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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
FEAR HE HAS BEEN MURDERED
Dianppenrnnce of Pnuf EEKer. of
MiIsonxItie, Neb., and - ,f23
nf MpGook. heb.

Wlsonyille. Neb. Dec. 3o.-Ilcla-
tiycs Of Paul Egger, who conducted a
large general store in this town, and
who left home December IS for Me
Cook, fear ne has been murdered and
robbed. When EQger left he took
with him a draft for 81 ,423 and stated
that he was going to MeCook 10 pay
his taxes and order new stock. 1t IL
learned that he did not visit the coun-
ty treasurcr's office and that his
taxes have not been paid. The draft
WAS paid by a bank at MeCook, since
which time nothing has been heard
Of the missing man The members of
his family are enlisting the aid OF the
authorities 10 invesfigate the mys-
terry. His affairs are in good condi-
tion and there is said 70 be no reason
for his voluntary disappearance.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

nelH invested with red berfetta At BATH
Ill. D. degree given Mckinley by Uni
s5aFofmal opening Of Bunalo exposition
marked by Vice Pres Eo0zsFeltH speech
ard message from Pres. Mckinley who
starts machinery by pressing button az
San Francisco. AEdreW Garnegie gives
100000 to Scotch uulverHities.
AT Dea Molnes. Ia, Yfh biennial SYNOD
Of Lutheran church " u. =.
a02JJslI of Fame In New York formally
dedicated .... Gen. John -. Gordon resleet-
ed commander Of Confederate Vet assn.
Jaa Nj. carrie c. Catt elected pres.
Nat Woman Suffrage assn. a. Mime
apoIis.... Congregational council orders
name d Prof Heron stricken from
ls1Jabiiea Of r M. c. A. celebrated at
III g@Christian Endeayorers in 10Th In
fernationai convention.
Aug. NAT. Socialist convention al In
n1'Pret Mckinley invites nations Of world
70 participate 90 -. Louis exposition IN
1919 Nat, Negro Buslnesa league n md
annual convention lE ChleaRo.
n-At Aahville. Ala Sheriff North thUarts
attempt ~ mob 10 lynch negro klHrg 2
men ard w0urding others.
Z3-Grand encampment Of knighfe TfWplar
al Louisville. Henry Bates fIeNJ e4eet-
I'd grand commander. and San fraleisc9
elected pres. United T5pothetas al Buff
Sep 5-First stake ir construction 9f Louis
lana Purchase exposition driven al 81
/ 20. 4. r encampment al Cleveland. o.
I Oct. Farmer Nat congress y SIOUX
Falls. s. D.. elects Geo. l.. Flanders IN
nlJoss' J :. F. Smith elected pres. Mormon
/ 7s1pres Rooseyelt and other prominent /
reef in an parts Of Worio received LII u. /
Isgree al Yale bicenfeuniaA
{ - fsorg glcfs at Ft IseaYenWDfth NAM i
fsderaI prison mutiny. - escape
ant l. ~ ~ Stevens reelected pres.
nss W s@Nat. Live stock assn in 9Th eonyen.
a a,SndTew carnegie gives SO ooo, 90 TO uni
versIfy extension ~ America
It3SIchoIaH ~ Butler selected 10 succeed |
seth Low az pres Columbia unlVfrslfy -.
ped Cross society convention al WASH |
inRton reelected Clara Burton pres.
I'D. e Gilman reelected pres. Nat. Civil |
Service Reform league.
i4-Marconi sends message By wireless |
feiegraphy across Atlantic
N-Navy dept. announces acceptance of |
batfleshlp Wlaccnsiu.... Worlds Union of |
Christian Eudeavorers Incorporated IN |
der MasF. laws. with Rev. r. +. Clarke, |
ID. u pres.
%. GROUND broken FOR worlds fair at st.
Louis.
z3-Adm.ral schlsy receives ss.2A prize
money.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
OTHERWISE UNN0TICED.


