IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF BOOKS AND OTHER PRINTED MATTER. THE summary statement of the imports and exports of the United States for the month ending October, 1898, and for the ten months ending the same, compared with the corresponding periods of 1897 (corrected to November 30, 1898), makes the following showing as regards books, music, maps, engravings, etchings, photographs, and other printed matter: Books and other printed matter, free, imported from other countries. Books and other printed matter, dutiable, imported from other countries. Values of Books and other printed matter, of Domestic Manufacture, Exported from the 139,069 1,094,400 United States by Countries. Exports of Books and other printed matter, of Foreign Manufacture. Merchandise remaining in warehouse, October 31, 1897, $29,111; October 31, 1898, $32,049. The Publishers' Weekly. FOUNDED BY F. LEYPOLDT. DECEMBER 17, 1898. The editor does not hold himself responsible for the views expressed in contributed articles or communications. 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 ssue. Books for the "Weekly Record," as well as all information intended for that department, must reach this office by Tuesday morning of each week. 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 receive 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. New York for a person to sell the unused part of a railroad ticket, and the defeat of the railroads in this particular will be gratifying to the large fraternity of commercial travellers. It is an instance of a corporation overreaching itself. When the act creating this offence went into effect about a year ago the ticket brokers agreed to make a test case. At that time, owing to a cut in rates between Baltimore and Norfolk, the brokers were able to sell tickets from New York to Norfolk for $6.50 instead of $8.50 charged at the New York railroad offices. One of their members sold tickets at the reduced rate, and his case has been before the courts ever since. The lower courts decided against him, but the Court of Appeals a week ago declared the law unconstitutional. The statute, it may be recalled, required the railroads to redeem the unused part of tickets at such a rate that the buyer would merely be charged full local fare, but prohibited, under heavy penalties, the sale of the ticket by the buyer, or by any one else not authorized by the railroad. Offices in which tickets were sold without the authorization of the railroads were even deemed disIN connection with the work which the Mer- orderly houses, and their keepers were punishchants' Association is doing in its efforts to have able by imprisonment in county jail. This act the express companies pay the one-cent stamp- the majority of the Court of Appeals holds is tax upon their receipts, as required by the war- inconsistent with the clauses in the State Conrevenue bill, that association now proposes to stitution guaranteeing personal liberty. The have introduced at the coming session of the decision is especially important because of its New York Legislature a bill providing for the bearing upon the campaign which the railroads placing of the express companies under the juris- have been making to secure from Congress a diction of the State Railway Commission, upon | National law prohibiting the business of brokers practically the same conditions as the railway in interstate tickets. The passage of such a companies. By way of explanation of what is law would, of course, make it easier for the being done in this matter, and of what the Mer- railroads to fix rates, as competition for passenchants' Association proposes to do in this line, ger traffic usually takes the form of lower rates to S. Cristy Mead, the Assistant Secretary of the the brokers. If the ticket brokers could be outMerchants' Association, makes the following lawed, the roads would, in a large measure, be protected against competition with each other, and even when they did compete between certain points, only through passengers between these points could get any benefit from the lower rates. The brokers and travellers who wish this proposed statute defeated are naturally encouraged by the New York decision. TO REGULATE EXPRESS CHARGES. statement: "The Merchants' Association has undertaken to place the express companies doing business in the State of New York under the supervision of the State Railroad Commission. Very many unjust attacks are made upon corporations, with a purpose of prejudicing the public mind against them, and of making them subject to oppressive laws. No such purpose animates the present movement. The Merchants' Association desires only equity, and it is only because the present conditions are not equitable that it opposes them. It will continue to oppose them until the conditions that are now destructive to business interests are done away with, and to aid in bringing about that result it proposes to enlist the people of this State in such a manner as to procure the passage of a law that shall do justice both to the express companies and to the people whom they serve." As was to be expected, the New York Court of Appeals has declared unconstitutional the law which made it a State's prison offence in IT is with deep regret that the trade has received word in an official circular from the president of the Stationers' Board of Trade of