The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-03

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the following characteristic passage
IN a letter OF his to Clark:
What impossible odds shall I
wager against some piece OF property
OIL yours that We shall not be in our
graves. and out OF them. in particles
OF dust. imDalpable. before those
worthy men att Washington, in their
earthly riots, care one miserable d-n
for mine? 1 believe that, in this re-
spect. Justice and Millennium will
walk down the shore of Time to-
gether."
Though under no legal obligations
to pay English writer's for publishing
their works. in the ack Of any inter-
national copyright law, the actual
sums paid by Harper and Bros. to
certain famous English authors may
be Of interest to know.
Harper & Bro. paid Charles Dickens
$4,000 for Great Expectations: to
w. n. Thackery 81. o 90 for The
Ejreinians: to Anthony Troliope 49,
10000 for Sir Harry Hotspur. George
elliot was paid $%8,5OO.0O for one
novel. Willie Collins was paid $3,-
5000 each for The Woman in White.
Man and Wife. and The Moonstone.
Charles Reade received 100000 for
A Woman Halter.
It is related that John Blackwood.
the English publisher. used to re-
late with great zest how he and
time before he knew h vas q wo-
man. II called her Dear George" he
said merrily, land employed soma
easy expressions, Suc as a man uses
only to a man. After I knew her I
was a little anxious to remember all
I might have said"
The famous naturalist and explorer,
| Oh Ch2i311} amused "anU c,1Cnici0uJ
among scientific men as we'll as
toric times. The affects on the skull
among his readers generally, for
some of his remarkable African
stories. notably those pertaining to
the gorillas, and his account Of the
afterwards scientifically verified by
others. Mr.. Fletcher Harper re-
marked to him on one occas-
ion, just before Harper s. Bros.
brought out Equatorial Africa
in book form: "Du Chaillu, you have
made a great many remarkable dis
coveries which together with some OF
deal Of discussiOn; and now that your
book is completed, I advise You to
stick to what you have said. Du
Chaillu afterwards remarked that he
couldn't for the life OF him tel
whether Mr.. Harper was joking OF
not.
J. w. Alexander, the famous Amer.
lean painter. was Robert Louis Stew.
ensOn'S inspiration for his story The
Wrong Box. While Alexander wa!
visiting the S~tevensons he was attack.
ed by one Of his distressful nervou.
headaches and Mrs. Stevenson gave
toned to take for similar attacks. 6
bromide Of some kind, which ha6
such a disastrous effect that tn
family were kept in 4 turmoil Of ex
element all night. It was durin:
these anxious hours that Stevenson
conceived his remarkable tale.
OF particular interest to Southern
readers should be the following pas
sage:-
Our Civil War in a very importan
way affected American literature
which is not strange, seeing wha
changes. it wrought in the sensabilit,
Was greatest among those not directl.
engaged in the conflict, and who coult
even go ON in profitable business an
in prodigal pleasure. The Southern
; people, SO completely absorbed in
hopeless cause, n so nearly Iosin:
IN a spiritual sense, and we have
striking illustration Of this advantage
in the brilliant group of Southern
1 works h a SO suddenly emerged ate
the war. h following frequentl
. contributed short stories to Harper
!, Magazine: G. W. Gable, Grace King
. Mrs. Ruth McIsnery Stuart, NJ. z. M
I Davis, Sherwood Bonner, and Mrs
: Frazer Boyle. The mere mention O
, a few such names brings to MIND re
! markable literary triumphs, game
|chiefly in fiction, and through a faith
, full realism, and & vivid appreciation
: of local color and character, and tn
1 wealth Of negro folklore at hand
$ comforting not merely entertainment
: but also inesumable values"
? MI. +. Henry Harper. the author
says hat Edwin Booth, the great ira
gedian. never really recovered from
, the shock OF Lincoln'S assassinatio
AS a reminder Of Booths mystic be
. liefs and his faith in spiritualisti
; phenomena, Mr.. Harper says that on
Z 1ou fo ccor1nopied hv Thomas Pal