for twelve
months so that he may have the only freedom
which counts — the freedom to do what he
wants most to do. The sum of $2000 is in-
tended to represent the equivalent of a year's
leisure. No restriction will be put upon the
recipient, however, and he or she will be free
to spend the money in any way."
June 1 8, 1921
1797
ROBERT CORTES HOLL1DAY, CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, HOMER CROY, HORACE
DOUBLEDAY AND FRANK N. DOUBLEDAY AT THE PEONY PARTY, GARDEN CITY
Doubleday Garden Party
A LARGE party of authors, editors and
'bookmen took a special train for Garden
City on June 6th to attend the peony garden
party that was planned by Doubleday, Page
& Company. The day proved remarkably
suited for an outdoor festivity, and the special
exhibit was a gathering of more than three
•hundred varieties which were in full bloom, a
collection that has been gathered by the
American Peony Society. Another special fea-
ture of the outdoor development at Garden
City is the evergreen garden, where more than
a hundred different kinds of conifers are to
be seen. After the strawberry festival on the
broad lawn, many of the guests asked to be
shown thru the press, which brings together
under one roof every process in the making
of a book, even to the 'beautiful 'hand-tooled
bindings which are being produced by the
French binders. Another interesting feature of
the afternoon was the lawn bowls tournament,
in which Christopher Morley led off.
What Business Men Read
SYSTEM publishes each month a summar-
O ization of certain magazine articles and
'books which have been of special interest to
business men. The article is called each month
"What Business Men Read Last Month," and
the list of the seventeen prominent business
men who send in votes is given. These men
tell each month which among the books and
articles they have recently read they consider
most valuable. The month's vote is gone over
carefully by the editors of System, who select,
according to the number and strength of the
recommendations, certain of the books and
articles for summarization. In the July num-
ber, the following books receive especial notice:
"Imagination in Business," by Lorin F. Deland.
Harper.
"Immigration and The Future," by Frances
Keller. Doran.
"The New State — Group Organization and the
Solution of Popular Government." Long-
mans.
1798
The Publishers' Weekly
Prize for Illustrations
A PRIZE of $150 has been offered thru
the Grolier Club for the best set of from
four to eight illustrations for either "J>aisy
Miller," "Elsie Vernier," "Cecil Dreamer' or
"Ethan Frome." In case of publication, an
additional $300 will be paid for the illustra-
tions used. The designs must be delivered by
November i, 1921, and details of the com-
petition may be obtained from Howard Mans-
field, Chairman of the Committee on Publica-
tions of The Grolier Club, 47 East 6oth Street,
New York.
Odd Books on China
THE extremely interesting speech of G. M.
1 L. Brown, of the Oriehtalia Bookshop, at
the '* Booksellers' Convention, in which he told
of his methods in special publicity, gives added
interest to the copy of the booklist that has
just come from there.
Mr. Brown has succeeded in getting remark-
ably fine appearance out of the mimeograph
process. This list on buff paper is headed "A
Booklist From Orientalia, 22 East 6oth Street,
Scarce and Odd Books on China." The type
used on the mimeograph is not the ordinary
upper and lower case, but is done in large and
small caps on a narrow but long sheet on both
sides of the paper.
The result is a list that is almost as readable
as printed type and must be easy to get out.
The two sheets on -both sides of the paper
contain fifty-seven numbered items, the total
possible sales running into several hundred
dollars. This form of circular offers a very
interesting possibility to the small shop and
the \large shop wishing to issue a quick list to a
special customer.
More Juvenile Publicity
ANOTHER interesting program of care-
fully planned publicity for children's books
is explained in a folder that has just been sent
out by the Milton Bradley Company of Spring-
field. As with the Rand, McNally program
that has been announced, it is planned to em-
phasize the home interest in books, family
round the reading table, child at bed time, the
outdoor boy with his book and dog. Full page
advertisements are designed with pictures at
the top and (book mottoes, such as "The Best
Gift of All— A Worth While Book," "Good
Books Make Better Homes," "A Good Book
Is a True Friend," "Good Books Are the
Foundation of Happy Childhood."
This is the fourth campaign that the Brad-
ley Company has carried on, but this will be
on a larger scale than has ever before been at-
tempted. Some of the magazines in which the
copy is to appear are the Woman's Home Com-
panion, St. Nicholas. Atlantic, Century, Scrib-
ner's. Harper's, Good Housekeeping, and
Child's Costume Royal. The circular promises
the retailer attractive display cards and electros
to enable him to key his advertising up with
the national program.
Effective Advertising by the Old
Corner Bookstore
I asked for "Main Street" at the library.
They said,
"We'll put you 47th on the waiting list,
And then
(Unless the book's worn out)
We'll send
A card."
I borrowed "Main Street" from a friend.
I read it in the tub.
The s'hower dripped.
I said,
"I'll borrow neither from town nor friend.
I'll Buy a Book a Week."
So then
I went into a bookstore
And asked
For Dostoevski's
"The Idiot"
But she replied
(Patting her ear muffs)
"We don't keep
Dr. Esty's
"The Idiot,"
But here's S. Stanley Hall."
Then, said I,
"Give me Wells' 'Outlines.'"
But she gave jne Burgess's
"Cut-outs."
Desperate :
I did a desperate thing.
I took a friend's advice.
He said,
"The idea's good, but the execution faulty."
He said,
"You got on the right train, but you got off at
the wrong station."
He said,
"Don't give up your Book a Week, but go
where they know what a book is."
I took his advice.
I went to
The Old Corner Book Store,
27 Bromfield St., Boston.
•When I asked for "The Idiot"
They gave me "The Idiot."
When I asked for Wells' "Outlines"
They gave me Wells' "Outlines."
And now
I go there every week
And buy
A book,
And when I don't know what to buy, they tell
me,
And tell me
Right.
Which proves
It isn't only knowing what to get but
Wlhere to get it
That counts.
June 1 8, 1921
1799
Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S new novel which Scrib-
ner will publish will be called "The Beautiful
and Damned."
AMONG the new Grosset and Dunlap re-
prints are "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell and
"Keeping Up With Lizzie" by Irving
Bacheller.
HUEBSCH has taken over from John Lane
Company the first three books by Sherwood
Anderson, "Windy MacPherson's Son,"
"Marching Men," and "Mid-American Chants."
NEWBEGIN'S, San Francisco, are distributing
agents for Dr. Robertson's book, "Poe, A
Study," for which Theodore Dreiser has such
high praise. Dr. Robertson is a well known
collector of first editions, especially of Poe and
other American writers.
WITH the new Canadian copyright bill the
chief topic of conversation in bookish circles,
and the question of Canadian exchange de-
manding frequent asides, "The United States
and Canada" by George M. Wrong, Abingdon
Press, is one of the most timely of recent books.
MARY PICKFORD has closed a contract for
the screen rights to Mrs. C. V. Jamison's
juvenile classic, "Lady Jane" (Scribner).
This is good news to movie fans and the many
admirers of the book. W'here, tho, will a
great blue heron who can dance be found/?
ALL the material, which has been appearing
serially in the Freeman, the "Diary of Anton
Chekhov," "An Appreciation of Chekhov" by
Maxim Gorky, and "Reminiscences of Chek-
hov" by Kuprin and Bunin, will be published
later by Huebsch in book form.
ON August i, "The Master of Man" the
first Hall Caine novel in eight years will be
published by Lippincott. The story was begun
the year before the war and was laid aside be-
cause of the pressure of urgent national and
patriotic duty. On the day of the Armistice,
it was taken up again and after two years
further work completed.
THE Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, in the
$100,000 advertising schedule, planned for the
fall for "The Flaming Forest" by James
Oliver Curwood, and "The Pride of Palo-
mar" by Peter B. Kyne, has taken newspaper
and periodical space which it estimates will
reach over 12,000,000 families. 17 general
magazines will be used; 5 religious maga-
zines: 9 college and university publications;
and 22 leading newspapers. "The Flaming
Forest" will be Dublished August 24, and
"The Pride of Palomar" will be published
September 24.
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE will publish during Aug-
ust "The Beloved Woman" by Kathleen Nor-
ris and "Her Father's Daughter" by Gene
Stratton-Porter.
HEYWOOD BROUN has delivered the manu-
script of his seriously jesting essays entitled
"Seeing Things at Night" to Harcourt, Brace
& Co. The book will appear this summer.
EVERYONE expected Floyd Dell's "Moon-
Calf" to have a sequel, since it ended just as
the hero, Felix Fay was starting for Chicago.
The sequel, "The Briary-Bush" will be one of
the fall publications of Alfred Knopf.
PUTNAM has taken over from the Atlantic
Monthly Press, "The Story of Opal, The
Journal of an Understanding Heart" by Opal
Whiteley. In the fall, another bqok by Opal,
a companion volume, will be published by Put-
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN sails for Europe next
week to obtain material for his sixth book on
the theater. He is to study the Hungarian
theater as the guest of Arpad Pasztor, the dis-
tinguished Hungarian dramatist.
THREE OF Fannie Hurst's short stories,
dramatized by herself, without the usual col-
laboration, are announced for autumn .produc-
tion. The famous "Humoresque," produced
by Hartley Manners, is to be played with
Laurette Taylor in the mother role. A. H.
Woods is producing "Back Pay" with Helen
McKellar in the stellar role. "Roulette" has
been bought and is scheduled for production by-
Sam Harris.
/
"A PENNY WHISTLE," a collection of the light
verse of Bert Leston Taylor, with a foreword
by Franklin P. Adams, will be published by
Knopf in the fall. B. L. T. considered these
verses his best of the last eight years, and the
title and sequence of the poems is his also.
In the spring, the second volume will be ready,
'The So-Called Human Race," reprinted from
his famous column in the Chicago Tribune,
"A Line-o'-Type or Two."
THE Doran Company has purchased from
the Bobbs-^Merrill Company, Mary Roberts
Rinehart's first seven novels, "The Circular
Staircase," "The Man in Lower Ten," "When
a Man Marries," "The Window at the. White
Cat," "The Amazinsr Adventures of 'Letitia
Carberry," "Where There's a Will" and "The
Case of Jennie B'rice." Mrs. Rinehart did npt
begin to write until she was twenty-eigHt.
Her first efforts were in the line of poetry.
Her first sale was an article telling how she
organized her housekeeping staff. "The Cir-
cular Staircase" was her first novel.
The Publishers' Weekly
Communications
Believes Bible Prices Low
A. J. HOLMAN COMPANY,
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 19, 1921.
JltiitQr, PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY:
Dear Sir: We have read with interest your
editorial on book prices and Mr. Penzel's letter
to his fellow booksellers of Indiana, and take
the liberty of writing in connection therewith.
, 'The assumption that prices of Bibles are
fcased on the higher costs does not apply to
the undersigned company and we doubt if it
does to other Bible publishers, altho we do not
speak for them. We make the positive asser-
tion, however) that our prices were not based
on the highest costs of materials and labor,
and: that a better Bible is being produced to-
day than in 1914.
The following comparisons between 1914 and
1921 prices would seem to be in order:
y Skiver, approximately double ; cowhide buf-
fing, three times as much; gold leaf, six dol-
lars more a pack. Even pasteboard containers
have been increased from $1.90 per hundred to
$6.70. As to labor, it is difficult to keep the
cost to two and one-half times for the com-
pleted' book. Some departments show three
tfimes former cost.
: The quality of paper for Teachers' and
sriiall- Bibles deteriorated so much and the cost
of making the Bibles increased so, that this
house felt that the ultimate purchaser of the
Bible was entitled to consideration and the re-
sult, so far as the Holman Bible is concerned,
is that he is getting a Bible with the finest
grade of (Warren) paper and such as was not
used in 1914.
The printers of Philadelphia are now out,
demanding, not that their high scales of wages
be retained, but that they be put on a lower
"Basic week rate, which would mean fifty
•hours' pay for forty-eight hours' work.
Whenever Bible prices show any inclination
of keep in0" pace with other books, old plates
are resurrected and "cheap editions" printed.
Our salesmen inform us that the cut in price in
existence today is practically nil and is, in
fact, less than it was when Bibles were selling
around $1.25 a copy.
Any publisher is at liberty to make the
Bible and the fact that there are few pub-,
lishers in this particular field is good evidence
that the returns are not attractive. Even to-
day, .the Bible is the lowest priced book in the
country. Bibles contain from one to two
thousand pages and must be printed on thin,,
cnaaue, costly, paoer and the output of properly
printed Bible sheets per hour is between 50%
and 65% that of ordinary books. Then, too,
the books are usually bound in the best grade
of leather and have pure gold edges and
stamping.
The Holman Bible business has grown in
volume, regardless of high prices, because of
Honestly made books at "honest" prices.
A. J. HOLMAN Co.,
Wm. H. Isbister, Treasurer.
More Recent Dramas Available
Drama Book Shop, 29 West 47th Street,
June 13, 1921.
Editor, PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY:
May we add to Heywood Broun's list of
current and recent productions which are
available in print, as quoted in your issue of.
June 4th, the following plays :
"Mary Stuart" — Drinkwater.
"Harlequinade" — Granville Barker.
"Mixed Marriage" — St. John Ervine.
"John Ferguson" — St. John Ervine.
"Eyvind of the Hills" — 'Sigur-Jonsson.
"Peg O' My Heart"— Hartley Manners.
"A Night at an Inn" — Dunsany,
Very truly your*,
GRACE R. ROBINSON.
Manager.
Personal Notes
GEORGE H. GKUBB has for thirty-three years/
been associated with the London House of G. P.
Putnam's Sons; and since the London concern
became a limited liability company, Mr. Grubb
has held the position as Director. He has now
also been elected a Director of the New York
House, and is giving particular attention to the
arrangements, for the New York list for
books, the English editions of which are in
the hands of other British publishers.
T. H. SOFIELD, who has completed twenty-
five years' service with the London House of
G. P. Putnam's Sons, Ltd., has been elected a
Director of the Company.
DAVID H. MARTIN, Assistant Manager for
Isaac Pitman and Sons, Shorthand Publish-
ers, celebrated the 25th anniversary of his as-
sociation with the firm on June 6, 1921.
Business Notes
BOSTON— The Misses Beckford of the
Gardenside Bookshop announce that George
T. Juckes, for many years proprietor of the
Ruskin Book Stores, 35 St. Martins Court,
London, W. C., has joined them as manager.
Mr. Juckes has had 16 years experience in
Rare Books, and it is his intention that the
Gardenside Bookshop shall carry one of the
finest collections of rare and fine books in the
country.
NEW YORK. — E. Byrne Hackett represent-
ing The Brick Row Book Shop, Inc., is sail-
ing July 2 and will spend the summer book-
hunting in London, Dublin, Paris, and Edin-
burgh. He will be pleased to execute any com-
missions. A list of wants will ensure quota-
tion without necessarily obligating the cus-
tomer.
WACO. TEXAS. — A. F. Von Blon is moving
from his present quarters to 413 Franklin
Ave. He will have double floor space in his
liew shop and is planning to carry a more
general line of new books.
June 1 8, 1921
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10 cm.); sq., obi., nor., designate square, oblong, narrow.
Alden, Raymond Macdpnald, ed.
Poems of the English race. 174-410 p.
O c. N. Y., Scribner $2.75 n.
An anthology which best illustrates the progressive
development in thought and in action of English-
speaking peoples.
Arber, Edward Alexander Newell
Devonian floras ; a study of the origin of
cormophyta; with a preface by D. H. Scott.
6+100 p. (4l/2 p. bibl.) front, (por.) il. pis.
O '21 N. Y., Macmillan $7 n.
A technical study of plant life of the Devonian
period.
Audsley, George Ashdown
Organ-stops and their artistic registra-
tion ; names, forms, construction, tonalities,
and offices in scientific combination. 4+294
p. front, il. pis. O [c. '21] N. Y, The H. W.
Gray Co. $2.50 n.
Bacheller, Irving Addispn
Keeping up with Lizzie ; il. by W. H. D.
Koerner. 157 p. front, pis. S (Popular copy-
rights) [c. 'io-'n] N. Y., Grosset & Dun-
lap $i
Bailey, Temple, i. e., Irene Temple
Glory of youth ; il. by Henry Hutt and
C. S. Cor son. 331 p. front, pis. D (Popular
copyrights) [c. '13] N. Y., Grosset & Dun-
lap $i
The tin soldier; il. by F. Vaux Wilson.
456 p. front, pis. D (Popular copyrights)
[c. '18] N. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Balf our- BTO wne, Frank
Keys to the orders of insects. 58 p. (inter-
leaved) diagrs. O '20 N. Y., Macmillan
pap. $3 n.
The author is lecturer in zoology, University of
Cambridge, England.
Berlitz, Maximilian Delphinus
Elements de la litterature franchise, a
1'usage d'eleves de nationalite etrangere;
texte et extraits ; nouv. ed. americaine. 4+
311 p. D '21 N. Y., The Berlitz School of
Languages $2 n.
Broomhall, Edith J.
Spanish composition. 9+127+36 p. D [c.
'21] Bost., Allyn & Bacon $1.20 n.
Brown, Basil
Law sports at Gray's Inn; 1594; including
Shakespeare's connection with the Inn's of
Court, the origin of the Capias Utlegatum re
Coke and Bacon, Francis Bacon's connection
with Warwickshire ; together with a reprint
of the Gesta Grayo>rum; [or, The history of
the high and mighty Prince Henry] various
paging front, (facsm.) O c. N. Y., Unity
Press, 741 St. Nicholas Ave. bds. $3 n.
Brubaker, Albert Philson
A compend of human physiology especially
adapted for the use of medical students; I5th
ed. 8+264 p. il. D (Blakiston's compends)
[c. '21] Phil., Blakiston $2 n.
Budge, Ernest A. Wallis
The Babylonian story of the deluge ; and
the Epic o*f Gilgamish; with an Account of
the royal libraries of Nineveh. 58 p. il. O
(British Museum) '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ^
Press 45 c.
Bugge, Jens
Practical minor tactics; with a foreword"
by John F. Morrison. 9+126 p. fold, maps O
c. N. Y., Appleton $2 n.
The author was formerly instructor in minor tac-
tics, U. S. Military Academy, West Point.
Adams, Louise E. W.
A study in the commerce of Latium; from the
early Iron age through the 6th century, B. C. 84 p.
(Z1A p. bibl.) O (Smith College classic studies, no.
2) '21 Northampton, Mass., Smith College Library
75 c.
Beede, Joshua William, and Bentley, W. P.
The geology of Coke County, [Texas.] 80 p. pis.
maps (part fold, and part col. in pocket) tabs. told,
chart O (Bull. 1850) Austin, Tex., Univ. of Texas
pap.
Bittner, Walter Simon, ed.
The community center; list of lantern slides
with notes on the community schoolhouse. 30 p,
(3 p. bibl.) pis. il. O (Bull, of the Extension div.,
v. 5, no. 8) '20 Bloomington, Ind., Indiana Uni-
versity pap.
Brannon, Peter A., comp.
Handbook of the Alabama anthropological so-
ciety. 60 p. O (Historical and patriotic ser.) '20
Montgomery, Ala., Alabama State Dept. of Archives
and History pap. gratis
Brossard, Edgar Bernard
Some types of irrigation farming in Utah. 140 p.
tabs, maps O (Bull. no. 177) '20 Logan, Utah, Utah
Agricultural College; Experiment Station pap»
1802
The Publishers' Weekly
Byers, Andrew L., comp.
Birds and animals. 96 p. il. O (v. 7 »
'Boys and girls' fireside ser.) [c. '21] An-
derson, Ind., Gospel Trumpet Co. 75 c.
Carter, Thomas
Life and letters of Paul; introd. by Mrs.
Hume R. Steele. 231 p. S c. Nashville,
Tenn., Smith & Lamar $i n.
This book is designed as a companion to the
author's 'Story of the New Testament."
Cousins, Frank, and Riley, Phil M.
The Colonial architecture of Philadelphia.
225, p. il. pis. O [c. '20] Bost, Little,
Brown $10 [750 copies]
Crile, George Washington
A physical interpretation of. shock, ex-
haustion, and restoration; and extension of
the Kinetic theory ; ed. by Amy F. Rowland.
