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particularly striking about that
part of the story; thousand other
young men were doing the same
thing at approximately the same
time. But in the case OF this young
man the, story happened to have q
sequel. He had the abounding con-
fidence of youth in his manuscript,
but it was a confidence tempered
by difiidence and certain misgivings.
He realized, he said, that he knew
little of the art or business of novel
writing. AS it was first novel,
he did not anticipate any consider
able success. He prepared himself
to be satisfied with a small sale for
the book. In fact, he would not be
disappointed il the first years sale
did not go beyond thirty thousand
copies.
ON OW, the older man to whom
AN the young novelist was con-
fiding his doubts and aspirations
was Of sympathetic dispo-
sition. Also there was a bond
between the two based upon
the same university traditions;
it was '03 Of the Gothic towers
and stately elms talking to '1S.
So '03 held back the smile and
gravely expounded many things
that are matters of everyday knowl-
edge to any one engaged in the
business Of publishing. but that the
world outside seems never able to
grasp. He explained that a sale
of 5000 copies represented a meas
ure of success to the average novel
published, and pointed to several
novels of unquestionad quality that
no amount of hard work and dis
eliminating praise had been able to
push beyond sale of 1900 or 1000
copies. A sale of thirty thousand!
Of course that happened at times.
In the Mexican lottery somebody
had to draw the grand prize. Wide
eyed youth. listening politely, ac-
quiesced, but was unconvinced.
CT 7 was not the manuscript Just
1 as then submitted, but the
manuscript after considerable re-
vision, that was accepted and pub
lished. In this particular case, not
only did the manuscript undergo
revision, but also the advisers opin-
ion. 1t was not many months be-
fore '03 had the pleasure of writ
ing to Is something to this effect:
Dear Scott Fitzgerald: This Side
of Paradise" has already passed
that thirty thousand mark of which
you so wildly talked
A CCORDING to the March Book
"A man, the novels most in de-
mand i'm New York and the New
England States are:
/. "If Winter Comes Hutchin-
son.
2. "Her Fathers Daughter
Stratton-Porter.
8. THE Pride of Palomer," Kyne.
4. Helen of the Old House."
Wright.
5. Main Street" Lewis.
6. "The Brimming Cup" Canfield
Works of non-fiction in demand
in the same territory are:
l. Queen Victoria" Straehey.
2. "The Outline of History" !"
Wells.
8. "The Mirrors of Washington, !"
Anonymous.
4. "The Amerieanization of Ed
ward Box" Box.
5. ''The Mirrors OF Downing
Street" Anonymous.
6. "Margot Asquith: An Autobi-
ography," Asquith.
Authors Works
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Authors Works
And Their Ways

An unpublished Mark Twain
poem has been sent in to the great
humorist's publishers, the Harpers,
by Mrs. f. b. C. Harrington of Kim
berley, British Columbia. In an ac-
eompanying letter Mrs. Harrington
explained that the poem was writ
ten for her son, who was at that
time just youngster. She inclosed
the manuscript, which is in Mark
Twain's own handwriting and
hilarious with his characteristic
humor, authorizing the publishers
tc print the poem IL they saw fit.
The Harpers, realizing the great
value OF the little poem, have sent
1t on to the Mark Twain estate,
where it will be held until the re.
turn from Europe Of Mark Twain's
official biographer, Albert Bigeiow
Paine.
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signed for amateurs in parlor
amusements and for organizers OF
all manner of social entertainments.
1t will explain how to do many
kinds OF sleight Of hand tricks and
produce many puzzling illusions.
Since the typewriter has done
away with the hand written manu-
script and collectors find it increas-
ingly difficult to secure such manu-
scripts Of modern authors, galley
proof corrected by the author has
acquired a high value. In recent
sales at the American Art Galleries
corrected galley proof Of Kiplings
stories published in the Ladies
Home Journal brought high prices.
The first corrected galley of "Wie-
lands Sword" with many changes
and corrections in Kipling's hand,
fetched $500; young Men at the
Manor" first corrected proof, $3.50;
second corrected proof, s210. The
first corrected proof of 'The
Knights OF the Joyous Venture"
brought s340 and the same price
was paid for the first corrected gal
ley proof of "Old Men at Pevensey."
"Sampling the evidence" in cer-
tain eases since prohibition, has be-
come an established habit with
juries Of late-a habit which was
prophesied by Arthur Guiterman in
his recent book, Ballads of Old
New York" (Harpers). One OF the
poems, "a Trial in New Amster-
dam," has to do with Burgher Jan
Haeckius, who sues one Jacobus
Van Couwenhouven for payment in
return for keg OF beer. The crafty
Jacobus contends in court that the
beer was worthless brew" where
upon the court adjourned to in
spect it.
"Out to the open the jury ran
With doubtful Jacobus and hope
full Jan.
