definitely determined, at least for those published since 1895. The
following list of twenty-four best sellers in this category includes
books that have sold half a million copies or more. They have been
written from the point of view of many different religions; they range
in publication date from 1896 to 1952. More of these titles have
appeared on the annual best seller lists than the titles in any of the
other subject lists. 1953 was the biggest year of all for religious
books on the annual best seller lists, with six out of the first ten in
non-fiction. _Peace of Mind_ appeared on three consecutive lists,
1946-1948, _A Man Called Peter_ in 1952, 1953 and 1955, and _The Power
of Positive Thinking_ was sixth in 1952, second only to the _Revised
Standard Version_ of the Bible in 1953, 1954 and 1955.
* * * * *
The Greatest Story Ever Told, by Fulton Oursler, 1949
Doubleday 3,580,570
The Story of the Bible, by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut. 1904 Winston 3,000,000
The Song of Our Syrian Guest, by William Allen Knight.
1903 Pilgrim Press 2,070,500
Bible Readings for the Home Circle. 1914 Review & Herald 2,051,448
The Power of Positive Thinking, by Norman Vincent
Peale. 1952 Prentice-Hall 2,000,000
The Greatest Book Ever Written, by Fulton Oursler. 1951
Doubleday 1,674,438
In Tune with the Infinite, by Ralph Waldo Trine. 1897
Bobbs-Merrill 1,597,314
A Man Called Peter, by Catherine Marshall. 1951 McGraw-Hill 1,303,000
Peace of Mind, by Joshua L. Liebman. 1946 Simon and Schuster 1,102,364
Strength for Service to God and Country, by Norman F.
Nygaard. 1942 Abingdon Press 1,050,000
Great Controversy, by Ellen G. White. 1926 Review & Herald 1,005,381
Egermeier’s Bible Story Book, by Elsie E. Egermeier. 1923
Rev. by Arlene S. Hall 1955 Warner Press 1,000,000
The Story of the Other Wise Man, by Henry van Dyke.
1896 Harper 936,191
Abundant Living, by E. Stanley Jones. 1942 Abingdon Press 749,180
The Man Nobody Knows, by Bruce Barton. 1925 Bobbs-Merrill 726,892
The Seven Storey Mountain, by Thomas Merton. 1948
Harcourt Brace 669,048
Daily Strength for Daily Needs, by Mary W. Tileston.
1901 Little, Brown 606,060
The Sermon on the Mount, by Emmet Fox. 1934 Harper 590,633
A Guide to Confident Living, by Norman Vincent Peale.
1948 Prentice-Hall 575,000
Human Destiny, by Pierre Lecomte du Noüy. 1947 Longmans, Green 560,000
Angel Unaware, by Dale Evans Rogers. 1935 Revell 500,000
Mr. Jones, Meet the Master, by Peter Marshall. 1949 Revell 500,000
Quiet Talks on Power, by S. D. Gordon. 1904 Revell 500,000
The Story of the Bible, by Hendrik W. Van Loon. 1933 Liveright 500,000
Other Successful Religious Books
Here are some more very successful sellers in the religious book field,
added because of the great surge of public interest in books on
religious subjects, both non-fiction and fiction, during the past
decade. Most of these titles were first published in that period: _The
Greatest Faith Ever Known_, by Fulton Oursler (sales 369,970 copies);
_This I Believe, Series 1_ (281,014); _On Being a Real Person_, by Harry
Emerson Fosdick (230,000); _Life Is Worth Living, Series 1_, by Fulton
J. Sheen (223,500); _Peace of Soul_, by Fulton J. Sheen (223,000);
_Power Through Constructive Thinking_, by Emmet Fox (206,000); _Christ
and the Fine Arts_, by Pearl Maus (200,000); _The Life of Christ_, by
Giovanni Papini (200,000); _The Bible Designed to Be Read as Living
Literature_ (194,929); _The Return to Religion_, by Henry C. Link
(181,739); _The Prayers of Peter Marshall_ (140,500); _The Secret of
Happiness_, by Billy Graham (137,282); _This I Believe, Series 2_
(129,034); _Religions in America_ (102,570).
Religious Novels
Twenty religious novels have sold over half a million copies since 1895.
