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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 190a 315 BOOKS AND THEIR SALES. 6omt Rtmarkt on tht 8oundntta Public Opinion and tht Reasons for a Book's Success. of You can't always judge a book Dy its sales, Dut you can pretty often. The books for which there has been thie greatest demand during tne past six montns have all been books of literary merit and fully deserve their success. Take for example Miss Chol-mondeley's novel, Red Pottage.

sales have been enormous Its and at the same time the most conservative of our critics have sounded its praises in other words, public opinion has been sustained by expert testimony. It's the same way with The Conspirators, by Robert W. Chambers. It has been published only three weeks and already four editions have been sold. What do the critics say about it They one and all agree that it's as good a love story.

as they have read in many a day, and, incidentally, that's the real key to the success of any novel. Go over in your mind the list of novels that have had any remarkable sale. With but one or two exceptions they have been love stories. It isn't Mr. Hamilton Drum- I J-J Hiunu spicnuiu ucsenpuuns ui COmbatS and the Oaeeantrv Of I courts that have made his ro mance, A Man of His Age, one of the popular historical novels of the year, although be fore its publication few had heard of the author It is the love affair of young de Crussenay that the world is interested in.

It is not the beautiful parental affection shown in Miss Wil- kins's story, The Love of Parson Lord 1 11 that has made the volume in which it appears one of the most widely read that she has written. It )s the love of the dainty little heroine for the manly Richard The rule doesn't hold quite so hard and fast, however, in the case of short stories: For example, Mr. Owen Wis- ter's book I I The Jimmyjohn Boss, is certainly not attracting thou- SandS OI readers On ltS mcntS as I II 1 at I a collection or iovc stones. lor I 1 there IS little, talk Ol lOVe in it. These stories are fresh, out-of-door tales of the West, stories that men, perhaps, care for more than women.

Another book of muh the same sort is Mr. Remington's Men With the Bark On. Yet we fancy that the most popular of these stories are those in which a little good, healthy sentiment appears. At any rate it's not unflattering to the public. taste to think so.

Red Pottage, $1.50. The Conspirators, A Man of His Age, luustraiea. i.au. illustrated, 91.25. The Love of Parson Lord, Illustrated, $1.25.

The Jlmmyjohn Boj, Illustrated, $1 25. rien With the Birk On, Illustrated, $1.25. HARPER BROTHERS, Fraaklla Stiaere, Sew Verk. charming In ton or distinguished In color, they are only echoes of hi father' greater works. Ur.

Inneaa remembered the fort night In October laat when hi exhibition at the Georgea Petit Gallery waa the talk of Pari; when Arscn Alexandre, the moat dlatlnguUhed art critic In France, had begged th honor of writings the Introductory criticism for hi catalogue; when the Journal had been overwhelmingly flat tering in the flrt art centre of the world jQt because (In their obliviousness of aom thing that know) he was not over shadowed 'by the reputation of hl II-lustiious father. Mr. Inness said. I will how them what I can do In a field my father has not occupied." This Is th reason of the present exhibition. The subjects are men and animals out of doors.

Shepherds with sheep, horses and boats in the surf, Madonnas bathed In radiance, gracing cows, sleeping pigs homely subjects, but charming in quality and distinguished in tone. Indeed, the exhibition Is one of tone. The small but well-chosen selection of etchings by Rembrandt, and which include some of the best states of his more famous plates, now on exhibition at the Grolier Club, continues to attract much Interest. The exhibition affords exceptional opportunity for print lovers to see rare proofs of the work of the great etcher, and can be visited dally from 10 A. M.

to 6 P. M. until May 20 by persons Interested in the subject upon application to members of the club or personal application at the club. Mr. Inness's active studio has been for two years in Paris, and his exhibits have been mainly at the Salon.

While we have temporarily lost sight of hi work, the i improvement he ha made, in strength as well as In tone, is a surprise to his friends the artists. The most Important canvas I No. 18, which is rather a decora-. tlon than a picture, and which shows three powerful Normandy horses hauling a life boat out of the surf. But it is the cattle and sheep pictures and the wallowing pigs that show beet the quality of Mr.

Inness' work as a tonalist. A Southdown ewe suckling her lamb stragglers from the flock 4s painted with great breadth, solid ity, and simplicity of treatment. Mr. Inness's method varies with his mood, for, while ho usually loads his canvas, Lead- Ins HI Flock" la so thinly painted that the thread are plainly visible under the, P'tpnent The high key In which he paint is well illustrated in No. 13, where th broad light that falls on the shepherd's coat stands for white.

