The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21
Rise of Albert Bigelow Paine OF
Kansas.
Now One of Editors of st. Mich
olas Magazine.
A WRITER OF BOOKS.
His Children Stories Have Long
Been Famous.
Formerly in Photographic Bus
mess at Fort Scott.

A Kansan who has made a success
in the world of letters is Albert Bigelow
Paine, formerly of Fort Scott, and now
one of the editors of the St. Nicholas
magazine in New York, and the author
OF several successful books.
One poem by Mr. Paine is especially
well known to every Kansan, and was
printed in 1891. 1t is Where the
Sunfowers Bloom and has been re-
printed many times 1t is one or the
state poems that will never be forgot
ten 1t is not knOWn alone to the peO-
PIE of this state, but has been copied by
papers all over the country and is
quoted in Kipling's story '007."
Late in 1891 Richard Harding Davis
gave Paine his metropolitan foothoids
and the best incentive he had received
to start him on a literary career
Davis accepted two of his stories for
Harper's Weekly and also some poems
Paine and William Allen White were
quite friendly. In 1892 they published
together a limited edition of $50 copies
of the Rhymes of Two Friends In
1893 Paine published The Mystery of
Evelin DeLorme," a novelette, now out
of print In 1895 Paine went to New
York. and in company with John Kend-
rick Bangs and others established a
literary syndicate. known as the Com
bined Press IL was Improbable, and
was discontinued within the year. In
1888 Paine gave himself up almost ex-
ciusively to writing, and contributed to
considerable success and profit Dur
ing the fall of hat year 'Gobolinks," a
children'S book. written in collaboration
with Ruth Stuart, was pub
lished by the Century and in
1897 The Dumpies," a book of children's
stories which Paine had contributed to
New York Truth, and to the London
Sketch, was published BY r. h Russell
During the same year, 1897, in p
with Irving Bachelor, Frank Yer Beck
and Orson Lowell. he started a weekly
paper called Youth and Home. 1T died
with the fourth issue. 1t was too good
for this world said Paine in speaking
of the venture. The following year,
1898, he became editor of the New York
Herald's children's page, having found
ed that feature and the Juvenile
league, afterwards transferred to the st.
magazine. In the fall of 1898
r. H Russell brought out his
saw Bear" and THE Hollow Tree both
children's stories which he had contrib
uted to the New York Herald, an Amer
lean syndicate and to the London Black
and White.
In the early part of 1899 Paine left the
Herald and gave his time to writing
stories and verse for the Century,
Scribner and other publications, and a
novel for L~ippincOtt'S Magazine, The
Bread Line" founded on the Youth
and Home experience which was pub
lished January, 1900. In June. 1899. he
became one of the editors of ST Mich
olas, a position he still holds, his de-
partment being the ST. Nichola League.
In the autumn of 1899. r. H. Russell
brought out his second book of Hollow
Tree stories, entitled THE Deep
Woods" and the same year the Baker
Taylor company published The Beacon
Prize Medals" In 1900 the Century
trough out 1.-The Bread Line"
in book form. In 1901 r.. H Russell
published a new edition of the Hollow
Tree and Deep Woods Stories" putting
all into one volume. Henry A1temus of
Philadelphia brought out The Little
Book while J. F. Taylor
& Co, issued The Van DWellers" and
The Great White Way'-Paine says:
THAT is too many books for one year"