The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-19

could be materially increased by lowering
the price Of them: Obstacles to reduction Of
| price 1t finds in many considerations that the
puo!lsners have to regard. and In particular
! In the COST OF advertising and the large ray
altles paid to successful authors. Then a.en
In the case Of novels, the trade in which con-
| sttutes the most important part of the book
| business. the publisher has no assurance that
! reduction of price will be followed by a
preportlonate increase Of distribution II you
appeal to particular class says the Tele-
graph, 1t Is always doubtful whether you will
widen your appeal by lowering your price
Many and mank abook has sold fairly well
for twelve eshillings and not whit better
FOR being reduced to five or six shillings
BOOK reading. it adds. is subject nowadays
to the competition of a much greater variety
OF entertainments than in earlier times
Iheaters concerts and lectures abountd more
than thai, Of your. Ay.. and so do bicycles and
an sorts OF outdoor sports. but yet the great
competitors of books seem to be the news
papers and the periodicals.
1t Is not held that the demand for books is
failing on, but only, apparently. that it
creased number of readers. 1t seems to he
the Teegraph's opinion that that desired in
crease may not be trusted to follow a re-
fauouon In the price of new books, and that
1t Is by no means clear that a lowering OF
prices is the publishers best policy.-Harp-
er's Weekly.
A new edition Of the well-known Saints
bury Balzac" is the latest announcement.
The great popularity Of this work has in
duced Messrs. Croscup & Sterling company,
New York, in conjunction with the English
publishers, Messrs. ]. NJ Dent G Co.. to issue
an authorized edition complete in twenty vol
umes.
The edition will be printed upon q beautiful
Dickinson paper Of extremely light weight
similar to that used in the Temple Classics"
and illustrated with ful1-page etchings from
the original plates.
Several volumes of this edition. including
Prof. Saintsbury's invaluable tntroduetions
will be copyrighted. . ~
/ special Introductory. price Is made for the
first importation,
Elmwood Is saved and the home of James
Russell Lowell will be turned into memo
rial park. The enthusiastic men and women
who had the matter in hand had to raise
good many thousand dollars within a given
time and the money came in so slowly that
they were in despair; but now they have the
full amount and little over.-The Critic
Felix Gras' new romance 1.-THE Terror" is
said to picture the adventures of an 'Aristo-
crat" in the French revolution. Some char
acters reappear who will be recognized by
the many readers of M Gras' successful
"Reds of the Midi" '"The Terror" will be
published immediately by D. Appleton & Co..
Admiral Dewey's .Religion.-It will take Ad-
miral Dewey the rest of his life to catch up
with: his own reputation and inform himself
of what has come to be known about him at
home since that May morning when he be-
came famous before breakfast. Every posi-
Bile theory about his ancestry. habits. and
state Of mind seems to have been offered
during the past month to the acceptance Of
his countrymen. His religious preferences.
for one thing, have been the subject of sew
eral dissertations and ingenious hypothesis.
1t has been averred that his mother was
Jewesss and that the; best materials in him
were Jewish. It has also been confidently as
serted that he is a Roman Catholic The
Buffalo Commercial has printed letter
which seems conclusive as to his religious
sChrict church in Montpelier, VT, who says
he is authorized by the Hon. Charles Dewey,
OF Montpelier, to say that the admiral is a
loyal communicate Of the Protestant Episco-
pal church. 80
The admiral's politics have been as much
discussed as his religion, with the result of
tics. But, after all, if he doesn't know
whether he is a Democrat or Republican.
ne is no worse of than many thousands of
his countrymen ashore.-Harper's Weekly.
The Century Magazine has arranged for a
series of articles on the present war, some
what in the manner of its famous Battles
and Leaders Of the Civil War" The series
will be entitled. Battles and Leaders, Places
and Problems of the Spanish American
War;" and number of important articles
are already promised for it.
Miss Blanche Su.ly. who died in Philadel-
phia recently at the age of "a, was the daugh-
ter of the portrait painter, Thomas SuIly
When she was young girl, Miss Sully posed
In the robes of Queen. Victoria for Dor
trait made by her father for the St. Georges
Society of Philadelphia The queen sat for
the face but to sit for the costume was tire
some and unnecessary.-Th Critic
In the mind of a layman. gold lace and
shoulder straps are SO invariably associated
with officers of the navy. that it is difficult
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