The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
aims OF TIE AUTHORS CLUB
4 NEW YORK. SOCIETY tNfQt n
~ SEVERAL WAYS.
Al us Members Are Neal Authsrs.
Thsaxh Net Neeessarii, Great seeks
10 Raise Literary Ethies -s'iubhsass
sf it, avn ssns % Its Ambitions


day il not a literary club. That is to
saw. there il never any danger AZ meet
ings Of having TO listen to the little thing
I dashed of last night and taboo 10
put on shop talk
since its inst i;ut ion New York's Authors
Club. which IL nat ional in it's scope. has
remained unique in this regard. An
ordinary club where talking. eating
drinking smoking and other purely social
rites ar. engaged IN by men OF literary
bent. il can't very well claim, and IL pro-
tests that u doesn't want TO claim, re-
wards for the development Of literature
or academic authority
Indirect influence counts for more
than direc, influence said one member.
By its maint aiming a standard OF literary
ct hics more than one man has been kept
Oh the roll Of the Authors Club. the name
OF which 1t ands for something definite
when literary ethics is touched upon.
The most helpful note perhaps 10 the
advant age. especially TO younger aut hors.
in meet ing on intimate terms prominent
men in their own line and in other lines.
Tha<fct lsNs,any OF the members
Ms in OF her fields OF int ellectua life makes
for a broadening view in those who are
JUST writ ers and who but for the club
might not have the opportunity OF hear
ing all sorts OF subjects and questions
discussed by the men best able TO discuss
them. Before the organizaf ion OF the
Authors Club our writer's had no guild
aud no opportunity TO meet on friendly
terms with their fellows
Some time ago a friend remarked 10 q
member that there seemed to be a lot OF
names in the club book that he had never
heard Of
Yes replied the member. Were
not tn. Great Authors Club, fortunately
for many of us. We're just the Authors
Club
This club il also unique in havin q
always restricted its membership to
authors. real authors. whether great
or not The clause upon which member
ship depends reads that the candidate
shall be the author~of a published book
proper to literature. or Of creditablc lit
.rary work equivalent to such a book
Such "a clause has kept from the club
lists the amateurs OF literature and fine
arts who are found in most OF the other
clubs Of kindred names or aims.
The founders OF the Authors Club were
Henry Mills Alden. Hjalmar Hjorth
Boye-.n. Noah Brooks. Samuel Stillman
Conant. George William Curtis. Henry
Driser. Edward Eggleeton. George Cary
Eggieston. Richard Watson Glider. Edwin
Law renee GodlSIn. Park- Goodwin. John X.
q Hassard. Bronson Howard. Lawrence
Hutton. Charles !. Lewis. Jonas VI LIB
hey. Hamilton ". Mabie Brander Mat -
,hew- William y Mayo, Raphael Pum-
petty. Allen Thorndike Rice. Edmund
Clarence Stedman. Richard Grant White.
Edward l., Youmans and Charles de Nay.
who wa- the clubs first secretary.
In the list OF deceased members arr
Eugene Field. Noah Porter, Thomas Wal
lace Knox, Bill Nye.- Hamilton Gih s0n
Edward Bethany. Harold Frederic. Ste-
phen frame, Charles Dudley Warner
Joseph Jefferson, Henry Harland. Carl
-churz. Moncure ID. Conway. Daniel
Colt Gilman. John Ia Fargo and Sam,Iel l..
CIeincn-.
greater number than tn. club has ever
had before. are Joseph A Ait sheler.
Irving Bachelor. John kendrick Bangs
George " Cable, Will Csrlst on. Andrew
Carnegie. Roberr W Chambers. John ID
Champlin Art hur Colt on. George " hart on
Henry Gldding-. Will y Harden. Arthur
Sherburne Hardy. Thomas Went OFT n
Higgin-on. David jayne Hill. Wallace
Irwin. Robert Underwood Johnson.
G-org. k.nnan. Walter Learned. Charles
Batieli Looms, Set n Low. George b.
Mcclellan. George Barr McIutcheon.
Tom Mas-on Thomas Nelson Page
Edward II Peple, Horace Porter. George
Haven Put nam. James Nhifcomb Riley
Josiah Roycs. Charles Edward Russell
; clinton Scotland. Edward VI Shepard.
/ + Hopkinson Smith. Oscar y. Stratus.
? william =. Trent. Henry van Dyke
! Andrew u White and William Allen
White
III. present officers are Henry Hol,
/ chairman: Ros-Iter johnson. treasurer
Duffi-li Osborn. secretary.
: The Author- Club il conservative on
, ih,, point Of honorary membership
4 Among American writer's on whom the.
honor has been bestowed are 81 oddard
=, .dman. farse Goodwin. Mark Twain
and the Eggle-tons; among foreign
.lui hors. Matthew Arnold. Robert Louis
: " .y.nson Aiphonse Daudet George
7 Meredith. iarn.s Bryce. Maartsn Maar-
tens John Morley Jean Jules Jus-~rand.
Justin Mccarthy and Thomas Hardy
Harriet B.ech-r 81 owe ~ he only woman
whose name has ever appeared on the
club rolls
David Jayne Hill. Oscar y Straiis and
Maurice Francis Egan ar. the present
contributions OF the club ~ the diplo-
matte service Some yeas ago one Ad-
lninI-iration took three members 20
h- Ambassadors to France. Germany
and Turkey Horace Porter. Andrew
I ID White and Oscar ~ StraiIs
The Authors Club IL very comfortably
housed in Carnegie Hall Its quarters
are rhe gift OF a club member. Andrew
Carnegie Her. are kept the relics.
including the chairs Of S'oddard and OF
Bayard Taylor, portraits. Interesting and
rare manuscripts and letters and AN
unusually interesting collection of rae
books In addition. in the library are
kept copies Of all th. works OF members.
a library 81 literary biographies which
| il still in process of collection and books
Of reference most useful for members
| who wish 10 work in the ciIbroonis.
member OF the club Recently expressed
the spirit of democracy which he asserts
| pe-yades the place IN AN articl. FOR the
! Ind. pendent He said:
The author ~ twenty books Of note
and the author Of one volume Of Fugitive
| v.rs. meet ON AN absolute level ~ broth
err. in the cause Of letters. and the at
nlo-ph.r- VI sincere. friendly interest
that men find IL always a delight and an
| inspiration
NO prejudice~ stand against q candi-
dat. aud his opinions are his own: only
n. must h. AN author " ho has never