Telegram-herald., 1889-08-01
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aaa. as sae So lad as manuscript 70 /
turnsd ~ Aha fsoia n-ariy every orice /
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dad - eisc1ss sac matter / cka tFath- f.
taLly ssy, siso. taal i asreox Es lseiias u
Fssel4traeaE azainss sas various editors
vita sbom l bAEs come IL eoa-aet.
sad csn write of gasu anl tns,r methods
@lsh perfect god huIoE AID Win
kindly con passion for their faiiinxs.
saali take - a texs for my ciscsurss
an article which I sead lately. Ia which
ne writer described her experience Ia
trying - SCI ssory - certain EsgAztns
editors. Who, according 10 her account.
returDsd her unARuSsrip. Ia sesegsi in-
stances without hayin. read Il through
Very likely taey dtl- I have seel =
grea. many articles whose Lrss pages gave
sputa1lc svidelce Of ut-er worthless
ness. There wAs lao nSe la reading beyond
the first chapter Bus n On the other
hand editors caa ssc the sort OF matter
that they wAns th - are Oaly too Slad -
buy s and par literally FOR IL Ihe nfst
duty or the yoans writer Is 10 dad cut
what the magazines really want. aud the
next ls 10 supply it.
Mr Richard Watson Glider. ths editor Of
the Csnt1.1y ulasaz ~. Is 4 remarkable ex-
ample of man wno knows exactly what
be wants and Is willing 70 pay good
price for it ~ IN 10 gets It. ID the con-
duet of the faa sazlue Mr. Glider has fol-
lowed tAe distinctly outlined policy
adopted by - predecessor, Mr. Holland,
~ never pua. .shing anything that could
give odeuse . any cos or race ct people.
The Only ~xcepsioa ne has made 10 this
ruie has been IN the case OF George Ken
mans 5 lberiaa papers. which have given
offeuss 90 = very large class ot people in
Russia aud eff~ctaaily stopped the cigcu-
lation OF the Century IN thasscountry.
TLs editorial srAE Of the Century Is
very large. and doubt II any publication
ia the world has more luxurious quar-
ters thaa thoss which overlook Union
square. Mr Glider sits behind = screen
In a little private clIice that looks more
like com 5iratioa OF parior and library
than Ey-hing else. while IN an adjoining
room are bis half dozen assistants and a
type writer who IS sttired TO hGrIacnizs
with the Office. and - a faint reminder Of
one oi Eiihu yedder's pictures.
AL manuscript brought 10 the Office
receives careful consideration and IS
turned over AZ once 70 one OF the numerous
readers" who carefully peruse it 20 see IL
there is anything in it that could possibly
Offend anybody. That IL tue first consid-
eration-not 10 give offense. II there is
nothing in the article 10 provoke the
wrath OF Baptist or a teetotaler or a
hard drinker or an Ohio man or barber
or car conductor or anybody else on the
face of the earth the reader furnishes a
favorable report and the manuscript is
I given 10 another member OF the staff
whose duty IL Is 20 zee II there is anything
calculated 20 please the Csn;'.Tys large and
varied cllsrtels IL she article l. accepted
check is sent to the author and the
manuscript is put away in the Office safe
70 remain FOR several decades. Mr.. Glider
has now enough matter bought and paid
for 20 run the negazlne for three or four
years.
But II ths article ts declined It is re-
turned 20 the writer with printed letter
y
ings OF the disappointed one. The first
time l received one Of these letters II left
IN my mind the impression that the entire
I Centurlf stat nsd gone into mourning be
cause their magazine WAS not up to the
level Of my story. II it ever falls 10 my
lot 20 edit Mr.. elders works OF poetry
aud fiction I shall include among the
[ choicest OF his productions his Balm for
I ~ Of
composition with which nearly all the
literary men in this country are familiar
The editor Of Hurper's Mdgrztns ha'
aiwavs made = careful study OF current
thought and opinion and aims TO supply
his readers with popular articles, arguing
that ANYTHING which will please the
American public must he good lie ha'
shown much skill ia selecting articles or
foreign affairs which possess an Interest
for American readers, and has published
two or three successful serials by Engllst
novslists. But IA bringing forward new
writers ne has not accom- plished nearly ~
much as Mr. Glider hss.
sTr BurlinEame. Of Scrtbncr's, has no
been A magazine editor long enough 4
know exactly what ne wants and "a in
cltaed 20 make a careful study OF the orhe
magazines and their meth ods rather thai
adopt any startling new departure for hi
+ own publication. Ths Thackeroy letter
/ anf the series OF rail way articles printed
IN ScrfbneT's proved extremely successfu
aud were largely ias'ru mental IN building
uo fts popularity. In his selection of shor
stories Nr Buriingnme has not Riwav
Displayed the best Judgment, many O
shs-n having besa far beneath the averaz
magazine story
Tnorras R.iisy Al6rich edits IL
Atlantic Non2lly with one eye fKe
firmly on she exaited literary circles q
Tos.on society IA whit- he moves. will
v-tsh the others he carefpliy scrutinize
tbe female seuiBaries OF The countrJ
fearful lsst some storT IN his nNEazin
should bring blush - the cheek ot innr
csrc~. As ne circles Of advanced Ns'
Eneiana chou zhs and the primeval sir
~'i~ffv o. fhe - s'ien's boarding school q
shat-. "a rsrrate from one another "a th
two poles. his task Is ~ no means "A cas-
ore. Stories of people who have suPs
sansi+tra souls bas 10 bodies wort
sDeAkiru %. snd poems relating {
an fnts isctual f1rm q love a.
En- .0rstsnt deu,sri in she AfGntic ofic
I RI rshefh Stusrt I'hel % nay ~ mentions
astaa ideal contributor - This monthl'
Al ERE rsz7zires wh.ch have n'snticns
NY f,r maaus~ript ou acceptance. ins-es
of -rairirz f1r its 1ah' catior laeir Tste
which "a always liberal. vary accoriir
th@ rar-e ~ che writes. fra merit ~ 2.
Z CO. -4il,usiar. arr. TIA s.i cora a~e 3 lsposs
&, i.o fhsrsi q tHei- Zeal ~ vI.b avtaor
ia s~its 1f Vaat some q tre s ssr >ci1tr
onas -,ar havs 20 sev on she So is,t. ~
b esn recall issts aces IN vhi-a whe0
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