Nothing was heard for an hour or
twain
But mellow gurgles, the soft re-
frain
OF deep-drawn breathing and
smack OF zest
That tell of the spirit of man at
rest,
While the jury. seated along a
fence,
Absorbed and digested the evidence.
Seemingly the session, though all
too short
Fen for the litigants. Soon the
court
GraveIy convened at its former
stand,
WlpinS Its NOUN on the pdck OF
its hand.
And spake with conviction, as
Jurors should:
Verdict for plaintiff. Said beer was
good"
There has long been legend
among o. Henry's admirers con-
nected with the publishing world
that a packet of the great short
story telier's letters. many Of them
charming expressions of his whim.
steal humor, has remained all these
years locked up in a safety deposit
vault, the key Of which was held by
the recipient of the letters. This
was Miss Mabel Wagnalls, the
daughter of the publisher, TO whom
o. Henry wrote gay little glimpses
of his struggle for recognition in
New York.
Miss Wagnalls, it is understood,
for years refused to allow the pub
lication of the letters, but she has
now consented TO their Issue in a
limited edition TO be brought out in
the spring by Doubleday, Page &
Co. in their 377 series of de luxe,
numbered editions. The title, Let
ters to Lithopolis," refers to the
quaint little Ohio village where
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CHRONICLE AND
COMMENT

four most convincing detectives OF
fiction are Poe's Dupin, Gaboriau's
Lecoq and Pere Tabaret, and Doyie's
Sherlock Holmes.
~ A. SOORMA'S Masterpieces
NJ of Detective Fiction" thus
summed up Mr.. Reeves Craig Ken
nedy: "As a modern man of science
Craig Kennedy represents the up
to date school of criminology.
Equipped with all those marvellous
instruments and inventions which
the twentieth century lays at his
disposal, Kennedy wages his relent-
less and scientific warfare against
those enemies OF law who them.
selves are armed with equally pow
erful and ingenious weapons. To
many readers it might appear that
these inventions are fictitious, ex-
isting only in the brain of the au-
thor. But l beg to point out that
most Of them are realities. as ref
erence to standard scientific works
will show"
THE name Craig Kennedy was
i first used in the N0ssdu Lit
erGry Magazine about 1901, when
Mr.. Reeve was sophomore in
Princeton. The publishers OF Mr..
Reeves first book in announcing it
said: "He got his knowledge of
science as scientific editor of Pub
Tic Opinion and his knowledge of
crime at the New York Law
School," In those early days there
was considerable doubt as to
whether scientific stories would be
popular. In constructing his tales
Mr.. Reeve makes use OF thousands
of clippings from all over the world
which he keeps carefully filed in
large brown envelopes.
ITO quote Mr.. Reeve on his meth
L DDS of work. Each in its
envelope reposes the mystery cases
in real life on which have worked,
the Carman case. the Schmidt case,
the Arthur Warren Waite case, the
Dansey case, the Eiwell case, the
Taylor case. This idea / got from
History Of Our Own Times on
which | worked for some years.
But the real scope of this collection
| owe indirectly, as | owe so many
things. to Robert ii. Davis of Man
sey's. In the beginning / wrote a
great deal for the Munsey publica-
tions-often two or three articles
month: so much that | had fire.
quently TO resort To a pseudonym.
| found that Mr.. Davis kept me
jimmying my way into newspaper
'morgues' so much that | started
one OF my own. Recently / had
occasion to use a cipher in a story.
There was all l had read and
thought on ciphers for years.
There were eiphers, hundreds of
them. There were clippings. There
was spy stuff, notes had made at
different times In various libraries,
anecdotes. everything | wanted but
plot. l had that.
"pERHAPs the most FREQUENT
| question asked writer of
mystery stories is: Where do YOU
get your ideas?' Well, you get
your inspiration sometimes in fact,
or in the experience of detective;
in the news; or YOU get new an
gle on an old idea. The last is the
safest. Do over again what has
been done before successfully, only
with new switch, has been the rule
of some of the most successful writ
ers and publishers 7 know. First
there should be a central theme.
My best stories are written around
them. For example: Gould a girl
in her sleep murder man and
know nothing about it when she
awoke? Would she be gulity?'
/ Marf cnnnoc n.n,,,. cl,c.i.n, "a lhn..o., :,
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THEItE is particular timeliness
to the article in this issue of
rhe book section on What Are the /
Great Detective Stories, and why?'
by Arthur B. Reeve, the creator of
the widely popular Craig Kennedy.
