The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-22

dealer of this city has been offering a
copy of this book for 81. 900.
This is the books description of it
self:
A Brief Description of New York:
Formerly called New Netherlands
with the Places thereunto adjoyning
Together with the Manner of its Scit-
uation, Fertility of the Soyle, Health
fulness of the Climate and Commodi-
ties thense produced. Also Some di-
rections and Advice to such as shall
go thither: An Account of what Com
modities they Shall take with them
Likewise A Brief Relation of the Gus
toms of the Indians there. BY Daniel
Denton, to PIP. az 81. Elegantly
bound in full olivegreen levant, with
orange levant double, deliberately
fooled in gilt, silk ends, rough gilt
edges, enclosed in morocco pull-off
Lond.; Printed for John Hancock,
at the first shop in Pope's-Head Alley
in Cornhill at the three Bibles, and
William Bradley at the three Bibles in
Minories, 1870.
Ray Stannard Baker, author of two
Boys Books of Inventions" is shortly
to bring out another volume of the
same kind. His publishers discovered
ular scientific stories which Mr. Baker
writes and persuaded him to add an
other volume to the series.
During the past winter, Mr.. Baker
has been in Michigan hard at work
on a novel of the Southwest. It win be
his first venture in long fiction, but, if
he can make a novel as interesting as
ne has his short stories and his arti-
cies ABOUT the scenes of his novel, the
success of his venture is assured. Mr..
Baker is one of the most faithful of
the younger writers. He spends much
time in revision and rewriting, and is
lard TO satisfy when it comes to judg-
ing his own work. Yet he has a way
OF making complex subject look ex-
ceedlngly simple. He explains so that
child may understand, and a man
may enjoy. AS soon as he has finished
some special magazine work in New
York city, where he is now, he will go
TO Arizona to complete his novel in its
own atmosphere. Much is expected of
the story, since Mr.. Baker gave I'D a
trip around the world to write it.
what is probably the shortest re-
view of a book on record appeared in
the New York Sun last week The title
and name of the author is here omitted:
- by is q tale
of politics and finance, which clearly
portrays the necessity of a commission
to examine the intellectuals of those
who write books"
Inc paragraph is quoted merely for
the purpose of saying a word about
the sort of publishers who bring out
books of an inferior kind at the au-
thor's expense. 1t happens in this
case that the publishers are not guilty
OF this fault, but the short review calls
to mind the increasing number of VOL
umes which are published by men
Who are not entitled to the term pub
nshers. They are manufacturers of
books at the expense of the authors.
In about one case out of 10, 900 the au-
thor is reimbursed through royalty re-
turns. In the majority of cases, the
authors are always in debt to their
publishers. Probably 500 worthless
books are thus brouhgt out each year.
Lady Roses Daughter" is achieving
a remarkable success in spite of con-
siderable criticism of Mrs. Humphrey
Ward for borrowing much of the story
from the life, letters and adventures
of Mile. Julie de Lespinasse, who was
prominent in the social and literary life
of France at the end of the eighteenth
century. Mrs. Ward has taken the
trouble to reply to these criticisms in
the following letter:
II am delighted to find from a stray
newspaper paragraph which has
reached me that some of your literary