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Reprinted from the New-York Times of July 3d, 1875. With some Revisions and Additions. 8°, pp. 34. Pap., 25 c.... Times Office. Boone.-Manual of the Blessed Sacrament. Transl. from the French of Rev. T. B. Boone, S. J. By Mrs. Annie Blount Storrs. 18°, pp. 506. $1.. Cath. Pub. Soc. Bush.-Statement of Reasons for Embracing the Doctrines and Disclosures of Emanuel Swedenborg. By the Rev. George Bush, late Prof. of Hebrew in the New-York University. With a Biographical Sketch of the Author. (No. 10 of New Church Tracts.) 16°, pp. xxiv, 120. Pap., 25 c... Swinney. 75 C... Conway. The Complete Poems of John D. Conway; or, Hours of Recreation. 12°, pp. 200. $1.... .Conway. Counterparts; or, the Cross of Love. By the Author of "Rumor' and Charles Auchester. 8°, pp. 263. Pap., Estes & L. Darwin.-Insectivorous Plants. By Charles Darwin, F.R.S., etc. 12°, pp. 462. $2. ..Appleton. Faxon.-Illustrated Handbook of Summer Travel to the Lakes, Springs, and Mountains of New-England and New-York. By Charles A. Faxon. New ed. Ed. by Edward S. Sears. 16°, pp. 286. $1......... Estes & L. Gaboriau.-File No. 113. By Emile Gaboriau, author of "The Mystery of Orcival," etc. (Osgood's Library of Novels, No. 50.) 8°. $1.25; pap., 75 c........... Osgood. Hall.-Preaching: Manner and Matter. An Address by Rev. John Hall, D.D., of the Fifth Ave. Presb. Church, N. Y. Delivered before the Drew Theolog. Sem., Madison, N. J. Reported by Wm. Anderson. 12, pp. 31. Pap., 20 c...... .....Nelson & P. Harkey.-Justification by Faith, as held and taught by Lutherans, together with the associated Doctrines of Sanctification and the Union of the Soul with Christ; or, The Lutheran Doctrine of the Inner Life. A Book for the People. By Simeon W. Harkey, D.D., author of "Church's Best State,' etc. 16°, pp. 230. $1.25 and $1.50.. Luth. Pub. Soc. Hobbs.-Wild Life in the Far West. Being the Life and Personal Adventures of Capt. James Hobbs (Comanche Jim"), renowned all over the broad Western Plains and among the Mountains as the great Pioneer, Hunter, Trapper, Scout, and Guide. Narrated by Himself, and covering a Period of Thirty Years of Hunting and Trapping Adventures with Kit Carson and other old Pioneers, Captivity and Life among the Comanches, Services in the War with Mexico and in the Mexican War against the French, desperate Combats with Apaches and Grizzly Bears, wonderful Escapes, daring Deeds, terrible Sufferings, heroic Endurance, and Self-sacrifice, etc., etc. 8°. pp. 500. $2.50.... Hutchinson. 8°, PP. Estes & L. Jackson.-Discourses. By the Rev. Abner Jackson, D.D., LL.D., sometime President of Hobart Coll., Geneva, and late President of Trinity Coll., Hartford. [Portrait.] 16°, pp. ix, 182. $1.50.. ....Whittaker. Melville.-Maud or Nina. By G. J. Whyte Melville, author of Katerfelto," "Holmby House," etc. 159. Pap.. 75 C Michelet.-Love. By M. Michelet. Transl. by Dr. PalNew ed. Illustr. 12°. Pap., $1..... Carleton. My Uncle Toby: His Table-Talks and Reflections. By an Attorney-at-Law. 18°, pp. 328. $1.25. Hitchcock & W. Noble.-Useful Tables. Compiled by W. H. Noble, M.A., Captain Royal Artillery. Printed by order of the Secretary of State for War, London. 16°, pp. 84. 50 c. mer. Van Nostrand. Paget.-Clinical Lectures and Essays. By Sir James Paget, Bart., F.R.S., D.C.L., etc. 8°. $5.Appleton. Peck.-Manual of Algebra. By William G. Peck, LL.D. 12°, pp. 331. Hlf. roan, $1.60.. Barnes. Pooler.-Test Speller for the Use of Teachers' Institutes and other Spelling Classes. Words with Definitions selected and alphabetically arranged for convenient reference. By C. T. Pooler, A.M. 12°, pp. 79. Hlf. bds., 30 c. Barnes. **Scott.-The Waverley Novels. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Vols. 7 and 8. Rob Roy. 2 vols. Illustr. (Thistle ed.) 12°, pp. 375, 394. Per vol., $1.50; Tky. mor., $2.25.... ..Hale. ་་ Ambition, Estes & L. The Waverley Novels. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Vols. 9 and 10 Old Mortality. 2 vols. Illustr. (Thistle ed.) 12°, pp. 359, 367. Per vol., $1.50; Tky. mor., $2.25. Hale. **The Waverley Novels. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Vols. 11 and 12. The Heart of Midlothian. 