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HIS is a matter that should have the attention of everyone in the book business. It is important that bookseller, publisher and wholesaler give it careful consideration and that they act at once. And, having acted, it is still more important that, until success is assured, there should be no slackening of any pressure that may be exerted.

It concerns that evil from which there apparently has been no release since the passage of the anti-trust legislation and the United States Supreme Court's decision in the Dr. Miles case—that is, price cutting.

We know, all of us, that promiscuous cutting of prices has done the book business no good. Everyone feels-has always felt -that something ought to be done. Something has been done-several times, without success. It has not been due to unwillingness to try new ways and means that matters have continued as they have. It is because of a handicap that was given the opponents, and the fact that they have been organized to combat every effort to effect a change. But each year as the small and only partially organized group in favor of resale price legislation has been fighting for some relief, its pleas have been given more and more attention.

The trade is referred to Waldon Fawcett's article in the September 17th issue of The Publishers' Weekly. Mr. Fawcett has clearly outlined the situation and shown how, at first, the resale price legislation bills were presented in Congress by Congressmen, "sincere converts to the cause," but at the instigation of the concerned business interests. His contention is that the new bill has a strong position even tho previous bills have been defeated, and is based on the fact that the present interest comes from within Congress rather than from without; that it is not due so much to outside pressure as it is to the belief on

the part of a number of our representatives that it is a matter of importance and should be given a hearing before the entire Congressional body instead of being killed in committee. Incidentally, the newest measure, the Merritt Substitute Bill, has been carefully drawn and seems to cover every point that has heretofore been used by the opponents to show how unreasonable such legislation may be.

With the added interest of the Federal Trade Commission, which body is also investigating resale price maintenance, it seems that the time has come to clearly state our side of the question in order that our feeling in this matter may be thoroly understood. For years the opposition has been "lobbying" in order to kill all bills as soon as they go to a committee. It is time that some effort be made to get one bill acted on by the entire Congressional body. To do so, every individual in the booktrade ought to express his views in this matter to the Congressman from his district and the Senators of his state. If there are other persons in Washington who may have anything to do with this legislation and with whom anyone has contact, they too should be told of the booktrade's viewpoint.

Books have been the property of too many advertising departments for too long a period. It is time that some measure of relief be granted. And this seems to be the time to fight for it, so let us all do what we can and continue our individual campaigns until we get the fair hearing that so important a matter deserves. (Signed)

ARTHUR W. BRENTANO, JR., Chairman of the Board of Trade of the American Booksellers' Association

ELLIS W. MEYERS,

Executive Secretary.

Change in Price

BRENTANO'S

"Shelley's Lyrical Poems" increased in price from $3.75 to $5.00.

"Shelley's Dramatic Poems" increased in price from $4.50 to $5.00.

"Poems of William Blake" increased in price from $3.75 to $5.00.

"Poems of John Keats" increased in price from $6.50 to $8.00 per set.

Beebe-Thane Wedding WILLIAM BEEBE, scientist and ex

plorer, was married to Elswyth Thane, novelist, September 22nd. The ceremony took place on the yacht "Warrior" belonging to Mr. Harrison Williams, at anchor off Oyster Bay.

Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Williams, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., Gen. and Mrs. John H. Russell, Prof. and Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn, Col. and Mrs. A. R. Kuser, and Mrs. Herbert Satterlee.

Mr. Williams has helped to finance several of Mr. Beebe's recent expeditions, and it was on the "Warrior" that he met the famous "Arcturus" in mid-ocean during her Sargasso Sea-Galapagos trip. He has placed the "Warrior" at the disposal of Mr. and Mrs. Beebe for an indefinite period, and when last seen they were steaming full speed ahead, southward.

Mr. Beebe is known for his books, "The Arcturus Adventure," "Jungle Peace," "Galapagos," "Pheasant Jungles," etc., published by G. P. Putnam & Sons.

Miss Thane is the author of several successful novels, published by F. A. Stokes Company. The first of these, "Riders of the Wind," which came out three years ago, was dedicated to Mr. Beebe. It is to be filmed by First National. Her forthcoming book, "His Elizabeth," will be published during the winter.

On their return, Mr. and Mrs. Beebe will take up their residence at 33 West 67th Street, where a new studio apartment is being prepared for them.

HAROLD SHAYLOR, one of the directors of Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, English book publishers, has sailed for America and will be resident at the Webster Hotel on Forty-fifth Street, New York, about the first of October. He expects to visit booksellers in this city and also in Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston.

The Board of Directors of Little, Brown & Company, Incorporated, has elected Murray Brown as a Director of the Corporation to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Warren H. Wright.

Business Notes

BOSTON, MASS.-Mrs. Wm. G. Perry and Miss Margaret Amory have opened the Dartmouth Bookstall, Inc., at 265 Dartmouth Street.

BROOKLYN, N. Y.-Sam Kaplan has opened a circulating library at 1743 Flatbush Avenue.

EAST ORANGE, N. J.-Gertrude Laflin has opened a circulating library at 72 Brick Church Plaza.

HARTFORD, CONN.-The "Y" Bookshop has been opened at 320 Ann Street by Miss Elena Herrschaft.

RICHMOND, VA.-Amanda Bryan has opened the Little Book Shop at 6 North Second Street.

SEATTLE, WASH.-Jane Garrott has taken over the management of Raymer's Old Book Store at 4207 University Way, near the University of Washington.