Democratic county samWitt"emen
of Missouri are holding conference
at 81. Louis.
DIR. John R Mccoy. q Young dentist
~ bloomington. III. died suddenly
from au overdose II roraiuc. BE was
aged -' years.
The American Order of Louisiana
has c0retrd permanent organization
ut prn'er eel. aud elected WA &.
trrr'r president.
Fire. carly sanday morning de
.tru}rd several business houses at
Sturgeon. NJ. causing "a loss csti-
matted at sIawa.
Scuot"r= eaHam and Mason have
requested the rHe.dsut 60 consider
llhn"ie timber IN hIllnE amy future
cabinet vacancies.
Terry Neeefefn. Through hif Wau-
Hrrr. offers .6ao t. aHtouc who VIII
induce Young CerHctt 60 hghu h,m
again before April +.
ENFire Chief Hugh J. Bonner. Il
New York city. has been asked by
Prcsidcut Raosetet 10 organize the
fire department Of Manila
John Plnofrr jumped from the
brooklyn bridge mud sotl lives. lle
simply wanted todemonstratc whcth-
cr man could survive the feat
Arrangements hnRe been completed
whereby scale nnd steel safe fac.
tory will be established in Joplin,
Mo, with capital stock Of $4,000
A waterapout burst over Laffee.
Morocco, and swept the lower part
of the town into the sea. Two hun.
drcd persons are reported drowned.
Lyman BARLOW. who was confined
in the county jail. charged with
horse stealing. broke jail. at Louis
willie, III lie ia under Il years of age.
The city council Of Granite City.
H., has declared quarantine apainat
Madison. Ill. ON account Of amallpox.
aud asks 10 hatr militia enforce the
order.
MIR. and Nra. Paul q. Thchaud. of
Mndisonyile. y. y. were robbed OF
jcwclry worth 10000. suppoanhlv hy
"a ncvly-engnPed Tnlet, who has dis
appeared
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

near gOa-tlnE-fu.
22-Queen Victoria dies after reigning Ga
years Flags are half-masted over gov
eminent buildings at Washington. Prince
Of Wales becomes Edward VII, king OF
Great Britain and Ireland and emperor
OF India
24-King Edward formally proclaimed in
London after the quaint customs Of ear
Feb. 4-Queen vlctorlas remains laid be-
side those Of her husband in Mausoleum
at Frogmore.
Duke Henry OF Mecklenburg Schwerin
....Dynamite explosion IN San Andres
mine In Mexico kills 8 prisoners.
Apr. S-China refuses to sign Manchurian
treaty with Russia on account OF protests
May Final terms of powers to China fix
lnoemnlty at 4oooeo,eO taeis.. Glasgow
s-Flrst federal parliament Of Australia
opened by duke Of Cornwall now Prince
Of Wales) a Melbourne.
Jun. 3-Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee
departs from Peking amid great military
demonstration.
2l-Hoshi-Toru former japanese minister
10 L. S, assassinated IN Toxic.
3-Leipzger bank al Leipzig, Germany,
suspends: $500. 90.
N-Austrla and Mexico resume diplomatic
relations. broken of IN 1867 by execution
OF Macmillan.
Jul. 6-Prince Won Hohenlohe, former Ger
man chancellor. dies al Ragatz, Switzer-
lO~sultan Of Turkey deposits $500 with
Am. minister 70 settle claims CT Ameri-
cans growing out of Armenian troubles.
Is-Eari Russell pleads guilty to bigamy al
bar Of house Of lords in London; SEN
fenced to mos. Imprisonment
Aug. 5-Dowager Empress Frederick Of
Germany dies at Frisdrichshof.
9-Coiumbia opens war or Venezuela with
an invasion.
Sep. 3-Miss Ellan NJ Stone and Mrs. Tsilka
captured by brigands near Bansko, Mace
donia, and taken 70 mountains whence
letter Is sent demanding sl4o.v9-
19-Boers capture 80 British troops al
Scheepers Nee. British torpedo boat ce-
stroyer Cobra founders ia North sea- 81
lives lest.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

