New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-28

m, ,o,orh,o shori,r Financially. the book Is al
ready an assured success. Enough copies nave WI
subscribed for TO meet all the expenses anu ~ ','
q surplns Of some thousands Of dollars. Inc p'','
NOW 500 Is TO be raised to Sl1o rs sooh a. '''''
additional number Of copies - sod.
The committee have suffered more mental s'r'
in c.ttnr thc autographs Of tho writers than In eat
ing ali the contributions. In the first place. Inc mem
bers were scattered all over the civiized wou NAM
vrho rore In the city affixed their autographs to The
pages AT the De Winnie Press. The edition j. VI 81
coples one Of which Is 10 remain the properly Y" ''
club Mr. johnson invented peculiar TN poA II,
which 70 send the sheet, 10 men who were out vi
,,o c,,v 4 uuml,or Of these boxes were sent abroad
and somc have been returned "ith the leaves signed
4 few are stilI out in the wide wide world.
Tho committee had TO exercise great deal OF In
cenuity and energy in some Instances. Mr. Johnson
learned accidentally In the early spring That one ai'
thor WIS TO sail the next morning for Europe. his
physician having ordered him 10 make tour OF the
Mediterranean countries. All the afternoon ana even
Ing the committeeman sought TO find his man TO get
him TO sign his article. The search In vain. how
ever and the writer sailed. Johnson sent the
sheets TO the authors bankers In London. telling
them the story and asking them TO forward the par
cell The tin box at last overlook the traveller at
Consiantnope. and the sheets were signed. ana have
set ont on their journey homcward
II was only by a chance that ". J. sllllman. whose
home has long been In Rome. received his package
OF pages He learned that they had been expressed
TO him. but told at the Office that they had not
arrived. lie made persistent inquiry ana hhhlv
MARCEL from which the address had been mySerouslv
erased was handed to him, the officials not Know
inc whether II was meant for him or not The
missing sheets were In III" package How the ad'
drnss was cnaccd Mr.. Stillman could not learn.
Their also delay in returning Henry liarian1s
sh.,i, from Paris. the parcel being detained IN IN"
Cust I'm House. Colonel John Iiay's sonnet. " En-
thana>ia" l. the other Side OF IN" page on wlncn
a. land. nd he
the committee gets the package again Before me
pages printed irrcival Lowell set out Tor me
interior OF Japan. where Their" Is no express s'rvis
Guilty was for him to leave his signature or FOL 1's
0i paper. which We're afterward pasted at the DOT
tom OF his poem "outlkc.' Bronson Howard learned
that his sheets ready when h, was In san Fran
cisco and about to sail for Honolulu. Mr. Johnson
sent them to Mr. lowari'S bankers IN san Francisco
with letter Of explanations. Us thcrc are :" i""
wrights stay there WAS not to Il" long ~" M noN
was not sent across III" waters to him. lie l. b'ch
now. and hi, signed Page arc cNpr.i'd ddlN. 49,,
To got Mark TwainN autographs. Mr. johnson ma
10 employ his best resources. TIL" hnmnrNt con.
rihtrd a capital story. The californian, h,"" ana
hi, PAGE, were SEM hial by empress In Florence.
IiaI but The day cforc they arrived there he start
ID for Ncw-Inrh Wncn Mr. Johnson saw MIN here"
Twain said there Wa no on" IN flor"nc" 10 tihr
charge Of the box. and he tidn't know what woull
become Of II. E'>idr>, h" might starr on Journey.
pcrhap> = long onr. in 4 few days. and might BE- gon"
for many months. II Mg. johnson would have u new
pages printed i'm tlr-" day-. h could sisn them
n not. why. there no telling when h" could Al
tend To the task. Mr.. johnson waited to hear no
lie had The plrt"- put Oh the pros again AM
They were signed n once" ana "a" co'niniti"" were
happy. MI The contributors. oNcrW one or Two VIII"
abroad have now affixed the Signatures That civ"
the book it> pc. nliar value-,iv" ono. tn" d"lm
pucnl- place Of hu>nc., l. nearer - the ID" Ninnc
Press than That 81 other member ~ 10" tlr''.
and tl, illustrates once more Ia" We'll hnown fact