164-232 p. il. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ.
Press $8.75
Croft, Terrell Williams
Wiring for light and power ; a detailed and
fully il. commentary on the national electrical
code; 3rd ed. ; with important 1921 supple-
ment. 424-14+465 p. il. D [c. '21] N. Y.,
McGraw-Hill $3 n.
Curry, Charles Madison, and Clippinger,
Erie Elsworth, eds.
Children's fiterature ; a textbook of sources
for teachers and teacher-training classes; ed.
with introductions, notes, and bibliographies.
12+693 P. O [c. '21] Chic., N. Y., Rand,
McNally $3.50 n.
Dana, John Cotton
A plan for a new museum, the kind of mu-
seum it will profit a city to maintain. 57 p.
O (New museum ser. no. 4) '20 Woodstock,
Vt., The Elm Tree Press pap. $2 n.
Dell, Ethel May
The safety curtain and other stories. 382 p.
front. D (Popular copyrights) [c. '17]
N. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Douglas, Paul H.
American apprenticeship and industrial
education. 348 p. (4^ p. bibl.) tabs. O
(Studies in history, econmics ^nd public
law ; v. 95, no. 2 ; whole no. 216) c. N. Y.,
Longmans, Green pap. $3.50 n.
Eltzholtz, Carl Frederick
The child; its relation to God and the
church. 56 p. S [c. '21] N. Y. and Cin.,
Methodist Bk. Concern 50 c. n.
Partial contents: The child and the Bible; The
child and theology; The child neglected.
Everett, Leolyn Louise
The hills of Arcetri. [verse.] 79 p. D
'21 N. Y., J. Lane bds. $1.50 n.
A study, in verse, of the moods and colors of
Italian life.
Brownson, Mary Wilson, and Kerst, Vanda E.
Victory through conflict; [a pageant]; the music
written or arranged by Walter Wild; the dances
directed by Marion Gifford; il. by Woodman Thomp-
son; given on the college campus June 8^g, 1920;
during the soth anniversary celebration. 17+42 p.
front, il. plan [c. '20] Pittsburgh, Pa., Pennsyl-
vania College for Women pap. 50 c. n.
Bull, Sidney Augustus
History of the town of Carlisle, Mass.; 1754-1920;
with biographical sketches of prominent persons.
11+365 p. front, pis. pors. O '20 Cambridge, Mass.,
The Murray Pr. Co. $6
Bundscho, J. M.
Here type can serve you. 183 p. pis. Q [c. '20]
Chic., J. M. Bundscho, 58 E. Washington St. bds.
priv. pr.
Bungalowcraft Company
Bungalowcraft "Homes not houses"; stucco, colo-
nial and Swiss chalet bungalows; a book on the
stucco, colonial and Swiss chalet bungalow build-
ing in its latest development; [illustrating] the
charming bungalows of Los Angeles, Pasadena and
adjacent towns; the most efficient aid to beautiful
and convenient home building. [9th ed.] 52 p. il.
plans O c. Los Angeles, Cal., The Bungalowcraft
Co. pap. 50 c.
Bunn, Charles Wilson
A brief survey of the jurisdiction and practice
of the courts of the United States; 2nd ed. 3+143 p.
D c. St. Paul, Minn., West Pub. Co., 50 W. 3rd
St. $2.50 n.
Carroll, W. E.
Feeding work horses. 18 p. O (Circular no. 43) '20
Logan, Utah, Utah Agric. College, Experiment Sta-
tion pap.
Chapman, George Henry
Tobacco investigations; progress report. 38 p. pis.
charts O (Bull. no. 195) '20 Amherst, Mass., Agri-
cultural Experiment Station pap. gratis
Clsoe, Charles L.
Welfare work in the steel industry; an aaaress;
delivered at the annual meeting of the American
Iron and Steel Institpte, the Commodore Hotel, New
York City, May 28th, 1920. 45 p. il. pis. tabs. D
N. Y., United States Steel Corp., Bu. of Safety,
Sanitation ana Welfare, 71 B'way. pap. gratis
Clubbe, Charles P. B.
The diagnosis and treatment of intussusception;
2nd ed. 10+92 p. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press
$2.50
Cohen, Mary M.
An old Philadelphia cemetery, the resting place of
Rebecca Gratz; written for the City history society
of Philadelphia; and read by [the author] at the
meeting of Wednesday, November 14, 1906; [an ac-
count of the Mikveh Israel cemetery and the Mikveh
Israel congregation.] various paging O (Philadelphia
history, v. 2, no. 4) '20 Phil., City History Society
pap. 50 c. n.
Colemau, Glen M.
Golden mud. [verse] 36 p. O '21 Mount Vernon,
la., [Author] pap. 40 c.
Connecticut. State Library
Select list of manuscripts in the Connecticut state
library. 32 p. O (Bull. no. 9) '20 Hartford, Conn.,
State Library pap. gratis
Duggan, Mell L., and Bolton, Euri Belle
Educational survey of Lee County, Georgia. 25 p.
front, (map) charts pis. O (No. 28) '20 Atlanta,
Ga., State Dept. of Education pap.
Educational survey of Miller County, Georgia.
47 p. il. charts tabs, diagrs. O (No. 29) '20 Atlanta,
Ga., State Dept of Educaion pap.
Evans, Mrs. Adelaide Bee
Strange peoples and customs; [story of missions
in the Far East.] 7+316 p. front, il. maps D [c. '21]
Mountain View, Cal., Pacific Press $1.25 n.
Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens
An international experiment; the Earl Gray memo-
rial lecture delivered Feb. 26, 1921, at the Armstrong
college, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 40 p. O '21 N. Y.,
Oxford Univ. Press pap", oo c.
Fitzmaurice-Kelly, Julia, comp.
Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca; trozas escogidos de
la Florida del Inca. 8+71 p. O '21 N. Y., Oxford
Univ. Press $1.35
June 18, 1921
1803
Flower, Jessie Graham
Grace Marlowe's overland riders on the
old Apache trail. 255 p. front, il. D (Grace
Harlowe's overland ser.) [c. '21] Phil., Al-
temus $i
Foster, William, ed.
Early travels in India; 1583-1619. 14+
352 p. il. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press
$5.65; India pap. $6.75
France, Anatole, pseud. [ Jacques- Anatole
Thibault]
A mummer's tale ; a tr. 'by Charles E.
Roche. 240 p. O '21 N. Y., J. Lane $2.50 n.
A story of a woman who had two lovers, one of
whom killed himself when rejected, and whose spirit
came between her and the man she really loved.
Fraser, William Alexander
Bulldog Carney. 306 p. D (Popular copy-
rights) [c. '19] N1. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Freund, Ida
The experimental basis of chemistry; sug-
gestions for a series of experiments illus-
trative of the fundamental principles of
chemistry ; ed. by A. Hutchinson and M.
Beatrice Thomas. 13-1-408 p. tabs. il. diagrs.
O '20 N. Y., Macmillan $9 n.
Partial contents: The nature and recognition of
chemical change; The part which air plays in combus-
tion; The conservation of mass; The law of fixed
ratios; Combining equivalent weights; The law of
combining volumes.
Gibbons, Herbert Adams
The foundation of the Ottoman empire;
a history of the Osmanlis, up to the death
of Bayezid i; 1300-1403; [with exhaustive
bibliographies, both classified and alpha-
betical] 379 p. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ.
Press $475
Gray, Alan
A book of descants ; [organ ed.] 10+103 p.
mu=ic sq. D '20 N. Y., Macmillan $3.25, n.
A book of tunes, which are pitched as low as possi-
ble to suit the average voice, for the use of choir-
masters.
Grover, Burton Baker
Handbook of electrotherapy for practition-
ers and students. 9+420 p. (4^ P- bibl.) il.
diagrs. tabs. O c. Phil., F. A. Davis Co.
$4 n.
The subiect of electrotherapy boiled down for the
use of medical men, the effort being made to make
them familiar with modern methods of its application.
Guest, Edgar Albert
When day is done, [verse] 191 p. D [c.
'21] Chic., Reilly & Lee $1.25 n.
Poems of home and family.
H., E. P., comp.
Rose petals and gorse bloom; stray
thoughts from the letters of an American
mystic. 49 p. S c. '20 N'. Y., The Beacon Bk.
Shop, 28 W. 47th St. bds. 75 c.
Prose selections dealing with psychic phenomena.
Hamilton, Cosmo
His friend and his wife; a novel of the
Quaker Hill colony; il. by Robert W..
Stewart ; [photoplay title Midsummer mad-
ness.] 303 p. front, pis. D (Popular copy-
rights) [c. '20] N. Y., Grosset & Dunla^ $i
Handy, Seymour
An outline of American history. 5+97 p.
D [c. '21] N. Y., Holt 48 c. n.
Harley, John Eugene
The League of nations and the new inter-
national law. 9+127 p. O '21 N. Y., Ox-
ford Univ. Press $3 n.
Harrison, Earl Stanley
Spanish correspondence. [Commercial.]
7+160 p. D c. N'. Y., Holt $i n.
Hering, Daniel Webster
Essentials of physics for college students ;
a textbook for undergraduates and a lecture
course and reference work for teachers and
other students of physics ; 2nd rev. and enl.
ed. 10+367 p. (i p. bibl.) il. diagrs. O '21
N. Y., Van Nostrand $2.50 n.
Hewitt, Arthur Wentworth
Bubbles [verse], 128 p. 5 '21 c. '20 Rut-
land, Vt, The Tuttle Co., 11 Center St. $2
Higham, C. S. S.
History of the British empire. 8+276 p.
front, (map) diagrs. maps D '21 N. Y.,
Longmans, Green $1.50 n.
The author is lecturer in history. University of
Manchester.
Hill, Edward G.
The house of Aegeus and other verse. 56 p.
D [c. '20] Louisville, Ky., The Standard Pr.
Co. bds. $1.50
Partial contents: The Confederate war; Five
months in Germany; Divine healing; Divine healing
in the Atonement.
Holmes, Arthur Harold
A study of personality and its relation to
salesmanship. 10+254 P- D '20 Cm., South-
western Pub. Co. $1.20 n.
Horsch, John
Modern religious liberalism; the de-
structiveness and irrationality of the new
theology. 331 p. D [c. '21] Scottdale, Pa.,
Fundamental Truth Depot $1.75
Foster, William
The English factories in India, 1655-1660. 440 p.
map O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $7.20
Gage, J. Howard
The larvae of the coccinellidae. 63 p. pis. Q
(Illinois biological monographs, v. 6, no. 4) c.
Urbana, 111.. Univ. of Illinois pap. 75 c. n.
Gorell, Ronald Gorell Barnes, Lord
Education and the army; an essay on reconstruc-
tion. 292 p. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press
$7.20
Guaranty Trust Company
How business with foreign countries is financed.
74 p. forms facsms. O c. N. Y., Guaranty Trust Co.
pap. gratis
Our new place in world trade. 23 p. pis. O [c. '21]
N. Y., Guaranty Trust Co. pap. gratis
Higgins, George Marsh
The nasal organ in amphibia. 91 p. Q (Illinois
biological monographs, v. 6. no. i) c. Urbana, 111.,
Univ. of Illinois pap. $i n.
The Publishers' Weekly
Howson, E. T., and others, comps.
Maintenance of jvay cyclopedia; a refer-
ence book coverin|f"definitions, descriptions,
illustrations and methods of use of the ma-
terials, equipment and devices employed in
the maintenance of the tracks, bridges,
buildings, water stations, signals and other
fixed properties of railways ; compiled in co-
operation with the American railway en-
gineering a&sn. 2-(-86o p. il. fold. pis. Q
c. '21] N'. Y., Simmons-Boardman Pub.
$10 ; leath. $15 bxd.
Jeans, James Hopwood
The mathematical theory of electricity
and magnetism; 3rd ed. 587 p. tabs, diagrs.
O N. Y., Macmillan $8 n.
Judson, E.
Edison's phunnygraph; or, What happened
to one XYZ; a story; containing also 146
Edison questions with correct answers and
numerous humorous questions and answers.
59 p. T [c. '21] N. Y., J. S. Ogilvie Pub.
Co. pap. 15 c.
Kinsman, Frederick Joseph
Trent; four lectures on practical aspects
of the Council of Trent. 119 p. D c. N. Y.,
Longmans, Green $1.10 n.
Contents: The Council of Trent; The Protestant
reformation; The significance of Trent; The Triden-
tine attitude.
Long, Morden H.
Knights errant of the wilderness; tales of
the explorers of the great North-west. n-{-
223 p. front, il. pis. maps D '20 N. Y., Mac-
millan $2 n.
Stories of the irakers of the Canadian west, told for
children from 14 to *7»
Loveland, Gilbert
Training world Christians ; a handbook in
missionary education. 240 p. front, pis. O
[c. '21] N. Y. & Cin., Methodist Bk. Con-
cern $1.25 n.
Partial contents: The human family after the great
war; Changing human nature; Imparting missionary
knowledge; Education in money-giving; Training for
service.
Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill [Mrs. Flavius
J. Lutz]
Miranda; with il. by E. L. Henry. 344 p.
front, pis. D (Popular copyrights) [c. '15]
N. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
The obsession of Victoria Gnacen ; with il.
by Edwin F. Bayha. 301 p. front, pis. D
(Popular copyrights) [c. 'i4-'i5] N. Y.,
Grosset & Dumlap $i
McCleary, Cornelia Walter
The celestial circus, [verse.] 89 p. front,
il. O [c. '20] Bost., Cornhill bds. $1.50 n.
Poems for children, many of which have appeared in
St. Nicholas, The Youth's Companion; Little Folks
and other magazines.
McDougall, William
Is America safe for democracy?; six lec-
tures given at the Lowell Institute of Bos-
ton, under the title Antfiropology and history ;
or, The influence of anthropologic constitu-
tion on the destinies of nations. 8-}-2i8 p.
(2l/2 p. bibl.) maps pors. charts D c. N. Y.,
Scribner $1.75 n.
A study of racial conditions, especially in the
United States, by a professor of psychology in Har-
vard University.
Manly, John M,. and Powell, John A.
Better advertising. 157 p. S (Better busi-
ness ser.) c. Chic., F. J. Drake $1.50 n.
Marcovitch, Lazare, ed.
Serbia and Europe; 1914-1920; with a pref-
ace [.by the editor]. 15+355 p. O '21 N. Y.,
Macmillan $5 n.
A record of the policy of Serbia during the war,
which consists of a series of articles by 29 of the
prominent Serbian politicians and publicists.
Mariano, John Horace
The second generation of Italians in New
York city. 10+317 p. (6 p. blbl.) front,
(map) D [c. '21] Bost., The Christopher Pub.
House $3
Published also under title "The Italian Contribution
to American Democracy."
Mary Cecilia, Sister [Mary Monica Koehler]
Efficiency in the spiritual life. 15+19+201 p.
D '21 N. Y. and Cin., Frederick Pustet Co.,
Inc. $1.50
Meyer, Bror
Skating with Bror Meyer; with il. from
motion picture photographs. 176 p. il. pis.
Q c. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Page
$25 n.
Mills, Lewis Sprague
Selections for reading by the direct meth-
od; a manual for teachers. 164 p. front, il.
pis. D c. '20. Bost., Badger. $i n.
Murphy, Mabel Ansley
Timoleon, a friend of Paul ; being the ro-
mantic adventures of a waif of Tarsus ; to-
gether with a setting forth of the great
Apostle's journeys. 329 p. front, pis. D
[c. '21] Phil., Am. Sunday-school Union.
$1.25
A book for teachers and pupils to be used in study-
ing the life of Paul.
Hume, Ernest
The thirteen principles Upanishads; tr. from the
Sanskrit with an outline of the philosophy of the
Upanishads and an annotated bibliography. 16+
540 p. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $6.75
Keystone Pecan Co.
Paper shell pecans. 68 p. il. pors. pis. (part col.)
O [c. '21] Manheim, Pa., Keystone Pecan Co. pap.
gratis
Loomis, Frank D., comp.
Americanization in .Chicago; the report of a sur-
vey made by authority and under the direction of
the Chicago community trust. 40 p. tabs. fold, chart
O [n. d.] Chic., The Chicago Community Trust,
Suite 1340, 10 S. La Salle St. pap.
Ludlow, Arthur Clyde
The Old stone church; the story of a hundred
years, 1820-1920; [including early history of Cleve-
land, Ohio.] 411 p. front, pis. pors. facsm. O c. '20
Cleveland, O., [Author] $5 [priv. pr., 500 copies]
Macbeth-Evans Glass Co.
Fifty years of glass making, 1869-1919; [including
a short summary of the glass industry in America
from 1607.] 93 p. fronts, (pors.) il. pis. (part fold.)
O [c. '20] Pittsburgh, Pa., Macbeth-Evans Glass Co.
bds. priv. pr. ,
June 1 8, 1921
1805
Nichols, George
A Salem shipmaster and merchant; the
autobiography of George Nichols; ed. with
introd. and notes and concluding chapters by
his granddaughter, Martha Nichols; [new
ed.] 127 p. front, (por.) pis. D c. Bost,
Four Seas bds. $2.50
Nicholson, Reynolds Alleyne
Studies in Islamic poetry. 12+300 p. O
'21 N. Y., Macmillan $10 n.
Studies of Arabic and Persian literature; with
translations together with the original texts.
Nursery rhyme readers in the new writing;
[Hurnpty Dumpty; Little Jack Homer;
Mary has a little lamb; Hickory dickory
dock.] various paging D '21 N. Y., Oxford
Univ. Press pap. ea. 10 c.
O'Connor, John L., comp.
History of the Kentucky Derby; 1875-
1921. 141 p. S [c. '21] White Plains, N. Y.,
[Author] $2 n.
This work is intended as a book of reference for
those interested in this historic event of the Turf.
Oppenheim, James
The mystic warrior, [verse] 120 p. sq. O
c. N. Y., Knopf $5 n-. [limited ed., 500
copies]
Pearson, Henry Carr, and Kirchwey, Mary
Frederika
Essentials of English, middle grades. 12+
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N. Y., Am. Book Co. 84 c. n.
Pottenger, Francis Marion
Tuberculosis and how to combat it; a book
for the patient. 273 p. O c. St. Louis, Mo.,
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Answers to the questions most often asked by in-
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other important conditions.
Pratt, James Alfred
Elementary machine shop" practice ; a text-
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Rihani, Ameen F.
A chant of mystics, and other poems, 96 p.
D c. N. Y, J. T. White bds. $1.25
Robinson, James Harvey, and Beard, Charles
Austin
History of Europe ; our own times ; the
i8th and igth centuries; the opening of the
2oth century and the world war. 11+616+21
P- (5H P- bibl.) col. front, col maps il. pors.
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A history to meet the demands for a two-year course
in the high and preparatory schools.
Royce, Ruth
Little boy heroes of France ; a book of
deeds of valor of the sturdy little patriots of
France during the great war. 191 p. col.
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Sanderson, Ezra Dwight
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard ;
2nd ed., rev. and enl., by Leonard Marion
Peairs. 6+707 .p. (3 p. bibl.) il. O [c. '21]
N. Y., Wiley $4.50 n.
Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
Marcus Aurelius ; a biography told as much
as may be by letters ; together with some ac-
count of the stoic religion and an exposition
of the Roman government's attempt to sup-
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309 p. (6 p. bibl.) front, (por.) O c. New
Haven, Conn., Yale Univ. Press $2.75 n..
Partial contents: The founders of Stoicism; Boy-
hood and youth; Letters between friends; The Em-
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Christianity; The Policy of the Government.
New York. Bureau of Municipal Research
Report on a survey of the system of supervision
of the elementary schools, Harrisburgh, Pa., prepared
for the Special committee of the Board of school
directors. 3+33 p. (typewritten copy) Q '20 N. Y.,
Bu. of Municipal Research, 261 B'way. pap. $i
Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station
Third crop pest and horticultural report; 1915-20.
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Agricultural College pap.