i4-Wm Mckinley, 25th L. S. president,
dies at 2:l5 a. m, post mortem eNamlna-
ton shows gangrene to have set m.
pan-Amerlcan exposition ordered closed
for three days out OF respect. Iheo-
Roosevelt sworn as president.
I5-Funeral services held in Milbnfn resi-
deuee at II a. m. body lies In state in city
hall until 5 p. m.
l6-Fuueral party leaves for Washington
.Czolgosz indicted on charge of muir
der In lst degree.
17-Funeral services held In capitol at
Washington, conducted by Bishop An
drews Of Ohio with rites of NJ. +. church
49,. Special train bears remains Of late
pres. 10 Canton, o.
19-Pres. McKinley's remains placed in
NestlaNn cemetery at Canton. During
funeral services every wheel in country
stopped. Business generally suspended.
Services held in all principal capitals OF
Europe
2i-lnsdnity experts find Czolgosz sane.
23-JnrN completed. assassin pleads guilty.
but attorney assigned to defend him en-
ters plea Of not guilty.
24-Nerdiet of guilty OF murder In first de-
gree reported by jury.
B-Sentence Of death by electrocution pro-
nounced on CZolgosz; ASSASSIN removed
to Auburn state prison.
Oct. 2-Assassn CZogosZ electrocuted;
autopsy shows healthy condition of
brain.
Nov. 9-Flrst Mckinley monument un-
yelled at Tower, MINI.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION.
A visit TO the Census once and the
Congregational Library
building.

Washington, Dec. 3o.--rhe members
OF the American Economic associa-
tion, now in convention here, upon
the invitation Of the director Of the
census and the librarian Of congress.
were conducted through these insti-
tutions. Al the census office the
members were given an opportunity
TO inspect the interesting process Of
census tabulation and the resources
Of the library Of congress for eco
nomic research were freely explained
by Mr. Herbert Putnam, the librarian
gf ogBoreaa
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04


miral How!son serving.
13-Pear Admiral r. NJ Ramsay appointed
70 take Howis0n's plafe
1g-Gchley inquiry resumed after lntermls-
sion caused by Pres. Mckinleys death.
g4-Judge jeremiah Wilson aged y. senior
counsel for Schley. die suddenly In
Washington.
g7-Court refuses request of Admiral
Sampson 10 be represented al trial BY
counsel
oct. 2f-Admiral schiey takes stand. tells
story of Santiago battle. and denies
charges against nm
Nov 4-Evidencs all In and arguments be
gun.
and court adjOurns 70 olgest evidence
Dec. ls-schley court Of Inquiry unani-
mously votes censure for +gaciilati0n,
duatorinezs and lack Of enterprise" prior
to June I and for Inaccurate official re-
ports and misleading statements Oh coal
supply. Admiral Dewey. IL separate find
ing. gives Gchley entire credit for the VIC
tory al Santiago.
ls-Admlrsl schIev flies bill Of exceptions
to majority findings.
20-ACm!rai samps9n files protest against
Admiral Dewey 3 minority rep0rt.
H-Sec Long .rdorses findings Of Jority
Of court. and orders dlsmissal 0f His
torian Maclay from feTg3ce II Brooklyn
navy yard. Pres. Roosevelt personally
reprimands Gen. Miles for discussing
Schley case.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

der Colon to capt Perry. OF L. : battle
ship Iowa. who holds city until arrival OF
government force.
Dee. l-Pu Ghun. Chinese heir apparent
dennsed on ground thHt his father. Prince
Tuan. VS. author Of Boxer trouble.
G--At Zaeatecas. Mex, appalling loss Of
life attends burning OF municipal market
23-Kitchener reports severe fighting at nu-
merous points IN ). Africa; losses about
equally divided between Beers and Brit
ish.
2+-U. s. decides to cut its claim against
China of S25.o0e eo to s. cppV0 which rep
reseHts actual damage and cost of null
itary operations Peace protocol he
tween Argentina and Chill signed both
continue preparations for war.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
NEUROLOGY.

