Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-10
FORTUNES IN FICTION.
WHAT POPULAR STORY WRITERS
EARN BY THEIR PEN.

EAHN BY THEIR PEN.
Grinding Out . Library of Five Cent
Literature at the Kate or $40 WORT,
Each Dsy-saIaries of Noted Writers
and Editors.
To have pointed out 70 you atbe most r,,r,4,-
lar american author" and then not TO recog-
nize MIN either in the flesh or bv any nor
Traits you have seen. is trifie ssirT5risii,e If
you bad previously thought you g1cw tbs
faces and figures Of all tie American, authors
you ever beard Of. The man who was point
ed out stool Oh corner near the CITY Lalj a.
oil Brooklyn, apparently waiting for that
carriage which tic poorest Of US keeps-a
morse car he was a short man Of medium
build, dressed IN a suit Of blue serge. wearing
fashionable white straw hat, tilted a Ii,tIe
over he ear. and carr, ing a cane He booked
fstSer ike sbresd commission merchant or
grain broker than like an inspired ward Of
literature
where HoweIls never was beard Of n s.sd
my friend, 4wIsere the fame Of Leyrgfello,
has not yet reached and where Eois-rt Lcr,;s
stevenson Is a. II unborn, that famous author
~ admired, II hot reveremesI He makes
BID OJD a year by his wriiings1
sexed at my ignoran-e ami witt, my Gu
riasity keenly sLetsed, inquired his i,rr,e
only to learn that il was Hariand r. HAS, y.
name l never had heard in my life I'll,
whole truth was CRU .si',siy delivered by my
informant, who at length freed bis mind 4,
this wise:
Haisey + the writer who signs the non, de
plume -Oid Sieuih7 IT. one Of tie popular
weeklies Fif;een YEA a~o he ,rrr,.. . sersai
story called 20 d s5leaiii, the D ste~.i-e.s ard
n efl1o ~.
be adopted the name " the her, for bis orr,.
pen iinrne- and ever since he has been reslirs
out stories, always abous -Uid SIeutl. unit
ne has now written syiueibifiS Ike 200 vol
ufnes Ut this literature Wide SIS il his circle If
lame he 'its;res ID widen i. by The rfo<iurt;on
OF more ambitious literature, and to that end.
or as an approach 70 il, has lust finished a
temperance tale
How strange this all Is, We have never
read OF Haley IN the magazine articles u,,on
the literary movement in New York lave
not seen his portrait in similar articles upnn
the spirits Of the Autiis,-s' club. Yet be is
the leading writer for paper that i,oasts Of
10000 circulation nd fo-1r times that uurn
Der Of reaierS-1 -. 600 n v--ek. It seems
quite likely that, NV Informant said. hi,
looks are to be fa,imd in ,ii- cabs OF the loco
motives, IL tue garrett OF the sewing cir,s. ia
the kitchens OF the lansl. AMI tie factory
hands of tIs average New E1-IaaI srliIi town
voiiid rather see hiai than Bismarck. or Ten
nyson.'
And $1,000 = year, Tha. IS almost $3.50
week Why, niav be unioo>iisy a secret.
hut it Is none the less facs that Inc ,,ri,,ce
OF our novelists, William D. Hoxells, i pail
o'ily $1,000 a year 10y Harper & Bros. and
be l. coiisi'i-r~-i fortunate 70 get that sum.
though ia order TO do is had to surrender
ali chance OF earning Extra money by means Of
contract Ia which lie agrees 20 give ali his
GIFTED creat tons 10 that firm Ana Rev Ell
ward 2. RE, Eet-esi tsayoriae of the spi,Idie
class Of novel consumers, the man vito is
supposed 70 press ore OF his In-taphorical
heels on the neck of the reading community.
does not earn q penny more than $4,000 a
YER And d,l not more than BEGIN to make
that much until biz pub isbers tried the ex-
pertinent OF printing Barr. ers armed 4 wayr
IN twenty cent form IL limited edition of
10000 vo ulhrs. ! say -iimitesi7 because
they DESTROYED the plates when that number
vas printed. TO force tie public to bay tie
higher pricsi edition Of OIL Int 81 \ l,0ok.
believed in case il ~a'it-d more after the
twenty cent books were sold This WAS fol-
lowell BY the same experiments with lie Fell
IN Love With His WIFE, 3 nth sIlecee,sesi
and now Dominic RE nlakes sI0.-
10 Il year
Who elsa does as well rs that witt, his pan,
Ciitor Stone Of the Old Journal os Collli,serca
IF tuis city draws exactly that SUM for hi.
salary, but then he controls the paper ard
Iays himself, and he is not u novelist What
novelist makes iFl Nj. Mayo W Hazaltine,
Amos j. Cummings, Col Co.-kes-H AMI
aTesorge Alfred Townsend ars credited with
gaming $4,000 ar, tich Is a 20 the /
salary Of more S.Iau pu- of tle METROPOLITAN |
iii ors-Iil-chi-f. Tui> IS money made vita !
lie pen or wish the mann -elneit of the pens
Of Others, bat II is nat by novel writing. ami
L is not SIS, %. Braiiter Matthews and /
Henry c. Banner, lie editor of Puck ami !
author OF several entertaining books. ar, |
sre4iited with $500 II s. 50 Bl1h could I
make more II tl-y were NOT TOO Conscientious
AMI better satisfied to live easily and pleas
unity. The newest claimant for popalar /
avor among novel rea.ier>, Mr. Henry IIar- |
and, the young lawyer ami ex-artacil- OF the |
uIroSate's court, vino writes under TIE name |
II ''odney Luska,1 has not yet ptlssls,! his /
ncolue up to the -. co.. mark, hrt he is yer, I
7oung yet-uot more than So-s,i.d lie i; c,ilv 1
making his first bows aud stoo in- for the /
ig1st bouquets shot from the taick OF his uu- |
llauders-
| have nos rl7Stere, the Ss>-ret Of Mr.. Hal /
ey'S story telling. u,ileSs is lie that there Is /
Ia adventure IN every 20 words, All arrest,
| shooting scrape, STR rLsa or a rusa Dut /
re sly e i cav To aHssi y. !; : that Of the
peat-n; rife. bang, b ~, ls.ug. as fast a. /
7oii can pail II trI--er, WIKI pluScs for re
oasi.n- at rhs FL Of - "a sort cl1s-sr. Ii I
night be call d the eating gun mode OF .
writing.
Il Is sign of the times ami 6 good omen 4
or the country tuat IA Ills authar's works 4
here Is 10 word or suggestion, 7. Z or theme,
hat could stir an uu.oly spael.ie ~ bring q 4
Lush - pure wo:sla : ace L Is uoc - l
much sign 81 the times tutt tn-s author is I
10 Dolemia.i, 6us -. /, practical man OF 4
Ia r. Of family AMI o. high rrpate. Syl- 4
anus Coo5. Jr., lately dt parts.l, was all cf ]
lis, AMI LIE was tile ktn.- OF popular writers
lss as IL. Esl>ey l. now. Co5J never earned I
more tina Sll9 wees, hUs he lived in ill.,. z
ouutry. where such a sum --o-s u great way.
is home w I,.elS-l-.t co-taS.. UNI lie
rove 4 horse tlas Ir. Bonner gave him lie 1
we'd we'll though nloi-sJiy, ami neither in
is life nor works offered q wrong example,
sew York Star.
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