The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06
The Trials 81 q Rookssller.

ITO be a successful bookseller said
cealer Oh books 10 a writer for the PITTS
mind-reader- People come IN and ask LOT
the most generally known novels By the
most distorted names you can imagine IN
fact. 10 ls only a novel OF a book Nllcn
has had great run that stands IN fear
o. having its title GHultllareL. When book
becomes popular some one hears another
person talking about IT, and perhaps only
gets vague idea OF the import OF the
title without remembering the exact
words Then they come with no sign tlal
they are in the least doubtful and ask the
know by intuition what Is wanted. one
OF the most mutiiated titles Is that OF Ine
Heavenly Twins. You can expect 10 have
this book called for under almost any
name II you are in doubt as 10 what a
person means The Heavenly Twins US
ually nils the bill For instance, IL ls com
mon 10 have il called The Twin Angels
Then another popular style OF the title Is
The Heavenly Prodigals, or egaln, Inc
Blue Angels, or The Heavenly Angels
The other day man came in and asked
for The Travelling Hebrew When l told
him / thought he meant The W anderinS
jew he began 10 laugh and said. W ell,
J was sure he was on the 90, anyway
Not long ago a lady came IN and quietly
asked II we had Two Boats Which Went
BY in the Dark She was not the least
abashed when ! handed her Ships That
Pass In the Night. nor did she refer 90
her mistake. one Of the most common
bulls in book store Is that which people
edition OF Vebster's Unabridged.' or the
Bible with both the Old and New Iesta-
ments in il.
i had TO retire 10 the office 10 have
good laugh the other day when young
lady came tripping in and carelessly asked
me she handled some books. Have
you The Mil on the Slush?' She explained
that she had made a slip of the tongue
when ] gave her The Mil on the Floss.
II is most common for people 70 ASK tor
Lew Wallace, by Ben Hur.' Not long ago
a young man came in and asked for that
horse-book We named over lot OF
treatises on horses. but he said: 1t
wasn't them We We're then compelled
TO confess our ignorance, when ne ex-
planned: Well, my boss didn't exactly
tell me- 1t was horse book. but ne sald 20
ask for The Horse With Seven stables.
We told him that we thought his boss
meant The House With Seven Gables and
gave him the book with the privilege OF
returning it If it was not the right one.
The book never came back. y gentleman
who wanted a set OF the works of Shakss-
peare was very particular to get an au-
thOriZed edition He said to us; Vow,
/ want you to give me copy revised by
the author himself But ! suppose We
have no more trials than merchants in
other lines have, and we should be thank
ful that we have customers, even II they
do make bulls. BY. the way, you may not
know that the book trade this season IS
larger than it has ever been before IN
the history Of the business. People are
becoming more literary inclined. so books,
especially good ones, are in demand
Conseque noes of "Purpos sful' Plays.
one Of the best of husbands Is in peck
OF trouble owing to the influence Of liter
allure and the drama over his wife, says
the New York Press. It's funny, but 1t S
also saddening. The other day the man
who shares an office with him was out,
and that mans wife came in and wrote d
note for him in q hurry without address
ing II, and left il to be delivered TO her
husband ON the same night the other
fellow got a telegram from business
friend TO meet him in Albany that night
OF course, ne forgot TO deliver his part
ners letter, and when he went home 10
pack up, his wife found the other wo-
mans note in his inside pocket. He cx-
Telegram from Albany. signed a. b To
his panied amazement she burst into
tears. When he pressed her Tor an eN-
PLANTATION. she walled:
4 see it all. At last l have found you
outr'
husband. Are you mady What put such
an idea into your head2'
My eyes are opened at last. DO you re
member that in the play We saw called
TOO Much Johnson how a husband de
ceiYed his wife by pretending that the
note which she found in his pocket from
a woman and addressed to him was meant
reading called The Affair at Islinston
didn't an actress send another poor WO-
mans husband "A note from Albany signed
with her initials, and didn't that bad mar
tell the same story your telling mt
now? You didn't think ia find you out
belliOus Susan at the Lyceum. you didn't
think I'd find you out so soon, did you,
! That teaches me how to revenge myself
and / Will. l will,'