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

taking more books.
The tendency of the American author TO grow
in popularity is decidedly strong. and what
might be called the second rate British author
is suffering seriously in consequence
THE FUNK & wAGNALLs COMPANY.
Adam w. wagnaIls. Of Funk wagnalls
said the outlook for the fall season was SUD-
stantiaIly good. and that the political campaign
would have effect whatever so tar as ne
could see. There was growing demand among
the class Of people who bought the books oil
Funk & wagnalls for works Of a substantial
character rather than for books of amusement
They had planned therefore, largely more for
works Of reference than for fiction. They dls
not however. ignore the latter, and whenever
they found a desirable manuscript they sought
10 bring il out Mr.. Wasnalls maintained that
fiction decidedly did not predominant IN the safes
Of books nowadays. 1T had its high wave Oh So
called prosperity two years ago. and we are
now In the trough, perhaps. awaiting coming
wave" He said the labor troubles resulted IN
the calling for works of reference on sociology
and all kinds Of social reform. and, as they pub
lish a speciai encyclopedia, covering the entlre
range Of the subject. in that way the iaoor
troubles benefited Funk & WagnaHs' aIthoush
they slightly increased the cost of production
Nr vsrnalls looked for as good season as
they ever had
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY.
Martin NJ. Foss. in charge of the publishing
denartuent of the Baker & Taylor Company.
declared that the prospect for the fail season
was very good There was evidence OF CONN.,
dence on the part of booksellers. which was re-
smiling in generous advance orders and ne
thought the booksellers judgment was pretty
good index. There seemed to be healthy signs
in the steadiness of the demand for the BOOKS
that we're popular for their Intrinsic QUALITIES
There was a growing taste for serious, worthy
works The orders from the travelling sales
men were good.
HARPER & BROTHERS.
A representative Of Harper & Bros. said
the outlook for the season better than 1t
had ever been Judging from the advance sales
OF books there was unusually brilliant sea-
son ahead Fiction predominated. but IT was
also observed that a good, strong taste was
being developed by the public for history and
biography. There was large sale for Woodrow
Wilson's History Of the American People"
Among the novels Of the fall season he men
toned are Maids of Paradise" by Robert w.
Chambers; Letters Home" By W. D. Howells;
The Ambassadors" by Henry James. and
''Hesper" by Hamin Garland. The dramatiza-
ton Of a novel has been found largely to in
crease its sales. said the representative. This
was well illustrated In the dramatzation Of
Ben Hur," which had enormous sale. When
Becky Sharp was dramatized the Harpers
brought out a players edition Of Vanity Fair"
and the novel had a greatly increased circula-
ton. Among the half dozen novels published by
Harper & Bros which have been dramatized
are The Proud Prince" by Justin Huntly Nc
Carthy: Lady Roses Daughter" by Mrs.
Humphry Ward. and "a japanese Nightingale
by Onoto Watanna.
E P. BUTTON & co.
Z. P Dutton < Co. say the outlook is first
rate. and they are looking forward to a great
business this winter. Customers seem to be
reading a higher class of books. and more seri-
Gus works including biographies and histories
and books art in greater demand. Sub
scriptiOns have been received for all the copies
Of Bernhard Berenson's "Florentine Drawings"
chat will come to America Of the edition Of 800
copies. On account Of the widespread interest
shown in historical romance the buttons have
announced the publication Of a new edition of
the historical novels of C. P. r. James.
THE FLEMING H. REvELL COMPANY.
Mr.. ReveIl. of the Fleming II. Revell Com
pany said the outlook for the fall season was
something phenomenal. even when compared
with last year. which was itself remarkable.
The company has over one hundred new vol
umes. Of which sixteen are fiction and seventeen
volumes are on other Lands Than Ours" re-
lating to foreign and especially obscure coun-
tries. One of the Reveu novels is The Master
Of Millions" by the Rev. Dr. George c. Lorimer.
Among the books coming out from this house
are The Bondage Of Balinger." by Roswell
Field. the story of a bibliophne; "Elinor Lee"
by Margaret z Sangster, and Sons Of Ven
geance." tale Of the Cumberland Highlanders.
by Joseph Malone. The firm IS also pub
fishing this fall an exceptional list of religious
books and books on pedagogy. and has I'm prepa-
ration a Puritan edition Of Pilgrims Prog
ress" II viii be Illustrated with a large num-
Der Of drawings by Harold Coping. in which all
the Bunyan characters are presented in the COS
tune Of the period Of the Puritans
CHARLES sCRIBNER's SONS.
Mr.. Edwin W. Morse. Of the publishing de-
partment Of Charles Scribner's Sons. said:
Every indication from our travellers on the
road and the orders they are sending US would
lead to the conclusion that the season is going
to be very prosperous one Political cam
paigns have no effect, and never make any diff
ference in our plans-not even Presidential cam
paigns- We have sold 5000 copies in advance
Of publication of novel we published week
ago. The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come by
John Fox jr. Mr.. Pages book Gordon Keith
published late in the spring is still selling very
widely and in few days Will reach the s.. 900
mark. SO far can judge from those fig
ures. the season promises to be as successful
one for popular fiction as any we ever had
Our list this year. however, contains a great
many important books of a very different char
acter. mainly historical and biographical They
include Senator Hoar's Autobiography of Sew
enty Years and General Gordon's 'Reminis-