New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-02
SANDING or GRAYPS MEMOIRS.
HOW TIE FIRST VOLUME HAS SOLD THROUGHOUT
TN COUNTRY.

HOW THE FIRST VOLUME HAS SOLD THROUGHOUT
TN COUNTRY.
There was n running to and fro of book
agent, throughout the land yesterday The inynciblo
10000 who have been invading the privacy Of the homo
circle 30 chant tho praise, OF General Grants book re-
ccy,d The uut OF their months OF labor In all That
tuo they have been walking and talking on faith and
hope alone advances were made By the publish
,r- whose terms have been "Cash down the day Of
publication for every book delivered" During the last
hours o; the day there steady stream OF agents
coming from the publishers offices In Union Square and
.au-st The lesser had their bundles OF books
under their arms the greater had their orders on the
warehouses Fouriecnthst. Astor place, Morcerst.
AMI other places whore thousands OF copies are
stored away Few copies reached the subscribers,
r majority OF the agent, taking their stock nome aud
Getting ready L. sally forth to-day 49,, .,
roosyn sgd one Of thS p@esG o0o 70 e o BOOK
m"y have disposed Gt from l 30 10 socG m
have only succeeded working on three or four copies
The average Of the best men IL from 90 to 200 copies
No ri,d nt.t TO divide the territory up among
l9"m but "na ha St them Gsh for '' it among
themselves The most Of our agents are
and above The usual class because mnt tony r Tey
have not been able TO realize cent on their wok mus
10 took certain amount OF staying power ocarTy man
through Our experience has been that men make the
woman hold her ground where man would be kicked
see mai tai man with white har and specIaclos waiting
a., torn In the line there. lie IS a poet Ho
"a
"A l.u- poem on the creation lie gave me copy.
one coupct sticks Ia my memory stu II relates OF the
hoUi Lat,
Tho rain desccndcd from the skv
Iutu the water was i've miles high
This Wa uJt a bold poetic figure but rested on "A
scientific basi, rs ne afterward explained TO mo For
some mountains are i've miles high, and the Bible says
thAt AL tie high hill. that were ulder the whole
heavens were covered Another rhyme WAS TINS;
Adam and Eve didn't alone remain,
Ih,y raised ana alcI hun cam
$50 YOU see we have n high order o; genius In our
employ"
"iow have your sales in different portions OF the
country compared with those In NcW-lOrk T.
We bcon shipping books az the rate OF 5000 10
900 "A day for some time. and the distributor In
round numbers Is about as follows: chicago now has
10000 Tor distribution throughout Illinois indiana and
part OF ohio There are 10000 copies IN san Fran,
CISCO for the Pacific states and the agent
guarantees double that number Of sales from WORK al
ready done New I'm gland has taken about 10000 so
TAR Prnnsylvania aud Delaware have 10000 North
Caroline the Nirznlas and the District OF Columbia dld
well. The sales IN the Gulf states were few, not eX
cccding GOOO Texas was exception however, "a IL
took FULLY half ~ that GOOO. The second volume.
which, "A. mn TRBuN stated some tmo ago, VIII cont
IN NJ arch. viii be larger tnau the first IL VIII contain
600 page. There Will be thirty maps also .
third presentation copy WAS shown the reporter IL
WIS bound style as those Tor Generals Sh'r-
dan and sherman. but bore the inscription, "EIOVer
Cleveland, President"