New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-26

can I sen anything near proportionste amount
OF non-nction books. The increase n the public
reading habit Seems 20 be in the use OF highly
advertised fiction. The chance OF q substantial
book outside OF fiction by a new author is no
better now than il was then I am not talking
0i me exceptional work Of blazing genius thai
may hnd wider market, although there do not
appear to be as many such books as there were
forty years ago Publishers cannot publish so
reaoliy on meritOrious qualities that are not
taking because % the shrieking and banging
over mediocre fiction.
The profits OF the American author were IN
creased UNNECESSARILY by the copyright law In
Iact, our own market is now supplied By Aner.-
can authors. although there are som. very
worthy exceptions. Before the copyright law
the exact contrary was the case"
Mr. Holt added that dealers In the We.
looked for big season. and that IN this city
the firm had done much better this year than
last
DODD. MEAD & CO.
a representative OF Dodd Mead G. Co said the
orders Of the firm for the fall were better than
they ever had been. and that the outlook was
very encouraging. 80 change had been observed
IN the demand for fiction. although there was a
growing interest in more serious works More
than anything else. there was quite a demand
FOR illustrated holiday gift books. American au-
ihors were - strong as any now. and
had the field more than they ever cid
before. Among the illustrated gift books
Of this house may be msntioned A Check
cred Love Affair" by Psul Leicester Ford.
illustrated in photogravure; IN Already"
By Hamilton ". Mabie: When MalinSy
Sings" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. and Res
Head" by John Fri Lloyd. There has been a
great demand Tor The Oriental Rug" by ". D.
Enwanger and Homes and Their Decoration"
By Lille Hamilton French.
THE MERRILL COMPANY.
John J Curtis. secretary OF the Bobbs-Mer-
ril Company, OF Indianapolis at the New-York
Office. said.
our impression Is that there Will be the
largest volume OF business that we have ex-
perienced in the last four years, although the
others have been growing more prosperous every
year. We found the demand unusually strong
on the Pacific Coast and through the Middle
West Business seems 20 have begun earlier
this season in that section than usual Fiction
is stlu the most popular product, although
James WhitcOmb Rileys poems have had
unusual demand. We published recently a new
cook book by Marion Harland. supposed TO rank
as complete and unabridged work on cookery
and domestic science. which has met with
ready sale and cordial Endorsement OF the press
IN fiction the public seems always 70 be keen
Tor the delicate. humorous vein, such
found IN David Harum' and Eben Holden
We have just issued a novel by Molly Elliot
SeaweII which has sprung into favor on account
of that quality. Il is entitled The Fortunes OF
Fin
We shall have at entirely new volume Of
verse by James Whtconb Riley but Il VIII not
appear TIL November. Among other publica-
tions 20 come this fall is the new novel 10y Har-
ris Dickson and a volume Of sketches by Ener-
son Hough. n children's books We have q new
illustrated volume by L Frank Baum. author Of
The New Wizard OF o. and called The En-
chanted Island OF Yew.' Il Il profusey Illus
trated IN colors by Fanny \. Cory"