The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
LITERARY NOTES.

a
novel dealing with the proceedings of Italian
secret societies. 1.-The Anarchists is the
title chosen.
William d. Howells subscribes intermit-
tently to a clipping bureau for incidents in
real life bearing upon whatever theme he
may be treating In novel form.
1t is said that Mrs. Southworth had a
peculiar habit when writing her novels. She
would place her writing pad on the floor,
and. stretching out on a rug. would write
chapter after chapter in this way.
Mr.. Richard Whiteing the author Of mo.
John Street. is a writer of leaders for
the London Daily News. The success of
his new book has been so great that he
has been called upon to republish his pre-
vious story. 1.-The Island
Before Rudyard Kipling left this coun-
try the landlord of the hotel at which he
was i'll presented him with remarkable
souvenir of his visit. 1t consisted of bound
volume containing the series of physicians
bulletins through the medium of which the
public was kept informed Of the condition
OF the author during his illness. The hotel
man appropriately named the volume THE
Sick Mans Burden"
OF Emile Zola's works $4,000 copies are sold
yearly on the average, of Alphonse Daudet's
$1,000, of Octave Feuillets $1,000, of Pierre
Lots and George Ohnet's 5000 each, of
PEASANTS 5000, of Paul Bourgeois $4,000
Twenty-Five thousand copies is the annual
average S for the works of the De Goncourts
Mendes, Marcel Provost, Andre Theuriet and
Francois Coppee.
Professor Max Muller's new book on
Indian philosophy has been published In
England He is seventy-six years old, as
he notes in his introduction, but still full of
energy. What he complains Of. with a
certain pathos, is that at seventy-six a man
can have neither the eyes nor the memory
he had at twenty-six. This note occurs
where he Is acknowledging the assistance
ting out the book. 1t consists of the ma
terial that has accumulated in his note
books on the six great systems into which
Indian philosophy groups itself.
Mr.. Hall Gains English publishers are
about to bring out 6-penny edition Of sew
eral of his novels, and the literary reviewer
of the London Mail says: There is profit
of pence copy to be divided between
author and publishers. Mr.; Hall Gains
view is that the author should have half
pence and the publishers a half-penny, and
this division Of profits has been offered to
him. with guaranteed sale of 100000 copies
payment of 100000 half-pennies. Who shall
say after this that authors are not good
business men; or that at. six,penny reprints OF
Commenting upon the extraordinary sue
cess achieved by Ian MacLaren in his
American tour, one of the London evening
journals remarks that this is evidently the
golden age of literature. 1t is estimated
that Mr. j. NJ. Barrie will have made s100
900 ($500.00O out of the characterization of
The Little Minister" before 1T has run its
course He Is said to be the most success
full of English litterateurs, though Miss
Marie Corelli and Mr.. Hall Game are not
far behind him. The late Mrs. Oliphant
never made more than $4,000 ($25 1000 a
year, but Mr.. Crockett is said to have been
making considerably more than that sum
for the last half dozen years.
David Harum'' has now reached it's one
dred-and-ninetieth thousand, and is SELL
ing as high as 1,5OO copies per day. With
the exception of the religious novel, In
His Steps" of which, its publishers claim
over 100000 copies in this country and Great
has probably sold better than any work OF
writer in the New York Times says thai
originally David Harum'' was simply a
subordinate character in the book, which
was a conventional love story, but that by
the advice of the publishers he was made
the principal figure. The same writer makes
this estimate of the profits to the author
or. rather, to his heirs. he having died be-
fore the book was published: THE authors
royalty is probably 10 cents per volume
After deducting 1000 copies for press re-
views, imperfections or damage, 10000 at 1;
cents per copy nets the snug sum TO the
authors family of s2S,5O0. 1t may double
that before il stops" OF The publishers
profits no estimate is made.