The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-04
Among the Publishers.

The late Stephen Cranes famous book,
'The Red Badge of Courage" is to be
published Immediately by D. Appleton &
Co. in a new edition, with a portrait and a
biographical sketch.
That the public demand for standard au-
thors is increasing instead of falling off, is
shown from the fact that over 5000 worth
of the Wakefield edition of Goldsmith. to
be published by Harper & Bros, have been
sold before q single volume Of the series
has been bound.
Miss Mary L. Burt has made a collection
of stories for children by w. d. Howells.
called 1.-THE Howells Story Book" designed
for use in schools. 1t has been illustrated
by the novelist's daughter, Miss Mildred
Howells, and il will appear very shortly
from the press of the Scribners.
Anna Katharine Green's new detective
story, THE Circular Study" will appear
from the press of Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
early in September. The story takes its title
from the circular-shaped room which is the
home of a man OF studious habits. who is
the central figure of a tragedy, which Is
gradually unveiled by the author.
Messrs Silver, Burdett & Co. think the
ice trust revelations and their conse-
quences will arouse general interest in two
chapters in Henry Clews's new book. "The
Wall-street Point of View" They are
Concerning Trusts and Corporations" and
Laws Relating to Trusts" The st. Louis
strikes will also make timely the chapter
on Labor Unions"
According to a well-known American
writer, Reinsch's World Politics. just
issued by the Macmillan Company. gives
the best account of affairs in China yet
published. He says: 'It couldn't have been
better if it had been specially prepared for
this crisis. The account of the present con-
clifton of the country is full, interesting
and dispassionate; the report of the con-
cessions to the powers and their relative
claims and privileges admirable. One gets
a comprehensive view of the whole situa-
ton. There is a host of people who want
such a book as this"
IAN American Commoner. or the Life
and Times of Richard Parks Bland" is the
title of a five-hundred page volume which
will be issued at once by E. w. Stephens.
publisher. Columbia. Mo. The introduction
is by Williams Jennings Bryan. The au-
thor is William Vincent ByarS, the we'll
known journalist. The book is to be not
merely a biography, but a history of the
political period in which Mr.. Bland was a
conspicuous figure. The coinage and tariff
legislation from 1873, when Mr.. Bland en-
tered Congress-, until his death in 1899. is
discussed at considerable length, and many
public men and important events figure in
its pages.
Prof. Harry Thurston Peck says in a
review in the Bookman of Robert Grants
"Unleavened Bread" just published by the
Scribners, that it comes nearer being the
long-looked for American novel than any,
thing we have had. In IL he says: There is
really something new-a. recurrent percep-
ton Of certain things which are not localiz-
ed in our life, but which are as true of one
section OF our country as OF another, and
which are, therefore. broadly and signif-
icantly American. To this extent, Mr..
Grant may be said to have produced, If
NOT The ranrocnnfotityo r,arsooH 41a
which the world is waiting for. at least the
nearest approximation to it that has yet
been written"
A writer in the Boston Transcript has
this TO say about two of the books pub
lished by the Bowen-Merrill Company: The
notion that all the successful books are
published in the East gets something of
a setback when we remember that two
of the strongest novels of the season bear
the imprint of an Indianapolis publishing
house. Charles Majors when K~nighthood
was in Flower" has not paused in its tri-
umphal march since the first copy came
from the press, and now Charles Frederic
Goss's 1.-THE Redemption of David Cor
son." in spite of its being a tendency"
novel and wholly without the aid of his
its interest, defies the efforts of printers
and binders to keep pace with the de-
mand. Writing from an advance copy DR..
Withrow, whose judgment can hardly be
questioned, says: 1T is masterful in con-
ception, rich in rhetoric, sound in psy-
chology; the best religious novel 1 have
ever read"