The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-22

The American Review of Reviews is ed
tied by Mr.. Albert Shaw, who, though q
young man, is an authority upon subjects
relating TO municipal government, and
who has much of Mr.. Stead's energy and
aggressiveness For a long while many
persons COMPOUNDED Mr.. Shaw with anoth-
er man of some distinction of that name
who was United States consul at Man
chester, brilliant writer, and is now as
sociated 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
bnly case that has recently occurred. The
brilliant short stories of Mr.. James Lane
Allen, which have appeared of recent years
in some of the greater magazines, were
commonly attributed to MIR 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 it was deemed
wise to call attention TO the fact that the
author was James Lane Allen of Lexing-
ton, Ky.
The duplication of magazines so that
Issues shall appear simultaneously in
America and Great Britain involves a
supposed 10 be the case. The Review of
Reviews, for instance, does not duplicate
all its matter, and in external appearance
the English and American issues differ.
The agreement is that each Office shall ex-
change proofs, and that everything which
is proposed to be printed in one of the
magazines is available for the other in
case the editor so decides The selection is
many persons believe that il is a good plan
to have copies of the American and foreign
editions since, while in some respects they
are identical, yet in others they greatly
differ
1t is necessary, in order to take advan-
tage of the copyright law, that the com
position and printing be wholly done in
the United States for the American edi-
ton, so that, aside from a common pro-
prietary 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 CON-
mon excepting the name and the general
purpose of publication. Connected with
The Review of Reviews is the brilliant
son, Charles d. I.anier, Of brilliant IA
Their, the late Sydney Lanier. perhaps the
GlOSb llel1iCO VI III lAsVSc fBoCtS WHO were
born and reared in the south.
The Pail Mall Magazine as it is pub
iished in New York is an exact copy of
the London edition, differing in this re-
spect from The Review of Reviews. It
simply has a New York imprint upon IT,
jerome X. Jerome, who after his sue
eessss as a writer Of humor and plays be-
came the editor Of new magazine, The
toler, has also established an American
edition, but il has met with no such sue
tess an this country as il has in England.
Some q the American magazines have
been very successful in their English edi-
lions, but Mr. : ). McClure, who recent
ly Went TO England with view of estab-
fishing an English edition of his low
priced magazine. returned without doing
60, being satisfied that for the present at
least Great Britain is overstocked with
magazines published at low cost.
4. j. EDWARDS