Packard, Earl Leroy
The trigoniae from the Pacific coast of North
America. 58 p. pis. tabs. O (Univ. of Oregon pub.,
v. i, no. 9) '21 Eugene, Ore., Univ. of Oregon pap.
$i
Paul, Joshua Hughes
Six years of home reading for Boy Scouts, Camp-
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Salt' Lake City, Utan, Deseret Bk. Co. pap. 50 c.
Prickett, Effie M.
Instructions for care of archives in the Connecticut
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Conn., State Library pap. gratis
Racine, Samuel Frederick
Practical problems graded; series "A," "B," "C,"
and "D" [4 v.] various paging Q- (Accounting
students' ser.) c. Seattle, Wash., The Western Insti-
tute of Accountancy, Commerce and Finance pap.
$2
Roback, Abraham Aaron
Roback mentality tests for suyerio'r adults. 24 p.
c. '20 Dorchester, Mass. [Author], 17 Wentworth
pap. 50 c.
Scroggs, Joseph Whitefield, ed.
Shall the policy of government price-control be
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versity of Oklahoma pap. 10 c.
Singer, Charles, ed.
Studies in the history and method of science; v. 2;
[containing 15 monographs on various topics.] 22+
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Seton, Ernest Thompson
The preacher of Cedar Mountain. 9+426
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Sewell, Mrs. Anna
Black Beauty ; the autobiography of a
horse; [il. with scenes from the photoplay.]
244 p front, pis. D' (Popular copyrights) N.
Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Seymour, St. John D.
The Puritans in Ireland; 1647-1661; [an
ecclesiastical history of Ireland.] 14-1-240 p.
O '21 N'. Y., Oxford Univ. Press .$6.25
Starling, Sydney George
An introduction to technical electricity.
181 p. tabs. il. diagrs. D (Life and work ser.)
'21 N. Y., Macmillan $1.40 n.
A book of practical instruction.
Stone, Herbert
A guide to the identification of our more
useful timbers; being a manual for the use
of students of forestry. 51 p. pis. O '20 N, Y.,
Macmillan pap. $3 n.
Partial contents: Broad-leaved trees; Coniters;
Keys to woods of broad-leaved trees; Key to conifer-
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Taylor, F. W.
A first grammar of the Adamawa dialect
of the Fulani language [Fulfulde.] ; [The
language of a Nigerian tribe.] 135 p. O '21
N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $475
Thurston, Mrs. Katherine Cecil [Mrs. Ernest
Temple Thurston]
The masquerader ; a novel, il. with scenes
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(Popular copyrights) [c. '04] N. Y., Grosset
& Dunlap $i
Timaeus, pseud.
The science of cosmic vibration ; first
steps ; written for those who are ready for a
spiritual awakening; with an inspired .poet-
ical addenda, the philosophy of Maai. 46 p.
front, (por.) chart il. T '21 N. Y., O'Malley's
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Tucker, Alexander Lauzun Pendock
Sir Robert G. Sandeman ; peaceful con-
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ers) '21 N. Y., Macmillan $i n.
The storv of the military achievements of a repre-
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from 1856 until 1892.
Tufford, Henry Horace
The tire business answered; 2,250 ques-
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Dunwoody Institute Press $2.50
Ward, Charles Henshaw
Workways for theme-building. 70 p. S [c
'20] Chic., Scott, Foresman pap. 2-5 c.
Warner, Frances Lester
Pilgrim trails; a Plymouth-to-Province-
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White. 47 p. front, pis. O [c. '21] Bost.,
The Atlantic Monthly Press >bds. $1.75 n.
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Wentworth, George, and Smith, David
Eugene
School arithmetics; bk. I. 281+16 p. D
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White, Mrs. Grace Miller
The shadow of the sheltering pines; a new
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D (Popular copyrights) [c. '19] N. Y.,
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White, Stewart Edward
The killer; [and other stories.] 346 p. col.
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N'. Y., Grosset & Dunlap $i
Williams, Ben Ames
Evered. 217 p. D [c. '21] N. Y., Dutton
$2 n.
A story of the New England countryside.
Williams, Sidney James, comp.
The atomic code ; [vocabulary about 7,000
words each coding in 4 letters ; with 2 link
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nouns, etc. ; figures without limit are covered
in 3 ways ; special tables covering sterling,
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Town of Concord, Massachusetts, directory; 1921
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$3-50 n.
Town, Clara Harrison
Analytic study of a group of five- and six-year-old
children; [foreword by Bird T. Baldwin.] .87 p.
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City, la., Univ of Iowa pap. 50 c.
United States Steel Corporation
Bulletin no. 8; [a pictorial review of the welfare
work among the employees of the U. S. Steel Cor-
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(facsm.) pis. pors. Q '20 N. Y., United States Steel
Corp., Bu. of Safety, Sanitation and Welfare pap.
gratis
University of Oxford
First supplement to the Historical register of
1000; containing a complete record of University hon-
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O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $4.75
Weidensall, Robert
The volunteer extension movement of the Young
Men's Christian Assn. 20 p. S [c. '21] N. Y., Assn.
Press pap. 15 c.
Woodward, Frank Ernest
The Erskine family of Bristol, Maine. 31 p. O
'20 Wellesley Hills, Mass. [Author] pap. $2 n.
Ytmcker, Truman George
Revision of the North American and West Indian
species of cuscuta. 141 p. il. pis. Q (Illinois bio-
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Univ. of Illinois pap. $2 n.
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Rare Books, Autographs and Prints
IN the appraiser's inventory of the estate of
Henry C. Frick, the Persian rug on the li^-
brary floor was valued at $10,500, other li-
brary furnishings at $270,500, the porcelains
used for decorations at $357,000, the paintings
on its walls at $690,000, or a total of $1,328,-
ooo. The collection of art books and general
literature was placed at $3,049. Just why the
room should have been called a library is not
apparent.
A year ago the first White House of the
Confederacy at Montgomery, Alabama, was
purchase^ by the State and an annual appro-
priation of $5,000 was made for its mainten-
ance as a Confederate library and museum.
Books, autograph letters and documents, pic-
tures, furniture and other family heirlooms
were contributed by Mrs. Jefferson Davis in
1896 when she broke up her home in Beauvoir,
Miss., and other relics were presented by her
daughter, Mrs. J. A. Hays, after Mrs. Davis's
death. The old home is soon to be formally
opened to the public under the auspices of the
'White House Association of Montgomery.
Two volumes of uncollected prose and poetry
of Walt Whitman, collected and edited by
Professor Emory Holloway who has had ac-
cess to manuscripts and other material former-
ly in the hands of Whitman's executors
Harned, Traubel, and Bucke, a substantial
part of which is now in the Library of Con-
gress, will be published by Doubleday, Page
& Company. The volumes will contain all of
Whitman's magazine and newspaper articles,
including the "Brooklyniana" complete, beside
manuscript note-books and the full manuscript
of "Franklin Evans," the temperance novel
which Whitman wrote for the New York
World.
At an autograph sale held by Stan V.
Henkels in Philadelphia May 27 the prefer-
ences of American collectors was responsible
for some very illuminating figures. A parch-
ment of Louis XIII, King of France, sold for
$i ; another parchment signed by Louis XIV,
$3.75 ; a Papal brief in Latin by Pope Clement
IX, dated 1669, 50 cents; the signature of
Napoleon Bonaparte, $6. More substantial
prices were paid for documents concerning the
American Revolution, particularly those deal-
ings with Pennsylvania history. A collection
of papers relating to the, mutiny in the Penn-
sylvania line in the Revolution was purchased
for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
for $320, and an essay by Benjamin Franklin
on hvgrometers realized $270. Evidently the
American market is not a particularly good
one for the autographs of European kings and
emperors.
Two groups of extra-illustrated books of
unusual merit, both in important sales, were
sold during the season how ending. The first,
concerning New York, was made by the late
William Loring Andrews, containing only the
iinest and rarest prints and brought together
and bound with the greatest care in all de-
tails. The second, on art subjects, was bought
in England by the late Frederic R. Halsey and
reached this country shortly after his death.
The merit of these books and the reputation
of their owners doubtless added materially to
the prices which they brought and yet they
realized less than one-half of their cost. The
sales of extra-illustrated books at auction for
the last thirty-five years has resulted almost
invariably in disappointment.
The cleaning, repairing and perfecting of
soiled, damaged and incomplete rare books,
which was so extensively practiced in London
before the war, has been resumed with greater
activity than ever before. The high prices
which rarities are bringing makes this work
of restoration very . profitable. .. The books
come from the binders with scarcely a trace of
their former defects; the restored book is fre-
quently a thing of beauty and makes a strong
appeal to the eye. But the collector should be
very cautions in paying high prices for them.
The tendency of collectors for a long time
has been steadily growing in favor of rari-
ties as near as possible in the condition when
originally published. The beauty of fine bind-
ings and elegant tooling deceives few exper-
ienced collectors for they know exactly what
it means. Dealers or collectors in England of
America rebind only when necessary. For this
reason, the rebound book is pretty sure to be
a disappointment when it is sold in the auction
room.
The entire collection of the literature and
history of baseball gathered by the late Albert
C. Spalding has been presented to the New
York Public Library by his widbw, Mrs.
Elizabeth C. Spalding, and has been accepted.
At the beginning of his interest and activity
in base ball Mr. Spalding began collecting
books, photographs, newspaper clippings, In
short, everything concerning the history of the
national game obtainable. To his printed ma-
terial he added correspondence, official records,
reports of sessions of organizations and manu-
script memoirs of distinguished players. Some
years ago he purchased a similar collection
made by Chadwich, known as the father of
base ball, especially important for its early
material. Immediately after Mr. Spalding's
death in 1915 various overtures were made to
Mrs. Spalding for the purchase of the col-
lection. All were declined and the collection
has been presented to the New York Public
Library as a memorial and also because it is
believed that there it will be of the greatest
use of the largest number and sure of ap-
preciation and preservation.
Charles Sessler, of Philadelphia, rare book
dealer, is confident that he has made a great
discovery in London. At the sale of the li-
June 1 8, 1921
1809
brary of Thomas Hutton of Birmingham, at
Puttick & Simpson's rooms, Mr. Sessler
bought a Second Folio of Shakespeare which
had been locked up in a safety vault by the
heirs of Hutton since about 1787. On ex-
amining it several days before the sale Mr.
Sessler discovered pasted inside the beautifully
bound volume a sheet of paper containing six
lines of writing signed apparently by Shakes-
peare. Above this was a note in the hand-
writing of Hutton, dated May 8, 1787, stating
that this was an original part of a Shakespeare
manuscript. The sheet of paper upon which
the six lines were written bore a distinctive
water mark of a hand and a star. Mr. Sessler
immediately began an investigation of water
marks used in making paper during Shakes-
peare's life and found that this water mark
was used only during this period. Further-
more, a comparison of the signature with the
signature to Shakespeare's will disclosed that
they bore a striking similarity. After com-
pleting his investigation and being convinced
of the genuineness of the manuscript, Mr.
Sessler outbid British dealers and secured both
the Second Folio and the manuscript. Mr.
Sessler, it is reported, has sent the manuscript
to this country for examination by Shakes-
pearean scholars. It would seem, however,
that the best course would have been to have
established its authenticity before leaving Eng-
land if this had been possible.
Kate. Douglas Wiggin was recently the guest
of honor of the Dickens Fellowship in Boston
where she read her "Child's Journey with
Dickens."
A series of letters written by Thomas Car-
lyle to his friend Miss Wilson has been dis-
covered and will appear in The Nineteenth
Century and Later.
The municipality of Bordeaux has just is-
sued the fourth and final volume of its edition
of Montaigne based upon the celebrated
Bordeaux copy of the famous "Essais."
The modern library of Dr. Herman Seidler,
of this city, including many first editions and
desirable books of the last quarter of a cen-
tury, many of which are now out of print, will
be sold at the Anderson Galleries, May 26 and
27.
In commenting upon the lonsr connection of
Dr. Rosenbach and his family with bookselling
and publishing, which began in 1785 immedi-
ately after the end of the Revolutionary War,
The Bookman's Journal of London remarks :
"In England, here, -the land of traditions, where
we think of America as a young country, there
are few book firms that have that record."
The season at the Anderson Galleries has
ended earlier than was generally expected. The
last sale was held on May 31 when the library
of Robert C. Wilkins of Washington, together
with the "Frank Forester" collection of War-
ren E. Freeman of Boston, was sold. A copy
of Michael Bryan's "Biographical and Criti-
cal Dictionary of Painters and Engravers,"
inlaid to folio, and extended to 21 vols. by the
insertion of 1,800 prints, bound in calf, brought
$127; a set of the New England Historical
and Genealogical Register, in 72 vols. cloth,
Boston, 1847-1914, all of the original edition,
said to be the finest set ever offered at auction,
$280; a collection of the first and other edi-
tions of William Henry Herbert ("Frank
Forester") in 153 vols., including not merely
his works which were published in book form
but contributions to annuals and magazines as
well, $400. The entire sale realized $3,282.15.
On May 26 and 27 the modern library of Dr.
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of books published during the last quarter of
a century, representing a very wide range of
topics, including first editions and books now
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set of Washington's "Writings'," edited fry
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New York, 1889, brought $155; a portion of
the autograph manuscript of Carlyle's "Fred-
erick the Great," 15 folio pages, $65; a col-
lection of chap books containing 243 pieces in
67 volumes and including much unusual ma-
terial, $152.50; a set of Wilson's "Ornithology,"
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first editions, $230; an exceptionally fine copy
of James Howell's "Proverbs" London, 1659,
$60. The bulk of these sales consisted of very
ordinary books, but, nevertheless, the atten-
dance was large, competition lively, and prices
quite satisfactory. F. M. H.
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Years of Childhood, Aksakov.
Life and Letters of E. J. Peck, Peck.
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Life of Spinoza, Pollock.
Love's Pilgrimage.
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Markham, R., Life of Christopher Columbus, 1892.
Stevenson, E. L., Maps illustrating the early dis-
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Weare, G. E., Cabot's Discovery of North America,
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Rydberg, V., Teutonic Mythology, tr. Anderson, Lon-
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Sale, E. F., Manors of Virginia in Colonial Times,
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Spiers & Anderson, Architecture of Greece and
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Thorpe, F. A., Federal and State Constitutions, 7
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Universalist Register, 1920, Universalist Pub. House,
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Van, Renssalaer, M. K., The Van Renssalaers of
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Verrill, Porto Rico and San Domingo, Dodd.
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Woodberry, G. E., The Flight and Other Poems,
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Country Life (English), Nov. loth, 1917.
De Amicis, E., Spain, Putnam.
Du Cane, F., Flowers and Gardens of Madeira,
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Eaton, E. H., Birds of New York, part 2. Song.
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Jackson, F. H., Sicily, Methuen.
Mackenzie, Pompeii, Black.
Monroe, W. S., Sicily, Page.
Norway, A. H., Naples Paast and Present, Methuen.
Stobart, Glory That Was Greece.
Trow, Corporation Directory, 1921, R. L. Polk.
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Psychology, 1920.
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Creighton, Unconscious Memory in Disease.
Pinchot, Fight for Conservation.
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Beginnings of Poetry.
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Clarke, H. A., Child's Guide to Mythology, 1908.
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Culverwell, Montessori Principles and Practice.
Cuttriss, Romany Life.
Davidson. Thomas, History of Education, 1900.
Deming Seymour, Pillar of Fire.
Freud, Reflections on War and Death.
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Men and Religion, pub. for Men and Religion For-
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Waddell & Harrington, Addresses to Engineering
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National Conservation Congress Proceedings, iqoo.
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Father Goose.
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German and Swiss Settlements of Penna. by Prof.
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Essays Literary, Moral and Philosophical, Benj.
Rush, 1798.
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George Chrystal, Introduction to Algebra.
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S. Smiles, Relations Between Chemical Constitution
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Ingram, Rome and England.
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CL The best novel Owen Johnson has written.
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The Royal Book of OZ
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In a story which by its compressed power
and human emotion gives the illusion of
years of passionate experience, Mr. Swinnerton
shows us a brief period in Sally's life, a period
in which Sally faces the dilemma of choosing
between the gratification of material comfort
and her heart's desire. Now Ready. Net, $1.90
Other Late Important Publications
THE LITTLE RED FOOT
Robert W. Chambers
A romance that stands with CARDIGAN as a
fresh and stirring portrayal of life, love and
adventure in a young land. $1.90
PAWNED
Frank L. Packard
The author of THE MIRACLE MAN and THE
ADVENTURES OF JIMMIE DALE, etc., has
surpassed himself in this absorbing adventure-
romance of the South Seas and New York's
Eastside. $1.90
THE EDUCATION OF ERIC LANE
Stephen McKenna
The story of a brilliant figure in that amazing
group which Mr. McKenna has presented with
such penetrating analysis in his novels of Lon-
don society. By the author of SON1 A. $1.90
MORE LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS
Thomas Burke
The author of LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS and the
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You Will Bag a
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Mott Thrilling Tale of the Far Northland
Ready in Popular Copyright Edition July I5th.
IV e furnish the bait in the form of effective advertising material.
This story has been made into a very elaborate production for the screen
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upon the attention of the great reading and theatre-going public. This
advertising spent on the book would cost thousands of dollars. It is free
to you.
Here is your opportunity to follow it up in whatever way suggests itself
to you — and the popularity of the author and the action in the story present
many possibilities.
This gripping story of Bram Johnson and his Wolves — of Philip Raine
and the beautiful girl of mystery he found so far from civilization — will
appeal to all men and women who like high romance and breathless adven-
ture in a setting of the "Land of the Midnight Sun."
Read the story yourself — and you'll catch our enthusiasm for pushing it
to big sales. There are thirteen other Curwood titles in Popular Edition.
Nomads of the North
Tsobel
Kazan
Baree, Son of Kazan
The Danger Trail
The Flower of the North
The Grizzly King
Back to God's Country
The Hunted Woman
The Courage of Captain Plum
The Wolf Hunters
The Gold Hunters
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
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GENE STRATTON-PORTER
When her publishers announce a new
book by Gene Stratton-Porter every book-
seller from coast to coast knows why he is
exceptionally interested. And you may be
sure his reasons are well founded.
HER FATHER'S DAUGHTER
WE SHALL PUBLISH:
ON AUGUST SEVENTEENTH, a new
novel by Gene Stratton-Porter. It is a
rousing good romance of sunny California.
It has all those characteristics which have
distinguished her work with the applause of a
vast following.
Her readers have bought Nine Million
copies of her books. The present edition
will number 250,000.
These figures need little comment: of
themselves they predict a bright, successful
career for her new story. (Watch this inserted
page for further announcement of Gene
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4
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HER FATHER'S
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by Gene Stratton-Porter
AUGUST 17th
June 25, 1921
1833
Harper & Brothers
take pleasure in announcing that they
have become the publishers of
GEORGE AGNEW
CHAMBERLAIN
A uthor of
'White Man"
and
"Home"
"COBWEB," his greatest novel, which
is now appearing serially, will be pub-
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Price, $1.00.
More true-to-nature stories, the scene laid in the North
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TWINKLY EYES AT VALLEY FARM
By Allen Chaffee. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, $1.00.
When Twinkly Eyes, the yearling cub, visits the sugar
camp once too often he finds himself in a trap, and the boy
from the Valley Farm takes him home. The little black rascal
gets into 57 varieties of trouble and finally wins back his
freedom.
THE SKIPPER OF THE CYNTHIA B
By Charles Pendexter Durell. Illustrated by Harold Brett.
Price, $1.50.
A city boy, Samuel Hotchkiss, forced to spend a summer
on Cape Cod, begins his visit with a complaint about the
dullness of the place. He soon becomes acquainted with
Uncle Seth, a retired sea captain, owner of a cat-boat called
the "Cynthia B," and from that day forth Sam's vacation is
filled with more adventures than he had ever hoped to ex-
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tales of the old Nantucket whaling days, all founded on
facts.
RICK AND RUDDY IN CAMP
By Howard R. Garis. Illustrated by Milo K. Winter.
Price, $1.75.
