The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-02
BOSTON AUTHORS WORKED UP
"WHO rs. GOING TO GET INTO
TIRE BOOKrr THEY ASK.
A New Literary SENSATION At the Huh
Stormy Existence % ho Authors'
Club-Enorts 20 Define Genuine Au-
thors-Troubies over IT'S Proposed Book

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Boston, Feb. i.-Boston's Authors Club
Is perturbed over the question: who's
going to get into the bookf' The original
cause Of the trouble was q project 70 publish
n book entitled THE Authors OF Boston.
That has started innumerable discussions
as 70 who may be considered the genuine
and representative authors Of Boston.
The club has had other troubles Miss
Helen NJ. Winslow is generally credited
with having organised IL. This event
tool place something more than q year
ago and, according to Miss Kate Tannatt
Woods. II anticipated somewhat the plans
she was wording on.
Il had the papers all drawn up says
Miss Woods, had a constitution and every
thing, but | was taken III M was away
from active duties for a while and Miss
Winsiow Just hustled right In and organized
the Authors Club
immediately upon Its first assembling.
the Authors Club found itself In the midst
Of q war over the relative ste ending OF au-
thors and this trouble has continued to
the present and Is the basis 81 the acrimony
engendered by the project OF printing a
photography Of authors. Several hundred
writer's Of all types Of reputation and ao-
ouirement clamored for membership In
the club and when the greeting OF tho club
was not judged sufficiently enthusiastic.
the unwelcome writer relieved himself
| with remarks about the membership.
Among the revelations that were thus
made was that one members title TO the
halo OF authorship consisted in having gone
70 England as a press agent OF some sort
or other on the occasion OF the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery's European visit
and having published upon her return a
ffty-cent souvenir book OF the ocean voyage
OF the Ancients. II was also alleged that
several persons whose literary achieve
ments consisted Of nothing more dangerous
than occasional gratis vcrsihcation for
rural weeklies Ind their names upon the
clubs immortal scroll.
After Miss Winslow had expended a mod
icum Of her literary proves in voluminous
letters TO the editors and a plaster OF de-
mails had been spread over the country,
Il was felt that tho crisis had passed. The
club then took 70 an imitation Of the good
old custom that used to prevail in the par
ishes Of New England churches, namely
visiting round.
One afternoon, the members OF the organ
ization would assemble at the subway en-
trance and journey by trolley 10 the placid
literary atmosphere Of Miss Wlnslow's resi-
dence in Eggleston Square. On an other.
they would seek the classic confines Of Cam
bridge and pour tea and discussion at Col.
Higginson's Buckingham II rect home.
On one rare occasion tho authors were
treated TO free transportation about Bev-
erly Farms, il being at famous 'Bev erly
Inv the depot" that Oliver Wendell Holmes
had his summer residence. The auth ors
also xo,, % W.llesIov where ,ha Uorsbinful
"u,"e-.n. - 81, ,,I,.na.. -, -.
cohege malds mao uhe Pri'hese oi Pre-
oious hours critical survey and observation
of authors as they really are.
BEFORE beginning this winter's recular
nor. ,~in.,ion ,ha Iuthor. club hold i,s
49, a. v..aS-a onL :.
annual meeting AT 'ne 'enoonfe' oho-r'
Parker had been lassoed sometime previous
for the honors Of the evening. and the fact
,h., no uaa % address The club va. mads
-. .--
"puo', A"."n'
AZ tho last mofneht. however. ne was
forced TO defend the British colonial policy
elsewhere. and the disappointment 20 the
gathered army OF authors was poignant,
1he non -appaarance OF Mr.. Parker wa.
regarded as all the more lamentable from
IN. fact that those present were con-
WINGED that IL was the most brilliant gather
ms of the Authors Club that had happened.
fhis was due "a a iudioious wedding OUT
that had bcon executed. The lAdv who
wrote the Ancients' souvenir guide book
was NOT present. Nor wcre cartain others
Who had once sraoei the travel ~aft~rnoons
Their going was tic outcome Of another
Authors Club disturbance.
In seems that early In the club's history.
~ au,.ider, hs wins been disposed Of. thefo
80 aUnng he member, themselves m
essiness concerning relative rank. Tie
ns,,et vorri.d alnas with continual out.
r-rnnping. ~ feeling
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