New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-29
and Edmond and jules Goncoure M "'a"e.'

during the recent lola trial had the courage u
accompany the novelist each day to the couI'-
house and expose himself unninchingIy 10 the III
suits that the mob Of Paris during the he's"' VI
excitement showered upon all who showed th'
slightest sympathy for him. M. Fasqueiie s'i'',
that up to the present time the actual sales OF
Zola.s works have reached the figure OF :. l3ooV
copies.
The wcll-known publishing house OF Cainahf
Levy was founded in 1896 by Michel Levy VIM
by inauguratng the new era or cneaP oo'"
reyolutionized the trade and MADE I"r n''''.
an enormous fortune. He brought OUT !" Wv
"format Levy" at three francs and han
volume new works. such, for instance as '"o''
Of George Sand. which formerly wouin nave 'o,
seven francs and a half volume AS '"N
works would have appeared in two volumes. NJ
Michel law gave TO the public for three aho
q half francs what they would previously nave
had n buv for fifteen francs NJ Levy created
cheap books, and died millionair" ai''' nav
ing had the additional satisfaction OF enrichint
many Of his authors NJ Ltvy's grandson no"
carries on tho firm The house of Calmahr
Levy has always made n specially OF thea,r'ca
works and among the authors whose "o'n' y
has issued may be cited BalZac George "ahu
Alexandra Dumas. father and son. Emi'e Aus'e'
Emile de Girardin. Edmond dondihe'' oo'a''
Fcuillct. Ludovic Halevy. Adolphe q r"hery
Ernest Legouve. Ernest Renan. Victorien oar
dou. Emile de Najac. Auguste Vacauerie a"o
Henri Meilhac.
AN ESSENTIALLY PARTISAN FIRM
O,o ~ tho most essentially Partisan publish
,ors.a ia that Of Alphonsc I.cmerre. found
Cd in 1865 by NJ Alphonse Lemerre. VINO u SUI
i,v and with his son by his side conducts Ms
,t. and In his retail bookseIling establish
ment in the Passage de Choiseu attends MIN
soir IN his customers NJ Lcmerrc's success Dc
co,, with the publication OF the "Plciade frah
caise. sixteenth century,. containing popular
cait.ons Of the works NJ Ronsard. Du b'Hay
Jodc,e R,if Dorat and Tyard. which were nj
n,,r,ed I'm clear sixteenth century type. winch
had he.n discovered at Lyons and when NJ
Icncrrc adoptcd in the familiar u,lc pages oil
the works issued from his house. NJ Lemert'
o,so published the "l'arnassc Contemporary
series and the Second Parnasse." besides inc
"petItc HibliothAque I.ittcrare." comprising 'hs
works ~ Vcrlaine Victor Hugo. Larnartine. Al
fr.a dc Nuss.t. Vigny Flaubert. Daubet. i~
c,r,o 40 Iis,c and Copp@c. Since lS'l NJ l"-
moro has made A speciality 81 modern novels
such as those Of Paul Bourget. Marcel provost
Daniel Icseur. Theurict Paul Iicrvieu ana
others.
LENDING LIBRARIES IN LITTLE FAVOR
II A curious fact that in Franc" inc puo"c
dencnds almost exclusively for It's supply Oh
books upon the booksellers. and the attempts 10
introduce subscription libraries. circulating IL
braries and book clubs have always iahen-
There arc n few cabinets de lecture In some
~ the smaller towns but their existence Is very
precarious There is strong popular ob)ec-
ton to them on account Of the chance OF dis
ease being transmitted by their use.
MANY OF the favorite authors In France have
attained their popularity by writing In the
newspapers This. however. was not the case
Nth Cola who worked for some years at a
.n,u salary as a clerk In the publishing house
NJ Uachette and he never wrote In the papers
until his novels had already appeared Nova
DAYS. however. he follows the usual practice OF
having his novels appear in the shape ~ feuille-
tons before they are put on the market In com
plcte book form. In conversation on the sub
lcct Of the popularity ~ French authors Nj fau'
Ollcndorn said recently:
Nothing Is more caprcious than the popular
ity Of novel writer's The Petit Journal" for
instance. pays writers like NJ Xavier de- Monte
pin and 81. Richchourg for serial novels in
feuilleton form sums exceeding .D.VO francs
The romantic little drcssmakcrs and the grocers
clerks and hundreds Of thousands 81 country
readers dcvOur these romantic stories with mar
yellOus aviiity. II the petit journal ceased
publishing them there would be almost "A revo-
luton But. as recently happened when NJ.
Xavier de Montcpin or NJ Kichebourg publish
a novel in book form. the result Is n failure.
The French public has acquired the habit Of
labelling its prominent authors and writer's.
de-