The herald., 1896-06-02
LORD SHOLTO, PLAGIARIST
That Is What the New York World
Calls the Fellow
The Big Paper Buys His Passing Show Only
to Find That 1t Was Srolen From
Appleton & Co.

The young man bearing the name OF
Sholto Douglas, younger son OF John
Sholto Douglas, Marquis of Queensber-
ry, is we'll known on the coast. Tha
bakersfield. San Francisco and Los An
geles papers have all had more or less
to say regarding the blonde youth, and
now the New York World has some
thing about him and it is far from Hat
tering to his honesty. The World ac-
cuses him of plagiarism. Herd is what
that paper has to say in its issue OF
May 24th, under the headlines "A Lord
and Plagiarist; the Sunday World
the Victim of Foreign, Effete and I'm
principled Nobility
The Sunday World is free to say that
1t is sorry the Marquis of Queensberry
was ever born. The Marquis of Queens
perry is father to that most puissant
lord. Sholto Douglas, and Douglas has
played 1t on US, in way that we
grieve..
From Lord Sholto Douglas we receiv-
ed the following interesting commune
cation all written in his own hand
Postoffice Phoenix, Arizona,
April 26, 1896.
To the Editor the New York World
Dear Sir Enclosed is a story written
by me. give it to your paper exclusive
ly If you publish it. should expect pay
ment at your usual rate per column. 1t
consists of about three columns.
dicate articles written by me- entitled
A Thousand Miles on Cayuse, illus
trated by John +. Coker. Owing to our
having made previous arrangements
with the New York Journal, could not
accept your Offer Thanking you very
much for the same. remain yours truly,
SHOLTO DOUGLAS.
P. S.-Would be much obliged if in any
case you would return the MSS. of The
Passing Show. Turn over.
With this letter there came a story
also entirely in the lords own hand.
Said the young man who reads stories
to the editor who accepts them:
Here's manuscript from Sholto
Douglas. who wants to sell 1t to u.s."
Said the editor foolishly trusting in
the Lord Sholto: IF it's not too bad, get
it up. 1t viii amuse free America to
see what sort OF stuff a lord would
write.'
So it was got up and it was printed.
for the young man who reads stories did
not happen to have in his head every line
or prose ever written and he did not
know that the story was stolen from
the works of Richard Malcom Johns
ton.
The book from which Lord sholto
Douglas calmly took his little story is
owned by D. Appleton e Co, who
bought the copyright from Harper &
Brothers. The book colmly peddled out
by Lord ShOlto Douglas is called
"Dukesborough Tales, the Chronicles of
Mr.. Bill Williams"
A courteous letter from Nessrs. APP
pleton called the attention of the Sun
day World to the fact that it had been
imposed upon. The Sunday World here
begs to apologize to Messrs. D. Apple
ton & Co. and expresses sincere regret
that it should-however innocently-
have published without permission mat
ter owned by that firm. The Sunday
World recommends to the general public
a careful perusal of Mr.. Bill Williams
Chronicles" which are most fascinating.
When Sholto Douglas-a lord by cour-
tesy only-was last in this city he Of
fered his literary abilities and services
to The Herald-of course for a consid-
GRAFTON. They were declined.