New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-01
GRANTS BOOK OUT TO-DAY.
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND COPIES READY.
DIFFICULTIES THAT HAVE BEEN ovERCoME-THE
WORK OF DISTRIBUTION.

WORK OF DISTRIBUTION.
At o'clock to- day the first volume of the
4" Personal Memoirs OF General L. s. Grant" will be
published to the world. Two hundred thousand bound
copies OF the book viii he in tho hands Of 10000 agents,
and they can Immediately start out on the
task of delivering them this evening or
they can wait until Tomorrow for opening
tho campaign, as they see it, From New-YOrk to San
iraHcisc1 from Name to Texas. there viii be stimuli
taueous movement all along the line The thousands Of
volumes lying in biuderes and storage vaults being
cared across the country in all directions during the last
three months, have been scrupuously guarded, that
specimen might get into irresponsible hands Cor such
catastrophe would have vitntcd the copyright which
is worth over million dollars, aud thrown
all the treasures OF the volumes 500 PAGES
TO tie tender merces OF the cheap reprint sharks as
the high toned publisher deishteth to call them.
"The actual number Of orders at present IS 325OO0.'
said a member of the publishing house of Charles l.
Webster Co., yescrliy. 70 t that demand IN the
time nj our disposal has bcen easy rask Tho first
line Of type wissrt in May. The work began slowly.
The frs, galley proofs sent To General Grant aud
would som time. his possession for daysWheu
sc Sot under way thing. went more smoothly, an
Oh Genera bad yrda icw It. lys .Ousrrho could haVr
had the tr- u1anl volume In bis maud As it WaS If W.
coud have known tnat gong to die 80 suddenly,
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nchud To prevcut that sort thing aud enable t.
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