2 vols. Illustr. (Thistle ed.) 12°, pp. 464, 461. $1.50; Tky. mor., $2.25..... Hale. Selles.-Amy's Temptation; or, One Year with the Leonard Family. By Mrs. S. E. Selles. Illustr 16°. pp. 300. $1.25.. Hitchcock & W. Smith.-Woman's Love; or, Like and Unlike. By J. F. Smith, author of Sir Bernand Gaston," etc. 8°, pp. 253. Pap., 75 c...... Songs of the Year, and other Poems. By "Charlton." 12°, pp. vi, 178. $1.50...... Clarke. A Collection of Tunes Sweetser.-Pilgrim Melodies. adapted to Hymns in the "Songs for the Sanctuary" and other prominent Collections for Church Worship. By J. E. Sweetser. 8°, pp. 73. $1... ....Barnes. Tennyson.-Queen Mary. A Drama. By Alfred Tennyson. 18°. (Šaunterer's ed.) 50 c.; pap., 25 c. Osgood. Townsend.-Temptation and Triumph. With other Stories. By Virginia F. Townsend. 16°, pp. 389. $1.25. Hitchcock & W. Urmy.-Lost and Found. By Rev. W. S. Urmy. Illustr. 18°, pp. 176. $1.25.... .......Hitchcock & W Whitney-Handbook of Bible Geography. By Rev. George H. Whitney, D.D. Illustr. New ed. 12°, pp. 495. $2.50... Nelson & P. Wingate.-Views and Interviews on Journalism. Edited by Charles F. Wingate (Carlfried). 12°, pp. 370. $2. Patterson. .. Harkey, Justification by Faith.....$1.25 & 1.50 Jackson, Discourses.. 1.50 ANNOUNCEMENTS OF FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS. RESOLVED, That this Convention recognize the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY as the established organ of the entire trade, and recommend it to publishers as the medium through which they should make their "first announcement" of books they propose to publish, and the full title of all books immediately on publication.-AMERICAN BOOK TRADE ASSOCIATION. The Lacy Diamonds. By the Author of "Harwood," HURD & HOUGHTON, New-York. Library Notes. By A. T. Russell. D. LOTHROP & CO., Boston. Barbara. A New Story by the Author of "Silent Tom." Illustrated. MACMILLAN & CO., New-York. Zoology and Geology of Persia, with Narratives of Travel. By W. T. Blanford, Major St. John, Major Lovett, and Major Evans Smith, with Introduction by Sir F. J. Goldsmid. Colored illustrations, plates, and map 2 vols. Medium 8°. Political and Military Episodes in the First of the Reign of George III. Edited from the Papers of Right Hon. Lieut.-Gen. John Burgoyne, by Edward Fonblanque. Portrait. 8°. Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, from the Earliest Date to the Present Time. By W. D. Killen, D.D. 2 vols. 8°. The Age of Pericles. A History of the Arts and Politics of Greece, from the Persian to the Peloponnesian War. By W. Watkyss Lloyd. 2 vols. 8°. A History of Lloyd's and Marine Insurance. By Frederick Martin, Compiler of the Statesmen's Year-Book, and B. C. Stephenson, sometime Secretary of Lloyd's. 8°. Angola and the River Congo. By Joachim Monteiro. With illustrations and maps. 1 vol. Cr. 8°. NELSON & PHILLIPS, New-York. Campaign in India. By Rev. Wm. Taylor. (Nearly ready.) T. B. PETERSON & BROS., Philadelphia. Told in the Twilight. By Mrs. Henry Wood. 8°. Pap., 50 c. (Nearly ready.) E. STEIGER, New-York. Ahn's First German Reader. With Notes and Vocabulary. By Dr. P. Henn. Bds., 60 c. - Same, with Foot-notes and Vocabulary. By Dr. P. Henn. Bds., 60 c. Key to Ahn's First German Reader. By Dr. P. Henn. Bds., 30 c. Why Association was a Necessity. THE tyranny and ill-direction of what are known as "trades-unions" have given so bad a name to trade associations of whatever sort, that it becomes necessary occasionally to insist that there is a vital distinction between business organizations of right purpose, and those which are simply selfish and in opposition to public policy, and to point out why the necessity for the former exists. It is just as well, perhaps, to make the question specific at once, and to show that the American Book Trade Association was a necessity to right a wrong, which could not have been righted with out some such association, and which needed to be righted, as well for the interests of the community at large as of the trade immediately interested. It is, of course, not to be denied that the imme ers in other wares, and this is but one