The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-01
CoNFESSIONSBYMR. DE MORGAN
RI NDERS HE mas WADE IN
RITING I MILLION WORDS.
Tho, are GeOEraphlrai. Nautical ErcIe-
,iastiraL Legal. and critics Have
arisen To Point Them out One clear
,a,e for Apology aud Correction.

a,e for Apology aud Correction.
an authors privilege To- be
gG'" within rpasonabla limits
Nrlham DE Morgan m a confession
. trderS in Printers Pa ~ London
... "u'.tl..d 'n "a certain percentage II
..rs But # he has a well organized
4 shame h. IN n honor bound To
.. ."" moment this percentage passes
.- ....-r uahl' limit Perhaps | am be-
q 10 blush too soon. for | left my
r. DO word behind me some time ago
rns confess my little plumbers
la' sounds like the ldylls of The
.. .Ii ~ ism and include - begin
.r | very nearly made hat was
-avsd from Ivy friend Fr,se-
~ - course YOU know are
G. I1'rt p'rsG'pTi m Italian. Nrver
81 forget my horror when ~ a cor
=. .I pr""f was Just writing press
%. ms friend suddenly detected the
81 q finri rGrsr'ori. which would have
n unthunR AZ all. as far A. can see.
10 .a, book thinkers means something
in 'rcll-h Whenever I rpcollrCt that
~ "scape | blush eNtemp"rr. like
r. .vh
u W"v"r, nothing ought To- matter To
m rrnts Yet I should have been more
d n""Tted at having To supply that a
.r ..s-r than ~ many things e more I'M
-.ance which the most eVacting writer
e g never eVpact his printer o. make
Il for him. For instance" | have
o., neen told that in some book II mine
80 written that the hest laid schemes
,' rnlca and men gang aft agee" This
Is cry had. because Burns wrot" Wa all
s,nw 10 did that they gang agey.
I ought ~ 10 more ashamed IT This
han | en-. Tor do not the spsllings give
d.. word different flavor 'Agee con-
yavs Chuckle ~ the failure NJ the
shsmas ~ mice and men. hut 'aglsy' -
distinctly fun ~ pity and sympathy.
Honor bright isn't u. Never mind
sr"llinE reform. Speak truth and shame
the devil
OF cour~" tbs passage might have
lien To- the lnt - Scottish Cnmpositor
who would have set IL right instnCtively
without thinking Now Il only com
p"~itor from california could have at
tended To an incident IN somehow Good.
where Fenwick il represented as inspect
rUg mining tools az an engineers az San
Francisco 90 usa At the Klondyke'
An American reviewer has pointed
wy that this ~ absurd. hut has taken
- granted that his readers will know
Vhv No doubt IL 10 absurd and they
vii But an early Victorian cockney
--riN bier naturally wants detailed infor-
nation Should this meet the ave 81 the
rsy'sw"r few words will throw light on
'ls point
-,alfornia - such a long way from
,a-ndl. in spite Of an impression To the
..r,rary- which perhaps nobody shares
w'n na-that the same compositor might
~ have instinctively corrected another
hlu-i.r IN Somehow Good as readily
40 canadian one would have done Or
~. rht add. NJ the printer ~ NV American
.d'Ion ought to have done.
II = a shocking and humilirti ting bust
-oS. Just fancy-talking about at On
'ar.r' Eou might almost as we'll say az
~ United States II was altered to at
Ottawa in the impression which followed
nv roming to the knowledge Of u. but
't- VAS only shutting the door after the
s'esd mad broken loose.
As'o how came 90 make the blunder.
- -as thus. Writing ut random in the
rrs' Instance I chose Toronto as Fen
r,ck residence when in Canada. Some
hing 'ranspired 90 make me think the
choice a bad one after the proofs had
tsan sent of to press. To save time
sss-i the printer To hunt up all the
7rr0n'os and put Ontario instead |
ought 20 have said put in Ontario in
s'sai - AZ Toronto didn't. and
naturally Canadian criticism thought
had 'Aksn on taTiO for a town.
\ memory 81 sixty odd years ago
makes me feel hurt at the supposition
I'D Won ever when a child have map fever
mean the passion for porting over maps.
sloa'inR over the lakes and mountains.
rIili.ng imaginary towns TO suit their
names catching imaginary fish in the
rivers and chasing incredible Wild beasts
In 'ra forests-such forests-my word
Il NSIs's. this passion. and il rose 10
rst ss' fever point with me AZ 10 or ~
years Il age in connection with an en-
TRAILING series ~ maps ~ America under
~ Stimulus Of early experience Of Feni-
uora cooper and CatliB's North American
Indians
-, on now a glow ~ enthusiasm is
rascsut M nv soul when ] come across
arTsi~al Indian name, and then America
-sA--- 10 be huge congeries 81 million
ayes and Tammany and trusts and
sg-r 'vnching and minute print land
were one takes ones telephone 10 bed
T.'r ~" and rings ones friends up every
r7f hour - the highland beco mes
sEa ne land Columbus found good for
r..'. fettsrless imagination 10 run
r..f And then I recall my favorite
~Hr All those maps. the one with
...'r'.. 70 the middle ~ it-auch road
Ice VI. = n the days Of their first printing.
'.1 with tribes ~ aborigines now
.. wsroysd ont uf existence. And ~
'.a 's-clnating MAPS this one was
" o.. 80 fascinating 80 much 80 that u
r..i almost hold - own against those
'r-er- and Asia Minor. the most
.'H' "a'uR ~ all To the map maniac
H.' chaps thus - nonsense 10 YOU and
...r know what map madness means
N.sHHv this association made me
's uvsalf ~ don't know that
.F-.n r- state and no town. Who
Md | felt chagrined at the turn
o.. .ad 'ak"n accordingly
..l now sixty years have uassad
.." Indian tribes AZ" n name and all
cam and the roma nca have van ished
att" Ie''ars 10 mo even ~ M.
." very place where ono"
rts savage drank