Jan. 1-Ignatius DonnetIy. author and ex-
cong. IN Minneapolis. 20
5--Ex-Goy. c. II. Brogden CN. c.. at Colds
boro: s..
e-P. D. Armour, millionaire packer ard
philanthropistt II Chicago; cS..-.Ex-r. S
Ne -.
ie-Ex-Coy. Jas. A. Mount. in Indianapolis.
H-Ex-U. s. Senator II. II. Revels (MiSs.).
IN New Orleans.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

Oct 4-Uprlslng agalns; Pres. Castrass roy-
eminent reported at several points IN
Venezuela.
Gen. SIR Redvers Butler deprived o.
command Of First army corps and re
duced 10 haif pay.
Nov. l-Boers defeat British tn battle near
Bethel
French squadron seizes 5 Turkish ports
Of MitYIeue 10 enforce claims So. y arsf
fog In years eripple> business in London.
6-lI Hung chang dies in ptklng. aged -
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
METEOROLOGICAL.

Jan. 4-Earthquake al Mound City and
Pleasantou, Kan....Six II. Of snow IN
parts Of California.
Feb. 5-Severe snowstormE throughout III.
Ia. Eeb., Kan. and No, and parts OF
Wis, Mich. and IND.
Mar 9-WllPs Point. Tex. tornado; s
killed ...Tornado IN Arkansas kills 10 and
destroys much property Red Bud. III.
tornado.
Birmingham, Ala. cyclone; 40 personH
killed. and 10000 Of property destroyed.
Tornado wrecks buildings at Must
cash. O....Cyclone at Pavilion. Mich.
2s-Adamsville. Mich. cyclone destroys
buildings.
Apr. l9-BlScayne, Fla, wrecked by tor
naco.
Jun. SIN n. ". ~. Oak. 3in. Of snow.
s-Cycione In r.. OklahOmas y persons
killed and village Of EDDY entirely ce-
stroyed.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
FIRES.

ssh. South Brooklyn. N. Y. $4,000 fire
-4ioHg river front
---Ao3ntreal- Que. Sc 10000 FIRE In business
pDes Molnes Ia. $4,000 fire started In
:, ffankel Bros store.
stNsN York. Wicke cigar box factory and
9tAAsf buildings: 81, 500. 600
- Near FL Cerro, Cuba, lumber yard
1sa ss sawmill; 500 O0o.
r mop. 10000.
nso.0o0. - an o'Ass ~ pant
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

"a 40 2 a 2 NJ "
considerable 81
element
Feb a Saloon men
AT Winfield Kan 4.
retallats on joint
I'm a. herB b y
WreekluK church
prDpfr
Mar Rear Ad-
miral Sampson re-
fHiVss i - pfize
money for deHtfue-
tIon OF eefYera .
fleet
A rI W-Biil IN col.
restoring capital
punlH b IA eut be-
comes Jaw
May Pan Am *
position at Buffalo
DurTfH
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
Omaha Flyer wrecked.

Malta, ILL.,, Dec. 3o.-Four persons
were killed and 20 injured, several
Of them possibly fatally, in the
wreck. by collision. Of the Omaha
Flyer, on the Chicago & Northwest
ern, at this place. Two passenger
coaches, one sleeper and eight freight
cars were burned
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

Washington. Dec. 3O.--The entire
stock Of money in all nations on jan
uary ], 1900. was sll,G2o,20O,OOO. The
stock on January /, 1901. was Sill
1900. 900 Of which sf.906. 700 900 was
in gold, S3,s41. 100000 in silyer,and So
O33 400 in paper in excess of that
covered bY coin reserrea.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

Washington, Dec. 30.-By consent
Of President Roosevelt the statement
is given out that the alleged inter-
view in which the president was said
to have publicly rebuked Lieut.-Gen.
Miles, was groccly exaggerated. The
president and Gen. Miles parted in a
friendly manner.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

q > " ne D. ~.
s. w Su Hal,
murderer Of Won
ketteler, German
minister 10 China,
be eheaded at Pc
king 49,. Boer inva-
sion Of Cape Col
ony onsidere d
grave.
Lord Roberts ar
Tixes in England
from South Africa.
and is made an
earl by Queen Vic
toria.
Sir Alfred Miner
appointed gov. Of
ran sv a a and
Orange River col
onY
kill 1000
Boxers in battle
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04


arEtlmpu { that
constitution fni
lows nag Boa Porto
Rico case filed ln
L. q 6upre IN 8
court
W w. cram :
tMassl. C - Jor
dan tN. 10 J
Hlll lMc } and
II Dietrich tNebD
all republican
governors ilauE
uratcd
GOV Robt NJ Ia
Toilette lWls } in
auguratcd
Cows Jas u or
man tColl. N Il
NJ Sweeney IS
" S joining
tFla) and lierifld
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04


