| Show r T NOTES 1 I IIII Ja in to 10 a 1 cable demand from tho the London house lious or of Harper Broth Droth er erH Barrier Harrier by Hex flex Doach ROCS into Inlo tub a u new ness printing exactly two weka front li oin date data of publication I Mes rs Harper Brothers announced ed eu for publication on Ott April 2 tho tim fol following following lowing list of oC books King Spruce u t I Ino novel no 1 of or tho the Mama Maine woods wools by Holman Day Bay Va Santa Lucia a novel of ot the newer nutter California by h Mary Maty Au Austin The rho Duke fo to Gandia tho thu new now poetic tragedy of oC Algernon AI ernon Charles burno burne Motleys a Dutch Nation edi edl edited tell ted by b William Elliot LID and brought to date dato with fp reference to tho Iho reign of Wit Wll John anti and Sebastian Cabot in hi Heroes of or American History se series series serIce ries rIce Tho The six best hest selling boo lIs IB is 1 a II phrase flashed Hashed at nt us at very vury VUI book hook commenced upon In III many review rev low columns anti and mentioned HO so 1 0 frequently In III conversation that It has hos become a II household expression Yet familiar as ns the term Is very few know how mem membership membership In this proud Is doter deter determined mined or 01 Just what constitutes a best seller Most Moat people seem to ro 10 gara garti the tho expression as a loose devised denied for Cor tho the benefit of publishers advertising As u a matter of or fact act the tho th term is precise and und exact Inasmuch as I the statistics s of or sale are arc collected with the accuracy and fairness and I the that a II book lu la among the six best sellers sollers Indicates dell deli that It has won a wide measure of popularity The Tho method of determining the tho big bl blei six Fix ei was wai devised by bv The Tho and anul Is operated under tho the personal person 1 of ot Mr J Arthur Bartlett Bartlott tho thu editor of or the magazine Toward tho thu end of 01 elicit each month tho the tending leading In 11 each of or tho the larg larger er Ir cities of or the tho country countr malls mails to Mr 11 a 0 ballot showing the six books hooks which by actual count have havo sold best at ut his hili store during tho the month Mr Maui Ico tabulates tho count to doter deter determine mine the tho six alx ix best selling books for Cor or tho the country at ut large and tho result of tC tho vote volu is printed In the tho next of Tho Bookman which thus serves as M an nfl approximately scientific barometer of the thu reading publics taste Take lako for example tho the April Book Bookman Bookman man nian Just jUt published two separate list are arc given In that issue furnished by h ns as many mm dealers representing seating 35 cities from Birmingham Alabama to Oregon aund from root Portland Malno Maino to Los Angeles Angeh 3 California Fort books arc vot vet voted voted ed for Cor or tho the publications of if 25 different American houses and the tho total number of or votes cast is 15 1680 First on tho the com corn list preeminently the tho best hest best telling selling book In ilL tho the whole country Is Tho rho Black Bag flag by h Louis Joseph Vance which secured a total of oC votes ole ote or 01 13 per pel cent of or tho th entire number of votes cast After ACtor Mr 11 Vances minces romance comes conies The Tue Ancient Law by Ellen Elicit Glasgow with votes yoles Third Is Tho Thu Shut Stint tip tie Mrs Francis Hodgson Burnetts story of or International marriage 1 SitS Sir Gilbert ilbert 3 Weavers comes conies fourth curth with n it total ot of The Tue Lady of or the Decoration for or many months month a it I familiar title titie In The Book mans list Is IH In April with Good the tho latest Do Du Mor Morgan Morgan gan story secures lOt votes and sixth place llaco Looking at this volo oto with reference to 10 the tho 25 21 publishers represented wo we flail find that tho the largest number climber of or books bearing hearing tho tim imprint of oC one olle house lire are tho IIII I publications of or I company Besides The Tho Black Bag are mentioned III In ono one list or another Rosalind at lit nell lied Gate Satan Sanderson Tho rho Best Bent Man anti and The Tho Brass Bowl BoI These niece five title gate gati votes or UJ over OlN or ortho orthe the tho voto va to of if tho the 48 titles I I Mrs Irs Humphrey Wards tells ells of ut Ho no Hobort flobert bert bort 1 the tho novel which rooted her Ilor In itt literature that tIm t soon noon a flat Its It i ta II it WIL t Into German Danish Ba tush and Swedish hut lUt that not 1101 until 15 years later did 1 a 1 Latin Lutin or oi country nay any on nt nl Its 19 Then It II i L was at it t the Ihl t hi Hal no noI time I I tile Into I at ii Italian I titi itt a and ii lid Fi M t Fral reprinted thu major part pars III In Ln Lo toStIe don Deux explaining to Mrs Ward Want aru that tho the Ideas I of oC religious reconstruction III in Hobert mo lc could not lowe have been taken seriously Herlous by the French IB Hi years ho bo rare fore ore but hind had since gained such hold In church and und seminaries navies that his jour joul journal nal imi was obliged to 10 mirror them thorn Be lie tween tho the publication or of Robert nobert Erl Els lucre mero and Diana Mallory tho Iho be latter still a II i serial In Harpers Magazine there thoro havo elapsed exactly 20 years I |
