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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Aug 3, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 31.

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The Publishers’ Forum

By Editor

Conducted by the Department of Circulation of the Review & Herald Publishing Association
WE trust that our readers will be more interested than ever in this page this week. “The Publishers’ Forum” is a new departure, and will appear from time to time on this page. Interesting notes in regard to our publications and some of the experiences of those who are circulating them will be published here. Will not our friends send us notes for the “Forum”? Mark all correspondence for this department “For the Publishers’ Forum.”
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IT would do you good to take a peep into our Circulation Department. Even during this very warm weather there has been an incessant clatter of typewriters, turning out letters to agents and others, acknowledging their orders, and telling them about the good things now published or soon to appear in our publications.
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NEARLY all agree that the Worker is an excellent help to them in the Sabbath-school. Not long ago we had a most interesting Sabbath-school convention here in Washington, at which several most excellent and instructive papers were read; one of the best was, “The Teacher’s Duty to Her Class,” by Prof. B. G. Wilkinson. This is printed in the August number of the Worker, and you will find it a real, practical help.
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How is this for a report from territory near one of our long-established sanitariums, and which has been canvassed over again and again? In 40 hours 57 orders were taken at a value of $90.45, and helps to the amount of $4.95 sold. In addition to this $25.50 worth of books were delivered. The book used was “Heralds of the Morning.” What an excellent time this is to circulate books of this class which deal with matters so prominently and vividly presented from day to day in the newspapers.
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IF you have trouble keeping that active boy or girl interested on the Sabbath, send and get a copy of the “Master’s Greatest Monosyllables.” This little book is full of those little anecdotes the young enjoy so well. They are not told as stories, but each one is brought in so that it emphasizes some truth. It stimulates an ambition in the child to do more active service for the Lord and to live better each day. One of these anecdotes will be sufficient to show the character of the book. Illustrating Christ’s monosyllable “Go!” a story is told of a drummer boy in Napoleon’s army, who, being asked to beat a retreat, said, “I was never taught a retreat, but I can beat a charge, sir, that will bring the dead into line. Shall I beat a charge, sir?” This shows the courage one should have to “go” forward while fighting the battle of life under a King who has never known defeat.
IN Life and Health for August, Mrs. Tuxford has some recipes for summer dishes that are most inviting. In the same department are some recipes for water ices. These are so nice on a hot day, and so much purer and better if made at home. This is only a suggestion of the good things in Life and Health. Fifty cents a year seems a very small price for such a magazine. Are you a subscriber?
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HAVE you been trying to interest some friend in our literature? If so, possibly you will allow us a suggestion. The little book “Lover’s Love” is one of the most interesting of all our publications. You can interest almost any one with it. It is free from sectarian points of faith, and yet sets forth the gospel pure and simple, from the text John 3:16. When you have an interest aroused, follow it up with such a book as “Steps to Christ.” By the time this has been read, it is probable your friend will desire to read something more by the same author, and then you have at your command a splendid array of our denominational works.
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THE International Sunday-school Lessons for 1906 are to be on the life of Jesus, as recorded in the three Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. What an excellent opportunity this will afford to introduce “Desire of Ages” to the Sunday-school officers, teachers, and scholars. You know how systematically the life of Christ is taken up in this book, and how complete a Scripture index it contains. This book ought to be introduced to all Sunday-school workers. Many excellent testimonials from prominent clergymen, such as Rev. Lyman Abbott, have already been secured. Suppose you prepare right away to introduce this important book to those who are nearest your home. Write our publishing house nearest you for helpful suggestions.
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IN 1843, Nathanael Hawthorne, the well-known author, wrote an article entitled “The Celestial Railroad.” It was a modernized “Pilgrim’s Progress,” and attracted considerable attention, having been reprinted many times in various forms. It was gotten out in tract form by the Review and Herald several years ago, but has been out of print for a long time. We have had such urgent calls for this tract that we have decided to get out a new edition. Some corrections and changes have been made to bring it down to date, and proper explanations and notes have been added. It is now in press, and will make a tract of 32 pages, at the usual price, two cents. Announcement of publication will be made later.