New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-03
ArzHoRs AND PuaLlzHEas.-without authors

AUTHORS AND PuBLIsHEzs.-Withoat authors
no sneh things as publishers could By any posi-
bty exist; while 70 The former tile latter are ecT-
vsuiences In many instances-scmeiiFnes, how
ever. incou7eniencez. On the whole, we regard
the function OF publisher extremely important N
tEla literary world, and ve cocid wish always to
see II well maintained. One Of the most neian-
choly sirrts wa have met with for loag tine,
has bsen the struggles Of highly inteliigen: au-
thor, ~ho ms BEEN caught in The net OF bank
rupt publisher: with great address the publisher
staked oct llia ground, managed his seine with
quick hands, ard finally made the Poo' author
iounder NOS: terribly. Perhaps we might finc
a solution of sone OF ,he difficulties which besct
professional authors, n these scientific arrange
meots on the pa5i OF these literary SpoEtsmen,
sure to fl! their bag with game; your poor devil
author has no skill IN bugting, has IN fsei deti
cheney of powder, a lack of hunting jacket, and
Visible reasons IN the direction Of shoes, why ne
should not hunt ct ell.
How many times has the Literary World looked
on with quiet eyes, at the arrangements OF Pub
isher, to hook dozen Of poor-devii anthors,-not
only 10 hook. bat also 10 cook snd eat them .
Mighty operations in this line have been con-
ceiye3 and executed through the agency of PoPu-
Jar Magazines. II there be any thing deceptive
it is the advent OF new, immensely popular,
and perfectly splendid Magazine, full of all kind
Of steel aud wood cuts, plates Of the Fashions,
and adorned with the intelligent effusions Of all
the first suthore, list OF the same generally ap-
pearing on the back. Here commcncelh the first
dropping of the hook gently into the waer,-the
willy Publisher very sagaciou-ly inserts the name
Of the poor.devil author, or his jeu despit that
Is the French for it, on the hack of the most p5pu-
lar Magazine among the list of the most dstin-
gushed contributors in the country. "Good
Heaven ~ says the astonished professional, with
tcars in his eyes, "my fortune Is made, and Sally
and can nov be inexpressibly united. small
visions Of little back pJlors with good CRATES and
q touch of bcefsteak on the table, gently palPi
tating in the poos.devil authors breast. Need
We tell how cur genius w.ites,-how Immensely
and inefabiy he writes, how he gets pay for one
article, how on hc strength Of that he gets mar
red, patronzes The baker, butcher, tailor, doctor
and shoe.makcr,-how cur splendid Magazine
forsets to pay him any more for contributions
but, at some other point oE The literary body,
new Magazine pustule quickly appears, and our
poor.dcvi author again goes picking it oPen,-
again, alas be it said, 10 make shabby and
inegecual fall!
We have heard o. some publishers who are in
possession of almost the entire brains of sons Of
genius, who have drawn out, month after month,
the threads Of wit-who have themselves lived
and thyiven their popular magazine grown fat
and bloated, there being one good writer to it
while that good writer has sat at home in grim
and detected poverty, trying to solve the proPosi-
ton how his publisher could by any means en-
act the bankrupt SO cntirely-so cruelty.
These are melancholy scenes. Let Us turn to
those generous, happy and honorable publishers,
who ret only live on the brains Of authors. but
pay them what they ask and what they ought to
have, for rendering them such services. Is it
nothing for man to write books Cor you, which
as matter Of privilege he allows you to publish
to put your name in the title page in honora
bic contiguity with his own, thus to descend to
posterity-io allow you to drive such nice andpe
culiar bargains ;bat on the profits OF your brains
he realizes ten times more than yourself? Is 1t
no gft on tho part of an author 70 90 ali TINS
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