The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-21

news stands at the big hotels. where they
will do the most good. How well the plan
will succeed Is yet TO be told, but not 30
nell. Ii is safe TO say. as IL he had spent
his money in newspaper advertising.
Irving Bachelor. author of "Eben Hol-
den" and 'D'ri and l." and Bertha Runkle,
author of 1.-THE Helmet OF Navarro" took
cart IN a debate before the Contemporary
Club OF Philadelphia. on April 3. The sub
5ect was Realism I'm Fiction. as Opposed
TO Romance. Mr.. Bachelor cOntended
Etoutly for realism
The Polish novelist sienkiewicz is very
fond of the chase. especially boar hunt
Ing. and the walls of his home in Warsaw
are decorated with his trophies. some of
them from Africa. One large bookcase I'm
his library Is filled with his own books IN
foreign Languages. RE writes from 10 IN
the morning till ?, and in the evening from
to L. attends to his correspondence, and
makes notes for future work. His house
IS plainly furnished. and his diet very
simple.
Marie CorelH positively refuses TO give
her portrait to the public, but her publish
ers assert that this decision is not because
Of any lack of comeliness As matter OF
fact they say, Miss COrelli has nothing
&c aDprehend on this score In person she
g. petite and daintily proportioned: her
hair Is OF natural golden shade and curis
I'm masses over her head: her complexion
IS exquisite and her eyes of deep gray-blus.
She has a sweet voice and merry laugh.
and is as unlike the accepted orthodox
type OF "authOress'' we'll be.
Miss Janet Glider says: Speaking of
record breakers. I understand that The
Helmet OF Navarro starts out with a
bigger first edition than any novel of re-
cent years. Miss Bertha Runkle, who is
only two-andtwenty. and hardly locks
that, is in fair way of making a fortune
out or this book. She gets three sales
from 1.-THE serial, the book and the play
Already negotia tions are pending for its
production as a play that will surpasS
that Of any other dramatized novel Miss
other book, and If viii be some time be-
fore she even sketches one out In her mind
Unless all signs fail she need never write
another, so far as wanting money goes"
The literary agent now stands between
publisher end author. at least in England.
A London letter says: Times have
changed since the hacks of Grub street
made obeisance 10 the publishers as the
arbiters of literary destinies The author
now has behind him a man of business.
the literary agent who plays off one pub
Usher against another. and obtains the
highest terms for book and serial rights
Before "A line has been written or a title
chosen. The successful novelist lives we'll
and finds il convenient to have sources OF
credit while he is producing his work: and
the literary agent is his broker and the
publisher is his banker, after the contrac I
has been signed. More money is lent by
publishers to authors than in the Grub
street time, and without other security
than the contract for an unWritten book
or an unfinished manuscript. The publish
ers encourage the practice because Il
places the author under obligations To them
ana enables them 10 control subsequent
publications without the intervention Of the
literary agent"