Publishers' ddeekly THE AMERICAN BOOK TRADE JOURNAL With which is incorporated the American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular F. LEYPOLDT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 37 PARK Row, NEW YORK VOL. XI., No. 2. NEW YORK, January 13, 1877. WHOLE NO. 261. D. APPLETON & CO., 549 and 551 Broadway, New York, I. PUBLISH THIS DAY: The Life of His Royal Highness the By THEODORE MARTIN. With Portraits. Vol. II. "Mr. Martin has discharged an arduous and delicate duty with admirable taste, with great ability and sound judgment; but perhaps the best parts of the book, which will excite the deepest interest, are the graceful papers which he has been allowed to publish from the journal and correspondence of the Queen." Saturday Review. "All who care for details of court-life in its innermost circles, and for such exhibitions of royal and princely character as familiar letters can furnish, will find them in abundance in this volume."-London Athenæum. "The complete revelation which Mr. Martin, under the sanction of the Queen, is permitted to make of the diplomatic conduct of the Government during the six years of the Prince Consort's life, which this volume covers, elevates the work from being merely a biography, into an important contribution to the political history of the time."-New York Daily Times. II. A Mad World and its Inhabitants. By JULIUS CHAMBERS. I vol., 12mo, cloth, $1.25. "Mr. Chambers has done good work. The book shows him to have plenty of courage, a great deal of observation, some humor, and an unaffected belief in the daily press. No one who begins 'A Mad World' is likely to leave it unfinished."-Academy. "It is sufficient testimony to the truth and graphic power of this remarkable exposé to say that it has the commendation and approval of Mr. Charles Reade."-London World. "The mission which the writer of this volume undertook was one requiring Titanic nerves, and an amount of self-pos Library Edition of the Waverley Novels. His session granted to few men, although desired by many. By Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart. To be completed in 25 volumes. Large 8vo, red cloth, $3.50 per vol. Two volumes each month until completed. This edition of the Waverley Novels is printed in bold, legible type, on large 8vo paper, and will be illustrated with about two hundred steel plates by artists of the highest eminence. Either of the above sent FREE BY MAIL to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price. TENNYSON'S NEW POEM. HAROLD. A Drama of the Norman Conquest. Author's Edition, 16mo, $1. Illustrated Edition, with 12 Heliotype Illustrations by MACLISE, "This masterly production."-Tribune. 12mo, $2. "The extreme beauty of the poem as a work of high literary art."-Evening Post. "Mr. Tennyson has given in this new drama so many passages which fill eye, ear, and soul all at once, with inexpressible delight, that for these alone it will rank with his best poems."-North American Review. THREE MEMORIAL POEMS. By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Square 16mo. Tastefully bound. $1.25. "They will rank very high in American literature, not more for the grandeur and inspiration of their themes than for the love of justice, freedom, peace, and humanity which pulses through them."-New York Times. "Full of satisfaction for mind, heart, and soul. All are rich in beauty and truth."-Christian Register. "The Centennial year has given birth to nothing better than these poems."-New York Evening Post. [By Special Arrangement with the author and the London Publishers.] DISCOVERIES AT EPHESUS. Including the Site and Remains of the Great Temple of Diana. By J. T. WOOD, F.S.A., Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. With Numerous Illustrations from Original Drawings and Photographs. I volume, imperial 8vo, gilt top, beveled boards. $20. This great work is parallel in importance and interest with the work of Schliemann on the Troy of Homer. It records the labor of eleven years, the methods of exploration, and the large results. The many busts, torsos, inscriptions, etc., discovered, are minutely described and also fully illustrated. In its department of knowledge and letters this is a work of the first importance, and will command the eager interest of those who can rightly appreciate its value. CHOICE HELIOTYPE BOOKS. Each containing 24 full-page Heliotypes, with descriptive let- GEMS OF THE GRAY COLLECTION. GALLERY OF GREAT ARTISTS. 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A Story. By Edith Milner, author of " Fitful THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE REVOLUTION. By Charles H. Woodman. fine cloth, $1.25. 12mo, "The author has achieved a rare success in the attempt to render history inviting to youthful readers."-Chicago Tribune. POEMS. By Sidney Lanier. 12mo, extra cloth, $1. "A wonderfully rich body of real poetry."-Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. ORDERS FROM THE TRADE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Publishers, Booksellers, and Importers, 715 and 717 Market St., Philadelphia. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, No. 182 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, HAVE NOW READY, The Plains of the Great West and their Inhabitants. A vivid and picturesque description of the Western Plains of the American Continent, including accounts of the game, a careful topographical record, notes of emigration, etc., etc., and an exhaustive account of the life and habits of the Indians (both the "reserved" and the "unreserved "), their customs in fighting, hunting, marriage, death, clothing, religious beliefs and rites, etc., etc., with some suggestions for the treatment of the Indian question. By RICHARD IRVING DODGE, Colonel in the U. S. Army. Fully illustrated from drawings by Griset. Large octavo, cloth extra, $4. Colonel Dodge has, during many years, held positions of responsibility on the Western frontier, and has enjoyed exceptional opportunities for obtaining an intimate knowledge of the life and habits of the Indians, and of the features of the great plains in which they live, and the record of his experiences and observations will be found not only most fascinating reading, but a trustworthy and authoritative guide on the subjects of which it treats. NEARLY READY, SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY. Being Volume II. of the series of SELECT BRITISH ESSAYISTS. Edited by JOHN HABBERTON. Square 16mo, cloth extra, $1. "A truly readable and delightful series."-Liberal Christian. "A timely revival of the best English classics."-Evening Mail. The Childhood of the English People. By ELLA S. ARMITAGE. Square 16mo, cloth extra, $1.50. This forms an excellent introductory volume to the "Epochs of English History." . "An admirable book and most interesting to read."-School Guardian. "If as many purchase this volume as need it, it will have a wonderful sale."—Exeter Times. JUST PUBLISHED, THE BARTON EXPERIMENT. By the author of " Helen's Babies." Twentieth thousand. Square 16mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1. "Clear, picturesque delineations of character."-New York Tribune. "Extremely interesting."-New York Post. "It is twice the book that 'Helen's Babies' was, and it ought to have twice the sale."-New York Mail. Quarter page.. Eighth page.. Sixteenth page.. Short advertisements, per line.. $20 00 12 00 7 00 4 00 2 50 25 Front, back, second and third pages, and pages facing editorial matter, $25. Applications for these pages should be made at least ten days before publication day. Special rates for twelve, six, and three months' contracts. Books Wanted, or for Exchange, or Rare and Secondhand Books for Sale, 10 cents per line. Situations Wanted, free insertion of five lines. Short advertisements must be paid in advance. Advertisements should reach the office not later than Wednesday morning, but are desired as much earlier as possible. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year, postage prepaid... Three Months, postage prepaid. ........ Single copies, 8 cents; post-paid, to cents. All subscriptions payable in advance. .$3.20 1.00 Remittances should be made by draft on New York, P.O. money order, or registered letter. We can not be responsible for loss. tion, was peculiarly successful; and Mrs. Monroe's "Story of our Country" was a story that found eager readers everywhere. MR. WARNER'S new book, "In the Levant," keeps getting out of print. Apparently there is a conspiracy among readers and booksellers to force Osgood & Co. to make new editions all the time. TENNYSON'S "Harold" has just appeared in a new edition, with twelve heliotypes from Maclise's "History of the Norman Conquest." It is a handsome book for two dollars, and would have been in immense demand if it had come out before Christmas. ROBERTS BROS. have reissued their "Mice at Play" in a cheap (paper) edition, under the very descriptive title of Some Other Babies, Very Like Helen's, Only More So." The third series of Landor's "Imaginary Conversations," including most of those between literary persons, is nearly ready. The publication of the new 37 PARK Row, N. Y. (fourth) No Name volume, "Kismet," has been postponed from January 10th (as announced) to the 15th. Address, P. O. Box 4295, N. Y. PUBLICATION OFFICE, NOTES IN SEASON. JAMES R. OSGOOD & Co. have nearly ready the third and last volume of Wilson's great historical work on the "Rise and Fall of the Slave Power of America." At the time of VicePresident Wilson's death the work was virtually complete, all the material having been collected, and all but three or four of the concluding chapters written. These have been added by Rev. Samuel Hunt, of Natick, Mass., who was Mr. Wilson's trusted coadjutor in the preparation of the entire work, and carried it through the press. This work is beyond comparison the fullest and most trustworthy history of American slavery and its overthrow. Mr. Wilson was strongly anti-slavery in feeling, conviction, and action; but his work is not written from a partisan point of view, and it has a quite exceptional value in the fact that Mr. Wilson was intimately associated with many of the most momentous incidents in the contest he describes. THE Putnams publish this week their promised work on "The Plains of the Great West, and their Inhabitants," by Colonel Dodge, whose army experience in the Indian wars has enabled him to make a study both of the topography of the country and the life and habits of the natives. The book is fully illustrated, and is valuable for its suggestions on the treatment of Publishers' Board of Trade. the Indian question, as well as for its notes on emigration, its account of the game, etc. This will be immediately followed by the second volume in their Select British Essayists, "Sir Roger de Coverley," edited by John Habberton, and by Dr. E. C. Seguin's treatise on "Spinal Paralysis, Acute, Sub-Acute, and Chronic." LOCKWOOD, BROOKS & CO. report satisfactory returns from every book they published last fall, and in some instances they could hardly meet the demand. "The Sky Garden," with its combination of story and unique illustra OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, III and 113 William street, New York. January 9, 1876. WITHDRAWALS. By R. S. DAVIS & Co.: J. W. Fiske, Boston. By HARPER & Bros. : M. A. Root, Buffalo, N. Y. (Not engaged, as erroneously reported in last number.) H. W. CURTISS, Secretary. |