an, by Clara Louise Burnham, and The Village Watch Tower, by Kate Douglas Wiggin. În other subjects Balfour's Foundations of Belief, Kidd's Social Evolution, and The Ascent of Man have had a steady sale, and How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon, by O. W. Nixon, may also be added to this list.

Travellers for the publishers report good sales during the month, and while retail dealers do not yet feel any marked increase, there is a prevailing impression that business will meet their expectations in the coming months.

For September, the most popular books have been almost the same as those of the preceding month.

The Prisoner of Zenda. By Anthony Hope. 75 cts.

Beside the Bonnie Brier Brush. By Ian Maclaren. $1.25.

The King's Stratagem. By Stanley J. Weyman. 50 cts.

From the Memoirs of a Minister of France. By Stanley J. Weyman. $1.25.

About Paris. By Richard Harding Davis. $1.25. My Lady Nobody. By Maarten Maartens. $1.75

College Girls. By Abbe Carter Goodloe. $1.25. The Stark Munro Letters. By A. Conan Doyle. $1.50.

The Manxman. By Hall Caine. $1.50.

The Story of Bessie Costrell. By Mrs. Humphry Ward.

75 cts.

The Adventures of Captain Horn. By Frank Stockton. $1.50.

The Woman Who Did. By Grant Allen. $1.00. The Princess Aline. By Richard Harding Davis. $1.25.

Rhymes of Our Planet. By Will Carleton. $1.25.

Barabbas. By Marie Corelli. $1.00.

WESTERN LETTER.

CHICAGO, October 1, 1895. September is an important month to the bookseller, for it marks the opening of the busy season, and the record of business done during this month is an indication of what will follow during the remainder of the year. It must be admitted that trade has been very satisfactory; country buyers have been liberal in their holiday purchases, and have bought especially well of the better class of books. There still exists, however, the tendency to caution which asserted itself so strongly last year, and dealers are wary of investing in costly books. A good deal of interest has been shown in forthcoming books, especially the leading juveniles, and the advance orders for books to appear this month are fully up to expectations. On the whole, we may say the season has opened briskly, and the prospects for the holidays are bright.

Quite a number of good books made their bow to the public last month. The best of them were The Stark Munro Letters, by Conan Doyle, and Weyman's Memoirs of a Minister of France, which take the leading place from a business point of view in the month's output. About Paris, by R. H. Davis, claims the next place, and of the other new books, which are selling well, we may

mention Rhymes of our Planet, by Will Carleton, and The Front Yard, and Other Stories, by Miss Woolson. S. R. Crockett's Men of the Moss-Hags was received just as the month closed, and judging from the way it is being taken up will undoubtedly be one of the leading books during October. In regard to the older favourites, Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush is surprising everybody by its phenomenal sale, and the demand for the Chimmie Fadden books has been remarkable. Every one seems to be reading them. The Prisoner of Zenda is also having a greatly increased sale at present, which is probably accounted for by the dramatisation of the story. An amusing thing about Mr. Hope's book is that there are constant calls for a sequel.

It would seem, on the face of it, that, considering the success of so many of the new authors, the present would hardly be an appropriate time to attempt to resuscitate some of the older lights that shone two or three generations ago, but whose lustre time has dimmed. It has been done, however, and successfully, for the reprints of the Ferrier novels, Miss Edgeworth's works, and others have had, and are having, quite a good sale. More of these reprints are under way, for we notice in preparation new editions, amongst others, of the works of John Galt, Henry Kingsley, and Lady Jackson.

Cheirosophy is one of the smaller fads of the hour, and there is quite a constant call for books on this subject. A new work by "Cheiro," entitled The Language of the Hand, is having quite a large sale for a book of this kind, notwithstanding the fact that it is a comparatively high-priced work.

The season will be particularly rich in juvenile books, for it appears to be the only line in which publishers have arranged for a larger output than usual. Books for boys lead the van in numbers, and we notice that in addition to three new Henty books, which, like their predecessors, are sure of a large sale, there will be works by such wellknown favourites as H. A. Alger, E. S. Ellis, Oliver Optic, Hezekiah Butterworth, G. Manville Fenn, and others.

As will be seen by the subjoined list of books, which were most in demand during the month, many new books take the places formerly filled by the older ones. In addition to the books mentioned, it should be added that people are now beginning to do some of their heavy winter reading, as is evidenced by the increased demand for books on Political Economy, Religion, Sociology, History, and so forth.

By Ian Mac

Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. laren. $1.25. Chimmie Fadden, 1st and 2d Series. By E. W. Townsend. Each, cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cts. The Prisoner of Zenda. By Anthony Hope. 75 cts.

