Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-25

self aud publishers IN this he Is quite an
exception 10 the general run Of authors.
| Perhaps the others that grmnb'e 40 nh0ut
| The terms they have 10 nuke with thir
publishers. would obtain satisfaction also
| II they did whnt Mt Crawford does write
| novels that pay.
Mr.. Crawford receives no royalty from his
I books life Is short and ari is louR" he
! says and he prefers the security NJ a pnug
/ sum paid down for his uannscrlpis, leay.
Ing tie rest for his publishers Their risk,
| IN his cnsc. H. virtually nutilng for any
/ new work OF Mr. Crawford's has now uu
assured success, He has published alto
| gether eighteen novels. All ~ which have
sold very largely HIS publishers say that
the aggregate sales, IN America alone, UN-
coed $4,000 copies, nnd the uuinber " rap
idly approaching half a million. OF these,
"Saracinescn" has sold most largely. mir
lsaacs" standing next N popularity.
The choice ~ the public aud illnt ~ the
author evidently do not agree, for Mr.. Craw-
ford considers "loroasicr' as by filr his
best work
III addition TO the COURSE OF readings which
Mr.. Crawford j. now giving, ana for which
recently completed a new novel which will
he published az an curly date. II # on
titled "lhc Children Of a King" and pie.
lures the life OF some dcscendnnte " the
old Guths. The eceno IA laid la Southern
Italy; the time Il tie present decnle.
aowELLs NOT GOING ABROAD.
Two reports have been circulated quite
freely OF late Ia the newspapers c0nreriilng
AT W. ~ ltNMfAHs ANNt WINS NlANh NN hNN
expecting soon 10 20 abroad; the other that
he was preparing a new story, Houl Of
these reports Mr.. llQWeils distinctly denies,
"lt Is all iniankc,' he said, u have no M.
In New York nnd ! shall remain here IN.
definitely. As TO q new story, 70 Is always
ufe 10 say that l am gUlng 20 write a
story, but have no story lciNIiey planned
for the future ! mn just completing my
serial for Tile Ladies' Home Journal, Bo-
You'd That my literary plans are undecided.
I eUnlI FuuflUuE articles la ftfn
poiifan, and \ have other magazine work
ahead, but no novel definitely IN View A
10 me. Experience does not relieve Ills.
Each new novel bfiuHs with II new cures.
now doubts. new fears never feel quite
confident that u viii work ont Iust a. 1
doubts nssail me that ! Fhpcnd WORK for
awhile, In Tie course VI writing MY I'm
stop aud las the work aside. II rested for
two years. duciur which time ! wrote Tho
Lady Of the Aroasiook aud another work.
Then resumed aud completed H."
BOOK THIEVES,
about this season p ~ years when we
are making finc holiday display Of books.
we have 10 be- az careful 81 the Jewellers
In guarding against thieves" said q ur0nil
mont bookseller Of Sew York recently eve
have To be mare careful. in fAef heeatsn
n j. very hard 10 tel book ihief nt sight
They arc rarely professional crooks therc
isn't enough 10 be gained 10 Il bookstore 10
attract an experienced crook. They are
snrak Thieves Of half way respect.
able people who suffer from d slight moral
II 10 n curious fn0t That there
are plenty 81 people who appropriate bo0ia I
ais they would umbrellas, nnn uhy would ]
not think 81 stealing anything else. They !
seem 10 fhink books are common property.
That "a All Impression we have to struggle |
ngninsf. and W. have curious experiences |
too. S0mo ~ the thieves W have caprht /
are fairly honest people who have heaH /
driven 20 the theft by poverty aud choose /
books hecauae they think books are eaqisr |
10 steal. Others ore regular erants. We 1
caught one felinw last Water who Wna ny |
Ing % move out q whole set q twenty-five l
books one volume ~ q tiule. We caught |
him on the tenth volume. a few dnys8go 4
We caught a new kind Of ihlef fia doesn't l
steal books. He cuts or rlia out handsome
efchings and enerhvei Illustrations from
lie boohH. agd sciis them 70 picture culGc-
Infa and others. - curious example N /
.he mural obNnity u book thisfas I fi-
member the librarian u prouilerf library
old me unce that bis statistics showed that
more hooks were stolen f01iu ne fHeNiuElf1i
iacfian than any other section Of the H.
lraryr
A NEW MAGAZINE PROJECTED.
Nr. p. NJ somers formerly sditOr of
Current Literature has gust feiur.sd from
- years ifareI IN japan aud The fer East.
H IL ouifa raatarAA q hsAlih- ane AL a.