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THE SUN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914.
THE WAR'S EFFECT UPON WRITERS AND SALE OF BOOKS
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WAR EFFECTS ON BOOK
MAKING AND BOOK MAKERS
Opinions vnry amoni: American pub
lisher as to the decree In which tho book
trade will lie lilt liy the Ilui-opeim war. Oiii
Jiubllslicr miy.i tli.it tlic war will not mike
any appreciable difference, statins that
lilu.1t of the liulisi' hull made tliolr tlxt
of title smaller anyway, lint that tho
iiuniitlty nf proiluctlon will ln about the
ratun. lln admit that Kuropeati .
WirUtloim will to cut off. hut recalls
trie fart that previously, ilurlhK othnr
hlil coinmeiclal year, the book
trad n line, lield Its luail nbuvo water.
This pillillMier, liowcwr, represent a
Siouixt which. h principally iIhhichIIc In alt
It dealing. Another leadlnK iubllhcr,
whole lists ontnlri many prominent 1-Iiik-llnh
name, In moro pessltnlntlc In tone.
lln point out tlw fact that although
Importation ot l!rmllh booli already
published an- itrtltlnir the public itlon
late of forthcoming book lire belnu
oaneollcil. The author, eKpii'lalty the
Mr onej, n 111 not take the hazard of n
jioor market anil tho publisher aro will
ing to cincel lifcnti.se of the tilt cuh
advance they othcrule would linv.i to
lnk,'.
In retard to theno advance It I In-
ivltablo If tho war Is protracted that tho
H ino war is proiracieo inai ino .
timet accept an altered normal.
onably fair that the bhc author-,
acvu-toined to larB advances, '
nuthorx
It In reos
who are
rhottlii cnnnent to tnodllled advance nnd
to a relatlely parly publication. In that
cam the llrat Ion would bo the bent loss.
ina auinors, punters, uiniicr ami puu- ,
Ushers, facmK tho situation togeiher,
,uld shnio fairly any loss Involved.
a. ia r ii . .1 1! hi I
the Atni rlein fall purllphlng season Is I
...I... 1 1 1,.. . ,.,.,K .11. ,,,,1.... I
" ........ ...-u.... w ..j
the war and the Ungllsli season not dis
turbed to much a was feared, Is found
In the fact that "Innocent." Marie
-'orelir new novel, In which she returns
to her romantic vein, was nt first an
nounced .in put off Indefinitely beciuse
the HriKllsh publisher! could not bring
It out this year, but It will now be brought
out uotn in mis country ami in lngianu. I
.M iirsi ino
31. Doran C
i American publisher. George
Lompiny. expected not to be
ng out Innocent, and a so
able to bring
ine mo important oi ineir an oooks. .
The Admirable Crtchton," H.trrle's day,
the plate of the Illustrations for which
s.Tprn being apeclally made In Kneland.
Jlut the plates h ive now been received, and
"Admlrablo Crlchton" returns to their fall
21st.
111k Drop In Importations,
Ttu even though books can be pub
Jtshed abroad It I likely Importation will
Increased freight
all subjects KClentlllc and philosophical I
book. In the lictlou line too re iders will
realise quickly the difference when they ;
nre offered na'lve wares nl.-ne
On biink collectora nnd dealer In rare
3noks the war will fall most heavily.
Without doubt forelen cn".-tor will he
oncrosf.ed hy other matters than bonk col
lecting for some time, tliti directing a
vast amount of foreign warei to th"
Amerlran market and lowering prices. On
the whole there will likely be a general
restrletlnn of netlvlile In the Look rot. '
lectin world and the miction room.
As for tho li..k demanded, bought and 1
read the publishers agree that they will
likely be of a rather specialized nature. !
The exploitation of vice and the various
Ulnds nf problem and agitation literature
j-rotnlso to be khelved In favor of iKioks
if ii deeper philosophical (-"nort, thus ic.
tttally Influencing public literary tnste.
Of war lionk of course the supply cannot
oqtial the demand and those publisher nre
hannv who are fortunate ennuirh to have 1
a war novel or two on tlulr book lists. )
Concerning the prob'e-tis of the actual i
manufacture of books In this country nrls-1
Ing from the wnr'e blockade on Import I
the Fiibllahrri Wrrkty n-crntly made the ;
following Interesting statement:
"5hiit off from tho world's sunnly of 1
tin. Kngland. the price of that metal has ,
rone up In the laxt ten d i by leap nnd
lounde. which me ins thtt Unotvpe, mono
type nnd nllleil alloys nre going tip In n
hpone. The weel' h s n.n a inn per cent.