The Manxman. By Hall Caine. $1.50.

The Stark Munro Letters. By A. Conan Doyle. $1.50.

Memoirs of a Minister of France. By Stanley J. Weyman. $1.25.

The Front Yard, and Other Italian Stories. By C. F. Woolson. $1.25.

About Paris. By R. H. Davis. $1.25.

Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica. By John Kendrick Bangs. $1.25.

Lilith. By George Macdonald. $1.25.
Trilby. By George Du Maurier. $1.75.

LONDON, August 19 to September 21, 1895. The number of new books announced for publication bids fair to eclipse all previous years. Competent judges, whose opinion must be respected, state that an improved trade is in store for the retail booksellers. The latter unite as one man in hoping that they are not mistaken.

Trilby is still selling freely, and establishing a record of its own. It appeared at a time when a good demand for a six-shilling book was very acceptable indeed.

New books are being delivered in large numbers. One shudders to think what the aggregate will be for the autumn season. The worst feature is that the total value does not increase propor tionately with the numbers, the books merely competing with each other.

The leading school-books show no signs of decreased circulation, so far as can be judged in the wholesale trade. The life of a school-book once accepted as a standard work is a long one, and its death is usually very sudden. To this latter fact, the shelves of every retail bookseller bear unanswerable evidence.

Appended is a list of the leading publications of the moment. Six-shilling novels are by no means wanting; in fact, they still form an important item. Novels at 3s. 6d. have not supplanted the higher-priced ones, as publishers state that the leading authors cannot be produced at the price.

Trilby. By G. Du Maurier. 6s.

Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. By Ian Maclaren. 6s.

From the Memoirs of a Minister of France. By S. Weyman. 6s.

6s.

Joan Haste. By H. Rider Haggard. The Manxman. By Hall Caine. 6s. Barabbas. By Marie Corelli. 6s. My Lady Nobody. By M. Maartens. 6s. The Adventures of Captain Horn. By F. R. Stockton. 6s.

The Return of the Native. New Edition. By T. Hardy. 6s.

All Men are Liars. By J. Hocking. 3s. 6d. The Lovely Malincourt. By Helen Mathers. 3s. 6d.

The Woman Who Wouldn't. By Lucas Cleeve. 3s. 6d.

The Woman Who Didn't. By Victoria Crosse. 3s. 6d. net.

3s. 6d.

The Carbonels. By C. M. Yonge. Clarence. By Bret Harte. 3s. 6d. Mildred Arkell. By Mrs. Henry Wood. 2s. and 2s. 6d.

Nelson. By J. K. Laughton. 2s. 6d.

Bonnie Brier Bush. By Maclaren. $1.25. (Dodd, Mead & Co)

Heart of Life. By Mallock. $1.25. (Putnam.)

Memoirs of a Minister of France. By Weyman. $1.25. (Longmans.)

2. The Stark Munro Letters. By Doyle. $1.50. (Appleton.)

3. About Paris. By Davis. $1.25. (Harper.) 4. Chimmie Fadden. By Townsend. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cts. (Lovell, Coryell.)

5. Prisoner of Zenda. By Hope. 75 cts. (Holt.) Bonnie Brier Bush. By Maclaren. $1.25. (Dodd, Mead & Co.)

HARTFORD, CONN.

Cloth,

A Galloway Herd. By Crockett. $1.00; paper, 50 cts. (R. F. Fenno & Co.) From the Memoirs of a Minister of France. By Weyman. $1.25. (Longmans.) The Stark Munro Letters. By Doyle. $1.50. (Appleton.)

4. The Men of the Moss-Hags. By Crockett. $1.50. (Macmillan & Co.)

5.

Her Majesty. By Tompkins. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cts. (Putnam.)

6. At War with Pontiac. By Kirk Munroe. $1.25. (Scribner.)

KANSAS CITY, MO.

Bonnie Brier Bush. By Maclaren. $1.25. (Dodd, Mead & Co.)

2. Memoirs of a Minister of France. By Weyman. $1.25. (Longmans.)

3. Princess Aline. By Davis. $1.00. (Harper.) 4. Ferragus. By Balzac. $1.50. (Roberts.) 5. The Manxman. By Hall Caine. $1.50. (Appleton.)

6. Fort Frayne. By Captain King. $1.25. (Tenson Neely.)

LOS ANGELES, CAL.

Bonnie Brier Bush. By Maclaren. (Dodd, Mead & Co.)

2. Story of Bessie Costrell. By Ward. (Macmillan.)

$1.25.

75 cts.

