The Indianapolis journal., 1903-09-14
Among the Publishers.

More than 1900 copies of Jack London's
novel, 1.-THE Call of the Wild (Macmillans),
were sold on Wednesday of last week and
the book is now in its thirty-fifth thousand.
1.-The Mnls of Man, by Philip Payne,
announced by Rand. McNally & Co, Chi
cago. is a story of Chicago life said to be
"a human document Of fascinating inter-
est"
1.-The Sherrods." by George Barr McCutch-
con, author of "Graustark'' and Castle
Craneycrow, is reported by the publish
ers. Dodd, Mead & Co, to have sold to a
greater extent in advance than any book
hitherto bearing their imprint.
John Burt" the latest novel by Fred
erick Upham Adams, author of the kid
naped Millionaires." is now nearly ready
for publication 1T will be brought out
about Sept. - by Drexel Biddle, Philadel-
phia, who reports that advance orders have
already taken up the entire first large edi-
ton.
Reports from twenty-nine important cities
show that the following are the six best
selling books: "The Grey Cloak" Gordon
Keith 1.-The Filigree Ball "The Mettle
of the Pasture THE Main Chance" Lady
Roses Daughter" 1t is interesting to note
that three of the six are published by the
Bobbs-Merrill Company.
One OF the most important fall books TO
& Co, is "The Warriors" by Anna r.
Brown Lindsay. author of What is Worth
While" small ethical booklet which has
met with an enormous sale. The new work
THE Warriors is a fulI-sized volume of
the same trend.
1t is announced that Prof w. L. Burg
hardt Du Bois is at work on a novel which
A. c. McClurg & Co.. the publishers of
his successful book "The Souls of Black
he fa1l of
Needless to say, Professor Du Boiss story
will deal with the subject that lies nearest
his heart, the negro problem.
The University of Chicago Press an
nounces the publication of 1.-The Battle of
Kadesh." by James Henry Breasted. The
battle of Kadesh, which took place be-
tween Rameses III, King of Egypt and the
Hittites, upon the plain Of Kadesh on the
Orontes river. is the earliest battle in
history in which the military maneuvers
can be. traced
Paul Laurence Dunbar, quite recovered
from his recent illness, is seeing through
the press his new volume, 'In Old Planta-
ton Days" which Dodd, Mead & Co. will
publish Sept. 25. 1t is a companion volume
to Folks from Dixie" and deals with 'the
tricks and manners of the colored people
in the South "befo' de wa
The ]. b. Lippincott Company has just
issued 'Shakspeare's Garden" by ]. Har-
vey Bloom, which, in the form of a Shak-
spearean poetcal calendar. treats in due
order, month by month, of the trees, shrubs
and flowers which come to perfection at that
particular time. The volume is illustrated
with reproductions from photographs OF the
Avon country.
Miss Margaret Horton Potter the author
of "Uncanonized," 1.-The House of De Mail
ly'' and 'Tstar of Babylon" has sent to
A. c. McClurg &c Co. a new romance. This
will be published Sept. rs, with the title,
''The Castle of Twilight" The scenes are
laid in mediaeval times. The story is that
of the life of three brave and beautiful
women at Castle Twilight.
THE Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wis
DOM" which received a warm reception
last year. reissued for 1904 a month
ago. This issue of ten thousand copies has
already been entirely sold. and orders make
necessary edition of thirty thousand
copies, which will soon be of the press.
1t is published by Paul Elder & Co.. San
Francisco, who will soon issue 'The Linn
erick Up-to-date Book, by the same au-
thors.
Charles Scribner's Sons will publish next
week Prof Rufus B. Richardson's new
volume on Greece. Vacation Days i'm
Greece The sketches OF parts he has
visited in Greece are described rather from
the picturesque than from the archaeolog-
ical and scholarly point OF view. While il
will be of interest TO the traveller in Greece.
the volume, IL is said. will be valuable to
the student. The sketches are illustrated
by unfamiliar photographs.
''rhe Two Little Savages." Ernest
Thompson Seton's new book. will be brought
out In September by Doubleday. Page &
Co. Though Mr.. Seton has done so much
to make animals seem like personal friends.
strange to say he Is not fond OF animals
lie never makes pets of them himself and
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