The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-05
THE LITERARY OUTLOOK.
KIPLING's PLANS FoR THE YEAR

hlFLlNG'S PLANS FOR THE tEAR.
Doyle'S New BeoIS-Literature in PO-
Iitic0l Life-Modern Efforts for
TimeIiness-DisappO meut of "A
Newspaper Pirate-BaInac at Ten
Cents n Set-'Fhe Book Booster.
Authors.
New York. ian. st takes a con-
siderable stretch of ones credulity
to accept the report that Kiplng will
publish a novel during the coming year
first letting the public sec it in serial
form. Kipling has long been a be-
lever in serialization for two reasons
publicity and money-and While he
may care no longer for the former, he
certainly is not opposed to the latter.
For his last serial, Kim, he was paid
twenty-five thousand dollars, sum
equivalent to his royalty on a hundred
thousand copies of one of his books.
AS none of his recent books has ex-
ceeded that sale and many of them
have fallen considera bly, under that
mark, it is not al all likely that he will
give up the most lucrative part of his
income. So far as 1 have been able
To learn, however, Kipling has no book
which VIII be ready for publication
this year. He is always worl1ing-lit-
erature has always been a habit with
him, as he says because he inherited
a drop of ink in his veins-but at pres
ent he is not planning a book. His
next series of short stories will bring
French scenes and characters into rela
ton with English soldiers and sailors,
and these will probably be brought out
in magazines during the year. Some
poems are also promised from his pen.
One of the most important books,
which will appear early in the spring.
will be Conan Doyles THE Hound of
the Baskerville's All those who re-
GREETED the literary murder of Sher-
lock Holmes will rejoice that the great
detective appears again i'm this tale.
Or. DOYLE is indebted to a friend for
the suggestion and outlines of the plot
by which Holmes resurrection was
brought about. For years, Doyle re-
fused to let the detective live again
he had always maintained that he was
through with his adventures, until the
marvellous plot of the Baskervilles was
suggested. Then he repented and went
to work on the new tale.
Sarah Grand has become so charmed
with American ways and American
women, While lecturing among us on
Mere Men," that she has decided to
write a novel whose heroine shall be
an American girl. All the time she
has been in the United States this Win
ter she has been studying THE people
she met and has been gathering mate
rial for her novel She has a way of
;,.t1 4t-s.
about her, and at the same time has
no appearance of curiosity or desire
to make mental notes of her impress
sions. Yet this is what she has been
doing constantly.
whats become of politics." queried
a local officeholder the other day. I'VE
have Roosevelt, a historian, for Presi-
ideut. We shall have Lodge, another
historian in the Cabinet. Hay be-
came known first as an author. Now
comes the news that Booth Harrington
is to run for the Indiana Legislature
and has his eye on Congress. and even
Opie Reed is going to run for alderman
in Chicago. Before long a condition of
election to any important office will be
the authorship of at least an success
full book.
1t is a noteworthy fact that he bust
ness of writing has recently taken on
more the dignity of a profession than
ever before. In England. after a mar.
has made a name for himself in the lit
erary world. he is a most likely can
didate for Parliament. There is. of
course, more than a. mere sentimental
reason for, this. Authors of books-the
best authors of the best books are no
longer recluses, mere students of life
from an introspective point of view
they are successful nowadays because
they are such intenst realists in this,
that they see and know and write the
life that is being lived in the world to.
day.
As an instance of the up toe -dateness
| of one OF the leading magazines. the
day following the announcement of
Marcoui's trans Atlantic success one
of it's editors was on the way to New
foundland to get the fresh impressions
of the inventor for "A story OF the
achievement The man chosen to go
had three hours in which to prepare
for the journey. When he got up in
Maine he discovered that several
bridges had been washed and torn
away by the storms, but nothing could
stop him. Later or we shall doubtless
have the Marconi story in this partic-
ular magazine. but the account will
not tell of the difficulties the author
had to face. All these things are done
quietly and in the regular course of
things in order that the growing de-
mand of the public for timely features
be met.
Booth Harrington has practically
completed his new novel. a love story
which depicts life in Indiana at the
time of the Mexican war. 1t is not in
any sense a historical novel--the au-
thor's talents do not run in that di-
rection, a fact for which we may be
thankful. OF his two books already
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