point among many. If an underseller comes into a town, the regular dealer who has simply earned his living profit must be content either to let much of his trade go by for the time, or meet the underseller by offering his books also at prices which he can not rightly afford, for the purpose of holding the trade. The underseller is pretty sure to fail, and to make the publisher pay for his recklessness; but then what happens? Either the regular dealer must keep his books down to the underselling price and ultimately fail, or the book-buyers of his place will send to other cities where they are undersold, and leave his books on his shelves. Nor can a regular dealer afford to buy out or run out an underseller every year or two, as Mr. McGinnis reported to the Convention he had done, with out being driven to make his real livelihood diate motives in forming such organizations are from other articles than in books. the dictates of self-interest, but this is a motivepower which is the life of business itself. The real question is whether this self-interest is narrow, and in opposition to the general good, when it comes into relations with the community. The promoters of book-trade reform have always claimed that the self-interest of their occupation was, at least to the extent of the principles of the reform, consonant with and promotive of the wider interest of the general public. They said that a bookstore of the proper sort was a decided benefit to the community, that such bookstores could not continue without reform, therefore that reform was to the public benefit. Both the facts and the conclusions seem to have been generally accepted as true by the public, but there has been some question, both inside and outside the trade, whether the object in question would not have been accomplished by the natural laws of trade. They say that a man who undersells, and does not save himself a living profit, must fail and die out of the business, and leave those who are wiser in possession of the field. We here reach directly the necessity for association and general organization. The difficulty is not local or temporary; it long ago became general and chronic. If the dealers in any one place held to sound and wise business principles, their customers were sooner or later taken away by other cities where dealers did undersell. Nobody could singly stand up against this general demoralization of the book blow without cutting his own head off by it. business. Nobody could singly strike the first The evil was so widespread that it could be met only by association, by national association, and by an association that should set business, and give strength to the weak by putforth definitely and firmly the true principles of ting its strength behind them. It is for this reason that no one can afford not to help forward the Association. Without it reform was not possible, and without reform there is little dissent of opinion as to the final result. So long, therefore, as the Association keeps itself within due bounds, no publisher or bookseller does rightly by his trade, it seems to danger of its going beyond those bounds, be us, by declining to join with it, and there is no cause then it would fall to pieces of its own weight. This is true, so far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. If the difficulty had been simply local, the natural laws of trade might have solved it. Even in this case, however, certain elements of embarrassment exist in the book business. As we have many times pointed out, IT is to local associations, after all, to whom books being exact duplicates of each other, the we shall have to look for the systematic and trader in them has none of the advantages practical work of reform. We reprint, therewhich the assurance of character gives to deal | fore, an account of the inception of the Roches ter book trade organization, as indicative of the sure, if in some respects slow, progress of the movement. Every such step will tell, and ultimately, we think, the real strength of the national association will lie in its banding together these State, county, and town leagues to whom the details of the corrections