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John Murray, the celebrated publisher, for the means of thus providing for my brother Henry. JAMES STREET, BUCKINGHAM GATE, March 9th.
Worst of all I was expecting the Boscombes to dinner that very week. They had not before visited us, and Henry was anxious to impress Mr. Boscombe, he being a publisher. It is surprising, when you come to think of it, how full the world is of writers trying to make a good impression on publishers. Yet no one has met the publisher who ever tries to make a good impression on any one.
He was in a high state of excitement and indignation, and accompanied by his friend, who is said to have been a Captain Higgins, of the marines, he repaired to Paternoster Row, to the shop of Evans, the publisher, whom he supposed to be the editor of the paper. Evans was summoned by his shopman from an adjoining room. Goldsmith announced his name.
For the author, a good book is of more pecuniary value than a poor one, setting aside the question of fame; to the publisher, the right of publishing a good book is solid capital, an established house, in the long run, makes more money on "Standards" than on "Catchpennies"; and to the public the possession of the best literature is the breath of life, as that of the bad and mediocre is moral and intellectual decadence.
He therefore obtained leave of his correspondent, and carried the manuscripts to the westward, where he offered proposals for the work, and obtained a number of subscribers; but being called to remove to Philadelphia, he was under the necessity of postponing the publication for a season. The publisher having obtained some knowledge of this correspondence, and being informed by the Rev. Mr.
Meanwhile I desire to state that there is nothing the matter with the ICONOCLAST's contributors. They are a bouquet of pansy blossoms of whom any publisher might well be proud.
"You are as the others," he said, "They buy the book, they lay it on the table, they talk of it at dinner, they say 'Bernhardi has prophesied this, Bernhardi foresaw that, but read it, nevermore." "Still," I said, "you get the royalties." "They are cut off. The perfidious British Government will not allow the treacherous publisher to pay them. But that is not my complaint."
He immediately communicated with Shelley, and the whole edition was suppressed not, however, before about one hundred copies had passed into circulation. To which of the collaborators this daring act of petty larceny was due, we know not; but we may be sure that Shelley satisfied Stockdale on the point of piracy, since the publisher saw no reason to break with him.
If you will send yours to a publisher any publisher he will certainly examine it, I can assure you of that. Consider that a conversation by telephone when you are simply siting by and not taking any part in that conversation is one of the solemnest curiosities of modern life.
It was she who advised her father to publish that very singular book, The Gorgon's Head; every publisher in London had refused it. He took it, and has cleared oh, I'd be afraid to say how much money by it." "I hope the writer got a fair share," said Katherine, smiling. "Hum! ah, that's another matter; but I dare say Bradley will treat him quite as fairly as any one else.
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