New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-17
ROCKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
prBrIsHERs FIND THAT THE DEMAND HAS
NOT LESSENED.
,,opr HANDSOME EDITIONS THAN HAVE BEFORE
BEEN sEEN-sOME NOTEWORTHY
EXAMPLES.

wopE HANDSOME EDITIONS THAN HAVE BEFORE
BEEN sEEN-soME NOTEWORTHY
EXAMPLES.
Those who make and sell books have not suffered
much on account OF the necessary economies which
Tho financial panic of last summer has made the
.,or,v of people practise. Cultivated people would
ratber sacrifice few OF the other luxuries Of their
,,yss IN times like these than stop buying books
and 40 II Is that all the large publishing houses
have had no material falling of In their business
ana they have thus been enabled to publish the
usual holiday editions Of favore books, and have
o,so spent much time and money in presenting
the old and works of famous authors in COW
.rnss which show the perfection which the max
ing of books has reached. Just at the present time
avery publisher A., the city is doing business in
christmas publications which promises to exceed
last years sales by many thousand volumes. and
IN many cases already there have been editions of
xelknown books completely sold out. The very
b,rh-priced books have not sold well this year
rossibly on account Of the hard times. Publishers
have no reason TO fear bad results from the fnan-
cial stringency. They have all made especial eff
forts 10 have the books of this the finest
samples of the publishers art and they have
succeeded so well that when the time comes
for them to count their moneybags they will find
that with them hard times has been myth.
and that efforts satisfy the various wants Of
reading public have ended in glorious results.
JUBILEE YEAR FOR THE MAcMILLANs.
This Is jubilee year for the publishing house of
Macmillan & Co. The house was established in
> 1s4s IN London. and the first book which it pub
lished was 1.-The Philosophy OF Training" by A.
R. Craig. The place of business of the house was
then No 81 Aldersgate-st. Daniel Macmillan, who
was born in the little town OF Irvine, Ayrshire,
Scotland. was the founder of the house, and in 1874
his brother Alexander. went in business with him.
b subsequently Mr.. Barclay became a member OF
the firm. and 1t was known as Macmillan. Barclay
q Macmillan. The house was then moved 10 Cam
bridge and shortly afterward Mr.. Barclay retired.
In 1868 the headquarters Of the firm was moved
back to London where 1t has been ever since.
The New-York branch opened in 1869 under
the direction OF George f. Brett. who died in 1890
and was succeeded by George p. Brett, the New
York branch then being made an independent firm
with Mr.. Brett the American partner.
Eminent American authors were early repre-
sented In the lists of Macmillan Co., and since
the branch house has been in existence the list of
works by American authors and books copyrighted
In the United States has increased in size and
Importance. Some OF the well-known authors of
whose works the firm the publishers are Will
lam Winter F. Marion Crawford, Henry James,
Rudyard Kipling Goodwin Smith and James Bryce.
whose book. THE American Commonwealth, has
now been published in a new, revised and enlarged
PHOTOGRAPHY AND BOOK-MAKING
II is an interesting task for the book-love 10
trace the change in style and fashion in books as
each successive holiday season arrives. Prominent
features of books this year infinitely more
choice illustrations than in previous years. bindings
in more convenient form. and reprints of celebrated
works. Photography being fine art
at times, and in the portraits gathered under the
title of alfred. Lord Tennyson, and His Friends,
published by Macmillan Co. there Is every evil
dence OF the greatest artistic excellence attainable
in photography. 1t would be hard 10 find more
delightful volume than this one for it contains a
hich
entation Of the best-kncwn men Of England In the
time OF Queen Victoria
Besides Tennyson there are portraits OF Carlyle
Gladstone, Darwin. Browning Jowett, Sir john
Herschell Henry Irving. Lady Tennyson and others
r. One of the most interesting of the new books pub
lshed nv Macmillan & Co is William Winter 3
Life and Art OF Edwin Booth" which has already
attained popularity 1t is an interesting chapter in
dramatic life of this country. The other works by
Mr. Winter are published by this house. and all of
them are issued this year in suitable holiday style
Macmillan Co. have just published Marion
Darche" by F. Marion Crawford, book that can
not fail to have great popularity and an immense
SALE 1t is a remarkable and powerful story, which
can be read for holiday times or other seasons
with equal pleasure. Some Of the books published
by Macmillan & Co. which deserve especial mention
for their artistic excellence well l.eir literary
merit are "Our Village" by Mary Russell Milford.
illustrated by Hugh Thomson; an edition de luxe
of Thomas Hoods humorous poems illustrated by
Charles h.
the bindery Of J. NJ. Dent Co., Of London; Sev-
enty Years Of Irish Life" by W. r. lie Fanu; "The
Riviera" by Alexander Ansted; The Poems OF
William Watson. Ballads and Barrack- Room Bal
lads" by Rudyard Kpling; English Book Plates.
by Edgerton Castle; "Abbotsford and Its Treas
ures" series Of twenty-five plates Of the most In
teresting objects collected by Sir Walter Scott al
Abbotsford printed in colors from drawings b,
William Glib. and The Diary OF Samuel Pepys'
Transcribed by the Rev. MINORS Bright, with Lord
Braybrooke's notes.
FINE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
Macmillan & Co. have published series OF five
books for children this year. The best one II
Mrs Molesworths new story for children, en-
titled MARY" A. c. Swnburne In 1.-THE Nine
teenth Century" said Of Mrs. Molesworth There
is none left whose touch Is 80 exquisite ana mas
terly. whose love is 80 thoroughly according t'
knowledge whose bright and severest invention II
SO fruitful SO truthful or delightful" Anothe
new story by Lewis Carroll. being part second o
"Syvie and Bruno" has been published by Mac
milan & Co. 1t is charming book. with man!
Illustrations. 1t is work intended for children
but 1t can be read with equal pleasure by olde
people. Charlotte NJ. Yonge's new book. "Grisi!
Grissell: or. the Ladly Lady OF Whelburn'' ma
Just been published by Macmillan & Co.
One Of the fine works OF the year published d.
the house Is the edition de luxe OF the Cambridg
Shakespeare IN forty volumes. issued at the rate
two volumes a month. The publishers have spare
no pains to make this edition as nearly perfect a
possible 1t Is printed a fine cream-whte paper
and bound in Irish linen.
WOMAN WHO WAS PLEASED.
Recently an elderly woman who had been book
buying all day. ended up her hours OF shopping D
going to the publishing house OF Houghton' Milnl
& Co. to purchase some book advertised In thei
catalogues When she got inside the homelike look
ing store she remarked. "Why did not came her
before?' The woman pleased with the Me-"
York headquarters Of this firm. because there wa
no crowd there, because the place appeared ike
large library and because she could almost thro'
on the idea that this place was one where dollar