Profits Of Literature

acune mea oí me pronts ot literaüire muy begiined trom llie tact that au autlior jiemrdly reeeives I rom the publislier Imt 10 per cent.on retail Drice t t lie copies nf (he worfc aCtQalIyaoíd. A most U.-I. J.. .„- -ii - .1...,, , nui...,„.„o iheaiithor gets, piovided tbe book cuts '3, $200; or $150, if t Cnsts [.5O. A sucCesalul novel may sell 10 000, even 20,000 coplea or more, and sucli a novelist Una a cliaiicü ot' soiiietliinp like recompense fbr labor. But a succesbful novelrt is one NUlhof ím two liumlrtd, pj-rhaps five Imntlred. And even lie, or slie, ge's far lesa Ulan is coiiiinoiily supposod. JVfrs. títawe received, it isfail, owing to vaiious unlowiird ¦irouiii-taiieef', onlv some $10,000 or $12,000 fiom '-Únele Toui's Cabin," wlncn Ims probahly, liad a lairer sale tnan .itiy work everpublisbed. Tlie "lunuceuts Aijioiul" eained for Mark Twain ouly a bou l $aü. 000, althoufíh he has been credted w:th tlirlou that rum. Sd populara erlei of book as "American Alen uf Lctlers" and "Aiucrlcao Statcsim-n" will not have an uveragesalf ..f moru ihan 3,000 to 3,500 copie. At $1.25 per copy the aulliors v.oiild not gct more than $375 or $437, and yet live or six uinntlis must be required to do one ot' the volumce properly. ThÍ8 ib a aiuch smaller coinpensation Iban the mo.-t ordiimiy oleik or salrsman would receivp. lndt-ed, it is not equal to the wajres oC a common medíanlo. Onquently.niily tbose whoareiu independiiit cireuutancfB, or who support Ihfmselves by other lueuns, can aífird iIjo luxury -r Uteraturc. Autboivliip oubt to iiiiusa K"d de.il ot honor, siuce the emolume it ig so Kf:irvinrli? klcuHcr -