The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
FATE OF THE WAR BOOKS.
MOST or THEN FAILED TO SELL
WELL, SAYS A PUBLISHER.
That Was Because the Public Got Fresh, Vivid
Accounts Of the spanish American Conflict
In the Newspapers - Davis. Roosevelt.
HObsOn and Sigsbee Sold the Beat.


That Was Because the Public Got Fresh, Vivid
Accounts Of the American Conflict
In the Newspapers DAVIS Roosevelt.
fopson ana s'gsoee So'o me Best.
OF making many books there is an end.
There's a tradition to the contrary. but It's orig
ina,or never tried making books about the Snsn.
tah.Au.,,oan W. Co... ~ AZ. Nar, VI.
publishers will envy him his luck The fate of
the war books has been an interesting COM
...,,o,r nm ,,odo,r oondi ,iors o,d ,o.,n.
~ ana s.s wa,"hod, Tho nroness from ,hs,rs,as
Don't say war book to me-" said a well.
r,ou.n n,hlisbsr recentlv "I,d ,ather 40 ~.
a"p.n s.m .. a,.r 'Uw'
ern journalism has spoiled the market for war
u,a-o,rro Tho ruhIic uble /, lie NJ ,.~-.
n"'"'"r i"o 49, " ~ te'o'
neat with excitement, Ge's newspaper stories
written by the cleverest men in the profession.
rrha VOL il dono under tho n,essure a, ;n,ar.~
an,,rsiaSm and IL drama,ic md dirsc, ~ AZ
gree that not one man in ten thousand can attain
49,, 10 s,,s dou,n In cold blood IN ur,o a H.
Mhen " -. IT, - "".
its appetite glutted during the very storm Of bat.
flo and the ordinary writer's best stuff has bee,
"s, ."u ,hon nn,y , nan uhosa narsaaou.u
wins readers, or whose literary instinct is re-
uarkable. can make a success of a war boob
nn.", - ~. a.a - ~. '"A
"A few men who ground out wet towel and
| student lamp volumes, in the early dsys Of the
'N.rI ...
eh'hus'aSm' iouhu d Hioueiae Hae LOT their
books, but nine-tenths OF the stun published
later foil sst I'm not afraid To admit tina, ou,
n 80 -. " ~
ventures al met a ueau Iros, iel some y
.hrin WIZ soou a,u m" noulu nav uLolsht
!helr cnanSes eacr,era, hooktnH backward.
! can see me reasphs toi ,neI .Aiuft Look
ing FORWARD, l couiun I III not lle ohiy pub
ll>tlpT III tnut Tx, ouT literary Judgment IA
az rlsn. ;Dut OUT esunia.e VI e WVnnui ana puo-
nc sehtneIt was wrong vel NOV better
aholher June. ooine " III Nit.eIs mace lalf
money tne men VINO SOY une,I poohS ou,rlSht,
.na. u. ines SeIt ~ '"e tnat NJ ihtIr rep
uIauohs were eA"elsi.. Most VI theih hau ale
ready written good war stories ior Journals
ana magallnes anu a,,Iatvsu puphc altenuon.
we pupilsneis .nousn, VIZ neIe sair pIopns
sitlohs anu piu a8nnst encn os'e, we oene-
NJ % tne "rl'ers ana out o"" subsequent dlS
commune
-SucceSslul i11lh .ns RuolnieTS po,h. oi view.
Wete tnoss 9y h.cnaiu nalq,.S Dants, roosevelt
noDspn ai Ha 3, ordsr ~ W. a IVY a. ,neI so.u Juss
ABOUT III Iidu oIueI VI uiun , punilsn any OF
mem; SO can SPEAK M.tnout PieyuuIce Davlss
popularity Wltn a .tI.an LAS OF readeIs
ana ms iterary lnsuhct EaSe nun MS iead-
hooseveitS popuIarity ah1 Drains YER surs
70 S'Ne mn q hoaiinx Ii.oeon anu olseoeS
Iad won puonc a,eHuon 70 an e3aegerated
uesLee, rops1n : o1oh ;, routu nate nad very
GOOD run, IL ne haun klleu hlinselI ana every-
! thihR connected WIN MN. py tnat Missing Bee.
IL was a sweet deaul o,lt the funeral was ex:
I penslve LOT the puoi'shers lts a Dreadful
thing for a clever and brave young man to b
absolutely devoid OF a sense OF humor.