A book has been considered a religious novel if it has a dominantly
religious theme or if its central character is closely related to
religion--a minister or priest, or a Biblical character. There are
perhaps many other novels which have religious overtones. I have tried,
however, to confine this list to books in which the religious theme is
predominant, essential to the plot. It is interesting, in sharp contrast
to religious non-fiction, that only half of the books in the following
list have been published since 1940.
There are a number of other religious novels which were best sellers in
their year of publication: _A Singular Life_, by Mrs. Ward and _The
Damnation of Theron Ware_, by Harold Frederic, 1896; _The Christian_, by
Hall Caine, 1897; _The Inside of the Cup_, by Winston Churchill, 1913;
_The Sky Pilot in No Man’s Land_, by Ralph Connor, 1919; _Simon Called
Peter_, by Robert Keable and _Maria Chapdelaine_, by Louis Hemon, 1922;
_Elmer Gantry_, by Sinclair Lewis, 1927; _Joseph and His Brethren_, by
H. W. Freeman, 1929; _Shadows on the Rock_, by Willa Cather, 1931;
_Three Loves_, by A. J. Cronin, 1932; _Forgive Us Our Trespasses_, by
Lloyd G. Douglas, 1933; _The Nazarene_, by Sholem Asch, 1939; _Mary_, by
Sholem Asch, 1949; _The Foundling_, by Cardinal Spellman, 1951; and
_Moses_, by Sholem Asch, 1951.
* * * * *
In His Steps, by Charles Monroe Sheldon. 1897 Advance (est.) 8,000,000
The Razor’s Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham. 1944 Doubleday 3,221,843
The Robe, by Lloyd C. Douglas. 1942 Houghton Mifflin 2,674,951
Magnificent Obsession, by Lloyd C. Douglas. 1929
Houghton Mifflin 2,318,142
The Silver Chalice, by Thomas B. Costain. 1952 Doubleday 2,236,004
The Song of Bernadette, by Franz Werfel. 1942 Viking
Press (est.) 1,594,000
The Shepherd of the Hills, by Harold Bell Wright. 1907
Appleton-Century-Crofts 1,200,000
The Calling of Dan Matthews, by Harold Bell Wright.
1916 Appleton-Century-Crofts 925,000
Green Light, by Lloyd C. Douglas. 1935 Houghton Mifflin 839,989
The Keys of the Kingdom, by A. J. Cronin. 1941 Little, Brown 819,629
The Big Fisherman, by Lloyd G. Douglas. 1948 Houghton Mifflin 814,637
The Miracle of the Bells, by Russell Janney. 1946 Prentice-Hall 770,000
Quo Vadis, by Henryk Sienkiewicz. 1896 Little, Brown 754,000
The Re-creation of Brian Kent, by Harold Bell Wright.
1919 Appleton-Century-Crofts 750,000
The Chain, by Paul I. Wellman. 1949 Doubleday 689,350
The Bishop’s Mantle, by Agnes Sligh Turnbull. 1948 Macmillan 626,843
Black Rock, by Ralph Connor. 1908 Revell 600,000
The Sky Pilot, by Ralph Connor. 1899 Revell 600,000
The Cardinal, by Henry Morton Robinson. 1950 Simon and Schuster 588,395
The Apostle, by Sholem Asch. 1943 Putnam 554,000
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS
Subscription books differ from all the other books listed in this volume
in the method by which they are sold. They are not sold in bookstores,
except occasionally in secondhand bookstores, but are sold by
house-to-house canvassing, by mail order or advertising in periodicals,
and over the air. They are usually sets of books, consisting of many
volumes. The “book agent” used to sell sets of well-established authors
like Shakespeare, Dickens and Thackeray. Nowadays subscription books are
usually encyclopedias, for both children and adults. Methods of selling
have changed from the old horse-and-buggy days, although even now some
of the subscription book houses have hundreds of salesmen in the field.
Subscription selling, which usually implies installment selling, has
flourished in this country ever since the days of Parson Weems. For the
purpose of this book no attempt has been made to go that far back into
the past. Twenty-one present-day subscription and mail order houses were
queried as to their sales. Those who gave factual replies are listed
here with their responses as to their sales and sales figures.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA--_Encyclopaedia Britannica_, _Britannica
Junior_, _Britannica Book of the Year_, _Britannica World Atlas_.
