, 1876-06-12

storlra en1. editorials Is crulcnea.: there
Ia too llttlo eare taken In construction,
anl often Anc tlras arc "'s'urc,f
IL .te' % toeh y not cotS1s aii1se WITH tie ' fs.s fs
writlngt iB almost necessary evil, n9 the prizes
paid by amateur pertttlien!s very Low, aver
nEng nbnut 40 cc'ts per thousand words, ami
sliccsetn] author must grind nut rarrntlvcs very
lHdustsloualy to pay pt'staKc aud PAPER bills.
OHe NJ the best arguments III tavnr of
THE ExCELLENcE or AMATEUR LITERATURE
Is the case with wlcl, tn composers ot,tain .u.l-
ni Fqsctek IL IL us" tcc in c s 1sas lax
hereinafter quoted, many Of these boys step nut
Of positions rs cdittrs o! amateur flapcrs into
their trno !tfe-wnrk as brilliant tonrilRlfsts, a
fSfe t|hsy woa nsVeE M aye u{ss ~ r
my ~ H., tales and PROFOUND ~ editori-
literature Ia toward a purcr style anil more prtr
Iound thought, aud eyen With The sr'r. EXPERT
obscure boys papers which, II continued III the
future, augurs well for American journalism. I
would like to ailenk NJ t!httusngly nf amateur
pctry, but astrict regard for tie trut!, rulnpeis
me to 8satt that the ycrsrs nav circulated are
barely plssae. In ths field It in true there
arc most illustrious nnlcls in "Ti.anAtoI,sis
and "qucen Mab," but no evidence Of a genius
VINO VIII proluee puc1Ii worthy Df the nalnu
has yet appeared md the probabilities are that
amateur journalism will l'avu to wait lang Tor
| fts l0et.
In this brief mention
TIg Ypuaa LADIES
anil our Engtsh cousins must not be negirctcl,
aa they are hegtning to tln'l ont thu virtue of
| amateur journalism, and Ar. Incoming quits
| prnll,ctt, the former drcilrlIy 40. THE tr4t
lalus. published by girls, Little IAinys, II Bri-
! tu1,, Pa, WIS quite u large sixteen pugr shret,
well edited, md very prUsprrultB. IL waa ful-
lowed by the O!ivs Hranch Of Han francisco,
which lived through thu stormy days ot thu
"Ncstrrn War" ut,l, true tu its title, euuusci-
| Cd peace, though in vain. Lately several Nh
Iave appeared, and soine Of ihc most pro1nt-
ns:it writcrs and putts arc yuung latics.
II lAs only been within few months TINT the
| existence Of
| AMATEUR JOURNALISM IN ENGLAND
hns bcctt k1luwn, and its extent cannnt he cor
rcctly stntra though II Is supposed to be cni,-
hdcrably less luyciopcd than OH tllia side Of the
The sentence "Amatcur journalism ut The
Centennial y now bears with IT. thoughts Ut Rail-
ness To the u,isltI Of the amateur, III lie recalls
the grall pluns tsut were formed Tor the publ.
rntl0n of a tnily Ut the Exposition. md low
| iEnobly they have been frustrated. Probably
many Americans wt,u visited the Worlds Fnir
| ut Vienna during tho sun,.IlGr uf 1878 1otIer1
oar dn1tr1ean 1onh, small, eIEht-pATe a'na-
| teut pAper, published during tho continuance
| Of the Exposition. Though the financial sue.
| cess Of this venture, nm!ertnkrn fur Tin. xt,lr
object Of showing whnt AmrrltMu huys rtu,lI
u.i,t -, al IT, & XIX ati.s, H. w. s ',,teugu u
r",,, rr',. IN nnul!nn IT, u9 ~ .us EAi,os'tu
Gluuas auli!E ehe 1s"te!sl!a', n,l.l hhtailu SUI,
tgss Nas altle!pateu' but n!sectnf-dehera
"anlatcur." 1t savorcd Of infancy to hts mind
| anu hc refused to allow tho rapef to be printed
| TN the groutlls This, Of cpIrsc, spoiled III,
| ulmt. ind cu,,srd u1nny anw nf ratherf fSN -''N