New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-16

,,,od n, the horse OF Bcadle Co. in the year 1850
and bas been its exclusive property ever since Ina,
the only house that ever published "Dme No'clS an"
when George Munro who had been clerk IN her mouse
80, nm an onposton he issued style OF books avowedy
modelled on theirs in cover and onward appearance ou
had to call them "TeR-cent Novels. BON 'heSc
and tho original " Dime Novels were gwen , UP
long AGO when the present form, Whcn Isquiilo1,
no cover WAS introduced. when n great pra sr
house was forced to suCcumb To inc influence vi 'IS
~ thev called a "chcap library" To-day the only
house that issues Dime Library IL the Original hIm
survives as mlch respected in life and character ana IN
the character Of the works he lssaeS' as any i
America To say that the heroes OF the ime mover ar
almost all thieves and robbers ana to eau the m o dimes
themselves "pesent stuff" Is both lalse ana outrage
ousv unjust 10 writer and publisher alike -
The dime Libraries" as they arc now calen arc Ia
all classes. Some are sore. OF adventure ~ in 5oi nu
history like those OF Scott; while others are OF Tar
life aud record the adventures Of real mem ih @ avn
SON. Daniel Boone and the weknow scouts VI or amy of
time There is mention of famouS oadlis, VI S MI
that sort of thing vet their sub Gets are legion I IR
condition attached TO success Is u1' Testtne 10 the
be wei told and have subject lhleIes,inR, iV 1'
Ia e Of the dimes are farmers, mechanics,
WOrKw0men dTImmcrs boys III SHOPS anu VI - IT,
a great many people who are so much dpp'lVu p' hit
abuse of the daily press, tt tnoy l o VIII NOT stand
they have been retdnS' MS I'LL "i ~, n ,ashionabc
Enssh novestshOved down the throat OF par vi GU
public thst aims TO- by called e,1uIcu, e 10y # beaner
10 steal the work of foreign author and put the money
out in heavy advertising, TO make pioht
on 9aucr and printing, than 10 pay, american
authors for American works The dime novel publishers
nav more in one month"; for original American matter
than pratca houses that pose as the eSoeI" vi no
Yet the latter do not reach the people because they
cTe them loo much English stuff and the people don't
want that. They want their story and hey want every
word in it made to help out that story 1t must oe u
matte and the who write dimes makeon lha' very
account, good dTamatists. ,.,-.,,,-
Partner" writer of stories for the very nous OF
Beadle q Adams that founded the llm novel !. We
the practice he acquired in writing dimes that gave
him the habit of crisp and effective dialogue III must NC
found dime If it is 10 sell; in play MUS 10 sue
Captain Wayne Reid was a great writer of dime novels
for the house and they pald HIM large sums LOT MS
works. when other house III America Wouid pay cUs
for them. speak of him, because he was one Oh my
closest friends and had to do great deal OF business
for him. during those iong ana very sHu A'" t iS
which ne was sinking INTO me grave lIoH on C 'io
effects of the wound lac received al the s'ohhs VI Via"
The brilliant but erratc Bret IIarte was in negotiation
with the same house for the story OF GaOel OOhi"y,
and went over 10 the scrhncls the last moment he
cause they took the work on his reputation "ltho' cA
tla frat ordered that work. IL would never have been az
lowed to appear til it had been properly written rom
bnison The tubic serviceke Herman Melville, Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Payne ana others before nm; .,,r. 20
i tn rcca LITTLE incident in my own career. which
happened not very long ago. ! wrote boys hoFecIle
mot ".ime" only "halidimcD called the BoN De
douins" about the Of an American Consul al DS-
ems vino took trip through o. desert ANA mingled with
the Arabs In the OF This story, pu INTO the
mouth of a Bcdouin Chicf called Soamma real charac-
Ter he The wHy--a great dead Of Information about the
different breeds of Arabian horses. Not very LONG aicr
| saw the same thing, in the same words
IN lie Nor Orf san quoted from a maya
zine. and credited thereto. III" ingenious
pagaris had taken the word. of the conversation fel-
batim hut had substituted Tor he name of tuc American
boy whom the AiaoS Story Is told the hcl"l OF our
Damascus Correspondent who was supposed 10 nave
had the conversation with the chief, Ny ha-'ilhe
was ouoted in The Slp being ycUtJhe "ncVs from he
East" 10 IAc SIM Office a. soon a. had Nclhsu
the plagiarism aud had an inrr'le" WITH NI H'ici INC
city editor who looked over thc two Things size ny sue
ana advised write 30 The sun ana have Inc I|SaI-
ism cNuoscd | did in the oh'c, ana lit
letter went 10 the chief Dd tine correction "ppc'I 80
otner. OF the SORT have appeared on no IHr So" ht
taken "pohcv 10 the effect that I'll dimes and Liu-
dimes must necessarily be trash 50 the matter Nh'h
was good enough 10 take from the thlrt and o Nhch ne
was given credit could not bc admitted as having come
from "a "hafdime" because IL would be AGAINST the
policy of the paper" wicn covers 80 mann si"5. -
aucal. now. 10 q paper that is not "sAIIGcd 10 own
when il has been lea mo an uuutcndonai injustice.
Therefore. trust the EduOrOf TN lEElft NiH d"W
NC although am writer of dincnoycls. u defend
tbn class to which bconr. FRIEDRICH WHIT AkLB.
lfouat Vernon, y. l., March u. 1851.