New-York tribune., 1895-10-18
SPEAKING BY THE BOOK.
x5orJDAY PRESENTS IN ATTRACTIVE
FORM
NEW AND OLD OFFERINGS OF "ELL~hNo"'
puBLrsHERs-GIFTs BOUND TO SUIT

~rv AMI DIN OFFERINGS OF wELL-KNowN
prn11sHERs-oIFrs BOUND TO SUIT
ANY TASTE.
rh. outlook for a brisk Fall and holiday traoe 10
.xcentiona;Iy fine this year among the large puo-
t,.h,ng houses OF this city. Already the sheVes vi
,,os, of the booksellers rapidly hliing Win an
attractive array OF new gift books whhe INC "o'~
Of nearly all OF the standard authors are aPpe"
ing In new editions with complete enanse "
dress and often of illustrations e'a"'e a. ..N
announcements OF the publishers reveals an u"-
usuaIly large number OF books many OF which are
now in process OF publication by the leading mover
lists of the day. The bindings this year. acco'ue ~
Harper & Brothers and Macmillan q Co., are eo"
era,iv oueter' than formerly in the best class OF
hooks The buckram binding In red ana hsh'
brown, with git trimmings. is perhaps "'s ''''
popular covering for holiday books
rrb. nub,jshers have devoted large part OF their
efforts 10 placing before the public somethns en-
TREY new and novel in the lire OF Ju'en'ie
which will be largely advertised among 'he ho"'"'
books. ,,u,,o-
7, French. in an article in the October number
80. ,n Advertising" SAYS that he considers The
rr-,hupe one of the half best newspapers ior
advertising in this country. and OF these SIN o"''
two New-York papers are mentioned.
PUBLICATIONS OF HARPER BRoIHhH'
..rh. Ahhev Shakespeare" heads the list OF I'M
variant books in Harper & Bro'hers hohuas al"
oouncement this year. 1t Is handsome eo''io' :"
four volumes of Shakespeare's comedes' WIN '''
h-a w,ngs by Edwin A. Abbey reproduceu i'oii
n,otogravure beyond the Dream OF Avarice ana
.In Descon.s Orders are two of Walter Besaht
new works of fiction. Julian Ralph's studies Oh
people Of the East Side in New-horA "!
are now collected In volume oearNns e
t,,le "People We Pass" Among other ieau
ing works OF fiction published by the haip.'' o.
"Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy; Tine f'eu
(,ockade" by Stanley J. Weyman; "A Cumoei
land Vendetta" by John Fox. jr his ra'"ei
Son." by Brander Matthews, and Ihe Ia! "
Their Wedding" by W. d. HoweLs. All Oh ''eee
works appear in Harper & Brothers advance an
nouncement. They will appear early IN No'e'''e''
OFFERED BY MACMILLAN CO.
Macmillan g. Co.. No 66 Fifth-ave, have brought
nut beautifully printed edition OF the "oTAs ~
A,fred Tennyson in ten volumes. Each voiunhe 'o"
tains a frontispiece engraved on steer anu II. ~
togravure comprising portraits and views oi ie"
nyson's house. Only $50 copies are prii'e' ~,
Three new novels which the Arm says WI" ue -.
ce,ved with popular enthusiasm are > II. |ioVNe.
..rho Mon of the Moss-H Hays" Frank Barrets "A
Go, OF Rogues' and II. G. Weiss Inc "o"D.
On, Visit" "The Alps from End to Emo Is ar
o,hsr now hook by Sir William Martin conway
.1t ,s written In the true spirit OF me Aip'ne
climber" SAYS "The Scotsman. ana u"se''
take a high place among the BOOKS Oh NV ~ IT,
climbing" 'Ice-bound on Kolguev' py Auo!i
Rat
venture narrated in a delightfully."- simple ana spo"-
,ansous manner "a Book About Fans contain
,ng history Of fans and fan-painting by NJ. a.
r,lorv with a chapter fan-colecuhe D! Wa"
Caawa,ader Jones. beautifully Illustrated Is one Oh
the novelties in gift books
m THE SHELVES OF CHARLES SCRlBNEh
SONS.
