The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-13

thus giving the lie to the man who said
| no one could ever get used to the type
writer. The afternoons l give over to
elegant leisure, and to thinking what
will do with the money if l sell what
have written in the morning. Once a
week go out, or rather in for / live
out, to battle with stern editors, and
return at night weak from the conflict,
and laden with spoils Of war. If they
are too spoilt destroy them; other
wise send them out again. Those ed
1tors run the best magazines who print
most of my stuff; but in that opinion
l do not differ from other writer's ex-
cept that l am more frank. The rea-
son I began writing was because I
wanted to and I will continue as long
as editors want me to-"
inspired by Cooking.
Dorothy Dix, known best perhaps
through her Fables for the Elite,'
says that cooking is the source of her
inspiration. Those who have wondered
how w. ]. hampton turns out the curl
GUS things which he has labeled
"Yawps," learn here that he sits down
at the typewriter, says in a firm tone:
Gee whiz!" and then "See!" and then
fills up whatever white space may
happen to lie between the termini of
this effort. Kate Masterson takes her
work very seriously, and lapors five
hours day at IT. Edwin Sabin, the
Iowa humorist, gets his inspiration
from cat. He has been trying for
years to write something which will
make the cat smile. So far he has not
succeeded, but he is hopeful. Minna
Irving writes that she is saddest when
she is gladdest. Ambrose Bierce says
he does most of his work with his legs
tynf "a yic,fn 5{,aor
perspiration and achieving copious
protrusions of tongue. Tom p. Nor
gan insists that the average hurnorist
doesn't have any Inspiration. George
Hobart, better known as Dinkelspiel,
says that he spends an hour every
morning thinking and getting up cour-
age to go after the English language.
"Bedween 10 and II kick ofer my
desk" he writes, land nit der left hant
l crap der Enklish langvich by der
throttle und begin to shake i'd" The
effect Is ito render i'd unspeakable."
"Und SO Id goes all across der lift
long day, und ven der night dime puds
der shudders ub I find myself SLIDING
dere surrounded by poor squivering
words, all proken und bruised und
banting for ice water. Dis is der
bloodtirsty story uf my life"
Attractive New Editions.
The practice of getting out complete
editions is not at all new one, But the
practice has added to it the idea of
getting these editions out in such an
attractive form that it has become a
noteworthy department of the publish
ing business. The most careful and
painstaking efforts are bestowed upon
the bookmaking of many of these edi-
lions, and the coming fall season will
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these fine examples of the booknak-
ers' art. The Dent edition of I(anIitt
stands, perhaps, first. 1t is, strange to
say, the only complete edition of this
great critics writings ever gotten out,
and the edition Of this special issue is
limited to $50 copies for this country.
An American work of vastly more
popular Importance is forthcoming
edition of Edgar Allen Poe, which, as
in the case of Hazlitt, Is also claim
ed to be the first complete and accu-
rate edition Of the anthor. The pub
fishers of the new Poe edition say that
the editors have endeavored to repro
duce the work of Poe just as 1t came
from his pen, and not with the emend-
ations and many changes which have
been made in previous editions. It is
unfortunate that the authors most con-
cerned with posterity cannot them
selves arrange their work just as they
would have 1t appear after their death.
It is possible, of course, that the flu
ture editor of Poe may find no further
changes to make in his writings; 1t Is
possible also that many changes may
be made which the author himself
would not have dreamed of having
made. Perhaps the authors themselves
! do not care very much how their work
appears after they have gone. Some-
, one once called Rudyard Kipling's at
tention to the vast amount Of talk his
Illness had caused and what had been
said as to what posterity would think
of him.
"What do I care for posterity," Kip
ling replied "Posterity will take care
of itself. will not be alive then to
see what it cares for me-" Yet 1t
must be remembered that among all
authors, Kipling Is the terror among
editors who dare to suggest any
changes in his work. What he has
written thus far has been gone over
most carefully by the author, and it
is well known that he desires 1T to
stand as he has thus left 1t.
Publishers AS Editors.
Right here enters a great question
among the publishers. What rights
have they as publishers to make
changes In the manuscripts of their
authors, is a problem always. 1t is
true that the work of many writer's
is very carefully edited, and this is
doubtless as 1t should be. In the case
of unknown writer's, the publishers are
responsible to the public for having
icc,,ad their work IT would seem that