Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-04
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You have contributions from many
Sources
Certainly. We take what we want
wherever We can get it. Although we edit
with reference to our American audience
they are interested in things other than
American. II we desire an. article ON Ris-
marcS. who can write W we'll of Bismarck
as a Gcrman2 We wanted an article ON
bamhetta-we went 10 Frenchman.
an article ON GlatstoRe-wc went to "A mem,
Der Of the English Parliament
DO YOU solicit article,?'
I'VE solicit great many. Men like
Matthew Arnold and James Russell Lowell
with established regulations, will not send
IN contributions to magazine unsolicited
We may desire an article on a certain sub
Ject. We know where to get it, aud solicit
an article from the beSt-informed writer on
the subject On the other hand, scores OF
contributions come unsolicited every day.
and at times from some Of the most noted
Of writers. Do we decline many manu-
scripts? Oh, yes: We had 5000 artic e.
last year. Since the first number OF III"
Century was published We have received
nearly $4,000. Two hundred poems were
sent in last month, and only onewas accepted
You must not think that all rejected article
are not good. Articles declined here
often appear in other magazines All good
articles are not available. We NAV
have another on the same sub
ject When the air is full of
certain spirit or class of thought
we expect many contributions of similar
purport. We have received a lot of the
choicest military sketches from officers in
the army both north and south. We shall
use many of them Some articles are no
adapted for pictorial illustration. On the
other hand, We receive sketches of some
UNEMPLOYED region in n vcrr crude form
available for illustration. All We care for
is the material We have plenty of men
who can give it the literary shape and
finish
DO YOU pay the price demanded by the
writer?'
Sometimes only, An article is worth so
much to Us and a price is paid accordingly.
We Ofteu pay more than the contributor
valued it at. IL we accept we paw for the
contributions. We keep a large stock of
articles on hand. In fact, we have material
enough 70 fill our magazine for three years
to come.
How do you obtain your Illustrations?
In various ways Some poor fellow may
be digging diamonds in Africa, and all the
while gathering material, taking photo
graphs, which some day he may send TO Us
Our writers put his stuff in presentablc form
if necessary, and our artists make their
drawings from the photographs and descIip
tiuu~. Ii necessary VT >rnd artists tn the
spot. Cables novels wrrr illustrated bv
drawings made an the spot III Louisiana
We will send an artist To any part of the
globe. Some wears ago We sent Blum 10
Spain Ia make some drawings of the scenery
aud the bullGgLt | knew that some one
would write on a bull-fght before long, and
Charles Dudley Warmers descriptions OF
Spain were illustrated bv those very draw
ings To get Queen Victoria face We sent
an eugrayer to England, and he engraved
from a portrait bv Sully. Cole is in Europe
making engravingS from painting by old
masters
Do you have salaried artists and en-
gravers|
mo, we pay solely bv the piece, and use
any artist or engraver in the world that is
available
How much do Won pay?
1T is next to impossible to answer that
question \ page may not contain as much
work as quarter page. 1t depends upon
the character of the drawing. Although |
could not give you any figures that would
not be misleading. YOU might say from $50
10 $500 or 800 for the best drawings. aud
from SO to $500 for the best engravings.
You can make better estimate from the
fact that We spent $4,000 one year III our
art department, including the travelling ex-
peuses of our artists, which is quite am item.
The illustrations in Sport with Rod and
Gun, the book we are now selling, cost