Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-21

numbering William ID. HowclIs among
its mCmhers, has had him NJ one Of its in
formal dinners. and lie has also bcVn en-
tcrtainCd by the Aldinc club a. well as
at many private HOUSES
Those who know kipling well say that
the reason why hc has made 80 few friends
Is because he i a very shy man He does
not object to publicity. but ho sesrms to
have real horror 81 bciUg made show
OF. and therefore il has Appeared To sumC
who know him rs though he were unduly
sensitive, perhaps unfairly suspicious Of
those who really have no other purpose in
seeking his acquaintance than personal
knowledge Of n man Whose literary work
they greatly admire Doyle could not
come tn New York city again without
finding hosts Of friends, and friends ton
who would Inspect n dcsir, for privacy and
shrinking from undue PERSONAL publicity
Kipling comes to New York. and his de
sire for scclusion l. grarificd- Except by
his publishers and few others. his cOm-
ing and departure are noted by nO one
He l. able to walk broadway without rec
OgnitiOn, and IL he wcro rcCOgnizci NO.
morc than n passing glance would no cast
Mt him.
Both Doyle and Eipling have entered
into new and important literary negotia-
lions rCCCntly. DIR Doyle has work enough
SEAltAGANEA Ia kGAAl MS Pen UI~S AUE
the next thrrs years, and he has rccS,ivCd
for some Of his contracts larger prices
than any yet paid tn writer's Of thc young
Cr generation. EipIinG's grCarcst suCCvcss
has hCCn in tie most unexpected dine
tions, for he did not drClm, IL i Imported,
that his Jungle stories would gain any
more than passing interest. He will con
tinuC allcguriCS of this sort until the pop
ular taste for them has hcsn satisfied.
- H.
been established representing a SUIT Of
miGdlcman's relation between authors
and publishers. 1t began with Mr. Ste.
vcnsun and perhaps was due to the fact
that he found it not easy to negotiate
satisfactorily for his literary work while
he was 81 far away from the market
the Samoan islands are. Therefore he
placed his business intCrt,sts in the hands
of an Edinburgh solicitor, and 1t IS through
that lawyer that all Of StCyCnsOn's cln-
tracts with publishers arc now made. The
arrangement was found to he n most sat
isfaCtOry one 1t enabled authors who had
not great knowledge Of business or Capaci.
" to look oct thoroughly for their own
interests To commit arrangements TO the
hands Of shrCwd. slgaciOuS business men
Nearly all Of DIR. DOylc's contracts are
thus arranged for him by very capable
business man in London. Mr.. Barrie has
n representative Of this sort. and Bret
HartC has long dealt with publishers
through an agent in this way The agent
receives n commission. and If he i a law
yer n rctaining fac rs well. The custom
has not yet had much vogue in the nitCd
States. aud partly for the reason that
there is no such great demand for AmeTi-
can works OF fiction as Stevenson. Kip
ling, Barrie, Doyle and Bret Hartc have
met with for their works
Among women authors Miss Ida Tar
hell Is very rapidly coming tn the front
ranks She has spent some months in
careful study in the archives in Paris and
Washington, and the insult 81 her work
IS now appearing in "a life 0f Napoleon
which is commanding the highest praise.
although il ssb happens that il j. iNying
published simultaneously with another
life OF Napoleon written by the historian
sloane, who has taken high rank n stu
dent Of the philosophy of history.
T. J. EDWARDS.