The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-27
NEW PUBLISHING HOUSE.

public.
NEW PUBLISHING HOUSE.
The new Boston publishing house which
has just been incorporated under the name
of Noyce, Plat & Company is the result
Of an arrangement between Messrs. Curtis
& Cameron, publishers of the Copley
Prints, and Small. Maynard & Company
Gncorporated), for cooperation between
these two houses in the publication OF
certain books On art and illustrated DOCKS
More detailed notice of the proposed pub
LEGATION of the new house will be season
ably given to the trade and to the pubic.
The new company will not alter in any
way the business of either of the two CO.
operating houses, which will be conducted
in each case upon the same lines as
heretofore; nor is entirely an arrange
ment between these two concerns. since
a number of other persons have become
interested in it as stockholders. The pur-
pose of Noyce, Platt Il Company Will
be the publication of high-clas books on
art, for which it obtains special facili-
ties by reason of its relations to Messrs.
Curtis & Cameron. The fact that the
manufacture of the books will be under
the supervision of Small Maynard e. Com
pany. and the illustrative reproduction
under the supervision of Messrs. Curtis
and Cameron, promises the same ohlgh
standard of excellence in mechanical
detail which has characterized the pub
LEGATION of each OF these houses in its
own particular line
The Lackawanna Railroad has just is
sued under the title OF Ghost OF the
Glacier and Other Tales" a decided in
novation in the way OF railroad literature.
This book, which is attractively printed
and illustrated, is practically book OF
short stories. having no advertising IN
connection with them except such as ma
turally accrues from the fact that the
stories are located along that line. The
Lackawanna Railroad being the second
oldest in the United States, passes
through territory, every mile OF which
has associated with ii some Indian legend
or romance, some recollection OF the In
dian wars, or some historical event OF
the War of the Revolution. 1t is an easy
matter therefore, for the short story
writer to find a mine OF material along
this line.
Scrbner's Magazine for June opens
with an article appropriate to the season
of national conventions. 1t is entitled
'How a President is Elected and gives
a view behind the scenes of the way
in which the great machinery of
Presidential election is put in motion.
1t begins with a meeting of the National
thn nj "a
where the convention is to be held, and
terminates with the last night OF the
campaign when the successful chairman
telephones from headquarters, Il con-
graduate you Mr.. President The au-
thor, A. Maurice Low, is Washington
correspondent who has had every facil-
ity to see the workings Of campaign.
a brilliant series of pictures fully illus
trate the narrative.
The best novels that have been pub
lished this winter have come out OF the
West and the South, and from new au-
thors, and we have another rather start
ling story just from the press or the
Bowen Merrill Company Indianapolis, in
which Chicago has a personal interest
1t is called The Redemption of David
Corson" a young quaker preacher who
falls in love with the beautiful wife OF
an itinerant fakir and follows her almost
to his, destruction. The dramatic move
ment is rapid but the characters are un-
happy most Of the time. People who like
to be miserable will enjoy it. The au-
thor is the Rev Charles Frederick Goss
of Avondale O.. who was once pastor of
|, ND pn
Jus in several directions
Ex-president Cleveland. if any man,
is at home with such subject as THE
independence of the Executive" which
is the title OF his forthcoming paper in
the June Atlantic. He begins with a
mastery review of the growth of presi-
Dental power since the establishment
of our government, and then with char
acteristc decision. sums UP those duties
which are fundamentally and unavoda-
bly, the Presidents own. Mr.. Cleveland
Ions silence has made any word from
him noteworthy, and here he discusses
one of the most significant and vital
problems of democracy.
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slant relief Of all burns, scalds, bruises.
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bowels as well as in sudden attacks of
cholera morbus. No family should pre-
tend to keep house without it always by
them. Avoid substitutes, there is but
one Pain Killer, Perry Davis. Price 25c.
and SOC.
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