ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BOOKS JUST PUBLISHED. The Prices in this List are for cloth lettered, unless otherwise indicated. Imported books are marked with an asterisk: Authors' and Subscription Books, or Books published at net prices, with two asterisks. Almanac.-The Irish-American Almanac for the Year of our Lord, 1877. Calculated for Use throughout all Parts of the United States. Illustr. 12°, pp. 130. Pap., 25 C. Lynch, C. & M. - See also Boston; Universalist; Year Book. Arkansas Reports. Vol. 29. Moore's. 8°. Shp., $6. Callaghan. Barrett.-The New Church: Its Nature and Whereabout. A Critical Examination of the Popular Theory, with some Illustrations of its Practical Tendency and Legitimate Fruits. By B. F. Barrett. 12°, pp. 213. $1. [1876.].. .....Claxton. Battle.-A Treatise, Psychological and Theological, on the Human Will. By Archibald J. Battle, D.D., Pres. of Mercer Univ., Macon, Ga. 8°, pp. 103. $1. [Atlanta, Ga.: John P. Harrison & Co., Prs.] Boston Almanac and Business Directory for 1877, containing a complete Boston Business Directory, a Register of National, State, County, and City Officers, Churches, Societies, and all the usual Miscellaneous Information. 18. $1 and $1.25... ..Sampson, D. & Co. *Cameos from English History. The Wars of the Roses. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." Third Series. Ex. fcap. 8°. $1.75.. Macmillan. Champion Novels. No. 38. Grizzly Gulch. 16°, pp. 100. Pap., Io c..... ...DeWitt Commissioner of Education.-Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1875. 8°, pp. clxxiii, 1016. Gov. Print. Off. Daudet. Sidonie. By Alphonse Daudet. 12°. $1.50. Estes & L. DeWitt, De Witt's School Dialogues. No. 3. Exhibition. 16°, pp. 90. Pap., 10 c .. -Song and Joke Book Series. No. 223. The Rose of Killarney;-No. 224. "Old Time's Rocks" Songster. Ea., 16°, pp. to. Ea., pap.. 10 C.... ..DeWitt. Dodge.-The Plains of the Great West, and their Inhabi tants. Being a Description of the Plains, Game, Indians, etc., of the Great North American Desert. By Richard Irving Dodge, Lieut.-Colonel in the U. S. Army. With an introduction by William Blackmore. Illustr. Large 8°, pp. lv., 448. $4. .......Putnam. Essays in Anglo Saxon Law. By Henry Adams, H. Cabot Lodge, Ernest Young, and J. Lawrence Laughlin. 8°, pp. xii, 392. $4... .Little, B. & Co. 8°, pp. 130. Pap., DeWitt. 25 C..... Eunice; or, Wandering in the Dark. 8°, pp. 83. Pap., DeWitt. Ethel Gray; or, Alone in the World. 25 C... Ewell.-A Treatise on the Law of Fixtures. By Marshall D. Ewell. 8°. Shp., $7.50... Callaghan. Ferguson's Anecdotal Guide to Mexico, with a Map of the Railways. Historical, Geological, Archæological, and Critical. Translations Reserved. 12°, pp. 128. Pap., $1. [1876.].... Claxton. Formby. The Little Book of Martyrs of the City of Illinois. Reports of Cases at Law in the Indiana.-Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of Indiana. Vol. 52. By James Black, Reporter. 8°. Shp., $4.50. 15 C... [Indianapolis.] Merrill, H. & Co. *Jacob.-The Raja of Sarawak. An Account of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., LL.D. Given chiefly through Letters and Journals. By Gertrude L. Jacob. With portraits and maps. 2 vols. 8°. $9. Macmillan. Kansas.-Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. By W. C. Webb, Reporter. Vol. 16. 8°. Shp., $6......G. W. Martin. Kennedy.-The Primary Question-Book on the International Bible Lessons. 1877 First Half. The Kingdom of Israel. By Mrs. M. G. Kennedy. 32°, pp. 160. Bds., ..Am. Bap. Pub. Soc. King.-The Mission of the Baptists. By the Rev. Henry M. King. 18°, pp. 36. Pap., 5 c....Am. Bap. Pub. Soc. Kismet. See No Name Series. Larned.-Old Tales Retold from Grecian Mythology in Talks around the Fire. By Augusta Larned. Illustr. 12°, pp. 498. $2.. Nelson & P. Macaulay's Dialogues for Little Folks. Containing a very large Number of interesting and spirited Dialogues on various Subjects for from two to twenty Children. 16°, pp. 192. 75 c.; bds., 50 c....... ..DeWitt. MacMahon.-The Anglo-Saxon and the North American Indians. By Richard Randolph MacMahon, of Alexandria, Virginia. 8°, pp. 50. Pap., 50 c... Kelly, P. & Co. Martin.-Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. By Theodore Martin. Vol. 2. Illustr. 