The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-23
THE LITERARY OUTLOOK.
SOME INTERESTING POINTS re-
GARDING KIPLING's WORK.

| The Continued Interest in Edward
| BeIIamy's Idens-RObert Barr as an
object of Friendly Envy-A sug-
Eestiye Example of the New Meth
cd of BooISseIIing-A Point of In
tereSt Regarding the Editor of
Harper'S Magazine.
New York, April 22.-Mr. Klpling's III
ness has had far reaching effects on his
publishing affairs. Il greatly quickened
the demand for his writings; and in antici-
patton or recognition Of this, publishers
Of more shreWdness than scruples have
BEEN and are still, fairly rummaging the
earth for work of his that is not protect
ed by copyright When they get hold of
such work, they fling 1t into type between
two days and fire it forth with the sins
Of hurried printers and ignorant proof
readers glaring from every page; and the
devoted public fairly snaps 1t up, under
the belief that it ia getting a new work
One can imagine how exasperating all this
must be to the author. The appropria-
ton of his writings without his consent
would be in itself hard enough TO bear
but add to this the most ruthless man
ling and mutilation of whatever is appro-
| priated. and the offense becomes doubly
| aggravating.
There is not much that an author can
| do in such a case, but the little that is
possible Mr. Kipling is now taking steps to
accomplish. He viii himself bring out
| shortly a volume or perhaps two con-
tanning such of his early unprotected
writings as are now most subject to plum
| der. These are writings that he has been
| hitherto rather reluctant TO pub
lish in permanent form; but it has long
been the opinion Of such of his friends as
were acquainted with them that in this
he was wrong. and that he had written
| nothing that, in its way, was more in
teresting. I have looked over good deal
OF the matter myself and 1 can say that
| l share this latter view entirely.
FIRST in the collection will come a series
OF travel letters, under the title, From
Sea to Sea" f''After seven years" says
| the author in beginning the first of these
letters, 1T pleased necessity, whom we all
| serve TO turn to me and say: Now YOU
can do nothing whatever. You are free
TO enjoy yourself l will take the yoke
OF bondage from your neck for one year,
wherein you shall be absolutely and en-
trely free What do you choose to do
with my gift?'
This was in 1882 when Kiplng was o. or
| ~ years bios anu Nne seven years
| Ice then concluding had been rendered az
| assistant editor on the Civil and MiIitarY
Gazette, at Lahore, India. The question
| what TO do with the gift was finally an
swered in favor of journey through Chi
ma and Japan, and across the Pacific and
the United States, and so on around the
world; and these letters record the adj
ventures and impressions of the journey,
| ana were written in the course of II for
a newspaper in India. Grabs and garbIines
from those that relate to the United States
| nave lately been a good deal republished
| mere, out never the letters complete nor
anything like complete. Each letter Is
| headed by characteristic bit of verse.
Here is one-I use it by special permits
sion:
When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green,
| And every goose swan, lad.
| And every lass a queen
Then hey for boot and poise lad.
And Ger the world away
young blood must have its course lad
And every dog its day.
Among the other contents of these vol
umes will be the first authorized hool,
publication of The City of Dreadful
Night" and Letters of Marque." These
TWO works have been a good deal named
OF late, because of a speculation that hos
|
of early editions published in India Of
the first, an edition of 5000 copies was
published at Allahabad, India, in 1880
without the authority of Mr. Kipling and
while he was off on the long journey de-
scribed In his letters. on his return to
india he began legal proceedings. and the
edition was cancelled. few comics o.
capped destruction-three, 1t is said-and
a New York dealer was lately holding one
at $500 He sold it few days ago hut T
thing he did not quite realize his first
hopes regarding it, which is, perhaps. not
surprising, for $500 is really, quite a sum.
The same publisher who brought out this
COTTON OF The City of Dreadful Night !"
Drought out, in 1891, also, an edition of
Letters of Marque," and a COPY of This
IS now held here, or was, a short time
ago, at $50 -'iie
Returning to the letters of travel ona ~
them, written from Singapur. India. gives
some thoroughly Kiplingesque hints 70
the unwary-"all gathered in the hotel T"
select from them the following;
East of Calcutta the price Of the
whisky peg and the volume of whisky
increases, reaching its maximum I'm Amer
lea"
Try to keep your temper with a Chi
nese servant. He iddles round the room
with feather buster. This is to see how
you lock your trunks. If you are severe
| ~ Hihi iS louShS III your lace.
Don't knock about Singapur at night
without a friend in the police"
when in doubt go 70 the postofice
They know everything there except how
TO weigh letters"
Never, never, never make friends with
a child because Il is pretty or engaging:
sooner or later it develops into a little
devil and sits on your chest"
Apparently the interest still remains
very great In Edward Bellamy's social
ideas and proposals. While his last book.
Equality" has not had the wonderful
sale that Looking Backward secured.
and being a less of a novelty than that
was, has not been near as much talked
about, yet its sale has been. on the whole.
large. II has sold largely, not only in the
English version, but there have been
translations OF it made into French, Ger
man and other foreign languages, aud
these have sold largely. too. And now,
for this country, there Is to be a low
| priced paper-covered edition, which will