the fact that its trusted and honored secretary, Mr. Wm. W. Davis, has confessed to misuse of funds amounting to $2345, and to having procured the connivance of the bookkeeper, Mr. Dunham. This is one of the tragedies of business life, which cannot but give general sorrow. Mr. Davis had been universally respected by all those who came in contact with him for his enterprise, sound judgment, and carefulness in HOW BISMARCK'S BOOK WAS PUB LISHED. the difficult relations which he had so long and so well sustained. That some weakness, or temptation, or stress of over-expenditure, has THE English translation of Prince Bismarck's for the time blighted the career of a man of "Thoughts and Recollections," published last his ability and general integrity is a sad warn- week in this country by Harper & Brothers, and ing to his juniors or others in the trade to keep in England by Smith, Elder & Co., is a remarkclear of even the smallest lapses from integ-issued in two large volumes, containing beable achievement in publishing. This work, rity, such as are sure to result, in the long run, in paying a dear bargain. Mr. Davis had so much the confidence of the trade that he has been receiver or adviser in connection with recent bankruptcies because he was so trusted, and we hope it will not be found that his judg- | ment or action has been influenced in any of these cases by such weakness as has now been developed. No one, we understand, is likely to suffer for this small defalcation except Mr. Davis himself, and he will suffer unfortunately far beyond even the just penalty for such misdoing-for that sort of investment brings more than compound interest of suffering. A. G. SPALDING & BROTHERS, the manufacturers of sporting goods, announce a new method for the distribution of their trade-marked | lines that will be watched with interest by manufacturers and retailers. Heretofore the Spaldings have depended on the jobbers to distribute their goods to the retailer. After the Ist of January next, however, they will deal directly with the retailers. By doing away with the intermediate jobber's profit they claim to be able to give a uniform net trade price on each article to the responsible dealer "the same to large and small, regardless of quantity." They will also establish standard retail prices on each article of their manufacture, and, as a condition of sale, will require the retailers to sell their goods at one and the same price fixed by them everywhere throughout the United States-" no more and no less." To protect their interests and those of their const tuents, they will refuse to sell to any dealer, directly or indirectly, large or small, who persists in cutting prices on their trademarked goods. We shall refer to this and similar schemes for regulating prices on trademarked goods in some future issue. PAPER COMPANIES ABSORBED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY. CERTIFICATES of the voluntary dissolution of the Hudson River Pulp and Paper Company, of Palmer, Saratoga County, the Herkimer Paper Company, of Herkimer, and the Lake George Paper Company, of Ticonderoga, were filed at Albany, N. Y., on the 12th inst. with the Secretary of State. These companies have been absorbed by the International Paper Company, which was incorporated some time ago with a capital of $45,000,000. tween them 768 pages, according to the London Academy, was translated and produced in less than three weeks. A staff of about ten translators was organized by the editor, Dr. A. J. Butler. "Each translator turned out four to eight pages a day, and was paid at the rate of 10s. a page, a page containing about 320 German words. It is a mistake to suppose that Bismarck's memoirs had to be dealt with in MS. They came into Smith, Elder & Co.'s hands partly in a printed and bound book, and partly in proofs. The German publishers, the Cottas of Stuttgart (of which firm the brothers Adolph and Paul Kröner are now the principals,) have long had a few copies of the first volume in print. "The idea of the memoirs seems to have originated with the Kröners-not with Prince Bismarck. Nine years ago the head of the Cotta firm, Adolph Kröner, asked the Prince whether he had any memoirs, and whether in that case the Cottas might publish them. Bismarck replied that he had no memoirs, and could write none so long as he remained in renewed his request. At that time Lother Bucher, the diplomat, was Bismarck's guest at Friedrichsruh, and Bucher warmly espoused the publishers' plan, and began taking down notes in shorthand from Bismarck's lips. From time to time as he felt inclined, the Prince dictated episodes in his life. The first volume took shape in the winter of 1890-91. Bucher had a busy time taking down notes and stopping to extract dates and facts from the Prince. To Kröner Bucher wrote: I have written in shorthand from the dictation of His Highness about two hours every morning from September 24 to March 28, with the exception of an interval at Christmas. I believe that the Prince has for the time being exhausted himself, and that I have now only to direct his attention to hiatuses.' So the work went on. office. After the Prince's retirement Kröner "The Kröners, meanwhile, stuck to their task, which was to secure the right to publish the growing work. In this, however, they had no great difficulty. Adolph Kröner was summoned to Friedrichsruh, and, after the matter had been discussed in the house, and during a long walk and a drive in the woods, an agreement was effected the Kröners were to publish the book. At that time the Prince thought of calling his work Memorabilia.' 