New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-06
BOOKS FOR THE FALL.
A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK.

pv,.rrD N THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS or LIT
FRATURE.
with the coming of Fail, the publishing
huslncss shares with other trades the hopes Oh oeler
season than COR years past which are declared oy
veterans among the publishers to have been tho worst
theirbuslncss has experienced within remembrance Inc
publishers are willing 20 make sangnne prophecies
such "a have uaught for successive seasons nV
The general feeling Is ore OF reasonable asSuao' '"0
the excellent promise Of the crops the enforced economy
in recent years among BUYERS the reduced EXPENSES OF
manufacturers and dealers, the owness Of supplies III
retailers stocks owing the cautious biyins mn vogue,
ana the close return OF the country 70 sounder financial
basis are preparing the for less unsatisfactory
season than those previous and tnnceiorwad
for steady return toward reasonable prosperity Tins
moderate hopcfuness is generally tempered with con
ecrvatism and caution
Ithas often been remarked that good books will sell
well in the dullest times, and this trade SAYING using
the word good in the publishing rather than in the
literary sense. has been more applicable uIln
within the mast year Beginning with the rcmaTRahe
run 81 " Helen's Babies" and continuing ihroNIh N'
Habnerton's later and others the great '"e
OF the ANONYMOUS books which have been inc feature q"
the year, eliminate in the unprecedented sale 81
100000 copies within three weeks ~ the last r'h'
"T,ot Husband OF Mine" Meanwhile good advertising
hacking good books has secured the sale Of over 10000
volumes Of the 70 Name series and the works Of such
popular writer's DIT Holland and 81 zoe 81" ho'u
good for sales reaching toward 10000
A considerable reduction IN prices u 10 W h"'DA N'i
ing the past year. though the most general movement III
educational books was, with few executions, rather n
change OF system 10y the Abandonment Of retail prices,
than any actual reduction on the part Of publishers
Prices on miscellaneous books have, however been
ouelv dropping especially in the Of new books. ON
which tie scale Of pricing is much lower, aud of editions
uriu'cl from old plates. in which there has been n
marked reduction The publication OF popular works IN
chelp libraries NJ ton and twenty cents seems 10 have
had less influence the regular publishing trade than
was Mt first feared since they seem 20 draw readers
LARGELY from the sensational weekes, and tS perhaps
educate them for better reading But these have mad
nppreelable results and The HaTpers with this month
make considerable reductions throughout their brown
covered lbgary. extended 10 $50 volumes by 'he
Insertion OF hundred or more novels hitherto puoisheu
separately at a still higher price.
The trade sale, opening Wednesday September
10 will have considerable influence on the business OF
the FAIL since nearly half a million dollars worth OF
books at recall prcc viii then he thrown on the mar
tet As previously stated few Of the leading houses are
rnrepresented and the catalogue is Of the largest
for years. The trade sale viii be followed by many
minor sales ~ books at both Leavtts and Bangs hut
seems probable that both the great sales, of the Brnley
and Odel collections, may be deferred to the SPRING
though il is hoped 10 have catalogues ready for sales
I'm November or December The library Of the late
George Briulev OF Hartford Is of the richest in
rarcs in this country. though the disposition OF its
firing and secrctiye made it little known 1t in
cludes Mazarn Bible for which $4,000 is SAID to have
been paid several copies OF the Eliot Indian Bibles re-
markabc collection of Mathcr books and other valuable
Americana. The Hon. j. Hammond Trumhull of Hart
ford is 10 prepare the catalogue Mt Odels library Is
especially rich in b,acketter and other early books
Geo p Phcs has been for months at work on the
catalogue which for photographed research and
variety and beauty OF typography, will be the most re-
markabe catalogue yet produced in this country
The summary Of the more important announcements
given below does show large proportion of original
American works Of great importance, nor much dispos-
ton the part OF publishers 10 enter upon new enter
priss requiring outlay Many Of the Forthcoming
books have already passed, in more or less complete
SHAPE. through the magazines, habit in publishing
which growing with each year The state Of business
in England whose book trade be entering upon
period Of depression such America has been pass
irc through ins enterprise there that there viii
be fewer expensive books from that quarter. What
effect this viii have upon American publishing remains
10 seen. The proportion Of ORIGINAL American books
is likely grow the advances, since several
publishers have works hand or under consideration
which they are yet ready to announce, but which
reasonably prosperous Fall will doubtless call ont.
LITERATURE AND nrILEs LETTERS.
Since readers are likely &c have neithcrthc first volume
OF Prof Moses Colt Tylera history Of American iera
tufc. Bayard Taylors lectures Oh German htera-
fue until Spring there little TO record here the
completion of Laun's history of French literature
These three works al have viii bear the Putnam i'm
print. aud promise 10 form remarkable trio. The recent
revisions Of Chambers's Cycopeda Of English and Duy
ekincks Of American literature should be noted Prof
Shair study 81 "The Poetic Interpretation OF Nature
OIurd HoughtOu) viii be OF interest alike poets aud
sceutists The essays are confined T. Fieids's
light gathering Of Undc Tbrush" (Osyood). papers
many social well literary topics; Miss Ypugc'5
chapters on "Womankind" Cdacnillau). book OF
friendly counsel for Young crls and reprint Of Leslie
Stephens d" Free Thinking and Plain Speaking" put
non) The reissue OF Andors Imaginary Converse
C2Obertsl will he complete with the Fl Eth volume,
containing fu index 10 all Mr. Hobherton's Select
Bristsh Essaysts' Putnatnl; VIII De continued with
"The Tater and there VIII be additions to both the
pnc0tU. the next ia tie latter series being "Voaire
by Col. t. B. Hawley.
FICTION.
or fiction there OF dearth. and the lighter
us the better 81 sells "That Wife Of Mine" dec &
Shepard and "My Mothcg-inaw" lockwood, Brooks
& Coz will chase That Husband Of Mine around
the country OF stronger books American authors fur
nish a good proportion DR.. Holland, Nicholas Min
turn scrdbner). whose the perplexing
problem Of what 70 do with trampS and paupors the
Rev L. P. Roe, "a Knight Of the Nineteenth Century"
tJodd Mead Col; Miss Phelps story promised by
Osgood for October; Miss Warner DIANA" PUTNAM,
heraldod the best of her novels Mrs Prcnts,
"Pemaquid randolph. story Of the early life of New
England; the author OF "Grace Furman "a religious
novel famous in is day3 like story called Eruest's
Quest" Mr. HOwellss comedy OF Counterfeit Prescut-
ment," viii shortly be finished ana Mr. Adric's The
Queen sbe5a" Miss Trafton's His Inheritance" and
Dir. Egglestons Roxy" are in progress forthcom-
ing In the magazines. There are also coming Mas
bys Western satire, a Paper City" dee &
shepardl another story Of early Western lie,
"The TWO Circuits" Jansen. McClmg q Coz. by
Chaplain Crane. Of Gen Grants old regiment Pamela"
(Pcterson). Louisiana romance, by Mrs. Sarah T..
Dorsey: Mrs Burnetts Theo Peerson an early love
story resurreccd from PetrS0Hs h0qa-ie and another
story from hcr pen, Dolly" announced by Porter &
Coates and novels from Mrs Mary j. Holmes. May