In the case of these four publications, total sales figures would
run into the millions of dollars. Even the _Atlas_ enjoys a sales
volume in excess of one million copies annually.
FRONTIER PRESS COMPANY--We have sold over three million copies of
_The Standard Dictionary of Facts_ and another one million copies
of _The Lincoln Library_. The twenty-second edition of _The Lincoln
Library_ came from the press October, 1955. The first edition was
in February, 1924. _The Standard Dictionary of Facts_ was
copyrighted first in 1908. The seventeenth edition was copyrighted
in 1927.
FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.--There have been printed and distributed
over 625,000 sets of the 15-volume _Childcraft_ in the last ten
years. _The World Book Encyclopedia_ has sold well over a million
sets during the same period of time.
GROLIER SOCIETY, INC.--_Book of Knowledge Annual_, 1940-1955,
2,365,000 copies. _Story of Our Time_, 1947-1955, 506,000 copies.
_Americana Annual_, 1938-1955, 2,000,000 copies. _The Book of
Knowledge_, 1910-1955, 2,300,000 sets. _Encyclopedia Americana_
(first published 1829, first published as a 30-volume set, 1921),
1921-1955, 1,250,000 sets. _Land and People_, 1928-1955, 405,000
sets.
A. N. MARQUIS COMPANY--_Who’s Who in America_, since the first
edition appeared in 1899, has sold in the millions. There have been
twenty editions since 1899. At least half a million _Who’s Who_
volumes have been sold in the last fifteen years alone.
UNITED EDUCATORS, INC.--Our estimates indicate that sales of _The
American Educator_ (10 volumes) and _My Book House_ (12 volumes)
are well over one million, with _The Wonderland of Knowledge_ (14
volumes) slightly under one million.
UNIVERSITY SOCIETY, INC.--_International Library of Music_ and the
_Bookshelf for Boys & Girls_. Both sets have been revised
periodically since 1900 and both have sold over half a million
copies.
WESTERNS
This list of western stories which have sold over half a million copies
is short but it represents a rapidly growing and consistently selling
field. Western stories sell increasingly well, especially in their
25-cent paperbound editions. One of the books on this list, _Rawhide
Range_, is a paperbound “original.” Western stories are far from
reaching the big totals of the detective stories--for one reason few
women read western stories. But there are probably just as many if not
more women mystery fans than men. Like the Mystery Writers of America,
the western story writers have formed their own organization, Western
Writers of America, and publish a professional magazine, _The Roundup_,
similar to MWA’s _The Third Degree_. Science fiction is another type of
writing growing in popularity, but as yet there are not enough big sales
of individual titles to warrant its inclusion as a section of this book.
These three fields, mysteries, westerns, and science fiction, often
overlap; it is occasionally difficult to classify a story definitely in
one of the three.
Zane Grey is the author of five of the thirteen top-selling westerns
listed below, and he is undoubtedly the best-selling western author of
the past sixty years, with his overall total of nearly 28,000,000. _The
Virginian_, by Owen Wister, oldest of the thirteen, is second on the
list. The fiftieth anniversary of its publication was celebrated in
1952. It has been a stage play and there have been four movie versions.
The book has added to American expressions the hero’s famous line, “When
you call me that, _smile_!” _The Virginian_ is the only book on the
list, besides the Zane Grey titles, which has appeared on annual best
seller lists. Nine out of these thirteen books were published before
1943.
Although not many western authors have piled up big sales with
individual titles, they are prolific, usually producing at least two or
three new stories per year. Some of the writers of westerns whose total
sales are high are: William MacLeod Raine, over 19,000,000; Ernest
Haycox, over 13,000,000; Todhunter Ballard, over 5,000,000; Clarence E.
Mulford, William Colt MacDonald, Peter Field, and Clarence Budington
Kelland, over 4,00,000; Norman Fox, Wayne Overholser, and Luke Short,
over 2,000,000; Evan Evans and Al Cody, over 1,000,000.