Ise In tin In the New York market and a
sent a pound ralso In linotype metal.
This me-ins that eompnslrig rooms will
liusband their supplle and buy no more
than they positively have to till this ab
normally high price fall off.
Paper Oiitloot. crlnu.
"The paper outlook, since paper I not.
tike the ttpe i4iil, capable of Indefinite
re-He. Is tr ere tertnu Normally the'
United Stales JO b.ith an exporter nnd
Importer of paper In about equal amounts, I
around l.OOn tons a day. I'lifortunately
for tho liook trade, however, the Imports
largely rep wkent book paper, Ilesldes I
thl we tmmrt largely tho raw materials
f our bet'ir grade paper In the forma
nf chemical wood pulp from Oermany and
ags from all over Kurope. A 5 per cent,
rise In new pnper I already llted and
an equal or greater rise In all book paper
l.s Immediately probable. The likelihood
Is that thl country will be supplying
most of tho world's paper for ome month
To come, nnd that will mean prosperity
for our paper mill and Incidentally higher
jirlces all along the line."
In regard to the tdtuatlon Is England
a Iindon writer nys:
"It Ib hardly necessary for me to say
that the hook trade Iuik received a very
Mwere' blow through tho outbteak of war
on the Continent There I no trade
which fc-'la the effect of such a catas
trophe more Instantly, Ilxeept for liook
it a Reneral descriptive, topographical
or military nature dealing with the coun
tries nt war there aro ni sales to speak
uf, and people, rend nothing but news
papers, Ah for publlhhers, they are at
this moment In denpalr.
"Ono of my publishing friend who Is
Kpecltlcally mgased In tho 'nubscrlptton,'
that In, canvasslhg, business told mn yes
terday thut tho trade had received a
knockout.
"If nil publisher aro In the same
strait as mysolf.' he said, 'nnd I have
good reason to believe they are, then It
win i;o a oesperai
b0 a depcrat.. Chrltma for every-
ly. The war haj come h uddei,ly
,i mo that I haven't anything topical
ell, and a I shn'ri't be able to sell
hody
upon
o aeu, ami a i snn'ri t be ublo to sell
uuyinins use I'm up n tree. I'e cut
ilown or cancelled my printing, binding
nnd paper order, trlmnud my ndvortls
Ing rto'vn to nothliif and am going to
mark time. Tho day after Avar was dr.
dared my dally order for book fell do
jut cent. This will how ou how aerlous
things lire. The blow baa fallen Just at
the end of a bad season and at tho very
Winning of one that promised fome
Ihlrg better
"If mutter do not Improve one ot tho
Results will bo the diminution, not so
Nsech pcrhiv,H of tho number of title
Jtsucd as ot tho quantities of book up
vllvd to the trade. Thn total number of
books published this autumn, In other
worde, probably will approUm.it tho
number published last nuiiimn, It I al
most too late for piibllsheis to alter
their lists, hlnce many of ihelr commit
mtnLs nre mbject to contract contain
tnc urranged dates of publication, Thl
is especla'l thn case with fiction, Tho
only thine that publisher can do n n
general rule la to cut down their pro.
ductlon order, and this mean a tight
filing up among printers, binders, paper
makers and all other conoemed In th
manufaoturlnc of books."
Drmnnit for llonk Hearing nn War.
