The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
/ the Line O. Type or Two:

in the Line O. Type or Two:
"(Notice Anyone familiar with the
methods of book reviewers must real
ize that they know less about the con-
-, tents of the books than the publishers
know. They must also lack that in-
formation about the authors of the
books which publishers enjoy, and
which is of such absorbing interest to
the public. So all books noticed in this
column will be reviewed by the pub
fishers of them. an arrangement OF
Which our readers cannot fail to ap-
prove. }"
Mr.. TaVlor jests at the very serious
person connected with every publish
ing house whose business it is to keen
the public supplied with news about its
authors and their books. The same
idea occurs to Mr.. James l.. Ford, who
in a recent article. tells how the per-
Sonal mention is manufa ctured for the
eager public. Mr.. Ford suggests the
following as a sample of what is got
ten out by the publishers buffers:
Cabot Snapperfield, the author OF
the great New England novel Them
Good Old Punkin' Pies" is a fisherman
as we'll as an author. Although his
book is now in it's fortieth thousand. he
takes more pleasures in fishing with a
hand line from his fiat bottomed skiff
than in his fast increasing bank &C
count. Mr.. Snapperfields favorite
game fish is the bullhead, and a high
ly amusing anecdote is told of an ex-
perience of his last summer, while ang-
ing in Niger Pond for his chosen prey.
Having fished for fully an hour with
out any result, the author of Them
Good Old Pumpkin Pies began to reel
in his line for the purpose of rebait-
ing his hook. He was delighted to
find that something heavy-probably a
huge bullhead-had become attached
to 1t. For a few moments he deity
played the supposed monster, and
then rapidly hauled in his line As
the hook neared the surface of the
water, he was ready to swear that he
could feel the struggles of some living
thing on it, while the outlines of a
dark shape became visable beneath
his hand. Two long, hard pulls brought
this shape to the surface and then
over the gunwhale into the boat
"A five-pounder at least!" Cried Ca
loot, as he reached for his spectacles,
for he is terribly near sighted
He was right, for it was a chunk
of water soaked log which weighed
just five pounds. Mr.. Snapperfield has
decided to incorporate the incident in
his Forthcoming rural romance, ZAP
pie Sass"
rollers to take warning. Mr.. Ford
is an ever watchful critic of the critics
and rarely fails to rap whenever he
gets a chance. His book. THE Liter
airy Shop" was really written ahead of
the times. 1t would have fitted in very
well with the present, but, alas. a
book published five or six years ago
has little chance for revival now.
A memorial volume for George
Douglas Brown is shortly to be issued
in this country and in England. D. S.
Meldrum, close friend of the author.
has written sketch of his life and
an apprecia ton of his work. In addi-
ton several essays and articles writ
ten by Brown before fame came tn
him Will be included in the volume. II
is most unfortunate thing that the
creator of THE House With the Green
Shutters" did not live long enough to
complete another book, for those who
knew him well felt that even better
work was in him. He lived Just long
enough to see his work recognized as
worth while. At present his book is
selling in it's twelfth edntion.
BEGINNING with the present number
the literary periodical formerly known
as the Bookbuyer is to appear as
The Lamp" A number of changes
have been made In the policy of the
magazine in the hope OF making IL
more popular In character. Mr. Rob
heations -.