Kxamlne it; Instead of white It is chromo-yellow, pure from th tube, the strongest yellow in the painter's box. In a cool picture this would have been howling yellow. In this picture pure white would have been blue. Mr. Inness received this week a cablegram from Paris, announcing that his present exhibit In the Salon had been awarded a gold medal, which Is now on Its way to America.

British Lands in America. British America is the third volume in the British Empire series, which has already attracted attention by the nature and extent of the Information contained In Its worlts. Knowledge of the other lands of thts world is peculiarly attractive to the American reader, whose thirst for Infor mation ftbout the people on the other side of tho mountain Is much larger than that of the average cltlsen of the world. Brit- Ish America Is to the typical dweller In the United States less familiar than Europe. Our eyes seem always to be strained across the sea, while the wide stretch of this continent which lies Just beyond our northern border reduces Itself to the name of Canada in last snlitds.

with dim spatula tiina a a mlii.thr Ihe KlnnillkA la ta Km included it or not. The Pre8ent volume, however, should dls- r.ol miih rt hle lirnnrinr It I lurirM and comprehensive and written with authority. The papers of which it is com- were motlJr ivn rt p'c at the South Place InsUtute. Flnsbury. a.u.

uia seam-. af a- JTOm 10 me prm id pm. aan. that nl.lnn A lectures was to afford trustworthy in formation concerning the various colonies. settlements, and countries scattered over the world, which go to form the whole known as the British Empire.

It was thought that a wider and deeper knowl edge of the growth, present condition, and possibilities of each integral part of our empire would tend to strengthen the sympathetic, material, and political ties which unite the colonies to the mother country." Perhaps sympathisers with the Boers may see In the preparation or this work with such a laudable purpose a 6ubtle plan to further that solidarity of the Biitlsh Em pire which has Qlayed so conspicuous a part in the conn let In South Africa. It would, however, be rather difficult to throw discredit on the enterprise by point ing out this possibility. Whatever may have been the purpose, the results are ex cellent. The book Is a mine of Information about the vast British possessions which lie at our doors, and about which most of us know even less than we think we do. The first part of the book is devoted to a study of Britlah North America.

In which of course the Dominion of Canada holds the principal The Introduction to this part, entitled "Csnada," Is written by J. O. Colmer, Secretary to the High Canada, and It Is followed by liniTIKH A MR RICA. The BrMUh Eapln -rt. New Yotk: rusk Waaaalla Cuas-paiiy.

1MW. an artlcU entiUed "The Dominion of Canada, Qeneral View," by Xrd Strath cons, (ha High Commissioner. This artlcla la on of large and authoritative Information, and contain Invaluable facta about th Constitution, th Government, and the people of th colony. Xa a remarkably mall apac th High Commissioner ha condensed Instructive statement of th financial and educational aystems, th fish "Vrlee, th canal, th railways, th agricultural pursuits, th manufactures, and th export of th Dominion. Dut thla article.

Interesting and valuable a It Is, only a preface to detailed history of th resource and Industries of tha different province, each written by a man especially qualified for th (ask. For la-stance, that on Ontario Is by Peter Byrne, agent for Ontario, while the title and authors of others ate: The Province of Quebec," by Harrison Watson, Curator for the Dominion of Canada at th Imperial Institute; New Brunswick, Past and Present," by C. A Duff Miller, Agent General at New Brunswick, and "Nova Scotia," by James 8. Macdonald of Halifax. Other articles are on Prince Edward Island." "Manitoba." "British Columbia." "The Northwest Territories of Canada," Canadian Women of th Time and the Women Movement," Th Canadian Abor igines," "A Short Review of Canadian Literature." "Newfoundland," and "Bermuda." The second part of the volume Is devoted to a consideration of the West Indies, Central America, and South America.

In this part there are special articles entitled 'Th West Indies," "Bahamas," "Jamaica," "Barbados and the Windward and Leeward Islands." "Trinidad," "British Honduras," British Guiana," and The Falkland Isl ands." This mere enumeration of th contents of the book ought to give the reader an Idea of the scope and nature of the Information offered to him. A full review of the articles could not well be given without utilising a large amount of spac and reproducing much of the Interesting matt-rial of which the volume Is made. Furthermore, this Is a book of facts, and th few opinions advanced in It are not such a to call for extended comment. They are In general the views of men thoroughly fitted to express them, men wh know, whereof they speak. As a whole, the volume deserves a high place among works of th kind, and that It will command wide attention seems to be a foregone conclusion.

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