New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-30
the other hand. the hard times have had ITO ehe''
on the house In Union Square
THE CENTURY COMPANY.

| "1 do believe" said Frank H. Scott, president OF
the Century Company. standing In the company
delightful Offices. which are really more IKE stu
do than an office. II do believe mat we sou "o'e
! books instead Of fewer Books are one OF the cheap
est of pleasures after all cheap "asa@'"e'' ~
another matter.
the Christmas numbers OF the Century and OF 81.
/ Nicholas this year are even unusually attractive
The is 9 and IL bere are lovely
nations by the way. Timothy Cole has put putch
MasUnna e ' besdes There has been less
agitation quarters OF late about inc hi'es nd
! OF fairydom In general So with Van Dycks Ma,
donna before hm ana r an took the oppor
| nifty OF asking question on the subject
THE CHRISTMAS NUMBERS.
well, you what we have done, rep'ieu ''7
president perhaps are old fogy IL certainty ~
! noticeable that two of the great magazines nave
! Scarcely made any particular effort this year lot
timellness in their Christmas numbers "A manu-
come hook Irrespective of the season. seems 10 DE
their idea St. Nicholas you see. Is full OF CHRIST
mas and here u fairy tale. though IN d "o'ei"
setting The Christmas book is different because
less ephemera Yes, perhaps, the christmas oooN
one Of the recent Century successes has been yet
"Thc jungle Book which heads tne nUiauay aIsi
Mr. Scott, Il want you to notice that Two uh t
were made IN the very bn nS were MOI on
cur list unfortunately. one book or ours Whlcn -
sale is The century Cyclopaedia OF Names; Names
that distinguished from words Instsan OF
proving just adjunct 70 the century ,ictnD,ay
it has started In for a lively sale on Its own ac-
ON the other hand II dictionary and ycopaed,a
sound Formidable there is plenty Of fiction agan 10 TO
Offset hm in the en'ury eI ME- nsca a likes so po see
itself In the glass. Mrs. Burton Harrison has held
M the mirror for II in "A Bachelor Maid now
when Ail the Woods Are Green is said to be a
story brisklv Tod George Wharton Edwards. one
off no combinations
has some sketches WITH quiz ana pelcn III, IN ,f o a.,
the Nova Scotia coast. In the department OF verse
perhaps the most interesting announcement Is the
/ umcs For travel the two venturous young men
that carried the readers o. the MAGAZINE across ASA
on their bicycles appear now In more stabe FORM.
Two other books that promise Their puDlshsi;S 10
be par'cuary salane are me o2SraPng r 9
and the finely illustrated Reign OF Queen anne;
In the magazine. is probably destined 70 be another
success in the long list OF the great Century serials
DODD. MEAD & co.
The book trade in New-YcIk at least. II the
booksellers themselves know anything about H. ~
happily free from jealousIes. Two weh-known New
York houses. by recent moves. have placed theh-
selves near to each other In the city and neither Is
sorry to have done It. Propinquty. 1t seems IS
mutually beneficial. Each house has It's specaites
II 4 person cannot find what he wants in one SHOP
he has merely 10 drop into the other. botn 'he
S.rlbners and Dodl Mead & co. say their retail
business has been better since they moved INTO
their present quarters In Flfth-ave Dodd. Mead a
co.'s lower floor Is Ike a big library. IN WHICH,
however one can sometimes have what one wants
without breaking the non-coveting clause OF the
Declloguc. Foremost among their books Tor To
mas they pace edition OF '1ne la" OF w
CITES which Edmund II. Garrett. OF Boston. mas
made vivid tnan ever WIN ms iI9stta,lo',S,
Inc Americans mas proved an interesting VentIr"
Win the Americans OF Mrs Trollopes time ana ~
the regions whore she more PARTICULARLY stuul'i
them a fork is SAD To have been a luNury' cen 81
those who could AFFORD voyage to Europe. mack
their knives down their throats az once BIt X
seems probable that they have az sr9Mn 49, ~ -
hammered and less sensitive since that tie I'M -
a later market is prepared for the preceptresS oil
Another BOOK that strikes the personal note -
m, Memoir. ~ the puchesse lie Gontant VINO
WIZ ,bn Ia. rrn:iTy In lis a,er haf IN re-
fn,rsah,e Memoirs OF the BE- Goncourt BROTHERS
hss l a p.g ' Hy V %ay ~ conras comes oil
tir.e livorltc. "Snman'ht Among tne 'o r,t,
'iliion u Austin pobson's "Eghtecnth Century
ont srr.es BY Mr Mab!e. which leads to others and
others All too many Tor the compass OF para
graph.
MACMILLAN & CO.'S DISPLAY.
A, the house Of Macmillan & Co, London and
Nev-York 80. 81 FHfth-ave.. the conversation
turned on international topics. George Z. Brett.
v.h, looked up Tor a moments chat from busy
desk h,d spoken Of the inyarahie quality OF the
bol. trade lts freedom from outside Influences anu
that sort % thing.
..Recausc." he saM particularly In this country.
IL ln the moderately rich the wel-,)-do who buy
books or what IL more 70 the point. who read them
The very rich ami the very poor don't care ior
them a. a rule with the well-to-do 1t IL chlet
pleasure. they must have them. AMI 80 they are
pretty steady purchasers. OF fiction and the re-
spec.abes' especially. In this country there IL
hardly We, a leisure class with whom literature -
a favor!ie avocat!on. who are posted on literary
matters. and Interested enough In literary move
ments TO feel the pulse OF the book world. mean
TO say there is no large class OF this sort in this
country The reader IL not the lookout for the
publisher. The publishers business IS to attract
The readers attention II ne can. That's why II Is
80 profitable sometimes. and indeed practicable Tor
American man OF literary ASPIRATIONS 10 60 nrS'
t. "nd1h a ana Dms not mi,sakcn on record as
saying that she should advise young American
tica!iy With actors and musicians there are fire.
quent examples OF a similar tendency.
PRINTED FOR AMERICANS.
II was probably then. for the bookovers that do
exist In this country that Macmillan * CO. prepared
their volume american ook-Plates.' win the
exception OF work by Laurence Hutton. II Is
thought to be the only one on the subject There
are "A small paper edition. a collectors edition OF
100 copies and an edition de luxe OF 10 Another
vertable edition de luxe is Miss Austens Pride
and Prejudice" with ninety illustrations by Hugh
Thompson. II the public wants editions de luxe the
publishers probably must supply them. Yet Mr..
Brett at least has his own opinion OF the article.
1t Is your Mr. Smalley." he suggested, who has
waged war mercilessly against them. He points
out their sins OF commission and OMISSION and
thinks perhaps hopes. that the taste for them
IS only temporary hallucnatiOn that they have
no permanent qualities which can commend them
to the collector eventually to the booklover.
However a hundred more attractive illustrations
down IN the Macmillan catalogue for "Old Eng
sh Songs" with an Introduction from Austin Dob
son. In the list also More Memories by Dean
Hole" "IIarvard College by an Oxonan, the Oxo-
MAN being George IIrkbeck Iiill: Maurice: or, The
Red Jar" by the Countess OF Jersey; 'Raphael's
MadOnnas, and other Great Pictures" reproduced