The New York herald., 1922-09-17

publishers, then by third, as being too
long and too English" II sent the manu-
script to my mother, who was, and still
is, my severest critic, and she gave it to
her old friend Shirley B. Jevons, the
editor of the Sportsman, who found
publisher. 1t is now in its twenty-irst
edition."
A VERY famous book of twenty-five
"A years ago was Beatrice Harraden's
"Ships That Pass in the Night" which
has been translated into French, German,
Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, Rus
sian, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch and
has also been put into Braille for the
blind. Miss Harraden wrote that novel as
result of trip to Switzerland in search
of health. OF it she says TT was written,
like all my books, without any fixed idea
of plot Mr.. Blackwood refused to pub
lish it because he did not believe that it
would sell. Then it was accepted Many
people wrote to me about the book. You
have sympathetic heart, | am sure
Please send my daughter to Italy to train
as singer for three years. Please to
send me f300 to finance my new patent,
which will benefit yourself and the whole
world! A great many letters reached
me from Germany; one in particular from
Prussian officer, who toldblne his age
and his regiment, and when he had fin
ished praising me said that his letter
was not to be taken as a proposal of
marriage"
MIR. BURGIN thinks that considering
Av1 the mental stress and strain to
which writer's are subjected it is remark
able that many of them live to advanced
age. "Fielding's death is ascribed to his
medicines. Sterne's lungs were naturally
perpetually dosing himself with quack
with drafts of tar water. Goldsmith was
financially worried. Smollett had a slug
gish liver. Charlotte Bronte's health was
seriously impaired by the struggles (not
literary and privations of her young
days. Scott killed himself by struggling
to pay debts not his own. Dickens broke
down through the loss of vitality brought
about by his reading tours and love of
long walks. Thackeray had terrible
family troubles. Crockett read each of
his $4,000 books and Scott's novels every
year, and rose at o'clock after six hours
sleep. 1t is a wonder he lived as long
as he did. Mrs. Trollope died at 49, her
son Anthony at 67. He might have lived
as long as his mother but for his insane
idea of paying his man to wake him early
words each quarter of an hour before
beginning his official duties"
| VTTHEN Mr.. Burgin was on the staff of
| w the Idler Archibald Forbes, the
war correspondent, came in one day to
talk about an article that he wanted to
write. Jerome X. Jerome arranged it
with him and in due course the article
appeared The day after it's appearance
letter was received from Cassells saying
that the Idler had stolen the article
which had already been published by
them in book form. Take them up the
| file and show them Forbess receipt for
the money" said Jerome Indignantly. AT
Cassells Burgin showed the receipt to the
editor who received him. The latter
stared, said nothing, merely handing
over for inspection a letter from Archi-
bald Forbes denouncing the Idler for
having stolen his article 1--WE will con-
slider Cassells's letter Cancelled and apol-
ogize," said the editor. FORBES must be
/ losing his mind"