* * * * *
Nevada, by Zane Grey. 1928 Harper 1,834,116
The Virginian, by Owen Wister. 1902 Macmillan 1,623,000
Singing Guns, by Max Brand. 1938 Dodd, Mead 1,229,000
Destry Rides Again, by Max Brand. 1930 Dodd, Mead 1,158,000
The Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey. 1912 Harper 1,094,000
Rawhide Range, by Ernest Haycox. 1952 Popular Library 1,090,000
Bugles in the Afternoon, by Ernest Haycox. 1944 Little, Brown 1,044,747
Ramrod, by Luke Short. 1943 Macmillan 1,018,992
The Mysterious Rider, by Zane Grey. 1921 Harper 796,950
The Man of the Forest, by Zane Grey. 1920 Harper 774,500
The Spirit of the Border, by Zane Grey. 1906 Pocket Books 750,000
Fightin’ Fool, by Max Brand. 1939 Dodd, Mead 605,000
Gone to Texas, by John W. Thomason, Jr. 1935 Scribner 550,000
BEST SELLERS
BY YEARS
1895-1955
1895
Fiction
1. BESIDE THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH, by Ian Maclaren. Dodd, Mead
2. TRILBY, by George du Maurier. Harper
3. ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HORN, by Frank R. Stockton. Scribner
4. THE MANXMAN, by Hall Caine. Appleton
5. PRINCESS ALINE, by Richard Harding Davis. Harper
6. DAYS OF AULD LANG SYNE, by Ian Maclaren. Dodd, Mead
7. THE MASTER, by Israel Zangwell. Harper.
8. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, by Anthony Hope. Holt
9. REGENERATION, by Max Nordau. Appleton
10. MY LADY NOBODY, by Maarten Maartens. Harper
* * * * *
The year in which the first American best seller lists were published
was in the era of bicycles (which were to stage a return nearly fifty
years later during the gas rationing days of World War II) and the
Gibson girl, with her pompadour hair-do. Rural free delivery was
established in that year, an event that was to have a notable effect
upon merchandising of every kind, including the marketing of books.
Romantic novels like _The Prisoner of Zenda_ by Anthony Hope and Richard
Harding Davis’ _Princess Aline_, which was illustrated by Charles Dana
Gibson, suited the mood of the period, though the homely _Beside the
Bonnie Brier Bush_ of Ian Maclaren and the exotic _Trilby_ were the top
best sellers. Best remembered of the first ten are these two, both of
them tremendously successful in play form. Only two of the books on this
first list were written by American authors. The other eight titles, by
British and European authors, would have been unprotected by copyright
in this country five years earlier, and several publishers or printers
could have issued them without any legal arrangement with the rightful
publishers. The passage of the international copyright law in 1891
resulted in orderly publication--a fact which helped to make possible
the compiling of best seller lists.
1896
Fiction
1. TOM GROGAN, by F. Hopkinson Smith. Houghton Mifflin
2. A LADY OF QUALITY, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Scribner
3. THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY, by Gilbert Parker. Appleton
4. A SINGULAR LIFE, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. Houghton Mifflin
5. THE DAMNATION OF THERON WARE, by Harold Frederic. Stone & Kimball
6. A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX, by John Kendrick Bangs. Harper
7. KATE CARNEGIE, by Ian Maclaren. Dodd, Mead
8. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, by Stephen Crane. Appleton
9. SENTIMENTAL TOMMY, by J. M. Barrie. Scribner
10. BESIDE THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH, by Ian Maclaren. Dodd, Mead
* * * * *
Gold was discovered in the Klondike. Bryan ran for President. Books on
bimetallism and the gold standard were the most widely-read non-fiction.
The best-known of them, _Coin’s Financial School_, enjoyed a revival. In
Boston the _Aeronautical Annual_ was, strangely enough, a best seller.
