Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
CHOSEN AFTER REJECTION.
Interesting Adventures of Some Fa-
nous Books.

There used to be an old superstition
that a flash of lightning would turn
milk sour. This Is the sort Of effect
produced upon young author by the
rejection Of a manuscript by a pub
Usher. AS the author becomes older,
more successful and more expert
enced, such reflections do not discour-
age him, and II he sighs at all on these
occasions the sigh is one Of commits
Grafton for the publisher who cannot
appreciate a really good thing when
he sees It,
The owner Of a rejected manuscript
Is in good company, for many of the
more celebrated works Of literature
have been summarily returned to their
authors by unappreciative publishers.
Few books published in the United
States haSc yielded to their publishers
and authors larger returns than Ben
Hur," by the late Lew Wallace, and
yet the manuscript had been rejected
by nearly every first class publisher
in this country before 1t finally was
accepted by the Harpers, to whom 1t
was submitted for the second time.
Rejected Addresses by Horace and
James Smith, was offered to Mr.. Muir
ray for twenty pounds, but refused. A
publisher, however, purchased 1t, and,
after sixteen editions, Mr.. Murray gave
s131 for the right to issue new edi-
ton. The total amount received by
the authors was more than e 1000.
Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte,
was it is said, rejected by several pub
fishers. This, however, is rather
doubtful We believe the manuscript
was sent to Messrs. Smith, Elder &
Co., in Cornhill, and there 1t remained
for a long time, till daughter Of one
of the publishers read 1t and recon-
mended her father to publish 1t. The
result is we'll known. 1t brought the
author fame and money.
"Eothen," by Mr.. Kinglake, was Of
fered to twenty different houses. All
refused it, He then, in fit Of desper-
alton, gave the manuscript to an OBJ
scure bookseller and found the ex-
penses Of publication himself. This
also proved a success.
vanity Fair" that very clever work
of Thackeray's. was written for Col
burns Magazine, but it was refused
by the publishers as having no inter-
est.
1.-THE history Of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella" by Mr.. Prescott, was rejected
by two of the first publishers In Lon
don, and it ultimately appeared under
the auspices of Mr.. Bentley, who stat
ed that it had more success than any
book he had ever published.
The author Of 1.-The Diary Of Late
Physician" for a long time sought a
publisher, and unsuccessfully. At last
he gave the manuscript to Blackwood's
Magazine, where 1t first appeared and
was very successful.
The first volume Of Hans Andersen's
Fairy Tales" was rejected by every
publisher in Copenhagen. Andersen
had then neither name nor popularity,
and published this exquisite book at his
own expense, a proceeding which soon
brought him into notoriety.
Miss Jane Austen's novels, models Of
writing at this day, at first met with
no success. One of them, "Northanger
Abbey" was purchased by a publisher
in Bath for ten pounds, who. after
paying this sum, was afraid to risk any
further money in its publication, and
it remained many years in his possess
sion before he ventured upon the spec
ulation, which, to his surprise. turned
out very profitable.
When the poet Gray's lode on Eton
College" appeared but little notice was
taken Of It,
The poet Shelley had always to pay
for the publication of his poems.
The lode on the Death Of Sir John
Moore at Corunna" was written by
Rev. Charles Wolf 1T was rejected so
scornfully by leading periodical that
the author gave 1t to an obscure Irish
paper