Telegram-herald., 1890-07-20
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hoas and will a. once bsgia 30 bald a
house To whstsFsx sxtsnt the gifted
author Of "Jskyli snd Hyde" may In
duIge his passion for - id ying wild and
unfamiliar life In tic remote nOoks Of
the globe 30 which his yacht carries
him, is seems imProoab.s that his
numerous literary engagements eAa
admlt OF his choosing as home plscs
far removed from the esnteFs OF
thought ant stu1y-hunaEsds OF
leagues, indeed, from the nearest lit
erary eonYsnisnees and secluded from
the worlds activity aud progress. The
writing, serials, sketches, etc, for
which hs is under contract Is sufficient
10 occupy a. least = tweivemonth, and
the total remuneration for the work Is
estimated At $50, 900, OF which sum a
New York literary weekly Is 20 pay
$40, ,0OO for a serial story,
Curiosity IL allowable concerning the
autograph Of writer whose psn-marks
bring him such remuneration. Mr..
Steyenson's 81 gnaturs - a dlsappoint-
ment 20 those who believe that an
authors personality shows itself N
his handwriting. IL is small, fuent,
delicate and almost graceful, indicating
none Of his weird or ginelity in writing
and none OF the forcefuI disregard for
eonventionality which the author shows
IN his speech and his dress.
Observers who bslievs that man
mirrors himself 10 some extent IN his
handwriting could find many instances
TO support their theory in the MSS
/ which come before the eye of profes-
sional reader, and not few instan ses
which would puzzle their faith. In
any event they would learn much of
what the curious public is ever eager
10 learn.
Harold Frederick has bold, simple
and easy handwriting which is Joy 10
the heart Of the professional reader"
and the writing Of James Parton is like
unto it. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has a
quick and nervous hand and her manu-
script is filed with erasures and inter
lineations. Julian Hawthorno's "copyn
averages eighteen words to line Chis
copy paper being seven inches wide)
and is written with peculiar violet
ink which flashes into old gold or
deadens to purple in certain lights.
Edgar Fewcett's handwriting is plain
and full Frank Demster Sherman
prints his poems with hne pen, 70. n
ing beautifully delicate letters, his
manuscript being almost as delicate and
L. 4 l.
said of Clinton Scollard's pen products.
Mrs. Amelia Z. Barr's writing ia large
and fru and angular, yet delicate. Judge
| .Tourgoe uses ink which is like Julian
/ Hawthornes. only more so. Mrs. Made
! line Vinten Dahlgreon's chirography is
massive snd Gothic with lofty arches
| aad sky aspiring Is. Anna Kathsrins
| Green's hadwriting Is delicate, grace
| full, imaginative and Sc mi-fashionable.
writers who send in several MSS.
in the same enclosure make big mis-
| take" was the information recently
vouchsafed to me by a reader for one
| of the weekliss. 'Tt is much better for
o writer to take little additional
trouble and mail the articles at inter.
! to recommend more than Que out of
| four or five short stories sent at one
| time by the same author, and it is fre-
! quently the case that two or three of
/ those same stories might be recon-
mended IL week elapsed between the
receipt of each story. When an assort-
! ment Of short stories. poems, sketches
and comics is received, the impression
| given is distinctly unfavorable. The
/ idea OF the sender is too boldly evident.
| Perhaps I'll make strike out of
the lot ? is easily read between tho
lines. Many publishers require their
I readers TO keep an elaborate record
and index OF all articles submitted an
the work of such readers is increased
disproportionately when a job lot of
stories, poems, etc, is received.
AS for serials. II is in most cases
comparatively simple to judge of them.
/ Just now the magazines and the higher
/ grade weeklies have fewer serials than
/ was the case 15or 20 years ego, at which
+ time some Of the weeklies used to print
/ "a many "a six serials in each issue.
! To-day, however, most Of the superior
/ periodicals use only two serials, sons
/ of them only one serial. Consequently
only serial Of special brilliance has
any show of being accepted. Accord
/ ingly, the niche being so small, most
serials profTersd are rejected of hand.
T As a novel published serially must bs
+ IN a serial form Chat be divided into
instslmsn;s nearly equal in length, and
have a rattling, old-school susPenseful
climax) and "a many new writer's
F do not write in pursuance of this
REQUESTS, many novels which would be
saleable and bright in book form are
thrown out by readers for magazines
and weekliss Above all serial must
have hair-lifting first instalment Il
must lose no tine in description and
analysis. bat must get down a. once "a
sctioa, the description and analysis
nay come along atost the third or
fourth instslmsnt
Bat ths fact = that serial BY an
unknown author ms not one chance IN
+ tairty of acceptance Most Publishers
have stored in their safes suywlsre
from Ten 20 twenty-five o. tbirty serials
By standard sad popular authors. aad
these maT have been awsitin- insertion
snywaers from SIX months TO three CT
four years or more VITA snch =
wealth 20 serial hction on hard and
With lsssslinz demand for fet.oa on
F the part of Fss3=rs it is not strange
thar magazine publishers slo1li os 70
lnc-spt 20 seeept serial. 70 matter
how s1ceilsa', froz sa unknown