of the special abuses in each locality must be left. If the A. B. T. A. can cement these together, make them work in unison, promote general sympathy and mutual confidence, it will, perhaps, be better to leave the special work to each community. Boston to the Front. IN accordance with an invitation issued under the auspices of the American Book Trade Association, the New-England book trade met in convention at the Parker House, Boston, on Thursday, 19th inst., Mr. A. D. F. Randolph, of New-York, President of the A. B. T. A., in the chair. The assembly numbered about one hundred of the most prominent New-England firms. A permanent organization was effected under title "New-England Booksellers' Association." A full report of the meeting will be found in our next issue. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. An Appeal from the "Nation." NEW-YORK, August 16, 1875. To the Editor of the Publishers' Weekly: There can be no doubt that the critic of light literature for the Nation is a man. There is a tone of suppressed swearing about his efforts that is thoroughly masculine. The Nation critic has a lofty scorn for women's novels, and a tender pity for men caught at novel-writing. He generally begins criticisms of unknown writers by raising the question of sex. The notice of "Ward or Wife" (August 12) shows plainly that his labors occasion him keen suffering. That is the one redeeming trait in the rather brutal massacre of novels perpetrated by the Nation; it bears internal evidence that the books are really read before they are "hewed and slashed" by the dissecting knife, The notice referred to would lead any one unacquainted with the poetical justice of the Nation to suppose that the critic had pierced the incognito of the author, and found him, her, or it, a personal enemy. After I had read "Ward or Wife" with real pleasure, and a relish for its original tone and simple but touching plot, I picked up this notice. I hardly knew it for a criticism of the book I had just read. It put me, in my capacity as reader," in a strange position. I did not not find "Ward or Wife"" empty," so I am not thoughtful; I did not find it "vulgar," so I am by it, so I am not "hopeful"; I was not renpolite"; I was not made despondent" dered "morose," so I am not despondent. Still, having a strong consciousness of my "own identity," I have a bold idea that I must belong to some "class of readers," and that kindred spirits must be classified with me, and will probably see, as I did, the true, unselfish love of "Jim," the incorruptible nature of "Min," the noble resignation of “ Regy," and be affected and sorrows. as I was by the warmth of the story of their joys The Nation has "no space for long extracts to prove this statement," therefore it resorts to some ten detached lines to "illustrate the tone of the book." Suppose we apply the same method of illustration to the acumen of the critic. "Ward or Wife," he gravely remarks, must have been written by either a man or a woman;" and further on, in another notice, "We have seen better novels, and we have seen worse." It takes the Nation to utter such incontrovertible dicta. The same critic calls the style of the author "a strange jumble of French, English, and an occasional dash of German, as, for instance, we learn of Min that 'all at once, sans rime ni raison, she burst into tears;' and again, 'that she sits down sobbing, pour tout de bon." Within two columns the censor himself displays an éclaircissement," "a particular kind, absolutely sui generis," "his visible raison d'être," and "charming dramatic bonhomie." In regard to the not "left out" personal pronoun "his," and what follows, I wish to be understood literally; no moral application to the critic intended. 