One thing Is certain, that all the pub
I sher who were lucky enough to have
listed fal' books which III miy way bear
upon tho I.u:oner.a eltu.i n ro tuilac
harirr counleii ntlh the hit? i rate of ex- " """""in. is n.mu anove, llie i
.. . .. . I l.Tnirllah -MtlOIl- I. n n .. i ,
I'nanKe wnuiu pennuze luini sners ,.. ,, ( uri... -n.i "romanci," lint
mi.... ..... , ..... Slion SO tho Knifl sh nllthnni e tliee must . lUr nu rDn'anct , UUl
inn in- ii uiin a ." arieiy m i : ; .-' nuy Im a great nnin who
txmiks laminar in tne American tnarKfts ' , ' " "" a serious studv of war ns
t ..... ..... .L. itllit or allow them lo h nuM hi ln " serious suiay oi war as
win not hp seen mis yeir .insi in in" , , ,.-...".... .... .n y... 'nnl,,,.lp The nnlv
i 1.... .. .. .j i America first, a t i n; thev nr vrv inntii m '-'euacic. ino oniy
j.inu' iiiisii.ini uniiii ij ii'iukk an itiihiu I , . ... .. ' I of war hia hnrrtl.le
in r.-o.,i,.rf ,.. .r. e.,Jei,i ir.. ... nr. i 1 do. And rlnce they cannot have their ot uar Hle "orrlhie
very well Indeed. And these need not
havo a direct bearliiK ut that. For In
Malice, tho publlhcrH of Hazen's "Kurnpu
Since 1MB" report that this book has,
mIiicij the war was declared, Bold five times
as many cople to the trade lis It usually
.iviraKcs In an entire year. Tho nam
condition obtains with hooks which have
only a remote .connection with the ab
sorbing top:,! publishers have caught at
Momo line hIoiib which they can be re
furbished, have fixed them up and put
them on tho market to soil better than
when new.
At Ilrentano'a It Is stated that tho da
manrt for war books has grown to larRe
proportion and I Increasing all the time.
Vim tlernhardr "(lermany and the Next
War," Uher "I'ati-Oermahlsm." Grave'
"Secret of the Oerman War Olllce"--these
aro vying with tho latest popular novel,
Maps aro In big demand. Mn.ill maps and
large, detailed ones. Kven of Hartolo
mew' automobile map there Is a large
al.j, a on these the buyer can traco the
ruiite of troop from town to town. This
last phase show tho growth of Interest
In the war; In the earlier stage It was
the great multitude of people who sought
maps, asking for the cheaper kinds, but
. , v . - .
f'w 11 '",hp morc "d'Tated and 1
"fo ask for expensive, complete
!?'", follow events w
now it Is the more educated and wealthier
map on
1th color
neaueo: tack or with ll.ig.
In the book store It I ald thai outside
of fiction other hooka than war books are
tint filing as well as usual A for the
,,t,i,,,a"" .,. .--.I.... ,
iMt,n" 'T."r, .n. I
mo'bu than . Till hope. I
ln tnc" nt the fa.'t that whereas UMially
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".."- ... v nnu.- u.ir
i,..n nn.nr.l ,,n
But they
say It naturally would be slow Mnny of
, the Christmas Importation hve been cut
(off; tho lack of Continental made Christ-
ma card will be especially conspicuous.
Hut taking the Mtuatlon a a whole thev
expect the season to be at least aa good
as under normal condition.
homo of tho publishers and booksellers
doubt whether :ne demand for war read
nB K0,IK t0 ov,,r ,, Ucl0K nl
Hnv rale rr irnRtl) of tm(. They,
nlnk r(l,ler tll.,t tho ,,ubc Is going to ,
Kt.t SUrfrlt of war In the newsnnners ,
nn,i ,lmt tt soon nl bo rtnlIinrtin(. on)l.
thing different In the way of fiction.
Jr.itfizlne editors, too. It Is ald nre ril.
couraglng author from trying thel:
talent on war etorlc.
Host 1'iikIIsIi Anthnra Are llernpr
Inar Their Time.
A regards our now more or less regular
rUI,P'.v of fiction from Kngland, the sltua
anove.
PUbH-bd It I obvlou that many i
rr . ,h-P' wl" t write very strenuously
"re moro seuieo even ir tncy
had the uplrlt to write In such n time.
which many of them probably hnve not.
So a lot of Hrltlsh author are tem
porarily Idle. Wo read every day In the
column of the newspapers how som of
me more conspicuous of tho guild are oe-1
cupylng their time. Anthony Hope, Itud
yard Kipling nnd Sir (Jllbcrt l'arker serv
ing on committee . Well wrltlm-
columns flnlly on the Importance of air.
craft In military manoeuvres and other
relevant subject ; Oonan Doyle doing the
'"tie; Maselleld composing war poem
',lr the purpose of keeping up nthuslm ;
"on nu name undertaking explnna-
tory missions to neutral Governments,
Arc. Indeed. o general ha been thl flux
to political and dlplomatlo fields on the
part of Uie eminent writers that much
caustic comment upon the would-be
universal qualifications of author has
been aroused.
