New-York tribune., 1906-12-06

In the food OF letters and other documents
produced by the quarrel between the London
Times" and the publishers over the dongs of
the Times Book Club. we find, from time to
time. something that is decidedly worth reading.
For example in illustration Of the charming
things that may occur when relations between
publisher and author are ideal, MI w Earl
EIodcson contributes to the Pail Mall Gazette
this interesting story:
About fourteen years ago, shortly after. as
raw youth ] had settled in London received from
WortF Hf a small Ms volume Latin poems That
was in contjnuance - gorresponq@ege @ ] ~ir bfore MtT
Ieft Scotland lie had been IN the haot OF writ IT.
to6j,irv OF them renewed itself. such as the OK
ford la9y nd 4fie init, Of Christendom In
sending the Latin poems ne was IilniE lteiIi,iiS
5nouei4tlS ,~laIled also that il would pleas
++ps NfS and written to my learned friend dis
creetIy communed with myself en- eai huSinfIs:
IN te "oTd Mr ne Mnrray. lS @ therefore sent The
rs In doing 50 4aG 5rsaS gqw .n o. w1ond fee and
prob2oiy @ 7o,T5i whatever as to the
Beng n toid ti Bshop Wordsworth what mad done.
I,oi Abont week after the Ms was returned.
II was accompanied by courteous 9d-Worid note,
in Nj Murrays own careful han hsnd s5ng sans ima and
nowadays poetry was N o4T -, ll.tG 20 to he dopea
al d5 not think with deliberation. Simply seized
me
AiFe31srie street, where soon. though nuch aWed
H. Mr. NIurray's dignity. / was pointing out nov
ii aer7z iropossible II to tel Blsiop Notu9-
,r,,+E who besides being scholar OF TFH""l'' "tS
-ar,- old that a work by him had been reJected o!
- -,,IUlis1er whatever. Smiling pleasant 49, 'hI
80 sTnea5ing Mr Murray held out ms hahG ald !
raiaiiyered the manuscript Iheh. EtNi'E seii II
aSi6e saying We'll publish The pofms he asked
,,Latber 7 knew the Greek Grammar. hrS ia
9,ar- tl,at hook The BiSaop had written il Vtlle.
= W-fnrhester. Apparently II was very success ~
NJ a tfishon had mentioned that IL mao brpuEhi ilil
g5oo x.9r ROYALTIES ever since IL nae Drt- 'iiSt
-,,551izl1ed 1T IS \ good book. s4ld MI Mutttl
lroirly M g stepadder 10 take from Sei, 'oP4,
-. faa-'as Of which ne turned thoHg iFII5- Ne
- tbe first publishers of the Greek tlahiidI-
W. 5+ar l,urr when my old friend took !. away
49, 80 a., have never understood why ne did
-bst- Afr Murray speaking 5" i,iiH5eli l'..ll
,,3eca-7tI,- rather than me; buj suddehiy Ioul"
-v,--el- "a gerIy making statement = ed.udl 80
r-rior with the Bishop al luncheon IN illS pa a''
,,d loy,e mack TO mind tie had SAID thel HH mo-
jeen very sorry when the book was lihth aNtlh,
80, N1r Murray, who one "f lt5 @ii,Sl ono
lL+ gT,IZ- regarded friends. hut he hlniseli Aid
to II -, etcaI discretion IN the matter. Ehe
1900 10 fhf Clarendon Press WAS mercy - ii'
.--,E1,,ca with some university regulation " i''
NJ l2shop told me this he had NOS : ven tH' !,
Sie.TIon &c there Being estfahSeinthi -. IL
r5,,~r4x .Ju recalling the conNelSt ION -.
,.gr +ifs- he Was quite unconscious pi N trl.-'i
men. when . had set TINS iortA SIi NlLli.tS -
-. re-4rrad in HaupineSs. \ t1tSGnd' 'St'i'iui-
-, ne Thought Of matter had been f"i.s'u
z,teU me latin poems were duly pupiiSie" :"
dai,,fv volume Of which only one "c! N7 s1il-t H. t.
-, rot lefritelv remember my autArTlls l"I IN ,5H
ef.-r177e-lt as 10 circulation. but 2m ceh''1 ''l
IS cor