New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-20
The Book Trnde Bnic.


Eaturday's sale commenced with the large invoice
Of military Photographic portraits and smbrotype
- copies of famous pictures, contributed by Samuel
Taber e. Co., New-Bedford, Mass. The collection
embraced pictures Of all sizes and many styles Of
framing, most Of which, we were pleased to notice,
were in excellent taste. TIE tawdty, Dutch.metal
gilt frames which border the cheap oil daubs Of the
auctiop-shsps {" pot-boiers" they call them In En-
gland, are totally esehewed by the makers Of COM
mercia photographs. For the most part, the pic
turs is framed in simple paperbound glass, or round
or oval rims Of oiled walnut In fact, we have
cause for national o0ngFatuLaiion Ia the application
Of photography 70 the fiue arts, for instead Of the
roughly -colored shilling autographs Of Mary Ann,
Burns and his Highland Mary. the Firemau'S Bride,
aud "Gin'ral jackson 10 the Battle Of New-Or-
leans" copies Of Nurillo, Raphael, Titan, and the
gems Of Landseer, Faed, PrudhoD, Rosa Bonheur,
are now finding their way Into our farm-houses and
cottages Taser, Appleton, Antheny, and the other
workers in collodion and caus'ic-dipped paper are
missionaries Of Good Taste, and should be respected
accordingly. Somebody--wssn't it DR.. Holmes p
said tia. he never saw one OF the little Italian boys
90 along with bis tray Of plaster images on his head
without feeling if be must uncover TO him as to
refinement TO the homes Of the poor and ignorant.
No matter who said it, u is q noble idea. How
much more should we say God-speed TO these whole
sale popularizen Of sri.
Tsbers sale wss, on the whole, quite satisfactory,
and would have been entirely 50 If the trade had
been better acquainted with the merits Of the goods
The cloib.bound pictures brought within fraction
of the duplicating price; tnose in rosewood frames
Is Der cent less the miniature size nearly full raies
and the cares de visie portraits Of Generals best
prices Of all. OF the latter they cold over 5000
copies assorted lots. We took the trouble to INQUIRE
of Taber and Appleton tie respective popularity OF
the portraits, in the belief that this would be one
straw TO show how the popular breeze was blowing.
Tsber names twelve leading military men IN the fol-
lowing order: ]. McClellani 2. Burnsidei s. Hal
leck 4. Gov Sprsgue; 5. Banks 6. Butler; z.
Hooker; s. sigel: 9. Hanter 10. Rosecransi III.
Winthrop II. Hentzelmsn. Appleton places them
differently, and adds some: Burnside, Mcclellan,
Halleck Ands rson, Sgel. Rosecrans Banks Sprague,
Butler Scott, Hooker, Mitchell, Hentxelman, Wool.
The effect Of this great upon the religious
feelings Of the people ia in part Indicated by the
business Of the booksellers. Orthodox Christians
might reasonably expect that 10 time Of great
shouse Of mourning, people would seek comfort in
orthodox religious books, that the death Of friends
and friends friends by hundreds would naturally
lead them TO consider their latter end, and study
how they might escape the. punishment. promised III
the future life for the wicked. But such does not
seem the popular tendency Of mind for the publishers
Of orthodox books dave done almost oOthmg during
the past year, aud even The trade In church music
books has been at the lowest possible ebb. On the
other hand Walker, Wise 81 Co. Of Boston, who
issue nearly all tie Unitaianand Other Of the class
called liberal" books, say they never did 30 good
q, years basiness before. Their Essays aud Re-
views, Tracts for Priests and People, Parker's
Prayers, REJECTED Stone, aud such works, have had
an unusually large SALE a birds-eye view
OF the book trade Of the counlry-wLich
one can easily set al Mr. Leavitts rooms at the pres
ent time-Ieyeais the fact that all books Of miscol-
lAneous character, all the poets histories and bound
ednens Of the noyelists have been and are. in poor
demand but ali which treat upon the condition Of
Tue country have very large sale. An inmense busi.
N's aiso done with suffers in the cheap psrer-ooy.
efsa eciiions Of good aud bad novels. Oar nbli.b.
nave contributed with great liberality toward
Mntsiy hospitals, aud tie Philadelphia publiuber,
oaVe even gone 20 far IA to establish free uh,arv
Aoi .on'aeseeus soldiers ia that city, Asnniustapee
" inc sreedinesS with which the public are buyinq
D'sAs IN war; II may be well 10 mention the f.ct
I'M an 90, almost obsolete, work called "Tbs Dat
s'o ue world" (which the stereotype plates
p1's Deen lying IN cellar for nearly twenty years.
S' Dssa sxaumed ~ au entsrprising publisher aud