3. When Valmond Came to Pontiac. By Parker. $1.50. (Stone & Kimball.)

1. College Girls. By Goodloe. $1.25. (Scribner.)

2. A Patriot's Strategy. By Hargis. $1.00. (C. T. Dearing.)

Stark Munro Letters. By Doyle. $1.50. (Appleton.)

Bonnie Brier Bush. By Maclaren. $1.25. (Dodd, Mead & Co.)

5. Turning Points in Successful Careers. By Thayer. $1.50. (Crowell.)

6. About Paris. By Davis. $1.25. (Harper.)

MONTREAL, CANADA.

I. Reminiscences of Dr. Andrew Bonar. (Hodder & Stoughton.)

$1.75.

Bonnie Brier Bush. By Maclaren. $1.25.

(Dodd, Mead & Co.)

3. Galloway Herd. By Crockett.

paper, 50 cts. (Fenno.)

Cloth, $1.00;

4. Tammas Bodkin. By Latto. $1.75. (Hodder

THEOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY. ALDEN, H. M.-A Study of Death. 12mo, pp. ix-336, $1.50... ..Harper

CHRISTOPHER: the Angel and the Vision; or,
The New Christian Commission. 16mo,
Pp. 157, $1.25....
....Revell
CURETON, ELIZABETH.-Beautiful Thoughts of
Life Eternal. 16m0, pp. ii-309, 75 cents.

Merriam

DENISON, J. H.-Christ's Idea of the Supernatural. 12mo, pp. iv-423, $2.00. Houghton, M. FOOTE, MARY HASTINGS.-A Life of Christ for Young People, in Questions and Answers. 12mo, pp. xvi-281, $1.25.... .Harper GORDON, G. A.-The Christ of To-day. 12mo, pp. viii-322, $1.50...........Houghton, M. GORE, C.--Dissertations on Subjects Connected with the Incarceration. 8vo, pp. xvi-323, $2.50...... ..Scribner Gleanings, Pure, Pointed and Practical. Gathered Especially for the Members of the Christian Endeavor and Epworth League, etc. 16mo, pp. 155, 60 cents... ...Jacobs GREEN, W. H.-The Higher Criticism of the Pentateuch. 12m0, pp. xiii-184, $1.50. Scribner

GREER, D. H.-The Preacher and His Place: The Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching, delivered at Yale University, February, 1895. 12mo, pp. 263, $1.25........ Scribner HARTZELL, Rev. J. S.-Sin and Our Saviour: Forty Serious Sermons for Forty Serious Days. 12mo, pp. ii-231, $2.00.

Young Churchman Co. IVES, C. T., and WOODMAN, R. H.-The Hymnal for Schools. 16mo, pp. vi-294, 50 cents. Fords, Howard & H. JOWETT, B.-College Sermons. Edited by W. H. Fremantle. 12mo, pp. xvi-348. Macmillan LAZARUS, JOSEPHINE.-Spirit of Judaism. 16mo, pp. iii-202, $1.25. .....Dodd, M. MACARTHUR, R. S.-Quick Truths in Quaint Texts. 12mo, pp. 336, $1.25.

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LONGFELLOW, H. W.-The Song of Hiawatha. With illustrations by Frederic Remington. 12mo, pp. xiii-180, $2.00. ...Houghton, M. LOWELL, J. R. Last Poems. 12mo, pp. 47, $1.25.. ...Houghton, M. MCCANN, J. E.-Songs from an Attic. 12mo, Pp. x-173. $1.50.... ..Brentano's

PECK, SAMUEL MINTURN.-Rhymes and Roses. 16m0, pp. vi-186, $1.00..... ...Stokes SAPPHO.—Memoir.

Text, Selected Renderings, and a Literal Translation by H. Thornton Wharton. 12mo, pp. xx-217, $2.25. McClurg

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ABBOTT, C. C.—A Colonial Wooing. 16mo, pp. 241, $1.00..... Lippincott

AIDE, HAMILTON. --Elizabeth's Pretenders. 12mo, pp. i-334, $1.00; paper, 50 cents... Putnam ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN.-Stories and Fairy Tales. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xi-397; xii-426, $3.50.... ..Dodd, M. AUSTIN, JANE GOODWIN.-Standish of Standish. 2 vols., 12mo, pp. 422, $5.00. . Houghton, M. BALDWIN, J.-The Horse Fair. 12mo, pp. 418, $1.50... ... Century Co. BALZAC, H. DE.-The Marriage Contract. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. 12m0, pp. iv-331, $1.50.... ..Roberts BALZAC, H. DE.-The Country Doctor. Translated by Ellen Marriage, with a Preface by George Saintsbury. 12mo, pp. xv-287, $1.50.

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