1896 was the year in which the first movies were shown--introducing a
new medium of entertainment that was to have noticeable effect upon the
business of publishing. The popularity of the historical novel,
America’s favorite reading all through the 1890’s and the early 20th
century and revived again and again, was marked by the sales of such
books as _A Lady of Quality_ and _The Seats of the Mighty_. _Tom
Grogan_, heading the 1896 list, marks the first appearance of that
long-time favorite, F. Hopkinson Smith. The success of _A Singular Life_
and _The Damnation of Theron Ware_ illustrates the continuance of
interest in religious novels from the previous decade, when _Robert
Elsmere_, by Mrs. Humphry Ward, and _John Ward, Preacher_, by Margaret
Deland, were high favorites. The list shows an increase in the number of
books by American authors. Books by six of these authors--F. Hopkinson
Smith, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Gilbert Parker, Harold Frederic, John
Kendrick Bangs, and Stephen Crane--are still in demand by collectors of
American first editions.
1897
Fiction
1. QUO VADIS, by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Little, Brown
2. THE CHOIR INVISIBLE, by James Lane Allen. Macmillan
3. SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE, by Richard Harding Davis. Scribner
4. ON THE FACE OF THE WATERS, by Flora Annie Steel. Macmillan
5. PHROSO, by Anthony Hope. Stokes
6. THE CHRISTIAN, by Hall Caine. Appleton
7. MARGARET OGILVY, by J. M. Barrie. Scribner
8. SENTIMENTAL TOMMY, by J. M. Barrie. Scribner
9. THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT, by John Kendrick Bangs. Harper
10. THE HONORABLE PETER STIRLING, by Paul Leicester Ford. Holt
* * * * *
Although the “400” ruled New York society and decreed the conventions of
the nation, the great novel of the day was that famous story of the
early Christians, _Quo Vadis_. This year marked the appearance of
Little, Brown & Company as a publisher of best sellers. James McIntyre
of that firm showed genius in reaching large markets, especially
difficult at that period with a book with a Latin title, the author of
which had a long Polish name. The semi-religious novels of Hall Caine
were coming into prominence too. This year also saw the first appearance
among best sellers of Paul Leicester Ford, whose books, together with
those of Winston Churchill (the American novelist), Charles Major, Mary
Johnston, and others, were the record makers of their day in the field
of historical fiction. _The Honorable Peter Stirling_ had an interesting
publishing history. Its publisher, Henry Holt & Company, was chiefly
known for scholarly volumes and textbooks, although in 1895 it had taken
a successful fling in trade publishing with _The Prisoner of Zenda_.
_Peter Stirling_, issued in a small first printing, did not reach large
sales until one San Francisco bookseller announced that the chief
character was modeled upon President Cleveland. Word-of-mouth
advertising brought the sales of the book eventually to 228,000 copies.
1898
Fiction
1. CALEB WEST, by F. Hopkinson Smith. Houghton Mifflin
2. HUGH WYNNE, by S. Weir Mitchell. Century
3. PENELOPE’S PROGRESS, by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Houghton Mifflin
4. HELBECK OF BANNISDALE, by Mrs. Humphry Ward. Macmillan
5. QUO VADIS, by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Little, Brown
6. THE PRIDE OF JENNICO, by Agnes and Egerton Castle. Macmillan
7. THE DAY’S WORK, by Rudyard Kipling. Doubleday, McClure
8. SHREWSBURY, by Stanley Weyman. Longmans, Green
9. SIMON DALE, by Anthony Hope. Stokes
10. THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOIS, by S. Weir Mitchell. Century
THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG, by Gilbert Parker. Houghton Mifflin
* * * * *
“Remember the _Maine_!” swept the nation following the battleship’s
destruction by an explosion in Havana Harbor, which brought the United
States into war with Spain on April 25. The Spanish fleet was destroyed
in Manila Bay on May 1. The Philippines (temporarily captured by the
Japanese forty-four years later) were annexed, and the peace treaty was
signed on December 10. “The end of the war came at an opportune time for
autumn business,” says a book trade letter of the period. Several
authors were included on the best seller list for the first
time--Rudyard Kipling, whose books created a furor, Kate Douglas Wiggin,
and S. Weir Mitchell. The sale of Mitchell’s _Hugh Wynne_ was not
handicapped by the book’s being published in two volumes, nor was that
_Helbeck of Bannisdale_, by Mrs. Humphry Ward, also a two-volume novel.
Though Mark Twain was writing at this period, his books never appeared
on bookstore best seller lists, for most of them were issued by
subscription companies whose house-to-house sales were not recorded in
best seller reports from bookstores.
