Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-06-16

of publishing is likewise attended to-
Many of T. S. Arthurs and Ingrahoms
works, with many others, have been issued
by this house. Several thousand dollars
have been paid to Mr.. Ingraham for his
popular series of scriptural iomanccs, aud
other authors have experienced Mr..
Evans libcrality. Over ffty-six works
have been already published by him.
Some volumes, such as the Memoirs Of the
Celebrated Houdin have had an enormous
sale; on an average two popular new
books are got out" by this establishment
each week, editorial copies of which are
distributed from Maine to California.
Some publishing hou cs, we understand,
regard, or affect to consider, Mr. Evans
as an " outsider in respect to the trade,
as doing a not strictly legitimate business,
and they, therefore, as rule, "taboo'
his publications. This, We think, to be
an unwise course, originating in mistaken
views. This praise, at least, can be awar-
ded to the volumes which emcnatc from
i39 Chestnut street. They are all of Il
sound moral tendency, are well printed OH
good paper, and are strongly and elegant
ly bound. Many of them arc strictly
patriotic and American the lives Of Web
stcr, Clay, Houston &C., written by the
M ost popular authors.
The remarks which We made i'll our ar
ticlc of Saturday last, in relation to the
" gift business" carried on by Granville
Stokes, apply with equal truth to the gift
fcatur. of Mr.. Evans establishment. The
present given with the articles purchased
diminishcs the amount of the profit, but
increases in niu Ii greater ratio the NUM-
Der Of sales. The value of the total gifts
bears certain fixed proportion to the to
tai value OF the volumes with which they
are distributed and, by making all his
purcha cs wholesale ana fot cash, and
therefor. chcaply, he is enabled to sell his
books at fair price, give a gift with each
book, and yet gain paying profit. Th1
presents are chiefly icwelry and Watches
the majority procured from New York and
the East. but large proportion obtained
, from Philadelphia jewellers. Oicr 500,
OOO worth of gold and silver watches have
been given away in a few month'-sold
watches III high al sl00, silver ones up
wards OF SO, and great variety OF minor
j,wclry arc comprised in tn collection.
The yearly exp 'nscs of the great gift
book establishment of Philadelphia are,
as may be supposed, enormous. Twenty
five hands (whosc wages and salaries IA
mount to over $3.50 a wcck) are employed
-Jut this i mere trihc when We con
: s.dcr the monies annu lily expended for
the buying of books by the hundreds an
thou sands from other publishers, (this
item reaches many huulrcds o. dollars
duaIy, then the expenses incurred for pa
per printing and binding its own publta
tion., (thc.c amount to several thousand,
of dollars per we'h and last lut no
Last, tha annual cost o. the j'wtly put
chased as gift, (Which averages man,
thousands OF dollars monthly.)
, 1t is evident, also, that the yearly busi
ness to meet these charges must llkcwi
be very heavy; two hundred packages .
books are forwarded to their variods des
!. tilation' between sunrise and SUNSET
i, Literally thousands OF volulLcs are sol,
" every twenty -four hours. a local trade
. averaging 500 per day, is carried oil Il
: the counter, while the tran ton, by mai
i aud express, with all parts o, the Unior
II an North America, amount to many time
this sum. The annual bu,incss' i, c,tma
ted at nearly threc-qulrtcrs of million o
dollar.
/! In conclu ion, we can endorse Mr.. G
t G. Evans for three reasons. This busi
ness is, as far as the world in general am
ourselves in particular can judge, legti
- mate in principle and honorable in prac
: ticc. lie is man of undolbtcd and pro
4; we'd cntcrprisc-onc ofth, mo t " moyins'
+. men in this go-ah, ad century. Lastly
4. he is the head of a Philadelphia hou,,
which far cxccls Tin connection with il
two branches in Bo ton and Baltin more
any store of the kind in braggart Ne,
&c York, and is in fact the great gilt boo
u establi ,hmcut of the world.
The Vote on the Senate Resolu
tiOnS.