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HIS list aims to be a complete and accurate record of American book publications. Pamphlets will be included only if of special value. Publishers should send copies of all books promptly for annotation and entry, and the receipt of advance copies insures record simultaneous with publication. The annotations are descriptive, not critical; intended to place not to judge the books. Pamphlet material and books of lesser trade interest are listed in smaller type.

Imprint date or best available date, preferably copyright date in bracket, is always stated, except when imprint date and copyright date agree and are of the current year, in which case only "c" is used. No ascertainable date is designated thus: [n.d.].

Sizes are indicated as follows: F (folio: over 30 centimeters high); Q (4to: under 30 cm.); O (8v0: 25 cm.); D (12mo: 20 cm.); S (16mo. 171⁄2 cm.); T (24m0: 15 cm.); sq., obl., nar., designate square, oblong, narrow.

American caravan, The; ed. by Van Wyck Brooks and others. 859p. O [c.'27] N. Y., Macaulay

$5 A yearbook of verse, fiction, drama, essays, and sketches, representing the literary tendencies in America today.

American library directory, The, 1927; a classified list of 11,000 libraries with names of librarians; comp. by Florence A. Huxley. 512p. O c. N. Y., R. R. Bowker Co. $10 Ames, Joseph Bushnell

Loudon from Laramie. various p. D (Copyright fiction) '27 N. Y., Burt

75 c.

A tale of the French mountains of particular appeal to Roman Catholic readers.

N. Y., Harper

Abbott, Justin E.

Eknath; a translation from the Bhaktalilamrita. 295p. D (Poet-saints of Maharashtra, no. 2) [27] [Summit, N. J., Author]

A. L. O. E.

$1.25

The beautiful garment, and other stories. 96p. il. S [c. '27] Rock Island, Ill., Augustana Bk. Concern

Alm, Aulda

bds. 30 c.

Princess Olden days, and five other stories for

An Africa for Africans. N. Y., Longmans

217p. map O '27 $3.60

A picture of the literary process that produced Luke and Acts.

Chaliapine, Feodor Ivanovitch

Pages from my life; an autobiography; ed: by Katharine Wright. 345p. il. O c. N. Y., Harper

$5 Story of the famous baritone, who for several years traveled thru Russia as a strolling player. Chapman, John Martin, and Westerfield, Ray Bert

Problems in banking, money and credit. 782p. diagrs. O [c. '27] N. Y., Ronald $4.50 Chatterton, Edward Keble

Across the seven seas. 251p. il. D c. Phil., Lippincott $1.75

An exciting tale for boys of a race across the seven seas in pursuit of a $10,000 prize. The author is well known for his books on ships and the

"A plea on behalf of territorial segregation areas and of their freedom in a South African colony." Crofts, Freeman Wills

The Starvel Hollow tragedy. 358p. D c. N. Y., Harper

$2

An Inspector French mystery story in which the crime surrounding the burning of an old house and the finding of three charred bodies is unfolded.

Schuster

N. Y., Simon & $3

The author of "The Story of Philosophy" writes a novel, which he describes as "a sentimental story of one mind and one era.' Everton, Francis

The Dalehouse murder. 309p. D [c. '27] Ind., Bobbs-Merrill

$2 The poisoning of a beautiful girl while a guest at a summer house party is the theme for a new mystery story warranted to keep the reader guessing. Fabre, Jean-Henri Casimir

Curiosities of science; ed. and tr. by Percy F. Bicknell. 381p. il. O [c. '27] N. Y., Century $2.50 Stories of natural phenomena written in a delightfully entertaining way that will appeal to children.

Fletcher, Joseph Smith

The author is a Professor of Latin at Smith College, Guiterman, Arthur Wildwood fables. 140p. D [c. 27] N. Y., Dutton bds. $2 Stories in rhyme about animals, birds and fish.

False scent. 295p. D (Popular copyrights) [c. '25] N. Y., Grosset

Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

75 c.

$2

Hardican's Hollow. 324p. D [c. '27] N. Y., Doran

The mystery of a murdered man found in an ancient Roman fortification.

Foa, Madame Eugénie [Rodrigues-Gradis] Mystery of Castle Pierrefitte; tr. by Amena Pendleton; il. by Frank Dobias. 237p. il. (col. front.) D c. N. Y., Longmans

$2

A mystery story for children laid in the Pyrenees at the close of the eighteenth century. Foakes-Jackson, Frederick John, D.D.

Peter prince of apostles; a study in the history and tradition of Christianity. front. maps O [c. '27] N. Y., Doran

Freeman, Lewis Ransome

Waterways of westward wandering.

il. O c. N. Y., Dodd, Mead

320p.

$2.50

380p.

$3.50

The author of "Down the Columbia" and other travel books describes some small boat voyages down the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

Frost, Helen

$3.50 The beauties and joys of France described in a book which is not so much a guide book as an appreciation.

Oriental and character dances; with music. 118p. il. Q c. N. Y., A. S. Barnes

$3

$1.50

Dafrose, Sister M.

A laboratory notebook in biology; with biographical notes on Catholic biologists. 117p. diagrs. Q c. N. Y., Benziger Bros. pap. 6 c.

Goddard, Eunice Rathbone

Women's costume in French texts of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. 268p. (18p. bibl.) il. O '27 Balt., Johns Hopkins Press pap. $1.25