New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-24

at Edinburgh university ne, WIFI t"o VI INV
other students. founded ma Tnzne 1t died Win
the third issue tradition declaring that Stevensons
| unpnnctuallty with his copy had much 20 do with
| ITS early disappearance
| An amusing story Is told Of Miss Mary Wllhnss
first successful story. correspondent OF The Den
yer Republican, says that his tale-the favorite one
| ent tied Two Old Lovers was " sent TO 'NpPn'
colts first II was returned with note from the
editor telling the writer what was the matter with
1T criticism and advice are still unknown 10
IS Wilkins because he could not read me letter'
uhicb however She still keeps and often looks at
with genuine curiosity to what was the matter
with the story The manuscript aftcrwaTd went 10
! The Century, to The Atlantic and finally TO
Harper, Bazar, where Miss Booth looked at 1t and
laid L. aside, fancying from the odd. childish script
! that some 5chno-girl was trying her hand and at
| first thinking that 1t was probably not worth WINE
T. read f.. She did read 1t finally and accepted 1t
at once and it in that paper that most OF Miss
| Wilkins fist 'grown-up stories appeared
or Miss Wiudns's habits Of work the same CORE
! srondcnt say, that she writes systematically-"at
| least. intends to do So She usually writes 1000
| words a DAY. The ease with which she does this
VARIES sometimes 1t takes but forty minutes. but
| that Is rare often when she is finishing story,
she writes much more than 1000 words Her ex-
pcrlencc however, has convinced her that 1t Is not
well TO do more tnan that If she ,xbects to do g cd
work always
"Tne main dca Of a sorry Is invariably clearly de-
fined in her mind before she begins 70 write upon 1t.
but the details OF its development never come unui
| pen and paper meet As 10 whore she gels her
subjects they are suggested by the mercst hints
In the characters and acts of people An incident
told her o, unsch ,hness OF suffering or sefdehlaI
-, II appeal TO her sen-ibily-frequenuy results III
n story; one does not know when one may be con-
tibutins to the wilkins gallery OF character
Tho Into Frederick Won Bodensedt {" Mira
schaGy'l had q remarkable knowledge OF English
literature and was n devoted adprcr Of Shakespeare
His outburst Of sarcasm and angr when name
Professor asked him his opinion as TO the Bacon
authorship Of Shakespeare is still remembered.
n. x,cna. rho husband Of Charlotte Bronte is
.,u living. 1t is reported, in q remote part OF Ire
lnnd
OF the late Professor Lewis F. Stems. colleague
sovs I'm "The Andover Review that His attitude
towards others was that OF sympathetic appreciation
OF every effort attain truth and express II OH 'iei
part while FOR himself nothing but the absolute
truth I'm thought and word and deed was Satisfactory,
II wa, no hyperlole for him to write as no once did
4 should dc,plse myself 10 all eternity II should
ma, ANYTHING above my regard for truth and
honesty
The clever Paris correspondent OF 1.-THE london
Author gives an Interesting description Of the fashion
| a
,ah.,- on the dag Of publication. Already early
in The morning the 'trottor shelves of the book
sellers are yellow with piles of copies-mountain
msn- 81 the new work. and hour by hour these piles
dwlndle down and are renewed by painting booksta
clerks, \ new arluauOn l. given 10 the ooulevafus'
and In every hand may be seen the yellow back so
HAT new G. Tor i given to the streets. Zoa's works
are never rachcd up In paper and string but carried
Of hastily "A, f.r immediate consumption, and this,
In the eyes Of the booksellers clerks, means far more
n, a sgu Of hi, immense popoulnry than the sale Of
ever 80 many thousands"
Concerning Mr. j. NJ. Barrie. Katharine lyman
saws that In Pc lie Is slight and though OF delicate
physlque i, not delicate. but is great lover Of games
and out of door sports lie Is dark haired ana dark
eyed with intellectual brows lie went to school In
Dumrics and used often Carlyle there and he
believes the gruif to be the only author who has
Influenced him. Mr. Barrie IS now writing two more
books one, story Of London life, ana another about
Iammas Ilaggart, VINO Is said to be his avorte
character.
Mr. Hall Gaines friends tried to dlSnade him from
going to Russia but he had made up his mind to see
that cold country with his eyes, ard not TO
be moved from his determination. lie will write
book about IT, but doesn't yet know whether II will be
novel or not.
Here Is Walter Besauts contention as 10 property
in books: What does publisher get paid forl Is
book
right It is the authors property. Why Is he TO
get anything of 1t all Why is he 10
take any share a work In whose creation he had no
part For services rendered. lie says: 4 will pub
llsh your book | must he paid much for It, Since
he does do everything himself. John Ruskn's
publisher used TO do he must have his machinery
Are We to pay him first for his machinery and then
for himself Certainly not. DO pay the carrier
So much for taking parcel and much more for the
cart and horsci Do We pay tho lawyer 50 much for
his work and much mor for his rent and his clerks
and the red tape and the Ink In business Of all kinds
the machinery docs not count II 1t is too expensive
II can be cut down. The first carrier was messenger
WHO carried parcels under his ann, Thea he started
hi, That Is exactl, the position Of the publisher
And that Is the common-sens OF the matter II is
only question Of the proportion which Is Justly due
To the publisher Thus Mr.. Bcsant IL strikes ms
that n publisher might make very apt reply Who
will DO It
We find The following interesting note IN "The
London Chronicle:
The trustees OF the French Archives are Seriously
considering the advl ability of publising the con
ten Of tho famous iron Golfer which has re-
osiiics Of pIIotd de souldsc In it were *torti
S%ay Gm H@o ,0 oncr Is and ScGGs sioca
the general public Is the collection OF an letters.
and his Hncrtnnae family These Comprise the Jour
nal An which the King noted down each day of his
will and Marie Antolqctlcs last letter to her siserIn-
law. Madame Elizabeth something like hundred auto
graph letters Of Napoleon l., The Act of Abdcation
gned by Louis Philippe, a number OF gold and |
sve: medal and coins and last. mt least the copy
of number Of very curious private letters addressed
by number OF political men during the earlicc part
OF tho century aud opened by order OF the Project
OF Police diring their passage through the post
OF the sumptuous new edition OF Rabsais being
prepared by Lawrence & Bulen $50 numbered copies
have been reserved for American purchasers. The |
English proportion is $50 copies The edition Is 30 |
be In volumes.
A book "The European Adventures OF Hin !
doetan from 1884 to 1902 is In course Of prerara
tlon In England De Boigne George Thomas and |
por1,on tho mon IN whom the vojnne ie davoed