Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-10
Mss CLEvEnANp,s nooK.
Some Popular Errors About it Corrected
To DO Ready In Ten Days.


sister was to publish book has excited
wide interest, and naturally enough many
wrong Impressions have gone forth re-
gardIng 1t. Miss Cleveland has been well
coined TO the ranks of authorship on the
one hand with every demonstration Of re-
spect, and on the other she has been criti-
cised by those lahoring under the mis-
/ taken idea that the book was prepared
after she went to the White House.
| Her representative in New York,
! who ID IN daily consultation with
| the publishers, has refused TO correct
| misstatements on the subject, preterrIng
/ to let the book speak Tor itself, but re-
! porter was successful in obtaining short
! interview yesterday during the leisure Of
busy morning spent in reading letters
! from all parts OF the country asking ques-
! lions regarding the work. The reporter
/ asked If he might hear ex tracts from some
of the letters, and Miss ClevelRnd's repre-
sentative laughingly complied, reading
| that Of q Connecticut Democrat first. 1t
was concluded in this wise:
/ l am glad that it has taken n Democratic
administrator 10 bring back To the White
! House woman of brains.
The other was in a different vein, and
was from woman. 1t read;
Every woman IN town wants Miss Cleve-
lands book, aud | send IN my order now. NV
only misgiying about it Is that the Presidents
SISTER is mugwump. Is that s0Y some OF the
papers have SAID so.
''Fhe richest one in the collection is this
postal card which l shall preserve" said
the authors agent. "ltis from dscon-
tented old bachelor, you may be sure. He
wants us to know that this country will
be ruined by its women. Listen 70 what
he says:
10 you doubt that the Judgment OF God
is on this country? We have been trying TO
keep women in their places, ami ] for one
voted for Cleveland because he hadn't wife
But II seems that this sister Is equal to half
dozen wives in the excitement she can ma e.
No more women Presidents for me. | will
vote for a widOWer without sisters next time.
Heaven help the country il the women are to
rule it.
"Miss Cleveland's book is making
stir, is it nOtY' the reporter inquired.
Yes, 1t is surprising to every one; peo-
pie seem anxious to have copies without
waiting to buy them Of their dealers. The
author certainly has nothing To fear SO
far as the circulation Of the book is con-
cerned. Not only in this country but IL
England there is a great demand. The
London Times has cabled for advanced
sheets, and an agent of an English house
has asked for control of it in London.
This latter request has been refused be-
and will issue 1t in Fleet street on the
same day it appears here"
SHOW Is Miss Cleveland pleased with
these evidences of financial successY'
''She knows nothing about them, and is
not concerned except to have the truth
told about the book and the proofs TO be
carefully read. By the way, the extracts
published, which were copied from the
manuscripts, are very different from the
NJ a =
land had left them last winter. The book
is revised edition of her essays and lee
lures, and her utterances in it are very
different from the original copy"
docs she do her own proof readingY
Eyes, though she has two friends here
who are reading it as we'll. Miss Cleve-
land has no time to give to such work, or
to any work OF a literary character, in
| her present position. She is very con-
scientious, and is earnestly anxious to
meet the requirements which are imposd
upon the hostess of the White House.
Here is letter from her received to-day,
in which she stipulates that the preface
shall be the simple explanation she wrote
when in New York. She has declined to
accept the suggestions made to her re-
garding a more pretentiOus one"
The bulky letter, with the Executive
Mansion stamp upon it, was on the desk
beside a pile of proofs which bore Miss
! Cleveland's corrections upon them.
'The Catholic papers do not seem to
like what Miss Cleveland has said about
monasteries."
1.-The chapter on 'The Monastery is one
of the finest in her book, and as it appears
| there no one could taKe Otfense. In one of
her letters she speaks of this chapter, and
expresses anxiety regarding the matter
given TO the public. She has read the
proofs and there is no word in them that
can be construed into injustice toward any
| class or sect. Miss Cleveland Is too
| religious to tolerate in herself the least in
Justice toward others. She is dOctrinGiTe,
as Mr. Henry WattersOn has called her,
and Is withal brave and earnest Chris
tian woman"
Then she is not frightened by the storm
of comment the announcement of her
book has called forth?'
'IIer loyalty TO her friends is such that
she rests on the step taken, and which is
now irreyocable. She will be better I'M
derstOod when she speaks Tor herself,
however, and until she does the newspa-
pers Will, innOcently or otherwise, con-
tinue to say much that is incorrect, and
consequently UNJUST to her."
"Will a large edition be printedY the
reporter inquired.
THE firm will print the largest edition
ever issued by them, and have cabed to
/ England for additional material to print
a second edition. The public interest is,
as | have said, great surprise. When
Miss Cleveland talked over the matter
with a few friends here, and accepted
their advice to publish the book, 80 that
the college classes that were disappointed
/ in losing her lectures could have the book
instead. neither she nor they anticipated
/ the reception the announcement would
have. The firm expected a good sale, but
they too are surprised at the enthusiasm.
The Southern people are particularly
pleased. and agents have tried to buy up
the right TO whole States"
sis il to be a subscription book"
son, no; but agents wish to make IL
SO, and a number are canvassing IN
various parts Of the country in advance"
"When is the day Of publications.
81 must refer you to the publishers for
IN answer - that question. They are
/ hurryng II, but the numerous proof
readers delay it; however ! will give you
a COPY IN ten days If you will CALI and
1 with thfs promise the interview ended