Phantom army. Pemberton, M. $1.50.......Appleton Philadelphia. Repplier, A. $2.50... Macmillan Philippine Islands and their people. Worcester, D. C. $4... Phoebe Tilson. Humphrey, Mrs. F. P. $1. Macmillan Spon ...Dutton ........Nelson Rand, McN. & C Pilot of the "Mayflower." Butterworth, H. $1.50. Appleton Photograms of '98. v. 4. '98. il. (N5) 8°, 75c.; pap., 50c...... Pierson, Clara Dillingham. Among the forest people. '98. c. il. (N19) D. $1.25..... Pirate's gold. Stables, W: G. 6oc.... Pitt Press ser. See West, A. S. Pleading in actions for legal relief. Abbott, A. v. 1. $6.50.. ..Baker, V. & Co Plympton, A. G. Gerald and Geraldine, and other stones. [98.] c. il. (N12) O. bds., $1.25.... De Wolfe Poetry of Tennyson. Van Dyke, H: J., jr. $2. Scribner Polen, G: P. Shall our presidents be elected for eight years? '98. c. (N5) D. pap., 20c.........F. Schmidt Politics, Am. Ford, H: J. $1.50. .....Macmillan Poor human nature. Godfrey, E. $1.50.......... Holt Powers, H. H. The war as a suggestion of manifest destiny. ['98.] (N5) O. (Pubs of the soc., no. 235.) pap., 25c... Am. Acad. Pol. Sci Prince of Gravas. Fleckenstein, A. C. $1.25... Jacobs Property in land, Cases on law of. Finch, W: A. $6. Baker, V. & Co Pugh, Edn. Tony Drum. '98. c. il. (N5) D. $1.50. Holt Queen's story-book. Gomme, G. L. $2....Longmans Quiz questions on the history of medicine. Bradford, T: L. net, $1..... ........ McVey Raikes, H: St. John. Life and letters of Henry Cecil Raikes. 98. (N19) 8°. $4...... .....Macmillan Railroad, Story of. See Warman, C. Ranck, G: W. Bivouac of the dead, and its author. '98. c. (N12) D. $1. ...Clarke ...... Rare old chums. Dromgoole, W. A. 50c.........Estes Ray, Anna Chapin. Teddy, her book. 98. c. (N5) D. $1.50.... ....Little, B. & Co Raymond, Mrs. Evelyn H. Among the lindens. '98. c. (N5) D. $1.50..... ...Little, B. & Co Reading, Adda Sproul. Chap record. ['98] il. (N12) sq. S. hi. cl., $1 ... ..Stokes Bowen-M Readings and recitations. 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World's unrest and its remedy. 98. c. (N12) D. $1 25.......... 8panish American war, History of. subs., $2.50; $3.25.... --- See Powers, H. H. Longmans Watterson, H: W. W. Wilson Macmillan Todd, Mabel Loomis. Corona and Coronet: a narrative of the Amherst eclipse expedition to Japan. '98. c. (N5) D. $2.50.... Houghton, M & Co Tom Benton's luck. Hamblen, H. E. $1.50. Macmillan - Tufton's toll. Green, E. E. $1.25..... Tony Drum. Pugh, E. $1 50...... .............. Nelson ........ Helt Town and country lib. See Burton, J: B.-Fowler, E. T. Wood Trenton and Princeton, Battles of. Stryker, W: S. $4. Houghton, M. & Co Triple alliance. Avery, H. $1.25... ....Nelson Tunk, Ol. P. An awful alphabet. '98. c. il. (N12) O. Russell bds.. $t Twentieth century practice. Stedman, T: L. v. 15. subs., $5: $6:$7.50..... Twenty years after. Dumas, A. 2 v. $2.50...Crowell 'Twixt you and me. Le Baron, G. $152. Macmillan Two boys in Wyoming. Ellis, E: S. $1.25 Uncharted island. Kuppord, S. $1.25. 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See Hood, C: Vermont. Revised Laws. Passed by the General As- War as a suggestion of manifest Rand, Ne N. & Co destiny Powers, H. Am. Acad. Pel. Sci '98. c. (N5) D. $1.25. Scribner -Story of the railroad. '98. c. il. (N12) D. (Story of the west ser.) $1 50.... ...Appleton Wasps, Instincts of. Peckham, G: W. $2.. Des Forges Waterloo, Stanley. Armageddon: tale of love, war, and invention. ['98.] c. il. (N12) D. $1. Rand, McN. & Ce Watson, J: Maclaren [“Ian Maclaren."] Afterwards, and other stories. '98. c. '95-'98. (N12) D. $1.50. Dedd Watterson, H: History of the Spanish-American war. '98. 11. (5) 8°, subs., $2.50; full mor., $3.25 Weather lore. Inwards, R: $2.50 W. W. Wilson F. P. Harper Wesselhoeft, Lily Foster. Old Sultan's thanksgiving, and other stories. ['98] c. il. (N12) O bds., $1.25. ...De Wolfe West, Alfr. Saxelby. Elements of English grammar. New enl. ed. '98. (N5) 16°, (Pitt Press ser.) net, 6oc. Macmillan West Virginia, Magistrate's manual. See Thompson, M. M. 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Black Among my books: papers on literary subjects by the following writers: Augustine Birrell, Andrew Lang, Ian Maclaren, J. P. Mahaffy, Austin Dobson, Leslie Stephen, and others; reprinted from Literature; pref. by H. D. Traill. Ex. cr. 8°, 8 x 5%, 168 p., 5s..... Stock Birrell, A. Sir Frank Lockwood: biographical sketch; pors., il. 2d ed., ex. cr. 8°, 83% x 54, 234 P., 1os 6d. Smith & E British Columbia pilot, including the coast of British Columbia from Juan de Fuca Strait to Portland Canal, together with Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. 