'Memoirs' he did not like. At last, 'Thoughts and Recollections' was decided on, and the time for the appearance of the book was discussed. In August, 1893, the Kröners were summoned to the Prince's sick-chamber. Here, in a few minutes" interview, the Prince formally handed over his MS. to them. The work was put into type at once, and thus, to a small circle of the initiated, Prince Bismarck's book was virtually published in 1893." More than 300,000 copies of this book were sold in Germany within ten days. This is far ahead of the record made by General Grant's memoir. COPYRIGHT MATTERS. GENERAL MILES'S SUIT AGAINST THE WERNER COMPANY. GENERAL NELSON A. MILES and Frederic Remington, the artist, have begun a suit in the United States Circuit Court, at Cleveland, O., against the Werner Company, of Akron, and Richard P. Marvin, receiver of that company, because of an alleged infringement of copyright. General Miles says in the petition that he is the author of a book entitled "Personal Recollections of General Nelson A. Miles; or, from New England to the Golden Gate," embracing the story of his Indian campaigns, and illustrated with pictures by Frederic Reming ton and other artists. He further alleges that he secured a copyright of the book on March 4, 1897, and that the copyright included reproductions of original sketches by Remington, who had an equitable interest in the copyright. The Werner Company had a contract to publish the book, but under the agreement the illustrations were to be used solely for that book. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants have unlawfully published a volume under the title of "Reming ton's Frontier Sketches," which is an infringement upon the copyright, for the reason that the identical reproductions of Remington's sketches are reprinted in that book. Judge Ricks granted a temporary restraining order against the Werner Company. SIR WILLIAM JENNER, physician-in-ordinary to the Queen of England, died on the 7th inst. at Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, Eng., aged eighty-one. He was born in Chatham. He was the first to establish beyond dispute the difference between typhus and typhoid fevers, and wrote a number of works on that and similar subjects. EDWARD FITZGERALD has been so long gathered with the immortals that it is difficult to realize that his widow, the only child of Bernard Barton, the poet, was alive until the 27th ult., when she expired, at the great age of ninety, at Croydon. She survived her husband fifteen years, and her father, whose "Memoirs and Letters" she edited, nearly half a century. MRS. HENRY BOYNTON SMITH, author of sev eral volumes of poems, died at Lakewood, N. J., on the 5th inst. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Lee Allen, and she was born in Hanover, N. H., September 3, 1817. Her husband was professor of mental and moral philosophy in Amherst College from 1848 to 1850, and after that, until his death in 1877, professor in Union Theological Seminary, of New York City. ARTHUR LOTHROP SMITH, familiarly known as "Baldy Smith," a well-known commercial traveller, died in the Sinclair House, New York, on the 3d inst. Smith was born in New York. in 1833. He was at various times employed by W. B. Keene Cook Co., the stationery firm of Chicago, the Western News Co., the Powers Paper Company, of Springfield, Mass., and the National Blank Book Co., of Holyoke. From 1889 to 1890 he was with Cassell & Co., and then he joined the staff of Johann Faber, with whom he remained until the time of his death. WILLIAM BLACK, who died in London, Desettled into his peaceful life as a successful cember 10, had a varied career before he finally novelist. He was born in Glasgow in 1841. He himself has told us in a biographical sketch, furnished to a London publication in 1877, that his education consisted of "smatterings." He was full of interests, and was at translation of Livy, a collection of British one time in his early youth engaged upon a flowering plants, and the construction of a machine for perpetual motion. He also atWhen about tempted to become a painter. seventeen he began to write critical articles on the leading writers of the day for a Glasgow Carlyle, etc., as only the very young have paper, giving opinions of Kingsley, Ruskin, courage to do. In 1864 he went to London and did newspaper work for years, making quite a reputation as a writer of leading articles on all subjects. Mr. Black first became widely known when he published "A Princess of Thule" in 1873, and since then he devoted himself almost exclusively to imaginative writing. He had already published several novels, but the wonderful descriptions of "The Princess of Thule" proved that he could do in the brush. He was fond of sports and outwords what he had failed to accomplish with 44 door life, and an extensive traveler. He made one visit to this country. Among his best writings are: "A Daughter of Heth" (1871); The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton" (1872); "A Princess of Thule" (1873); Madcap Violet" (1876); "Green Pastures and Piccadilly (1878); "Macleod of Dare" (1879); "Shandon Bells" (1883); "The Strange