Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-02-29
RECKLESSNESS IN LiTERATiRE

rent literature proceed.
But there is, uls,, the othtr class u
writur5-thosc who have attained notOrict
from their predictions aud VINO seek &c
pcrpclualC or increase thCir fame by writing
in II way TO challenge criticism aud force
popular attention. such are the Whtmans,
the I)las and "Ouidas,' and-htavcn savC
the mark the Ella Wht,lrrs aud thcir
kind. They take the reading public 10y the
button until the button Lynes on. inCy
care not larthing what they produce, 50
long as they catch the public car and keep a
large audience on tic up-toc ol expectancy.
Novelty and cxaggcraion are the two mot.
toes hung above their writing desks. AS for
motive and above all, good motive such
thing never enters their heads. Any sort
Of material, any sort # treatment, plous or
pruricnt, or both together, they will make use
of for the same end 10 attract the reading
public, and draw as large an Audience as
possible to their mummCry.
The two classes OF writer's Just named are
rapidly increasing in Numbers, if VIC may
judge from the sort OF books which are now
being issued from the press. Ey,rvb,dv. Of
course. ia familiar with ,hc mama, oi Ions,
Of a book called "CapG Cod Folks" for
which the publishers are now s,curin., 81
most enormous amount Of ADVERTISING for thc
paltrv sum of n little over 81 thousand dol
lars. paid to the oulnrrd ofoIl;s" vino an.
pearcd under their aetna, names and cnsrar
ters. in its naons The anr,,r,,,cc If ,n,,b
or book. "Somc Other Make " fr,,, l,o r,,,
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with which ,bcv ,noi,lIo 1;.o.,,,,.
forco in MADAM rfo Irn
is anv ono tbirc wh;ch ,,nro ,La, o.s,,1',
influences ,hc atmo.,ncro ~, ,h,n.r, A..
disposition, of these DAYS il is wbot o,r mo-
Mo road 7, ,I1, WAT 01' f0o
is the creator inaronoo il so,;o, ,,ro
prcsent timo --tb, rovol' -, ,i.o ,a,'sN
But thew arc more and moro onnroaoriao
elch other in character co ,ho, ,od;e,xa.a-
between Them ceases "a bo r,or,, -
The novel Of the dav is ve,, noroh I;,'a
expsnIed newsnon,r s.rS,,;on an1 49, Co.
dav editions of or, ,roo, da;,;o, ara ,,,I. .,.'
than 50 many novels h,;,od down. .as 80.
SO much boiled down eitbor No do,,,
the r,cklessness Of our n,hIi, i'.,rna,o ;oa,',
great cause of the reckIcssncss ~ onr nonm.
lar literature. Especially wr ,hirk 10 thio
true Of ouch rccl,,css,oss 10 o,.,,o..a ,,''
McLcan's "C,nc C,J FAM, r, ,''l9'
ness Of indiscrimjnatc r,rs,rolitv s,Inna
as no bar of dcccncv -, ni,v con- nrou,n, o,',
ocwspapcrs from circn,a,,.o n.L ,. ,a o'
Iur;n, sca,d.,o :. n,,i,h "'' '''"'''''ao'
'''N 'N'H'No ~ liO
unfortunate victims onncor in f,u ol