12°, pp. 457. $2. Appleton. Cases argued John Lathrop, ..Houghton. Massachusetts Reports. Vol. CXIX. and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. October, 1875-March, 1876. Reporter. 8°. Shp.. $5.50.. Missouri.-Reports of Cases in the Missouri. By T. A. Post, Reporter. $4.50.. Supreme Court of Vol. 62. 8°. Shp., W. J. Gilbert. Moodie.-Roughing it in the Bush; or, Life in Canada. By Mrs. Susanna Moodie, author of "Life in the Clearings," etc. Two vols. in one. 8°, pp. 435. Pap., $1. De Witt. Moody.-Great Joy. Comprising Sermons and PrayerMeeting Talks delivered at the Chicago Tabernacle. By D. L. Moody. 12°, pp. 526. $2; pap., $1.... Treat. Mulholland.-Prince and Saviour. The Story of Jesus simply told for the Young. By Rosa Mulholland. 16°, pp. 127. $1.25..... Cath. Pub. Soc. Kismet. - Reports of Cases decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. With Notes, Reference, and Index. By H. E. Sickels, Counsellor-at-Law. Vol. 17. New York State Reports, Vol. 62. 8°. Shp., $2. A. B. Banks. No Name Series. A Nile Story. Sq. 16°, pp. .Roberts. 350. $1... O'Hart.-Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. By John O'Hart. 16°, pp. 411. Net, $3..... ..Pilot Pub. Co. Pendleton.-The Fatherhood of God in its Relation to the Atonement of Christ. By J. M. Pendleton, D.D. 18°, pp. 32. Pap., 5 c.... ..Am. Bap. Pub. Soc. Percy.-Robin, and Other Poems. By George Percy. 12°, pp. 60. Pap., 50 c...... Lockwood, B. & Co. Pollard.-The Other Gypsy. By Josephine Pollard. Illustr. 16°, pp. 162. 90 c... Nelson & P. Proffatt.-A Treatise on Trial by Jury, including Questions of Law and Fact. With an Introductory Chapter on the Origin and History of Jury Trial. By John Proffatt. 8°. Shp., $7.50. Whitney. *Rimmer.-Ancient Streets and Homesteads of England. By Alfred Rimmer, and an Introduction by the Very Rev. J. S. Howson, D.D. With 150 illustr. from, drawings by the author. 8°. $7.50.... ......Macmillan. Robinson.-The Maid of the Ranche; or, The Regulators and Moderators. A Story of Life on the Texan Border. By Dr. J. H. Robinson, author of “ The White Rover," etc. 8°, pp. 100. Pap., 25 c.........、、、 DeWitt. Ross.-The Pretty Widow. By Charles H. Ross, author of Hush Money," etc. 8°, pp. 82. Pap., 25 c. DeWitt. - - Statutes passed at the First Session of the Forty-fourth Congress, 1875-6, and recent Treaties, Postal Conventions, and Executive Proclamations. Roy. 8°. Pap., $1. Morrison. Supreme Court Reports. Vols. 91 and 92. Cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1875. Reported by William T. Otto. 8°. Ea., shp., $5......Little, B. & Co. Universalist Register (The). Containing the Statistics of the Church. With an Almanac for 1877. Edited by Rev. Joseph O. Skinner, A.M. 12°, pp. 143. Pap., 30 c. Univ. Pub. House. Sayen.The Grand International Centennial Chess Con- Vols. 1 and 2. 120 Unitarian Cong. Churches. See Year Book. Vogel.-A Century of Discovery. By Theodore Vogel. Illustr. 12°. $1.75... ..Appleton. Webster's Progressive Speaker A very fine Collection of the most admirable Pieces, suited for Oratorical Exhibitions in the higher Classes of Academies, Colleges, Universities, Normal Schools, and for intellectual Parlor Entertainments. 16°, pp. 192. 75 c.; bds., 50 c...De Witt. Year Book (The) of the Unitarian Congregational Churches for 1877. With Calendar adapted for Use throughout the Country. 12°, pp. 64. Pap., 20 c. Am. Unit. Assoc. Yonge, C. M. See Cameos. LYNCH, COLE & MEEHAN, New York. Almanac, Irish-Am., 1877...... PILOT PUB. Co., Boston. Pap. 25 O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees... MACMILLAN & Co., New York. Cameos from English History, 3d Series..$1.75 Jacob, The Raja of Sarawak, 2 v...... 9.00 Rimmer, Anc. Streets, etc., of England... 7.50 G. W. MARTIN, Kansas Pub. House, Topeka, Kansas Sup. Ct. Rep., v. 16, Webb's. Shp. 6.00 . Pap. 1.00 Sup. Ct. Rep., v. 23, Wallace's.... Shp. 5.00 G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, New York. Dodge, Plains of the Great West...... ROBERTS BROS., Boston. No Name Series, Kismet.... .$3.00 4.00 1.00 SUMNER WHITNEY & Co., San Francisco. Freeman, Executions in Civil Cases.. Shp. 7.50 2.00 Proffatt, Trial by Jury... ANNOUNCEMENTS OF FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS. .Shp. 7.50 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 publica tion.