New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-08
JOHN PAUDs NEW BOOK.

A MODEST ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE AUTHOR-soME
STRICTLY PRIVATE INFORMATION FOR KING Will
LIAM OF PRUssIA-A BOOK THAT is NOT TO BE OUT
so SOON OR SO MUCH AS THE PUBLISHERS ARE.
TO tAe Editor Of fhs Tribune.
SIR: To you, who know my modest nature
we'll It not necessary that demonstrate how IL pains
to ind myself forced into personal mention which,
to the prejudced eye may look very much like an In
tepton to advertise the work OF my hands. But you
who have 80 often remarked upon my unwlingness 10
exalt my own Tor blow IT., unless the public sood
we're to subserved thereby land 1t could DO done in
way which passed all human ingenuity to fnd out) can
give indignant denial to any such suspicion. 10 inc
many requests that would state with the weight which
responsible name ever carries with 1t, what sort OF
book mine is to be- when is to be pubshed and sew
eral other particulars in regard to which am errone
ousiy supposed to be well informed. long turned
deaf ear But when His Ilnstrious Majesty OF Prussia
King William politely requests that will ease his Im
peral mind those points. can longer refuset
Briefly, then will not positively say that my DOCK
the best which she century has produced But when
say that book OF early late date has so forciby
attracted my attention. that In none has my interest
been enlisted to such degree trust that 1t will be be-
lieved that speak only the TRUTH LOOKING over IL
now after several very careful readings previously
do not find one line which dyer "could WISH 10
blot % and certainly could not take away page
could you add page without making the oooX 100
big TO be carried round by hand!
For there are already 6s4 pages OF It, to say nothing
about the portratpage at the begnning-about which
the less said the BETTER perhaps And oil the ustra
lions are fupage-hOugh as all the pages are not iu
Of Illustrations this is not quite so bad as IL might De-
As to when the book will be out, don't know. The
compositors who should set 1t stopped and sat
themselves down instead to read, and many OF them
IN hpt
sequence was an interesting revival" In Hartford,
but delay to the book. However, along toward the
middle of this month"; householders wish TO get out OF
its way and avoid agents. they had better leave the
country.
Notwithstanding what has been said, 1t must not De
rashy concluded that it H strictly speaking theoog
ical book The truth it contains is the result OF ac-
cident mostly rather than Of design And this perhaps
one reason why 1t works the wicked human system
SO powerfully; fater myself that to me belongs the
credit of moving upon sinners strategcay and taxing
them by surprise Before they know that any one Is
cunning for them, you I've got em where the cap
larry growth is OF minimum length and the best thing
they do is lie still and nothing about It, And
may though orders for my book may not come
in from Sunday schools at confident the de-
mand from that source will be less than 1t Is at
the beginning.
Ladies will like the book unquestionaby. With the
hair.drawn pencil Of poetic prophecy. Mr.. TennysOn
fOretells this when he paints the Lady OF Shai0t;
But in her Webb she still delights"
And see why ladies should not delight In
my book, whether they given merely to the mild
shalott or confess insane pre- erence for more
vruent form OF onion.
As was saying. when interrupted, cannot say ex-
actly when the book will be out. However, can state
positively that the publishers out already and will
probably be when the WORK gets further along
But being wealthy and powerful concern-the Column
ban Publishing Company Of Hartford-I guess they II
manage to worry through.
was obliged go Hartford to avoid existing jeal-
and contentious among our local publishers Now
that none OF them at all has il, they sit on their
ragged anxieties with much Of calm and comfort
And as saying, the present month wears along
1t will daily become more and more hazardous for any
householder to express wish to buy the John Paul
book In the hearing OF man who looks like minister,
for he may be entertaining by that very remark an
agent unawares
And trust that King William of Prussia lie salts
fed and that he will instruct the chambermaids about
the palace economic in the OF Prussian blue
that Royal family may be able to buy copy OF my
book. Respectfully yours, JOHN PAUL.
Go,r Oct