.-. = n a II a N
captured by Gt,-
To m bian lnsur
gents
S Turkey Yields TO
French demands
.. uuke of Corn
W AIN and \ prk
m "a O q prince Of
Wales ard earl OF
Chester
X Gen. Santos
Ltiaya reelected
pres NicaFaRu
j. Storms on British
coast result IL ~
drowned
2l-C Colombia appeals
To a. : fo prevent
iutCrruPton Of
traffic across 18th
mus OF Par ma
~ a.. : marines
take possession OF
lsthmiau railroad
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

- "a a - a "a "a p - p I"
fcis n Of Schley
as 9 Lor z
grants A d mlral
Scilieys request
for court OF in
qulry
IA 6mirai Dewey
and Rear Ad mirals
X I'm b beriey an q
Ben ham fretiredJ
named as m m bers
Of court
2O-Adnlral KimbeT-
ley asks 10 be re-
lieVed from Eerg-
ing because Of III
oalth. Admiral
IIoWison named Ia
his stead
Sep lZ-Sehley court
Admiral
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04

n OF a b ! 9 Buffalo
speech IN favor Of
trad e expansion
ard .hc iSthrnian
canal.
! Pres. shot twice
by Leon Gzolgosz
in Temple of Mu-
sic at Buffalo ex-
position wounds
examined and one
bullet taken out;
patient is removed
to residence of Mr..
Mllburn, pres. Of
exposition.
IO-Pre Mckinley
thought 20 be out
of danger and for
first time kes
food through the
mouth.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
ASSASSINATION OF MCKINLEY.

Sep. Pres. Mckinley and party welcomed
Al Pau-American exposition in Buffalo.
5=Bres made his
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
FOREIGN,

Jan. Earl Of Hopetoun. 1st gov. gen. Of
Australian federation, takes oath OF Of
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
mISCELLANEOUs.

Jan. 81 Mrs Carrie Nation and other W
=. 7 e. women wreck saloons ~ Nirh-
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS.

Jan. i-Beu1. Oden Jr. iuaugurated gov.
\. Y Coy Bliss 6Mich) iuauEuratsd
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-04
THE scHLEY INQUIRY.

Jul l9-Sec'y Long bars Maclay's naval
history from Annapolis academy on uc-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07

the beginning. And the book publishing
part of the house goes on increasing SO
rapidly that we have need of a building
and a new office building will be built
for the firm during the coming year.
During all this, the profession has
brought me very happy career; and
one of the chief happinesses is the "a
quaintance that I have made among au-
thors and men who do things.
"Of course 1 have written much and
many sorts of things. I write much now
and enjoy it.
Il belong to the University Club in
New York, the National Arts Club, the
American Historical Society and other
such bodies. am a member of both the
Southern and the General Education
Boards, and I give much time gladly
to whatever will promote Southern edu-
cation. That is the most important tasE
of our generation.
Meantime my family is growing up
Ny Oldest son will graduate at Har-
ward this year; the next one two years
later; the third one two years Later
After all, my main business has been
in rearing these boys and their younger
sister. My family life has given me the
greatest JOY Ol all, ana IndS = my real
life. The rest is an incident.
Il live in the country mot in 4 sub
urban town-but in the country ten
miles from New York, where all green
and good things grow; where l have
horses and a COW and fruit and a gar
den and lawn and woodland; and
where by the open fires man may read
the great books of the world over and
over again and write in quiet and have
ones friend come (many North Carolina
friends come often-I wish they came
oftener). There ! write and walk and
enjoy my family
Thus the years pass, and l suppose
shall edit magazines till l die-yearG
hence; for as l look at it my work is
now only beginning. / know my profess
sion better than l ever knew before q
hope and think; 1 have my own maya
zines (my partners and mine and they
are all most excellent work fellows).
We have hundred or more persons in
our employ who are also our good work
fellows
"A little tale OF much happiness.
thank heaVen!-but hardly worth the
telling"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07
THE SOUTH IN LITERATURE.