Adventures of a House-Boat" (1888); Wolfenberg" (1892); "Highland Cousins" (1894); and "Briseis" (1896) His last book, "Wild Eelin," a Scottish story in his best vein, appeared in October last. 44 JOURNALISTIC NOTES. The Critic, which enters upon its nineteenth year, will hereafter be published for The Critic Co. by G. P. Putnam's Sons, and will be printed at their Knickerbocker Press. The editorial management will remain in the hands of its founders. With the January number The Critic will be printed in an enlarged and improved form. A NEW literary review is about to appear in Paris under the editorship of Maurice Bernhardt. The contributors are to be the dramatists in whose plays Madame Sarah Bernhardt has appeared, and among those who have already promised their collaboration are Sardou, Rostand, and Catulle Mendès. The title of the publication has not yet been settled. ACCORDING to L'Annuaire de la Presse, 6417 periodicals and newspapers are published in France, of which 2588 are issued in Paris. It is interesting to note the number of journals BUSINESS NOTES. ALLENTOWN, PA.-Samuel J. Brobst, formerly of the firm of Brobst, Diehl & Co., has purchased the Jugendfreund, founded in 1846 by his father, the late Rev. S. K. Brobst. Jugendfreund was the first periodical of its kind. After the death of its founder it was The continued by T. H. Diehl, with whom the younger Brobst was for some time associated. For the past eight years he was bookkeeper for Bittner, Hunsicker & Co. In addition to this periodical Mr. Brobst will continue to publish a series of Sunday-school services for festival occasions, and also a series of choir anthems for use at church services. He will shortly open an office where he will carry in stock books, periodicals, and other supplies for pastors, churches, and Sunday-schools. He requests publishers to send their latest lists. CHESTER, PA.-William J. Farley has opened a picture and book store in West Third Street. CHICAGO, ILL.-The Central Book Co., with its principal office at Chicago, has been incorporated, to conduct a book subscription business. Capital $15,000. The incorporators are R. S. Leopold, Sherman C. Spitzer, and C. H. Leopold. CHICAGO, ILL.-The Western Methodist Book Concern has rented the first floor and basement of the H. W. Williams building, at the southeast corner of Wabash Avenue and Monroe Street, for one year from January 1, at a rental of $12,000. The area of this space is 160 by 171 feet. It will be used by the Methodist Book Concern during the construction of their new building at 57 Washington Street. books valued at $5000 and a house and lot. Illhealth has kept Mr. Black away from his business for several months, and was the cause of the failure. La Crosse, Wis.-E. D. Loomis & Co., booksellers, have sold out. LA CROSSE, WIS.-Charles L. Weis has bought out his partner's interest in the firm of Bailey & Weis, booksellers. PHILADELPHIA, PA.-On and after January 10, 1899, the firm-name of W. H. Campion & Co. will be changed to Campion & Horn. All obligations of W. H. Campion & Co. will be assumed by Campion & Horn. The new firm will remove on January 10 to 1001 Chestnut Street. PHILLIPSBURG, PA.-Frank Peeks has bought Parker's bookstore from Mrs. M. Snyder. PLAINFIELD, N. J.-Theron E. Morgans, bookseller, has been succeeded by W. C. La Rue. PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, WINNIPEG.-T. W. Fisher has bought the book and stationery business of Prest & Co. RICHMOND, VA.-The George M. West Company, booksellers, have made an assignment. SEATTLE, WASH.-The J. & I. Book Co. has discontinued business. TRAVERSE CITY, MICH.-M. E. Haskell, bookseller, has filed a trust mortgage for $3The stock 300, with H. C. Davis as trustee. will invoice the full amount of the mortgage. LITERARY AND TRADE NOTES. have just published a GINN & Co. have just issued in their Study and Story Nature Readers series "Bird World, a bird book for children, by J. H. Stickney, assisted by Ralph Hoffmann. THE fourteenth annual banquet of the Brotherhood of Commercial Travellers will be held on the evening of the 28th inst. at the Hotel Marlborough, corner Thirty-sixth Street and Broadway. GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, Ltd., has just ready a new fairy tale entitled "The Sleepy King," by Seymour Hicks, author of “A Runaway Girl," etc., and Aubrey Hopwood. It has 77 illustrations by Maud Trelawney. G. C. SANSONI, Florence, Italy, has just issued in his library of rare Italian works of every century "Il Principe di Niccolo Machiavelli," which gives the text of Machiavelli's ENNIS, TEX.-P. B. Rice, bookseller, has great treatise, with critical introduction and sold out. EUGENE, ORE.-E. Schwarzschild has moved his bookstore into the Pickett Building. FORT WORTH, TEX.-J. G. Humphries, bookseller, has made an assignment. notes by Giuseppe Lisio. THE CLARENDON PRESS (Henry Frowde) announces "Lectures and Essays on National Theology and Ethics," by the late William Wallace, with a biographical introduction from the Master of Balliol; and "Studies in InterHAGERSTOWN, MD.-F. N. & C. S. Emmert, national Law." by Prof. T. E. Holland. booksellers, are selling out. HENDERSON, KY.-Thomas N. Black, bookseller, assigned to David Banks. Stock of THE news of a success spreads fast. WattsDunton has already received offers to translate his "Aylwin" into German, Danish, Swedish, |