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      188 Fleet Stkeet : August 1, 1884 .

      188 Fleet Stkeet : August 1 , 1884 .

      Ftihe Relations Between Authors And Publ...

      fTIHE relations between authors and publishers have of late been the subject of so much I discussion , if not of a little misrepresentation , that it is pleasant to find an author of note I voluntarily coming forward to make what our neighbours across the Channel would term , an amende honorable to the publishing firms of London for some of the attacks which have been

      made upon them by his brethren . In the pages of the Cornhill Magazine for the Current month Recollections , Mr . ' James which Payn have for bri a ngs considerable to a close time the occup interesting ied a , prominent and often lace amusing in the , ' Literary of

      the . . popular 1 serial , and , in bidding ^ T ^ fa f rewell till to his readers * ¦* , lie 1 uses his !• opportunity p ••! to give pages them . ? a little little friendly friendlv advice aavice . . ui Of tne the author author ' s s proi profession ession lie he taKes takes wnat what we we believe DeJieve to to be De a a periectl Derfficfclv

      fair with y ^ ^^ ^ J ^^^ and other ^^ r ^^ f . ^ just ^^ - ^ ^ intellectual " - ^ ^ view *^ ^^^*^ " ¦¦¦ ^^ ^ i ^ when ^^ m ^ - ^ mm ^ callings ^ , * ' * - ' ^ on ^^ ^» ^» ^^ purel ^^ k ^^ v : ' y What commercial » ¦— ^ ^^ ' ^ — a - * ^ beggarly » - ** - ™» ^ k ^ vw grounds ^^—¦ ^ ^— w account ——v - ^ ^^ , - « - ^ he ™ ^ ^— ^ r says do - ~^ w - ~* r the ¦ ^ ^ that x - ^ ^^ profits »^ ^^ it , ^ ^^ m compares ^ r *^ of ^^^ ^ h ^ literature b ^ k ^^ ^^ ^^ unfavourabl ^* V ¦ ** ^< i ¦ ^ , ^ ^^ present ^ ^^ » 1 * ffs 7 j Alii y y

      beside those of successful men at the bar , in medicine , or in trade ! The most popular novelist alive does not realise per annum what is every year pocketed by a second-rate barrister , or a physician in moderate practice . His term of prosperity is also shorter , for the gift of ima < n-

      nation generally fails us long before those talents which are sufficient for ordinary intellectual toil . And yet nothing is more common than to hetar otherwise sensible people balk of the large incomes made by popular writers . ' Having thus shown that the comparative poverty of those

      who live by their pens in the literary sense is to a certain extent a necessity of the situation I JxLr Mr . . Jf Pavn ayn gives srives some some aavice advice as as to to tne the cnoice choice ot of literature literature as as a a proiession profession which wnicn amounts amounts , perhaps nerha ™ , .

      to an equivalent to Punch's injunction to people about to marry— Don't ; ' but it is rather , to his , observations ¦ T 40 ¦ b on the treatment of the author fc by the ¦ ¦ ¦ publisher i than to his i prescri ¦ ptions rf for ¦ t

      writers no no ^^ W ^^ ^^ ^ uncertain uncertai ^ T ^^ W ^^^» that ^ T ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ n we ~^ r ^ voice voice ^^^ wish ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^^ . . - ^ r ^ to ^ ~^ There Therft ^ r ^^ - ^ r ^ direct ^ ^^ ^~ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ is ia . attention ^^^ ^ he he ^ ^~ ™ ^^ remarks reniarka ^ " ^ ^ ^» -- ^ ^^ ^— . - ^^ - ^—^ ^^— On ^^ . k l this v —— a a ^^^ notion n otion ^ vexed ¦ ^— — »^^ ^^ ^ " abroad abron ^ " ~ question ' ^^^^^ ^» ^^ ^ w d ^^ ^^^ ^^ that tha ^^ ^^ Mr . t ^» ^ . * . . the thfi w 1 Payn ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ authors a ^^ . *^ ntli ^^ ^^^ pronounces ora ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ fc ^^ are are . ^ b ^^^ * , ^^ almost almnaf young ^ with J ^^ ^ ^ ^^_ .