Rick Dalton and Ruddy the dog go camping with a
troop of Boy Scouts. Their adventures, afloat on a nearby
lake and blazing new trails through dense woods, are further
enlivened by the discovery of a mysterious cave and by
encounters with unfriendly neighbors in an adjacent camp.
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1835
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A new de luxe edition of Blackmore's famous classic
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1836
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In this new volume Dr. Payot expands and
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Here he teaches us how to read systematically
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This first-hand narrative, withheld until Eu-
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This scholarly and informing volume is more
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ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE
The popular demand for CHARACTEROLOGY created by our
extensive advertising campaign on the first edition has convinced us
that there is a wide and permanent sale for this publication.
Having satisfied ourselves that the book is right as to price and
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1838 The Publishers' Weekly
BOOKMEN'S
14th ANNUAL
FIELD DAY
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Bigger and Better Than Ever!
June 25, 1921 1839
An Advance Notice
Autumn Publications
of
The Atlantic Monthly Press
A MAGNIFICENT FARCE, AND OTHER
DIVERSIONS OF A BOOK-COLLECTOR
A. Edward Newton, originator of the far-famed slogan for booksellers,
"Buy a Book a Week," has written another collection of essays of the same
character as those which won for his previous volume. "The Amenities of
Book-Collecting," such remarkable success that it is now in the third large
edition. Similar in form to his first book, this second volume will also be
profusely illustrated from the author's own rare collection. To be published
September 1st. Price $4.00
THE GREAT QUEST
Last Fall we published "The Mutineers/' by a new author, Charles
Boardman Hawes. Although written for older boys, this stirring tale of adven-
ture brought many enthusiastic comments from booksellers who had read it
with much interest and planned to keep the book in stock at all times. In this
second book Mr. Hawes shows an even greater mastery of the art of absorbing
narrative. George Varian is also the illustrator. To be published September
ist. Price $2.00.
LIFE AND LETTERS OF HENRY LEE HIGGINSON
Major Henry Lee Higginson, founder and sustainer of the Boston Sym-
phony Orchestra, friend and benefactor of Harvard College, true patriot, and
valuable citizen, was one of the notable Americans of his generation. His
friend, Professor Bliss Perry, of Harvard University, has written the record of
this abundant life with a full measure of sympathy and charm. To be published
October ist. Price to be announced.
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN
A new collection of essays by Ralph Bergengren, author of "The Comforts
of Home" and "The Perfect Gentleman, " —no less humorous than these
but with a seriousness of suggestion which will give this new volume a place of
its own. Mr. Bergengren is also author of our very successful juvenile, "Jane,
Joseph, and John." To be published September ist. Price $1.25.
representative, Mr. James L. Crowder, will be at the Palmer House during
the Book Fair, and will be glad to tell you more about these books. His
permanent address is 975 McClurg Building. You will find there a complete selection of
Atlantic publications. Inquire, also, about our Fall juvenile list, — Zodiac Town, Many
Children, and other new books not listed here.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS Boston
1840
The Publishers' Weekly
HALL CAINE No. 3
"Old friends are best" —
Since 188 5 American booksellers
have tested the "mettle" of Hall
Game's novels and have found
them worthy. He has ever led
a big book season and in this
perplexing year will do so again.
August First
HALL CAINE'S
THE MASTER OF MAN
Caine's brilliant pen also served
"Well done" said the British Government to Hall Caine for his
services during the War and in addition made him a Knight of the
Empire. It is not generally known but Sir Hall Caine was of the
greatest service in cementing the friendship of America and Great
Britian. It was not until after the War that he finished his new novel.
HALL GAINE'S NOVELS
have also received their just reward and have been translated into more foreign
languages than any other modern books. They have enjoyed the greatest
popularity in America and several of them attained a sale of one-half million
copies each in the English editions alone and one to more than a million
copies. Seven of them have been dramatized and have held the stage for
many years. Since the time of Charles Dickens no novelist has won and
held the affections of such an immense popular audience. They are written
from the heart and make an appeal directly to the hearts of readers of every
intelligence and nationality.
WRITE FOR WINDOW DISPLAY MATERIAL, IMPRINT CARDS, ETC. ,
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, Phila.
June 25, 1921
1841
lj? gubltalpra'
FOUNDED BY F. LEYPOLDT
June 25, 1921
"I hold every man a debtor to his profession,
from the which, as men of course do seek to
receive countenance and profit, so ought they of
duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends,
to be a help and ornament thereunto." — BACON.
State Street or Michigan Avenue ?
WHEREVER there is discussion of the
increase in book ownership and book
reading, whether it be Chicago, New
York, or the Far West, it is never to be for-
gotten that it is as important to find a way to
increase the book buying habit on State Street
as on Michigan Avenue, on Sixth Avenue as
on Park Avenue, on Market Street as on
Grant. Such a trade event, then, as the Chicago
Book Fair is of special importance because
the large part of those who gather, both the
publishers making their production plans and
the distributors of varied types, are especially
interested in the problem of getting the right
books and the right method of distribution to
suit the great mass of American people. The
great denominational houses with their wide
scattered clientele, the large mail-order houses
with their ramifying connections, the large de-
partment stores and the smaller ones from
scattered cities can study the problem on this
occasion.
By far the larger amount of book discussion
and comment in our literary papers has to do
with the reading habits and interests of a
small book audience alert for the new and in-
terested to weigh and to criticize, but a large
and less easily reached group forms a great
area of book consumption into which book dis-
tribution must reach to obtain large totals of
sales on staples, juveniles and current books.
On the improvement of the machinery for
bringing books to this great public the best
thought of the trade should be concentrated.
The methods that can be recommended to
booksellers in this field are not spectacular nor
dramatic. The thing that will make books
flow into these areas is the making of the
bookstore into a substantial community insti-
tution fulfilling a real function that the people
would not willingly have withdrawn, not the
mere reaching out to them spasmodically with
some striking title or special sale, but the
supplying them day after day with things
they really want. The problem is not to
create a book public, but adequately to serve
the growing needs of a public which has not
had books fully presented to it.
A book department store owner in a city of
some 40,000 recently complained that his sell-
ing of books has not proved important or suc-
cessful and asked for advice. He had never
carried, any real stock of books but had been a
hesitant experimenter with a small stock only
half kept up to even a small pretence. No
public within mailing distance of a large book
center will be satisfied with such attention,
and, with the present renaissance of book in-
terest, a city of 40,000 will support a live de-
partment if it is undertaken energetically and
intelligently.
The task of the publisher's representative
now is not only to sell but to see that the dis-
tribution system receives all the fresh and con-
structive ideas that can be brought to it. If
all the ways for display and promotion are
kept open, the book-trade as a whole will con-
tinue to present steady growth. Within the
area of the Middle-West there are dozens of
cities in which there have been only slight ex-
periments in real 'book salesmanship, and the
steady improvement of these outlets is one of
the most interesting opportunities that the
trade will face in the next five years.
Late Buying
A RECENT dispatch from Chicago com-
menting on business conditions states
that "A year ago this time, buying of
commodities for fall trade had practically
finished, while this season it is just getting
well under way. Sales for the past week
exceeded the volume of last year both in
value and quantity." This comment on the
buying situation gives an accurate picture of
the conditions in most lines that are usually
active for fall retailing. Every producer of
retail merchandise would probably say that
the scarcity of goods during 1919 and 1920
made it possible for him to get the attention
of buyers at a far earlier date than had for-
merly been the case. This was needed as a
help to the generally strained situation and
the same custom would be desirable as a
permanent feature of trade as an aid to the
stabilizing of year-round production if it
were possible for retailers always to esti-
mate their needs so far ahead.
1842
The Publishers' Weekly
Publishers of staple lines for fall who have
compared orders for this year with last are
.generally reporting considerable falling off
in the totals, and yet more than one
house is optimistic enough to believe that
by the first of August orders will reach the
total shown in last year, for by that time the
buyers who have been holding off will have
sized up the situation and be willing to plan
definitely for fall needs.
A recent report from one of the Federal
Reserve districts showed that while the
change in total net sales for the first four
months of the year was two per cent less
than the year before, the stocks on hand on
May 1st were 21 per cent less than the year
before. This active stock reduction is very
commonly reported and means that in many
sections the stocks are in such shape that the
dealers can look to fall buying with fairly
clear shelves.
The result of these conditions in the book
business means that while last year at the
time of the Chicago Book Fair a large part
of the buying in the Middle West had been
completed, this year a heavy proportion of it
is still to be done. This will be a selling
factor in this gathering that has not existed
recently, which will help to make the meet-
ing of unusual interest, and, with the improv-
ing conditions in production and deliveries,
orders placed at this time ought to be sure
of completion for fall business. It will not
be at all surprising if those publishers who
have prophesied that August ist will see the
total sales up to those of last year will be
feeling sure of their prophecy before that
time.
Staying with One Publisher
THE question of the gain or loss to an
author by staying with one publisher is
often discussed in the book-trade, and
there can, of course, be no positive pronounce-
ments on the subject that would be applicable
to all cases, but in instances where the pub-
lisher has been successful in building up an au-
thor's sales and reputation and proved him-
self continually alert in keeping the new books
to the front there is an undoubted gain from
the practical point of view in having the con-
tinuance of the connection.
An interesting instance of how closely one
author is connected with his publisher can be
seen in the recent printing of an advertisement
of a new Oppenheim book without the pub-
lisher's name. This is good advertising from
the retailer's point of view, as it directs the sale
directly to the bookshop, (and there is no
bookshop that will not have a new Oppen-
heim). At the same time, the reader who en-
joys knowing the imprint of the books he buys
will have little doubt as to what imprint he -will
find on an Oppenheim book.
The same is true of such a continuous seller
as William J. Locke. Probably no two Eng-
lish writers hold a more steady level of good
sale than these two, and yet both of them
have relied for this steady market on the pub-
licity and sales efforts of single publishers,
who quite apparently have not allowed their
interest in this promotion work to grow stale
merely because they had had otner works from
the same source.
Books as News
NO publisher could ask more in the way
of publicity than to have a double column
review of his book on the front page of
a big metropolitan paper. This is what has
been done several times recently by the New
York Post when the Managing Editor felt
that a book had sufficient public interest to
warrant this and where the reviewer's name
attracted attention as well as the name of the
book. The Lansing book was so taken up on
publication, and this month a review of Will
Irwin's "The Next War" by Senator William
E. Borah took a front page position. One
does not need to be a member of the book-
trade to find in such a review by such a pub-
lic figure as interesting an item as anything in
the paper. Lytton Strachey's "Queen Victoria"
reviewed by Christopher Morley also appeared
on the front page.
Chicago Field Day July 8th
THE date for the annual gathering of the
Middle- Western book-trade and publish-
ers' representatives has been set for Friday,
the 8th of July, and the Beverly Country Club
is to be the place of the meeting. This annual
feature has become a much loved fixture in
book-trade events, and the Committee by hard
work has been able to make satisfactory
arrangements for the accommodation of the
event. The Field Day subscription will in-
clude the fare to the ground, luncheon, golf
and athletics, and allowance for prizes for
various events.
June 25, 1921
1843
A Short History of Printing
By Carl P. Rollins
Printer to Yale University
II. The Spread of Printing in Western
Europe, 1462-1500
[Part I. To 1562 — The year of the Flight of the
Printers from Mentz appeared in the June n issue].
A DECADE after the invention of print-
ing by Gutenberg, the art was practiced,
so far as can be determined, by not more
than half a dozen printing offices, and these
all located in or near Mentz (Mainz). Whether
the first users of movable types still carried on
the art in Holland it is impossible to say,
for its operation were somewhat cumbersome
and numerous, even from the first. Albert
Diirer could practice his engravings anywhere :
his tools were simple and easily transported;
but the operation of making punches, matrices
and molds, casting type, erecting a press, and
printing sheets, required time and some
money, even under the simple system of print-
ing which was then in vogue.
A FIFTEENTH CENTURY PRINTING OFFICE SHOWING ARRANGEMENTS PRESUMABLY
LIKE THOSE OF THE DAYS OF GUTENBERG, FUST AND SCHOEFFER
tho we shall see that there is some reason to
believe that this may have been the case.
But in Germany, Fust and Schoeffer were at
work with Gutenberg's old plant, which Fust
had taken over in satisfaction of his claims
for money advanced; Gutenberg was at work
with a new plant : both these offices being in
or near Mentz. At Strasburg, John Mente-
lin and Heinrich Eggestein had set up estab-
lishments, and Albrecht Pfister was at work
in Bamberg. No other presses are certainly
known at this date. In the natural course of
events the spread of the art would be slow,
hampered by a certain mystery about its prac-
tice, and by the fact that the tools required
However, the spread of printing in Europe
was greatly hastened by events in a little
war carried on by Adolph, Archbishop of
Nassau. If it be true, as Lowell says, that
"Gutenberg's gun has the longer range," the-
fact was not apparent to the citizens of Mentz
on October 28, 1462, when the troopers of
Adolph were turned loose to sack and pillage
the city. Prince Bishops of the church were
not given to the spread of light and learning
as an ordinary activity, but now the workmen
of Fust and Gutenberg fled the city under the
impulse of military commotion, and scattered
in all directions, to set up their presses in the
cities of Germany and Italy. These workmen*
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were apparently skilled in their craft, and set
about the erection of printing establishments
on the lines of those of Mentz. By 1476, so
wide-spread was the dispersal of the print-
ers that books had been issued from scores
of cities in Western Europe, Cologne, Rome,
Basle, Augsburg, Venice, Nuremberg, Paris,
Florence, Foligno, Utrecht, Alost, Bruges,
Barcelona, Valencia, London, had all seen the
new art established within their walls, and
the finest shapes of Roman letter had been
developed in Italy. From Gutenberg's first
bible to Jensen's death is but thirty-five years :
a generation saw the birth of printing in a
small 'German city, its dispersal to all the
civilized parts of Europe, and the life-work
accomplished of some of the greatest printers.
It was truly a magnificent burst of genius.
Three Great Discoveries
As soon as the secrets of the new art were
scattered by the fleeing workmen of Mentz,
there came a rapid multiplication of printers.
Ulric Zell was one of Gutenberg's workmen
who took up his residence at Cologne, and from
there issued a prodigious number of books,
mostly without his name in them. But he is
of interest to us for other reasons than his
actual book output. For years his printing
office was a training school for apprentices,
who carried the glory of the art to all corners
of the world; and here it is quite probable
that William Caxton saw the printers at work
when he visited Cologne in 1471, tho it seems
doubtful if he learned the art there. It is
from the testimony of Zell, writing in 1499
that the Gutenberg claim to the invention is
mainly derived.
All of the principal cities of Germany re-
ceived the printers and offered them asylum.
To Nuremberg came "one of the Mentz print-
ers," Henrich Keffer, who in 1470 signalized
his venture by making his first publication a
tract on the Song of Solomon by an early
contemporaneous writer. This was an excep-
tion to the practice of the first printers, who
printed almost exclusively the works of an-
tiquity. But nowhere could the art of printing
have been more enthusiastically welcomed than
in Nuremberg, where craftsmanship of all
kinds was honored and fostered, and a record
of artistic production established which has
never been equalled. That great company of
which such names as Albert Diirer, Viet Stoss,
Michael Wolgemut, Adam Kraft, are typical,
prove the hospitality of the city toward the
arts : it is not surprising that the remarkable
Theuerdank (in handsome type with great
flourishes) was issued from Nuremberg (tho
printed by Hans Schoensperger at Augsberg,
with type cast by Jost Dienecker of Antwerp,
Anno 1517, and therefore somewhat later than
our present dates) ; or that the wood-engravers
of Nuremberg could produce the most admir-
ably illustrated book which we meet with until
the great days of the French press, in the next
century. This was the Nuremberg Chronicle,
Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik, printed in
1493 by Anthony Koburger, the second and
perhaps greatest of the city's printers. The
chronicle was illustrated with some two thou-
sand wood blocks, and marked the lead which
the city assumed in the production of illus-
trated books. Such was the spread of the
art in Nuremberg that from 1470 to 1500,
twenty-five printers had received the rights of
citizenship, and Koburger had over a score
of presses at work, and had reached out to
form alliances with Froben at Basle and
Aldus at Venice.
Augsburg, Spire, Strasburg, Basle — all
these cities had presses by 1470, Gunther
Zainer of Augsburg in that year printed the
first German book in Roman type, but a year
after the first appearance of Roman, in Italy
in 1469. John Mentelin, of Strasburg, was
the first printer-publisher to issue a catalog,
while Heinrich Eggestein, of the same city,
issued in 1466 the first bible in German. If
the first books were in Latin, the press early
adopted the vernacular : printing has always
been an exceedingly democratic art. Few of
our modern inventions have done so much to
help the world and so little to harm it. In
this particular, printing and the mariner's
compass may be considered as highly bene-
ficent devices, while the third great discovery
so often linked with them as determining
agents in our modern world — gunpowder — has
been an unrelieved calamity. The printer's
place as a dispenser of light, a servant to
knowledge and a preserver of all the arts,
has been apparent from the first.
When Printers Were Publishers
John Gutenberg and some others of the
scattered printers were back in Mentz again
within a few years, and the printing office
which he started lasted for a century. Guten-
berg himself died in 1468. One of Fust's ap-
prentices, Berthold Ruppel, carried the art
to Basle, and here we come upon a melan-
choly trail. In 1471, six years after Ruppel
set up his press, and after Basle had become
a considerable center of printing, there oc-
curred a strike of the compositors of the city.
It "lasted for a couple of months, and was
finally adjusted by the arbitration of the
authorities of the town, certain concessions
being made by both the masters and the em-
ployees." So the lot of the employer was
hard from the first. But the great name in
Basle printing, however, is that of John Fro-
ben. Probably more than any other man ex-
cept Aldus, he furthered thru his publishing
activities the development of scholarship and
literature. Usually in the first hundred years
of printing's history the great printers were
artists and wise publishers at the same time :
art and letters went hand in hand thru the
presses of Jensen, Aldus, Robert Stephens,
and the Elzevirs.
It is time to *itrn from Germany to the resf
of Europe, and see where and by whom "the
new art of printing" as the Sorbonne pro-
fessor, Fichet, termed it, was spread abroad.
The Renaissance had been at work in Italy
for some years, and it is not surprising that
it welcomed the new art with open arms.
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The Abbot Turrecremata, a Spanish prelate,
who, it is said, first suggested the Inquisition
to Queen Isabella (a suggestion which bore sad
fruit under the diligent care of the Abbott's
of him and his work in the next chapter.
Other cities of Italy soon established presses,
fostered by the protection which the city re-
publics were able to give to the craftsmen.
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more famous kinsman Torquemada) nobly re-
deemed himself when in 1464 he invited Con-
rad Sweynheim of Mentz and Arnold Pannartz
of Prague, to set up a press in his monastery
of Subiaco, near Rome. Here in 1464 was is-
sued the first Italian printing — sheets of a
church manual — followed in 1465 by the first
book printed in Italy — a Latin Syntax. After
two or three years at Subiaco, the two printers
went to Rome, and set up the first press in that
city, in the Massimi Palace. They ceased work
in 1472, but that indefatigable friend of the
press, Turrecremata, now a criminal, brought
Ulric Hahn of Ingolstadt down out of Ger-
many, and from thence on printing flourished in
Rome: to such an extent, indeed, that before
1500 there were a score of presses at work.
Designer of Roman Letters
The beginnings of the brilliant history of
the Venetian printing press were made, two
years after Sweynheim and Pannartz went to
Rome, by John of Speyer, but the first man of
outstanding importance at Venice was Nicholas
Jensen, a Frenchman. Jensen had been an en-
graver in the Paris mint who had been sent
to Mentz by Charles VII to learn the new art.
Returning to Paris to find his patron's suc-
cessor indifferent to his new vocation, Jensen
had finally gone to Italy, and in 1470 set up his
press at Venice. As the first great designer
•of Roman letters, we shall have more to say
Luca, Foligno, Milan and Florence all had
presses, but none equal to those of Rome or
Venice.