-AMERICAN BOOK-TRADE ASSOCIATION. AM. TRACT SOC., New York. Rowland Hill. His Life, Anecdotes, and Pulpit Sayings. By V. J. Charlesworth. With an Introduction by C. H. Spurgeon. With steel plate. 16°, pp. 297. (Feb. 1st.) A. S. BARNES & CO., New York. New Illustrated Plant Record. By Alphonso Wood, author of " American Botanist and Florist," etc. Roy. 8°. $:. (Jan. 27.) CHASE & HALL Cincinnati. etc., | Idols and Ideals. By M. D. Conway. ed. The Sacred Anthology. By M. D. Conway. New LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, Philadelphia. "Braunes" Atlas of Topographical Anatomy. Photographed from original Plates after Transverse Sections of Frozen Bodies. By Ed. Bellamy, F.R.C.S. 4°. An Elementary Treatise on Practical Chemistry and Qualitative Inorganic Analysis. By Frank Clowes, D.Sc., Lond. 12°, pp. 359. A Primer of Chemistry. By Mr. Vacher. 16°, pp. 100. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, New York. The Children of the English People. By Ella S. Armitage. 12°, pp. 262. $1.50. The New Testament and the Messiah. By O. B. Frothingham. The Question of Rest for Women. By Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi. ease. The Jewks. A Study of Crime, Pauperism, and DisBy R. L. Drysdale. 8°, pp. 110. Pap. Advanced Science Series. Acoustics, Light, and Heat. By William Lees. Elementary Science Series. Dynamics. By J. T. Bottomley. The Scripture Club of Valley Rest. A Class-Book in Geology. By Prof. J. T. Newbery, of the School of Mines, Columbia Coll. Bastiat's Political Economy. New ed., revised, and with an Introduction by David A. Wells. D. & J. SADLIER & CO., New York. Elements of Canon Law. By Rev. S. B. Smith, D.D. The Publishers' Weekly. JANUARY 13, 1877. they can respect. It is to be hoped that this matter will receive the immediate attention either of the Publishers' Board of Trade or of the Executive Committee of the A. B. T. Association, that they may be ready to meet these gentlemen and see what arrangement can be 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, to insure correct-made. ness in the final entry. The trade are invited to send Communications" to the editor on any topic of interest to the trade, and as to which an interchange of opinion is desirable. Also, matter for "Notes and Queries." Notes from librarians will also be gratefully received. In case of business changes, notification or card should be immediately sent to this office for entry under "Business Notes." New catalogues issued will also be mentioned when forwarded. THE LIBRARY QUESTION. IN the last American Library Journal, containing the proceedings of the Conference of Librarians at Philadelphia in October, the full report of the action of that convention relative to publishers' discounts to libraries is given, with the remarks pro and con, showing the general sentiment of those present, and the grounds they felt they had for grievance. As the trade can make no rule binding upon buyers unless the buyers choose to be bound, for the present beautiful system of underselling enables almost any one to obtain almost any book at almost any price, it would seem expedient as well as just to make some concession to the library interest. As any extracts from the Journal of the debate in the Conference on this subject could scarcely with fairness be given without giving the whole discussion, which would occupy too much space, we would recommend to the trade the perusal of the Journal itself. The same number contains many other topics of nearly equal importance to them, such as the sizes of books, printed title-slips, bindings, etc., which touch the publishing nearly as closely as the library interests. READY REFERENCE LISTS. IF it be true that at the bookstores nine inquiries for books of the current year are made to one for publications of an older date, the handy reference-lists, digesting the publications of the past year, or month, or week, must be the most valuable tools in the hands of a bookseller. This conclusion seems fully confirmed by the constant demand for a separate issue of our Monthly Reference-Lists. The demand has been made