44 I think the Nation might spare itself and others great trouble by having a standing article against novels under the caption, "Lasciate ogni speranza." Critic could then insert the titles of novels received, and refer to said article for criticism. Having, as " reader," been deprived by the Nation of "name and class," I must, in signing this letter, pain once more its puritanical ears with a foreign accent, or can the Nation, without swearing, supply a stronger Saxon word for my bereaved condition? Declassé. The Booksellers in Council. [From the Rochester Daily Union, August 13, 1875.] LAST evening, a meeting of the booksellers and stationers of the State was held for the purpose of organization and for the carrying out the plans and rules of the American Booksellers' Association. The meeting was called to order by D. M. Dewey, President of the Rochester Booksellers' Association, who was appointed chairman of the evening. An organization was effected with the name of the Booksellers and Stationers' Association of the State of NewYork, representatives from all sections of the State, including Ogdensburg, Watertown, Syracuse, Elmira, Lockport, Buffalo, and other cities being present. A constitution was adopted, as well as rules and by-laws for the guidance of the association, the object being to correct the present demoralized condition of the trade, which if properly carried out will prove alike beneficial to the public at large as well as the trade. Officers were elected for the ensuing year, consisting of Erastus Darrow, of Rochester, President; S. S. Avery, of Rochester, VicePresident; Peter Paul, of Buffalo, Secretary. The meeting then adjourned to assemble again in Syracuse, the second Tuesday in August, next year. At the conclusion of business the chairman invited the members to attend a supper at Teall's, given by the Rochester Booksellers' Association. The programme arranged for this occasion was prepared by a well-known bookseller of this city, and is a curiosity in the shape of a literary, humorous, and witty bill of fare. We present it entire. The following is a copy of the outside: NOCTES TEALLIANA.-FEAST GIVEN BY THE ROCHESTER And then in quarrels of a slighter nature, At Teall's Restaurant, Rochester, Thursday evening, August 12, 1875. "Quid datur a Divis felici optatius hora?" BOOKS RECEIVED. COUNTERPARTS, by the author of "Charles Auchester;" WOMAN'S LOVE, by J. F. Smith; JETTATRICE, by Madame Augusta Craven ; STRETTON, by Henry Kingsley. Four good readable novels published by Estes & Lauriat. They are octavo, in paper covers, and sell for 75 c. each. OPEN! SESAME! by Florence Marryatt. (Estes & Lauriat.) The hero of this novel is a believer in mesmerism and spiritualism. In the pursuit of his studies he is made the dupe of a designing woman, his fears and credulity being worked upon to an extent which leads almost to madness. How he is married by his cousin, at first merely to save her fortune, and is afterwards loved by her, and through her courageous, though rather improbable, plotting is saved from the machinations of a wicked woman and restored to health and reason, is very cleverly related. Svo, paper, 75 c. THE SILENT WITNESS, by Edmund Yates. (William F. Gill & Co.) Edmund Yates runs more and more into the sensational. This novel, like his previous effort, "A Dangerous Game," rests more upon its plot than upon fine writing or character-sketching. The plot is of the harrowing order-the covering up of two brutal murders and the escape of the murderers being its most important feature. Of course there is love and love-making in it, but all of it is secondary to the main incidents mentioned. 8vo, paper, 75 C. WHITELADIES, by Mrs. Oliphant. (Henry Holt & Co.) The old manor-house from which the title of this book is derived, plays a conspicuous part in the story. It is the scene of a greater portion of the action, and is the motive for all of it. At the opening of the story it is about passing away, through the approaching death of the heir, Herbert Austin, to a distant cousin. Herbert's aunt, old Susan Austin, hates this cousin cordially, and resolves that Whiteladies" shall never be his. Though a good woman, and one who has led an exemplary life, she is, in a weak moment, drawn into a conspiracy to palm off a false heir, and marks out a line of deception that becomes more and more complex, involving her in "a sea of troubles" that she had never bargained for. story is exceedingly well written and worked out, though the characters, if we except Reine and Madame de Mirfleur, will not excite any The |