The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-02
P~ublishers' Notes.


Mr.. Maarten Martens calls his new book
of fiction Some Women / Have Known"
Mr.. Clark Russell's new novel is "A Voyage
at Anchor" The Appletons will publish
both.
An important historical work. dealing with
the beginnings of Pennsylvania and New
York. is John Fiske's The Dutch and
Quaker Colonies in America" soon to APP
pear from the publishing house OF Hougn-
ton, Miffiin & Co.
Mansfield * Vessels, New York. will pub
lish a little work on "The Rise of the Book
Plate" in which an attempt will be made
to furnish a sort of check list Of the more
plates. from their earliest use down to the
present day.
Among the fall announcements of Rich
ard G. Badger & Co.. Boston. are French
Portraits" being appreciations of the writ
ers of young France, by Vance thompson,
and a record and review of Julia Mar
lowe,' made by John ID. Barry. this last
forming the nrst. volume OF The Sock and
BuSkin Biographies, of which more viii be
heard later.
Mrs. A. d. T. Whitney was seventy-five
years young Sept. Is and on the next day
her new story. Square Pegs was
given to the public. 1t is an inter-
esting fact that her daughter. Mrs. Caro-
story, entitled .Nannie's Happy Child
hood" Both books bear Houghton. Miffiin
* Co.'S imprint.
Brown & Co.. Boston, will publish imme-
diately Ralph Waldo Emerson" by Ed
ward Everett Hale, a study of Emerson
but as a strong. simple. unaffected, all
around man. To this is added two early.
S cbapsct ark IN essays OF Emerson nIssrsson mIns
State of Ethical Philosophy RI
Little, Brown G. Co. will soon issue a
new general catalogue. with portraits Of
authors and to contain the titles of books
that Roberts Brothers formerly published.
Among their fall announcement Is a new
series OF Levers novels. a volume of stories
by Selma Lagerlof. author of COSTA Berl-
Ing" Mrs. Writings Life of Kate Field"
and an edition in one volume of Mahan's
Life of Nelson"
Laid & Lee. Chicago, cater TO the belief
In dreams and signs cherished by many
who would not readily admit the weakness.
and bring out a volume said to have been
processes TO give the hidden significance Of
Dreams and oTmens" and is brought quite
up TO date, as shown by the explanation
of dreams relating to an
'Trusts-Pro and Con-" is a new book
published by the George NJ. Hill Company.
of Chicago. 1t is a detailed report OF the
interesting trust conference held i'm that
city, Sept. IL to is. under the auspices OF
the Civic Federation. The proceedings are
49, 80 PthiCh ~
expressed by the compilers. All sides of the
greatest question before the American peo-
pie are championed within the covers OF
this ~book-from the monopolists view to
the Anarchists.
1.-The True Basis of Economics" a new
work TO be brought out this month by the
Doubleday & Mcclure Co., is a suggestive
discussion of certain of Henry Georges
doctrines. The book is by Mr.. j. H.. Stall
lard, of Menlo Park. Cal, and consists in
the main of a thoughtful essay based upon
correspondence between the author and
President David Starr Jordan. of Stanford
University. concerning the law OF independ-
ent and collective human life. Mr.. Stall
lard takes occasion to answer some objec-
tions to Mr.. Georges theories formulated
by academic opponents.
Messrs. Cassell & Co, limited. of London.
have again added the words New York to
their imprint, with Offices at z and 3 West
Eighteenth street. The full imprint now
stands as London. Paris, New York and
Melbourne. 1t will be remembered that
some years ago the company disposed OF
its business in America to a separate
concern. The agreement under which this
arrangement was made having lapsed
Messrs. Cassell a. Co. have again estab-
lished "A New York branch. Besides its
books this house is the publisher OF the
Magazine of Art. the Culver and Cassell's
Little Folks