Fichet, Founder of French Press
In 1462 Fust had gone to Paris to sell copies
of the Bible of 42 lines, Gutenberg's bible of
1455. The competition of the MS. bibles had
been hard to overcome. The older art was pre-
ferred by the rich bibliophile, and it was fifty
years after the first use of movable types be-
fore they entirely superseded the pen. Whether
Fust was regarded as a sorcerer on this occa-
sion is not important, tho it is one of the
choice old stories we would like to believe.
It might well have been a serious matter to
him, for they had burned a very famous "sor-
cerer" in France not so many years before. But
sorcery or no, Paris had heard of printing, for
the weak-kneed sovereign of Joan's time, Charles
VII, having in 1458, heard of Gutenberg, had,
as we have seen, sent a skilled craftsman to
Mentz to learn the art. But owing to Charles's
death, the distinction of founding the first
French press belongs not to Jensen, but to
Guillaume Fichet, librarian of the Sorbonne.
In 1471 he lent his aid to the desire of Prior
Heylein, and three printers from the city of
Constance, Gering, Krantz, and Friburger, were
brought in from Switzerland, and set up a press
in the precincts of the Sorbonne. Due to the
receptivity of the scholars of Paris, and to
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the lack of restrictions on the output of the
press, there were, forty years later, over fifty
practitioners of the new art in Paris. It is
interesting, but not particularly indicative of
the position of the press in the different coun-
tries, that the art went into Italy at the invita-
tion of the Church; into France at the behest
of the University; and into England at no
man's command, but carried thither by a some-
time consul of the Wool Staple.
Light Literature and High Class Illustrations
Fichet was one of the first men to have his
own work printed; indeed it was this which he
had in mind when he encouraged the three
printers to emigrate from Lake Constance ; but
greatly as he labored for the press, the atmos-
phere of the University proved not so stimu-
lating as did the freer air of Lyons, where
printing was introduced soon after it was at
the Sorbonne. The latter insisted on theology
and religion; Lyons took a lighter view of life
as befitted its more genial climate and its cul-
ture of the silk worm, and there arose a re-
markable group of printers and engravers.
Says the historian : "They gave attention to the
production of books in light literature, such
as popular romances, legends, folk-songs, etc.,
printed, of course, in the vernacular, at a time
when the printers of Paris and, for that mat-
ter, the printers of nearly all the other book-
manufacturing cities of Europe were devoting
their presses exclusively to theology and to the
classics. ... In connection with these romances
and with some few other classes of literature,
the book-makers of Lyons gave particular at-
tention to the production of high-class illus-
trations. They used for the purpose the work
not only of French, but of foreign designers
and engravers. The printer Le Roys, for ex-
ample, employed Holbein to design a new
Dance of Death, and also to prepare a series of
illustrations for the New Testament."
If we disregard the Coster invention of print-
ing, the first recorded practice of the art in the
Low Countries was at Alost, Utrecht and Lou-
vain, in 1473. There are interesting and un-
explained facts about the practice of typog-
raphy in the Low Countries, as we shall see
in the later section devoted to England, but
from 1473 on, the press has a well-documented
history, but a history devoid of artistic or other
interest until we reach the date of Christopher
Plantin's activity (1555). It was, however,, at
Bruges that the English press begins its career
in the office of Mansion and Caxton, and the
type of the Caslon variety originated in Hol-
land. Starting with the black letter of the early
German printers, we find that the early print-
ers of Italy and France quickly superseded
it with the more graceful Roman letter, a
more elegant shape better suited to the genius
of the Latin countries.
First Book Printed in England
It is to the low countries that English print-
ing traces its roots. William Caxton, Eng-
land's first printer seems to have learned
something of the art from Ulric Zell's print-
ing office at Cologne, while he was there in
his capacity of commercial representative of
the English wool merchants, but it was at
Bruges that he set up his press. He engaged
Colard 'Mansion, a leading calligrapher of that
city, to help him as foreman, and in 1475 they
issued from Bruges the first book printed in
English, the "Recuyell of the Histories of
Troye." Unlike the first printers of Germany,
Italy and France, who cast their own type,
Caxton, with the instinct of the trader, bought
his type from John Veldener of Louvain.
After Caxton's departure ,from Bruges, in
1476, Mansion still continued to print books,
but the more important partner went to Eng-
land, and set up his press in that year within
the precincts of Westminster Abbey. Here on
November n, 1477 appeared the first book
printed in England — the "Dictes or Sayings
of the Philosophers," and in 1478 came forth
an edition of the Canterbury Tales. It was a
distinguishing feature of Caxton's press that
his books are noticeable for their appeal to
persons of ordinary, every-day interests, ra-
ther than for any artistic or scholarly superi-
ority. Indeed, it seems to have been only the
threatened competition of rival establishments
in London, which were set up about 1480, which
compelled Caxton to bring in a continental
workman with the finer standards of printing
there in vogue. This was his foreman and
successor, Wynkyn de Worde.
Dutch Influence
Printing at Oxford began in 1478 (the old
date of 1468 has been proved erroneous),
when it seems to have been introduced by
Theodoric Rood and Thomas Hunt, printers
of the school of Cologne. The early work of
the Oxford press resembles that of Ulric
Zell of Cologne, while the early issues
of the Westminster press are cruder and more
like their Dutch prototypes. There is some-
thing yet to be explained about the early print-
ing of the Netherlands quite aside from the
partisan interests of German or Dutch his-
torians. The crude and simple printing of the
Costeriana (or early undated books issued in
the Low Countries, and grouped for con-
venience around the name of Coster) seems
to be the prototype of Caxton's work, rather
than the art of Gutenberg and his scattered
apprentices. But fascinating as the study is,
it is not pertinent to our paper, which must
confine itself to the commonly accepted dates
and names.
The Screw Press
The years from 1462 to 1500 were prolific
years in the new art. By the latter date presses
had been established in all the major cities of
Europe. The business of printing bibles and
books of devotion or of biblical criticism had
expanded, under the direction of such men
as Aldus, Froben, Jensen and many others,
into the great operation of publishing works
in all fields of learning. 'Gutenberg's bible had
spaces left for the insertion of initial letters
by the calligraphers : by 1500 most elaborate
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1847
and ornamental initials had been cut on wood
and printed with the type, either in black or
in color. Not only that, but the craftsmen
of Nuremberg and Lyons had evolved the
cutting of wood blocks of pictorial design to a
high degree of refinement, and illustrated
books were to form no inconsiderable part of
the issues of the press in the next century.
In Italy the Roman letter had been developed,
and the black-letter of Gutenberg's day had
definitely been set aside by all the printers
of Europe, except in Germany. Many hand-
some forms of black-letter were to appear, but
its use on the generality of books was aban-
doned. Both vellum and paper were used to
print on, but no advance in this direction, or
in the inks used in printing, has ever been
made. The printing machine of Gutenberg's
day was, presumably, the simple, ponderous
screw press which we see first pictured in a
Lyons book of 1499. This press sufficed the
printer for three centuries, practically un-
altered. Aldus had presented the world with
small books, a form which serves us today.
And the time of the great printer-publishers
had come. We will look at the work of sev-
eral of the most noteworthy in our considera-
tion of the Printing Supremacy of Italy, 1470-
1530, in the next article in this series.
A List of Early Centers of Printing and the
Dates When the Art Was Introduced
GERMANY
Mentz 1450
Bamberg 1461
Strasburg 1461
Cologne 1465
Leipzig 1480
Ratisbon 1485
Munich 1486
Hamburg 1491
Offenbach 1496
ITALY
Rome 1465
Milan 1469
Venice 1469
Bologne 1471
Ferrara 1471
Florence 1471
Naples ..... 1471
Genoa 1474
Turin 1474
FRANCE
Paris 1470
Lyons .1473
Angers 1476
Chartres 1482
Tours 1484
Rennes 1485
Rouen 1487
SPAIN
Valencia .1474
Barcelona 1474
Seville 1479
Madrid 1499
Low COUNTRIES
Alost 1472
Utrecht 1472
Louvain — 1472
Bruges ...1474
Antwerp ... 1472
Brussels 1474
Leyden 1483
ENGLAND
London 1476
Oxford 1478
St. Albans 1480
Copenhagen 1493
Budapest 1474
Cracow 1491
Lisbon 1489
Stockholm 1483
1921— A Buyers' or Sellers' MarketP
THE frequently voiced contention that the
book business is ''different" from any other
is not lacking in proof this year. Certainly
none has experienced such difficulty in adjust-
ing itself to the new conditions. At the first
signs of a slackening demand, manufacturers
in other lines have been able materially to
lower their production costs which in turn en-
abled retailers to offer their merchandise to the
public at a figure calculated to make it buy.
From time to time there have been further
price revisions, which, as everyone now knows,
indicate the large profits made during the years
of plenty.
Publishers, however, did not raise prices
during this period to any such extent as would
permit them materially to lower the prices of
books now. In fact the present manufactur-
ing difficulties make it an effort to maintain
the present price levels. For, the slightly de-
creased cost of materials has been more than
offset by the increased costs of labor, and the
expense of selling has increased heavily.
Present prices, therefore, must be maintained
and any disposition on the part of the public to
buy less will have to be met with greater sell-
ing effort.
That the situation is yet a good one has been
proved by reports which showed that the book
business has not only been better in the first
four months of 1921 than it was in the same
period last year but that the pijospect for the
rest of the year is decidedly bright.
Judging from the replies received to a ques-
tionnaire sent out by the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY
to some 200 booksellers the book business right
now is in a remarkably strong condition. The
result of the survey presents a better showing
for the past month and a brighter outlook for
the future than that of any retail business this
year. Out of 105 replies from 79 cities, 75
dealers, or over 70% reported an increase in
these four months over 1920. Only 20% re-
ported a decrease, and 10% stated that business
was on a par with last year, which everyone
admits was the best that was ever had. Alto-
gether there has been a common increase of
from 10 to 20%.
It would seem then that reports of a heavy
falling off in buying are exaggerated. To be
sure the feverish (buying activity of 1919 and
1920 has not carried over to 1921, and dealers
are ordering more conservatively ; but the pres-
ent policy seems to be hardly so much one of
retrenchment as one of delay; and, on the
whole, purchases will be up to last year tho the
larger part will be made perhaps later this
year than in the past two or three years.
There is every indication that fall business
in the bookstore will start earlier this year and
what is more — that it will start with a rush.
Four extraordinary selling campaigns — extra-
ordinary as 'perhaps the most extensive ever at-
tempted in the book business — are now being
planned for release in August. In that month,
D. Appleton & Co. will publish the new Harold
B'ell Wright novel, Doubleday, Page & Co.
will have a new book by Gene Stratton Porter,
Lippincott will issue Hall Caine's, "The Master
Of Man," his first novel to be published in
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eight years, and the Cosmopolitan Book Cor-
poration will publish James Oliver Curwood's
"The Flaming Forest" for which they have an-
nounced a 100% greater campaign than any
they have made previously. With such big-sell-
ing titles coming so early in the fall season and
with the issue later in the year of new books
by Peter B. Kyne, Rose Macaulay, author of
"Potterism" and Floyd Dell, author of "Moon
Calf," it seems safe to predict for the book-
seller the biggest fall in the history of the book
business. . . . These are only a few of the
important titles which will be offered for sale
this year; but already there appear to be
enough reasonably to assure the success of the
season.
Publishers of juveniles, toy books and edi-
tions of standard authors, — the so called com-
petitive lines — face a different and somewhat
more serious situation. Not only must their
prices always be maintained at the lowest possi-
ble level but their business must come early
if operating costs are to be held down.
But attitude of buyers this year has in every
way added to their difficulties. The disposition
to put off buying until the last possible moment
has been very marked both at the Toy Fair in
New York in March and at the one which was
held in Chicago in April. This has necessitated
more frequent traveling and displays, lasting
longer than usual. And- the increased selling:
expense is naturally making it harder to hold
books at their present prices.
Just how long buyers can hold off placing,
their fall orders it is difficult to say. The Book
Fair which will open next month in Chicago
will probably indicate the buying attitude in
the whole mid-west area. Nearly all the pub-
lishers of competitive lines will have displays,
and a large number of buyers from the sur-
roundinp- states — Indiana, Michigan and Wis-
consin— are expected to attend. The Book
Fair, because of the large number of publish-
ers' displays, undoubtedly offers these dealers
a splendid opportunity to buy better.
In normal times July marked the eleventh-
'hour of fall ordering. This year when manu-
facturing conditions have increased the diffi-
culty of filling orders or reorders very late
July seems the very last minute in which buy-
ers in the mid-west may purchase their stocks
for fall.
The Chicago Book Fair Directory
WHAT is regarded as perhaps the most
important 'test of the condition of the
book market in the mid-west will be
made at the Chicago Book Fair in July. Pub-
lishers of 'Competitive lines, — juveniles, toy
books and editions of standard authors — at-
tach a greater significance to the event this
year because of the marked hesitancy of buy-
ers to place their fall orders at the Toy fair
which was held in New York in March. The
results they will obtain may, therefore, be
considered fairly indicative of the buying situ-
ation in this rich book area.
The travelers who cover Chicago regularly
are mainly the veterans of the road. The oc-
casion of a "Book Fair" commands the ser-
vices of the saleman of record, the man who,
thru years of training, is thoroly groomed for
the race for big business. A few yearlings,
representing the newer publishers, will be in
the line-up for a share o>f the stakes. Among
those who will make things hum this year at
the Palmer House and at the Congress it is
interesting to study the following entrants and
see how they "get away with it" during the
warm weeks of July :
Appleton (D.) & Co. — E. Heikel, Auditorium
Hotel.
Atlantic Monthly Press — James L. Crowder,
Palmer House.
Barse & Hopkins — John H. Hopkins, Palmer
House.
Bobbs Merrill <Co. — H. B. Runyan, Palmer
House.
Boni & Liveright — James L. Crowder, Palmer
House.
Brentano's — James L. Crowder, Palmer House.
Burt (A. L.) Co.— Theodore A. Jasper, Pal-
mer House.
Cupples & Leon Co.--Gallon, Palmer House.
Dodd, Mead & Co. — Howard C. Lewis, Con
gress Hotel.
Doran (George H.) Co.— H. R. Drake, Pal-
mer House.
Dorrance & Co. — James L. Crowder, Palmer
House.
Grosset & Dunlap — E. C. Ketcham, Congress-
Hotel.
Holt (Henry) & Co.— Stanley Walker, Con-
gress Hotel.
Hurst & Co. — L. M. Levy, Palmer House.
Lippincott (J. B.) Co.— Thomas H. Claggett,.
Congress Hotel.
Little, Brown & Co. — Frank Jones, Congress
Hotel.
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. — L. W. Adams,
Congress Hotel.
Macmillan (The) Co.— W. R. Kohr, J. G.
Hamer, Palmer House.
McKay (David) Co. — Alex McKay, Palmer
House.
Moffat Yard & Co.— John H. Apeler, Congress
Hotel.
Nelson (Thomas) & Sons — George Bachman,.
Palmer House.
Nonrse Co. — L, M. Levy, Palmer House.
Page Co. — William Robinson, Palmer House.
Penn Publishing Co. — Frank W. Shoemaker,
Congress Hotel.
Reilly & Lee Co.— W. F. Lee, S. H. Barst &
C. F. Benoit, Palmer House.
Standard Publishing Co.— T. B. Booth, Palmer
House.
Stanton & Van Vliet Co.— John R. Stanton,.
Palmer House.
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Stewart & Kidd Co. — James L. Crowder, Pal-
mer House.
Stokes (Frederick A.) Co.— F. Brett Stokes,
Palmer House.
Stoll & Edwards Co.— W. M. Edwards, Pal-
mer House.
Sully (George) Co. — George Sully, Palmer
House.
Warne (Frederick) & Co. — James L. Crowder,
Palmer House.
Winston (John C.) Co.— B. F. Fichens, W.
O. Shepherd, Palmer House.
Book Talks for Women's Clubs
By Margaret Don nan
WHEN I answer the roll call at the
Woman's Rotary Club, I say my work
is "Lecture Classes in Literature." Some-
times I think I shall cHange the response sim-
ply to "Booktalks," for that is what the classes
really are. They are talks given weekly or
fortnightly during the season to groups of wo-
men in Indianapolis and half a dozen smaller
towns in the state. The groups are composed
of women of all sorts, some fresh from col-
lege, some brides, some mothers of small chil-
dren, some grandmothers, and a few teachers,
librarians, and business women. A large per-
centage of them are bookbuyers. The purpose
of the class is to help women who are busy to
keep in touch with the best new things as they
come out, and to keep somewhat refreshed
about old things.
The first part of each hour is spent in talk
about new plays, literary gossip and mention of
books which may be interesting to some people
but which we are not to discuss in class. At
each meeting two books are reviewed, with, of
course, the purpose of making each one inter-
esting, of giving a clear idea of the sort of
thing the author is trying to do, and of show-
ing how successful, according to the opinion of
the speaker, he has been.
After an intermission, in which questions
may be asked, a chapter of some volume of
essays on literature is discussed and some
classic chosen to illustrate the author's point.
This season, for instance, we have been using
Mr. Cabell's delectable "Bfeyond Life," a book
not about spooks, as the janitor of my apart-
ment thought when he saw it lying on the table,
but about life and literature. That has given
us a chance to recall all sorts of old things
from Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus" and Congreve's
"Way of the World" to Frangois Villon's
"Poems." I suppose the attitude of the speaker
is a little like that of the literary revivalist of
whom the editor of the Post Literary Review
wrote not long ago, for he spends much zeal
trying to make his own enthusiasm "catching."
People in the classes do read, tho they have
no responsibility whatever during the lecture
hour. The 'book shops in town keep in touch
with what we are to have and try to be reacjy
to supply the demands. Practically all the
class people, whether they live here or not, buy
their books in Indianapolis. In some places tfie
librarian belongs to the class, keeps careful
track of the books the women will be asking
for, and supplies as many of them as possible.
In some places the newspapers give us a good
deal of publicity and print after each meeting
what was discussed that day so that lots of
people who are not members of the classes
have their attention called to what is being
read.
Each member is given a typed, list of the
things to be talked a'bout the coming month, so
that she can actually see what the titles and
the authors' names look like. And at the end
of each season lists of suggested summer read-
ing are given out, lists made up of things which
have appeared too late to be discussed in the
current season^ or things the appearance of
which has not yet been made. The books on
such lists of course are chosen according to
what one has a reasonable right to expect from
certain authors in the way of excellence and
from fairly dependable advance notices. I am
told that various people in the families of class
members always grab every kind of new list
which appears.
At the last meeting of this season I asked the
ladies to vote on the three new books we had
discussed which they had enjoyed most. There
was much excitement over the voting, especially
in the smaller towns where everybody knows
everybody else. In S— the very minute the
voting was mentioned, one very keen and active
woman immediately began to electioneer against
"Main Street." She did not want her town to
go on record as voting for it, for fear, I sup-
pose, that somebody should think a vote a sort
of tacit admission that there 'was much truth
in the book. As a matter of fact, the big vote
that this novel polled was largely due to the
small towns for most of them voted heavily
for it. We had a secret and unsigned ballot,
tho the unsigning cost me a struggle since I
was fairly aching to know who voted for what.
The votes are now all in. They were, you
understand, not for what the women con-
sidered the finest pieces of work but what they
had enjoyed most. This is the way the choice
came out : "Autobiography of Margot As-
quith," "The Age of Innocence," "Main Street,"
"Steeplejack," "White Shadows in the South
Seas," and the "Letters of Henry James." The
first three had practically the same number of
votes and were well ahead of the next three,
which again had about the same number. Out
of about forty-eight books on the list at least
thirty were named as favorites. "The Rescue,"
"The Voyage Out," "Beyond the Horizon,"
"Emperor Jones," "Miss Lulu Bett," "Preju-
dices, Second Series," "Flame and Shadow,"
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and "Youth and the Bright Medusa" all got a
respectable number of votes. And "The Domes-
day Book," "Smoke and Steel," Mrs. Rale's
"An American in London," "Poor White,"
"Potterism," Max Beerbohm's "Seven Men,"
"A Few Figs from Thistles" and "In Ameri-
can" had several champions. A great many
votes went to "Beyond Life," tho that was not
on the list meant to be voted for. Had it
been, it undoubtedly would have come out
ahead, for it has been extraordinarily popular.
