Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-13

Glider is something of clubman. He
was the first president of the Fellowcraft
| club, and is member of the Authors and
,other clubs where literary men are accus-
TONED to meet While Alden has estab-
,lished a literary repute by his little book
mentioned above, Glider has gained some
thing of fame as a poet, and his poems ap-
pear oftener in other publications than in
| The Century Magazine.
! All of the editors of magazines are con
stantly on the lookout for something
which, in the newspaper world, would be
called a great popular sensation in the best
| meaning of that word. Glider has been
more successful in that way than some of
the others. 1t was at his suggestion that
! The Century undertook the publication of
the series of illustrated war papers which
| was the most successful venture in maya
zine enterprise in recent years. He also
suggested to Colonel John Hay the publ
cation of the life of Lincoln as a serial in
I the magazine. That was daring scheme
I 1t would require such prolonged publica
ton as might have proved of disadvantage
1t was also costly. The engravings alone
entailed great expense, and besides that
the authors were paid 1000 in cash fol
the serial rights. But it was magazine
success, since it made the publication
talked about and greatly increased the cir
culation.
The magazine editor who can hit upon
scheme for serial publication of something
which will prove as successful as the wal
papers or Lincolnis history were will dc
something which has not been accom-
plished since Glider scored this hit
The least known of the magazine ed
itors is Mr.. Burlingame, of the revived
Scribner's. He comes of fine literary
stock. His father, Anson Burlingame,
was brilliant speaker and very famous
politician in the days which preceded the
war. He it was who went to China and
negotiated treaty with that nation, and
when he brought the Chinese embassy
here he gave the entire country genuine
sensation. Mr.. Burlingame, of Scribner's,
is an editor and nothing else. Manuscript
reading does not appall him as it does
some men, He looks through the vast
mass of rubbish which he receives, stim-
ulated by the hope of finding at some time
a literary gem. Burlingame's success is
acknowledged in literary circles, since in
spite of competition, the extent of which
the public does not understand, he brought
Scribner's within year to prosperity.
These editors all depend upon their sal
aries for support, tnOugn Mr. Ollder mas q
small interest in The Century. The latest
of magazine editors, John Brisben Walker,
might live in luxurious idleness if he
chose, since he is man of great wealth,
the acquisition of which has the flavor Of
romance He gained it as so many for
tunes in the west have been gained-by a
single stroke. He redeemed an uncouth
and desertlike stretch of land in the out
skirts of the city of Denver, and saw a
property which cost him little appreciate
SO that it is now said to be worth over
100000.
Yet Mr.. Walker is perhaps the hardest
worker of any of the magazine editors.
Perhaps that is because he owns his maga-
zine, and is determined to put it in the
front rank, even if it costs fortune. In
literary circles it is the report that he has
already spent, without wincing, $3.50, 900 to-
establish The Cosmopolitan, and it seems
to be his ambition to be known as sue
cessful editor rather than man who
gained great fortune at a single stroke.
T.. j. EDwARDS