The Detroit times., 1910-04-22
600, 900 Fortune IS
Made in Past 10 Years

NEW YORK, April 22-Accorulhs
10 members OF the firm OF Harper
Brothers. Mark Twain's publishers Oh
late years. the noted humorist uied
very wealthy man, worth prooaoiy
81. 600 900 or more. even after he hau
sacrificed one great fortune to pay the
debts OF a failed publishing hrm III
which he was financially interested
"A rough estlmate-and by 10
means accurate-of the number oil
! Mr. Clemens books that have heeh
published in America alone would be
/ between 5000. 900 and 100000. SAID
member OF the Harper firm today
t"It is no eXaggerutton to say that even
al this late day the works OF Mark
/ Twain are selling more rapidly than
/ those OF any other author living OF
/ dead.
MIR. Clemens works have been
translated into many tongues no.
many we do not know. for he attend
ed to his own business. We merely
published his works in America. Other
firms did so in England and France
and the other countries where they
were issued.
Makes Long Lecture Tour.
! Many years ago Mr., Clemens
entered the publishing, firm OF r /.
Webster in Hartford This firm pup
lished several OF his books. but later
failed. and it WAS this failure which
caused Mr.. Clemens 10 travel about
/ the world on a lecturing tour when
was followed by the publication or MS
books "Innocents Abroad aud Fol
lowing the Equator" lie did not rest
until he had paid all the debts oil
! that firm.
Then his books were published by
THE American Publishing Co, OF Hart
/ ford but for the past 10 years Mr..
/ Clemens books have been published
by Harpers.
! While we do not care TO say what
we paid MIR. Clemens for his numer-
Gus short stories, which We publisher
/ in our magazines. or what royalties
we uaid him when the stories were
later put into book form. IL has been
truly said that Mark Twain received
more per word for his stories and
higher royalties for them in book
form than any living author. Mr..
/ Clemens income was enormous of late
wears A large sum of ready money
4 d.
probable that such bosom friends as
| Fl. "A. Rogers assisted him in investing
that money wisely and safely
Fitting Memorial Service Planned.
The world of letters mourns today
| for Mark Twain. A memorial service.
rivallng any tribute paid by New
York to soldier or statesman, ~
planned for the dead author
With the news Of his death In his
Connecticut home. plans for the me
fmorial were begun by his friends here.
They call for a public service in the
largest hall In New York. There are
TO be no formal invitations, reserva-
lions being made only for the closest.
personal friends OF the late DR. Glenn
ems and for the speakers. President
Taft, Gov. Hughes and William Dean
Howells. dean OF American literature.
will be asked TO pay tribute to the man
whose humor did so much TO give
America it's real place in the field or
letters.
Ii Is contemplated to have the me-
mortal service take place within 10
days The sponsors for the movement
insist today that il must be a spon-
laneOuS puDllC lilbule lIOil tuOot WIZ
mourn and not a service for the ex-
ploitation OF those who arrange II. An
effort will be made TO emphasize In
the service more than anything else.
the fact that Twain was a delineator
OF humanity and his sympathetic in
sight into the minds and lives OF MS
fellows was what made his writings q
success.
Believed In FstaIisrn.
There is a sense OF relief to the read
ing public today that death came TO
the author without the great suffering
he had always feared. II Is recalled
that he was in way fatalist.
In his sermon on his mother. deliv-
cred In the church at Hannibal, Mo,
Twain said
Her preaching did not perish when
she passed away, but goes on and on.
See that your preaching. when alive,
be Of such character that when you are
dead others may reap the benefit.
Words sometimes perish but conduct
ie lasting"
RE followed that theory in life. The
shock OF the sudden death OF his
closest friend. n r. Rogers. was miti-
GATED by his fatallsm. In the same
manner he accepted the sudden death