There is no job in the world more fun to do
than this "book-talking," I am convinced, for it
keeps one all the time at what he would choose
to do had he leisure. It has all the delights of
reviewing for .magazines and. newspapers, with
the additional fun of getting" to talk about the
books to people who want badly enough to
listen to pay to do so, of getting to pick for
discussion what books you please with no ob-
ligations to anyone but the audience, of know-
ing it is your duty to gobble the new Bookman
the minute it appears, and likewise the PUB-
LISHERS' WEEKLY, and the Times Review, and
the Post Review, and the book pages of the
Transcript, the Chicago Tribune and the Chi-
cago Daily News, for of course you really
should know what these people think. It is no
wonder that many of my fellow Rotarians look
with envy upon my job.
Close Organization of German Writers
rr-»HE Authors' League of Germany is go-
I nig strong; so strong, indeed, that no au-
*• thor can exist without a membership
therein — and his dues paid, writes Wm. G.
Shepherd to the Authors' League Bulletin.
The organization is only a year old, but it has
an alarming strength. From the Ameriqan
viewpoint it is as alarming to authors them-
selves as it is to publishers. From the view-
piont of the German authors it may be a means
of salvation from poverty and starvation.
Its history is short. Fifteen years ago the
stage writers of Germany formed a league
which has been exceedingly successful. Three
years ago the film writers of Germany fol-
lowed the example of the play writers. A
year ago the authors of Germany copied the
film writers. And today the play writers, the
film writers and the authors have formed a
cartel that includes every prominent writer in
Germany as well as in Austria.
The power of this trio of leagues, acting
as a cartel, is tremendous. The play pro-
ducers of Germany are signing a contract with
the play writers agreeing to purchase plays
only from members of the League. The au-
thors in the League have secured from over
two hundred publishers of Germany contracts
to buy novels, essays, etc., only from mem-
bers of the League. The film writers are en-
deavoring to drive the film producers into a
similar agreement. The object of the League
is to force every writer or literary producer in
Germany and Austria into the great cartel, and
then impose the League's own terms on the
prospective purchasers of literary or dramatic
wares. One hundred and fifty of the leading
German writers including Sudermann and
Hauptmann are in the League and any writer
who makes his living by writing may join the
League upon the payment oi a small fee. Be-
ginners may work thru the League and if they
win their spurs these spurs are to be first con-
ferred upon them in the form of membership
by the League itself and not by the pub-
lishers.
Members of the League, in dealing with
German or Austrian publishers, are at liberty
to negotiate directly with the publisher, but,
in matters of foreign rights, the individual is
retired to the background and the League it-
self conducts the business. For instance, in
the case of English translations, the German
Authors' League has made a contract with the
Foreign Press Service whereby the latter thru
its London^ and New York offices controls all
the rights In English-speaking countries to the
work of members of the League for a term
of years. Members of the League surrender
to the League all their rights to English trans-
lations and the League, in turn, confers these
upon the Foreign Press Service. Payment of
royalties is made directly to the League, in-
stead of to the author.
Books and Periodicals
"PHERE has been a very general report in
1 the field of popular periodicals that sub-
scription lists and general sales have fallen
off markedly in the last six months, tho in
this same time book sales have apparently
been holding their own. It would take a
great deal of retrogression on one side and
a startling increase on the other to bring
these two figures in close relation to each other,
but even a slight tendency is of hopeful in-
terest to^ the bookseller, tho he has little feel-
ing of nvalry for those who present reading
matter in other form and with advertising.
The government paper^statistics seem to in-
dicate that periodicals consume at least seven
or eight times as much paper as books, even
when we include in the books all of the great
output of textbooks, subscription sets, etc.,
over and above the regular current produc-
tion. The bookseller cannofc help (wishing
sometimes that he might be left by the period-
ical publisher to work out his own salvation
without the took being called upon to pro-
mote the interest of the periodical circulating
department by its use as a special premium.
Formerly the custom in this regard was for
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the periodical publisher to offer some special
five or six volume set of books that had had
their run in the bookstores, but which served
as an admirable incentive to periodical pur-
chase. Lately, however, the periodicals have
found it more to their advantage apparently
to use the current book for circulation build-
ing. The bookseller does not care to give
away periodicals to build his book sales be-
cause in building book sales he increases his
receipts at only one point, while, when the
periodical publisher obtains a subscription, he
also obtains an increased leverage on his ad-
vertising rates or helps to hold the current
ones. The bookseller's feelings might be well
expressed by the anecdote of the Maine farm
wife, who was approached by the Suffrage pro-
moter just as she was emerging from the barn
at the end of a long and weary day bearing a
heavy pail of milk and a basket of eggs. On
being asked as to her interesj: in having the
vote, she explained, "As far as my having the
vote the same as men is concerned, all / say
is that if there is one leastest little thing that
the men can do all by themselves, I say let
them do it."
The bookseller would say that if there was
one little fragment of the public's reading that
the public may be induced to pay full face
value for, why not let them do it? The news-
paper costs less to the reader than its manufac-
turing cost, the periodical the same, the libra-
ries supply books free, societies give them
around, and states suppK reading matter to
every child, all this is as it should be, and
just a fraction of one per cent of our read-
ing matter the book which the public can
buy and pay a bookseller an amount that cov-
ers the royalty to the author and the cost of
its manufacture and distribution. If they can
be persuaded to pay this economic price for
this one little part of their reading, why not let
them do it instead of turning this to a method
of _ promoting the sales of the plethoric peri-
odicals?
Tales of a Traveler
"No Matter What"
IT isn't always a difficulty to get into conver-
sation with a customer. One case, I recall,
when it was much more difficult to get out
of it.
He was sitting at his desk; I was standing
by it. I'd just called his attention to a new
book on America's greatest sport — 'Golf. He
took the book from me and ran thru its pages.
He was silent for a moment, looking it over
carefully. Then he handed it back to me.
"I'll never forget the first game I played,"
he began; his eyes twinkled, reminiscently.
"Beginner's luck?" I asked.
"Well, no !" he went on. "They all . said
that they'd never seen a beginner go about it
in a moire scientific manner. I knew exactly
how to grip my clubs. That's the first thing,
y' know, in this game. My first hole, I made
in five, and putted out in two. Good playing!
Study ! Not many around here can go me
better. ..." He paused contemplating his
ability. So I took advantage of the lull to
call his attention to another book. It was
a health book. He followed me while I de-
scribed the system in detail. Then he looked
thru the book. After which, he began.
"Would you ever think I had once been a
sick, yes, a very sick man?" he asked. I re-
plied, properly, with the negative. So he "car-
ried on." And I pulled up a chair for myself
and sat down.
"Well, I was. In fact, they were expecting
me to die at almost any time. I was in the
most serious condition a man could get in. It
was most serious. But — I made up my mind
that I would be a well man once more. So I
set to work. And I worked. How I worked!
Until I made myself what you see before you
to-day. I'm sound enough looking animal, am
I not ? No one is in better health. Now would
you think I had been dying, would you?"
I passed on to the subject of bees, because
I had a book on the subject.
tt A look of rare pleasure passed into his face.
"Ah!" he exclaimed. "Wonderful creatures.
Interesting insects! Very wonderfully inter-
esting, aren't they?"
I really thought so.
"I raised bees once. My apiary was one of
the finest in the state— in the whole United
States, I may say. I went about it scientific-
ally. Every possible device for the improve-
ment of the place, I had. It was a thoroly
practical, and a scientific place. And say," he
rambled, "I believe those .bees knew me — every
one of them."
I'd discovered the only way to get him
turned from a subject was to introduce a new
one. My next was most unfortunate. When
I handed him a new volume of poetry, he
sighed happily. Then I knew. He was a poet.
"Did you ever write poetry?" he asked me.
"I haven't the gift to any degree," I an-
swered.
"You're right there, my boy! It is a gift!
It is a gift. I have it! Fortunately! My
father did before me, and his mother did be-
fore him. Ah ! That touch, that being in tune
with the Infinite. That's what it is. That's
what it is !" He repeated himself a few times,
each more dreamily than before. Then sud-
denly he turned to his desk, and took out a
large pile of papers, and began fingering rap-
idly thru them. I knew I'd laugh if I read
them. So suddenly, I said abruptly:
"I'll ship this order October first, shall I?"
It worked. He began marking the list, then
handed it to me, saying "Yes, that's when I
want it!" As he again turned to his "art,"
I thanked him, shook his hand and made my
get-away.
1852
The Publishers' Weekly
Energetic Retail Advertising
ONE of the stimulating incidents at the
Booksellers' Convention was the informal
speech from the floor by T. Albert
Hooper, manager of the Deseret Book Com-
pany, as to what he was doing in the way of
retail advertising. The convention discussion
was running to the idea that retailers ought
to find more ways of taking initiative in local
advertising, and
Mr. Hooper sup-
plied the needed
touch by showing
what one . firm
could do.
He had made
for the past year
a liberal appro-
priation for gen-
eral advertising —
about six thousand
dollars — and had
put it in the hands
of an advertising
agency, Stevens,
'Wallis & Brazier
of Salt Lake City.
The result, he
claimed, more than
justified his theory,
and he expected to
go forward even
more systematical-
ly during the com-
ing year.
An examination of "copies of these retail ad-
vertisements shows an excellent use of illus-
trations, interesting type arrangement, and a
very careful effort to key the copy to the sea-
son's interest. In the Christmas campaign of
last year very liberal space was taken, the ad-
vertisements usually being three columns in
width, with a very strong emphasis put on the
children's books. The largest ad display ran
to six columns with an elaborately designed
border and was printed on the I4th of Decem-
ber.
One slogan which was used quite continu-
ously read :
"There is a peculiar dignity attached to the
gift of a book that is in no way affected by
"Shower" the Bride-to-be with BOOKS
Pretty wearing things, will see their day, fragile
china chips and breaks; pots, kettles and pans develop
dents and scars.
But Books — there you are The perfect uinute to
a girl friend. You put your gift on a higher plane than
things material. A happily chosen volume is a love
token imperishable, one that becomes more "dearly
treasured as the years go by
So let it be a "shower" of Books. Make youj col
lective giving Jhe nucleus for an adorable home library.
Come to us- for friendly and expert cooperation Let us
suggest authors and titles that make a harmonious
group — that will just thrill "her7' beyond words.
DESERET BOOK COMPANY
its price." This
was repeated in
several of the ad-
vertisements. This
same slogan with
no other advertis-
ing was printed
in beautifully let-
tered form in one
of the Rotary sup-
plements during
December.
In January Mr.
Hooper was back-
ing up with big
displays the visit
of Edgar Guest.
In February there
is among other ad-
vertisements an in-
teresting display
of books as valen-
tines. May shows
the backing up of
the commencement
'] day book giving
and of the book shower plan suggested by the
Year-Round Bookselling campaign.
There is a very general feeling among book-
sellers that there is going to be a much strong-
er use of advertising among retailers than
there has been in past years. Such concrete
reports of success as the one from the Deseret
B'ook Company will encourage this attitude.
After Five Years
THE Hampshire Bookshop at Northampton,
Mass., has been celebrating its fifth birth-
day this month. The completion of its five
years of steady work and progress was marked
by the advent of an interesting and newsy lit-
tle sheet The Book Scorpion giving impres-
sions O'f appreciative friends as to the suc-
cess of the enterprise, which may serve also
as an inspiration and encouragement to other
co-operative shops and to other women en-
gaged in the book business.
A senior of Smith College typifying the
youthful patron of the store voiced her ap-
preciation of what the Bookshop has done for
her in the following letter :
Every now and then some unconsidered re-
lationship steps forth and demands full recog-
nition of its meaning. Whenever I have en-
tered your Bookshop during these last few
weeks of my college course, I have been faced
and challenged by the spirit there. Its signifi-
cance for me, in the face of separation, can-
not be denied I am distressed at the thought
of leaving the shelves of books, the blue
wicker chair, the colonial clock, the homelike
atmosphere within, and the painted ship on the
green facade that comforts me with its old
shoppe individuality on a street of typical
small town business blocks. You once said
to me when I was venturing timidly about,
"Come in often and read, and stay as long
as you like, even if you don't buy anything!"
It was a hearty welcome. I began haunting
the place. The more I went, the more I
June 25, 1921
wanted to go. I lost my usual salesroom
timidity. There was no terrifying, enquiring,
business-like "What do you want?" over the
counter, when, what I wanted was what I had
come to discover. There was no barrier be-
tween me and the books. There they were, as
accessible to my hand as books at home. I could
become acquainted with them. For a beginner
that is invaluable in the building up of a li-
brary of any real, personal meaning. If a
book is to become the proverbial friend, the
meeting must be natural. It must at times
be chanced upon first hand, in some hidden
corner.
Since then the association has proved en-
riching, because of a spirit of culture and re-
finement and because of friends' discussions
there (not to mention nearly-midnight parties
after lectures, when we wakened the sleeping
bookshop, sat upon counters, drank coffee and,
as in a dream, listened to authors we had read
and loved, but never hoped to meet!) No
classroom has contributed more to college life.
This confession is made for myself and my
book loving friends.
Sincerely yours,
DOROTHY W. BUTTS, 1921.
The influence which the Bookshop has ex-
erted in the college community where it is lo-
cated is expressed in President Neilson's tes-
timonial :
The Hampshire Bookshop seems to be filling
more and more adequately the place which it
was founded to occupy. I seldom enter it
without finding numbers of students browsing
about the tables and shelves, and there is un-
questionably a great deal of cultural influence
exerted by the literature which it brings to the
notice of members of the college and by the
atmosphere which its managers have contrived
to create. Their enterprise has been further
shown this year by the development of the
practice of bringing to Northampton lecturers
whom the college cannot afford. I presume
they have taken considerable financial risk, but
the appearance of the Academy and of the
High School Hall on the evenings of their
lectures would seem to indicate that their
courage has been rewarded. In any case we
who live in Northampton are constantly more
and more grateful to those who have made the
Bookshop possible, since it is so rare to find,
even in towns much larger than this, shops
with so fresh a supply of the best new things
and service offered by women who have a
feeling for books and are willing to put their
knowledge at your disposal. I regard the
Bookshop as a very important adjunct to the
college as a civilizing influence.
W. A. NEILSON,
President of Smith College.
While an author's tribute comes in these
wards from Robert Frost :
You are one of the few bookshops^ in the
world where books are sold in something like
the spirit they were written in. You are a
splendid exhibition of enterprise for a lot _ of
college girls to look on at. I should think
some of these, who hadn't just seen what to
do with and for themselves after graduation,
might be inspired by your example to try to
do in other small towns what you have done
in Northampton. They couldn't do better
with and for themselves, or, for that matter
for the small town, or for publishers and au-
thors. I know publishers and authors who
would like to encourage them.
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT FROST.
A Rotary Catalog
AN interesting adaptation to the now com-
mon principle of visible indexes has been
applied to book cataloging by Baker & Tay-
lor Company, with the result that it is
able to maintain a constantly revised index of
over fifty thousand titles, which comprises the
great group of books that are in stock or like-
ly to be in demand from their daily orders.
The visible index, which is now commonly
used in so many bookkeeping offices for keep-
ing track of customers and accounts, has been
elaborated so that the filing clerk can sit in
the midst of a group of these rotary cases and
with slight effort and great speed can obtain the
publisher's name, retail price, or stock quan-
tity on any book. This requires no thumbing
of cards or turning of pages, and changes can
be quickly made. The index is by author's
name, and with that cue all the other informa-
tion can be easily had.
Changes in prices are made daily, and it
keeps four trained bookmen occupied posting
new editions, new titles, and the other needed
changes, with the resulting saving in time,
which makes it very much worth while.
A Periscope Editorial
READING MADE EASY IN CHICAGO
(With profound apologies to Henry Seidel
Canby.)
Altho our tone be periscopic,
Sober and serious our topic;
We treat — all flippancy apart —
The aim of the reviewer's art.
You ask what takes the public eye
What helps a volume here in Chi.
We say that books are looking up,
Thanks to efficient hooking up.
We count it as our task to hook
Each eye to its peculiar book,
For books and eyes meet only when
Hooked up by the reviewer's pen.
Each solitary book, we clutch —
Altho it may not look like much —
And, looking for an eye to match,
We try to make the dumb thing catch.
We falter at our office humble;
Sometimes our feeble fingers fumble;
Yet by our aid, however weak, ^
The Muse in Chi is always chic.
—KEITH PRESTON.
3854-
The Publishers' Weekly
Books in the Hospitals
ONE of the after results of the war work
of the American .Library Association
has been the continuing service in the
government hospitals and in those in which
government cases are taken care of by con-
tract. It is hoped that the value of books
in hospitals and in sick rooms has now been
so fully demonstrated that doctors and heads
of hospitals will do their part in giving con-
tinuous support to plans for having a thoro-
.going library and a well trained librarian in
every large hospital.
Typical of reports that have come in from the
last year's work is one from Louise Sweet,
who has been serving in the Public Health
Hospital of New Haven, Connecticut:
"It is interesting," she writes, "to observe
the inclination of many men toward book buy-
ing. Sometimes they indulge in almost reck-
less expenditure. One patient has recently
bought a much illustrated war history cost-
ing $30; another has bought a fine edition of
Webster's dictionary at $30; someone else
has ordered Simond's 'History of the World
War,' another i expensive work. One man
buys one or two of the Lippincott Farm
Manuals each month with the intention of
ultimately owning the set ; another in his
effort toward self-improvement has bought
within the month a book on business letter
writing, one on social letters and another on
etiquette. One man has brought his set of the
Harvard Classics to the hospital with him."
In February this librarian was asked to buy
for personal ownership of men in the hospital :
"The Real Business of Living"; "The Latch-
string" ; "The A. E. F." ; "The New Century
Book of Facts" ; two Lippincott manuals on Soils
-and Vegetable Gardening; "Isn't that Just
Like a Man?" (for a Valentine gift); "Sim-
ba"; a reliable English dictionary; Paul An-
thony, Christian"; "Miss Lulu Bett"; "The
Age of Innocence."
By careful selection and distribution of
"books, an effort is made to supply each man
with books of special interest or value to him.
Regular library service in well equipped read-
ing rooms is supplemented by daily delivery of
books to the wards, and careful guidance of
the men's reading along lines likely to aid their
recovery and help arouse their ambition. This
•work is especially appreciated by men who will
$>e unable to carry on their previous occupa-
tions, and is of great value to those upset
mentally.
There are approximately 55,000 books in
the nineteen hospitals where the Association
has placed librarians. The circulation of these
books in 1920 was about 200,000. In other
hospitals, about 20,000 books are in charge of
Red Cross and Vocational Board workers and
•other volunteers. Periodicals and newspapers
are also supplied.
One book in one hospital was borrowed 78
times.
About 80 per cent of the ex-service men in
hospitals have made use of either the books^
or the magazines placed by the American Li-
brary Association.
Japanese Book Buyers
T^HE Japanese, so Mr. McDevitt Wilson af-
1 firms, are the politest and most intelligent
customers he has ever had. They buy nothing
but the best books : biography, politics, science,
history ; they have little interest in fiction ; they
know exactly what they want ; they never com-
plain at the price of books, tho the kind of
books they buy are those that the publishers
price very high. They do not fill his shop with
uproar and chatter, like some newspaper men he
knows, says Mr. Wilson ; they go straight to the
table of Important Non-Fiction; they are sage,
urbane, and decided.
Valencia Acclaims Ibanez
THE return of Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the
novelist, to his native city after his visit to
the United 'States and Mexico, was made the
occasion of a triumphal procession in which
the military and civil authorities and the entire
population of Valencia joined.
Sefior Ibanez was driven in a State coach to
the town hall, where he was compelled to
speak from the balcony -to the cheering crowd.
He said that during the course of his travels
he had seen one city which reminded him of
Valencia — San Francisco.
