New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-02
PRIZES IN THE LOTTERY OF AUTHORSHIP.


IL is stated that Dryden received fl3DO for his Vn.
oil and Pore $1,000 for his Homer" Gay Melted
Il $50 by mis- Beggar's Opera, aud the subscription
edition of bis poems brought him lOCO lie 'ed e&-
trsvaoanty set left E3,000 at bis death The poet
Mall.t received L 900 from the Duchess OF haribo-
roueb 10 write life of the Industrious general, her hns-
band and the second Duke further gave him PENSION
10 stimulate him in the task yet when Malet died. sew
eral Years afterward it found that the uDgrateal
fellow had not written line Of the promised work Sir
Jbp uiL cotempOrab. sstr,t used 10 net ~ 500
year By bis pen Churchill the poet also realized 80 much
by his strer that Notwithstanding his not ri us prvgaey
~ hsauea,hed BY his will two anuuies, amounting together
10 : 80 Fielding received 200 all fr Tom Jones,
snd IL coo for Amelia smdets ii story OF England
prcdrced bin upward Of l. 900 Gipb0n g" tr inc
s,cord part Of hs History Of Rome" 5000 Dr.
U.gkeswofih realized 5000 tor his Collection N Voys-
"ges DR. Robertson received 1000 tor hs history q
Scotland" and 4i5OO for his history Of Chsrles OF
spain" DR. HeDry's history Of Crest Britain pro-
du ed land the King him tiOO year 10 tes
MY his admiration Of the work Hume received Immense
sum, for his historical writings also
Macpherson cleared 200 ~ bis Ossisn and ~ hm
"Grea Britain no less thsn IS 900 DIR Clark rsceved
for bis ysrons Travels the sum 81 tIoOg VI Sonasou
had 575 for his Dicti nary lcetsny stupsnaous
bor AID Boswell had Fl for bis life II tbs great lie
viaisan literature Hannah More received ior her
wnpg. from first b. last the enormous sum OF tSoo"S
s,d Al her death she bequs aihsd 10000 10 cnAnfies
q dsuith is said TO have 0btsin"d sOOin Single year
by hi. comedies although his immortal vicar only pro-
d.,sd 800 Il IS true be died $4,000 n debt but in the
words II DR. J,hn-D, poet ever 50 rested before
(,oasin, Political Justice produced ZOO. Mrs Rad
cfffe her hysferes 81 L1vV knu 1cr
Italian for eco Allan Ramsay cleared 1900 oy ms hrx
p.erus a. much BY his Gentle Shepherd Burns
received 4bye 600 clear for the fret large edition OF hn
To- n and Cures Life Of the glorious bard produced
! / 90 Tor tho besedi Of bs family DR. J'bn Wocot,
~ Peer Paoar After receiving very large sums ior na
hun orous sA,ircsl poems finally sold the copyrgh Tor
an annuity u 425O which he enjoyed for twsnty years
Tbomsop Obtained for bic Seasons from nrst to Last
sbon, 100 guiDs.s Crabbs received 1900 for his
Taes Of the Hall" Sir John Carr t4estousy nicknzmed
T,e J,np,i,g Car in sIusiJn % his numerous t0ursl
received tor four separate books Of usysi me san OK
s,b Angels" and not !sss than 5000 sunsss for his
81 ail.b K0okh' For many years he ne-d EJO0 year
- d. ale If biz Ifsb Nei,dss and II is understood
int LoDgmsn & Co PAID hun annuity Of $500 for his
entire copyrights
Tiouas Campbell received in ALL for his Pleasures Of
H-pe' 1900 THE entire poem CONTAINS only 100 lines
Tor the short poem Of the Pilgrim IT Glencoe he bad
800 guness and for the ed'or,hp u the Nsy MONTHLY
N sg-zins' be pad 1900 per snDum HIS iaco'<s
frsu he profits Of his works land the bdk Ut the snSs
y,ry small for mary AZ least 7Oo sno yes 20
use ~ nOrbdly expr. h. fears Of coming 70 s YORK
beuse At last sOuthsy 100, hoagb connn1a m<ancsr-
IL ABOUT the scau'y remuneration % sshIshP ma ~
gruogerv and 30 0h received LOO Tor each rsvfsv ar
te. le ygrote for the "Qusteriy i-ccTnlnz 20 MS 0Sn
accom-, h. "a. written In few ds5. sna stsf living
m pod .tvs al me latter hall Of b, ie and fpropehy
desrir bsyonecy he st 2JOs " his chadren, be-
- sr.rv eh.r.c,erzSd one ~ the most valuable
80, 80 Libraries in the kDgsom' Theodore ucok bad
20 tr the frst seri1s n bis Sayings and DoIngs,
go Tor yssr. his incon rom hs pen was never less than
4zcoo ysar The trviy enormous earned by scott
ss by Byron well kncsn. Byron received 10 All soma
~ 30 and q. u BIS smaller po-ms written ia three
myths ion bis own sathcrifyJ Moray PAID hin 80
Bssiirs Ire large s7rs asove mentioned nsny q mo
Authors sesfrsd 10 cua0ysf psDs0ns Il &2O0 ~ Inv
uywpEs per sDnan for man. ys-rs.