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Pre-emptcd literary Fields.

Pi'e-etnptcd Literary Fields.
: London Leader: An editorial friend
insists that there are too many "Keep-
oif-the-grass. signs appearing In the
world of letters. There Is something
amusing n Irritating, too, he writes,
In the way the critics donate large and
eiegant sections OF the universe to sue
cessful authors as their private hunt
ing grounds. Ii an author makes a hit
with a novel on any special country or
theme, the critics pre-empt that country
or theme, and hold 1t as q trustee for
that Individual author. They constl-
tute themselves literary gamekeepers
with Jealous eyes look for poachers
to warn them off these private grounds.
An author who has lived in India, per-
haps for many years. writes a strong
n graphic story OF the life there; 1t
represents his original thought and OBJ
~servation. When 1t Is published 1t Is
judged, rarely from itself and for it,
selt, but as relating TO Ktpling'5 work:
the Irritating compliment of "a second
kipling" may be given him; he is. per-
haps referred to as entering upon a
field so fully and ably covered by Mr..
Kipling," OF as o m OF Mr.. Ktpling's
numerous imitators." 1t is folly to at
tempt to fence in a country of about one
million two hundred and fifty thousand
acres and two hundred and fifty mil
lion people and call it Kipling Park,
Private"
Anthony Hope now owns society; all
playful cynicism In dialogue on matters
mundane and feminine is pre-empted by
Mr.. Hope. Du Maurier owns the Latin
quarter and all Bohemia artist life,
though he graciously permits 1t to re-
main in Paris for a time. The ground
Itself. the realty, still belongs to the
city and to individuals, out all reality.
all associations, literary material and
possibilities are held by the critics In
trust for George du Maurier. MI. Stan
ley j. Weyman has had WI or three
centuries of French history marked as
his by the critics. Any new writer en-
tering Into the historic field of French
history must expect to be met by the
critics and compelled to show his pass
ports and have them examined under
the searching light OF Weyman compari-
son. Barrie for a time owned Scotland,
but he was crowded out of his pre-emp-
ton by Maclaren. Meldrum, Crockett
and a host Of other bold claim jumpers.
Bret Harte's patent on California has
not yet expired. The young writer fool
hardy enough to write a short story
about a western mining camp must ex-
pect to hear how inferior 1t Is to Bret
Harte's delightful little classic, The
Luck of Roaring Camp" Africa is the
only continent still left unpre-empted.
4 though Olive Schrelner's african
Farm takes a good southern section
out of the coming partition. Some
bright, Industrious novelist with a real
, long and wide story might appropriate
all the land adjoining Miss Schreiner's
farm as far north as the Mediterranean.
The whole world seemed to have baen
duly apportloned until, doubtless, dis
couraged by the gloomy terrestrial out
look. John Kendrick Bangs fearlessly
sailed into the Internal regions with his
House Boat on the Styx.' Stephen Phil
lips following with Christ in Hades."
But even here they find a filed and pre-
empted territory, held in the name of
one Dante. an Italian.