The San Francisco call., 1907-02-10
Gossip Of Books and People
Who Make Them

~Ths American Book Prices Current"
issued by Dodd. Mead & Co, for 1885,
1895 (the twelfth year) states that 139.-
asa books were sold at auction for that
yearly period or these the prices are
stated at s14,soo. A rare edition of the
Poe "Al Aasraaf' brought $500.
Miss Jane Adams, known through
out the country for her excellent work
at the head of Hull House, in Chicago,
Is bringing out through the Macmillan
Company q study of the various moral
substitutes for war which have been
developed by. social and economic in
nuences- The title of the book will
be Newer Ideals OF Peace"
The would-be eccentrics who declare
that Byron Is an overrated and far
from immortal versifer must look with
despair. says the New York Tribune.
at the succession OF new books about
the poet. The latest volume is a re-
print Of Trelawney's "Recollections" OF
the last days OF Byron and Shelley, with
an Introduction by Professor Dowden.
A forthcoming volume is new Life
Of Byron" by Ernest Coleridge.
Who is the poet who, In popular
editions. finds the greatest sale? Mr..
Shorter assures Us that it is Longfellow
and that Byron comes next.
Apparently the campaign of London
Times Book Club, which has so deeply
stirred the English publishing world.
has begun to influence the practical
conditions OF the market. Messrs.
Longmans, Green & Co. are introduc-
ing In London, in modified form. the
newspaper system of sale or return.
According TO their new arrangement.
the bookseller Is to be allowed to re-
turn at the end Of sixty days one unsold
copy out Of three copies Of q work pur-
chased from this house.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, British
ambassador, has written a new novel.
Its title and general character are
known as yet to a few personal friends
OF the ambassador. but it will soon be
published. The ambassador already
has a novel of English life, Marion
Preveryn." to his credit as an author
1t is his purpose following his ap-
preaching retirement from public life
to devote his life to literary pursuits
Not in water is writ the name OF
John Keats, but in gold. No less a sum
than $500 was paid in a London auc-
tion room the other day for his will.
two locks of his hair. and letter.
Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton. wife
of the we'll. known naturalist and au-
thor, has written a companion to her
Woman Tenderfoot." which will ap-
pear IN April. through Dubleday. Page
& Co., entitled .Ninrods Wife" It pur-
poses to describe the authors travels
with her husband and to furnish the
modern female traveller with q guide.
There are descriptions OF places In the
Sierras, the Rockies. along the Ottawa
River, and in Norway. The full-page
pictures and decorations have been
made by Walter Aing Stone
Miss Constance A Barnicoot has
made some Investigations as to the sort
OF books girls read Here is a list OF
their favorite authors. in order- I. Ed
ma Lyall: g II. S. Merriman; 8, R L.
Stevenson: 4, Stanley Weyman; 5. An
thony Hope; s, Marion Crawford Z.
Mrs Gaske1l; s. Lytton: 9, Marie Co
relIi; 10, ~Allen Raine-" The list is
rather curious, and one from which il
would be extremely difficult to draw
any broad deduction as to what par
ticular style of book was most pleas
ing to girl readers