New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-30
FOR LOVERS OF BOOKS.
c,1Ervrs OF THE PUBLISHERS FILLED
WITH ATTRACTIVE VOLUMES.

SHELVES OF THE PUBLISHERS FILLED
WITH ATTRACTIVE VOLUMES.
SOME OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE GREAT
HOUSES IN THIS CITY-oProRTuNITIEs TO
CHOOSE BEAUTIFUL AND APPRoPRi-
ATE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
As tho holiday season approaches. the question Of
hooks more than all other gifts assumes siGIlin-
canoe A Tribune reporter has. therefore, maze me
rounds OF the great publishing houses OF New
York which is as much as 10 say the great puo-
fishing houses OF the country Nna' puohshe's a'e
doing or thinking Of doing. what Is talkel OF IN the
puhlshng world what books are to MI pe Nuletlde
shelves this year. the subjects Of some OF the
reporters investigations.
HARPER & BROTHERS.
4. thu establishment OF Harper & Brothers.
rr,ntlln Square where the fate OF many tender
manuscript hangs in the balance from day to cay
there was or seemed TO be- a noticeable AIR oil
increased activity. The people at the desks haI
their hands fuller than usual OF envelopes ana
postage FOR return of unavailable TO so-and-so
and the other No member OF the famous hTin was
willing or free enough from modesty. 10 talk N
hIs own person. But The Tribune reporter had an
opportunlty 10 discover that the book trade. hhc
other trades had suffered from the hard times.
One odd effect last Christmas had been 10 give an
,nnetus TO the sale Of fiction Whether 1t was be-
cause A book OF fiction in an inexpensive edition
or an edition de luxe Ia equally interesting. OF be-
cause the public has innate frvoliy that pre-
fers romance 10 more solid diet. could not be iold
definitely 1t was learned. however, that for THIS
year no one department has the right OF way. MS
tory and biography both sell: likewise the paper
novel and the sumptuous holiday volume
In connection with fiction and the Harpers one
thinks naturally OF "Trilby.'
what IL to be Triiby's successor was question
more pertinent. 1t was question ito be has
" answered one Mr. Harper was casting about FOR
reply, wondering what fortunate author could pos
| sibly wear "rriibys" mantle Meanwhile another
| Mr. Harper had exclaimed " 'Trby' Is Its own
successor" And that settled the matter.
her admirers has sun many strophes yet to sing
even though it Is now many moons since IillDy
T TfTse Year the book Troy is to have splendid
new dress. edition de luxe, printed in two color5
made mad paper. The edition Is limited to copies
bound in velium and has for ironspece a pho'o
ANOTHER HEROINE OF THE SEASON.
Another heroine OF the holiday season is Charles
Kingsleys Hypatia. who. in spite OF the fearful
tragedy of her story has a perennial charm The
stirring pages Of "Hypatia have lately been Illus
trated by William Martin Johnson. Mr. Johnson is
known already 5 the illustrator of "Ben-Hur" and
THE Clolster and the Hearth two additional
is altogether too long to give in full. Mention
must be made however. OF Charles Dudley War
ner's 1.-THE Golden House. one Of the latest serials
In fiction there Eva Wilder McGlasson's Min
! listers Of Grace" NJ G. McCelland's "St. Johns
Woolng" Ruth McEnery Stuarts THE Story OF
Babette" and "Tne Fur-SeaIs Tooth" story
of Alaskan adventure. by Kirk MuDroe. One book
that has gained something of a personal Interest
lately from the presence this side OF the At
antic of It's entertaining author Is Dr. Doyle's
/ 1.-THE White Company" now first put forth In an
illustrated library edition. But there are others
innumerable
A spe :ial announcement is the fourth and last
volume Of Green's Short History of the Eng
lsh People" work which has been carefully
supplied with illustrations under the supervision Of
! Mrs. Green. The fourth volume covers the period
from 1879 TO "Modern England" GSl5) with an epi-
logue that brings 1t down to 1873 The pictures Of
coins, costumes domestic and ecclesiastical arch-
lecture have all been taken from authentic sources
Many OF the portraits are from old prints. There
is an interesting of Lord Jefreys, OF the
Bloody AssZes' fame.
Under the head of miscellaneous Subjects" come
! Caspar W. Whitneys "A Sporting Pilgrimage"
"Wimples and Crispng- Pins," by Theodore Child
Janvier's "In OLD York" and many others
which have already been reviewed In their proper
places in the columns Of The Tribune.
A fine edition Of the Letters OF James Russell
Lowell will appeal, has already appealed to
reader of the letters knows how full they are Of the
shrewdness and wisdom and wit that make Lowell
one OF the most quotaLle OF modern writer's The
| persons TO whom they addressed include al
most all the famous company OF the last fifty
years or more. Another gifted American whose
books the Harpers publish Is George William
Curtis, who Is represented by more essays From
the Easy Chair" There is also new volume OF
his Literary and Social Essays" edited by Charles
Eliot Norton. They treat OF Hawthorne and Sir
Philip Sidney, Of Rachel and Emerson. and OF
others in equal variety.
The subject OF poems. printed volumes OF poems.
is apparently subject which the publisher APP
proaches tentatively both in business and In con-
versation The Harpers advertise verse by Mrs.
Sangster, Frank French, Wallace Bruce and a
dainty wonder book. by Howard Pyle. called 'Twi-
light Land" Nor are other houses backward. Yet
on the whole seems TO them dubious vent
BOOKS OF CHARLES SCRIBNEE's SONS
Indeed, member of a well-known f1rm-there
Is probably no harm In disclosing the name OF
Charles Scribner's Sons-admtted much TO the
inquring reporter. Arthur II. ScribLer sat IN
of the handsome offices OF the new establishment
in Ffth-ave., surrounded by al the agreeable para
phernalia Of the book business In the Scribner
holidax catalogye sppear the names Of Robert