The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

enough to allow the same methods. The
sensational publishers are realizing this
more and more. 1t doesn't pay them in the
long run to advertise more than the merit
Of the book calls for. and, while much of
the novel advertising is experimental, it is
bound to become more dignifed and less
sensational.
champion Long Distance Writer" is the
title which has been given to a young man
who lives in Missouri, and. though the title
must have been given thoughtlessly, since
his record of 25,OOO closely written foolscap
pages has been exceeded by several writers,
the young man from Missouri has another
and perhaps better claim to fame. He has
never published a line of what he has writ
ten. The author is peculiar in his hatred of
newspapers. Some time ago he went from
his home up to st. Louis for the purpose Of
becoming Sunday editor of the Globe-Dem-
ocrat. He neglected 10 instill his purpose
into the mind of the manager of the paper
before coming, and he was considerably
panied and offended when he realized that
no one shared his opinion as to his capa-
bilities as an editor. Margrave, the author
who does not write for publication. went
JUN AACAAAC win q x -
nected with newspapers, and says now that
no publisher who has anything to do with
newspapers will ever get a chance at his
manuscripts. 1t is something of a relief to
learn that the young mans work will not
be published. The book world needs more
men of his determination to stay out Of
print.
I had an opportunity the other day of
looking over the idea book of a man
who. several years ago. was an editor of
rational reputation. Among the entries
was a list of names of specialists in vari-
Gus scientific. literary and political lines.
There were two names that attracted par
ticular attention-Dr. S. Wier Mitchell, on
medicine; H. G. Wells. on biology. The
list had been made up long before these
two men had become known as popular
writer's. DR.. Mitchell has, of course, been
long we'll known as a physician. Once
when in Paris he called to see a noted
doctor, and without making himself
known. further than he was an American
and lived in Philadelphia, asked for infor-
nation in regard to a fine point in medi-
cine.
why do you come to me?" queried the
French specialist. You have a much great
er authority on that subject in your own
city. His name is DR.. S. Wier Mitchell.
You had better see him"
II. G.. Wells wrote books on biological
subjects years before he took to scientific
romancing-which fact may account for
the very clever manner in which he makes
the most impossible things seem quite
natural. Every one knows, of course. that
gravity Is not to be lone away with, yet
The First Men in the Moon" makes sucn
a condition harmonious will our every day
life. Now Mr.. Wells is taking up the
prophets mantle as shown in his "Antici-
pations." One cannot but admire the fault
lessness of his conclusions, once the main
premises ars admitted.
XXX
Mr.. Ernest Thompson Seton, formerly Err
nest Se~ton-ThOmpson, nee T.. Thomson.
and known in his younger days as wolf
Thompson. enjoys the advantage of a
studio overlooking Bryant Park in New
York city. as well as a large country es-
tate in Connecticut. In a word, Mr.. Seton
has become affluent and recalls no moro
the days of his poverty a few years ago
in New York city. He has not yet an
ncunced his intention of applying to the
English government for the Wilton title
and estates, which are his by right of di-
rect descent. but. perhaps. he is restrained
by the fact that his ancestor who last held
the title left the country so hurriedly, be-
cause of his Jacobite Ieanings, that he neg
lected to pack the family crest and name
handle in his hand satchel.
x
TG Mary T. WILLING Airtip0 NTH Dr
Freeman. or is she flirting with the public?
The announcement, followed by the denial,
of her much-postponed marriage is too
great a portion of labor for most of us.
The kind of newspaper publicity which she
has been receiving lately will not do her
much good, and such a thing is ~lamentable,
since she is worthy of better report. One
of the proud worthy of the town of Brattle-
boro, VT, is that Mary Wilkins lived there
a number of years.
The mention of Brattleboro recalls the
life of Rudyard Kipling in this country for
the most of it was spent there. Kipling
lived in a little one-story frame house
about two miles from the village, until he
built his Naulahka farther up on the hills.
1t was in the little three-roomed house
that he wrote most of his jungle tales, and
in Naulahka that Captains Courageous
was begun and finished. A recent canvass
in a New York school for boys brought out
the fact that Captains Courageous was
by far the most popular Kipling book read
by the pupils. The jungle tales received
only two or three votes.
Mr.. Kipling has always taken a great in
terest in boys. His autographs can be OBJ
tanned by sending him a receipt for five
shillings contributed to the rockingham
Boys Club. In this. his present home viii
lage, he organized the boys club, and only
recently he was unanimously reelected
president of the Young Mems Rifle Club
of rockingham. Some time ago he pre-
scented the club with a machine gun, a
regularly mounted field gun of the 2.O2
caliber type. and the company is expected
to take regular drill in its use.
Xxx
Last month showed, naturally, a great
increase in number of books issued over
October. and-not so naturally-a consid-
cradle increase over the corresponding
month of last year. Every publisher claims
that he is trying to limit his output. but at
the same time he feels that he must keep
up with the procession.
Influence of Women i'm Politics.
New York Evening Post.