The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-29
WHATARE YOU READING
vo,y YoPULAR BOoKS IN THIS FIN
DE Steele AGE.
Cir, Always Have Fsvorito An'hor'-D"s
Of short Stories Revival OF Book"
That sold Forty Years Ago.


man o. a well known book dealer.
"AH OF these" answered the little man.
yayine his hand proudly toward the J iIes
o., books arranged so as to display their
Golden titles. Hne paper and handsome
ni,dires TO me best advantage.
"But which books are the most p'pI-
larg'
CHOSE which have caused the most
talk are "A Prince Of india ana "'
ucavoaly Twins by Sarah Crane l"1
latter was severely criticised ana "'S 80
extraordinary name.
care those the reasons 1t sons ,,les
..partlv III ia long, too, ana zone ,'tt.r
are coming into vogue. Inc ill me- and
go Prince OF India is already soHo are
We can't set amy more anu 49,"
many demands Tor 30 every u'y isr,e a
'spo vcu think 30 VIII nave
sale as "Ben Hur' haai ,-.nendous-
"Hardly. but IL viii have p sen a
1y bl, sale Bcu hur "r"'~ t,, ,,o,,id
Prince of India IF us own INV, cells as
NOT carry 90 alous- Le' .srs ago. but
v,eu to-day as 10 did I'VE e4t,r,cts6 snv
ca 49,. years before if att'act1u o'iy
!" - et aU. YOU must ie.i'ei4lV -
at .,Gl'o, sfyle OF book IS popular at the
pre ..gcu me reaiists are dying out.
..-.i,o pivas' last book. According 10
81 robn' ala not sell well comparea 10
the sale OF her former stories. Gunter S
sensationalsm IS getting wearlsome 70
most people and his books won't sen as
vel as Of old. Klpling sells wei ana 70
do the books Of Edna Lyall. she mas
BIZ OF fauaucism and religious dlScussl2n
running through her tales and the Peopie
OF to-day like 90 argue and Wreste W"
fnotty problems, though IL - on!g NY"
taUv. II is a sign of the times
"JVhat Kind Of books are girls buying
"C,lrls always have their faVOriteS anu
every new book that appears Dy l HoN
fayorlte authors IS eagerly bought III
erca Warden. Beatrice Whitby, the Duch-
ess and Mrs j. r. Needell are all sli'S
authors. The newest book by MISS war,
den IA a Terrible Family the DH'hess
last book is The Hoyden, SAID 10 DC
particularly good one, and Mrs NeeieA
Say.est book Is Susie. Hugh and Another
although Stephen Elhcotts Daughter Is
he one which sells best
."rnree new books published in the TaV-
stock Library series are much IN demand
hv girls They are The Doctors IDEAL
hy Christian I.ys. Miss Honoria,' b" Fred
IaneiriIge and = Conquered oef, by
Moore Carew They are called clean,
y,.U-wrtten books with good plots, ana
young ladies' buy them.
"Girls buy books Of poems great
deal" continued the book dealer. Point
Lace and Diamonds. by George A. Baker
author Of Bad Manners I'm Good Society,
Is the class Of book they Ike. Il is col
lection OF little society poems, In whicf
riding and chaperOns are all so nicely
blended and harmcrized the pretty girls
enjoy reading them. 10 IS a reflection OF
her own happy self which some one witt
more talent than she possesses has pre-
p4rod for her. There is also a run OF
Lucille al resent. Girls viii never weary
Of Lucille
what sort Of novels do men TeadY'
MEN don't read novels unless they have
some special merit or are by some one
very wei known. They want exciting
stories or something deeply interesting. Ol
an Rider Haggard's bo0ks-and be was q
regular mans authOr-men liked 'h1hl
Solomon's Mines best. To was not only
interesting but it fascinated and amused
II WAS q splendid book for an evening
before the fire with dressing gown and
flippers. Men like vigorous books, ana
books with plenty Of action I'm them. The
two most popular books just now for the
masculine reader are Fleet street, the
Highway o. Letters by Thomas Archer
and our Great West by Julian Ralph
Men like short stories and French trans
lauons."
which is there more demand for. the
French or German translationsT'
"The French. by AN means. The simple
little love tales come from The German
md r.fu Il 81 H.. from
the French AN the standard French
Cuthors find a ready sale. lola and Guy
De Maupassauts stories are most called
for
"pld ia Reve' sell as well as ii
Tore lie Debach' and the others?' Th'
book seller shock his head gravely.
"No 20 did not. 10 is a large class tina
reads Zola, but It is a certain class Every
one does not read his books I'm this coun
try and the kind that DO don't care fol
ga Reve'-the history Of a sanity girl.
They prefer unnatural peasants and dis
tUrc1 characters"
"Aud what are the elderly people read
iHr and the boys and girlsY'
"The literary lady IS reading the Lif,
OF Josephine and Women of the Frencl
Courts Dog Imbert De Saint Armand OF
course the standard books sell right alonl
and more eideIy than young people seen
to buy them. OF the modern English
authors, Dickens sells best. Thackeray
and George Eliot viii always sell Well"
"And the boys and girs?'
"Oh yes; the boys, like their papSs.
want vigorous books. They read more
Of Hentys books than any others. The
latest is a Jacobite's Exile' an about
fighting and soldiers. etc. With Column
bus Westward by Gordon Stables, a
a.
boys book. ana the old favorites, The
Boys Of o.. and The Boys OF 20 are sim
iu demand Girls are still devoted "a
Louisa Alc0tt, and her books sell as we'll
as when she was living. 1T Is strange
that OF late there has been quite demand
for Maria Edgeworth's books They ara
out OF print. most Of them, and We keer
very few in stock. and the sudden demand
has quite depleted the edition"
The writer had heard and seen consider
able Of the adoption Of English metl Cd.
500 the rearing OF young Americans. hui
this seemed too much. DO let us fnv,
a future generation OF well-bred. cultured
men and women. dear Anglomania,
mothers but spare as from prigs suCl
as the young people I'm Maria Edgeworthl
Moral Tales" arai They are not Ameri
can, and not like the English children O.
today eitherl
There has been a decided Renaissance
q he books that sold twenty and forU
yelr ago" said another book dealer al
ne ienderly patted the pale-green cove
G an edition dc luxe Of Daisy Miller.
Jane Austen's books are back into favor
el we publish them In large editions
Sense and Sensiblity' and 'Northangei
abbey are again being pored over by the
present generation. The taste has turned
mat way Stories with good plots aut
teaJ Enghsh are again In fashion. Slip
l-n1 languaee and essaVist styles are