New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-17
BOOKS EAST And WEST
n.u.s NTH Publishers Outside Of
Nesc-Y York.

80 rho testimony OF all those firms repre-
= in our Symposium that unusual pros
=. promises to characterize the fail season
p..'. reservation it was declared that the
,o-sl outlook had not been more taVoraoie
s. and il was agreed that the political
',sirr would have no effect upon the cir
80 Of new publications. With view 10
0o--..fr,ne II the feeling OF confidence dis
@.s s-,oar the publishers OF this city was
.s nv publishers elsewhere in the United
-, The Tribune has obtained expressions Of
-, ron conspicuous houses in Boston.
.n.5e,nhia and the West. These coincide
- .bs orinions Of the New-York firms every
- anticipating a brisk movement Of trade.
THE J. B. LIPPINCoTT COMPANY.
,.,,.s 70 explain the attitude on the subject
- n Philadelphia at this moment, Mr..
,-,-,,-rbu williams Of the publication depart
- Of the J. E. Lippincott Company in that
CITY, SAID;
-, ~ sound business and to a sale OF books
I.-qe as. Il not larger than, that Of last au-
-, and winter AS far as fiction goes, II is ap-
- that the disposition among book readers
= 90 stories Of American life 90 the present
,s,v rather than those which deal with times
cd everts gone by. However. the whole ques-
80, n the future OF the historical novel is one
49, no observer can definitely answer; and
. my niece Of fiction which has good story
.-s the people OF real life IN it there viii al
--svs be & large number OF readers. whether or
-o- The Characters Of history figure in the plot
The most encouraging feature OF this
su+rrnn season. so far as sales have developed,
!. me increasing interest in books which should
have more than ephemeral appeal History. ap-
-s-ently. is growing in favo--at least, that his
- which does not disdain 10 entertain while
-,.1r true TO fact both in statement and IN
-. The series Of True Histories and True
-5,or-snhies' which this house originated some
-os-s sro with the True George Washington,
~ -be late Paul leicester Ford. has proved
,s,,,ua-lv successful. and the most recent issue
The T-ue Abraham Lincoln by William
z-e-ov Curtis-has been in such demand as in
,,l,-es rs 10 look for Al increase rather than
4. si-,inution In the liking for some such form
If zs-aIizi-E the people and events OF history
and for q special popularity for the volume oy
Professor Guy Carleton Lee. Of Johns Hopkins
T-,i-e-sirv. The True History Of the Civil War
shortly 10 be issued. Perhaps the most I'M
-o--s-- work which we shall complete this
s,-,,-7n is Chambers's 'CyclopRdia OF English
literature the third volume OF which dealing
r--ar with American literature. is 10 be issued
during the present month.
IT has been before remarked that the big
sellers OF to-day in reality are not recent
6eveloouent Of the business Of book-selling, ana
attention has been called 10 the enormous sales
achieved by some OF the standard English
-oye1s Our own experience with the Bio
r-arhiosl Edition Of Dickens which NJ
George Gissng has edited for Us, and which
was nut upon the market only a few weeks ago.
embassies this fact. 10 fiction on our list has
ret with relatively as large favor as this l.
hra-y q books from man whose name GER
.si-lv never apDears among the authors OF the
six best selling books Of to-day. In the be-
lief thar The demand for standard works, and
for the current books OF history, biography,
science and literature, Is the expression Of an
appetite which should prove alike more endur-
ing and more heaIthful both to reader and pub
lisher. We expect TO devote q large share Of our
energies 70 the publication and distribution OF
books Of that class. and We viii publish only
such fiction as We feel has intrinsic worth TO
commend IT, Il is well recognized that the fc-
ton market already is Cverstocle6, and no
good can result TO anyone from further contri-
button 10 the great number Of stories OF in
different or positively worthless kind which are
now besElng 10 be sold
Tor The winter We anticipate good sales. The
tendency Of booksellers 10 purchase in mod
crate quantities and al repeated intervals is
much more evident than formerly. with the re-
sult that both Publisher and bookseller should
he better able hereafter TO regulate the guam
THY OF any one book which he shall keep on
hand IN order TO Doe provided against the orders
for immediate delivery and delivery in the
early future"
GEORGE ". JACOBS & CO.
George ". Jacobs & Co., also Of Phila-
delphia, are no less optimistic. we have
every reason 10 believe" said a member OF the
firm, Judging from our own experience, that
this viii be the most successful season the book
trace has ha6 for number OF years. Our
orders from booksellers throughout the country
are. IL almost every case. much larger than
those OF last year This Of Itself is an Indica-
ton OF the confidence the booksellers have in
the outlook for business" as regards the drift
toward American authors, these publishers,
while having among their twenty-five new
books z study OF a foreigner. Marie Corelh:
The Writer and the Woman" are strong In
their faith in American writers. They announce
The Home Builders" by Carl Edwin Harri-
nan; The Raublllcus Book by Walt Nc
Dougau; wit and Hurnor OF American Poll
tics" Immortality OF Animals" by E. 3.
BucAner an American physician, and a mum
Der o. new juveniles by such native authors IS
Amy z. Blanchard. ". .. Stoddard and Ed
ward Robins
HOCGHTON. MIFFLIN & COMPANY.
II Boston Houghton, MifTlin & Company con-
seer the outlook for the book season now open
ING 10 be fun of promise. They have been eX-
t7ernely active in al departments Of their busi-
ness throughout the year. and ia some depart
ferts their September output has been the
l2rgest on record with them.
THOMAS Y CROMWELL & COMPANY.
". Crowen. Of Thomas Y. Crowen & Com