New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
TO SUIT ALL TASTES.
AUTUMN ANNOUNCEMENT OF TIE j. L.
IIpPIECOT~ COMPANY.

TIC autumn announcements cf tho J. g. IAppia-
cot company offers 70: the notice Of iic public
list OF books Of all d'scripiiens "a notable for tho
h'lSh with wAirh they ere brought out as for the
entertainment ard prcl; 10 -, CLEANED from their
pages Many CT them deal with now and interest
ihS subjects, and others prcson. the poems dramas
or stories which have c,reedy won their places in
popular favor de-,:cd out in u nov. and pleasing
dress
AnlorS the most important of ;he rec, .; puhlica-
N,"' OF thc finn l. aerica Of Grti>,s describing
scenes of Interest I'm all paris Of the world Sc
i"ct"d and erranged bv Charles Morris under the
u'le "iiaf-Hours Of Travel a. Home aud Abroad
It comes IL four volumes. devoted respectively to
America. Europe. Asia and Africa. ard is i.r1-
'rated with exquisite half which add decidedly
Ia the Pleasure afforded hy The pen sketches The
several articles have been cullcd frorl The writings
or larG" number az different authors chosen for
Their thorough knowledge of TIE subjects they por-
uay as well as theft; ability az pcn-craf,sm smcn.
prominent amon,; ths list the ramcs Of Rob-
cr' LOUIS stevenson, ilarrie; Martincau. Charles
Darwin Marco Polo llarr.e, Bcochcr Stowe. Don
~" t. Mtchei.. Charles Dickens, Bayard Taylor
washington Irving James Anthony Froudc. Alex
andcr Won Iumboldt. Nathaniel T. Willis Nathan
lei hawthorne. Julian Hawthorne Amelia Barr
captain Cook Mungo Park. Henry NJ. Stanley and
David Livingstone. The book has the twoioll ad-
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a variety Of styles. The volumes In crown
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A work OF quite different character. but one as
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Leicester Ford's The True GeCrge Washington"
which seems 20 occupy pace entirely unique. Il
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ton of the man himself. his pecularities OF i"Il.
per taste dress. carriage and even OF diet MI Ford
touches frequently upon Washngton's family life
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when he eight or nine years old 1t - remark,
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tached. "Exltus ac:a prob1t" II may fairy De sali
that the book has TO paraGcl in previous bog-
fhe firm is publishing a book of poems. selected
by Icnnc Thornlcy Clarke whicn Is iSP ncr,a. n,M u.
it. Only Southern writers have obtained piac. In
est from that fact Joel Chandler llarr!. SAYS N
his introduction TO the book: Some OF ~ |rics |i
their place as favori;os in the public mind. and
great many that Will be new 10 the readlnr PunnCr
OF to-day VIII be found TO u" MN -.
the rcscuing hand which Miss C.trk" hn5 Heiu OK
10 them" sidney Iancr. Thomas y lson laGc'
Edgar Allan Poe. Joel Chandler -. rri'. f"Il,S
O'Nia!lcy Francis Scott Key (who wrote the star
SDanglcd Banncr'J. Father Ryan. N"'rar"i -.
Preston Irwin ItusscI. Mary A. TOW nsend ana a..
her. pike ara among the authors represented me
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loycr Of the South or OF poetry.
Among the new novels which the firm Is nrinS.
ing out for the holidays The Murder oi be!ic'A'
by Ouida seems destined TO he as popular as any.
/; - published in a rev edition Of some .; her
works. handsomely printed and bound In rcd c'o,h
with stamped lettering. The story Is hy no means
blood hrsty s tlo nigh, Lad ono 10 'n,nx; nT
conscious Of her brains than Of her persona
charms whose power TO aid tho world - oac'y
crippled By her lrnohe husband. Lord Carlyon.
who falls TO appreciate her: His attitude wears
steadily on her health ana she dies toward the end
cf the story. Just when the work which is 70 oap
the climax OF her fame Is about 10 be acn!eVeu
Among the many o.her notable 70 DAY works
which tho l.iDD!ncot' Company T. PUBLISHING ne"
,ocket edition Of Shakespeare, neatly Dounh IN
cloth morocco half morocco and half lcvai'; may
le mentioned. 1t in Twelve volume IN "a,
usual style OF case. "Birl-iand i'cho"E, by
charlie; Conrad Abbott: The Opera ny X :,
Stroatfic,G: paris Days and Evenings. by stuart
Uenrv and Wolfe : Literary Shfin's. are oth'r
desirable works.