The sun., 1870-04-04
SOME NEW BOOKS.


ally edifyng spectacle to people washing their
dirty linen in public, but In the present instance the
writer seems TO have real grievance Her volume,
entitled A Battle Of he Books' QIurd &Houghton),
though relieved by passages Of characteristic vgor
and tartness, must be pronounced on the whole
very tedious.
Gail uamilton's case is briefly as follows; Tick
nor n Fields, afterward Fields, Osgood Co., pub
llsbod every book she wrote down to the year 1863
For the rst they ptl her ten cent. on the retail
price No contract was made for the next two
books but when the fourth appeared, Mr. Fields
agreed to pay her fifteen cents for each volume Of
the three books sold. This was In the midst Of the
war, when prices were rising and books thst had
previously sold at a dollar advanced 70 dollar
and hal. Mr. Fields told her that he had maio n
similar arrang cement with all his authors, aud she,
believing that whatever he proposed must be right,
nssentod matter OF course IL had perfect faith
In him." she says, "and reckoned my interests far
safer in his hands than In my own" She went on
writing books, which her publishers sold at ~ the
volume, paving her fifteen cents the volume, and had
no suspicion that she was rettine les than
she was entitled to- She might have continued
to DO to this dav had she not, toward the close
1867, accidentally learned that ton per cent. on the
retail price tho lowest payment made 10 authors,
aud that they often received higher percentage.
| Testing hcr own by this rule, sho found that
she had for years been receiving six and two-ttirds
and seven aud ono-haf per ON BOOKS for which
many publishers would have been willing to allow
| her from twelve to fftecn per cent. blind cont.
dence In her publishers and ignorance and ndfer-
eronce respecting the simplest rules OF business,
| had made her the victim Of what would seem to
amount to a scheme to deprive an inexperienced
man OF hor earnings.
She Immediately wrote to her publishers for an
sxnton ltnp hut MD ftafus
she then put her case in the hands OF lawyer In
| Boston, and aner a great deal OF tlresome
rospondence the matter referred to two aroitrl.
| tors, who awarded Gail Hamilton 81 $50. Tbis is
the essential fact OF her story and tue conviction
Il forced upon any who has the patience to go
throu IA the book that the Boston publishers, finding
| they had secured Gail Hamilton at n cheap rate, ,
| were determined TO make good thing out Of her.
Under the title Of Rorr,oatsn itS Rise Pro
| 0res, and Present Condition, Mrs. MARY Il. v.
SMITH has published the narrative ~ fifteen years.
| residence amoug that people. (BeNnap Bss)
| In tie present excitement attending the Mormon
question, this book possesses considerable interest
| It is the story of woman who lived among the
Mormons in Illinois. and accompanied them to U'ah
nnd, being sister OF high priest, and the wife Of
| n prominent ofhcial, was able to learn many
secrets about the Saints The book IL full OF reve
lations OF a startling character and the authoress
evidently fears that her veracity will be questioned
As she preisces tile book with affidavit solemnly
avo wing that she has told nothing but the truth
| She says she was an earnest believer In Mormon.
ism till she discovered, after going to Utah, that
| the principal business Of Brigham Young and the
| other heads OF the Church wds the commission OF
| crimes OF an atrocious character. Among these
\ crimes che mentions robbery, murder, aud
treason, and most OF the offences that are
| vili ixad Eha
| says she was present when Brigham Young aud
throe othere arranged a plan for the murder OF an
| American citizen named Bowman, and that Bow
| man Was subsequently killed in tie manner agreed
She tells other stories Of violent deaths, aud
gives the accounts OF robberes and various acts Of
tyranny committed by the Mormon leaders She
| describes the ceremonies Of the Church with great
minuteness; and her account Of her nfteen years.
career among the followers OF Joseph Smith is full
OF incident from hs commencement to Its close. II
she has told nothipe but the TRUTH tho Mormons do
| not deserve the least sympathy.
| We have received the first volume Of Ger
American ConpersdtionsL Lericon, prepared with
| pecia reference to the needs OF Germans living In
America, under the editorial care Of Prof ALEX
| ISpER J. ScuEM Proderck Gerhard, agenD The
plnn Of tis work Is good one, and Its preparation
eould not have been intrusted TO more capable
hands. by nature and training Professor schem Il
peculiarly fitted for the task he has under TAX en-
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