Books for Authors
Authors and Publishers
A MANUAL OF SUGGESTIONS FOR BEGINNERS IN LITERATURE
Comprising a description of publishing methods and arrangements, directions for the preparation of MSS. for the press, explanations of the details of book-manufacturing, instructions for proof-reading, specimens of typography, the text of the United States Copyright Law, and information concerning International Copyrights, together with general hints for authors. By G. H. P. and J. B. P.
Seventh Edition, re-written with additional material.
8°, gilt top net, $1.75
CHIEF CONTENTS
Part I.—Publishing arrangements—Books published at the risk and expense of the publisher—Books published for the account of the author, i. e., at the author's risk and expense, or in which he assumes a portion of the investment—Publishing arrangements for productions first printed in periodicals or cyclopædias—The literary agent—Authors' associations—Advertising—On securing copyright.
Part II.—The Making of Books—Composition—Electrotyping—Presswork—Bookbinding—Illustrations.
"Full of valuable information for authors and writers. . . . A most instructive and excellent manual."—George Wm. Curtis in Harper's Magazine.
"This handy and useful book is written with perfect fairness and abounds in hints which writers will do well to 'make a note of.' . . . There is a host of other matters treated succinctly and lucidly which it behoves beginners in literature to know, and we can recommend it most heartily to them."—London Spectator.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, New York and London
BY GEO. HAVEN PUTNAM
AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLIC IN ANCIENT TIMES
A Sketch of Literary Conditions and of the Relations with the
Public of Literary Producers, from the Earliest Times
to the Fall of the Roman Empire.
Second edition, revised, 12°, gilt top, $1.50.
The book abounds in information, is written in a delightfully succinct and agreeable manner, with apt comparisons that are often humorous, and with scrupulous exactness to statement, and without a sign of partiality either from an author's or a publisher's point of view.—New York Times.
BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
A Study of the Conditions of the Production and Distribution of
Literature from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the
Close of the Seventeenth Century.
In two volumes, 8°, cloth extra (sold separately), each $2.50
Vol. I., 476-1600—Vol. II., 1500-1709.
It is seldom that such wide learning, such historical grasp and insight, have been employed in their service.—Atlantic Monthly.
It is a book to be studied rather than merely praised. . . . That its literary style is perfect is acceptable as a matter of course, and equally of course is it that the information it contains bears the stamp of historical verification.—N. Y. Sun.
THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT
Comprising the text of the Copyright Law of the United States, and a summary of the Copyright laws at present in force in the chief countries of the world; together with a report of the legislation now pending in Great Britain, a sketch of the contest in the United States, 1837-1891, in behalf of International Copyright, and certain papers on the development of the conception of literary property and on the results of the American law of 1891.
Second edition, revised, with additions, and with the record of legislation brought down to March, 1896. 8°, gilt top, $1.75.
A perfect arsenal of facts and arguments, carefully elaborated and very effectively presented. . . . Altogether it constitutes an extremely valuable history of the development of a very intricate right of property, and it is as interesting as it is valuable.—N. Y. Nation.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
New York: 27 West 23rd Street. London: 24 Bedford St., Strand.
BY MOSES COIT TYLER
A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE DURING THE COLONIAL TIME
New Edition, revised, in two volumes.
Volume I.—1607-1676. Volume II.—1676-1765. Each $2.50.
Agawam edition, 2 vols. in one. 8°, half leather, $3.00.
"In the execution of his work thus far, Professor Tyler has evinced a skill in the arrangement of his materials, and a masterly power of combination, which will at once place it in a very eminent rank among American historical compositions. It is not so much the history of a special development of literature, as a series of profound and brilliant studies on the character and genius of a people of whom that literature was the natural product. The work betrays acute philosophical insight, a rare power of historical research, and a cultivated literary habit, which was perhaps no less essential than the two former conditions, to its successful accomplishment. The style of the author is marked by vigor, originality, comprehensiveness, and a curious instinct in the selection of words. In this latter respect, though not in the moulding of sentences, the reader may perhaps be reminded of the choice and fragrant vocabulary of Washington Irving, whose words alone often leave an exquisite odor like the perfume of sweet-brier and arbutus."—George Ripley, in The Tribune.