When you go to Washington
ALL those who go to Washington to trans-
act business with any department or bureau
of the Government may quickly be advised as
to the exact location and means of reaching
the particular department or bureau in which
may be centered the business which they desire
to transact.
For this purpose there has been established
a Bureau of Information on the ground floor of
the Post Office Department Building, located
on Pennsylvania Avenue at Twelfth Street, in
charge of competent people who will definitely
answer queries of this character.
The public is invited to make use of the
facility.
More Colyuming
THE value of informality in book talk has
been so much appreciated in the trade that
publishers in their paid space have been adopt-
ing this method with good results. All the
spring Putnam's has put its advertising in
"colyum" form with excellent results. Now
Doubleday has followed suit and put inter-
esting notes and news of its books into that
shape. Doubleday is placing special emphasis
on the quality of its book-making and on its
price levels.
It is probable that if all advertising fell into
this style these special examples would cease to
be as effective but because of their novelty
and clever handling they are undoubtedly sup-
plying excellent publicity, which is watched
by the public and by the trade.
June 25, 1921
1855
ARCHIBALD MARSHALL
English Novelist Receives Degree
A RCHIBALD Marshall, the English nov-
zxelist, who has but recently arrived
in America, was awarded an honorary de-
gree, that of Doctor of Letters, by Yale
University, on June 22nd. Mr. Marshall's
plans for his American visit are as yet some-
what indefinite. He hopes to visit the
Middle West, New England, and Virginia,
to spend a few leisurely weeks with us free
from lectures, banquets and the like. He
wants to familiarize himself with American
country home 'life, contrasting it with the
country life of England, which he has pic-
tured in his novels.
"Miss Kitty's Bookshop"
ANOTHER bookshop under the manage-
ment of two experienced book women was
opened at 741 Madison Avenue, near 64th
Street, New York, on June 8th. It will bf
conducted under the name of "Miss Kitty's
Bookshop," and the management will put into
practice several bright features and special-
ties in selling practice. The proprietors are
Miss Kitty Moclair, who has been head of
stock and assistant buyer for the past twenty
years at Bloomingdale's, and Miss Mary
Perks, formerly book buyer for the old house
of Greenhut & Company, later for Abraham &
Straus, and until recently for Bloomingdale.
New Pulitzer Prizes
A PRIZE of $i,ooo for the best volume
of verse published during the year by an
American author will be added to the list of
the Pulitzer Foundation awarded annually by
the Columbia University School of Journal-
ism. The Advisory Board has decided to
discontinue the prize previously offered for
the best paper on development of the school,
and to offer a new prize of $500 for the best
cartoon published during the year.
A New Educational Field
THE first public speech of Dr. John J.
Tigert, recently appointed United States
Commissioner of Education to succeed Dr.
Claxton seems to suggest that public schools
are to be the center for a new field of dis-
cussion. Dr. Tigert suggests that one of the
policies of his Bureau will be to urge that
there shall be in the schools of the country a
wide discussion on the rights of property.
This is along the line that H. G. Wells points
out in his chapters on education in "The Sal-
vaging of Civilization." Mr. Wells believes
that young people of the college age are more;
keenly discussing religion, theories of prop-
erty and sex than any other questions and that:
these three subjects have been largely prohib-
ited in the public schools. If, as Dr. Tigert
suggests in the dispatches from his Lexington,.
Kentucky speech, problems of the rights oi
property are to be discussed, it will open up.
a new interest in current books on socialism^
communism, bolshevism, and the like.
Dr. Tigert states that he will start this cam-
paign by sending prominent speakers thruout
the United States to deliver addresses, and, if
this is carried out both bookstores and libraries
will feel the pulse of this discussion. Discus-
sions on communism will be especially inter-
esting, as of course the Pilgrims made an early
experiment in communism, and this country
has had several famous experiments that have
made their mark on American history.
Must Go to Russia for Theft of
Library Book
yAMES BANINE, twenty-eght years old, a
J former student at Columbia and Harvard uni-
versities, has been convicted of stealing a book
from the Pu'blic Library at Fifth Avenue and
Forty-second Street. He received the alterna-
tive of serving from six months to three years
in the penitentiary or returning to Russia, his
native land.
Banine's conviction was his second for steal-
ing books. In August of last year he received
a suspended sentence on the recommendation
of Professor Felix Adler. Banine was arrest-
ed by Edwin Gaillard, an official of the library,
who said he saw the man put a book under hfs
coat and attempt to leave the building. It was
announced in court that several books belong-
ing to the libraries of Columbia and Harvard:
were found in his room.
1856
The Publishers' Weekly
The New Public in England
THERE is a good deal of speculation at the
present time, both in trade and in literary
circles, with regard to the "New Public."
Where is it to be found, of whom does it con-
sist, and what are the books that appeal to it?
There is no doubt that since the war the de-
mand for books on all subjects has enormously
increased, and this in spite of the rise in price.
Let us make a rough analysis of the different
reading publics as we see them today.
Firstly, there are the novel readers, always
a majority, and lately increased by a large in-
flux of business women. It is surely a fact
that the girl who goes daily to an office likes
to have a book by her, usually a novel, to reaa
at lunch and on her journeys to and from her
work. Secondly, there are the readers of
theological works, an influential class whose
demands are almost entirely supplied by a few
specialized houses. Thirdly, there are those,
we regret to say a diminishing number, whose
preference lies in the direction of poetry and
belles-lettres. And finally there are the readers
of economic and political books. These are by
no means decreasing; indeed we do not hesi-
tate to assert that it is from this class of
readers that the "New Public" is recruited.
Did space permit, we could give our readers
evidence, in the form of figures which woul4
we believe, startle them, of the enormous de-
mand which has lately sprung up for £ooks
dealing with political, economic and socio-
logical subjects; not only in the great indus-
tiial centers, but all over the country. We
must, however, content ourselves with affirming
that, in our opinion, this is the type of book
which will be, found to make the greatest ap-
peal to the "New Public."
— Our Books, the house organ of Messrs.
Leonard Parsons, Ltd.
Not Just a Book
MRS. Mable Harris, of The Boys' and Girls'
Own Bookshop, at the H. K. Gill Co.,
Portland, Oregon, whose plans for keeping
books in the minds of children and their par-
ents as ideal birthday gifts, were commented
on in a recent number of the PUBLISHERS'
WEEKLY, has written recently of her system in
more detail. Mrs. Harris's plan has been to
interview every youngster that comes in as to
his present possessions and his likes and dis-
likes in books and to keep all this informa-
tion filed on cards. On the birthday morning
a note from his friend Mrs. Harris wishes
him a happy birthday, and asks whether he
has read a new story, mentioning it by name.
Mrs. Harris in a recent letter adds:
"The plan is really very successful and we
are working out an additional feature. When-
ever I write the title of a book on a child's
card I recommend another to follow and at
the same time drop a suggestion about the
need for building the library and the neces-
sity for a balanced mental diet. Sometimes
I write down the title half-decided upon for
the next purchase and this not only helps to
show the real interest we feel but nearly al-
ways makes the sale certain.
"Then I have the children take notes on the
books they would like. We talk them over
and decide on the 'next one.' These also I
write down, usually lightly in pencil, with the
NOT JUST A BOOK BUT THE RIGHT BOOK
e' SB
oud' .and/ OtitA' v_/w*i
THE J. K. GILL Co
MRS. MABLE HARRIS
' J}ooK/ Sna
PORTLAND. OREGON
MRS. HARRIS S BUSINESS CARD
result that busy fathers are forming the habit
of dropping in, hurriedly consulting the card
index and getting in a minimum amount of
time a maximum amount of service and, 'Not
Just A Book But The Right Book.'"
Free Book Advertising
THERE has been considerable interest in the
publishing world in the advertisements of
the S. D. Warren & Company, whose book
print papers have been giving publicity to
particular books, in which the different papers
have been used. This has given free advertis-
ing to many titles, a thing which no publisher
objects to, and, from the paper-maker's point
of view, it has made people notice the charac-
ter of 'the paper which publishers use.
This plan is now being adopted by one of the
best known makers of binding cloth, the Inter-
laken Mills, of Providence, who have been
making book cloths since 1883. One of the
first advertisements, which are to appear bi-
weekly in New York, Philadelphia Boston and
Chicago papers carries this introduction to its
text:
"As every book buyer knows, a good book
binding, like an article of clothing, is a source
of both satisfaction and economy. For the
guidance of readers, therefore, we are listing
below the current books of importance that
are bound in Interlaken, the book cloth that for
thirty-eight years has been noted for its taste-
ful color-tone and steady -wearing qualities."
Then follows in display type a list of ten books
from as many publishers, each with its des-
criptive note. And in conclusion the argument
runs : "You may order any of the above edi-
tions from your book dealer with perfect con-
fidence that the bindings not only will wear
satisfactorily, but will add to the appearance
of your library table and bookshelves."
"Just as food is necessary to keep our
bodies on earth, so are books necessary to
direct our eyes to heaven."
—Henry T. Schmittkind. The Stratford
Company, Boston, in New Era Magazine.
June 25, 1921
1857
An Uncorrec/erf Galley
"WRITE LIKE THE DICKENS"
An Oriental paper, having an English sec-
tion, printed the following notice:
"The news of English we tell the latest.
Writ in perfectly style and most earliest. Do
a murder commit, we hear of and tell it. Do a
mighty chief die, w-e publish it and in border
somber. Staff has each one been colleged
and write like the Kipling and the Dickens.
We circle every town and extortionate not for
advertisements."
—Bindery Talk.
THE PRECAUTIONARY AMORIST
She reads. And when a birthday calls
For celebration fit.
Or Christmastide or like occasion falls,
I'm never put to it.
What neater gift or dearer prize
Can go from me to her
Than books to wake those darkly dreaming
eyes,
Priestess of Elzevir?
What other gift so sure to please,
With life and love deep-laden?
She reads them all to me beneath the trees,
Eternal youth and maiden.
Oh, when we're in our future home,
How they will grace the shejf!
And should ill luck return me every tome —
I'm fond of books myself.
A. S. B., in the New York Evening Post.
BETTER THE OLD-FASHIONED ROLL-
ING-PIN
"The Bride's Book Shower" is the title of
an interesting article by May Lamberton Becker
in the June Good Housekeeping. "If people
•can give linen showers and showers of kitchen-
ware," writes Mrs. Becker, "why not a book
shower?"
Why not. indeed?
Mrs. Becker suggests a list of books on all
phases of housewifery that would be suitable
for this purpose.
By the way, what is the exact meaning of the
word "shower" as applied to these functions?
Are the gifts actually showered on the bride?
Our male curiosity is getting the better of us
and we'd like to know. If the presents are
heaved at the bride we look for headlines like
this before long :
BRIDE HIT BY
ENCYCLOPAEDIA,
SERIOUSLY INJURED
ACCIDENT HALTS BOOK SHOWER
Jilted Suitor Suspected
— EDWARD ANTHONY in New York Herald.
Take Along a Book
THE bookshop at Lord & Taylor's has made
1 it very easy for boys and girls to take
along a book when they go off for a summer
outing. In a gay box covered with flowers
are packed four or five books that children
would like, story books for girls, adventure
books for boys, fairy tales for either one.
Children are encouraged to come and select
books they would especially like to have
packed in one of the boxes to take.
Shakespeare Head Press
THE Shakespeare Head Press, of Strat-
ford-on-Avon, one of the notable provin-
cial printing houses of Britain, whose pro-
prietor died a few months ago, is not to be-
come extinct. The business has been acquired
by Basil Blackwell, a noted Oxford publisher,
who is turning it into a limited company with
the object of developing its past traditions of
fine printing. It is intended to publish only
books of literary and artistic merit.
Record of American Book Produc-
tion, May, '1921*
By Origin
New
Publications £
Inglish
d Other
Foreign
Authors
CLASSIFICATION
Philosophy
1
pq
1
12
24
13
8
8
17
19
32
16
i
3
li
4
2
I
30
15
22
7
14
14
12
0
285
in
C
O
§
0
4
2
I
O
4
4
4
4
0
0
2
I
O
3
i
7
i
0
3
2
45
a,
S
PS
CL
2
4
15
2
II
2
17
7
4
8
10
5
o
o
5
7
0
o
12
6
2
O
133
II
1 1
25
25
10
1 7
10
29
20
9
13
13
4
3
6
28
26
25
6
24
17
1 1
i
363
5
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0
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0
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9
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6
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9
14
4
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5
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0
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8
4
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2
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80
a
o
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14
32
30
ii
19
23
40
43
24
9
13
18
5
3
6
40
30
29
8
26
23
15
2
463
Religion
Sociology
Law . .
Education
Philology . . .
Science
Technical Books
Medicine .
Agriculture
Domestic Economy . .
Business
Fine Arts
Games, Amusements
General Literature..
Poetry, Drama
Juvenile Books
History
Geography, Travel . .
Biography, Geneology
General Works
Total
*In May, 1921, 518 new books, 115 new editions
and 305 pamphlets, a total of 938, were recorded.
i858
The Publishers' Weekly
Among the Publishers
A Week's Gleanings of Book-trade News
THOMAS BURKE'S "More Limehouse Nights"
was published by Doran June 15.
"RAGGEDY ANN/' written and illustrated by
Johnny Gruelle (P. F. Volland Company), is
now in its 6oth edition, altho only three years
old.
IN "Invisible Tides" by Beatrice Kean Sey-
mour, Thomas Seltzer is offering our reading
public a novel which the English press pro-
claimed as one of the best books of 1920.
PROFESSOR CHARLES SEYMOUR, joint editor
with Colonel House of "What Really Hap-
pened at Paris" (Scribner) is using Andre
Tardieu's "The Truth About the Treaty"
(Bobbs) in his contemporary history course
at Yale.
E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM has written an
original motion picture play "Mystery Road,"
for the Famous Players, which is being made
in England, but which will soon be shown in
this country. His novel "The Great Imper-
sonation" (Little, Brown) is being filmed in
Southern California.
LOUISE LAMPREY and Mara L. Pratt-Chad-
wick have collaborated on a new juvenile,
"The Alo Man" which is the third title in the
World Book Company's Children of the
World series. The book is a combination of
folk tales and adventure stories from the
Congo.
OTIS SKINNER will appear next winter in
Tom Cushing's dramatization of Ibanez's
"Blood and Sand," (Button) in which he will
act the part of the toreador, the chief charac-
ter of the sjory. Mr. Skinner is in Europe
now and will spend part of the summer in
Spain.
"THE PILGRIM SPIRIT" is the title of the
pageant to be given in the State Reservation
by Plymouth Rock in July and August of the
present year under the auspices of the Pilgrim
Tercentenary Commission of Massachusetts.
The pageant was written and will be produced
by George P. Baker, Professor of English,
Harvard University. The verse is by Robert
Frost, Hermann Hagedorn, Josephine Preston
Peabody and Edwin Arlington Robinson; the
music has been composed by George W. Chad-
wick, Chalmers Clifton, F. S. Converse, Arthur
Foote, Henry F. Gilbert, Edward Burlingame
Hill, Edgar Stillman Kelley, Lee Sowerby and
John Powell. The book will be published by
the Marshall Jones Company of Boston early
in July.
THE FIRST twelve of Ralph Mayhew's
"Bubble Books" published by Harper, have
been translated into Spanish.
A NEW NOVEL by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott,
to be called "Rainy Week," is announced for
early publication by Button. It has had serial
publication in the Saturday Evening Post.
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY'S five-act drama
"The Lamp and the Bell," produced at the
commencement exercises at Vassar College,
has been brought out by Frank Shay.
THE HARPER list for the fall contains an-
nouncement of a Katharine Fullerton Gerould
novel entitled "Lost Valley." This is the first
full length novel, we believe, that she has
ever written.
EACH SEASON sees several new English nov-
elists introduced to American readers. The
latest arrival appears from Houghton MifHin
and is the Hon. Mrs. Boudall who has writ-
ten "Three Loving Ladies."
COMING LEADERS from Boubleday, Page &
Co. include a new Kathleen Norris novel, "The
Beloved Woman," scheduled for August 5th
publication, and "Her Father's Baughter" by
Gene Stratton-Porter which comes out later
in the same month.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON is at work on a
new book dealing with his impressions of
America and Americans, gathered during his
recent visit here. Bodd, Mead & Company
expect to publish the book early next year.
THIS AUTUMN will see the publication of
a two-volume life of Sir Wilfried Laurier
by the Century Co. It is the work of Oscar
Bouglas Skelton, Professor of Political Sci-
ence in Queen's University, Canada.
IN THE current number of "Mental Hygiene"
the well-known neurologist Br. John T. Mac-
Curdy, devotes nearly nine pages to a review
of William Bayard Hale's "The Story of
a Style." He performs the rather amusing
stunt of applying to Mr. Hale's style the tests
which Mr. Hale applies to Woodrow Wilson's.
"BOOKS ON THE TABLE/' Edmund Gosse's
latest volume of essays, which has just made
its appearance from Chas. /Scribner's Sons, is
entirely devoted to brief articles on recent
books. Each week Mr. Gosse has been re-
viewing a book in the Sunday Times, and this
culling of forty short essays — or "pygmy chil-
dren of the pen" as he calls them — covers a
wide range of literature, and is thoroly repre-
sentative of the best type of journalistic criti-
cism.
June 25, 1921
1859
Changes in Prices
B. W. HUEBSCH
Grigg's Moral Education $2.00
Dante Hand Book, paper 35
The Art of Life Series 75
Obituary Notes
RENWICK W. CROTHERS, for many years in
the retail book business in New York, died
suddenly on June I7th. He started as a boy
in a bookshop in the Bible House nearly fifty
years ago. When he went into business for
himself in 1891 the firm was Crothers &
Korth, but in 1897 it was changed to his own
name. His specialty was Church books, but
he catered also to the literary tastes of the
quiet folk in the Gramercy Park district of
the great city.
FREDERICK REDDALL who edited the "Peo-
ple's Encyclopedia" and compiled a number
of books for Geo. H. Jacobs & Co., died at
his home in Brooklyn on May 26th, at the
age of 68. He had recently been on the
editorial staff of Hearst's Magazine.
Is London Suffering, Too?
«XTOW that people are again settling down
IN to reading with pre-war enthusiasm,"
writes a correspondent to a London, daily,
"I wonder will there be any improvement in
the equipment of the Capital with bookshops.
I live in a south-west suburb, which has a
population of over 100,000 souls, mostly mid-
dle-class people. It contains not a single
shop given over wholly to the sale of books !
Books may be bought, it is true, but they are
only side lines to confectionery, medicines and
soaps and children's toys. In the provinces,
the sma'll centers have each and all of them
sound shops for the sale of .books." There is
much in what the correspondent says ; and
even Central London has few bookshops
proper. Fleet Street itself has only one (de-
voted mainly to maps and educational works)^
and the Strand has two, one of which does
not deal in modern books. London book-
sellers who know their business are also
scarce.
A Correction
IN MR. ROLLINS' first article on the History
of Printing in the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY, June
nth, the city of "Metz" was inadvertently
mentioned thruout instead of "Mentz," a
town whose name is variously referred to in
literature as "Mainz," "Mentz" and "May-
ence."
Personal Notes
W. H. WALKER, formerly associated with
the late George D. Smith, may be addressed
at 45 Warner Avenue, Jersey City, N. J.
MORRIS L. HELBURN of William Helburn,
Inc., publishers of architectural books, will
make his annual trip to Europe in July.
JOHN ROBERT GREGG, President of the Gregg
Publishing Co. and author of "Gregg Short-
hand," sailed recently for a three months' trip
to Europe. While there he will organize com-
mercial schools and commercial courses in
connection with the spread of Gregg shorthand
in England.
AT a recent meeting of the Detroit Rotary
Club Ward Macauley, the retiring President
and well known bookseller, was presented with
a handsome chair as a token of the apprecia-
tion that the Club felt for the energetic work
that he had done for that association during the
past year.
Periodical Notes
WITH the publication of the June, 1921 num-
ber, the Educational Review has been formally
transferred from the Doran Co. to Double-
day, Page, and will henceforth be issued thru
the educational department of the latter firm.
