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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 correctness in the final entry. 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 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" thankfully received. The editor does not hold himself responsible for the views expressed in contributed articles or communications. WE are requested by the Illustrated Publishing Company, of Chicago, to explain the circumstances of their use of the name of Mrs. Ellen Olney Kirke on certain novels which were not written by her, as they state that they were misled by an entry in the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY record. This house published a novel under the title of "Fairy Gold," which we entered under the name of Mrs. Ellen Olney Kirke, knowing her to be the author of the existing novel of that title. The book, however, proved to be not the same book, but a reprint from an English unknown author, and in reprinting further books of the same English author the Illustrated Publishing Company used the name of Mrs. Kirke because of our reference of the previous book to her. The case illustrates very well the need that publishers, especially those who reprint foreign books, should have a care in their use of titles before making their announcements and printing their books. The law in regard to titles is in so much confusion that it is not possible to say whether a title innocently used would be ruled an infringement of copyright; it is possible, if not probable, that the author or publisher of Mrs. Kirke's book could procure an injunction and damages for this use of title of a copyrighted book in their legal ownership. However that may be, the use of a duplicate title is misleading to the trade and to readers, and with the catalogue facilities now before the trade there is little excuse for a publisher who fails to take the trouble to look up in the "American Catalogue" and elsewhere whether a title is already in use. The point under discussion is another instance of the need of revision of our domestic as well as our international copyright arrangements. THE D. LOTHROP COMPANY. ON February 26, Daniel Lothrop, James E. Lothrop, Matthew H. Lothrop, and John C. Lothrop (heretofore doing business under the firm and style of D. Lothrop & Co.), and Elbridge S. Brooks, William H. Arnold, and Edmund H. Pennell, incorporated themselves under the laws of the State of Massachusetts for the printing, publishing, and sale of books under the corporate name of The D. Lothrop Company. The organization was effected and the company began business under its new name on the 1st inst. The Board of Directors consists of Daniel Lothrop, James E. Lothrop, and John C. Lothrop. The officers of the company are Daniel Lothrop, President James E. Lothrop, Treasurer; Matthew H. Lothrop, Assistant Treasurer; William H. Arnold, Superintendent; Elbridge S. Brooks, Editor; and Edmund H. Pennell, Clerk. The capital stock is $200,000, in two thousand shares, at $100 per share, and the entire stock has been taken up by the several members of the company. Mr. Pennell has for years been connected with the Lothrop house, and has made his mark in the concern as a valuable and efficient worker. Of the two new members now brought into connection with the house Mr. E. S. Brooks has long been known to the book-trade, having begun business as a clerk with D. Appleton & Co. in February 1865, and having been since associated with the houses of Henry Holt & Co., Sheldon & Co., E. Steiger, THE PUBLishers' WeekLY, the Brooklyn Times, and the Century Company, where he was, until this new connection was formed, one of the Associate Editors on the staff of St. Nicholas. Mr. Brooks is to assume the post of Editor to the corporation and will undertake the editorial supervision of all the publications of the house, a work of no small proportions and responsibility in view of the largely increasing list of the house. He will also prepare and edit under his own name several special works of peculiar interest touching various phases of American history. Mr. William H. Arnold also needs no introduction to the trade. He is well known as a live bookseller, first in Poughkeepsie, then in Philadelphia, where in late years he was instrumental in building up Mr. Wanamaker's stupendous retail book business from a most insignificant beginning. Mr. Arnold is to be superintendent of the entire business of the new company and his unquestioned business ability will most successfuly supplement the thorough and active executive direction of Mr. Daniel Lothrop. No change will be made in the very efficient editorship of Wide Awake and the other magazines of the house. Mr. J. E. Powers, also lately with Wanamaker, has been added to the staff of this house, and the pushing of the various magazines that bear the Lothrop imprint will be under his care. He is known to have special talent in this class of work, which is becoming more and more a science, with the daily increasing number of competing magazines, almost all of which seem to attain an equal level of excellence. The D. Lothrop Co. may be congratulated upon its unusually strong force. ROBERT BEALL. ON the 2d inst. Robert Beall, whose name is well known throughout the book-trade of this country, had been in business on Pennsylvania Avenue thirty-three years. Mr. Beall was born in Washington in 1837. While a lad he entered the book-store of the late Franck Taylor, on Pennsylvania Avenue, near Four-and-a-half Street, and was employed for several years as an assist ant. It was in 1872, fifteen years ago, that he went into business for himself in the same building which he now occupies. "His store," says the editor of The Capital, " is known to all bookbuyers and book-lovers in the District of Columbia. It is a favorite resort of public men and men of science, who know that they can always find there works of special value to them as well as all the best literature of the day. To cultivated persons who reside here, or who pay occasional visits to Washington, Mr. Beall's shelves furnish a most attractive collection of good literature, new and old-and the old is often more attractive than the new. One is always sure to find there very choice and desirable editions of the best authors. But more than this, one can always find books that he has not specially sought, but is delighted to have an opportunity to acquire. Few men know books' and know their worth and importance better than he. Few men, it may be added, have a wider acquaintance with the men who own libraries and use them. Having been for such a long time in business, he has known all his life such public men as have been long upon the public stage. Mr. Lamar, for instance, knew Mr. Beall and bought books of him as a clerk in Taylor's store long before the war. Justice Field is one of the men who may be frequently seen conning the works on his counters. The late David Davis was not only a constant patron (he was a great book-lover), but a warm personal friend. When he was a lad, Mr. Beall used to deliver books and periodicals to Daniel Webster, and to-day he finds in Mr. Webster's successor, Senator Hoar, a frequent and, it may be added, an appreciative patron. Mr. Beall's services are very apt to be called for when a committee of Congress or a head of department wishes to make some important addition to the reference-books or other literary reSources of the Government." LEE & SHEPARD'S TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. LAST month was a red-letter day in the annals of the firm of Lee & Shepard. They began business February 1, 1862, in the old Chelsea Dye House building, corner of Washington St. and Harvard Place, a structure similar in its architecture to the "Old Corner Book-Store." This was shortly afterward torn down, and they took the store 149 Washington St. Here their business increased to an enormous extent, and they practically became "the jobbing house" of Boston and New England, and carried the largest stock of books in Boston, which necessitated the constant addition of rooms and stores in the rear. The great fire of November 9-11, 1872, just "scorched" them, though their front windows were all broken by the intense heat which prevailed. Soon afterward they were obliged, for want of room, to seek new quarters, and they leased the large granite building, 47 and 49 Franklin St., which had just been rebuilt, and which they occupied for a number of years. Upon the expiration of their lease they removed to their present quarters, 10 Milk St., where they have devoted their energies entirely to publishing, giving up the jobbing business at the time of 1 their removal. In the publishing line they have been eminently successful. Among their most successful ventures are the numerous works of Oliver Optic, who has written 117 different volumes; of Sophie May, Elijah Kellog, J. T. Trowbridge, and others. They were the originators of the celebrated "Golden Floral Fringe" books, which sold in phenomenal numbers and were largely imitated. The writer well remembers Wm. Lee, in the palmiest days of the jobbing business, from 1866 to 1870, standing all day long on the stairs in the wholesale department at 149 Washington Street, during the "Christmas rush,' with a long line of "pickup" boys passing before him, in line, and recalls his wonderful memory in recognizing every boy who passed along, his ability to read the prices of every book, whether r6mo, 12mo, or 8vo, correctly, without looking inside, calling off charge after charge and giving the various discounts on each. He also remembers how eagerly, Christmas morning, the " boys" called round to wish Mr. Lee "Merry Christmas," and the numerous gifts they received from his hands. H. |