Never before in the history of the
reading OF fiction has the demand
FOR tales OF this type been so urgent
and never@have the rewards for the
writer whc can construct an in
senious anu gripping detective story
been so great. Why not? The ap-
petite for the romance that thrills,
that takes one out OF ones relf and
enables one for few hours to for
get the irritations and compIica-
tions Of everyday life, is one of the
healthiest of sppetites. Statesmen
and men OF great affairs have ever
found the mystery tale the best of
relaxations and diversions. There !
is an ingenious story by the late
Richard Harding Davis which pic
lures, in a London club, a famous
Member of Parliament absorbed in
The Rand Robbery" If it were
only the first pages that he were
reading" murmurs bitterly a fellow
member, instead of the last! With |
such another book as that / swear
could hold him here until morn
ing. There would be no need of |
chioroform to keep him from the
House."
II any support of this position |
Il were needed the overfastidious
minded person who looks down |
upon the thriller as something be- |
longing to lower intellectual level
might be referred to certain Eng
iish novelist of some distinction by
the name of William Makepeaee
rhaekeray. Thackeray was quite
honest in the avowaI of his literary
ambitions. He wrote such novels
as Vanity Fair" and "Pendennis"
aud "The Newcomes" and Henry
Esmond" because that type of novel
nc knew to be his aetier. But what
he would have liked to have writ
ten, had he felt it to be within his
power. was novel after the man
ner of VI. Eugene Sue or of the
Dickens of the Rogue Riderhood
vein. He wanted to tell story
that would contain plenty of blood
letting, villains concealed in the
cupboard and mystery that would
grip the reader to the end. 1t is not
generally known, but in his original
scheme for 'Pendennis" Thaekeray
counted on Introducing a number
Of highly sensational elements. 1t
was reluctantly and after consider
able hesitation that he gave up the
idea.
IN inviting Mr.. Reeve to write on
l. What Are the Great Detective
Stories, and Why?" THE HERALD
naturally offered no suggestion.
leaving the matter OF selection en-
tirely to man who is 50 thor
oughly acquainted with the tools
OF his craft. Writing without any
knowledge of what Mr.. Reeves Sc
leetions are, the paragrapher Is here
Jotting down the tales that first
come TO mind. His list is confined
strictly 10 the detective story. Nam
ing twelve detective stories OF full
novel length, II is: Emile Gabo-
Tiau's File 49," Conan Doyle's
THE Hound OF the Baskervilles," ,"
Anna Katherine Green's The Leav-
enworth Case" CASTOR Leroux's
Tho Mystery of the Yellow Room"
Arthur Morrison's "The Red Tri
angle" Augusta Groner's THE Grip
eled Hand" Cleveland Moffett's
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few weeks comforting with English
authors and publishers and nego-
tiating for the American publica-
ton rights of forthcoming books.
"a closeup of Booth Harrington
in his Indianapolis home reveals
just the sort of person one would
expect as the author of Alice
Adams and THE Magnificent Am
bersons,'" says Charles Hanson
Towne. "The Harrington home Is a
simple stone dwelling on quiet
street, crowded with treasures, that
have been picked up through a life
of travel and vivid interest His
study Is delightful sort Of study
any literary man would envy. The
book-lined walls form a rich back
ground, and there are paintings Of
Riley and other intimate friends OF
Tarkington's youth; great, solid
desk that one would hesitate 10 ask
| even the powerful Katrinka TO
move, and an open fireplace that
gives the needed glow to a room in
a smoke stained city like Indianap
oils. But Harrington doesn't write
much at his comfortable desk-he
prefers plain drafting board by
the window; and he uses long
sheets of paper and picks up new
pencil every now and then. shutting
himself in when the work is once
begun"
Rex Beach, one OF the best known
nevelists writing for the screen,
says: "The Jtion picture varies
from the printed story only in that
it tells its story with captions TO
supply what incident or atmosphere
is lacking in the picture, whereas
the printed story uses pictures to
supplement what is lacking in
print" Mr. Beach intends to go
walrus hunting in Behring Strait
| this summer with Fred Stone. who
was his companion of the adven-
lures described in his recent book,
"Oh, Shoot"
| Here is the way in which Fannie
Hurst begins her description OF
New. York in the opening paragraph
of "The Vertical City," new vol
ume of short stories which Harper
will publish on the goth of March:
"In the most vertical city in the
world men have run up their
dreams and their ambitions into
slim skyscrapers that seem to ex-
claim at the audacity OF the mere
mortar that sustains them. Nina
rets appear almost to tamper with
the stars: towers to impale the
moon. There is one fifty-six story
rococo castle, built from the five
and ten cent store earnings of a
merchant prince, that shoots up
ward with the beautiful rush OF
Roman candle. Any Manhattan
sunset against sky that looks as
| if it might give to the poke of a fin
ger, like a dainty woman's pink
flesh, there marches a silhouetted
caravan of tower, dome. and the
astonished crests of Office build
ings."