Leslie's Weekly and Judge, together with
Film Fun, have passed to a new ownership.
William Green, President of William Green,
Inc., is the controlling stockholder in the new
management as well as President of the com-
pany. The publications will continue, the first
two as weeklies and the third as a monthly.
THE LONDON Mercury has now organized
its publishing as a stock company with J. C.
Squire and I. A. Williams as directors.
Business Notes
CHICAGO, ILL.— J. W. Wilcox & Follett Co.
is now located in its own building at 2008
Calumet Avenue in the heart of the publish-
ing district.
CHICAGO, ILL. — A new bookstore has been
started at 1330 W. Madison St. by A. Zimmer-
man.
BAY SHORE, N. Y. — Frank Coombs announces
the opening of The Song and Story Shop.
NEW YORK CITY— The Drama Book Shop
announces its removal from 7 East 42nd St.
to 29 West 47th St.
NEW YORK CITY.— The Sherwood Company
will occupy the entire five-story building at
24 Beekman Street, with a floor area of 15,-
ooo square feet, on and after July i. Here-
after, the business will be devoted to the
jobbing of books of all publishers.
THE BRICK Row Book Shop held an exhibi-
tion of its rare books, fine bindings, original
manuscripts, and autograph letters, drawings
and etchings by Bradford Perin, at the Hotel
Statler in Detroit, in May.
i860
The Publishers' Weekly
The Weekly Record of New Publications
This list aims to be a complete and accurate record of American book publications.
Pamphlets will be included only if of special value. Publishers should send copies of all
books promptly for annotation and entry, and the receipt of advance copies insures record
simultaneous with publication. The annotations are descriptive, not critical; intended to
place not to judge the books. Pamphlet material and books of lesser trade interest are listed
in smaller type.
The entry is transcribed from title page when the book is sent for record. Prices are added except
when not supplied by publisher or obtainable only on specific request. When not specified the binding is cloth.
Imprint date is stated [or best available date, preferably copyright date, in bracket] only when it
differs from year of entry. Copyright date is stated only when it differs from imprint date: otherwise
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Sizes are indicated as follows: F. (folio: over 30 centimeters high); Q (4*0: under 30 cm.); O. (8vo:
35 cm.); D. (izmo: 20 cm.); S. (i6mo: 17$^ cm.); T. (24mo: 15 cm.); Tt. (32tna: i2l/3 cm.); Ff.
10 cm.); sq., obi., nar., designate square, oblong, narrow.
Annett, F. A.
Electrical machinery ; a practical study on
installation, operation and maintenance. 400 p.
il. O '21 N. Y, McGraw-Hill $3 n.
Balderston, Robert W., and Gary, Richard L.,
eds.
Social and industrial conditions in the Ger-
many of to-day. 13+166 p. tabs. O (The An-
nals, v. 92, November, 1920) c. '20 Phil., The
Am. Academy of Political and Social Sci-
ence pap. $i ; $1.50
The contents are divided into four parts, i., Ob-
servations by English, American and neutral business
men and scholars who have been in Germany since the
Armistice; 2., Labor conditions and labor oragniza-
tions; 3., Industries in Germany today; 4., Economic
and social conditions in Germany.
Barbour, Ralph Henry
Three-base Benson. 285 p. col. front. D c.
N. Y., Appleton $1.75 n.
A school story, full of clean sport and goodfellow-
ship, in which a country boy, Jerry Benson, is the
hero.
Booth, Cecily
Cosimo I, Duke of Florence. 15+325 .p.
(4*^ p. bibl.) front, (por.) pis. pors. O '21
N. Y., Macmillan $10 n.
A biography, which also describes life in Florence,
Italy, in the i6th century, dealing with the social,
political and economic conditions of the time.
Brand, Max
The untamed. 347 p. D (Copyright fiction)
[c. '19] N". Y., A. L. Burt $i
Bridges, Robert Seymour
Milton's prosody; with a chapter on Ac-
centual verse andd notes; rev. final ed. 8+
120 p. O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press
$5.65
Bridges, Robert Seymour, and Wooldridge,
Harry Ellis, eds.
The Yattendon hymnal ; [including the
notes to words and music which appeared in
the original ed.] 6+190 p. Q '21 N. Y., Ox-
ford Univ. Press $19
Broadus, Edmund Kemper, ed.
Books and ideals ; an anthology ; [grouped
in three sections — i, The companionship of
books ; 2, The liberation of the mind ; 3, Study
and fruition.] 8+212 p. O '21 N. Y., Oxford
Univ. Press $2.50 n.
Brummitt, Dan Brearley
John Wesley, jr.; the story of an experi-
ment. 281 p. front, pis. D [c. '21] 1ST. Y. and
Cin., Methodist Bk. Concern pap. 50 c. n. ;
75 c. n.
Buchan, John
The path of the king. 290 p. D [c. '21]
N. Y., Doran $1.90 n.
A series of stories of a romantic race of men, be-
ginning with the Norsemen, traveling down thru the
ages to our own time.
Bulkeley, J. P.
The British empire; a short history; with
an introd. by Sir Charles Lucas. 12+228 p.
O '21 N. Y., Oxford Univ. Press $1.60
Burke, Edmund
Edmund Burke; a letter to the sheriffs of
Bristol ; a speech at Bristol on parliamentary
conduct ; A letter to a noble lord ; ed. by W.
Murison. 29+312 p. S '20 N. Y., Macmillan
$2.25 n.
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The girl of O. K. Valley. 297 p. D
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The famous Calvert collection of books,
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to Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas,
containing 1023 lots, forming the most com-
plete collection concerning Australia that has
ever been brought together, has just been
bought by Charles J. Sawyer, the London rare
book dealer, and is being offered en bloc for
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naturalist, which occurred July 18 last year, by
erecting a permanent memorial at Selborne and
by undertaking a regional survey of the parish
rendered famous by "The Natural History of
Selborne."
The growing popularity of James McNeill
Whistler is shown in the steady advance in
price of the Grolier Club publication of his
"Etched Work" by Edward C Kennedy, pub-
lished in 1910, which is listed in the current
catalog of a New York bookseller at $800 and
which it is predicted will advance to $1,000 in
the near future.
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Mass, this week along with the meeting of the
American Library Association. The session
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the photostat in bibliographical and research
work, after the routine business has been dis-
patched.
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finding it difficult to get desirable stock in
London at satisfactory prices. The demand for
first editions of Conrad, Moore, Masefield,
Hardy and other modern authors is one of the
outstanding developments of the times. Prices
are higher in England now than they have re-
cently been in this country. This, of course,
means that there will be some sfrarp advances
here when the fall season opens.
Harvard University has come into posses-
sion of the original manuscripts of three poems
by Alan Seeger, a gift from his mother, which
have been placed in the Treasure Room. The
manuscripts which include the poems "The
Aisne," "The Host," and "I Have a Rendez-
vous with Death," were written at the front
on both sides of the paper with a pencil and
have been handsomely bound by Mary Crease
Sears of Boston.
The sale of the Bruton Library at Sotheby's
June 9 and 10, if cabled prices are any fair
indication, was a great success. The copy of
Dickens's "Pickwick Papers," in the original
parts, said to be one of the finest copies
known, brought £1,910 which breaks all auc-
tion records; Charles Sessler of Philadelphia
was the buyer. Mr. Sessler also bought an-
other copy of "Pickwick" for £102 contain-
ing Dickens's autograph written in May, 1870,
the last day he was in his office.
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and Cambridge are all represented. There are
also many fine old bindings, some with arms
of bibliophiles, including one with Grolier's
autograph. The outstanding lot is a fine
manuscript Book of Hours, once owned by
Marguerite de Lorraine (Dame de Blamont,
1398-1469) written in France in the 15th cen-
tury with thirteen fine miniatures in addition
to beautiful initials and decorations which
adorn every page.
One of the most remarkable collections of
books in the world is said to be the Tsu Ku
Tschuan collection in Peking consisting of
selected works from the flower of Chinese
literature. It consists of books on all subjects
and is regarded as the treasure house of Chin-
ese culture and civilization. The main section
of the library is in Peking and contains 5,-
482 volumes of classics, 9,476 volumes of his-
tory, 9,055 volumes of philosophy, 12,262
works on miscellaneous subjects, making a
total of 36,275 volumes, with altogether 4,561,-
804 pages. The books were written exclu-
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ing out this edition was performed from 1863
to 1875 under the patronage of Emperor Khian
Lung, who appointed a staff of scholars for
this purpose. At the suggestion of the Uni-
versity of Paris the Chinese government has
agreed to print 200 sets of the complete col-
lection, sixty of which are to come to Amer-
ica, sixty to Europe, and eighty will be dis-
tributed in China.
On June 28, 29 and 30 printed jDooks and
illuminated and other manuscripts, 'comprising
the property of Sir John Trelawny, the late
Rev. N. C. S. Poynt and Maj. Gen. L. C. Dun-
sterville, will be sold at Sotheby's in London.
Among the rarer items ^ are Higden's "Poly-
cronicon," 1482, first edition ; the first complete
English translation of the "Imitatio Christi,"
1535; Sidney's "Arcadia," 1590, first edition;
Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," 1678, first edi-
tion; an important collection of books printed
on vellum including the Pembroke copy of Ma-
crobius, 1472 and the Vernon copy of "Tewrd-
annackh," 1717 \ Grolier's copy of Macrobius,
1535, and numerous other books in fine bind-
ings, together with some scarce first editions
of Rudyard Kipling and other modern authors.
The French rare book market, judging from
the prices books are bringing, is in a fairly
prosperous condition. Ready buyers are found
for exceptional lots at what is generally re-
garded as a high price. Baudelaire first edi-
tions are keenly sought after, a copy of "Les
Fleurs du Mai," 1857, in the original covers,
one of ten copies printed on Dutch handmade
paper, originally costing six francs, brought
16,000 francs in the recent sale of the Com-
pel library. In another sale in Paris one of
three known manuscripts of Alfred de Musset,
"Une Soubrette d'Autrefois" with unpublished
verses realized 13,000 francs. A first edition
of Gus-Flaubert's "L'Education Sentimentale,"
1870, with four autograph letters of the au-
thor, sold for 5,150 francs.
The working library of the late James G.
Huneker, the well known music critic and
writer on music, will soon be transferred to
the New York Public Library. The collec-
tion contains about 600 volumes, and, altho
quite miscellaneous, is strongest in books on
music and modern French writers. The bookb
were all bought for use and show it, many
having interesting inscriptions and notes and
dog's ears are by no means uncommon.
Autograph letters, historical documents and
literary manuscripts embracing a portion of
the correspondence of Col. Winthrop Sargent,
governor of Mississippi Territory, was sold
by Stan V. Henkels, in Philadelphia, June 23.
The collection included much material con-
cerning the Purchase of Louisiana, fine let-
ters of the presidents, generals in the Revo-
lution, War of 1812, and Civil War, members
of the Continental Congress and statesmen of
the republic and many fine literary letters in-
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Bcissier, Country of Horace and Vergil.
Bacon, Roger, Opus Majus ed., Bridges, 3 vols.
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New York
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Arcade Book Shop, 223 N. 8th St., St. Louis, Mo.
Makower, Perdita, Appleton.
Hough, Mississippi Bubble, Bobbs.
Roseberry, Napoleon Last Phase.
Loti, Rarahu.
Ten Men of Money Island.
Pennell, Life of Whistler, 2 vols.
William M. Bains, 1213-15 Market St., Philadelphia
Jefferson, Bible.
Bourget, The Disciple.
Searles, Refractory Materials.
Crawford, Studies in Foreign Literature.
Harden, Alcoholic Fermentation.
Howitz & Kling, Chess Studies and Games.
Webb. Co-operative Movement in Great Britain.
Las Cases, Napoleon.
Baptist Book Concern, Inc., 650 S. 4th St.,
Louisville, Ky.
Set of Talmadge's Sermons.
Barnie's Bookery, 724 E St., San Diego, Cal.
Bernheim, Suggestive Therapeutics.
Miles or his Officers, Geronimo Campaign.
White, W. H. Orchids, or others.
N. J. Bartlett & Co., 37 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Am. Diplomacy, Fish.
Am. View of War vs. German Govt., Scott.
Hesitations, by Fiillerton.
War Aims of U. S., by Rogers.
Conservation in U. S. During War by Van Hise.
Am. and World \Var, Roosevelt.
Am. Ideals, Roosevelt.
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Wherry, Wanderer on 1000 Hills, Lane.
Jacobs, W. W., The Monkey's Paw.
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The Man of Galilee.
Knight, Mechanics! Dictionary.
Hinds. Days in Cornwall.
Any Unusual Christian Science Items.
I ife of Helena Modjeska.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon, illustrated
by Kay Nielson.
Beecher, Kymer & Patterson, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Cloth set Scott (about) 30 vols.
C. P. Bensinger Code Book Co., 19 Whitehall St.,
New York
Universal Lumber Code.
Commercial Code, Ai.
Pocket Edition Western Union, Liebner't.
Any American-Foreign Language Code.
The Book Corner, 33 West 57th St., New York
Any. of Francis Thompson's Works.
Hendrick's Commercial Register of U. S.
Thomas' U. S. Directory of Iron and Steel Works.
Industrial Directory of New York, 1912-13.
Dante's Paradise, Dore illustrations.
Book Shop of Glass Block Store, Duluth, Minn.
Log of the North Shore Club, two copies.
Pomegranates in the Kutcher edition, Oscar Wilde.
The Booklist, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago
Galton, Art of Travel, Murray.
The Book Shop, Woods Hole, Mass.
Bawden, Study of Lapses, 1901, 2 copies.
Bonser, Reasoning Ability of Children of 4th, sth
and 6th Grades, N. Y., 1910.
Life and Letters of Charles Bulfinch, 1896.
Bonilla, Wilson Doctrine, N. Y., 1914.
Gulick, Church and International Relations, 1917.
Grimshaw, Fiji and Its Possibilities, 1907.
Hart, W. O., Democratic and Other Conventions,
1916.
Livermore, Condensed History of Cooperstown, 1862.
Meyer, Junior Manual by J. Baldwin, 1915.
Millett, George Fuller, Life and Works, 1886.
Munro, History of Middle Ages, Appleton.
Parsons, Religious Chastity, Macaulay Co., 1913.
Tippy, Church, a Community Force, M. E. M., 1914.
Tracy, Wheel of Fortune, Clode, 1908.
Van Rensselaer, H. H. Richardson and his Work,
1888.
Inexpensive set of Francis Thompson.
Bi-entano's, Fifth Ave. and 27th St., New York
Pictorial, Practical Flower Gardening. Wright
(Walter P.).
The Men of Moss Hags, S. K. Crockett.
Life of Lord Lister.
Princess de Lambelle, B. C. Hardy, London, 1908.
The Hour Has Struck, Morgan.
Gosselin's Tribunal of Terror, trans, by Lees.
Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quota-
tions, Jones.
Mr. Poilu.
Five Years Among Congo Cannibals.
More Than You Know About Yourself.
The Pocket Remembrances, Barwick.
Anatomy, Gerrish.
Best Hundred Books, Powys.
Market Harborough, Whyte-Melvflle.
Concordance to Dante, Fay.
Phenomena of the Four Seasons, Hopkins.
Midstream, Comfort.
A Hero of Our Times, Lermontor.
Madame Recamier and Friends.
The Clerque.
The Amer. Hospital of the Twentieth Century,
Stevens.
A History of the Life of M. B. Eddy and Christ.
Science, Wilmine.
Memoir of Rupert Brooke, Marsh.
Rarahu, or Marriage de Loti, Beck.
Jack Spurlock, Prodigal, Lorimer.
Statesman's Year Book, 1919.
To the Lost Penny, Lefevre.
Song of Three Friends.
Bassett, New York.
Poems of the Brontes.
Passing of the Idle Rich, Martin.
In the Path of the Alphabet, Jerman.
History of St. Louis, Portrait of H. W. LeffingwelL
A King in Babylon, Stevenson.
Bits of Life, 2 copies.
Outline Drawing of FLaxman.
Romance of Commerce, Selfridge.
Courage, Ogden.
Brethern, Haggard.
House of Dreams, Dawson.
In American, ist edition, Weaver.
Book on Lettering, Brown.
Cellular Pathology, Verchow.
Amreican Beaver and His Works, Morgan.
Hypnotism, Liebault.
Suggestive Therapeutics, Bernheim.
Lectures on Rest and Pain, Bell.
Mental Evolution in Animals, Romane.
Animal Intelligence, Romane.
Pathology and Morbid Anatomy, Green.
Theory of Color, Chevreul.
Science Absolute of Space, Open Court.
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Essay on Foundations of Geometry, Russell.
Principles on Leather Manufactures, Proctor.
Piccadilly Jim, Wodehouse.
Something New, Wodehouse.
Law of a Household, Beecher.
Irradiation and Land Spray, Fletcher.
Goblins and Pagodas, Fletcher.
Encyclopedia of Photography.
Psychology of Motion Picture, Munsterberg.
In Praise of Folly, Erasmus.
European and Other Race Origin, Hannay.
Ship and Men, Hannay.
English Dictionary, Cassell.
The Brick Row Book Shop, Inc., 104 High St.,
New Haven, Conn.
Adamson, Education in Plato's Republic.
Matthew Arnold, High Schools and Universities in
Germany, Macmillan.
Ayliffe, Ancient and Present State of the Univer-
sity of Oxford, London, 1714.
Baird, Manual of American College Fraternities,
pub. by James T. Brown.
I. M. Barker, Colleges in America, 1894.
C. F. Birdseye, The Reorganization of our College,
G.I9C Broderick, History of University of Oxford,
London, 1886.
Bruce, History of University of Virginia.
N. M. Butler, The Meaning of Education.
Capes, University Life in Athens.
G. Compayre & Abelard, Origin and Early His-
tory of Universities, N. Y. 1895.
E. P. Cubberly, History of Education and Readings
in History of Education, 1920.
Curzon, Principles and Methods of University Re-
form, 1909.
Davidson, Aristotle.
Flexner, American Colleges.
Fournier, Les Statutes et Privileges des Univer-
sites Francaises, 1890 to 1894.
G. B. Hill, Harvard College by an Oxonian.
E. R. Holmes, American Universities.
Kerr, Scottish Education, Cambridge, 1910.
L'Universite de Louvain, Coup d'oeil sur son His-
toire Brussels, 1000.
Mullinger, History of the University of Cambridge,
London, 1896.
C. A. Nelson, Analytical Index to Vols. 1-25 Edu-
cational Review, N. Y., 1904.
Newman, J. H., University Sketches.
The Octocentenary of University of Bologna, Edin-
burgh, 1899.
N. Porter, American College and the American
Public.
Quiller-Couch, The Roll of Honor.
Rashdall, Universities of Europe and the Middle
Ages, Oxford, 1895.
Reports of Royal Commission on the British Uni-
versities.
Sheldon, Student Life and Customs.
Slosson, E. E., Great American Universities.
Smith, History of Science in igth Century, N. Y.,
1900-1.
Ten Brook, State University and the University of
Michigan.
C. Tennyson, Cambridge from Within.
W. R. Thayer, History and Customs of Harvard
University.
Thilly, Translation of Paulsen's "The German Uni-
versities," N. Y., 1906.
C. F. Thwing, College Administration.
C. F. Thwing, Universities of the World.
Williams, Law of the Universities, London. 1910.
Zimmerman, Die Universitaten in den Vereingten
Staaten Amerikas, Freiburg, 1896.
Who's Who in America.
Tetlow, Sketches of Southington.
Narrative of a Journey Round the World during
1841-2.
Charles^ Borgaud, Adoption and Amendment of Con-
stitutions, trans, by Hazen.
Brick Row Book Shop, 19 E. 47th St., New York
Renaissance, Cassell.
Arthur Morrison: A Hole in the Wall.
A Windsor Handbook, Description of Rare Windsor
Brick Row Book Shop— Continued
Furniture, 1725-1825, by Wallace Nutting.
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