Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-21

CLIvEDEN, WILLIAM WALDORF AsTOR's ENG
lISH HONE.
Tho American Review of Reviews is cd
young man, Is an authority upon subjects
relating to municipal governments, and
who has much of Mr.. Stcads energy and
responsiveness. For u long while many
persons COMPOUNDED Mr.. Shaw with anoth-
CIR man of some distinction of that name
who was United States consul at Man
chester, n brilliant writer and is now as
sociatcd with those who are developing the
gigantic power that is contained in the Nj
agara waterfall. Such confusion of names
is uncommon, although this is not the
only case that has recently occurred. The
brilliant short stories of Mr.. james Lane
Allen, which have appeared of recent years
in some OF she greater magazines, were
commonly attributed to Mr.. James Lane
Allen Of Chicago, and so general was the
impression that this person was the au
thor Of them that In the collection of these
stories recently published 1t was deemed
wise to call attention to the fact that the
author was James Lane Alien OF Licking
ton, Ky.
The dur'ication OF magazines so that
issues .h:l appear simultaneously In
America and Great Britain involves q
good deal mere care and expense than arc
supposed to Ike the case. The Review of
Rcvicwr, for instance, docs not duplicate
all its matter, and in external appearance
the English aud American issues differ.
The agr,rm-nt is that each Office shall ex-
change pruots, and that everything which
is proposed 70 be printed In one ef the
magazines is available for the ether in
case the editor 80 decides. The selection is
made with great discrimination. Therefore
many persons believe that ii Is a good plan
to have copies OF the American and foreign
editions, aincc, while in some respects they
are identical, yet in others they greatly
differ.
1t is necessary, in order to take advan-
tagc of tho copyrighs>lnw, that the COM
position and printing be wholly done in
the United States for the American edi-
ton, SO that, aside from n common pro-
prictary interest represented by ownership
of the stock of the corporation and the
availability of the articles for use in either
magazine, there is really nothing in COM
mon excepting the name and the general
purpose of publication. Connected with
The Review of Reviews is the brilliant
son, Charles ID. Lanicr, of brilliant IA
Their, the late Sydney Lanicr, perhaps the
most inspired of all those poets who were
born and reared in the south.
The Pail Mall Magazine as it is pub
lishcd in Now York is an exact copy Of
Ghe London edition. differing In this re-
spect from Tho Reviow Of Roviews. It
simply has New York imprint upon It,
Jerome X. Jerome. who after his sue
cesses as II writor OF humor and plays be-
came the editor OF n now magazine. The
Idler, has also established an American
edition, but Is has met with no such sue
cess in this country rs is has In Enpland
Some OF tho American magazines have
been very successful In their English edi-
tions, but Mr.. 3. 3. Mcclure. who recent.
ly went to England with view Of estab-
fishing an English edition OF his low
priced magazine. returned without doing
so, being satisfied that for tho present at
least Great Britain is overstocked with
magazines published at low cost.
K. J. EDWARDS.