THE LITERARY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1763-1783
Two volumes, large octavo. Sold separately.
Volume I.—1763-1776. Volume II.—1776-1783. Each $3.00.
This work is the result of an altogether new and original treatment of the American Revolution. The outward history of that period has been many times written, and is now, by a new school of American historians, being freshly re-written in the light of larger evidence, and after a more disinterested and judicial method. In the present work, for the first time in a systematic and complete way, is set forth the inward history of our Revolution,—the history of its ideas, its spiritual moods, its passions, as these uttered themselves at the time in the writings of the two parties of Americans who either promoted or resisted that great movement.
THREE MEN OF LETTERS
Chapters in Literary Biography and Criticism devoted to
George Berkeley, Timothy Dwight, and Joel Barlow.
12°, gilt top, $1.25.
"Though more lengthy than most of the sketches in Professor Tyler's well-known 'History,' these monographs have much of the brevity of their original purpose; and they are marked by the same picturesqueness of treatment, the same vivacity of expression, and the same felicity of statement, that characterize the author's larger volumes."—The Nation.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, New York and London.
LANGUAGE.
SOME COMMON ERRORS OF SPEECH.
Suggestions for the Avoiding of Certain Classes of Errors, together with Examples of Bad and of Good Usage. By Alfred G. Compton, Professor in College of the City of New York. 12° $ .75
"The book calls up many interesting, not to say fascinating, lapses from strict grammar, and is very valuable. In its index expurgatorius will be found many surprises by the self-supposed learned."—Chicago Times-Herald.
A SIMPLE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH NOW IN USE.
By John Earle, A.M., LL.D., Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Oxford, author of "English Prose: Its Elements, History, and Usage." 12° $1.50
"The book is a clear, careful, and scholarly treatise on the English Language and its use, rather than a work of science. It is a book that will be valuable to teachers and to students of language everywhere."—Washington Times.
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
An Historical Study of the Sources, Development, and Analogies of the Language, and of the Principles Covering its Usages. Illustrated by Copious Examples by Writers of all Periods. By Samuel Ramsey. 8° $2.00
"Mr. Ramsey's work will appeal especially to those that desire to know something more about the history and philology, the growth and mistakes of their native tongue than is given in the ordinary text-books."—Baltimore Sun.
ORTHOMETRY.
A Treatise on the Art of Versification and the Technicalities of Poetry, with a New and Complete Rhyming Dictionary. By R. F. Brewer, B.A. 12°, pp. xv. + 376 $2.00
"It is a good book for its purpose, lucid, compact, and well arranged. It lays bare, we believe, the complete anatomy of poetry. It affords interesting quotations, in the way of example, and interesting comments by distinguished critics upon certain passages from the distinguished poets."—N. Y. Sun.
MANUAL OF LINGUISTICS.
An Account of General and English Phonology. By John Clark, A.M. 8°, pp. lxiii. + 314 $2.00
"Mr. Clark has traced the English language back to its foundations in his work 'Manual of Linguistics.' It is an interesting theme, and his book will prove very useful for reference, for he has culled from many sources and gone over a wide territory."—Detroit Free Press.
COMPOSITION IN THE SCHOOL-ROOM.
A Practical Treatise. By E. Galbraith. 16°, cloth $1.00
"The author has drawn fully from the best writers on the subject, and her book is an epitome of the best thought of all."—Boston Transcript.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, New York and London.
Transcriber's Notes
1. Punctuation for abbreviations such as per cent., viz. has been standardised.
2. There are spelling inconsistencies in proper and place names as well as within accented characters and hyphenated words. These have been left as printed.
3. The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.