Jerome IC Jerome has Just arrlvel In
this country to lecture. Other aro
scheduled to nrrlvn during the eaon.
Several of the less known wrltwg have
alreudy arrived, thinking that this a good
time to break Into the American literary
game, or at any rate renllilne thu- win
hnve a better chance here than In Kngland,
where thero Is no chance at all,
A I.niiflnn
rnbllsher ,
the. M'nr
Mtuntlnn.
John I.ane, the London publisher, who
nrrlved In New York last week, saya that
publishing condition In Kngland have Im
proved wonderfully since the, first day of
the war.
"During the first three weeks," said Mr
I.ane, "there was almost no business at
all, Printers, binder, Ac. were enlisting
and going to war; there threatened a
shortage of material, and then, of extreme
Importance, thero was no demand for
book. And books, even If published,
could not be reviewed, or receive any no
tice In the papr. which were being turned
Into war paper exclusively. Krnm my
viewpoint tlU prohibited publishing at
all, for I'm a firm believer In tho value of
publicity. For a while tt .-eemed that the
bulk of the fall lists would havo ito bo
held over, but conditions nre gradually
working out to a moro normal haIs."
When asked what all tho Knllh
writer were now doing, at
H time when
so few of them either felt like going about J
t heir, retrlilt. e wn.lr - .kM .i,i !
for that work If accomplished, Mr, Lajie
replied :
"Tho artists and ordinary Journalist
aro suffering most of all. I bellev. or
thoe who depend on present work for a
living; the cutting down of periodical I
ha occasioned this. Many of them are i
out of work. And a lot of the bigger j
writer who aro In good circumstance
financially are. of course, "n no tate to I
continue at their work. William J. Locke
-! i.miiiK nuumim aoimers into hi own
home, whero hi wlf peraonally atKlats In
care. Htacnool Is enlcaeed In lied 1
n wnrit II H Vtnn. .v. i. I
In .s.M.1, 1':, ?l,?r?e' . h Tl "
neir care,
Cross
known as 'Sakl' nnd well known for
'Henst nnd Stiperbenst' Is at the front.
Many other aro speaking of enlisting us
soon as there' an opportunity to be sent
to the front. And a gre.u many of them.
a J'HI Know, nre devotlnr their
lime and ene ray to wrltlnK war art lc eT 1
for the newanaper or workW netlveW I
on the varlou. war commit te
AMERICA.
Ttr w. J. iAtV50jr,
LTntCnit Ihn workshop fling, its r'nme athwart tht tki,
' H'Aere lne laboring rnoinrt oronn m it in ruin.
J'"" " 'rer rnirfW callage rfoU Ae hill,
nlfrt ihr Innflu ranchman Wim along tho pain;
Arre tho MMmlppl ft,ta
Whtrt .SAmia lUtt h, r inov.
Pav hv dav lhu far flung rhiMrrn pmin Ihu nam.
Forutltul ihvv of dau of ancient hame, ' ' ' '
Of ICmpcrom ami Ctan,
llrntath ihg flag of tiara,
fihall lh,y faUcrf Hhall ,n, ntt Bhall (hel rf,r(?
1 en: thtir faith is ten tvrr.
With tht tempered pridt of chatltntd conftdtnet.
I.nel l.rau-td and tagtr eieif Ih, rare thall It,
And thtir lip, .hall Itarn tht frugal tpttch of pou.tr.
And tht brauaart noatf thall ptrith tttttrlu,
Falit god of gold and Itut
Shall crvmblt into dutt,
Till, tail of all. tht nolion Kinj thall enmt.
And nn tach high piled capitol and damt, '
Wherein Hiohl hath tuflrrtd lot,,
A'ol the Kaalt but tht Crn
Hhall grtet ottditui ptnplm and tnifur
l'o- thit tnd i, eru ture.
I'rom "America and Other rnenm" (Unn.
MOTCHINOON, STniNOCn,
Ffr. WI
MARY RODCriTS
utho a
e Tht sraecT or bcvcn rTAS7
i THE WAR AND
liy IKMITll TAItKIMiTO.t
Jiome "bad'
writers will no doubt write
war stories
containing ntock "adven-
perhnps there
will produce
Zola produced
"good" stories
Ily CO.VI.NCMII V IIAWMOX.
