The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-23

happily expressed by Mr.. Caine. To this
opinion We have Joined another, that the
ter. and many hundreds Of these themes.
are to be found in b contemporary
chronicles Of the United States. which we
tic chronicles In the world. Long ago We
had the American works Of Cooper. Haw-
thorne n Irving. but there y yet plenty
plenty OF It for other imaginative writer's
greater even than these. The life and
movement Of our age. the traditions and
stantial elements from which romance is
woven
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1t seems odd says the Chicago News.
New York by writing fiction. die and re-
main as utterly unknown as II he had
never existed. Arthur Elder Nelson was
such q man. He did not get even a three
line obituary in any newspaper. His deal
ings were mostly with two huge New York
concerns devoted exclusively to the mann
f~acture Of dime and half-dime novels and
his speciality was the fiction that deals
with boy pirates, boy highwaymen. boy
robbers. and other equally interesting ju-
he was %. Educated and refined Che was
an Oxford mani, he came to this country
shortly after attaining his majority. His
first effort in the line of Observation-Disclosures
narrative was made during his leisure as
a drug clerk. The success of his produce
ton encouraged him to persevere and for
the itSt TWO years ne naQ worked SteaGlly
His publishers say that his own share of
the profits of his pen last year was So, 600
and he lived pretty well up to his income.
He spoke Tour and his wide
to wander at will in the highways of lit
e%rature, plundering wherever he saw an
opportunity. Thus his works were. as a
rule. mere plagiarisms brought down to
his readers level. He never aspired to
anything higher. Certainly If he had
wished to be a serious writer mis- income
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year., even had he attained great vogue.
As 1t was he kept a horse and carriage
and enjoyed life like a sybarite. being UNI
married and uncontrolled. And not even
his thousands of admirers scattered
through the school rooms, district tele-
graph offices and street corners of this re-
public had any idea of his personality.
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
A Carlyle celebration is being prepared
In London for December 4, the centenary
OF his birth.
Emile lola is preparing a new work,
God and Mammon." In his search for
material he will visit the great cities Of the
The late Professor Huxley's biography
Is being prepared by his son.
Dean stanley's correspondence will soon
Marie CorelM's forthcoming story has
been entitled THE Mighty Atom"
A romance OF old California has been
written e. by Gertrude Asherto,n under the
~ - 'S AAtb
Henry James next volume will contain
THE House Beautiful and AN Awk-
ward Age" A new long novel from his
William Dean Howells has written a
novelette, Of American life at Saratoga, to
be published as IAN Open-Eyed Conspir-
A story of the American laborer has
been written by F.. Hopkinson ninth for
the Century. 1t will appear as tom Gro
gan"
Owen Wister's wild Western tales are to
be Issued by Harpers as Red Men and
William watson's new book Of poems,
The Father OF the Forest" is to be issued
at once by Stone & Kimball.
An edition de luxe of Uncle Remus,
with Mr.. A. b. Frosts remarkable illus
trations, Is to be published shortly by D..
Appleton & Co. The author, Joel Chand-
Ter Harris, has signed each of the $50
copies.
One of the interesting literary questions
of the day Is whether dialogue is to be the
prevailing form of fiction. Sir Walter Be
SAINT predicts that novels will shortly be
written In dialogue. and hat descriptions
will be almost entirely lone away with.
Hope as two of the most successful users
of dialogue. and his argument is re-en-
forced by the brilliancy of Miss Hunts
new work of fiction. "A Hard Woman
published In America by D. Appleton &
Co.
IT is only as a sumptuous edition de luxe
that the illustrated Manxman will be
issued. AT his home in the Isle Of Man
Mr.. Hall Game has carefully selected pho
tographs of the actual scenes, churches
nance. and these photographs, over forty
In number. have been most carefully re-
produced for the illustration of this edi-
ton de luxe. The author has written an