1899
Fiction
1. DAVID HARUM, by Edward Noyes Westcott. Appleton.
2. WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER, by Charles Major. Bowen-Merrill
3. RICHARD CARVEL, by Winston Churchill. Macmillan
4. THE DAY’S WORK, by Rudyard Kipling. Doubleday, McClure
5. RED ROCK, by Thomas Nelson Page. Scribner
6. AYLWIN, by Theodore Watts-Dunton. Dodd, Mead
7. JANICE MEREDITH, by Paul Leicester Ford. Dodd, Mead
8. MR. DOOLEY IN PEACE AND WAR, by Finley Peter Dunne. Small, Maynard
9. NO. 5 JOHN STREET, by Richard Whiteing. Century
10. THE MARKET PLACE, by Harold Frederic. Stokes
* * * * *
An International Peace Conference sponsored by the Russian government
met at The Hague. Aguinaldo staged an insurrection in the Philippines.
The Boer War began. The great novel of the day, _David Harum_, a novel
that became a stage hit and many years later a movie with Will Rogers in
the title role, was the story of a down-to-earth countryman of upper New
York State. _When Knighthood Was in Flower_ was the first best-selling
novel to bear the Indianapolis imprint of the Bowen-Merrill Company,
later the Bobbs-Merrill Company, a firm which developed a technique of
exploiting popular fiction that greatly influenced American publishing.
_When Knighthood Was in Flower_, _Janice Meredith_, and _Richard Carvel_
are perhaps the best-remembered of the novels of this great era of
historical fiction. _Richard Carvel_ introduced Winston Churchill to the
best seller lists, an American author who was to attain leading places
on many later annual lists and whose name was much better known then in
America than that of Winston Spencer Churchill of England. Also on the
1899 list appeared _Mr. Dooley_, Finley Peter Dunne’s humorous character
who was quoted for many years.
1900
Fiction
1. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, by Mary Johnston. Houghton Mifflin
2. RED POTTAGE, by Mary Cholmondeley. Harper
3. UNLEAVENED BREAD, by Robert Grant. Scribner
4. THE REIGN OF LAW, by James Lane Allen. Macmillan
5. EBEN HOLDEN, by Irving Bacheller. Lothrop
6. JANICE MEREDITH, by Paul Leicester Ford. Dodd, Mead
7. THE REDEMPTION OF DAVID CORSON, by Charles Frederic
Goss. Bowen-Merrill
8. RICHARD CARVEL, by Winston Churchill. Macmillan
9. WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER, by Charles Major. Bowen-Merrill
10. ALICE OF OLD VINCENNES, by Maurice Thompson. Bowen-Merrill
* * * * *
1900 was the year of the Boxer Rebellion in China, the great hurricane
and flood in Galveston, Texas, and the first excavation for the New York
subway. The new century began with historical novels dominating the
nation’s reading: _To Have and to Hold_, _Janice Meredith_, _Alice of
Old Vincennes_, and others. _David Harum_ had a follower in the field of
rural wisdom in _Eben Holden_, which for a short time brought D. Lothrop
& Co. (of _Five Little Peppers_ fame) into the field of adult
publishing. Bowen-Merrill was prominent on the list with three titles,
two of them by Hoosier novelists Charles Major and Maurice Thompson.
1901
Fiction
1. THE CRISIS, by Winston Churchill. Macmillan
2. ALICE OF OLD VINCENNES, by Maurice Thompson. Bowen-Merrill
3. THE HELMET OF NAVARRE, by Bertha Runkle. Century
4. THE RIGHT OF WAY, by Gilbert Parker. Harper
5. EBEN HOLDEN, by Irving Bacheller. Lothrop
6. THE VISITS OF ELIZABETH, by Elinor Glyn. John Lane
7. THE PUPPET CROWN, by Harold MacGrath. Bowen-Merrill
8. RICHARD YEA-AND-NAY, by Maurice Hewlett. Macmillan
9. GRAUSTARK, by George Barr McCutcheon. Stone & Kimball
10. D’RI AND I, by Irving Bacheller. Lothrop
* * * * *