Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-09-11
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Eric Bates, author of "A Madcap
Cruise" merry sea romance, Is the
only son of Harriet Vose Bates. His
inheritance, 1t will be perceived, was
destined to make him look with favor
able regard upon the habit Of writ
ing" He is also in love with out-of-
door sports, and for two summers he
lived With his father on yacht coast
Ing along the Maine promontories.
Two summers he spent abroad, and
last February left Boston-he being
in his fourth year at Harvard-with
tlon for excavating ruins in Turkestan.
The scenes of "A Madcap Cruise" are
described by him at first hand.
On July II there was sold ut Sothe-
bys. London, perfect copy-46 leaves
of the fourth quarto edition OF
Shakespeare's "Tragedie of King Rich
ard the Third, 1905" The price, $3.50,
Is higher than any sum previously
paid at auction for Shakespeare
quarto. 1t Is believed only two other
copies of this edition exist. One is
in the British Museum; the other in
the Bodleian Library ut Oxford. The
fact that In five places a contem-
porary autograph of "Wm. Penn" IS
found gives this just sold copy pc
culiar interest. The signature is prob
ably that Of the famous admiral, the
father Of the founder Of Pennsylva-
MIA.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston,
have brought out a biography Of
Nathaniel Hawthorne, compiled by
Nina f. Browne, which is said to be
as complete as 1t is probably possible
to make such work. Miss Browne,
who Is secretary Of the American Lit.
erary Association publishing board,
has been engaged upon the work for
sixteen years. 1t contains, along with
the entry Of Hawthorne's published
work, whether in book form or in old
magazines or newspapers, everything
that could be discovered in print about
Hawthorne, in both books and period
icals. Much pains were given to the
arrangement to make it as helpful
as possible, both to the literary work
er and to the collector. There has
even been included very full double
entry author and magazine index, the
references In Poole's index, as well
as references to periodical literature
not cited in Poole's, being given, which
will be Of special service to librarians
and students. The edition consists
of 555 numbered copies, of which 800
are for sale.
The author of "A Publishers Con-
fession," speaking Of the price paid
to authors for their books, says:
'There are, perhaps, a dozen Ameri-
can novelists who have large incomes
from their work; there are many more
who have comfortable incomes; but
there is none whose income Is as large
as the writer's Of gossip for the lit
erary journals would have us believe.
1t has been said that Harpers Maya
zine pays Mrs. Humphrey Ward $751;
600 for the serial right Of each Of her
stories, anu ~ per cent royaitJ. Ni'S
Johnston must have made from $780,
600 to $4,000 from royalties on ITO
Have and to Hold for any publisher
can calculate 1t. But along with these
great facts let us humbly remember
that Mr.. Carnegie received $3OO,OOO,-
900 for all his steel mills, good will,
etc: for the authors that I have
named are the 'millionaires' of the
craft. l wish there were more. But
the diligent writer's Of most good fic-
ton, hard as they have ground the
publishers. in the rise of royalties.
are yet neared to Grub street than
they are to SklbO Castle"