The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18
and to print no was Obliged 10 DO 4.

and 10 print ne was obliged 10 DO Il
for glory and not Tor money. It Ia
both pathetic and interesting 20 .ead
of Lowell's delight when ne was en-
cpuraged TO believe that he would De
able TO make $500 out Of his writing
In one year. and that Iongfellow re-
ceiyed the munifcent remuneration Of
81 a close column from a semi-monthly
| which asked him to write for IL regu-
larry. Bryant, when asked to name
his own price for his poems. demanded
s. apiece for them from the North
american RericT. Mrs. Stowe writes
to her husband from Cincinnati: who
is that Hale. Jr.. that sent me the
Boston Miscellany. and will he keep
his word with me? His Offers are very
liberal-s20 for three pa ges of not very
close print. IL he to he depended on?
If so. IL Is the best offer | have ever
received"
The most interesting stories are
those Of the career of the North Amer
icdn Rcricw. Hdrper's. S%cribncr's and
the century. The tale Of Mr.. A.lden's
emendations Of Thomas Hsrdy's Jude
: tire Obscure is retold from Mr.. Alden's
standpoint. and a very different stand
point ii IL from the authors. Perhaps
nothing would be more interesting than
Il volume Of candid rem niscence from
Mr.. Alden telling how for fifty years
he managed to publish a magazine
! that could give offence to no living
human being.
William James Stillman throws light
| upon one pha Sc of magazine puhlica-
ton I'm his NJ , t,,,r.
r,,i,, -.
~ ! "rcemc 'hc LONDON h'erary asent
TOT "'."'"s .""3's''' a''er"hru 'hc zen
'"N W" ",'r"''ru '" s'cu' " s'orN
from n certain author and contracted for
'"c proo' s"ee's VI ner "s' novel ABOUT
10 ne n"oiishcd IN ENGLAND IN = certain
magaS'ne On the announcement OF Scr'b'
hTS OF tMc coming puoiica'ion' inc 'Amer'
irah' hrm VINO puoilshed her rrior WORKS
"hhoun'en 'hat Ih"y "ouiu MOI respe'r the
t.tcemcn' WIN 'he au'hor' out "oulu pirate
'"c s"s Nv irS"n VI !" ""'I'''
! n, navmen, 10 the lady n, Tho sum agreed
upon. Blu, now apprared an utterly un.
suspected state of things. the London masa-
zine had already sold the proof sheets of
the story TO a third American house ard
an expose OF 'he s'u','oh showed tha' EnE'
- ..pa,. 49,. .l.... .uo.4. - .k..u ,,..,
.,,n,,r rnrl. ,nd rooo,nry Tho h,,, ~
IN, nru, Maid IN, an,bor. wrote 10 tho
English papers. which were jus. now in.
dulging IN one OF their periodical outbreaks
AGAINST American literary piracy. snd dwelt
on the hitherto unknown point mat the
depreciation. on 'hr au'hof interests were
'on,"nll''u y u n"-n SH VIZ
wv ~ -. vh.r.,. ~. Too,
x,s tbs, N. bouxh, and pad equally for
the rish n, of publication. while the English
publishers continued TO reprint American
books without the least regard for ANALOGOUS
Transatlantic rights was 'fea'en WIN
? 'orrc" "' aou+ o"S w ,'an,
. .n .a go. r,ors form u,rn.r.
,h,p from hi. Ensl,. an pub,, .hers The an.
thor who's. novel had been the occasion
| of tn, trouble declared that ENGLISH All.
! ,hors ought to make me q testimonial but
from no other source lid ! receive q word
OF thanks.
Another phase of magazine life. or
rather of the authors dependence
,pon magazine policy. which Is
| brought, TO light is the competition
| lct ween the illustrator and the author.
ON the whole the illustrators were bet
ter and more justly paid than the