Daily inter mountain., 1900-11-24
WHAT THE PEOPLE
OF BUTTE READ
THEIR TASTES IN LITERATURE AS SHOWN BY BOOK STANDS
AND LIBRARY. -,

of Rider Haggard's books are sold. and
less number from the pen of Stanley
Weyman. Eleanor" by Mrs. Humphrey
has good sale. There is a steady de-
mand for Anthony Hopes book. His
last is "Qusante.
The Russian author. Tolstoi, is a fn
vorite with Buttes reading public.
Stacks of Resurrection" were sold. ac-
cordng to Mr.. Cline. Among others
enumerated good sellers are Fruit
fulness by Zola, Isle of the Winds" by
Crockett, Voice of the People," by
Glasgow, Hearts Highway" by Mary
| Wilkins. and The Cardinals Snuff Box
| just out and announced as the most
| charming of the year
| Ilpling is the favorite among people
! inclined towards poetry. Double the
number of his books were sold over those
| of Ella Wheeler Wilcox James Whitcomb
| Riley and Eugene Field
| Justin Mccarthy appears to be tthe
! only writer on historical subjects at this
| day but his books are not called for to
! any extent. and are supplied only on spe-
! cial order at Evans. At Calkins' book
| store the reporter was told that there
was little demand for fine sets of books
by standard authors and little call for
history ana biography. To offset this Mr..
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city in the United States where a greater
7, demand existed for bound books of the
latest novels.
In this connection it may be interest
ing to know the six best selling books
| in New York in order to show how close
ly the reading public of Butte are in
| touch with the popular literature of the
metropolis:
.sThe Master Christian" Corelli.
The Unsociai Socialist" Shaw.
'.The Cardinals Snuff Box" Harland.
"Robert Orange" HoSbes
"Eben Holden" Bachelor.
"A Furnace of Earth" Rives.
BEST SELLERS At NEWS STANDS.
The three principal purveyors in mag
azines and newspapers are Evans,
Shields and keefe. They receive mer-
chandise direct from the publishers and
supply the other news stands. Tilton
also carries pretty good stock. The
Inter Mountain reporter visited all OF
the places mentioned and ascertained
that while one would have better run
on Munsey's magazine than any other,
the next would say that McClure's was
the best seller. For example, this is the
way sales ran at Shields: McClure's
200 per month; next comes Munsey, fol-
lowed by Cosmopolitan. Pearson's and
Argosy, 1O-cent magazines; Black Cat
a nickel publication: Ainstlee and Met
ropolitan. OF the higher-priced publica-
tions, the Century led with so per month;
Scribner Harper's and the Review OF
Reviews about 40 per month each.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly sells
very we'll: so does the Ladies' Home
Journal. The Forum is the most popular
in the heavy class Of literature. The
Arena comes next, but that great publi-
cation, the North American Review, is
sadly neglected. The demand for these
three magazines is about l to 10 of the
others. Current Literature and Lippin-
colts are almost out of the race.
i Since election the demand for Judge
! and Puck has increased, and this be-
n cause Of the omission of the offensive
> cartoons, according to Mr.. Shields. In
illustrated literature. Golfers Weekly is
y making the greatest gains.
One gratifying feature exhibiting the
$ tendency of our people to ignore indecent
literature is the falling off in sales OF
: the Police Gazette, Police News and a
I semi theatrical paper called the Stand,
ard. all published in New York. These
publications find their way into barber
1 shops and saloons and not many other
: places.
5 Base ball cranks buy the Sporting
y News. The Sporting Life is more com.
prehensive in general sporting events
! Frequenters of the pool room in thf
! Butte hotel look to the San Francisco
n Examiner and Cincinnati Enquirer fo,
= tips and pointers. as the form sheets ap'
pear in these papers. Shields sells, ant
delivers 25O copies of the San francisco
W Examiner every day. This paper lead:
) in all the news stands of the city.
n What is said of the Shields news stant
is will correspond with that of Keefe, ex
II cept that the Argosy leads in the latter
l.. while Munsey takes first place in th
Il Evans book store. SO far as newspaper
e are concerned, the Sunday World AM
IS Journal are about even. The Chtcag
lg Sunday Tribune comes next. There is ;
as