so often and so urgently that we have finally decided (though adding to our expenses at a time when" cutting down" should be studied as a fine art) to supply subscribers of the WEEKLY with an additional copy of the Monthly Reference-Lists, printed as a supplement to one of the later numbers of the month. These lists, filed separately, where they can be turned to at a minute's notice, will prove equally invaluable to jobbers, salesmen, and librarians. The usefulness of this file can be further increased by adding to it the Annual Summary Number of the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY (Jan. 27), with its full index to the annual summaries of the publishers. An extra number of copies of that issue will be printed for those who prefer for this purpose to use duplicates in order to keep their file of the WEEKLY complete. As the question at the time was very fully discussed in this paper (See PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY, October 14th, 1876), we would now merely call the attention of publishers to this presentation of the library side of the question, that the motive of the Conference may be the more clearly appreciated, and that both sides of the question may be fairly studied. As at the Put-in-Bay Convention the library interests were necessarily not represented, so at the Philadelphia Conference the A. B. T. A. had no one authorized to speak directly for it, though Mr. Christern most ably showed the position of the bookseller and argued the morality of the twenty per cent rule. The publication of these proceedings now gives the trade an opportunity to better understand the position held by librarians, so that when the two committees meet the question can be more understandingly discussed and an amicable compromise effected. The libraries as large buyers think they should have better terms than those now offered, or easily obtained by, the smallest private buyers. Though by resolution ("That the discrimination against libraries in the rules of the American BookTrade Association, which forbids the trade from supplying libraries with books at greater discount then twenty per cent, is unjust and impolitic, and is a rule which no librarian is bound to respect ") they absolve themselves from any adherence to the present rule, they AN important feature of the coming special have appointed a committee to meet a similar report of the Educational Bureau on "Art Edubody of publishers to settle the difficulty, by the cation in the United States" will be a bibli adoption of a (as they think) more equitableography of works bearing on the subject. To rule, not "unwise and impolitic," and which further its completeness Commissioner Eaton a has addressed to publishers a circular request for a list (with full titles and authors) of all works published or imported by them that relate to this topic. The importance of such a record's being as full as possible will be sufficiently evident for all to be prompt and complete in their answers to the Bureau. Any who have failed to receive the circulars can doubtless obtain them on application. PRIZE QUESTION No. 14. Which are the most salable Poems? GIVE ten titles in the following order, as usual: Author, title proper, number of volumes, if more than one, size, price, publisher. Name only single poems issued in separate editions. Collective works and books of poetry are to form the subject of special prize questions. Answers must be received by January 25th. JOURNALISTIC NOTES. THE January Postal Guide, in addition to its revised list of post-offices, postage rates, etc., contains the rulings of the Department on the doubtful and disputed points that have arisen during the past three months with the salaries of the three classes of postmasters as now rated. THE final chapters of Edward King's illustrated "Papers from Spain" and of Ed. C. Bruce's Our Floor of Fire" are to be the opening articles in the coming Lippincott's, following which are some "Railroad Reflections" of Gail Hamilton, W. H. Goodyear's "Second Part of Goethe's Faust," more of Macdonald's new serial, the beginning of a story by Auerbach ("Young Aloys"), and the other good things which distinguish this magazine. "THE Sanitarian, and Organ of the