The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-09
FROM AN UNDISCOVERED POE.
Revolt Of Q Y Dung Author Against tho
CompiImentary Publishers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUk-Sir. have
read the two letters from authors that ap-
peared In Q recent Issue Of your paper, and
am well pleased with the information thsy
impsrt. Ny ease 10 somewhat similar 10
heirs In no far a. the discoura cement and
disa appointment are concerned. In the two
years. more or less, that ! have endeavored
to secure an opening through sending finish I'D
produetaround to the magazines and through
calling personally on the editors. ] have never
suffered the misfortune Of having q story
rejected on account Of lack OF merit; and
! have also never experienced the Joy Of hav-
ing one accepted by q drst class publication.
Men like Mr.. streamer, late Of Brentsno's:
Or. Smaller Math ews. editor Of The World
To-day, are In raptures over my work. Mr.,
Reeve OF Public Opinion said. on reading ono
OF my stories. that ] have gone deeper into
the drug question than any other writer that
ever lived, not excepting De Quincy or Poe
And Mr.. Bynner of McClurs's pronounced
my Man In the Crowd" a remarkable piece
OF work"
I have existed in that vast underworld
wherein Gertrude AtheIton declares so
many great authors received their training
for the past score OF years. Ingram In his
Life OF Poe" says that Poe's Man Of the
Crowd" is a masterpiece, which to the student
whose thinking Is prompted by heart as well
as brain throws forth q powerful plea In
showing him that there are secrets In human
life too terrible to be revealed" and that
the essence OF all crime Is undivided"
All OF Poe's other stories, 1t may be observed,
contain no appeal to the tender sympathies.
but on the contrary "subdue the intellect
magnihcently.
In writing my Man In the Crowd followed
the lines Of construction laid down BY Poe:
have descended deeper into "details; have
ELABORATED where he merely makes q menti9n.
i inss,1 the d aeS' in # the the p drssd E mu fer
ionseE tsls' TThs author Of fSs ,hfsysa::
6 AK sfory ~ ! 10y siidir not s q e fess; s! e x .s :
and illustrate the terror Of a 'sOlitpde fearing
sno,SsrEs subisot,' Eventp sflEs"f ho%eysa. A ny
s It, Ictd win c1 fake a - d1%ss:ery EsIdp lsso A. e'ssiS9s sto, ! b
o of poser oi FIT daee'e f6s mere nas and 3' tsfGivIei
fact that editors have rejected this story In
p Ho T. Ea' just %ss's as II 't they rs sin %fis''e Or f IL o] s.Sa T.
9Suld prevent a tale Of Its kind from seslns
4 short while ago / mentioned, the possible
publication Of my, ~work-some. dozen stories
e sllLto +. seatlsmsn who hsa been ny
Of an unknown al thor; that II would cost at
n lsss do sise t IT, PFtlsP s s snst H :. tr,! y, w Ssi a ! bifisS
q y elsyernsss s. sS - 1! s' turned o oat sssT|s
s wiling ds g IKE u tes g sh s,%ss' wiz st th en- .a ns5ssssslIS
public. know tie pleasure and syldity
dollar We're an suthor OF tie Stevenson or
Poe class ts make hls appearance IN these
times OF suffering msdIoGrity; and believe
All the world. however. Is aware Of the fact
that ! am STEPPED to my neck In poverty at
and BY no possible stretch OF TIE imagination
am able to conceive myself In any other
the fact that Mr.. Duncan, Of Scribre,'s assev.
GRATED. that I would be living IN Easy street
thelsss. y the periodical nov, exsm!piIg my
and binding Of which. will cost nj. ali told.
$50, as the open letter before, me states,
$500. a Roodly sun that ] win manage to rake
and scra2s together This summer BY hard
dollars e quite different from $500. and III
don't sell . volume IN still have the salts
"a faG ,h1s o. fnow' thst ! aztec fSr the best
NEW YoRK, July 2. MORTON Elias.