John Dos Passos, author of Three
Soldiers" has just returned to
America after an absence of almost
IA year in the Orient During this
period his book was published and
created stir that is still rippling
in the literary world. Mr.. Dos Pas
SOS is in the unique position OF an
author. who knew nothing of the
effect of his book until he received
mail seven months after the book
appeared. He has been travelling
in Turkey, Persia, Baluchistan and
other countries of the Far East.
During this period lie travelled
through such far corners of the
earth that it wasn't until the Con-
sul-General in Constantinople
showed him review of his book in
the Ne,o Republic that he had
any conception of its success
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Mr.. John AIacrae, yice-president
Of E. P. Dutton G. Co, sailed on the
Aquitania, on February 2S. for Lon
eon, where he will spend the rext
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Houdini's forthcoming book.
which e. p. Dutton & Co. announced
for March publication under the
title of Paper Tricks" has had its
title changed and viii be called in
stead Paper Magic" It will be. ac-
coY,iing to the announcement, de
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

A PR0POS OF the survey OF Mr..
n Scott Fitzgerald's The Beau
tiful and Damned" published else
where in this issue Of the book sec
ton. we are quoting a writer in
the Worlds V0rk for June, 1921,
on the manner In which MF. Fitz-
gerald's This Side OF Paradise
was discovered and published:
1.-Two years or 30 ego a young man
only a short time out of college
presented himself at a New York
publishing house with the manu-
script OF Eovei. There is ncfhing
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William McFee, having just COM
pleted his new novel. Command"
after a year of hard work, is having
a brief spell ashore. His ship. one
of the United Fruit Company's lin
ers, is in drydock being converted
into an oil burner, which CONVEX
sion Chief Engineer McFee views
with complete approval. AS all en-
gineers have done, he has ferventIy
damned the days for coaling ship.
With his novel finished and nothing
on hand except the writing of some
essays long overdue, some literary
criticisms which had been pronl-
ised for months, and the constant
attendance upon the transition that
is taking place in his engine room
at Erie Basin. Mr.. McFee has found
time to get around town. After a
week OF such a life as is the usual
year in and year out experience of
the literary landlubbeF. McFee said:
"I can see that this sort OF thing
will never do. How can one read
or think or take stock of ones self
ashore? Impossible!"
The New York herald., 1922-03-05

E. P..Dutton & Co. have just pub
lished in the United States a forty
page pamphlet by Ernest Gilliat-
Smith containing Some Notes, His
tOrical and Otherwise. Concerning
the Sacred Constantinian Order" !"
1t tells briefly the story and gives
some account of the history and
present Importance of the Constan-
tinian Brotherhood, said to be the
oldest order in Christendom and to
have been founded by Constantine
the Great. or at least 10 owe its
origin TO him. Fl
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more men chose the easier way to
the South until finally the last ferry
boat sank and the boatman's song
was hushed forever.
Travellers in the olden time dread
ed and feared the dangerous Santee
and its sickening swamps. When this
Murray's Ferry bridge shall have
been completed. uniting the highways
North and South, the wayfarer will
learn to anticipate this pleasant val
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pine favored, Jessamine scented, ma
ture cooled Southern air.
Long ago, once upon a time, every
year Venice would cast a gold ring
into the Adriatic, signifying its mar
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first one crossing Murray's Ferry
bridge over. the Santee throw a we'd
ding ring into its depths and bless
the union of Eastern Carolina
For twenty years, S. A. Graham
has been laboring increasingly for the
Murray's Ferry bridge now nearing
completion. For long time, almost
single handed and alone he fought
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City of Santa Fe on this 10th day
OF May, A. d. 1922.
(SeaD
Hugh II. Williams,
Acting Chairman.
Attest: A. L. Morrison, Clerk.
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS AND d.
RECTORS OF BUTTS INCOR-
PORATED, HELD IN THE OF
FICE OF SAID BUTTS 1NCOR-
PORATED, AT ALBUQUER-
QUE, N. NJ, AT 500 p. NJ, MAY
II, 1929,
The giving of notice of this meet"
ing as required by law having been
waived in writing by all of the
stockholders and directors of said
corporation, and all of said stock
holders and directors being pres
ent, to-wit: Frank Butt, Robert
w. Butt and Paul Butt. the Presi
dent Frank Butt acting as Chair
man and Il. w. Butt as Secretary
Of the meeting, on motion Of Paul
Butt, seconded by Robert w. Butt,
the directors deeming it advisable
the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved that the Articles of
Incorporation of Butts Incorporat
ed be, and the same are hereby
amended so that said corporation
shall hereafter be known and de-
signated as the "Owl Drug Com
pany.'"
There being no further business.
|! it was ordered that the above men
toned waiver of notice be spread
upon the minute book of the cor
poration and the meeting adjourn
led. FRANK BUTT,
President and Chairman.
II. w. BUTT, Secretary.