MedicoLegal Society," a monthly magazine devoted to the preservation of health, mental and physical culture, has just issued its fourth volume, which comprises all the numbers for 1876 bound together substantially in cloth. THE strong editorial support A. S. Barnes & Co. have received for their new Magazine of American History will be some assurance of the success of so desired a periodical. Mr. Stevens of the New York Historical Society is to be the editor, and with him will be associated Messrs. J. H. Trumbull of Hartford, J. C. Brevoort (Astor Library), G. H. Moore (Lenox Library). H. C. Murphy, J. G. Shea, and a number of other historians. Each number will contain original articles on. points of American history; biographical sketches; original documents, diaries, and letters; with reprints of rare papers, reports of proceedings of New York Historical Society, notes and queries, etc. The magazine will be in quarto size, published monthly at $5 a year. The first number is announced for this month. IF he receive sufficient support in shape of subscriptions, Mr. B. R. Tucker of New Bedford, Mass., will start, about May 1st, the publication of a quarterly chiefly devoted to the labor question, which will be called The Radical Review. A number of well-known contrib utors have promised their services, though the editorship is not yet announced. THE February Atlantic will contain a timely paper, by a resident of the State, summing up South Carolina politics. It is said to be very impartial in its criticisms of both parties. THE Coming Wide Awake, in addition to its usual quota of stories, serials, and poems, will have an article by Mrs. Feudge telling of "My Visit to the Birthplace of the Siamese Twins,' in the "Poet's Home Series" a sketch of Edgar Fawcett, and an account of " A Dolls' Fair." " AN interesting series of papers on the text of Beethoven, and the variations of the different editions, from the pen of M. Charles Bannelier, is at present appearing in the Revue et Gazette Musicale. STATIONERY NOTES. CARTER, DINSMORE & Co., the well-known ink and mucilage manufacturers, have issued a new and ingenious calendar, which is perpetual in its workings. By a clever arrangement of screws, the same lettering and numbers can be used over and over again to indicate the month, week, and date. They sell them to the jobbers at $5 per 100, a discount of fifty per cent from the retail price of (each) ten cents. THE NEW YORK NEWS Co., 18 Beekman street, call attention to the Floral Barometer, a very pretty, practical, and cheap novelty. It is a simple scientific curiosity, designed to indicate the changes in the atmosphere by the changes of color in the material inside the glass of the barometer, which varies from blue to gray, and from lilac to pink, as the weather is fair or changing, showery, or threatening rain or snow. It is said to be perfectly reliable. They are mounted on chromo floral cards, and retail for ten cents each. 66 A. D. F. RANDOLPH & Co., New York, have a new Indexical Scrap-Book," particularly adapted to the use of public speakers, Sabbathschool teachers, students, and others. It is an excellent arrangement for condensation of thought. Price, $2.25. GEORGE W. EMERSON, 323 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, has met with great success in introducing his invention, the "Home Bookbinder." It is said to be the most economic, neat, and durable binder for pamphlets, paper novels, magazines, sheet-music, etc. Being particularly adapted for library uses, it is strongly recommended by Mr. W. F. Poole, John J. Bailey, and other distinguished librarians. W. H. WOGLOM, Greenwich street, New York, has been robbed for the third time within a year. The amount of his present loss is said to be about one thousand dollars, comprising gold pens, revenue-stamps, and one hundred and fifty dollars in cash. The whole affair seems to be a mystery. SCHINDLER & FRENCH, Meriden, Conn., had their factory consumed by fire a few days ago. C. S. PLUMMER, late agent for Schindler & French, is now open for an engagement, per manently or on commission. "THE DUKE," representing several large stationery and fancy-goods houses has left for the South, and will have before now paid homage |