      invariably the victims of the publishers , , and , that , while Justice has but a legal foothold in Paternoster Row fc ¦ Generosity B ¦ has ¦ I none at all / and then he adds : ' Mexperiencewhich on

      ^ such ^¦^^ ^^ T ^ ^^ ^^ p- ^^^ ^ matters . h ^^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ' ^ 'X is ^ ^ W , « probabl ' ^^ F' - ^» - . K ^^ ^ . ^ - y * ^ W as ^^ W ^ large ^ ^^ - ^^ " ^ ^^ " ^^ ^*^ as ^^ - ^^ that ^— ' ^^ - ^» ^ F » ^ ^^ - ^ of ^ H ^»* ^ any ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ " ^ " man ^^ ' » " - ^» ^^ ^^ ^ alive ^ ^^ ^ . ^ ^ i ^^ ^^ , ^^ " ^ P is ^^ V ^^ ^ to ^^ B « the ^^^ . « y H *«^ ^^ contra >^^ » . ^ ^^^ ^^ fe ^^ " ^^ ^^ ry ^ . M ^^^ ^^^ of , ^ H ^ V all J ^ ^^ ^^ ^ j * ^^ this ^ ^^ 44 ^ . There ^ t ^ m ^ ^™ ^^ ^^^ ¦¦ ^^ m ^^ are ^ ^^ ^^^ bad r- ^^ r - ^> # - ^ v «« h publishers W ~^ ^^^^ ^^^ —^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ " ^ of H ^^ course ^ " ^ ^*^^ ^^^ . ^^ ¦ . ^ ^^ , —^ skinflints ¦ - ^ ^^ ^— —~ ^^ ' —»^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ( ^ fc " scal ™ ^ f- ^ v ^ ^^^^ y » varmints " ' ^ ^ ^^ ^^ " ^^^^ ^^ ^™ ^^ ^^ ^^^ , h " as ^ f ^ ^^^ ^ a fc ^» cab ^** ^^ Tp ^••^ - ^ driver . ^^ fc ^ Bft ^^ 1 ^^^ ^^ once ^ * ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ called ^^^ ^^ V m ^ . . ^ ^ ^^^^ ^ a ^

      friend of mine , who was so delighted with the term that he at once gave him half-a-sovereign ) , but in what other profession are such characters unknown ? I have met with some sharp practice with publishers myselfand have never hesitatedto soor to ive ito

      the narrative by the disclosure , of their names ; but such , say experiences , hav g e p been quancy quite exceptional . Upon the whole I am convinced that I have been handsomeltreated . ' As this

      verdict a . from the AT popular story-teller squares exactly with the assertions y which we have frequentl llO ^ UtHUJ . y ^ made J-UCbU . ^ H from U 1 I 1 a knowled XVUUrri ^ UiJt ge / of \ JX the 1 / J 1 U publishing ^ J \ J . UXl . OlM . t . l . lg trade UA . CU \ A . Ks almost CHiXUiyJOV as CbO intimat 1 . 1 HjX , UJ . CHjKj e perhap I ^ Ci-llO / IJO s as UO

      that of which Mr . Payn can boast in regard to authors and authorship , we gladly give " prominence to it because , as a piece of unasked for and independent testimony , it may cut

      away a good deal of the prejudice which has arisen . It may , of course , be said that Mr . Pavn , as a successful man , can afford to be generous ; but this is not a fair criticism , for , as he but shows upon in his his whole paper career , he bases , dating his back judgment to the not time on the when experi his ence position of his in later the literary years of worl work d

      was was not not so so well well assured assrrrftd as asr - it it , now now is is . lhat at there t . hftrp are arft man rnsm y v other ntfhpsr authors fi . nf . Vmrst who wlm would -vimnlrl confirm confirm the testimony thus freely given we have no doubt , but it will suffice to have received such a

      clear and unmistakable judgment from one so well qualified to give it .

      Fair Messrs To Rank . Seeley In Interest...

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      as and affecting lake with the some sea , of especiall their most y in connection charming with bits' of shi the pping p , icturesqu and coast e are scenery duly , broug and the ht under river

      review the amateur . That of the etching pictures and with engraving which , the 'goes book without will abo say u ing nd . will ' The form work a great will contain attraction forty to

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1884, page 702, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081884/page/2/