The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-13
AUTHOR & PUBLISHER.
zee LATE JosaUA y. LIppINooYE.
Of Celebrated Wrltsrs-LOrd
LStton's Extreme COurtsIy COptrAItsd
with CArl,ls's BOOri'hnsss, DlOksn'
FOpplShnsIS, TrOllops's Blu'tsr.

EsgeRt I, Didisr IN ne Philadelphia Pra,.
"Walk into my private office, and I will
be with you in q minute" The speaker
was a pleasant, RoOd.looking gentleman
somewhat past threesCore, wearing whit
mOustaChe and chin Whiskers. The Office
which l entered as requested, was very
plainly furnished, three chairs, table
and sofa comprising its contents. Yet Il
was the Office Of the head Of the leading
publishing house in the United States, Il
not in the world-the late ]. B. Lippin,
colt, When he Joined me, be said; ~
have dispatched my mornings work, and
can give you an hour before lunch. Sou
are preparing book on American pub
fishers, aud want some points from me,
Well, | have had wide experience dur.
ing the fifty years have been in business.
| have known personally all the leading
English authors, and found some Of
them very strange fellows.
"BulWer was very exclusive and ariato.
cratic, always wrote to me In the third per-
son; Lord Lytton's compliments to Mr.
lippincott, etc. When the 'PRrisiRns'
was coming out in 'BlaCkwood' offered
him $25, 900 for the exclusive right Of pub
fishing It in book form, but he declined
what thought a very liberal offer, saying
he could get twice that amount. When ]
visited him At his villa, near Fulhanl, he
received me with exquisite courtesy, for
BulWer was always 0 perfect gentlemen,
He wrote in rich Oriental morning robe,
with books Of reference, MSS, etc, always
conveniently at hand, He was a very
fastltious writer, never sending any
thing TO the press until 1t was
as finished composition as he
could make 1t. During his latter yeAIsin.
creasing deafness caused him to withdraw
almost entirely from society, to which he
had once been 90 devoted and OF which he
had been one Of tho most brilliant orna
ments. But he never ceased to dress
with the elegance OF o complete man oil
the world. In his books he generally
made the hero man OF his own age at the
time they were written. Pelham was
young dandy Of 25, so was Bulwer at TIT
time. He made Ernest MaltraVers man
Of the world, with an experience which
tuHty years klVe' Inb EoAl l6IO VI W MAJ
viii lie Do with It2' waa Guy Darrell,
mature man Of %, a retired statesman
Just the age and condition Of BulWer al
that time.
"Carlyle was the most eccentric man
ever knew-rude, rough aud brutal some
times. never shall forget the first time
| saw him. 1called at his modest hont
In Cheyne Row, at Chelsea, and belnp
uSheted into what was called library,
found the philosopher stretched at tul
full length on m old rug smoking a red
clay pipe with q stem yard long. With
out rising, he pointed to q chair, and
asked me whether l would have a pip,
and glass Of whisky. 1 declined both,
whereupon tho sage cried out in deep
Scotch voice; what an American, anc
don't drink and smoke Why, man, you
arr not trus TO tho productions Of your
country. smoke American tobacco anu
drink American whisky, You are a pub.
lisher2 A bud trade, sir. Books are
great evil. Tho day will come when
writer OF books will be heartily ashamed
OF his business. Some OF the American
publishers should hoist black flag over
their shops, piracy being their Chief bust
ness. | can have some sort oil re-
speCt for q man who robS on Nhe hisl
seas, for 1t requires a bold, reckless DARN,
to steal with q rope, around ones neck
but bookseller who roAs the poor author
OF his hard.earned money is the worsI
sort Of athisi, for he steals with perfect
immunity; and, as has been truly said, h,
quaffs champaign, out Of the skulls Of Gu
thorp. have been writing for nearly
sixty years, and am In my old ago a pooI
man, while my books have helped to maxi
publishers rich. AS for fame, | value that
no more than do the smoke which ]
puff from this pipe. Many men receive
who deserye II net and Others, Wit
should be recognized as shining lights IL
the world, are no more regarded than
little twinkling stars, The world does mol
know or reward its greatest beneiactors
England waited q Thousand years ioi
Shakespeare, and when he came be was
not recognized as the greatest poet thai
has appeared on this earth; some silken
Courtier or wealthy city merchant was es.
leemed more highly than the sweet swan
whose music will delight the world until
time shall be no more
TliAcKERAY, TRolLoPE AND DICKENS.
zone morning." continued Mr.. Lippin-
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