New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-15

edition of 1.-THE Vicar Of Wakefield r. Marion Craw
fsTd novels the Ane edition STATE 81 e 1s1 Fine
In France" tile Golden Treasury series: the works o.
Robert Browning and a reissue Of the cambridge
Shakespeare.
THE OLD HOUSE OF d. APPLETON & co.
In 1925 Daniel Appleton, Boston merchant. came
to New-York and opened bookstore Ills hrst
venture publisher appeared In 1881. His chief
assistant his son, william II. Appleton the present
head Of the house of ID. Appleton Co., who has been
apty called the Nestor OF American publishers Ihe
leading part Which W. II. Appleton has taken in build
ing up this great house. his proverbai business sagac
ty. lbs long and gallant fight for International copy
right his extensive transactions abroad in earlier Years
began With Thomas Moore, are familiar to all pub
fishers record OF even the Important events III tne
s4o the house attracted general attention by publish
Ing series OF religious books representing the tract
Psey. In later years it was the house Of D. Apple
ton Co. which placed before the American pnSsc
venture largely due 20 the efforts Of Professor r. l.:
Youmans the first editor Of the Popular science .
the house recognized the rights of the authors. despite
the absence OF International copyright
publication Of Applcton's American Encyclopaedia
edited by George Ripley and Charles A. psns "dhe
pacda Of American biography we're other large en.
teTprisas in the same department. Among the ms
bancroft, Lccky Eggleston Haeckel, Micheet and Nc
Master. who-e third volume is to be issued lmmeur
Juvenile books Is considerable some ID the moSo
n nyS' Of MISSES Miss uh %fc and prses 9hs
More recent publications have nclnaea l1ar Rms
sell. Thomas A. Janvier octave Thanet, Miriam Coles
Harris, Richard Malcolm Johnston Edna Lysii, Lucas
little over two vcais ago the large textbook bust
ness of the house was transferred 10 the fln s
than evcr before to general publishing outside Of scien
hc works and teIt-books IN me nrse o,erant
%Ss S. ra as s sr% R
tf part books Reject lGsa 8f Amel1S4
published by this house, remains one of the most sue
cessful of subscription books D. APPLETON 81 N H".
books book Anti and they Publish fs some notable editions
dc luxe of Jules Bretons autobiography rhe his
Of an A aos pere pGoH Life Of Christ AOas
the various departments Is the large msdicai asps,6
msn te Ss a wo M Enow r As Fosters Icda
onay1 The periodicals published by thf house n IN
W j. Yonmatis and "The NewIork Medical Journai.
The members Of the Urn William Ia, ApPen1o aIc
William W Appleton Daniel Appleton, Edwaru p'io
Appleton and D. Sidney Appleton
BOOKS OF DODD. MEAD co.
Dodd Mead g. Co.. Nos. 758 and 755 Broadway. IL
firm Of energy and enterprise. II was founoed IN ts
city, and is now composed Of Frank H. Dodd. to"aiu
s Mead Bleecher Van wagenen and Richard H. Do'd'
IL has three separate departments, and mas dohe OK
ceptionally well in each. First is the branch de-
voted 10 the sale of rare and choice books incnahe
early printed ones first editions and those when are
made valuable chiefly by the illustrations ih,se W
cluds Gutenberg The Statutes OF the AtciiDisloP
Of Mayence," about 1860; cory OF tne h Ehuo
speare drew much material: Henry Hudson ; 80, 10
scriptio &C DelineatO Biographies, l6i2 Joss p,uo
The History Of the Jewish War;" larls ilo-' 81
which there exists only other CODY on Veuhi an
the Shakespeare folio OF 1923 This hstna'ea doom
is remarkable being in perfect cohul t H.
onaiity among existing volumes Of that edition. Inc
price of the work Is $4,000. -. n,I r,
Dodd Mead & Co. are the publishers OF ne III
ternaona CycOpae,a," which II s0ld by suDNs P ~
The se consists of fifteen volumes, and the ae o. ue
work has been extremely large. A new odlu0h II "
he issued next month, which viii be wonueiIu o" u,
pjete and up TO date. For instance te hemo1 Ui
the OF last yeaf are gwen IN the @ hr.ton
edltor in chief OF the new edition is Harry Ihus
TocI nrofeesor of the Latin language In ColumDfs
College.
VOLUMES on ART SUBJECTS
The third department the publication OF BOOKS OF
various kinds and especially of those on art suhjecS'
important among these is William Luebkes Hist'rS
~ Art translated from tive seventh German euon'
The Arm Is shout 10 issue the eighth American eouon
~ this James Fergusson's "A History u ArchiEouro
in All Countries" Woltman and Woermans iih,olSS
~ Painting and Bryan's Dictionary OF fanteTs anu
FnQraverss are other works on art Issued oy Ils
In the field of general literature me nrn ocT nlon
monument place. A new household euuoli VI Dlohei VII
In forty eight Volumes illustrated with etGhihss aa
engrayings by Cruikslank, seymour. il. h. browni
THizl Barnard and Others, Is shorty u altx', an
in mechanical and artistic eXcelency IL VIII pc '1ll
I'd Ill production Mrs. Amelia r. BARI ayt w. ri az
I'm wide demand aud the same can De san Vi n' pnee
hooks by Mrs Martha Finley, and OF e. Roes
works 1t Is n remarkable fact that more Oh h 200
novcls have been sold in 1891 than there were IN 1870
The series of biographies OF makers Oh Aheh'" n"'o
been received With exceeding great FAVOR