The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-22

such books. as Janice Meredith. Rich
ard Carvel.' When Knighthood was in
Flower. Red Pottage. and David Ha-
rum. The wonderful popularity
OF To Have and To Hold has naturally
revived interest in Prisoners OF Hope.
with the result that this work now takes
It's place again among the leaders" ,The
B~oCknans' Eastern letter (New York;,
says: The most interesting feature for
the month proved to be the continued de-
mand for T O Have and To Hold. which
lar outstripped any other title in point
OF sale and bids fair eventually TO equal
any OF the other popular novels OF the
day"
In all but two out of thirtv-fye re-
ports CT bCok-Sales made to 'Th Book
man for May, To Have and To Hold
heads the list.-the exceptions being St.
Louis and Montreal. where two books on
the Transvaal and When Knighthood was
II Flower precede it. The Publisher of
IN Bookman," in a letter to Messrs.
HOughton, Mifflin & CO., said: Never
since the beginning of The BOokman' has
thefe been such unanimity of opinion as
inns. The progress of ITO Have and
10 Hold since publication is as follows:
FEBRUARY -f.............1 week -. -. 600
'ddfch . .-.............2 weeks. 81, 900
March 10 .............3 weeks. 100, 600
March il ............. 4 weekS....12 600
March 81 .............6 weeks. ..150.O 900
April II ...............S weeks....1 10. 600
April IS .............. 10 weeks. POO. 600
The book was published February Il,
so that it has been ordered at the aver
age rate of 20. 900 a week.
t Have and To Hold is at present
the most widely read book Of the day.
The Critic for May. contains as usual
reports from the leading libraries of the
country, each Of which, in addition to
stating the most widely circulating books
OF a general nature, indicates the novel
most in demand for the month preceding
the appearance of the magazine. In 30
out OF the % reports made for the month
OF April. ITO Have and To Hold is given
as the most popular novel;
Mrs. ]. NJ. Tiernan, born Miss Francis
l.. Fisher, and known n letters as
"Christian Reid" has written a. play. we
learn from the Charlotte News. which
she calls Under the Southern Cross and
presented it to the Salisbury Daughters
OF the COnfederacy. II is understood that
the dramatic club of that town will tour
the State with the play, the proceeds be
ing Tor the dement, CT the Davis monument
fund. \ correspondent who has seen the
play writes that the plot is laid in the
South, the characters are Southern SOL
diers and Southern women, With one or
two Yankees to act the. villain. 1t is in
Iensely Southern in all it's features. and
deals with the South, the Southern soldier
and Southern women as they existed.
Gutenberg. the inventor of printing,
died five hundred years ago this spring.
Anniversary ceremonies are going en- about
this time in several German cities. In
the May Magazine Number on The Out
look Mr.. Theodore l.. De Winnie, the head
OF the famous artistic printing firm, the
De Winnie Press, writes of Gutenberg's
discovery and its reception. Portraits and
other pictures the article.
Mr.. Crockett has written no short story
for several years that has attracted as
much attention as Will The SticSit Min
listers Love story which appears in the
May Magazine Number of The Outlook.
In this he returns to the subject and
character which first made him famous.
and describes, with moving pathOS and