Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1881-04-25
The Weekly Palladium.
BOOK NOTICES.
The Lit.ra ssevOiutiOn-IosyP Price.
and Large Sales of hooks.

The old line publishers have, very nat
urally, not been we'll pleased with tn,
now famous enterprise. "The Literar,
Revolution; and in depreciation of it
character have laid special stress upor
the claim that in cheapening books 81
vastly it is against the interests of Amer
lean authors. The Revolution boldly
meets this assertion by statements as fol
lows: 1st. That they are already paying
to American authors more money than
any other publishing house that is less
than twenty five years established. I'd
That American authors rarely receive
from publishers a copyright exceeding
10 per cent. upon the retail price of their
books actually sold. Sd. That at leas,
one half, and probably more, nearly
three fourths, of the books published by
American authors have been published
at the authors expense, the publishers
furnishing no money and ying no copy
right, but themselves receiving a large
percentage upon sales made. Attn. That
they propose hereafter TO pay to Ameri-
can authors for acceptable manuscripts
copyright of Is per cent, instead of
10 per cent, and they claim that their
low prices, and immense sales resulting
therefrom, are far more In the interest of
authors than much larger copyright on
the commonly limited number of sales
"ODe thousand books, profit 81 each
81 900. One million books, profit one
cent each-$iO, 900"
AS an example of an American copy
right book, they issue, in an exceedingly
handsome form. the famous poetical, his
torical, and satirical American classic,
"MFingal, an Epic Poem," by John
Trumbull, with very full annotations by
the celebrated historian Benson j. Los
sing, ID. This poem is almost as
much u part of American history rs the
battle of Bunker Hill itself, and Dr..
LOSING has greatly increased both its in
terest and its intrinsic value by his his
torical comments and illustrations. This
book was published few years ago by
one of the old houses at the price of
sac per copy, and had only very linn
tied sale. The publishers claim that the
reception of their new edition guarantees
a sale of ut least $4,000, or even more
probably 100000 copies; and Mr.. Los
sing will, of course, reap handsome
reward, even from the small royalty upon
t.fe low price. American Book Exchange
Publishers, New York City.
BLACkwooD FOR APRIL
The Leonard Scott Publishing Co, Al
BARCLAY street New York, have just Is
sued their reprint of Btacksooof's Mage
zine for April. Like all the preceding
numbers of the present year, II IS full OF
good reading. "rhe Private Secretary
Is continued. "Shadwelrs Life of Lord
CLYDE" briefly sketches the career OF that
gallant soldier "Valiambrosa" Is an IN
teresting account Of the former and pres
ent condition of the famed monastery.
"Old Scottish Society gives lively de
scription of town and country life In Scot
land seventy-fve or hundred years ago.
"Greece and Her Claims" discusses the
present situation in the East. There is
An amusing article entitled Freaks OF
the Telegraph" enumerating many pro-
yoking blunders caused by carelessness
either in writing or transmission, which,
however laughable to read, must have
been truly annoying to the recipients
They remind US of the printer VINO, IN
An article describing the great lubricat-
ing properties of the oil derived from a
certain species of whale, and closed the
list with saying that sailors use 1t for
oiling their homes" converted 1t into
"toiIors use it to oil their bones.
The periodicals reprinted 10y the Leon
ard Scott Publishing Co. al Barclay
street, New York, are as follows: The
london Quarterly, Edinburgh, WtstH'sn
stsr and British Quarterly Rsrsesos, and
BLackscoois Magazine. Price, 81 yeai
for any one, or only $15 for all, and the
postage is prepaid 10y the publishers.