Of course the war will produce war
novel In Kngland, but I do not think
that any of them are likely to he of much
Importance. A war novel written at the
present time will lack perspective. As
Mr. Ilelnemann reminded me this sum
mcr, tho novel which chronicled tho lloer
war most spaciously was penned ten year
after tho event; moreover, by a woman1
whose sole authority was her Imagina
tion and the tlfted, account of cyewlt
(leases' linpressio... The sntne Is likely
to bo trun of thl warfare. Anything i
written within the next twelve months j
will probably bo Journalistic nnd catch
penny. The Influence of the war on sale has
been undeniably disastrous, though I did ,
meet with London publishers who cou
rageously tried to persuade themselves
that before Christmas tho reading public
would turn with zest to fiction ns a relief
from the newspaper.
Hut the result of the war In It final
Influence on the Kngllsh novel will, I he
llee, be beneficial. So far the Increasing
tendency of the Kngllsh novel ha been
to minor the fear of life rather thnn It
courage A part of thl fear of life ha
taken th form of parochialism. I mean
by that the depletion of some narrow sec
tion of society which shuttle up and down
the captivity of some more or less un
kindly suburb, Thl I of course due to
the manner of life of the bulk of Kngllah
novelist; with few exceptions they are
not prosperous and their books tell the
tory of their personal struggles, Sud
denly the demand ha come to every Kng
llshnian to live abovo himself, to show
contempt for death nnd personal discom
fort, to feel himself a throbbing part of a
great conmlo heroism.
Strangely with the belief that death
should be despised ha come thn realiza
tion that life is splmdld. The street
corner boy who aro marching In Kltch
ener" army have felt It They iiquare
their shoulderB and tramp whistling, with
Illumined fares, to willing sacrifice. A a
Hrltlsh Tommy writing back from the
front expressed tt, "If better than foot
hall." It wn hi way of yaylng that some
sort of death are better than life. The
nation ha stepped out of It squirrel cage
and tho novelist. If h reflect aensntlnn,
cannot fall to record the emancipation.
I think the result of the present warfare
on Kngllsh fiction will be book written
by ma who have heard the call to hero
lam, men who look beyond the petty hlrk-
erln'gs of ex and chronicle with sanity
the nobler methods of spending this little
handful of months which compose the
history of our Individual Journey from
birth to death.
Ttr AnTIIUll WING iMNr.no.
Speaking seriously and as an optimist,
I am firmly convinced that culture, not
the I'russlan varletv, nf course, will be
benefited through thl war and Co will
tho equally Important culture of tho re
mainder of the civilized world.
The Herman' culture for many yearn
InM hM J"1 "TJ? h'"o of tha
ovenveenlnff ml Itary nmhltlnti.t that havo
closed It proKres.
rrned from thoae ful nnd. Oerman l
eventually may really find their plnro in .
the Intellectual Mill at Icimt. '
The art will omerR,., h replied, from tlm '
vicissitude under which they mut miffer '
re iZSZP ffh'
v.t PJ ,
IffecW Wo eSaU hnv
anecieu. o enau nn
a temporary eclipse strengthened, purllled.
Brent war will tin
f nil th eniintile
o les cynicism, a
RINCMAtVTi
ITS
LITERARY RESULTS
largcr admiration and appreciation of
what I sound and good In life, a clearor
and more direct vision of what life
ivnlly I.
Look at the Inspiration your civil war
became to your poet, writer and painter.
Ono might almost sny It created American
art a it I to-dny
That eplendld sculptor Paint Oaudens
found marvellous Inspiration In tho civil
war and the men It pioduced, nnd but for
that frightful Btruggle there might novcr
have been a Saint Uaudens.
In Units of long continued peace the
minds of at tuts get fixed on small, finicky
things. There Is no room for that now
and thero won't bo for many jears to
come.
A far as the drama I concerned we
hnve no fear. Wo will keep th flag fly
ing In the theatres a on tho field of bat
tin. Hut with half tho fnmllle of Kng
land In mourning and the other half ex
pecting to be ona can't hope to fill the
playhouse. We must bear In mind that
for tho art the present I eed time. The
harvest will como later.
liy CI.A1IA i:. J.Ai:JIIMX.