The New York Independent, in re-
cent article on The Cardinal Points of
American Fiction speaks with lordly
cont empt of the South and West through
out the entire article. THE desoiate
pride of the South" is contrasted with
the hearty energy of the North. :" OF the
literature of the West it says that sit
takes a long sentence with AN oath at
the end of it to interpret the real West
erner." The Memphis Commercial Appeal
writes vigorously in defense of the two
sections disdained by the Independent,
and closes its just and appreciative
article as follows:
land this comes from section of the
country that is almost sterile now in
literature. There was a time, as we
have said, when New England was "a
nest of singing BIRDS but that time
has passed. Who are now the lights of
New England? There are virtually
none. There is not today a single New
England writer whose new book is
ever awaited with a particle of interest.
There is about as much juice in the
work of Mary E. Watkins as there is
in a frost bitten potato, yet hers is the
most prominent name in literary New
England today. what eminent WflIers
has New York contributed recently to
American letters? There are a great
many prominent literary men now liv-
ing in New York. but they came from
other States. The American writers
today who are furnishing the most en-
joyable literature to the public, and
who write the most readable of the
magazines, are from the South and
West Take some of the popular sue
cesses of recent years such as Richard
Carvel, ITO Have and To Hold Janice
Meredith The Crisis David Harum,
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch The
Choir Invisible The Reign OF Law The
Virginian,' The Mississippi Bubble.
When Knighthood Was in Flower, 'Au-
drey,' The Speckled Bird The Cavalier,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07
The Literary Outlook.

A Review of the Present Seasons Output
of Books-More Published, More Sold
More Advertised, but No Big Selling
Book of the Season-Books to Make
Glad the Heart of Childhood
CBy HERBERT BREWSTER.)
The fall season of the year OF our Lord,
1902, has advanced far enough now for
comparison with the outputs of former
seasons, though the task is as yet some
what difficult. Without a doubt, the
most conspicuous feature of the present
years production of books is the absence
of big selling books. Twelve months
ago three or four historical novels and
two volumes of the "homely" school were
selling beyond 100000 copies each. inns
year not a single book has come any
where near that mark. The best selling
books of today are probably THE Vir-
ginians" 1.-The Two Vanrevels," Cap
tain Macklin,' 1.-THE Fortunes of Oliver
Horn" and 1.-THE Letters of a Self Made
Merchant" and not one of these has
reached 1907 GOO. The encouraging element
in this lack of big sales is the fact that
more books this year have reached a
comfortable sale and, probably a much
larger percentage have passed the divid-
ing line between commercial success and
failure. 1t has been a better season for
the authors and better season for the
publishers. Less effort has been made
on the part of the latter to surpass each
other in the display of advertising space
and yet, on the whole, more advertising
had been done.
IL appearance and quality of makeup,
printing, binding, and illustration, the
books of the present season are better
than those of last year. A goodly num-
Der have been illustrated by the best
artists in the country and not a few of
the recent books have been established
with pictures in colors. AS the mechan-
ical problems of color printing are
gradually being solved, it is to be ex-
pected that the quality of these illustra-
lions have been improving all the time.
There continues to be, of course, a great
man ''freakish" appearing books, be-
cause some publishers believe that they
must have something different from the
others in order to attract the public at
tention. 1t remains one of a remark
once made by great editor to a subor-
dinate:
"Stop trying to be original" he said
more failures are made through trying
to be original than in working along
usual lines"
When one thinks of the monstrositics
which are perpetrated in the name OF
originality-in the book world alone
the truth of the editorial dictum is rep
resented
AS to the kind of books which have
been produced this year, one may be
discouraged, but still he must be hope
full. 1t is a curious and yet kind provi-
dence which enables us to forget our
| troubles and to remember our joys as
| time goes on. Looking back on the
books of past seasons, it is the books
which have given us pleasure that we
/ remember; the flood of trash has been
! long since forgottend. We have scarcely
/ had time to forget the poor books Of the
! present season, though some of them
have been bad enough to forget at once.