The record-union., 1893-05-08
new PUBLICATIONS.

| - DAiolbOSS NldIldSeE anu w. u,
Morrow Literary Manager, has proposed
10 W estern authors a cooperative pub
llshlng plan. Under it the author be-
comes a partner with the association in
the publication of his book. The idea is
70 issue volume of the "Western
AHuthor's Series" quarterly or oftener
Inc DOCKS are to be uniform in style of
issue, and to be put out at the lowest pos
Siple cost OF paper, composition and
Dlndlng, and to retail at so cents and 81. ac-
cordlng to binding. The association
ados: The author is to pay to the associa-
Ilon, IN advance, an amount sufficient to
cover the actual cost of manufacturing
and marketing his book, this amount to
De repaid from the first sales. The re-
naming volumes to be the joint property
of the association and the author the net
recelDtS from their sale to be divided
| equally between them. For the first edi-
tioh u l,oOO coples) of paper-covered book
the cost Will be about 500 to $500, de-
pending on the size of type and number
| OF pages. If the sales warrant subse-
! quehI editions, the amount required for
| then from the author will be compare
lively small, as the bulk of the cost is in
the manufacture of the plates, which can
! be used for an indefinite number of edi-
uons. Under this arrangement the
author may be said to run no risk, as the
trade VIII almost surely take at least a
| snlhclent number of copies, on its faith
| III the association, to reimburse the
author" 1t is then provided how two
SETS OF plates from the type can be made,
one for use in San Francisco and the
other IN New York. The association is
10 give its skill and energy to the pub
llshlhg ana pushing of the works. and as
II has fulI trade relations with dealers
ana news companies it believes it can do
better Tor authors than they can for them
selves, or through other means. 1t will
give especial attention to books of short
stories, the publication of many short
tales in one volume. and the equal distri-
button of cost and profit among the
| authors thus included. The association
has in press already the two first
volumes under the new plan, short
stories by q. A. Danziger, entitled sin
the Confessional" and 1.-THE Followinp. -
and the other a powerful novel by Abel
M. Rawson, entitled "Seraltha." Bierce,s
BLACK Beetles in Amber'' was pub
Iished by this association.
| No. 2,543 of "LittelPs Living Age,
completed the l96th quarterly volume,
and the forty ninth year of the contiuu.
Gus publication of this excellent maga-
Zlne. The volume covers the months of
january, February and March, and its
| table OF contents shows 1t to contain
nlnety-seven articles, beside miscellany
and poetry. These articles cover a wide
range of topics, including valuable bio
graphical and historical papers, readable
essays and reviews, choice fiction, the
| latest results of scientific inquiry.
sketches Of travel and adventure, etc
Each issue brings its weekly addition to
| this feast OF good things. The early
issues of the new volume which usher in
its year Of jubilee are not a whit lacking
in any respect from their predecessors.
The Inadequacy Of Natural Selection"
by Herbert Spencer; ASPECTS of Tenny-
- Inv AnDns
Treasurer" by II. G. MacDowell: "A
Packet of Old Letters" by Mrs. Andrew
Crosse; Venetian Melancholy" by J.
Addington SymOnds; "The Military
Courage of Royalty" by Arch. Forbes
the great war correspondent Ia reply to
ander llI."(; Scandal About Queen
Elizabeth" by A. Lang; Grained Work
ers for the Poor" by Miss Octavia Hill.
These are only few of the many articles
of equal merit which go TO make up the
three first issues in April. 1t is impos-
sible to find elsewhere so much that is
valuable at so small cost. For only IS
year the readers of "The Living Age''
have the cream of the whole British
periodical press Littell tE Co., Boston.
The Century, for May New York; is
rich mum Der, rich in text and beautiful
and rich in illustration. The chief attrac-
tions are: The Worlds Fair; Looking
North from the Lion Fountain'; at the
Fair" Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer:
Fair" w. Lewis Fraser; 1.-The White
City" Richard Watson Glider; "Recol
lections of Lord Tennyson," John Adj
dington Symonds; can Embassy to Pro-
vence," Thomas A. Janvier; benefits
ForgoT' (seriaD, Wolcott Balestier; per
sonal Impressions of Nicaragua" Gilbert
Gaul; 'The Chevalier de Ressegu!er,"
Thomas Bailey Aldrich; Joseph Bona
parte in Bordentown," f. Marion Craw-
ford; Leaves from the Autobiography of
Salvini," Tommaso Salvini: The Queen
and the Duchess" NJ. o. w. Oliphant;
MIR. Gadsbury's Brother" NJ. Frances
Swami Williams; "Relics of Artemus
Ward" Don c. Seitz; IAN Inside View
of the Pension Bureau" A. B. Cassel-
man; Writing TO Russia" William
Henry Bishop; editorials on ''Lincoln on
the Spoils system" Two Values of the
tees Laws FALL American Boys and
American Labor; ''What the photo
graph will do for Music" Philip G. HUI
bert, Jr.; "A Hint in Municipal REFORM
Joseph Hatton; Better United States
Senator'S" II. Turner Newcomb; "a
Friend of the kindergarten, A. ii. P;
"Caliiornia's Presidential Electors" ]. F.
Thompson; "a Psychological Sugges-
tion," II. z. Wood; "Refections on Ad-
versity," E. Wetherald; "The Prig.', Ed
gar Fawcett; saints and Sinners,5' F. d.
Sherman The Decline of Profanity.n
Edward Cary; 'Over the Sea Lies Spain.n
c. w. Coleman.
In ''St. Nicholas for May Century
Company, New York; Mrs, c. \. Jami-
son begins a new serial, "Toinette's
Philip" story of New Orleans. Anun-
usually good article is on columbus at
La Ribida." Two strong stories for bows,
one by Herbert II. Smith and the other bv
Tappan Adney, are descriptive OF iaguar
hunting in South America and salmon
spearing in the Northern States and
Canada. There is a general survey of
Tine Worlds Fair Palaces" by Tudor
jerks. q. X. O'Reilly, under the title
| secrets of Snake-C Charming" sets forth
new explanation OF the methods by
which the Indian magicians deceive Euro
peans and natives also. Poultney Bige-
low tells for little children the story OF a
mlschievous monkey, and Julia d. Cowles
repeats anew the never-old allegory as to
looking on the dark or light side of life.
hemble's drawing of the baby lion that
tries TO eat the doll; Maurice Thompson's
poem, and Louis Loeb's pictorial echo of
1t; Miss Clouds old-tilne poem. and
Birch's delightful pictures to it; Miss