I lo not see how the war can do other
than have a tremendous effect on litera
ture nnd on all the art. To mot of ti
who lived no Intensely In ttioie first week
of the cataclysm It came to be seen that
everything else In lifts we had ever known
was very unreal, that the extraordinary
scene In tho midst of which we then
found oursclvea were the only realities.
A u we known Isiokman I frequently
mot In I-ond n expressed It of himself:
"The fellow I used to be, keen about rare
book. ger nlKiut literary ahrlnen and
all that, Is so far away ifrom the fellow
I am now that when I look back strain
ing for a gllmps of him I can hardly be
lieve that he ever wa there at nil. And
for tho life of me I oin't see how he'
ever to come back, nor how I ahall
get on with him If ho does."
The things that uaed to seem Important
liave become trivial to many of na who
write nnd paint and In sither way fash
ion our Inmost m Ive Into forms which
give us some Joy In the doing, and a
modicum of bred. Things that used to
eem Inonncely.bly reinoln have oome
near, have enveloped u, have shut out
all else. How can thl fall to have It
effect on what we doT Times of splendid
productiveness In the arm have always
followed close upon time of lerrrlflc
strejaj and suffering. Th world liaa
never at any one period known o much
and so widespread agony a It I under
going now. That thl will boar wonder
ful fruit In art I cannot doubt
Perhaps thoio who hasten ta tslte ad
vantage of the war to get color for
their work that linn hitherto been too col
orless, to get artlon and emotion for their
work that lia hitherto been slow and
j cold, will net ba they In whose art the
war will find Its mightiest expression.
Tnere may not be truly gTfat war
a'jry or war picture or war drama, but
what the war haa revealel if tho ho'gliti
nnd depths of human ni lire, of the soul
of mnn nnd of woman, will surely brlnar
many superb things In nil the arts.
It will be Intensely Interejtlnff, I think-,
to watch the effect of the war upon the
work of writer and other artists. For
effect of some sort, whether they realize
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Those of us who wero In thn war zone
when the war cloud burt and for many
week thereafter wero deeply Interested
In noting the way.s In which different
person, especially among our own coun- '
trymen and countrywomen, viewed the
situation. We could not liave asked for
a more prefect touchstone. Many could
not ee beyond their disturbed holiday,
their personal Inconvenience. To men
tion the wir In their presence wa to
bring forth a detailed account of (heir
lost luggage or their delayed train Jour
noy. Others leemed nMn to fee only
the rommerclil disturbance. Hero and
thero one encountered an enrmst que.
Honing a to the war's effect on tho
prowth of democracy, a deep thoughtful-
ness na to It relation to humnn'tarlsm.
to rellglou-s faith, to the emphasis of
racial sympathies and the fillurc of con
quest to overcome them. Here and there
one met a person who was profoundly
inovisl by the Imrolam of the war j
mnny nni haunted by It horror. In ten
minute talk about the war w ith "Tiny one
we could come nearer to an estimate of
that person' qualities than a week's talk
on any other subject would have gten
u. I think otne of us at leaM will feel
the Mm way about the war and the art.
Scores of writer may refrain from any '
mention of the war. Hut we who rad
shall know what effect It ha bad upon
their conception of life and death nnd of
the soul of war.
By OKHTHt'Di: ATlir.llTON.
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uge of war fiction, but I think It will be i
read only by the mere devnurers of fic
tion. The Intelligent public will wnnt i
fact about this war, details nt present
withheld, for year to como. And after I
that delugo of drlimallc fact, added
to our present dally allowance (highly
spiced with Invention) war novels, torles I
and play will seem mighty flat. Klfty '
year hence, nfter the histories of thl
war have been written, read, discussed
and relegnted to tho shelf, then no doubt
a aerlea of really great war novels will
be written. Torspectlvo as well an nil
the facta that nation will glvo to the
world are needed, nnd the wise nnvel'st i
and dramatist of to-dny will leave that
particular task to lit grandchildren,
Nothing can (entrain the hack of course,
and the cheaper magnzlnes and publish
er will encourage them. Hut that don't '
matter, I think that there, never ha
been n better chance for good novel on '
any other subject that at present. While
nn Intelligent Interest In the war remain,
the obsession ban passed, and people nre
only too glad to forget the anachronis
tic horror In nbsorblng fiction.
JAMES FENIMORE
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