New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-22
CROWDED BOOK STORES.
THEIR WARES APPRECIATED AS CHRISTMAS
GIFTS.
~ FIVE HOLIDAY PUBLICATIONS BY FIRMS
OF WIDE REpUTATIoS-ART WORKS AND

,,nr prpr-r,r1oN-ART WORKS AND
| NARRATIVES OF ADVENTURE
-, -, Christmas shoppers began yes
Inc rea' M T. usuaI at every Christmastide, the
,'i,, borses and bookstores were lavo'i.e
cother,rr naoes for these holiday snoppe'S 80
has already been said in these columns 's 30
the christmas publications and the enoi'
all rho publishers to make the dlspay ''' '.
,u,o ricture of the high development tha' 'he
arr Of hook ms king has reached ihere az
81, 49,, houses still to be mentioned anu 'he"
nubcat,ons like those of the houses already spoNe"
Of are worthy Of the careful ana 'io"e "
tention of all book lovers ~ =. A..
Among the many books just published lor 'ne
ho,idavS none is having better sale thar oania'i
,ha \, tho worlds Fair" by Josiah Alien "He
! Marietta IIolley) published by the FUNK Wae
nails Comuany No. IS and % Astor Fia'e' i''''
work contains CO.. pages. written IN 'he M, n
and original style of all the other Doohs " III,
same author 1t not only IS an lh'eie 80, 1
funny story Of the wanderlngs of samantha anu
bc- "nardrer" at the Exposition, but 1t IS also
descriptive account of the Fair that VIII De es-
peclally welcome TO those who were uhdo'e " %
to Chicago last summer. "The minute VIC P
the gate we wuz overwhelmed with the onsDea''"De
aspect Of the budins,' Is what Sdiii"''''a go 49,
and lust so the people read the book VIII
tho minute they begin on it be over
whelmed with the "onspeakable' wealth OF VIII
and interesting information that JosIa" Aim
wife" has collected In her 69i pages Inc pooN 10
published in two editions In cloth with de-
signs In gold and silver. and the other In nan RUS
sia leather In three weeks the firm sold fo"J
coples and good idea of the way 1t has Deeh
received can be had from the following chpp'hB
from letter sent by customer 10 the House'
please send by return mall samantha at t'e
worlds Fair as we are troubled with indigestion,
and VIII be obliged TO resort to other mediclhe Il
this docs not come speedily The other works by
Josiah Aliens Wife" including her volume OF
poems, Samantha Among the Brethren anu
Sweet Ciciy." published in special holiday
form by the Funk e. Wagnalls Company
Some Of the other books Just published by this
nrm are: Henry Ward Beecher. the Shakespeare
Of the Pulpit" by the Rev. DR.. John II. Burrows;
John y. Cough. the Apostle Of Cold Water
By Carlos Martyr; Independence" story OF me
trnted with eight full-page haf-toue engraviAgs
and fourteen other Illustrations, by F. A: carter;
I5ba 3'i'' MnsicS S sIcep and Dreams" from the
German of pr. Frederick scho:z by H. ~ Jewett;
John Staples White
AN OLD FIRM.
The Oldest publishing house in existence is Long
mans Green & Co.. OF London and New-fork
Thomas Longman. who started the house was
born In 1899 and in l726 he opened a publishing
house IN Paternoster Road. London. where 1t has
been eyer since. Six years ago a branch house
was opened in this city. This firm was the pub
fisher Of some OF the mos; famous Of the oid-tlme
English authors. including Or. Johnson and Tom
Moore. They published Or. Johnson's Dictionary airy
cyciopaeIa." Tine branch house In this city Is at
No Is East Sxteenthst.. and a; present II Is one
holiday publications are many ard various ana are
in artistic and convenient form.
4 book that has received much admiration anu
met with a large sale Is Tie True story BOOK
edited by Andrew Lang. with nine plates and
Il - book tha. VIII delight TIE hearts OF ,i a..
!
stories "A Boy AMONG the Reg t .rian DarI,as
The Shannon and the Chesapeake captain s Shel-
grave ana tn" Pirates The Spartan Ihre. nun
ired." The Escape Of Cervantes.' and baron
| Trcack" 4 book that Will make a useful and
instructive Christmas present Tor BOYS ana srlS
Handbook" b. ". FurneauX. with SIG illustrations;
II treats OF animal NE The yeseta6.e Word anu
n, mineral world OF the Other works lnst p pup
shei By this hoase one that de'G p f HsSon
ami General" by Or. William NJ; Polk Other
works just BY this firm are Prince Riesrd9
Colonel Peter iiawker relating Shley 10 'fTf,s
events IN colonel Hawkers NE Ine Sacred 10y r OF
scari 'i in S6yssina in isi by J. Theodore Bent.
Mhsr TIRE Emqirs9 Mes by be s Nniyn Of
Music" 10y William i Henderson: Letters on
Li,eratnre Hy AmdrGw i ians "a Gentleman Of
France" being the memoirs OF CASTOR lie Bonne.
sleur J.. Nar'ac has been published in book form
Of This book that IT was the best novel since
mm'nee popularity ard BIDS fair to exceed the
success OF Wcymans other works
HOLIDAY DISCOUNT.
Thomas whttaker's publishing house needs no
introduction. 1t long ago got a firm hold on the
reading public and each year u becomes more OF
a favorlte. AZ this glad season of the year when
people are wondering what they shall buy for pres
cnts. and where they shall 80 to get them. their
thoughts often turn to Tn om4s Whtaker,s store
Through November AMI December the Christmas
hooks hav" been sold az dis can't OF - per Sent
mr.
to book buyers In these hard tines and so Thomas
Wht;akcrs store has generally been crowded ana
his orders By mail have been unusually large. The
TIN G29' OF fd' old ID T nd the
Many OF them are Of religious mature ana
gard to It's religious literature Is not exceeded by
books That have been published for the holidays
are: Christmas Carols" by Canon Farrar Royal
Richarison: I'm the Footsteps OF the Poets" by
David Mason The Priyats Life Of the Great Com
drgls OF Engand sdited by GsnGn FSrrar Son "A
o h s, 0 selected b Mary e narrow The
Sir~-icance of Names" by Leopold Wagner ana
From Things TO God by the Rev. Dr. David II.
P pear " by H. Ben,Sam Edwards The Treas
pres II the Marshes ~ BY Ch&rote y Yonss E ts,
Creek" by the Rev. T. A. Rand.
PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS.
Hunt X Eaton are the agents in New-York. Bos-
ton. Buffalo Detroit. Plttsburg and san Francisco
for the Methodist Book Concern The Ncw-fork
house is NJ No 80 Fif,h-ave. and there one can
always find the choicest things in literature. They
handle books OF "A religious and secular nature. and
besides doing large publishing business Of their
own they have in stock the works of many other
publishers Their facilities for furnishing Libraries
are OF the best. There Is an attractive display of
books for the young TINS year published by Hunt *
Eaton. Some OF them the following: stories
from Indian Wigwams and Northern Camp Fires
by Egcrton r. Young siberian EXllcs' Children,
by Edwin Holder; ~ Little Brown Seed. by Mrs.
George Archibald; "Our Boys" by William Stod-
dari Tom Heron OF Sax. by Evelyn Everett
Green; shoulder Arms by John Preston True;
Left to Themselves" by Edward l. stevenson;
"KOclton" by Kel Snow. For fifty years DR..
Daniel Wise has been leading author OF
books Young people. He born In
Portsmouth, England, and came to America when
a young man. His first book published In 1910.