New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-21

sixty distinct forms of rate discrimination. and
adds: Even this long list does not cover the
whole ael5. The cases on record do not exhaust
the possibilities OF determinations
II is reported in the English press that the
Union Society of Oxford has decided that all
the works Of Guy Thorne in the library OF the
university shall be elected therefrom and pub
licly burned in retaliation for the rough
handling to which the author has treated the
Church OF England in his works The public
burning Of books has not prevail al to any ex-
tent since tho days of the Reformation and
the last book &c be treated Froude's
Nemesis Of Faith. In 1S49 OF course. the
practical effect will be to advertise the writer
and TO promote the sails OF his works. Mr.
Thorne appears 10 have been peculiarly fortu-
rate in the free advertising he has received from
the Church. It IS stated that his story. ''Whea
II Was Dark" sold ever one hundred anc sew
enty-1ve thousand copies in England alone as
the result Of a striking reference 10 it which
vas recently made by the Bishop of London in
q sermon delivered al Westminster Abbey.
Authors are proverbiai:y irresponsible in re-
gard 70 money matters, improvident when they
have any. a prey TO debt and underpaid We
say -proverbaIy.'' but not necessarily es-
pecialIy in these glorious days OF best sellers"
The experiences OF Balzac, however. were Ger
Cainly OF a nature give vogue to the impress
sion How ne would have welcomed such a
gratuitous boom" for his works as that re-
ceved by Guy Thorne. A vivid account OF the
great French novelists financial woes is given
by Hippolyte Adolphe Tame in his work. BAL
Eac: A Critical Study just published by Funk
& Wagnalls, from which we make the follow
Ing extract:
Balzac was a business man-and business man
involved in debt. From his tWenty-fiTst year 70
his tWenfy-fifrh year he had lived in garnet,
he himself had a poor opinion, opposed by his
family receiving from them very little money,
earning less. threatened constantly with being
deEnRed 10 mechanical occupation, declared in
and the consciousness Of genius. To be ndepen-
dent ne turned specua1or-irst publisher. then
printer then tyDefoDncer Everything fell short
q success, and he inal failure approaching.
after Gour years Of anguish, he wound up ms
business and began 70 write novels 10 discharge
The debts which were weighing him down II was
horrible load which he was forced 10 drag after
1i4i4 an MS life. From 1927 TO 1886 he enabled
y nolo out by means OF bills which. with great
oiIncuity, ne had renewed by the usurers. These
reach and cs5ole- The unfortunate great was
OFTEN forced 10 play the comedy Of ''Alercadet''
pStore ne wrote II. All Of avail The debt.
Increased by interest. piled UP. Toward rhe
geTeo IN 1858 he said 10 Champheury. who found
him n an elegant mansion: Nothing Of all this
belongs 70 me; these friends who lodge me: /
-heir porter Ever besieged and rorTneuted.
he performed prodgies OF labor He rose at mid
night. drank some coffee. and worked q dozal
hours n succession az one sketch, after which he
Tan the publishers and corrected hts proofs,
dreaming the while Of new schemes. He estab-