New-York tribune., 1901-08-10

appening as 'ow you fin yourself in the one be-
fore, when you're a-thinkin appy an breath
less as ow you've JUS caught the one you re
goin' by. To say nothin' of the one arter. she
added. thoughtfully, "as seldom seems to me to
go at ALL"
There was a short pause.
What did you do in Sevenoaks?" 1 asked,
brightly.
solemnly, me 'avin 'ad sech a time a-gettin'
there an all 1t might "a tried the patience of
job let alone a saint. which 1t Railways seems to
me Job 'adnt call for to set isseif ser
violent in dust an ashes like any ole 'en enjyin
of 'erself a-scratlin' a mole seein' as 'ow e
might "a knowed for certing ewing cud give i'm
a moo family in time, wives bein' that plentiful
in them days, an the Scripchers not a-avin
gone far they was forced for to do arter-
wards. 'Owever e 'ad is trials, no doubt
though SOS hothers, an whether It's houtside, as
is was, pore feller, or hinside, as some as 70
bear, were hall on worms of hearth. as ses
the 'ym'. to say nothin of hashes. as seems 10
me beS' lef to poultry"
A. c. McClurg & Co, of Chicago, make the
announcement that the business management
of their establishment in the hands of General
McCIurg from the beginning up to the date of
his death last April, has been assigned to Mr.. F.
G. Browne, for the last twelve years business
manager of 1.-The Dial" The fall list of this
firm runs to twenty-five numbers, including
fiction belles-lettres, gift books and, especial
Iy, an elaborately illustrated work on Oriental
rugs by Miss Rosa Belle Holt.
An abridgement of that we'll known compen-
dium "PooIe's Index to Periodical Literature
has been prepared. and Houghton, Mifflin &
Co. announce it for immediate publication. 1t
reproduces from the volumes of the Index al
ready issued all the references to between
thirty and forty of the leading magazines and
reviews now published, up to the end of 1899
1t makes large octave volume of nearly 900
pages
Many stories have been told about the early
fortunes of that beautiful book, John Ingle-
SAINT" among them one, extremely circumstan-
tial, in which the late James Payn appears. 1t
has been said that as reader" to the firm of
Smith. Elder Co. he rejected the manuscript,
and never realized what he had done until years
afterward when, hearing some hints of his
crime. he went to Mr.. George Smith, and that
gentleman reluctantly but good humoredly told
him all about it. Apparently, however. the sub
ject is still tormenting some minds and ac-
cordngly Mr. Charles Linnell has prevailed
upon the author to set the facts down paper.
For the benefit of those who interested in
the history of famous book quote from
THE Athen@um' the true story in Mr.. Short
houses own words:
With the exception of the author himself, the
MS of John Inglesant' seen by no one but
Mrs Shorthouse and the lady who copied it for
was put by and was seen by no one till 1880 In
January of that year the author took it to Mr..
mended by his brother, Mr.. Edmund Shorthouse,
and requested him to print it. The first proof
was sent on February 20 and the last on June
IL; the first bound copy on July / 600 copies
We're printed. Some seventy were presented TO
the authors personal friends; the rest were
sold by Messrs. Cornish Brothers, at one guinea
each One copy was sent to each OF the Bir-
mingham morning papers. one to The Athe-
nfeum. one. at the suggestion OF Mr.. Lnnell
Cornish Brothers), TO Messrs Smith, Elder &
Co, and one 10 The Guardian" on August IS
appeared "A very gratifying and talented review
Of the book in The Birmingham Daily Ga
zette." written by Mr.. Walter Sylvester. brother
TO the then proprietor. Mr.. a. a. Syl-
vesteT, TO both OF whom Mr.. Shorthouse
was q perfect stranger. THE Athenaurn" re-
1880 and The Guardian also favorably
January 10. 1881. The birmingham Daily
The MS. was never sent 10 any publisher.
and these were the only copies presented
TO the trade. The Rev. Arthur Jamson
Smith. one of Mr.. Shorthouse's most intimate
friends, sent the copy he had received to Mr..
Arthur Johnson OF All Souls, Oxon. who, after
he had read it, sent II to Mrs. Humphry Ward.
no took IL with her a visit to Knapdale. the
residence OF the late Mr.. Alexander Macmillan
at footing. and read some passages TO him.
Mrs. Ward told Mr.. Johnson that Mr.. Macmillan
would like 10 have a copy, and one was i'm
mediately sent to him. Mr.. Macmillan wrote TO
the author that he would be pleased to publish
It Seven hundred and Atty copies were pub
lshed in two volumes at % shillings They
were ready by June 10. 1881. They sold
readily. on an afternoon OF the following
month. July 10. Mr.. Gladstone called on Mr..
Macmillan in Bedford-st, specially to thank
him for the copy which had been sent him.
in the regular course, "and 10 ask him TO
tell the author that he thought II work of real
genius and of class that interested him great
ly." He added that there were good many mis-
spengs in the Italian proper names Mr.. Glad
stone never wrote publicly about the book but
IT Is understood that he talked about 1t great
deal TO his personal friends The second edi-
ton in two smaller volumes, was ready in De-
cember 1881 at II shillings. 1t sold enormous
ly. This is the true story OF the publication OF
IN IngleSant"