, 1873-02-24
Tho Vnluo Of Horace, Grcolcy's Es-
tatc---Dec1ir.c Of Lecturinr.

patsl6ly acconnt 1of tho exoosB OF crime In this
community. Setting aside tho atmospheric ctfoot
upon tho nervouB System md cerebral functions,
1t has direct influence upon such OF tho poor
- arc unsorupulous, by detcriorating their con-
Htion, and intensifyng tho struggle for exiBt-
cnco. Thousands Of persons hayo bcon out of
employment this Boason, nnd many Of thom have,
very naturally, preforrod stealing to starvation.
Others, through enforced idlonesa, have fallon
into morbid moods and vicious habits, and, by
the aid Of tho omniprdaent r,m.shops, hayo
boon guilty OF every species Of iniqui-
~. Tho principal malofactors arc
the quondnm Tammany officials, who, deprived
OF their Binecuroa in and about the City Hall,
haVe turned their attention to the pooket-piok-
lnge. incondiarism, burglary, and tlroat-outt,ng.
This Is not. as it might DO inferred, q new call
Ing for thems it Ia simply return to tho old
and familiar, They were criminals before they
~orc appointed to Office, and thoy arc criminals
lgain after thoir compulsory retirement.
: ! presume there are Tammany philosophers who
would agree, from tho evil dono by tho DISCHARGED
adherents Of William Ii. Tweed !; Co., that they
should have boon kept in place, and that tho
public good might thereby havo boon conserved.
Other persons, less biased, would hold that the
'xufaans and scoundrels should be treated to
tdosc OF juatfco, instead of boing encouraged by
tmpunity to violate law in tho most wnnton ma,a-
ner. Such medicine IL seldom administered
here. No have spasmodio assertions OF legal
practice but they are abandoned before thoy
do any permanent good. The police say moro
Than thousand men who used to - pay
from Tammany are now actively engage. IN dis
honest modes Of living. In place Of proying
upon the municipal treasury, they prey upon
private citizens, rohbing directly now, instead of
indirectly as formerly.
A CONFUSED POET.
An amusing story is told Of tho poet Whittier,
who ia as modest as ho is gifted. He WAS in the
oity not long since, and went to hear tho Rev. Z.
q. Chaplin speak = lecture somewhere up-town.
The Clergyman was eloquent as usual; Ills dis
course, intorlarded with highly wrought passagos
Of historic, closing with stirring poetical quo
app1auded With the rest.
Bono ono stting next him inquired, "Do you
1trs.t an1w 9S Whittior who ia tho author of that
sNo; I do not. It sounds familiar. and like
the sentiment"
"Why, tho limos are yours, Mr.. Whittier. You
must remember thom. Thoy are from your
Election, and bluehing like school girl caught
reading her first 1oye-lettcr. II really did not
recall them. Indeed, they sounded 80 much bot
tor than they eyer sounded boforo, TINT it Is not
strange failed to recognize them"
Tho poet, thoroughly sincere, did not recover
Tor some timo from tho embarrassment of out
Wardly acclaiming hiB own competition; but has
nov come to regard it as 10 good joke TINT he
THE DooK-1nADE.
You hayo, probably, noticed that several Of
the publishers have added n subscription-de-
Partment TO their business among others. Ap-
pleton 4 Co., Sheldon d Co., and 6cribner, Arm
strong & Co. How they will succeed in It ro-
maine to be econ, thoug gh should think the
experiment very doubtful. James Il. Osgood l.
Co., Lee d Shepherd, and ono or two othor
Boston houses lavo tried it, without aatisfac-
ton. Subscription has IN advantage over the
regular trade, because the books arc carried to
the buyer, instead Of waiting on the al,elyes, for
Tue buyers to come to thom. The agents receive
- commission on IS or $3.50 volume from
81 to 9l.5o; 30 they have large interest in tho
sale, and 3 corresponding degree OF energy.
This docs very veil whore books arc not dis
posed pos 90 Of in tho regular way; but, where they
posed, might conflict. The subscription
---Hartford ia tho centre OF tho business usual
X manage but ono work at . time,-using all
re hher facilities and Appliances to working off.
The regular frms. Of the larger kind, publish ono
or two works week. wllicl. would appear to bo
quite aa much as they could manage without
ta4tng On any additional responsibilities.
Doubtlesn, tho regular houses have obtained
the idea that the subscription-doalors make
large amounts Of money. These hayo boon very
prosperous, but not recently. or some twelve
arms IN Hartford, only two arc at present doing
anythng Of conseauence,Ithe others being idlo,
merly: They considered, q few years since q
sale Of 20, 200 copies merely moderate, nothing
to boast OF. Now thoy would think it excellent.
They have been in the habit Of disposing Of
about ten copies to every ono Of tho regular
houses but now the proportion is much less.
Few persons not authors are aware Of tho
Slender profits OF literature. As d rule, no equal
amount OF WORK, omitting the question Of ability
turn. Almost tie only way proisssiona1
writer render his labor in the least reuaunor-
Atlyo IL to DO It first for magazine, which will
usually yield him much more than the magazine
srtsolea collected and put between covers. From
tue magazine he may got from $500 to 81, 900
from tho book, about one-flfth OF that amount.
Publishing his MSS, as 4 volume, lie receives
perhaps s1oo to s2oo-probably notlling-for
the highway is coming money compared to this.
No man can afford to do it who can do anything
else. To undertake. It, he must 10 independent
IN p5ortano Of practically yory poor ev
nounclng tho inllnonso profits Of this or that
writer upon some book that has hardly paid ex-
Rensos. The popular notion soe1ns to bo. that
aahox II must ass asxs soRss as s s e tic
il applied 10 literature Exporienccd publish uI ~
efe will toll you that not enc book in ten gets
pne In one hundred roaclles it's fifth tlouaand.
Ten per cent is d handsome royalty to an au-
thor; 20, il hs have tho unusual good luck to
reach and exhaust hts nth edition Oils volume
rare an exception that il cannot be counted
npon; and yot the labor could scarcely DO in
vested in any manner in which the intoreHt rs-
turned would be 30 small. The majority OF
TolumeH printed yield nothing to their writer's.
age after tho second thousand, which Is neyer
reached; and 80 literature, for the most part,
has toll, anxiety, and disappointment for lta re-
ward. They who embark In book making In the
hope Of gain arc no wiser than Ao will be who
should begin writing epics with view to paying
on tho national debt.
THE FASHION or THE HOUR.
To be literary Ia the fashion. Tho eilnest
nrcle1 Of sooioty here ARE Affected by the intol-
)ectual oontagion, especially women who have no
brains, It ii the highe at ambition OF certain un-
cultivated maiaons, and matrons. too. to bo