2d ed., 5s. 6d ........J. D. Potter Burton, R. G. Tropics and snows: record of travel and adventure; il. by Miss Clare Burton from photographs and from sketches by author. 8°, 9% x 5%, 366 p., 16s... .Arnold Dixon, J. W. The mariner's compass in an iron ship: how to keep it efficient and use it intelligently; remarks on electric installation in relation to the compass; diagrams, magnetic charts. Roy. 8°, 78 p., 2s. 6d. Simpkin Dutton, W. H. 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All matter, whether for the reading-matter columns or advertising pages, should reach this office not later than Wednesday noon, to insure insertion in the same week's issue. Publishers are requested to furnish title-page proofs and advance information of books forthcoming, both for entry in the lists and for descriptive mention. An early copy of each book published should be forwarded, as it is of the utmost importance that the entries of books be made as promptly and as perfectly as possible. In many cases booksellers depend on the WEEKLY solely for their information. The Record of New Publications of THE PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY is the materia! of "The American Catalogue" and so forms the basis of all trade bibliography in the United States. "I hold every man a debtor to his profession, from the which, as men do of course seek to re ceive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves by way of amends to be a help and an ornament thereunto."-LORD BACON. SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. THE superintendent of the railway mail service, in his annual report, makes a plea for the separating of second-class mail matter that should meet with prompt response from every publishing house throughout the country. For some years it has been the practice of a number of publishers to separate second-class mail matter by states and cities before sending it to the post-office; but there are still so many who neglect to do so that the superintendent recommends that publishers be "requested "by law to make such separation. We should think that the advantages of this method would be so apparent to those concerned in the prompt and quick despatch of their business, that publishers would need only to have the matter brought to their attention to prompt them to use their utmost endeavors to supplement the efforts of the postal officials. The enormous growth of the second-class mail is indicated by the statistics given. In 1894, 254,780,306 pounds were handled, and in 1898, 336,126.338 pounds, an increase of 81,346,032 pounds in four years. These figures, the superintendent points out, are precise, and not estimates, being based on the revenue from this source. They show how this class of mail, by its sheer bulk, obstructs the proper and speedy handling of all classes of mail. From them, also, can be gathered an idea of the consequences were publishers generally to neglect to separate their mail in advance. It is doubted, even, whether any possible increase of clerical force, and space in the post-offices, could offer a guarantee as to when the mail could be distributed and despatched. So far the cities of the West, and especially Chicago, have led in the matter of making up their mail to the best advantage for despatch, the percentage of unseparated mail having been reduced to 10.4 per cent. Of the other largest cities New York shows a reduction in the percentage of mixed mail to 17.5, and an increase in the fully made-up mail from 39.751 sacks to 58,569. About onehalf of all the second-class mail received from publishers in New York City is now in condition for despatch to trains immediately after arrival at the post-office, thus relieving it absolutely from all delay at that office for distribution. It is to be hoped that within another twelvemonth the remaining 50 per cent. will be in a like condition for despatch. Mr. MR. SHAYLOR'S article on "The Decline of Religious Books," which appeared some time ago in the London Publishers' Circular, and was reprinted in these columns, has caused considerable discussion in this country as well as in England. The religious press especially took up Mr. Shaylor's remarks in a manner that did credit to their zeal more than to their judgment, or exact knowledge of the subject. Among those who in this country questioned the accuracy of Mr. Shaylor's statements was John A. Holden, well known to the trade as the representative of Thomas Whitaker. Holden, in