The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-06-17
The Leading Magazines,

A New York correspondent of 6
chicago journ'l gives some interest
ing information concerning the popu
/ lar monthlies., Ho puts the pre- sen,
Gircu!at'on OF Harper's at not far from
100000. Before tho war it had b
circulation Of 100000 copios, a large
part Of which was IN the South, ond
It has not since attained to its bes,
ante-bellpm figures. Henry NJ.
Alden is tho present editor; deorpe
Wm. Curtis docs the Easy Oh air, and
Wm. A.. Seavor, the Drawer Mr..
Curtis has other duties, for all of
which he ceceivcs $4,000. g..
The Atlantic once had circula-
tion of $4,000, but it 10 below 20, 600
now. Boston is fast losing tho lit.
erary supremacy onco enjoyed, and
its favorite monthlios suffer accord :
ingly. Wm., D: Howell, edits tho
Atlantic for $4,000 year, but he is
obligated to furnish to the monthly
certain amount of mattor each
year.
The Galaxy claims q circulation
of $4,000, and is undcrstood to be
quite prosperous. Many of it's con-
rieutors are amateurs. This peri.
odical often mnnifcsts journalistic
qualities in the frequent publications
of political articles that are of special
Interest at..the time.
Scribher's is next to Harper's in
circulation probably 10000. The
proprietors Of this cntorprising
monthly have spent, wcll nigh $lo0,.
zoe III advertising since its inception
four yeais ago, and, like all liberal
adve' tisers have sowed a harvest that
will assurqdly turn to gold and
glorious success. Tho magazine is a
model of Typography and illustration,
and what is better still, its editor,
DR.. Holland, takes good care to keep
it's pages free from all mannor Of
skepticiSm,
None of the other monthlies have
achieved great prosperity. Eippin-
cots has circulation Of 1000; it's
Q ditor is John Foster Kirkc. Old
aid New circulatcs about $500
copies, and is edited by Edward
Everett Hale. The Ovcrland's cir
culation is put ut 5000. When Bret
Iiarte edited it, writing the remark
able stories that made him famous.
this magazine was widely read and
greatly admired.
The only monthly that. has made
any considerable mpucy is Harpcr's
aud magazine writing is less .profita-
bio than magazine publishing. The
proportion Of accepted to declined
articles about ono to thirteen and
every magazine has enough accepted
matter for two years ahead. liar
per's rate is from. $l2 to .Sl5 page;
THO Atlantic's, $40; Soribner's, from
Se to $40; Galaxy, from SIS to $lO :;
Iippi incot's from $5 to SO, and the
o7erland'a only 81, gold. All, ex.
ccpt tho Galaxy, pay professional
writers on acceptance of manuscript.
Very few writer's have been able to
earh a comfortable livelihood by
contributing to the monthles; but O.
great many clever men utilize their
pages to exc ont an Income that
would otherwise be insufficient.
.....-~. - i "A
Lieutenant Darby, John Phoenix,
the hnmorist, gets credit for tho fol-
lowing Ooe evening at the theatre,
P@"nix observed man sitting three
y eats in front Of him whom he thought
he knew; he requested the person
sitting next to him to punch the
other with his cane. The polite
stranger did. so, ,nnd tho disturbed
person turning his head little, he
discovered his mistakc-that he was
not the person he took him for. Fix
Ing his attention steadily on the play,
aud affecting Inconsistencies of tho
whole aifuir, he left, tho, man with the
cane to settle with tho other for the
disturbance, who, being solely with.
out an excuse, there was. Of course
a ludicrous and embarrassing sceue,
during all of which, Ptmuix was pro-.
found y inter ested'in the play. At
last the man with the cane asked
rathor Indignantly:
"Di1n't you ask me to punch that
man with my stick 3"
eyes"
".And what did you want p
"l wanted to sec whether you would
punch him or not"
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