The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-10

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who can he bcY Somebody too nice, i
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rich Mr.. -"
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duke Of Newcastle"
All this time the professor Of the noble art
| Of self-dcfense beamed on the young ladies,
nor suspected that they took him for one Of
| the citv's best known swells and for tray
cling duke. Indeed. Prof. Clafiin would
rather be himself than either. lie never
tires of telling how he stood up for four
rounds against John l.. Sullivan a few years
ago, aud adds that lac hopes TO face the big
fellow again. So the girls passed on per-
fectly contentcd with himself.
The other evening spent IN pleasant
parlor on Irving place listening TO the CONVEX
sation of some literary people whose names
are famous on both continents, and the talk
was curious enough TO be remembered. IL
turned | think on the fact that many OF The
greatest successes Of American fiction writers
have been due partly To accident and partly
90 unexpected circumstances. An instance
given was that OF Miss Louisa NJ. Alcott
whose great hit was chance one aud sur
prise 90 her. She had been writing many
years for the weekly story papers ana
though she received money ior her Nork inc
fame was not great And when Roberts
; Bros OF Boston, suggested that sue give
: them anu r,ght away, story Tor young lco.
he' sue 9asheu on soinetll'g ni' OF us ~
the sPccu OF hicPor,,,,ir, VINO MIltcs NIlle ,he
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, ego was Mrs; mary Jane holines, MARIAN
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her Local reputation ana some money; bul
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alsasur 70 the young Punisncis' proved 70
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T. OF the Nd iork HtHy they have never de
, parted from Ono literary gentlemen whc
, tcsagnaftcr colugn every issue oil mat pa
per Mid he had seen their books Tor the past
year and could assert from personal knowl
Z edge thnt the Neo lork Hockiy In 1851 paid
, for reading matter the vast sum OF so, 40
! Think OF n. Moo than the ttHfnrg.
, This surprises no one who chances NJ Their
| really admirable list OF contributors among
whom Il John liabhcrion' author ol
, "llclen's Babies, book that many believe
10 have had larscr sale than any American
work of fiction, excepting Uncle Toms
Cabin "liclcn's Bahics' was INT Ger
tainly, but u does not stand second 70
, Uncle Toms cabin that honor belongs "a
The lAinplighter, BOSTON school ma am
novel that sold over 20 editions OF l,Dl
copies each.
Coming to later topic the hteratcurs DIS
ctsscd Miss Amclic Riycs' story, THE Quick
or the Dead IN LippinoOus. One author
said that In personal letter 60 himself III,
editor OF that magazine stated lac had paid
the young authorcss $1,000 for the story but
took the liberty 70 cut out much sirang,
matter before punllshlhg ". Mlss IlNcs wa