common with the other American objectors, labored under the mistaken impression that Mr. Shaylor's remarks applied to the English-speaking public at large, and in a letter to the New York Times he pointed out that the religious books written for this generation far from declining in popularity, “have almost, if not altogether, as great a value as the books of these semi-forgotten writers mentioned by Mr. Shaylor had in days gone by"; that "the old school has simply given way to the new," and that religious books have as great sale as ever. That this is true so far as the United States is concerned is well known, and is attested by statistics. But, as the London Publishers' Circular points out, unhappily for Mr. Holden's argument, Mr. Shaylor spoke only of conditions in England, and, so far as the trade in religious books is concerned there, he spoke from actual statistics. The tastes of England and America apparently differ on this subject, and until figures can be produced to disprove Mr. Shaylor's statements regarding the "decline of religious books" in England, they must very likely be accepted as authoritative. JUBILEE OF B. WESTERMANN & CO.LEMCKE & BUECHNER. BUSINESS careers of fifty years are naturally rare in a new country, and still more rare in a trade that traces a recognized existence but a ! BERNARD WESTERMANN. short distance beyond half a century. We are well aware that there are several firms in the American book trade whose record, first as printers, and then as publishers and booksellers, reaches back into the beginning of the century; but there are hardly more than ten firms in existence to-day who have supported themselves for fifty years exclusively by making a market for the product of the printer and publisherthat is, who have been booksellers in the more precise sense of the word. This is really not so remarkable when it is considered that even in Germany - the cradle of the book trade as it is known to-day--with almost four centuries of trade history, the list of those who can trace their pedigree back fifty years exceeds the hundred mark by but a few names. It is a rare pleasure, therefore, that THE PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY enjoys to-day, in chronicling the golden jubilee of one of its constituency. B. Westermann & Co., now Lemcke & Buechner, has reached the fiftieth year of its existence. There are few firms in any branch of mercantile life in this country that stand so high in the estimation of their colleagues as does the house represented to-day by Messrs. Lemcke and Buechner, and there is perhaps no one other firm that so uniformly enjoys the unqualified good-will of its contemporaries. One of the earliest of those who sought to blaze the way in the new world for the best in European culture and science, this firm has survived, through good times and through bad times, to retain its place in the vanguard of those to whom the book trade is dear as a profession, and has never failed to sacrifice even material interests in order that the best traditions of the trade might be upheld. To the individual members of this firm we tender on this occasion the assurance of our most appreciative consideration, and on behalf of the trade, which they so worthily represent abroad as well as at home, we wish them the enjoyment of many years more of usefulness and prosperity. The career of the firm has been in brief as follows: The firm of G. & B. Westermann Brothers was established in New York, at 290 Broadway, on December 4, 1848, by Bernhard Westermann and his brother Georg, as a branch of their business in Braunschweig, Germany. From this firm Georg Westermann, the European partner, retired four years afterward, in order to devote himself exclusively to the interests of his own house in Braunschweig, (founded May 21, 1838,) and also because the American branch found it desirable to trans fer its European agency to Leipzig, the centre of the German book trade. Georg Westermann was born in 1810 and died in 1879; he was one of the foremost publishers of Germany, and his firm holds its high rank to this day under the management of his son Frederick, who, thirty years ago, for a couple of years served as clerk in the New York house. The firm in 1852 became B. Westermann & Co., with Bernard Westermann as the original American partner, ably assisted by August Buechner. From this time, too, Mr. Westermann dropped the "h" from his given name, and spelled it Bernard instead of Bernhard. August Buechner, who will no doubt be remembered by many of the present generation, |