Charles scr,bner's Sons No 153 Fifth-ave.' nave
stocked their shelves with large hne Oh l'po'.a
lions Among them is a story OF Oiu N"
ono q, the oueerest and quaintest old towns oi az
~u,.,d The work contains eleven pen-and-inK
Letcbas etched and described by Henry ChickH'o'e C.
or Robert Grants book The ART oi H'i"e'
scribner's fall announcement says;
.Jn this new book Mr.. Grant has given ne"
nroof Of the charming wit and fancy VIM" ~
brings TO all his observations on life. he mas
.,ar 80 tho practical problems that beset every
,nar IN America who desires to live as near aS
ha ran m the opportunities Of our ciVihza''o"'
without running into It's absurdties anu eN'",
psnces and he attacks such problems as i'0o'"e'
the dwelling living expenses. educauoi '"e o =,
mer problem, amusements' etc. 4i0 WV
view Of such man. -,
r,s hook has one hundred and thirty-hve draw
,nes by c. D. Gibson. z. W. Chnedinst ana '" -,
uvde "Constantinope," by F. Marion Cra"loiu'
is written in tho authors most charihins 80.
.Jjttle Rivers" Essays In Proh'apie iui'
ness " nv Henry Van Dyke. is full OF impressions
of
1i,la pilgrims Progress" new Juvenile py NliS.
Rurnett PROMISES the publishers say TO De as
ponular as Little Lord Faunteroy. AreauS '
arst edition of $1,000 volumes is exhausted
ROCKS OF HOUGHTON. MIFFLIN & co.
At Houghton. Mffiin e. Co.'S. No. East seven
.esnth-st 1t was thought that Mrs Jane u AUS
.tn,s "Standish Of standish" would be the draw
- for the holiday trade Interest In this
,orv of ufe In the Pilgrim Colony of Plymouth is
greatly enhanced by the clever illustrations 0.
Frank T. Merrill. who has MADE a speciai s'uo' "a
colonial times ,,.,.. -. pohsr,
The demand for one-volume edition oi ioDe,
rrownine has led to the production OF such ooon'
M. ~ contains the works Of Browning In fuli.
7, has entirely new plates. Is printed from c'ear
%vne on Opaque paper md is atuacuVels oou"'
An elaborate edition of Mrs. Anna 'aiheso' , "
n, art comprising five volumes, mas just appear
Among handsome new EDITIONS VI ."e wanaor
standard authors are those OF Oiivsr "enue'.
Holmes Bret Harte Longfellow's CqnItsniR oi
nd mes Russell Lowell. Kate Douglas Wlggns
Sn,,me of short stories. entitled ne ina mag
Watch Tower" presents some attractive s'uu'e' VI
life in a NewEngland village
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF d. APPLETON CO.
- Arn,s,on g. Co.'S monthly bulletin announces
the publica'i OF huihoei -, '.ari ~
hooks Among them s magnihceht "orh III
,wsrtvnve parts entitled THE Music OF the Mod
srn world" including the lives OF tamouus uu,ned and
p.anists and composers Inc wo,h nr md is edited
usIIarru h Herr Anton sedl assisted by Miss rdnns
Morris smith with Hc,GD krenGfi st oP this weknow
SnS includes Dr. A. Conan Doyles new ,ed n0vei
he stalk unrO AS,beny ls55ers Hopes new
chronices in AnOnC y TSe Msr keq BY IaSn
Couia,se ,ur,,er Stephen Crane; In Dehance oI
the King historical rSmahse "ehss ddsns and Ta
heVoiuSe NV hooks OF fiction. Among the hew
Juveniles The Knsns snatroti 20 siery the
EsIena" tE.nss ~ Lafayette told In pleasing narrative
style. .r,ecvc
unou THE CENTURY COMPANY's PRESSES
One Of the Century Companys best new eai''on,
q. entitled Life in the Tuiieries Under the
Empire" by Anna l.. Bicknell' who was TOT h,ne w
Years a governess in the Tuileries. "here sue ~ ""'