Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-07
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"whcre Highways Cross" Is in the
Iris Library. The author Is Mr.. ]. q.
Fletcher, whose Thorcau-like work.
"The Wonderful wapcntakc," and a
stirring romance, entitled "Wheu
Charles the First Was King" have In.
troduced him to American readers.
A very beautiful book soon to be pub.
lishcd Is the Tonga waited Book about
Fans" comprising the history of fans
and fan painting, by NJ. A. Flory, to-
gether with chapter on fan collecting
by Mary Cadwaladcr Jones. The Mus
trations are photographs Of the finest
specimens Of the art. reproduced for
the most part from originals.
Since the copyright law has been pass.
ed. the enormous American sale re.
sulting from the protection given to
British authors has made reputation
and fortune for such authors rs Rud.
yard Kipllng. Anthony Hope Hawking,
Rider Haggard, 4. X. Crockett. ]. NJ.
Barrie, etc. A. +. Watt. the English
Literary agent" who has built up q
splendid business for himself by plac.
ing to the best advantage the protuc-
lions OF the leading English writer's.
and whose opinion Is consequently en-
titled to respect, recently got back to
London from a visit to the United
States, where he had been looking over
the field. and expresses himself as ''lm.
menscly impressed by the market he
found there for British literary
wares"
Tho Saturday Review says that the
queen has been pressed to make W. Il.
Henley the poet laureate, and adds:
''The appointment would not be UNIT II
william Morris and Mr.. swinburnc and
Coventry Patmore had previously re.
fused the post" As for Sir Edwin
Arnold, the Saturday administers this
little dose: "He ID a past master Of
claptrap. Of the turgid. the bombastic.
and the rhetorical; and we are mt o
loss whether to envy him more tho
knowledge Of languages which enables
him to translate indiffcrently from 50
many tongues, or the superb assurance
with which he dubs his cxccrablc verso
poems" Lord Salisbury's accession to
power, In the opinion of most people.
made the selection of Sir Edwin secure.
for he Is one of the editors of the Daily
Telegraph. the most influential Liberal.
Cnionist paper supporting the govern.
mcnt. Recently Sir Edwin Lawson,
proprietor of the Daily Telegraph. had
been canvasslng vigorously In Sir Ed.
win Arnold's behalf The New York
Suns correspondent recently cablcd
that ut Is rumOred that Sir Edwin has
actually received the appointment. and
| that an announcement to this effect will
| appear In an early issue OF the Official
Gazette.
| A question that Is agitntlng the Eng.
lish press Just now Is, "What Is a lit.
crary blacklcg?" A recent paragraph
says: According to Robert Shcrard,
| 1t Is reviewer, a man who II hired by
newspaper proprictors 10 write down
Hnnovators.' A literary blacklcg' II
also a successful author who reads
manuscripts for n publisher. these
literary blacklcgs,' says Mr.. Sherard,
are so-called men Of letters. and
should he with us. but prefer to be Ish.
maels, with one hand against the au.
thors and the other hand extended for
the cOppcrs Of those who are not the
friends Of men Of letters From this
1t appears that you cannot be review.
err without being an Ishmacl, that no
newspaper proprietor ever befrlends
men Of letters, that successful author
say, George Meredith or James Payn
who reads for publisher Is a black.
leg and also, In the elegant dlction Of
Mr.. Shcrard, public spittOon.' The
'blacklegs' stalk untarred and unfcath.
cred and Mr.. Sherard proposes that q
black book containing their names
and addresses, should be carried by
every honest author, who will then
know the company he ought to kick.
And, IL anybody thinks all this is rath-
or extravagant, Mr.. Shcrard Is prcpar.
cd to give him satisfaction"